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Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf put on an unbroken century stand to frustrate England after the hosts had piled up 515 in the third Test at Headingley.
The tourists ended day three on 202-2 after losing both openers early.
Earlier, Ian Bell hit his third century in as many Tests, Kevin Pietersen made 135 and tail-enders Sajid Mahmood (34) and Steve Harmison (36) entertained.
Taufeeq Umar then edged Matthew Hoggard behind and Salman Butt was run out but Younis (64) and Yousuf (91) held firm.
Close: Pakistan 202-2 (Yousuf 91 not out, Younis 64 not out)
1821: A single comes off the final over of the day, which is delivered by Panesar. The early part of the day clearly belonged to England but Pakistan, in the guise of Yousuf and Younis, have fought back in gritty fashion and will be looking for more of the same when they resume on Sunday morning.
1818: Pietersen's off-spin is given an airing and Yousuf stuns everyone by dispatching his second delivery over mid-on for six. So much for playing for the close. In total 14 come off the over and a Yousuf pull for four takes Pakistan past the 200 mark.
1816: Panesar whirls his way through a maiden and with just two overs left many of the crowd have decided to call it a day.
1812: Younis suddenly comes to life and gets both feet off the ground as he viciously square-cuts Harmison for four. The England paceman goes round the wicket but over-pitches and Younis drills the ball through extra-cover for four. The England pacemen look like they cannot wait for the day to be over.
1808: Panesar is given a go from the Kirkstall Lane end and his final delivery rips past Yousuf's outside edge. Yousuf and Younis have now put on 143 vital runs for the tourists.
1805: Yousuf late cuts Harmison to the vacant third-man boundary to move into the 70s.
1801: Yousuf (69 not out) and Younis (53 not out) both look well set and determined to bat through to the close. Mahmood is bowling with good pace, just under 90mph, but his attempts to ruffle the Pakistan batsman are unsuccessful.
1756: In an attempt to force a breakthrough England bring back Harmison. He has been on and off the field for the past hour or so because of a leg problem but runs in OK in another uneventful over.
1753: Mahmood sends down another solid over but with England setting such a defensive field the game is in danger of stagnating. A minimum of 11 overs remain this evening.
1750: England's substitute fielder Richard Pyrah pulls off a great stop at mid-wicket to deny Yousuf a definite four off Panesar.
1743: England try something different as Panesar switches to over the wicket. One run comes off the over.
1740: The game has entered a lull, with Pakistan content to tick over as England go on the defensive in the field. Mahmood's over yields just a single.
1737: Panesar races through another over and then heads down to the boundary to speak to the physio, although they do not seem overly concerned about the left-leg injury he suffered earlier on.
1734: England bring back Mahmood in place of Hoggard and the final ball of his over is whipped through mid-wicket by Yousuf for four despite Bell's despairing effort.
1728: Younis works a Panesar delivery into space to reach his 50. It is greeted with near-total indifference from the Headingley crowd, who are no doubt busy ripping up all the paper they can find for their next Mexican wave.
1725: With Read standing up to the stumps Hoggard's line has improved markedly and he sends down a maiden.
1719: Panesar launches another enthusiastic appeal and as he spins round to umpire Hair he appears to hurt his left leg. He places his weight very carefully for the next couple of deliveries but gets through his over OK.
1716: The recalled Read, brought back as keeper in place of Geraint Jones, is standing up to the medium pace of Hoggard. Long regarded as the best gloveman in the country, this is a great opportunity for the Nottinghamshire man to demonstrate his skills.
1713: Panesar sends down another maiden over.
1708: Yousuf brings up his fifty with a cover drive off Hoggard. It has come off just 57 balls, rapid given the mammoth total Pakistan are chasing. Hoggard then strays down leg and Younis helps himself to a boundary.
1704: Play resumes after drinks with Panesar soon launching into a huge appeal for lbw as Younis misses a sweep, but umpire Darrell Hair spots the ball hitting the glove and is unmoved. The over is a welcome maiden as Pakistan's batsmen are showing signs of taking control.
1658: Maybe Hoggard is attacking middle-and-leg as a tactic. He throws in a no-ball by way of variation which brings up the 100 partnership between Yousuf and Younis.
1647: Hoggard picks the ball up on his follow through and throws down the stumps, but Younis is unmoved. Or maybe he is a little shaken up as next ball he on-drives uppishly and the ball lands only a yard short of Harmison at mid-on.
But he soon settles again and drills Hoggard through the covers for four as the Yorkshireman tries what appears to be an off-cutter which turns into a wide half-volley.
1644: Younis sweeps Panesar for two to join Yousuf on 38.
1641: Hoggard has not impressed so far and he once again struggles to find an accurate line. Whatever the reason - over-excitement at playing in front of his home crowd, difficulty finding his stride pattern running down the hill? - the Yorkshire swing bowler is below his best.
1637: Monty finishes his second over with one that grips and rips past Younis' groping bat. The crowd oohs and aahs in delight at the sight of an England spinner getting both turn and bounce.
1631: Local hero Hoggy returns and soon has Yousuf hopping about as he finds some bounce off a length. Next ball Yousuf fishes at a wide one and the ball flies through the vacant third-slip area past Strauss' despairing drive. That would be the third slip Strauss had removed just minutes before then.
1629: England introduce Panesar into the attack and he is straight on the spot, enjoying one enthusiastic shout for lbw on his way to sending down a maiden.
1622: Harmison continues to bang the ball in short at Yousuf and when he pitches it up the Pakistan batsman leans into the ball and punches it straight down the ground for four.
Next ball Harmison gets one to really climb at Yousuf and the ball flies just over the outstretched hand of Strauss in the slips, bringing up the 100 in the process.
It turns out to be an expensive over for Harmison as six more runs come and this pair's partnership is currently rattling along at over a run a ball.
1618: Mahmood is drilled to the cover boundary by Younis as he drags yet another ball down short and wide.
1616: Oops. Pietersen did brilliantly to run out Butt earlier in the innings but he lets himself down as he shies at the stumps with Yousuf safely home and concedes four overthrows as Hoggard cannot field the throw.
1614: After his poor over immediately after the re-start Mahmood picks himself up to send down a much better over this time, rapping Yousuf on the pads with one delivery.
1608: Harmison peppers Younis with short balls but the Pakistan batsman is equal to the task, hooking one of them for four.
1603: The evening session gets under way. The tea break seems to have done Mahmood no good at all and he twice bowls half-volleys which are drilled to the boundary as nine runs come off the over.
Tea: Pakistan 66-2 (Younis 15, Yousuf 11)
1541: Harmison beats Yousuf's outside edge with the penultimate ball of the session. Tea is taken with Pakistan a long way from safety at 66-2.
1538: Younis looks as though he has decided to attack and flays Mahmood for four. The cloud has thickened up over Headingley and both Harmison and Mahmood are getting the odd ball to really fly through.
1532: Double anguish for Harmison. First Yousuf essays a flamboyant drive and the ball jags back through the gate and flies through to the keeper. Next ball Yousuf edges to third slip and Paul Collingwood is unable to hold onto a sharp chance low to his right.
1528: Mohammad Yousuf gets off the mark by angling the impressive Mahmood down to third man for three.
1522: WICKET - Pakistan 36-2 (Butt run out 20)Pietersen pounces with a brilliant bit of fielding, swooping from point and hitting the stumps to run out Butt by a yard.
1520: Thanks Hoggy! England remove Hoggard from the attack despite his wicket and Harmison gets his chance from the Kirkstall Lane end.
1517: Mahmood is bowling beautifully and he first raps Butt on the pads before beating new batsman Younis Khan with a beauty outside off-stump.
1510: WICKET - Pakistan 34-1 (Taufeeq 8 c Read b Hoggard)But no! It was all a cunning plan from Hoggard to lure Taufeeq into a false sense of security. Hoggard sends one down in reach for once, Taufeeq obliges with an edge and Read marks his return to the England cause with a fine acrobatic catch to his left.
1508: Hoggard's woes continue as he struggles with his line and oversteps once more. His yeoman trudge back to his mark looks even more heavy legged than normal. When he follows up with his third wide meltdown looks on the cards.
1503: England introduce Mahmood into the attack in place of Harmison and his first ball leaps off the pitch and flies through to keeper Chris Read. Later in the over he repeats the trick and the crowd's attention, which had started to wander, is now right back on the cricket.
1459: It is hard to believe Headingley is Hoggard's home ground as he sends down his second wide, which he promptly follows with a no-ball. Butt adds to his frustration with an extra-cover drive for three.
1451: Hoggard seems to have lost the shape he was getting in his first couple of overs and the Pakistan openers look in little trouble as he continually spears the ball across them.
