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Raw-unprocessed local Washington state honey.
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It all happened one day when me and my mom got on a plane and sat next to this bee farmer. He talked about helping bees and the dreadful hive collapse disorder. He told me humans couldn't live seven years if bees disappeared. We wouldn't have enough food because the bees wouldn't be there to pollinate the corn or the wheat or even tomatoes. OK, I don't like tomatoes, but I know we need them for stuff like pizza.
At the end of the flight my mom said we could get bees and I could start my own company. I told her, Henry's Humdingers. She laughed and called my dad and now its a real-life thing.
The more I learn about bees the more interesting I think they are. Did you know only the old bees collect pollen? I love bees and all the good they do and it makes me crazy to think about all the bad things happening to them. It's just ughhh, so I am donating part of what I make to my friends over at The Foundation For the Preservation of Honey Bees.
Mission and values Henry's Sweet Miracle Honey is a family owned-company started by our son, 12-yr old beekeeper and entrepeneur, Henry Miller. His main goal was to save our family farm as well as the bees. As a result a percentage of our profits are donated to the preservation of Honey Bees. Henry's honey is raw-unprocessed local Washington state honey- unlike many diluted varieties on the market. There are different interesting and educational bee facts on every label.
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"Health benefits consultants agree with President Obama's assessment this week that enough Americans have signed up to private health plans under the Affordable Care Act that it will work even though there could be up to two million fewer Americans covered than the White House had hoped," writes Bruce Japsen.
But it should be assessed on a "state-by-state basis" and the demographic makeup of the risk pool will need to include more young people.
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Multiplication or separate expressions when evaluating lines in a cell?
When I evaluate an expression like the following, Mathematica multiplies
the three results together to produce one numerical answer --
7.55312899932103487`*^20 in this case. Note: the following three lines
are all in _one_ cell.
(* 1st word *) N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.40] (* 2nd word *)
N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.45] (* 3rd word *) N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.50]
When I place each comment after its expression like this
N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.40] (* 1st word *)
N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.45] (* 2nd word *)
N[(2*Pi/1*^-6)*1.50] (* 3rd word *)
then evaluation of the cell returns the three results I expect. Of
course (?), if I place each expression in its own cell, then each
expression is evaluated correctly.
I was surprised when the three (what I thought were separate) lines were
evaluated as a product because, when I evaluated them in a different
notebook during a previous session, they were evaluated normally -- as
three separate expressions.
I am running ver 3.0 for Win 95.
I have been changing the Prining Style Environment in my notebooks some
(in a feeble attempt to see how my notebook will printout before
actually printing it).
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evaluate (properly?) -- just some text cells and an input cell with
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IBM's Acquisition Of Emptoris Moves It Squarely Into The ePurchasing Software Market — Watch Out For Fireworks
Posted by Andrew Bartels on December 15, 2011
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IBM today announced that it will acquire Emptoris, a leading vendor of ePurchasing software products, with strengths in eSourcing, spend analysis, contract lifecycle management, services procurement, and supplier risk and performance management (see December 15, 2011, "IBM Acquisition of Emptoris Bolsters Smarter Commerce Initiative, Helps Reduce Procurement Costs and Risks"). That IBM made an acquisition of this kind was not a surprise to me, given that the heads of IBM's Smarter Commerce software team at the IBM Software Analyst Connect 2011 event on November 30 had laid out a vision of providing solutions for the buying activities of commerce as well as the sales, marketing, and services activities. Indeed, in the breakout session in which Craig Hayman, general manager of industry solutions at IBM, laid out the Smarter Commerce software strategy and showed the vendors that IBM had acquired in the sales, marketing, and services arenas, he said in response to my comment about the obvious gaps that IBM had in the buying area that we should expect to see IBM acquisitions in that area.
What was a surprise to me was that IBM acquired Emptoris. My prediction would have been that IBM would buy Ariba, because of the long relationship that has existed between these companies. In contrast, Emptoris has generally worked more with Accenture, and not as much with IBM.
Still, in hindsight, the announced acquisition of Emptoris does make sense. Emptoris has consistently scored high in our Forrester Wave™ evaluations of eSourcing and CLM and has good offerings in the other areas. This immediately helps IBM fill gaps in the product portfolio it needs to offer to compete in the buy-side software space. Emptoris also has a list of 300 or so Global 2000 clients, which would appeal to IBM. From the Emptoris perspective, the deal also makes sense. Emptoris itself has been battling headwinds from specialist competitors such as Ariba, Zycus, and Upside Software, as well as from SAP as it upgraded its own ePurchasing product portfolio. The last matters, because much of Emptoris' early success came in selling eSourcing, spend analysis, and CLM into the SAP client base at a time when SAP's offerings in these areas were clearly weak. With SAP now having much stronger products in these areas, it has been winning back clients from Emptoris (and others). So having the deep pockets and resources of IBM will help Emptoris compete better.
Questions and challenges remain, though. In this domain of the application market, we can clearly put a headstone on the old IBM claim that it only did middleware, it didn't do apps. There is no question that in the Smarter Commerce space, IBM does apps. As such, it is now head-to-head in competition in the ePurchasing market with SAP and Oracle, as it already has been in the sell, market, and service areas of Smarter Commerce. How well IBM can do in selling applications rather than middleware remains to be seen. Also unclear is how this will impact its systems integration business in implementing SAP or Oracle ePurchasing apps, since they are now much more likely to work with SIs such as Accenture or Capgemini that don't compete with them in the ePurchasing market.
One potential advantage is that the applications that IBM gained with its acquisition of Emptoris are all what I have called "smart computing" process apps, in the sense of including high degrees of analytics, collaboration, and focus on optimizing balance sheet assets (see the November 3, 2011, "Market Overview: ePurchasing And Contract Life-Cycle Management In 2011 To 2012" report). IBM, with its strengths in analytics, can bolster Emptoris' already strong offerings in these areas. Still, SAP and to a lesser extent Oracle are already going down the same path, leveraging their own BI and analytics products. And SAP and Oracle are much stronger in the ePurchasing market then they are in the selling, marketing, and services domains. So IBM's success here is by no means assured.
IBM also still has gaps in its buy-side product portfolio, notably eProcurement, eInvoicing, and supplier network services. The first two are primarily transactional apps that benefit from tight integration with ERP systems, where SAP and Oracle have (or have the potential to have) strong advantages over a vendor like IBM without an ERP system. So IBM may decide to live with these gaps, relying instead on ISV partners such as Infor. On the other hand, IBM will want to become more active in the supplier network market, in order to link its (or competitors') sell-side apps used by suppliers with its (or competitors') buy-side apps used by corporate buyers. IBM already has Sterling Commerce to provide this kind of connectivity for large firms that use Sterling's EDI network. But it may want to supplement the Sterling EDI network with a purchase-order-and-invoice-specific supplier network. Ariba has the largest of these (which is why Ariba may still be an acquisition target for IBM), but there are others such as OB10 or Perfect Commerce that are available.
In short, IBM's acquisition of Emptoris opens a new competitive front for IBM versus Oracle and SAP; makes IBM an important player in the ePurchasing market; and opens the door to more acquisitions, both by IBM and by its new competitors in the ePurchasing market. Let the games begin.
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board suggestions...
:dunno: Have been reading up on this forum and some other sites and trying to make a decision on which board to get for this upcoming season. I want to buy ASAP to take advantage of the sales they are having on some of last years left over equipment.
So for the boards that have sparked my interest the most are the K2 Raygun 2011 and possibly an Arbor board like Coda, or Element (don't know much about this one).
This will be technically my third season. I am a central-Cali boarder so will be hitting up Badger Pass, China Peak, and occasional Mammoth when I can. This last season I purchased a used 05/06 GNU Altered Genetics 163 Wide with Ride SPI bindings and even though I did learn how to turn and carve frontside/backside and get some decent speed on the slopes I don't think it was the best board choice for me given my experience and was definitely a speed demon in the pow and on icy stuff (I'm 5'11" 170-180 lbs size 10 boot). So I will be selling this board on eBay again this year and buying a new one.
So I'm looking for an all mountain that I can try some light jumps and continue to work on my carving abilities and hopefully become more confident in bombing hills (which is still somewhat intimidating to me right now which is why i learned how to carve better last season), and hitting trails and such.
