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Marian Gaborik has been out since mid-October with a "lower-body injury."
Sidney Crosby had an "undisclosed" injury for 48 hours before returning.
There was no update on Martin Brodeur's "bruised elbow" until it was announced three days later that he needed surgery and would be out three to four months.
The NHL's new policy on injury disclosure, or lack thereof, isn't winning over the media. By consequence, we doubt fans like it either, especially all those involved in fantasy pools who crave injury updates.
But clearly, it is a big winner with GMs, coaches and players.
"The most important thing is, how can we protect the players' safety in all aspects," New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello told ESPN.com.
"I don't see why it's something that needs to be public information," Carolina Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said. "From the fans' point of view, the player is either going to play or he's not going to play. If he's playing hurt, I don't think the team should have to tell the other team what his injury is. It's a delicate one.
"We try to get as much information out as we can, but I agree with the policy that information is withheld."
Let's back up for a second to give everyone the full picture.
Two seasons ago, in 2006-07, most NHL teams were using the "upper-body" or "lower-body" designations for injuries.
"Personally, I thought that was a bit of a farce," Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland said. "You had 50 people out with lower-body injuries. So, at the end of that season, we had meetings and the league instructed us to basically disclose every injury heading into the '07-08 season."
Last season, most teams complied and injury details were readily available throughout the league. Then came the playoffs.
"I didn't think there was anything wrong with the disclosure until you get to the Stanley Cup playoffs, and I don't know about other sports, but our athletes play injured," said Holland. "I had a couple of players during the playoffs come up to me and ask me not to disclose what their injury was. Then I called the league and I said, 'How do I handle this situation?'"
Johan Franzen suffered a head injury in the second round of last season's playoffs and the Wings were forced to announce it.
"Franzen comes back in the Dallas series and somebody takes a shot at his head, and then, we get into the Pittsburgh series, and Gary Roberts took a shot at his head," said Holland.
So when the GMs convened during the Stanley Cup finals in Detroit, Holland, buoyed by what his own players were telling him, argued it was time to revisit the policy.
"My feeling was, come playoff time, I don't that it's necessary for the fans to know every injury," said Holland. "We're trying to protect our players. There's competitive issues. I put on the table that we don't have to divulge every injury and it's really up to the club to handle injury disclosures as they see fit. Obviously, I got enough support from the GMs, and basically we were instructed by the league that we were now free to disclose injuries the way we wanted to disclose injuries."
Holland got a lot of support around the room.
"Our clubs were very strongly of the view that a strict disclosure policy on player injuries was not in the best interests of our players, or ultimately the league as a whole," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in an e-mail. "After much debate and discussion on the matter, we concurred that it was sensible to change our policy and lessen injury disclosure requirements going forward.
"While our revised policy has generated attention, and in some cases criticism, from our media, we have not received negative feedback directly from our fans."
The NHL Players' Association is on board, as well.
"Anything that helps with the safety of our players we fully endorse," Glenn Healy, the NHLPA's director of player affairs, wrote in an e-mail. "We have been presented with a safety issue [by Holland] and we agree with the steps to better protect our players."
If they try to play hurt, injured players are targeted come playoff time. That's a fact.
"I wouldn't say blatantly, but especially in the playoffs, if you know someone has a sore shoulder, or sore anywhere, you're going to make them pay the price," Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jeff Finger said. "Not necessarily try to injure them, but make them pay the price and not pass up an opportunity to give them a shot. Cleanly, of course.
"But I definitely don't think it's a bad thing to maybe hide some of it. I don't think it's a bad thing at all."
The NHL's injury policy is the extreme of the most popular sports league in North America -- the NFL. The NFL promotes full disclosure of injuries, releases weekly reports and enforces fines on teams who falsify those reports.
"This isn't football," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said. "Hey, why do they publish the injuries in football? You know why -- Las Vegas. It's all about betting. And hockey isn't that kind of a sport.
"The guys are warriors in hockey. I don't think their injuries should be discussed the way everybody wants."
Because there is proof of targeting, we can buy the players' safety issue. But our argument would be that the policy should be amended so full disclosure still exists from mid-September (the start of training camps) through March 1 (the beginning of the stretch run). From then through the playoffs, teams can hide injury details all they want.
Holland didn't shoot down our idea.
"I mean, listen, we've disclosed Johan Franzen has a Grade 2 ACL sprain and that he's out 3-4 weeks," said Holland. "We disclosed the Andreas Lilja injury. For me personally, I just think over 82 games you're probably going to play your player when they're healthy. But the playoffs are different."
"All I want is some consistency," Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero said. "Either we all do it, or we all don't. We all know what the NFL does, but they all have to disclose. I'm up for either way, but as long as everyone is doing the same thing."
We vote for the LeBrun Amendment. You?
Pierre LeBrun covers the NHL for ESPN.com.


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Apple on Tuesday announced its intention to take action against the Flashback malware that experts say has infected up to 600,000 Mac computers around the world.
In an update to its support site, the company said that it is "developing software that will detect and remove the Flashback malware."
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The company is also marshaling legal tools for the fight. In its update, the company said: "The Flashback malware relies on computer servers hosted by the malware authors to perform many of its critical functions. Apple is working with ISPs worldwide to disable this command and control network." However, at least one of the servers that has already been disabled was reportedly a "sinkhole" developed by researchers at Russian firm Dr. Web, which initially uncovered the malware. That server was being used to intercept traffic from the botnet spawned by Flashback in order to find more details about the malware.
Apple's update comes a week after the company released security updates to Java in order to defend against Flashback, and suggests that the malware continues to pose one of the biggest challenges to Mac security in recent memory. Flashback first emerged in September, a new Trojan horse that masqueraded as a Flash Player installation package for OS X Lion, and -- combined with the MacDefender malware -- helped make 2011 the "most active year for Mac malware since Mac OS X was released," according to security firm Intego.
Flashback has persisted well into 2012; a new variant revealed this month can infect computers with little more than a visit to the wrong website. A vulnerability in Java, identified as CVE-2012-0507, allows the malware to install itself from a malicious website the user visits, without needing the user to enter an administrator's password. Though the security hole was patched in Java in February, the fix didn't make its way to Macs until Apple released its own Java update last week.
This isn't the first time in recent memory that Apple has had to take steps to fight back against malware. Last May the company released a security update to help exorcise the Mac Defender Trojan horse from Macs. That update was also designed to offer further protection in the future by beefing up the malware detection system first included in Snow Leopard, but that File Quarantine system is aimed primarily at apps that a user would unwittingly download -- the Java vulnerability allowed Flashback to sidestep the system entirely. In other words, reinforcing your door is a great way to make you safer right up until someone breaks in through a window.
Apple's forthcoming removal tool will join a number of third-party solutions that have been offered to combat the attacks. As bloggers at Cult of Mac noted, OpenDNS is now blocking Flashback's attempts to "call home" once it has installed itself on a new host computer. Last week, security firm F-Secure published a set of Terminal commands to uncover the exploit, and on Monday an independent programmer released a Mac app that can check for the infection as well. Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs are offering yet a third approach: a website into which you can paste your Mac's unique identifier to see if you're afflicted by Flashback. The site will also check and make sure that you have the latest Java update installed, and are thus safe from further infection -- otherwise it will prompt you to run Apple's Software Update.
If Flashback has descended upon your Mac, Kaspersky also offers a free removal tool and, of course, the company also sells a commercial anti-virus product. For those looking to protect themselves even further, one Kaspersky expert has posted a list of 10 steps Mac users can take to reduce their risk of future infections.
This story, "Apple taking technical, legal action against Flashback malware" was originally published by Macworld.

