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The man posing as Kratos at this party was actually Nariko, the heroine of Sony's upcoming hack, slash and button mash extravaganza, Heavenly Sword.
Her Kratos impersonation was spot on. If the throngs of brainless enemies closed in too tight, she'd roll away, or grab a baddy, and fling him into his buddies.
Just like Kratos.
She also did a flawless version of the war god's signature theatrics, flipping around on a collapsing bridge to various button prompts. She wasn't wearing any red paint, but she did have dual chain whips with knives at each end.
There's only one explanation: The two of them must be dating.
And if she's wearing his whip knives, he's probably wearing her underwear.
I could have asked, because he was at the party, but the thought of a chain-knife-whip-wedgie stayed my query. Then again, Kratos is surprisingly short in person. In fact, he was only an inch tall in his new home on the Sony PSP. But he's as impressive as ever.
From what I saw and played, developer Ready at Dawn has already nailed the gameplay of the Gods.
But if you aren't familiar with the studio's other PSP title, Daxter, know this: they won't be happy merely imitating Kratos. Daxter, for instance, had no loading times, because they were able to stream everything.
These guys are wizards at work within the tower walls of PSP hardware; it's entirely possible that their creation will storm console heaven, much as Kratos did, and strike a blow against the bigger Gods of War.


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Hickory Hornets
Coach: Geoff Evans (1st season)
2012-13 overall record: 19-4
2012-13 region record: 15-1 (champion)
2012-13 playoff results: Lost to East 46-43 in the District 10 Class AAA quarterfinals.
Top players lost: Matt Votino, Vinnie Mastrian, Marcus Sonoga
Top returning players: Anthony Cannone, Donte Green
Assistant coaches: Tom Roskos, Ryan Anderton, Josh Ward, David Jackson
Outlook: Hickory is going in a new direction under former Hornets standout Geoff Evans. He takes over a successful Hickory program looking to contend for the District 10 Class AAA championship. The Hornets will have to replace all-star Matt Votino, who is playing for Mount Union. Votino was named all-district and was voted to the all-region first team and the Region 5 player of the year. Votino scored 17.7 points per game as a senior, while fellow graduates Vinnie Mastrian and Marcus Sonoga scored 7.6 and 7.2 points per game, respectively. All three will be tough to replace as the Hornets took a hit on their depth because of graduation. Hickory returns two starters in Anthony Cannone and Donte Green. Cannone, an all-region second-team selection, scored 12.1 points per game last year and has plenty of experience at the point guard position. He will be counted on to be a leader along with Green, a small forward. Green averaged 7.3 points per game as a junior and could have a big senior year. The Hornets could also receive contributions from seniors Ross Passalinqua and Aaron Connely along with juniors Brandon Rhodes, Nick Tantuo, Andrew Purcell and sophomores Andrew Pryts, Nicky Cannone and Ryan Laverty. Tantuo can be an immediate contributor at the guard position along with Passalinqua, Purcell and Nicky Cannone. Connely measure 6 feet, 4 inches and could be a perfect complement to Green in the post. Hickory won its region last year before being upset by East in the District 10 Class AAA quarterfinals. Region 5 is one of the toughest regions in D-10 and the Hornets have developed their program to be a perennial contender. With a new system in place with a new coach, Hickory is looking to move forward and contend for the D-10 championship.
6 Sharpsville tournament
7 Sharpsville tournament
10 at Cardinal Mooney (Ohio) 7:30
13 Farrell* 7:30
17 at Meadville* 7:30
18 Saegertown 7:30
23 at Maplewood 5:30
2 at Grove City* 7:30
4 Oil City* 2:30
7 at Sharon* 7:30
10 Franklin* 7:30
14 Slippery Rock* 7:30
17 at George Junior* 7:30
21 at Farrell* 7:30
24 Meadville* 7:30
28 VisionQuest 7:30
31 Grove City* 7:30
4 at Oil City* 7:30
6 Sharon* 7:30
8 at Franklin* 7:30
11 at Slippery Rock* 7:30
14 George Junior* 7:30
*Region 5 games
Coach: Jeannette Whitehead (18th season, 253-164)
2012-13 overall record: 21-5
2012-13 region record: 10-2 (second)
2012-13 playoff results: Defeated Warren 58-43 in the District 10 Class AAA quarterfinals before losing to Villa Maria 49-37 in the semifinals. Hickory defeated Mercyhurst Prep 50-43 in the D-10 third-place game before losing to South Park 71-44 in the PIAA first round.
Top players lost: Julia White, Abby Zreliak
Top returning players: Nikki Arbanas, Brandi Beader, Megan Chess, Holly Grober, Nicole Lacava, Shawna Moore, Jasmine Shephard
Assistant coaches: Bruce Bittler, Roshelle Green, Gary Swanson
Outlook: Hickory has elevated its basketball program to become a perennial contender for the District 10 Class AAA championship. The Hornets ran into Villa Maria in the D-10 semifinals last winter, but they recovered to beat Mercyhurst Prep in the third-place game and reach the PIAA playoffs. Hickory will have two graduates to replace in Julia White and Abby Zreliak. Both were contributors last year and their experience will need to be replace right away. Hickory returns Nikki Arbanas, Brandi Beader, Megan Chess, Holly Grober, Nicole Lacava, Shawna Moore and Jasmine Shephard. Arbanas, Grober, Moore and Shephard are experienced senior leaders, while Beader, Chess and Lacava are juniors. Arbanas, a Youngstown State recruit, scored 18.1 points per game last year to be voted to the all-region first team. Grober is headed to Walsh next year and averaged 15.8 points per game as a junior. She was voted to the all-region first team and the co-region player of the year. Grober went over 1,000 points last year and Arbanas is closing in on the milestone. Lacava averaged 5.6 points per game last season, while Beader scored 5.5 ppg. Jenna Placzek was a contributor for the Hornets but is not playing this season. Hickory could also receive contributions from new players Reganne O'Brien, Heather Grober, Marissa DeJulia, Jordan Wilson and Neely Whitehead. The Hornets have one of the most experienced teams back in Region 5 and look like a strong contender to win the region title. Hickory has one of the top scoring duos in District 10 and this could be the year the Hornets step up and compete for the D-10 Class AAA title. If the Hornets get a little help from the lower levels to build their depth, they will be a tough out this season.