Naturally, two balls later he gets it absolutely right and Taufeeq just fails to get an edge to a fine delivery.
1445: Harmison makes one rear alarmingly at Butt and the Pakistan opener rides his luck as he gloves it just over short leg. The Pakistan batsman recovers his composure and picks up his first four with an extra-cover drive.
1441: The match is in a cagey spell, with the pressure on England's attack to make something happen while Pakistan's openers remain intent on seeing off the new ball.
Hoggard releases the pressure with a ball which is so far outside off stump it is called a wide. Two balls later Taufeeq latches onto an inviting half-volley and flashes him through extra-cover for the first boundary of the Pakistan innings.
1437: Taufeeq flashes at a wide one from Harmison but would have needed Inspector Gadget's extendable arms to make contact as the ball drifted away towards first slip.
1433: Butt clips Hoggard through mid-wicket for a couple with Panesar getting his customary cheer as he fields the ball. From the next delivery Butt is rapped on the pads but umpire Billy Doctrove rules the ball would have passed over the stumps and turns down Hoggard's appeal for lbw.
1428: The England opening bowlers are both right on the spot but the Pakistan openers are so far equal to the task. Harmison is spearing the ball across the left-handers, who have resisted the temptation to have a dart.
1419: Harmison opens up with a short ball to Butt, who plays it uncomfortably round the corner for a single. Taufeeq plays out the rest of the over without too much trouble.
1417: Hoggard is swinging the ball into the left-handed Pakistan opening pair and he sends down a good opening over.
1413: Pakistan openers Taufeeq Umar and Salman Butt are at the wicket, with Butt preparing to face the first ball from Matthew Hoggard, who is operating from the Kirkstall Lane end. Butt clips the ball off his legs to get the scoreboard moving immediately.
"The opening burst from Hoggard and Harmison will be key as they are England's main threats on this wicket."TMS commentator Graham Gooch
1405: WICKET - England 515 all out (Mahmood 34 b Gul)Gul brings the fun to an end as he cleans up Mahmood with a fine yorker, but England have batted themselves into a very strong position and Pakistan will face a tough time over the next couple of days trying to get into a position to avoid defeat.
1403: Panesar squeezes the ball down to third man for a boundary, sparking mass excitement in the stands. He repeats the shot next ball but only picks up a single.
1400: Kaneria torments Panesar with a series of googlies. The England number 11 finally has a big swing and the ball evades everyone, keeper included, as it races to the boundary for four byes.
1357: Gul slides one past the edge of Panesar's bat. When the next one hits the middle the crowd cheers as though he had just cuffed the ball to the boundary.
1351: WICKET - England 501-9 (Harmison 36 c Sami b Kaneria)Harmison's flurry (36 off 27 balls) comes to an end as he top-edges a sweep to the man behind square. He receives a large ovation as he leaves the field and the noise is even louder as crowd favourite Panesar takes to the field.
1349: Harmison, the ball after surviving a stumping appeal, sweeps Kaneria for a single to bring up the 500 for England.
1345: Gul opens the bowling from the other end and promptly has to suffer as Harmison carves him down to third man for four, bringing up the 50 partnership off 38 balls.
1342: Mahmood slices a drive away through the covers off Kaneria from the second ball after lunch.
1339: There should be more fun and games in store as Harmison and Mahmood prepare to resume their thrill-a-minute partnership.
Lunch: England 488-8 (Mahmood 22, Harmison 30)
1259: England are careering towards 500 as Mahmood laces the reintroduced Gul through the covers for four with a front-foot cut. So far the two English tail-enders have put on 43 off 30 balls.
1255: Mahmood shows Darren Gough is not the only England paceman with nifty footwork as he dances down the pitch to Kaneria, although his on-drive only brings one run. Harmison follows suit and his quick-step results in a lofted four straight down the ground.
The next ball is swept behind square for four, sparking wrestling-style chants of "easy, easy" from the bubbling Headingley crowd.
1251: The crowd comes to life as Mahmood connects with a pull off Nazir and the ball races well in front of square for four. Both the tail-enders are prepared to have a go and Harmison joins in the fun by swatting Nazir for six over square-leg off consecutive deliveries.
1244: Nazir fires in a yorker at new batsman Steve Harmison and the Durham paceman manages to dig it out and send it racing between the keeper and first slip for four.
1241: WICKET - England 444-8 (Bell 119 b Kaneria)Amazement all round as Bell is finally dismissed by the Pakistan attack. Bell, whose only previous dismissal this series came courtesy of a poor call from Andrew Strauss, tries to cut Kaneria and the ball clips off stump.
1237: Pakistan captain Inzamam prepares to return to the field after a spell in the pavilion.
1235: Sami hurries Bell and when he jabs down on the ball it just avoids bouncing onto the stumps.
1228: Sami bangs one in at Mahmood who just manages to get his gloves in the way as the ball spears in at his head - yet more confirmation that the fast bowlers' union is a thing of the past.
1224: Pakistan have introduced leg-spinner Danish Kaneria into the attack. He goes round the wicket to Bell, who lofts him straight down the ground for a one-bounce four.
1217: Sajid Mahmood gets off the mark with a sweep for four.
1212: WICKET - England 421-7 (Pietersen 135 c Nazir b Sami)Pietersen flashes at a wide one from Sami and escapes as the ball floats wide of Inzamam at extra-cover.
He then tries to drive a length ball from Sami over the top and only manages to clump the ball down long-off's throat. His 135 came off 169 balls with two sixes and 20 fours.
1210: Pietersen is showing signs of coming to life and two fours take him onto 133.
"I saw you perusing the BBC Sport website this morning Vic. Were you downloading your Monty Panesar mask?"CMJ on TMS
"I hesitate to criticise my employers but it's a bit tacky having masks isn't it? And why don't they have a Paul Collingwood mask?"Vic Marks replies
1158: Bell stands tall and hits a back-foot drive through extra cover to bring up the 400 for England. They have enjoyed plenty of luck on their way but it looks a competitive total.
Next ball Bell elegantly on-drives for four, becoming the 10th England player to score a hundred in three consecutive Tests. It is his fifth Test century overall and came off 172 balls, with 11 fours.
1154: Bell top-edges a pull but the ball falls clear of the square-leg fielder. It appears Tony has joined us in trying to jinx the England man, who takes a single off the last ball of the over and is now just six short of a century.
"One of the most pleasing aspects of England's batting this summer is that the batsmen have all gone on after getting starts. At the risk of jinxing Bell, if he gets to his 100 that will be all eight 50s converted into centuries."Tony in Hull via email to TMS
1149: Sami finds the edge of Bell's bat but once again the ball falls short of the slips. He then fences at a good one and misses, before flashing at a wide delivery which he again fails to make contact with.
1145: Bell cracks one behind square for four but two balls later Gul gets one to rear off a length and it snorts past Bell's outside edge.
1141: Mohammad Sami is brought into the attack and Bell promptly drives him on the up through mid-on for four, moving onto 84 in the process.
1133: Pietersen drills a drive back at Gul who deflects the ball onto the stumps as Bell dives for his crease. The England man gets his bat down before the ball arrives and although it then bounces back in the air it is just after the ball hits the stumps and the third umpire rules in Bell's favour.
That the incident happened within five minutes of the BBC Sport website pointing out that not only has Bell only been dismissed once this series, but also that the dismissal was not Bell's fault, is entirely typical.
Had he been dismissed we would have assumed full responsibility.
"There are signs of uneven bounce. The ball to Bell squatted a little bit low and that will please the England bowlers."TMS commentator Graham Gooch.
1128: Nazir finds the edge of Bell's bat but he plays the shot with soft hands and the ball falls short of the slips before racing away for four. Bell has so far scored 314 runs in the series and only been dismissed once - when he was run out by Andrew Strauss at Lord's.
1124: Pietersen rocks onto the back foot and sends a short ball from Gul scudding through mid-wicket for four as he moves onto 114 not out.
Gul responds with a fine delivery which leaves Pietersen groping uncertainly outside off stump - fortunately for England the ball evades his outside edge.
1121:Pietersen gets his first runs of the day - after 16 deliveries - as Nazir strays down leg side. Pietersen follows up next ball with a typically expansive lofted cover drive as Nazir overcompensates and drifts too wide of off stump.
1119: The cloud has lifted a bit since play started. There is not much sign of swing for the Pakistan bowlers, but they have been right on target.
1115: Saturday is fancy dress day at Headingley and among the crowd are daleks, milkmaids, what can only be a stag party dressed as bunny girls and a group of Supermen wearing Monty Panesar moustaches and patkas (mini-turbans).
1114: Nazir is right on the spot and Pietersen is forced to play out a maiden.
1111: Pietersen is wearing a strap on his left forearm to try and prevent a repeat of the problems which forced him to retire hurt on Friday.