The Raygun looked appealing because it got mostly good reviews and the price is unbeatable for what you get, but my only concern with that board is the extruded base. I'm not sure what kind mine has being a 05/06' model but i want to make sure I get a board that isn't going to slow me down progress wise (eventually I am going to want to go crazy fast down steeps! Fuuuuuun!). Also price is not a deal breaker. It would be nice to save some dough to spend on a new jacket or something but I'm not opposed to getting a 2012 model board either (which I understand the new transworld Goodwood either has already/or will be coming out very soon).
So yea, fire away. Looking forward to all suggestions! any questions don't hesitate to ask!
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Get the Raygun. Extruded wont slow you down enough for you to notice. It's a really good board and will handle pretty much anything.
Ok. So raygun it is. Now, what size should i get?
These are the sizes that are offered. I'm 5'11" 190 lbs size 10 boot. Looking to lose some weight by next season though so hopefully be around the 170-180 range.
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More towards 170 shoot for the 156, 180 and up go for the 159.
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stickers are gay.
stickers are gay.
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so is talkin out ur ass
stickers aren't about longevity.
stickers are about speed
you can make your slaps at home, or where ever, and then only take a second to put it up.
stickers are also about art. you can do a lot more with stickers than you can with paint on a wall.
You can print them, stencil them, hand draw on them, stamp them, and you can do whatever you want.
Pictures, characters, tags, throws, pieces, propaganda, whatever.
They're versatile.
They're creative.
Bump Vagrant and Werms. You guys always bring heat.
Monsters Doing Coke
Big B.A.D Rots
I've got stickers that have been up for at least 3 months now?? Depends where you put them and how you prepare them..
I've seen some that have been around for much longer
Personally, i don't really do graffiti, but i love stickers and am trying to fill up a blackbook with them. It's just like trading art to me, which leads me to my next point: trades anyone? The only real reason i make the damned things is so i have something to trade and don't feel like a mooch and just ask people to give me their stickers. So yeah, please trade .
I had one of my tools go downtown and put some stickers for me (his sticker is the pink gay one)
I have no idea why you'd have "tools"....
Fight And Win Klique/Word Trafficking Nightly/ThrillSeekers
Yea, that might be the lamest thing I've heard all day. Get your own ups and get down off your high tower.
cuz ur a tool.
Sounds like it.......
Anyway, made a poopload of stickers. Got enough extras to do like 3-4 packs maybe. Whose tryin to trade ? pm me.
haha 1 2 3 4 post count ;-)....... I've been here long as fuck and barely say shit :-p
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An Epic Fail: Only 5 iPhones Sold in Two Weeks by China's Largest E-Tailer
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China Unicom's e-commerce partner Taobao.com has only been able to sell 5 iPhones since launch.
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To say that the iPhone is a flop in China is to put it mildly
China is arguably the world's biggest potential electronics market. If you can make a product that's a big hit with Chinese consumers it's almost as big a deal as a hit product in the U.S. -- and China's buying power is expected to only grow even more in the near future. Thus optimism was high when the
iPhone finally launched in China
However, in the time since, the iPhone has proved an epic flop in China even as Chinese telecoms try to defend their weak sales. China Unicom, the phone's carrier
only managed to sell 5,000 handsets
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One major problem is price. The phone is available in China for 6,999 yuan, or $1,024 without a contract, but can be purchased much cheaper in Hong Kong's so-called "grey market". The grey market cost in Hong Kong is approximately $800. Sales were also hindered by the
exclusion of Wi-Fi from the phone
, following China's ban on the standard, which it was trying to replace with its own standard. Since May China has begun reallowing Wi-Fi, but new Wi-Fi-ready models still aren't available yet in China.
The epic failure of the phone in terms of sales is epitomized by the
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IDG News Service
, since the phone launched on the site on November 22, only two 8 GB models were sold, three 16 GB, and no 32 GB models. That's right -- in an increasingly prosperous and tech-hungry nation of over 1 billion, the country's largest E-Tailer has only been able to sell
5 iPhones
In its report
says that difficulties with the app store may also be partially to blame for the phone's dismal sales. Explains the report, "Credit cards are increasingly common in China, but their holders rarely use them to make small payments via mobile phone, local consultancy Analysys International said in a research note. Credit card penetration also remains low among young people of the sort that would like the App Store, it said. Many Chinese make payments via mobile phone but do so with prepaid cards sold by local carriers. The App Store will need to add new payment options and more localized content to win more users in China."
China Unicom still hasn't given up on the struggling phone. The company just launched 3G services last month and currently has around 1 million total subscribers. The company hopes that the iPhone will help drive over
1 million new subscribers per month
to the next-generation network service. Currently the company has over 150 million subscribers on its older networks. The company is aiming for 10 percent of its 3G subscriptions to be iPhones by three years from now.
In South Korea the iPhone enjoyed a much more enthusiastic launch last week with 60,000 online orders. That number looks especially pretty when compared to the Chinese total of 5 orders.
Earlier this year, before the launch of the phone, the iPhone made headlines in China for a far different reason. An employee at Foxconn, a hardware partner of Apple's, reportedly was
beaten and tormented
by company security officers after loosing a prototype of a next-generation iPhone. After the ordeal the employee committed suicide. The company has since
paid the family of the victim $52,000
and dismissed several employees.
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text: fan - Unregistered August 28, 2009 10:25 PM cont.... I stopped being a die hard Rossi fan because of Rossi fans. When one rider has a malfunction on his motorcyle he's complaining and making excuses. When it happens to Rossi it's regarded as a freak accident and should not be held against him. If you have noticed the trend, the two riders that get the most flack are Hayden and Stoner. Why? One common denominator, they both beat Rossi and it drives his fans ape. If Rossi loses the championship it's because someone else had a better bike. When he wins while riding the best bike it's his natural talent. Gimmie a break already. I want Lorenzo to win this year just so I can see what excuses the ROssi fans will come up with. 95 agree 1 disagree


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Michael Redondo is a Personal Injury Attorney at Zinda Law Group. Michael was born and raised in Miami, Florida but has always wanted to come to Texas and is thrilled to plant some roots in the Lone Star State. Prior to joining Zinda Law Group, Michael spent five years as an associate for a Litigation Practice Group where he worked on the defense side of Personal Injury cases. Michael wants to focus his practice on helping individuals instead of companies and is excited to use the insight he gained defending large corporations to help victims of personal injury accidents get the justice and financial compensation they deserve.
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That was in the "real" America days.......... We now live in the "new and improved" America.......
This is a discussion on Boy, has society changed within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; True story. Back in the 70s, while growing up in Upper Michigan, we actually got on the school bus with rifles (in cases) and ammo ...
True story. Back in the 70s, while growing up in Upper Michigan, we actually got on the school bus with rifles (in cases) and ammo in order to take Hunter's Safety after school. 40+ kids on a bus with guns & ammo for 45 minutes! We even kept the guns AND ammo in our lockers all day and went to the baseball field (that doubled for the range) for class. No "accidents" ever happened the entire time I was enrolled. I can't believe we were able to do stuff like that back then...LOL Can you image what would happened today?
That was in the "real" America days.......... We now live in the "new and improved" America.......
"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."
--Thomas B. Reed, American Attorney
Second Amendment -- Established December 15, 1791 and slowly eroded ever since What happened to "..... shall not be infringed."
Wow, I wish I could have grown up like that...
Living a life free from fear, means being able to protect it at all times.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Ditto I can remember taking everything from a 12 ga to a deer rifle to high school because I would be going hunting afterwards at someone elses house.
You dont have to believe a train is coming. Itll run over you anyway.
Yep. When I was in high school (graduated in 1982) it wasn't unusual for someone to have a rifle or shotgun in the gun rack of their truck, having gone hunting that morning before school. Never had a gun incident in my high school while I was there. And believe it or not, this was in California (San Joaquin valley).
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Grew up in Northern Michigan and saw the same thing as the OP. Never an incident. That certainly won't happen in the new pussified America since nobody is accountable for their own actions anymore. Blame society for the idiocy of a few.
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Paintball guns were banned from school campuses when I was in high school. That was the day that I knew it would never turn into a school sport.