6 Kittanning tournament
7 Kittanning tournament
10 Rochester 7:30
12 Central Tech 7:30
14 Sharon 7:30
19 at Slippery Rock* 7:30
27 Hickory tournament
28 Hickory tournament
2 at Canfield (Ohio) 7:30
6 Franklin* 7:30
8 Youngstown City School (Ohio) 7:30
9 Titusville* 7:30
13 Meadville* 7:30
16 at Oil City* 7:30
20 Grove City* 7:30
23 Slippery Rock* 7:30
25 at Struthers (Ohio) 5
30 at Franklin* 7:30
3 at Titusville* 7:30
7 at Meadville* 7:30
10 Oil City* 7:30
13 at Grove City* 7:30
*Region 5 games
–Tom Reisenweber

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Category: baby name Christmas
If you had to pick a day name — for a child, for yourself, for a favorite — which would it be?
We skipped our usual seasonal names blog this summer because we had so much else going on, but we did meet a baby named August, and another named Julia. We've been having fun watching the Showtime series Episodes, which features a character named Morning. And on another of our favorite shows, Louie, there was a (not very nice) little boy named Never.
Day names are an ancient tradition in many cultures, most notably African ones where many names are often drawn from the time of day, day of the week, or season that a child is born. Early African-American slave roles contain many Anglicizations of such names, from Monday to Friday, Early to Afternoon, Christmas to Easter.


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Harquebusier armour
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The armour worn by a harquebusier was a helmet, a breastplate, a backplate and sometimes an elbow gauntlet. Not all harquebusiers wore armour. Some wore just a buff-coat, some wore armour without a buff-coat and some wore both.
The helmet worn by most harquebusiers was the three-barred pot. It is called this because there are three bars on the front of the helmet to protect the face. In modern times it has been called a lobster pot because the neck protection looks like a lobsters tail. This type of helmet was worn by both sides.
Another type of helmet worn by harquebusiers looks very similar but has a single, nasal bar protecting the face that slides up and down. This is a European style of helmet and came from Holland or Germany.
Most armour made in Britain was made in London. During the civil wars London was controlled by Parliament, which made it very difficult for the Royalists to get arms and armour. They had to buy in arms and armour from Europe, which is why a lot of European arms and armour was used. In 1642 Henrietta Maria, Charles I's wife, went to Holland and pawned some of the Crown Jewels to pay for arms and armour. She landed at Bridlington with enough for 1,000 men.
One Royalist wrote; "Amongst the horse, the officers had their full desire if they were able to procure old backs and breasts and pots, with pistols or carbines for their two or three first ranks, and swords for the rest; themselves (and some soldiers by their example) having gotten besides their pistols and swords, a short poleaxe."
Quite often a small circular dent can be seen on the breastplate of harquebusier armour. This was made by a pistol ball, but not in battle. If a piece of armour was supposed to be bullet proof this proved by firing a gun at it to see if it was.
The elbow gauntlet was a steel gauntlet with a long steel sleeve that reached up to the elbow. This was worn on the left hand and arm to protect the hand that controlled the horse.


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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — Two advisers with the 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) traveled from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to Vicenza, Italy, to assist in a four-day pre-deployment exercise with the 14th Transportation Battalion.
The 14th Trans. Bn., out of Vicenza, is slated to replace the 49th Trans. Bn. in April, and become the headquarters movement control battalion in charge of sustainment operations in Iraq, said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Donnie Black, a mobility warrant officer with the 49th Trans. Bn., 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and a Sweet Water, Ala., native. The exercise was designed to train and certify the 14th Trans. Bn. Soldiers for their new mission, said Black.
With only six movement control battalions in the active Army, they provide a specialized function for the sustainment commands they serve under in theater, he said.
A MCB manages the transportation assets that move on the roads from base to base in Iraq, said Black. This includes managing traffic, prioritizing what cargo needs to be moved and facilitating the quality control of cargo throughout the country, he said.
Capt. Allison Bergstrom, the highway traffic division chief with the 49th and a Minneapolis native, said the exercise simulated a four-day MCB mission in support of sustainment operations.
"For four full days, the 14th acted as the MCB [in Iraq]," she said. "They followed the same battle rhythm we follow here. It's not going to teach them everything from A to Z about transportation. It's meant to get their feet in the water so when they get here they don't come in blind."
Bergstrom said she and Black watched over the 14th Trans. Bn. as the unit adapted to the type of mission it would have in Iraq.
"We were there, standing behind them every step ... and there to answer their questions," she said. "We were there to give them an initial picture of what it is they're going to be doing as the [only] MCB in Iraq."
Black and Bergstrom met with the leadership and operation staff to discuss the unit's mission, said Bergstrom.
"We gave our recommendations on how they should manage their people with the numbers they have," she said.
Black said normal transportation battalions have truck companies under them, but MCBs only have movement control teams.
"They support the sustainment brigades and [combat sustainment support battalions] that control the [transportation] assets," said Black.
The mission in Iraq is an ever-evolving one, said Bergstrom. The operation of MCBs has changed to meet the needs of the Warfighters and the redevelopment of Iraq, she said.
The 14th Soldiers were overwhelmed at first, but as the missions continued, they became more knowledgeable and comfortable with MCB operations, she said.
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Ph.D., managerial economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; S.M., applied mathematics/decision science, and A.B., applied mathematics, Harvard University
Professor Brynjolfsson lectures and consults worldwide on topics related to Internet strategy, pricing models, and intangible assets. His research has focused on the ability of information technology to transform the structures of markets and firms; the impact of information technology investments on productivity and business value; and the effects of the Internet on commerce and information goods. His books include Intangible Assets, Understanding the Digital Economy, and Strategies for eBusiness Success. His research has earned him six "Best Paper" awards from fellow academics.
A director or advisor for several technology-intensive firms, Professor Brynjolfsson was profiled as one of the world's five eBusiness "visionaries" by BusinessWeek. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous academic journals, as well as on Time magazine's Board of Economists and the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is co-principal investigator on several grants by the National Science Foundation to study information technology, organizational transformation, and productivity. In 1996-98 he was a visiting Associate Professor at Stanford School of Business, and in 2004-05 he was the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School.
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In Search of Deans, B-Schools Eye Top ExecsAlison Damast
Search committees at business schools are increasingly considering chief executive officers for top administrative positions, with two business schools in Boston and New York recently tapping former CEOs to head up their schools as deans.
This week, Kenneth Freeman, the former CEO of Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX), a Teterboro (N.J.)-based provider of medical testing services, is starting his new role as dean of Boston University School of Management (BU Full-Time MBA Profile). Neil Braun, the former CEO of Viacom Entertainment (VIA) and former president of NBC Television Network, joined Pace University's Lubin School of Business (Lubin Full-Time MBA Profile) as dean on July 1.
