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There is a special offer for the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card right now that will provide you with a $100 statement credit when you make Live Nation ticket purchases of $100 or more within the first 3 months, plus you'll earn 10,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $1,000 in purchases within the first 3 months, and there is no annual fee.
I found this promotion being targeted to ticket buyers on the Live Nation website, and since the standard offer on the Citibank website for the ThankYou Preferred Card does not offer any type of sign-up bonus, this may be the best offer available for this particular card at this time.
If you plan on attending some concerts this summer and spending at least $100 on Live Nation, then you can get a $100 statement credit, plus earn another $100 in gift card rewards with the 10,000 bonus points.
Check out this special Promotional Link that I found while searching for tickets on Live Nation.
Special Note: Check your Ticketmaster account under the Active Vouchers section to see if you have any codes to get free tickets to events this summer from Live Nation, as the Ticketmaster Class Action Settlement just went through.
Citi ThankYou Preferred Card Live Nation Offer
You'll earn $100 cash back as a statement credit when you get the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card and use it to pay for your Live Nation ticket purchases of at least $100 in the first 3 months of account opening.
This application for the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card also offers 10,000 ThankYou Points after $1,000 in purchases with the first 3 months after account opening.
You can redeem your 10,000 ThankYou points for $100 in gift cards or other rewards.
Plus, there is no annual fee for this card.
Please note that the 10,000 bonus ThankYou Points are not available if you have had a Citi ThankYou Preferred Card opened or closed in the past 24 months.
Standard Citi ThankYou Preferred Offer
If you visit the standard Citi ThankYou Preferred Card offer that is available on the Citi.com website, you will see that there is currently no promotional incentive available for new card applicants.
You may be able to possibly find a promotion elsewhere, but there is no generally available promotional bonus for this card right now that I could find (please let us know in the comments if you find other offers).
Earning Points with Citi ThankYou Preferred Card
You'll earn the following amount of ThankYou Points for your Preferred Card purchases:
- 2 ThankYou Points for every $1 you spend on purchases at restaurants and on select entertainment merchants, including sports promoters, theatrical promoters, movie theaters, amusement parks, tourist attractions, record stores, and video rental stores.
- 1 ThankYou Point for every $1 you spend on all other purchases.
Restaurants are classified as dining establishments that primarily prepare food and drinks for immediate consumption by consumers, either on the merchant's premises or packaged for take-out, and include bars, cocktail lounges, discotheques, nightclubs, taverns, and fast food restaurants.
Sports promoters are classified as merchants that operate and promote live sporting events (professional or semi-professional), and may also include sports stadiums.
Theatrical promoters are classified as merchants that operate live theatrical productions or concerts, and include ticketing agencies.
Movie theaters are classified as establishments that sell tickets and refreshments for movie productions.
Amusement parks (including zoos, circuses, and aquariums) are classified as establishments that operate parks or carnivals and offer mechanical rides and games and/or live animal shows.
Tourist attractions and museums (including art galleries) are classified as establishments that operate attractions and exhibits for tourists.
Record stores are classified as establishments that sell CDs and related items, including online record stores.
Video rental stores are classified as merchants that rent DVDs and/or games and related equipment for consumer use, including online video rentals.
Purchases not eligible to receive the additional ThankYou Points include, but are not limited to, purchases made at warehouse clubs, discount stores, department stores, and convenience stores.
Points do not expire, and you can earn unlimited ThankYou Points.
Redeeming Your ThankYou Points
You can redeem your ThankYou Points for a variety of gift cards, including dining, entertainment, and retail.
You can also redeem ThankYou Points for electronics, travel rewards, home goods, books, media, charitable donations, and cash rewards.
To redeem your ThankYou Points, you can either visit thankyou.com or call 1–800–THANKYOU (1–800–842–6596).
Using Your ThankYou Rewards Member Account
If you do not already have a ThankYou Rewards Member Account, one will be set up for you when you apply for your credit card account.
ThankYou Points earned from purchases post to your credit card account at the close of each billing cycle, and at that time they will transfer to your ThankYou Member Account.
The 10,000 bonus ThankYou Points may take 1 to 2 additional billing cycles to post to your card account.
ThankYou Points are not eligible for redemption until they are transferred to your ThankYou Member Account.
Additional Citi ThankYou Preferred Card Benefits
- Citi Price Rewind – If an item you purchase with your card has its price lowered, you can get a refund for the price difference.
- Citi Private Pass – Get special access to event tickets and VIP packages for concerts, sports, dining, movies, and more.
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- Personal Concierge Service.
- Choose your Payment Due Date.
You may also be interested in the Citi ThankYou Premier Card Promotion to earn more ThankYou Points on qualifying purchases.
Take advantage of the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card from Citibank to earn a $100 Live Nation credit and $100 in gift card rewards after qualifying purchases.


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Best Thigh Exercises
Best Thigh Exercises
Exercising regularly keeps our bodies fit. Rather than generalize the topic, I am going to focus on the thigh exercises and give you the best pointers of how to go about it. After trying them out you will wonder what kept you waiting. They are definitely the best thigh exercises.
Pick a pair of dumbbells, one in each hand, and lunge forward with either of your legs. Do this while ensuring your torso is upright and repeat the procedure for the other leg. This stretches your thighs and kneecap as well. With the same dumbbells held over your head, hold your thighs tightly together. Stand on your toes and spring up and down. Your back should be positioned as if you were sitting on a chair.
To tighten the back of your thigh, stand with your legs apart, preferably wider than your shoulder length. With your arms stretched out in front of you, squat the lowest you can while making sure your knees don't go past your pointed out toes. Now for the front thigh stretch exercise, maintain the distance between your legs but now turn your toes forward. Routinely pick up dumbbells and squat. At the point your knees are positioned at 90 degrees, place them down and repeat the same for a minute. Your torso should be upright all through.
Now it is time to concentrate on the outer and inner thigh stretch. Hold onto a chair in front of you and ensure your torso is upright and your hips are facing forward. With a bit of momentum, bring your right foot forward in front of your left and back again ten times. Now repeat the same but only this time swinging your left foot over your right ten times. Repeat this set for five minutes or so.
You can use an exercise ball to strengthen your thighs. Place it between a wall and the curved part of your back. Having spread your legs to shoulder length, move up and down against the wall but don't go too low. Take a break in between the exercise to avoid stressing your back.
Make a point of wearing the right attire for this exercises and put on some music to maintain a rhythm. Be safe and don't do anything too adventurous.

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by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 07, 2014
More than 350 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating pesticide-contaminated frozen food produced by the nation's largest seafood firm, national broadcaster NHK said Tuesday.
People have reported vomiting, diarrhoea and other symptoms of food poisoning after eating products including pizza and lasagne made by a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings, according to surveys carried out by NHK and local media.
Police began investigating the company last month after it revealed that some of its frozen food had been tainted with malathion, an agricultural chemical often used to kill aphids in corn and rice fields.
NHK said that 359 people had become ill, while the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said it found the number of people who fell sick "exceeded 300".
Maruha Nichiro said that it had received about 460,000 phone calls from consumers in connection with the incident, including complaints from customers who ate the tainted products and some reporting an unusual odour, a company spokesman said.
According to local media, police suspect the pesticide was mixed into products at the plant in Gunma, north of Tokyo.
The food maker has recalled 6.4 million potentially tainted products, with 1.2 million packages recovered so far, it said.
Maruha Nichiro said that the products in question had not been shipped overseas.
The spokesman declined to comment on how the incident may affect the company's earnings, saying only: "We have to specify the cause first."
Separately, Japan's leading bread maker Pasco Shikishima Corp. was to recall about 445,000 packages of sweets after complaints that they had a strong chlorine smell, Jiji Press reported Tuesday.
A company spokesperson was not immediately available to confirm the report.
While incidents of food poisoning have occurred in Japan, including in August 2012 when cabbage contaminated with E. coli bacteria killed seven people and sickened dozens, food standards are relatively high.
However, the country's reputation for safe and high quality food suffered a body-blow from the after-effects of the Fukushima atomic disaster, in which acres of farmland were polluted by nuclear fall-out.
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Take a Message
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
Preached December 6, 2009 at Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, SC
Malachi 3:1-12
Luke 3:1-6
Hear this sermon at the Garden of Grace UCC Web site.