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FANS of Buddy Holly are being urged not to miss a very special show at Reddich's Palace Theatre.
Buddy and the Bootleg Crickets will be taking audience members on journey through all the hits and classic Rock 'n' Roll songs, as Steve Taylor lovingly recreates the legend that was Buddy Holly.
Steve is an accomplished international singer/songwriter with several chart hits to his name and is a proud owner of an award presented by Sir Paul McCartney at the Buddy Holly week celebrations.
When he takes the stage, he really does become Buddy Holly and every word, every note and every inflection are tribute to the star.
The Bootleg Crickets are also accomplished performers and recording artists in their own right, and like Steve have worked with major artists and toured throughout the world.
Together they faithfully recreate that unmistakable vocal sound and live feel of the music.
A spokesman said: "You'll really believe that you're back in the 50s at one of the Buddy Holly and the Crickets shows. Steve even plays his beloved Strat the same way as Buddy."
The show is on Friday, April 4.
Tickets are available in person or at the Palace box office on 01527 65203 priced £18.75 (£16.75 discounted rate) inclusive of booking fee 75p per seat up to a maximum £3.
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Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska-based company accused of refusing to hire an Oklahoma man because of his religious beliefs has settled a discrimination lawsuit in the case.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Voss Lighting agreed to pay $82,500 to former job candidate Edward Wolfe. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Voss will also institute companywide actions to prevent further religious discrimination.
The EEOC sued the Lincoln company over the allegations last year in federal court in Oklahoma.
The EEOC says Voss appeared to have a corporate culture requiring employees to adhere to certain religious beliefs that had no bearing on the business of selling lighting products.
Voss has denied the accusations and did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in the settlement, saying it wanted to avoid a long, expensive legal fight.


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SA's Sculley No Longer Texas' Top Paid City Manager
Quick...somebody rush to the bank!
Despite being constantly called the 'best city manager in the country' by Mayor Julian Castro, San Antonio's Sheryl Sculley no longer has bragging rights as the highest paid city manager in the country.
The Dallas City Council last night voted to pay it's new city manager, A. C. Gonzalez, $400,000 a year, equal to the pay of the President of the United States.
But Sculley is not entirely out of the 'grab the taxpayers cash' sweepstakes. Despite her measly $375,000 salary, Sculley last month pocketed a $50,000 bonus.
And Gonzalez shouldn't rest on his laurels. Sculley's salary is set to jump to $400,000 in 2015, and her bonus will rise to $65,000 next year.
Houston doesn't have a city manager form of government, the mayor is also the top official runs city government. Houston Mayor Annise Parker makes do with $209,000 a year.
The Austin City Manager makes $301,000 a year.
For some reason, the city official gravy train seems localized to Texas. The mayor of Denver, a not insignificant city, makes $145,000 a year. The mayor of Chicago, another community which is not tiny, makes $201,000 a year. The city manager of Miami Florida makes $195,000 a year. Even the mayor of Los Angeles, who is described as the 'highest paid mayor in America' takes home $232,000 a year, chump change compared with Sculley and Gonzalez.


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Friday, November 30, 2012
Tyler Technologies Buys EnerGov
Dallas-based Tyler Technologies said this morning that it has acquired EnerGov Solutions, a provider of enterprise software for permitting, land management, licensing and more for government agencies. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. EnerGov was headquartered near Atlanta, and had been founded in 2002. Tyler Technologies said it has hired EnerGov's entire employee base, including founding partners and key management.


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Ronnie O'Sullivan made a record 12th competitive 147 break to complete a 9-3 win over Ding Junhui in the Welsh Open final.
O'Sullivan had led 7-1 after a one-sided opening session and, after Ding hit back with consecutive centuries, he pulled away again before rounding off the match in the ultimate style with a maximum, playing to the crowd as he switched to his left hand to sink the final black.
A kick on the final blue threatened to derail the maximum but the five-times world champion potted a good pink and finished the job.
Asked when the 147 entered his thoughts, O'Sullivan told BBC Wales: "I think it was on about 48 when I went into the reds, they split nicely and I looked at the scoreboard and saw it was all blacks. I thought, 'No, just get the match won,' but on about 60 or 70 I thought, 'I've got to go for it.'"
Regarding the swift change of hands before the final ball, he added: "I've made 11 (maximums) right-handed ... that counts as a left-handed 147 because, if I missed that, it wouldn't have counted!"
The win saw 38-year-old O'Sullivan add a ranking title to his season's haul of the Masters, Champion of Champions and the Paul Hunter Classic.
It is O'Sullivan's third Welsh Open triumph, having previously won in Newport in 2004 and 2005, and he took the time to pay tribute to his beaten opponent and tipped him for many more tournament wins in the future.
"I want to congratulate Ding," he said. "He's won four this season and, if he'd won this, he would have equalled [Stephen] Hendry's record. He's got three or four more events to go and I still fancy he'll do it. I hope when I slow down, he can win plenty more. You should enjoy him. He's very special."


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Back in September, with Brent crude oil prices sitting a little above $110, I predicted that Brent would drop to $100 or below by the end of November. While prices made an initial move in this direction, unrest in the Middle East and the weakening dollar (among other catalysts) have brought Brent crude back up to $110 at year-end. This demonstrates the danger of making short-range predictions based on long-term trends; other short-term factors can intercede and dictate the short-term price action.
However, the long-term trends that I identified in the earlier article are still present, and over the course of 2013, I expect growing supplies (and relatively stagnant demand) to pull Brent prices down below $100. The critical driver is the opening up of new transport capacity to move U.S. inland crude to the coasts in order to replace imported crude, which will in turn pressure Brent prices. This will allow the U.S., and the rest of the world by extension, to take advantage of rapidly growing domestic production that thus far has had trouble getting to market.
On Friday, the EIA released the last Weekly Petroleum Status Report of 2012, which highlighted how rapidly the U.S. oil supply is growing. For the week ended December 21, U.S. crude production totaled 6.984 million bpd (barrels per day), more than 1.1 million bpd above the comparable period last year. For the full year, production has averaged 6.22 million bpd, up nearly 600,000 bpd over last year. While some commentators have worried that the "shale boom" is peaking, production figures do not support that view. Growth rates have increased strongly through the year. However, higher production has only impacted the price of WTI, while Brent crude has remained above $100 for most of the year, due to insufficient takeaway capacity in the U.S. In fact, Cushing oil stocks reached a record high above 49 million barrels last week (up 19.3 million barrels year-over-year).
However, in 2013 we will see the completion of a variety of pipeline projects designed to move inland crude to the Gulf Coast. The most important by far is TransCanada's (NYSE:TRP) Keystone-Gulf Coast Project, which is projected to start up in mid-late 2013. This pipeline will move up to 700,000 bpd from the Cushing oil hub to Gulf Coast refineries, which could replace nearly 10% of U.S. crude imports. In another important development, the Seaway pipeline, a joint venture between Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Enterprise Energy Partners (NYSE:EEP), will increase its capacity by 250,000 bpd next quarter. These two projects along with various smaller ones will bring as much as 1.5 million bpd of additional U.S. supply to Gulf Coast refineries by the end of 2013. Meanwhile, Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK.B) BNSF Railway recently announced that it has expanded its carrying capacity for Bakken crude to 1 million bpd. This will allow Bakken crude to move to the East Coast or the West Coast, where refineries currently rely upon seaborne crude tied to Brent prices.
As rising U.S. production combined with better crude transportation infrastructure allows refineries to replace imported crude with U.S. crude, demand for Brent crude will drop. This trend will be bolstered by weak U.S. demand for petroleum products, as a result of efficiency gains (for example, sales of new, smaller, more fuel efficient cars and trucks are rising rapidly) and continued economic weakness. (I do not believe that the likely effects of imminent U.S. tax increases/spending cuts on petroleum demand have been reflected in the market yet.)
Moreover, international demand is not growing fast enough to buoy Brent crude prices as U.S. demand for Brent sinks. The IEA is projecting world demand growth of 865,000 bpd in 2013, bringing world oil demand to 90.5 million bpd. However, production last month was already 91.6 million bpd, indicating that even with flat production next year, the market would be oversupplied. While OPEC, and primarily Saudi Arabia, can try to bolster prices by cutting production, I do not think Saudi Arabia is willing to cut production on the scale needed to keep prices above $100. Supply is on pace to outstrip demand by 2-3 million bpd in the seasonally weak Q2. To balance supply, Saudi Arabia would have to cut production by 20%-30%, which would wreak havoc on the kingdom's budget. By contrast, the Saudis might be able to hold the line at $90-$95 with minimal production cuts, as consumption could be at least 1% higher at that price level.
It should be noted that the "invisible hand" would not cut into production in a material way unless crude prices drop well below $90. U.S. shale oil producers have rapidly grown output even though WTI prices (which are the baseline for "inland" U.S. crude) have been below $90 for much of this year. The continuation of this rapid growth shows that exploration and extraction of non-conventional sources of crude is economic at well below the psychologically important $100/barrel level.
An implication of this analysis is that oil majors like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) may not do well next year, due to falling oil prices and weak demand for petroleum products. Instead, the logistics companies highlighted above have better prospects. Regardless of where demand settles, logistics companies will benefit from the glut of inland U.S. crude, which is likely to remain, to some extent, for the next several years. Producers and refiners are willing to pay to get domestic crude to market, because the cost of production is well below Brent prices. With U.S. production increases showing no signs of slowing, logistics companies can look forward to continued growth over the next several years.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Now back to the search for my bashert. I'm a good guy; I am affectionate, very caring and honest to a fault. I am happy, well adjusted and desire someone who shares these characteristics to share my (and their) life.
I am socially liberal/ fiscally conservative. I am a hunter; I believe everyone should own a gun; affordable healthcare should be in the Bill of Rights; everyone should have the right to marry who they love, and a woman has the right to choose. Are you still there? Good, then read on...
What I'm looking for is relatively simple: an attractive, intelligent woman with a good sense of humor. Someone who is affectionate, caring, considerate, loyal, appreciative and wants a man who offers the same qualities. If you are looking to cultivate a real relationship with a destination, contact me. Tell me what your physical, emotional & psychological, desires and requirements are, and I will tell you about mine. It all begins with chemistry. Chemistry is everything!
My dislikes are: liars, wasting time, inconsiderate people and tomboys (I don't mean I dislike women in pants or jeans or any thing like that; but I'm NOT AT ALL attracted to the type of woman who doesn't wear make up and nail polish. Oh, and I HATE WIGS. So, if you wear a wig or don't wear nail polish please do not bother to contact me.
I am a Program Manager in Information Technology Projects & Strategic Planning and a writer; I had a syndicated column and I used to write television (as a paid professional not a wanna be).
I love movies , theater and yes Opera; and my all time favorites are:
SciFi~ Dune
Drama~ 12 Angry Men
Comedy~ The Waterboy
Western ~ Silverado
Action~ Ironman
Opera~ La Boheme is what I say, but the truth is Pagliacci
Play~ Cyrano de Bergerac (the Brian Hooker version)
Musical ~ The Music Man & Damn Yankees (it's a toss up)
Love Story~ I am waiting for the right person so that we can write our own.
I love many many varieties of music, everything from Dudamel to Gangstagrass to Inuit and Tuvan Throat Singing.
Seafood is my favorite meal, but there are few types of food that I dislike.
I could not do without:
(not necessarily in that order)
Tell me what your physical, emotional & psychological, needs, desires and requirements are, and I will tell you about mine. Maybe together we can create something; a friendship, a love, a life.
If I haven't frightened you away yet read this:
*I have an extremely busy life and it can take weeks to schedule new things into it. This is a plus for me since I prefer to exchange emails for at least a couple of weeks before we talk on the phone. Then I usually talk (to one woman at a time) for another few weeks before our first date. I am extremely patient and I find that this process weeds out the crazies. It seems the crazies and stalkers are not patient and cannot wait this long. I have had women who've only met me by email simply show up at my office and even my daughter's volleyball games. So if this process is not for you, I understand and good luck to you.


