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TORONTO: The Indians plunged into the annual mid-summer deal derby Thursday by trading Rafael Betancourt to the Rockies for a Class A starter from Bowling Green.
The target of General Manager Mark Shapiro was 24-year-old Connor Graham, currently 7-4 with a 3.14 earned-run average in the California League, where hitters usually outshine pitchers.
In the case of Graham, a 6-foot-7, 235-pounder, he has the sixth best ERA in the league with a batting average against of .225, allowing just two home runs in 80 1/3 innings. He has an issue with walks (giving up 41), but he can make batters swing and miss, the proof being 87 strikeouts.
"He'a a power pitcher with a big, strong body,'' Shapiro said. ""He throws in the mid-90s with an effective slider. Command clearly needs to be part of his development.''
In his past three starts, Graham is 3-0 with an 0.59 ERA. Over this span he has walked four and struck out 24 in 15 1/3 innings.
Graham has been a starter and will continue to be for now. The Tribe is immediately promoting him to Akron.
Asked if Graham's future is as a starter, Shapiro said, "We're not sure yet. We'll decide his role as he goes down the development path.''
Being from Northwest Ohio and having attended Miami University in Oxford, Indians scouts were well aware of Graham the past several years. Colorado took him in the fifth round of the 2007 draft, and in 2008 he spent his first full professional season at "low'' Class A Asheville of the South Atlantic League, where he posted a 12-6 record and 2.26 ERA in 26 starts.
"We have a track record of watching him,'' Shapiro said. ""But the trade is based on more recent information.''
Betancourt was limited to 29 appearances this season because of a strained groin that kept him on the disabled list for more than five weeks, until July 9. He is 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 30 2/3 innings.
After a spectacular season in 2007, Betancourt struggled last year, posting a 3-4 record and 5.07 ERA in 69 appearances. But as Cleveland's setup man two years ago, he was virtually unhittable, compiling a 5-1 record with three saves and a 1.47 ERA in 68 games (79 1/3 innings).
"I think of that as a career year that nobody could have recaptured,'' Shapiro said. "I view him as one of the more reliable relievers in the game who had an elite year.''
However, that did not translate into Betancourt being a reliever worth keeping in 2010 at the cost of a $5.4 million option.
"We did not see $5 million as the right price for a pitcher in that role in our bullpen,'' Shapiro said.
But Shapiro emphasized the amount of the option did not play a part in trading Betancourt, because the team wasn't going to keep him anyway, and there was no buyout clause.
Betancourt seemed genuinely sorry to leave the Indians.
"I was here for a long time, and I have a lot of good friends here,'' he said. "I can't really say anything bad about being here.''
Betancourt has never been in the big leagues with another organization, but he quickly resigned himself to leaving.
"It's sad for me, but I have to be a professional about it,'' he said. ""Things can happen. You never know when. I never went through this before, because this is the only team in the big leagues I've been with. I've seen a lot of guys come and go, now it's my turn.''
Betancourt didn't regard a trade to the Rockies as a better opportunity for him.
"I don't think it's (more of) an opportunity,'' he said. "I have an opportunity here. I appreciated everything I had here, but now I have to go to Colorado and help them win.''


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(To verify whether light is necessary for photosynthesis)
This is a sample experiment to verify the conditions which are necessary for photosynthesis. We can verify if sun light is necessary for photosynthesis or not by covering middle part of the leaves with light insulation (aluminium foil).
The insulation is recommended to be pasted on the leaves at sunset time, one night before the laboratory activities. During the night, starch which is produced by photosynthesis in the daytime is converted to smaller water soluble sugar and transported to the root through sieve tubes. Because of this de-starch process, in thin leaves there is no starch stock in chloroplasts at dawn.
Since middle part of the leaves is insulated, the insulated part can not receive sun light while the parts where they are not covered with the aluminium foil are exposed to sun light.
In order to verify whether the light is necessary for photosynthesis, we can check the existence of starch in the insulated parts and un-insulated parts after we expose the leaves under the strong sun at least 2 hours. If we can not find starch in insulated parts, it shows us light is necessary to produce starch.
After we break down the leaves cell's cell membrane by boiling the leaves, we can de-chlorophyll the leaves by hot ethanol. As the leaves are dehydrated by the ethanol bath, we can soak the leaves in water to make them soft and stretch the leaves on Petri dishes for starch-iodine test. Since it is difficult to make the leaves thoroughly transparent by ethanol bath, the starch-iodine test does not show typical blue-black colour. Usually Students can see very clearly difference between insulated and un-insulated parts.
Explanation sheet
1. Materials and tools (for 1 student group)
To insulate leaves from sun light: Green plant which has thin soft leaves planted in the sun. Use approximately 1cm by 3 cm leaves. If it is possible collect small thin variegated leaves. Aluminium foil and a pair of scissors
Laboratory materials: A tripod (or a retort stand and a funnel holder), a fire clay triangle, a wood block (if you use the tripod), a spirit burner, a 250ml beaker, a small test tube, a test tube rack, a, test tube holder, a pair of forceps (tweezers), a Petri dish, a box of match, a waste match bin, a bamboo stick, a laboratory thermometer.
Chemicals: 3ml ethyl alcohol to de-chlorophyll, 20 ml methyl alcohol (for spirit burner), potassium iodine solution in a dropping bottle.
2. Method
1) Select approximately 1cm by 3 cm green leaves and paste light insulation (5mm width aluminium foil) on leaves at least 48 hours before laboratory experiment.
2) Each group must collect an insulated leaf and a normal leaf.
3) Remove the insulation gently and mark the insulated leaf to identify it later.
4) Make approximately 100ml hot water with a 300ml glass beaker, a tripod stand (or a retort stand and funnel holder), a fire clay triangle and spirit burner.
5) Wait until the water temperature comes up to 70 to 75 degree Celsius then put the leaves in the hot water. Leave them in hot water at least 3 minutes. If it is boiling water it takes about one minute.
6) Take the leaves out of the hot water and put them in a small test tube.
7) Put ethanol in the small test tube (approximately 3cm deep).
8) Put the small test tube in hot water bath until the leaves become transparent.
9) Take the small test tube from the beaker and pour the ethanol to the designated container.
10) Add tap water to the small test tube.
11) Move the leaves on a Petri dish and stretch the leaves with a pair of tweezers..
12) Drop few amount of diluted potassium iodine solution on the leaves
13) Record the difference between the leaves.
A) Explain a) to e) why it is necessary to do this experiment.
a) Paste insulation on leaves at least 48 hours before laboratory work.
b) Boil the leaves before putting in ethyl alcohol.
c) Use hot water bath to de-chlorophyll with ethanol.
d) After de-chlorophyll water the leaves.
e) Drop potassium iodine solution on de-chlorophylled leaves.
B) Illustrate the procedure of this experiment with drawings and short explanation.
4. Model answers
5. Note
1) You can also use variegated leaves to check which colour pigment is indispensable to photosynthesis.
2) If you use a grass herbaceous plant, paste insulation one day before the experiment. It takes more than two nights to de-starch the insulated area if you use tree leaves and thick grass leaves.