This morning's song comes from Melissa Etheridge off of her 2008 Christmas album. The song is called "It's Christmas Time."
What if we could create peace on Earth?
I wonder what that would look like
I wonder if heaven and nature would sing
What if we all stopped believing the lie
That happiness comes from a store?
What if we looked at the damage we've done
And finally shouted no more?
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time
Back in the day, in what feels like a lifetime ago, when I was a reporter for radio and television, the phone was my best friend. I was constantly calling sources for stories, spokespeople for quotes, and police departments for details. The most dreaded thing I could hear on the other end of the phone was, "Officer So-and-so isn't in right now, can I take a message?"
Journalists know what that means - you'll never get a call back from Officer So and So. "I'll take a message" were deadly words to the story you were working on. It really meant, call back later and hope someone else answers the phone and puts you through. It meant you had to show up at their office if you could because they were ducking your calls. But, no matter what, it meant: don't take "can I take a message?" as the final answer. That just meant your job got harder, not easier.
How many times have you been the one ducking that call - be it from a reporter, a boss, a partner, a friend, an enemy - anyone who you don't want to deal with at the moment. You mouth to the person on the phone, "Take a message!"
These days, voicemail is the deadly equivalent to the receptionist uttering those deadly words. Now it's, "I can give you their voice mail" that lets you know you've hit a dead end. If we're honest we all do it - we all let that call just slip over to voice mail and take a message for us and we have the choice whether or not to ever return that call.
What would it be like if God had voice mail. Can you imagine it:
"Thank you for calling God's House. Please select one of the following options:
PRESS 1 for Requests
PRESS 2 for Thanksgiving
PRESS 3 for Complaints
PRESS 4 for All Other Inquiries
"I am sorry, all of our angels are busy helping other sinners right now. However, your prayer is important to us and will be answered in the order it was received, so please stay on the line."
If you would like to speak to: God ... Press 1; For Jesus.. Press 2; For the Holy Spirit.. Press 3. If you would like to hear King David sing a Psalm while you are holding, please press 4.
For answers to nagging questions about dinosaurs, the age of the earth and where Noah's Ark is, please wait until you arrive here.
Our computers show that you have already prayed today, please hang up and try again tomorrow.
The problem in today's passage in Malachi is that the ancient Hebrew people were basically ignoring God - they were taking a message and then not returning God's constant calls. This behavior, not surprisingly, made God very angry. Throughout the book of Malachi, God lists his grievances. The people are calling evil good and are cynical about the presence of God. They are oppressing the poor and not paying fair wages. Worship, instead of being about God, is now about them and what they can get out of it. What good is church if there's no immediate personal pay-off, they wondered. Sound familiar?
Malachi warns them, a messenger is coming - and it's not going to be a message they will like, and they won't be able to ignore it. That messenger will come with fire - a refining fire meant to clear away their impurities - and with fuller's soap - the kind of soap that can give you a good, clean scrubbing and can even take a little skin off in the process. This really is a good news/bad news sort of situation. God is sending a messenger who will put things right - that's good news. God is sending a messenger, and that messenger will put us right - and thinking about the pain of fire and harsh soap sounds a bit like bad news depending on how much cleaning up our lives may need.
Who is this messenger that God will send? There is some dispute among scholars about this. Malachi himself names Elijah as the returning messenger. Christian scholars read John the Baptist into this role, and even the gospels name Jesus as Malachi's messenger.
Advent is a time of waiting - a time of looking forward to the birth of a messenger - a messenger of peace and hope. But, who is the messenger that we're waiting on?
What if we did create peace on Earth?
How would we feel 'bout ourselves?
If we know we were perfect and good and enough
For all we desire as well
What if we all started spreading the news
There's nothing to fear anymore?
We are connected, one family of light
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time, oh yeah
I invite you to consider that we are the ones we've been waiting for - we are the ones who have been called to "take a message" - and not in the sense that we take a message in an effort to avoid doing something. No, I believe God is calling us all to be modern day Malachis - after all, this word is not the name of an author, but instead means "my messenger." We are today's Malachis, called to be messengers of God - to take a message of peace and love and justice into this world.
Like Malachi and John the Baptist of old, we may feel like a voice crying out in the wilderness. In a world of greed, injustice, war, hatred, and oppression, taking a message of peace, grace, mercy, and forgiveness into the world may feel a bit like spitting in the wind or tugging on Superman's cape. It feels like when we call, the world tells its receptionist to "take a message" then ignores our persistent calls for peace and justice. It can be frustrating, but just as when I was a journalist, we new age Malachis must keep calling. We must refuse to accept, "I'll take a message," as the final answer. Instead, we must repeatedly take our message of peace to the world. It may seem fruitless, but how will anyone get the message if we don't keep speaking it, even in the face of resistance or apathy?
As I said earlier, Advent is a time of waiting, but when God speaks, it's most often in paradox. While Advent may certainly be a time of waiting, it is also - at the same time - a time of acting. In Advent, we experience both the future and the present, the now and the not yet. We get frustrated when we only focusing on the not yet - a future when wars are over and justice rolls down like waters. In our reading from the Jesus story this morning, our attention is called back to the present, and away from the future.
The beginning of today's passage seems like a bit of fluff and full of hard names so we skim over it: "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness."
This long list of names that mean nothing to us doesn't seem to signify much, but what it does is show us the immediacy of God's word. Read it this way:
"In the first year of Barak Obama's presidency, when Angela Merkle was the president of Germany, and Nicolas Sarcozy was the president of France, and Tony Blair had retired as the prime minister of Great Britain, the word of God came ..."
The word of God came! The word of God comes in every era, in every moment, in every time. There is a Malachi, a messenger of God, born every minute. The word of God came to all of our great leaders, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They all took the message of peace and justice seriously and didn't let the world's indifference or outright resistance to that message deter them. The word of God came - and they took a message of salvation to a hurting and dying world.
God is working as God has always worked - not just in the past, and not just in the future, but in the here and now. Our work is to be present to God and to the message God calls us to take into the world. John is crying out in the wilderness for us to "Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." He doesn't say "I have prepared," or "I'm going to prepare." He speaks in the present tense, "Prepare the way of the Lord," and do it now. Don't wait one more minute.
It can be overwhelming to think about how we could ever change the future. We have to realize such a task really is hopeless, because the only thing we can change is the present moment. This is the only place where we have power - not over what's been done or what's to come. Right now is when we should be taking the message of peace to our neighbor, to our friends, to our families, and especially to our enemies.
When we take a message of peace, future wars are over before they begin. When we take a message of peace, reconciliation happens now and not later. When we take a message of peace, understanding and forgiveness happen in the moment, not in the future. By taking a message of peace right now, we create more peace in the future.
Today, right this very minute, the word of God continues to come to each of us. You have a choice: will you take a message and ignore God's call, or will you take a message - and begin right now spreading that message of peace and love and justice to everyone near and far?
I think we can create peace on Earth
By finding it inside our minds
By healing our pain, intending our love
In the world we create what we find
What if we all took the time to be still?
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time
Fa, la, la, la, la, it's Christmas time
Create peace on Earth
It's Christmas time
It's Christmas time
Fa, la, la, la, la
Candace Chellew-Hodge is a recovering Southern Baptist and founder/editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians. Her first book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, published by Jossey-Bass is now available at http://www.bulletproofbook.com. She currently serves as the pastor of Jubilee! Circle, a progressive, inclusive community in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also a spiritual director and is currently taking on new directees. She blogs regularly at Religion Dispatches. She can be reached by email at editor-at-whosoever.org or by using the suggestion box.
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When planning for the shooting segments of SUBSTANCE, we had no intentions or plans to do a full-on style shoot. We thought we'd find a few models, grab our cameras, discuss the technicalities…and that'd be that and it'd be great.
We value our partners in industry so much that we were, quite frankly, a bit bashful to call on any favors. The wedding planners, event designers and floral masterminds that we've stumbled paths with are nothing short of amazing. Each and every one of you reading this who has shown up and worked your magic on a wedding – well, you – you rock. And I'm certain our clients know the same – you've learned, first-hand, how amazing it is when a team of vendors pulls through for you.
All that said, we were beyond AMAZED and excited that Rachel at Talia Events wanted to make SUBSTANCE more than we could have dreamed it to be. She presented her vision, added her touch – and well – without further adieu – we're amazed with what she, quite literally, brought to the table.