1108: Bell neatly clips Gul through mid-wicket for a couple but gets a bottom edge when he attempts a cut next ball, although it falls well short of the slips. Bell then edges a drive for four past the slips as Gul gets some away movement.
1106: Bell collects the first three runs off the bat, angling Nazir down to third man.
1103: Akmal's uneasy start continues as Shahid Nazir jags one back and it again escapes the keeper's grasp. Inzamam lumbers over to retrieve it once more as England take another bye.
1100: The first ball of the day, from Umar Gul, dies on keeper Kamran Akmal, squirms past his gloves and England get their score ticking over with a bye.
1057: Inzamam-ul-Haq leads the Pakistan team onto the field, followed by England batsmen Bell and Pietersen. England fans will be hoping the latter's cramp has disappeared overnight and that he will be able to put the Pakistan attack to the sword.
"Ian Bell has fitted perfectly into England's plans. He has been a revelation."TMS commentator Vic Marks
On only five previous occasions have England captains declared three successive England innings closed. When Strauss did so in the second Test at Old Trafford he became the first to do so in his first three innings as captain.
I predict England will declare at 487-8, making it the first time four successive innings have been declared.
Australia, of course, have had one run of four and one of five, but then they're Australians. No other Test team has a run of four.Peter Scott via email to TMS
1040: Light cloud blankets Headingley, suggesting there will be swing available to the Pakistan attack.
However, they will have to get the ball in the right areas, something they struggled to do on day one.
"Kevin Pietersen is taking to international cricket very easily and, with Ian Bell in good touch, things are looking good for England."Former captain Alec Stewart on BBC Radio Five Live


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Teachers and management at Liceo de Monterrey, a boys-only private school in Monterrey, Mexico, were not satisfied with their learning platform.
They used the platform to post student documents or to arrange a few online exams. It had not been updated for five years because updating was costly and time consuming. Liceo de Monterrey principal Fransisco Guzman was not impressed.
"We were using it as a repository," he says. "We realised that a new learning platform could add real value to our teachers and students, so we went looking for a replacement."
In June, after attending an itslearning launch in Monterrey, Mexico, he chose itslearning as the school's new learning platform. "We loved the platform when we saw it the first time. The first impression was that it is a good product," Fransisco says.
"It is easy to use, simple and intuitive, and it enables collaboration in a very smooth way. We saw the platform as a support for the teaching and learning process, not as a substitute for interaction between teachers and students."
Fransisco and his teachers identified a problem at his school. His teachers were creating valuable resources but they had no way of sharing them.
"We were struggling to control the process of planning all of our classes. It was a mess, we had no control over it," he explains. "There was no way of sharing and taking advantage of all of the great material that teachers produced, so our teachers were working in isolation. itslearning should change that."
At the itslearning demo, Fransisco and a group of teachers were introduced to My Library, a feature in itslearning that allows teachers to share their resources.
"When I saw that, it was clear to me that we needed to do this fast," Fransisco says. "We realised this tool will help us to standardize the planning process. It enables teachers to share their materials with each other, and enables collaboration between teachers at the school and even at other schools."
Fransisco says consulting with his teachers to hear what they thought of the platform was a crucial element in the decision to sign with itslearning. He attended three itslearning demo sessions with five of his teachers.
"Their impressions were very positive," he says. "We took them into account because they are the ones who are actually using the tool."
The teachers liked that they were able to make multimedia teaching resources available to students and each other via the itslearning platform. This allows them to give their students access to online materials without them having access to inappropriate websites.
"It's a closed environment. We take control of what students do on the web," Fransisco says. "You can put them inside the platform, and they don't need to go anywhere else on the web to get the information they need. That was a very important feature for us."
Liceo de Monterrey plans to start using itslearning for all its secondary courses in August, which means getting the platform fully implemented just two-and-half months after seeing it for the first time.
Liceo de Monterrey, a boys-only private school in Monterrey, has 1,000 students, 70 per cent of which are in Years 1-9 with the remaining students in Years 10-12. In June, Liceo de Monterrey´s sister school, a girls-only private school, also signed a two-year contract with itslearning.
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A vital part of the healthcare team here at Doctors Medical Center, the DMC Service League has a variety of service areas, from direct patient contact to helping behind the scenes. Being a volunteer at Doctors Medical Center is rewarding not only for the volunteer, but also the patients and staff.
Volunteers are asked to give a minimum of four hours a week for at least six months. A sampling of the opportunities for service are:
Our Service League is committed to supporting the hospital's goal of maintaining our status as an excellent hospital, and are a vital part of the team. As a volunteer you will receive training, support and satisfaction in knowing you are making a difference.
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Whatever your reason for volunteering, you will find it very rewarding and your contribution will be both needed and appreciated. To apply, please complete the Service League Application or call the Service League at (510) 970-5334 to request that an application be mailed to your home. Completed applications can be returned by mail, fax or email.
Interested applicants must be over 18 years old and pass mandated health and background check requirements prior to beginning their volunteer work. Once your application has been received and reviewed, a member of the Hospital's Service League will contact you to set up an interview. Please bring a complete set of the following required health records to your interview:
Individuals who are unable to provide their health records will be asked to provide a $20 deposit at the time of the interview that is refundable after the first 100 hours of service.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Before he retires as commissioner, Paul Tagliabue would like to see the NFL get closer to placing a team back in Los Angeles.
While Tagliabue plans to be gone from the league in July - if the owners can get together and find a successor by then - a solution to the situation doesn't figure to come that soon.
Two sites are being considered, in Anaheim and at the current location of the Los Angeles Coliseum, each with cost estimates at $800 million, considerably higher than previous price tags. Tagliabue is eager to see a franchise return to Los Angeles, which was abandoned by the Raiders and the Rams after the 1994 season - then failed to come up with public financing for an expansion team, which went to Houston beginning in 2002.
The subject is being discussed this week at the NFL meetings, although it will be at the spring meetings in May that any concrete plans are developed.
"My guess is that we will be going forward with those presentations on behalf of the Coliseum and Anaheim so that we can make some decisions in Denver, to select one of the stadium projects and to go forward with the process of identifying a team and building a stadium," Tagliabue said.
Tagliabue has told the 32 team owners that unless a plan for Los Angeles is formulated soon, getting a team back into the nation's second-largest market won't occur by the end of the decade. For now, a six-man committee is handling the issue.
He admitted that the stadium situation in California is not a good one. The Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers all play in older ballparks and are seeking new homes - with a large chunk of municipal funding. The league has the G3 fund that helps get stadiums built and has worked well in other cities.
But it has not gotten anywhere on the West Coast, south of Seattle.
"They don't have the best stadiums in California," Tagliabue said, "and we're trying to work on that. Yes, it will be a priority."
Another priority for Tagliabue is making sure the Saints get back to New Orleans. The league scheduled the Saints' first home game in the Louisiana Superdome since Hurricane Katrina hit last August for Sept. 24, the third week of the season. Tagliabue said he's been assured by Saints owner Tom Benson that the team is progressing well toward its return, and the commissioner will be in New Orleans next week to "identify progress made in critical areas."
Tagliabue also dismisses the chance of a regular-season game outside the United States this year. In 2005, Arizona hosted San Francisco in Mexico City, drawing 103,467, the largest crowd in NFL history. The Cardinals won 31-14 and Tagliabue called the game "an element of legitimacy."
Still, the NFL won't be going overseas in '06.
The competition committee presented its proposals to the ownership on Tuesday and votes will be taken Wednesday on the issues. They include:
- Cracking down on end-zone celebrations. Players won't be allowed to do anything while on the ground, and also can't use props such end-zone pylons. They can spike, dunk or spin the ball as long as they are standing in the end zone and it is not a group thing.
- Allowing video reviews of down-by-contact plays; this proposal was defeated in an owners vote a year ago. Currently, a play is dead once the whistle blows and the ballcarrier is ruled down by the officials.
- Toughening enforcement on pass rushers who hit quarterbacks below the knees.
"In five years, we won't be allowed to hit the quarterback at all," Chiefs coach Herman Edwards joked, then added he strongly supports the rule. "Hey, I went through five (quarterbacks with the Jets) last year."
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The First Baptist Church of Redlands, which celebrated its 125th anniversary last year, is beginning new programs and a new schedule this fall.
Beginning this Sunday, the church will have a single worship service, at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday. The single service will enable the entire congregation to come together each Sunday and allow newcomers to see the church as a whole rather than in parts.
First Baptist Church of Redlands offers Sunday School classes for all ages, from toddlers through seniors. This fall, Sunday School classes will be expanded to include shorter term topic courses such as "God Answering Prayer" and "Science and Faith." With the new schedule, Sunday School classes will meet at 9 a.m., before the worship service.
