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I was going to bring up the possibility of Nagato using this, and like OmegaRasengan, I believe that the water coming out of the rocks with roots under them supports this idea. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:57, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
WHO KEEPS REVERTING EDITS U GUESS HE USED THAT JUTSU BUT HE DIDN'T SAY THE NAME OF THE JUTSU SO THEIR IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST HE DID --184.108.40.206 (talk) 15:50, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
In that episode Nagato used Chibaku Tensei, in the first half of the episode, where the animators kicked canon in the nuts, the Deva Path did something in the ground, and out came loads of water. Also, no need for caps. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:46, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
doesn't mean its this jutsu..no evidence changing back until u give evidence --220.127.116.11 (talk) 20:53, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Actually call me a retard, but I always thought the water came from broken Konoha sewerage pipes instead of being any jutsu--Elveonora (talk) 21:57, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Naruto in his Six-Tails form does a lot of damage to the area, and yet no water appears. Deva Path punches the ground, doing a lot less damage, and water rushes out of it. Not only that, but water begins gushing out of the pieces of rock Naruto had raised with his previous attack. The only thing connecting these pieces of rock are roots that Naruto also pushed out of the ground. It's obviously the effect of a technique, and this is and its stronger variation which Kisame used against B are the only techniques that were shown to create a comparable volume of water to what the Deva Path did. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:18, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Roots? I thought those were pipes as I said 0_o water can't rush out from roots--Elveonora (talk) 22:26, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
you're guessing not edivdence--220.127.116.11 (talk) 22:38, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
The water obviously came form underground and the "roots" look more like sewerage pipes to me, neither hands seals were used. Deva might have controlled the water with chakra, but didn't create it in my opinion--Elveonora (talk) 22:40, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
They were clearly made of wood, there was no metallic sound. And this is the least speculative explanation, and we have to list what he did as something. There's no natural way water would appear the way it did, so it had to be a technique, and this is the only one that does that. That sequence was the result of animators on acid, it's obvious they're going to take liberties, we just list them. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:42, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
I'm about to watch Planetary Devastation again to check out, I'm not saying you are wrong Omni, but such high ammount of water is usually spilled out from mouth or summoned (like 2nd Hokage), this came like from the earth or something--Elveonora (talk) 22:50, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
even if u watch the episode u dont know its this jutsu since he doesn't say the name of it --188.8.131.52 (talk) 22:52, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Several characters don't always say the name of their techniques. You don't see Hinata or Neji screaming Gentle Fist every time they use it, nor does Sasuke screams "Sharingan" when he uses a genjutsu. It's preferable to list him under a technique that accounts for those effects than create a new, nameless Water Release technique just so we could list him. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:08, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
he didn't shoot it out his mouth he doesn't use this jutsu ur making an assumption --18.104.22.168 (talk) 23:13, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
but neji has used Gentle Fist before and said its name not every time he uses it since nagato didn't say the same and didn't shoot from mouth he cant use this jutsu --126.96.36.199 (talk) 23:18, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
- You're implying that just because the water wasn't shot out of his mouth that it wasn't the same move. A lot of moves can be used in different ways. The way this move looked is similar to the way Kisames looked and I would consider it the same unless a different name is stapled on to it. Joshbl56 23:31, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
stop changing it back until we know fer sure xx --184.108.40.206 (talk) 00:23, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
you need to read shounensuki's third databoo translations for this technique, nagato fits those criteria. the admins chose to list him as a usr for this technique and it shall stay that way.126.96.36.199 (talk) 00:45, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
The weird thing about all of that is that when Naruto/Kurama destroyed the rocks, a water came from them (when Pain started fleeing from him) Also he threw a rod on Naruto and somehow had set him on fire 0_o--Elveonora (talk) 01:04, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
i will admit it is weird, but it isnt the first time the anime drastically altered something. also did you notice the part where pain shot those small shinra tensei balls.184.108.40.206 (talk) 01:19, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
what balls? That was Naruto, unless you mean Pain deflecting attacks with his hands, that's not really against canon ... the strongest shinra tensei used, the longer it takes for him till he can use it again. Weak versions are likely to be used in succession. Also shouldn't we threat all non-Deva Pathish techniques that Pain Yahiko has used as Yahiko's own techniques? Like he had an water affinity and all ...--Elveonora (talk) 01:30, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
the balls? oh thatwas early on in the episode, when tendo was lying on the ground frm v2 naruo's attack he shot a blast/stream type thing of gravity (it seemed like a invisable foce) from his hands that shot through the roots that were holding up that rock next to v2 naruto causing it to fall on him. i'm not sure if that was one of yahiko's techniques or just in comemoration of him, however its not really an aime oly thing for tendo to use non deva path techniques (sealing technique illusionary nine phantom dragons, five seals barrier, mirrored sudden attacker technique, raining tiger at will tecnique etc.) and in the databook they were liste as nagato's not yahiko's. its pretty confusing.184.108.40.206 (talk) 01:49, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
just coz the admins think it doesn't mean it's true there is no solid evidence....i bet ur gonna block me or something if u do wtf --126.96.36.199 (talk) 14:04, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
i think it'd be over doing it if we block you (you are just trying to contribute to the wiki) however we can and will (if need be) protect the page if you persist to argue what was decided years ago. Just let it be.18.104.22.168 (talk) 14:09, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
