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That compares with its previous forecast of between $6.4bn and $7bn for the quarter.
While demand for communication chips was sluggish, Intel said sales of its microprocessors were "trending to the high end of normal seasonal pattern".
Shares fall
The chip industry is still struggling to recover from its worst ever downturn.
Intel is seen as a barometer for the industry because of its size.
The new revenue forecast was in line with expectations, and some analysts said the company was doing well given current economic conditions.
"It's a minor miracle in the face of war, a lousy economy in Europe, Sars in Asia and the scourge in the US Fortune 1000, which is not spending money on (information technology),"
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Shares in Intel had risen 46 cents to close at $21.84 ahead of the trading update, but they fell back to $21.45 in after-hours trade.
The narrowing of the revenue forecast left the midpoint unchanged at $6.7bn.
That would be a slight fall in Intel's first quarter earnings of $6.75bn, which itself was down 6% from the previous quarter and flat compared with the same period a year ago.


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By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Jill Brown almost cried the day her 9-year-old daughter sold several American Girl dolls at a yard sale so she could buy a Juicy Couture sweat suit.
It was a painful reminder that the emotional and psychological distance between childhood and the teen years is far shorter than ever.
"It was such an indication of her moving to a different place," says Brown, a marketing consultant in Northbrook, Ill. "It was also a little bit of an indication that she was starting to solve things for herself."
Chalk it up to "age compression," which many marketers call "kids getting older younger" or KGOY. Retail consultant Ken Nisch says it shouldn't be a surprise or an outrage that kids are tired of toys and kid clothes by 8, considering that they are exposed to outside influences so much earlier. They are in preschool at 3 and on computers at 6.
That's why marketers now target 9-year-olds with apparel and accessories once considered only for teens, says Nisch, chairman of the retail consulting and design firm JGA.
Generation Y, those between about 8 and 26, are considered the most important generation for retailers and marketers because of their spending power and the influence they have over what their parents buy. But just as the 8- to 12-year-old "tweens" are pitched with a dizzying array of music, movie and cellphone choices, the nearly 10 million tween girls also are getting more attention from fashion, skin care and makeup businesses. Last year, NPD Group says 7- to 14-year-old girls spent $11.5 billion on apparel, up from $10.5 billion in 2004.
With their keen but shifting senses of style, tween girls present some of the biggest rewards and challenges for retailers and brands. What's called for: a delicate marketing dance that tunes in tween girls without turning off their parents, who control both the purse strings and the car. Retailers to tween girls also must stay in close touch with the fashion pulse, because being "out" is even more painful for girls who haven't hit the teen years, say retailers and their consultants. They'll drop a brand faster than you can say Hannah Montana if the clothes become anything close to dorky.
When you're a tween retailer, you're "even more subject to peer pressure, to being in or out" than those dealing strictly with teenagers, says Nisch.
Some other tween girl traits:
•They're driven by imitation. Tweens want to look like each other but be able to call looks their own, says retail consultant Laura Evans, whose clients include Reebok and Express. Retailers that offer a lot of similar apparel — layers of shirts in a variety of colors — tend to be the most popular. Hilary Bell, executive vice president for strategy for Bonne Bell, says almost every young girl is introduced to the youth-oriented cosmetic brand through her mother, aunt or older sister, "But each generation, she feels like she discovered it herself." Tween Brands, which owns the Limited Too and Justice chains, finds its customer "doesn't want to set the trend on the playground," says spokesman Robert Atkinson. In some respects, this makes the tween retailer's job easier. It can follow popular trends from the teen market.
•They want more of everything. Whether it's lip balm or blue jeans, "More is more," says Nita Rollins, who heads marketing intelligence at the digital marketing agency Resource Interactive. "Nothing succeeds like excess." Tweens aren't aware of "social codes of restraint," says Rollins, so they see no reason why they don't need 10 American Girl dolls or several pairs of jeans or sneakers. The average number of Lip Smacker-brand lip balm and glosses owned by Bonne Bell customers is 10, but, Bell notes, "The girls who have 100 make up for the ones who don't have 10."
Therein also lies the success of the low-priced accessories store chains Claire's and Icing. Young people even have a new website, zebo.com, on which to chronicle and quantify their possessions, and millions already have.
•They are environmentally aware. Tweens start to "feel the pain of everybody. They want to know if animals were hurt in making this," says Nisch, whose clients have included H&M and Disney. They might even become vegetarians or vegans. Rollins agrees: "They have social consciousness at a very young age. They have great lives, and so they want to give back."
Bonne Bell doesn't test on animals, and Hilary Bell says the company often gets e-mails from girls thanking it. The company also uses recycled paper, cardboard and plastics in packaging where possible. The girls, for the most part, "have a caring, sharing and compassionate attitude. The Earth, plants and animals are their friends," Bell says.
•They like attention, sort of. "Our customer aspires to be like an older girl, so if she's 10 she wants to dress like a 12-year-old, and a 12-year-old wants to dress like a 14-year-old," says Atkinson. But she's also "more self-conscious" and not usually trying to attract boys, he says. She mostly just wants to appear "more affiliated with her friends."
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Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow says "sexy is the ubiquitous look for the entire generation, but for tweens and teens, it's not so much sexual as attention-getting." The attention more adventurous tweens get when they wear "sexy" stuff makes them feel powerful. "They just don't compute sexy the way adults do. It's a dress-up game," says Yarrow, a marketing professor at Golden Gate University.
A tween starts to feel more comfortable with fashions when she sees them on her older sister or the babysitter, says Atkinson. Tween Brands' challenge, he says, is to "tastefully interpret them for the younger customer. She's just literally developing into a young woman. She doesn't even want to wear spaghetti straps." The girl "has to want an item because she thinks it's the coolest thing in fashion, but if we don't pass muster with Mom, that transaction is not going to be completed."
Moms, in fact, are a big influence on tween fashions, experts say. Many tweens may get some fashion cues from celebrities, but they still look first to their moms. "They still want Mom to give them the OK," Atkinson says.
What else would explain all the tweens and teens with quilted and printed cloth backpacks and purses from Vera Bradley, asks Rollins. "You can't say it's because the paisleys are particularly beautiful. It's the exposure to all the brands the parents covet."
While teens have dozens of retailers catering to them and many within each subset, from preppy to Goth to skateboard style, tween girls shop in a much more narrow range. Outside of department and mass-merchandise stores, their specialty store choices are largely limited to, well, Limited Too, Justice and Abercrombie Kids.
Despite the challenges, most brands want to hook kids as early as possible, which explains kid and tween lines from the likes of Lucky Brand Jeans, J. Crew and Juicy Couture. Bell calls her brand's lip balms "a rite of entry into makeup." Tweens are the brand's core customer, but they've developed products that appeal to kids starting at age 4 and then adapt them to teens and beyond.