Rachel is the founder of Talia Events, a wedding design and planning studio based in Boulder, Colorado. But that's just the beginning. Here's what she has to say (love it!):
"I design days that are deeply personal. I am inspired by people, normal people like you and me. I love their stories. It's who I am, but not everything I am. I am a newlywed. I loved planning our wedding. The last line of our invitation read, "Dinner, dessert, dancing and ridiculous amounts of joy to follow." That was important to us. I am a life-long event planner. In over 10 years of professional experience, I've coordinated galas and dinners for 300, workshops for 50 and tradeshows for 50,000. I love logistics and details. I always have. I am organized and methodical, but not extreme. I have a junk drawer too. I am a designer. As a young child I spent hours and hours making my mud pies beautiful before they could be placed in the mailbox oven. I still make things beautiful, but today use my natural aptitude toward design to infuse weddings with the inherent beauty of the personalities, passions and lives of the bride and groom. I adore flowers. If the truth be known, I didn't put my bridal bouquet down until it was time to dance because I loved it so much. I spent 10+ years of weekends as a floral designer. And, I love what I do and the clients I am blessed to work alongside."
Bio photo credit: Becky Young Photography
And here's what she brought to the table, with the help of Crystal at Crystal in the Garden, LinenHero, All Events Rentals, Chautauqua Dining Hall, Frisk Jewelry, Marie James Dress Boutique and Anna Be.
Happy Wednesday happy friends!
Katie & Jenna


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The Weather Channel has ordered two additional seasons of its breakout freshman hit Coast Guard Alaska, which follows a team of Coast Guard swimmers and rescue pilots stationed in Kodiak, AK, as they train and implement strategies to save lives while battling harsh, icy weather conditions. The docu-reality series, produced by Al Roker Entertainment, has received pickups for a five-episode second season to premiere in April 2012 and an eight-episode Season 3 to premiere in October 2012, which will feature missions beyond Kodiak. Season 1, which has posted a 95% time slot increase in adults 25-45 and has almost doubled its audience since the debut, has two remaining episodes, which will air Jan. 11 and Jan. 18.
Weather Channel Picks Up 2 More Seasons Of Reality Series 'Coast Guard Alaska'
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Good series but only 5 and 8 episodes pickup roker should move it to another network where more episodes would work
I wonder if they will have anything on the new episodes about how the CG is railroading one of their own pilots in Juneau? Guess we will have to wait and see.
It would be nice to see how the case comes out. People died in a crash on a sunny day ferrying a helicopter (not a SAR). Seems appropriate that it be investigated and if there was negligence that someone be held accountable (either the pilots who are trained to ensure there is no negligence or the agency that set up the conditions for that negligence). But lets not assume they are railroading a well trained pilot who should know the flight plan and it's hazards. Maybe he is innocent, but the process is appropriate.
Great seeing so many coasties and glad to see they added Ketch and Sitka crews.. Although Kodiak Air Sta is awesome, I am glad to see others getting their props!


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Maine Internet Radio announces the launch of a one of a kind web stream called Rock N Country. Beginning Nov. 8, Rock N Country will stream the biggest country and rock hits from the past decade. Rock N Country can be found on the homepage of www.maineinternetradio.com.
The stream features more than 1500 country and rock songs and never more than three commercials per hour. The stream is free and can be accessed from mobile devices as well as computers. Longtime country radio personality Paul Dupuis is the host of the stream.
"There's no station like this one on the air in Maine," says Jeff Solari, President and Founder of Maine Internet Radio. "We are combining the two most popular formats in the state onto one convenient stream. Its outdated thinking to assume that in this era of internet radio and I-Pods that people want to be locked into one genre of music. People much prefer variety."
Maine Internet Radio currently features eight streams. In addition to the Rock N Country, listeners can log onto www.maineinternetradio.com to hear:
The Maine Comedy Chowdah: 24/7 material from Bob Marley, Tim Sample and other Maine and New England Comedians.
The Rebel playing the rocking hits of the 80's, 90's and 2000's hosted by Jeff Solari.
The Alt Vault with Cori Skall which cranks out the best alternative rock of the past 25 years.
The Jet with Sky Taylor featuring up-tempo contemporary hit music with no hip hop or old rock mixed in. The Jet is the perfect mix of music to make your work day fly by.
Mainely 80's plays the hits of the 80's with a few 70's tossed in hosted by Dan Cashman.
The Ocean Blues, 24/7 Blues music for Maine.
The Coastal Café, hosted by Paul Dupuis, plays an alternative blend of music from some artists you know and some you might not.
All streams can be accessed through www.maineinternetradio.com . The streams present CD quality audio and work on all devices including phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.
For more information contact Jeff Solari at email@example.com or 207.735.7323


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From: "Vera Nagel" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] V6.12 Bug???
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:54:11 +0100
Hi, John,
just read your message that pasting text into the memo field didn't help to get rid of this strange behavior.
So what to do next.
Mike suggested to do a complete fresh-install of TMG by using the Trial-Version of TMG.
That may perhaps work - so anyway worth trying.
But I have to admit that I really doubt it will. Sorry for no better news. :-((
Would you mind to contact me directly off-list at my email address as shown above?
BTW Did you get my email yesterday regarding this issue which I sent directly to you?
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Mike Gerber works the piano as if he had begun playing in the womb. Actually he took to the instrument when he was just two and a half years old. Nearly 50 years later, the keyboardist (blind since birth) never ceases to wow audiences when he attacks the ivories. After devoting his youth to performing classical music around his native St. Louis, Gerber discovered jazz in his late teens and developed a love for improvisation that flourishes today. A mainstay in the South Florida jazz community, where he's played on and off (but mostly on) since 1969, Gerber is admired for his dazzling, speedy bursts. Although a bout with hearing loss in the late Nineties slowed his career a bit, he is back on track working toward a master's degree in jazz studies at Florida International University. In addition to his schoolwork, Gerber keeps busy gigging in area clubs such as the Van Dyke Café and hitting the occasional concert or jazz festival across North America.
A South Florida native who rocks, singer/songwriter DeNisco has been playing guitar since childhood and performing professionally for thirteen years. Now living in Dania Beach, she's a regular on Miami-Dade stages. Riding the wake of her first CD, 1995's On My Way (which garnered two Billboard songwriting awards for the ditties "I Belong with You" and "Mystic Tune"), she's now pushing her latest release, Winds of a Dream. A six-song disc she simply calls "pop-orientated acoustic rock," it's a perfect platform for her to showcase a clear, touching, sometimes raspy voice. You can catch DeNisco performing in local clubs about four times a week. Sometimes it's just her and a guitar. Other times she's with her full band. No matter who she's with, you won't be able to resist the rock or the voice.
No other Miami frontman can carry you through a tune like Endo's Gil Bitton. First, understand the jet-fueled rock Endo belts out lands somewhere between Rage Against the Machine and Limp Bizkit. Second, realize Bitton puts everything he has into a performance, prowling the stage and gesticulating to each break-neck beat, delving deep into his diaphragm for a sound that pushes the band's already aggressive music to a new-found intensity. After a set he's spent -- drenched in sweat and exhausted. Bitton's energetic presence and distinct voice have helped Endo create a bit of a stir around the country. Late last year New York's Concrete Management began to represent the group (in addition to famed clients Ministry and Pantera). Impressed as well were the folks at the very-selective South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, who invited the band to perform this past March. Judging by the recent release of Endo's second album, the rousing Evolve, featuring Bitton's searing vocals, who knows what the future will bring?
This welcoming second-floor rabbit warren of rooms located in the heart of downtown Miami was ahead of the pack in the area's renaissance. In fact it's still way ahead of everyone else. Opened in the late Nineties by David Haskin, the Wallflower was strictly art based at first, with the occasional cultural gathering. The art exhibitions -- sculpture, paintings, and what-have-you displayed and dispersed throughout the various spaces -- continue. But as a music-listening venue, the Wallflower began to bloom in early 1999 when Flash, former funkfinder at Lincoln Road's defunct Funktional Funk, assumed the programming and managing reins. Since then the place, so desolate and deserted from the outside at night, has come alive inside every weekend showcasing a who's who of talent in several genres. Spoken word events occur on a monthly basis. Workshops devoted to holistic health are plentiful too. But it's the performances by nearly every local band active in Miami -- Sixo, Swivel Stick, the Square Egg, Mantra, and the Gabe Dixon Band, to name a few -- that really draw crowds. The six-buck cover buys entry into an all-ages show, sans alcohol. Coffee, tea, juices, and healthy snacks are served. Smoking is allowed -- in one room. Music aficionados can purchase CDs on the premises or settle on the comfy furniture, watching or listening from almost anywhere. Just about the entire gallery is wired for video and sound. And the sounds, well, they're the best reason of all to be there.