3) Make level of methanol in spirit burner more than 80% of its capacity.
4) Do not breathe in the methyl alcohol vapour.
5) Do not put flammable items near the burner.
6) Do not come close to the hot water and fire too much.
7) Do not leave the laboratory thermometer leaning on the beaker edge. Always hold with a hand or use a proper retort stand and a clamp.
8) After heating, put the beaker on the table.
9) If ethanol catches fire, stop the experiment immediately.
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The earliest the building materials maker can expect to move to Dublin from its current base in Amsterdam is May, at least three months later than expected.
Procedural challenges such as scheduling meetings for shareholders and senior management meetings may add to the delay.
James Hardie was counting on the move, which is expected to cost between $51 million and $71 million, as a tax treaty with the Dutch government expires this year. The company, which will report its results for the three months ended December next week, expects no extra costs linked to the delay.
"The proposal to redomicile to Ireland remains on track," James Hardie said. "We expect to be in a better position to update the market on timing for the proposal at our February 11 result announcement."
Shifting to Ireland would lock in its current rate of tax and free up chief executive Louis Gries and other senior managers to travel to the United States, where most of its business is based, the company has said.
At issue are talks with European workers aimed at ironing out concerns, including job security.
The move is just one of many problems facing the company, left over by the former management, such as contributions to the asbestos injury compensation fund.
James Hardie is waiting for the Federal Court to rule on a $522 million tax dispute with the Australian Taxation Office.
Despite the negative publicity, James Hardie has been a market darling as cost cuts and higher prices for its products help cushion a slump in US housing demand.
Net profit for the period excluding its tax and asbestos liabilities may have climbed to $US26.7 million ($30.1 million) during the third quarter from $US16.5 million a year earlier, UBS said in a report yesterday.
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'Les Miserables': The Reviews Are in
Bold period-piece filmmaking paired with live musical performances – the actors sang their songs directly to camera versus pre-recording – the adaptation is certainly rich in ambition, but do the high notes soar high enough?
Have Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway all already locked up their Oscar nominations?
Check out a cross section of reviews from around the web…
Todd Gilchrist, Celebuzz
"[Tom] Hooper's previous effort was the Oscar-winning The King's Speech, which netted him a Best Director statuette, as well as (apparently) an inflated sense of self-importance. But critically, that win did not supply him with the ability to parse between the heavy and the light, the important and unimportant, in a musical which is filled from start to finish with incredibly impassioned singing. There simply have to be some lesser moments in the film – and more importantly, some in the musical which are removed for pacing, redundancy, etc. – but Hooper treats every number, every reprise as the same sort of showstopper as the true centerpieces."
"As a faithful rendering of a justly beloved musical, Les Miserables will more than satisfy the show's legions of fans. Even so, director Tom Hooper and the producers have taken a number of artistic liberties with this lavish bigscreen interpretation…For all its expected highs, the adaptation has been managed with more gusto than grace; at the end of the day, this impassioned epic too often topples beneath the weight of its own grandiosity."
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
"Almost any great musical one can think of features sequences shot in different ways, depending upon the nature of the music and the dramatic moment; for Hooper, all musical numbers warrant the same monotonous approach of shoving the camera right in the performer's face; any closer and their breath would fog the lens, as, in this instance, the actors commendably sang live during the shooting, rather than being prerecorded."
"If you are a fan of this show, you'll likely lose your mind at this film. If you merely like the story, there is an ineffable quality to Hugh Jackman's performance that just about makes suffering through the singing worth it. Les Miserables is a complete night out, not a movie to merely catch. It demands and is worthy of your attention and even if you kinda can't stand the form (and I put myself in this category) you deny its high notes at your own peril."
Germain Lussier, SlashFilm
"Throughout, the film is bold, brash yet intimate and emotional thanks in large part to the actors giving brave, heartbreaking performances. No one else in Hollywood could have played Valjean like Jackman does. He's simultaneously sympathetic, masculine, intimidating and kind. Plus, he can sing incredibly well. Russell Crowe's more stoic performance and voice make for a frightening, but welcome foil to Valjean."
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THE RAC says almost half of drivers they questioned are concerned about other people using hand-held mobiles while driving.
But despite their concerns, an alarming 27 per cent of all drivers and 38 per cent of 17 to 44-year-olds admit to using a mobile without a hands-free kit.
The figures were released by the organisation in their Report on Motoring 2011. It also revealed in the last 12 months:•
• 27 per cent of drivers admit to texting while driving, although 19 per cent said they would do it only while stationary;
• Nine per cent of drivers have done their make-up or shaved while driving;
• Some eight per cent have accessed their email, Facebook or other social networking sites, and other phone apps on their handsets – this number rose to 24 per cent of those aged 17-24 and 12 per cent aged 25-44.


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Helsinki (AFP) Sep 11, 2006
Thirty-eight European and Asian leaders ended a Helsinki summit on Monday with lofty statements on global warming, world trade and the battle against terrorism but they stopped short of making firm promises. On climate change, the final statement of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) said its members were committed to keeping up attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the UN's Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
But their only concrete plan to achieve this was to "provide financial and technical assistance to ASEM developing countries in accordance with relevant provisions" of the United Nations' goals on reining in global warming.
With the second day of their summit coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the European and Asian leaders held a moment of silence in commemoration during a morning session of their talks.
The leaders, who represent nearly half the world's population, discussed threats that both their regions face, ranging from terrorism to pandemics and some of the more negative sides of globalisation.
"ASEM can be instrumental in achieving tangible progress in tackling various forms of crime such as money-laundering, drugs trafficking, illicit arms trading and human trafficking, as well as the financing of terrorism, and corruption," said Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen of Finland, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency.
But typically, there was no precise plan as to what ASEM would do halt these evils.
Leaders also sidestepped prickly issues such as human rights issues in China and rising European protectionism against Asian imports.
They also included in their final statement a call for World Trade Organisation talks, which ground to an acrimonious halt in July, to be relaunched.
The 25-nation European Union, both curious and cautious about Asia's growing role in world affairs, was hosting leaders from China, Korea, Japan and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Widely seen as long on talk and short on substance, the 10-year-old ASEM club is still trying to prove its relevance.
Seiji Endo, professor of international politics at Seikei University in Tokyo, said the "raison d'etre of ASEM is its role as a talk shop".
"It's all the more important to have this kind of dialogue, in a world where the sole superpower is a country which thinks military power can solve any problem," he said.
With 40 percent of the world's population, the two regions represented in Helsinki generate about 50 percent of global gross domestic product and 60 percent of world trade.
But the balance of trade is rapidly moving in Asia's favour, in particular due to the meteoric economic rise of China. EU leaders are also keen to rival powerful US influence in a region where a few decades ago several European states still possessed colonies.
And Europe would like to get China, which has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, on its side on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme.
European leaders on Sunday called on their Asian counterparts to help stop workers being exploited and let them profit more from the globalisation that has helped turn Asia into an economic powerhouse.
