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This section explains how to use Mesh Objects in general. It doesn't go into detail about the specific Mesh Object Types that Crystal Space supports.
When the engine works with instances of Mesh Objects it does so through the `iMeshWrapper' interface. `iMeshWrapper' holds the reference to the `iMeshObject' instances implementing the particular type of Mesh Object. `iMeshWrapper' is responsible for deciding when to draw a Mesh Object and when to light it. `iMeshWrapper' also manages the position of the object in the world and manages possible hierarchical transformations (i.e. `iMeshWrapper' has an array of `iMeshWrapper' children).
The easiest way to use Mesh Objects is to simply specify them in the map file for your level. There are two things that you need to do for that. First you have to specify an entry at top-level (directly inside the `world' statement) like this (this example uses the fountain plug-in to make a fountain):
<meshfact name="fountainFactory"> <plugin>crystalspace.mesh.loader.factory.fountain</plugin> <params /> </meshfact>
This will use the mesh object loader plug-in which is identified by the SCF name mentioned by the `plugin' statement to load a factory (type `iMeshObjectFactory') and register it with the engine. There are no parameters for the fountain's Mesh Object Factory so that's why the `params' block is empty. But you still have to specify it. Other mesh object factories may accept parameters.
Because the fountain defines no parameters for the Mesh Object Factory you only have to create one factory in order to make all fountains you need. But in some cases you may have to create multiple factories depending on the object characteristics you want.
To place a fountain in some room (sector) you use a `meshobj' statement, within the definition of a room or sector, like this:
<meshobj name="fountain"> <plugin>crystalspace.mesh.loader.fountain</plugin> <params> <factory>fountainFactory</factory> <number>300</number> <material>spark</material> <origin x="0" y="0" z="0"/> <dropsize w=".05" h=".05"/> <color red="0.7" green="0.9" blue="1.0"/> <accel x="0" y="-.1" z="0"/> <falltime>3</falltime> <speed>1</speed> <elevation>1.5</elevation> <azimuth>0</azimuth> <opening>.2</opening> <mixmode> <add /> </mixmode> </params> <move> <v x="-10" y="-1" z="14"/> <matrix> <rot x="1.5"/> </matrix> </move> </meshobj>
This code fragment uses the `crystalspace.mesh.loader.fountain' loader plug-in named to load a Mesh Object (type `iMeshObject') and register it with the engine (while placing it in the current sector). In this case there are many parameters. The first parameter should always be the name of the factory. This is true for all Mesh Objects regardless of their type. For a complete list of parameters available, you should refer to the fountain documentation.
The `move' statement is outside of the `params' block. The reason for this is that the position of Mesh Objects is controlled by the engine and not by the Mesh Object itself.
In addition to the above statements you can also nest other `meshobj' statements to create a hierarchy of Mesh Objects (not shown in the example above). If you do that, then the `move' statement must be interpreted relative to the parent.
When you have Mesh Objects loaded into Crystal Space using the map file syntax illustrated above, then you can query the parameters from your application by using the standard API in the `iEngine' interface.
You can also create Mesh Objects directly from your application. The engine
has a few convenience functions you can use for that
iEngine::CreateMeshwrapper() and
But here we show you the full way to create meshes from code:
csLoadPlugin (preferably after
checking if it is already loaded, by calling
NewFactory() on the
Mesh Object Type instance.
scfQueryInterface to get a
handle to the `iSomethingFactoryState' interface (replace Something
with whatever the type name of the Mesh Object is). Then you set the
parameters you want on that factory.
NewInstance() on them.
scfQueryInterface to get a handle
to the `iSomethingState' interface (replace Something with whatever
the type name of the Mesh Object is). Then set the parameters you want on the
Mesh Object. Note that there are Mesh Object implementations which have
multiple interfaces like this (for example, the particle systems implement both
`iParticleState' plus another particle system-dependent interface).
Here is a code example for creating an instance of the genmesh plug-in.
void Initialize () { ... // First create the factory: csRef<iMeshFactoryWrapper> fact = engine->CreateMeshFactory ( "crystalspace.mesh.object.genmesh", "cubeFact"); csRef<iGeneralFactoryState> factstate = scfQueryInterface<iGeneralFactoryState> ( fact->GetMeshObjectFactory ()); csEllipsoid ellips (csVector3 (0, 0, 0), csVector3 (1, 1, 1)); factstate->GenerateSphere (ellips, 8); factstate->CalculateNormals (); ... } ... void SetupWorld () { ... // Make a ball using the genmesh plug-in. csRef<iMeshWrapper> ball = engine->CreateMeshWrapper (fact, "ball", room, csVector3 (-3, 5, -3)); csRef<iGeneralMeshState> ballstate = scfQueryInterface<iGeneralMeshState> ( ball->GetMeshObject ()); ballstate->SetMaterialWrapper (myMaterial); ... }
This example will load a ball using the plug-in and place it at (-3,5,-3) in `room'.
iGeneralFactoryState and
iGeneralMeshState are the state
interfaces for setting the characteristics of genmesh Mesh Objects.
In general you should use the following code to create any kind of mesh:
// First create the factory: csRef<iMeshFactoryWrapper> fact = engine->CreateMeshFactory ( "crystalspace.mesh.object.meshtype", "factoryName"); csRef<iMeshtypeFactoryState> factstate = scfQueryInterface< iMeshtypeFactoryState> (fact->GetMeshObjectFactory ()); ... // Then make one or more meshes: csRef<iMeshWrapper> mesh = engine->CreateMeshWrapper ( fact, "meshName", sector, csVector3 (-3, 5, -3)); csRef<iMeshtypeObjectState> meshstate = scfQueryInterface< iMeshtypeObjectState> (mesh->GetMeshObject ()); ...
Replace `meshtype' with the correct mesh type (like `genmesh',
`thing', ...). Replace
iMeshtypeFactoryState with the
correct factory state and
iMeshtypeObjectState with the correct
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> I solved this issue by adding a gateway behind M0n0wall. I set up a
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The Third Sector Report By Jeffrey Wilcox
September 24th, 2013 – When nonprofit organizations are looking for money, most are asked, if not required, to submit some form of business or strategic plan – the road map that their leaders intend to follow to advance their cause, serve the community and produce tangible results. Like pieces of a puzzle, one would think that by lining up the strategic plans produced by major organizations in the arts, education, basic services and health, a holistic picture of the community's future would begin to unfold.
