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MP3, Brawl, and Galaxy along with every other game Nintendo is coming out with is more of the same? Have you been living in a closet?
100 dollar price cut and it still cost 500 dollars. I guess that makes it cheap?
MP3, Brawl, and Galaxy along with every other game Nintendo is coming out with is more of the same? Have you been living in a closet?
If you want a PS3 you had better get one soon because when the 60 gb one is sold out, thats it as they arn't making it anymore. You will get a 80 gb for $600 and it will not have the emotion engine. Leaving the engine out saves $100. You will not be able to play old playstation 1 & 2 games. Listen near the end of the Wiire latest podcast to get the full scoop on Sony and Microsoft. This is for real.
3 year warranty. My xbox one never died and had to be sent off for repair. Why must this one? I'm not saying things don't break....but 1/3 of all sold is not great odds.
Nintendo= Variety
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If I seem nice to you that is because I am.
If your a hardcore gamer buy a PS3, shut the fk up and stop whinging.. its that simple.
Have you learned your facts? The Emotion Engine being taken out saves them $27 not $100. It is using Software Emulation for backward compatibility.Originally Posted by The Fifth
Honestly just because you guys like Nintendo the best doesn't mean you need to be like Microsoft and just bash anything that doesn't have Nintendo on it. Really you guys need to grow up.
Smart move by Nintendo. You can tell they have this all planned out. Suck in the casual and non-gamers while feeding your hardcore crowd bits of Metroid, Mario Galaxy, Brawl, and then springing the rumored Mario Kart with online on them. In the process they get huge acclaim from the mainstream press, which has been criticial of the video game market for some time now. WiiFit will indeed sell a ton of copies and Wii consoles. And, who's to say that these casual gamers and non-gamers won't branch out and get some of the more hardcore games? Who's to say that some of them weren't NES owners once upon a time that strayed from video games and might be drawn in by a new Mario adventure or a new Metroid adventure? The point is once all these people own a Wii then you can start selling them the wide variety of software the Wii is sure to have by that point. Whether you agree with the direction the company is taking or not you have to agree that it is extremely smart in terms of business.
Dude, if you have $600 to spare and want a fatter version of the PS2 then buy the PS3. Hardcore gamers give everything a chance, not bash others without having a clue what they're talking about.Originally Posted by bubs
Besides, who was whining? =P
Yeah, Nintendo definately knows what they're doing. They're making a big-seller that will also serve as a base engine for many other games. Of course, this can't really be proven as their attack plan, but I have faith in Miyamoto and Fils-Aime ^_^
Mario Kart Online, SSBB! I only need a few good online games that won't eat up much of my time.
Nintendo can do whatever they want as long as they regrow the market. Their competition can keep walking their own path, and that's how it should be. Consoles that are different.
Didnt realise this went up today (last night?) - 'tis a nice surprise.
Originally Posted by FWELRAye - hence the reason why I said: "earlier in the day" as opposed to "at Sony's conference", just in case anyone was wondering... although Killzone was indeed shown late on the Tuesday and the Nintendo conf on the Wednesday, it was allllll Wednesday to this late-waking GMT UK boyOriginally Posted by Revan
i really want a wii FPS to be online, with the whole she-bang. eg. guns, groups, voice chat, yelling and screaming when you die (well not so much that) people calling you a noob. yea that sort of stuff makes me laugh
Pre-Apocalypse Wiichatter.
Remaining Survivor of the Wii In Australia Members.

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FLINT TWP, MI -- Flint college students, along with other community members, will spend their Saturday morning picking up trash on the side of the expressway.
From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 3, volunteers recruited by College Town Collaborative – an organization comprised of representatives from area colleges, as well as HandsOn Genesee – will perform a roadside cleanup initiated by Flint Township and Resource Genesee.
Participants will collect trash from I-75 entrance and exit ramps at Miller, Corrunna and Bristol roads as part of the Flint Township Gateway Corridor Beautification Project.
Community members are also encouraged to help, but must be at least 16 years old. Minors must be accompanied by an adult to participate. All equipment will be provided.
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DJ Spooky's "Happening" Saturday night at Syracuse University wasn't quite that.
In fact, it was difficult to tell exactly what the get-together at Syracuse University's Goldstein Auditorium Saturday night was. The event was billed as a concert and "the world premiere of a multimedia 'Happening.'" In reality, it was more of an off-the-cuff lecture about some of the work DJ Spooky, born Paul Miller, has been doing with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Think of it as show-and-tell with some really great beats.
In front of what Miller called a "small crowd for me," the deejay spent an hourlong set contextualizing and sharing his sampled music.
About 50 people turned out at the 1,500-seat venue for the "Happening."
The entire event teetered between being intimately unscripted and awkwardly unprepared. A sound check/rehearsal ran right up until the 8 p.m. scheduled show time. Waiting patrons were shuffled in around 8:15 and the show started very abruptly with an announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem."
Miller's set followed. Accompanying him onstage were two violinists, Fedor Saakov and Joe Davoli who took cues from Miller as he sampled their playing.
"This is a very small audience for me," Miller said. "Normally I'm rocking big clubs or at the Met. I'd like to think of this as kind of a living room set, then. You're getting some beta tracks."
The student-heavy crowd was attentive yet tame. The show, then, unfolded more like a classroom lecture than a beat-thumping deejay show.
Miller kept things moving with a brief tutorial on how sampling works. He scrolled through pictures on his iPad from his time in Antarctica and the time he met George Clinton. He talked about the iPad app he created that's had over 15 million downloads. In between, he sampled his live violinists, played some pre-made tracks and showed off an impressive remix of Bach's "Goldberg Variations No. 1."
The pieces he did perform showcased a complex breed of electronic and classical music that was both cerebral and stimulating.
Miller traffics in high-concept art. He explained, for example, that many of his pieces -- based on melting ice -- were generated using algorithms found in water and ice. Too often, however, the concept outweighed the art. Without the explanations, a listener is left with just a head-bobbing deejay track.
As for the multimedia portion of the show, Miller mixed all his songs on an iPad app he created. During each of the handful of tracks he played, he displayed images of Antarctica, ice and abstract projections on an overhead screen.
The event was crammed with Miller's intellectual musings, but somewhat lacking in entertainment value. For a lecture, that's fine -- it was interesting. For a concert, it left a bit to be desired.
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Skip to comments.Too Tubby for Tinsel Town
Posted on 12/28/2010 8:09:02 AM PST by The_Tick_01
Is Christina Hendricks too fat? I dont know. Does Baskin Robbins have too many flavors? Is Rudolphs nose too shiny? Was Mother Theresa selfless? Are the fellas from the National Organization of Women too shrill and judgmental?
Well okay, the answer to that last one is yes, but any guy with a functional Y chromosome and an IQ higher than of the average Sponge Bob character would answer a resounding NO regarding the lovely Ms. Hendricks and the state of her figure. Ever since she appeared on the hit AMC show Mad Men, Christina has done for the male population as a whole what Viagra is supposed to do for men in the throes of a raging midlife crisis. Of course her curvaceous figure is a break from what has become the accepted norm, and that means that the media is going to push back against this curvy anomaly.
Last January Christina Hendricks showed up that the Golden Globe Awards in a ruffled dress from designer Christian Siriano. New York Times fashion blogger, Cathy Horyn, quoted a stylist who said regarding Christina that You dont put a big girl in a big dress. Thats rule number one. By now most of us know that the terms like Husky, Rubenesque, and Big Girl are just code words for fat ass.
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I'd hit it! And then I'd hit it again, and again, and again. Well, you get the idea!
Serena Williams has "curves"
This little POS is probably running around screaming about Wookie being so fabulously fit and an INTERNATIONAL STYLE ICON! Bwahahahahhaaaaa!
I'm a sucker for a redhead with big hooters.
Nice looking young lady there.She seems Ideal too me.
A woman like her you can squeeze all you want without putting her in traction.
"Hello boys, get a good night's sleep last night?" - Mel Brooks
"My eyes are up here Homer."
"I've made my choice."
Christina Hendricks is fat in all the right places!!!
She's a Southern gal from Knowville. And they're all hers!
Real men like women with upholstery.
The fags that dictate taste in Hollywood want everyone (women and men) to look like their ultimate desires:
The skinny, angular hairless 14 year old boy.
I kinda likee Renee Zellwinger as Bridget Jones, and Jewel Staite in Firefly, before she lost all the weight. This lady is definitely gorgeous.
Women need to have curves. Those size 0 models are creepy...
Not Guily
Not Guily?
Last pic: Jeez, girl, lose the make up...look at yourself in post 7.
Yeah; seeing "Christina Hendricks" & "Golden Globes" in the same sentence made me smile a lecherous grin.
BTW, my niece's band played CH's wedding; they thought CH was a real sweetheart of a person.
Better than a Twiggy any day!
That's an unusually nice set of knockers you have there.
Nice pair of knockers.
"they thought CH was a real sweetheart of a person."
Could that disposition be related to not having to starve onself to maintain one's figure? Just sayin'...
"What knockers!!!"
"Why zank you, herr doctor."
Seinfeld: They're real and they are spectacular!!!
Someone had to!
BTW - have y'all noticed how many commercials now feature extra large everyday peeple? i.e. Overstocked - Home Depot - Lowes - local auto dealers.
Huge is hot - apparently;(
Did you see VALENTINE'S DAY? Every one of them except Queen Latifah (sp?) was emaciated. It was gross. I thought they were supposed to be sensitive to this now. It's sick and sad.
Did you see VALENTINE'S DAY? Every one of them except Queen Latifah (sp?) was emaciated. It was gross. I thought they were supposed to be sensitive to this now. It's sick and sad.
Her face is pretty, too!
They sunburn easily
Yeah, I just realized the second pic I posted is pretty bad, because of the makeup.
Poor guy. I don't like him, but can you wish her on any man? I think she has his "set" in a pickle jar in the back of the White House fridge.
Just imagine waking up to that...um...thing.
She is one of America's finest Hitizens.
I guess I'd have to keep her in the house. :)
If that's fat, then we have truly put the anorexic look on a pedestal. She's not even "Rubenesque" by any measure, and his woman had smaller breasts.
They rugburn pretty easily too...
I'd go through that like Sherman through Atlanta!
Like my dear departed drinking buddy Charlie used to say..."Thats what ****ing is all about"
What?!? Price on request?!? Special order?!?
Oh. They're talking about the dress.
Never mind.
And with the red hair!!! WOW!
Gene Wilder: "Great knockers!"
Terri Garr: "Thank you very much"
You animal!
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Mike Ciesla made no alibis on Thursday afternoon. The burly Phillipsburg High School right-hander simply tipped his hat to the opponent.
Mike Ippolito's two-run double off Ciesla capped a three-run fifth inning uprising and Montgomery's baseball team held off a late Stateliners rally to post a 4-3 Skyland Conference Delaware Division victory at the Phillipsburg Athletic Complex.
Ciesla made 123 pitches in his first complete game of the season. However, he was unable to escape the pivotal fifth inning.
Leading 2-1, Ciesla ran into trouble when a walk, line drive single and bunt single loaded the bases with no outs. Ciesla struck out Paolo Guma, but the pitch bounced to the backstop to allow the tying run to score.
Sam Capolongo took a called third strike for the second out, but Ippolito, the No. 8 hitter, drilled one up the left-center field gap to drive in a pair.
"I put it low in the zone," Ciesla said. "He just found it and drove it. There's nothing I could do about that. It was low enough. It could have been a little further outside. That was probably the difference in the game."
"The kid (Ippolito) barreled up," P'burg coach Dave Hinkle said. "That was a huge hit for them."
P'burg (8-7 overall, 4-5 conference) threatened to pull it out in the last of the seventh against closer Zach DeVincenzo.
Chris Trent led off with a walk and two outs later Matt McAnally reached on an error. Alex Martin's RBI single made it 4-3 and advanced the tying run to third. Anthony Ciavarella walked to load the bases, but DeVincenzo struck out Devin Grade on a 2-2 pitch to end it.
"This is why we're all losing our hair," Montgomery coach Pete Mueller said, "but as long as we got through it, that's all I care about.
"It looked like (Grade) was having trouble with the outside fastball so we kept peppering him away. We didn't want to risk a curve ball that he could handle in the zone."
Cougars left-hander Chris Bumstead limited P'burg (8-7 overall, 4-5 conference) to two runs on six hits through six innings.
"We struggle against lefties," Hinkle said. "It's been that way all year. (Bumstead) kind of lulled us to sleep."
Ciesla kept it close by blanking Montgomery (9-5, 5-5) in the sixth and seventh innings.
"I always try to battle for these guys," Ciesla said. "We just didn't come out on top. We were one swing away. You can't win them all."