I remember guns in gun racks in Highschool, not me though I couldn't afford the rack let alone the gun.
I remeber the .22 shooting lessons at teh YMCA summer camp, at age 9
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Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Those days all fell to the wayside when being responsible for your actions disappeared.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
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During hunting season it was not unusual to see several rifles and shotguns in the principal's office.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
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I'm only 26, and I remember Gun Club in middle school, where a teacher would bring in unloaded guns ans let us all handle them and we went over different types of firearms, safety and other things. I'm not really aware of what the laws were regarding to firearms in school at that time, but I can be assured that nothing like that would be allowed today. And this was just back in the late 90's.
I went to high school in southern middle TN, and even in the mid 1990s, the students had their deer rifles in their vehicles and would go hunting with the teachers after school. I imagine a lot of that still goes on in the more rural areas where "kids with guns" doesn't equate to panicking and calling the SWAT team. The local newspaper always runs pictures of kids with their kills - the four-legged or feathery kind.
"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power." - Yoshimi Ishikawa
In the mid-70's I was a member of an NCAA Smallbore Rifle Team (*last year's National Champion BTW!). We would regularly pick-up our rifles at the armory in the afternoon and take them to our DORM ROOMS overnight so we could all be ready for an early morning bus/plane departure to compete in an away-match the following day. Our hard cases read "Anschutz", along with "University of Kentucky" in big, bold letters across the side. We, nor anyone else, thought any differently about seeing us walking across campus with GUNS than seeing the UK Tennis Team carrying their rackets or the UK Golf Team carrying their bags.
The basketball 'Cats, however, attracted MUCH more attention because of their celebrity-status & because, on average, they were ~12"...taller.
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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A man who shot and killed four people inside a New York pharmacy is due to receive consecutive life-without-parole prison sentences.
David Laffer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the June holdup at Haven Drugs in Medford.
Laffer, a 33-year-old Army veteran, has said he committed the robbery because he had lost his job, and his wife required not only painkillers but also blood pressure medicine, anti-nausea pills, and muscle relaxants. He jammed a backpack full of pills after killing the four victims.
His wife, Melinda Brady admitted driving the getaway car. She faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery charges.
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Phil's here with some delicious party canapés that are even fit for a wedding!
From spicy falafel bites to delicious baby raspberry tarts we have some amazing treats for any special occasion.
Wolfgang Puck is the Hollywood chef who's brushed shoulders with more A-Listers than he's had hot dinners - and that's saying something! He caters the Oscars every year and in April he was even honoured with his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Today Wolfgang is taking over our kitchen to cook from the menu of his very first restaurant Spago, using nothing but the best British strawberries.
If you've been feeling the heat lately, and the thought of slaving away in a hot kitchen fills you with dread, then Phil has just the recipe for you!
Phil's scrumptious pork belly stir-fry is the perfect alternative to your Sunday lunch, and with it's crispy vegetables and zingy sauce, it will leave you salivating rather than sweating and starving.
With the This Morning bees working hard to make our Willoughbee Honey all year, we've decided it's only fair to put resident chef Phil Vickery to task to use it. And as the weather is so summery today, what better dish to serve than some homemade honeycomb ice-cream!
Forget spending hours on tonight's dinner, because Theo Michaels is back in the kitchen with more meals in mugs - ready in the microwave in minutes and perfect for those all-too-familiar hectic weeknights.
This time the former Masterchef contestant is cooking three summer dishes: warm orzo and lemon chicken salad, chilli salmon and spinach salad and, one of his favourites, sea bass with fresh pea puree.
He's our other man from Belfast: Northern Irish chef Paul Rankin has flown all the way from the Emerald Isle to cook up a storm in our kitchen.
Impress your friends and family (maybe even your dad this Father's Day) with a super summery, guilt free, vegetable curry which is sure to hit the spot over the weekend.
Strawberry season is officially in full swing and this year's harvest has been so bountiful you can buy them by the bucket load. With the supermarkets offering 1kg buckets for just a few quid, Phil shows us some top treats we can make with them.


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Project DescriptionThe site is set in the natural ecology of Istanbul's Bosporus and home to the historic observatory built at the turn of the 19th century.
RASATHANE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARK is envisioned as a mix of university long-term research and advancement of knowledge transfer to application to end-users – a place to engender innovation for the 21st Century. The campus is designed to be simultaneously romantic and high-tech and be a center for advanced multi-disciplinary research for the regional Life Sciences and Earth Sciences communities. This new campus plan in the Üsküdar Rasathane peak unites the ongoing pursuits and goals of Boğaziçi University and Istanbul Greater Municipality's aspiration to revitalize the urban cores and be host to knowledge centric regional economy.
The master plan for the 300,000+ m2 campus calls for a multiple phased full build-out of 30,000 m2 of project based research, laboratories, learning areas, communication areas, social life, visitor areas, cultural activities and open-natural space. The plan for RBTM combines an intricate play between urban design, architecture and complex programmatic requirements of specialized advanced research and social-life. The designing a new advanced science center hub along the Bosporus in Istanbul meant a precise notion for the facilities of a global research hub that could simultaneously work as a dynamic urban design concept and become an inspiring architectural expression. As formulated by BU's scientific community the design realization would be:
•Inspired by the natural and historical setting of the Bosporus.
•Be a distinguished contemporary experience landmark in regional for advanced research; and
•Become the role-model of human developments that harmonize with the natural world.
The geometry of the master plan's organization is derived from the sites natural contours and terrain. The geometry then responds to 'hot spots' or research clusters that are situated only on pre-developed/built land on the property. It also organizes axis and walkways to visual axis near and far as well as walkable connection between the research clusters. The campus landmark is the landscape, and to amplify this concept and offer tranquility to the research community a central native species landscape feature is created. All the clusters look onto this feature as well as connect to it through walkways and inner courts. Each cluster is distinguished by a lantern feature to offer the researchers a unique component to their cluster's community and guide visitors to across the campus. The vehicular circulation is moved to under the clusters and interconnected through the advantages that are offered with the steep terrain. The architectural characters are descriptive to encourage the use of natural and durable materials that are familiar to the Bosporus' unique character. The massing of the clusters builds on this character offering inner courts to protect from the wind, canopies to mitigate the sun and larger vertical fenestration oriented towards the views and north light.


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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Freshman Kendall Anthony was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year in a vote by the league's head coaches, while senior Darrius Garrett was selected to the A-10 All-Defensive Team. The Spider tandem's selections were announced by the conference office on Monday.
Richmond's leading bench scorer and second-overall point producer with 13.4 tallies per game, Anthony becomes the second Spider to earn Rookie of the Year accolades following Kevin Anderson's selection in 2008. The four-time A-10 Rookie of the Week opened his Spider career with a 20-point performance against American and has reached double-figures in 22 of Richmond's 31 contests this season. This production consists of four 20-point outings, including a 21-point display in the Spiders' win over Wake Forest on Dec. 3.
Anthony was selected to the league's All-Rookie squad after turning in a season-high 21 tallies three times to this point in his rookie campaign. A proven threat on the perimeter, the Jackson, Tenn., product currently ranks fourth in the league in both three-point percentage (43.3%) and three-pointers per game (2.2) in addition to ranking ninth at the free throw line with an .800 average.
Garrett's All-Defensive nod is the first of his career and the third straight for a Spider. Kevin Smith earned the honor a year ago and David Gonzalvez received All-Defensive honors in 2010. The defensive standout owns each of Richmond's block records, having set the single-game (14), single-season (104) and career (228) swats over the course of his illustrious four years on campus.
The Raleigh native has skied for a team-best 3.3 blocks per game this season, which ranks second in the league, while also leading the team with 6.5 rebounds in 2011-12.
Anthony, Garrett and the defending Atlantic 10 Champion Spiders return to action on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when they visit La Salle for their first-round conference tournament matchup with the Explorers.


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This is OUR KPhA
The Kentucky Pharmacists Association is the largest professional organization representing pharmacists in the Commonwealth and has been serving its members since 1879. KPhA is recognized by the IRS as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
The voices of democracy speak loudly, especially when many voices join together. The Kentucky Pharmacists Association offers its members the opportunity to band together with like minded voices to be heard. By uniting members for a single cause, KPhA can benefit pharmacists in all practice settings. We also alert our members on rapidly changing healthcare issues via multiple technologies, publications and educational seminars.