Lucky simply offers its adult jeans and vintage-inspired clothes in smaller sizes, choosing not to treat kids or tweens like "little dolls," says Liz Munoz, senior vice president of merchandising and design
"Our brand is about staying young at heart and having fun and being somewhat carefree from the burdens of fashion and trends," says Munoz. "I don't necessarily want my kids to look older. I just want them to wear high-quality, beautiful things."
'Fashion battle' with a 9-year-old
If only it were so simple, says Angelina Spencer of Naples, Fla., who has an 11-year-old daughter. Spencer says she and Ryan had their first "fashion battle" when Ryan was 9.
"I refused to buy her tight, midriff exposing T-shirts that Britney Spears had made so popular, (and) my resourceful daughter resorted to knotting her T-shirts in the back to give her the look she desired," says Spencer. Spencer started a dialogue with Ryan about the appropriate fit for her clothes and what she was trying to accomplish with revealing fashion.
She says it was both eye-opening and life changing. Ryan started sketching fashions, and her mother bought her a sewing machine. Ryan's favorite stores still include Abercrombie Kids, American Eagle and Hollister, but she and her mother have reached a middle ground on what's appropriate, even if it can be challenging to find clothes that satisfy both of them.
"My views of fashion have definitely changed. I used to think that the less clothes, the better," Ryan says. "I currently don't have my stomach showing anywhere but the beach."
Angelina Spencer wishes retailers let kids have more of a role in personalizing and designing their clothes. Polo Ralph Lauren has tapped into this desire, says Evans, who leads the retail team at Resource Interactive. It offers tweens and teens the chance to monogram and handpick the color combination for the logo and garment.
It's "all about carving out their own individuality" but within a very limited range, Atkinson says of tweens.
Lindsey Brown, who turned 13 last month, made almost $1,000 at the yard sale where she sold her American Girl dolls. She banked $800 and spent $200 on the Juicy Couture sweat suit, which included a skirt, pants and a jacket.
Since then, shopping has "become all about clothes," says Jill Brown.
"A couple years ago, she liked nothing better than to go to school in the same outfit as her best friend, but now she also wants to put together something that's unique to her," says Brown. "It's almost like another beginning where they still have the desire to be a little bit like everyone else but also start to become their own person. Maybe she's beginning to do that a little bit earlier."
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Government orders incontinence services review
Health minister Paul Boateng announced the review
NHS incontinence services are to be reviewed in a bid to improve the care of 3.5m sufferers in the UK.
Health Minister Paul Boateng announced the review on Wednesday. Recommendations will be unveiled early next year.
A working party of health workers, voluntary groups and social services care managers, headed up by the NHS Executive, will examine the current provision of NHS services and produce updated guidance to replace guidelines drawn up in 1991.
Distressing and widespread
Mr Boateng said: "Incontinence is a distressing and widespread condition which affects over three million adults and half a million children over the age of five.
"Whilst many people can be cured, or at least given help which can significantly improve their condition, embarrassment and lack of knowledge often leads to sufferers not seeking out the help that is available.
"Good continence services are a vital component of the National Health Service - they play an important part in enabling people to lead independent lives.
"I want to ensure that the NHS provides a modern continence service that lets people have access to high quality, prompt, and readily available assistance."
The new guidance will be sent to health authorities, Primary Care Groups and NHS Trusts to help and support them in planning and delivering continence services.
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David Pollock, director of the Continence Foundation, welcomed the review as "badly needed and very timely".
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Would NRL fans prefer to watch sub-standard games televised live or one of the best sporting competitions in the world with some matches on delay for a further five years only?
That was the choice the ARL Commission had to make when they agreed on the new $1 billion television rights deal with Channel Nine and Fox Sports last week.
It was a deal that provided the immediate cash injection the ARLC so desperately needs after inheriting a game bereft of cash reserves and paves the way to give fans what they want in the next agreement after News Ltd relinquished a first and last rights arrangement on all media rights until 2027.
The Herald reported that Channel Ten had offered $800 million for four games per week and many have said that would have been preferable to the deal negotiated by the ARLC, which will see three games on free-to-air per week - but only one of which will be live.
However, Nine and Fox Sports tendered a joint bid, whereas Ten and Seven did not have a pay-TV partner.
If the ARLC had chosen one of those networks as the game's free-to-air broadcaster, they would have then had to find another outlet to show the remaining matches and the overall value of the deal would have been significantly less than the $1.025 billion Nine ($475 million) and Fox Sports ($550 million) have agreed to pay, including $50 million each in advertising.
A 20 per cent reduction in the value of the broadcast deal, which Ten's offer effectively represented, would have directly impacted on the money available to fund struggling NRL clubs and increase payments for players, as well as provide more support at grassroots level.
For those who think players are paid enough, consider this - the highest paid player in the game, Johnathan Thurston, earns about the same amount of money that Anthony Mundine was paid when he quit the game in 2000.
And Mundine's $700,000 per year pay cheque was no larger than the likes of Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart and Bradley Clyde received at the outbreak of the Super League war in 1995 - meaning the game's top players have not had a real pay rise for almost 20 years.
At the other end of the payscale, every club has players earning the NRL's minimum wage of $60,000 per year to put their bodies through a gruelling off-season and brutal 26-week premiership, plus a possible finals series.
Without an increase in the salary cap, more players could be expected to follow the likes of Sonny Bill Williams to rugby union or Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau to AFL, where they can earn $1 million-plus pay packets.
However, only two NRL clubs - Brisbane and South Sydney - made small operating profits without leagues club grants or top ups from private owners last season, and they are dependent on extra funding from the television money.
Significantly, the ARLC managed to negotiate $90 million upfront from Nine and Fox Sports and a deal that is frontloaded, so that more money is paid in the earlier years than later.
This will provide an immediate cash injection to a game that has been surviving hand to mouth since the end of the Super League war.
Equally as important, News Ltd agreed to forego an arrangement negotiated as a key condition of its exit from the game that gave the Murdoch empire first and last rights on all media rights - including online, mobile and technology not yet invented - until 2027.
With Nine retaining the exclusive rights to three games per week but viewers only able to watch one of the two Friday night matches live and the Sunday afternoon fixture being broadcast on delay to accommodate more advertisements, fans have complained the deal is the same as the current one but for twice the money.
According to a poll conducted on the Herald's website after details of the new deal was announced last Tuesday, 31 per cent of the 7520 people who voted believed the coverage provided by Nine and Fox Sports was 'poor' and comments posted on smh.com.au were overwhelmingly negative.
There were many valid points, but the deal provides the money needed to ensure the growth of the game and puts the ARLC in a position to call the shots when the next broadcast agreement is negotiated.


