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Then one day you get off a metro stop on a nice sunny day and bump into a guy that looks just like your alpha ex boyfriend. Upon further examination it actually IS your alpha ex boyfriend. But there are different things about him now. He cut his hair to fit his face, maybe dressed a little better. He's walking with a certain increased swagger. He notices you and says hello. You two quickly start talking and you come to find out that he's done a lot of self improvement over the past months/ year. He's learned a new language or musical instrument. Maybe he volunteers now at a food bank or a mentoring program. He went ahead and applied for that promotion at work and now has to wear suits and ties or got a different better job with more responsibilities. He moved into his own place that he enjoys decorating. You realize that he's basically become the guy you wanted him to be all along. Of course you're happy for him and still attracted to him. Something is different though. During the whole conversation you've noticed that the sparkle in his eyes he used to get while talking to you isn't there. He hasn't reached out to touch you physically in any way (as apposed to when he used to put his shoulder on your arm or lower back during conversations).
You can tell that he sees you differently, he's tolerating the conversation and being polite genuinely caring about how your life is going and your new relationship. You still have the same set of friends, the same job, maybe a new guy but that's it. Deep down in that part of your brain you try to ignore the only thing about you that's changed is that you've gained weight. It's in your face no matter how much make up you use. It's in your body language. It's what happens in to most women who think they're happy and land the guy that's not going anywhere anytime soon. What's the point of working our and staying in shape he'll love you anyways. Who else do you have to impress. Could he have seen this coming? Could he have sense this about you? That in the end you peaked long ago and he had you at your best. You'll hug him good bye and hold him tight feeling he's in shape and still enjoys going to the gym. He'll pat you on the back like a relative his parents are forcing him to see over the holidays. He'll pull away first give you a pitiful look as if he dodged a bullet and say tell you it was great seeing you. You'll go home to your beta boyfriend to find comfort in the fact he's not going anywhere.
Even at 35 the man who better's himself, continues to push himself physically and mentally to the edge of his genetic make up will own the world. He will always have options he will never have to settle for a girl that wasn't good enough for another man. He can hold out to find the girl that meets all of his requirements that he knows will make him happy. Look at your girl right now if you two broke up would men be lining up around the block to get with her? If you two broke up could you do better?


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In previous reports, the 195-nation member IPCC has declared a 90% certainty that human activity is warming the planet. Once IPCC scientist said that the new report indicated that scientists had doubled their confidence about the causes of global warming, the Associated Press notes.
However, the new report also conceded that the rise in average global temperatures had dramatically slowed over the past 15 years, data that has been touted by skeptics. The IPCC report noted that short-term climate data doesn't detract from long-term warming forecasts, with one member saying that at least 30 years was needed to calculate climate-relevant trends.
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Nanite Repair Paste is an NPC-seeded item type added to the game in the Trinity expansion used for in-flight repairs to modules damaged by overloading, a function of the Thermodynamics skill. Nanite Repair Paste does not require any skills to use, but its use is affected by two: Nanite Operation and Nanite Interfacing, which modify consumption amount and repair speed, respectively.
If you already use Thermodynamics at all, Nanite Repair Paste will be your new best friend. If you don't use Thermodynamics, but can, you should give it a try now that module repairs can be effected anywhere, even while cloaked.
For more detailed information on what overloading is and what to use it on, see the main Thermodynamics article.
Nanite Repair Paste In Depth
- Size: 0.01m3 - the same size as a mineral unit; 100 paste will fit in 1m3 of cargo space
- Cost: 11,700 isk/u NPC-seeded
Using Nanite Repair Paste
To use Nanite Repair Paste in your cargohold to repair a damaged module, right-click the module on your HUD and select Repair. It will start flashing brightly, and when the repairs are finished (or canceled), it will consume paste from your cargohold. If you don't have enough paste to affect repairs of the selected module(s), it will tell you as much and will not begin repairs.
NPC-seeded at a wide variety of stations. Confined entirely to Empire (not seeded in any NPC 0.0), and primarily high-sec, it is still occasionally available on the outer fringes of low-sec. Due to its small size, it can be found imported at a healthy markup in most areas of inhabited NPC 0.0 - expect to pay two to four times as much for imported paste.
- Cannot be used while overloading any modules.
- Cannot be used on an active module.
- Cannot be used to repair a 100% damaged module (0/40hp). These must first be repaired to at least 1hp at a station.
- Can be used to repair an offline module with at least 1hp remaining.
- Can be used on an inactive module while other modules are active.
- Can be used to repair any inactive modules while cloaked (everything but the cloak itself, of course).
- Can repair multiple modules at once.
- Can be canceled mid-repair, and will retain whatever repairs could be completed in the time it was active. Canceling a repair on a module that takes 1-2 paste to repair fully is occasionally problematic, and will round down - e.g. you need to have repaired enough HP to take at least one unit of paste before canceling mid-repair will result in any repaired damage or paste consumed. No paste is ever consumed without appropriate repairs being done, however.
- You can jump or dock while repairing, which will have the same effect as canceling the repair manually.
- You can repair a passive module (such as a plate, extender, or EANM) without taking it offline, and you still receive the benefit from passive modules while repairing them. Capacitor batteries were fixed and can now be repaired while online!
- Nanite efficiency is based on the base cost of the module, rather than amount of HP repaired.
- All modules have 40hp, but base cost varies wildly.
- Base efficiency for a theoretical (but impossible) full repair (0/40hp remaining) is approximately 0.0000775 paste per isk of base item cost.
- To couch this in more relatable terms, this means that an item with a base cost of 100k isk will cost 7 or 8 paste to repair; an item with a base cost of 1m isk will cost 77-78 paste to repair.
- The Nanite Operation skill reduces consumption by 5% per level. At V, nanite efficiency will be 0.000058125/isk, or ~58 units of paste per 1m isk base cost.
- NPC station repair costs are equal to the item base cost, modified marginally by standing. Base repair cost with nanites is 7.7x11700=90,090 per 100,000 isk, or 10% less. Even without the Nanite Operation skill, repairs with nanite paste are always slightly cheaper than repairs at NPC stations. With Nanite Operation trained up, repairing with nanite paste is significantly cheaper than at NPC stations.
- Nanite paste has a base repair speed of 10hp per minute, independent of module type or cost.
- As all modules have 40hp, and paste cannot be used to repair 100% damaged items, the most time a repair can take at base skill levels is 3:54 on a 97% damaged module.
- The Nanite Interfacing skill improves repair speed by 20% (or 2hp) per level. At V, repair rate is 20hp per minute with a max repair time of 1:57.
Module Repair Costs
Again, the quantity of nanite paste consumed to repair an item is dependent on its base cost. You can easily find the base cost of a module by looking it up in the Item Browser subsection of Evemon's skill plans.
- As a general rule, base cost is usually around 1/4 of the Empire price of an item. This mostly applies to T1 items, but T2 items for which demand is not extremely high tend to follow this as well.