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Which term refers to excessive fluid collecting between the layers of the tunica vaginalis?
Which of the following refers to fibrocystic breast disease?
Fibrocystic breast disease is progressive development of fluid-filled cysts and fibrous tissue
Which is/are sexually transmitted infection(s) usually considered asymptomatic in women?
Which of the following are common early significant signs of acute prostatitis?
soft, tender, enlarged gland and dysuria
Which of the following applies to cerebral palsy?
Cerebral palsy is nonprogressive brain damage to the fetus or neonate.
What is a major predisposing factor to cervical cancer?
sexually transmitted diseases, particularly viral
Which of the following applies to Parkinson's disease?
onset typically occurs in men and women over 60 years of age
Which of the following statements applies to malignant brain tumors?
primary brain tumors rarely metastasize outside the CNS
What is the primary cause of type I diabetes?
destruction of pancreatic cells by an autoimmune reaction
Which of the following would identify an open or compound fracture?
the skin and soft tissue is exposed at the fracture site
Which statement applies to menisci?
1. they are fibrocartilage
2. they are secretory membranes in joints
3. they prevent excessive movement of joints
4. they are found in the shoulder joint
1,3 they are fibrocartilage
they prevent excessive movement of joints
All of the following predispose to osteoporosis except:
Estrogen replacement therapy does not predispose a person to osteoporosis
Which of the following is characteristic of osteoarthritis?
degeneration of articulating cartilage in the large joints
What is the basic pathology of rheumatoid arthritis?
a systemic inflammatory disorder due to an autoimmune reaction
Which signs are typical of Graves' disease?
Exophthalmos, heat intolerance, and restlessness are typical signs of Grave's disease.
Where does urine flow?
Urine flows from the collecting duct to the renal pelvis to the ureter to the bladder
Which of the following describes the supply of bile following a cholecystectomy?
small amounts of bile are continuously secreted and flow into the duodenum
What is a cause of acute tubule necrosis and renal failure?
prolonged circulatory shock
sudden significant exposure to nephrotoxins
crush injuries or burns
Which of the following is true of the visceral peritoneum?
It forms the outer covering of the stomach and intestines
The visceral peritoneum is the outer covering of the stomach and intestines.
Which of the following congenital defects is a common cause of cystitis in young children?
vesicoureteral reflux
Which of the following apply to cleft palate?
the hard and soft palates do not fuse during the first trimester
What describes the basic pathophysiology of myocardial infarction?
total obstruction of a coronary artery causes myocardial necrosis
Which of the following is a major factor contributing to the current increase in cases of tuburculosis?
the increase in immunodeficient individuals
What does the term arteriosclerosis specifically refer to?
degeneration with loss of elasticity and obstruction in small arteries
Which of the following would be significant signs of bronchiectasis?
chronic cough producing large quantities of purulent sputum
Which of the following drugs decreases sodium and fluid retention in the body?
hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL) Hydrochlorothiazide is a drug prescribed to decrease sodium and fluid retention in the body
Why does ventricular fibrillation result in cardiac arrest?
insufficient blood is supplied to the myocardium
Which are predisposing factors to thrombus formation in the circulation?
Damaged blood vessel walls, immobility, and prosthetic valves are all predisposing factors to thrombus formation in the circulation.
What is the cause of chronic bronchitis?
chronic irritation, inflammation, and infection of the larger airways
An atheroma develops from:
accumulated lipids, cells, and fibrin where endothelial injury has occurred
Factors that may precipitate an angina attack include all of the following except:
walking down stairs
What drug is taken in small doses on a continuing basis to reduce platelet adhesion?
acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or Aspirin)
Cigarette smoking is a risk factor in coronary artery disease because it:
promotes thrombus formation
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma differs from Hodgkin's lymphoma in that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma usually presents as:
multiple, scattered, enlarged and painless lymph nodes
One reason for staging a malignant tumor at the time of diagnosis is to:
determine the best treatment and the prognosis
Individuals with type O blood are considered to be universal donors because their blood:
Type O blood lacks A and B antigens.
With the acute leukemias, the increased number of malignant leukocytes leads to:
The increased number of malignant leukocytes in acute leukemias leads to decreased hemoglobin, thrombocytopenia, constant bone pain, and splenomegaly
Glucocorticoids are often prescribed during a course of chemotherapy and radiation because:
inflammation around the tumor may be reduced
Which of the following is typical of Hodgkin's disease?
initial tumor is single, painless, enlarged lymph node, often cervical
What is the grading of newly diagnosed malignant tumors based on?
degree of differentiation of the cells
The common local effects of an expanding tumor mass include:
The common local effects of an expanding tumor mass include obstruction of a tube or duct and cell necrosis and ulceration.
Iron-deficiency anemia frequently results from any of the following except:
Iron-deficiency anemia does not result from diabetes mellitus.
The role of memory cells is to:
Memory cells support the immune response by recognizing certain antigens
Prolonged administration of glucocorticoids such as prednisone, may cause:
Prolonged administration of glucocorticoids may cause atrophy of lymphoid tissue and decreased protein synthesis.
The warmth and redness related to the inflammatory response results from:
increased blood flow into the area
Glucocorticoids are used to treat inflammation because they directly:
decrease capillary permeability
Which of the following is not classified as protozoa?
Plasmodium vivax
Trichomonas vaginalis
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Entamoeba histolytica
Mycoplasma pneumonia
If a drug order states that a drug is to be administered tid, it should be given:
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Nocona Tales 'n Trails museum opened just two years ago but still they have many plans to expand.
The oil and gas and agriculture exhibits are two areas which they're looking to improve and tonight they will be holding their second dinner and auction for the museum.
But this year, the event is going to be even sweeter.
People are setting up for the 2nd annual fundraiser for the Tales 'n Trails museum in Nacona.
They host a steak dinner with a live, silent and bucket auction.
But this year they added something new.
Another "sweet" way to make some dough.
"It was a competition for decorating cakes and different kind of pies, and they paid a small entry fee for the money to go to the museum and the competition," said Nell Ann Mcbroom, from Tales 'N Trails museum.
And what's a competition without someone to judge.
So I gladly offered my services along side some experts.
It was no easy task, but indeed a filling one, with strict instructions on how to score.
"Creativity, use of the ingredients, overall presentation, and of course number one flavor," said pastry chef, Connie Mullins.
Flavors of chocolate, coconut, and cherry were tried.
But once the scores were added up it wasn't so much about who would win but how this museum has cooked up a recipe for success.
The winners of today's competition will be announced later tonight.
And organizers say they're already cooking up more food competitions for next year.
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A juvenile has also been charged in connection with the July 23 incident at the Woodbury Court Apartments that authorities said hospitalized one victim for a week.
William Robinson, 29, of Woodbury was arrested Friday at the Deptford Township home of an acquaintance, according to a statement released by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
He's charged with robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, burglary, theft and conspiracy. Robinson was jailed in default of $75,000 bail.
Milton Miller, 38, of Mantua Township, was arrested July 31 at a home in the 100 block of Hopkins Street, in Woodbury. He faces the same charges as does Robinson and was jailed in default of $50,000 bail.
A 17-year-old male from Woodbury, who the Prosecutor's Office said voluntarily came to the Woodbury police station, was also charged.
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I don't know about you, but as I've gotten older, the best way I've found to get out the house is to make dinner plans with friends. Not only is this more exciting than sitting in the house, it relieves me of the sometimes necessary evil of cooking and cleaning. I'm more of just a cooker, if you catch my drift. Nevertheless, eating out can be quite the challenge when you are trying to watch your girlish figure. The menu is always full of fancy jargon, but nothing that says "Pick me I won't stick to your hips, thighs, and belly!" There are always so many tempting things like fried foods, desserts, and buttery biscuits and rolls.
Researchers have found that people typically eat more food when dining out with a group, and the larger the group the more food. Apparently eating with just 1 other person can increase your consumption by 28% over eating alone, and people tend to order like the others in their dining party. So to curb this negative food eating frenzy, I have come up with a new concept to try.
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In order for me to dine out without getting a side order of regret, I've decided to try going to dinner with a like-minded friend. I figured that hearing my friends choose healthy, lower-calorie options would make me feel peer-pressured into wanting to do the same thing.
Brenna Ellison, University of Illinois food economist says "people are happier with their food choices if they were similar to what everyone else is eating-even if they weren't exactly psyched to order a salad or healthy entree in the first place."


