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Yes, agreed! You can see the red crown clearly, just above Mauer's ears (below the "censored" part).
I like your uni concepts, but I tend to think the words "DIAMONDBACKS" and "ARIZONA" will be in the new font:
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosThe Rochester Red Wings (AAA Minnesota Twins affiliate) unveiled their new 2014 uniforms today: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140328&content_id=70312384&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t534&sid=t534&tcid=fb_article_70312384 The road jersey (with block "ROCHESTER") remains unchanged, and has been used since 2008. The home uni (white) and Sunday/BP jersey (black) are new. Although I'm not really sold on the new black jersey, I love the new home uni. Simple, modern, classic. A definite upgrade from their last set! As an aside, myself and other members of the Rochester Baseball Historical Society (RochesterBaseballHistory.org) contributed the historical jerseys for the backdrop.
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosThe Rochester Red Wings (AAA Minnesota Twins affiliate) will be unveiling their new uniforms this Friday (3/28).
PJBenterprises replied to TheFloridianLogoMan's topic in Sports LogosAs a die-hard Yankee fan, I'm a little torn on the subject of an alternate. While I agree that the pinstripes are part of the identity and part of the experience that people come to see, that doesn't mean that there's no room for an alt. For example, one way to go would be to adopt a plain navy (with interlocking NY) jersey and only wear it as a road alt. That way people who come to Yankee Stadium still get to see the pinstripes, but they can change things up on the road. Similarly, what about a throwback home alt? Like the 1915 home - the jersey could be cream colored and could be paired with the pinstriped hat. Too late for 2014, but would be cool as a "here's what we wore 100 years ago" thing in 2015.
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosAs a Rochesterian and huge Red Wings fan, I, as well as many others, judging by the team's Facebook page, was incredibly disappointed in this new logo set. Rochester's baseball roots date to 1825, with professional baseball dating to 1877, the oldest franchise in minor league baseball. The team is terrible at embracing that history, and this is just the latest sad chapter. The character ("Spikes") is fine as a mascot, but why does he have to be the basis of the team's entire identity system? I, for one, was so glad to hear of a logo update - I figured it would be the end of "Spikes", who has befouled our hats for 17 years. Unfortunately that was not the case. Such a missed opportunity. The Wings' Facebook page is lighting up with negative comments. The fans aren't embracing this new look. There are a lot of traditionalists here. As an aside, the only of these three caps that I would consider buying, the BP, wasn't available for purchase at the unveiling event, and I was told that it would not be until March.
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosToday at 4:00 the Rochester Red Wings (AAA / Minnesota) will unveil their new logo. <link>
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosRochester Red Wings (AAA affiliate / Minnesota Twins) will be unveiling a new logo (and merchandise) at a fan event on 11/1/13 at 3:30 PM.
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports Logos@Grubstreet - they had a version of the "FC" hats available this past season in the team store. They're currently selling them online (click here). It's New Era's "29Twenty" model, which is cotton, like a 47 hat. If it's the 5950 you're looking for, they do show up (used) on ebay occasionally. Hope that helps...
PJBenterprises replied to BigMac12's topic in Sports LogosI suspect the Rochester Red Wings (AAA Minnesota Twins affiliate) are ditching the solid black jerseys. All of last year's black jerseys were recently put up for auction, including team-issued / non-player worn, which would indicate to me that they're liquidating them. The black jersey was their primary home jersey from 1997-2000 and again from 2005-2010. They were worn as alternate jerseys in '11, '12 and '13, although they were worn more often than the supposed "home" jersey, which is white with black raglan sleeves. I suspect the latter will be their primary home jersey in '14, and they might perhaps add a new alternate jersey, or wear their red BPs as alternate game jerseys, which they've done in the past.
PJBenterprises replied to MBurmy's topic in Sports LogosYes, they certainly appear to be pullovers / faux button downs. You can see a horizontal seam just above the upper button on both the "Bisons" and "Buffalo" images. They're button down down to that seam, but the buttons are faux below the seam. Good catch.
PJBenterprises replied to johnnysama's topic in Sports LogosI've done some Rochester Red Wings items: 1932 home jersey 1981 Cal Ripken jersey 1988 Steve Finley jersey (signed) 1970 Bobby Grich jersey Early 1990s jacket
PJBenterprises replied to marlinfan's topic in Sports LogosI'll second what Eye said - I live on the east coast (Rochester, NY) and I barely know anything about San Jose. My (uneducated) guess before reading this thread would've been that it's a smaller-market city, like Buffalo or Green Bay. Little did I know! I don't know why it's not a well-known city, or given its due as being a "big" city, but I doubt I'm the only one in the East that would've guessed it a minor market.
PJBenterprises replied to bosrs1's topic in Sports LogosHere's one - the Syracuse Chiefs (AAA). Their home and road sets are based on the post-2004 Blue Jays unis (who were their parent club until a few years ago). Their home / away colors are Black/Blue/Silver. But they have a red alt jersey similar to their current parent club, the Nationals:
PJBenterprises replied to PJBenterprises's topic in ConceptsRoughRiders9, you're right, what a small world! I PM'd you. Griffinmarlins, thanks for the feedback. While I agree, it might be interesting with yellow outlines, I think for the purposes of this concept, things are better when kept simple. One of my overriding goals was to get back to the Wings' roots and I think the navy/red color scheme does this nicely.


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(CNSNews.com) - As the people's elected representatives in Washington wrangle over the budget, the debt limit and defunding Obamacare, one freshman senator admits the news is not good.
"I hope the American people are watching very carefully how utterly dysfunctional Washington is," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Fox News's Greta Van Susteren Wednesday night. "I don't think it's going to improve any time soon. So my suggestion to the American public is stop relying on the federal government to solve your problems. Stop sending politicians to Washington dedicated to growing the federal government."
Johnson ran a manufacturing business before winning his Senate race in 2010 -- his first and only run for elective office.
He told Van Susteren, "We need to start devolving this power back to the states, back to the people, because this place -- trust me. I'm from the private sector. I'm a manufacturer. It's impossible to convey the dysfunction of the federal government and of Washington."
Johnson has called Obamacare a "monstrosity," but he also says that repealing or defunding it will be "next to impossible" as long as Democrats control the White House and the Senate.
"Eventually, if you're going to defund Obamacare, you're going to have to pass a (repeal) bill because Obamacare is permanent law. It's part of that mandatory spending. And you have to pass a bill through the Senate and have the president sign it into law."
But doing that will require strong public support, Johnson said:
"So the way you really defund Obamacare is you have to get that super-majority support of the American public. That's why I appreciate any effort that highlights the damage that Obamacare will do to our health care system, our economy, our federal budget, our personal freedoms. But you got to get that super-majority support of the American public to put pressure on Democrat senators to vote for repeal, or we better start winning some elections so we can take a majority in the Senate, as well as the presidency."
Johnson said in coming days, Republicans will try to force fiscal discipline on the Obama administration with a vote to raise the debt ceiling. "It's just going to be another battle," he said.
"Any time the president of the United States comes to Congress asking for the authority to increase the debt burden on our children and grandchildren, we ought to have a very serious discussion. We ought to have a robust debate about what -- if we increase that debt burden on our kids, what are we going to get in return in terms of some fiscal discipline or some reforms to save the Social Security and Medicare programs so it's actually available for our kids who are going to be picking up the tab for us."

