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Greendale Joey Gerard's serving weekend breakfast, lunch
You're thinking about breakfast, aren't you.
The Bartolotta group's Rumpus Room downtown recently ended its brunch, but its Joey Gerard's supper club in Greendale has started weekend breakfast, with lunch items on the menu as well. »Read Full Blog Post
Joel Whitburn is No. 1 when it comes to pop music charts
In 1958, Elvis entered the Army and Joel Whitburn took out his first subscription to Billboard.
Elvis' hitch lasted two years; Whitburn got hooked for life. »Read Full Article(12)
Nines in Mequon switches from small plates to steaks under a new format
Small plates are out and steaks are in at Nines, the restaurant at the River Club in Mequon, which recently tweaked its name and changed its menu. »Read Full Blog Post
BMO Harris Bradley Center brings on new booking director
The BMO Harris Bradley Center has brought on a Summerfest talent buyer as its director of booking.
Doug Johnson, a co-founder of Pursuit Live, a local talent agency that's played a key role in booking Summerfest shows since 2001, has stepped into the newly-created role, a full-time position created to turn around the Milwaukee arena's declining concert business. The Bradley, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013, hosted only three major music tours last year. (A fourth planned concert, with P!nk, was postponed to 2014 due to the singer's vocal issues.) »Read Full Article
Remodeled Mangia in Kenosha to reopen with Jason Gorman as chef
When Tony Mantuano's Mangia in Kenosha reopens on April 25 after several weeks of remodeling, chef Jason Gorman will be leading the kitchen.
It will mark Gorman's return to Wisconsin, where he made his name at what was then Dream Dance at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee. He next was at the Iron Horse Hotel and La Merenda before leaving in 2012 to work for Mantuano as executive chef at the Art Institute of Chicago. »Read Full Blog Post
Milwaukee Art Museum releases design for new building
The Milwaukee Art Museum released a new design for a previously proposed addition that would give the museum an entrance on a prime, if sorely neglected, spot of lakefront.
The new building, designed by Milwaukee architect Jim Shields, of HGA Architects and Engineers, will be 17,000 square feet and is part of a larger $15 million project to renovate and reorganize the museum's permanent collection galleries,said Vicki Scharfberg, the museum's communications director. »Read Full Article(53)
Jack White coming to Rave's Eagles Ballroom July 21
Jack White, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning, guitar-mastering artist of White Stripes and Raconteurs fame — not to mention his own solo career — is hitting the road this summer and making a stop at the Rave's Eagles Ballroom July 21.
This will be the first time White's played Milwaukee since stepping out as a proper solo artist. »Read Full Article(1)
Imaginary friend offers no escape in 'Mr. Marmalade'
Whoever your imaginary friends were as a kid, I sincerely hope they didn't resemble the creepy antihero in Noah Haidle's "Mr. Marmalade," now being staged by Splinter Group under Jim Farrell's direction.
Mr. Marmalade (Zach Thomas Woods) is the fictive creation of Lucy, a precocious 4-year-old. He wears a suit and carries a briefcase — an emblem of a job forcing him to work 20 hours each day. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee native Rae Cassidy leaves buzz band San Fermin
When acclaimed, up-and-coming orchestral indie rock band San Fermin takes the stage at Summerfest on opening day, its Milwaukee-born frontwoman, Rae Cassidy, won't be there.
Cassidy announced on her Facebook page last week that she's left the New York band to focus on her solo career. »Read Full Article
Council for Wisconsin Writers to honor John Nichols, other winners
The Council for Wisconsin Writers will give Madison writer John Nichols its major achievement award during its annual awards banquet at 11 a.m. May 10 at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee.
Nichols, who will give the banquet's keynote speech, is associate editor of The Capital Times and a correspondent for The Nation. His books on politics, history and American media include "Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street" (2012). »Read Full Blog Post
'Art Everywhere' described as largest open-air art show in history
It is being described as the largest outdoor art show ever conceived. Five major American art museums will collaborate to bring about 50 masterworks of American art to as many as 50,000 displays along streets and highways nationwide, including billboards, subway platforms, trains, buses and bus shelters.
Art Everywhere U.S. is inspired by a similar project in the U.K. last year and is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, artists, estates, foundations and rights agencies. »Read Full Article(1)
Top of the Charts: Pharrell Williams' chart-topping happiness rolls on
It was another big week for Pharrell Williams - and his sixth week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 was only one reason. See why Williams is celebrating extra hard this week and then check out which songs were the biggest hits in the United States this week back in 2009, 1999, 1989 and 1979.
No. 1 hit April 7, 2014 »Read Full Blog Post
Pop-up restaurant Amilinda will appear regularly at the National
The pop-up restaurant Amilinda, after holding events in various locations, will settle in at the National cafe for its pop-up dinners starting in May. »Read Full Blog Post
Pabst Theater Group announces John Prine, Jackson Browne concerts
Jackson Browne and John Prine — two of music's most revered singer-songwriters — are playing two separate shows in Milwaukee in the coming months, the Pabst Theater Group announced Monday morning.
After playing the Riverside Theater in 2012, Browne will be back at the venue July 15. Reserved seats are $49.50 to $65, available at the box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), by calling (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.org. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Free screenings at UWM, Times Cinema
We know it can be tough to get over a season-ending defeat. But we know what Milwaukee needs to get over a loss: free stuff.
UWM Union Theatre continues its Latin American Film Series with a free screening at 7 tonight of "The Tiniest Place," a documentary about a village in El Salvador that actually was wiped off the map during the country's civil war. »Read Full Blog Post


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My daugher is almost 10 months old, and I have been thinking about when to start the weaning process. I love breastfeeding and it took a lot of effort to get over my hurdles in the beginning, but also have many reasons for wanting to wean. One year was my goal, and I'm so happy and proud that I will get there!
I work FT, so it will be easy to start daytime weaning since it will just require dropping a pumping session during the day and on the weekends I can give her a bottle from my freezer stash. Lately there are times when I only pump 2 times rather than 3 during the work day due to meetings, etc. I used to be stressed about it, but now I realize I have some milk in my freezer and I always pump before bed to make up for it (and get ahead for my freezer stash). I'd rather wean from that pumping after my daytime pumpings since it is more inconvenient to pump at work.
I have a business trip when she will be 13.5 months old, and would rather not take my pump along. I cannot bring her on this trip (I have brought her before) and it might be a good natural time to finish the weaning process since I won't be home.
So I guess my questions are:
1. How often do you cut out a pumping and/or nursing session? I know to start with the least-needed one first, so I will start with my daytime pumpings. I have read a lot so I understand how to do it (delay it later and later, cut time shorter, etc.). Then after that I will cut out the a.m. and p.m. feedings. Do I cut one a week so theoretically it should take approx. 6 weeks?
2. How long does it take to feel comfortable? I had been thinking I want to be completely weaned by 13.5 months, but actually I would like to be comfortable by then so I don't have to worry about mastitis or plugged ducts on my trip (it will be busy and intense). Should I aim to be weaned by 12.5 months and have a month to pump for comfort, dry up, and manage the engorgement?
Thanks for any advice. I believe in child-led weaning in general and that there are benefits to nursing after 1 year, but have decided that I will not go that route for this child.