- As you might suspect, battleship-class modules have much higher base costs than frigate-class modules. This applies mostly to Afterburners, Microwarpdrives, Armor Repairers, and Shield Boosters. Most larger modules also produce less heat damage however, so the difference in nanites consumed per amount of time overheated is not as pronounced.
- T2 items have the highest base cost at around 2-6x that of T1.
- Named items often have lower base costs than T1, and are never higher.
- Faction, Deadspace, and Officer items have wildly varying base costs. Most are similar or identical to named, others T1, and a few are higher than T1 but still much lower than T2. Officer/Deadspace MWDs are an odd exception to this, as all of them have the same base cost regardless of size class (790k). In most cases, this makes faction items prime candidates for overloading as they produce similar or less heat damage while being radically more effective and cheaper to repair than their T1 or T2 counterparts.
Much of the preceding was taken directly from two great posts by Dagam in this thread. The formatting doesn't quite hold up under the wiki's code tags, or I probably would have just pasted the contents in here and called it a day.


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In a new PSA from the American Heart Association, the 'Hangover' actor helps people remember the 2 steps that should be done in a sudden cardiac arrest emergency.
Ken Jeong believes that disco can save lives. The Leslie Chow of "The Hangover Part II" stars in a new PSA from the American Heart Association to teach people how to perform Hands-Only CPR, and helps people to remember the two steps that should be done in a sudden cardiac arrest emergency.
The video starts with a group of friends playing a game of charades when one of them collapses. After two girls dressed in T-shirt emblazoned with the rescue steps step in to help, Ken comes in to promote Hands-Only CPR. Donning a '70s-era white leisure suit, he encourages people to push to the beat of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive".
About his involvement in the PSA, the 41-year-old Us Weekly, "I may play insanely crazy and comedic characters on screen, but as an internal medicine physician in real life, I want people to know that sudden cardiac emergency is a serious matter." He added, "Immediate action can be the difference between life and death. Everyone needs to know it's in their hands to help save a life."


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Twice now, following the directions using the Base Recipe for large yellow cakes, I have made enough batter for three 6x2 inch layers (I actually wrote a spreadsheet to calculate the ingredient quantities for x number of layers, and the baking powder levels). The first time, I dutifully weighed the batter for each pan, and put them in the oven to bake. I had two 6x2 and one 6x3. The two 6x2's rose so high that one actually spilled over the top and the edge broke off. The top browned a lot before it was ready, so I lowered the temp to 325 and continued to monitor the situation. The 12.5 ounces of batter filled the 6x3 pan perfectly. All the cakes tasted and looked great.
The second time, I followed the instructions and this time stuck to the 1/2 full (I don't remember how full the first set of pans was) rule. It weighed in at about 10 ounces per pan. I filled the 3" pan with enough batter to go 1/2 full.
They still rose above the pans, but didn't collapse over the rim. I still had to reduce the oven temp to slow browning. The tops of the cakes level out, but have a kind of puckered flower look to them. The sides are rising and cooking much faster than the middle. The finished layers are 1 1/2" for the two inch pans, and 2 1/2 for the three inch.
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Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry believes the national disability insurance scheme, Gonski school funding reforms and other social policies are unaffordable unless there is an increase in Federal Government revenue.
Dr Henry said the billions of dollars worth of tax cuts and welfare increases between 2004 and 2008 during the Howard and Rudd governments had put "considerable pressure" on the Budget.
"We cannot afford new social policies with the current revenue base," he told ABC Television's 7.30 last night.
He said the revenue take in 2000-01, when the GST was implemented, was 26 per cent of gross domestic product. It is now 23 per cent.
"The projected Budget deficit of the Commonwealth in 2013-14 is, guess what, 3 percentage points of GDP," he said.
"Which is another way of saying that if we had the same revenue collections today as we had in 2000-01, there would be no Budget deficit at the Commonwealth level, but we don't and instead what we have is new social programs.
"If you ask me, 'Do we have the capacity to finance new spending without new sources of revenue', the answer is no."
Dr Henry criticised the Abbott Government for forcing Martin Parkinson out as Treasury Secretary, saying that in 114 years and 16 secretaries, no government had thought it appropriate to remove the head of Treasury and put in somebody "of a more comfortable political character".
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The gold miners fell, Newcrest (ASX:NCM) dropping 81c to AUD$22.45, Newmont(ASX:NEM) losing 12c to AUD$5.06, and Lihir Gold (ASX:LHG) handing back 5c to AUD$2.93.
Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) has released its first quarterly report for 2007, showing production was 2.0 million ounces at costs of USD$313 per ounce.
Barrick is on track with its 2007 guidance of producing 8.1 to 8.4 million ounces of gold at total cash costs of USD$335 to USD$350 per ounce.
All of the company's Corporate Gold Sales Contracts have now been eliminated, leaving Barrick free to sell all of its production from existing operations at spot prices. Barrick also advanced its project pipeline, including commissioning the Ruby Hill mine, its fifth mine to commence operations in two years, during the quarter.
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Tyler Bryant understands rock and roll.
He understands that sometimes it needs to be loud, sometimes it needs to be urgent, sometimes it needs to be tentative and teasing, and sometimes it just needs to be fun. It needs to be cocksure, and it needs to entice its listeners. Because the rock and roll that lies somewhere between the heavy '70s, the excessive '80s and the grungy '90s, is beautifully sexy, no matter how fast it's being played.
Tyler Bryant understands all these things, and he's just 21 years old.
Already, Bryant has run the gamut of rock and roll legends, playing at Clapton's Crossroads Festival when he was just 15, opening for Jeff Beck's 2011 tour and scoring Hollywood movies.
But skip to 2013 and Bryant and his band, The Shakedown, made up of Caleb Crosby (drums), Noah Denney (bass) and Graham Whitford (guitar, and yes, he is Aerosmith's Tom Whitford's son), have just released their debut full-length album, Wild Child.
Wild Child is 12 tracks of particularly sexy rock and roll. Like proper rock and roll. This is the good stuff. It's everything I said the genre should be in the first paragraph of this piece. There's the right amount of glamour ("Bang Bang Honey"), dirty blues influence ("Last One Leaving", "House That Jack Built") and nostalgic fun ("Still Young").
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Wild Child is an album made by a band so deeply immersed in their genre that it reads like their very personalities. It plucks and hovers when it needs to, and turns the amp up to 11 and runs away with the incendiary guitar when the time is right. Its unabashed confidence took me by surprise the first time I played it, but now I couldn't imagine the record put together any other way.
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TEMPE – The scoreboard was much kinder to Canyon del Oro this time around, but the result was the same. Another loss to Ironwood Ridge and another quiet trip home.
"Disappointment. Disbelief," senior Samantha Nettling said. "Still a 2-1 score and losing to a great team. Did we feel like we played our best? No. But I'd rather go out this way than any other way."
It's hard to believe this same CDO team lost to I-Ridge 17-0 less than two weeks earlier, as the Dorados remained in striking distance throughout the Division II state softball final Monday night.