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Leaders of UFCW 8-Golden State and UFCW Local 5 said they would submit the settlement to the unions' members for review and recommend ratification. The proposed agreement also will be submitted to union workers at Raley's Bel Air chain, which had not yet been affected directly by the strike.
Jacques Loveall, president of UFCW 8-Golden State, and Ron Lind, president of UFCW Local 5, said picket lines would immediately be withdrawn from all Raley's and Nob Hill stores. More than 7,000 UFCW members went on strike against the grocery chains early on Sunday, Nov. 4.
"There is a time to fight and there is a time to unite," they said. "Now is the time for all of us to come together and get back to work serving the customers who supported our cause."
Loveall and Lind said the strike settlement guarantees that when workers return to their jobs there will be no reprisals. Workers who were on strike also will maintain their positions, seniority and health care eligibility and all replacement workers will be immediately discharged.
Details of the settlement, which culminates 15 months of bargaining, will be released to the members before they are given to news media, they said.
Ordinarily, the terms of a tentative agreement are not released prior to the members having an opportunity to vote. However, the unions did confirm that Raley's agreed to retain and fund the union's health benefit plan, the same plan agreed to by Save Mart and Safeway.
"This is an important accomplishment for our members and retirees," the union leaders said in a joint statement. "Because of the resolve and solidarity exhibited by our members and allies in the labor Movement, along with the extraordinary support of our customers, we were able to address Raley's competitive concerns while protecting our membership in a very challenging time. We now look forward to returning to work and serving our loyal customers."
UFCW 8-Golden State and UFCW Locals 5 and 648 negotiated a contract with the Save Mart and Lucky chains last summer. Another agreement was reached between the three unions and Safeway/Vons on Nov. 8.
Loveall and Lind thanked the labor organizations in the Raley's Solidarity Alliance of Unions for their support during the negotiations with Raley's management.
In addition to UFCW 8-Golden State and UFCW Local 5, the Alliance's members included UFCW Local 711 in Nevada; Northern California Teamsters; Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 85; and IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39.
Loveall and Lind also recognized the UFCW International Union, national, regional and local labor organizations for their support during the lengthy negotiations and subsequent strike. They also expressed their gratitude to Federal Mediator Greg Lim.


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A CHEQUE for more than £5,800 has been handed over to Severn Area Rescue for Wyre Forest (SARA) from former Mayor of Kidderminster, John Campion.
Mr Campion chose SARA as his official mayoral charity from May, 2013 to May, 2014 while he was in office.
During the year Mr Campion hosted various events, which raised money for the charity, including a charity dinner, a bag-packing event, a carol service collection, the Mayor's Ball and a collection stand in the Swan Centre.
Mr Campion said: "SARA is a fantastic local charity, who are run by volunteers and rely solely on charitable donations to keep their operation running.
"I supported them in my mayoral year as I wanted to champion the important cause and raise awareness in the local area about SARA's vital work as inshore lifeboats and search and rescue.
"I would like to thank all those that helped me raise this money for this vital local charity."
SARA will use the money to go toward replacing emergency equipment which the charity had stolen earlier in the year.
Cally Carter, head of support services for SARA, said: "Over the past 12 months Mr Campion has been an incredibly dynamic and enthusiastic supporter of SARA.
"He has worked closely with the crew on many fundraising activities, where he was not afraid to get stuck in alongside the SARA crew at events.
"The team would like to express our deep appreciation for the enormous support over the past year."
SARA relies solely on charitable funding. Crews typically attend incidents where boats or people are in difficulty and carry out searches for missing people, animal rescues and flood relief.
For more information about the charity or to volunteer call Cally Carter on 01562 850155.