it's wrong..... OMFG (-_-) --22.214.171.124 (talk) 14:19, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
i geuss your not gonna stop. whatever i'll get jacce-senpai to protect the page.126.96.36.199 (talk) 14:27, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
- 22.214.171.124, do you even watch the anime ? I kinda agree with you though that we're making a rather large assumption on what technique Nagato used. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 14:29, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
i agree that were making an assumption here, however based on everything so far in the series (anime and manga) its the best decision to list him as a user. at a certain point in a story (series in the case) the author (and animaters :) ) they expect the readers to use that information they learned before in order to peice together things later on so they dont have to explain things each and every time.184.108.40.206 (talk) 14:43, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
ARE U EFFING KIDDING ME? U SAID U GUESS IM NOT GONNA STOP I HAVEFUCKTARD --126.96.36.199 (talk) 14:56, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
geez... its not like your blocked. the page would just be protected, meaning that for a certain amount of time (it varries based on context) the page is unable to be edited by Anon users or by anyone exept admins. also you re-edited the article after i warned and sent my request for the page to be protected. oh and please reffrain from using curse words its against wiki policey for talkpage or otherwise discussions on the wiki. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 15:02, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
Either way 220.127.116.11, your childish behavior was uncalled for, so most likely you'll be blocked. -White Flash-(Talk)- 15:06, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
aww whiteflash-san lets give him another chance, i think he/she (?) could act better.126.96.36.199 (talk) 15:14, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
shutup! --188.8.131.52 (talk) 15:20, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
↑ Yeah lets block him. -White Flash-(Talk)- 15:22, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
why? JUST TRYIN TO HELP FINE **** *** --18.104.22.168 (talk) 15:26, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
WONT CHANGE AGAIN U JUST HAVE IT WRONG! --18.104.22.168 (talk) 15:27, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
Trying to help what? Undoing edits and telling someone to shut up? Yeah very helpful indeed. -White Flash-(Talk)- 15:29, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
part of post removed U TRYIN TO HELP BUT FORGET IT! PROB GONNA BLOCK ME FOR SWEARING SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE A STUPID COMMENT "Trying to help what? Undoing edits and telling someone to shut up? Yeah very helpful indeed." --220.127.116.11 (talk) 15:32, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. Your help here was useless, have a nice day. -White Flash-(Talk)- 15:37, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
part of post removed U part of post removed YOU LIKE PROVOKING PEOPLE DONT U?! --184.108.40.206 (talk) 15:39, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
- Care to post your insults on my talk page? -White Flash-(Talk)- 15:42, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
OMFG STFU U PROVOKED ME --220.127.116.11 (talk) 15:46, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
wow u actually blocked me even know i said il stop god white fang fucktard --188.8.131.52 (talk) 18:11, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
Take it elsewhere, this is about having a discussion about a possible article adjustment.--Elveonora (talk) 20:44, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
i think its safe to say that this discussion is closed.126.96.36.199 (talk) 22:38, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
I think either compromise doesn't hurt it at all since it was a filler scene--Elveonora (talk) 22:48, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
may i ask what compromise it is that you propose?126.96.36.199 (talk) 22:59, July 12, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
Listing him or not doesn't make any difference since he won't use any technique anymore (unless Kishi revives him AGAIN and that's unlikely) and it actually never happened in the canon, so ... it doesn't matter and whatever makes the majority happy.--Elveonora (talk) 21:06, July 13, 2012 (UTC)
If that was Exploding Water Colliding Wave, then this was a jutsu Yahiko possessed when alive. Remember The Six Paths of Pain can use their original jutsus, I mean the jutsus they had in life plus their respectives jutsus such as Soul Removal or Shinra Tensei.--18.104.22.168 (talk) 08:56, January 17, 2013 (UTC)
- That has never actually been stated in the series. It's quite possible that the only reason Tobi's Six Paths were capable of doing so was because they were resurrected instead of being corpses since dead bodies neither have chakra nor knowledge of techniques. After all, Exploding Water Colliding Wave is a technique that any Water Release user with enough chakra could potentially learn, especially Nagato with the Rinnegan, and this particular usage was just filler anyway.--BeyondRed (talk) 11:11, January 17, 2013 (UTC)
You might be right. It was my mistake. But Why are you sure Nagato could have used this water jutsu through Tendō since the water appears from the ground and Kisame uses it by spitting it out. Maybe there are two types of usage. --Axel Carrozzo (talk) 18:59, January 17, 2013 (UTC)


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This is an internal web app, i can simply put one image on a popup page also if i can display the image.
What is the best way to handle these images?
The best way is to convert them to jpg or png images. To the best of my knowledge, only Safari supports the format. IE may support .tiff with the help of ActiveX and a viewer. I can't say, because it's all too easy to convert the format. Using the Image Magick suite of utilities, simply type "convert sample.tif sample.png" at the command line. Done.
Even easier: download and install IrfanView, open the .TIF file, and save it as a .JPG or .PNG. Not trying to rain on your parade, Gary, but some people aren't comfortable with command-line software.
True true. But with a cli, you can do a batch conversion, and not clobber the originals. That may be possible with a gui, but wasn't the last time I used IrfanView.
I guess I'd be uncomfortable at a cli if it were MSDOS. That shell language is a right POS compared to BASH and all the *nix tools.
Thanks guys, i am going to update the owner of this app per your responses above.
IrfanView does have a batch conversion option, as well as batch resize and various other features like that.
Good. That's basic. It's been a long time since I used the app.


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Who the heck would ever want this? A great way to kill your battery just alittle faster
Let's all slap the developer in the face with an uncooked Fish
This falls in line with any haptic feedback, pointless battery killer in my book but to each his own.