Forget everything you've heard about Lynyrd Skynyrd's snarling Floridian frontman dying in a fiery 1977 plane crash. He's alive and well, just as pissed off as ever about the sorely maligned Southern Man, and presently heading up local outfit the Holy Rollin' Hellfires. That Dixie-steeped flavor of old is still there, complete with stinging, barbed-wirelike guitar work and a country blues sense of twang. But it's been accelerated, dragged through the punk-rock blender, and come out the other end angrily distorted. Of course as anyone who's seen the Hellfires perform live can tell you, it's best not to spend too much time analyzing the group's sonic spin on white-trash harmonics. Instead stand back. Way back. Lead singer Billy McKelvy has some novel ideas about breaking down that fourth wall, and his impassioned growling, howling, and frantic arm-flailing isn't always safely confined to the stage. Rock and roll may have become a spent cultural force in Miami, but the sight of its death throes can be an impressive thing to behold.
Music by the light of the moon -- an intoxicating combination. Certainly something that's gone on forever and a day. But on a regular basis in Miami? Apparently not. That is until 1995, when Barnacle State Historic Site park manager Terry Coulliette and friends dreamed up the idea for the Barnacle Under Moonlight concert series. The idea: Once a month, on or near the full moon (except during July and August), host a concert on the expansive back lawn of the charming Vernacular-style house built on five acres of waterfront property in 1891 by Coconut Grove pioneer Ralph Middleton Munroe. A serene setting, which calls for relaxed sounds. Various acts have been in the folk or blues vein, such as Ukrainian bandurist Yarko, local pair Outta d'Blues, and eclectic acoustic duo Tammerlin. A Celtic thing happens in honor of St. Patrick's Day, and the Top Brass Quintet plays Christmas carols in December. Florida songster Grant Livingston, the first musician ever to perform there, now traditionally closes the series each year. Listeners are invited to lounge on blankets or chairs, have a picnic, and frolic in the grass as long as they fork over five bucks (kids under age ten get in free) and leave their pets at home. Another thing they can't bring along: booze. But that's okay. The moonlight, music, and atmosphere are more than enough to make them drunk.


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That's pretty much every possible option at centre currently in the Oilers organization.
I think we have some "short term pain" before we see long term gain... I think that's MacT's thinking as well.
Either he struck out completely while trying to add to the depth down the middle in free agency this summer OR he simply sees that this current C depth is "good enough" and wants to keep the door open for guys like Draisaitl/Arcobello/Lander/Yakimov etc to win spots on this roster.
Playing Devil's Advocate... you have to keep the door cracked for players in the system who work hard and overachieve and push their way into the lineup instead of going out and overpaying a vet C who takes a up roster spot but are only here for the $$$ and will be gone when this team is a contender... off to chase the bigger buck.
RNH and Gordon are the only two legit established NHL centres.. but out of the other 10 on that list up above... in the next 1-2 years they should have at least 1 or 2 more establish themselves as legit roster players.
Hendricks is actually already a legit 4th line C... so really they just need one of Draisaitl/Arcobello/Lander to pan out.
Looking ahead a year or two... Yakimov or Khaira may excel and perform better than expected.
Maybe a player like Pitlick or Ewanyk develops into a solid 4th line option as well.
Miller and Acton are obviously AHL fodder BUT in the event of an extreme run of injuries... they can play a 4th line C role in the NHL as well.
All in all... it's obviously centre depth filled with question marks in the here and now but with the potential to turn into decent depth IF some of those players play up to their full potential.
I think that's what MacT is gambling on... taking that dirty dozen up above and trying to squeeze 4 legit NHL centres out of them by the end of this season.
I think that's certainly possible even though right now it looks to some like crap down the middle... full of longshots and inexperience. I think there is enough there to take an educated gamble on. That one important position could turn out as a strength if at least one or two of those question marks play up to their potential.
Besides... there's nothing saying a vet C brought in this summer would excel and be a strong asset on this club... nothing saying we wouldn't be seeing Belanger 2.0 this summer and instead MacT has decided to roll with internal options... not an abysmal move imo.. of course if it doesn't work out... pitchforks and torches.
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What are SEO tools, and how can these internet tools help to bring more quality traffic to your Blog? There are many free online web tools that webmasters can use to find out more information about their sites, like Statistical tools, page rank checkers etc, and several pay-to-use or subscription packages that can optimise these processes for you, but most webmasters will tell you that the holy grail of attracting new, targeted traffic is to use Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) methods.
A good definition of SEO is: a method or process of improving and optimising the ranking of a website in search engine results.
There are potentially millions of pages of search results returned for any given keyword, or even key phrase, and webmasters of course want to have their website appear among the first few pages listed (think about when you use a search engine to look for something - how often do you look further than the first few pages of results?) The higher the position - or ranking - the greater the likelihood that internet users will visit your site. This Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) concept is no different from a high street shop where location and visibility affect how many customers will pass by, and hopefully drop in for a visit. On the internet, your virtual site deserves a good location and visibility, and SEO consultants believe they know how to achieve this.
A good way for bloggers and owners of new websites, who will naturally begin with a very small presence online, to boost their position in the rankings is to try and use your keywords as often as possible whilst still making the text of your site readable. Take a look again at this post - how many times have I typed the phrase 'Search Engine Optimisation' or 'SEO'? Anyone of you who found this page by typing SEO into a search engine will perhaps understand why I have typed this phrase so often - when the search engine crawls the web, it will look for instances of your search parameter and pages with more instances of those parameters are more likely to be returned higher up the rankings.
This is of course only one of the ways in which search engines rank pages, the others including number of pages on the site, number of backlinks etc, and the precise way by which each engine ranks it's results varies from engine to engine - the algorithms used by each company are a closely guarded secret, to prevent abuse.
Nevertheless, most larger companies, and blogs with high readership and search engine rankings, who do not want to pay a fee to be listed as a 'sponsored link' (which attracts a fee everytime someone clicks on your page, meaning that small sites and inexperienced advertisers are likely to go bust rather quickly!) use some kind of SEO tool.
Most SEO providers will charge a fee for their services, but it's worth checking the links to these sites I include below, as (at the time of writing) at least one of these companies is offering a free membership draw, and several of the others include free tips (hint - if you navigate their sites you will find some of their secrets without having to pay a penny) to help you improve the layout and content of your site, thus increasing your visitors and readership.
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The Fox Chapel High School varsity hockey team has named its captains for the 2013-2014 season.
Anthony Veltri will be the captain, and RJ Walkowski will serve as the alternate.
"These young men are our seniors on the team who have been involved in hockey all through their lives," FC coach Rick Villani said. "I am looking forward to working with both of them in developing a great team concept, helping athletes develop their skills, improving their teammates' knowledge of the game and work ethic."
Villani said he believes the captains will be able to inspire and motivate the team's underclassmen to do their best.
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8 Things To Never Say To A Women Without Makeup
8 Things To Never Say To A Women Without Makeup
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3. You look like a totally different person
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"But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God — and righteousness and sanctification and redemption — that, as it is written, 'He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.'"
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Alright, this is the start of a Star Fox fan fiction. That's basically the only kind of story I write...fan fictions. So you might not get it if you don't know Star Fox. However, critiques would be appreciated. I just don't know if I'm really cut out for writing stories or not, and want to see if I should just stick to poems. Thanks!
"I'm sorry...What?"
Fox cringed, fighting back tears. This was hard. "I said, I don't think that this team is right for you, Krystal. You should leave. Please understand where I'm coming from--"
"All I understand," Krystal spat, venom in her voice. "is that you let me join Star Fox, and told me you loved me. How could you even do this to me, Fox?!"