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So she calls me up to the Loft and I go, because you do what your commander tells you in this job, and I figure it's about Alchera.
A while ago she came by the bridge and and kept talking about the memorial, so I guess it's about that again. Last time she just stood there, out of armor but looking like the ceramic was still making her shoulders square. "I just got coordinates for the crash site. If you want to join me on the shuttle you can go." She looks awkward sometimes, when she's out of commander mode. Leadership's always there for her, you know? Waiting under the surface, even when she was under Anderson's command. It's not leading that's hard, but it got easier after Lazarus. Like the scars soaked it in, and maybe she can be a normal person who isn't afraid to not be a hero. Not everybody sees it, but I think I do when she comes to visit and just stands with me.
But anyway, that first time we talked about Alchera I said "I've gone already. Twice," and I didn't look at her. She hadn't been to the Normandy's corpse before so there was something she couldn't get about it yet. It wouldn't change her, or make her more or less awkward. The readouts in front of me gave strange shapes to the flat console. "On the anniversaries."
True story. Tali and Garrus came with me the first time and we picked through the wreckage. Found some dog tags, buried and frozen in the ice. We told Anderson about it, and he passed the information on to the Alliance. We never thought we'd have to tell Shepard. Kaiden wasn't comfortable going- that's what he told Tali, anyway. He told me he had a prior engagement. Those exact words, like he needed to be formal or else I wouldn't think he was manly enough or something. And Liara was...we hadn't heard from Liara in a while. We know now, of course, but then we wouldn't have guessed that she'd gone from digging for ruins to digging for information while we were brushing ice off the walls.
Shepard said they wanted her to plant a memorial, but Tali and I thought the Normandy needed to stay undisturbed. It had done enough falling already. Another jostle and another part might break. It needed to keep its shape now. The bridge looked like the underside of somebody's chin leaning on the ground, thinking real hard, jaw flat against the snow as we talked on top of it. This was before Lazarus, so the Normandy got Tali's weird alien feet and my awkward little shuffle and Garrus' policeman walk.
Look, I grew up on Arcturus. Big metal place, Alliance headquarters. Being a pilot isn't a big deal there. Okay, being an Alliance pilot kinda is, because we're the ones out there getting shot at when people don't like the Alliance or trade laws or taxes. But I didn't start driving ships because I wanted to be a hero. I did it because I was good at it and I had an uncle who did it. He also married a salarian and wasn't seen for a while, until he came back saying she wanted him to spend his whole life with her. I became a pilot because it was a whole lot more interesting than a desk job and a whole lot more interesting than using my disease as an excuse not to do anything.
But that's enough of that; this isn't a flashback. It's a story and it's time that it isn't all dream sequencey. The loft. Today. I've never been in there before. First thing I see is the glass wall with her bed behind it and the ship models hanging in the glass. Sovereign stretches these claw-tentacle things out like the plants waving in the fish tank, and they're trying to get the Normandy. She's there, all sleek like usual. I remember when I was first taught about the Tantalus core and why she's shaped the way she is, and then I see Shepard. She's standing at the bottom of the stairs, arms tucked against one another across her chest, hands folded under the sleeves of the Cerberus flight suit. She just looks at me.
I've always been okay with Shepard. I guess we're friendly, although we used to talk more before she died and came back walking like she might die again in a second. Maybe combat's just the same for her and maybe it isn't, I don't see that. But I swear she used to look over her shoulder at me when she left like just reminding me she was there, and that doesn't happen any more. Sometimes she just stands, with her arms crossed like that as she looks outside, and I don't know how to deal with that. There's too much silence for two people, and I start to think I'm becoming part of the ship, just sinking until there's metal up to my mouth tasting like blood and, well-
That's when I'll say something like take a holo, it'll last longer, because snark is very humanizing.
So Shepard's standing on the stairs like she's waiting for something.
"You okay?" I say.
"I will be." She shifts across the room and let her arms hang by her sides, comfortable again. "It's just...the Normandy was a good ship." She's looking at the wall, or the models, or maybe at me through them.
I say, "I get it. It's not quite the same without her."
"She was home. It's weird, that she's back but not really." Then she pauses and says, "I went," meaning Alchera because that's all we've been talking about lately.
I say, "I know?" because that was this morning and I brought her there. I'm looking at the Normandy again and I notice the old N7 helmet sitting on the desk beyond the glass, one curved thing in among all those straight lines.
She says, "Last night I walked into the wrong hallway because I was thinking like it was the old Normandy. I look up and see the stars sometimes and..." She shakes her head and looks up. In the square of skylight, purple blurs of matter interacting with the shield drift across the stars. She says, "They decided to put a viewport over my bed. Whose idea was that?"
And I notice the blanket tossed on the floor, corners curled and squished like she'd been trying to work it into cracks in the metal. She'd be standing on the bed half asleep trying to cover the stars because she'd started nightmaring again and then woke up. I don't think Cerberus did it on purpose. There's gotta be three layers of glass and shield up there. They won't let space get her.
I say, "Stick it up with some magnets. That'll fix it," and move down the stairs toward the blanket. She just trails me, comfortably, like the old friend that she is. (Glances over her shoulder and what's she thinking right now? I'm thinking I don't date crew but after every stupid foolish heroic thing I've seen her do I'm starting not to care. Anyway if I lose her she'll just come back.) She doesn't doubt herself. She just looks at me as I bend and pick the sheet up. I fold it like a proper Alliance soldier folds his blanket in his pod and I set it on the edge of her bed.
Yeah, it's sentimental. It's a crazy gesture to take care of my commanding officer, but I want her to know I'm around. Cause maybe all those standing sessions were just her wanting the same thing.
I smooth the blanket militarily crisp and move away, not looking at her. (Because I have 'prior engagements' of course, not because I don't want her to know how unsettled I was.)
It's funny how things can go back to normal so quickly after something big happens. After the battle at the Citadel, people started walking around on the presidium again weeks after Sovereign nose-dived into it. They probably started right then moaning about how the weather regulations mean they can't grow their posies right. And weeks after she's alive again I worry about what Shepard's thinking and why she acts the way she does.
She says, "I missed that ship. But I'm sure you did too. You had more time..."
She's looking at me now, in no way ashamed, and maybe she should be. I don't know.
I say, "I visited your memorial too."
She gives one long, tight laugh. "I should go someday."
"I wonder...will they take it down?"
She says, "It'll be the ex-Shepard Memorial," and I laugh too and she says, "Or the Shepard ex-Memorial," and "We'll go together."
Then she takes a couple steps closer and I want to hug her, but then she looks over her shoulder and it's not at me this time, it's at the Normandy model floating in the case. And I realize why I never really thought of her as, you know, available. Even after she's miraculously alive and I don't think Cerberus is ever coming to take her back, or to get me for fraternization while we're talking about that. But except for the over-the-shoulder eye contact, it always seems like Shepard's attention's on something besides me. She looks at EDI or the cameras or the holos. She even watches people like they're things, like they're weather patterns moving around her. With the atmosphere escaping all the time they're the storms she's got: Jack's roof-tearing tornadoes, Thane's quiet patter of thunder before rain, Kelly's sun...
See, this crap is distracting. If she thinks like this all the time, well, she's never quite really here. I think that's why she can deal with stuff like Cerberus and Virmire and entire quarian courts letting her handle the fate of their civilization.
And that's why I'm pretty sure she didn't call me up here to profess her eternal love to me.
She says, "I feel like I took you away from her."
"From Normandy? Nah."
"I dragged you out."
It takes me a minute to process this, because I spent about a year figuring out how not to blame myself for having to be dragged. There were some spectacularly liver-curdling chemicals involved. "You're blaming you? I'd think that if anybody we'd blame me. I wanted to stay behind."
"Yeah, but you're...what was it, the best helmsman in the entire Alliance fleet? I could've trusted you."
"And we'd all be in little pieces now, instead of just," and I almost say both of you, but Normandy isn't real in the same way Shepard is, right, and anyway she's not in pieces. She's back and it doesn't matter who we blame.
Shepard continues. "But you're the one still looking for closure and you won't move on until you've gotten to put her to rest somehow. And I thought Alchera would do it, but I guess it wasn't enough." She moves toward the desk and picks up the helmet she died in. It's been sitting on the desk like a souvenir.
I say, "Well thanks, Kelly," but nicely.
"I wanted to help."
I say, "I know. It's okay. I, uh, appreciate the effort but I feel like you're missing her too."
Broken things can't fix broken things.
She says, "I am."
I'm not sure how we got to this soul-searching thing and part of me wants it to stop, fast. Part of me knows that part's being an arrogant, defensive idiot. I like being an arrogant, defensive idiot, it makes other people look like even bigger idiots. But this is so freaking uncertain. The air has almost no temperature and Shepard bites at the inside of her lip.
She says, "But I think partly I'm missing the stuff she represented, and some of that is you."
And then part of me realizes that there's a woman standing in front of me who is, I'm pretty sure, about to tell me I want you to love me like you loved that spaceship, which is a pretty crazy thing even these days-
But I'm not complaining, even though arrogant-idiot-Jeff starts to look a lot like professional-intelligent-Jeff.
But it's not love really, it's closure, or whatever thing helps us to go on in a world where there's mass relays and Tantalus Cores and holograms but also diseases and genocides and late nights where you turn the wrong way on the walk to the bathroom and run into a wall, because there was a hallway here on the last ship.
Shepard looks me in the eyes like she's calling for a pickup.
I take the helmet from her. It's steely and cold and heavy.
She says, "You can keep it," and gets her arms around my waist, pressing against me soft and sudden.
I say, "It's just a thing," and bow my head to kiss the flat, square plate where her mouth would be under the mask.