I however say good job because I can't write any app so I'm not going to diss the maker.
I agree that this would be an extraneous waste on battery and it serves no important purpose.
I suppose that if you are blind and want to know when you open an application you might like this.
Regardless if the app is useful or not we should just appreciate the time and effort people use to create them
1st of all, it's a tweak not an app. And 2nd, it's free. The dev isn't asking $9.99 for it.
Cydia has an infinite amount of tweaks that I consider useless, but I'm glad they're all there IF I decide I want them some day. That's what jailbreaking is for, isn't it? To make your i do something apple didn't intend it too? I've seen some people customize their UI to what I consider to cluttered, useless, and ugly, but I'm glad they have the ability to do just that.
What if the dev had some idea for 'the next big thing' but didn't feel like investing the time because he/she feels the community is full of ungrateful jerks?
Why so much hate on something that some people out there want? Thanks to the developer for making this. I use haptic and love it because I finally don't have to stare at my keyboard to know if I'm typing correctly or not. And as for battery drainage...one way or the other my phone is below 50% by evening wether I'm using haptic or not so it really doesn't matter. I always recharge every night so batter consumption is really a mute point. If you're really concerned so much with battery life then do you always have your 3G turned off? Because that's a huge battery drain. Argue about something worth while...like how nobody really cares about the NBA and wouldn't even notice if it didn't come back on Baseball season is just months away!!!!!


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Do I add Epsom Salts or water?
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Posted 15 May 2013 - 01:04 PM
Hi... I have a few batches of 4 gallon buckets of glazes that I made. I (obviously) added to water to get to where they are now. I think that they are all slightly too thick. At this point do I continue to add water or switch to an Epsom salt solution like I saw on a John Britt video. I used the finger test and a hydrometer (which read 1850). I'm anxious to start dipping my cone 6 glazes, but don't want to ruin my glazes. Thanks for any "words of wisdom". This is my first attempt at making and using my own glazes... SO much fun!!---- Margie
Add water but only a little at a time. It's a lot easier to add more water than take it out. Save the Epsom Salt for problems with glazes, like hard panning, that can't be solved by adjusting the amount of water.
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Posted 15 May 2013 - 01:18 PM
If its not in original recipe or recipe as tested I'd say. Just add water!
(Expert's opinion to follow)
Epsom salts in 0 .1-0.5 % is used to keep glaze from settling out. Do you know starting weight of glaze ingredients?
You question was slightly too thick glaze ..... Then good ol h20 is your answer.
Stick to the recipe / formula! Did you make small batch tests on these glazes? Before the 4 gal.
Water is not going to change the chemical formula of glaze!!!!! An error here is mostly correctable.
Also let your glaze sit awhile before you make any changes. I was surprised how consistency changed is a few days time.
Run a test piece/tile before you make any changes.
Just because its on you tube. Doesn't make it ceramic dogma. (Even I've stayed at holiday inn express),
No disrespect To John britt. like Bo knows ..... John knows (his glazes)
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Posted 15 May 2013 - 02:31 PM
The epsom salt will make it thicker and mess up your measurements.
You can add some once you have the glaze dialed just right with water but as Jim said do not do that unless you need to for other reasons.
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PHILADELPHIA – In hopes of continuing its six-match win streak, the University of Pennsylvania volleyball team returns to The Palestra for one last weekend stand. With second place in the Ivy League on the line, the Quakers (14-9 overall, 8-4 Ivy) will first host Brown Friday night before battling Ivy League champions Yale, in their final match of the season.
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Currently tied for second place with Harvard in the standings, Penn is on a season-high six-match winning streak after a second consecutive weekend sweep with wins over Dartmouth, 3-1 (19-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-13) and Harvard, 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 18-16). After dropping the first set on Friday, the Red and Blue went on to win the next three by at least five points, including a 12-point margin of victory in the decisive fourth set.
Two Quakers dished out double-doubles, senior captain Kristen Etterbeek (13 kills, 10 digs) and sophomore Alexis Genske (13 kills, 12 digs), while sophomores Alex Caldwell and Ronnie Bither were the offense's main distributors with 26 and 25 assists, respectively. Senior libero Dani Shepherd led the team with 28 digs.
The following night, Penn avenged an earlier loss to Harvard with a five-set barnburner to tie the Crimson for second place. After splitting each of the first four sets, the Quakers were down to their last point on three separate occasions in the fifth set before storming back to win on Bither's service ace. Reaching a single-match high in kills with 20 was Genske, who also recorded the most kills by a Quaker in a match this season. The 33 kills Genske totaled this weekend paved the way to her earning Co-Ivy League Player of the Week honors.
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Brown arrives at The Palestra on a winning streak of its own, recording three straight victories over Dartmouth, Cornell, and Columbia -- two via shutout. Only a game behind Penn and Harvard, the Bears certainly will come out swinging with an outside shot at a three-way tie for second place on the line.
Last Friday against Cornell, Brown was dominant in the first two sets, winning 25-20 and 25-16 before dropping two straight to require a decisive fifth set. Despite the Big Red's best effort to come back, the Bears were simply too much, taking the set and the match.
Saturday, the Bears recorded their second shutout in three matches, topping Columbia on Senior Day 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-23). Three different Bears -- Alexandra Rieckhoff, Maddie Lord, and Amanda Nickel -- recorded double-digit kills while Kathryn Conner led the defense with 16 digs.