The new schedule also includes a fellowship time at 11:30 a.m., following the worship service, when friends can connect and newcomers can be welcomed into the church community.
First Baptist Church of Redlands is at 51 W. Olive Ave., Redlands.
For information, visit www.fbcredlands.org or call the church office at 909-793-3289.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- So much for the New England Patriots' recent inability to win big games.
Tom Brady tied a playoff record with six touchdown passes -- three to TE Rob Gronkowski to match another postseason mark -- as the top-seeded Pats buried the Denver Broncos 45-10 Saturday night to advance to the AFC Championship Game for the sixth time in the Brady-Bill Belichick era. The win broke a three-game playoff skid for the Patriots, dating to the Super Bowl XLII loss that marred their previously perfect 2007 season.
The Patriots will host the Ravens or Texans next Sunday afternoon.
After seemingly captivating the nation with his magical performance in last week's wild-card win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Broncos QB Tim Tebow wasn't a factor on this night, completing just nine of 26 passes for 136 yards but none of the downfield throws that marked his heroics in that unforgettable overtime thriller.
But Tebow never stood much of a chance given the way Brady shredded the Denver defense all night.
BOX SCORE: Broncos at Patriots
11:26 p.m.: That's it, Pats move on.
11:17 p.m.: Pats take a timeout so Brady can quick kick? Broncos seem to think they're getting a little too cute, and rookie LB Von Miller initiates a skirmish by hitting a New England player in the back ... and it spills onto the New England sideline with Bill Belichick getting into the middle of it. Brady's punt, for the record, rolls for 48 yards.
11:10 p.m.: Valiant effort by the never-quit Broncos comes up short. But now Brady has returned to set another team record -- 363 passing yards in a playoff game.
10:53 p.m.: Crowd didn't like the running plays near the goal line. Gostkowski kicks a 20-yard FG to make it Patriots 45, Broncos 10
10:49 p.m.: Gronkowski nearly gets the record there with a beautiful 28-yard grab near the pylon.
10:45 p.m.: How much longer is Belichick going to play Brady in a game that's getting a little chippy? Maybe long enough for another TD pass to Gronkowski?
10:41 p.m.: Broncos K Matt Prater drills a 41-yard FG ... and not even Vegas cares. Patriots 42, Broncos 10
10:40 p.m.: Gator on Gator crime ... Tebow sacked by former University of Florida teammate Brandon Spikes.
10:36 p.m.: Tebow seems a little angry on the field after absorbing that rib-rattling sack from Shaun Ellis.
10:31 p.m.: Interesting to note Broncos keep running. They're not coming back from a five-TD burial, but it seems like an appropriate time to try and spread the ball through the air and continue Tebow's development for must-pass scenarios.
10:29 p.m.: The Huddle prediction -- the Broncos will sign or draft another quarterback this offseason ... if only because Tebow is the only one the team currently has under contract for 2012 with Brady Quinn slated for free agency. Tonight aside, hard to argue Tebow hasn't earned the chance to be the opening day starter next season. Next prediction is that he should get better this spring and summer under tutelage of personnel boss John Elway and OC Mike McCoy.
10:24 p.m.: Pats rookie RB Stevan Ridley was a shoestring away from making this game 49-7.
10:22 p.m.: Denver's worst playoff loss ever? Super Bowl XXIV when the 49ers wiped them out 55-10. Time to queue up another Tom Brady to Joe Montana comparison?
10:20 p.m.: New England fans really amping up their mocking "Tebow, Tebow, Tebow" chants.
10:19 p.m.: By the numbers ...
10:16 p.m.: Speaking of Steve Young, the Hall of Fame QB turned ESPN analyst, he said earlier this season that the Broncos could play winning football with Tim Tebow under center but not championship football. Tebow should have plenty of time in the coming years to refine his game -- remember, Young was once in a similar boat coming out of Tampa Bay in the late 1980s -- but for tonight, at least, Young's point holds validity.
10:13 p.m.: Brady finds Hernandez from 17 yards out for his sixth TD pass of the night, tying an NFL record himself for TD passes in a postseason game (Daryle Lamonica, Steve Young). Patriots 42, Broncos 7
10:09 p.m.: Some more first-half numbers to peruse ...
10:04 p.m.: The Huddle patriarch and our buddy and former colleague Sean Leahy suggesting Tebow pray to Frank Reich.
10:02 p.m.: Incidentally, Gronkowski joins Hall of Famer Dave Casper as the only tight ends with three TD receptions in a playoff game. It's been done 17 times total, a record Gronk can break if he hits pay dirt again in the second half.
10:02 p.m.: Denver takes possession in the second half facing a daunting task.
9:49 p.m.: QB comparison at the midpoint ...
9:47 p.m.: The New England crowd derisively chants "Tebow" as the Patriots' dominant first half comes to an end.
9:44 p.m.: Brady lasers another one into Gronkowski from 19 yards for a TD. Sorry, Timmy T., this one's over. Patriots 35, Broncos 7
9:43 p.m.: Hernandez reception for 23 -- New England is already in Gostkowski range at the Denver 30.
9:42 p.m.: Brady has 69 seconds to truly bury Denver before the half.
9:38 p.m.: Broncos have to help their quarterback. Whether you want to call it lack of anticipation or waiting for his receivers to get open, Tebow needs Lance Ball to catch the gimmes rather than drop them.
9:34 p.m.: Dagger. Branch makes up for his earlier drop by turning CB Andre' Goodman around and hauling in a 61-yard catch-and-run TD from Brady down the left sideline. Brady's four TD passes set a new Patriots playoff record. Patriots 28, Broncos 7
9:32: Broncos forced to punt it back to the Pats, who take over on their own 28. They need about 37 yards to get K Stephen Gostkowski into FG range and a potential 17-point halftime lead.
9:30 p.m.: Tebow takes a 4-yard sack and 6-yard negative rush on successive plays. Denver quickly going backwards after clawing out of its hole.
9:24 p.m.: Pats WR Deion Branch flubbed a chance for a big gainer there. But the damage isn't too bad. P Zoltan Mesko pins the Broncos are on their 11 with a 38-yard punt. Onus back to Tebow to get Denver moving.
9:22 p.m.: Tebow is now 2-for-7 for 18 yards. Belichick's defense is, in fact, not ceding anything downfield ... and surely won't up two TDs. And Tebow's struggles on the short throws are currently evident. He's going to need to connect on some short stuff to get the offense going. Otherwise, expect the Pats to keep two safeties deep the rest of the night.
9:19 p.m.: Tebow tries a pitch to WR Eddie Royal on the option ... 1 yard.
9:16 p.m.: And Gronkowski hauls in a 12-yard TD pass. After catching 17 this season -- a record at the position -- Gronk has two tonight. Eight of Brady's 13 completions have gone to tight ends, illustrating how drastically different this New England offense is to the version that drove the team to Super Bowl XLII when WR Randy Moss caught a single-season record 23 TDs. Patriots 21, Broncos 7
9:14 p.m.: That's three carries (58 yards) for Hernandez. This deployment of the second-year tight end may be the next wrinkle of Bill Belichick genius we obsess over.
9:10 p.m.: That was a field position win for the Patriots. They resume possession at midfield with Tebow unable to get the offense out of the shadow of the Denver goalposts.
9:06 p.m.: After enduring that blow from Hernandez, Denver's Carter currently on bench with a neck injury. We'll see if he returns at what's becoming a perilously thin spot for the Broncos.
9:04 p.m.: Brady's second pick hit Broncos LB Joe Mays in the hands ... but didn't stick there. Now you know why Mays didn't play tight end.
9:02 p.m.: Throw out the INT, and Brady's having a nice night so far, connecting on 10 of his first 12 throws. Still waiting for Denver's premier pass rushers, DE Elvis Dumervil and rookie OLB Von Miller, to make a mark on this game.
9 p.m.: Patriots start on their 40, getting nice field possession after Broncos G Zane Beadles' personal foul following McGahee's score.
8:56 p.m.: McGahee bulls in from 5 yards out, and we have a 14-7 game. Not only does it cut the deficit, it allows Denver to remain balanced offensively -- something it wants to be given its league-best rushing attack. Patriots 14, Broncos 7
8:52 p.m.: There's no denying Brady's playoff greatness. But did you know he's now thrown five INTs in his past three playoff starts? The latest has the Broncos on the brink of cutting into the lead on a night when Brady and Co. seek their first playoff win since beating the Chargers in the 2007 AFC Championship Game on this very field.
8:50 p.m.: Broncos rookie S Quinton Carter picks off Brady and returns it 17 yards to the New England 24 before getting leveled by Hernandez. Turnovers, atypical of Brady, would be the expedient way to get Denver back into this one.