The two men join a handful of American business schools that have tapped corporate executives as deans in the past five years, including Wake Forest University's Schools of Business (Wake Forest Full-Time MBA Profile) in Winston-Salem, N.C., and Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business (Fisher Full-Time MBA Profile) in Columbus. These schools are recruiting outside academia in an attempt to raise their visibility, differentiate themselves from competitors, and bring a more business-style approach to running the institution, says Dan King, executive director of the American Association of University Administrators, a nonprofit in Stoughton, Mass., that offers programs and services for university administrators.
"That kind of narrow and bounded perception of what deans do has changed really dramatically, so now in many places there is really a heightened expectation that the dean should be the public face of the school," said King in a telephone interview on July 27. "Business schools, in particular, want to present a prestigious public face. One way of presenting that image is showing they can recruit a leader who has been a successful executive in business and industry."
Though schools like Boston University and Pace are turning to the corporate world for leadership, business school deans who are former executives remain a minority in the management education world, according to a 2007 survey of 355 U.S. and international business school deans done by the Tampa-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), one of the leading accreditation agencies for business schools. In the survey, 15 deans came from jobs as corporate president or CEO and four came from a vice-president or senior manager role, compared with 328 who had other academic posts.
"It is still the exception, but maybe the exception isn't as odd or as unusual as it was 10 or 15 years ago," said John Fernandes, president of AACSB, in a telephone interview on July 27.
BU Goes Corporate Again
Boston University School of Management was one of the first business schools to tap the corporate world for a dean, hiring Louis E. Lataif, the former president of Ford Motor Co.'s (F) European operations, as dean in 1991. When it came time to search for a successor to Lataif, the school looked at candidates from both the academic world and the business community, said N. Venkat Venkatraman, a management professor who chaired the business school's dean search committee, in a telephone interview on July 21. Of the 10 finalists for the job, four were from Fortune 500 companies, while the remaining six were academics, he said. With the business school coming up on its 100th anniversary in 2013, the committee was looking for a person who could improve the school's visibility in the Boston area, as well as nationally and globally, and Freeman's track record impressed the committee, Venkatraman said.
During Freeman's time at Quest, the company's market capitalization increased to about $9 billion from $350 million in 1996, when it was spun off by Corning Inc. (GLW), according to a press release by Boston University. He was also familiar with the business school world, having spent time as an executive-in-residence at the New York-based Columbia Business School (Columbia Full-Time MBA Profile), as well as teaching classes on executive compensation and health care at various business school campuses, Venkatraman said.
"We wanted someone who could think outside the box and the committee felt that Ken Freeman brought something new and exciting to the school," said Venkatraman. "He was someone we felt could take the school to the next level."
Freeman's experience working at business schools in the last few years convinced him that he wanted to play a stronger role in shaping the future of management education, which is why he applied for the deanship opening at Boston University, he said in a telephone interview on July 20. Among his goals are improving the reach of the management school's brand in the U.S. and globally, as well as broadening the school's relationship to the larger business community, he said.
"The search committee told me that they hoped that the next dean would be a builder and evolve the school's strategic plan to the next level," Freeman said. "I'd like to raise the bar in terms of getting the ranking of the school from where it is today into the top tier of business schools."
Pace Embraces CEO-as-Dean Model
The business school dean search committee at Pace University's Lubin School, which has 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students at campuses in New York City and White Plains, N.Y., interviewed about a dozen executives for the dean opening, as well as academic candidates, said Bill McGrath, chair of Lubin's dean search committee, in a telephone interview on July 28.
The school also recently had a former CEO at the helm, Joseph Baczko, founder of Wayne (N.J.)-based Toys "R" Us International, the largest U.S. toy store, who stepped down this summer after five years as dean. "We saw the model of CEO-as-dean worked because of that experience," McGrath said.
Braun emerged as a front-runner for the job because of his 30 years' experience as a senior manager, including his work running small business startups, McGrath said. Prior to coming to Pace, Braun was CEO of The CarbonNeutral Co., headquartered in New York and London, which helps small businesses and corporations reduce their carbon footprints.
Braun said he intends to spend the next few months visiting with faculty, students, and alumni, getting a sense of the direction the school wants to take, and articulating his vision. He plans to take a close look at everything from how the school is spending and raising money, to ways to make the curriculum more challenging for students.
"I'm bringing to the table a real business perspective on how organizations are run," he said in a telephone interview on July 27. "I feel like this place, because of the recession and other financial issues they've had to deal with over the last several years, needs a little bit of a shot in the arm with leadership."
Former Execs Lead at Ohio State, Wake Forest
In the last few years, at least two other business schools in the U.S. announced they were naming former executives as dean.
Most recently, Christine Poon, the former worldwide chairman of pharmaceuticals at New Brunswick (N.J.)-based Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), the world's largest health-products company, joined Ohio State's Fisher College of Business in 2009, becoming the school's first dean to come directly from the private sector. Since arriving, she's established new programs in health care and energy, and forged partnerships with companies like Dublin (Ireland)-based Accenture (ACN), Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), and Dublin (Ohio)-based Cardinal Health (CAH).
"I do think that having the experience in the corporate world has influenced how I approach the role," Poon said in a telephone interview on July 28. "I'm a much more externally facing kind of dean, and am spending a lot of time with the business community, trying to connect them with the college in as many ways as I can."
In 2008, Wake Forest University's Schools of Business appointed Steve Reinemund, former CEO of PepsiCo (PEP), the beverage and snack-food company based in Purchase, N.Y., as dean. He quickly used his management background to help implement change at the school, he said in a telephone interview on July 27.
About a month after he arrived, he hired a management consulting firm that in 90 days helped the school revamp its system for performance reviews and salary increases for professors, giving faculty the option of deciding whether they want to spend more time on teaching or research. Under his leadership, the school has launched a new Master of Arts in Management program for undergraduates with liberal arts backgrounds who are considering business careers. He's also helped raise money for a new building that will house both the school's graduate and undergraduate programs; the school has received $25 million so far for the new building and expects to raise an additional $20 million by the end of the year, Reinemund said.
"We have a very aggressive provost and president at Wake Forest, so the school has a strong desire to continue to get better," he said. "It's been every bit as challenging as any corporate experience I've ever had."
Combination Doesn't Always Work
Sometimes the partnership between the former-executive-turned-dean and the business school doesn't work out, as has been the case most recently in Europe, where three business schools have moved away from the CEO-to-dean model, said AACSB's Fernandes. John Wells, the former chief financial officer for Pepsi Europe, stepped down this summer as president of IMD (IMD Full-Time MBA Profile), a business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, after just 16 months in the job, the Financial Times reported on June 25. He has since been replaced by Dominique Turpin, a French professor of management and strategy at the school, as interim president, the school said in a news release on its website on July 1.