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After each of their teams' weekend sweeps, Penn's Alexis Genske and Yale's Mollie Rogers split the Ivy League Player of the Week honor. The two outside hitters will meet face to face in the last match of the season on Saturday.
Rogers, the 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, became the fifth Bulldog this season to earn a weekly honor from the conference.
For the first time in her career, Genske earned Player of the Week and also became the first member of the Red and Blue to take home hardware from the Ivy League this season.
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This weekend marks the final time that Penn's three seniors, Dani Shepherd, Kristen Etterbeek and Susan Stuecheli, will take the court wearing a Quaker uniform. Over their four years, the Red and Blue combined to go 54-46, including a 34-20 mark in Ivy League play.
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As previously announced, current finance director Alex Short will leave AG Barr at the end of August 2014 to take up a new position at Scottish distiller Edrington Group.
The appointment is quite a coup for Barr, since Lorimer is currently finance director of Diageo's £4bn ($6.6bn) Global Supply Operations, and has spent 22 years at that firm.
AG Barr CEO, Roger White, said: "Alex leaves the business shortly with our very best wishes to take up his new role at the Edrington Group.
"We are delighted to announce the appointment of Stuart Lorimer, who is an outstanding finance professional. We very much look forward to him joining the business," White added.


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When it comes to small-town American living, there is no place like "dome."
And this, by the way, is not a good thing, as the residents of the fictional, Stephen King-imagined community of Chester's Mill find out in the première of the spooky summer series Under the Dome, which airs Monday, June 24, at 9 p.m. on CBS and Global.
Chester's Mill is a sleepy, bucolic little hamlet where cows and townsfolk lazily coexist, and day-to-day life is so mundane that the sheriff spends his afternoons napping in a chronically unoccupied jail cell.
But there's darkness here, too, beneath the surface and out at the fringes -- in the series' opening scenes, a man is seen deep in the woods, digging an empty grave and dumping a body; meanwhile, the town newspaper's new editor receives a tip about someone hoarding massive amounts of propane for what might be nefarious purposes.
Those could become pretty big stories in this pretty little town, if not for the really big event that trumps everything else: the sudden arrival of an invisible wall/force field/energy field/dome that cuts Chester's Mill off from the outside world.
And by sudden, I mean immediate -- one moment everything's fine; the next, an invisible curtain slams into the soil with such force that buildings are bisected, highways and power lines are severed, and one unlucky bovine is cut cleanly and completely in half.
The lowering of the unseen curtain also creates an immediate division in the lives of Chester's Mills' residents -- for those caught inside, it's immediate isolation; for those outside, it's confusion, fear, and a sense of national crisis.
And for those unfortunate or unwise enough to be trying to get from one side to the other in the moments after the dome arrives, the results are catastrophic -- a single-engine aircraft bursts into flames as it flattens itself against the invisible barrier, and an in-bound transport truck filled with groceries is smashed to pieces when it goes head-on into the impenetrable nothingness.
The special effects used to demonstrate the barrier's strength are modest but emphatically effective. The series' producers seem to take particular delight in showing how many ways the curtain-down crisis can sever an arm or a leg.
What's most impressive about the premiere of Under the Dome, however, is the efficient, no-nonsense manner in which its writer, Brian K. Vaughn (who adapted the like-titled novel by Stephen King), sets up several intriguing storylines in the first few minutes and then propels them rapidly in new directions once the town is isolated from the outside world.
The guy seen burying the body turns out to be Dale Barbara (Mike Vogel), a stranger with criminal connections whose near-miss with a highway-wandering cow sends his car spinning into a pasture and delays his getaway just long enough for him to be trapped inside the dome. In a town where everyone recognizes -- and many immediately suspect -- an outsider, his secret is going to be hard to keep.
Shady town councillor (and local car dealer) "Big Jim" Rennie (Breaking Bad's Dean Norris) suddenly finds himself in a very powerful position, because the mayor and the rest of the council have ventured briefly out of town to take part in a big game-day parade and are now, literally, on the outside looking in.
The aforementioned sleepy sheriff (Lost's Jeff Fahey) finds that being too close to the curtain messes with his pacemaker, and Deputy Linda (Natalie Martinez) is shocked to learn that her firefighter husband, who was also at the parade, is stuck on the outside.
Julia Shumway (Montreal-born Rachelle Lefevre), the newly installed editor of The Independent, thinks her doctor husband is on call at the hospital, but when she helps to deliver an injured local to the ER, she's informed that he hasn't worked a weekend shift in weeks. Where he is -- inside the dome, or outside? -- is a mystery to her and becomes an important plot-point revelation for viewers.
The attention-grabbing premiere of this 13-episode series deals only with the initial shock of the dome's descent; such logistical challenges as the inevitable shortages of food, water, fuel and other staples of civilized living will inevitably have to be dealt with as the entangled mass of storylines moves forward.
For now, at least, what Under the Dome is offering is a very promising start -- one of those rare instances of legitimate first-run "appointment" scripted programming during the usually slow summer months, and the makings, one hopes, for one of the best King adaptations TV has received in quite some time.
Dome, sweet dome, indeed.
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This article was published 14/1/2013 (1681 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
PASADENA -- Tough love for the contestants. But, perhaps, not all that much love for each other?
If early indications of relations among American Idol's newly reconfigured judging panel are to be believed, the long-running Fox reality/competition series could be in for a tempestuous 12th season when it returns this Wednesday (7 p.m. on Fox and CTV).