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MY son doesnt seem to wet his nappy when he is in a deep sleep, ie of a night his nappy is completly dry, and also if he has a long nap in day, he will have a dry nappy......altho usually within an hour of having woke up it will be soaked....and not just a normal soak, but very very wet.......ive done the 60-90mls water in a nappy to see what a normal wet nappy should feel like, and the first one of a morning, goes from dry at waking to 4x as heavy as a normal wet nappy within an hour.....is this normal? and if he is holdinh it when he is asleeo is this ok? he must have a full bladder i would think over night...to be able to soak a nappy so much in the space of the first hour he is awake..
i have been counting the last few days and he generally h as 6-7 wet a day (some much more wet that what they would class as a proper "full" nappy) so i assume that is ok...but i worry about him holding it so long..


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Mrs. Gisler was born in Shelby County to Jim and Cora Gann.
She was a quilter and was the past president of the Refugio Quilting Guild.
She was preceded in death by her son, Timothy Ray Gisler.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Leon Gisler of Refugio; daughter, Wendy Pursell of Aransas Pass; son, Michael Leon Gisler of Victoria; sister, Opal Sue Kelley of Kingwood; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Moore Funeral Home Chapel.
The funeral service will be conducted there at 10 a.m. today (Thursday).
Burial will follow at noon at Mission Valley Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be David Gisler, Tom Hendley, Hugh Gisler, James Huddleston, Johnny Mack Pursell and Darin Gisler.


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President should have stood taller
The not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial last week has been a godsend for the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world. The verdict just proves that there's that there's well, that there's no justice for blacks in America.
And so "racism" is the narrative for the mobs that are attacking people and property across America this weekend in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old black who was shot while beating the crap out of Zimmerman, a Hispanic, in Sanford, Fla., the night of Feb. 26, 2012.
The rub, however, is that the Sharptons and the Jacksons are wrong. They say they see fire, but there's no smoke.
The FBI investigated Zimmerman's background and found that he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. And as for the trial, anyone with half a brain who paid attention knows the jury was right to acquit. Even former President Jimmy Carter says it was the "right decision."
Nevertheless, "racism" remains the narrative. Maybe it reflects the cockiness in an entitlement culture. Maybe it serves a hidden agenda in our increasingly divided nation. Whatever the cause, it is wrong.
Within days of the shooting, the Martin family started nudging the narrative forward. They hired civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to pursue legal action and persuade the news media to cover the case. He was joined by attorney Natalie Jackson, attorney Jasmine Rand and publicist Ryan Julison. Rand recently revealed that she has "a greater duty beyond being an attorney, and that's to be a social engineer."
(Crump filed a wrongful death claim against the neighborhood homeowner's association, and in April, two months before the start of the trial, the parties announced a $1 million-plus settlement.)
President Obama had a role, also. He nudged the case into the public consciousness even before Zimmerman had been charged. The president: "When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids." He added, "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon." The shooting victim thus became an Obama son, sort of.
Sharpton and Jackson started circling, and the only question on most people's minds at that point was who would be the more inflammatory, the more outrageous. Pictures show them walking side-by-side, but Jackson has moved ahead by a nose.
On Monday, he called for the "United Nations Human Rights Commission" to conduct "an in-depth investigation of whether the U.S. is upholding its obligations under international human rights laws and treaties." No kidding.
Enter the media. Circulation and ratings are important, after all.
Four days after the president's comments, NBC News aired a doctored version of Zimmerman's conversation with a 911 operator. Double-shame on NBC News. Some viewers then knew all they needed to know. Out came the Sharpies and poster board.
A week later, Reuters signed up. The news service put out a sympathetic story saying the shooting "has riveted the nation, largely because of race." ABC News closed the loop. It falsely reported that Zimmerman had no visible injuries after the shooting.
When the trial started, the circus slowed, and the tents should have been put away when Zimmerman was found not guilty. But the tents remain standing. The race baiters still have programs to sell.
Obama could have silenced them, but no.
In a statement a day later, he mentioned the tragedy of the shooting, the "strong passions" and the fact that we are a "nation of laws." He even put in a plug for more gun controls. But he didn't address the false racial narrative, and on Friday, he reinforced it. Double-shame on President Obama.
So the circus continues, celebrities and all. Competing ringmasters Sharpton and Jackson continue speaking out, and Attorney General Eric Holder, in an adjoining ring, is asking the public for tips so he can build a civil rights violation or hate crime case against Zimmerman.
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Ya know, the part about "Aside from having lactating breasts, there are no real parenting style requirements to breastfeed" was the only thing that threw me! Because I think that if you're going to nurse successfully, there is one additional requirement: nursing on demand. I know there are people out there who schedule and are successful, but there are so many more who end up throwing in the towel early when a strict schedule tanks their supply.
Maybe nursing on demand is a physical requirement, not a "parenting style" requirement, but I think it's hard to meet that physical requirement without parenting in a responsive style.