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Liv Tyler announces she is pregnant!
"The stork is visiting us again"
It's baby joy for Liv Tyler and fiancé David Gardner as they are expecting another child.
This time last year Liv Tyler was getting ready to welcome her son Sailor to the world, now the 38-year-old The Lord of the Rings star has announced that she and fiancé David Gardner are expecting.
Announcing the news on Instagram Liv said, "Oh my goodness it seems the stork is visiting us again!!! I am growing another little Tyler Gardner in my belly. Our family is growing!! So grateful. David Gardner I love you."
David also shared the exciting news on Instagram saying, "My beautiful baby is pregnant!!! Soooooo excited and so blessed, I love you."
This will be the second child for Liv and football agent fiancé David Gardner. Liv also shares a 10-year-old son, Milo with ex-husband Royston Langdon.
Congratulations to the happy couple. We can't wait to see more adorable photos of your expanding crew.
WATCH NOW: Liv Tyler and Steve Tyler's adorable sing-along….
The host wasn't impressed... at all
Are Khloe's Snapchat posts suggesting she and her man are expecting?
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This coming Monday morning Mom goes into the hospital for her Addison's Disease testing. She attempted to have the test performed in her endocrinologist's office, but she experienced a Grand Mal Seizure so they requested her to have the hospital perform the test under observation. I wish I had been with Mom in her doctor's office when she had, had another one of her 'episodes', but I'm not a service dog yet or even in training to be one. Mom prefers that all the testing come back before she approaches her doctor to prescribe her my services. In the mean time, she will also do a test for Cushings Disease the following week after the test for Addison's. Perhaps some day she and I will have answers.
Sunday March 4th, 2012 - The Beginning
Dear Diary:
Today I write my thoughts on what it has been to live and love someone with a disorder which makes them black out and have seizures.
Although there are 5 people in my family, including myself, my favorite person in the world is my mom. She gets me, what can I say. I have my human Dad, my human sister, Paige, and my older Shiba Inu dog brother, Murphy, but Mom seems to be the one companion that spends the most time with me so naturally, I gravitate to her. She's also pretty funny when she pretends to be a dinosaur and chases after me through the house. Sometimes we play hide and seek and I always locate her no matter how hard she tries to hide. You just can't fool the nose, right!
Lately, however, she seems to be getting more and more lethargic. She's sick to her stomach and vomits. She has migraines. She can't stay in the Florida sun more than a few minutes. She can't run with me as often without getting dizzy and she absolutely can't stand even a pin prick of pain. She will get as white as a sheet of paper, be breathless, shake, fall on the floor, get stiff as a bone and have a full blown tonic seizures. It scares me because I don't want to loose my Mom. She rarely goes out of the house, even to get treats for us. She's petrified of having a seizure in public.
So I approached her a few weeks ago and convinced her to locate the reason behind the seizures. At first she refused telling me that she has had this disorder since she was 8 yrs old and that countless doctors have told her that they had no clue why they occurred. They simply informed her to eat more salt and to drink more water because her blood pressure is so low. My Mom is the 'salt monster' from Star Trek so I don't know how she could consume more salt! Fortunately, she listened to me. Probably because I gave her my best 'puppy-face' and she started making appointments.
She went to her GP, and he referred her to a cardiologist, a psychiatrist, a chiropractor, a message therapist, a neurologist and then we had a break through. Her last specialist was an endocrinologist. This doctor is trained specifically to deal with the endocrine system, (the thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, pituitary). Dr. Castro suspects that Mom has a rare disorder called, Cushings Disease. It will be a long road to perform the testing for this disease, but at least someone is finally listening to Mom and I have a feeling we will be getting answers soon.
I also had a heart to heart with Mom to discuss the possibility of me furthering my obedience training in hopes of becoming a service dog. I could be trained to pick up her subtle physical changes so she would be better prepared for her seizures. I could lay by or on her until I felt that she was out of the woods. Like I said, you can't fool the nose. I could carry her medications and medical identifications in my harness. I could alert people to her seizures so they could call 911. I would do anything for my Mommy so she can start living a more productive life.
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Oddly, my cold is all but gone. However, my voice is absolutely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, MIA. I can barely squeak. The unfortunate part about that is it makes my mother talk even more than normal to fill in the gaps, whereas I am actually rather enjoying the silence. Hopefully it'll come back by tomorrow, though, because sitting down for Game One of Round One of the Stanley Cup playoffs without being able to speak is going to be entirely too hard for me!
TweakTown starts us off with the Apple iPad 16GB WiFi Slate Computer
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Bjorn3D examines the ASUS EAH5850 TOP
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GamingHeaven takes on R.U.S.E.
HotHardware sits down with the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e Ultraportable
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eTeknix shares its Patriot Viper Series DDR3 6GB Triple Channel 1600MHz Memory Modules Unboxing Video
Hardware Secrets gives you its 128 GB Solid State Drive Round-Up
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Modders-Inc. gives a listen to the ASUS Xonar DX Dolby Gaming Sound Card
PureOverclock gets its hands on the Enermax Acrylux Wireless Keyboard
Benchmark Reviews goes inside the NZXT Hades Computer Case HADE-001BK
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New music - Husky, Bon Iver and more with Zan Rowe
July 07, 2014 , 11:25 AM by Courtney Carthy
Zach Braf's influence on music continues and Triple J's Zan Rowe delivers fresh music that's ahead of the curve.
Meg Mac – Roll Up Your Sleeves
Zan says - "The brand new single from the 23 year old Melbourne singer with a voice that would melt butter. This song taps into classic soul sounds from the 60's."
Husky – I'm Not Coming Back
Zan says - "A new song from the Melbourne band, and the first taste of their new album – a follow up to their 2012 debut. It's warm and sweet with lots of beautiful harmonies. They're playing the Northcote Social Club on July 18 to launch it."
Bon Iver – Heavenly Father
Zan says - "We got a new song from Bon Iver this week! It'll appear on the soundtrack to the new Zach Braff film "Wish You Were Here". Braff is known for his great soundtracks (he also made "Garden State" which popularised The Shins' music)."
The Antlers – Hotel
Zan says - "The fifth album by this New York band, "Familiars", has just been released. They've largely flown under the radar, but consistently make beautiful, layered, hazy music that's perfect for getting snug to in the winter months! "
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Heavenly Father is amazing! Actually the whole Wish I was here sound track is amazing!
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Guwahati, Nov 12: The Centre will meet the key negotiators of the ULFA tomorrow for another round of talks to restore peace after the recent violence in Upper Asom.
''We are meeting National Secretary Advisor M K Naraynanan tomorrow,'' peace initiator Dr Indira Goswami said over phone from New Delhi. She would be accompanied by Reboti Phukan, the other peace initiator. Mr Phukan is the key person in the peace talks as he is ULFA C-in-C Paresh Barua's friend and has direct contacts with the ULFA top brass.
ULFA sources said the next three days would be critical as the militant organisation might respond to talks once again if the Centre formally invites them.
''The ULFA has regrouped itself in a major way. They are indulging in violence in Upper Asom, '' a senior police officer, in Upper Asom, said.
Army had killed a top ULFA militant in Tinsukia recently and the ULFA had also blown up a crude pipeline of Oil India Limited(OIL) near Tengakhat in Upper Asom.
The police official cited some of the recent incidents of violence masterminded by the ULFA like the attack on the Nagaon Superintendent of Police's residence, CRPF patrol party at Sadiya and pipeline blast at Tengakhat. ''The worst is that the ULFA now knows how to minimise the loss of it's cadres. We are not being able to gun down more than two militants at a time'' a military official from Pengeri said.
''We are hopeful that a solution will be worked out before I come back to Guwahati,'' Ms Goswami said. She is returning to Guwahati to pursue literary activities after spending almost three decades in New Delhi. For the past one and half years Ms Goswami had been relentlessly working for the peace process in Asom.
The peace process did not take off last time after several rounds of talks between the ULFA and the Centre. The Centre had sought a written commitment from the ULFA and the organisation in turn sought release of five of it's top leaders from jail.