Yet a young CDO (28-8) side, with just three contributing seniors, couldn't come up with the big hits when they were needed. I-Ridge's Emily Robinson sat down 10 of the last 11 Dorados with the final three outs all coming early in the count.
"We were a little too impatient at the plate," Nettling said, "swinging at first pitches when we needed to see a little more, make (Robinson) work a little harder."
Inexperience is rarely a word associated with the Dorados, as CDO won back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012.
Only six current players were a part of the 11-9 eighth-inning victory over top-seeded Peoria Sunrise Mountain in 2012, though. Next year Nettling will be off at Northwestern, Becca Ziegler at Penn State and Makenzie Sullivan at Boise State.
Yet, the cupboard will be far from barren.
"There is no deficit in talent in the Dorado softball club," coach Stephanie Nicholson said. "Our goal is always a state championship – at least to make it to the game, if not hold the trophy up."
Starting pitcher Gabrielle Blevins, who allowed one earned run on eight hits and struck out seven in the complete-game loss Monday, will return. So will fellow sophomore ace Randi Longville.
Another sophomore Carli Campbell, who went 1 for 3 with a single in the fifth inning, had the Dorado's second-best batting average. Nicholson added that "outstanding" talent is also coming in from junior varsity.
"We had six players with state championship experience, and now that our entire team has it, the goal is always there," Nicholson said. "They know what it's like to play in the big game, what the atmosphere is like."
CDO had its fair share of chances Monday night. The young Dorados just couldn't get enough against the veteran Nighthawks.
"In the grand scheme of things, we were one of the final two teams and that's something (the team) needs to take away for next year," Nettling said. "I hope they learn from it and it fires them up for next year."


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[USA 23] Remember that celebratory dance pairing up Clint Dempsey and Jose Francisco Torres after Dempsey scored the winning
goal against Turkey in a 2-1 win Saturday in Philadelphia? As it turns out, there's a closer connection between them than Texas roots, a penchant for flair, and post-goal dance moves.
Every day in South Africa, a few U.S. players are trotted out for press conferences, and Wednesday Torres took a place at the table between Jonathan Spector and DaMarcus Beasley. The synergy injected by Torres and several other subs enabled the USA to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Turkey and pull out a win in its final send-off match before leaving for South Africa.
When asked about Dempsey, Torres replied, "Well, he's a bit older than me. He played against an uncle that I have back in Texas, they played against each other in high school. I look up to him a lot, he's a great player and he's done a lot in the past few years."
Longview, Texas, where Torres grew up, is just 65 miles north of Dempsey's home town, Nacogdoches.
"I've talked to him about this being my first World Cup and ask him about his first one, and every day I learn different things from him," said Torres.
Comparisons to Claudio Reyna and Tab Ramos are inevitable, though neither is Mexican and Ramos wasn't born in the United States. Skilled enough to hit a variety of passes, shots and serves, and strong enough to shrug off a tackle, Reyna and Ramos brightened U.S. midfields with flair and vision most of their teammates weren't capable of.
Dempsey plays a somewhat Latino game, a product of playing in heavily Hispanic leagues when he wasn't being ferried by his parents to train with the Dallas Texans club team. Landon Donovan credits his Hispanic teammates and opponents for much of his guile and flair.
Scouts from Mexican club Pachuca spotted Torres while he was in high school. Dempsey went to college (Furman), Donovan headed to Germany (Bayer Leverkusen), and Torres crossed the border into Mexico to start a pro career in his late teens.
Bradley called Torres into the U.S. squad after he'd turned down an opportunity to join the U.S. Olympic team prior to the 2008 Summer Games. He broke into the starting lineup at Pachuca and didn't want to jeopardize his place.
As the son of a Mexican father and American mother, he had a choice to make. When the USA called again after the Olympics, after he'd asked for advice from his teammates about whether he should wait for a call from Mexico, Torres signed up.
After Torres debuted for the USA against Cuba and made his first start against Trinidad & Tobago four days later in October, 2008, the coach said to si.com, "In the two games that he's played, he has shown that he has a good way get into open spots to get the ball. He's a simple player as far as seeing the next play and making the right pass."
So rich with attacking players is Pachuca that Torres usually plays a fairly conservative role, supporting attacks and linking the back line to the forwards with timely dribbles and sharp passes. In his early U.S. stints, what he wasn't doing was clogging up passing lanes and getting into tackles.
Bradley took a lot of heat for removing Torres at halftime of a Hexagonal qualifier last year against Costa Rica with the USA trailing, 2-0. While he showed good touch and vision, Torres couldn't break up plays or win the ball, and spent the second half on the bench. He didn't play three days later in a 2-1 victory over Honduras, and though he went to South Africa for the Confederations Cup he didn't get into a game. He wasn't selected for the Gold Cup.
His tenacity and positional acumen had increased sharply by last October, when Bradley inserted him into the final Hexagonal qualifier at RFK in the 63rd minute with the U.S. trailing Costa Rica, 2-0. Torres won tackles and intercepted passes in his own half, and regularly pushed the ball upfield as the U.S. battled back to get within a goal, and then scored a stunning stoppage-time equalizer.
He fulfilled much the same role Saturday against Turkey. Said Bradley after the match, "Similar to the second half against Costa Rica, at that point when you're behind, we're pushing Michael [Bradley] to be more active and more mobile and the understanding between the two was good. I thought Jose really played well and was sharp, found the right people and covered all the holes really well . "
Son Michael concurred. "I think he came on at a time when we needed to get the ball in play and move," he said. "I think he comes on and finds a good rhythm and is able to connect things at a quick tempo and at the same time then allow me to be a little bit more mobile, a little more dynamic and find some spots forward."
His use off the bench might indicate Torres' role at the World Cup will be as a sub, and offensive catalyst. Yet the rounding of his game since being substituted nearly a year ago could pay off in more extensive duty, as his place within the squad is not only assured, but welcomed by his teammates.
"I've started to gain a lot more confidence and I feel good," he said at the press conference Wednesday. "I feel good about my teammates and every day I'm learning something from them. We have a great group of guys and we all get along."


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Maybe it's just me, but I do love a clean cut man and he's adorable! That is Pat McGann who will be one the comedians joining us February 14th & 15th at the Great Brew Ha Ha. Laughs and beer for $15? Yeah, that's a good night out. Add live music? Sure! Hey, we could make it Brew-quet for your sweetie or a Beer Master package! Get all the goods HERE: http://bit.ly/2014BrewHaHa
Fun facts...
- My first job was as a "Soda Jerk" at Cone Corners in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. (Cheesy, huh?)
- Every spring, I participate in the World's Largest Trivia Contest in my hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Out of about 500 teams and 10-12,000 players, we usually finish in the top 100!!! It's 54 straight hours of useless information and I love it. See? I'm not wired right. Just for the record, my team placed 73rd this year. :)
- I am a proud doggie mommy of "Spooner." She's a rescue who was an abused puppy mill mom. I am amazed at the FANTASTIC rescues and shelters we have in West Michigan. If you think you want to add to your family, the joy of a shelter pet in unparalleled!