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After a telephone conversation with Mr. Wayne Grauer, I do not think I will be called upon to give away any poorly tied flies this year. Wayne is a purveyor of both new and used bamboo fly rods and knows quite a bit regarding fly fishing history. Mr. Grauer complained that the quiz this year was really tough. Some of you may simply need a few extra hours of batting practice.
The answer to the question, "Who was the author of the books 'Pavlov's Trout,' 'Darwin's Bass' and 'Fishing Lessons?'" is Paul Quinnett. If you can find a copy of "Fishing Lessons" on a used book list, it is a great read.
The name of the artist who did the color plates of fish for Ray Bergman's book "Just Fishing" was Fred Everett. In 1952, Mr. Everett wrote his own fine book titled "Fun with Trout." He was a long-time employee of the New York State Conservation Department.
The year the Harrisburg Fly Fishers club was formed was 1947. Charlie Fox and Vince Marinaro were early members.
The title of the book published in 1857, which urged anglers to "turn around and fish upstream" was "The Practical Angler," by William Stewart. His middle name was Clouston.
The author of that marvelous, little-known book, "Rising Trout," was Charles Fox, who also penned "This Wonderful World of Trout and Advanced Bait Casting."
In his 1985 book, "The View from Rat Lake," John Gierach wrote: "There are only three things in life that are dead center." In his opinion they were, 1955 Ford pickups, B. B. King and dry fly fishing.
As you ride the bus back to Scranton, PA and the bush leagues, you will now discover that the other nickname that Ed Hewitt called Alfred W. Miller, aka Sparse Grey Hackle, was "Deacon" or "Deac" for short. Another great book, if you can find a copy, is titled, "An Honest Angler," edited by Patricia Miller Sherwood, who was the daughter of Mr. Miller. The Lyons Press published this book in 1998.
Here on the range, frantic time has arrived. Barbara Ann came into the fly-tying room this morning and firmly informed her resident tier that the fly in the vice was to be the last one tied until all the packing is finished. It just so happens that this was the prettiest size 16 Parachute, Pale Evening Dun I have ever tied. Reluctantly, I dismantled the vice and began packing up the various items an 82-year-old fly tier finds necessary. It took awhile.
Tomorrow, I will go over the room inch by inch in an attempt to be certain that not one item will have been forgotten. If that should occur, the fly shops in Roscoe, NY will be happy to lighten my wallet. Sunday morning, April 22 we leave Texas, driving through Arkansas, landing somewhere in Tennessee. Monday, we will pass on through Tennessee into Virginia. Tuesday will find us briefly visiting West Virginia and Maryland and then on into Pennsylvania. With any luck, we will be sleeping in our log cabin on the Delaware Tuesday evening—there already by the time you read this. It sounds easy, but it has become more of a marathon than a sprint. See y'all very soon.


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Nothing-but-net 3-pointer brings Badgers into OT; UW wins
Wisconsin beats Wolverines 65-62 at Kohl Center
Ben Brust hit a shot from just inside midcourt to tie the game at the end of regulation and added a tie-breaking 3 with less than 40 seconds left in overtime as Wisconsin beat No. 3 Michigan 65-62 on Saturday.
Brust scored 14 points for the Badgers (17-7, 8-3 Big Ten), while Jared Berggren added 13.
Trey Burke scored 19 points for Michigan (21-3, 8-3), while Tim Hardaway Jr. added 18.
Hardaway hit a contested 3-pointer to put the Wolverines up 65-52 with less than 3 seconds left in regulation. Brust collected the inbound pass near halfcourt, took one dribble and hit a runner that touched nothing but net to tie the game.
He hit the winning 3-pointer with less than 40 seconds left.
Burke missed a 3 on the other end in the closing seconds, and the Wisconsin fans stormed the court after the buzzer.
Copyright 2013 by Channel 3000. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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PIC will celebrate international education
Posted on November 18, 2013
The Padnos International Center will celebrate International Education Week November 18-22.
The Chinese Club will hold calligraphy night on Tuesday, November 19, at 6 p.m. in Mackinac Hall, room A-1161.
Lakers around the world will converse with students in Allendale via Skype on Wednesday, November 20, at 12:30 p.m. in the first floor of the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons.
A film "The Dialogue" will be shown November 18 and 21 in the Kirkhof Center. The week concludes with a coffee/tea break in the library, Argo Tea Shop, from 3-5 p.m. on Friday, November 22.
Details are online at www.gvsu.edu/pic.


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I was pretty impressed by it and searched who the voice actor was, and surprised it seems to be a newcomer to the industry. Didn't know she was only 14.
Been noticing a lot of debut voice actors in the last year.
|2012-10-07, 19:46
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Age: 21
Does anyone else feel compelled to stare at the little sisters super tight "U" smile when ever it appears on screen? I just can't look away from the hypno smile
On an unrelated note, i wonder why incest harem romcoms tend to have incredibly unnecessarily long names (KissXSis doesn't count since they're not blood related siblings in the first place, but it's still shit anyway)
-Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
-Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne—!!
-Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!
-Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!
Incest harem romcoms feel like regular romcoms except with the goal and endgame being incest and/or the main girl being the MC's blood related sister. Those Japanese people sure have a thing with Incest romcom.
|2012-10-07, 22:03
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harem dimension god
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: harem world
well my input on this anime is that its very interesting the whole harem is right off the bat and we all know they'll be fighting all the time which is always fun to watch but the only part i dont like is the whole sister and brother incest thing but i heard she's not the real sister but idk honestly this is one of the ones imma watch through to the end just to see the outcome
|2012-10-08, 00:04
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Well, that certainly was different. The girl is the one who has incestuous feelings, is proud of that very fact, does crazy things to try and make it happen, and the guy is the one who rebukes it? Certainly entertaining, thanks in big part to the imouto's seiyuu. She really sells all the misunderstandings caused by the brocon mindset, and the humour naturally comes after.
It's not gonna be the best series of the season, but at least it has more appeal than your typical harem anime.
That's why you have stuff like "Baka to Test to Shokanjuu", "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai", and "Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru" (yeah I already can tell that the childhood friend loses in the last one for example ). Kinda of like how a lot of movies in the 80's followed the "X no Y no Z" titling after the success of Nausicaa (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa) in the JP box office, though I can't remember the LN that started the trend (I blame its long name ).
|2012-10-08, 00:15
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Loves the Experience
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Earth...hopefully
Wasn't a fan of this first episode. It only had one joke: the sister complaining about what the brother should have done to her and him just reacting with a deadpan expression. That one joke was the entire episode! And the other girls contributed little because they just did the same joke as well, only without the sister connotations. You can't run an entire episode, or series, on one unfunny joke.
|2012-10-08, 00:15
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|2012-10-08, 00:21
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Age: 21
Hmm, my opinion about first episode of this anime adaptation:
The animation is good.
The voice actors are good.
The dialogues are being very loyal to the original.
Why in the hell don't they have more faith in themselves?
They shouldn't have skipped parts of the novel, it starts a little slow (if you are not into incest and you are more into the harem parts) but it starts getting better and better as the story progresses.
They easily got rid of a couple of twists and from now on everything is going to be flasbacks unless they decide to spoil things further ahead before explaining what the hell happened in the first place.
|2012-10-08, 00:26
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 27
Was here for wincest action. Not happy that they rushed all the other girls in without even a proper introduction and cut short the sweet "alone" time the twins had before the harem got going.
Ehhhhhhhhhh. Go away, leave the twins alone I say.
Though Akiko's VA is a pleasant surprise.
|2012-10-08, 00:57
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Spinning round and round~
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Singapore
Age: 24
Akiko's seiyuu was pretty impressive in this one - the first major character she's had to portray, and has done enough to impress me. (She's only 14?! wat )
The other characters were introduced like a whirlwind, but I was more fixated on their dialogues so it didn't really dawn on me until I finished watching it. I guess the pacing could use more work but it's a pretty nice start and the premise will lead to plenty of wacky antics in the future.
|2012-10-08, 12:10
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Tease to Please!♥
I wonder if it'll be explained in the next episode or two during flashbacks why the other girls are there, considering that it felt forced and awkward that they went that route more sooner without any sort of build up into it.
|2012-10-09, 08:13
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Location: Canada
Screen caps for episode 2 are now up on the official website: http://www.oniai.com/story/story.html
|2012-10-09, 09:30
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|2012-10-09, 11:16
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So we have a perverted imouto who wished for an incest relationship with her brother, but it turned out that there are too many girls surrounding him, huh? A b-bit perverted, but I've liked the 1st episode.
|2012-10-09, 11:37
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Funimation got the license to stream Oni-ai: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...cs-notes-oniai
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Erm no, Fall season is where everybody puts on their A-game faces and brings out their best shows, arguably more so than Spring season
Though compared to last year's Fall, this one does lack a lot of the Big attention grabbing names imo...
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Hmm, maybe I was confused all this time, and now u say that, Comiket is coming soon also.
In another note, Japanese perception is almost the same as here, and other parts of the world.
Funny thing finding there is no a general predilection about the girls.
Well, the way anime is going on sems to not be an adaptation but a complement for the LN series, so it's good (to me).
I'm here for Ana and Kaichou
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Location: Shall the flowers bloom atop the mountain?...
Hrm ... well ... the premise seemed kinda "standard" for me (for this kinda angle/concept, etc.), but somehow there was nothing "new" or "fresh" about it that jumped out at me to make me interested - to be fair these kind of shows are not my cup of tea anyway, but hey - you never know when something will surprise you.
So - dropped for now.
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Latin Steak with Pan-Roasted CornJune 2011
Queso fresco is a Latin American soft fresh cheese, available atthe supermarket, that crumbles well and adds a touch of creamy saltiness.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 15 mins
- 2 new york strip steaks (14 oz. each)
- EVOO, for rubbing
- Salt and pepper
- 3 cups fresh (from 4 to 5 ears) or thawed frozen (16 oz.) corn kernels, patted dry
- 1/2 cup medium-hot salsa verde
- 3 ounces latin american cheese, such as queso fresco, finely crumbled
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- Heat a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Pat the steaks dry, rub with a little EVOO and season well with salt and pepper. Add the steaks to the skillet and lower the heat to medium. Cook until the bottom is seared, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook for 3 to 4 minutes longer for medium-rare. Transfer the steaks to a plate; tent with foil to keep warm.
- Quickly spread the corn evenly over the browned bits in the hot skillet. Cook over medium heat, without stirring, to brown on one side, about 1 minute. Then stir, season with salt and pepper and cook until lightly browned all over, about 2 minutes.
- To serve, halve the steaks crosswise and arrange on 4 plates. Pile the corn over the steaks. Sprinkle with the salsa and cheese. Serve with the lime wedges.