"To maximise the benefits of globalisation and mitigate its potential adverse impact, there is a need to strengthen the social dimension," said European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
ASEM agreed on Sunday to bring new members into the club, with invitations to India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Bulgaria and Romania to join in future meetings. The next ASEM heads of state meeting is scheduled for 2008 in Beijing.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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The ACT Brumbies are set to bring Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani straight into the starting line-up for their Super Rugby season opener after serving a five-game ban for a dangerous tackle.
And Andrew Smith could make a rare appearance at inside-centre for Saturday's clash against the Queensland Reds in Canberra.
Kuridrani was sent off in the Wallabies' victory over Ireland on their European tour last year for lifting flanker Peter O'Mahony.
His suspension meant he missed the last two games of the tour and all three of the Brumbies' trial games.
But he is eligible to face the Reds on Saturday and looks set to be given the No.13 jersey as part of Stephen Larkham's first Super Rugby back line since being named Brumbies head coach.
Kuridrani established himself as the Brumbies outside-centre on the way to a Super Rugby grand final and made his Wallabies debut in the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand last year.
In all of his eight Tests, he has played alongside gun fullback Israel Folau in what turned out to be a breakout year for the pair.
Folau backed the 22-year-old to have a ''bright future''.
''He had a great spring tour last year and I really enjoyed playing with him,'' the code-hopper said. ''He's a young kid who's got a bright future ahead of him. Hopefully he does really well this year as well.''
Kuridrani is known for his bash-and-crash style of rugby, powerful running in direct lines.
But he's also excellent around the breakdown, which has become a focus of the modern Brumbies' game plan.
Folau said Kuridrani's defence was also top notch.
''His defence is great, he's really strong and he's good at reading when teams throw some attacking plays at him,'' Folau said. ''His strength is in attack when he runs strong lines and carries the ball strongly. Obviously there are things he wants to work on … but he's got a bright future and he'll be fine.''
It was thought Kuridrani and Smith would battle it out for the No.13 jersey, and the latter was favourite given his strong performances in the pre-season trials.
But it looks like Smith could get the nod at inside-centre.
The Brumbies will be without usual No.12 Christian Lealiifano until mid-March after he underwent ankle surgery at the end of the Wallabies tour. It is hoped he will be ready for the round-five clash against the Waratahs at Canberra Stadium on March 15.
Pat McCabe and Japan international Harumichi Tatekawa were in contention to replace Lealiifano, but it is understood the Brumbies are concerned about McCabe's confidence after he broke his neck twice in the past 15 months.


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Unions are threatening months of protest against the NSW government's public sector wage changes after 12,000 government workers vented their anger outside State Parliament.
With the industrial relations bill expected to pass the lower house today, thousands of angry nurses, police, firefighters, teachers and other public servants descended on Sydney's Macquarie Street.
Unions NSW Secretary
"We've had an extraordinary turnout here today. It shows the level of anger out there among public sector workers about these laws," he told reporters after the rally.
"Clearly the government has a problem here, workers are very upset about the way [it has] imposed these laws that rip away their workplace rights."
Mr Lennon vowed unions would continue their campaign against the bill, with community-based rallies and events planned over Parliament's two-month winter recess.
"This is going to be a long campaign, today is just a step in it, a major step. But this campaign will continue until the government repeals these laws," he said.
ACTU secretary
"Five minutes after being elected into government, without a hint to the electorate who voted them in only three months ago, the O'Farrell Liberal government has waged an attack on workers the likes of which we haven't seen since WorkChoices," Mr Lawrence told protesters.
"We can't allow these laws to be passed and, if they are, we've got to continue to fight to get rid of them. Every member of Parliament who votes for them today or tomorrow must be held to account." Debate on the bill, which strips the NSW Industrial Relations Commission of its power to set public sector wages, began in the government-dominated lower house late yesterday, with a vote expected this morning.
The bill passed the upper house on Tuesday after a marathon filibuster a fortnight ago.
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Killing Thrust: Hits its head against an enemy.
Spawn Draggy: Can spawn a Golden Dynasty Draggy (max 3)
Teleport: Can teleport over a short distance
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The ROI of Avoiding Bad PR
As if local patient dumping weren't enough of a PR nightmare for the U.S. healthcare system: Now hospitals are being called out for patient dumping on an international scale.
The New York Times tells a heart-wrenching story of a 35-year-old uninsured illegal immigrant, so injured in a car accident that he is unable to care for himself. The wheelchair-bound man, who has the mental capacity of a child because of his brain injury, was sent back to the impoverished hills of Guatemala where he has only his elderly mother to care for him.
It was not the government that deported him, but a community hospital in Florida, acting on its own.
The story paints hospitals—community hospitals in particular—as uncaring, money-grubbing, underhanded, and corrupt. And the article doesn't just focus on the Florida hospital—it gives examples of international patient dumping from hospitals across the country, including some with religious missions.
"The only people who don't realize how inhumane our health care system has become are those fortunate enough to have good insurance, or Medicare . . . or who have never run up against the wall that says, 'You can't pay for this, so go,' " one reader commented.
How much does bad PR cost?
It begs the question: How much is good PR worth? Or, more to the point in this case, how much is it worth to avoid bad PR?
Martin Memorial, a not-for-profit hospital in Stuart, FL, did a lot for this patient. Not only did they save his life—twice—but when they could not find a long-term care facility that would take the uninsured 35-year-old, the hospital took him in and cared for him to the tune of $1.5 million before it leased an air ambulance for $30,000 returned him to his home country.
Should the hospital have spent another $1.5 million to avoid an article such as this one? Three million? Six? How much is enough?
Multiply those numbers by the millions of uninsured in the U.S. and the negative return on avoiding bad publicity is clear.
It seems vulgar to weigh the pros and cons of caring for a patient, of measuring the cost to the hospital's bottom line versus the cost of bad publicity. But those within the healthcare industry know that without money, there is no mission.
Was the bad PR all that bad?
I'm not saying "there's no such thing as bad PR." In this case, I think, it's pretty clear that Martin and the other hospitals named in the article got a serious whooping.
But, as usual, there's more to the story. For example, buried in the article is the fact that the man's legal team, comprised of a lawyer, a paralegal, a priest, and a bioethicist, visited him in his home in Guatemala and found that there was no compelling reason to return him to Florida and that his quality of life is better than it would be in a U.S. nursing home.
And, as is it turns out, many of those who weighed in on the Times article—more than 500 at last check—seemed to understand that the blame should not lie on the hospital alone.
One reader, for example, blamed the federal government and noted that the burden of paying for the uninsured falls unfairly on urban hospitals, hospitals in communities with large immigrant populations, and hospitals in poorer rural areas.
Some were outraged that the hospital had to spend as much as it did on the uninsured patient. The $1.5 million, they said, could have gone to much better use caring for those who need help right here at home.
Others pointed out that if more Americans were insured, the burden of paying for the uninsured would not fall so heavily on public hospitals.
Still others blamed the employer who hired the illegal immigrant and the driver who hit him. Shouldn't they be responsible for the cost of his care?