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Eustis Scout House
Eustis Scout House is located in Lake County and is a great facility for meetings and small events.
The Eustis Scout House is available for girl and adult meetings year round and observes the same holiday hours and schedule as the Council Service Center.
The maximum capacity is 30 people for day use; the maximum capacity for overnight use is 10 people. Cots are mattresses are not provided; air mattresses are recommended. Tent camping is not permitted.
The quaint one room house is air conditioned and has tables and chairs. The kitchen has a stove, microwave, refrigerator, sink, limited counter space and cooking equipment. There is one bathroom and one shower available. Mops, brooms, toilet paper and garbage bags are provided. Troops must bring cleaning supplies for kitchen, bathroom and floors.
The Eustis Scout House sits adjacent to Sunset Park in Eustis. The park has covered picnic tables, playground, basketball court and plenty of green space for activities.


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The new year has begun! Welcome to 2011!
With all of the craziness of the holidays, I wasn't able to get my theatre picks up for January until now. Luckily, several shows are opening in late January which gives you (and me) plenty of time to organize our theatre wish-list for January.
I spent the beginning of December seeing the touring production of Shrek (which I thought was abysmal), the puppet masterpiece, The Composer is Dead at Berkeley Rep (which didn't have much of a plot or presence) and the new musical, Backwards in High Heels at San Jose Rep (a fun delightful show with no heart). To be honest, I was a bit let down by all three productions and it drove me to a much needed theatrical break. After all, I did see over 60 productions last year alone!
While I spent my holiday in London, I had the chance to see the newly revamped Love Never Dies. Again, I was let down by the changes that Andrew Lloyd Webber had made and was quite disappointed.
I'm off to New York City for a quick weekend, where I'm seeing Spiderman and American Idiot (with Billy Joe Armstrong). I can't wait to report!
So here's to a new year and a new month with hopefully a better slew of shows than this past December.
1. Next to Normal at Curran Theatre (SHNSF) in San Francisco – Out of all the shows that you should buy tickets to, this is the one. I know this touring cast will be good because it has the Tony Award winner Alice Ripley is in it. I've seen her perform several times and her performance is incredible and not to be missed.
Next to Normal has become one of my favorite musicals of all time. I've seen it five times on Broadway and I'm looking forward to seeing it again in San Francisco in a new theatre, with almost a new cast.
Out of all the shows that are coming to San Francisco, I can't stress enough that this is the show that you should buy tickets to and see! It's absolutely a beautiful show and worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won! I'll be there opening night.
2. Clybourne Park at ACT (San Francisco) – Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin in the Sun to tell an unforgettable new story about race and real estate in America. Act I opens in 1959, as a white couple sells their home to a black family, causing uproar in their middle-class Chicago neighborhood.
Act II transports us to the same house in 2009, when the stakes are different, but the debate is strikingly familiar. Adamant provocateur Bruce Norris launches his characters into lightning-quick repartee as they scramble for control of the situation, revealing how we can—and can't—distance ourselves from the stories that linger in our houses.
A West Coast premiere.
January 20–February 13, 2011
3. Grease at Broadway San Jose – Unfortunately, I will be out of town for the full week of this run, so I will not be able to see it. I'll be honest and say that Grease isn't my favorite musical (by any means), but I'm hoping it will be a fun production filled with upcoming Broadway talent.
If you do have a chance to see this show, let us know what you think! I'm very curious to see how it all turns out.
Hopefully, you were the winner of our ticket giveaway!
Opens January 18th – 23rd, 2011.
4. Compleat Female Stage Beauty at City Lights Theatre Company – Embracing a period of British history that's ripe with gender & social intrigue, Kynaston, the most famous portrayer of female roles in seventeenth century London, is brought to ruin when King Charles II changes the law to allow women to act. His journey embarks down a road of revenge and self-awareness as Kynaston strives to take his place on the stage once again.
City Lights is known for stretching boundaries and I'm sure that they are at it again. It also features several great Bay Area actors!
It opens January 2oth and runs till February 20th, 2011.
5. Sylvia at Bus Barn Stage Company – Empty nesters Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan where Greg finds Sylvia, a golden lab/poodle mix, in the park and brings her home. Greg is smitten by Sylvia's unconditional love and the romantic triangle that results begins to eat a serious (and riotous) hole in Greg and Kate's 22 year marriage.
This endearing romantic comedy about a marriage and a winsome canine is a tasty (dog) treat not to be missed.
January 27th – February 19th, 2011.
6. Clue at Boxcar Theatre – A play based on a movie based on a board game. The 1985 cult classic is adapted for the stage with every side splitting joke intact and even a few new ones thrown in for good measure. Peering over a life-sized board game, the audience watches from six feet in the air as six guests and a bumbling butler navigate square by tiny square searching a mansion to find out who killed Mr. Boddy.
Was it Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with the wrench or Ms. Scarlet in the lounge with the candlestick? With secret passages running underneath the seats, and multiple different endings, this completely ripped off production is the most original yet.
January 7th – February 5th, 2011
On My Radar:
- The Dresser at San Jose Rep – It's 1942 in Britain and the smell of death is in the air. The sirens howl, signaling another air raid, but inside the crumbling walls of a regional theatre in the provinces the aging actor, Sir, prepares to give his 227th performance as King Lear. Runs January 27 – February 20, 2011. Website
- Holes at Hillbarn Theatre Company – Holes is a modern grown-up fairy tale with a charming ending that comes full circle after a variety of perambulations. Opens January 27th – February 13th, 2011. Website
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at South Bay Musical Theatre – Great show directed by Walter Mayes. Opens January 29th – February 19th, 2011. Website


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Monarch St. Louis
The Revival is bar manager Ted Kilgore's homage to the first golden age of cocktails (from the late 1800s until Prohibition)and "a celebration of the new golden age!" he says.
Slideshow: Classic Cocktails
- Servings: Makes 1 drink
- Ice
- 2 ounces rye whiskey
- 1/2 ounce Bénédictine (brandy-based herbal liqueur)
- 1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
- 2 dashes of absinthe or Pernod
- 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1 lemon twist
How to make this recipe
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the remaining ingredients except the twist and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with the lemon twist.
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While the slate of games in the SEC looked like a bad one in the paper on Saturday Morning, there is a reason they still suit them up and play them. One game that typically produces an exciting finish is the Alabama/Arkansas game, but the USC Trojans took what was left of the steam out of this game with its 70-13 shellacking of the Razorbacks last week. The only questions that remained for an 11:30 AM kickoff were would Arkansas show up and might they be able to catch Alabama looking ahead to this week's Florida game?
The answer to the first question was without a doubt a "yes". The answer to the second question was a "not quite." Arkansas gave the Tide fits on Saturday, but didn't have enough in the tank to pull off the upset. A healthy Brodie Croyle has the weapons on the outside that he is not accustomed to having, and he hooked up with D.J. Hall twice for scores, one of which being a pretty crossing pattern that let Hall show off his speed.
Arkansas isn't going to beat many people with their starting quarterback going 11/26 for 81 yards and a touchdown, but they did get to show off Scout.com Class of 2005 1st Team All-South member Darren McFadden. The running back ripped off a 70 yard touchdown run, and the Hawgs were able to roll up 237 yards rushing to Alabama's 128.
There are two lines of thought to that stat. The optimistic one says that Alabama no longer has to run the football exclusively to win games. They are a more balanced team with Croyle and his receivers stepping up. The pessimistic one says that Alabama is going to have to run the ball better when they hit the meat of their SEC Schedule. They cannot afford to get into an aerial battle with Florida.
Time will tell which line of though is correct, and what better time than this weekend?
Florida wasted little time dispatching with Kentucky in the afternoon game. After falling behind 7-0, the Gators ripped off 49 straight points to take a 49-7 lead into the locker room at half time. I wonder how many AP Voters just noticed the final score of 49-28? Doesn't appear to be too many, since the Gators are ranked the #5 team in the country this morning.
Chris Leak and Chad Jackson were ranked the #1 Prospects at their positions in the South by what was then Border Wars of Scout.com, and it was days like this that Gator fans envisioned when both players were signed. Jackson finished with 9 catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns. Leak was had another stellar day completing 25/32 for 319 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions.