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This is Chip Kelly's show now.
Any doubt who was calling the shots for the Philadelphia Eagles on personnel matters disappeared in a terse statement issued today that the Eagles have "parted ways" with explosive but high-maintenance wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
Jackson doesn't really fit Kelly's preferred model of wide receiver, it's true, but that's not why the Birds let him go and took a $6.25 million salary cap hit. After all, Jackson posted his best season as a receiver last year under Kelly with 82 catches for 1,332 yards and 9 TDs.
The reason why Jackson went was because he doesn't fit the culture Kelly wants to build in Philadelphia.
Kelly undoubtedly watched from afar Jackson's pouting over his contract in 2011, and when Jackson brought up a raise two days after the Eagles' playoff loss to New Orleans in January, it seems likely Kelly saw a rerun of 2011 coming, and wasn't going to stand for it. The surprise re-signing of Jeremy Maclin, looking backward, was the first domino to fall in a chain that ended with today's announcement.
And Jackson's off-field behavior and alleged associations may have been troubling to Kelly as well, especially after the Aaron Hernandez situation in New England made NFL teams more conscious of off-field issues.
Kelly's message is clear: be my guy and do it my way or you're done in Philadelphia. By letting a Pro Bowl player such as Jackson go, the Eagles head coach shows no one who gets in the way of what he wants to build in Philadelphia will be here much longer. It's a lesson Kelly wants his team to learn even at the cost of losing a player such as Jackson.


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The senior forward on Michigan State's No. 2-ranked men's basketball team developed a reputation his first three seasons for slumping when he was off his game or calls went against him.
But in Tuesday's 75-71, comeback victory against Gonzaga, he demonstrated newfound mettle when he insisted he could play on a severely sprained left ankle suffered during preseason camp.
He scored 16 points against the Bulldogs, 10 of which came after he injured his right foot late in the first half.
Morgan made 10-of-11 free throws, including all four he attempted after he hurt his foot, and finished with five rebounds.
Whether he will be as effective -- or even able to play -- in tonight's Legends Classic opener against Toledo remains to be seen.
At Thursday's practice, Morgan was limited to shooting drills because the area near his right toes remains tender.
"Everything's looking good so far and hopefully I can provide some minutes," Morgan said. "With me being injured as much as I've been my four years, my mind set is to just play through it."
Morgan has endured a long list of setbacks in his time at Michigan State.
As a freshman, he was slowed by a stress reaction in his right shin. Last season, he contracted mononucleosis and walking pneumonia before sustaining a broken nose in the postseason.
Nevertheless, Morgan was not ready to claim a seat alongside former Spartans such as Mateen Cleaves, Antonio Smith and Aloysius Anagonye in coach Tom Izzo's pantheon of all-time MSU tough guys.
"I wouldn't say that, but I know if I need to play through injury, I can," Morgan said. "It doesn't hurt too bad. I'll be able to go."
Michigan State (2-0) would love to have Morgan available against the Rockets (0-2), but Izzo will not take any chances with him.
"We need Raymar Morgan," Izzo said. "He's still our best defender and most experienced player. If he can't do anymore (today than he did on Thursday), we'll definitely have to give him the game off. We might not have any choice.
"We have to look at getting him healthy for the near future. It will just be day-to-day, and he definitely won't start (tonight)."
Win or lose, the Spartans will host a second-round Legends Classic game at noon Sunday against Valparaiso, and will play Florida next Friday in a championship round in Atlantic City, N.J. MSU then will face either Rutgers or Massachusetts on Nov. 28.
Izzo knows how valuable a healthy Morgan will be down the road.
"You know what I've enjoyed about Raymar this last week is, he was in the gym so much, three or four times a day, to get ready (for Gonzaga) because he wanted to play," Izzo said. "I questioned whether I should have played him (in the opener against Florida Gulf Coast) because I knew he wasn't ready and I was worried about the mental aspect if he'd miss some shots.
"And, he missed all (four) shots and (four) free throws, but it didn't affect him. So, that shows he's grown some. He's been so good on the bench and he's becoming a much better leader. He's going to be a glue guy because he just understands everything."
Izzo worried about SI jinx?
Even though Michigan State already has sustained several illness and injuries, Izzo said he was not worried about being jinxed after junior point guard Kalin Lucas appeared on this week's regional cover of Sports Illustrated.
"Nah, I don't fear jinxes," Izzo said. "I'm from the U.P. We live in reality up there. We have a lot of work to do before we're on any covers as a team."
Although the undefeated Iowa football team promptly lost after it was featured on the Sports Illustrated cover, Lucas is not worried.
"No, I'm not afraid of that at all," Lucas said. "I've already been on magazine covers. I'm just going to stay hungry and keep fighting, and playing hard and being a team player.
"It's just a blessing to be on the cover. I worked hard for it."