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PHOENIX - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to give Scott Nordstrom another chance to escape the death penalty.
Without comment, the justices rejected his plea for a new sentencing for multiple shooting deaths during a pair of 1996 robberies in Tucson. That leaves Nordstrom on death row.
Nordstrom was not challenging the conviction itself.
Nordstrom and Robert Jones were charged with killing two men while robbing the Moon Smoke Shop. Two weeks later, they shot and killed four people during a robbery at the Firefighters' Union Hall, a social club. Both were sentenced to death.
But in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in another Arizona murder case, said the death penalty cannot be imposed solely by a judge, if a defendant objects. The justices said defendants are entitled to make their case for being spared to a jury.
In 2009, a jury resentenced him to die.
In his petition to the nation's high court, Nordstrom said it was wrong for the judge presiding over the resentencing to preclude him from introducing evidence from his original trial he claimed would show his innocence. The judge in that case said such evidence is inadmissible for purposes of sentencing.
The Arizona Supreme Court already had rejected Nordstrom's argument.
Both robberies were solved when Scott's brother, David Nordstrom, contacted police. He had been the driver in the getaway vehicle.
Jones' death sentence imposed by a judge was upheld before that 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. He remains on death row.
Note: As of May 30, 2016, Scott Nordstrom is still on Death Row.


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Take it up a notch at one of Melbourne's first and finest vegetarian restaurants. Its seasonal menu offers refined Indian-influenced vegetarian dishes developed with fresh, natural ingredients, and includes vegan and gluten-free options. Shakahari has been keeping Melbourne vegetarians happy for more than 30 years and now has a sister restaurant in South Melbourne – Shakahari Too.


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Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 miles (400 kilometers) from its "headwaters" to a large sea. It is the first time images have revealed a river system this vast and in such high resolution anywhere other than Earth.
Scientists deduce that the river, which is in Titan's north polar region, is filled with liquid hydrocarbons because it appears dark along its entire length in the high-resolution radar image, indicating a smooth surface.
"Though there are some short, local meanders, the relative straightness of the river valley suggests it follows the trace of at least one fault, similar to other large rivers running into the southern margin of this same Titan sea," said Jani Radebaugh, a Cassini radar team associate at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. "Such faults - fractures in Titan's bedrock -- may not imply plate tectonics, like on Earth, but still lead to the opening of basins and perhaps to the formation of the giant seas themselves."
The new image is available online at: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia16197.html .
"Titan is the only place we've found besides Earth that has a liquid in continuous movement on its surface," said Steve Wall, the radar deputy team lead, based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "This picture gives us a snapshot of a world in motion. Rain falls, and rivers move that rain to lakes and seas, where evaporation starts the cycle all over again. On Earth, the liquid is water; on Titan, it's methane; but on both it affects most everything that happens."
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text: News Brief - 5/19/14 Flat-rate tuition at online university has not increased since 2008 SALT LAKE CITY — As college costs continue to increase at several times the rate of inflation, Western Governors University (WGU), www.wgu.edu, is committing to holding the line on tuition and fees for the seventh straight year. Online and competency-based, WGU's tuition is charged at a flat rate of $2,890 per six-month term for most programs, regardless of the number of courses completed. And, while the average cost of books and materials at other colleges is nearly $1,200 per year, WGU's $145 resource fee includes access to e-textbooks for all courses. At WGU, the average time to complete a bachelor's degree is just 34 months, so the average cost of a bachelor's degree is about $18,000. As a result, the average WGU student debt at completion of a bachelor's degree is nearly $10,000 less than the national average. With more than 46,000 students and 35,000 graduates nationwide, WGU is the pioneer and leader in competency-based education. The online university offers more than 50 bachelor's, master's, and post-baccalaureate degree programs in business, information technology, K-12 teacher education, and health professions, including nursing. Designed to meet the needs of busy adults, competency-based education allows students to earn respected, accredited degrees without sacrificing work and family obligations. Rather than spending an entire semester in each class, students study and learn online with one-on-one faculty support, moving at a pace personalized to their individual schedules and learning styles. Because they earn credit for courses and advance as soon as they demonstrate their mastery of the subject matter, many students are able to accelerate their time to completion, saving time and money. For more information on WGU's tuition, visit www.wgu.edu/tuition_financial_aid/overview. For information on WGU's online degree programs, visit www.wgu.edu/degrees_and_programs.


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Our 8-week-old has not yet slept through an entire night. My wife is exhausted. Is there some way I can make him happy so my wife can sleep?
Your baby's cries are his way of telling you that he's hungry and needs to be fed. By responding to his needs, you increase his trust and attachment to you, thus laying the groundwork for healthy growth throughout his childhood.
Tired as your wife might be, it's important for her to nurse your baby when he communicates his need. Dads can make night feedings easier by carrying the baby to her, letting her nurse while still in bed and half asleep, and then changing his diaper and helping him get back to sleep.
Consider keeping your baby close by in a cradle or crib next to the bed so your wife doesn't have to get up to get him. Many couples assign the "day shift" to one parent and the "night shift" to the other—so that, for example, the wife tends to the baby at night, but after the first morning feeding, the husband gets up with him and takes care of his needs as much as possible during the day between feedings.
Soon, feedings will decrease in frequency and your son will sleep for longer intervals. Meanwhile, your wife and child will be grateful for your help.
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WASHINGTON A Vermont musician whose arm had to be amputated after she received an injection of a Wyeth anti-nausea drug, and received a nearly $7 million injury award, won in the Supreme Court Wednesday.
The court upheld the Vermont jury's verdict, which awarded $6.7 million to guitarist and pianist Diana Levine after she received an IV push of the drug Phenergan (promethazine) that missed and hit her artery and caused her to develop gangrene. Wyeth appealed the decision, arguing that it could not be sued because Phenergan already had approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
The Supreme Court's decision marks Wyeth's second major defeat in recent months. In November, the First District Court of Appeals of California ruled that Wyeth could be held liable for injuries resulting from generic versions of its drugs in the case of Conte v. Wyeth, in which a woman taking generic versions of the gastro-esophageal disease drug Reglan (metoclopramide) developed the neurological disorder tardive dyskinesia.


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Dave Ingham's chickens don't come frozen like the birds from the company that shares his name; his chooks go out alive and come back alive, even when some people are reluctant to part with them.
The Rent-a-Chook proprietor is used to clients becoming fond of their birds, but even he was taken aback when one woman came to the door with a chicken under each arm.
"We often watch the telly with the chooks on our lap," she said.
Although he doesn't necessarily recommend getting quite so up close and personal with the birds, the woman was a typical happy customer of Mr Ingham's fledgling business, which rents two hens, a mobile coop and all the chickens' requirements to people wanting "a chook experience" but with no idea where to start.
"Just about all our clients have never kept chickens before and don't know what to expect or whether they will fit into their lifestyle," Mr Ingham said.
In fact, 95 per cent of renters go on to buy their chickens.
Mr Ingham, whose main job is an environmental auditor, makes four or five deliveries a month from his Ryde home, often to parents keen to show their children that there is a world outside television and video games.
Word of mouth and a website (www.rentachook.com) bring him all the business he can handle.
The hens are a crossbreed called Isa Brown, which lay well and are also pretty placid. Two birds will supply up to 10 eggs a week during spring.
"They're an eco-friendly pet that can handle being chased by kids, will turn your kitchen scraps into garden manure and lay lots of eggs, which is what people want."
Despite his name, Mr Ingham is not related to the famous chicken company family. He began keeping chickens while he was at university doing a science degree.
"I bought two hens and made a chicken house out of a packing crate and wire mesh. Once I started collecting eggs I loved it and have been keeping chooks since."
Later, he started lending chooks to friends and, when one of them coined the phrase "Dave's Rent-a-Chook", it was obvious there was a business in his hobby.
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King Ferdinand was forced to convoke the Cortes and agree to restore the comparatively liberal constitution of 1812.
The Committee was assured that they intended to convoke the electors.
Immediately the bell was rung to convoke the vetch, and the masses called for war with Moscow.
It was high time to tell her relatives and mine and convoke a family council.
It was not enough to convoke a Parliament or to open a negotiation with the Prince of Orange.
Under other conditions it might be the right thing to convoke a conference to be held after the war is over.
The Toqui Cadegual was one of the first to convoke a grand council of the nation, on the plain of the Carampangue.
The chancellor was therefore content to convoke a general conference of the clergy.
The character of the Constituent Assembly will largely depend upon the character of those who convoke it.
Should the parliament return the same decision, the Government can dissolve it and convoke another parliament.
1590s, from Middle French convoquer (14c.), from Latin convocare "to call together" (see convocation). Related: Convoked; convoking.