Yes, some readers railed against the hospital's insensitivity. But for the most part, they seemed to understand that there's a schism between the ideality of charity and the reality of the bottom line. What matters most, of course, is that the hospital's internal and external stakeholders also understand that. It's up to the hospital to make sure they do.
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AZZAZ, SyriaOpposition fighters locked in battle for Syria´s largest city, Aleppo, have a new resource: Rebels now control a swath of territory to their north, including two border crossings with Turkey.
The opposition hopes its first substantial enclave of the 17-month uprising, seized from the government in the past few weeks, will transform a fight that for months has seen no clear victor. A similar enclave allowed Libyan rebels to sustain their fight in Libya last year.
Already, the Syrian enclave has made it easier for rebels to bring fighters, weapons, food, fuel and other logistic needs to Aleppo.
The battle for Syria´s commercial capital could be pivotal. A rebel victory there would deal an unprecedented blow to President Bashar al- Assad´s rule; regime dominance there could free Mr. Assad´s troops to try to regain the north.
Thursday´s fighting in Aleppo brought the latest shift in the unresolved battle: A government offensive drove rebel militias from the southern neighborhood of Salaheddin, amid heavy army shelling of several other neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city of 2.2 million, according to rebel fighters and residents.
Rebels, who had held Salaheddin for more than a week, gave conflicting reports of whether they staged a strategic retreat or were overrun by the ferocity of the government attack.
Mr. Assad´s security forces lost control of the sweep of countryside north of Aleppo in late July, fleeing an offensive by rebel groups from across the rural north. Since then, local village committees that steered the uprising have shifted gears, transforming themselves into interim village governments. Rebel checkpoints now dot the winding single-lane roads between the region´s farming villages and towns.
Except for a lone air base where loyalist soldiers are hunkered down and mostly surrounded by rebel fighters, the countryside stretching from Aleppo to the Turkish border about 30 miles away has been cleared of government forces.
The Syrian border town of Azzaz, to Aleppo´s north, fell to rebel fighters on July 21, and much of the rest of the countryside north of Aleppo fell within days, rebels said. About a week ago, rebel fighters-turned-bureaucrats took up posts at a pair of border crossings with Turkey, one near Azzaz and the other west of Aleppo. Crisply dressed rebels check passports of new arrivals, enter names into computers and extend a welcome hand to "Free Syria."
Samir Haj Omar, an economist who now heads the local 30-member political council in Azzaz, said Turkish officials have been more willing to deal with him and other rebel leaders now that they are de facto governors.
He has used that newfound heft to convince Turkey to allow cargo trucks to cross the border. On Wednesday, the first new shipments of rice, flour and gasoline arrived in rebel-controlled northern Syria, according to local officials here.
Throughout the north, a region where many civilians had fled or remained locked in their houses to avoid the regime´s crackdown on protests, people now fill village streets. Shops have reopened in recent days for the first time in four months. In the village of Maraa, children flocked to a reopened public swimming pool to cool off on Thursday. Abandoned Syrian Army tanks have been converted to makeshift playgrounds.
For fighters desperately trying to keep up supplies of food, fuel and weapons, the ability to freely cross the Turkish border and move between villages without fear of encountering regime forces is a dramatic change.
Earlier in the conflict, supplies were ferried across the Turkish border by horse, or on foot, by smugglers traversing muddy trails while dodging Turkish and Syrian border guards. A local fighter in Azzaz who said he helped smuggle in local rebels´ first rocket propelled grenades earlier this year said it took them weeks to negotiate the treacherous route through regime-controlled territory for just two RPGs.
Now, such supply shipments can make the run from the Turkish border to the front line in Aleppo in about 90 minutes.
"In Damascus, it was difficult to get guns and supplies, but in Aleppo, it is easy," said Ahmed Kaialy, a 24-year-old rebel who fought in both cities.
He spoke from a makeshift clinic in Turkey on Tuesday, a day after rocket shrapnel lodged in his eye while fighting in Aleppo´s Salaheddin neighborhood. Before, it might have taken him as much as two weeks to get smuggled out to Turkey or Lebanon for treatment, he said. Now, open roads and control of the border mean he will be able to return to battle within days.
Rebels also see their control of northern Syria as an opportunity to show their countrymen and the international community what their governance may look like if the Assad regime is toppled. New governing structures are beginning to sprout. An Azzaz city council has been established headed by a former schoolteacher. A rebel brigade polices the streets. Sheik Yussuf al-Shahawi, the new, 25- year-old imam at the local mosque, has taken charge of the civil courts, conducting marriages, divorces and settling civil disputes.
A nascent criminal court systemrun by local Muslim clerics in many villageshas begun to operate, using Islamic law as the foundation for decisions.
In a sign of the struggles Syria could face if Mr. Assad´s regime falls, Mr. Shahawi said his early efforts have been focused on stopping mistreatment of detained regime-loyalist fightersand convincing their captors to leave justice to the new courtsas well as preventing revenge attacks against a nearby Shiite village that supported the regime.
He said there have been numerous such incidents, but calls them isolated exceptions.
The last Syrian regime bastion in the rebels´ northern enclave is the Mennigh Air Base, where loyalist forces continue to fight from inside the base´s besieged walls. They toss regular volleys of artillery fire at the nearby village of Tel Rifat. A regime war plane occasionally ventures north from the war´s front line battle in Aleppo and drops bombs on newly freed villages.
On Wednesday, two bombs were dropped on a rebel headquarters in an abandoned elementary school in Tel Rifat leaving two craters in the school courtyard, rebels said. A third bomb flattened a house and killed the family inside. "We can breathe now, but the regime is still here," said Yassin Dibo, a rebel fighter from Tel Rifat.
Margaret Coker in Beirut contributed to this article. (Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) 08/10/12)
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No longer will players be able to gulp down a few "greenies" to give them an extra burst of energy during the unrelenting 162-game schedule.
Give Commissioner Bud Selig credit. Not only for getting approval from the players union for more stringent penalties for steroids but by also demanding amphetamines be included.
This is all about integrity.
It took months of negotiation after Selig made his proposal on April 25, but in the end the commissioner got everything from the union he asked for. And give Congress a huge assist for applying pressure, poised to enact even more severe penalties.
But in many regards amphetamines, essentially ignored for eons, weren't a priority.
That was a critical mistake. They might not be as deadly, but when it comes to performance enhancement they are just as important as steroids. Especially relating to integrity-of-the-game issues.
Years ago — in the late 1970s and early '80s when I was in baseball clubhouses almost daily — the use of amphetamines was rampant. Sadly, they were part of the game.
Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., a Hall of Fame pitcher who introduced legislation on steroids last week, told USA TODAY on Tuesday night that it was imperative amphetamines be included in any agreement.
"This was so important there's a separate paragraph in the agreement to cover them," he said. "Amphetamines had to be addressed."
Selig has been meeting with team doctors and trainers.
"The concerns raised by them about amphetamines made a tremendous impact on me," he said. "I knew then we had to get something done. Amphetamines was a very crucial part of this.
"Amphetamines have been around for a long, long time, but I was startled by some of the things I heard — the severity, the significance, the deep abiding concern. I could see it, not only with what they were saying, but by the looks on their faces."