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Family Sun Day Fun Day - Laguna Niguel Regional Park
Laguna Canyon Foundation
Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
Families are invited to come play, explore, listen and connect with nature and each other. LCF volunteer naturalist and nature mentor Kimberly Leeds will guide you through nature activities and games to enliven your wilderness awareness. Bring your curiosity! Wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. Hats and water are a must! The terrain will be uneven and steep in some areas; be prepared to get dirty, and get up close and personal with nature! The walk will be a maximum of 1-mile round trip. Laguna Niguel Regional Park, 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel (Enter park and make a right turn at the T intersection. Make a left into the first parking lot and meet at the far end.)
For questions call: 949-497-8324. Donation: $2/person. Parking: $5 M-F; $7 Weekends; $10 Holidays
Help support Laguna Coast Wilerness Park and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park by becoming a Friend of the Laguna Canyon Foundation. Your contribution will allow us to continue educational and interpretive programs, support our 300+ volunteer corps, enhance park nature and interpretive centers, restore native habitat, protect natural resources and acquire additional parkland.
If we have to cancel the event due to weather or other circumstance we will notify you through your provided email address.
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Laguna Niguel Regional Park
28241 La Paz Road
Laguna Niguel,
Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PST)
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Laguna Canyon Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, enhancing, and promoting the South Coast Wilderness area.
This 22,000-acre area of includes Laguna Coast and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Parks, Crystal Cove State Park, and the City of Irvine Open Space Preserve. We work to Keep It Wild!


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Of compressed ovoid form with a flat lip and concave oval foot surrounded by a footrim, engraved on one main side with a bird in the branches of a blossoming fruit tree and on the other with a poetic inscription in running script, followed by a dedication, 'For the elegant enjoyment of His Eminence Mr. Hou'an', and the signature Dizhou zuo ('Made by Dizhou'), the engraved details all filled with gold pigment, glass stopper with silver collar
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The poem may be translated as:
In spring we roam through fragrant plants and bushes;
In summer we enjoy ponds with their green lotuses;
In autumn we drink chrysanthemum wine;
In winter we chant poems about white snow.
This poem is by Wang Zhu, who earned the jinshi (the highest civil service examination) degree in 1100, and is contained in Wang's Shentong ji (Prodigal Child Collection). This poem was popular during the Qing era, as it was included in Liweng duiyun (Poems Set to Matching Rhyme Schemes by Liweng [Li Yu]), by Li Yu (1611-1680), a famous dramatist, fiction writer and poet.
Dizhou zuo may refer to Shi Dizhou, a scholar-official who lived during the Daoguang period. It is likely that Shi Dizhou composed the poem and commissioned the bottle for Mr. Hou'an as a gift.
Several Qing era figures seem possible for 'Mr. Hou'an', including Zhang Qinzai, Shao Daye, Cao Benrong, Yang Yuebing (1822-1890) and Xie Lansheng (1804-1898).
From the late-Qianlong period onwards, glass bottles were regularly inscribed with poems, sometimes with additional dates or individual names. This trend gradually began to intrigue the scholar class from the mid-Qing onwards, resulting in occasional engravings on glass by individual artists - although the literati tended to prefer softer materials such as soapstone, wood, gourd, coconut shell, etc. By the end of the Qing dynasty, under the influence of such engravers as Zhou Honglai, a small group of artists specialized in engraving glass, often with miniature scenes and inscriptions.
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The Kardashian Klan Gets Ready for Khloe's B-Day Bash (PHOTOS)
Khloe.It's going to be a big bash of a weekend for the Kardashian family, as all of the siblings are ready to sing and party with the birthday girl
The family — from Kim and her soon-to-be-husband Kris to brother Rob — were all in Las Vegas to prep for Khloe's party at the Chateau Nightclub in the Paris Hotel and Casino. On Khloe's arm as they posed for pictures was Lamar Odom, who as usual was all smiles as he accompanied his gal.
Flying solo, though, was Rob Kardashian, who went for the man in black look, complete with a backwards baseball cap.
Khloe's actual birthday isn't until June 27, but the crew will be celebrating this weekend. She'll be 27 years old once her big day arrives, and Khloe took to Twitter on Saturday to reflect a bit.
"I love having a pre-bday party!!!!! 10 more days until I'm really an old lady…." she wrote.


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TOP STORY >>Auditors discover financial shortfall
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Allen Ridings, Beebes former code enforcement officer, came under fire in the recently completed state audit, but that information did not come from Mayor Donald Ward, who would not talk openly about the report during the Monday night council meeting and refused to release the audit report to The Leader.
Ward spoke in vague terms at the council meeting concerning the audit, which found money was missing. He said the information in the audit report was of a sensitive nature, adding, I do not wish to go into all that. After the meeting, Ward told this reporter that the audit report was not available for public inspection because he had called for a state police investigation that is still ongoing.
Ward added that he is not willing to risk being sued for releasing negative information if that investigation shows no illegal activity. Ward did offer to release the report with the sensitive parts blacked out. Despite the mayors reservations, the entire audit report is available to the public and can be found on the Arkansas Legislative Audit Web site.
Here in its entirety is the section the mayor wanted withheld: Utility permit inspection fee receipts of $3,370 were not properly remitted to the City Treasurer for the period January 1, 2004 through June 19, 2006.
Former Code Enforcement Officer Allen Ridings was responsible for collecting and remitting permit fees to the City Treasurer. Also, Mr. Ridings stated he improperly destroyed permit records evidencing receipt of City revenue prior to September 2005.
The city reimbursed Mr. Ridings $8,282 for personal vehicle mileage documented by expense claims reporting 19,870 consecutive city-related business miles driven without any allowance for personal and commuting miles, during the period of January 1, 2004 through June 19, 2006.
Mr. Ridings was unable to determine the correct mileage for which he should have been reimbursed for conducting city business. Internal controls relating to inspection fees and mileage reimbursements should be strengthened. We recommend the city seek reimbursement for the un-deposited inspection fees and for non-business mileage reimbursements improperly received by Mr. Ridings.
City management has responded that policies and procedures have been implemented to strengthen internal controls relating to inspection fees and mileage reimbursements. Alderman Mike Robertson, who was mayor before Ward and will be the next mayor since he is running unopposed, said after the meeting that he didnt agree with Ward that the audit should be withheld from the public.
It is clearly subject to the states Freedom of Information law, he said. Though Ward did not speak about any of the negative parts of the audit report and did not mention Ridings name, Robertson asked during the meeting if the problem with mileage had been resolved.
Ward answered that there had never been a clearcut policy before, but now city employees cant collect mileage without turning in odometer readings to show the actual miles driven. Ridings was suspended of his duties June 19 while the state auditor was still going over city records. He was replaced June 21 by Leonard Forte, who was code officer for many years before Ridings was hired. Forte succeeded Monday night in getting the city council to change the city inspection fees to a square footage-based formula instead of cost of construction.