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The boy was nine years old when he was called into the principal's office.
Fearing he was about to be given the belt, the youngster was relieved when told he was there just for a talk.
The grade three boy was then told to take off his pants, and he was raped.
The boy thought he was going to die and blacked out.
On Monday, 42 years after his ordeal, the little boy, now a man in his 50s, will finally see his attacker pay for this crime and a string of other sex crimes against young boys.
Christian Brother Robert Best, a convicted serial pedophile rapist, will be sentenced on 27 charges of abusing 11 boys at schools where he taught between 1969 and 1988.
The prosecution has asked Victorian County Court Judge Roy Punshon to send Best, now 70 years old, to jail for at least 16 years.
But court action against him won't end there; two civil compensation actions are set to begin.
Best originally faced 43 charges relating to offences against 14 boys, but pleaded not guilty and insisted each charge be heard separately.
In 1996 he was convicted of several sexual assaults against young boys.
And in 2011 he pleaded guilty to 27 separate charges of abusing boys at St Alipius primary school of Ballarat, St Leo's Christian Brothers College at Box Hill and St Joseph's College, Geelong.
It is estimated the Catholic Church has spent more than $1 million funding his defence.
The boy who was raped in Best's office at St Alipius in Ballarat was beaten and threatened by other Catholic brothers and priests when he tried to tell what had happened to him.
The man wept as he told the court his story.
Best, who would have been in his late 20s when he raped that little boy, calmly listened to the evidence against him.
Five more of his victims struggled through their statements, describing him as a mentally deranged sadist and a pervert, who exploited and ruined them.
One faced him in anguish, others wept and one broke down, unable to complete his testimony.
On Monday the Victorian County Court will address this suffering, and his victims will finally know what justice feels like.
But others will never know; police believe at least 26 men committed suicide in the years after being abused by Best and other Catholic priests and brothers.


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Lithographs (literally, "stone drawings") are based on the principle that water and oil repel one another. To create a lithographic print, the artist draws on a hard, flat surface—usually limestone—with an oil-based material such as lithographic crayon, which is then chemically "fixed." Next, the stone is washed with water, which covers the blank areas but is repelled from the image. The greasy printing ink is rolled over the stone, adhering only to the image, while the ink is repelled by the blank wet areas. Finally, paper is laid on the surface and pressure is applied to create the lithographic print, which is a mirror image of the original drawing. Color lithographs simply repeat this process with multiple stones, each dedicated to a different color.
Lautrec's first lithograph, Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, used four separate stones and inks: black, yellow, red, and blue. Additional colors were created by the layering of these colors, as may be seen in the purplish tones of the foreground figure, and the greenish hues seen on the floorboards. Lautrec also used the technique known as crachis (spatter), which creates mists of color, similar to the effects of airbrushing. This effect may be achieved by either shaking a brush over a sieve, or by running a knife along the edge of a brush to cause the paint to spray. Lautrec's poster uses three separate sheets of paper to create an image that is almost two meters high and over a meter wide, dwarfing the size of traditional posters of the period and adding to the advertisement's bold tones and graphic style.
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Cherry Slidecar
Cherry bitters, cherry liqueur and a brandied cherry flavor Jonny Raglin's favorite Sidecar variation. At Comstock, he makes the drink with pickled cherry bitters concocted by his business partner and "resident mad scientist," Jeff Hollinger.
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- 1 ounce Heering cherry liqueur
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- 1 brandied cherry, for garnish
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Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the remaining ingredients except the garnish and shake well. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with the brandied cherry.
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Expanding our literacy repertoires: Using Film in Senior English Classrooms in Queensland
Jetnikoff, Anita (2003) Expanding our literacy repertoires: Using Film in Senior English Classrooms in Queensland. Australian Screen Education, pp. 78-82.
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With the new English syllabus' infusion of cultural studies and contemporary literary and linguistic theories encompassing discourses, the study of film can be much more exciting and conducive to students becoming more cineliterate. This article explores some useful approaches to selected films which can be used in the Senior English classroom in Queensland.
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Fibromyalgia is usually diagnosed by documenting the patient's medical history, ruling out disorders and diseases that may be mimicking or exacerbating fibromyalgia, and by utilizing the criteria last updated by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in 2010.
The ACR criteria evaluate pain location and severity but are less focused on specific tender points. They also take into account a person's symptoms — how the person feels. A person would be considered to have fibromyalgia if that person met the following:
- Has had pain and symptoms over the past week, based on the total of the following:
- Number of painful areas out of 19 parts of the body
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- Fatigue
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- Symptoms have been present at a similar severity level for at least 3 months.
- The person does not have another disorder that would explain the pain.
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- CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel) – to examine electrolytes, proteins, liver and kidney function, calcium, and glucose
- CBC (complete blood count) – to look for anemia, a possible cause of weakness and fatigue
- TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) and/or other thyroid testing since hypothyroidism can cause symptoms similar to fibromyalgia
- ANA (anti-nuclear antibody) - to rule out autoimmune disorders, such as lupus or Sjogren syndrome
- CK (creatine kinase) - to rule out other conditions that can cause muscle weakness or pain
A healthcare practitioner will typically consider the following in developing a diagnosis: results of the general tests, the patient's history (including family history and risk factors for certain diseases), and results of the physical examination. Based on these findings, some additional tests could be done.
Meanwhile, researchers continue to look for new testing protocols that may be more specific for fibromyalgia.
Non-Laboratory Tests
Electromyography (EMG) may be performed to assess the health of muscles and the nerves that control them. For more on this procedure, read the Electromyography article on the Mayo Clinic web site. Occasionally, an imaging scan such as an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) may be ordered to help rule out the possibility of multiple sclerosis or other diseases that may cause symptoms similar to fibromyalgia.


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Thats an awesome idea. I voted yes of course.
You should do an educational 2-5 minute movie on all the different market places on how they work so buyers get familiar with THE ENVATOS . You can also feature some authors work in there.
Just my thoughts
Very kool Alon!
Great idea! and i love your animations btw!
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Hello there, I believe you are masters in making video introductions, if that's the case I wonder if you can help me, 3 days ago I bought TV Intro from here, it is called (tv-intro-outro) I thought it is a ready introduction all I should do is typing my TV name (Mubasher TV) and excute.. but things were totally different, I came to knoe a bit late that I bought application and not for windows… I wish if you can contribute and excute the intro I wish to have.
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I'm sorry but I can't really help you, I can only give you a Tip for your next purchase:
Before you buy an Item, if you're not sure for 100% what features it includes exactly (mostly describe by the Author) you should send a message with a question to the Author.
Thanks for the votes guys, (Voting still available for all).
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Great idea – I think this could be a great addition to this community and (if it's funny) it could bring more people to the marketplaces as well


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Highland, IN – Larry Chandler picked up a cool $1M with a lucky Powerball ticket, just barely saving his home from foreclosure.
Though a Powerball winner has 180 days to claim their prize, the 34-year-old electrician didn't wait a minute more than he had to after winning $1 million in Wednesday's Powerball. Chandler showed up at the Indianapolis lottery headquarters on Thursday morning ready to claim his share of the $587.5 million drawing on Wednesday night.
The union electrician says that he'll be back to work on Monday, but is planning on hiring a tax adviser and a financial planner first, reports NBC News.
The unique part about Chandler's story is that his good luck has saved his home from foreclosure. His girlfriend told the local news affiliate that he had been living with them due to his housing woes. With the money, Chandler has pledged to help his mom, put away for his daughter's college, and take his girlfriend to Red Lobster.
Chandler played his own numbers, matching every one except the Powerball. He bought his ticket at the Highland Citgo on Kennedy Avenue. "It's really great that one of my customers has had good fortune," Citgo employee Keith Barnes said.
So far, only one other million-dollar Powerball ticket was purchased in Indiana, but it has not yet been claimed. Two million-dollar tickets were purchased in Illinois.
Thus far, only two tickets, one purchased in Arizona and another in Missouri, matched all six Powerball numbers. Unless others come forward to claim the pot, those two winners will more than half a billion dollars.