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Maybe the Detroit Lions decide they are better options at right tackle, or they don't want to entrust the right guard spot to a rookie.
One of the team's question marks this offseason remains an offensive line that's replacing three starters, and free agent options still are available at the two most unsettled positions.
Corey Hilliard and Jason Fox currently are slated to compete for the starting spot at right tackle, while rookie Larry Warford likely has the early inside track to start at right guard.
Guys such as tackle Eric Winston and guard Brandon Moore are available as free agents. In name, they would provide upgrades. But what about in production?
USA Today's Nate Davis says the Lions remain the best fit for Winston.
"Given his apparent price tag, Winston may be perfectly content to wait for a team to suffer a catastrophic injury or realize that it has a performance issue at right tackle. Chances are, he'll have some choices by early August if he's still unsigned," Davis writes.
Detroit had Winston, the former Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs tackle, in for a visit in March. At the time, it was speculated he could shift to left tackle, but the Lions are planning to use Riley Reiff in that spot now.
Winston is 29 years old and has started 87 of 92 career games.
As for Moore, he's the highest-rated free agent lineman still available according to ESPN's Scouts Inc. He started every game for the New York Jets since 2005.
In addition to Warford, the Lions also recently signed veterans Jake Scott and Leroy Harris. Dylan Gandy and Rodney Austin also are on the roster.
Moore is 33 years old could be a short-term bridge to Warford.
The Lions have just under $2 million remaining under the salary cap.


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FITNESS TRACKERS: Gretchen Reynolds has an interesting piece in Wednesday's New York Times' Well blog about experiments examining the accuracy of such popular personal fitness trackers as the Fitbit, Jawbone Up or Nike's FuelBand. Many apparently aren't as reliable as consumers might hope.
FIGHTING FLU: Oregon State University researchers report that children in school and young adults in the work place transmit most cases of influenza. In a study reported in the journal Vaccine, they suggest that the value of vaccinating those populations against the flu is highly underestimated.
An OSU news release quotes Jan Medlock, study co-author and a researcher with the Department of Biomedical Sciences in OSU's College of Veterinary Medicine: "In most cases the available flu vaccine could be used more effectively and save more lives by increasing the number of vaccinated children and young adults.
"That approach," he said, "could really limit the cycle of transmission, preventing a great deal of illness while also reducing the number of deaths among high risk groups."
EYE DISCOVERY: Scientists in England have discovered a previously unknown layer of the cornea and the finding may one day make eye surgeries safer and simpler for patients. Futurity.org quotes Harminder Dua, the University of Nottingham professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, for whom the new layer has been named: "This is a major discovery that will mean that ophthalmology textbooks will literally need to be re-written."
PRE-TERM BIRTH: Pregnant women who are overweight or obese mothers are at higher risk of delivering early, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, reported on medicalxpress.com, was conducted in Sweden, where 34 percent of all pregnant women are overweight or obese.
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CLIMB, Crawford Legal Institute Mentorship Bond, hosted its Cultural Night event at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park on Thursday, April 17, 2014. While CLIMB often hosts events at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, the CLIMB Board felt that an opportunity to visit Balboa Park was invaluable for Crawford High School students, because many of the students were unfamiliar with Balboa Park and its rich representation of diverse cultures in the San Diego community. CLIMB volunteers regularly at Crawford High School, one of the most diverse high schools in all of San Diego County, where over 40 languages are spoken by the high school student body.
Cultural Night consisted of guest speakers in addition to Crawford student interpretations of the concept Identity. The purpose of Cultural Night was to foster a positive attitude among the youth about their own personal and cultural identity. Cultural Night was an opportunity for Crawford 10th grade students to take the stage and express themselves in front of peers and CLIMB volunteers in order for Crawford students to practice public speaking, confidence and to explore their personal roles in the community. Several Crawford students shared something about themselves while on stage while some Crawford students sang and one student even shared a self-portrait in which she examined what it meant to grow up as an Asian American. The students' unique talents were on display for CLIMB volunteers and their peers to appreciate.
Not only did the students take the stage, but the professors and guest speakers did too. Rappinismyhabit opened the night with a positive rap about being yourself. He introduced the students to snapping their peers back into their performances if they messed up, which is like dusting yourself off when you fall off of your bike and climbing back on. The students were encouraged to be resilient and to not give up if they felt challenged during a performance, but to pick up where they left off and to encourage their peers to do the same. Rappinismyhabit served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening as he introduced each speaker and called students to the stage to perform or share something about their own personal Identity.
Professor Maurice Dyson offered words of encouragement and support to the Crawford students and took time to also thank the CLIMB TJSL volunteers and acknowledged their contributions with award plaques.
Mr. Mike Slomanson '04, TJSL alum and actor, moved the audience as he shared a moment of his life, when he visited his ancestors' lands and while at the top of a pyramid he cried as he was overcome by the feeling of joy as he embraced his own identity. The audience laughed and smiled as Mr. Slomanson explained that growing up, he fit into two groups: Latino and White. He showed the students that being biracial is powerful and has advantages in society where one does not always have to fit into a single category. Mr. Slomason emphasized the importance of education and learning about one's own personal identity.
The students were excited to see their class mentors including: Josh Desmond, Amanda Gracia and Edna Gutierrez at the event. The night was centered on the theme Identity and the World Beat Center's exhilarating murals were on full display emphasizing cultural identity. As the evening neared an end, the sound of drums beat softly in the background as the students were addressed by their teacher Mr. Steven Luttbeg. Mr. Luttbeg brought laughter to the audience when he reminded them all of his home state of Nebraska and as the entire 10th grade class began to sing a song about Nebraska. The appreciation the students have for their teacher was clear. CLIMB volunteers wrapped up the night by spending time with the students as they waited for their bus and discussed the evening.


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2013 7- and 8-year-old Cubs are the Mel Ott Playground champions
Friday, July 19, 2013 10:47 AM
The 2013 7- and 8-year-old Cubs are the Mel Ott Playground champions. Front row: Jude Tingstrom, Trenton Nelson, Ben Steele, Gabriel Trusty, Blaise Tingstrom, Bradley Gattuso and Rowan Garrity. Middle row: head coach Tommy Tingstrom, Will Arrillaga, John Riley Schibler, Damien Bates, Jonathan Case, Fredrick Brooks and Tucker Schibler. Back row: coaches Sean Arrillaga, Jason Bates, Fredrick Brooks, Kelly Steele, Brady Garrity and Brad Gattuso.