- I was the lead singer in a cover band and I miss it.


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Students who have not yet exchanged their ID Card for the new SMART Card should visit The HUB (lower level of Warner Hall) as soon as possible to ensure they are carrying the official identification card of Carnegie Mellon University. A current, active ID Card needs to be exchanged in order to receive a SMART Card.
Students who do not have their current, active ID Card to turn in, must have a replacement SMART Card printed at The HUB. The cost for a replacement card is $25.
Important: Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, Port Authority Transit (PAT) will switch to a live ID Card system. If an individual's ID Card is not current and/or is not eligible for the PAT benefit, it will no longer be accepted when tapped on the farebox or shown to the operator. Those presenting outdated or non-PAT benefit eligible ID Cards will need to pay a fare or be asked to exit the PAT bus, incline or T. If you believe you have a current ID Card that also includes the PAT benefit, and your card is not accepted when tapped on the farebox, please contact ID Card Services in The HUB as soon as possible.
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|Former Homeschooled Student Wins Heisman Trophy
Because Florida law allows homeschooled students to join public school sports teams, Tebow was able to play football on a local team while still receiving academic instruction from his parents at home. 19 other states also allow homeschoolers to play public school sports, although the National Education Association teachers union disapproves the practice.
Tebow was born in the Philippines, where his missionary parents ran an orphanage. He has returned to the Philippines each summer since he was 15 to work and preach at the same orphanage. He also speaks frequently in schools, and shared his testimony as a Christian in a Florida prison earlier this year. This unusual background has only added to his superstar status with Gators fans, who celebrate his football skills with slogans such as "If you can see Tim Tebow, he can see you. If you can't see Tim Tebow, he just scored another touchdown." Fans are elated that the quarterback plans to finish college as a Gator, rather than leaving for the NFL after his junior year as many gifted college players do if they have the choice.
Homeschooling advocates recognize Tebow as a great spokesman for alternative schooling. "My parents were tremendous role models throughout [my education], and there were never discipline issues for us," says Tebow. "By the time I came to the University of Florida, I felt I had great study habits and felt comfortable making the transition to classes. I think that being homeschooled offered me an opportunity to also learn some life lessons, and those experiences help me while I'm on the field."
When asked how he felt about being the first homeschooler to win such a major athletic award, Tebow joked, "A lot of times people have this stereotype of homeschoolers as not very athletic - it's like, go win a spelling bee or something like that. It's an honor for me to be the first one to do that."
The Alabama legislature has already introduced a "Tim Tebow bill," which would lift Alabama's restrictions against homeschoolers participating in public school sports and other extracurricular activities. This high-profile award to a homeschooled student may encourage other states to follow suit.


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When The Headquarters first expanded into the longtime location of neighboring Eastside Records, we instantly had pangs of nostalgia for the independent music store. But the expansion has only made the head shop bigger and better for locals looking to light up their lives. And now that the "records" portion of the sign that read "smokeshop records" is removed, that yearning for the past is cleared too quickly. That's because the store's selection of glass gear and rolling papers will satisfy serious and silly smokers alike — with well-versed staffers all too eager to assist them in their inhaling endeavors.
There are three factors that contribute to a good shot of espresso — beans, machine, and barista. If even one of the pieces of that trifecta is off, your shot of espresso can suffer. Luckily, the boys behind Scottsdale Quarter's Press Coffee Roasters have the process down. Created with their bold house-roasted Twitch Espresso Blend and pulled by their talented baristas off their top-of-the-line Synesso espresso machine, the end result is a perfectly balanced earthy shot of espresso with hints of sweet fruit, notes of chocolate, and a slightly smoky finish.A great way to start the day — or make sure it doesn't start too early.
Great coffee starts with high-quality beans, and the folks at Cartel score only the best from Brazil for their impressive Black Market Espresso. The four-bean blend is sourced from a single high-elevation farm in the Sul de Mina region of Brazil, where it goes through its natural pulping process on-site before it is shipped off the farm. Cartel then roasts these beans to perfection, creating a bold-flavored coffee with citrus and chocolate notes and a dash of sweetness.
We were sold on this quaint and cozy coffee shop the second that designer-turned-barista Pat Flanagan opened the doors of his freshly remodeled spot last spring. The warm interior and interesting artwork begs you to take a few minutes out of your day to stay and enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee (beans courtesy of Lux). But Carmel's isn't just a coffee house — it serves a full menu of delicious breakfast and lunch treats. Fresh-baked quiches, scones, and muffins, flaky croissant sandwiches, and even crepes are available. When the weather permits, Carmel's has plenty of patio space to savor your coffee while watching traffic go by on Camelback.
All of the sudden, there's a lot of coffee competition on Roosevelt Row. But for us, there's no contest. Fresh house-roasted beans, an in-house bakery, an omelet bar, and a beautiful selection of rotating artwork are just a few reasons why Lola is our go-to downtown coffee shop. Artisan coffee roaster and latte art fanatic Daniel Wayne has created a laid-back atmosphere with a welcoming demeanor — and some of the best whipped cream in town. The espresso-infused whip gives Lola's coffee drinks a sweet and creamy kick. Try the dark chocolate and orange Café Borgia or the coffee shop's almost famous Matador.
Crepes and coffee go together like peanut butter and jelly, David Lee Roth and Van Halen, or vodka and Red Bull. Without one, the other is lonely and incomplete. Thankfully, Cupz N' Crepes is keeping the coffee-and-crepe team together at its Paris-inspired shop in Ahwatukee. Dig into a delicate crepe packed full of sweet Nutella and ripe bananas or the savory Veggie Delight, filled with spinach, tomatoes, and goat cheese. The coffee is always fresh and the bold espresso drinks are expertly crafted. A can't-miss breakfast or lunch stop on the south side of town.


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Marked improvement in acquisition speed allows a complete data set to be acquired in a single breath-hold
By William E. Brant, M.D.
Single-slice and multislice spiral CT have forever changed the imaging of renal stone disease.1,2 A review of the techniques, findings, complications, and pitfalls involved is timely given that CT is now the imaging method of choice to detect renal stones and diagnose the complications of renal stone disease.3-5
Acute flank pain is a common complaint of patients seeking emergency medical attention. Renal colic is the most common cause and is usually the major consideration for diagnostic imaging. Plain-film radiographs of the abdomen (often called KUB, for kidney-ureter-bladder) and excretory urograms (also called IVP, for intravenous pyelogram) are the traditional imaging methods used in the diagnosis of renal stone disease and its complications.
Plain radiographs have a sensitivity for stones as low as 45%, however, with a specificity of only 77%.6 Noncontrast CT has been shown to be more effective than IVP in precisely identifying ureteral stones and is equally effective in determining the presence or absence of ureteral obstruction.7 Spiral CT has largely replaced plain radiographs and IVP.8 CT for stones requires no contrast and no patient preparation, and the study is routinely completed in less than 90 seconds.