"Hey!" Fox snapped back, resorting to anger. "I'm doing this for a reason! You think I WANT to kick you off the team? I DO love you! But if you stay, you'll be in a lot of danger!"
"Oh, so you don't think I can handle myself in a fight, is that it?" Krystal accused, arms crossed defensively.
Fox's vibrant green eyes narrowed. "Don't start that. You know I don't think that. However, I know YOU. I know that you're very easily influenced, and because of that, this team is not the best one for you."
Her blood boiled. Her hand raised. A slap. Tears. Screaming...
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"Fox, quit daydreaming! We're receiving a message from General Pepper!" Peppy's southern drawl tore Fox from his unpleasant memory of two months previous.
"Sorry, old timer." Fox mumbled, and switched on the holographic communicator. The old general's face appeared.
"General Pepper, here!" he said; his usual greeting. "I have a new mission for you, Fox! I'm sending you to a remote edge of the Lylat system to a planet called Lornas. There, a human girl has been taken prisoner!" Fox's eyebrows raised. A human? That was something that was very rarely heard of in the Lylat system. "Your fee has been approved." Pepper continued. "Should you succeed, then the money will be forwarded to you. I'm sending you the coordinates to Lornas as we speak. Pepper out!" The holo-comm switched off.
Fox grinned. Alright, a mission! This would definitely help him get his mind off of Krystal. "Well, you heard the general." Fox said, rising to his feet. "Slip, ready the arwing for takeoff." Slippy immediately ran for the docking bay. "ROB, get the coordinates for the planet." The monotone 'affirmative' answered him. Peppy smiled over at Fox as he put his pilot's helmet on. The boy was becoming more like his father every day.
Fox climbed into his arwing, welcoming the lingering smell of lazer fire and oil. "Ya ready, old girl?" he whispered, hand caressing the steering wheel. His arwing was his baby.
"Good luck, Fox!" Slippy called from the bridge, where he was standing with Peppy and Falco. Fox fired up the arwing.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Falco yelled over the roar of the engine. Laughing, Fox gave a thumbs-up to his cocky, sarcastic friend. "Atta boy!" Falco grinned.
The massive door opened, beckoning him. Fox hit the 'Launch' button, and his arwing sped out into the black void of space. A small, dark planet could be seen far in the distance. It would be heavily guarded. He was ready for anything.
The blue and white fighter ship headed for the planet. Fox looked about in apprehensive confusion. Where were all the defenses? There were always defense lines around planets. Maybe this one was too far out? That had to be it; it made the most sense. He landed, strange as it was, with no problems at all.
Lornas was a very lush jungle planet. The leaves on the trees were a very dark green, and half the size of his body. No sky was visible through them. A bright blue stream weaved its way along, like a ribbon tossed carelessly to the ground. It was a beautiful planet, but Fox knew better.
His hand-held holo-comm switched on. Peppy's kindly face came into focus. "Great flying, Fox. What do you make of that? There was no problem with the landing!"
Fox frowned. "Yeah, I know. It didn't make any sense. There's always some sort of a defense."
"Be alert." Peppy warned. "But on the lighter side of things, it looks like a relatively safe planet. It's almost ten miles to where we believe the human is being held. Hide among the trees and you should be fine." the old rabbit explained. "If you should need to protect yourself, use our remake of Krystal's staff rather than blasters. We don't know how this planet's surface would react to lazer fire." Fox felt his stomach lurch at Krystal's name, but he nodded. "Good luck. We'll be watching. Peppy out." The comm switched off. He was alone.
After walking for an hour or so, Fox discovered that this planet was alive with animals of every shape and sort. He did not recognize any of them. Most were reptile-like creatures in streams or hiding among the vegetation. Others were vibrantly colored birds in the trees, their feathers vivid and bright. There were no dull colors here.
Sitting on a large boulder to rest, he took a look at his compass. He was headed in the right direction, it was just taking longer than expected. He lied back, eyes scanning the trees. He could still see no sky. He was starting to miss it.
A sudden beeping took him by surprise, and he yelped and sat up abruptly. His holo-comm was beeping. Fox laughed a nervous chuckle and switched it on. Peppy's face came to view. "You scared me to death, Peppy! What on Corneria is wrong?" Fox asked, short of breath from his scare.
"Just wanted to let you know," Peppy said. "that something is headed your way. It's not one of the planet's animals, as our sensors indicated a difference in the species. We're unsure if it's a threat or not...Just be careful. Peppy out." The comm switched off.
Something was coming? What? And from where? Peppy didn't tell him anything useful! He pulled the remake of Krystal's staff from his back and held it ready. Adrenaline pulsed through him. His eyes narrowed. "C'mon..." he muttered. "Where are you?"
Before long, the sound of hurried footsteps met his ears. His body tensed. They came closer. His grip on the staff tightened. A figure broke through the trees, and Fox leaped into action immediately. The next sequence of events was a blur. Swinging the staff, a scream, a pair of cold hands grasping his wrists to stop him. When he stopped, he was staring into the frightened gray eyes of a pale skinned, brown haired human girl. He gasped. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to...Are you okay?" he asked hurriedly.
The girl groaned and clung to his arm as he helped her to her feet. "Yes, I'm fine." she answered. "Sorry for that. I've been locked up for a few days, and I just escaped. I figured they'd be following me, so...I ran."
Fox nodded. "I was sent to rescue you." The girl laughed.
"Kind of unnecessary now, don't you think?" she asked.
He shook his head. "I'm afraid not. You're free, and that's the most important part. But I still need to find out who did it, find out why, and stop them." Panic filled her eyes. Fox touched her shoulder gently. "Calm down, I'm not going to make you go back. I can send a transport for you." He reached for his holo-comm, but her hand stopped his. Confused, he quirked a brow at her.
A smile lit up her face. "I'm going with you. You were going to save me. The least I can do is help you."
Fox sighed. He hated bringing others along on missions. They were things he preferred to do alone. However...Meeting a human was something that very rarely happened in the Lylat system, and it wasn't like the girl was obnoxious. What was the harm in it? "Alright. You can come." he said. "Do you have some way of protecting yourself?"
She thought for a moment, then nodded. "I've got a knife..." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a switchblade. "I grabbed it while I was escaping. Had to punch out a guard to do it." He grinned. She had spirit, this girl.
"Okay, nice. Let's get moving." The two began walking in silence. Finally, he said, "By the way...I'm Fox McCloud."
The girl smiled, eyes bright and slightly mischievous. "I'm Kaitlyn."
That would be the end of chapter one...Critiques greatly appreciated.
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Sarah Colonna Clears Up 'Jennifer Aniston Has More Sex Than Brad Pitt' Comment (EXCLUSIVE)
"Yeah, let me clear up one thing," Sarah said Tuesday. "The way I was asked — he was asking me about the whole 'Jen being a lonely girl thing' that is repeatedly in the tabloids. I said I feel like that's such an old story and BS. She's had some really hot boyfriends over the past few years!"
"So I think the lonely, love triangle thing is just completely fabricated by the press. Just like she's not pregnant. And doesn't have six kids, so she probably has an easier time having sex!" Sarah said with a laugh.
CB: Jennifer made an appearance on Chelsea Lately, what was it like having her and Reese Witherspoon back?
Sarah: Yeah, that was so fun! You know Reese, I can't believe she came back and did it again. So great of her. Then to have Jennifer Anniston come on. It was so great because I don't think anyone expected her to make fun of Chelsea. It was hilarious. We are all just laughing and then I said, 'You know, I think she might really feel that way about you Chelsea.' She was way too convincing.
So Jennifer really can dish it back to Chelsea!
Yeah it was great. She's really good with her, giving her a hard time back. So, it was really funny.
Since you guys are all good friends, is it hard to stay away from certain things when preparing for Chelsea Lately?
Even if Chelsea was such good friends with someone, she would call them out on it on the show. For the stories like about Jen's pregnant and things like that, there's really no point to tell them because they aren't true anyway!
Congrats on you're new book! Can you give our readers an idea of what to expect with it?
It's definitely funny, so we'll start with that. It's a lot of stories, told chronologically about my life. I grew up in the south and moved to California when I was 21. My parents split up when I was young and my father lived in LA most of my life, while my mom was in Arkansas. He's been married four times, my mother is a little more traditional than that. I really saw these two different paths in life. I discovered, now that I'm 37, that that's why I probably spent most of my 20's and 30's really confused, trying to figure out which one of those people I was going to be. Now I'm finally realizing that you don't have to pick one way. You can kind of be both in some ways. Maybe the best of both, hopefully. I think that's something people can relate to. What you want to do career-wise, relationship-wise, kid-wise, all those things.