Rob Manfred, MLB's chief labor lawyer, said "all amphetamines, any substance that metabolizes in the body into an amphetamine and certain other stimulants are banned."
Under the new program, players who test positive for amphetamines for the first time will be subject to mandatory evaluation and follow-up testing. Subsequent positive tests for amphetamines will carry suspensions of 25 games, 80 games and up to a lifetime ban.
Players beware: Gary Wadler, New York University professor of medicine and a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, says "amphetamines are not difficult to test for. They've been around in the world of doping for decades upon decades. It's quite historic in terms of doping; the first recorded deaths in a sport were from amphetamines. Two cyclists in the 1960s died from amphetamines.
"It was amphetamines that gave rise to the first prohibitive list in the Olympic movement. It was one of the first drugs that was seriously studied in terms of performance-enhancing effects."
Wadler says in terms of performance enhancement amphetamines "are a different order of magnitude, with steroids being a much more significant performance enhancer."
He adds amphetamines aid in masking fatigue, improving reaction time and, possibly, improving hand-eye coordination.
"The basic benefit is in the fatigue state," he says. "Amphetamines have some very serious side effects, least of which is death, heatstroke, heart attacks."
In February 2003 a medical examiner said an ephedra supplement had been a factor in the spring training death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler. Wadler says ephedra "isn't even as potent as amphetamines. I'm happy to see they've finally taken action in baseball against amphetamines."
With new, tougher penalties for steroids and testing for amphetamines baseball has taken a huge step in cleaning up its sport.
Maybe now, what fans see on the field will be mere humans playing a child's game without the help of chemical enhancement.
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Review DateOctober 7, 2005
Overall Rating 4 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
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Reviewed by: n33mah
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:forged 350cc
Summary:Id first like to say that im not a big fan of big heads and this head actually isnt that small.
It added 20-30 yards on my drives and now they go alot straighter. It was a great deal considering i got it new with a UST PRO FORCE 65 GOLD GRAPHITE stiff. i dont know if its good, but it looks cool. well anyhow, i like the sound it makes but if you dont hit it on the sweetspot it doesnt hurt you. thats atleast for me.
great value and it looks nice. my drives really help me set up my approaches better now.
Similar Products Used:never used another driver before. just started a year ago
Review DateJuly 23, 2005
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 3 of 5
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Reviewed by: arafeiro
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Model Reviewed:Nike Forged 400
Summary:I purchased the Nike 400cc version of this club about a month ago with a R-flex factory graphite. The feel of the club was great, but I was slicing it because the R-flex Nike shafts are not as stiff as a regular flex from say UST or Aldila. Contrary to popular belief, this club is rather light and I was able to spin it like a baton in my hand without much difficulty when trying to balance the spin. Anyone who says he/she cannot swing this club and improve their game needs to either improve their swing, or stop biasing equipment due to brandname.
I changed out to a 45" Rifle Steel Stiff shaft and have hit almost every fairway in my last 2 rounds (save for the occasional sky when I get ballsy and decide to go for the long drive record on Men's night or drive the downhill par 4s).
With the stock shaft I was hitting about 240-50 with a controlled swing, now I can finally let it rip and have gained about 20-30 yards (260-280). I would like to say I have broken 300, but as of yet the most I have pulled was 286. But this will change as I tune my swing.
As other reviews have stated, changing the shaft can make a big difference with this club, as it had a tendency to fade/slice with the faster your swing with the regular shaft.
I love this driver and will probably not switch until the Ignite 410 or Taylormade R5 come down to earth with their prices.
Customer Service:Quality!
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Review DateMarch 24, 2005
Overall Rating 1 of 5
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Reviewed by: civicdude101
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Model Reviewed:nike forged
Summary:I thought this was one of the worst titanium drivers ever put on the market period. Ranks up there with the hawkeye vft. the new ignite drivers are a huge improvement though, like night and day.
Customer Service:none
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Review DateDecember 29, 2004
Reviewed by: akap4surf
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Model Reviewed:Nike Forged Driver
Summary:I picked this club up for 20 dollars, in like new condition, just to use as aback up and what not. This club is twice as good as i could have expected, I was skeptical of nike's equipment, but it is better than people say it is. Once you reshaft the club, it performs pretty good.
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Review DateSeptember 21, 2004
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Reviewed by: a340
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Model Reviewed:Nike Forged 350cc
Summary:Got this driver from eBay for less than $100 last year. I've lost some yardage due to age but gained them back with this driver. Cosmetic are excellent, they remind me of the old persimmon woods. Has a rather disconcerting ring on impact, but aside from this has great feel. I love the response of the shaft on downswing.
Customer Service:Never tried.
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The Crap We Missed – Friday 3.25.11
Mexican Katie Holmes is sorta pretty.
+1 (for the Mexican Katie Holmes part)
Sorta being the key word.
except that she's not Mexican…she is Filipina, Chinese,and Spanish (Mom's side,) Irish and American Indian (Dad's side).
Photogenic tits.
Young guns!
That's a chain to keep her clothes on, not a necklace.
Every week or so she has to be photographed clothed, I guess.
Vanessa Hudgens kinda looks like Snooki, minus the orangeness.
"Oops, did someone find another set of my naked pictures…tee-hee"


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Rory McIlroy and Stacy Lewis have been named 2012 Players of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America.
Along with Champions Tour player Roger Champman, the trio were landslide winners in the balloting by golf journalists. McIlroy earned 97.9 percent of the 190 votes cast with Brandt Snedeker (3) and Tiger Woods (1) the only other players to earn consideration. This is the third year in a row - and fourth time in five years - that the GWAA award has gone to a European-born player. McIlroy also won the Golf Writers Trophy (a vote of the Association of Golf Writers) and both the PGA and European Tour Player of the Year honors.
Lewis received 78.8 percent of the vote for Female Player of the Year over Na Yeon Choi and Inbee Park.
In the Senior balloting, Chapman pulled 60 percent of the vote over Tom Lehman and Bernhard Langer.
McIlroy won fives times in 2012, including a tournament-record eight-shot win at the PGA Championship, and won the money titles on both the PGA TOUR and European Tours.
Lewis won four times to become the first American since Beth Daniel in 1994 to win the Rolex Player of the Year points list and the first American to win the GWAA's award since Juli Inkster in 1999.
Chapman started the year with conditional status on the Champions Tour, but the Englishman won the Senior PGA Championship in his first 2012 start. Seven weeks later, he came from four shots back to win the U.S. Senior Open by two shots over Bernhard Langer, 2012 Champions Tour Player of the Year Tom Lehman, Fred Funk and Corey Pavin. He is the fourth player to win the Senior PGA and Senior Open in the same year and the first player since Mike Reid in 2009 whose first two Champions wins were majors.Report Typo/Error
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The web is agog today with the Facebook IPO of course, but if you look closely, there's some astute analysis that lets us know something fascinating about FB -- and why Second life was so eager to ride on its coat-tails.
MG Siegler lets us know some of the impressive numbers.
"Google had $961.8 million in rev and $105.6 million in profit when they went public."