London Business School (LBS Full-Time MBA Profile) found itself in a similar situation not too long ago, when Robin Buchanan, a former senior partner at the global consultancy Bain & Co., stepped down as dean in January 2009 after 16 months in the role; he was replaced by Sir Andrew Likierman, a longtime professor at the school, according to a Dec. 22, 2008, press release on the London Business School website.
On July 9, the Financial Times reported that Dipak Jain, the former dean at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (Kellogg Full-Time MBA Profile), will be taking over as dean of INSEAD (INSEAD Full-Time MBA Profile), the business school with campuses in France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. He'll be replacing Frank Brown, who spent 26 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, before joining the school in 2006. Brown is expected to step down at the end of his five-year term in 2011, according to the Financial Times article. INSEAD has not yet made an announcement about a new dean.
"Schools may be tempted to bring in someone that is proven in a professional capacity, but they don't always work out," Fernandes said. "A lot of 'corporate deans,' as they call them, crash and burn mostly because the environment is so different and faculty, as independent contractors, don't always have to march to the dean's drum."


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Watsonville native wins National Institutes of Health scholarship
DAVIS, Calif. - A Watsonville native has been awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health scholarship.
UC Davis announced that junior Abraham Corrales, 20, is one of just 16 winners of the scholarships nationwide.
Corrales grew up in Watsonville the youngest of 10 children of migrant farmworkers.
A biochemistry and molecular biology major, Corrales has been awarded the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and committed to careers in health-related research. He's currently working to help develop therapies to promote the health of agricultural communities like his own.
Corrales will receive a renewable annual award for up to $20,000 in tuition and educational expenses. For each year of the scholarship, he will receive paid summer research training at the NIH and, upon graduation, a year's employment at an NIH research lab.
He plans to earn a doctoral degree in biomedical research.
"Increasing the opportunities for low-income people to afford the necessary medication is my motivation," he said. "No one deserves to see loved ones pass away because of a lack of money."


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Yes sir, Glock is the master of pistols...Sorry to hear that happen to you,On a day of a match..
I finally had a failure to fire with my Glock 35. I had been shooting a during a practice session and had pierced a primer. I failed to notice that the firing pin/ striker was damaged. My next match was a disaster due to many FTF's that had to be cleared. I took it apart and the firing pin looked a little flat on the end. I bought a new one and put them on the optical comparator at work and the difference was obvious. The end had been damaged by escaping gases and it chipped away enough to not fire occassionally. The new one works fine. I guess the black plastic superpistol does have it's problems if you abuse it enough. This is the only trouble in probably 8000 rounds.
Yes sir, Glock is the master of pistols...Sorry to hear that happen to you,On a day of a match..
I been shooting several different types of events for years and Glocks fail just like all the rest of them.
Sometimes they fail in a very spectacular fashion!
In my experience, when unmodified and using quality ammo, Glocks (as a group) are among the most reliable handguns available. I do very little to modify my Glocks (usually add new/replacement sights and an extended slide release, more out of habit than any real need) and they run like champs. I do have one gen3 9mm right now that is experiencing an occasional failure to feed on the last round out of the magazine (only with certain JHP rounds, and some mags, and rarely enough to make it darn hard to diagnose the cause), but the others are boringly reliable. In fact, they are so reliable that if I have any kind of stoppage, I first check the ammo and then my own performance (loading procedure, etc.) prior to examining the gun. Usually, I find the source of the problem before I get around to checking the gun -- and I very much like it that way.
The firing pin doesn't have as much meat in it as most designs and the flame from the pierced primer ate it away. I think it's more of an ammo failure than a gun failure. I had to replace the firing pin on a model 66 S&W revolver when a 357 mag primer pierced and had a 7mm mag pierce a primer years ago and cut a furrow into the bolt face of a nice custom rifle. Sometimes ammo can give you fits in all sorts of ways. These are all high pressure rounds that I had problems with so maybe the choice of caliber for self defense or a survival weapon should go towards a low pressure round like the 45 ACP or 44 spl.
You can go all over the web and find all makes of pistols that have blowed up or KA-BOOMED. DJ Niner is 100% correct about most Glocks. I have just the one bought used a 2004 a G-3 model and it has never failed me. In fact I am getting ready to shoot plates with it. I have no idea how many rounds been shot through it. I replaced the recoil spring in it and that's all so far. I also shoot my own reloads in it. I have several other pistols by Kimber, S&W, and Ruger that have been used in competition and have never let down. Most guns run just fine if taken care of. All we read on the web is the negitive reports.


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Active video games that involve leaping or swinging the arms can help control the weight of obese children, a large New Zealand study has found.
The Auckland University study of 320 children aged 10 to 14 found that encouraging them to play active video games has a small but definite effect on body mass index, a measure of weight in relation to height.
Participants had to have a PlayStation 3. Half were given an EyeToy kit with various games such as dancing, tennis and boxing. The EyeToy tracks the game-player's body movements and integrates them into the game.
The children - the intervention group - were told that if they hadn't met the recommendation for an hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on most days, they could achieve some of it with active video game play.
On average, all the children put on weight during the six-month study period, as expected, but the intervention group grew by nearly 1kg less.
In New Zealand, one-third of children are overweight or obese, reflecting the epidemic of excess weight afflicting most developed countries.
Researchers are casting around, with little certain success so far, to reverse the 30-year trend which is linked to screen use, car transport and changes in the food supply to more energy-dense foods.
The researchers' journal paper says: "Although the effect on BMI was small, it was consistent with slowing weight gain so children grow into their height, the management approach recommended in clinical guidelines.
"As such, the intervention may be a useful addition to [other] strategies, although it is unlikely to be clinically useful if used in isolation."
The lead researcher, Dr Ralph Maddison, said sedentary activities like video gaming were independently associated with obesity.
" ... parents may have more success encouraging the substitution of sedentary video games with more active ones, instead of trying to stop children and young people from gaming altogether."
The study has been published in a US nutrition journal.
Emmanuel Paul's three sons are keen video gamers.
But he is glad the family has added an active gaming format to their PlayStation, even though his sons are physically active and he has no concerns about their weight.
The traditional PlayStation exercises only the fingers, thumbs and eyes. The EyeToy active format encourages all kinds of movement.
Elijah, aged 5, attends Royal Oak Primary School, Matthew, 13, Mt Roskill Grammar, and Mark, 18, is an Auckland University student.