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If only it were that easy.
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It seems that all those missing pages in so-called strategic plans that didn't address human capital development for their long-term advancement are now starting to feel their detrimental effects. In truth, for most of these organizations, human capital was the only resource available to them when they first started.
The nonprofit organization is a different animal when it comes to equity. It's an equation that doesn't show up readily on a financial statement. The actual equity ratio in a nonprofit is the combined value of money with the value of people. The nonprofit organization with thousands of smaller contributors and thousands of hours of volunteered time may have an identical financial sum of money to report as the organization with only a handful of large contributors and a small overworked staff. But, in the end, which of the two organizations has the greater equity to build on for its future? Which of the two organizations has been more successful at proving they are truly "community-based?"
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> So the big question is: Will M0n0wall be moving to FreeBSD 5.x any
> time soon? What's the current plan?
Been discussed extensively in the list archives. 5.3 will be released
in a week or two, Manuel will evaluate, and we'll eventually see it on
5.x. No timeframe given. Search the archives for more info.


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Dermod Travis: The murky world of B.C.'s lobbying industry
Last year, 12,281 registered lobbyists roamed the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.—a city that sees itself as the most powerful in the world.
Comparatively, one would imagine that British Columbia might have a few hundred or so at most. Yet, astonishingly, there were 2,717 registered lobbyists working the political backrooms in B.C.—one for every five in D.C.
Trying to track their influence on provincial politics is a murky undertaking. The industry isn't just the suits hanging out their shingle because of who they may know or what political favours they may have performed. Today, it includes lawyers, accountants, trade associations, public relations firms, and community organizations.
Although far from foolproof, following the money is a little easier.
If the industry has some household names in B.C., Patrick Kinsella is one of them. Since 2005, Kinsella and two of his associated companies have donated $230,506 to the B.C. Liberals and zip to the NDP.
The national firms try to spread it around a bit. Hill & Knowlton Canada forked out $72,380 for the Liberals, while Hill & Knowlton Strategies gave $13,450 to the NDP. Earnscliffe B.C. gave $64,136 to the Liberals and Earnscliffe Strategy Group gave $26,145 to the NDP.
Must be something about "strategy" and the NDP that lobbyists see and others don't.
But they're just one part of the industry. B.C.'s Registrar of Lobbyists counts 382 organizations with active registrations. And some of them have deep pockets.
The B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association has donated $129,341 to the B.C. Liberals since 2005, the Canadian Convenience Stores Association $7,600, the International Pharmacists Association coughed up $14,978, and North West Cruiseship Association docked in at $41,493.
The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, which bills itself as "representing and supporting progressive unionized employers in Canada's construction industry," gave $18,200 to the Liberals and, ironically, nada to the NDP. The Canadian Bar Association covered its bases with $600 to the NDP and $1,075 for the Liberals, but the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. went exclusively with the Liberals to the tune of $34,820.
All in, donors that had "association" in their name gave $3.36 million to the Liberals and $907,000 to the NDP. That's a lot of membership dues.
Then, for want of a better term, there's the "LLP" component to the industry—legal and accounting firms—who often have partners or associates that are registered as lobbyists as well. Add all those LLP designations up and another $1.34 million was donated to the Liberals. The NDP pocketed a paltry $89,800.
It seems to pay to be the party in power.
But something else is happening with political fundraising in the province that's highly worrisome: private, closed-door events where the promises are plentiful and the cover charge ain't cheap.
Last October, the B.C. Liberal party pocketed close to $100,000 following an exclusive $5,000 a plate dinner with Premier Clark. A registered lobbyist promised the 21 guests a "generous opportunity" to speak with the premier.
On the very day that the party deposited its windfall, it also reported two donations that were conspicuous for no other reason than their dollar amount. Diana Bennett and Scott Menke both cut the party cheques for $5,078. Bennett is the CEO of Paragon Gaming and Menke its president.
Their donations came smack in the middle of the company announcing that it would take another stab at developing an urban casino resort in downtown Vancouver and its controversial hiring of former B.C. Lottery Corporation CEO Michael Graydon to lead that push. One of Paragon's past in-house lobbyists was former B.C. Lottery Corporation chair T. Richard Turner.
Ever wanted a legitimate reason to scream "fore" at five B.C. cabinet ministers? Up to 60 individuals had the chance, after laying down $1,000 each for a day of golf at the Sagebrush Golf Club in Merritt. A few more ministers and they could have breaked for a cabinet meeting on the 18th hole.
Common thread between most of these high-priced, chummy events? Registered lobbyists buying or selling the tickets.
And it's that intertwining of lobbyists with a political party's fundraising apparatus which is troubling, because ultimately both sides risk developing a dependency on keeping the other happy and the money flowing. It rarely ends well.
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Jun 19, 2014 at 4:19pm
Looks like democracy has a tag price, deeply disturbing.
Dermod Travis
Jun 25, 2014 at 10:27am
Since 2005, according to the database of party financial reports at Elections BC, the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia has given $34,820 to the B.C. Liberals and zero to the NDP, as is written above. However, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC donated $18,875 to the NDP and zero to the Liberals.
When IntegrityBC did its search in the Elections BC database, the donations to the NDP – under the name of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC – did not appear in the results nor did donations from the Trial Lawyers Ass'n of BC ($890 to the NDP) or the Trial Lawyers Assn of BC ($1,900 to the NDP). The two latter results also did not appear in a search of "Trial Lawyers Association of BC."
So contrary to what was written – which was based on the results of two searches in the Elections BC donor database – the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia did not donate exclusively to the BC Liberals and has, in fact, given $21,665 to the NDP since 2005.