Forte told the council that if they would agree to 10 cents a square foot for inspections (half the amount Searcy charges), he would make sure the correct amount was collected.
If we go by square foot, Ill go out there and stick a tape on it and everybody will pay by the square foot, Forte told the council. He said in a later interview that there was no way to know under the old formula whether the correct amount had been collected.
Most houses cost $50,000 or $60,000 on paper, he said, adding that it was highly unlikely that there would be almost no variation. Last year, 27 houses in the same area built by different contractors all cost $60,000, he said.
The new fees will cost builders more, but Cayne Orman, who builds homes all over the city, told the council he did not object to the increase.
Forte said the average house built in Beebe is 1,500 square feet. Under the new fee structure, builders will have to pay $150 for inspections. Under the old system, the cost was $97.50, he said.


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EVENT CANCELLED: AMT Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Paula Hayes
Due to continuing power outages in Lower Manhattan, The New School will remain closed until Monday, November 5, therefore this event has been cancelled. Please check the events calendar should this be rescheduled.
Paula Hayes, born 1958 in Massachusetts, received her BS in Liberal Arts from Skidmore College in 1987 and her MFA in Sculpture from Parsons in 1989. She currently lives and works in NYC. Ms. Hayes has exhibited her ephemeral, living works internationally for over two decades, with early exhibitions at Andrea Rosen Gallery, The Fawbush Gallery both in NYC, Eigen + Art, Berlin, The Shauffhausen Museum, Shauffhausen, Switzerland, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The Queens Museum of Art and most currently at Salon 94, Marianne Boesky Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, (all in NYC), The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, Glasstress, of the 2011 Venice Biennale and Lever House, NYC in 2012.
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Leaving behind a cargo worth £75,000, Captain Macrae fled to the shore.   The Cassandra had 37 casualties while Captain England's force had lost more than 90.   After 10 days of hiding, Captain Macrae went aboard the Victory hoping for mercy.   Captain Taylor wanted to kill him but Captain England wanted to spare his life and was able to persuade Captain Taylor after several drinks of rum.   Captain Macrae was given the badly damaged Fancy.
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Looking for some moves to add to your workout? Moves that don't require any props or accessories, just a healthy "can do" attitude?
Well here's 6 minutes worth of moves that work your legs, arms, and abs. These are whole body, multitasking moves. You get some serious bang for your buck here. Add this workout into your routine and use it to split up time on a cardio equipment, or after your run. So the routine would go something like this: 10 minutes on the treadmill, mini boot camp, 10 minutes on elliptical, mini boot camp . . . you get the idea. Try it out and let me know what you think.
There is an isometric crab at the end of the video, if you feel you heart rate is still high you should hold off since the abrupt stop in motion is not the best for your heart.
There are a few tips, to see them just
- Boot Strappers:
If you have tight hamstrings, straighten your knees only as far as is comfortable, but DO keep your hands on the ground.
Don't jam your knees to a hyper-extended position. Straighten them using your muscles not, brute force and momentum.
Exhale as you straighten your knees and really engage your abs while you do this by pulling your belly button to your spine.
- Push Ups:
Try to do full body push ups, but move to your knees when your arms feel like they are about to give out.
- Plank with Leg Lifts
Just hold steady and really keep your center engaged.
- Squats
Go as low as you can to really work your back side.
- Alternating Side Lunges
Take this move easy if you have tight inner thighs - stretch them like this.
Here's the Take It to the Gym printer friendly version of the Mini Boot Camp. Seriously, you should print it out and take it with you to the gym!!!


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Hillary Soliciting Questions to Ask Ellen Degeneres
By Mark Finkelstein | August 30, 2007 2:00 PM EDT
That Hillary Clinton -- what a card!
According to an email I've received from her campaign, the intrepid Hillary is venturing into the lion's den, with TV appearances scheduled tonight on Letterman and September 4 on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Daring stuff!
In any case, according to the email:
Ellen is soliciting questions from her viewers to ask of Hillary, and we want to turn it around on her. So if you have a question for Hillary to ask Ellen, submit it here.
Such a prankster, that Hillary. Wild 'n crazy stuff!
Sure, go ahead and submit a question to Hillary. But keep it clean, and remember, you'll be adding yourself to Hillary's email list, so expect to receive lots of future fundraising solicitations.
For that matter, within those keep-it-clean-guidelines, why not let us know here what your question from Hillary to Ellen would be?


text: Posted August 11, 2011 ok guys, here are few more items you might find interesting. 1. Our offense needs alot of work. I really like the different packages they are trying to install but lets face it right now. 3 weeks will not be enough no matter how hard they work. The good news is we do have some really exciting things that will score points provided we can get some constant consistency which isnt even close right now. 2. this has already been said a million times but it is worth repeating the Chicago Bears were IDIOTS to let Olsen go. The way he plays would have been worth a first round pick easy. He is playing with a chip on his shoulder bigger than Steve Smiths and I like it alot. 3. Ziembe played with the first squad in place of Otah and never missed a beat. He mauled everyone either side he was on and I am really impressed with him. I saw him block a guy 10 yards back past the play like the guy was a high school football player who's parents made him play. 4. Cam has a way to go but he will get there. Tonight may have been the worst I have ever seen him, but the cool thing was whenever he was out of the huddle whatever problem he had he was out working on it. He would throw until it was his time to go back in and he would be taking snap after snap if he fumbled a snap. The young man really just wants to get better and you have to appreciate and respect that. 5. Jimmy Clausen looked pretty decent all around to night and the real proof was with the crowd that was there tonight not one boo. As much as I would like to believe a classier group showed up I have to believe it was jimmy doing what he needed to. He will start in my opinion against the Giants. 6. Our defense is nasty. When we blitzed, Charles Johnson got to the qb almost everytime and from out of no where. Lots of crossing and misdirection and it was the most exciting I have seen our defense in a long time. We will be scoring some points this year on defense for sure. Fua and Irvin in the middle did a great job against the run and held the first string to almost NO yards. The LB's worked there butts off tonight and every night that I have watched them. They have a huge chip also and a foul taste in there mouth that only some really good hits on some opposing QBs will begin to satisfy. Matt Ryan and Drew Brees, the vanilla taste you have been used to will get you killed this year. Better study up guys unless you wanna be eating your meals through a straw. I love it! 7. Ok I have been hard on Lafelle lately but tonight he looked really good. If he could work that hard eveyday he would be #3, Naanee is a solid number 2 in my book and he looked great tonight. Made the best diving catch of the night with both feet in. I like that guy for sure. 8. Derek Anderson looked the most comfortable in the huddle and behind center tonight of all the QBs and made some great passes from the pocket. To me he just looks like ok here we go and he acts as if what the hell I got nothing to lose. But he was solid tonight. 9. We should be night and day different in special teams this year. I have never seen them work so long on punts and kicks in my life. And the coach doesnt let any of the slide. He works all of them and he works them hard. We should actually have pretty good field position this year for sure. 10. I really like Sutton. He is a blast to chat with and he is a pretty darn good back. I the we need a nickname for 4 backs because each of them is pretty darn good. 11. Goodson looks to be twice as fast after catching a punt than Armanti or Lafelle. Armanti seems to catch it with the best touch of any of them and I wouldnt worry one bit about him dropping anything. He did work his butt off during the off season and it shows back there. 12. I really enjoy watching Gaither fire everyone up. when the defense was making plays he was hooping and hollering and it seemed to keep them wanting more. He will be a great leader on game day and in the locker room. If you have any questions ask me and if I remember or I didnt see it I will let you know. I will be back tomorrow night so follow me on twitter and youll get every play. @tattoorhino. Have a great night Panther fans! 27 people like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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London (AFP) Jan 28, 2009
British pay-TV giant BSkyB on Wednesday said it returned to profit during the first half of its financial year and said it planned to create 1,000 jobs, sending its share price rising seven percent.