Mr Paul said PlayStation gaming was permitted only during holidays and occasionally on Sundays in their Mt Albert home. The older boys often played a non-active soccer game, while Elijah mainly played active games.
Mr Paul said EyeToy was better than sitting watching television. "It's quite good because they get the exercise."


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Too Much For The Industry To Handle – © Psychodrama
First and foremost, I'd like to introduce you to my newest collaborator, Jaycee, who will be periodically dropping exclusive mixes, albums and rarities on FSD. Jaycee has a plethora of Chicago music – some heard, but most forgotten – that he's going to share with the Chi Hip-Hop diehards. Salute this man for providing such a service. Our first collabo is this Psychodrama – The Suave House Years compilation, which he put together and sequenced.
As many (or I hope most) of you know, Psychodrama was once signed to the Houston-based indie rap powerhouse Suave House Records. Labels – major and indie – were heavy in Chicago during the mid-to-late 90s, particularly on the Westside, after acts like Twista, Do or Die and Crucial Conflict set the world on fire. They (as in the labels) all wanted a piece of the action. After seeing what PD was doing independently, labels were lining up to sign the Chicago trio. Psychodrama first landed with J Prince, and after a brief stint at Rap-A-Lot, PD joined the House (literally) that Tony Draper built. They were destined for stardom with their major label debut, Time Verses Life, which you couldn't have missed if you bought a Source Magazine or Suave House release during that period. That advertisement was literally everywhere, with the "Coming Soon" tag attached.
PD really started to gain traction nationally after their appearance on Eightball's 1998 solo single, "Pure Uncut", also featuring Master P, Silkk The Shocker and Mystikal. Besides that major look, they were also featured on "Drama In My Life" off Eightball's solo debut, Lost, which ended up going double platinum. However, within the next year and change the Suave House ship began to sink (I believe they lost their distribution deal with Universal in 1999) and Time Verses Life, unfortunately, was lost in the shuffle. I've asked Buk about the Time Verses Life album, and if it will ever see the light of day, and it seems to be tied up legally. Draper owns it, but does he ever plan on releasing it? Probably not. I mean, it's been +10 years, so I don't see why he wouldn't put it out for the fans that've waited years to hear this album. What's the worst that could happen? Seriously. Who wouldn't want to hear an album produced entirely by The Legendary Traxster and Mo-Suave-A?
So back to the lecture at hand. Everything on this mix was done in the Suave House/Universal era, with the exception of the very last track which is a rarity from a Waxmaster tape from 1996. I'm not sure how many of these tracks were set to appear on their would-be debut, but I'm guessing a handful of them. If you're a true PD diehard you probably have some of these tracks as they've popped up on various compilations (Suave House – Off Da Chain 2000 Vol. 1, U-N-I vs. ALL) others on obscure albums (A+'s Hempstead High, 8Ball's The Slab) and various "Best Of" mixtapes. But to my knowledge, this is the first time they've ever been available in one place.
Check it out for yourself and spread the word. If you're unfamiliar with Psychodrama, this is a solid introduction. Maybe one day we'll finally get the official Time Verses Life, but for now this will have to do.
Psychodrama – The Suave House Years
1. Drama In My Life
2. Pure Uncut
3. Been Done Some Shit
4. Evil & Innocence
5. Suave House
6. Staggering And Stuttering
7. Time Verses Life
8. For The Love of My City
9. Trouble
10. Dirty Like Down Wit It
11. Buk Wid It
12. NewSense (Waxmaster House Mix) '96 (Special collectors treat)


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Edgar Degas(French, 1834-1917)
- Date
- c. 1871
- Medium
- Oil and crayon on canvas
- Dimensions
- 18 1/4 x 22 in. 46.4 x 55.9 cm framed: 26 1/4 x 30 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. 66.7 x 77.2 x 8.9 cm
- Department
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- Paris, Collection of the Artist, Edgar Degas; Paris, auction Atelier E. Degas (Galerie Georges Petit) 6 May, 1918 (1st sale), lot. 49, repr.; Paris, Collection Jacques Seligmann; New York, auction J. Seligmann (American Art Association) 27 Jan. 1921, lot 25, repr.,bought by J. H. Whittemore for $7,000.00. Naugatuck, Long Island, NY, Collection J. Harris Whittemore (1921-1936) from whom purchased by Durand-Ruel on May 4, 1936; New York, Durand-Ruel Gallery (dealer-1936), from whom purchased by R. H. Tannahill; Grosse Pointe Farms, Collection Robert H. Tannahill, by whom bequeathed to the DIA.
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I made several modifications to the recipe, and served it as a rice and chicken dish rather than a stuffed pita. If you want their original recipe, the link will take you to it. But I thought I'd share my recipe and my experience. It was really good, and I will absolutely make this again. And the yogurt sauce? Divine. I shall replace all of my ranch-style dips with it, and it serves as an awesome alternative to tzatziki as well.
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 T dried oregano
1/2 t ground coriander
3 garlic cloves
1/4 C olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 T olive oil
1 T vegetable oil
2 T unsalted butter
1/2 t turmeric
1/4 t ground cumin
2 C brown rice
4.5 C chicken broth (mine actually had 2 C mushroom broth 2 C chicken broth, but that's because I was trying to kill my mushroom broth)
Salt & Pepper
Yogurt Sauce
2 garlic cloves
1 C 0% fat Greek yogurt
1 T light mayo
2 T honey
2 tablespoons white vinegar
3 T lemon juice
2 T dried parsley
1/2 t salt
1 t ground pepper
Chop the garlic for the chicken and then combine the lemon juice, oregano, coriander, and olive oil in a bowl large enough to hold those ingredients and the chicken.
Whisk the ingredients well. I actually also used my immersion blender to combine the ingredients a bit more. You can do this as well, or just mix it up well.
Cut the chicken into 1-2 inch pieces and trim any excess fat. You don't have to trim it all off, but cut away to your heart's desire.
Heat up 2 T of unsalted butter in a dutch oven or any pot that you would usually cook rice in on medium heat.
Once the butter has melted, add the tumeric and the cumin and stir.
Once the butter has soaked in all the spices, add the rice. Stir the rice around and let it get toasted. I should note that you can use basmati or another long grain rice for this, which is what the original recipe calls for. But I liked the brown rice. And it's what I had in my pantry.
Add the broth and bring the mixture to a boil.
Once it boils, cover and turn the heat to low and let simmer for about 25 minutes covered. Once that time has expired, take the lid off and let the rest of the liquid soak into rice for another 15 minutes or so.
While the rice is cooking covered, you can prepare the yogurt sauce. You can either finely mince the garlic, or use a garlic press to get it extra minced.