When the Idol crew -- returning judge Randy Jackson, newcomers Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, host Ryan Seacrest and the show's executive producers -- met with TV critics here last week during Fox's portion of the U.S. networks' semi-annual press tour in Los Angeles, much of the focus was on the widely rumoured feud between Carey and Minaj, which was at least partially confirmed by a cellphone video acquired last fall by a tabloid-TV show.
Despite several attempts to deflect questions about the much-discussed audition-tour meltdown, as well as a request from one reporter for the two female judges to come up with one nice thing to say about each other, the press-tour session did little to dispel the suggestion that things are less than sunny in Idol-land.
"There is passion on this crew, and they disagree about a lot of the talent and about the way to approach the talent, and what the talent should be doing," said Mike Darnell, Fox's president of alternative entertainment. "It's not just the girls. It's everybody."
Jackson, the lone holdover from the original panel that included Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul, said friction between the celebrity judges is nothing new.
"We've always, every season, had passionate people," he insisted. "I remember, what was it, first or second season me and Simon had a go? I mean, that's what the show is.... It was one of those heated moments. You know what I'm saying?
"That's what you want from the judges. That's what we want, because we're all passionate about these kids and these contestants, so... it's always a funny, kind of wild dysfunctional family."
Perhaps, then, the difference being noticed is between the firm hand being employed by this new set of judges and the relatively warm and fuzzy approach more common when Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler -- who tended to gush more often than they groaned -- were part of the Idol mix.
For her part, Minaj said she has no problem offering more of a tough-love perspective to judging talent.
"When I watch these shows and someone says yes to a person who clearly doesn't deserve it, it bothers me," she explained. "It bothers me in my soul, and I want to jump through the TV, because I feel like for the people who are talented there, it kind of minimizes or takes away from how talented they really are.
"So when I came on, I didn't really have a problem with saying no because I kind of felt like we're looking for the best of the best. And I remember just watching American Idol from home, and I didn't like when people would be just, I don't know, overtly passive about the talent, because we're really here to do a job, and I don't want to be here if I'm not really going to do it. Everybody's getting paid to be here. So it's like we literally can go there, sit there, do nothing, and get a cheque. And I was, like, I'm not... I don't want to do that. So, for me, it was completely different. I don't feel the need to send a person through just because of a great story or because there's something going on that may make people cry.... That shouldn't change our decision, because it's kind of unfair to the ones who really are great."
When it came to the feud-with-Mariah thing, Minaj offered more of a prepared statement than a tension-relieving response.
"I say nice things about Mariah all the time, and I even tell her all the time how much of a fan I am of her," said Minaj." She's one of my favourite artists of all times, and I think she's really shaped a generation of singers, and to be on a panel with her, it's kind of crazy because all these singers that come in, they aspire to be a Mariah Carey in terms of their talent, and in terms of their career length, and so I feel excited to see them see someone who they look up to so much and to be given a chance to sing in front of her and hear her critique."
Your thoughts, Mariah?
"That was, obviously, a very sweet thing to say."
See? There's nothing even remotely pitchy about that, Dawg.
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Swami Kriyananda in Los Angeles 2009
September 25 – 27, 2009, Los Angeles
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Stories and pictures from the weekend
Ford Theater
September 25, 2009
My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda
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Sometimes people ask me, "Do I need a guru?" I say, "Absolutely not! You don't need a guru. But when you reach the point when you desperately want to know God, then you DO need a Guru."
—Swami Kriyananda
Forest Lawn Chapel
September 27, 2009
Many Are the Pathways to Truth
Sunday Service
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Let no one tell you what your path to God ought to be.
Many are the paths. Select your own according to the dictates
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Joaquin Phoenix made his musical debut Friday night at Vegas night club LAVO, and surprise! He's a homeless rapper. The Oscar nominee jumped around the stage while performing/smoking for a perplexed crowd who have vowed never to take Ecstacy again. On the sidelines, brother-in-law Casey Affleck filmed the whole thing for a documentary I can only assume will be titled Joaquin Phoenix, Stay the Fuck Away From My Kids.
NOTE: Joaquin "rapping" after the jump along with a clip of him falling off the stage in case anyone thought this was actually a legitimate performance by someone not on heroin.
The Musical Stylings of Joaquin Phoenix:
One of these people is going to die soon. Guess which one.
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Pedro Lourenço Resort 2013
While many seasoned designers are exploring the possibilities of cotton in eveningwear, 21-year-old Pedro Lourenço set off in an entirely other direction. His aviator inspired shirts, cropped pants (a perennial resort favorite), and psychedelic print bomber jackets— all traditionally casual silhouettes—had been heightened in old-school couture fabrics (taffeta, organza, and shantung) and were pristine enough for cocktails—these were not looks you'd scrunch up in a ball and throw in the machine afterwards. (But a shoe collaboration featuring color-blocked heels and ombre flats with fellow Brazilian brand Melissa, brought things playfully back down to earth).
"The starting point was the work of photographer, Richard Mosse," said Lourenço, pulling out a digital forest-print top and skirt that radiated in shocking Schiaparelli pink. Mosse is known for capturing breathtaking imagery of nomadic rebels in the Congo using Kodak's Aerochrome film, which turns forests and sand dunes into anything from a pinched-cheek blush to full-on fuschia (the infrared film was initially developed by the U.S. military during the 1940s for camouflage detection). Considering the battalion of digital prints that have marched across the runway these past few seasons, this fluorescent foliage may not have initially seemed like anything new. But in a time when people are manipulating the appearance and feel of their own pictures with Hipstamatic and Instagram apps, Lourenço's photo-realistic take fell in step.