When writing a book like this, how much do you take into consideration that your parents are going to be reading it?
It's so funny because after I wrote it and once it went through, there's this legal process and they call you in and ask you certain questions about certain things you said in the book. That's when I was like, 'Oh wait! people are going to read this besides my editor?' Luckily though, I prepared them as best I could and I said, you know, I'm not mean in the book. It's not dirty or anything. It's just real stories and I think at the end of the day my mom probably said the best thing when she told me that it really had some heart to it. I didn't really realize that when I was writing it. As scared as they might of been, they are happy now.
Can you talk a little bit about how you and Chelsea formed a friendship early on?
Yeah! We were both in an improv class together and quickly realized that neither of us were really good at it. Going to see improv is so good and when you're not good, it's just bad. That's what we were. It's such a specific thing rather than stand-up. It's a group thing and people are calling out names and games. It's so fun to watch when people are doing it well. So when you want to get into comedy, that's part of it. Then when you go take class, it's like, this is not me — I can't do this. We had both wanted to do stand-up so we met in this class and actually had that conversation where we both like, thank god we both have somebody to do this with together. At least we had each other.
Any favorite margarita story you want to share?
Oh god, there's plenty of them. I think my favorite was in Australia. One morning we got up and Chelsea was just like, I just wanna go out on a boat today and just have drinks and do nothing. That kind of day. It was amazing. It was our first day off since we had been there. So we went out and spent the entire day on this tiny boat. Then we found out that we had to actually sail the boat. It wasn't very well planned out. There's another one where we were jet skiing in the water and got pulled over. That might have been my favorite. We weren't drinking or anything. Apparently we were speeding, which was really funny. I had no idea what was going on, then screamed in Roy's ear, 'I think we are getting pulled over!' Didn't even know that was possible.
You have tons of funny stories similar to this, but what's your favorite part of the book?
I think the best part was remembering things that I hadn't really revisited in a while. And then putting pieces together to realize why I'm like this. (Laughs) In a good way, like I'm actually a grown-up somewhere along the way. I think one of my favorite stories was when I was just having one of the worst sets on stage. I had just started doing stand-up and I just ran off in a panic. For 3 days, I was like, what am I doing with my life? This is not the way it should be. I'm not cut out for this. I should just go work wherever, anywhere else. It was fun to write because it was painful. I remember how devastated I was that day. Then at the same time I'm still doing it. I didn't let it stop me.
What kind of advice do you have for people that are wanting to get started in the comedy world?
I believe it's like anything else. Anything that you are persistent about, you don't let people get you down. Especially in the entertainment industry, people are going to try to find ways to say negative things about you. I feel like the internet is the place people go to be mean. I just feel like, as cliche as it may seem, if you believe that you should truly be doing something then you just keep doing it. Also, don't put yourself through it unless you really want to do it.
Everyone go pick up Life As I Blow It, on stores now, and of course tune into Chelsea Lately on E!


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Valorie Kondos Field let out a sigh, equal parts relief and joy. Battered as her UCLA gymnastics team was, it had earned a shot at its seventh national title.
The Bruins will do this at Pauley Pavilion, no less, punching a ticket to today's Super Six with a score of 197.2 - an effort that tied second-seeded Oklahoma. In Friday's evening semifinals, only Alabama (197.35) was better.
The grit began even before the first meet of the season, when UCLA lost both Sam Peszek and Christine Peng-Peng Lee. Peszek, a 2008 Olympic silver medalist, tore her Achilles, while Lee withdrew from the 2012 Olympic selection after tearing her ACL.
In March, former world champion Mattie Larson went down after hurting her knee.
"I can't remember another year we were this injured," coach Kondos Field said. "I can honestly say, in my 31 years of coaching, this has been the most rewarding year of my career."
The cold efficiency? That came when the Bruins stuck landing after landing off the vault, thrilling a rowdy group of UCLA fans sitting just 20 feet away.
Senior Kaelie Baer was the star there, scoring a career-high 9.95, but three of her teammates came away with a clean 9.9. Kondos Field said walk-on Alyssa Pritchett didn't even start learning her Yurchenko vault until December, after Peszek was lost.
As a team, they scored a 49.500 in the event - matching their season high.
"I was like, `We can do this! This is exciting!" senior Vanessa Zamarripa said. "Everytime we stuck our landing, the whole arena just exploded."
That performance came when only .050 points separated the Bruins from Utah - whose own fans traveled to Los Angeles en masse in matching green T-shirts. As UCLA navigated the uneven bars, its last event, the Utes fell away with its worst showing of the year on the balance beam. Moments after Utah's Tory Wilson stumbled off, the Bruins' Sophina DeJesus stuck her landing off the bars for a 9.9.
Oh, and the Bruins filled the night with flair. Early in the night, DeJesus broke out a moonwalk on her 9.825-scoring balance beam. On the floor, Zamarripa's 9.9-scoring routine featured a worm dance move - on her back.
Today, they will contend with one of their own alumni.
Out of the other semifinal comes Florida, bearing the competition's top seed for the second year in a row. The Gators are coached by Rhonda Faehn, named an All-American at UCLA in 1992. Faehn has been named Coach of the Year five times in the powerhouse SEC - a conference that landed four teams in this year's Super Six.
Florida finished Friday with a dominant 197.775. The next-highest score was Alabama's 197.35 to lead the second semifinal session.
The Gators, however, have yet to win the top prize. Only four teams have won in the event's 31 year history: Georgia (10), Utah (nine), Alabama (six) and UCLA (six). The Bruins were the last team to join the club, winning their first title in 1997.
LSU and Georgia make up the rest of the Super Six, scoring 197.325 and 197.15 in the early semifinals, respectively.
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Nutroots Call for Exploiting Mortgage Crisis to Justify Radical Measures
Posted by Dave Blount at September 30, 2008 10:51 AM
Ominous words from the moonbats at the eponymously named Crooks and Liars:
In the end, I'm hoping for a more liberal version of the Shock Doctrine. If crises are used to force citizens to accept policies we normally wouldn't, what is stopping us from using this crisis to move the country towards a more progressive future?
The Shock Doctrine is a book by Naomi Klein. From the Amazon.com review:
Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine advances a truly unnerving argument: historically, while people were reeling from natural disasters, wars and economic upheavals, savvy politicians and industry leaders nefariously implemented policies that would never have passed during less muddled times. As Klein demonstrates, this reprehensible game of bait-and-switch isn't just some relic from the bad old days. It's alive and well in contemporary society, and coming soon to a disaster area near you.
The C&L folks opposed yesterday's bailout, but only because handing $700 billion of our money to the government to flush down the drain wasn't "progressive" enough. They've got a point: a complete ban on private property would make the whole mortgage issue moot.
Soon these radicals could have one of their own in the White House.
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If you're anything like me, the one hope your mobile phone has of looking anything but clunky, old and decrepit lies in the magic of operator logos and custom ring tones. And thanks to the success of Grand Theft Auto, now you can access free mobile phone logos, picture messages and MMS pics, and there's even a GTAIII ring tone based on the good ole theme tune.
There's only one hitch - they are limited to Nokia phones, but we imagine that's quite a lot of you, so hopefully you won't be disappointed. You can find Rockstar's selection of mobile goodies here (click the MMS link in the top right for more).
But you know, these days not everyone does own a Nokia, do they? [No -your boss] So, in the interest of keeping the rest of you happy, we've pinched (seemed appropriate) a few Vice City wallpapers based on the load screens in the game. They make very nice desktops, we can assure you. Although they aren't sized to fit your entire desktop, they look lovely draped across the centre of whatever colour desktop you employ. Since we don't normally do this, we don't know exactly what sizes to offer, but we're guessing that images to fit 800x600, 1024x768 and a larger 1600x1200 display are appropriate. Links below; help yourself.


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Hollow words from the POTUS used to grandstand:
Our biggest advantage is that our Muslim populations, they feel themselves to be Americans (...)There are parts of Europe in which that's not the case. And that's probably the greatest danger that Europe faces…It's important for Europe not to simply respond with a hammer and law enforcement and military approaches to these problems.