8:49: Brady finds Welker to move the chains.
8:44 p.m.: Thomas catches a break as the refs say his forward progress had stopped before his apparent fumble.
8:39 p.m.: Here's the crux of the Tebow debate -- can his style dig the Broncos out of a hole. The Steelers were only up 6-0 last Sunday when Tebow starting producing TDs. Expect the Patriots to force him into a short passing game rather than allowing deep downfield shots to WR Demaryius Thomas.
8:38 p.m.: Steratore confirms the 10-yard TD catch by Gronkowski in the corner of the end zone. Like we said, a day of tight end dominance in the NFL. Patriots 14, Broncos 0
8:35 p.m.: Will that TD catch for Gronkowski stand up? ... Ref Gene Steratore is taking a long look now.
8:32 p.m.: Hernandez burned the Broncos for nine catches, 129 yards and a TD in last month's win at Denver. Gronkowski and Welker were limited to a combined eight catches for 94 yards. But the entire trio is already making its presence felt tonight.
8:29 p.m.: Patriots using a formation featuring Hernandez as the lone e back ... and he gets another carry for 5 yards.
8:27 p.m.: Fumbles have been a problem for Tebow and are an evident byproduct of his unique skill set given both his penchant for running and holding the ball for long stretches in the pocket. He lost a fumble in each of the Broncos' final five regular-season games.
8:25 p.m.: RB Willis McGahee breaks off a 19-yard run. Remember, he burned the Patriots for 70 yards and just seven carries when the teams met last month before a hamstring injury sidelined for nearly 75% of the game.
8:24 p.m.: Tebow shows off those legs with a 14-yard scramble for Denver's first first down of the evening.
8:22 p.m.: Broncos QB Tim Tebow takes the field in a 7-0 hole with only 1:51 of game clock gone. Despite the 12-degree wind chill, Tebow "warmed" up in a sleeveless T-shirt this evening.
8:20 p.m.: Brady has thrown a TD pass in 18 consecutive playoff games.
8:18 p.m.: Has this become a tight end league or what? Aaron Hernandez runs for 43 yards to set up WR Wes Welker's 7-yard TD catch from Tom Brady. On a day when Vernon Davis and Jimmy Graham sparkled in San Francisco, expect a lot more of Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski tonight in chilly Foxborough. Patriots 7, Broncos 0
8:16 p.m.: We're underway seconds after the Niners' thrilling win over the Saints.
7:15 p.m.: Broncos S Brian Dawkins (neck) has been ruled out.
GAME PREVIEW: Broncos at Patriots
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Despite his .161 batting average through ten games, outfielder Kale Kiser wasn't worried. He knew it was early in the season and slumps happen.
"It was a 3-2 fastball," said Kiser. "I will take it. I still have a lot of work to do, but it's something to build on…The ball carried and got up in the wind."
Nebraska used seven pitchers in all, with Tyler Niederklein picking up the win, throwing 1.2 total innings, and giving up one earned run.
"I thought we came out a little nervous, there were a lot of fans here," said Nebraska head coach Darin Erstad, who saw 4,169 fans come out for the first year head coach's first home contest.
"It's not always like this?" said a joking Erstad.
Nebraska's Travis Huber picked up his third save of the season, striking out two in the top of the ninth inning.
Chad Christensen continued his hot start to the season, going 2-for-4 with three RBI. The junior was batting .390 coming into the contest with 41 at bats.
Nebraska returns home tomorrow for a 1:35 PM start against Nebraska Kearney.
More to come from Big Red Report on today's contest later tonight.
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Eli is a red haired, well groomed man in his thirties. He is a hardworking man devoted to his family and the pursuit of the dollar. He is polite, but generally keeps his opinions to himself and stays out of other people's business.
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Governor Shumlin's plan to transfer $17 million from the state's Earned Income Tax Credit program to pay for his child care initiative is under fire in the Senate.
Shumlin is looking to the Senate to keep his plan alive because it was rejected by the House last month.
The EITC is a federal program and Vermont matches 32 percent of a household's federal credit. The program is designed primarily to assist low income working people with children.
For instance, a single parent with two children, with an income less than $40,000, could qualify for a maximum federal tax credit of just over $5,000.
The state would then provide a 32 percent match or roughly $1,600 dollars. Under Shumlin's plan, the state credit would be reduced by $1,000.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, last year 45,000 Vermont households qualified for the program. The average federal credit was $1,800 and the average state credit was $574.
Shumlin says Vermont's matching program is too generous in difficult budget times.
"27 states choose not to match at the state level at all. Vermont is the state that has the second most generous match in America," said Shumlin. "It's gone up, the overall commitment to that has gone up 49 percent in the last 8 years because it's indexed to the federal program."
Shumlin denies that he's taking money from low income working people to pay for his child care initiative - instead he says he's "reallocating" these funds.
"The piece of the argument is just dead wrong," said Shumlin. "People speak about this as if we're asking low income people to pay for it. The Earned Income Tax Credit is paid for by all the other taxpayers in the state of Vermont just like any program to help people out of poverty."
Chittenden Senator Tim Ashe is the chairman of the Senate Finance committee. He didn't like the Governor's plan back in January and he likes it even less today.
"My thoughts haven't changed in fact they get stronger each time the governor tries to justify going after that money."
Ashe says he's stunned that Shumlin opposes income tax increases for wealthy people at the same time that he's asking low income working people to pay for his child care proposal.
"It is impossible to say that someone making $20,000 a year can fork over a thousand and somebody making $200,000 can't," said Ashe. "It's just beyond the pale."
The Senate Finance committee is expected to draft a revenue package for next year in the next few weeks, and if Ashe has his way, the cut to the EITC program won't be part of it.


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you put your hands up on my hips, u dip??? who sings it? whats it called??? please
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Date: March 16, 2006 07:45AM
its an old skool song...
it goes
u put ur hands up on my hips
u dip
i dip
we dip...
or usmthin like that.... i need either an artist or song name & LYRICS would be nice tooo
Re: you put your hands up on my hips, u dip??? who sings it? whats it called??? please
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Artist: Freak Nasty
Title: Da Dip
this is a lyrics site-look em up.
got the lryics
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the lyrics are not on this site... i've looked for ya... but i got em: i used to asolutly love that song!!!
Artist: Freak Nasty
Title: Da Dip
This goes out to all the women in the world, especially her.
You know it don't even matter your age; it don't even matter your color.
Yo, fellas, I ain't forgettin' 'bout y'all.
This is for everybody who like to dance.
Just listen to what I'm sayin' and do it, and take a chance.
I put my hand upon your hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip
You put your hand upon my hip, when you dip, I dip, we dip
I put my hand upon your hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip
You put yours, and I put mine, and we can dip down low and roll and grind!
Verse 1:
Just get on the floor like I said befo'
Y'all remember that "Down Low"!
Just put a little dip wit' it,
Now roll those hips wit' it
Pop it, push it, rock it, roll it
Can't control it? I'll come hold it
It's all in fun so take a chance
Just get on the floor and do that dance, y'all
I know you like this so, don't try to fight it
Turn around, baby, let me see you from the back
Yeah, I like it like that
Get up now, roll those hips,
Drop down, double-up on those dips
Freak Nasty wanna see,
Can y'all do this right here for me?
Verse 2:
Back again with the second verse
It's all clean, so I'm not gonna curse
Droppin' bass like a bad habit
Love all women, 'cause I gotta have it
Comin' at y'all in stereo
I'm ridin' that thing like a rodeo
Hang on, baby, 'cause the ride is rough, and ...
[Don't stop till you get enough] {OOH!}
I got my girls in the front
Now a lady just bumpin' that rump
Raise it up, let me see that brown
Slap it, girl, make it jiggle around
Round and round that rump goes
Where it stop, yo, no one knows, yeah
Freak Nasty wanna see,
Can y'all do this right here for me?
Well alright, y'all! If you ain't dippin', you must
be trippin'! If you ain't doin it Down Low, you gots
to go! To the people thats movin' slow to the
dance floor! Yo DJ! Pump it up some MO-O-O-O .....
Verse 3:
It's off to the show in a limo
Before the show, I gotta get that dough
Pay them girls what they're worth,
Slip that money under that skirt
Take it off, baby, let me see
You might get a lil' mo' lucci
G-string havin' oh so much fun
Playin' inside, between them buns
Shortie got it on like Marvin
Teasin' me and you know I'm starvin'!
Lick you up, then lick you down
I ain't finished; girl, turn around!
Lick you up and down your back
'Cause I'm that freak, I'm freaky like that!
Freak Nasty wanna see
Can y'all do this right here for me?