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Link Ink: 'Lego Batman: The Movie' Trailer, New 'Asterix' And Naruto Cosplays As Goku
Animation: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a trailer for its upcoming Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Superheroes Unite animated feature, which seems to mostly consist of cutscenes from the LB2:DCS video game. Hopefully it gets some original animation, too. [BatmanNews]
Upcoming: There's going to be new Asterix comics… just not by the series' original creators. [Robot 6]
Gaming: Naruto rocks the dragon in a new trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 teasing the game's DLC. [IGN]
Education: Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter has donated a personal collection of 1,300 mini-comics to The Dylan Williams Collection at the The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. [The Daily Cartoonist]
Anime: Watched a new trailer for the latest Evangelion 3.0 installment and… yeah, it's still totally Evangelion. [Topless Robot]
Toys: Gentle Giant's new "army men" style bag of 10 The Walking Dead plastic zombie figures is now available for preorder at various sites. [GG]
Gaming: New Power Rangers Super Samurai Kinect screen shots don't give us any idea of how exhausting it is to be a sentai hero, but look pretty nonetheless. [Siliconera]


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In March 2012 a homeless man flagged down a police officer and told him a child was being molested in a nearby home.
The man said he'd been to the home before to use drugs and had seen several men having sex with the child.
He said the abuse had been ongoing for about two years and he had witnessed Nicholas use drugs.
The man also said he was present once when Nicholas accepted $20 from a man and told her daughter to get naked and lay on a living room mattress so the man could have oral sex with her, police said.
The witness, according to police, said the girl had confided in him that she was being sexually abused and asked him to 'help her make it stop'.
Florida mother Dalina Nicholas pleads guilty to allowing sex abuse of daughter, 6, by men for drugs and money
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Robert McClellan
Robert McClellan (October 2, 1806 – June 28, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Livingston, New York, McClellan was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1825. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Middleburgh, New York from 1828 to 1843.
McClellan was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839).
McClellan was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Twenty-seventh Congress). He died in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, June 28, 1860. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
- United States Congress. "Robert McClellan (id: M000333)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Welcome! As members of the Class of 2018 you are now part of the rich tapestry that is Vanderbilt. When you graduate and go off into the world you will leave your mark on the university just as the Class of 1912 did over 100 years ago. Explore our collection of images, student publications, and newspaper articles to learn about the life and times of the Class of 1912.
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Congratulations! You have been admitted to Vanderbilt University. As members of the Class of 2018 you had to go through a rigorous application process that included taking either the SAT or ACT. The Class of 1912 had to work just as hard to get admitted to Vanderbilt. Before the SAT and the ACT there was the written entrance exam; four days of testing in a variety of subjects including Latin, Greek, Mathematics, English, and History or Science. Check out some of the exams hopeful students had to successfully pass in order to become members of the Class of 1912. We know you are Class of 2017 material, but are you Class of 1912 material, too?
During the planning stages of Vanderbilt's founding everyone assumed that it would be an all-male institution, but the board of trust never enacted rules prohibiting women. At least one woman attended Vanderbilt classes every year from 1875 on, and by 1887 a faculty committee was already exploring the possibility of coeducation at Vanderbilt. This move towards coeducation was not necessarily an endorsement, but perhaps driven by financial interests. Faculty salaries were subsidized by one-half of the realized tuition; tuition which women were not required pay since they could not matriculate. From 1892 to 1901 women gained full legal equality at Vanderbilt except with respect to access to dorms. Women remained a small minority on campus during those early years, but they definitely had an impact. Come explore the life and times of a Vanderbilt coed.
Hazing and the Freshman Experience in 1908 at Vanderbilt
Your first year at Vanderbilt is all about new experiences and adventures, but it can also be a period of upheaval in your life. You're leaving home for the first time, making new friends, and struggling through all the readings and homework assignments that professors keep handing out every time you turn around. Imagine having to deal with all of this, and also being subjected to constant "pranks" by the upperclassmen. Freshman hazing by upperclassmen was a common occurrence, and was even considered a tradition during the early 20th century. Today, Vanderbilt has a strict policy against hazing in all forms. Clearly attitudes towards hazing have changed. What role did the Class of 1912 play in changing these attitudes?
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Live preview: St. Vincent
Annie Clark and her band refuse to settle into predictability.
Fri Oct 28 2011
Photograph: Tina Tyrell
Devoted (or at least well-connected) St. Vincent fans might've caught this local indie-rock act back in August, when Annie Clark and her live band performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur a couple of weeks before the release of Clark's impressive new album, Strange Mercy. Even if you were among them, though, you're strongly advised to check in again this week, as St. Vincent plays the next-to-last show of a monthlong North American tour: Like the surgeons, actors and cheerleaders she sings about, Clark is sure to have sharpened her game with experience; she's at the head of a young indie-rock class with no use for the old guard's distrust of practice.
Which isn't to say that Strange Mercy lacks a certain innate intensity. Indeed, much of the record's appeal derives from the way Clark uses her carefully manicured arrangements—think of the midpoint between Big Black and Talk Talk—to explore the messy exigencies of real life. ("This album is way more candid and closer to my heart than my other records," she told Pitchfork over the summer.) But as an artist who puts as much faith in her guitar playing as she does in her singing, Clark understands the importance of a delivery device. She knows that talent, minus technique, tends to remain at rest.


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B.J. Upton took a pitch low in the strike zone for strike three Friday night during as the Atlanta Braves were in the middle of losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates. On paper, it looked like he argued and umpire Sam Holbrook threw him out.
Instead, Upton had his say on his opinion of the call, and as he was turning back to the dugout, Holbrook (yes, the one who blew the call in last year's Wild Card game) shooed him off. That set Upton off.
"We had our disagreements about the pitch," Upton said on braves.com. "Obviously I didn't agree with it. He thought it was a strike. I can live with that. But the shooing away part — no, I'm a grown man. You just don't do that."
And the normally mild-mannered Fredi Gonzalez agreed with him.
"I can sympathize with B.J. on that," Gonzalez said. "I think if the matter would have been handled different, B.J. might have stayed in the game. I didn't think the pitch was that bad of a pitch. But when B.J. comes back and asks something, the way he got waved off probably ticked him off. They didn't give me a chance to get out there and try to keep him in the game."
This is just the latest episode in what we'll call umpire entrapment. Too many umps (including Cowboy Joe West) think they're above the game and will bait players into a confrontation or into an extended confrontation like Upton's.
Major League Baseball must take action to ensure that this stops happening. There's no reason for it to ever happen.