Ah I can't believe that some still believe that Obama gets the world because he claimed to be a citizen of the world!


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Edisto Island HotelsWhether it's in a tent on the beach, a cabin overlooking the marsh or one of the many homes on Edisto Beach, there's a place for everyone who visits Edisto Island. But one thing visitors won't find on Edisto Island is a hotel. This barrier island less than an hour south of Charleston is the home of a family-oriented and non-commercialized vacation destination loved best for its simplicity.
Edisto locals make a point to tell guests there are no stoplights, no strip malls, no fast food joints - there's nothing to deflect from the nature beauty of the barrier island. While the modern conveniences exist for its residents and vacationers, coming to Edisto means learning to live life at a slower pace and getting back to the basics.
To get into the swing of the "Edislow" way of life, vacationers have an ample choice of where to stay.
Some of Edisto's well-seasoned vacationers still call the hodge-podge of homes dotting Edisto Beach "cottages," a term referring to what the houses were like as far back as the mid 20th century. Back then, air conditioning came only from ocean breezes and the layout of the houses was simple. But "cottage" doesn't do justice to many of the vacation rental homes now.
While some of the homes are still simple relics of a previous time, others stand grandly on the beach with the Atlantic Ocean as their back drop. To stay in any of these homes or the thousands of others, there are several rental agencies in the area ready to help guests plan their vacations. The only things for vacationers to decide are where to stay, what to pay and when to go. Prices are different depending on the rental season, mid-June to mid-August fall under the high season and attract the highest rates.


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It is well known that Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 b.C.. According to Herodotus, Strabo and Stobaeus the dead were n ot mummified nor cremated there, but buried enveloped in honey or wax. The same must have happened to the body of Alexander the Great (Will Durant, Th.Birth). Initially it was to be buried in Macedonia, but in 321 b.C. it was violently taken from Damascus to Egypt by Ptolemy I (Pausanias, Arrian, Aelianus). According to the most reliable sources it was buried in the sacred city of Memphis "in observance of the Macedonian custom that wanted the dead to be cremated".(Pausanias, Parion Chronicle, Curtius Rufus)
The view that the body was transferred directly to Alexandria where it was buried (Diodorus Siculus) cannot be supported as it was technically unfeasible for the magnificent mausoleum to be prepared for his burial. There are also other reasons.
Queen Roxanne and their infant child "arrived in Macedonia in the same year and were murdered by Cassander in Amphipolis in 311 b.C. Their remains were scattered" (Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Justin). Amphipolis was relatively close to Vergina and it was easy for the remains to be carried to the royal tombs.
The first cremation of Alexander's body, which took place in Memphis, is also verified by - among other things - the fact that according to Professor of Anthropology A.Bartsiokas, most of the bones of the male skeleton of Tomb II "were dry when cremated, after the flesh had been decomposed by burial". This means that in Vergina we, probably, have the reburial of the same king.
important anthropological finding is the fact that according to Professor of
Anthropology N.Xirotiris, "this skeleton was nearly complete; even very small
fragments had been collected". Also "the remaining bone fragments had
been sorted according to size and length and had been arranged anatomically
correctly, when they were embedded in the larnax ". "The remaining
bone fragments had been sorted according to size and length, and had been
arranged anatomically correctly, when they were imbedded in the larnax. In the
top layer the fragments of the scull were found. In the middle layers the small
bones of the postcranial skeleton and in the lowest layer the long bones of the
extremities had been thoroughly layed out diagonally". "It is obvious
that the bones must have been carefully cleaned and any ashes removed".
(Archaiologike Ephimeris 1981)
On the contrary, according to Pr. Xirotiris, the female bones in the antechamber of the same tomb in comparison to the remains in the main chamber "were scantier and had been soiled with ashes. No bones could be completely reconstructed".
In my view, the logical explanation for this is that these remains were transported and buried in Vergina from two different places, as in the case of Alexander the Great and his wife Queen Roxanne. Roxanne's bones, as mentioned above, "had been scattered", so, naturally, could not have all been collected.
According to the evidence drawn, all personal mementoes of Alexander the Great and Roxanne as well as the field marshal's arms followed at the time of Antigonus Gonatas, after 274 b.C.; they were placed next to the royal family in the Vergina tombs, where they were found. Translation of relics of kings who had died in a foreign land to their homeland was a sacred tradition for ancient Greeks. It would have been impossible for the bones of Alexander the Great to be an exception to this rule.
As one can also conclude, ancient Macedonians "after two unsuccessful attempts, in 321 b.C.", did, finally, manage - as all evidence presented in my book confirms - to remove Alexander's relics from Memphis (Diodorus Siculus, Aelinius). This, in my view, happened before they were transported two years later by Ptolemy I or even later by Ptolemy II to Alexadria (Pausanias) and replaced with other relics or an effigy of Alexander's that may have been seen later by Roman emperors.
We use the word effigy (mummy), because, as mentioned above, Alexander's body was not mummified but cremated; therefore, the mummy they saw could not possibly have been a real mummy of the king.
Egypt had been well known ever since antiquity as a country where they manufactured incredible effigies (Diodorus Siculus). One can form a view on the issue from the book by Egyptian archaeologist Abbas Chalaby, which includes extraordinary effigies of Egyptian kings and princes, as well as from Egyptian museums.
The discovery in 1887of the so-called "Alexander's Sarcophagus" in Sidon, Lebanon, perhaps is not an irrelevant finding in view of the adventure of his relics. No ancient text, of course, has been found that mentions the reinterment of Alexander the Great's relics from Egypt to Aeges (Vergina). However, Arrian, Plutarch, Strabo and other historians mention that ancient Greek writers had written about "the death and burial of Alexander the Great", but all these writings had been lost, just like Strabo's 7th book about Macedonia.
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CDL Process Simplified for Veterans in Virginia
A program in Virginia will make it easier for veterans to get commercial driver's licenses (CDLs). Troops to Trucks, is a partnership between the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the military, and private trucking and bus companies. Members of the military who do not have a military CDL will be able to train and take their test at military installations. Those who earn their CDL through the program will be referred to at least three employers based on their job interests. The DMV will also take advantage of new federal regulations and waive the road test for people who have held a military CDL within the past two years. The road test can be a significant barrier for skilled drivers because applicants typically have to provide their own commercial vehicle for the test.
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New York Funds Centers to Commercialize Clean Energy Technologies
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is launching three "proof of concept" centers to help commercialize clean energy technologies. The centers will provide an opportunity for universities and researchers to create new startup companies, partner with business mentors, and access potential investors. The goal of the centers is to provide researchers with the resources they need to successfully move technologies out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. Proof of concept centers help accelerate that movement by ensuring that inventors of innovative products can create sustainable business plans, develop prototypes, and solicit early-stage capital. NYSERDA will invest $15 million over the next five years to create three centers across the state. Institutions applying to host the centers will be required to share some of the costs and must have a plan for how they will fund the centers after NYSERDA's initial funding expires.
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Arizona and Michigan Expand School Choice
New laws in both Arizona and Michigan will create more choices in schools. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation that will expand a school voucher-type program called the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts. Currently, the accounts are open to parents with children with disabilities and contain 90 percent of the state per-student funding that would otherwise go directly to district or charter schools. Parents receive a debit card for the account and the money can be used for private-school tuition, tutoring, or textbooks. Unused funds can be used for college. The new law makes more students eligible for the accounts including students whose current schools received a D or F letter grade from the state, children of active-duty members of the military, and children in foster care.
In Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill raising the cap on the number of cyber charter schools in the state from 2 to 15 by 2014. The law also establishes a 2 percent cap on the number of cyber students statewide, potentially increasing the cyber school population to 30,000. It also removes an earlier requirement mandating that cyber school students be previously enrolled in a public school.
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Puerto Rico Releases Broadband Strategic Plan
The Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce and Connect Puerto Rico unveiled a comprehensive strategy to expand access to broadband services and improve the quality of Puerto Rico's high speed data infrastructure. Currently, about 14 percent of Puerto Ricans don't have access to broadband services, compared to 5 percent of households within the 50 states, and data transfer speeds available to Puerto Rican customers are much slower. The plan includes 40 specific policy strategies to increase broadband access, adoption, and use. Recommendations to improve access include promoting local network interconnection, creating minimum service level requirements for broadband providers, and putting in place incentives that make it more attractive to providers to deploy fiber networks. Recommendations to increase adoption focus on expanding public computing capacity and digital literacy. The recommendations for broadband use cover two main areas, education and e-health.