Really? That's all? They have nearly a billion coming in, and so many costs that they only had only $105.6 million now?
You know, I couldn't help thinking of our own dear Linden Lab. They claimed they had $75 million in revenue for years, and now are reported as having $100 million in revenue (we don't know what the profits are because it's not a public company).
The point is, however, that Linden Lab only has -- soaking wet, if we all really log on -- 1 million regular customers. Or maybe 900,000. Or something. Or is it back up above 1 million? Well, around a million (someone can correct me).
Compare and contrast that one million customers that generate revenue of $100 million for the Lab, a factor of 0.01, with the 800 million customers for Facebook that only generate $1 billion revenue and $105.7 million profit, i.e. a factor of 0.80. What does this mean? I think it means you need more customers on Facebook to generate more revenue to make more, relatively speaking, than Second Life does -- even though MG Siegler calls Facebook a "refined profit machine". (Since I suck at math, I'm sure someone can figure out what this means -- what rate of customers do you need to get a dollar of revenue -- and keep in mind that Facebook was LOSING when it had less customers, so it may require some X number of customers to keep the momentum to get Y dollars).
For more detail on the losses FB suffered over the years, look at Siegler's Alma Mater, TechCrunch, per Alexia Tsotsis.
But here's where it gets really interesting -- and here's another former TechCruncher, Paul Carr, who is on Sarah Lacy's new daily blog Pando (yet another former TCer) who sort of ho-hums -- because this ad agency called "Facebook" isn't really that interesting a business -- but look down in the comments:
Steve Manuel on February 1, 2012 at 2:35 pm said:
This IS interesting:
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"We currently generate significant revenue as a result of our relationship with Zynga, and, if we are unable to successfully maintain this relationship, our financial results could be harmed.
In 2011, Zynga accounted for approximately 12% of our revenue, which amount was comprised of revenue derived from payments processing fees related to Zynga's sales of virtual goods and from direct advertising purchased by Zynga. Additionally, Zynga's apps generate a significant number of pages on which we display ads from other advertisers. If the use of Zynga games on our Platform declines, if Zynga launches games on or migrates games to competing platforms, or if we fail to maintain good relations with Zynga, we may lose Zynga as a significant Platform developer and our financial results may be adversely affected."
Wow. Quite the admission! the sort of thing you have to admit in a, well, initial public offering.
It's 12 percent of their revenue! That's a lot. If they lose Zynga, as they almost did in the past, they are way down, and there could be a further knock-on effect. If Zynga was a separate site that added a little social to their games -- all they'd have to do is make some of them like Metaplace with the ability to actually go inside the little Farmville games and talk to other people in chat with your avatar and interact with them, i.e. gift-giving, plant, sit, etc -- and they could have a barn-stormer, and people just wouldn't go back to Facebook. Especially when you think of mobile.
My sense is that Facebook is farther alone in the game than MySpace, but that it could still start to suffer and wane if something better came along that had better privacy and less annoyances. That thing would NOT be Google+, which is now sucking up your data across all its products, whereas before it would leave you along in gmail with your SL avatar name.
Then there's this to consider: whatever that "coefficient" of "refined profit" -- customers per dollar of revenue and what it takes to get them and the expenses for servers and such -- what LL has said is that SL generated $450 million in sales of virtual goods (that includes land presumably_ inworld. So LL has made a platform that generates revenue for OTHER people, creators, merchants, service providers.
Facebook has ap engineers who make money from it, and marketers and social media gurus who consult around it, but can it really be said to provide entry-level means of making revenue online for ordinary people like Second Life? No.
You can toil away in Farmville for hours, and never make any real money. In SL, you can flip land or texture a cube and start making real money.


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Michael Brantley rested from the head and neck injuries he suffered on Monday, and the Cleveland Indians lost to the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 at Progressive Field.
Josh Tomlin (4-4) gave up 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings, while Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker (4-1) struck out 10 Indians in eight innings.
Lonnie Chisenhall was the Tribe's top hitter; he went 2-for-4 and hit his eighth home run of the season. MIke Trout socked two home runs for the Angels.
Justin Masterson (4-4) will start for Cleveland tonight at 7:05 p.m. against the Angels' C.J. Wilson (7-6).
The Indians did not give an update on Brantley, the reigning American League Player of the Week, who was hurt while trying to break up a double play.Tags: Baseball, Cleveland, Cleveland Indians, MLB


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The Archives includes works of all South Carolina poets laureate, literary fellows selected by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, Pushcart Prize winners, South Carolina Fiction Prize winners, Piccolo Spoleto Fiction prize winners, and recipients of many other significant awards.
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It's hard to put into words how much Michael Mauti means to Penn State, its students, alumni, and fans. He has made a tremendous positive impact on us all through his fiery spirit, passion, and drive.
I hope you will join me in the 'Morale for Mauti' initiative to send well-wishes and support to Michael Mauti to let him know how much he means to our community. This initiative has been approved by Penn State's Linebackers Coach, Ron Vanderlinden.
The goal of this drive is to help boost the morale of Michael Mauti and his family as he works to recover from his injury. This is an ongoing event.
Please join me in sending support to Michael Mauti by writing your well-wishes to Michael below.
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The Indiana Pacers have re-assigned rookie Miles Plumlee to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers' NBA Development League affiliate.
Plumlee (6-11, 255, Duke) re-joins the Mad Ants having played in four games for Fort Wayne during his previous assignments when he averaged 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 33.3 minutes. He has appeared in four games for the Pacers this season, scoring four points and grabbing five rebounds in 16 minutes.


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About the association
AJEX – The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women – has an amazing story to tell, that spans some eighty years.
Its membership includes over 4,000 individuals who served in the British Army, either during or after the Second World War.
In the 21st century, AJEX has a very important role, focusing on three main areas:
REMEMBRANCE for the sacrifices of the PAST
HELP for those in need in the PRESENT
EDUCATION for the FUTURE
Our Diary is always busy, remembering and honouring those that fell in service during and after the Second World War. Our own parade honours the Jewish service personnel, and takes place the Sunday after Remembrance Day, each and every November. to see photos from this event and more.
The Social and Welfare division offers grants to members and their families, who find themselves in difficulty, offering help with medical, housing and other essential everyday needs.
AJEX's fascinating history is so often brought alive by our members and Education team, visiting schools nationwide to help deliver the curriculum on World War II, via varied education programmes.
The Jewish Military Museum (see link at the bottom of this page), founded and launched by AJEX, houses not only priceless memorabilia, but an extensive database with over 60,000 records of Jewish ex-servicemen and women who served in the British Armed Forces.
So, take a look around, and do stay in touch.
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Posted by Laura on Aug 03 2012
The official cover art for the new Victorious video games Victorious: Taking the Lead have now been released, and I've added 2 HQ images to the gallery!
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The games will be released for Nintendo DS and Wii on November 13. You can find more information on the games and pre-order them on Amazon!
Matt Bennett's Month of July
Posted by Laura on Aug 01 2012
Matt Bennett posted another video summing up his month, and Liz is in it again. Make sure to check it out below, those videos are always really fun to watch!