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Nah they will not make any difference
Revive itachi to 1 shot obito and madara
the 4 hokages will butt rape madara and obito for sure
"Madara can just use 15 bansho tensei 20 CT and 30 meteors while Obito and the 10 tails are intagible"
oh my god.
this is such a edo madara fanboy thread.
edo madara had problems with the 5 LIVE kage.
dont you think the strongest shinobi ever to exist in edo form will might just...ERADICATE edo madara? I do.
When madara sees hashi his balls will explode
Let's not forget that naruto's dad is witj half of the kyuubi's chakra plus wood user,extreme water jutsu and master ninjutsu user I say its. 50-50
revive itachi, minato warp him to madara,10tails, and obito and use the sword of totsu-****ing-ka. as for madara's 50 meteors, yata-****in-mirror would deflect the eff out of it. so ok, id choose to revive itachi and one-shot those 3.
we haven't ever seen hashirama in his peek till now so cant say that he cant defeat madara
and Madara told himself that only Hashirama can defeat him
Listen, you illiterate idiot. I don't mean to come off brash with that statement, but I don't think you have the intellect to comprehend even something as miniscule as the manga. Madara cannot spam 50 meteors. That would mean he would have chakra reserves on the level of the S06P or full Kurama powered Bijuu mode Naruto, which is obviously not the case. What the Edo portion does is give him unlimited chakra regeneration, it doesn't amplify his overall chakra capacity. If that were the case, he could make a meteor the size of the moon like the Sage (Also not the case).
They're definitely gonna make a huge impact on this war!
I never realized this, but with Hiruzen having unlimited chakra will we now see what he can really do? That is if he fights.
Hokages rapestomp.
Of course they can, Hashirama would make Madara piss his pants alone.
Yeah, they make a HUGE difference.
You are being biased. What do you know about the powers of the hokages ? Virtually Nothing. For all we know, Hashi can Create a Giant Tree to block the meteors. Heck, Tobirama's Water dragons can smash them into dust. You're telling me all this isn't possible with infinite chakra ?
Also, it's not like Hiruzen and Mnato would just be sitting there, watching Madara spam 50 meteors at once(Something which he obviously can not)
Discussing about the four hokage's powers is Stupid at this point. We don't know s**t.
ALso, i never understand you Itachi fanboys..Itachi can 1 shot Obito and Madara ? Is this what discussion on narutobase has fell down to ?
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Dude lol Harishama use 25 wood clones ! harishama solo susano in the past so no problem!
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Your fanboyism level is out of this world:sy:
Tbh with how the manga goes. Oro will bring the 4 hokages to the battlefield to let them witness the leaf shinobi be killed which will be stopped by Naruto. The End *spoilers*!
4th Path of Hokage>Madara!
Edo harishama fight edo madara
Minato come close with his incredible speed and use Shinigami Jutsu! Dead Madara!
Meh Hiruzen solos
what will be really interesting is if the second hokage breaks from edo tensei like madara. He did invent it after all
Let Kishi do his fkin manga, Madara just can't press X to launch 50 meteors from the air! He has personality, and weakness, his weakness is Hashirama , we all know that and is gonna get his ass raped by him .
PD: In an interview Kishi said Madara didnt have any weakness , of course because Hashi was dead by then, now he's revived,he'll kick some ass.
Nothing anyone will say will make you change your mind, considering you're an Uchiha fanboy. There's no way Madara and Obito can defeat 4 Edo Hokage. v__v
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Took J to pediatrician on Friday since he now has the awful cough that I had for the previous week or two. I was surprised that the doc suggested benadryl. The rationale is that it can dry up mucous, etc. and that it's good, in general, for congestion. Cough meds, supposedly, are not given to kids younger than 3, according to some reading I've done (?). DS is 14.5 months.
Anyone out there use benadryl for this purpose? I've used it with him when he had an allergy flare, but hadn't for this.
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WURTSBORO, NY — Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) Gallery will open its 2013 season with an exhibit entitled "Snow," to run from February 9 (during Wurtsboro's Winterfest celebration) through March 3. "Snow" will feature the work of WAA members, including Michael Piotrowski, Roberta Rosenthal, Sandy Spitzer, David Munford and others.
Everyone who attends Wurtsboro's Winterfest on Saturday, February 9 is invited to stop in the gallery to warm up, enjoy free refreshments and view original works of art made by local area artists. There will be an ice-carver set up in front of the gallery and also a children's treasure hunt.
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Brittany Blackmon drives to the basket during the Clovis Lady Wildcats 15 and under team practice Thursday at Marshall Junior High School. Photo by Eric Kluth
By Dave Wagner
Regina Downing doesn't think she'll have to whip her team into a frenzy for its opener in the AAU national 15-and-under girls basketball tournament next week in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Clovis Lady Wildcats, seeded second in their six-team pool, face the top-seeded New Hampshire Stars at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) on July 17. The Stars knocked the Lady Wildcats out of last year's 14-and-under nationals, handing them their second loss in double-elimination bracket play.
"I'm a little nervous, but I think we can beat them," Lady Wildcats guard Jessica Russell said of facing a relatively familiar foe. "We need to be able to handle the ball against pressure. If we do that, I think we'll do good."
Downing, a Clovis High girls assistant coach, said severe foul problems led to her team's demise in last year's AAU event in Tennessee.
"They've put us out the last two years," she said of the Stars. "Hopefully, we won't be in foul trouble this year and we'll be able to get them.
"When you lose four of your five starters (to fouls), it's tough."
The Lady Wildcats, made up primarily of Clovis High players, won't have the services of point guard Tori Quintana for the nationals. She underwent knee surgery last month, but will make the trip.
"She's going through some therapy right now and doing some good things," Downing said.
"Tori usually handles the ball 90 percent of the time and gets us into the offense. Now everybody's having to handle the ball, but the kids have stepped up and done some good things."
Other Clovis members of the team include Russell, Aimee Hilburn, Tori Northcutt, Brittany Blackmon, Ebony Bunton and Vanessa O'Neal. All will be juniors except Bunton, who is entering her freshman year at Marshall Junior High. Many of the girls have played on the team since it started.
Also playing are Morgan Hill of Portales, and three girls from the Albuquerque area.
"We did really good the year before last in Florida," said Hill, a 6-foot post player. "Last year wasn't so good, but I think if we work hard we'll be successful."
Hill, in her third year with the squad, said playing with her high school rivals in the summertime does nothing but sharpen her game.
"When I first came up here they accepted me really well," she said. "When I play against them they're our big rivals, but the girls are really nice."
The Clovis team will leave on Wednesday for North Carolina. The Lady Wildcats qualified for the national tournament by winning their fifth consecutive New Mexico AAU title recently in Albuquerque.
"They're ready," Downing said of her squad. "We went up to a tough tournament in Oklahoma recently and won a championship, and the week before last we won a tournament in Lubbock.
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On Saturday afternoon in Freer, the Horns had a total of four pitchers step on the mound. However, it was Kody Mercovich who was credited with the win for coming in during the fifth in relief. Cantu picked up the save after holding the Bucs at bay to end the game, his third save of the season. Offensively, the Horns picked up ten runs off of 14 hits. Mikey Palacios had three RBI's off of his two for four day at the plate, with both of his hits being doubles. Mercovich also had three RBI's off of his three singles. Barcak added two RBI's off of his one for three day at the plate. Seniors Enrique Nieto and Bobby Torres also scored two runs a piece for the Horns.
With the two wins, the Horns improve to eight to two in D31 play to remain in first place with four games remaining in the season. This week, the Horns will have their last home game (Parents Night) on Tuesday night as the host Skidmore-Tynan, before traveling to Taft on Friday.