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This is a U.S. Model 1795 bayonet for the Charleville Pattern Musket. I beleive it to be either made by the Harpers Ferry arsenal, or be an 1808 contract bayonet which were pattered on the Harpers Ferry ones. It is made for a rifle with the bayonet stud on the bottom of the barrel and has a US stamped on the neck between the socket and the blade. Both characteristics of a Harpers Ferry bayonet. T is also a C on the socket. It is in overall good condition with some surface rust and the tip is broken off. Harpers Ferry bayonets are very rare and even the contractor made ones are rare. Buyer pays $10 for insured Priority Mail


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Bring your students to the most interactive wildlife show in the state of Texas! There are many options when it comes to field trips in the Houston area. Let us convince you that Crocodile Encounter is the best option for you and your students. Discover what keeps schools coming back to Crocodile Encounter field trip programs year after year.
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2. Crocodile Encounter field trips are interactive, educational, and fun! Your students are never bored and the field trip is contained so no threat of lost students (Did we mention designed by educators for educators?)
3. You really don't need chaperones( but feel free to bring them along) as the kids are always paying attention and rotating from different areas and presenters in a manner that keeps them on task and learning.
4. Large pavilion for lunch and full restroom facilities with hand washing stations.
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So I submitted my first WordPress theme to Themeforest a few days ago and it got hard rejected with some non-specific reasons for the rejection. So to help me decide what I should to next, I decided to create this thread, so that we can get some examples of what some of the authors did after a hard reject for the item to get accepted.
Some of the things that I've seen in the forums:
1. Change only the demo and not the actual files of the theme.
2. Change the typography, spacing and other minor changes to css.
3. Massive re-factoring of the theme files.
4. Took some time of the item, and then went back to it.
So let's hear what did the trick for you, so perhaps we can all consider or try the same and hopefully get our items accepted.
First thing to do is share a link to your theme demo, so people can give you actual feedback on your work rather than "best practices to get your theme approved".
Create a new thread in the item discussion forum and i am sure you will get some valuable help from experienced authors.
Good luck!
Start on new theme
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See what i mean, i think you will find the feedback more constructive if you share the working demo you are trying to get approved.