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Peter is running. It's four years in the future (says a title card) and someone has a gun pointed at him. It's Claire, and she's looking brunette and pissed off. They have their differences now, and Peter seems to still be on the good guys' side. After a brief exchange about what's right and wrong, Claire pulls the trigger. Silly Claire! Peter stops time, side-stepping the bullet and nearing a frozen-in-time Claire. When suddenly--
Flashback to present day. Future Peter just 'time jumped' to Nathan's press conference in season two. Holy crap, Future Peter just shot Nathan. He was the gunman from last season. Now present-day Peter is after Future Peter (who wears a wicked scar on his face) as they run through the building. Confused yet? Future Peter escapes (at least we think he did).
What appears to be present-day Peter rushes Nathan to the hospital, where his brother's life hangs on the line. Here comes the doctor to tell Peter that-- Nathan is dead. Or is he? Nathan springs to life after Peter kisses him on the forehead. Is there anything Peter can't do?
Hiro is goofing around with a clock, stopping and reversing time. Hiro is the boss of Yamamoto Entertprises, and he's loaded. (With money, not booze.) Ando and Hiro have a great exchange that elicits laughs, and Hiro says he's bored. Perfect timing--a message from Hiro's dad is delivered to his office.
Sylar visits Claire, and does not eat her brains.
Claire is at home, and OMG it's Mr. Muggles! Enter Sylar (yes!), who surprises Claire. But Claire has a surprise of her own as she clocks him in the head. She tries to escape but all the doors close. Does Sylar have his powers back? Claire has a knife and Sylar is stalking her. This scene looks like Scream.
Maya and Mohinder are at his apartment and he thinks he knows how to control everyone's powers... through the adrenal glands.
Hiro's father's message tells him he has a destiny, and part of that is to never open a safe that holds several secrets, including Hiro's path. Doh! Surprise... a curious Hiro opens the safe immediately. And inside is another video, with Hiro's dad telling him, "I told you not to open the safe!" The crowd erupts in laughter. Inside is a molecular formula, which gets taken from his hands by a blur before Hiro can comprehend what it means. The "blur" has gotta be the Speedster, the newest cast member... Hiro stops time and follows the blur's blur, with what looks like Heroes best special effects yet. It is the Speedster, and she is immune to Hiro's time-stopping power (or at least it slows her down to regular speed). After an exchange, she pops him in the face, time resumes, and she bolts with the special formula.
Back at the building where Nathan was shot, future Peter (who can change his appearance to that of present-day Peter) encounters present Matt Parkman, and he gets busted trying to tamper with the scene. The two have some crazy mind-reading standoff, then Peter then tells Parkman he's seen too much and zaps him out of existence. Matt simply disappears... that was Peter's coolest trick yet.
Nathan walks out of the hospital to a church. He's found God now, it seems, and delivers an Obama-esque message of hope.
Mohinder thinks he's isolated something that controls powers.
Sylar is still at Claire's, and Claire knifes him in the chest. Ouch. He manages to pin her against the wall, and does the old finger cut on her forehead. Oooooh! Now he's playing with her brains, trying to get her power to regenerate before he bleeds to death. "Are you going to eat it?" Claire asks, referring to her brain. "Eat your brain? Claire, that's disgusting." Well that answers that question. Sylar now has Claire's ability... this does not bode well for our boys. Sylar gives Claire her scalp back and lets her live, saying she's special and different and that she can never die. "And now I guess neither can I." Bone-chilling! But for those of us who love Sylar, simply awesome!
Mohinder is getting all Dr. Frankenstein on Maya, saying he wants to inject himself with powers. Maya says it's a curse, but that's because her power is a real drag. She asks him to destroy the formula. I don't think Mohinder thinks that's a good idea.
Nathan is really getting religious on Peter now, saying they can all be angels and that he's been touched by God. Peter leaves, and Nathan gets another visitor. Uh oh, it's Linderman. He's back, and he has a beard.
Nikki's first appearance is in lingerie, thank god. She's going by the name Tracy and she's someone's toy.
Matt wakes up in the desert with a scorpion on his face--yeah, he's confused.
Hiro jumps to the future to see what destroys the world, and he sees Japan in a panic. He also sees himself talking to Ando, arguing about the formula. Hiro is ready to strike with his sword, when Ando busts out a street fighter fireball and decks Hiro. Ando! With powers! The sky opens up and all hell breaks loose, and Hiro jumps back to the past/present. If Kring and company can keep this up all season, I'll be converted.
Mohinder is on the docks, and he's juicing up with the formula. He convulses and we cut to...
Momma Petrelli visiting Nathan. Mom knows that Peter here is future Peter. In the "Company" headquarters, a bald man says he's Peter Petrelli--did future Peter pull some sort of Scanners trick and put present Peter in someone else's body? HRG is also locked up, throwing a ball against the wall in an obvious reference to Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. Some of our Heroes are in really bad shape.
Mohinder is getting mugged. But this isn't normal Mohinder. He can now beat some butt, and he loves it. It's unclear what his power is, but he can bend a gun and throw a dude 50 feet. Good for him! It's about time he got some props.
The show ends with "HEROES CONTINUES...NOW!"
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Turn On Your Webcams For Donatella Versace
For many, the chance to meet Donatella Versace will never happen. But this Friday, the uber-bronze designer is changing all that by giving her fashion-crazy fans the opportunity to ask her questions online. Immediately after the Versace show, she'll plop herself down in front of a video camera and respond in real time to queries from her fans. What does one ask Donatella? You only have a few days to decide, so hurry up and submit your question. Then, you can nervously count down the minutes to see if she'll respond to yours. It's not every day that one gets an audience with Donatella, after all. [WWD]


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NU averaged only 169 passing yards per game – down about 33 percent from the previous season – and only surpassed the 200-yard mark four times. It simply came down to strategy.
Offensive coordinator Mick McCall focused on perfecting the run game. With Venric Mark dominating and Kain Colter leading the read option attack, the passing game often seemed unnecessary. The Wildcats dialed up passing plays 38 percent of the time, a fairly low number.
For the most part, it worked. Though the Siemian-Colter debate rages on, the run-oriented attack was an undisputed success. It did, however, slow down their talented receiving corps.