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Just weeks after Hewlett-Packard announced plans to acquire Palm in order to get webOS operating system (OS) and other intellectual property, the company said it would also take over HyperSpace OS-related technologies from Phoenix Technologies. Even though HP is known for its software efforts, the two recent acquisitions show that HP is clearly gaining consumer-oriented software solutions.
"We are very pleased that HP has agreed to acquire these assets relating to Phoenix's HyperSpace, given HP's rich history of innovation and product differentiation," said Tom Lacey, president and chief executive officer of Phoenix.
HP has agreed to purchase the assets related to Phoenix's HyperSpace, HyperCore and Phoenix Flip instant-on and client virtualization products. The consideration for the transaction is $12 million in cash and the closing is expected to occur in June 2010.
HyperSpace is a miniature instant-on operating system that allows users to do simplistic tasks without loading Windows operating system. What is noteworthy is that Palm's webOS is also an instant-on environment, hence, in case of certain products both systems can even compete against each other.
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Washington, D.C. (October 15, 2013)—ICBA Bancard, the payment-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), today announced that Dr. Debora Bartoo has joined the company as executive vice president, operations. Dr. Bartoo comes to ICBA Bancard from a large national bank, where she was responsible for strategy and business performance of emerging electronic payment products.
"Debbie's experience, which spans innovation, strategy, payments, online, mobile, ATM, smart cards, fraud and analytics, will be very helpful to ICBA Bancard and our member banks as we move forward and continue to evolve in an ever-changing card marketplace," said Noah Wilcox, ICBA Bancard chairman and president and CEO of Grand Rapids State Bank in Grand Rapids, Minn. "We're pleased to welcome Debbie to the community bank family."
Linda Echard, ICBA Bancard president and CEO, said, "We are thrilled to welcome Debbie to the ICBA Bancard team. Her focus on understanding customer needs and finding innovative solutions for the broader market will be a great asset to ICBA Bancard and our member banks as we continue to look for new and exciting ways to serve our customers and communities."
Prior to her banking experience, Dr. Bartoo managed product development for processing solutions at STAR Systems, now owned by First Data. She also held a position on the executive board of the Smart Card Alliance and has participated on various industry boards in the past, including the NCR Aptra Advisory Board and the ATMIA Association.
Dr. Bartoo holds a Ph.D. from Antioch University in the Leadership and Change program. She also holds a master's degree in business intelligence from the St. Joseph's University Erivan K. Haub School of Business and a master's degree in organizational dynamics with an emphasis on strategy and new product development from the University of Pennsylvania and studied at the University of London. Dr. Bartoo has also been published in the International Journal of Business Intelligence Research.
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Calling him a lucky man who received breaks from prosecutors, a federal judge sentenced former Columbus nightclub owner Kevin Hightower to 21/2 years in prison yesterday for operating a mortgage-fraud scheme.
U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost also ordered Hightower, 44, to pay $1.9 million in restitution.
Hightower, of Taylor Mills Place in Reynoldsburg, could have been sentenced to 50 years after pleading guilty in October to money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and lying to lenders. But he worked out a plea deal with prosecutors, who agreed to recommend 30 to 36 months in prison, and Frost chose the lesser time.
"I'm going to remind you of how many breaks you've gotten along the way," Frost said. When Barbara Hightower begged the judge to give her son probation, Frost said the crime was too serious.
An Internal Revenue Service investigation found that Hightower and others bought 38 Columbus properties in 2006 and 2007 by lying on federal documents, illegally providing down payments and cash incentives to buyers, and taking kickbacks. Hightower operated the conspiracy through his real-estate investment company, Suite 500 LLC, and a branch of Premier Mortgage Funding of Ohio, a mortgage brokerage.
He collected $1 million from the transactions, which involved 12 financial institutions.
Like similar schemes, this one involved getting hugely inflated appraisals for properties, obtaining loans for the appraised amounts and then allowing the homes, most of them on the Near East Side, to go into foreclosure after participants took their cuts.
Frost said the houses became a "blight on the neighborhood."
Hightower is the former owner of Club Ice, a hip-hop club that had operated at 40 E. Long St. Downtown until January 2010. He was indicted in May on charges of bank and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and lying to a lender.
The charge of lying to a lender involved a second scheme, in which Hightower, in the role of a concert promoter, took $150,000 from his father's charitable trust in 2009 to pay for a concert and personal expenses.
Hightower apologized to his family yesterday in court.
"I knew these deals were too good to be true," he said. "But I turned my head and let them play fast and loose with the loan game."