A garlic press is a wonderful thing. It can help you to be super lazy. Another wonderful thing? Greek yogurt, my favorite yogurt of them all.
Yum. Combine all of the ingredients for the sauce and whisk well together.
To cook the chicken, heat up 1 T of olive oil and 1 T of vegetable oil on medium high heat in a pan. Add the chicken and all of the ingredients in the bowl once the oil is hot. Sautee and brown well all over. It should only take about 10-12 mins to thoroughly cook the chicken through.
To serve, scoop the rice onto the plate, add the chicken and a bit of the sauce that has formed in the pan where you cooked the chicken, and a huge dollop of the yogurt sauce. Enjoy all the delicious flavors.


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Rules of Gunfighting
The absolute First Rule of a Gunfight is "Have a gun!"
The subsequent lines below help supplement that first rule:
o Preferably, have at least two guns.
o Bring all of your friends who have guns.
o Pack extra ammo
If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun... and a friend with a long gun.
When You Have to Shoot
Anything worth shooting is worth shooting two times, more if necessary. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
(Revisited) Ammo is cheap and (your) life is precious so be generous. And shoot your adversary to the ground.
"Why didnt I shoot only once? There's no additional paperwork for shooting someone twice!"
"Why did I shoot him 7 times? Because 6 times wouldnt have been enough and 8 would have been too many."
When asked, "Why do you need a gun with 17 rounds?" you should gently reply, "In case I get attacked by 17 bad guys."
Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
Fast is Fine, Accurate is FINAL!!!
In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
Someday someone may kill you with your own gun but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
The 9mm
"If you must own a 9mm, keep it in a box so you dont accidentally load it. If you do load it, dont shoot it. If you do shoot it dont hit someone. Because if you do hit someone and if he ever realizes hes shot, hes going to be angry!"
Nine-millimeters are all well and good until someone loses an eye.
As long as one doesn't get into a gunfight, a 9mm is just fine.
Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a "4."
Winning the Fight
Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
If you find yourself equally matched in a fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.
Have a plan. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everybody else keep your hands where I can see them.)
The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
A good general rule of thumb: Be polite. Be professional. But... have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Nothing handheld is a reliable stopper.
Freedom Related
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a victim.
A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.
If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.
You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
Criminals love gun control it makes their jobs safer.
If you know how many guns you own, you dont own enough guns.
You can't make an appointment to have an emergency so always have your firearm.
Gun Inscription: Be not afraid of any man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens call on me, and I will equalize.
Always fire two warning shots into your attackers chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes.
Should be a required warning on every handgun: This handgun should only be used to enable you to get to your rifle which you should have had in hand before this firefight broke out.
Proper Responses to Why Do You Carry a Gun?
Because I can't carry a COP!!
OK, so a cop can walk, but then you have to carry donuts to keep him close by.
Because when seconds count the cops are only minutes away.
I carry a gun because I'm too old to fight and too fat to run. A young guy will kick your ass, but an old man will just shoot you.
Because I can't throw a rock 1000 fps.
I don't want my dying words to be "Damn, I wish I had my gun.
In case I need to shoot something or someone.
Cuz a gun ain't got no legs...
For the same reasons I have fire extinguishers and wear my seatbelt.
I would rather have a gun and not need it than need a gun and not have it.
People tell me I should have seat belts, air bags, motorcycle helmets, fire extinguishers, a first aid kit, locks on my doors so I figure, what the heck, a gun couldn't hurt either.
When did Noah build the Ark? Thats right, before it rained.
Doesn't everyone carry a gun?
My old grandpa said to me son, there comes a time in every mans life when he stops busting knuckles and starts busting caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whooping!
I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun to scare people; I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid; I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I'm evil; I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry, I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy; I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.
I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man, I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whooping!
"Because I refuse to be a victim and I'm to lazy to push daisies"
In a gunfight there is no such thing as overkill.
An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.
Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!
You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it.
The sword is never the killer, it is a mere tool in the killers hand.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
The purpose of fighting is to win.
Have you ever tried to skin a LIVE cat?
"Don't look like I can count on you to remember yours."
"I can hammer nails with this but I can't aim a hammer for squat."
"Gun, Ive got a gun... how the heck did that get there?"
Because grenades cause too much collateral damage.
"I'm too old to run and these are my good pants."
"Ever tried beating people to death with a cop? I'm waaaaaay to old for all that."
"It's a lot easier to kick idiots after you've shot them a couple times."
"When I get tired of stupid questions people pay a lot more attention than they do with out the gun."
"Because I'm too lazy to throw the bullets myself."
"Because my dogs collar only lets him get 25 feet from the house..."
It a conversation starter, see it's working already.
All Americans carry guns, may I see your ID?
My tank is in the shop.
I think a better question is "Where is your gun?"
Don't worry! There's no water in it.
Because there is NO way I'm stuffing a cop into these pants!
My old grandpa said to me son, there comes a time in every mans life when he stops busting knuckles and starts busting caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whooping!
Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whooping!
No one who was ever in a firefight has ever complained of having TOO MUCH ammunition.
Keep shooting. Weigh them down with lead. Ammunition is cheap, life isnt.
Because I refuse to be a victim and I'm too lazy to push daisies.
Because baseball bats are uncivilized, swords are messy, and people look at you funny when you carry either one to Wal-Mart.
I kept tripping over my sword
I carry so that bad things will happen to bad people.
The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. "Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?" "NO Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle."
A reporter did a human interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him, "Why do you carry a .45?"
The Ranger responded with, "Because they don't make a. .46."
The muzzle of a gun pretty much says, Go Away in every language.
Because pointing my finger & yelling "bang bang" is not very effective!!!
Because you never know when one of us is going to come up lame and need to be put down!
You know... because of the killer clowns.
Brandishing is a crime, and it's dangerous (to you) and foolish. The threat you face should catch at least two rounds before he realizes you have a firearm. Never brandish your weapon.
The Pacifist and the Gun: When the Quaker found the burglar in his living room filling the sack with the family silver, the Quaker declaimed with calm, respectful dignity, "Friend, not for the world would I harm a hair on thy head, but thee is standing exactly where I am about to shoot."
Bumper Sticker: Fight Crime Shoot Back
Engraved on Sir Walter Scotts blunderbuss muzzle: "When rogues appear, my voice youll hear!"
Waste enemies, not ammunition.
The pen is mightier than the sword except in a sword fight.
A golf course is the willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
PARTING NOTE: An unloaded gun is just a club!