The line that jumps out about Florida's game was how efficient the team was in the redzone. It was not the Gator offense of the Fun 'n Gun days when there were quick strikes from all over the field. This was more like precision surgery. All seven of the Gator touchdowns came inside the Wildcats' 20 yardline. When CBS flashes a stat on Saturday in the Alabama game about Florida's redzone efficiency, think of this game.
Florida running back DeShawn Wynn vaults over Kentucky defensive back Shomari Moore (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
The schedule eases up a bit for Kentucky the next three weeks going to South Carolina and Ole Miss before hosting Mississippi State, but after getting blown out by Indiana the week prior to the beating the Gators laid on them, the schedule may not be a factor.
The Bulldogs of the SEC matched up against one another on a windy night in Starkville, Miss. Georgia and Mississippi State played a game that Georgia seemingly had control of for much of the game, but they kept letting Mississippi State hang around.
One thing that was evident when watching Mississippi State's defense was that Sylvestor Croom needs about three more signing classes like they had last year. The three names I heard the most were three freshman South Hot 100 members in Derek Pegues, Jamar Chaney, and Keith Fitzhugh. Get nine more guys like that one one side of the ball with sufficient back ups, and this becomes a scary team.
For the two of you out there that didn't know that D.J. Shockley almost transferred and what a great story his staying was, ESPN did it's 40th side bar on the subject with four minutes left in the first quarter. Let's instead focus on the player, because the national media has worn out the "human interest" side of things.
D.J. Shockley the player set up Georgia's first score with a scramble and throw to Danny Ware that shows what a mobile quarterback brings to the table. The play came right after a beautifully executed screen pass to Thomas Brown that got a big chunk of yardage.
Jerious Norwood may be the best back that Georgia faces this season.
Speaking of Jamar Chaney, do you think there was a player more jacked up for the game than Chaney who was told by Georgia admissions that he couldn't enroll in school? It was mentioned in the broadcast that Mark Richt helped get Chaney to Mississippi State, but it deserves mention again.
Georgia running back Kregg Lumpkin is starting to show flashes that he is fully recovered from his ACL injury. He brings a straight ahead power to the Georgia I-Formation.
Mississippi State got out of the gate well with a field goal, but then it was Georgia's defense that dictated the game. After the opening drive, Mississippi State's next four drives resulted in 12 plays for a net of two yards.
Leonard Pope fights off Mississippi State defensive back Demario Bobo for a 10-yard TD (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)
Spreading the Love: Shockley hit 12 different receivers for competitions including big Leonard Pope who dragged an out manned Mario Bobo into the endzone for Shockley's second touchdown pass.
Cinderella Vanderbilt fell behind to the Richmond Spiders 3-0 going into the second quarter before rallying in a big way for a 37-13 win. Vanderbilt had a balanced attack that rolled up 513 total yards, breaking 200 in both rushing and passing.
The Commodores are 4-0, but they cannot afford to look past instate MTSU to their next game. MTSU has struggled to an 0-3 start including losses to North Texas and Akron, but this is a season saving type of game for the Blue-Raiders.
Auburn seems to have found its running backs. In week one of the Monday Morning Ramblings, I mentioned that Tre Smith wasn't going to scare anyone, and it looks like Kenny Irons and Brad Lester have passed him by. Irons rushed for 111 yards on 18 carries, and Lester added 64 yards on 10 carries to pace the Tigers past Western Kentucky.
Backup quarterback Blake Field was efficient in the Tigers' win going 13/22 for 100 yards and three touchdowns including a 38 yard pass to Lester.
Auburn moved to 3-1 and will host South Carolina this weekend before back to back games with West foes Arkansas and LSU.
For the third straight game, Ole Miss got off to a good start in the 1st quarter before shutting it down offensively. Mico McSwain accounted for nearly a quarter of the day's yardage with a 60 yard burst to put Ole Miss up on Wyoming in the first, but it was all down hill from there as the Cowboys posted 24 straight points.
Ole Miss isn't going to beat many people with a non-existent running game (minus the big plays by McSwain) and quarterbacks that combine to go 12/29 with three interceptions. The road doesn't get a lot easier for the Rebels; they must travel to Tennessee this weekend before hosting the Citadel and Alabama on back to back weeks. Looks like at least one sure win right? The Citadel had Florida State down 10-3 with two minutes left in the first half two weeks ago.
The spotlight game in the SEC is tonight with Tennessee and LSU hooking up. Despite the lofty rankings (Tennessee #10, LSU #4), this is a pair of teams with big questions to be answered. It's a case of the moveable object meeting the resistible force.
Tennessee fans have been clamoring for more offense. Tennessee players have been clamoring for more offense. Lost in the LSU's dramatic comeback victory in the desert against Arizona State was that LSU gave up 560 yards of total offense.
If there were a team for Tennessee to get healthy against, it would be the LSU Tigers. If there were a team for LSU to make the defensive adjustments against, it would be the Vols.
I think they'll meet somewhere in the middle in a tight game, but we'll know for sure tonight.
The spotlight game in the ACC on Saturday was going to be two Tech's going at it. Undefeated Virginia Tech taking on an undefeated Georgia Tech. This one finished with a score that was eerily familiar to Jacket fans with the Hokies coming out on Top 51-7, the identical score that Georgia Tech was on the short end of in Athens two years ago.
This game wasn't like the game against Georgia when it appeared the Jackets quit on Gailey that day. This was a day when whatever could go wrong, did go wrong. NFL Coaches say that Special Teams will win you three games a year. It's a shorter season in college, and the talent level is not as close week to week, but special teams and defense alone were enough for the Hokies to wallop Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech had three defensive scores including a blocked field goal for a touchdown in the first quarter.
With Reggie Ball gutting it out after a bout with Viral Meningitis, seeing a 10 point swing on the field like that just saps the energy out of a team trying to pull off a big upset on the road. While the Georgia Tech offense struggled mightily against a terrific Virginia Tech defense, the Jacket defense held its own despite the lopsided score.
Virginia Tech's Jeff King blocks a field goal attempt by Georgia Tech (AP Photo/Sam Dean)
Virginia Tech only managed 320 yards on the game and a putrid 2/13 on third downs (15%), but the Hokies defense dictated this game holding the Jackets to only 217 yards and an even worse 2/15 on third down (13%). One quick look at those defensive stats and one might predict a close, low scoring game. Until one factors in "Beamer Ball".
After dropping their first two games to Georgia Tech and Wisconsin in tight games, North Carolina may have been the most dangerous 0-2 team in the country. NC State found that out on Saturday.
NC State seemed to take control of this game with two quick strikes in the third quarter to take a 24-14 lead, but the Pack's complete lack of a running game is going to let a lot of teams get off the deck. With maybe the most talented stable of running backs in the conference, it's hard to fathom a Wolfpack team netting just 13 yards of rushing the entire game while throwing the ball 35 times.
Barrington Edwards, the Region's #3 Running Back in the Class of 2003 has found a home with North Carolina and Bunting's crew road the shoulders of the workhorse back to the tune of 129 yards rushing on 25 carries.
After starting 0-2 and looking at North Carolina's schedule, there aren't many breaks in it. The Heels play an out of conference schedule that includes Wisconsin, Utah, and Louisville. Maybe someone should mention to the Athletic Director that Virginia Tech, Boston College, and Miami are now conference games. I'm kidding of course, those schedules are set years in advance typically, but I don't expect ACC teams that expect to contend for any kind of titles to schedule out of conference slates like that any more.
The hard luck award goes to a team that I still believe is one of the tops in the country. Clemson found out what the new ACC is all about the past two weeks. After dropping an overtime loss to Miami, here comes a ranked Boston College team.
Getting up on Back to Back weekends after such a tough defeat is not an easy task for any team, but the Tigers found a way to stay in the game until the very end... literally. Clemson dropped another heartbreaker in overtime after the defenses had stood fast the entire second half, both pitching shutouts.
The loss drops Clemson to 1-2 in the conference, but the schedule eases up with a trip to Wake Forest and then a much needed bye week.
Clemson is not out of this race by a long shot.
Before we go, how about the South Florida Bulls?