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Education is a partisan battleground, the sense of crisis essential both to liberal demands for more money and to conservative arguments for vouchers and private schools. Good news, even qualified good news, undermines almost everybody's agenda of reform.
Americans have often been unhappy with public education. A wave of school reform swept the nation after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first earth satellite, in 1957. In response to fears that the Soviets were ahead of the United States in science and engineering and might therefore win the cold war; as the U.S. economy floundered in the late 1970s and early 1980s and Japanese businesses outpaced their American counterparts, there was a new perception of crisis, which warned that the failures of the nation's schools were about to undermine America's ability to compete economically; in 1989, when President George Bush and the nation's governors initiated what came to be called Goals 2000, pledging to make this country the world leader in education by the year 2000.
A federal study of students across the country, during the 1920's and 1930's found that only 56 percent graduated from high school.
Graduates don't have the skills needed for a technologically advanced economy. We've doubled funds for public education since the mid-1960s, but more money hasn't improved schools. Academic achievement is stagnant or declining.
The U.S. has doubled the amount of
money spent per pupil between 1965 and 1993, but the money has not gone to
direct improvements for general education. Instead it has gone to special
education for disabled students, school lunches, transportation and dropout
prevention, all of which are indirect education benefits. Increased spending on
direct benefits, like smaller classroom size and larger teacher salaries, have
been insufficient to produce the desired results. Even so, the last 30 years
have seen some general benefits, such as a lower dropout rate and increasingly
better SAT scores for minorities.
Average Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores have declined to 899 (math and verbal combined) in 1992 from 937 in 1972.
Yet this favorite fact of headline writers tells a very partial story. Last year, 29 percent of SAT takers (students planning to go to college) were minority students, more than double the 13 percent 20 years earlier. In 1992, 43 percent of test takers ranked in the top fifth of their high school classes. In 1972, 48 percent were in the top fifth, a more elite group. In California, for example, where over half the test takers were minority students in 1992, only 66 percent came from homes where only English was spoken, and 20 percent spoke English as a second language, up from 13 percent just six years earlier. These shifts unsurprisingly produce lower average scores. Declines in average SAT scores stem mostly from expansion in the test takers' base, adding more disadvantaged students to a pool that earlier included mostly privileged students.
White scores declined, but this is due, at least in part, to the broadened social class base of white test takers. In 1976, the number of white test takers was equal to only 19 percent of the 17-year-old white population. In 1992, it was 25 percent, a less elite group.
The questions on the SAT test change every year, so there is no way to know how the class of 1966 would have done on 1999's test, or vice versa.
The education bureaucracy won't concede that, despite spending trillions of dollars on education over the past 30 years, American children are further behind today. It doesn't want to admit that the S.A.T. scores of African-American children, which average 100 points less than the scores of white children, are the direct result of the current [Great Society] policies.
Minority scores have gone up. From 1976 (when the College Board began tracking group scores) to 1992, black student scores went from 686 to 737; Mexican-origin scores went from 781 to 797; and Puerto Rican scores went from 765 to 772. Today we prepare more minority and lower-middle-class students to take college entrance exams. It's a sign of accomplishment, not failure.
In 1995 for the first time the proportion of white and black young people ages 24 to 29 who had completed high school was the same: 87%.
The most accurate measurement of dropouts is the census information on young adults who have completed 12 years of school. In 1970, 75 percent of youths between ages 25 and 29 had completed high school. By 1990, 86 percent had done so. Minority dropout rates have steadily declined--in 1940, only 12 percent of 25-to-29-year-old blacks had completed high school. In 1950, the black completion rate rose to 24 percent; in 1960, to 39 percent; in 1970, to 58 percent; in 1980, to 77 percent. The rate continued to rise in the 1980s, to 83 percent in 1990.
While preventing dropouts is important, lower dropout rates will also reduce average test scores, since a broader base is now tested, including those less academically motivated than earlier groups that did not include potential dropouts. Fewer dropouts will also generate more anecdotes about high school graduates who don't read or compute well. So, paradoxically, expenditures for more schooling can seem to reduce academic achievement while contributing to an improved education level for society.
A more accurate evaluation of SAT trends comes from examining not average scores but the percentage of all youths in the 17-year-old cohort (both test takers and non-takers) who perform well on the test. In 1992, test takers equal in number to 2.2 percent of all 17-year-olds had verbal scores of at least 600 (good enough to get into top-ranked universities), better than the 1.9 percent with such scores in 1976. In math, test takers equal in number to 5.4 percent of all 17-year-olds got at least 600 in 1992, up from only 3.8 percent who scored that well in 1976. The number of students who scored over 500, good enough for admission to academically respectable four-year colleges, grew as well. These data suggest improved grade and high school performance.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress has been administered by the Department of Education for more than twenty years. National representative samples of students at ages 9, 13, and 17 have been tested in many areas, including reading, mathematics, science and writing. Tests were given at four-year intervals in the ?70s and ?80s and have been given more frequently since. The NAEP data permit comparisons of American student achievement over time. The twenty year results of NAEP testing do not confirm the public's conclusions drawn from SAT results that there has been a marked decline in student achievement. In fact, scores for each student age group on reading and mathematics tests were higher in 1990 than they were in 1973.
A U.S. Department of Education study also confirms the shortcomings of U.S. students relative to other nations. Their statistics show that U.S. 12th graders rank 19th out of 21 industrialized nations in math achievement and 16th out of 21 nations in science.
U.S. schools graduate the highest proportion of scientists and engineers in the world.
The U.S. consistently places near the bottom in international achievement comparisons. Had the U.S. lagged behind in funding as well as performance, the solution might be as simple as increasing education spending. But the situation is far more complex. A study by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation found that the U.S. place third out of twenty-two economically advanced nations in per-student spending. Statistics show that the United States spends $5300 per-student on primary school education, an amount 75 percent greater than the international average of $3033. For secondary education, the U.S. spends $6680 per student. This is 54 percent greater than the average nation surveyed. These numbers demonstrate that a lack of funding is not a reasonable explanation for the dismal performance of U.S. students in international comparisons.
High school completion rates -- now roughly 90 percent -- and college graduation rates are the highest in history. One in four adult Americans has at least a bachelor's degree -- the highest percentage in the world (and the percentage keeps getting higher). A larger percentage of twenty-two-year-olds receive degrees in math, science, or engineering in the United States than in any of the nation's major economic competitors.
The top 20% of American high school graduates are world class and getting better. They graduate from colleges and universities in unprecedented numbers and write 40% of all research articles in the world.
An analysis of two decades of government data reveals SAT scores are rising, more students are achieving in math and science and college enrollment is up. A report issued by the Center on Education Policy and the American Youth Policy Forum compares U.S. schools in the 1980s with classrooms of the mid- to late-1990s and concludes there are many positive trends. The study, ``The Good News About American Education,'' found that fewer students are dropping out, students are taking more challenging courses and more students with disabilities are finding their way into mainstream classrooms. The study notes that the overall dropout rate declined by 4 percent and the rate among black youth dropped 8 percent between 1972 and 1997, the latest year for which figures were available.
-Scores on the math portion of the SAT increased 17 points and verbal scores increased 2 points between 1983 and 1999.
-Scores on standardized science and math achievement tests improved among 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students between 1982 and 1996.
-14 percent more students went on to college in 1997 than in 1983.
Looking at school crime overall between 1993 and 1997, the study found the rate dropped from 155 to 102 incidents per 1,000 children. Violent crimes dropped by 19 incidents and seriously violent crime decreased by 4 incidents for every 1,000 students, the study said. The report did not include a recent spate of school shootings in Colorado, Oregon, Arkansas and elsewhere. Samuel Halperin, a senior fellow with the American Youth Policy Forum, said that even if the recent shootings had been included, the crime rate in public schools still would have declined. ``This report is not saying crime is not a problem. We're just saying that it's declining.''
Jeanne Brennan, a spokeswoman for Education Trust, an advocacy group for poor minority students, said the study is shortsighted on gaps in achievement between minorities and white students.
Halperin acknowledged that the disparity is ``much too large'' but said statistics show the gap is narrowing. For example, among 9-year-olds the difference between black and white students' math achievement scores was an average of 29 points on a standardized achievement test in 1982, while the difference was 25 points in 1996. ``We're not saying by any stretch of the imagination that we're where we ought to be. We're just saying let's stop all the incessant bashing and look at some of the real numbers,'' he said.
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text: OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Palo Alto resident Daniela Barnea won six gold medals in her six swimming events at the USMS Spring National Championships last weekend at the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara. There were 2,250 swimmers, age 18 to 92, from more than 250 clubs on hand. The field include Olympic gold medalists like Matt Biondi and Stanford graduate Misty Hyman. Barnea competed in the women's 70-74 division while representing Stanford Masters, which had 33 swimmers in the meet. Among Barnea's victories was a national age-group record of 3:06.72 in the 200 IM. She also won the 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 fly and 400 IM. Katie Glenn of Stanford Masters won five races and set national records in the 50 breast (28.55) and 100 breast (1:02.34) for women 35-39. Stanford grad Dana Kirk won three races in the women's 25-29 age group. Next up for Masters swimming will be the Senior Games at Stanford on May 18.


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Novak Djokovic staved off the threat of another shock at Wimbledon when he came from a set down to beat Radek Stepanek.
The top seed saw his 33-year-old Czech opponent snatch the first set against the run of play before he blasted him aside to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 and book a clash against his fellow Serbian Viktor Troicki in the fourth round.
Just as the final set was in Rafael Nadal's late-night exit to Lukas Rosol, Friday's opening match was also played under the closed roof on Centre Court after lunchtime drizzle.
It proved a tough test for the defending champion, who had a straight-sets win over American Ryan Harrison in the second round.
Before a ball was served, Stepanek was made to change his red trainers as they did not comply with the all-white dress code.
Djokovic put pressure on his opponent's serve immediately with his strong return game but Stepanek held on to avoid an early break.
The Czech was struggling but managed to save three break points to hold serve in the fifth game.
It was a tale of two service games, with the 28th seed clinging on while Djokovic cruised through his and toyed with his opponent from the baseline.
However, out of the blue a shift in momentum saw Stepanek with three set points as the world number one's serve faltered for the first time, the Czech converting as Djokovic fired wide.
From then on, however, the title favourite showed his class, securing an instant break in the second set before stealing another to make it 6-2, before claiming the third set in equally quick time.
Set four was wrapped up in style as Stepanek wilted, his tactic of charging to the net proving fruitless as a ruthless Djokovic ended his tournament with a curving backhand.
Following the win, Djokovic denied thoughts of second seed Nadal crashing out of the tournament entered his mind after losing the first set.
The 25-year-old said: "It was a tough match but I think I played the second, third and fourth sets really well. I was focusing on my opponent today. I know he is very tricky player, very talented and he's one of the few players that comes to the net after every first serve. He has a lot of variety in his game and can hurt anybody but I love playing under the roof."


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M by The Macallan is available in limited quantities for $4,500 per bottle.
Like Romeo and Juliet or Fred and Ginger, the union of a single malt scotch and a beautiful crystal decanter is a match made in heaven. To wit, The Macallan has joined forces with crystal maters Lalique to create an exquisite new whisky contained in its own handmade, mouth-blown crystal decanter.
Meet M by The Macallan, your favorite $4,500 scotch. In designing its collectible presentation box (a lacquered, hexagonally-shaped piano case) the project's creative director, Fabien Baron, was inspired by the spirit itself. Each of the case's six angular facets reflects one of The Macallan's six pillars. Meanwhile, Lalique's crystal decanter references the iconic triangle of the Scottish whisky's label. Each decanter is engraved with its own individual number, and only 355 are on the market to date.
As for the single malt itself, pulled from The Macallan's Spanish oak sherry casks, M is one of the brand's richest and rarest whiskies ever. Its 25 plus flavor notes include port, chocolate, brown sugar, wood spices, raisin, and smoke. To say it's complex and intense is an understatement—just like a fine romance.


text: Sweeping skies above SF Bay from Ring MountainDon and I took a leisurely existential hike on Ring Mountain north of the Golden Gate on a beautiful Saturday evening. We discussed everything from the spiritual workings of Indian Satgurus to gold mining in Nevada as the overhead sky made grand statements with a paintbrush of cirrus clouds. Images"You talkin' tuh me?"Kestrel Falcon on Turtle RockBusy skies above San Pablo BayKestrel (falcon) on Turtle RockSkies above Ring MountainMt. Tam from Ring Mtn.Don gazes toward Richardson BayThe Golden GateGiant cirrus cloud over SF BayKestrel on Turtle RockCirrus cloud and FalconHeading up Ring Mtn. with DonDon takes a break.