Ever since his first Fall 2010 runway show, Lourenço has been grappling with the aesthetic that will eventually define his fledgling line. But this collection—done in lean, athletic silhouettes cut with razor-sharp tailoring—suggested his brand's DNA was starting to take shape.


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Taunton host the first of their three January meetings tomorrow when the opening race is due off at 1.10pm.
The card, which carries a generous prize pot of £42,000, features seven races including three chases.
The biggest race is the Hippychick Novices' Steeple Chase, a Class 3 event over 2m 3f at 2.40pm which has total prize money of £10,000.
Champion jockey AP McCoy is booked to ride along with other leading jockeys including Ruby Walsh, Tom Scudamore and Richard Johnson, while trainers Paul Nicholls, David Pipe, Jonjo O'Neill and Philip Hobbs all have horses entered.
With 58 horses declared and the weather set fair another exciting afternoon of national hunt racing looks to be in store.
Taunton's biggest race meeting ever will take place on Saturday, January 19 when the first race is off at 12.30pm.
A courtesy coach departs from Taunton Railway Station an hour before the first race, picking up at the bus station in town shortly afterwards and returning from the course 30 minutes after the last event.
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Should I choose a mortgage with no points and pay a higher interest rate, or should I put money toward points to lower the interest rate on a mortgage?
Points are costs that a lender charges you when you take out a loan on your home. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount borrowed (e.g., 1.5 points on a $100,000 loan would equal $1,500). Generally, the more points that you pay up front, the lower the interest rate you will pay on your mortgage loan. This can save you thousands of dollars in interest over the course of the mortgage loan.
If you pay points up front, you want to make sure that you recover the cost while you are still living in your home. If you move before you recover the costs of the points, you really won't be saving any money. You can determine how many months it will take for you to recover the cost of the points by dividing the amount you pay for points by the amount you save on your mortgage loan. For example, if you pay $1,000 in points up front and you save $40 a month in interest, it will take you 25 months to recover the cost of the points (1,000 divided by 40 equals 25). If you plan on staying in your home for less than 25 months, you will lose money on the points that you paid up front.
Keep in mind that the cost of points is negotiable and is often split between the buyer and seller. Points may also be deductible on your income tax return.


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The DMNS Anthropology Collections staff is happy to welcome three collections interns which will be helping us during the summer. They are already hard at work rehousing and processing archaeological collections as well as completing research in response to tribal requests for information.
Evan Hawkins (above left) is one of our 2012 Robert L. Akerley Collections Interns. He is a graduate student in Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He also works at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History as a research associate.
Peter Macfarlane (center) is our other 2012 Robert L. Akerley Collections Intern. He graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa in May 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a concentration in Environmental Studies.
Lee Rodman (far right) is our 2012 Grinnell College Intern. Next school year, Lee will be a senior continuing her studies in Anthropology.


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The complaint also accused Chun of telling U.S. team members to be "obnoxious" to Canadian rivals at the 2011 World Team Championships.
Williams said current national team members are boycotting U.S. Speedskating rather than have any contact with Chun and two assistants.He urged the USOC to take urgent action because fall World Cup teams will be selected at the U.S. Single Distance Championships Sept. 27-30 in Kearns, Utah.
"My clients (the athletes) are being faced with the choice of again skating under and for a known abusive coach or ending their racing career," Williams wrote in his letter to the CEO of the USOC on Sept. 11.
A USOC spokesman on Friday said the organization is investigating. U.S. Speedskating also posted a statement on its website indicating it is working with an independent law firm to investigate.
"U.S. Speedskating takes this grievance very seriously and we intend to investigate each and every allegation," the statement said. "Our goal is — and always has been — to provide our athletes with the best possible training and staff support so they can continue to compete on a world-class level."
Current skaters making the allegations include 2010 Winter Olympic medalists Allison Baver, J.R. Celski, Alyson Dudek, Travis Jayner and Jordan Malone.
U.S. Speedskating had its fall board of directors meeting Saturday in Kearns but spokeswoman Tamara Castellano said the matter wasn't discussed beyond reading the statement posted on its website.
The initial grievance signed by 19 skaters on Aug. 30 alleged longstanding problems — from federation governance and finances to administrative structure. It even claimed the federation cheated on its taxes.
But the most serious allegations were those against Chun, as well as assistants Jun Hyung Yeo and Jimmy Jang. The Salt Lake Tribune said Jang is a former U.S. Speedskating developmental coach of the year who was fired as the Russian head coach last year because of "cruel training methods."
Chun, the former head coach of the South Korea national team, was hired in 2007. He was credited with improving the U.S. team before the Vancouver Games, where American short track skaters led by Apolo Anton Ohno and Katherine Reutter won six medals.
Neither Ohno nor Reutter signed the complaints.
Skater Levi Kirkpatrick separately accused U.S. Speedskating executive director Mark Greenwald of "code of conduct" violations for threatening Kirkpatrick and failing to properly manage the program.
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The minute I saw this high waisted JIBRI skirt, I knew I had to have it! I think it's probably the boldest piece of clothing I own. I love it and I feel amazingly sassy in it. I wore it during the finale night of Full Figure Fashion Week.
Now, if the skirt looks a little big, it's because it is. I actually had it taken out at the waist and I think the measurements got a little mixed up, because when I tried it on, it was too big. With the help of the wonderful Elann Zelie, we pinned the inside, but it was still a little big. But, that's OK, cause I felt amazing in it! The construction of the skirt is impeccable, but you already knew that. I paired it with a tank I picked up at Nordstrom and a pair of teal suede t-strap platforms from Steve Madden. I was really happy with the entire look!