BSkyB posted net profit of 166 million pounds (179 million euros, 237 million dollar) in the six months to December, compared with a loss of 112 million pounds in the same period a year earlier.
"In a very challenging economic environment, we have delivered a great set of results by focusing on quality, value and service for our customers," BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch said in a statement.
The satellite television provider, whose biggest shareholder is Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, said group revenue rose 5.8 percent to 2.60 billion pounds in its first half and subscribers to its TV service advanced 1.8 percent to 9.24 million.
"Whilst no consumer business is immune to a downturn, our focus on quality, value and service for customers positions us well," BSkyB added in its statement.
"In addition, we have taken early action on reducing costs and we retain a good degree of flexibility in our cost base."
The company said its top priority in 2009 was increasing subscription to its High Definition-TV service which offers subsribers better picture quality.
"As a result of our actions on efficiency and costs, and to support the anticipated acceleration in demand for... HD, we are creating around 1,000 new jobs in our customer service and installation teams," said BSkyB.
It added that it intended to grow its customer base for its broadband Internet and landline telephone services. On Wednesday it said that it was Britain's "fastest growing broadband provider" with 1.96 million Sky Broadband customers.
The company added that it was also Britain's fastest growing home telephony service with 1.50 million Sky Talk customers.
"We enter 2009 in a strong position," said Darroch.
"Against a very difficult and uncertain economic backdrop, we will continue to focus our efforts on providing customers with more of what they want."
Investors cheered BSkyB's update, sending its share price rising 7.25 percent to 466.25 pence in London. The capital's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up 1.37 percent at 466.25 pence.
BSkyB is famed for helping to transform the face of British football through its multi-billion-pound deals to broadcast live matches from the English Premier League. The group is also home to 24-hour TV station Sky News.
BSkyB had posted a loss during the first half of 2007-2008 owing to writedowns linked to its stake in rival British broadcaster ITV.
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Wednesday, 14 August, 2002, 23:41 GMT 00:41 UK
Sharp rise in sexual diseases
More and more people are being diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), official figures reveal.
Statistics from the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) show a 6% rise in the number of STIs in England in 2001.
However, there has been a much sharper rise in new cases of chlamydia and gonorrhoea while the number of people with syphilis has rocketed.
The figures show that chlamydia is the most common STI. A total of 67,403 cases were diagnosed in clinics across England last year, up 10% on the previous 12 months.
If untreated, it can cause severe long-term problems including infertility in women.
There was a similar increase for gonorrhoea, up 8%, with a total of 22,116 cases identified.
But the number of people diagnosed with syphilis has more than doubled, up from 322 in 2000 to 697 last year.
The increase has been traced back to an outbreak among gay men in London and north-west England.
The figures also show an increase in the number of cases of genital herpes - up 6% to 17,056.
In addition, there has been an increase in the number of new cases of genital warts up 2% with a total of 62,222 cases diagnosed.
Cause for concern
Dr Gwenda Hughes, of the PHLS, while the overall increase was lower than in previous years it was still a cause for concern.
She said: "The rate of increase in STIs observed between 2000 and 2001 is somewhat lower than the previous year.
"Nevertheless, their continued rise confirms deterioration in the nation's sexual health."
She added: "Young women and gay men still remain the groups that cause the greatest concern in sexual health terms."
Dr Hughes said some of the increases could be attributed to more people turning up at clinics for testing.
But she added that many new infections were due "a direct consequence of increasing high-risk sexual behaviours".
Public Health Minister Hazel Blears said the government was determined to cut infections.
"We are committed to tackling the rising rates of all sexually transmitted infections," she said.
Ms Blears announced that £1.5m would be used to fund the first phase of chlamydia screening programme at 10 sites in England.
They will offer testing in places where young people typically access services such as family planning clinics.
The schemes will primarily target women between the ages of 16 and 24 but will also offer tests to men.
The charity Terrence Higgins Trust called on ministers to do more to tackle the spread of STIs.
Colin Dixon, its director of national services, said: "STI rates are reaching epidemic proportions in some areas, the health service is struggling to keep up, and yet sexual health is still not a government priority."
He added: "It is time to take seriously the threat that the UK's worsening sexual health presents. By not tackling these issues now through targeted health promotion programmes for young people, we are simply storing up trouble for the future."
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It's kinda frustrating to delete your items but since they're not being purchased by anyone yet, never care, delete them and upload new ones with better ideas. I've been here for approximately 1 month now, no sales yet, not a big deal though, still building my portfolio! wish you all best of luck and more sales
It would better make unsold track free for everyone…
I wanna delete some tracks which have even 0 view in February and march.
Yes, sometimes it's a difficult decision.. Market is really unpredictable! Tracks from which you expect a lot don't sell well, while for others is the opposite..
Deleting tracks with 0 views doesn't make sense to me – it's just that no one has found them yet. Don't give up, somewhere there is the perfect home for your track. As they say it's a marathon not a sprint – give it at least 6 months before pulling the plug on that piece of your creativity.
Our early uploaded tracks may not be the most technically proficient, but more often than not, they are a distillation of one's creativity – not encumbered by commercial interests or desire for sales. For that they deserve a chance to live in the marketplace, if only 6 months or so.
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It would better make unsold track free for everyone…
Hello Victoria, how can you offer free tracks in audiojungle ?
MallahStudio, you can suggest your free file here: http://audiojungle.net/forums/thread/free-file-of-the-month-nominations/86733
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VictoriaBeits saidHello Victoria, how can you offer free tracks in audiojungle ?