USF is 3-1 on the season and they had their signature win this weekend over Top 10 Louisville. This wasn't just a win though, this was a statement. The Bulls ripped the Cards 45-14 and left no doubt.
The psychology of a game is so important. We constantly see teams struggle with inferior opponents. We see underdogs blow the game at the last minute to the team that is "supposed to win". The term "has their number" refers to these mental edges.
That's why the kick off return to open the third quarter was so important. I wasn't there, but I have a feeling that Louisville was looking at the third quarter as a fresh start. They still believed they were the better team. They still believed they could make up a 24-7 deficit. Shoot, 17 points for a Louisville team is about a quarter's worth of work.
"All right guys, stop 'em here, get the ball back, and we're right back in business."
Only USF's Chad Simpson took that opening kickoff of the third quarter 94 yards for a touchdown to make it 31-7. Game, set, match.
Any confidence picked back up in the locker room at half time was quickly blown away, and that game was over.
Bobby Petrino and Louisville have earned a reputation among college coaches for running up the score. When I saw the 31-7 score in the third quarter, my thought process went from disbelief to "hmm, what did Louisville do to USF last year? Will they call off the Bulls or is it payback time?"
A quick look at last year's game showed that Petrino and Louisville did not run it up. After building a 27-3 half time lead, Louisville only scored 14 points, both touchdowns coming in the third quarter, and both touchdowns coming on the ground.
As unfathomable as it might seem, USF did not run the score up on Louisville either. After building a 38-7 lead early in the third quarter, the Bulls added only one more score, and it too was on the ground.
OK, let's get carried away with this win and have some fun.
USF just beat the only ranked team in the Big East. OK, Louisville is still ranked in the AP and Coaches poll while USF is not (someone explain that one to me like I'm a six year old). USF sits atop the Big East standings with West Virginia. West Virginia is 4-0 with wins against Syracuse (1-2), Wofford (does it matter?), Maryland (2-2), and East Carolina (1-2).
Jim Leavitt gets doused with water after upsetting Louisville (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Would it be crazy to say that USF just took the driver's seat for the Big East Championship? The Mountaineers travel to Tampa on October 22nd for a game that could decide the Big East Championship and a BCS Bowl. So, USF could be playing in a BCS Bowl game in about its ninth year in existence? The USF Bulls whose claim to fame is a 12th ranking in Div IAA in 1998.
It's very possible.
But first, the Miami Hurricanes have a wakeup call this weekend as the Bulls make the short trip down to Miami. Any chance that the Bulls had of sneaking up on the 'Canes just went out the window.
Now that we're done projecting the rest of the season for the Bulls, let's take a more realistic view. What does this do for USF recruiting?
Louisville makes a living going into other people's states, taking the players that the major local schools didn't want, and beating them with them. Meaning, they're not typically going head to head with Florida, Florida State, and Miami for players, but they do recruit the types of players that USF will be hard after.
I count 18 players on Louisville's numerical roster from the state of Florida including Sack Man Elvis Dumervil of Miami. This win was huge for the USF Bulls and their instate credibility. There are over 300 Division One Signees in the state of Florida. Let's say the Big 3 sing 50 of those, if USF gets its pick of the next 250, they'll have the talent to compete with anyone in the country.
Yeah, this was a big win for USF, but it's a win that must be built on.
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Big budget proof that watches (especially around this time of year) drive the luxury dream.
"Every trademark that knows how to apply the rules that govern the career of a movie star to itself will become immortal"
Jacques Séguéla.
In John Pawson's custom-designed interiors, each apartment opens up to the surrounding city.
"This is a truly international collaboration, bringing together leading architects and designers from around the world to create a building and residences for the next generation--a revolutionary new genre of urban living."
Ian Schrager.
Studiata e realizzati esclusivamente per L'Officina Profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella de Shoyeido.
Conceived and made exclusively for Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella by Shoyeido, a Japanese producer of incense of great provenance.
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Berluti's grande mesure, the brand's bespoke program will offers 25 different types of garment, ranging from overcoats to chinos.
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In this new era, paper is now luxury and I love when it behaves as such.
"Nobody is perfect . Something could happen to a Mercedes, a 777 plane, anything, so we give a guarantee."
The impact of all of that is the aesthetic double-whammy of a house that knows its nuances all to well.
There's stationary and that idea is pretty old school. Then there's vintage stationary as a collectible which is old school unto the perverse extreme.
The Loro Piana company was created by a family of 19th century wool merchants originally from northern Italy who settled in Valsesia.


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As to how far in advance of the first flight the man should know hes going. Im not in agreement with the argument that says word should be delayed until the last possible moment to save the pilot from developing a bad case of the jitters. If we dont have the confidence to keep from getting clutched at that time, we have no business going at all. If Im the guy going, Ill be glad to get the dope as soon as possible. As for keeping this a big secret from us and having us all suited up and then saying to one man you go and stuffing him in and putting the lid on that thing and away he goes, well, were all big boys now.
Cheetah genes cooperate with cheetah genes but not with camel genes, and vice versa. This is not because cheetah genes, even in the most poetic sense, see any virtue in the preservation of the cheetah species. They are not working to save the cheetah from extinction like some molecular World Wildlife Fund.
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
I used to worry that all the trees in the jungle would be cut down to make paper for their reports on how to save the rainforest!
I want us to save the creationnot just care about it, but to save it.
If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and thats just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life.
It has been calculated that when a factory saves some money by polluting the environment, it costs the citizens living in the vicinity ten times more than it saves the factory.
It is curious to reflect on how history repeats itself the world over. Why, I remember the same thing was done when I was a boy on the Mississippi River. There was a proposition in a township there to discontinue public schools because they were too expensive. An old farmer spoke up and said if they stopped the schools they would not save anything, because every time a school was closed a jail had to be built.
It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. He'll never get fat. I believe it is better to support schools than jails.
It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. He'll never get fat. I believe it is better to support schools than jails.
It is folly to think that we can destroy one species and ecosystem after another and not affect humanity. When we save species, were actually saving ourselves.
It is genius which has given motion and progress to society; prevented the ossification of the human heart and brain; and though, in its processes, it may not ever have followed the rules laid down in primers, it has, at least, saved history from being the region of geology, and our present society from being a collection of fossil remains.
It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in these western woods ... Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since Christ's time—and long before that—God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools.
Nothing, however, is more common than energy in money-making, quite independent of any higher object than its accumulation. A man who devotes himself to this pursuit, body and soul, can scarcely fail to become rich. Very little brains will do; spend less than you earn; add guinea to guinea; scrape and save; and the pile of gold will gradually rise.
Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.
The first business of a teacher should be to excite curiosity. This process saves a student from being (as many are) intellectually damaged by having a very good memory.
The Johns Hopkins University certifies that John Wentworth Doe does not know anything but Biochemistry. Please pay no attention to any pronouncements he may make on any other subject, particularly when he joins with others of his kind to save the world from something or other. However, he worked hard for this degree and is potentially a most valuable citizen. Please treat him kindly.
[An imaginary academic diploma reworded to give a more realistic view of the value of the training of scientists.]
[An imaginary academic diploma reworded to give a more realistic view of the value of the training of scientists.]
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had not previously thought attainable, sometimes works a sort of industrial revolution in a country whose resources were previously undeveloped for want of energy and ambition in the people; inducing those who were satisfied with scanty comforts and little work to work harder for the gratification of their new tastes, and even to save, and accumulate capital, for the still more complete satisfaction of those tastes at a future time.
The power that produced Man when the monkey was not up to the mark, can produce a higher creature than Man if Man does not come up to the mark. What it means is that if Man is to be saved, Man must save himself. There seems no compelling reason why he should be saved. He is by no means an ideal creature. At his present best many of his ways are so unpleasant that they are unmentionable in polite society, and so painful that he is compelled to pretend that pain is often a good. Nature holds no brief for the human experiment: it must stand or fall by its results. If Man will not serve, Nature will try another experiment.