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Unravel the history of textiles in art with artist Cameron Taylor-Brown. Discover how artists from different cultures interpret textiles in a wide variety of media—tempura on wood, oil on canvas, copper, stone and tapestry. After exploring examples from the Norton Simon collections, participants create a textile-inspired collage using a range of materials.
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Through a tunnel. Over an A-frame. Weave through poles. Lay down on the platform. Jump the hurdles. Good dog.
Where dog shows are beauty pageants for pampered pets, dog agility is an Army obstacle course for man's best friend. A dog maneuvers the course while its owner leads and instructs. Dogs are guided by verbal commands and hand signals.
Although the patrons say they just like giving their dogs exercise, the ultimate goal is competition.
Dog agility is a growing phenomenon in America. Albuquerque, Lubbock and Amarillo all host dog agility competitions and national competitions have been broadcast on ESPN.
Dogs are timed from start to finish with time penalties assessed for infractions.
"It's a neat sport," said Dr. Mike Rowley, who entered his dog Maggie, a border collie, in a competition New Year's Eve in Amarillo. "My favorite part is just seeing your dog and you work together. Seeing her go through for the first time I was totally thrilled. Her only problem is her handler."
Rowley, a Clovis radiologist, is among a handful of dog lovers who assemble Wednesday nights to train their dogs in agility at Rewards Dog Obedience School.
Craig Stark of Portales said he had been taking his dog, Daisy, a red heeler, to obedience classes at the dog school when he heard about dog agility.
"It's a whole lot of fun," Stark said. "It's fun to see how you can train your dog and to work with your dog in concert."
Instructor Dee Durland helps the dogs and their owners practice the course.
"I really like seeing the people succeed really well with their dog," Durland said. "They are really committed to it. It's not something you can do just now and then."
Durland said the program, started a few years ago, has been trial and error.
"I think the weave poles are the hardest," Durland said. "It took us almost a year. We tried a bunch of different methods because we'd never done it before. It's very unnatural for a dog to do that."
The course at the school is smaller than ones found at competitions, which generally have more than 20 obstacles.
Tom Merton of Clovis brings his two German shepherds, Heidi and Kaiser, to the classes every Wednesday.
"I like it because it's active," Merton said. "It's good exercise for the dog and for the person doing the training too. You both get a workout."
Of the six dog owners in Durland's advanced dog agility class, only Rowley has entered a competition.
"The others were a little weary of starting and I finally said, 'Let's just go out there, I don't care how we do, let's just have fun,'" Rowley said. "And we did really well, and I think all these dogs are ready."
Rowley said Maggie had the fastest time in three events at Amarillo.
Stark said he plans on taking Daisy to a competition in the near future.
"As soon as one comes within reasonable driving distance, we'll sign up," he said.
Durland said she hopes the sport catches on in the area so someday they can host a competition in town.
"It's fun from the spectator's point of view, it's fun from the trainer's point of view, and it's fun for the dog," Durland said. "I know there must be more people interested in it that just don't know we do it."
The U.S. Dog Agility Association was founded in 1986 and currently has 25,000 registered competitors.