It would better make unsold track free for everyone…
It's different for everyone. Though I've been around since March of last year, it's only since late last year (October-November) I realized I might be able to sell some music here and started trying. So I can wait a bit longer on some songs. Also, many of my tracks are classical, so if I know they're good, I'll wait, because they will sell eventually.
I have only 28 followers. If I had a lot more followers I would be quicker to delete tracks that didn't sell. But hardly anybody knows my music yet, and the same is true for some of you.
I wouldn't worry so much about how it looks to have tracks that haven't sold or sold only 1 or 2, but I would be very concerned with the quality of all your tracks. I'm thinking about deleting a couple of my own. I don't want a potential follower (or buyer) listening to an inferior track and deciding not to follow based on that. Let's face it – when we check out somebody else's work (like others on the forums, for example), if the first song we check doesn't seem very good, most of us won't listen further – and that should be instructive as to how a potential buyer/follower will react.
Hey that is really great advice. I know some of my very early compositions are some of the ones I go back and go wow that's pretty interesting. The early music in the portfolio's may not be commercially the best, but I agree with you on the fact that they sure are creative. +1 JBlanks


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Even though she's 16, white and from Devon, Joss Stone is being hailed in America as a new soul diva, writes Alexis Petridis.
Joss Stone has a startling voice, a throaty roar somewhere between Janis Joplin and Mavis Staples. The kind of names that give soul fans palpitations have been queuing up to work with her. Her debut album was co-produced by Betty Wright, the veteran Miami singer best known for her 1971 hit Clean Up Woman. Lamont Dozier, one-third of the famous Motown songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland, wants to write with her. In England, she has collaborated on a song with Paul Weller. "Do they give me advice? Yeah, but they always say this horrible negative stuff to you - don't let anyone screw you over, don't talk to anybody, don't smoke, don't drink, don't trust anyone, blah blah blah. God! All right! Let me live a little here!"
Stone, it has to be said, does not look much like a soul singer, nor does she sound much like one, in conversation at least. She speaks in breathless, giggly received pronunciation. She appears to have picked up some incongruous phrases from her workmates - at one point she tells me that "opinions is all good" - but her speech carries no hint of her singing voice. "Where did my voice come from? I don't know. I think it was just the music I listened to. I had an Aretha Franklin CD when I was 10 and I listened to Lauryn Hill a lot. It's not something that you learn, it's something you just do."
The disparity between Stone's sound and her appearance has caused some consternation in the US, where audiences expect soul divas to have been born into poverty and led lives scarred by personal tragedy, which adds a ghoulish power and emotional resonance to their music. They also expect them to be black. It's a hard area for a middle-class teenager from the English county of Devon to crack.
"People want me to tell them how bad my life is, as if it has something to do with my music. You don't have to be beat every day to sing with feeling. I don't think you have to be a certain age to feel emotion anyway, it's so patronising."
Her big break came four years ago when she applied to appear on a BBC television program called Star for a Night. It was a curious decision for a 12-year-old so shy that when she was asked to sing Amazing Grace at a family friend's wedding, she agreed only on the condition that the assembled guests avert their eyes during her performance.
"There's something in me that thinks, 'Yeah, I'm going to do this,' then five minutes later I think, 'Oh, what am I doing?"' She giggles. "I'm really easily embarrassed, that's why I never went to auditions or anything. I wouldn't have done Pop Idol because I thought it was tacky, even though I watch it." She wrinkles her nose. "My mum fancies Simon Cowell. She keeps saying he's fit. Isn't that gross?"
Despite her nerves, Star for a Night was to prove her making. She sang Donna Summer's On the Radio and won. She was courted by a variety of managers. Eventually, a video of her performing Gladys Knight's Midnight Train to Georgia found its way to American record executive Steve Greenberg. He is, on the one hand, the man behind both early-1990s pre-teen trio Hanson and the Baha Men's deathless novelty hit, Who Let the Dogs Out? On the other, he is a soul fan who compiled an award-winning CD box set of singles released on the celebrated Memphis label Stax.
Stone's audition for him apparently lasted all of four minutes. "I was so scared. I sang Midnight Train to Georgia again and he said, 'OK, audition over.' They offered on the spot, pretty much. I didn't know the ins and outs of the contract or anything like that. My mum read the whole thing. I was like, bo-ring!"
It was Greenberg's idea to team Stone up with Betty Wright, whose own singing career had begun at 13. Wright's initial reaction to the news that she would be working with a white English teenager was to laugh. "She told me later she was shocked," says Stone, "it wasn't something she expected."
For Stone's debut album, a selection of cover versions called The Soul Sessions, Wright and Greenberg assembled a sort of Miami soul equivalent of the Buena Vista Social Club. Not everything on the album works, but when it does, as on a version of the White Stripes' Fell in Love With a Girl backed by Philadelphia hip-hop group the Roots, the results are startling, and bode well for an album of original songs due later this year.
Its release in the US prompted critical acclaim and a tour with Simply Red: Mick Hucknall was apparently "really nice". After one New York show, Lenny Kravitz came backstage and offered to write a song for her. Weren't her parents concerned, with two of rock's most famous lotharios swarming around their daughter?
She shrieks with laughter: "Aw, no! Lenny Kravitz had a really nice vibe. I get vibes from people - if they seem a little bit dodgy, I can usually tell. Maybe he's a bit of a player, but most guys are like that. I can handle it. My mum's a black belt, she could knock them out."
Presumably mindful of the grim fates of child stars over the years, Stone's mother, Wendy, has taken on the role of co-manager and chaperone. Stone seems unbothered by leaving her friends behind for months on end and travelling around America with her mother in hot pursuit.
"Do I ever feel like I'm missing out? Sometimes. It is a bit weird when I'm away so much because I'm out of the loop of gossip and stuff with my friends, but it doesn't take me too long to get back into it. My close friends don't treat me differently. My friend Sarah bought my album off the internet, which is really funny because I could have given her one for free. I gave my CD to my boyfriend the other day, but I don't really want him to listen to it. I think he's just going to laugh at me. We've been going out with each other for three or four months on and off. He's really sweet. I think he gets a bit stressy about me being away so much."
I tell her I think I would be stressy too if my girlfriend was hanging around in New York with Lenny Kravitz. She laughs, then says: "Yeah, well, you know - deal with it!"
The Soul Sessions is out February 16.
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36th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1970
#13 Ole Miss 27 (Final: 8-3-0, #8)
#3 Arkansas 22 (Final: 9-2-0, #7)
How Ole Miss and Arkansas Met in the 1970 Sugar Bowl
"We were just a hot football team."