Also known as CT-KUB, renal stone CT is a spiral CT exam of the urinary tract that is used to diagnose the presence of urinary tract calculi and to detect acute urinary obstruction caused by stones. No oral or IV contrast is administered.
Spiral CT is markedly faster than conventional CT, allowing acquisition of a complete data set in a single breath-hold. This speed prevents the misregistration of slice location that is characteristic of conventional CT. Multislice spiral CT further decreases the time of acquisition, allowing for thinner slice collimation and retrospective reconstruction of thin slices to review problematic areas of interpretation.
Data acquisition is continuous from the top of the kidneys through the base of the bladder (mid-liver [T-12] through symphysis pubis) using a maximum of 5-mm collimation with table speed of 5 mm/sec. Slice collimation with multislice CT is usually 2.5 to 3 mm with table speed up to 5 mm/sec.
Multislice technique allows slices as thin as 1 mm to be obtained for problem-solving. Scanning can be performed using 2.5-mm collimation with fusion of images for viewing at 5-mm thickness. The thinner slices can be viewed retrospectively without rescanning the patient. Thin slices allow identification of very small stones that may be overlooked with thicker slices.9
Turning the patient to a prone position permits differentiation of stones impacted at the ureterovesical junction from stones that have already passed into the bladder.10
When noncontrast renal stone CT is equivocal, intravenous contrast may be given to clarify the diagnosis. The pyelogram phase of contrast excretion is of most interest. Optimally, the ureters will be contrast-filled.
An intravenous injection of 100 cc of 60% contrast is given; power injection is not needed. The renal stone protocol outlined above is repeated with a scan delay of three to five minutes after completion of contrast injection. This prolonged scan delay usually results in filling of both collecting systems and ureters. Thin slices (1 to 3-mm collimation) can be obtained through any area in question.
CT may detect stones not evident on standard plain radiographs or IVP.11 It may also provide an alternative diagnosis for the patients symptoms, including other urinary pathology, acute appendicitis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, adnexal masses, or leaking aneurysms.12
While only about 85% of urinary stones are seen as calcific densities on plain films, CT detects nearly all calculi. Calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate stones are most common (73%) and typically have a CT attenuation of 800 to 1000 HU. Struvite, or magnesium aluminum phosphate, stones (15%) are seen with chronic infection. Their CT attenuation ranges from 300 to 900 HU. Uric acid stones (8%), which are usually radiolucent on plain film, have an attenuation of 150 to 500 HU. Cystine stones (1% to 4%) are moderately radiopaque because of their sulfur content.13 Calcium may be present in cystine stones, which have attenuation values of 200 to 880 HU, depending on calcium content.9 High CT attenuation makes stones easy to differentiate from other urinary tract filling defects such as tumors, hematoma, fungus balls, or sloughed papilla.
Virtually all stones, even those that are radiolucent on plain-film radiographs, are identified as high-attenuation foci on CT images viewed on soft-tissue windows. Bell reported the mean attenuation of a series of calculi detected on CT as 305 HU with a range of 221 to 530 HU.14
Ureteral calculi are usually geometric or oval in shape (Figure 1) and are seldom completely round.13 This feature is useful in differentiating stones from phleboliths. The positive predictive value of geometric shape in identifying a calculus has been reported as 100%.14 The single exception to the high-density appearance of stones on CT is crystalline stones in the urine related to use of protease inhibitors in the treatment of HIV disease. These stones are nonopaque on CT scans but may cause ureteral obstruction. Retrograde ureterogram, contrast-enhanced CT, or IVP demonstrates these stones as tiny radiolucent filling defects in the ureter.
The burden of stones in the kidneys is easily determined by CT. Stones are seen in the region of the minor calices or medullary pyramids. The stone burden is defined as the number and size of stones present and is used to determine therapy, such as lithotripsy.
The tips of the renal pyramids may show high attenuation, especially when the patient is dehydrated.15 This normal finding of white pyramids (Figure 2) should not be interpreted as representing renal stones.
Noncontrast spiral CT has a reported sensitivity of 94% to 98% and specificity of 96% to 98% for acute ureteral obstruction caused by an impacted stone.16 CT evaluation of acute ureteral obstruction caused by stones includes the following:17-19
No imaging test is perfect. A variety of pitfalls complicate interpretation of renal stone CT. An extrarenal pelvis may mimic pelviectasis. Peripelvic cysts can simulate hydronephrosis (Figure 8). Many patients, especially older ones, have preexisting stranding in the peripelvic fat. Comparison with the opposite side is critical to detection of asymmetric stranding.
Phleboliths, which are calcifications that originate in thrombi within pelvic veins, commonly mimic stones. Most phleboliths are found in perivesical veins, in periprostatic veins in men, and in periuterine and perivaginal veins in women. They are occasionally seen in gonadal veins that parallel the course of the ureters.
Most phleboliths are round; they are seldom oval and are never geometric in shape.13 Visualization of a central lucency is highly characteristic of phleboliths but is less often evident on CT than on plain radiographs.27 A tail sign represents a tail of noncalcified vein extending from the phlebolith.28 A tail sign has been reported with 21% to 65% of phleboliths.14,28 Phleboliths are lower density than most stones, with a mean attenuation value of 160 HU and a range of 80 to 278 HU.14 The probability that a calcification represents a phlebolith is 0.03% when mean attenuation is 311 HU or more.14
Atherosclerotic calcifications are occasionally mistaken for ureteral stones. Differentiation is made by carefully examining serial slices and determining if the calcification is in an artery or in the ureter.
It is difficult to differentiate preexisting postobstructive changes from acute obstruction. When signs of ureteral obstruction are present but no stone is evident, consider a recently passed stone, pyelonephritis, stricture or tumor, or protease inhibitor treatment-related stone.25
Stones passed from the ureter may be identified in the bladder or urethra or may not be seen.
Always look for evidence of nonurinary causes of flank pain. Unenhanced CT has been reported to be 94% accurate in the diagnosis of appendicitis.29 Adnexal masses are usually easily detected.
A subsequent contrast-enhanced CT scan may be needed in up to 20% of cases to provide an unequivocal diagnosis.
The quickness and ease of obtaining noncontrast CT for renal stones has resulted in a broadening of indications by referring physicians, especially emergency department physicians.11 The result is many more studies that are negative for stones but positive for a wider range of other urinary and nonurinary abnormalities.
Noncontrast CT has substantial limitations for the diagnosis of solid masses in the liver, pancreas, and kidneys, as well as for conditions such as visceral ischemia, infarction, and infection. Radiologists may wish to broaden their use of contrast-enhanced CT to follow a negative or equivocal renal stone CT.
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necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Department of the Army,
Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
William A. Jorgensen, DO
edited by Mr. Robert R. Love
Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
U.S. Army Medical Department Journal
(October-December 1998 issue)
Mine Casualties and the Recent past
A Nasty Piece of Work
The Mine and the Missing Leg
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Medical personnel should expect that mine warfare will continue to be a factor in future conflict, particularly counterinsurgency. The various efforts to ban land mines will probably make commercially produced land mines harder to obtain and locally manufactured land mines will take their place. These will normally be cruder, may contain more explosives and may be more damaging. This would create greater problems for the medical personnel, who are already challenged dealing with contemporary land-mine casualties.