Despite occasional strong outings, there was no primary threat.
"The way you saw us last year is pretty indicative of our talent," Pat Fitzgerald said. "We can spread the ball around to a lot of guys."
Last season, no NU receiver averaged three catches per game. Christian Jones led the group with 415 yards, and this came just one season after Jeremy Ebert reached the thousand-yard mark. The production dropped off, and it was not for a lack of talent. They spread the ball, but the opportunities had diminished.
On Tuesday, in the third spring practice, Northwestern receivers already appeared to be in midseason form. Rashad Lawrence – heading into his final year of eligibility – looked the part of a dominant possession receiver. Christian Jones used his size as an advantage when hauling in passes. On paper, and in practice, NU might have one of the best receiving corps in the conference. In 2012, that showed on game time – but in less noticeable ways.
They blocked with purpose. Especially on outside running plays – which NU often calls – receivers can provide critical help. And more often than not, they did.
Then, they needed to prepare for and adjust to the two-quarterback system. Siemian and Colter each have their unique qualities. Lawrence said that as he helps younger players settle in, he needs to "make sure they understand exactly what the quarterbacks are thinking." He uses the plural. It's a wrinkle.
Last season, they usually converted their chances. They dropped passes at times. Their execution wasn't perfect. But if anything, the low numbers can simply be attributed to the minimal number of opportunities.
Christian Jones sat in a midseason press conference and danced around the issue. The passing game had been struggling, and every single media member waited for Jones to blurt out some negative remark. That never happened. For the entire season, the unit demonstrated its maturity. Wins were all that mattered to them.
Many of these receivers were recruited in the age of Dan Persa, when consistent targets spread across the field were just about guaranteed. That hasn't been the case.
In spite of their obvious and impressive talent, they receive little attention. If the targets come, they're ready. If these don't, then the group will show its collective willingness to move forward, team spirit in mind.
Asked about his role as the short-range quick-hit receiver, Lawrence delivered a suitable response: "That's what I'm called to do right now."
The selfless attitude is not lip service. And it's hard not to appreciate.


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The Family Tree
The Family Tree
With the advent of tool making, the power to control nature was bestowed upon man. Almost in poetic irony, the only inheritance the oak, felled by its very own, willed to its descendants were lives riddled with trials and tribulations and the hands of the human race.
The remaining members of the family, as listed below.
The Axe
Hewn from the first branch of the mighty oak, he returned to, and for, his roots.
The Violin
The composition of a perfect piece, a lifetime of being held in a vice-like grip at both ends whilst sawed melodiously in between.
The Frame
Here lies the remains of the third branch from the top, known affectionately as 'Woody'.
The Boomerang
Instilled with an unwavering sense of loyalty, he returned over and over only to be cast away once again.
The Chair
A distinguished career marked by meeting bottoms face to face was more than she could ever hope for.
The Peg Leg
After terrorizing the seven seas under the great pirate Brownbeard, she eventually succumbed to the ocean and rotted away.
The Cage
Being too possessive ultimately led to his downfall, the day his door stuck shut he was himself dispossessed.
The Stake
The most notorious, and only, bloodsucker he ever dispatched was a mosquito inebriated on diabetic blood.
The Sheet
Taken for dead after being beaten to a pulp, he survived and was rewarded with a new lease of life.
The Pipe
The price to pay for being the icon of the ultimate gentleman was lamentably, a daily drenching in a deluge of spittle.
The Wooden Boy
All he ever dreamt of was to be a real boy, not to undergo a termite infestation.
The Pencil
Maturity often manifests in great wisdom and experience, but it is distinctly his stature which wanes with age.
The Ship
The age of discovery - she sought to explore the new world but did not account for the lightning bolt that was to find this vessel first.


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Subject: Re: Does anyone have access to the records from Clinton County
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:08:29 -0400
Jeanne: These communities are in Essex County not Clinton County.(and
they were in 1850 too!)
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John Ellis Bush, the youngest son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, has been arrested and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest.
Bush, 21, nephew of President George Bush, was arrested in the early hours of the morning by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in a bar district.
Bush was released on $US2500 ($3285) bond for resisting arrest and personal recognisance bond for the public intoxication charge.
A spokesman for Jeb Bush said the Florida Governor and his wife Columba are concerned about the incident.
Noelle Bush, the Governor's daughter, was arrested in January 2002 and was accused of trying to pass a fraudulent prescription to obtain an anti-anxiety drug.
She completed a drug rehabilitation program in August 2003 and a judge dismissed the drug charges against her. She was then sent to jail twice for violating rules during her rehab stint.
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Introduction to Wine Classes with Arnie Millan
Wine World & Spirits
Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:00 PM - Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:30 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Sommelier Arnie Millan presents the Introduction to Wine Class series beginning Sunday, April 21st, until June 23rd. The program of six classes is scheduled every Sunday (except June 2nd) from 3:00 until 5:30 p.m. at Wine World & Spirits at 400 N.E. 45th Street (98105), just of I-5 and the 45th Street exit.
Free parking is available in Wine World's lot on the North end of our building.
For inquiries or gift certificates, please contact Arnie Millan at email@example.com.
The classes include thorough tastings of 8 wines during each class and will be offered for $50 per class or $275 for all six sessions. **Sorry, but No discounts to Explorers Club or Living Social Vouchers may be applied to these classes.
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Wine World & Spirits
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:00 PM - Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:30 PM (PDT)
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NBS-12", purchased in 1963, is a semi-automated isotope-ratio thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS). It has only single-sample capability and is not equipped with any type of electron multiplier or photomultiplier. Because of the slow throughput and the inability to analyze very small beams, the instrument is no longer used and its electronic parts are being used as backups to other working instruments. Located in Denver.
Tandem, purchased in 1973, is a semi-automated isotope-ratio TIMS. It is a double-focusing magnetic sector instrument and has both a Faraday collector and an electron multiplier. It has only a single-sample capability. It is primarily used for extremely low-level (<1ng) Pb isotopic analyses and low-level concentration analyses of metals such as Cd, In, Sb, Tl, and Ag. It was used extensively in the analysis of lunar material and meteorites. Located in Denver.