Verse 4:
I'm settin' it off to another level
You're diggin' Freak Nasty without a shovel
This is my world; I'm just a squirrel
Tryin' to get a nut, so wassup?
Yo, DJ, when the party's getting slow
Join this jam on and watch that floor
Get taken over like in '94,
When I had the whole world gettin' Down Low
New Orleans born, ATL livin'
Freak Nasty's what I'm givin'
My juice is sweet like Georgia Peaches
women suck it up like leeches
Uh-huh, if you're so good,
You must admit you like this shhhhhhhhhh
Yeah, y'all know the song
So come on won't you sing it with me?
Ourto (repeated till fade):
I put my hand upon your hip
When I dip you dip we dip
You put your hand upon my hip
When you dip I dip we dip
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Dated March 14th, 1874 at 4 P.M. in Pollica, but Nicola's death occurred yesterday, on the 13th at 8 P.M., in his own house situated in Celso on Strada San Biase. He was age 88 and a day laborer who had been born and was living in Celso, a village of this town of Pollica. He was the son of deceased Lorenzo and in the state of widowhood at the time of his death, but no other particulars are known about his life.
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Four men have been arrested on suspicion of burglarizing the homes of Los Angeles Times subscribers who put a vacation stop on their newspaper delivery, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Police say Duane Van Tuinen, an office repairman contracted by the newspaper, repeatedly stole lists of the newspaper's subscribers and passed them on to three other men, who burglarized more than 25 homes in Southern California while residents were away.
Van Tuinen, 51, arrested Wednesday, would share in the property and ultimately sell it for profit, police said.
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World War II rages and nations fall. SS head Himmler has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. Battling alone, you're on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler or die trying. Fighting in advanced team-based multiplayer mode, you'll wage your own WWII in an all-out Axis vs. Allies contest for frontline domination.
A milestone of id technology
Über-awesome game! Nuff said.
Didn't get far in this game, but it was fun up until I couldn't figure what to do. However, that was a long time ago. Time to boot 'er up again!
This is a review coming from 2017, over a decade after it's release.
Considering the limitations at the time and the current games out then, this gets my 10.
It's still one of the best games I've ever played, and its standalone multiplayer, enemy territory, also gains my 10.
Beautiful, and ever fun to play.
Just don't give it to the kids.
Top 2 games ever with ET
Best game4ever !!! Classic ...
I love this game.
Great gameplay + absolutely unique atmosphere + nice plot = classic forever!
A classic shooter and gem of the FPS genre! UBER awesome game with a nice story and environments that allow the shifting between stealth killing and aggresive shooting of nazis and other enemies!
While it has suprisingly impessive graphics for its time, it is also made by the redneck rampage/kingpin life of crime devs which means unfair level designed unbalanced damage system and cheap deaths.
The devs couldnt decide between oldchol and reallistic, so while you are not aiming down the sights and fight big tought enemies, moving fast means you gonna have to use your stamina by sprinting, weapons have recoil, you cant aim with a scope unless you completly stop moving and there is scope sway.
At one hand you have human enemies that die fast....so are you, then you got undead and big super soldiers that the only way of beating them is cheating or exploting the ai due to the fact the amount of damage they output is far higher than what you can possibly cause them and since you cant avoid their attacks you will die before managing to kill them.
The weapons being relatively innefective against them apart from the venom gun make this worse.
The venom gun is a mingun with very limited ammo, so you save it for them, the rocketlauncher is useless , the flame thrower has very short range and since you die fight by gunfire and like every flamethrower it takes time to kill an enemy, it is relatively innefective and you better off using guns, the tesla gun also has slow range and when acquired you are up against super soliders to which it is useless.
Other weapons like the dual pistols are pointless since they do as much damage and have the same capacity as the pistol, but use the rare 45 ammo. So you better off using the tommy gun. The silencer is pointless for the pistol since by that time you get a silenced smg which does alot of damage but overheats fast. A ka98 without a scope is crap, with a scope it does more damage and the semi auto rifle is vastly superior.
Aside from that there are a few crappy stealth levels and the later parts of the game are repetive bunkers but the last parts of the game are a very padded out undergound area that offers nothing new or interesting.
In the end the sp is fun for a few hours but really drops the ball later on in every way possible the multiplayer is much better but no one plays.
Vastly overrated game.
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7-month-old baby died at an Indianapolis hospital after a hit-and-run accident
7-month-old baby Yeshua Shafford died at an Indianapolis hospital Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday night. His family was in the process of moving to Indianapolis from Chicago and his parents are back now in Chicago to plan the little boy's funeral.
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Last Day to Bid In Track & Field Team's Online Auction
Among the items up for bid are hockey sticks signed by New York Rangers captain Chris Drury and forward Marian Gaborik, as well as a basketball autographed by the entire 2010-11 New York Knicks team. There is also a photograph of "The Dunk" signed by John Starks, and an autographed picture of Knicks Hall of Fame guard Walt "Clyde" Frazier. Manhattan College thanks the Knicks and Rangers for their generous donations. The items, which make perfect holiday gifts, all include a certificate of authenticity.
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The IDF Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) is comprised of prominent immunologists from throughout the country to support the mission of the IDF through the development of science based standards for diagnosis and care for individuals with primary immunodeficiency diseases.
In April 2014, the IDF Medical Advisory Committee responded to the uncertainty regarding which live viral or bacterial vaccines can be given to patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases as well as the growing neglect of societal adherence to routine immunizations. "Recommendations for live viral and bacterial vaccines in immunodeficient patients and their close contacts" appeared in the April 2014 edition of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Click here to view the article.
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National Institutes of Health
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you're welcome. His little tale is most charming! (Was he learning German or Latin there? I mentioned German because of the capitals for each noun. But it could be Middle-Age Latin prayer books where some words are capitalized to "start" a fresh paragraph ~though this takes some imagination as no student is given an actual medieval textbook to study in class)
thank you darling!
Yup, these little cryptic stories are so lovely and I feel like I have got a glimpse into his childhood.
I hope his next release -after Une Voix Noire I mean in September- is as interesting as the very name ~which I'm keeping mum on for now ;-)
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Speaking of sandalwood, the Pereja I purchased thanks to your great article when blended with New Caledonia Sandalwood e.o. makes a great summer perfume!
Thanks Brie!
And wow, who would have thought the Pereja would be such a versatile thing! :-)
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A man was arrested today over Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell's sex case.
The 23-year-old was held days after the tearful actor appeared in court charged with child rape and other sex offences.
The man is suspected of tweeting the identification of Corrie star Le Vell's alleged victim.
He was quizzed before being released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Officers said the suspect, of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, posted "personal opinion".
Detective Chief Inspector Chris Bridge, of Greater Manchester Police, added: "Maintaining the anonymity of victims of sex offences is absolutely vital and is something that really helps encourage them to come forward.
"Breaching this ruling is an extremely serious offence and that is why we launched an investigation as soon as we became aware.
"Social media is an immensely powerful tool that does an awful lot of good, but it can also be used to spread rumour, speculation and in this case break the law.
"As a force GMP embraces the use of social media but when it is abused in this way we will take robust action to hold those responsible to account."
The man was arrested on suspicion of publishing a name, address or photograph that would identify someone whose identity should be secret.
Victims, and alleged victims, of sexual offences are entitled to lifetime anonymity under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992.
Le Vell, 48, who has played Corrie garage boss Kevin Webster for 30 years, is accused of 19 child sex offences.
He appeared in a Manchester court this week looking haggard and drawn.
His solicitor Richard Gawthorpe told magistrates the actor - charged under his real name, Michael Robert Turner - would be fully contesting the charges.
He was granted bail on condition he surrenders his passport, does not have any unsupervised contact with children under 16 and does not approach witnesses.
Le Vell, who denies any wrongdoing, is due back in court on March 20.
He recently insisted: "I am innocent of these charges and intend to fight them vigorously."
ITV has said he will not be appearing in the soap until his trial is over.


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We are two friends who moved to Princeton about 10 years ago when we bought a farm.
We thought that country living was what we both needed. We wanted to raise goats and other small animals, which we have for some time, but the powers that be have not been very cooperative.
The weather has not been kind to us, which I'm sure you are all aware of.
We named our small farm "Shady Ladies Farm" since there are (were) many shade trees and it was a beautiful place to live.
Since this last storm of straight-line winds, many of those beautiful trees are lying on the ground.
Since I am in my mid- to late-70s and my friend is in her early 60s, we are not in the greatest of health.
We also found that homeowners insurance does not cover the cleanup needed.
I am asking for your help!
My friend is a very private person and does not know that I am asking for your help.
Please, anything you can do to help, would be greatly appreciated.