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ODESSA — Savannah Bennett and Amanda Rose aren't your typical teammates.
It goes back a little farther than that.
Almost to the beginning.
From pre-school play dates to the playoffs, from playing make believe to making their dreams come true, from middle school when Carrollwood Day didn't even have a high school to, four years later, a chance to win a state championship.
"This is really beautiful," Bennett said. "We're just so happy."
The Patriots will load up and head out this morning for Vero Beach, home of the Class 3A semifinals, for a 2:15 p.m. meeting with Moore Haven.
It will be the first time any Carrollwood Day high school team advanced to a state tournament.
"When they asked me to be the coach last year, there was a condition from me and that was that we attempt to build a dynasty," said Chuck Fest, the second-year head coach. "We weren't going to be there just for fun. It was going to be something that would make history for these girls for years to come.
"I think we've made a little history."
The Patriots are 16-7, and the kind of young and old blend you would expect from a high school program that's just four years old.
Veterans who have been with the program since the beginning like Dena Bader and Samantha Fest, a trio of freshmen that includes leading hitter Emma Frost and pitcher Emalee Jansen, and even a 12-year-old sixth-grader, Kacey Akins, whose run-scoring triple ignited a comeback in the region championship win earlier this week.
On a team with only 11 players, each one is important, a point Fest has stressed to his team.
But maybe none are more important than the senior tandem of Bennett, whom Fest says is the heart and soul of the team, and Rose.
The two have known each other since they were 2, became friends in preschool where they would play in a little wooden house out back, and might be Tampa Bay's most tuned-in battery.
Bennett, the catcher, and Rose, a pitcher, have a rare chemistry that began, Bennett jokes, when Rose was learning how to pitch and "left my shins bruised."
They were middle-school teammates at CDS until Rose left for two years. Steinbrenner High, though, wasn't the same. It was easy for Bennett to talk Rose into coming back.
"It didn't click over there," Rose said. "To come back and see how my old middle-school teammates had grown, it was pretty great."
Last year, CDS won its first district title. This year, the Patriots won their first region playoff game …then their second …then their third.
While Fest said he envisioned the Patriots being in the position they are, Bennett said at the beginning of the season she was hoping for another district title and didn't let her mind wander any farther.
"I wasn't really thinking about state, just districts," Bennett said. "You always want to hope, though. I knew we would be good. When we beat Lakeland Christian (in the region semifinals) team that ended our season last year, I thought we really had a shot at this."
It would be tough to script a better story. The two preschool buddies, friends and teammates forever, going out at the state tournament in Vero Beach.
"I'm pretty excited," Rose said. "We just need to go down there and do our best. And if we happen to come back with some extra jewelry, that would be great too."
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State semifinal
When/where: Today; Historic Dodgertown, Vero Beach
Admission: $9 per session; $8 for parking
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GPElay through the next several lines Don't get me wrong It just ain't right May not look strong, but I ain't afraid to fight If you want to live another day Stay out the way of the southern thing Ain't about no hatred better raise a glass It's a little about some rebels but it ain't about the past Ain't about no foolish pride, Ain't about no flag Hate's the only thing that my truck would want to drag You think I'm dumb, maybe not too bright You wonder how I sleep at night Proud of the glory, stare down the shame Duality of the southern thingA ---------------*----7775--*-E 0303--0505--0---57------7--- The chord buildup to the verse is B. My Great Great Granddad had a hole in his side He used to tell the story to the family Christmas night Got shot at Shiloh, thought he'd die alone From a Yankee bullet, less than thirty miles from home Ain't no plantations in my family tree Did NOT believe in slavery, thought that all men should be free "But, who are these soldiers marching through my land?" His bride could hear the cannons and she worried about her man I heard the story as it was passed down About guts and glory and Rebel stands Four generations, a whole lot has changed Robert E. Lee Martin Luther King We've come a long way rising from the flame Stay out the way of the southern thing
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Kim Kardashian gets catty about Paris Hilton
Kim Kardashian made a trip to Mexico with her boyfriend Reggie Bush and her sisters. While there Kim tried to finagle a promotional deal with Ed Hardy. The condition? No more clothes for a certain big-footed herp-ulon. Page Six reports:
She managed to wrangle Ed Hardy clothes and bathing suits for everyone on the trip under one condition. "She called paparazzi and tipped them off and she'll be wearing Ed Hardy clothes," said our insider. "But she tried to get them to promise that they wouldn't give any more clothes to Paris."
Okay, yeah, that's some catty shit. But over Ed Hardy clothes? I don't think depriving Paris of T-shirts with holsters and roses worn by the likes of Hulk Hogan and Tara Reid is going to knock the winds out of her sails. But I'm curious, how the hell did Kim Kardashian fly to Mexico? I thought the Spruce Goose was only a fairy tale for fat kids. You know, because they'd never get to go to Disney Land the porky little urchins. Keep dreaming, kids!


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She went in, gazed around in the dimness, sighed deeply, and struck a match.
But this tide is discerned, as it were, through a dimness of weltering mist.
Juba's mind was dark, very dark, as dimness after bright sunlight in the eyes.
dimness while the maiden blushes; light when the maiden smiles.
It was lighted by a subdued glow from coloured lanterns, but there was an occasional patch of dimness.
The room was almost gloomy in its dimness, and so quiet that they could hear their own breathing.
She seemed almost to be fading away in the dimness and in the noises of evening which rose from the Grande Rue.
The summit of the cataract was utterly lost in the dimness and the distance.
A dimness clouded Margaret's beautiful eyes as this bitter picture—she had watched it—was again reviewed.
There must have been a dimness in his eyes and a quiver to his wide-lipped, generous mouth.
c.1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed; dimming.
Old English dimm "dark, gloomy, obscure," from Proto-Germanic *dimbaz (cf. Old Norse dimmr, Old Frisian dim, Old High German timber "dark, black, somber"). Not known outside Germanic. Slang sense of "stupid" is from 1892. Related: Dimly; dimness.
c.1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed; dimming.
Stupid; uncomprehending: Anybody who pays to watch these teams has to be considered just a bit dim (1892+)


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I had to "pass" on my family plans in Orange County. Stayed home in my P.J.'s, and watched cable movies. A delicious "care package" of dinner was hand delivered to me later, by loving local family members.
Marilyn – My Secret
Presented and sensually directed by Odalys Nanin. Who is Odalys Nanin, you ask? A fine actress, award winning playwright, director, producer, and founder and Artistic Director of Macha Theatre/Films. Offering titillating "gay themed" productions here for years … her vision and dedication to the arts is unstoppable! This time around, she invites us into the heart and soul of film history's most famous "blonde bombshell," Marilyn Monroe, formerly known as Norma Jean. Co-written by Willard Manus and Odalys Nanin, offering an entertaining mix of facts, rumors, sensuality, and fun … the audience had a great time! An informative drama with song performances, we peer in on Monroe's career and controversial life journey. From her lonely early years in an orphanage, to bit part player, to major fame, she was always surrounded by controversy. Kelly Mullis as Marilyn, gives a sassy, sexy, and thought provoking performance! Alternately depicting fragile childlike innocence, and booze and drug induced sexuality, on her road to major fame … we are privy to the inner pain, passion, and confusion that guided her life choices. Although she felt that the studios never took her seriously, the fans worldwide fell in love with her, and catapulted her career. Sharing true stories of her childhood, the famous men in her life, and bisexual liaisons … we learn much about the lady. From life in 12 foster homes as "Norma Jean," to her 20 abortions, countless male and female lovers, and marriages, "as Marilyn" … her life was a psychological saga. Katarina Radivojevic is sizzlingly hot as Lili St. Cyr, one of Marilyn's female lovers, in an X-rated, erotically charged scene. Monique Marissa Lukens gives gut-wrenchingly heartfelt performances in two roles … playing Natasha Lytess, and Paula Strasberg, Monroe's mentor and acting coach. In the only male role, Jamie German dashingly appears repeatedly as Bobby Kennedy. As a lonely sex goddess, lost in her fame … Marilyn's affairs with both genders were countless. She once stated: "No sex is wrong if there is love in it." Said to have died from an overdose of booze and pills … there are many who believe that there was more to the story than that. This is a scintillating, bawdy, and well performed production. A voyeuristic crowd pleaser! Do try to catch it! Running through April 21 at Macha Theatre located at 1107 N. Kings Rd. in West Hollywood. For seats call (323) 960-7862 or go to plays411.com.
There is a nice, cozy bar in the lobby, where you can purchase wine and have a chat … before, after, and during intermission.
One Night with Janis Joplin at The Pasadena Playhouse
I raved about this exciting and nostalgic concert/show in my column March 20. In case you didn't read it … I'm raving about it again! Running through April 21, if you haven't yet seen it … you must! Brilliantly starring Mary Bridget Davis as Janis, and with a wildly talented cast and band … you'll have a rockin' good time! For seats call (626) 356-7529.
This weekend, I will be at The Glendale Center Theatre to see The Man Who Came to Dinner, starring Andrew Prine. Will tell you all about it in next week's column. Ta ta for now….