The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate. Consider, for example, two of them: mere insatiable curiosity and the desire to do good. The latter is put high above the former, and yet it is the former that moves some of the greatest men the human race has yet produced: the scientific investigators. What animates a great pathologist? Is it the desire to cure disease, to save life? Surely not, save perhaps as an afterthought. He is too intelligent, deep down in his soul, to see anything praiseworthy in such a desire. He knows by life-long observation that his discoveries will do quite as much harm as good, that a thousand scoundrels will profit to every honest man, that the folks who most deserve to be saved will probably be the last to be saved. No man of self-respect could devote himself to pathology on such terms. What actually moves him is his unquenchable curiosityhis boundless, almost pathological thirst to penetrate the unknown, to uncover the secret, to find out what has not been found out before. His prototype is not the liberator releasing slaves, the good Samaritan lifting up the fallen, but the dog sniffing tremendously at an infinite series of rat-holes.
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
There is a curious illusion today that nature is both wise and good. The awful truth is that nature is a bitch from the human point of view I care about the whooping crane a little. I would even give $10 to save the whooping crane. The whooping crane doesnt give a damn about me.
When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.
Who could have believed that the introduction into the human body of a small particle of matter from a cows udder might be the means of saving thousands of human lives? We learn from these and innumerable similar instances that the highest truths lie hid in the simplest facts; that, unlike human proclamations, natures teachings are not by sound of trumpet, but often in the stillest voice, by indirect hints and obscure suggestions.
[Civilization] is a highly complicated invention which has probably been made only once. If it perished it might never be made again. But it is a poor thing. And if it to be improved there is no hope save in science.
[During a violent dust storm, Bartender (Dewey Robinson):] You ain't aimin' to drive back to your farm tonight, mister?
[John Phillips (John Wayne):] Why not?
[Bartender:] Save time by stayin' put. Let the wind blow the farm to you.
[John Phillips (John Wayne):] Why not?
[Bartender:] Save time by stayin' put. Let the wind blow the farm to you.


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Photo: Brendan Smialowski/GettyAhead of the elections, Greg Palast wrote a post: How they stole the midterm election.
Greg didn't see the election being stolen by the electronic voting machines made by Diebold and Sequoia (now owned by Florida-based Smartmatic, which was founded by two Venezuelan engineers - another rabbit hole to go down). Greg saw the election being stolen, by Republicans, with insidious voter regulations and voter intimidation.
Now, depending on how you read all the myriad reports of irregularities, either enough people voted for Democrats to overcome the 5% of votes that were suppressed, or there might be other explanations. I've been reading everything I can for three days and checking sources in the US, and my tentative conclusion is: Yes, problems continue, but it was better than recent elections.
Before I go into this, let me also state that I don't entirely agree with Greg's reading about "Them", them being the Republicans. Look, both Republicans and Democrats trade allegations of dirty election day tricks, as Jill Zuckerman pointed out in the Chicago Tribune's The Swamp blog.
While most ordinary people might think that there is little to do but wait for the results of today's elections, that's not the case for zealous party officials.
A public relations battle has broken out with both Republicans and Democrats on the look out for dirty tricks that they can quickly publicize to embarrass the other side.
And this isn't a new phenomenon, and the cheats aren't always from the Republican party. Hey, I'm from near Chicago, and the famous joke was "vote early and vote often". This has gone on for decades, back to the 1960s when LBJ allegedly disappeared some votes in Texas, and Mayor Daley of Chicago dug up some votes for Kennedy. The US has been here before, but with Republicans crying foul over allegations of Democratic fraud.
I guess this self-described leftist from Albuquerque New Mexico says it best.
As a responsible Leftist, I am evidently supposed to hold as a core issue that electronic voting machines are evil and that the 2004Presidential election was stolen [...] I am unmoved.
I'm not going to quote his post wholesale. I will highlight one of his points and leave you to click and read the rest.
The solution, of course, is to annihilate the opposition regardless of voting method. Regardless of how many voting machines go into African-American precincts in southern Ohio. To quit bitching about how the opposition isn't nice and get the massive numbers of non-voters to vote. To have inspiring candidates who don't just pander to the least common denominator. To put in place things like a national Election Holiday. Maybe to even make voting for President as easy as voting for the next American Idol.
This isn't to minimise the accusations nor dismiss them, but merely to add a bit of context. And, of course, the real problem isn't who commits vote fraud, it should be investigated regardless of party. The real impact is in damaging confidence with the outcome.
Now, back to the present. The best way to sum up the conduct of these elections is how a Mac friend of mine reviewed Windows XP when it came out: Doesn't suck much.
And as far as confidence goes: Exit polls found that 88% of voters felt confident 'in their voting device'. Non-partisan Electionline.org said: "Widespread glitches, snafus and fender-benders, but few major meltdowns."
Some voting machines refused to start. Lines were long in several states, in part because of higher voter turnout. Some voters were turned away because of lack of ID or because their ID didn't correspond to the address on the voter rolls. However, both the governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, and six-term Republican Representative Steve Chabot were among those turned away for ID problems.
The Washington Post cited problems across the country with eight states having to extend voting hours and other problems, but added:
No catastrophic problem had emerged by late last night to imperil the validity of any race, according to nonpartisan election experts and polling observers across the ideological spectrum.
The Democrats accused Republicans of deceiving calls in Virginia, and someone uploaded a call to YouTube of alleged voter intimidation, threatening to prosecute if the person tried to vote in Virginia. Republican George Allen denied that the calls were conducted by his party. And MoveOn.org offered a quarter of a million dollars for proof of campaign dirty tricks. One of the more bizarre stories was of homeless people from Pennsylvania and Delaware bused into Maryland to hand out incorrect sample ballots.
There were reports of calls in New Mexico instructing voters to go to the wrong polling places. And Hispanics in Colorado were called and told them they would be arrested if they tried to vote, according to the Century Foundation.
For the first time, citizen reporting or crowdsourcing played a role in election monitoring. The Washington Post took readers stories, and the Cinncinati Enquirer mapped the problems using Google.
Now, those evil voting machines. Glass half full, glass half empty really. There were no wholesale disasters like in Maryland and their primary elections earlier this year. The Election Protection Commission, which included groups like Common Cause and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that 17% of the 16,000 calls they took were about mechanical failure of voting. Tech news site News.com reported glitches with e-voting, but quoted Ohio State University assistant law professor Daniel Tokaji as saying they were 'hiccups' rather than endemic problems. PC Magazine said:
By all indications, the Nov. 8 midterm elections went off with few hitches that could be blamed on electronic voting, despite the dire predictions of some activists who oppose e-voting.
Here is one of the best round-ups on e-voting glitches at CIO magazine. I'll let you look and come to your own conclusion.


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Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) occur in 20–25% of women of childbearing age and are symptomatic in 10-20%. African-American women are at higher risk, and as many as 50% have fibroids. Symptomatic fibroids are the leading cause of hysterectomy in the United States, accounting for 1/3 of the over 600,000 hysterectomies performed in this country each year.
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), also known as uterineartery embolization (UAE), is a safe and effective minimally invasive treatment for the management of symptomatic uterine fibroids.
This procedure, performed by interventional radiologists, is a valuable treatment option to hysterectomy or myomectomy for many women suffering with fibroids. The most common presenting symptoms are heavy bleeding, pelvic pain and/or pressure, and increased urinary frequency.
Patients are often discharged the day of the procedure, with the remainder discharged within 24 hours. This has allowed UFE to be performed in the outpatient setting. The majority of patients are able to return to normal activities in 7–10 days.
Sophie Chheang, MD leads a team of Board-certified Interventional Radiologists at Lawrence / New York Presbyterian Hospital. Using real-time imaging and advanced minimally invasive techniques, interventional radiologists are able to offer patients and referring physicians a host of treatment options for a wide spectrum of diseases. The range of diseases and organs amenable to image-guided therapeutic and diagnostic procedures is extensive and constantly evolving. These include pathologies of the vascular, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, genitourinary, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. Interventional radiology procedures include, but are not limited to, venous access, biopsies, drainages, enteric feeding tube placement and management, arteriography, venography, embolizations, stent placement, and local tumor control. Dr. Chheang has a particular interest in Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE), varicose vein treatment, and solid tumor ablation.
After graduating from the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, she completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Chheang subsequently finished her Interventional Radiology fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical Center, which included additional training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In addition to English, Dr. Chheang speaks Khmer and Spanish. She is Board certified with the American Board of Radiology.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.