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For those interested in mounting driving lights, just this a.m. I found a slick approach you may want to use. It was a bracket - specific for front mounting driving lights - the bracket mounts to the license plate bracket, then provides mounting points for two lights. Neat in that there would be no new holes to drill - provided you have a front plate.
Now, do you think I can remember where I saw it so that I can post the link!?!?
Guess I'm having a senior moment.


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That's a really great question. Some veterinarians will say yes and others will say no, so the jury is still out.
For those on the "yay" side of the debate, 'Hyper Syndrome' in dogs is the most similar condition we have in veterinary medicine to human ADHD.
As in ADHD for humans, we are still unsure of what may cause hyper syndrome in canines, and many theories have been put forth. Hence, I'll give you a brief overview of the causes and generalized treatments for doggie ADHD.
Before we do that, keep in mind that hyper syndrome is sometimes nothing more than a manifestation of neglect. Often, the term 'hyperactive' is used loosely and not necessarily medically. Such 'hyperactive' dogs have nothing genetically, physiologically, or even behaviourally wrong with them – they're dogs! They want to go play! If you lock up breeds who crave exercise, attention, and play for a long time, what would you expect other than a 'hyperactive' dog once you let them out of the crate? In these cases, consistent and proper exercise, positive attention, training and play will fix the problem because there's nothing truly wrong with the dog to begin with, only something wrong with the human who neglects them.
However, in some cases the problem is actually something medical, behavioural, both (or something else altogether). The problem with hyper syndrome is that while the outward manifestations of it are sometimes the same, the causes of that behaviour can be many.
One such cause for hyper syndrome in dogs is the food they eat: feeding a dog too much food for their level of activity or from an allergy to the food they eat. In cases of the latter, try and imagine that you're allergic to something. You'll begin to break out, itch, and become restless due to your allergy. Dogs are no different and they may also be allergic to things around them in their environment, such as dust, pollen, or anything else you or I can be allergic to. Do note, however, that hyperactivity is rarely the only sign of an allergy (if it's a sign of it at all).
Regardless, other dogs with hyper syndrome actually have behavioural issues, whereupon they are hyperactive, potentially aggressive and unable to learn simple commands or tricks no matter what level of attention or food you give them. In these cases, these behaviours may point to a subset of the hyper syndrome called hyperkinesis. Hyperkinesis is usually diagnosed by looking for a certain response to specific medications and is addressed with behavioural therapy that is coupled with appropriate medical therapy.
In addition, there is another very similar category of hyper syndrome that is simply called 'hyperactivity'. It will have the same presenting signs as the hyperkinesis, however its response to therapy is different from hyperkinesis and it is therefore classified as a different subset of the hyper syndrome.
Furthermore, both the hyperactivity and hyperkinesis categories of hyper syndrome require behavioural training in addition to medical intervention. The good news is that given enough time and effort it may be possible to wean the dog off of their medication as proper behavioural modification sets in.
Last, but certainly not least, there may be other causes of hyperactivity in dogs, such as certain metabolic conditions, which when put under proper medical control will usually result in a return to normal behaviour without the need for additional behavioural modification.
I hope that explains it!
by Artem Cheprasov ('Animal Guru')
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Payroll employment rose 431,000 in May, almost entirely because of the hiring of 411,000 Census workers. The overall increase was a bit short of expectations (consensus was 500,000), but the private-sector job increase of 41,000 was well below the 125,000 we had expected. The unemployment rate fell back to 9.7 percent, reversing the April increase, which we had credited to people looking for Census jobs. In May, they got them. Much of the private-sector weakness was caused by the 35,000 drop in construction jobs—especially disappointing given the infrastructure spending we had expected to see from the stimulus bill. Manufacturing employment was up 29,000, about the average of the last two months. Temporary services, usually a good leading indicator of future employment, rose 31,000. Health services were up 13,100. Average weekly hours edged up to 34.2 from 34.1. Average hourly earnings rose 7 cents to $22.57.
Overall, a weaker report than expected, mainly because of construction. The Census jobs are real, and will provide some income to those hired, but they are short-duration and part-time.
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The U.S.jobs report revealed a shortfall in May payroll growth relative to market expectations, though the 431,000 rise for the job count was only modestly short of our 480,000 forecast, with a Census boost of 411,000 that was almost exactly as assumed, alongside a 41,000 private payroll gain that captured the weakness signaled by earlier May labor-market reports. Yet, the workweek rose to 34.2 from 34.1 in April, the hour-worked index posted a solid 0.7 percent May gain, and we saw a big 0.3 percent May rise in average hourly earnings that followed upward back-revisions.
All three upside surprises, and component strength for the factory and mining sectors, have boosted our forecasts for the remaining May economic reports.
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A combination of ill-thought-out comments by the new Hungarian government coupled with a surge in the Swiss franc is seeing the forint drop like a rock and is seeing credit default swaps on Hungary explode. Many Hungarian mortgages are denominated in Swiss francs and the sharp appreciation of the Swiss franc would likely have weighed on the forint in any event.
However, comments by Hungarian officials that Hungary is not far from Greece's fate simply adds to the market anxiety and talk of default is not helpful. On one hand it might be posturing as Hungary renegotiates its IMF package. On the other hand, the heightened state of anxiety in the capital markets would seem to caution against such inflammatory comments. The market fears another Greece situation. The new government is claiming that the prior government manipulated the data and lied about the state of the economy. Fear is taking a toll.
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"It is clear, however that several members of the wider Smith family did know the history of all of the incidents and thought it quite safe for him to be at the party.
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Rosie's father, Graham Storrie said: "I just can't believe that no charges were pressed at that stage.
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The family have also released a tribute CD of Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl - which her father, Graham used to sing to her as he rocked her to sleep as a baby.
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Knee problems tell much of the story of E.J. Manuel 's rookie season. He underwent surgery in August to clean up his left meniscus. He missed four games during the middle part of the season and then the closing two games with injuries to each knee. His first offseason in the pros has begun with knee news as well.
Manuel said during a Thursday radio interview that he underwent a "minor" knee procedure shortly after the season ended. He said the surgery was related to the injury that forced him to miss those final two games. Manuel said the injury was a meniscus tear.
"The knee injury feels a lot better now," Manuel said. "I've got everything resolved and behind me. It was a minor procedure. I'm glad I got it done and kind of put it past me. With the rehab and things like that I'll be back to full strength and I don't think it'll bother me."
Manuel also said that he will wear a knee brace for the entire 2014 season, but he isn't too concerned about it.
"Around the league, guys wear [a knee brace]," Manuel said. "(Andrew) Luck wears one, Peyton (Manning) wears one on that front leg. When you have some defenders come down on you, you don't want to have to risk getting whatever type of knee injury. I'll have a brace, but it won't inhibit me still being able to take off and run."