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I would definitely appreciate a list of all the Hotalings that are buried
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In the wake of Floyd Mayweather Jr's dominating victory over Robert Guerrero and in the build-up to his forthcoming bout with Canelo Alvarez, everyone from the peanut gallery to the pulpit is attempting to nail down a specific number that assigns a level of greatness to the current pound-for-pound emperor. We've played this game before. They've played this game before. Someone else will play this game again.
Georges Carpentier
"Come on ye moving picture guys,
And listen to my tale;
Ye hurlers of the custard pies
Who gather in the kale.
Another moving stare we hear,
Must in the picture horn.
And his name is Georges Carpentier
Greatest fighter ever born."
Francois Descamps, Omaha World Herald, 1920
Jack Johnson
"Sam Langford, himself one of the greatest fighters that ever pulled on a glove, was the first we interviewed as to his greatest fighter. Sam picks Jack Johnson. He came with a natural. He didn't hesitate at all. We met him at Jack Dempsey's camp in Toledo the day before the big bout, and Sam was very strong for Johnson. He said that no man could lick Willard because Willard licked the greatest man that ever lived. 'Didn't you say that Jeffries would lick Johnson?' we asked for a kid. 'Yes. Yes, I did say that, but I was sore at Johnson then,' said Sam. 'You know he gave me a licking a long time ago in Boston, and when he got to be champion he never would talk about me again. I was sore at him, but all the time, way down in my heart, I knew he was a great man. The day I saw him beat Jeffries made me surer. Jeffries was in good shape that day. He never could have taken the licking he did if he wasn't in great form. You know he was just as fast as ever, but he was like a baby when he boxed Johnson. I tell you that Johnson was so big, so strong, so clever. He had everything. He was never hurt, never had a black eye or a cut, and never broke a hand, and he beat the best in the world. I call that considerable going ... Great man, that Johnson. I think Gans was another great man, but Johnson, to me, was the best that ever boxed in a ring.'"
Tad Dorgan, Evening Tribune, 1919
George Dixon
"...the greatest fighter who ever lived, according to my idea, was a negro. And his name was George Dixon. There are no standards by which these questions can be worked out, and settled with mathematical exactness. Nor is there anything on the face of the earth on which both laymen and experts disagree more than the questions of merit in pugilists. This because fighting appeals to the emotions. It arouses enthusiasm, and creates heroes and ideals. I have no doubt that there is still in existence a very small smattering of very old-timers who will snort at the idea of Tom Bayers and Ned O'Baldwin and Donnelly and Cooper being passed over in a discussion of this kind for a slim-limbed yellow skin like little Dixon. But he is my choice. And I feel that Bob Fitzsimmons runs him a close second."
W.W. Naughton, Daily Oklahoman, 1913
Joe Louis
"His best efforts according to the champ [Rocky Marciano], were the Joe Louis fight in 1951 and the 1952 match with Jersey Joe Walcott in which he won the title. Marciano seems to feel that boxing is on the upswing. 'There seems to be a lot more fighters coming along,' he said. 'In the past couple of years boxing has seen a good many new and promising fighters'. The Brockton Blockbuster thinks that Joe Louis was the best fighter of all time in his division. After Louis, he picks Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. He won't mention it but there are some folks who think that a man named Marciano should be ranked up among the top heavyweights of all time."
John Cathey, Greensboro Record, 1958
Sugar Ray Robinson
"[Ray Robinson] became recognised as probably the best fighter pound-for-pound who ever laced on the gloves (he won the welterweight championship, then outgrew the class and won the middleweight title five times.) But just a few days past the Boxing Writers of America eliminated the adverb 'probably' he was the best fighter of all time, by voting Sugar Ray as not only the best middleweight and best welterweight, but the best boxer of all time regardless of weight class ... After receiving a telegram proclaiming him the greatest of all time, Sugar Ray's first reaction was to say: 'You're joking...I'm overwhelmed...It would make anybody thankful and proud to be thought of like that, but if you ask me who I think was the greatest ever, two fellows come to my mind: Henry Armstrong and Joe Louis. What a little fighting guy Henry was!...And Joe had the fastest hands I ever saw.'"
Chicago Metro News, 1978
Peter Jackson
"Mr. Eugene Corri in an article printed in a London weekly some time ago, had this to say regarding the greatest fighter he ever saw: There never was – and I doubt there ever will be – a more finished boxer than Peter Jackson. Not even Mace, Mitchell or Corbett, at their cleverest, equaled him. His work was always clean, quick and dazzling. His eyes blazed in his ebony forehead like balls of fire when he warmed to his task. Agile as a panther, he could hit where he aimed with marvelous precision, and get away before his opponent had time to retaliate. In all circumstances, however the tide ebbed or flowed, for him or against him, Peter Jackson kept his head and temper, by which means he was always able to let himself be seen and felt at his best.'"
Tulsa World, 1919
Sugar Ray Robinson
"Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest fighter ever, and Gene Fullmer is the 100th best, writes Bert Randolph Sugar, who has touched off controversies with such simple queries as 'How are you?' or tough questions such as 'Whose round is it?' 'Scholars of the religion know as boxing even have their own sanctum sanctorum to rival the monastery, that of the public house or pub,' writes Sugar, a boxing historian and former publisher of 'The Ring' magazine. 'There they congregate to argue the relative merits of their convictions and come prepared to deny those of their brethren.'"
Ed Schuyler, Jr., Plain Dealer, 1984
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SOLICITORS are partly responsible for a surge in the number of hidden wealth allegations being levelled against legally aided litigants, the Lord Chancellor's top civil servant has claimed.
Sir Thomas Legg, permanent secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department, told Parliament's public accounts committee last week that challenging certificates had emerged as a litigation tactic.
"Litigation parties have become aware that this is a tactic which can be used, sometimes legitimately, sometimes not," he said.
The hearing was held in the wake of a National Audit Office report on the operation of the civil aid merits test which had highlighted evidence of both "substantial" numbers of fraudulent applications and soaring numbers of fraud allegations made by third parties.
This year the number of allegations was likely to hit the 15,000 mark, 4,000 up on last year, the committee heard.
But Legal Aid Board head Steve Orchard defended the profession after one MP suggested the problem of fraudulent applications could be tackled by making solicitors responsible for the accuracy of their clients' means tests.
"I cannot see how it would work," he said.
The hearing saw Orchard, Legg and benefits agency head Peter Mathison reassure MPs that every effort was being made to stamp out legal aid abuse.
Legg said his department was pushing for a law change to make it easier for people who lied about their means to be prosecuted.
He also revealed that Ministers had been advised there was a "strong case" for the Benefits Agency's job of carrying out means assessments to be handed over to the Legal Aid Board in order to simplify procedures.
The MPs on the committee who took turns to question the civil servants appeared most concerned about the waste in the system. They highlighted the £11.5 million paid out in emergency aid last year, given the fact that around a third of the certificates were subsequently revoked.
Russell Wallman, head of the Law Society's professional policy unit, agreed there was a need for a tightening of procedures for the issuing of emergency aid.


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Chuck Jones, president of FirstEnergy Utilities, talks about the naming rights deal for FirstEnergy Stadium Home of the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday in Akron. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
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Published: June 24, 2010 at 6:03 PMOne thing I've always admired about Universal is that they work together with the artist, director, writer, and/or creator of the products they adapt. Peter Jackson is helping with Kong. J. K. Rowling helped with Potter. Matt Groening and fellow writers and cast of The Simpsons created their rendition of Springfield. Spielberg helped with... just about everything. To me, that is a huge sign of respect.
Also, is it me, or has Peter Jackson lost a lot of weight? Normally I don't pick up on those things, but damn.
Published: June 25, 2010 at 12:51 PMI'm so looking forward to experience this in person. It's great that Universal didn't abandon such an iconic character like Kong after the fire.
Published: June 26, 2010 at 11:34 AMHope this comes to Universal Studios Orlando. Really liked the old one, shame it had to go there's more than enough room for that as well as The Revenge of the Mummy. Maybe if they got rid of something that's outlived it's day they could put it in.....it looks awesome!!!


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"False Idols" (Life or Death, 3 stars)
It's been tricky being Tricky. The British DJ/producer, born Adrian Thaws, made a grand entrance in 1995 with "Maxinequaye," his Mercury Prize-winning debut album that mixed dub, hip-hop, and electronica into a dense sound that made other trip-hop acts of the day sound like child's play.
His next few records were more than serviceable, but eventually the paranoia that always coursed through his music overwhelmed it, and after a while, Tricky was a forgotten man.
He's back on form, however, on "False Idols." In place of one-time vocal foil Martina Topley-Bird is lovely-voiced 24-year-old Brit Francesca Belmonte, and other tracks feature guest contributions from Peter Silberman of the Antlers and Nigerian songstress Nneka.