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- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
- Wilkinson M., Roberts G.P., McCaffrey K., Cowie P., Faure Walker J.P., Papanikolaou I., Phillips R.J., Michetti A., Vittori E., (2014) Slip distributions on active normal faults measured from LiDAR and field mapping of geomorphic offsets: an example from L'Aquila, Italy, and implications for modelling seismic moment release, Geomorphology DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.026
- Cowie P., Scholz C., Roberts G., Faure Walker J.P., Sheer P. (2013) Viscous roots of active seismogenic faults revealed by geologic slip rate variations, Nature Geoscience, 6, 1036-1040
- Faure Walker J.P., Roberts G.P., Cowie P.A., Papanikolaou I., Michetti A.M., Sammonds P., Wilkinson M., McCaffrey K.J.W., and Phillips R., (2012) Relationship between topography, rates of extension and mantle dynamics in the actively-extending Italian Apennines, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 325-326, 76-84
- Rossetto, T., Peiris, N., Alarcon, J., So, E., Sargeant, S., Free, M., Sword-Daniels, V., Del Re, D., Libberton, C., Verrucci, E., Sammonds, P., Faure Walker, J.P., (2011) Field observations from the Aquila, Italy Earthquake of April 6, 2009. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 9 (1)
- Faure Walker J.P., Roberts G.P., Sammonds P., and Cowie P., (2010) Comparison of earthquake strains over 100 and 10,000 year timescales: insights into variability in the seismic cycle in the central Apennines, Italy, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B10418
- Roberts G., Raithatha B., Sileo G., Pizzi A., Pucci S., Faure Walker J.P., Wilkinson M., McCaffrey K., Phillips R., Michetti A., Guerrieri L., Blumetti A, Vittori E., Cowie P., Sammonds P., Galli P., Boncio P., Bristow C., and Walters R., (2010) Shallow subsurface structure of the 2009 April 6 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture at Paganica, investigated with ground-penetrating radar, Geophysical Journal International, 183 (2), 774-790
Faure Walker is interested in using academic research with a multi hazard approach to integrate science with disaster risk reduction in academia, industry and NGOs. Faure Walker's main research area is the mechanics of continental extension and how this relates to seismic hazard. Her principal publications focus on the importance of fault geometry and rates of motion in understanding fault interactions, fault growth and the dynamic forces controlling these.
To date, her research has been focused on calculating strain-rates in the Italian Apennines using field measurements of slip-vectors from striated faults and offsets of Late Pleistocene-Holocene landforms and sediments. Adapting methods of Kostrov (1974), she has calculated strain-rate tensors showing the long-term spatial distribution of deformation along faults within the Apennines.By comparing her results with strain-rates calculated using geodesy and historical seismicity, uplift rates, and topography, she has provided new insights into regional mechanisms of continental extension, fault growth, seismic hazard, the seismic cycle, and how the spatial pattern of earthquake recurrence is controlled by fault evolution and sub-crustal processes.
Faure Walker has also participated in post disaster investigations abroad in Japan, Italy and the Philippines, with a particular focus on vulnerability in the transitional phase of recovery and seismic risk perception.
Joanna is the Programme Director for the IRDR MSc in Risk, Disaster and Resilience and the PGCert in Risk and Disaster Reduction. She is the module tutor for the UCL masters-level courses: "Integrating Science into Risk and Disaster Reduction" and "Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards and Vulnerability" (two of the core modules for the IRDR postgraduate programmes).
Joanna has experience as a guest lecturer on a number of undergraduate, masters and PhD training modules for UCL and Birkbeck, such as Active Tectonics, Geophysical Hazards, structural geology, geology for civil engineers, and earthquake seismology and earthquake hazard. She has taught on undergraduate fieldtrips focussing on active tectonics, geophysical techniques, geological mapping, structural geology and risk assessment in the U.K., Italy, and Greece.
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|University College London
|Master of Natural Science – Natural Sciences
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I have reflected over a decade on the question of how visionaries develop. These are some initial thoughts that I want to share with blog readers as I think out loud a bit. I would really appreciate your comments and input toward the development of these ideas.
Stage One: VISION CATCHING
Every visionary leaders starts by following someone else's vision. Here, the fundamental practice of following well precedes and develops the ability to lead well. During this time, a future visionary learns to submit to godly authority. In this stage the future visionary's style is shaped by the strengths and limitation of the lead visionary. Strengths provide a foundational modeling opportunity. Limitations and weakness forge convictions that will eventually shape the values of the future leader.
Stage Two VISION CASTING
Eventually the visionary leader starts casting vision themselves. There are three nuances of how this vision relates to the the prior vision-catching content. In other words, most of early vision casting is found "underneath" the vision of a leader and/or organization of the developing visionary. The visionary casts vision: a) in support of, b) in relation to, and finally c) in contrast with.
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"Imperfectly molded, with a surface like soft putty."
But I didn't touch the Liberty Bell today, nobody did. It would destroy the metal; the reason for this had something to do with chemistry, the oil in fingerprints.
I just remember looking at the surface of the Bell and seeing that it didn't have the smoothness of stainless steel. It was a little lumpy, a little melted-looking. Of course, it reminded me of putty - but I know that's a terrible description, inaccurate, and the Bell doesn't droop like putty, does it?
I think about the US Postal Service a lot. This doesn't seem like it has anything to do with the Liberty Bell, but it does. There are stamps in a drawer, somewhere in my house, and they're decorated with pictures of the Bell. I fear for the Postal Service even though I hardly mail letters nowadays. They've become sepa-tinted, pleasantly nostalgic...
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By Josh Green
Good evening and welcome inside Wells Fargo Arena for Pac-10 Basketball, featuring the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Oregon Ducks. This is the final weekend of the regular season in college basketball.
ASU comes into the game with a 10-18 record overall, 2-14 in the Pac-10, while Oregon comes in with a 14-14 record, 7-9 in the Pac-10.
This could very well be a preview of next week's Pac-10 Tournament play-in game, as ASU is the #10 seed and Oregon is currently the #7 seed.
Here are tonight's starting lineups:
Oregon: Garrett Sim, Johnathan Lloyd, E.J. Singler, Tyrone Nared and Joevan Catron
ASU: Jamelle McMillan, Ty Abbott, Kyle Cain, Chanse Creekmur and Trent Lockett
First Half
15:34- First media timeout of the game, and ASU leads 8-5. Ty Abbott has had a part in all of ASU's points, scoring six and dishing out a nice assist which led to a Kyle Cain dunk.
14:11- ASU is on a 6-0 run, thanks to three's from Abbott and McMillan. Sun Devils lead 14-7. Keala King makes his first appearance of the game for ASU, checking in for McMillan.
11:04- Oregon calls timeout after ASU takes its largest lead of the game, 20-10. The Sun Devils are 7-of-12 from the floor, with five of the makes coming from three point land.
7:46- We've reached the under-8 timeout, and ASU has a 25-15 lead over Oregon. The Sun Devils are shooting 53% from the floor, while the Ducks are shooting just 31%.
5:48- Oregon again calls timeout after a Rihards Kuksiks three-pointer makes it 31-18 Sun Devils. ASU is on a 6-0 run and has converted 7-of-16 three-pointers.
3:49- Final media timeout of the half, and ASU has its biggest lead of the game at 36-22. Kuksiks and Abbott have combined for 21 of the 36 points.
0:00- Halftime here at Wells Fargo Arena, as ASU leads Oregon 38-26.
ASU attempted 23 three's in the first half. The Sun Devils are outrebounding Oregon 22-17. Ty Abbott moved into 3rd place all-time for career three-pointers made, as he now has 266, behind Rihards Kuksiks (269) and Stevin Smith (323).
Second Half
16:52- Oregon had gone on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 7, but Ty Abbott's and-1 layup pushes the lead back to 10, 44-34.
15:55- Trent Lockett will have an opportunity to complete a three-point play after the timeout, as ASU extends its lead back to 12, 46-34.
13:20- Oregon calls timeout after a three-pointer cuts ASU's lead to 8, 49-41. The Ducks are 6-of-10 from the floor in the 2nd half.
11:19- ASU leads 51-41 at the under-12 timeout.
7:37- Timeout on the floor, and ASU leads 54-45. Oregon had cut the lead to six, but Jamelle McMillan hit a clutch three-pointer to extend the lead to 9.
3:45- Final media timeout of the game, and ASU leads 62-47. Kyle Cain made a layup off a Trent Lockett missed free throw, and Kuksiks followed that up with his fifth three of the game. Herb Sendek is starting to get pretty animated on the sidelines.
1:32- ASU's seniors have come up big tonight, combining for 49 of the 67 points. Sun Devils on their way to a win, up 67-50.
0:00- Final score: ASU 73, Oregon 53. Sun Devils improve to 11-18 on the year, 3-14 in the Pac-10. Senior Day is Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
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Dell wins shareholders' approval for buyout
ROUND ROCK, Texas – Dell Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell on Thursday won shareholder approval for a planned $24.9 billion buyout, capping a seven-month standoff with investors and gaining free rein to attempt a turnaround of the struggling personal-computer maker outside the glare of public markets.
The founder's victory, announced during a meeting at Dell's headquarters, ends the jousting between the buyout group and investors led by billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc.
Disagreements over price pushed the deal to the brink of defeat and resulted in two increases since the proposal was announced in February. The takeover of the third-largest PC maker is the biggest LBO since Blackstone Group took Hilton Worldwide Inc. private in 2007.
CEO Dell, who founded the company as a college student in 1984, proposed taking it private to stem years of ebbing sales and profit as consumers shun PCs in favor of computing on smartphones and tablets. Along with partner Silver Lake Management, he plans to boost investments in mobile devices and data-center machines without the need to satisfy profit-hungry public investors.
Dell's path mirrors the rise and fall of the PC industry. Along with peers including Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell rode a wave of growth as PCs became mainstream in the late 1980s and 1990s. The company also flourished by pioneering low-cost manufacturing and direct shipping to customers. Yet, like some competitors, it fell out of step with consumers over the last half a dozen years as people lost their appetite for desktops and laptops, and gravitated instead to smartphones and tablets.
To prevail, the buyout by Dell and Silver Lake needed a majority of the voted shares to favor the transaction, excluding the CEO's own stake of more than 15 percent. The deal won key endorsements in August from Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and two other influential proxy advisory firms. It also had the backing of a special committee of Dell's board that evaluated potential transactions on the company's behalf.
Michael Dell and Silver Lake sweetened their bid in early August to $13.88 a share, including dividend payouts, from their previous offer of $13.65. In return, they secured a concession from the special board committee on new voting terms that wouldn't count abstentions as "no" votes. Dell had agreed to that standard, yet later said it "does not make sense," as the high number of shares that hadn't been voted made it more difficult to secure approval.
The preliminary vote tally shows the deal was approved by holders of a majority of Dell's shares, the company said. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of Dell's 2014 fiscal year.