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I'm not worried about the brace either. Manuel should be able to top his 2013 rushing stats -- 53 carries, 186 yards, two touchdowns -- as long as he's healthy. Manuel's fantasy value for next season will be determined more by the progress he makes in accuracy and getting more comfortable in the pocket. The continued growth of young wideouts Robert Woods and Marquise Goodwin will be a big help, too. Right now, Manuel is a low-end QB2. But as with all athletic, 23-year-old NFL starting quarterbacks, upside is present.


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Barnaby Furnas uses watercolour in a way it was never meant for: rivalling media sensation for the limelight of graphic seduction. Developing his own subversive world of cartoon ultra-violence, bizarrely populated by rock stars and Honest Abe look-a-likes, Furnas uses blood and guts as a means to flirt with abstraction and design. In Duel, two ex-presidents blow each other to shreds, simply for the sake of seeing the beauty of the carnage in slow motion.
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Barnaby FurnasŌĆÖs paintings address contemporary image construction through traditional means. Adhering to painterly convention Furnas mixes his own paint by adding pigment to urethane, a technique that results in radiant finish and pure vibrant colour. Conveying the high-impact dynamism of filmic violence, his canvases merge depicted narrative and formal concern. In pieces such as Hamburger Hill, action is played out in performative brushwork and striated composition: gun powder explosions and gory splatter are represented through simplified gesture, movement is directed through drawn and implied lines. Combining the strategies of cartooning with the decadence of high art, Furnas conceives painting as a media entrenched in historical lineage and constantly expanding to encompass new attitudes of viewing.
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Flood (Red Sea)
330.2 x 762 cm
Reminiscent of RothkoŌĆÖs vast contemplative fields, Barnaby FurnasŌĆÖs Flood (Red Sea) draws upon the associations of Abstract Expressionism. Spanning over 7 meters, Flood (Red Sea) construes the transcendental as sheer power. Obliterating the serene blue ŌĆśskyŌĆÖ with frenzied swipes of red, Furnas presents a landscape as an encompassing plane of colour and texture that literally engulfs the viewer in spectacle. Incorporating biblical reference in the title, Furnas layers his abstraction as allegory, merging paintingŌĆÖs formal and narrative traditions in a tableau of apocalyptic beauty.
Barnaby Furnas
Untitled (Effigy II)
Urethane, spirits on burnt calf skin vellum
71.1 x 45.7 cm
Using his materials to replicate bodily substance, Barnaby Furnas's Untitled (Effigy II) is executed on the membrane surface of calf-skin vellum. Charred, punctured, and adorned with tattoo-like script, his figure sits as an emblem of torment and catharsis. Adopting the timeless and immortal qualities of portraiture, Furnas exposes the stretcher and canvas to both undermine and appropriate paintingŌĆÖs function as illusion. In revealing the image as a construction, Furnas evokes a sense of occult mysticism. Bringing to mind WildeŌĆÖs The Picture of Dorian Gray, or PoeŌĆÖs The Oval Portrait, Furnas cossets the idea of representation as a black art.
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, Barnaby Furnas captures the vibrant fluidity characteristic of his oil and watercolour paintings. His complex layered and gestural painting style is uncannily replicated in the premeditation of graphic design. Utilising the historical craft of weaving, Furnas places his rock concert on a par with historical depictions of epic battles and heroic royalty. Violence, chaos and pagan hype become immortalised as decorative patterns. Razor sharp light beams, tie-dyed psychedelia and clamouring mosh-pit lose their threatening edge, traded instead for a more monumental documentation, distanced and glorified through the time-honoured tactility of hand-crafted fabric.
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Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum, States of Glory
London, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, The Intimates
San Francisco, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, the lesser light
Denver, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Closed Loop
London, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, All At Once
Fort Worth, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Focus: Barnaby Furnas
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San Francisco, Anthony Meier Fine Arts
Gateshead, UK, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, (catalogue)
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Brussels, VanhaerentsArtCollection, Sympathy for the devil
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Boston, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Inside the Painter's Studio
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Works on Paper
Ibaraki, Japan, Kasama Nichido Museum
New York, The National Arts Club, Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project, November 2010. Travels to Pittsburgh, the Andy Warhol Museum
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Beijing, The Ullens Center (UCCA), Roundtrip: Beijing-New York Now
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New York, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Under Pain of Death, curated by Kunsthalle Wien
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Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, True Romance. Allegories of Love from the Renaissance to the Present
Athens, Deste Foundation, The Fractured Figure
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Germany, Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, Between Two Deaths
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, The Old, Weird America
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New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Surrealism: Then and Now
London, The Royal Academy of Arts, in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery, USA Today
New York, Marvelli Gallery, Nightmares of Summer, curated by George Robertson
Munich, Sammlung Goetz, Imagination Becomes Reality, Part IV: Borrowed Images, June 26 ŌĆō September 30, 2006; travels to Museum for Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
New York, The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery, Metropolitan Opera, Inaugural Exhibition
Colorado, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, PILLish: Harsh Realities and Gorgeous Destinations,
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Seeing Other People
New York, National Academy of Design, 179 Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art (catalogue)
New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004 Whitney Biennial
Long Island City, New York, Dorsky Gallery, Watercolor Worlds,
New York, School of Visual Arts, Visual Arts Gallery, Beginning Here: 101 Ways
Austria, Kunsthalle Wien, Go Johnny Go
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, War (What Is It Good For?)
Los Angeles, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Funny Papers: Cartoons and Contemporary Drawing
New York, Derek Eller Gallery, Transnational Monster League, curated by Banks Violette
New York, Metro Pictures, Drawings
Bologna, Italy, Galleria dŌĆÖArte Moderna, Officina Americana
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition, The Fourth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection
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Brooklyn, Bellwether, All American
New York, Exit Art, CollectorŌĆÖs Choice, New York, ArtistŌĆÖs Space, Project Room January 29 ŌĆō April 29, 2000
New York, P.P.O.W. Gallery, ŌĆ£@ŌĆØ, curated by Jason Murison
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DOJ to Investigate Alleged CIA Abuses
The Justice Department recommended yesterday that Attorney General Eric Holder re-open and examine cases of alleged abuse of suspected al-Qaeda members. The abuse allegedly took place in secret CIA prisons during former President George W. Bush's administration. To go over the details, we have Vijay Padmanabhan, visiting assistant professor at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and Mark Danner, author of the book "Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror."
Read the Inspector General's report on interrogations (via NYTimes)


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