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The Up was always a very cool idea, and when we reviewed it just before it was first due to launch in the UK, we loved it. The simple design, long battery life and beautiful iOS app all made it a cunning package, and more than just a standard pedometer. From today, the newly redesigned Up is finally going to go on sale in the UK, and it now has an Android app too.
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So why the delay? Well, the first run of devices ran into some problems. Some people complained of shocking battery life, some found the cover that protects the charging and data-transfer connector got lost too easily and some just had their Up break on them completely. With that in mind, Jawbone went back to the drawing board to fix the problems, and released a new Up, which went on sale in the US at the end of last year.
To say Jawbone is somewhat paranoid about the new design is something of an understatement. But that's a great thing, it means the company has learnt and taken its past problems very seriously. When we spoke to the firm, we were impressed by just how much thought and testing had gone into this new model. For a start, there are well over 100 patents protecting the Up's design and internals. And to make sure they learnt from the mistakes it made previously Jawbone has been testing the new Up for nearly a year.
A lot of effort has gone into waterproofing in particular, as it is this Jawbone identified as the problem area in the previous version. The firm has invested in equipment that can test the Up to the very limit of its tolerance, and even had to invent some testing machinery to do that.
If you haven't used Up, then it's probably worth pointing out what it does. Essentially, it's a step tracking system, like a pedometer, which keeps track of your activity. The hardware is able to tell how much you've walked in a day, but it can't count other exercise. The strength of Up though, is its apps for Android and iOS which allow you to keep track of what you eat, as well as add any other, untracked exercise like cycling or swimming.
Up also keeps a track of how long, and how well, you sleep. And it's this that makes it different from other similar devices. Obviously there's some doubt about how well these things can monitor sleep, but the app also allows you to tell it how you feel, and can build trends from there, and offer advice about what helped you in previous days, and what other people find beneficial.
From our very brief time with the Android app since it launched this morning, the good news is that it's every bit as beautiful and polished as the iOS version. In fact, there's visually almost no difference. Your Up stats are all published to the cloud anyway, so adding an Android phone now, if you have been using iOS, is no problem at all.
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This pages attempts to provide you with quick, short answers to the most common questions about staging. Please feel free to add anything else you feel can briefly help one's understanding and is pertinent to staging.
What is training?
After staging, your will receive training in the country of your Peace Corps service. At this point, you will be known as a Peace Corps Trainee (PCT).
You will begin with your whole group, but are then generally split up in small groups to different towns or villages near the Peace Corps office. During training, you will live with a host family. Your days will consist of several hours of language training. Other training will depend on the day, but often include, technical, cultural, safety, or health. There will be certain days that the group as a whole comes together to the Peace Corps office for certain training topics. There will be a few times you are taken "site" seeing--in part to understand your country.
You'll have 2-3 language tests to evaluate your level to help you accordingly. At one point, trainees will often visit a current volunteer at his or her site for several days to a week in order to gain perspective on just what site life could consist of. Near the end of training, trainees will be interviewed about site preferences they may have, and be assigned their future site. Usually, trainees will depart for several days or up to a week to make a "future site visit" in which they will meet their counterparts, community, and secure housing if not yet found. After future site visits, there is just a couple weeks left of training.
How long is training?
Training typically lasts for 2-3 months.
How do I get to training?
After accepting your invitation, you will be sent a "staging kit" which provides information about your departure. You should call SATO Travel, the Peace Corps travel company, immediately to make travel arrangements. The Peace Corps provides your flight, but you yourself must make the actual arrangements through SATO. After staging, your group will depart together to fly to your Peace Corps country.
Where is training?
The location of your stage depends on which country you go to. Quite often, training is not in the capitol city or in other large cities. Instead, its typically held in a small or medium size town, relatively near a larger city.
Where do we stay during training?
In some countries, you may spend a few days to a week at a hotel or "dorm" type accommodations at the Peace Corps office. After that, you will meet your host family you'll live with during training, and move in with them. Other countries, you go directly to your host family's home that you'll live with during training.
What if I don't get along with my host family?
The Peace Corps interviews each family, as well as looks at their living situation, in order to find the best possible host families for the trainee.
Minor differences should be over-looked, after all, you are new in this country, culture, and family. Things you may find annoying could be the family simply trying to make you feel welcome, or take care of you like they would a family member. There are times that things may become uncomfortable (ie. religion or vegetarianism could be those). If it is something small, you should address the situation as clearly, yet politely as possible so as to avoid future misunderstandings. After being used to living on your own, you will most probably feel like a child again--you may not like it, but in this situation, it'll be normal.
However, if it is anything more than small, ask the Peace Corps staff before doing anything. If it is really a bad situation or you and the family do not get along, let the Peace Corps staff know--they will be the ones who know how to help you.
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When training is completed, the training group will swear in officially as Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV). Your group will go your different ways and depart to your permanent site assignments you previously found out about. Sometimes Peace Corps staff may accompany you, sometimes you may be on your own or with another volunteer. You may or may not have a volunteer at your site, and its possible that if there is another volunteer, it could be a foreigner! The next step is to get to know your community and understand your work, then dive on in!


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Ty Dillon wanted a new cowboy hat.
Sure, he has plenty in his closet he could wear around Texas Motor Speedway, but the cowboy hat he wanted was waiting for him in victory lane.
Last November, after qualifying third and leading 130 of 147 laps in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at TMS, Dillon cruised to his first career victory at the 1.5-mile track in dominating fashion with the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Silverado.
The victory was not only monumental for Dillon and his team, but also for Richard Childress Racing's history book – as they recorded the 100th overall victory for the team's legendary No. 3 car.
"It was big for not only our history, and the history of the No. 3, but for our team as well," Dillon said. "It was cool to get some new cowboy hats in victory lane. I'm really looking forward to getting back there again."
Dillon returns to TMS this weekend with a new team and a new ride, driving the No. 3 WESCO Chevrolet Camaro with crew chief Danny Stockman in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Stockman, a two-time championship winning crew chief (2011 NCWTS, 2013 NNS), has never recorded a victory at Texas Motor Speedway while at RCR, but has finished inside the top-five four of the last six times he's been on top of the pit box.
"Those are pretty cool numbers when you think about it." Stockman said. "It's definitely one of my favorite race tracks to go to. It goes along with the theme 'everything is bigger in Texas' and we're looking forward to going there."
Dillon like the fact Stockman will be leading their team in this weekend's race, and beyond.
"I think Danny's stats are great, and it gives me even more confidence because I have had some great runs at Texas Motor Speedway, as well." Dillon said. "It's one of my favorite tracks and hopefully our stats don't lie."
Dillon's career numbers at TMS include five Camping World Truck Series starts that resulted in one win, three top-fives, and one top-10 finish. He also made one Nationwide Series start last fall in the No. 33 Chevrolet, finishing 12th.
Through five races so far in 2014, the duo of Stockman and Dillon has recorded four top-10 finishes and won the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. Dillon currently sits in third-place in the driver point standings.
Though a different setting, he expects to be just as dominate in his first time back to the Lone Star State since winning last November.
"We just had it all together that week; our team worked really hard on that truck." Dillon said. "Hopefully, we can carry that mentality and that confidence over to the Nationwide Series. Danny and I have worked really well together in the first few races so we should be able to pick up where I left off last November and be a contender for the win."
Inheriting a team that won last season's Nationwide Series Championship with driver Austin Dillon, Ty's older brother, he expects to add to the 100 win total for the No. 3 team and capture the team's second consecutive Nationwide Series Championship.
"My goal this year is to win four or five races and win a championship – we have the team to do it and I'm confident we'll achieve our goals." Dillon said.
A win at Texas Motor Speedway will be the No. 3 team's first in the Nationwide Series since a win at Kentucky Motor Speedway in September 2012, and the first of the 2014 season.