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when i plug my ear buds in/or speakers i have no sound
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when i plug my ear buds in/or speakers i have no sound
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I assume you've checked different headphones/speakers that you know work with other audio sources, correct?
if so, one other thing to try would connecting to some audio output device via the dock connector (speaker dock, car adapter etc) -- if you have such thing available. if sound comes out via dock connected speakers then at least you know it's not likely a logic board problem.
otherwise it's probably your headphone jack. you can find the repair guide here
before purchasing a replacement headphone jack, you might first want to confirm that the ribbon cable securely connected to the logic board.
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You can also use the end of a small tube of hand lotion etc. Works great!!!
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Mod. A1136/30GB here, and have the same problem: no sound from either headphone jack, or ribbon cable (through car adapter or sound system dock).
Otherwise all SW perfectly working.
"Genius" Bar was unhelpful ("model too old"...).
Any HW fix?
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Never mind...
I'll have these guys check it, and will report: http://www.iresq.com/ipod-repair/free-ip...
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Russia's winter wonderland
Wouldn't you love to travel in Russia at a time when locals celebrate Christmas, New Year, another Christmas, Old New Year and an Epiphany?
Intrepid's Anna Mikhailova explains how the start of the year is so enchanting and why you shouldn't write off a holiday to Russia in winter…
"One of the most widespread stereotypes about Russian winter is that it is cold and therefore something travellers should avoid; but the truth is actually quite opposite!
A cold Russian winter is a treat. Provided, of course, you arrive with some garments in your backpack other than just t-shirts and are willing to learn to drink vodka like locals do – without diluting it with cola or orange juice! Likewise, to follow locals in other winter delights – from cross-country skiing, ice-skating and going to a banya (a kind of traditional Russian sauna) to participating in many winter celebrations.
The most important and widely celebrated holiday in Russia is New Year. This is a time of countless art events, concerts and cultural performances. It is a time dedicated to joy and hope and everybody feels as if they are children again. With all foolish things children do – from skating at midnight to round-the-clock partying.
The next celebration is Orthodox Christmas on 7th January, with beautiful church services starting on Christmas Eve – it is the second most important (after Easter) Orthodox feast. The most spectacular part of the celebration is the 'cross-bearing procession', headed by prayer-singing priests carrying icons and crosses, followed by people with candles in their hands – a subject of numerous paintings by Russian artists of 19th century.
Only two weeks later, on 19th January, Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the Epiphany. Church services on that day are particularly interesting – if there is a lake or river beside a church, a cross-shaped ice hole is prepared and everybody gathers around witnessing the special prayer made by the priest who invocates the Holy Spirit to come and consecrate the water. This consecrated water then is taken to the church in big barrels so that afterwards everybody can pour some in the bottle and take home – it is used as a remedy for all sorts of diseases.
Afterwards the most intrepid go and bathe in the water – yes, in the ice hole! The common belief is that it is immensely good for your health. Even those who are not particularly devout Orthodox Christians do these things – some even go outside the city, prepare these ice holes themselves and have ice-hole bathing, so to say, in the wild.
The most curious festival is by no doubt 'Old New Year', which actually means 'New Year on old-style Julian calendar'. This is celebrated on the eve of 13th January in a more private manner, usually with a family or closest friends. Before the revolution of 1917, Russia lived on Julian calendar which differs from the Gregorian by 13 days – so this 'Old New Year' was initially an attempt to keep to the good old times and then became just one more reason to have a party and meet friends.
That is to say – midwinter is very special time in Russia: lack of daylight is compensated by an abundance of snow that adds exquisite fascination even to the most banal of landscapes. Lying on the roofs and frames of dark-brown wooden houses and churches, it provides a paradise to a photographer: I really believe these unknown architects of old times had this transient snow-lace decoration in mind when they built their houses this way.
So the whole Christmas – New Year – another Christmas – Old New Year – Epiphany period is just a never ending holiday festival where everybody can find something interesting for themselves. From folk and sports events to grand church services, and from concerts and performances to art exhibitions and quiet tea-parties with long friendly talks, winter is a fantastic time to embrace the wonders of a Russian holiday."
To experience the festive spirit – and spirited festivities – of Russia at this special time of year, see our exciting new small group adventure: Russia Holiday Highlights – New Year.
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More than a month after high water levels along the Mississippi River forced its closure, the Edgard-Reserve ferry in St. John the Baptist Parish resumed operation on Tuesday.
The 17-car ferry was closed in early May, just a few months after it returned from a more than two-year hiatus caused mainly by construction repairs to the landing.
Without the ferry, residents must take a 35 - to - 40-minute detour to the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Gramercy and Wallace.
The ferry's hours of service remain the same, operating from 5 a.m. Monday through Friday, leaving from Reserve, with the final run departing Edgard at 8:45 p.m.
For ferry operation information motorists can call the toll-free state Department of Transportation and Development ferry line at 1.888.613.3779 or visit the web site www.dotd.la.gov.


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Ks, you have said it so well. Each day not knowing, not hearing from him is a heart ache only a mother can know. Keep your faith, trust God will get us all there to greet them and hold them in our arms....and, yes like you said, take that breath. We wil be there soon. Just hang in there.
The fro doesn't have word. This is going to be hell. all we can do is sit and wait and hope that we get word in time to get down there and get a place. We all need to be there homecoming is so wonderful. To see your Marine, your child, to be able to hold him and know that everything is fine now. A Mother could finally take that breath that she waited so long for.
Thanks sandyr, for your help :)
Sandyr-------I remember you well thank you for all your help. I e-mailed the fro. waiting to hear back. e-marine site has no information but did make it clear there will be no word until the week or few days. I hope that is not the case. I would like sometime to get ready to get down there. 2nd son in. I 1st time went with ease. 2nd deployment was not so easy to get information I understand why. now 4yrs later and I am pulling teeth. It's all good.
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Red lips are the perfect complement to any formal outfit
When selecting makeup for an elegant ensemble, there are few colors that can pair perfectly with gowns of any hue. However, judging from the glamorous gals at the 2010 Pride of Britain Awards, there is one product that will look great with a multitude of different tones – bright red lipstick.
English pop star and Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh walked the red carpet in a crimson-colored gown and sported lipstick to match. The lipstick enhanced Walsh's pout while also creating a cohesive overall look. Fellow Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding painted her pout a similar shade, but wore a dress in a completely different hue – cream.
Pairing a soft-colored gown with a vibrant lipstick directed attention to Harding's face, and the dress' unobtrusive shade didn't compete with the strong lip color. However, can you still rock red lips if your gown is just as bright as your pout?
Yes you can, according to British television personality Jameela Jamil, who wore a yellow dress and scarlet lipstick. Jamil paired the feminine lemon-colored piece with touch black leather booties, creating an edgy look that begged for a burst of bright lip color.
There's the proof – crimson lipstick can perfectly complement a variety of looks, whether you're wearing reds, neutrals or contrasting brights.


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LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) — A crash on a western New York road has killed the son of an activist who founded a community group to deal with truck traffic issues on the same roadway.
Police say 35-year-old Ryan Henderson of Lewiston died Wednesday morning after his car drifted into the path of a waste-hauling truck on Ridge Road in his Niagara County hometown.
The Buffalo News reports that Henderson's father, Timothy, founded Residents Organized for Lewiston's Environment to address the issue of truck traffic on Ridge Road.
Authorities say the Buffalo Fuel Corp. truck had dropped off a load at a the Chemical Waste Management landfill shortly before the crash.
Timothy Henderson says his son was headed to his job as a site manager at a group home for the mentally disabled.
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"I was a little disappointed, upset, frustrated, all the above," he said.
After and during a big-time performance in which he scored 19 points in Michigan State's 58-43 win against Wisconsin that kept the Spartans in the hunt for a share of the Big Ten title, Appling was the total opposite.
And that excited coach Tom Izzo, who had seen his point guard suffer through a rough stretch when his shot wasn't falling and late-game plays weren't going his way.
"Seeing Keith smile, that made my day," Izzo said. "I really mean that. He felt better about himself."He came out twice late and a smile on his face, and I just almost started laughing because the poor kid, he has struggled."
Appling was 7-for-13 from the field, using his mid-range game to get himself going after the 3-point shot wasn't working. At one point, Appling had missed 17 consecutive 3-point attempts before connecting on one to finish 1-for-7 against Wisconsin.
Appling, whose made long-range shot gave Michigan State an early 20-12 lead, said he hadn't been aware he had missed 17 in a row up until that point.
"I don't pay attention to stats," he said. "I just try to focus on wins and losses. I could care less about 0-for-17 or 17-for-17. I'm more of a win-or-lose guy.
"I love winning. Nothing makes me happier."
Appling's 3-point shooting percentage dipped to 29 percent. But on this night, it was all smiles.
"The last thing we've got to do is get those 3s back on track," Izzo said. He's in here working on it morning to midnight, so I can swallow all that.
"Not many times I actually feel good for a guy. I felt good for Keith. I was excited that I saw him smile."
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Paul Steiger is rightly proud of his latest Pulitzer — the second for ProPublica in as many years. He's right, too, that such things don't come cheap:
One last point: to do this, it takes money. ProPublica is a non-profit, and contributions are tax deductible. We had more than 1300 donors last year and almost 500 so far this year. The median donation is $50, but whatever you can give will be greatly appreciated, and will truly help us make a difference. I invite you to celebrate with us by making a contribution by clicking here.
Sadly, individual donations — certainly not individual donations of $50 — won't make a difference. According to ProPublica's Form 990, Paul Steiger and his managing editor, Stephen Engelberg, made $959,811 between them in 2009 — $585,117 for Steiger and $374,694 for Engelberg. Senior reporter Dafna Linzer made $225,876. The total wage bill for 47 people for the year came to $5,267,678, or an average of $112,000 per person, not including things like pension contributions, other benefits, freelance costs, and payroll taxes.
It's entirely within ProPublica's rights to pay such salaries, but Steiger's 1,300 donors, each pitching in $50, will generate a total of $65,000 — enough to pay Steiger's wages for almost six weeks. If they all doubled their donation, he'd raise $130,000 — enough to pay ProPublica's total wage bill for just over one week.
The fact is that ProPublica is funded, generously, by Herb and Marion Sandler; they, and a handful of other big-name funders, are the only donors who actually make a difference. According to ProPublica's 2010 annual report, online donations for $86,000 were rather less than 1% of ProPublica's total fundraising haul of $9,832,000 — the bulk of which came from board members. (For which, read the Sandlers.) ProPublica is not reliant on donations from the public, and if you're prioritizing your charitable contributions, it makes sense to target your money at organizations which really do rely on such things.
In principle, I like the idea of a non-profit news organization which is funded by its readers. But ProPublica is not that organization. If you want to make a difference by funding investigative journalism, you'll get more bang for your buck by giving money to the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, which doesn't have a highly-paid permanent staff. Instead, it gives out grants of between $500 and $10,000 to reporters working on important stories like Kai Wright's recent examination of the payday lending industry.
As ever, giving anywhere is better than giving nowhere — so if you are impressed by the Pulitzer-winning work of Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein and want to support it with a donation to ProPublica, that will do some amount of good and no harm whatsoever. But if you're going to donate that money to the cause of investigative journalism, you might want to look at other places too. Which might need it more than ProPublica does.Felix Salmon is an Audit contributor. He's also the finance blogger for Reuters; this post can also be found at Reuters.com. Tags: Executive Compensation, Nonprofit Journalism, Paul Steiger, ProPublica, Pulitzer Prizes