1. Petr Antonov, "Chemu uchit opyt" [What does experience teach?], Armeyskiy sbornik [Army digest], January 1997, 35.
2. Aleksandr Lyakhovskiy, Tragediya i doblest' Afgana [The tragedy and valor of the Afghanistan veteran], Moscow: Iskona, 1995, Appendix.
3. G. F. Krivosheev, Grif sekretnosti snyat [The secret seal has been removed], Moscow: Voyenizdat, 1993, 401-405. These are official figures, but recent material suggests that the actual casualty rates are higher-some suggesting twice the reported figures.
4. E. A. Nechaev, A. K. Tutokhel, A. I. Gritsanov, and I. D. Kosachev, "Meditsinskoe obespechenie 40-iy armii: tsifry i fakty" [Medical support of the 40th Army: Facts and Figures], Voenno-meditsinskiy zhurnal [Military medical journal, hereafter VMZ], August 1991, 4.
5. For an examination of the nature of injuries and evacuation procedures, see Lester W. Grau and William A. Jorgensen, "Handling the Wounded in a Counter-Guerrilla War: The Soviet/Russian Experience in Afghanistan and Chechnya", U.S.Army Medical Department Journal, January-February 1998.
6. Yu. K. Yanov, V. R. Gofman, L. A. Glaznikov, A. T. Grechko and Yu. A. Shulev, "Diagnostika povrezhdeniy slukhovoy sistemy v ranniy period minno-vzryvnoy travmy i optimizatsiya lecheniya postradavshikh" [Diagnosis of damage to the auditory system in the early period of mine-explosion trauma and optimum care of the victim], VMZ, April 1997, 26.
7. L. N. Bisenkov and N. A. Tynyakkin, "Osobennosti okazaniya khirurgicheskoy pomoshchi postradavshim s minno-vsryvnymi raneniyami v armii respubliki Afganistan" [Providing special surgical care to land mine casualties in the army of the Republic of Afghanistan], VMZ, January 1992, 19-20.
8. Ibid, 20.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid, 21.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid, 22.
17. The 100 grams represents the US M14 antipersonnel mine. It is one of the smallest antipersonnel mines and is called "the toe popper" by the troops. Soviet antipersonnel mines start at 200 grams. Most of the Soviet personnel mine casualties in Afghanistan were from the Soviet PDM mine-a small antipersonnel mine with 200 grams of plastic explosive.
18. N. F. Fomin, "Mekhanogenez povrezhdeniy organov i tkaney minno-vzryvnykh otryvakh nizhnikh konechnostey" [The mechanical origin of damage to organs and tissue caused by land mine detonations which remove the lower extremities], VMZ, May, 1994, 13.
19. Ibid, 12-13.
20. Ibid, 14.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid, 15.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid, 16.


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Intermetamorphosis is a delusional misidentification syndrome, related to agnosia. The main symptom is that a patient confuses the identities of familiar people or feels that he is being mistaken for someone else. The disorder is usually comorbid with neurological disorders or mental disorders.
An example from medical literature is a man who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. After some time he mistook his wife for his deceased mother and later for his sister. As an explanation he stated that he had never been married or that his wife had left him. Later he mistook his son for his brother and his daughter for another sister. Visual agnosia or prosopagnosia were not diagnosed, as the misidentification also took place during phone calls. On several occasions he mistook the hospital for the church he used to go to.
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Communion - Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
In the silence of my heart,
I will spend an hour with thee,
When my love shall rend apart
All the veil of mystery:
All that dim and misty veil
That shut in between our souls
When Death cried, 'Ho, maiden, hail!'
And your barque sped on the shoals.
On the shoals? Nay, wrongly said.
On the breeze of Death that sweeps
Far from life, thy soul has sped
Out into unsounded deeps.
I shall take an hour and come
Sailing, darling, to thy side.
Wind nor sea may keep me from
Soft communings with my bride.
I shall rest my head on thee
As I did long days of yore,
When a calm, untroubled sea
Rocked thy vessel at the shore.
I shall take thy hand in mine,
And live o'er the olden days
When thy smile to me was wine,--
Golden wine thy word of praise,
For the carols I had wrought
In my soul's simplicity;
For the petty beads of thought
Which thine eyes alone could see.
Ah, those eyes, love-blind, but keen
For my welfare and my weal!
Tho' the grave-door shut between,
Still their love-lights o'er me steal.
I can see thee thro' my tears,
As thro' rain we see the sun.
What tho' cold and cooling years
Shall their bitter courses run,--
I shall see thee still and be
Thy true lover evermore,
And thy face shall be to me
Dear and helpful as before.
Death may vaunt and Death may boast,
But we laugh his pow'r to scorn;
He is but a slave at most,--
Night that heralds coming morn.
I shall spend an hour with thee
Day by day, my little bride.
True love laughs at mystery,
Crying, 'Doors of Death, fly wide.'
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Stadium Blvd. extension settled
Published Friday, May 23, 2008
The 1½-year wait to find out how Stadium Boulevard will connect with Interstate 70 in east Columbia is over.
A representative from the Missouri Department of Transportation yesterday told a group studying major roads in the area that a "recommended preferred alignment" has been chosen and a report should be ready this fall for public comment.
The best option is alternative "SC-2A," which is the route favored by Columbia city officials, Mike Dusenberg, planning manager for MoDOT District 5, said during a meeting yesterday of the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization Coordinating Committee, or CATSO.
This alignment would extend Stadium Boulevard east from Highway 63 south of the existing St. Charles Road to meet up with Interstate 70 at the Lake of the Woods exit. The alignment also includes extending Ballenger Lane over I-70 to the Stadium extension and widening Route WW along its current alignment.
Although the alignment was chosen partially because it avoids displacing residents, Dusenberg's presentation shows that SC-2A crosses Rustic Road and Grace Lane; it estimates the project could displace about 13 homes and eight businesses in these areas.
In October 2006, the city of Columbia, Boone County and MoDOT partnered to create an "environmental impact statement" for the area of the future alignment to determine what impact different alignments would have. Since then, several meetings have been held to gather public comment as options for the Stadium extension were whittled from nine alignments to the preferred option.
Other options included extending Stadium south of St. Charles Road and building a connector between the new Stadium and Route WW to the south and two options that involved building the new Stadium along Richland Road and meeting it with I-70 at the Route Z exit. All of the options included the Ballenger Lane overpass and widening Route WW.
The SC-2A option was chosen, Dusenberg said, because it closely conforms with the major roadway plan, it has a small footprint, the lowest construction costs and avoids new major stream crossings and residential displacements.
It also will provide the greatest amount of thoroughfare with the Lake of the Woods exit and could have the added bonus of taking some traffic away from the I-70/Highway 63 interchange, Dusenberg said.