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by Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies - Half Mothering or Full Mothering? Christ, who lives in us is "prophet, priest, and king." I believe that every father should be a prophet to his family, seeking God for His ways and speaking God's counsel to His family. But, we as mothers also have a daily responsibility to speak the counsel of God to our children. Motherhood is even more than nurturing, feeding, and caring for our children. It is our God-given duty to feed their souls and spirits as well as their bodies. Even more so. … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: Healthy Co-Dependency?
by Rebecca Belcher Morecraft at Ladies Against Feminism and Chalcedon Presbyterian Church The separate roles God created "in the beginning" for each sex have largely been spurned by our culture and substituted with a false idea of equality that in no way resembles God's original plan, when He created woman from the rib of man and arranged for future humans to spring from the womb of woman, thus establishing a healthy co-dependency for the continuance of life. … [Read more...]
Does God Love Us Unconditionally?
by Bruce Gerencser cross posted from his blog The Way ForwardAsk an Evangelical Christian if God loves humans unconditionally and they will likely respond with a resounding YES! God loves us no matter what we do, they will say. If the person is familiar with the Bible, they might even quote Romans 8:38,39: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Taking The Cup?
A review of the "To Be One" DVD about Courtship/Betrothal/Marriage by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine My only reservation in recommending this video is the Lindvall story. I want to be gracious to the Lindvalls, but I was quite troubled by their story. My first concern was the process of choosing a wife for Timothy. According to all the men in the story, the Lord had "told" each of them that Brittany was the one for Timothy. The process of winning Brittany seemed to lack any emotion or feeling on the part of the prospective bridegroom, because the Lindvalls believe love should follow … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Homeschool Because of School Shootings?
by Kevin Swanson of Generations With Vision from his Facebook On yesterday's show, we found that school shootings have doubled over the last year, and the rate is 150 times what it was in the 19th century. However, the good news is that you can find bullet-proof backpacks for your children. Also, for only $950, you can get bullet-proof vests for children. Or... you can homeschool. … [Read more...]
Apostate: What Kevin Swanson Gets Wrong About Thomas Aquinas
by Lana Hope cross posted from her blog Wide Open GroundI am reading through Kevin Swanson's latest book Apostate: The Men Who Destroyed the Christian West.The first man on Swanson's list is St. Thomas Aquinas. Oh, yes, according to Swanson, Aquinas is an apostate who destroyed the Christian west. In fact, St. Thomas was the foundation of our western apostasy and the decline of the Christian west. Quoting Swanson, "If the foundation was compromised, the building was doomed from the start." … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: What Does Mary Pride Believe In Besides Homeschooling?
by Mary Pride from her Facebook pageLuke 6:45 for of the abundance of his heart his mouth speaketh. New data on the connection between abortion and breast cancer: "A powerful new study from China ... a meta-analysis pooling 36 studies from 14 provinces in China, showed that abortion increased the risk of breast cancer by 44% with one abortion, and 76% and 89% with two and three abortions. … [Read more...]
Why I am a Christian Feminist
by Samantha cross posted from her blog Defeating the DragonsSo, I got an interesting question on twitter this morning. "John" asked me "how does modern day feminism and Christianity complement each other?" and it occurred to me that while I've talked a lot about how I became a feminist, and why I'm a feminist, and why I think Christianity desperately needs feminism . . . I don't think I've talked about why I specifically identify as an egalitarian and Christian feminist, even though I've spent quite a bit of time talking about why I disagree with complementarianism. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: So Many Children You Cannot Remember Their Names?
by Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies - Whoever You Are, Let's GoAre you as guilty as me? Whenever I would address one of my children, I would usually have to say all the names before I got to the right one! … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Children Are a Covenantal Blessing?
by Doug Wilson of Blog and Mablog Children are a blessing. Scripture speaks that way, and so should we. But children are a blessing in the covenant. The cup of blessing at the Lord's Supper is a blessing — it is called the cup of blessing. And yet, there were some at Corinth who were sick and who had died because of how they mishandled that blessing (1 Cor. 11:30). The mercy seat on the ark of the covenant was a mercy seat — but was Uzzah struck dead because he touched it (2 Sam. 6:7)? … [Read more...]


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Wish that this tactic or one like it should be included in every WoW gold guide
Just a single purchase of wow gold had flagged my account and resulted in its complete cancelling. I tired phoning Blizzard to get my wow account reopened, But the Blizzard rep stood firm on their stance that purchasing wow gold is a violation of the game's Terms of Use. I was frequently requiring gold to repair my broken weapons and armor as I was the guild's off tank, My gear took a bit a working and I was exhausted of farming for hours each day, Just when you are makng enough gold to barely cover my dear repair costs.
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I precisely liked the New Player Gold Guide. Frankly it's the best I've ever seen and wish that this tactic or one like it should be included in every WoW gold guide. I've often gotten guides which have no new player tactics, But before heading Mageweave Cloth farming, Ensure that you go with your highest level character. I of course encouraged being level 85, But 80 is also alright. This is because you won't want to spent too much time killing a mob, Ideal is one shot them.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Vaita Guillaume is tied for the individual lead and Campbell is locked in a second-place tie in the team standings following 36 holes Monday in the Coca Cola Wofford Invitational men's golf tournament.
leads the tournament at 13-under 563, 11 strokes ahead of Campbell
(292-282--574) and East Tennessee State (289-285--574) heading into
Tuesday's final round, which begins with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun
start. The Spiders began the day with a nine-under-par 279, tying
the tournament record for lowest team opening round score set by
Clemson in 1993.
Charleston Southern is in fourth (578) follwed by Samford (581), Wofford (584), Gardner-Webb (585), Radford (585), Appalachian State (585) and Longwood (590) in the 15-school event.
A junior from Papeete, Tahiti, Guillaume shot a seven-under-par 65 in the second round and is in a four-way tie atop the leader boards at minus-five 139 (74-65). His second round score was one shot off of the tournament record low round of 64 set by Bobby Cochran of Florida State 1994.
Jacobo Pastor (70-69) of Charleston Southern, Kristopher Gray (69-70) of Gardner-Webb and Mark Joye (72-67) of Wofford also stand at five-under par after 36 holes. Campbell junior Mitch Gray is tied for fifth at four-under 140 (71-69).
Campbell senior Matt Moot is 18th at even-par 144 (71-73) on the par-72, 6648-yard Country Club of Spartanburg layout. Aman Singh is tied for 50th (76-75--151) and Zak Drescher is tied for 57th (76-76--152).