The opener, "Somebody's Sins," references Van Morrison and Patti Smith, and "Valentine" reshapes "My Funny Valentine" for its own moody ends. In both of those cases and throughout "False Idols," Tricky wisely resists the temptation to undercut the songs' simple hooks.
It wouldn't be a Tricky album without a touch of the dystopian, but "False Idols" benefits greatly from letting a little light in along with the darkness.
— Dan DeLuca
Agnetha Fältskog
"A" (Verve, 3 stars)
As one of the two golden female voices of Abba, Agnetha Fältskog represents not just the slickest of Euro songcraft but the purest of voices, period.
She is queenly beyond a "Dancing Queen." She's made few solo albums since the Swedish mega-act dissolved in 1983, and it's easy to see why: She's her own hardest act to follow.
With the help of producer/writer Jörgen Elofsson (famous for early Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson hits), Fältskog sounds as clear and cool in 2013 as she did on "Fernando" of 1976.
She's not an electro-lounge reptilian à la Bryan Ferry, yet like him, Fältskog has a musical language gloriously frozen in time.
Though she can't reach the high notes of yore, Fältskog the singer is full-blooded and icily passionate on the disco-phonic "Dance Your Pain Away" and the sleek MOR pop of "Back on Your Radio."
The main focus of "A," though, is ballads, be they grand and slow or slight and bright. While the mid-tempo "The One Who Loves You Now" presents Fältskog at her key-changing trickiest, the sadly romantic "When You Really Loved Someone" and "Perfume in the Breeze" are simple, pristine, and gorgeously rendered.
— A.D. Amorosi
Eliane Elias
"I Thought About You: A Tribute to Chet Baker" (Concord, 3½ stars)
In addition to her own compositions, the versatile Brazilian pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias has done albums of the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim and of Bill Evans.
She's transformed songs by the Doors and Stevie Wonder and compositions of Bach and Ravel.
On "I Thought About You," she turns to Chet Baker, who with his West Coast cool-jazz compatriots influenced Brazil's bossa nova movement, which blossomed in the 1950s.
Backed by bassist Marc Johnson (her husband) and a mix of Brazilian and American musicians (including trumpeter Randy Brecker, Elias' former husband, sitting in on several tracks), Elias keeps the arrangements light and airy.
She uses Baker's repertoire of love songs as jumping-off points, sometimes giving them bossa nova underpinnings ("Embraceable You"), sometimes hewing closely to Baker's own vocal arrangements but revamping the instrumentation to feature her own jaunty piano playing ("Let's Get Lost"), sometimes turning them into bluesy saloon songs (the title track).
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Cops Change Habits as Gas Prices Rise
There are 72 comments on the WLTX Columbia story from May 23, 2008, titled Cops Change Habits as Gas Prices Rise. In it, WLTX Columbia reports that:With gasoline climbing toward $4 a gallon, police officers around the country are losing the right to take their patrol cars home and are being forced to double up in cruisers and walk the beat more.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at WLTX Columbia.
"Please don't feed the trolls."
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#1 May 23, 2008
Perhaps it might mean more visible police coverage on the streets, which in turn would reduce some crimes.
As for whether or not they can drive their cruisers home, it depends on how far the drive is from "the office" at the end of the day. If they take it home, they should pay for their own gas to cover it.
Leaving the engine running is wasteful, it only takes a second to turn the key and restart the engine. Stopping outside the store or having lunch, they turn it off. It makes little difference if they are on a call...if they get a call while on lunch, they have to restart the car anyway.
"Raising a stink"
Since: Jun 07
#2 May 23, 2008
Who among us couldn't use a little more exercise? I am looking forward to my move into town in a couple of weeks so that I can make the 2 block walk to the grocery store or the local Walgreen's instead of starting the engine. Might help me to shed a few pounds.
#3 May 23, 2008
From looking at the cops I see, they could use the workout.
#4 May 23, 2008
That mean while you are being murdered the cop will be walking to your house whata bunch of junk, my taxes pay their salary and the gas for the car dont take the cars from them that is stupid.
Since: May 08
#5 May 23, 2008
Good. Maybe now they all won't look 50 pounds overweight.
#6 May 23, 2008
Police officers are way underpaid as it is. One of the small benefits that officers have to help combat some of the issues that come along with low pay is that they do have the "plus" of a take home vehicle. Most of them look at that as a supplement to their salaries. Gas prices are just sick right now - and may be for a long while until our government finally stands up for us and does something - but that doesn't mean that the officers that do their dangerous jobs for very low money should have to suffer. Okay... so make them walk their beats more - that may work for officers that work in cities, but how about the rural areas? Okay, so turn off their vehicles while on a traffic stop or at a scene. Don't take away their one little plus they have going for them.
And, by the way, thank you law enforcement for all that you guys & gals do.
#7 May 23, 2008
You see the patrol cars parked and them sitting there with the engine running.
I know it might be hot if they turn the engine off but they can certainly get out of the car. What if they were on the foot patrol beat or motorcyle patrol? No air condition on those jobs.
Also running errands with the patrol cars. I would suggest leaving the cars at work. Check out a car when they arrive for work.
Quite sometime ago the school bus drivers stopped being able to take their buses home.
#8 May 23, 2008
Ok how about yoy get out of your comfortable air conditioned car and walk for eight or twelve hours wearing boots a bullet proof vest and fourty to fiftey pounds of gear in the ninety degree weather. Oh and still expect when you dial 911 for cops to be there like yesterday. lets think this though a little deeper other than something to complain about. Have cops pay for the gas? dont forget the pay taxes to and still get paid squat to protect your lives and you have the audacity to say "we could all afford to lose some weight." You people never cease to amaze me. So materialistic and whats going to affect you. What about the 7 million dollar deficet that the govenor has been speaking of toward correctional institues where is your concern with that or how about each year most emergency services budget is more and more restricted while inflation takes its toll. Police officers are making less than $30k a year when you have things like secretarys in the city of columbia making twice that along with other "political officials" why cant you the general public make a big deal about that instead of wanting police to go walk around and still expect a good response time!!!!!!!!
#9 May 23, 2008
I agree with you. We're lucky that there are officers that are willing to do such dangerous jobs for us at such low pay.
Since: Mar 08
Saint Louis, MO
#10 May 23, 2008
Here is a better idea. Get rid ofthose Ford LTD's and Dodge Chargers and switch to a Camry Hyrbid.
The Hybrid gets 42 to 48 mpg vs. The LTD at 15 to 23 mpg.
In fact, we should be doing this to all state, county, and city vehicles. Not to mention, they would probably require a lot less maintenance and they are safer.
The money they save in gas would probably pay for the vehicle in the first two years.
#11 May 23, 2008
JDidGirl thank you for showing your appreciation I would like to show the same thank you to all hardworking law enforcement out there. I know that atleast I and one other person on this forum are thankful that you are willing to DIE for us by any means only making the little amount you do. I am truely thankful.
#12 May 23, 2008
Thank you Billy Jack
#13 May 23, 2008
Amen to that!!
#14 May 23, 2008
Gee, an end to the POLICE State in our future?
#16 May 23, 2008
RealltBatty you need to check your stats a little better. just look to see how much it is to get the oil changed in one of those. Plus the batteries are only good up to about 100,000 miles and then cost you $10,000 to replace and pay the disposal fee for the batteries. Do you really want police to try an chase the guy that broke into your house and put fear in your family with a toyota camry when he is driving a big v8 come on now. "IM SORRY sir or Mam i tried to pursue that criminal that justed violated you your family and every right you have but you are the ones who decided to give us toyota camry's and well frankly they will only do 65 mph and my pos batteries are starting to die so maybe next time he breaks in to get your TV thats probably to big in the first place maybe he will drive a geo metro and we might stand a chance. I guess you want the police to quit fly the helicopters to look for lost people unless it was one of your own correct?
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#17 May 23, 2008
that is so sad .i hope they cach the m f
#18 May 23, 2008
Yep, and then they wouldn't be able to keep up with those of you who run from the PoPo. You people are never satisfied. You complain, but no, we won't see your fat, lazy butt out there protecting us.
#19 May 23, 2008
The attempt by the government to control out moral lives has proven to be a horrendous violations of our civil liberties. Many people in our prisons are there for NON-VIOLENT crimes that exists largely of the governments own making. We have largest prison population in the world. And it has been an unmitigated and incredibly expensive social disaster.
#20 May 23, 2008
Not sure of the horsepower but I don't think that I would want to rely on a Camry Hybrid to go after a criminal that has committed a crime?
#21 May 23, 2008
Why dont I quit what paying taxes sorry i support our government and our government agencies im not down for going against people that help me and my family. I dont know how you think but I am all for law enforcement they all do a job that I wish i was courageous enough to do.
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