VG-MM54E, purchased in 1979, is a fully-automated, isotope-ratio TIMS. It is equipped with a 16-sample turret, which increases sample throughput because of the ability to load and evacuate multiple samples at the same time. A photomultiplier system enables measurement of beams of <10-16 amperes. The external adjustable collector slit allows the user to adjust the resolution without needing to break vacuum. It is primarily used to analyze uranium and thorium isotopes for U-series disequilibrium age determinations, uranium isotope tracer studies, lead-uranium-thorium for age determinations, and lead isotope tracer studies. Located in Denver.
VG-MM54R, purchased in 1981, is nearly identical in design and capability to the VG-MM54E. It is primarily used for U-Th-Pb, neodymium-samarium, and rubidium-strontium isotopic analyses. Located in Denver.
VG-MM54 Sector, acquired in 1990, is a fully-automated isotope-ratio TIMS. It is equipped with a 20-sample turret, a pulse-counting photomultiplier and seven Faraday collectors; six of which are adjustable. Multiple collectors increase the throughput and quality of the data. Movable collectors allow measurement of any set of isotopes from lighter masses, such as calcium, to higher masses, such as uranium, on the same instrument with only a small amount of effort. It is primarily used for U-Th-Pb isotopic analyses for age determinations and tracer studies and high precision (+/-.00001) Sr-isotopic composition analyses for age determinations and tracer studies. Located in Denver.
KEVEX 770 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, purchased in 1991, allows rapid turnaround and inexpensive analyses for a wide range of elements. These elements can be analyzed quantitatively if suitable standards exist, or semi-quantitatively. The XRF instrument is fully-automated and holds sixteen samples at a time. It uses source-tuned incident x-rays for optimal analysis conditions for a given element and has a high-resolution energy dispersive detector. Located in Denver.
MAT 262, purchased in 1993, is a fully-automated isotope-ratio TIMS. It is equipped with seven Faraday collectors, six of which are adjustable. The instrument is equipped with a 13-sample turret and an ion-counting electron multiplier. It is primarily used to analyze U and Th isotopes for U-series disequilibrium studies and Sr-isotope ratios for tracer studies. It is occasionally used for Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic analyses. Located in Denver.
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I'm in the process of looking for a board certified surgeon who can offer silicone Breast implants at an affordable price. I have a budget of about $6K but I think I can make it more flexible. The problem is that it's hard to find that kind of pricing in NYC?
Looking for Breast Implant Surgeon with Affordable Prices in NYC?
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Plastic surgery clinic good for breast implants.
With a good private plastic surgeon in Manhattan, breast augmentation will cost you at least $9000. We train residents and fellows at Lenox Hill Hospital who do very good work under supervision, and there it will cost you about $4000.
Affordable breast implants
Hi P4percut-
In the NYC area it'll be tough finding someone who can do breast augmentation for less than $6K. Unfortunately, silicone breast implants are expensive (cost to surgeon around $1700-$1800). When you add facility, anesthesia and surgeon's fees, you quickly get above $6K. The range is probably $7500-$10000). In this economy, surgeon's fees have come down and financing has also become cheaper so now is a great time to look into aesthetic surgery. Good luck!
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Breast Implants - You get what you pay for.
In an ideal world, you could get the implants for 6K; however, lets look at costs. Silicone implants cost us 2000, the OR fee is around 1000 and anesthesia is about the same - that makes 4000 overhead. Most physicians consider $2000 too little for the surgery and the risks involved.
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Regional cost variation for breast augmentation
You are a breast augmentation candidate in one of the most expensive communities in the world- it should not surprise you that cost for breast augmentation in NYC is substantially more expensive than in other communities.
If your budget is $6k and you've got a little wiggle room, consider approaching the plastic surgery training programs in your area (NYU, for example) and inquiring about the 'resident's clinic'- you may find that a surgeon-in-training could do your breast augmentation under the supervision of a experienced, board-certified attending surgeon. You would save substantially on the surgeon's fee, but likely pay full-price for facility, implant and anesthesia fees.
Another suggestion is to seek out a surgeon in another community, but be advised that you may have to travel once again to manage any complications.
Affordable Breast Augmentatin
Choosing a plastic surgeon because of his/her cheap price is fraught with danger and selects in particular for non board certified surgeons often not even plastic surgeons who are advertising. One thing you might look for is an academic training center where plastic surgery residents supervised by their professors may have a "residents clinic" with steeply discounted rates. Be careful.
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The fees in NYC are a bit more than $6000. In most facilities in NYC and with implants ( assuming silicone) it could run about $3500-$4000, and that does not included he surgeon's fee. Good luck.
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Looking for Breast Implant Surgeon with Affordable Prices in NYC
Discounted plastic surgery may be available when landlords, cleaning crews, biomedical engineers, malpractice insurance, implant manufacturers, etc offer reduced fees. Unfortunately this is not so, prices continue to rise, especially in NYC.
Learn more: http://www.bodysculptor.com/breast-surgery-chicago/breast-enlargement/
Affordable Breast Implants
It is important to consider cost with any surgery - but make sure that cost is not the only factor in your decision to choose a doctor. Remember the common expression "The cheap comes out expensive."
The way to avoid costs associated with correcting complications of having revisional surgery is to have the surgery done the right way the first time.
So, while prices have dropped slightly, most board certified plastic surgeons in NYC will charge at least $7500 for Breast augmentation. As the other doctors have explained, the cost to the surgeon for breast augmentation is quite high, when you add the cost of the implants and the facility and anesthesia fee.
Breast Implants in NYC
The pricing for Breast augmentation like many other things can be higher in cities vs urban areas. The costs to the plastic surgeon are higher in NYC than in areas outside the city.
You should shop around outside NYC if you are finding the prices out of your budget. Having the surgery done elsewhere, even with the cost of travel and an overnight stay sometimes are substantially less than NYC.
Breast augmentation and pricing
Hi, it is a little hard to find this price for everything in NYC. I would recommend starting with the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's web site to find a listing of board-certified surgeons in your area. Most of us are going to quote a price between 8-10K which includes everything -- surgeon's fee, hospital, anesthesia, and implants. Some of us do offer financing through Care Credit as well. If you really can't afford this pricing, you could look into one of teaching clinics at Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, but keep in mind that your surgery would be done by a resident rather than by a fully-trained plastic surgeon. I hope this helps, best wishes.