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I am truly fascinated with how many "national" days there are to celebrate. Low and behold this coming Thursday is National Goof Off Day (March 22).
Now that you know there is such a day, what will your plans be?
Maybe we take a page from the "how to really live" handbook that must be issued, in secret, to every cat:
- take plenty of naps
- watch the world unfold from a great vantage place
- play a little video game (the most popular activity for goofing off, so the survey says)
- eat a little
- worry less
- sit in a box - for fun
- cuddle with a loved one
- find a new favorite spot
Hmm, notice that not a one of these includes going to work. Perhaps we all need to put in a vacation request for Thursday and spend it goofing off with our kitties.
I won't tell if you do and I bet your cat will keep the secret too.


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DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock took note of his team's impressive core of players younger than 30 one day at training camp. He smiled and remarked, "We're getting way too young around here."
Not exactly. The Red Wings still are among the NHL's oldest clubs by average age, and many of their key players also are their oldest players, such as defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom (age 37), Chris Chelios (45) and Brian Rafalski (34), forwards Tomas Holmstrom (34) and Kris Draper (36) and goaltender Dominik Hasek (42).
But Babcock has every right to be enthusiastic about his club's youth. The Red Wings boast a large group of skilled players in their 20s who have helped stop the aging process in Detroit. It is led by superstar centers Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, and it includes forwards Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen, Jiri Hudler, Tomas Kopecky and Dan Cleary and defensemen Niklas Kronwall and Brett Lebda.
They gained valuable experience last season on a team that tied Buffalo for the league lead in points (113) and advanced to the Western Conference finals before being eliminated by Stanley Cup champion Anaheim. And they will be key contributors on a club that once again should challenge for the Cup.
"It was a great experience for our younger players to go deep in the playoffs, get a chance to play when it really matters, pressure situations," Lidstrom said. "They're going to get better from that, knowing what it takes to win."
Babcock added: "All you have to do is watch them and compare the progress they made from a year ago. We think those are guys who can help us win games."
It seemingly has been ages since the Red Wings' advancing age was not an issue. In a salary cap world that prevents the stockpiling of expensive veterans, it is vital to get production from younger, lower-paid players. The Red Wings have them scattered throughout their four forward line combinations and on a couple of their defense pairings.
"Our young guys are just as good as anybody else's in the league," Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood said. "You mix that with the veteran guys, and we have a really good team."
The dynamic duo of Datsyuk and Zetterberg alone assures some level of success. They were dominant while playing on the same line (with Holmstrom) for much of last season. They will start this season centering their own lines, providing scoring balance for a club that got little production from its second line last season.
"They got a chance to play a lot of minutes and they responded," Lidstrom said. "They've been probably the top duo of centermen in the league."
It was especially important for Datsyuk to deliver in the playoffs. He ended a 26-game postseason goal-scoring slump to lead the club with eight goals and finished second to Lidstrom with 16 points. For Datsyuk and Zetterberg, their best years are ahead of them.
"The good thing for us is we've been here for a while and we've been playing with some great players, learning for a few years now," Zetterberg said. "Now it looks like we have to take a bigger step and bring a little more to the table."
Among their duties is to aid in the development of the younger players. The pair has a habit of making people around them better, which bodes well for Franzen, a big, versatile player who will play left wing on Datsyuk's line with Holmstrom, and for Hudler, a small player who displayed a finishing touch (15 goals despite limited ice time) as a rookie and will play with Zetterberg and Mikael Samuelsson.
After Zetterberg and Datsyuk, Filppula is the young forward with the biggest upside. The third-line center is a terrific skater strong on the puck and has good playmaking and defensive abilities -- much like Zetterberg.
Whether Filppula can be productive offensively is the biggest question. He will be flanked by Cleary, who a year ago rediscovered the offensive touch he displayed in junior hockey with a career year (20 goals, 20 assists), and Draper, who moves from center to right wing.
Kopecky, who broke his clavicle Dec. 14 and did not return to the lineup until Game 4 of the Anaheim series, will center what should be a crash-and-bang fourth line, with veteran wingers Maltby and Dallas Drake, the former Red Wing who signed a one-year deal with the club in July.
Rookie left wing Igor Grigorenko is hoping to be a part of the youth movement. He arrived from Russia six years after the club drafted him and four years after a near-fatal car accident. He has had trouble adjusting to the faster-paced NHL game, but the club hopes he will make an impact this season.
Two of the team's top six defensemen (Kronwall and Lebda) are younger than 27. A major injury in each of his three NHL seasons has kept Kronwall from reaching his full potential. He has a tremendous set of skills and an ability to deliver crunching open-ice hits. If he stays healthy, he should start producing more than he has thus far (three goals, 36 points in 115 games).
The way Babcock sees it, his team has the ideal blend of youth and experience and skill and grit to once more "knock on the door," as he put it.
"I like our leadership group, our four lines, the grit we have, I like our mobility on the back, I like our goaltending," Babcock said. "How good can we become? I think that's up to us. But I think we have a chance to be a good hockey club and a quick team and a team that can come after you on the forecheck, and yet a team that can play real good without the puck."


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There are 1,440 minutes in a single day. Where does it all go? There's work, commute time, dinner to prepare, homework lessons to review with your children, after school activities, laundry, laundry and more laundry. It's no wonder that the fuzz on your legs has formed leg warmers. eliminating the need for long socks. Believe me, I understand. In my haste, only certain body parts get moisturized and the rest, is well hidden by layers of clothing. Poor thirsty skin, all it gets is a hot shower and even that strips away natural oils. Ladies, it's time that we do better. We take the time to check our messages, return our best friend's phone call, and now it's time to stop the clock and keep ourselves beautiful.
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After all the hoopla surrounding Matsuzaka's arrival in Boston, he has underperformed in relation to expectations, becoming the forgotten man in the Red Sox pitching rotation. Last season, Matsuzaka was plagued by injury problems and fitness concerns, maddening fans with his inconsistency. Not to worry this season, says Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.
Edes argues that Matsuzaka's production this season will not have a major impact on the Red Sox success. The Red Sox will be counting much more heavily on rebound seasons from Josh Beckett and John Lackey. Matsuzaka will likely start the year as the fifth starter, but Tim Wakefield is on-call in case Matsuzaka falters.
Saltimacchia, on the other hand, will be an important piece to the puzzle. He takes over the starting catching duties from Victor Martinez, who left for the Detroit Tigers as a free agent.
In preparation for the role, Saltamacchia, 25, has been training his defensive fundamentals with catching coach Gary Tuck.
Saltamacchia's reputation within the league revolves around his hitting power and potential at the plate, but the Red Sox want him to concentrate on playing well with the mask on. Saltmacchia played 10 games last season with the Red Sox, impresssing Terry Francona with how he handled the starting pitchers.
Spring training will be important for Saltamacchia because he needs to spend more time with the pitching staff, in order to learn individual strengths and weaknesses. For this reason, Saltamacchia is excited for spring training to start.
For at least one eager Red Sox player, spring training has already begun:
Jonathon Papelbon arrives early for spring training [Boston Herald]
As a closer, Jonathan Papelbon normally shows up late to work, in the eighth or ninth inning. Papelbon, however, is early for spring training, according to WBZ. The Boston Herald relayed the news that Papelbon has already arrived in Ft. Myers for spring training, though pitchers and catchers aren't required to report until February13th.
With David Ortiz, much left to be desired [Boston Herald]
Ortiz's April struggles these past two seasons have been well-documented. Last season, Ortiz hit .143 with one home run, four RBI in the month of April. Ortiz woke up from his April nap, belting home runs and driving in runs like the real Big Papi.
What's more concerning than Ortiz's slow starts is his apparent inability to hit left-handers anymore. Ortiz finished last season hitting .222 with two homers and a .599 OPS in 200 plate appearances against left-handers.
Manager Terry Francona says Ortiz will continue to play against lefty pitchers because he thinks it helps Ortiz find a groove, but it will be interesting to see how patient Francona will be with Big Papi this season.
NESN ranks Dustin Pedroia as the third best second basemen in the MLB and Pedroia stars in a New Balance commercial [NESN]
In a new commercial for New Balance, Pedroia talks at length about being disrespected and doubted throughout his career. Pedroia can add NESN to the list of doubters.
Today, NESN listed the MLB's top 10 second basemen, ranking Pedroia third, behind Chase Utley and Robinson Cano, respectively. Something tells me, if Pedroia saw the list, he wouldn't be too happy about being ranked behind the Yankees' Cano.
Tell Dustin what he can't do. Tell him who he can't be:


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Portland Winterhawks defenseman Brett Ponich was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round of the 2009 NHL entry draft at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday.
Portland Winterhawks defenseman Brett Ponich was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round of the 2009 NHL entry draft at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday.
Ponich, 6-foot-6 and 215 pounds, was the 48th player chosen in the seven-round draft, which opened Friday with the New York Islanders selecting center John Tavares of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.
Last season, Ponich had one goal and 17 assists and accumulated 117 penalty minutes for Portland. He was one of two Portland players (center Colin Redden was the other) to play in all 72 regular-season games. His plus-minus rating of minus-19 was an improvement from minus-39 the previous season.
Ponich said Saturday he has been in Portland for the last month working on his skating and offensive skills. He said among the players his game has been compared to are those of the Pittsburgh Penguins' Hal Gill (6-7 and 250 pounds) and the Philadelphia Flyers' Chris Pronger (6-6, 220).
"I think I'm pretty sound defensively, and I need to take the next step in the offensive zone," Ponich said.
NHL's Central Scouting had Ponich as the 151st-rated North American skater, an evaluation the Blues -- and evidently some other teams -- disregarded.
"A few teams were talking about the second round and the third round," Ponich said. "I thought maybe I would go that early, but I wasn't sure until it happened."
Ponich is a native of Beaumont, Alberta, about 15 miles outside of Edmonton. He said he will be at the Blues' development camp in early July but expects to return to the Winterhawks for the 2009-10 season.
The last time a Portland player was selected in the second round was 2005, when Anaheim took defenseman Brendan Mikkelson with the 31st pick and the New York Rangers chose defenseman Michael Sauer with the 40th pick. Both players made their NHL debuts in the 2008-09 season.
-- The Oregonian; email@example.com


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Parade & Festival: Sunday, June 4, 2017
Queens Pride, the organizer of the 2017 Pride Parade and Festival held in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, welcomes you to celebrate the 25th parade and festival. First held in 1993, the fight for social justice and the celebration of community continues with this wonderful display of visibility and pride. Our theme for 2017 will be announced in the Spring.
Over the years the parade and festival have grown and evolved to where today, we help to connect people within the community to various equality, social justice, health and educational organizations. With this outreach, the benefits are immeasurable in the many ways people have been helped to be themselves and live better lives.
We depend on your support, our fantastic volunteers and the dedicated members of Queens Pride who spend many hours to organize this event, and more, each year.
We hope to see you at our events in 2017!
Parade: 37th Avenue from 89th Street to 75th Street. Kick-off at 12 noon. Reviewing stand at 37th Avenue between 79th and 80th Streets.
Festival: 75th Street and 37th Road. Queens Pride and Club Evolution stages provide entertainment throughout the afternoon, beginning at 1:30pm and ending at 6pm. Vendors, food and informative business, community and social group booths are located throughout the festival site.
This year's festival stage will be loaded with great talent reflecting the diversity of our community. Singers, comedians, drag acts, dance groups and much more. The show starts at 1:30 pm and ends with our headline performer.
2016 we featured Crystal Waters, a woman whose talent and brand has sustained her 20-year career, yet the breadth of her work continues to engage new fans and please her enormous base. She is best known for her string of domestic and international number one dance hits in the 1990's, including her 1991 signature smash, "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)", which garnered her three American Music Award nominations and made her an international sensation. "Gypsy Woman" became a global, number one smash because of its socially-conscious lyrics and its positively infectious hook. Crystal was firmly embraced by the dance community and in 1994, she again found mainstream success with "100% Pure Love", which became one of the longest charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the charts for a whopping 45 weeks.
Looking to perform on the 2017 festival stage? Send your "best" to us at email@example.com. All submissions will be reviewed and those selected for full consideration will be contacted shortly.
parade registration
Registration for the parade is FREE - CLICK HERE.
Join the colorful and festive march!
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Be part of the street fair! If you would like a booth, complete the form.
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Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland represents the 21st Council District in Queens, serving the neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City and parts of Jackson Heights. With her election to the 21st Council District in 2009, Julissa became the first Latina elected to political office in Queens. After being re-elected for a second term in 2014, Julissa was appointed by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the serve as the first woman and first person of color to Chair the City Council's Committee on Finance. Julissa is committed to the rights of all New Yorkers, with a particular emphasis on the growing immigrant community. A native New Yorker, Julissa grew up in Corona and currently resides in East Elmhurst.
The AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) is the largest provider of HIV/AIDS services in the borough of Queens serving over 9,000 HIV+ clients, and 30,000 community residents in five sites throughout the borough. Services include case management, harm reduction and syringe exchange program, health education and prevention services, housing services, legal services, a licensed mental health clinic, and a food pantry program. Services are provided at no charge. ACQC celebrates with us as a valued sponsor. This year marks their 30th anniversary. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA, of which ACQC is now part of. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to more than 500,000 individuals in 36 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Additional information is available atwww.aidshealth.org
Jessica Stern, Executive Director of the OutRight Action International formerly known as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, specializes in gender, sexuality and human rights globally. As the first researcher on LGBT rights at Human Rights Watch and a Ralph Bunche Fellow at Amnesty International, she conducted fact-finding investigations and advocacy in relation to Iran, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. She has campaigned extensively for social and economic justice in the United States for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, the Urban Justice Center and as a founding collective member of Bluestockings. A past board member of Queers for Economic Justice, she currently serves on the board of the International Bar Association's Committee on LGBT Rights and the Law. Educated at the London School of Economics, she teaches at Columbia University.
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Dear couple,
Your desire to have your own child has not been fulfilled as yet. Therefore your doctor has referred you to us, and you have decided to come to us. We thank you for your trust. The desire to have a child of one's own is something very personal and intimate. When it is not fulfilled, many questions, doubts and fears arise. Even the relationship with one's partner can be put to a difficult test. We want to accompany you on the joint road that is ahead of you, giving you as much support as we can. Our office is entirely specialised in the diagnosis and therapy of involuntary childlessness. We are guided by the very latest scientific insights. Intensive medical research in recent years has led to the development of many new methods of treting infertility. Therefore we often can even help couples for whom there used to be no help.
Although today modern medicine offers us many possibilities of helping you – we cannot always be successful. Please always keep this in mind in whatever we discuss and decide together. This brochure is meant to serve as a helpful guide throuhout the treatment of your desire to have a child. We will briefly show you the background of involuntary childlessness and inform you about the latest treatment options as well as their prospects for success and their risks. You will surely also be interested in the time schedule of the treatment and in who pays for it.
We will gladly answer any further questions during a personal visit here in our office.
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We have just posted a feature story by Avilash Roul entitled "India's Solar Power" on our home page, where the reader will find an in-depth survey of the current state of solar power in India and the efforts of India's government to develop solar power.
In our introduction to that story, we point out the dauntingly small base from which non-hydro, non-nuclear, non-combustible renewables have to climb. In the world in 2006, for example, according to the International Energy Agency, fossil fuel accounts for 80.3% of the world's energy production – oil (34.3%), coal (25.1%), and gas (20.9%). Add to this "combustible renewables," mostly wood (10.6%), and you have 90.9% of the world's energy coming from combustion. Add to that nuclear power (6.5%), and hydro-electric power (2.2%), and you have accounted for 99.5% of the world's energy. Of the remaining one-half of one percent, 80% of that is, surprisingly, geothermal power, with the final 20%, one tenth of one percent, roughly split between solar and wind power.
How does the world's energy mix compare to India's energy mix? It is surprising how difficult it is to find this information – but from the U.S. Energy Information Administration we located 2001 statistics for India: Coal (50.9%), oil (34.4%), gas (6.5%) – bringing fossil fuel up to 91.8% of all energy produced. Add to that India's hydro-electric power (6.3%), and nuclear power (1.7%), and you have accounted for 99.8% of India's energy. In 2001, India's geothermal, wind and solar power, all together only amounted to two-tenths of one percent. Conspicuously missing is a percentage for "combustible renewables" probably because the EIA considers those to be off-market, off-grid activities. Clearly these figures could be more comprehensive, and have changed in the past few years, so if anyone can point us to a reputable, up-to-date source for this data, please let us know…
No matter what the latest figures may be, however, there are two things that are clear: (1) If a country like India, with over 1.0 billion citizens, is going to continue to experience economic growth at a percentage rate in the high single-digits, their energy production will need to increase, even if efficiencies are gained. (2) CO2 emissions in the world will not be significantly reduced if economies such as India's and China's, and others, continue to grow as they have been to-date.
Energy from combustion provides the overwhelming percentage of all energy production, and that will take at least a few decades to change. Subjecting the CO2 produced from energy combustion to sequestration may sound good, but will cost too much and is completely unproven – there could be awful side effects to trying to process all this CO2. Better for now to clean out the dangerous particulates and pollutants out of fossil fuels, something that is affordable, and look to other ways to address climate change – possibly by taking another look at land use which is grossly under-emphasized in popular climate models. From this perspective, for example, biofuel could well be the worst thing that has ever happened to the earth's climate – as literally millions of square kilometers are wiped out to grow it – and aquifers are drained away to water these crops. Perhaps instead of trying, above all else, to stop burning fossil fuel, we would be better off putting rainforests back where biofuel plantations stand. Read "Biofuel or Biohazard" for commentary and links on this important topic – something environmentalists are just beginning to grasp.
Against these realities, the greatest source for optimism could be the rapid progress that solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies have made. They are truly on the verge of competing with conventional energy. Given the primary raw material required to produce photovoltaics is electricity, which they themselves produce, we cannot dismiss the possibility that the photovoltaic sector will grow faster than the wildest dreams of their proponants. But they have a long, long road to travel before they truly begin to replace fossil fuel.