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These days he tends to eat, rather than cook, in his restaurants, running an empire that will launch its 10th establishment in February next year. His businesses stretch from Sydney and the Gold Coast through south-east Asia to Tokyo. Mangan also oversees business-class catering on Virgin Airlines and has Salt Grill restaurants on P&O cruise ships. He has written six books, has another in the pipeline, and has put his name to a range of food products, including olive oil, mustards, spices and cakes. But he still keeps a jar of his mum's homemade tomato chutney in the fridge at all times.
Most memorable meal
For my 30th birthday I went to El Bulli, which was pretty amazing. It was about 25 courses and it was before Ferran Adria was a huge name. It was open for lunch in those days and it was a long lunch.
I like the Wolfgang Puck app. It's cool and funky and has lots of features. It has recipes, ideas, what he's doing in his restaurant.
I'm cooking
Last dinner at home Steamed fish and green beans is a regular home dinner, something simple.
Secret vice Haigh's chocolates.
I'm drinking
Sometimes I have ordinary Liptons tea with milk and sugar. I get my coffee, a flat white, from the cafe down the road. I was going to get a coffee machine but there are plenty of good cafes around. I have herbal tea at night. I really like coconut water as a refreshing drink.
Saturday-night tipple Wine. It's always white - chardy - or there's a French rosé I drink. I might start with a gin and tonic. I like a French burgundy or a good Aussie shiraz. I'm pretty easy when it comes to wine.
The staples
My pantry I always have olive oil and sea salt. It's my own brand of olive oil from Romsey, Victoria - a blend with a deep, rich green flavour and a little bit of spice. The salt would be Murray River or Maldon. Honey for smoothies and to put on toast; I like the simple things in life. Burgen bread, the soy-linseed one. And ginger and garlic, which go into pretty much everything
My fridge There's always wine, beer, aioli, feta cheese, my mum's wonderful tomato chutney and tonic water for the gin and tonic.
My toolkit
I love making soups, so my blender gets a workout. There's a small bamboo steamer and a Swiss Diamond fry pan. It's non-stick, but doesn't have Teflon, which I think is good. I have a couple of old copper pans I've had since I was an apprentice that I still use but never polish. Their value is sentimental as well.
Favourite I have a Japanese knife that I use all the time. I was in Tokyo; I saw it in a market.


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From Our 2013 Archives
Which Diet Plans Are Most Popular? Dieters Choose
Latest Diet & Weight Management News
By Kathleen Doheny
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Jan. 3, 2013 -- Is weight loss one of your New Year's resolutions?
If so, you might get some valuable guidance from a new survey of more than 9,000 Consumer Reports readers who have been there, done that.
The readers ranked do-it-yourself plans and commercial plans.
MyFitnessPal, a free web site and smartphone app, got top satisfaction marks in the survey.
Weight Watchers got the highest satisfaction marks of the four commercial diet plans rated by dieters.
"What you are seeing here is the judgment of people who have been on the diets," says Nancy Metcalf, senior program editor for Consumer Reports.
The ratings are not based on the safety of the diet nor on nutrition experts' assessments.
The satisfaction scores took into account the cost of the plan, ease of use, and weight loss, Metcalf says.
There were enough responses to tally results for 13 diet plans and tools.
The full results are published in the February issue of Consumer Reports.
How the Plans Stack Up
Of a possible 100 points, here is how the four commercial diet plans rated by readers fared:
Nine do-it-yourself plans were rated. Here is how they fared on the same 100-point satisfaction scale.
Weight Loss, Satisfaction Not Linked
"Weight loss didn't correlate well with satisfaction," Metcalf says. Dieters balanced weight loss with other factors, she says, such as how easy the plan was to follow.
Overall, men lost more than women did, she found. Overall, the median loss (half more, half less) was 18 pounds for men and 15 for women. However, that loss was often enough to move from the obese category to overweight or the overweight to healthy weight category.
Those people on Medifast lost more than those on any other diet. Men lost 20 to 43 pounds; women, 14 to 40.
Lessons From Dieters
Dieters were most satisfied with plans they could stick with, Metcalf says.
That suggests that people considering weight loss plans should look at the approach before deciding, she says. For instance, would you fare better on a plan in which you do most of the cooking? Or would you be more likely to follow one that provides the food?
Research suggests those who track their intake do better, Metcalf says. Some programs, including MyFitnessPal and Weight Watchers, emphasize that and make it easy, she says.
Two Experts Weigh In
"This study provides a good view of weight loss in that it acknowledges that no one diet is for everyone, realistic expectations result in greater success, and finding an eating pattern that meets your lifestyle is key to long-term success," says Connie Diekman, RD, MEd, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis.
"The study identifies what we have long known: Losing weight is not the goal. The goal is keeping the weight off,'' says Diekman, a past president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
To do that, she says, it's crucial to know your likes, dislikes, routines, and challenges to your routine.
Next, assess what you need to lose, what changes you can make, and then find the ''right'' program that fits your life, she says.
The survey will help dietitians understand what people are looking for and what diet approaches work for them, says Andrea N. Giancoli, RD, MPH, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
She is not surprised that MyFitnessPal came out well. "Apps [for diets] kind of rule; they are all over the place now," she says.