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Colorado Overhauls State Child Literacy Program
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed the READ Act, mandating new statewide reading assessments and requiring educators to identify struggling students. The Colorado Department of Education will create a resource bank of assessments to be used to identify and diagnose students' reading skills deficiencies. The resource bank will be available by July 1, 2013 and each local education provider will begin assessing students in the 2013-14 school year. If a student is found to have a reading deficiency, a customized, scientifically-based intervention plan, called a "READ plan," will be created. Students who still demonstrate a reading deficiency will not advance to the fourth grade, unless their parent, teacher, and school principal or superintendent agree to move the student forward. Governor Hickenlooper addressed early childhood literacy in his State of the State address in January.
(Contact: Kate Nielson)
Louisiana Enacts Sentencing Reform Laws
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed several pieces of legislation based on recommendations from the Louisiana Sentencing Commission. One of new laws changes how probation and parole violations are handled so that punishments can be imposed more quickly. If an offender admits to a violation and then consents to sanctions, the admission will be inadmissible in future proceedings and the administering officer can avoid taking the offender back to the courts or the Parole Board. Another one of the new laws gives prosecutors greater discretion to enter into plea agreements and to tailor sentencing to fit the crime. Currently, prosecutors must follow the sentencing guidelines described in the Louisiana Criminal Code, which include mandatory minimum sentences and fines for nonviolent offenses. The law will increase transparency in sentencing and plea-bargaining and allow prosecutors to create customized sentences on a case-by-case basis.
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Tennessee Launches Jobs Database
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam recently launched a new jobs database, Jobs4TN Online, which will connect job seekers with Tennessee employers. Jobs4TN Online will automatically notify job seekers when jobs they may qualify for are posted and notify employers when candidates who fit their needs register. The jobs in the database will be placed directly by Tennessee employers or aggregated from corporate Internet sites and major job search engines.
Jobs4TN Online also provides information about jobs that are in high demand, education requirements, and salary ranges for certain positions. Information can be statewide or tailored to focus on specific communities and metro statistical areas.
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Massachusetts Schools to Focus on Emergency Medical Response
Schools in Massachusetts are getting more organized and prepared for medical emergencies. "Michael's Law," recently signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick, requires schools to have a written medical emergency response plan as part of their routine evacuation plans and asks schools to identify their current medical response capabilities alongside those capabilities they need to develop. New plans must include updated communication policies linking school officials to emergency medical services as well as contact lists of school officials and medical personnel. Although the legislation does not require all schools to have automatic cardiac defibrillators—mobile medical devices used to treat heart conditions—it does require schools to provide detailed reports of their defibrillator inventory and training available to faculty and staff. Plans will be submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) every three years and DESE will be required to develop a model medical emergency response plan to assist school districts in the formulation of their plans. Schools are required to practice their emergency response plan at the beginning of each school year and modify the plan as needed.
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Governor Streamlines Food Stamp Applications in New York
New regulations proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo would end the requirement that food stamp applicants in New York City be fingerprinted. Instead, the city would use a computerized anti-fraud system in place for the rest of the state which uses addresses, social security numbers, and birth dates to reduce fraud and duplication. The regulations would affect nearly 1.8 million people and will go into effect after a 45 day comment period. The rest of the state ended the practice in 2007, but New York City—which is composed of five counties—received a waiver. Under the new regulations, counties would no longer be able to apply for those waivers. The fingerprinting requirement had cost the city about $5 million a year.
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Vermont Expands Renewable Energy Resources
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed several bills into law aimed at increasing the amount of electricity from renewable energy available to customers in the state. The first new law expands the state's "standard offer" program, under which utilities pay for renewable electricity at rates specific to each technology (wind, solar, etc.) through a standard contract. The law expands the total amount of renewable energy utilities must purchase under the standard offer program from 50 megawatts (MW) to 127.5 MW. The law also includes a provision regarding the deployment of "smart" electric meters. Smart meters are digital electric meters capable of two-way communication between the meter and the utility. The law prevents utilities in the state from charging customers a fee for opting not to have a smart meter installed at their residence.
A second law aims to encourage renewable energy development by providing financial certainty for those looking to install small-scale energy projects. It exempts renewable energy systems of 2 MW or less from paying property taxes, and instead charges a uniform tax rate of 4 cents per kilowatt. Because local property tax rates can vary across municipalities and over time, charging a flat rate gives developers more certainty as to what their total costs will be and should improve their ability to finance projects.
Governor Shumlin also signed a third bill creating a pilot program for "community supported biomass" that aims to encourage low-income residents to switch from home heating oil to wood pellets.
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Higher US Health Spending Driven by Prices
A report from the Commonwealth Fund's International program in Health Policy and Innovation finds that the United States continues to spend more money on health care than other developed countries without producing better quality. Quality measures included rates of potentially preventable deaths from asthma and amputations due to diabetes, both of which were much worse in the United States than in the average study country. Hospitals stays cost almost three times as much in the United States as in the median study country, but in-hospital fatality rates for American stroke victims were worse than the average.
The report's authors suggest that higher prices for drugs and procedures are the primary causes. Secondary contributors include America's higher rates of obesity and greater use of expensive medical technology. The study found that Americans use basic health services, such as a consultation with their doctor less often than average, but are given more tests using imaging technology, such as MRI machines and CT scanners.The authors note that Japan's health care system is similar to the U.S. system, but that health care spending there is lower because Japan aggressively regulates prices. Japan spent the least of all the countries in the study, but is maintaining a high quality of care—the Japanese have the longest life expectancy in the world. Similarities between the two countries include payments based on the number of interactions between patient and providers, and most patients have unrestricted access to physicians, specialists, and high-tech medical care.
(Contact: Jackie Le Grand)
Report Finds Chronic Absenteeism Affects Student Success
A report from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools found that chronic school absenteeism is associated with lower academic performance, but it is not regularly measured by states and is therefore not acted upon. Only six states collect data on chronic absentees and find rates ranging from 6 to 23 percent. Chronic absenteeism is most widespread among low-income students, but gender and ethnic backgrounds do not appear to play a roll. High-poverty urban areas report that up to one-third of students are chronically absent, while in poor rural areas, one-fourth of students miss at least a month of school. The report recommends that states measure and report rates of chronic absenteeism, as well as convene task forces that include state health, housing, justice, transportation, and education agencies.
(Contact: Kate Nielson)
Report Finds Trends in the Location of Manufacturing
A recent report by the Brookings Institution finds that American manufacturing is highly differentiated geographically and mostly concentrated in metropolitan regions. Metropolitan areas are found to contain the great majority of manufacturing jobs, especially those in high-technology areas. The report finds that manufacturing is highly specialized in states and cities and can be categorized in one or more of six broad patterns of industry clustering, including computers and electronics, transportation equipment, low-wage manufacturing industries, chemicals, machin¬ery, and food production. Based on those findings, the report recommends that federal policy should provide a platform for state, local, and metropolitan efforts since there is so much regional variation in manufacturing.
Brookings also opened interactive website that includes profiles of 100 U.S. cities, including statistics on average wages, types of jobs, and level and type of specialization.
(Contact: Erin Sparks)
Utilities Continue to Deploy Advanced Electric Meters
A report from the Edison Foundation's Institute for Electric Efficiency tracks the progress utilities are making in deploying advanced, "smart" electric meters and forecasts that more than half of households in the U.S. will have a smart meter by 2015. Smart meters are digital electric meters that allow two-way communication between the utility and the customer and can help measure and record electricity use on a more frequent basis. The report's authors compiled data from utilities on current smart meter installation and future plans for metering upgrades. The report concludes that as of May 2012, close to one-third of U.S households now have a smart meter, up from one-quarter of households in 2012. The report's authors predict that 22 utilities in 16 states will have deployed smart meters to all their residential customers by the end of 2012. The report also highlights the potential benefits to customers of smart meters, including increased customer access to energy use data, improved outage response, and the ability to save money through time-of-use pricing mechanisms.
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