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When Orlando City traveled to the West Coast on Wednesday, they played at CenturyLink Field, home to the Seattle Sounders and the NFL's Seahawks. The field was made of artificial turf.
The surface is much maligned by soccer players worldwide, who say it changes the flow of the game and increases risk of injury. So, it was a bit of a surprise when Lions captain Kaká — given his age, 35, and injury history — played 90-plus minutes against the Sounders.
It was also a good sign that the club felt he was healthy and strong enough to compete for that amount of time under such conditions. Lions coach Jason Kreis said he's told Kaká,...
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) throws a game-winning 24-yard touchdown pass on the final play against the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks defeated the Packers 14-12.


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The country's biggest banks are overwhelmingly supporting Mitt Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination, an Observer analysis of federal campaign contributions shows.
Employees at the five largest U.S. banks by assets, including Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co., gave Romney about $600,000 through the first three quarters of 2011, according to the most recent filings available from the Federal Election Commission.
The second-largest recipient of bank employee contributions, President Barack Obama, had far less, about $200,000, the analysis showed. The Republican presidential hopeful with the second-highest total, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, dropped out of the race in mid-August.
Romney received more from employees of those top five banks than all the other candidates combined, helping make the former Massachusetts governor the best-financed candidate in the Republican nomination battle, which is heating up in South Carolina ahead of Saturday's primary.Read More....
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I'm having a difficult time trying to install BackTrack 5r3 as a VM in KVM (linux virtualization). I am able to boot just fine off the DVD, and load up BT as a LiveCD, however, I run into errors after I attempt to install.
After completing the install, it asks to reboot, when rebooted, I get the screen as pictured in the attachment. It displays the following errors:
error: no suitable mode found.
error: unknown command 'terminal'.
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Aborted. Press any key to exit.
I have played around with the grub.cfg file in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and through configuration options in there, I've been able to remove most errors, except the unknown command 'terminal'.
I was curious as to if anyone has experience with installing BackTrack 5r3 as a KVM. I've also attempted an install with BackTrack 5r2 and experienced the same issues.
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Here's a much-anticipated feature from Facebook that marketers may love, if not its users.
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We have made it through flu season, and are now entering allergy season, and guess what? Experts agree that just like this was an unusually severe flu season, this could be the worst season yet for allergy suffers. Just what you wanted to hear.
So why are people going to be suffering longer this year? It has to do with the global climate change and the weather. You won't be alone in your suffering, as more than 35 million people in the United States suffer from seasonal allergies, according to American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
Allergy Season: The Perfect Storm
Global climate change and weather have teamed up to bring us the ultimate long-lasting allergy season thus far. The global climate change brings to the table higher than normal carbon dioxide emissions, which tell plants to produce three to five times more pollen. A single ragweed plant can produce up to four billion pollen grains! The weather factor contributes to warmer temperatures and late winter precipitation which equals excess tree pollen, according to ABC News. This combination is setting the stage for the allergy season to start 14 days sooner and end 30 days later, around the end of October. Is it fall yet?
What Are Allergies?
Seasonal allergies, also known as hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinitis, occur during certain times of the year. Allergies are an abnormal immune response: When you are allergic to something, your immune system produces IgE antibodies to that specific allergen such as pollen, dust, or a food. These antibodies then cause a release of chemicals such as histamines. Histamines act on the eyes, nose, throat, skin, lungs, and even the gastrointestional tract, causing the symptoms of an allergy: sneezing, coughing, wheezing, runny nose and watery eyes.
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Students define cheating differently than adults. I'm not convinced that students believe that cheating is wrong/bad.
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text: First opening in May of 2007, Atlas is a skateboarding store located in the San Francisco Bay Area. As many skaters will already be aware, Lakai Limited Footwear was introduced in 1999 by Mike Carroll and Rick Howard. This collaboration between the skate brand and store sees a minimal and clean cut design appear in three colorways, each paired with matching laces and white outsoles and finished with co-branded motifs and Atlas's signature orange accents. All three pairs are set to drop this Saturday at Atlas.


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I really like architecture and different kinds of it. But right now I'm feeling really intrigued by these plain, modern yet a bit old, kind of scruffy looking buildings.
While I was waiting in between my classes last week I thought I'd walk around the T-centre since I'm not too familiar with the place quite yet. When I was walking I saw some buildings that caught my eye and decided to take some photos with my phone to pass the time and to get some inspiration.
Most of the buildings there have been build during the 60's and 70's if I can recall right but the centre is constantly under construction with old buildings stumped to the ground and new ones build in their place. But I think the old plain apartment houses are just really adorable in all their scruffiness and you could say ugliness that it's kind of a shame they're being tared down.


text: Are you thinking about outsourcing your stuff? You should be. I outsource everything...almost. Really! I've got a new twitter membership site that I've been working on since May. I outsourced it twice. The first time goes into my horror story file. And the second time goes into the "if-you-need-it-done-right-it's-going-to-cost-you" file. But it was worth it too... You get [Read More …]


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text: While the biggest factor in deciding when to retire is whether you still need or want to work, there are many other variables to consider to ensure a comfortable and secure life after work. "There is an upward trend in Americans working beyond age 60," says Gary Burtless, Ph.D, research associate at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. "And we've seen an increasing number of people staying in the workforce until age 72." Burtless says that the incentives within the Social Security system and employer-matched 401(k) plan contributions can make working later in life more financially attractive. In addition, American's confidence in their ability to retire comfortably is at an all time-low. According to the 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (ERBI), 60 percent of workers report having less than $25,000 in savings or retirement assets. Beyond the financial retirement considerations, Elizabeth F. Fideler, Ed.D., researcher and author of "Women Still at Work: Professionals Over Sixty and On the Job" and a forthcoming book on aging men in the workforce, found that a main reason would-be retirees choose to keep working beyond age 60 is that they enjoy the work and the feeling they are contributing and making a difference. How can you know whether you're ready for retirement? Asking yourself these six questions may help. Any "no" answers may mean it's worth waiting a little longer to retire.