The preferred option is estimated to cost $125 million, which is $16 million less than any of the other options. The most expensive option was one of the alignments along Richland Road, which was estimated to cost $195 million.
The city endorsed the SC-2A option in March, but Boone County commissioners said they liked one of the Richland Road options because it provided the most room for growth.
Boone County Northern District Commissioner Skip Elkin said the county wanted to ensure there would be an improvement to Richland Road in the future. "We're OK with the SC-2A option, but we just want to keep in mind that at some point, we want a connection with Route Z," Elkin said. "Whether it's a line on a map or whatever, we feel it's important, but we're OK with this and want to see it move forward."
The Federal Highway Administration's review of the environmental impact study should be complete at this time next year, Dusenberg said. The study is necessary to receive federal funding for the project. No funding has been identified, although it is included in the CATSO long-range transportation plan, which identifies projects to be completed in the next 20 years.
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ROSS Wallace insists Burnley won't get too down about dropped points, because draws could prove valuable come the end of the season.
The Clarets have won only once in eight games but have only lost once in six going into this afternoon's Boxing Day visit of Derby County (3pm).
And Wallace feels chipping away at the points tally slowly but surely now will help build momentum and encourage them to make more of an impact in the second half of the season.
"The manager was saying it's important we don't get too disappointed, because if we keep playing like we are, eventually we'll start picking up wins," said the winger, who scored his first goal of the season in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Birmingham City.
"We looked the more likely to open up Birmingham and score throughout.
"Although we are disappointed (to draw) it's important we keep picking up points, because when we do win, these points will be vital."
Wallace believes Burnley are doing enough to deserve more from their performances.
"A lot of teams are saying the same thing, if you can put a run of results together, but looking back on Saturday's performance, we're creating chances and defending well," he said.
"We should have been three or four up, Pato (Martin Paterson) had a couple of great chances he usually puts away, and that's the frustrating thing.
"We were thinking at half-time, 'how are we not in front?' "It's important you don't allow yourself to be disappointed, and the gaffer sent us out positive."
Wallace added: "We've got a couple of home games so we'll look forward to them.
"Hopefully we can get a couple of wins to build on the point."
On a personal note, Wallace was pleased to get off the mark this term on what has previously been a happy hunting ground.
"I've been quite lucky here," said the Scot, who had previously scored a fantastic free kick for Preston at St Andrew's in the 2008/09 campaign, delaying Burnley's route to the play-offs.
"I usually manage to score a free kick, but I fancied my chances and I was determined to get off the mark," he added.
"It was a good strike. I've been practising my shooting, and I'm determined to get on he scoresheet more often.
"Hopefully I'll get on the goal trail now.
"Since the manager has come in my form has picked up, I've been playing well, so I'm really happy and looking forward to the games coming up."


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So in an attempt to inject a bit more life and interest into tournaments, and because we're both inveterate gamblers who are one bad card from being out on the streets, Jay Busbee and I are playing a golf version of a football suicide pool: We each pick one golfer per tournament and see how they do against each other, straight up. Victory over the other guy gets one point, victory in the tournament gets three points. (Double for the majors.) And when we burn a golfer, he's done for the year. It's Claret Jug time at the British Open, and we've both pulled out the hottest guns.
Busbee: Well, well, well ... look who's not in my "already picked" list: Mr. Rory McIlroy. I wish I could say that I saved him for this point, but the truth is this is nothing more than blind luck. Still, I think McIlroy has it in him to play well enough to outrun almost anybody you throw up. Almost anybody. Help a brother out, Shane ... don't pick the one guy who scares me ...
Bacon: Would that one guy be ... LUKE DONALD?!?! I love him this week. Love. He's playing as good as anyone in golf right now, coming off a 63 on Sunday to win the Scottish Open, and in a great position to snag his first major. Be worried, Mr. Busbee.
Last week: Busbee's pick of Jason Day was a fine one up until the weekend, when rounds of 75-71 dropped him to a tie for 68th. Bacon's pick of Steve Stricker, well, it was a little better. Stricker gave Bacon his third winner of the year, and a bonus of three points.
Current Standings: Bacon 20, Busbee 15
Already Used: Busbee: Ernie Els, Steve Stricker, Chad Campbell, Bill Haas, Nick Watney, Tim Clark, Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell, Brian Gay, Matt Kuchar, KJ Choi, Webb Simpson, Jhonattan Vegas, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald, Anthony Kim, Ben Crane, Zach Johnson, Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry, David Toms, Lee Westwood, Spencer Levin, Gary Woodland and Jason Day. Bacon: Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Steve Marino, Ben Crane, Jhonattan Vegas, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Nick Watney, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, Spencer Levin, Anthony Kim, Angel Cabrera, Aaron Baddeley, Pat Perez, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Chez Reavie, Jonathan Byrd, Phil Mickelson, Webb Simpson, K.J. Choi and Steve Stricker.


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Hazaga, Serra defeat Bishop Canevin for third time this season
When Chad Hazaga found out that Serra Catholic's quarterfinal playoff game against Bishop Canevin was at West Mifflin's nearly all-turf baseball complex, the first thing he did was go shopping.
With Titan Park not permitting metal cleats to be worn even on its dirt pitcher's mound, Hazaga made the trip to Dunham's for some suitable footwear.
Hazaga may have been forced out of his comfort zone with different shoes, but the results looked all too similar to Canevin.
Hazaga scattered six hits and surrendered one run over seven innings to beat the Crusaders for the third time in less than four weeks. Serra advanced to the Class A semifinals for the sixth time in seven years with a 10-1 victory.
No. 1 Serra (18-1) will play No. 5 Western Beaver (16-2), a 6-1 winner over Carmichaels, on Tuesday at a site and time to be determined.
"I really wasn't used to the mound and pitching with rubber cleats," Hazaga said. "It was kind of hard to get used to them."
Serra coach Brian Dzurenda had some words of advice for the senior right-hander about his shoe problem.
"I told him he had to adjust," Dzurenda said.
Actually, Hazaga didn't have to do much adjusting when it came to his approach. The prior two outings against Canevin worked out just fine.
Hazaga beat the Crusaders on April 18 by allowing just four hits and one run while striking out eight. Two weeks later, Hazaga held Canevin (8-6) to two runs over seven innings. He didn't walk a batter in either game.
"They just can't seem to figure him out," Dzurenda said. "When we were figuring out how we wanted our rotation to go at the start of the playoffs, that definitely played a factor in it."
Serra's offense gave Hazaga plenty of support.
The Eagles scored five in the first and had six of their nine hits after two innings.
Brandon Coddington went 3 for 3 with a RBI, David Glumac added a triple, single and two RBI, and Wayne Hydak and Dylan Kugler knocked in a pair of runs each to make Canevin starter Cameron Kohan the loser.
Kohan lasted only 1 1⁄3 innings but didn't get much help from his defense.
"We just misplayed a couple of balls there that set the table up for them and a couple of fly balls that we needed to take better angles and help the pitcher out," Canevin coach Dale Checketts said. "The pitcher didn't do anything wrong. We just didn't play defense behind him."