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Alie Sesay admits his first-ever Football League experience turned out to be a bittersweet affair.
But the Colchester United loanee says he is thankful to U's boss Joe Dunne for handing him his league debut.
Sesay, on loan from Championship leaders Leicester City until the end of the season, made his U's bow in their 1-0 defeat at the hands of Sheffield United on Tuesday night.
For more on this story and all of the latest Colchester United news, including Duguid's Diary, see Thursday's Daily Gazette.


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Recommendation: Buy AAPL on a support bounce between $530-560 but under $600 per share.
Option alternative: Buy to open the out of the money June 2013 $560 Calls for $50 or less.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) growth has been a perfect study of price-momentum. Even its pullbacks have been textbook-worthy examples of "technical corrections." Like many growth stocks, AAPL has seen profit-taking since October. Some of that may have been triggered by the potential impact of the fiscal cliff but the selling looks mostly technical, which is good for investors considering a new entry opportunity.
We have recommended AAPL as an attractive long position before, in March 2012. The stock rallied 33% before topping out near $700 per share. The LEAPS option alternative that we recommended at the time gained in value by almost 400% before topping out in September.
AAPL is a classic value play. Its PE multiple is 25% less than the average among the S&P 500. AAPL's return on equity (ROE) is 42.84%, which is #10 among the 200 largest technology companies on the exchanges. If we exclude stocks like AOL (NYSE:AOL) that have recently returned to profitability and have inflated ROE numbers, then AAPL ranks even higher. In dollar terms, AAPL is also one of the most actively traded stocks in the market — something we look for as technicians to make sure the market is efficient and easier to forecast.
But investors are understandably concerned about AAPL's future, since it experienced its worst single-day drop on Dec. 5. So before making another recommendation, we need to be clear about why AAPL dropped in the first place, and why it should rise again.
Why Did AAPL Drop?
Click to EnlargeThe drop in AAPL's price in the fourth quarter was in line with a normal technical decline as traders responded to a weaker market by taking profits. The stock formed a massive bearish divergence that would have predicted a decline to May's lows (about 20%). A bearish divergence appears when bullish momentum is beginning to weaken and a bullish trend is likely to pause. A full 20% correction does not always occur, but considering the large gains in May-August it isn't surprising.
Although the decline was hyped as the "death of AAPL bulls," it's only slightly larger (by percent) than the April and May declines. In both cases, the decline correlated with a broader market pull-back. At this point it is likely that value investors will become interested again and start driving the price back up before the earnings report in January.
Fiscal Cliff Overreaction
If this was just a technical correction and the stock bounced at support in November, why did prices turn right back around and hit support again? Why didn't the stock rally more in November if it is such a good deal at current prices? Our answer is that this has much more to do with investor behavior in response to the fiscal cliff as any inherent technical or fundamental weakness in the stock.
There was a lot of speculation that AAPL would join other cash-rich companies in offering a pre-fiscal cliff special dividend, and when it didn't sellers emerged. This expectation seemed far-fetched to us over the last few weeks because most of the stocks that paid special dividends did so for the benefit of shareholders who want to take some value from the company before the tax change but don't want to reduce their control. It seemed unlikely to us that AAPL would pay a special dividend after initiating a dividend program this year. Therefore, the selling looks like an over-reaction.
General bearishness and dividend-expectation problems were occurring at the same time as margin rates increased for AAPL at the institutional level. That kind of change almost always affects the underlying asset – at least temporarily – and we would place much of the blame for the December 5th decline on that margin change. However, the change in margin requirements and the special dividend are not fundamental issues for the company.
Why AAPL Will Rise Again
The fiscal cliff will come and go, and momentum always ebbs and flows, but we don't see either of these issues having an impact on AAPL's potential growth, sales, profitability and overall performance. It is true that projections for growth in the near term are slowing, which has been a problem for other high-flying stocks, but we don't think it should be for AAPL.
AAPL has always had attractive fundamentals. Even at its highs, AAPL had lower valuation metrics on average than the rest of the S&P 500. AAPL is not like Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) or Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), which both had PE multiples of 60 before their big declines. In fact, AAPL hasn't had a PE multiple this low since it bottomed in January 2009, and just before it broke out of the consolidation in late 2011. AAPL has continued to look like a value stock rather than a growth stock all the way up, and that should provide plenty of protection on the way down.
What's the Catch?
We stand by our analysis earlier this year that AAPL is still undervalued. Even if the firm returns to the average S&P 500 multiple of 16 the price should be over $700 per share.
But AAPL's fluctuations since March of this year have produced the potential for a head and shoulders pattern. So far the neckline at the current support level has remained unbroken. However, if we saw prices on AAPL cross below the neckline on firm volume, we would consider an exit. Head and shoulders patterns can become self-fulfilling prophecies and can take on bearish momentum regardless of the fundamentals. Buy the dip, but keep a tight leash on this trade until the stock gets back above $600 per share.
Recommendation: Buy AAPL on a bounce at support between $530-$560 but under $600 per share.
Options Alternative: Buy the June 2013 $560 Calls for $50 or less. This is nearly 10X leverage and should provide plenty of upside if the stock rallies as expected just before and after earnings in January 2013.