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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to complain about it.
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In the spirit of full disclosure, I like Kate Bush very much.
Why not watch these and be humbled?
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Your question being this:
There is a really strong argument in favour of a depoliticised civil service. There must be.
It's just that I've never heard it.
Are we to take it you're going to write a post defending the politicization of the civil service? I should probably wait 'til you've done it and restrict myself to recording my astonishment that you've never heard a strong argument against it.
The basic argument is one of technocratic efficiency but it's difficult to comment further until I know what you think. But my initial reaction is to think: what do you mean by the 'civil service' and can you really think that it could be desirable to have an entirely politicized one? What, for example, what would a 'politicized' Benefits Agency look like? Would a change of government mean a complete change of staff right down to AO level? Or would they retain the existing ones but they would be required to 'convert' in some hideous way?
P.S. In anticipation, I suspect you're not talking about the civil service at all but merely the most senior part of it? Hence your comments about Oxbridge domination and all that. How - after the Iraq dossiers - you can think even this more limited politicization is desirable is completely beyond me. To counter the impression that you've went done gone lost your damn mind, please tell us what the hell you're on about here?
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Cubs Win, Move Into First Place
Iowa in sole possession of first for the first time this season
By Brian Newton / Iowa Cubs | June 20, 2013 7:54 PM ET
Des Moines, IA - Brian Bogusevic, Junior Lake, and Donnie Murphy combined for 10 hits to lead the Iowa Cubs (36-38) over the Nashville Sounds (25-48) 6-4 on Thursday night at Principal Park. The win - combined with a Memphis loss - gives Iowa a half game lead in the American Northern Division. The Cubs lead the series 3-1 heading into Friday night's double-header to conclude the 10-game home stand.
Bogusevic went 4-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and two runs to lead the Cubs offensively. It was his first four-hit game of the season, and team-leading 22nd multi-hit game of the year. Lake and Murphy each added three hits and two RBI on the night. The three combined for 10 of Iowa's 11 hits.
The Cubs got out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a pair of two-out base hits by Lake and Murphy in the first. Bogusevic singled through the right side of the infield and Steve Clevenger followed with a walk, representing the first two runs. Lake, who has reached base safely in 15 of 16 games with Iowa this season, drove in Bogusevic for the opening run on a grounder up the middle. Murphy cleared the bases with a double down the left field line in the next at-bat to give the Cubs the three-run advantage.
Luis Flores walked to lead off both the second and fourth innings. Flores was called out at the plate after charging around third base on a Bogusevic single to right field in the second, but was able to tack on the Cubs' fourth run when Bogusevic doubled to the gap in left-center in the fourth.
The Cubs never trailed in the game.
The Sounds came to within one run twice after scoring two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth on starter Yoanner Negrin. Negrin went a season-high eight innings in just his fifth start of the year. He finished the night allowing four runs on nine hits and fanned seven to pick up his second win of the season.
Hanging on to a 4-3 lead in the seventh, Iowa found some breathing room with runs by Bogusevic and Dave Sappelt. Bogusevic smacked his fourth hit of the game through the gap at third and scored two batters later when Sappelt tripled to the corner in left field. Lake drove in Sappelt with a flare to right to extend the Iowa lead to 6-3.
The Sounds added a run in the eighth but Brian Schlitter pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his fifth save of the season and preserve the Cubs' sixth win in eight games during the home stand.
RH Guillermo Moscoso (2-5, 4.88 ERA) will start game one on Friday for Iowa against RH R.J. Seidel (1-3, 5.45 ERA) for Nashville. RH Johnnie Lowe (0-1, 3.72 ERA) will start game two for the Sounds. The game will be broadcast live on AM 940, and streamed at iowacubs.com, with the pre-game show starting at 5:00.
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The old animal counting song. "Numbers for knee highs couldn't be more fun. . . . Also has music for the song at the end. . . . Feodor Rojankovsky's charming illustrations are in full color and black and white."-- Kirkus Reviews This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read-Aloud Poetry).
A counting song where mother and baby animals work together to accomplish their activities.
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Ashley Battersby 2011-12 Season Edit
The 2011-12 season was another big one for Park City All Star Ashley Battersby - but she's getting plenty used to putting together big seasons. Inclusion on the first U.S. Freeskiing Slopestyle national team, a top 10 finish at Winter X Slopestyle, her first Switch 1080 at Nine Queens and a top 10 AFP Womens Slopestyle world ranking were just some of the highlights added to her resume last winter.
After showing the freeskiing world her mettle in 2011-12, Ashley sat down and put together her own season edit. WATCH IT HERE. Oh and if you ask nicely, she may still hook you up with your own custom made hoodie.
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011
The world's top freestyle ski athletes were charging hard at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. The show these athletes put on in ski slopestyle and ski halfpipe helped pave the way for these events inclusion in the 2014 Winter Games.


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Officer Michael Snowden, Agent-in-Charge of Human Trafficking Division of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics will talk about Human Trafficking in Oklahoma in an attempt to raise awareness. This evening presentation is open to the community and surrounding communities, NWOSU faculty, staff and students.
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Family Law Questions? Ask a Family Lawyer Online.
Hello,Sometimes there may be a delay in receiving a reply from me as I work on creating the best solution to the question you have presented.
I am sorry to hear that you are divorcing but glad to see you are taking proactive steps to help yourself in this divorce process.
2 questions: why would she use petioner/respondent rather than plaintiff/defendant:
The person seeking the divorce (the "plaintiff" or "petitioner") must file a document in the appropriate Superior Court. This document is called the "complaint" or "petition." A copy of the complaint will be served on the other spouse (the "defendant" or "respondent"). There is no advantage or disadvantage of using either term as they mean the same.
do I still reference O.G.C.A sections 9-11-34 and 9-11-26 in paulding county Georgia, or are the codes different when the respondent (defendant) is requesting documents from the petitioner?:
You can use O.C.G.A sections 9-11-34 and 9-11-26. A party that is engaged in a contested legal matter may make a written request for a document production on the opposing party. The Civil Practice Act as codified in the Official Code of Georgia (Section 9-11-34 (a) (1) & (b)).
Finally your written statement as posted here appear to be appropriate.
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