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Thanks for visiting the 80's at 8 blog, updated daily with each day's show content and the music videos for all the songs we played! If you don't care if it's a cherry or a Coke slushie, as long as it's with Christian Slater, if you don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career, if you ever asked for a Ratt, a Scorpion, or a Whitesnake for a pet or if you ever bought a neon pink bottle of Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth perfume, then you're in the right place; this is the 80's at 8 powered by McDonalds We start today's show with a song from 1983that was unveiled with a live performance on the TV special 25 Years Of Motown, where Michael Jackson did The Moonwalk for the first time. It was also the first time MJ wore his famous white glove on stage - at the time it was a modified golf glove. Here's "Billie Jean." From 1983 UB40 "Red Red Wine" If you ever conned your way into a fancy restaurant by posing as Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago, if Bill Murray always seemed like the cool uncle you never had or if Combos really cheeses your hunger away, then you're listening to the right station; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1987 T'Pau "Heart and Soul." From 1984 Cyndi Lauper "She Bop" If David Bowie has no power over you despite his tight leather pants, if Emilio Estevez ever convinced you that a pair of wheels was all it took to be a man in motion, or if ever find yourself wishing that Scott Baio was in charge of your days and your nights, then you're on the right station; this is the 80's at 8 Now from 1987 Richard Marx "Don't Mean Nothing." Here is the naswer to the timeline, in which year did each of the following things take place? Band Aid recorded the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims. Farrah Fawcett starred as a woman who killed her abusive husband in the fact-based TV movie The Burning Bed. And Steve Guttenberg led a squad of underachieving misfits out of the Police Academy in 1984. That same year the Go-Go's got experimental with their ever song to feature a piano. It's "Head Over Heels." From 1981 Hall & Oates "Private Eyes" on the River 105.9. If every time you see a fountain you want to dance around it and yell "Fame!", if Head of the Class taught you the Russkies weren't that bad with its famous trip to Moscow, or if Howard the Duck ever led you to consider falling in love with a barnyard animal, you're in the right place Now from 1984 Prince "When Doves Cry." From 1984 "When Doves Cry" by Prince. In the US, that was the #1 song of 1984 and topped the charts for five weeks over the summer, which kept Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" at #2, preventing The Boss from ever having a #1 hit. You can watch the video for that song plus thousands more all for free at theriver1059.com keyword "80s." The 80's at 8 will continue next with a song that was inspired by the work of Jim Morrison. Find out what it is in 4.5 minutes. From 1983 Duran Duran "Union of the Snake" If it never entered into your mind to wonder why Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx are still alive, if it's taken years, but you finally have your Hangin Tough dance down pat or if Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert ever inspired you to revisit the Little House on the Prairie, then you're in the right place. Now from 1986 Crowded House "Something so Strong." From 1986 Crowded House "Something so Strong" If you ever fantasized about Elizabeth Shue taking you on your own Adventures in Babysitting, if you ever wanted to be Laverne or Shirley just so you could date a hottie like Lenny or Squiggy, if you ever wanted to go to a Big Fun concert or if you ever unironically wore Princess Leia buns, then you're listening to the right station Now from 1982 "Der Kommissar."


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Farmers rallies into finals
A not so funny thing happened to Campy's Pizza on its way to reaching the championship game of the J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League's boys' division Tuesday night.
Campy's lost the game.
Farmers Insurance mounted a furious second half rally that swallowed Campy's down the stretch in an exciting 72-70 win before an overflow crowd at the Mechanic Street Playground court.
Campy's (6-5) opened a commanding 54-38 lead with 9:32 to play in the game when Elijah Brown made a basket, capping a 16-6 run.
Just when it looked like the game was turning into a rout, Farmers (7-4) came all the way back with a 27-8 run of its own to take a 65-62 lead.
The Farmers rally was ignited by Lavelle Rush with six points and was capped by Noah Brown, who drained a 3-pointer with 2:15 to play to give the winners the 65-62 lead.
Campy's didn't go away, however, and regained the lead, 70-69, on a basket by Charlie Scharbo with 49 seconds to play.
Noah Brown, who led all scorers with 35 points (20 in the second half), made two free throws to give Farmers a 71-70 lead with 22 seconds left.
Campy's Austin Matta nearly won the game, but his 3-point attempt with four seconds left bounced off the rim. Noah Brown got the rebound and was fouled.
Brown made one free throw and Campy's last-second winning effort failed when Scharbo's running 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.
Noah Brown made 19 of 24 foul shots in the foul-marred game that featured 25 fouls and 40 free throws in the first half.
The difference was that in the second half, Farmers hit on 12 of 17 free throws after intermission and Campy's attempted only two free throws.
Joining Noah Brown in double figures for Farmers were Rush and Matt Bernadowski with 11 each.
Scharbo scored 27 points for Campy's, while Demetri Clements had 12.
Farmers will take on regular season and defending champion BeeGraphix (9-2) in Thursday's 8 p.m. championship game.
BeeGraphix 75, Northwood Realty 60
In the nightcap, Northwood (5-6) trailed only 12-10 early in the first half before BeeGraphix rolled to a comfortable 45-27 lead at intermission.
Dayshore Majors (12 points), Luke Doptis (9) and Elijah Minnie (8) led the first half scoring for BeeGraphix.
In the second half, Northwood battled back to close to within four points (58-54) on a layup by Javon Brown with 6:53 to go.
However, Minnie scored the game's next seven points to get the lead back up to 65-54 and Northwood never threatened again.
Minnie led the winners with 23 points, with 15 coming in the second half. Majors added 20 points.
Northwood was led by Kass Taylor's 17 points, while Robert Chaney Jr. had 14 and Brandon lawless had 11.
Thursday's title game will be a rematch of last year's championship contest that was won by BeeGraphix.
Jeff Oliver is a sports editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-684-2666 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Selecting A Yoga Class - 3 Tips
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If you are thinking about taking a yoga class, please bear in mind a couple of pointers. Not only are all classes not the same, the yoga instructors aren't the same either. In the right yoga class, you will feel comfortable. That means you are more likely to come back time and time again. Secondly, you are better able to get the most out of the class. Third, you get your money's worth out of it. So, what should you look for in the yoga class you plan to sign up for?
The Right Yoga Class Can Change Your Life
1) Experience: The most beneficial aspect of taking a yoga class is the one-on-one attention that the instructor can provide. He/she needs to be experienced. Not only should they have all the right certification(s), but they should tell you where they studied and how they are continuing the learning process. It takes years to become a quality instructor so take all the experience into account.
2) Class size: Being comfortable in your yoga class can really help you get the most out of it. If you aren't comfortable with a large number of people in the class, you will not enjoy the class. Ideally, you should take this class with friends. In this way, you will have your own support group to discuss your progress.
3) Recommendations: As always, feedback from a friend who has taken such classes is the best way to find the good ones in your area. You'll find that people will be glad to tell you about their experiences if you just ask. If you cannot find anyone to tell you about the course, ask to audit the course for one session. This way, you are not paying into a course that you don't like or won't fit well in.
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Can you give me a short and clear definiton of metalingual, paradigm, phatic, and conative?
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metalingual--using one chunk of text to define or explain another; using a story to define a term; related to metalanguage, which is a language used to make statements about another language. For instance, Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech is the metalanguage of despair.
paradigm--something that serves as a pattern or model; a mindset; in grammar, it is an example of a conjugation or a declension.
phatic--speech used to share feelings or to establish a mood of sociability. For instance, no one expects an answer to "How are you?" It is phatic speech, used only socially.
conative--pertaining to desire or will; the power or act that directs or impels someone to effort of any kind.
metalingual - changing between 2 specific languages that may only be : (->) arabic, from english, or the other way around. i know this as my mother is a linguist. it is only, however, w/ those 2 languages.
this was a correction donated on my behalf, tho u shud use the other answer also becoz we may both be right, just in different subject and profession and differing sciences.
i dont no any of the others tho, so lets go w/ the other persons stuff.
also, im 10, and have no idea wut im doing, so, again, ignore me.


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Bulgaria Plans Caps On New Green Energy Assets
Date: 27-Sep-10
Country: BULGARIA
Author: Tsvetelia Tsolova
Bulgaria plans to put limits on new renewable energy assets to avoid a spike in sensitive energy prices and a collapse of its aging power grid, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on Friday.
Traikov said the Balkan country can add up to 2,000 megawatts of new solar, wind and hydro power plants by 2020 without jeopardizing the security of power supply and keeping the energy prices at affordable levels.
The European Union country, where lucrative incentive schemes to support renewable power created wind and solar energy boom, has already tightened rules for environmental permits and aims to ban building of energy assets on quality arable land.
Traikov said the limit will not prevent Sofia to raise green energy's share of total power consumption to 16 percent by 2020.
"We will meet our target. But we also aim to have the energy from renewable sources at an affordable price," Traikov told Reuters in an interview.
"We are planning indicative maximum quotas for different types of renewable energy. It is clear that that the national cap should be at 1,500-2,000 MW for all, not more," he said.
Power prices are a politically sensitive issue in EU's poorest member state, where energy and heating bills during winter eat up a significant part of wages and pensions.
The indicative caps are part of a new law on renewable energy, which also plans to tighten the application rules for new projects and set timetables for connection to the grid. It is expected to be approved by the end of the year.
Dozens of Austrian, Spanish, American and German companies have rushed to build new wind and solar energy plants, bringing the wind energy capacity to 336 megawatts (MW) this year from 103 MW in 2008 and solar to 9 MW from 1.4 MW from two years ago.
The guaranteed preferential purchase prices and lax laws have boosted wind and solar projects to over 12,000 MW, well above the aging grid's capacity, and have clogged the system frustrating both investors and power distributors.
The new law also plans to fix the feed-in tariff for already installed solar energy parks, a legal pitfall that had prevented a steeper growth of photovoltaic assets, Traikov said.
At present, the guaranteed for 25 years preferential power purchase price can drop by an annual 5 percent for both new and old installations.
The installed solar capacity will surge to 330 MW by 2020 while wind power capacity will increase four times to 1,250 MW, according to Bulgaria's national plan on renewable energy.
The bulk of the green energy will still come from hydro-power plants, whose installed capacity is expected to reach 2,600 MW in ten years from 2,100 MW now, the plan showed.
Traikov said hydro-power projects, like the 500-million-euro Gorna Arda project, will help Bulgaria meet its green energy goals and maintain low energy prices in the same time.
In July, Austrian utility EVN signed a deal in July with state power utility NEK to take a majority stake in the long-delayed project with an expected capacity of 175 megawatts.