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The Supreme Court today struck down a law against selling videos that show animal cruelty, voting 8-1, the AP reported.
"The justices threw out the criminal conviction of Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was sentenced to three years in prison for videos he made about pit bull fights," an AP reporter writes. "…Stevens ran a business and Web site that sold videos of pit bull fights. He is among a handful of people prosecuted under the animal cruelty law."
According to the AP's report, the assenting justices voted in favor of striking down the law, which was enacted in 1999 to prevent the making and selling of crush videos, to avoid limiting free speech. "[Chief Justice John] Roberts said the law could be read to allow the prosecution of the producers of films about hunting. And he scoffed at the administration's assurances that it would only apply the law to depictions of extreme cruelty."
Does it not violate the spirit of the constitution if free speech comes at the expense of life? And perhaps a ban on videos that glorify the cowardly practice of shooting an unarmed, unassuming creature with an automatic weapon is, in fact, a positive, if unpopular, application of the law.
The single dissenting judge, Justice Samuel Alito, told the AP that the ruling might spur a new wave of crush videos because it has "the practical effect of legalizing the sale of such videos." That is not to mention the sale of dog-, cock-, and bull-fighting videos, all of which promote cruelty as sport.
Roberts implied that this might be an opportunity for lawmakers to draft new legislation that will specifically ban filming and selling crush videos and other depictions of "extreme" cruelty. But who decides what amount of cruelty is acceptable? To me and many readers of this blog, hunting, fishing, and even butchering and some cooking videos constitute irresponsible depiction of extreme, unnecessary cruelty and exploitation. As god-awful annoying as those Got Milk? commercials are insomuch as they bring to mind the miserable lives of dairy cows, I'm willing to concede that those less direct implications of animal cruelty needn't be banned. But why must we recoil at the broader applications of a law that was apparently pointing us toward more aware and rational conclusions?
As of this decision, there is no protection for animals filmed being brutalized, and no punishment for those who profit off filming the brutalization of animals. Contact your representative to politely and firmly ask for a law that protects animals from starring in "films" depicting their own cruelty.
Below, ABC's report.
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Sorry, I'm with the Supreme Court on this one.
If you want to make an argument based on the rule of law (if it's wrong for one person, it's wrong for everyone), you have to accept that the law will protect speech you don't like. I would hope that vegans, who will always be an unpopular minority in our lifetimes, would understand the value of protecting unpopular speech promoting illegal activities. For instance, posting video of an ALF liberation action shouldn't subject you to criminal penalties. Considering what happened to the SHAC 7, you'd think vegans would be some of the most pro-free speech folks out there – even when the speech itself is abhorrent.
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Nice analysis from Will Potter: 3 Reasons Animal Rights Activists Should Support the Supreme Court?s Decision on Dog-Fighting Videos
His conclusion:
"Some activists have incorrectly portrayed the Supreme Court as ruling that animal cruelty is protected speech. Far from it. The court did not challenge the intent of this legislation, or its value. It simply said that this particular approach, this particular legislation, was too vague and too broad.
"To put it another way, this ruling is not about supporting these despicable videos, it is about not prohibiting others. And that?s a sentiment which will ultimately benefit supporters of both mainstream and ?radical? animal rights activism."
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Wait a minute. You guys need to read the original law that was struck down. That law prohibited possession/distribution of videos depicting animal cruelty only in cases where commercial activity is occurring. This is not a free speech issue, this is a commerce issue. And it is well established that Congress has the right to limit commerce where it deems appropriate. For deeper analysis, read this post:


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"When Stanford Professor Lee Shulman was first enmeshed in the research that led to Board certification of teachers by NBPTS, I asked him – in a hotel bathroom, of all places – what interesting findings were turning up about great teachers as compared to the rest. He replied: 'Well, you might not find this such a big deal, but a big indicator is the degree to which a teacher accurately describes what happens in her classroom.'"
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CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after a new bus stop was created to make journeys safer.
Magna Housing Association had built a new wall outside its houses at Peas Hill, Shipton Gorge, for safety reasons but then found cars were parking on the new section of pavement that had been installed at the same time.
Parish councillors met with Ken Bodycombe, Magna's community investment officer, to try to solve the problem, as they weren't happy with cars on the pavement because there is already plenty of parking at Peas Hill.
Mr Bodycombe said: "I suggested a shelter, which I had seen used elsewhere.
"Although it wasn't an official stop, buses do stop there and I thought a shelter could be used by local people and it would also make it difficult for cars to park on the pavement."
Campaigners Chris and Sue Brown, who live nearby, gathered more than 120 signatures in support of the plan.
The parish council then gave its backing to the shelter, which enabled Magna to avoid any planning issues.
And another villager, Sally Parker, campaigned to have the spot put on the official bus route.
She said: "It's a much safer stop now than where it was before, which was further up the road, where the visibility was not so good for traffic or children getting off.
"The residents are very happy with the shelter. It's better for the kids and we see people using it all the time."
And she paid tribute to parish councillor Stuart Thompson for being so supportive during the process.
She said: "He was instrumental in getting this through."
Mr Bodycombe added: "This wasn't a straightforward project but we now have very happy residents and children at Shipton Gorge who use the shelter."
Money for the £8,457 project came from Magna's community initiative fund. In the past 12 years, more than £1million has been donated to projects of benefit to residents and the wider community.


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Coinciding with the recent opening of Ohio's first legalized casinos; this book gives an in-depth look into the world of illegal gambling clubs located in Toledo, Ohio. This pictorial extravaganza presents a detailed look into the past, going back as far as the turn of the century. Included are detailed descriptions of the clubs; from the dates of operation, the locations, the owners and operators to the police raids that attempted to shut them down.
Illegal Gambling Clubs of Toledo is one of the most complete collections ever compiled of scarce Toledo gambling club memorabilia from an era when even a pinball machine was considered illegal gambling. The inventory and pictures of scarce gambling chips and dice used in the clubs is a feast for the collector.
Mobster history buffs will rejoice now that Toledo's Purple Gang has been listed in detail with many names and mug shots that have never before been seen by the public.
With 72 different illegal gambling operations listed, you'll find this book entertaining as well as informative.
Terry Shaffer has been a resident of Toledo since 1966. A graduate of the University of Toledo and local business owner he has spent the past fifteen years researching and collecting vintage casino gambling chips.