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7 Reasons Not to Trade Jake Peavy
I've tired to ignore it. But it is inevitable. There are serious Jake Peavy trade talks going on. Now, the Padres aren't trying to get rid of him. It is very likely that he will be with us next year. But if it's coming, I have some reasons to keep him.
It's safe to say that Jake is a celebrity in San Diego. He's definitely one of the faces of the organization. If you lived in San Diego and knew very little about the Padres, you would probably be able to identify three players: Tony Gywnn, Trevor Hoffman, and Jake Peavy. As a result, if you wanted to go to a game, you would most likely go to one that Jake starts. If Jake gets traded, what's the point for a casual fan to go to a game for any reason other than having a fun time at the ballpark?
Yes, we all know that Jake is married. But there are many San Diego girls who have an obsession with Jake. I'm sure there are many young ladies who show up just for Jake's starts. If Jake gets traded, these girls will be heartbroken.
What about the fans who stick by the team through thick and thin? What about the fans who could be put in the classification of "obsessed"? What about the fans who know everything about the team, the ones who shell out their hard-earned money to go to a game? What about them? What are they supposed to do without Jake Peavy? It would be a devastating loss. But hopefully we would be able to move on. How can we cheer for a team that traded their ace? Well, that's why we're die-hard. We stick by them no matter what. Espescially when it's tough.
Jake's a semi-leader in the clubhouse. It isn't fair to the other guys to lose a guy like Jake. Whenever he pitches, he fires up the team. If the front office trades their star ace, how can any players get comfortable here?
San Diego is a championship-starved city. We are well aware of that. Why would this city believe in a team that gives away one of their biggest chances of winning?
Jake, his wife Katie, and their sons Jacob and Wyatt moved to San Diego last offseason. Katie just had their third child, Judson Lee. Can you believe how horrible it would be for Katie to have to move the family? Now, if Jake got traded soon, he would be able to help her. But it would be so sad if she had to move with 2 young boys and a baby. Then again, the rest of the family might stay behind if Jake had to move on.
If you've seen Jake pitch, you know what I mean. When he goes out there, he's screaming at himself, stalking around the mound, giving it all he's got. He's a fighter, and he doesn't give up. When his team's been struggling, he goes into his starts determined to win. He brings a fire to this club. What would we do without it? No one can replace that. If we lose Jake, we lose hope for this club.
So, in review, if Jake gets traded, it's going to hurt the fans, the family, and the club. I, like all Padres fans, are waiting nervously to see what the Padres will do. But hopefully, we'll still have our ace next season.
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I honestly believe that the best thing for the organization to do is to revamp, and that would mean trading Peavy, and Adrian Gonzalez. I know from a fans perspective, it stinks, but stocking the farm is the way to go in my opinion. And down the road, most likely, the Padres will have a beloved hitter, and a beloved pitcher.
If I was the San Diego GM I would not even think about letting Peavy go. He is their best player by far. Since I'm not the San Diego GM and I happen to be a Braves fan, I hope he gets traded. However I can see where you are coming from in not wanting him to go. I wouldn't either if I was in your shoes.
How about keeping Peavy because the Padres can still make the postseason at any point? Sure they sucked this year but in the NL West anybody can finish on top, and Jake Peavy is certainly going to help.
Why trade him anyway? Its not like he is a free agent to be. He is locked up until 2013, so I think the Padres are out of theire minds to trade him.
That's why I don't understand the front office. There's absolutely no reason to trade him, so I don't know why they are even talking about it. But it is very likely that he will stay. And, yeah, we could easily be back in the playoffs soon. Thanks for the comments!
As a Padres fan since 1978 Let me just say trading Jake Peavy to ANYONE would be a HUGH mistake.. He has proven to be the ACE of this staff..
He has only won the CY Award, ERA and strikeout title in the past 4 yrs.. He is a VERY dominating pitcher.. He would have a much better record if the Padres would SCORE SOME DAMN RUNS!!! If the padres do trade him I promise you the Padres will be nothing more than a double AA team at best!!! Note to Moores,Alderson and Towers If you want to keep the fans happy DO NOT TRADE PEAVY!!!
I for one will STOP following the padres!!! I am sick and tired of this team trading away there best players for minor leaguers..Don't give me this nonsense that the padres have no money.. If the Florida Marlins,Tampa Bay rays can have a payroll of 50 million and contend why not the Padres?
mooresell: The reason why the Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays can win so many games with such a low payroll (they both have payrolls much lower than $50 million), is because they DID trade all their very valuable players for prospects, and completely revamped the farm system (like joefromnewhampshire wrote). With a good farm system, you will eventually have great team with a very low payroll.
Peavy should be traded, and it will really help the Padres future to do so. I don't get people saying that it doesn't make sense to trade because he has so many years remaining on his contract. That's the reason the prospects they recieve will be so great! The prospects will be twice as good now than in two years. That's the reason Dan Haren fetched so much more than Johan Santana, even though Santana is much better.
Even if we trade Jake and get a bunch of prospects, is it going to help us soon? A major youth movement is happening in San Diego NOW, so if we're going to win with the young guys, we should keep Jake. The majority of the club next year is probably going to be rookies. If we have a winning team with the rookies, I would want Jake on that team. I feel very strongly that we need to hold on to him. And don't forget his no-trade clause-he has to approve ANY trade.
Couldn't agree more. I'm not a Padres fan, but watching Jake for several years has given me a soft spot for the Friars. Really the reason I started following Jake probably was because of his passion for the game. He doesn't act like manny ramirez, or countless others who you see showing off after they've just crushed a ball 400+ feet and walk around the bases. Jake plays the game right, and the energy and passion he brings to the mound everytime he takes the ball is unmatched in my opinion. If the Padres know what's best, they'll hang on to Jake.
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Does anyone have a high-resolution pic of Jake in the Camo jersey (like the one above)? My son adores him but I haven't been able to find a large pic in the camo. Thanks


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Visitor spending and arrivals in Hawaii are pacing ahead of 2012, a record-breaking year, for the first five months of the year, according to President and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority Mike McCartney.
"We were pleased visitor arrivals increased nearly 4 percent in May, resulting in a 5.7 percent growth (184,559 more visitors) year-to-date. While visitor spending leveled off in May, tourism still generated an additional $293 million (+5.1 percent) year-to-date, contributing an incremental $30.6 million in tax revenue for the state," said McCartney.
McCartney says consumers have become more cautious of their spending as the price of a Hawaii vacation continues to increase, resulting in a shorter length of stay and reductions in daily visitor spending.
"In order to maintain market share, the HTA continues to work with its airline and other industry partners on developing marketing programs that stimulate interest and drive demand to all of the Hawaiian Islands," said McCartney. "Through these efforts, we have been able to increase visitor distribution throughout the state, which has resulted in positive arrivals to each of the major Hawaiian Islands both in May and year-to-date."
McCartney says it is important that we maintain and grow the demand for the 10.7 million scheduled nonstop air seats that come to Hawaii, which equates to 954 flights per week through 20 carriers that service 54 cities.
Another priority for the HTA is to reestablish Kona as an international port of entry to increase direct access to the neighbor islands.


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Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico's Friday briefing.
Did you know?
In the 2000 census, Portales was reported to have 11,131 people.
Of the population 15 years old and older, 50.9 percent were married.
Among people age 25 and older, 74 percent had a high school diploma or higher education.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau website
School's out
Today is the last day of school for seniors at Clovis High School and Clovis Christian School.
CCS graduation is 6:30 p.m. today at Faith Christian Family Church.
CHS graduation is 10 a.m. Saturday at the Curry County Events Center.
Question of the day
What grade would you give your child's teacher(s)?
Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Find out who's in the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail.
(Hint: There are local restaurants.)
Today — Perfect…highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight — Well, okay…partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.