"That was an exceptional year in college football," Archie Manning recalled. "There were a lot of real good teams all across the country. But I honestly felt, despite the loss to Texas (which may well have decided the national championship), that we had drawn the best team anywhere in the Sugar Bowl. Arkansas was one heck of a football team."
At the end of the day most observers would say the Sugar Bowl had drawn two of the very best.
The spotlight was temporarily taken from superstar Manning, a mild-mannered, red-haired quarterback who also may have been the best in the country, when work-horse fullback Bo Bowen took a pitch and sideswiped defenders 69 yards to the end zone.
Arkansas missed a chance - and a field goal - by driving to the Rebel 23. Six plays later, Ole Miss was in front 14-0.
In a display of Manning's hell-bent-for-leather style, on fourth-and-one at the 18, he hightailed it around right end, ran over two Hogs at the 15, then slashed through several more before high-stepping into the end zone.
Bill Montgomery, an outstanding quarterback in his own right, answered with an 81-yard 13-play drive. Bill Burnett, taking a pitch at the 12, got outside containment, split a couple of Rebels at the goal and scored. Bill McClard's PAT was wide, leaving the score at 14-6.
Back came the Rebels, and shortly Cloyce Hinton kicked a Sugar Bowl record 52-yard field goal. "I'll tell you, we were just a hot football team," said Manning. "Everything was working for us."
That was a good thing for Ole Miss, because every point would ultimately prove precious.
There were just under five minutes remaining until the half when Hinton made his kick. When Arkansas was held to a three-and-out, the door was opened for another Ole Miss score. From the Rebel 30, Manning eased his offense downfield, and when two Razorback defensive backs went with tight end Jim Poole across the middle, receiver Vern Studdard was open at the 15. He grabbed Manning's pass and went in untouched. "Archie rolled away from the direction I took, and I started downfield, stopped, and came back for the pass. The backs had gone across to stop Archie and I was all alone," Studdard said.
In the two-and-a-half minutes remaining, Montgomery furiously lashed the Razorbacks 80 yards to get back in the game. Dicus caught a 47-yard touchdown pass when the Ole Miss secondary got twisted up in its assignments. With the score at 24-12, Broyles elected to go for a two-point conversion, which failed.
"You know, we had 260 yards offense at the half," Montgomery said, "So we couldn't be disappointed with that aspect. We just didn't score enough points."
Hinton added to the Ole Miss margin with a 36-yard field goal in the third quarter, but McClard answered with a 35-yarder for Arkansas.
A pair of fourth period interceptions put the Hogs back in the hunt. Glenn Cannon, who was having a spectacular day in the Rebel secondary, picked off Montgomery in the end zone after he drove Arkansas to the Ole Miss 11.
Dennis Berner returned the favor - and the ball back to the 11 - by picking off Manning. The upshot was that in three plays Montgomery had Arkansas within five points of the Rebels. Montgomery rolled right, was hit hard by Hap Farber, and still managed to get the ball to fullback Bruce Maxwell. That cut it to 27-22.
In the final minutes, it was left to Cannon to preserve the victory for Ole Miss breaking up several passes. With less than two minutes to play, and Arkansas at the Rebel 40, Montgomery found Dicus at the 25, who made the catch but fumbled when Cannon hit him. The defender recovered. "I just hit Dicus," Cannon said, "and when I saw the ball jump loose, I hopped on it...I knew it was over then."
Ironically, the pass that Dicus fumbled was his sixth catch for 171 yards, breaking his own receiving yardage record from the 1969 game by two yards.
Ole Miss, in what had to be in some ways its most frustrating season, had upset its fourth Top 10 opponent. The Rebels and Arkansas each broke three Sugar Bowl records in amassing a whopping total of 954 yards. If not the most important game played that day, it was the most entertaining.
Unfortunately only a few more than the stadium crowd of 82,500 would know just what a spectacle the 1970 Sugar Bowl really was. The game drew a television rating of 8.3.
Since records had been kept, going back to 1964, it was the worst rating for any major bowl.
Story excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Tulane Stadium
Att: 80,096
Miss: Bowen 69-yard run (King kick)
Miss: Manning 18-yard run (King kick)
Ark: Burnett 12-yard run (Kick failed)
Miss: Hinton 52-yard field goal
Miss: Studdard 30-yard pass from Manning (King kick)
Ark: Dicus 47-yard pass from Montgomery (Pass failed)
Miss: Hinton 36-yard field goal
Ark: McClard 36-yard field goal
Ark: Maxwell 6-yard pass from Montgomery (McClard kick)
Miss.: Brown 12-94, 1 TD; Manning 13-39, 1 TD
Ark.: Maxwell 8-108; Burnett 17-59, 1 TD
Miss.: Manning 21-35-2, 273 yards, 1 TD
Ark.: Montgomery 17-34-1, 338, 2 TDs
Miss.: Studdard 5-108, 1 TD; Reed 2-22
Ark.: Dicus 6-171, 1 TD; Maxwell 9-137, 1 TD
Miller-Digby Award recipient: Archie Manning, Ole Miss quarterback


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It was during a spring workout when someone mentioned to Kenny Guiton that, no matter what, he would always be remembered for one game. ''Yes, sir. That's pretty cool,'' he said with a wide grin. ''That's something I have to live on for the rest of my life. I'm happy that got to happen.'' ''That'' was Ohio State's game last Oct. 20 against Purdue. With a perfect season teetering on the brink, Guiton stepped in for injured standout quarterback Braxton Miller and etched his name forever in the memory banks of Buckeyes fans. In one of the few appearances of his career when a game was still in doubt, Ohio State's backup quarterback, just moments after he threw an interception, led the Buckeyes 61 yards in the final 47 seconds for a touchdown and a two-point conversion that sent the game to overtime. Then he directed traffic as the Buckeyes hung on for a dramatic 29-22 victory. It was an improbable eighth victory in a season that would end up 12-0. Miller remembers the exchange he and his good friend Guiton had just before Miller was helped off the field and then taken to the hospital for evaluation. ''He told me when I went down, he said, `I got you, man,''' Miller remembered. ''So I felt good going into the ambulance.'' No matter how long he lives or where he goes, there will likely always be someone around who will recall the day that Guiton, a little-used backup from Texas who snared a scholarship offer only because other big names turned down Ohio State, stepped into the spotlight. Now, almost a year later, Guiton is once again a backup and once again trying to make the best of it. ''It's tough,'' he said of his role as Miller's relief pitcher. ''But I keep my head up. I always try to stay ready to go. I continue to do that.'' Even though the games must last forever with Miller taking almost every snap for the past two years, Guiton remains upbeat and popular. He has a ready smile to almost any question. He's had ups and downs in his Ohio State career, but always seems to see the glass as half full. No wonder his coaches and teammates think so much of him. Ohio State quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator Tom Herman calls Guiton one of the best backups in the nation, a player capable enough to start for maybe half of the country's teams. ''Without a doubt,'' Herman said twice when asked if he was comfortable should Guiton get the call to come in. Herman believes Guiton has improved, too. ''I think Kenny's getting the ball out a little quicker,'' he said. ''He has all the intangibles that you could ask for of a leader, of a quarterback, and he knew the offense inside and out, and he's a coach on the field. The big knock on him was he just didn't quite have the quick release and velocity on his ball. That's improved. ''It's certainly not close to where Braxton's is or maybe some of the elite guys in the country, but he makes up for maybe some of that deficiency with his leadership, his ability, his anticipation.'' Miller may be on the short list of Heisman Trophy favorites, but he recognizes the value of having a solid player right behind him. ''Kenny's my big brother,'' Miller said. ''We've got mutual respect, outside of football too. It feels good - he can tell me what I'm doing wrong. He's behind me in practice. He helps me out a lot.'' Guiton realizes that had he not come to Ohio State, he might have blossomed into a star somewhere else. Now a fifth-year senior, he tries to dwell only on the positives, on what he's gained from his time in Columbus and not what might have been. ''Sometimes it comes up in my head. What if? What if I did this or that?''' he said. ''But I'm here. I'm happy I came here, it's a lot of fun. I keep working. I want to play, so that's one thing I'm shooting for.'' Even if he never has an impact like he did last October, Guiton will be remembered. ''He's a rock in my meeting group,'' Herman said. ''I can tell you that.'' --- Follow Rusty Miller on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RustyMillerAP
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Season 4, episode 1
Sophie still has the hots for Sam's brother Luke, making life in the share house a little awkward. Sam attempts to carry out Adam's last wish as detailed in his letter to her.