Be Charitable Like 'Victorious' Star Liz Gillies!
Posted by Laura on Jul 31 2012
She's just 19, but actress Liz Gillies understands the importance of giving back. The "Victorious" star reveals one of the great perks of being a celebrity is being able to pay it forward.
She's lending her talents to an upcoming charity event in the Hamptons to raise money for women's cancer research. Liz will perform and meet and greet her young fans at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Family Day, which typically raises $350,000.
"It's a really excellent organization. When they reached out and asked me to be a part of it, I immediately said yes. The event, Family Day, raises money to fund breakthrough studies targeting women's health and cancers. Having witnessed so many of my close friends' mothers go through cancer, it's a cause that's very close to my heart. I'm fortunate to get to be involved," reveals Liz to Healthy Hollywood.
Plus, taking charitable action is simply good for your health both physically and mentally. Study after study shows that being charitable will increase happiness, lessen stress, and even make our hearts healthier.
Liz is also teaching others about healthy eating. She's a vegan, not by choice but because she's allergic to gluten.
"In the beginning it was hard, now I'm pretty used to it. I still constantly crave burgers, cheese and all the foods I can't have, but I've learned to live without them," adds Liz.
And, for others thinking going vegan, Liz has this advice, "Don't cut everything out at once. Gradually eliminate foods out of your diet, and see how you feel. Make sure to find ways to balance out your diet so that you're getting all the nutrients you need."
For more information on the 23rd Annual Einstein Hampton Family Day, which is happening on August 5th, click here.
Watch Liz On "Figure It Out" Tonight!
Posted by Laura on Jul 30 2012
Liz will be on the panel of tonight's Figure It Out episode, along with Mikey Reid, Gracie Dzienny, and Noah Munck! Figure It Out is a game show featuring everyday kids with extraordinary -- and sometimes completely bizarre -- talents and abilities. A panel of Nickelodeon stars and special celebrity guests attempt to decipher the contestant's special talent through three rounds of guessing. It's always fun to watch!
So make sure to to tune in to Nick at 7/6c! If you missed Liz's last apperance on Figure It Out, you can buy the episode on iTunes.
Also, by the looks of it, Liz will be in another episode on August 8!
Winx Club: "We Are Believix" Music Video
The music video for We Are Believix has just been released on Nick.com! Check it out below & make sure to tune in to the Winx Club season finale tomorrow at 12/11c for the premiere of the music video on Nick!
Liz Gillies On Playing The Bad Girl And Being The Nice Girl
Huffington Post just posted an interview with Liz they recently did:
What's it like playing Jade on Victorious?
It's wonderful. I love playing Jade. I always say she's not so much the "mean" girl, but the "bad" girl in so many ways. She has a lot of human qualities to her -- she's not just completely sociopathic. She's sweet with her boyfriend. It's nice to play a character with some depth.
How do you deal with mean girls in your own life?
If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.
Jade may be the bad girl on-screen, but off-screen, you've shown support for the anti-bullying movement and attended the premiere of Bully. What makes this an important issue for you?
I had a group of girlfriends who were mean girls and thought bullying would make them popular. I don't like when people say that we can put an end to it -- I don't think it's ever going to stop. I don't think that's a healthy way to look at it. I think it's more important to teach kids how to deal with it by finding extra-curricular activities or something artistic so they can express themselves and find a creative outlet for their anger.
On a lighter note, you sing covers on YouTube and you've sung on the Victorious soundtrack. Do you have any plans to put out an original album?
Yeah, I do. I'm working on it now. It's alternative rock. I love a lot of older rock music, so this is kind of an incorporation of that with some more modern elements. It's fun -- I can't wait for people to see it when it comes out.
In the past, you've covered Adele, Lady Gaga and the Rolling Stones. Who would your ultimate dream duet be with?
Maybe... I don't know, that's a hard one! Probably the Beatles. I love the Beatles. But I've recently been listening to Fleet Foxes and they're really cool, so maybe I'd do something with them. Or Steven Tyler, because I know he's still doing his thing and he's amazing.
You have an such a cool sense of style. Who are your fashion and beauty icons?
I dress in a lot of black! I love mesh, which sounds really weird, but I love wearing it on the show. I've always loved Angelina Jolie's way of dressing because it's always so sexy and so simple.
Next month, you'll be performing in the Hamptons to raise money for women's health and cancer research. Why is this an important cause for you?
I really like to do things with families and with children, so I was really excited to get to do this. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine [is hosting the event and] it's benefitting research for women's cancers, which is a cause that is close to my heart. So many of my friends' mothers have dealt with cancer. It's a wonderful event; it usually draws an average of a thousand people, who raise approximately $350,000 annually. It'll be great!
You turned 19 on July 26 - happy birthday! What's your favorite thing about being a teenager?
I love being a teen because you don't have all the responsibilities of an adult yet. I felt so much older when I turned 18 and I really do feel like an adult now. I like growing up; I feel like I have an old soul. I like the age to match as much as it can.
Looking back on your teen years, what advice would you give yourself as a younger teen?
This is corny, but I would tell myself to follow my path and persevere. If you're passionate about something and stick with it, even if your friends aren't doing it, it'll pay off. It can be really rewarding to stick to your guns.
Winx Club: "We Are Believix" Song + Music Video Premiere
The song Liz recorded for Winx Club, We Are Believix, is now available for download! You can buy it on iTunes or Amazon. I think it sounds awesome!
Also, the music video for We Are Believix will premiere tomorrow at around 12/11c during the Winx Club season finale on Nick, so make sure to tune in!
BOP & Tiger Beat Q&A
BOP & Tiger Beat recently got the chance to sit down with Liz for a Q&A:
BOP&TB: So what are your favorite songs that are out this summer, like the ones that are really stuck in your head?
Liz Gillies: The one that's stuck in my head- oh what is it… uh… the (sings a tune) "Lights"? Is that what it's called? I think it's Ellie Goulding. I don't know it's like, "You're still calling…." It's on the radio every 5 seconds…I think it's "Lights"…They're a band. It is Ellie Goulding! "Lights."
BOP&TB: Do you have any plans for your summer hiatus?
Liz Gillies: I'm going to have a couple little performances I think I'm going to be doing but I'm just going to be writing a lot of music. That's what I'm going to be focused on this hiatus.
BOP&TB: Do you think you'll ever see any of your songs make it onto the show? Is that something you'd be interested in or is not really in the Victorious vibe?
Liz Gillies: I can't really talk about it, but let's just say yes, maybe.
BOP&TB: So what about on the acting front? Are you focusing totally on music during your hiatus or do you have any interest in doing movies?
Liz Gillies: I'm auditioning a lot but I'm putting my focus on doing movies. I'm very good at dividing my attention to cater to both of my little passions.
Winx Club: "We Are Believix"
Posted by Laura on Jul 27 2012
As you might know, Liz lends her voice to the character Daphne from the Nickelodeon show Winx Club, and now she also got to sing the song We Are Believix, which is the theme song of the show. You can listen to it below or on Nick.com:
The song will be available for purchase on Amazon.com on July 28th!