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Just months after low-cost airline AirTran launched bargain flights from Huntsville, airport officials warn the carrier could pull out unless passenger traffic picks up.
Orlando-based AirTran began two daily nonstop flights to Washington/Baltimore International Airport and one daily nonstop flight to Orlando International in late May.
We say give it time to see if the lag is only temporary. A recent promotion by AirTran of adding more flights during area schools' upcoming fall break may help turn its numbers around.
So would adding flights to Atlanta or some other regional hub like some area officials talked about during the AirTran announcement in March.
Tuesday's use-it-or-lose it warning by airport marketing director Barbie Peek comes amid data showing advanced bookings and walk-up purchases for AirTran flights tracking far short of projections.
AirTran's "load factor' (the percentage of occupied seats) systemwide was 85.7 percent in August, while it was 44.4 percent for the Huntsville/Baltimore service and 52.9 percent for Huntsville/Orlando.
This despite an overall 7.1 percent increase in airport passengers in August compared to last August. Year-to-date passenger traffic at Huntsville International Airport was also up - 3.3 percent for a total of 815,577 travelers from January through August.
A pullout by AirTran would possibly drive up ticket prices at remaining airlines and mar Huntsville as a city of not-so-friendly skies for budget airlines.
Consider the track record of past budget airlines here:
Allegiant Air ended service May 2008 after less than a year.
Independence Air operated here from Oct. 2004 to January 2006.
AirTran operated in Huntsville before from October 1994 to May 1995.
AirTran was lured here with $3 million in subsidies to offer lower fares.
The federal Bureau of Transportation last year flagged Huntsville International Airport for having the highest average fares in the country at $505 per person. Since AirTran's debut, advance purchase fares to the airport's top-20 markets fell 27 percent to $268. Walk-up fares to those markets dropped 38 percent to $473, records released Tuesday showed.
Some of that may be attributed to other market factors, but competition could certainly play a part.
Chamber of Commerce leaders in Huntsville, Decatur, Athens and other nearby cities led a publicity blitz to encourage the business and industry community to support the recruitment initiative for a low-cost airline with a financial contribution. Leisure travelers have long complained of paying high fares to fly out of Huntsville.
Those sectors must do their part to support AirTran. Or it, too, will vanish into the sunset like Huntsville's other low cost airlines.
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FORESTVILLE - A fire consumed a residence at 9425 Creek Road Tuesday morning, leaving one couple homeless.
Forestville Fire Department First Assistant Chief Kyle Barthel commented on the fire.
"It began around 11:15 a.m.; luckily no one was hurt," he said. "It took over an hour to put out the fire."
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A home on Creek Road caught fire Tuesday morning. The Forestville Fire department, as well as several other departments, fought the blaze.
Barthel said the home was completely destroyed.
"There was a light wind which caused the fire to spread throughout the home," he explained. "It is still under investigation what caused the fire."
A passer-by stopped to see if he could help the couple.
"The lady of the house was coming out of the barn; I ran up to her and she told me her husband was out in the back field with two horses," Tom Brooks of East Aurora said. "She had been beeping the horn trying to get his attention."
Barthel confirmed the female occupant of the home was working in the barn and the man was out in the woods when the fire occurred.
"I asked her if everyone was out of the house," Brooks said. "She said 'no animals or other people were in the house.'"
The couple is staying with their neighbors.
Sheridan, Cassadaga, Sunset Bay, East Dunkirk, Hanover, and Silver Creek Fire Departments helped battle the fire. Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team was also on scene.


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Nautilus Inc. CEO and President Gregg Hammonn stepped down today. Until the exercise-equipment maker can find a permanent replacement, board member Robert S. Falcone will take over. Falcone served as Nike's chief financial officer from 1992 to 1998, a period of explosive growth for the athleticwear giant. He resigned after the Asian economic crisis led the several disappointing quarterly earnings reports.
More on Hammann's resignation here and in tomorrow's Oregonian.


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Fire Dispatch Drill Reveals Communication Weakness April 24, 2009
The HB RACES Fire Dispatch Drill puts in place a backup communication network that is designed to replace normal fire dispatch communications for Huntington Beach Fire Department should they fail. It is essential to practice this communications plan to both evaluate and refine its capability and reestablish working relationships with fire personnel. Drills are essential for an effective and smooth transition to backup communication methods as well as maintaining confidence in HB RACES capabilities and communication effectiveness. This drill was previously conducted both in 2004 and 2005 and revealed dispatch delays in normal fire dispatch communications. Those delays were eliminated by changes in dispatch procedures and were not observed during the 2009 drill.
The 2009 Fire Dispatch Drill conducted last Sunday showed HB RACES is only as strong as the weakest link in the communication chain. During this drill some of our basic communications training was forgotten by many stations both in the field and at the net control stations. The impact of this failure caused confusion on the primary net, slowed down the relay of dispatch messages to the field and tarnished the fine reputation HB RACES has for effective communications for the city in time of need.
As the Chief Radio Officer of HB RACES I was disappointed by both my personal performance during the drill and management of our group's effectiveness on the 2 meter net. This net was monitored during the drill by city fire personnel and many of our neighboring RACES organizations. We have much work to do as a group to recover from this recent deficiency. I encourage every RACES communicator to attend our HB RACES May 11th Membership Meeting for a formal debrief on the drill and the beginning of critical supplemental training workshops to immediately address the weaknesses observed.
In preparation for the communication training workshops please listen to several of the audio files embedded in this post for examples of the professional dispatch communications that take place every day in Huntington Beach. The primary goal of our backup dispatch communications network is to duplicate these communications on our 2 meter net. Our future success starts with a good understanding of what we're trying to accomplish. The dispatches and tactical channel radio traffic are perfect examples of how brief and concise messages can be and still convey the right amount of information between individuals. Our supplemental training begins right now with LISTENING.
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Pick a Dispatch mp3 file from above and listen.