The lives of four best friends bound together by their shared experience of being "the losers" in high school. Now ten years later the women are about to become winners, but at what cost?
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Sophie still has the hots for Sam's brother Luke, making life in the share house a little awkward. Sam attempts to carry out Adam's last wish as detailed in his letter to her.
Sophie learns more about Luke's past. Frances has her first ultrasound and the image of her unborn baby rams home the reality of impending motherhood.
Jenny is forced to deal with Gabe's ex-girlfriend, Cassie and her enduring attachment to him. In denial about their relationship, Sophie decides to throw Luke a birthday party.
Sophie's so confident things with Luke are evolving that she's unfazed even when warning signs appear. Gabe shows Jenny a different side to him.
Frances ignores the worrying signs that something might be wrong with her pregnancy. Jenny learns to take a chance with Gabe.
Jenny discovers Gabe was a bully at school. Frances is under pressure to tell Zach about the baby and accepts a date with a client. Bec makes a muted return to Melbourne.
Determined to do things differently in the relationship stakes, Sophie goes about planning the perfect date with Jack.
The Gross family is thrown into shock with Deidre's news. Sam goes against her instincts and has a one-night stand.
Bridget and Jenny anxiously await the results of their genetic testing. Sam's one-night stand turns into an unexpected workplace sexual harassment.
An impatient Carla attempts to find the baby's heartbeat and panics when she can't. Jenny is stressed as she prepares for her double mastectomy.


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A 25-year-old motorist who was driving with the headlights off Wednesday night in the Town of Elma was charged with a felony count of driving while intoxicated, according to State Police.
It was shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday when a trooper pulled over a sport utility vehicle on Bowen Road because its headlights weren't on. The driver, Danielle N. Szymczak of East Aurora, appeared to be intoxicated and failed roadside sobriety tests, police said.
A breath test indicated Szymczak's blood-alcohol content was 0.25 percent, police said.
A prior alcohol-related conviction, within the past 10 years, upgraded the DWI charge to a felony; she also was charged with a felony count of aggravated DWI because of the BAC reading which was over three times the legal limit.
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And how the hell can the WHO endorse RIC but oppose all 4 types of FGM?
The mechanism involves the herpes virus sores increasing HIV transmission. Herpes sores like women's labias. Amputate the labia and you'll get the same thing in girls.
I'd like to hear more about this.
The mechanisms I've heard suggested involved Langerhans Cells & keratinization. Anyone have more information on the Herpes-angle?
Treating genital herpes can also help keep the AIDS virus under control in women with both infections and might also reduce the spread of HIV, the first major study to test this strategy suggests.
Many people with HIV are also infected with the herpes type 2 virus, and scientists have long known that herpes sores on the genitals can make it easier to become infected with the AIDS virus and could increase the risk of transmitting HIV to others.
|Table 3 shows HIV incidence by study arm and follow-up visit intervals, together with cumulative incidence over 2 years. The intention-to-treat analysis showed a progressive decrease in incidence in the intervention group over the entire follow-up period (p for trend 0·014). Incidence fell in the control group between the time of first follow-up and the time of second follow-up, and remained stable thereafter; however, the trend was not significant (p=0·6). The IRR of HIV acquisition associated with circumcision also fell over time; this increase in efficacy was of borderline significance (p=0·054 for the time-by-study arm interaction). The 24 month cumulative HIV incidence was 0·66 cases per 100 person-years in the intervention group, compared with 1·33 cases per 100 person-years in the control group
|Men reporting symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases during a follow-up interval had higher rates of HIV acquisition than did asymptomatic participants, but the protective effects of circumcision were observed irrespective of the presence of such symptoms.
|Consistent condom use during this interval was slightly higher in the intervention group than it was in the control group (table 6; p=0·11). Similarly, inconsistent condom use was higher in the intervention group than it was in the control group (table 6; p=0·0004). At the 12 and 24 months follow-up visits, the number of sexual partners, non-marital relationships, and condom use were much the same in the two groups
|Since genital ulcer disease is a risk factor for the acquisition of HIV,14–16 and symptomatic genital ulcer disease was associated with higher rates of HIV acquisition in this trial (table 4), it is plausible that the protective effect of circumcision on HIV could be mediated in part by the protective effects of the procedure on self-reported genital ulcer disease. By contrast, there was no effect of circumcision on symptoms of discharge or dysuria (table 5), which is consistent with data from observational studies that indicate a lack of an effect of circumcision on gonorrhoea or chlamydia prevalence
for a recent project, whose report has just been published on their web site, the World Bank should be congratulated. Not a single reference to the word "circumcision" appears in it! The project, the Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program 2000-2006 (MAP), concentrated on tried-and-tested methods
Well the World Bank has also been responsible for some terrifying rubbish. The March 2006 report Male Circumcision: Evidence and Implications, by David Wilson and Joy de Beyer, encourages countries with low circumcision rates to introduce mass circumcision, citing as a positive example the dreadful case of South Korea,
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