Reliever Mitchell Tauffer relieved Kohan in the second and struck out six of the first seven batters he faced.
"They guy I wanted on the mound started the game," Checketts said. "We liked what Kohan did for us this year, and we were looking for somebody to come in and throw strikes, and that's what he did."
Parker Janosko led off the first with a single, and when Coddington beat out a sacrifice bunt and Hydak was walked with one out, Serra was in business with the bases loaded.
After Janosko scored on a passed ball, Hazaga singled in a run to make it 2-0. An error on shortstop Nico DiPaolo followed by a triple by Glumac gave Serra a 5-0 lead.
"We knocked the cover off the ball in the first inning," Dzurenda said. "It was just a blue-collar performance from our kids. They just came to play."
Canevin had chances in the second, third and fourth innings, but Hazaga was able to limit the Crusaders to a fourth-inning Zack Cortese RBI double.
"We just never got that big hit we needed," Checketts said.
Mark Kaboly is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at mkaboly@tribwebcom or via Twitter @MarkKaboly_Trib.


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Kobe Bryant pulled Metta World Peace aside in the locker room after the Lakers scrapped and clawed and snarled their way to a 96-91 comeback victory Wednesday night over the Clippers at Staples Center.
Bryant had a message for his teammate: Play just like that all the time.
The edgy World Peace re-emerged Wednesday and helped to fuel the Lakers' rally with a blend of deft passing, strong rebounding, annoying defense and one timely 3-pointer when the game was on the line in the fourth quarter.
He admitted he lost his focus last season, but is on the rebound in 2011-12.
"I got bored with defense because it was so easy to stop people over the years," he said. "I got bored with it. When you're playing with guys and stopping them every single time, what else are you going to do? It caught up to me, but this year I'm doing better.
"This year I'm almost back to where I want to be."
World Peace's tangle with Blake Griffin of the Clippers, which led to a jump ball, was a highlight-reel sensation late Wednesday and well into today. Peace certainly didn't break out as the Hallway Series reached new levels of bickering.
Bryant was pleased the Lakers didn't back down.
"Everybody played with the right attitude, the right temperament," he said. "Everyone did what they do best. Metta (the former Ron Artest) was himself. He wasn't trying to be this peaceful guy. I told him he just has to be who you are and we'll surround you and Pau (Gasol), as well, and myself. It was good."
Of his postgame conversation with World Peace, Bryant said:
"I talked to him after the game in the locker room and said, `That's what you need. That's who you are. You're a nice person. You're a great guy. Everyone knows you're a great guy. But when you get in between those lines, you have to be the person that you were in Indiana, the person we brought here and play with that type of attitude."'
World Peace scored only three points, but added five rebounds and a team-leading seven assists in 38 minutes, 7 seconds in a reserve role. He got big minutes because he made a big impact after starting small forward Matt Barnes struggled.
World Peace's defense and physicality turned the game in the Lakers' favor.
He acknowledged he went into the lockout-delayed training camp last month out of shape and was slow to adapt to a new role with the Lakers' second unit. Barnes replaced him in the starting lineup in the regular-season's first week.
Now, World Peace is finally rounding into shape.
Just ask the Clippers.
"I love the L.A. rivalry," World Peace said. "I'm happy the Clippers are doing well. I hope we meet each other in the playoffs. That would be great. I think it would be great for the city. I think it would be cool. It would be amazing."
Ratings hit
The Lakers' victory over the Clippers was the third most-watched regular-season game in NBA TV history, attracting 686,000 total viewers in 532,000 homes nationally.


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Above pictures: baby Western Rattlesnake. This snake was less
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Left: Pictures taken off the paved road on the way to the trail head.
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Drug makers are seeking immunity from any further cuts to the federal budget, and from political uncertainty over the future of the government's $2.4 billion cut to the private insurance rebate.
Pharmaceutical companies have warned Treasurer
Medicines Australia, which represents pharmaceutical companies, has written to Mr Swan asking that the price of drugs listed on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme not be altered in the May budget. The industry and the government signed a memorandum of understanding last year that would reduce the cost of the PBS by $1.9 billion by 2014.
But the industry is concerned the government may impose further cuts in this year's budget, to come into effect in 2015.
"Any further policy and savings measures at this time would compound an already challenging environment and would be difficult for the industry to absorb," Medicines Australia chief executive Dr Brendan Shaw said in his letter to Mr Swan.
Adding to the government's woes, independent MP
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"I stress that Medicare-funded dentistry is an aspiration not a commitment," Mr Abbott said.
"Like disability insurance, this would be an expensive reform at over $4 billion a year. It's the kind of initiative that can't responsibly be implemented until the budget returns to strong surplus but it's the kind of social dividend that should motivate the economic changes that Australia needs."
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NFL belatedly shows good judgment in boosting penalty for domestic violence
Admitting a mistake isn't easy for political and business leaders, who would rather resort to the oft-used "mistakes were made." That makes the recent flat-out admission by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that "I didn't get it right" little short of remarkable.
Goodell admitted that he bungled the league's response to a player accused of domestic violence and said, "Simply put, we have to do better. And we will."
Controversy erupted after Goodell suspended Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for a mere two games after Rice was seen on surveillance video dragging his unconscious girlfriend off an elevator.
The light punishment was an insult and generated outrage from women's groups, organizations supporting victims of domestic violence and even some players who were perplexed at the leniency shown compared to other offenses.
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The uproar over the Rice suspension got Goodell's attention, and he made important changes when it comes to off-the-field violence. In the future any NFL employee, not just the players, who is found to have engaged in "assault, battery, domestic violence and sexual assault that involve physical force will be subject to enhanced discipline." First offenders will be suspended without pay for six games; repeat offenders will be suspended for at least a year.
Goodell is receiving a mostly positive response for his straightforward admission and determination to do better, although the NFL Players Association reserves the right to act in cases where "due process rights are infringed upon." The players should be very careful about seeming to brush off domestic violence.
The test of the NFL's new policy on domestic violence is not long in coming. San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald is free on $25,000 bail after his arrest on domestic violence charges last weekend. Goodell has not yet said what punishment, if any, McDonald faces.
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The federal government has moved to address the growing threat of electronic espionage and cyber attack by announcing it will develop a national strategy.
The first step is to develop a comprehensive blueprint that aims to give government, business and individuals confidence in connecting to the internet.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland said a cyber white paper would examine what needed to be done to protect internet users.
It would also look at ways of ensuring Australia's national security, as well as consumer protection, cyber safety, cyber security and cyber defence.
"The digital world is evolving rapidly," Mr McClelland said in a statement on Friday.
"It's transforming the way governments and businesses operate and the way Australians connect to each other and the world."
Defence Minister Stephen Smith said cyber threat was "a real, evolving and a growing" test to Australia's national security establishment.
"It comes from a wide range of sources, and from adversaries possessing a broad range of skills," Mr Smith said.
The white paper is expected to be completed in the first half of 2012.