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Thread: Aleister Crowley, Aliens, Demons, and 1947
Aleister Crowley was an evil magician, not because he had power but because he tapped into the power of
evil spirits
, who would do his bidding because of his allegiance to them and their master, the devil.
Way back in 1905, Crowley and his wife got into the occult, and Crowley saw and drew an alien, that looks identical to the aliens of Roswell infamamy. Through the channeling the entity introduced himself as "Lam". Hmmmmm, what comes to mind is "The Lamb of God"????
Note: The recent animated flick for kids called Planet 51, has a main character in it by the name of Lam!
And in this thread maybe we can also make definite links between Crowley's death, in 1947 to the advent of alien major introduction into the mainstream minds at Roswell.
And yes in this thread I am asserting the alien/demonic energy as one in the same!
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Heres a thread I did back in 2004 featuring Mr 666.
Thread: Jet Propulsion Labs, Jack Parsons and Mr 666.
I hope that you find this an intresting read...
Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons
Reviewed by Adam Gorightly
Book Review:
Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons
By John Carter (Feral House, 1999)
The first in-depth look at the life of John Whiteside Parsons--pioneering rocket scientist, and ardent disciple of the notorious magus, Aleister Crowley--is finally available courtesy of Feral House in
Sex and Rockets
by John Carter. The release of this book, in my opinion, is an event long overdue, as I see in Parsons one of the most fascinating and important figures of the late 20th century; a man of great promise, who somehow fell short of his staggering potential. What makes this book all the more fascinating is the shift in focus that takes place throughout, as the author demarcates between "John Parsons" the brilliant rocket engineer, and "Jack Parsons" the failed magician, who in his attempt to cross the Abyss, fell into it instead, fulfilling a fiery destiny, which Parsons himself prophesied. Parsons, in many ways, possessed two separate selves--rocket scientist and magician--and this literary device is used throughout
Sex and Rockets
to illustrate the many contradictions that personified the life of a truly gifted, though equally flawed human being.
For those not in the know, Jack Parsons was a founding member of Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) back in the late 30´s, and one time head of the California branch of the magical order the Agape Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientalis (O.T.O.). Parson´s infamous reputation was fueled by several nefarious undertakings and associations, notwithstanding his alliance with the self-proclaimed "Wickedest Man Alive!"--Aleister Crowley--who directed O.T.O. operations from his base in England.
Another of Parsons´ claims to infamy was the mansion he owned at 1003 S. Orange Grove Ave. in Pasadena, CA, which hosted a menagerie of bohemians and other assorted social outcasts of the day, as well as serving as O.T.O. Headquarters. From there, rumors of drug intoxicated orgies and black magic ritual sacrifices abounded, not to mention tales of pregnant women dancing naked through hoops of ceremonial fire, and of innocent children being buggered by black robed brutes, under the aegis of occult forces. Although these legends continue to persist, police reports from the period suggest that the LAPD did not take any the allegations seriously, as documented in
Sex and Rockets
Going back to the original documents, Carter outlines Parsons´ numerous technical achievements, and his key role in the pre-NASA development of space technology. This, in itself, makes
Sex and Rockets
an invaluable resource for those interested in a broader historical perspective of John Whiteside Parsons. Starting in late 30´s, Parsons was an early pioneer in Rocket Engineering, a member of a group funded by the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), which later evolved into JPL. This group´s contribution to the war effort--as Carter points out--cannot be overlooked; nor can their early efforts in rocket engineering, which provided much of the impetus for later NASA projects in the late 50´s and 60´s, and the eventual landing of men on the moon.
Although Parsons has been memorialized by his peers with a statue at JPL--as well as the singular distinction of having a crater on the moon named after him (on the dark side, no less)-- he still remains an obscure figure in the halls of academia. (In a recent discussion with an aeronautical engineer, I mentioned the name ´Jack Parsons´, and he had no clue as to whom I was referring!)
Sex and Rockets
, Carter brings a measure of much needed clarity to the life and times of the enigmatic Parsons; an enigma that has been compounded over the years by varying degrees of misinformation and exaggeration as to just who Parsons was, and exactly what he was trying to accomplish with the Babalon Working rituals, performed in part with L. Ron Hubbard, the future founder of Scientology. The end result of the Babalon Working was to birth an elemental being; a ´Moonchild´ that--as Crowley stated in his Book of the Law--would be "mightier than all the kings of the Earth."
According to Thelemic legend, in 1918 Aleister Crowley came into contact with a interdimensional entity named Lam, who by the way is a dead ringer for the popular conception of the ´alien grey ´ depicted on the cover of Whitley Strieber´s Communion. From this purported encounter, some have inferred that the industrious Mr. Crowley intentionally opened a portal of entry--through the practice of a magick ritual, The Amalantrah Working--which allowed the likes of Lam and other ´alien greys´ a passageway onto the Earth plane. Furthermore, this portal may have been further enlarged by Parsons and Hubbard in 1946 with the commencement of the Babalon Working, thus facilitating a monumental paradigm shift in human consciousness.
Sex and Rockets
, Carter quotes Crowley successor
Kenneth Grant
, who wrote, "The [Babalon] Working began...just prior to the wave of unexplained aerial phenomena now recalled as the 'Great Flying Saucer Flap'. Parsons opened a door and something flew in."
Carter also suggests it mighthave been the atomic bomb that opened this door between dimensions. He then further illustrates the importance of the year 1947, which ended the first stage of the Babalon Working, as Parsons and Hubbard parted ways amid a cloud of turmoil. 1947 was the year that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. In that very same year, Israel became a nation state, the transistor was invented and the sound barrier broken. Last, but certainly not least, the Modern Age of UFO's flew into view with the Kenneth Arnold sightings, followed not long after by the alleged saucer crash in Roswell, New Mexico. 1947 was also the year the Great Beast, Aleister Crowley died.
As history instructs, Parson's stormy life ended with a monumental bang when--on June 17, 1952--he accidentally blew himself to smithereens while working with powerful explosives. Some suggest that the explosion in question was no accident at all, and that foul play was involved. This is just one of the theories that Carter examines in
Sex and Rockets
, including the more bizarre scenario proffered by Michael Anthony Hoffman II, who contends that Parsons was attempting to conjure into existence an elemental being by way of an 'homunculus' experiment--an experiment that apparently backfired. While I find this theory--attributed to Parson's fiery demise--a bit difficult to swallow (much like Aleister Crowley's semen-filled 'longevity pills'), it nevertheless makes for some fascinating fodder.
Also of note is the wonderful introduction to
Sex and Rockets
by Robert Anton Wilson, no novice himself to the occult world of Jack Parsons. For years Wilson has kicked around the idea of writing the definitive biography of Aleister Crowley, as all previous endeavors in this area--in Wilson's estimation--have fallen far short in arriving at an accurate picture of Crowley, separating the real man from his monstrous myth.
To the contrary,
Sex and Rockets
is probably just the sort of biography that Wilson has envisioned for Crowley; a work stripped of myths and misconceptions, bolstered by hard research and detailed analysis of the life and times of a rising star that burnt out fast, who--in his descent--left behind a colorful trail for future generations to ponder.
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