The song will be available for purchase on Amazon.com on July 28th!
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"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)
Do you know what a "first responder" is? There are teams of men and women who are trained to be able to come help in an emergency situation. They are supposed to be always ready in case an emergency happens nearby them. They practice, and they stay alert so that they can be the first people on the scene if there is a car accident or another kind of crisis where somebody might be seriously hurt. First responders are trained to give medical help to people right after an accident, so that they are taken care of until they can be taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
We can be very thankful for first responders. Paramedics, firefighters, EMTs, and all kinds of people are trained to act in an emergency, when people need help most desperately. If you call 9-1-1, someone will respond to your call for help. They will come right away. They will come as soon as they possibly can. And they will come faster than any other help can get there.
But you know what? They are not already there. Do you realize that God is always already there? The Bible says He is "our refuge and strength," a "very present help" when we are in times of trouble. To be a "present help" is to be right there already. Even the fastest first responders cannot reach you in an emergency faster than God can. We don't even have to dial 9-1-1 in order to cry out to God in an emergency. He is already there, because He is always present with us.
What a comfort it is to know that God is always with us! Even when we have to wait for other people to come help, or if we just feel alone and need someone with us – God is already there. Are you living like you believe that God is a "very present help in trouble"?
Because He is always with us, God is already there when we need Him.
My Response: » Do I feel worried or lonely when my friends and family are not around me? » Do I forget that I can trust God to be there for me when I need Him? » How can I show in my own "first responses" that I am trusting the LORD more than anyone or anything else?
1 Thessalonians 5:24 – "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it."
Yes, and those who follow Christ are called His disciples. John 13:15 – "For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you."
Hell is a real place God created for those who never accept His gift of salvation. It is a place where unbelievers will be separated from God and tormented forever. Jesus calls it an "unquenchable fire" and says three times in the book of Mark (9:44, 46, 48) that hell is a place "where the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched" (NKJV). The word "hell" is found in the Bible fifty-three (53) times. Revelation 20:10 – "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone [hell], where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
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To begin with, China, like Sumer and like Egypt, was a land of city states.
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I'm not sure if it was the first Tommasini I ever saw in the flesh, but the one that stands out in my mind belonged to a Bicycle Messenger in San Francisco. Justin O'Hare.
It was a bold rosso red with flashes of white bolting along the top tube. In fairness, it was the rider that sat atop this steed that made it really stand out, much like Jordan made those Nike's the enviable shoes. When I think of Tommasini I think of that bike carving up downtown traffic like a hot knife through butter. Italian butter of course!
A thousand miles away and decades earlier, Irio Tommasini forged his way into bicycle frame building after the second world war, and set up shop in Tuscany where the business still operates, run largely by his daughters and their families.
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I have had to speak of prescription as a source of villainage.
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The men of ancient demesne are men of free blood holding in villainage.
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As it turns out, New Haven was the only area baseball team to win a district championship this spring.
Playing in the Class 1 District 10 title game Wednesday at St. Elizabeth High School, the Shamrocks held off the host school, 3-2.
"Our pitching in the three district games by Austin Madden and Garrett Schoenfeld was very good," said New Haven Head Coach Jim Scheer. "We're definitely hitting the ball better than we have all year. Some of the elite pitchers in the Four Rivers Conference can throw hard, have good movement and can locate the ball. The pitchers we faced in our district can't do those things as well. We're making more solid contact at the plate."
New Haven (10-14) hosts Green Ridge (12-8) in a Class 1 sectional game Monday at 6 p.m.
Admission to the sectional game is $6, which is a MSHSAA mandated price. The rain date is Tuesday at 6 p.m.
St. Elizabeth
The second-seeded Shamrocks grabbed a 3-0 lead after three innings and held on for a 3-2 win over top-seeded St. Elizabeth.
Austin Madden pitched all seven innings to earn the win, his second of the district tournament. He allowed two runs on six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.
"Austin threw the ball really well. His control was good. He's been a little hesitant in throwing the breaking ball, but we told him he needs to throw it more and he did. He's throwing harder than he has all year. He was poised when things got intense late in the game."
St. Elizabeth had the bases loaded with one out in the fifth inning, but failed to score, keeping the game 3-0.
After scoring two runs in the sixth inning, St. Elizabeth had the tying run on first base in the seventh inning, but Madden retired the No. 3 hitter to end the contest.
Madden helped himself at the plate with two hits and a run. Blake Eggers and Kyle Ruediger both had RBI hits.
Ross Seitter (double), John Carey, Jake Terschluse and Garrett Schoenfeld each added one hit. John Duke and Schoenfeld both walked twice. Ruediger and Terschluse both walked once.
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New Haven defeated third-seeded Calvary Lutheran Monday in the semifinals, 12-3.
Trailing 3-2 after four innings, the Shamrocks exploded for six runs in the fifth and four in the sixth.
"We started to hit the ball in the fifth inning," Scheer said. "We drew a couple of walks and had some big hits."
Schoenfeld pitched all seven innings. He allowed three runs on seven hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
The Shamrocks registered 13 hits in the contest.
Eggers was 3-4 with three RBIs and a run.
Madden, Carey, Ruediger and Seitter each added two hits.
Seitter also walked twice, scored two runs and had one RBI. Madden had four RBIs and scored a run. Ruediger scored three runs. Carey collected two RBIs.
Schoenfeld and Andrew Schwentker both had one hit. Schwentker also walked and scored a run. Schoenfeld scored a run.
Terschluse walked twice and scored two runs.
New Haven opened the district tournament with a 13-0 win in five innings over seventh-seed Tuscumbia May 11.
The Shamrocks scored three runs in the first inning, six in the third and four in the fourth.
Madden tossed a three-hit shutout over five innings. He walked two and struck out four.
New Haven collected 14 hits.
Duke, Seitter, Terschluse, Ruediger and Madden each had two hits.
Terschluse and Ruediger both added two RBIs and two runs. Ruediger also stole three bases. Madden also walked, had two RBIs and one run. Seitter and Duke both had one RBI and one run. Seitter also stole two bases.
Schoenfeld (double), Eggers (double), Schwentker and Carey each finished with one hit.
Eggers also walked, scored two runs and had one RBI. Schoenfeld had two RBIs and one run. Carey had one walk and one run. Schwentker scored twice.
Green Ridge
Green Ridge makes the trip to New Haven Monday after taking the Class 1 District 9 title with a 13-3 victory Tuesday over Leeton.
The Tigers knocked off Hermitage in the first round 3-1 and Wheatland in the semifinals, 8-5.
Madden is expected to start on the mound for the Shamrocks.
"I don't know much about Green Ridge. They had three or four coaches at our game. They were the No. 4 seed in their district and beat the No. 1 seed Wheatland in the semifinals," Scheer said.
"If we play clean defense, put the bat on the ball and just take care of our own business, we'll be fine. We can't walk people or make errors. I think we'll put runs on the board. We just have to hold them down."
The sectional winner advances to the Class 1 quarterfinals Wednesday, May 23, against either New Franklin or Sturgeon.