She did have one caution: "The Paleo diet concerns me because of the food groups ruled out," she says. The plan suggests avoiding dairy, for instance. While there are substitutes, such as almond yogurts and other products, she says there is no need to avoid dairy unless you are allergic or intolerant.
SOURCES: Nancy Metcalf, senior program editor, Consumer Reports.Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, director of university nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis; past president, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.Andrea N. Giancoli, MPH, RD, spokesperson, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.Consumer Reports, Feb. 2013.


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IDC's Public IT Cloud Services Forecast: New Numbers, Same Disruptive StoryPosted by Frank Gens on July 1st, 2010
Last week IDC announced availability of our new forecast for public IT Cloud services spending. The new forecast replaces last October's forecast. In this post, I'll share some highlights of the new forecast, which extends to 2014.
[The full report - including key assumptions and forecast data for all six years, segmented by five functional categories within eight regions/countries - is available to subscribers on idc.com.]
Scorching Growth and Shifting Category Spend
In total, spending on public IT cloud services (excludes private cloud spending) will grow from $16.5 billion in 2009 – a modest, recession-driven haircut from last year's forecast – to over $55 billion in 2014. This is scorching fast growth of 27% per year.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- No. 14 Princeton University suffered setbacks against No. 1 University of Southern California (13-4 L) and No. 11 Loyola Marymount University (9-7 L) to begin a six-game West Coast road-swing.
In the opener against Loyola Marymount, the Tigers rallied from a four-goal first-half deficit to draw even in the third quarter, but would eventually fall 9-7.
The teams traded goals in the first minute of the game, but LMU went on a four-goal run to lead 5-1 after a quarter. Princeton would trim the lead to 5-4 at the half with three goals in the second quarter as Tim Wenzlau, Mike Helou and Matt Weber all scored. Wenzlau's goal was a natural score, while Helou scored on a counter and Weber scored from the set.
The Lions started the second half with a man-up goal to stop the Princeton run, but a goal from Drew Hoffenberg brought Princeton back to within one. LMU again stretched the margin to two goals but Weber and Wenzlau netted back-to-back goals 34 seconds apart to draw Princeton even at 2:04 of the third quarter.
The score remained tied through the end of the third quarter and the first three minutes of the final frame before LMU's Edgaras Asajavicius scored on a 5-meter shot midway through the final period. The Lions would get an insurance goal with 1:21 to go to seal up the 9-7 win.
Wenzlau and Weber each had two goals for Princeton, while Hoffenberg, Billy Tifft and Kayj Shannon all had assists. Hoffenberg added three steals and drew two ejections. Ben Dearborn returned from injury to make his first start of the season and stopped 13 shots in the loss.
Princeton was scoreless on five man-up chances, while the Lions scored on four of eight tries, as well as a five-meter penalty shot.
In the evening affair under the lights of McDonald's Swim Stadium, Hoffenberg scored twice but the University of Southern California rolled to a 13-4 victory to drop Princeton to 10-3 on the season.
The nonconference clash saw the Trojans keep their undefeated start to 2011 intact at 7-0.
Brian Boswell ripped in the Trojans' first two goals out of set as Princeton had leveled things after Boswell's first, but his second of the night helped spark a five-goal USC surge in the first period. Stephen Siri and Peter Kurzeka each knocked in the first of their two goals in the game during that run, with Forest Monroe and Andrew Reego also finding the back of the net as USC opened up a 6-1 lead on the Tigers.
Princeton got an even score to open the second before the Trojans again regrouped and silenced the Tigers for the rest of the half while Kurzeka found his second goal, Tobias Preuss blasted one of his own and Nikola Vavic rounded out the half with two power moves and finishes for a 10-2 USC lead.
That wrapped up senior goalie Joel Dennerley's time in the cage for the night. He finished with four saves during that stretch before giving way to redshirt freshman Ely Bonilla for the second half. Bonilla was similarly dominant in goal, matching Dennerley with four saves of his own while Princeton was only able to manage a five-meter penalty shot in the third period and a late 6-on-5 score in the fourth.
Meanwhile, the Trojan offense knocked in two more in the third -- Boswell's third to complete his first hat trick of the year, and a blast from Siri for his second of the night. Ivan Kustic put the final touch on USC's offensive onslaught in the fourth period with a 6-on-5 rocket, giving USC its 13th goal of the game on the way to the nine-goal decision.


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Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Camilla Tilling, soprano
About This Performance
Sonic connections for your Valentine's Weekend: the LA Phil's Former Resident Conductor, Lionel Bringuier, underlines the link between Berg's early songs and Brahms to Brahms' own take on a classical theme and Beethoven's genial Fourth Symphony.
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Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling, who sang Haydn's The Creation with the LA Phil under Esa-Pekka Salonen, returning to perform liltingly beautiful Berg songs.
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The first return of beloved conductor Lionel Bringuier in the wake of his six-year stint with the LA Phil. Bringuier is now Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich.
Romance At The Phil
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I'm about to spend a week in Atlanta for Tday, and was wondering if anyone had suggestions for bbq in the areas near Alpharetta and Dacula and areas in between (or down toward 285). I've been to Fat Matt's many times, and Slope's, (and Sonny's). I will probably try Dreamland in Roswell to compare to the Montgomery Dreamland.
I lived in Vinings for a few months, but I wasn't into BBQ then.


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2014-15Made 16 appearances (14 starts) in goal … stopped 35 of 38 shots in the season opener at Bowling Green (10/10) … missed time due to injury sustained in his second start against Bowling Green (10/12) … went 6-6-1 with a 3.09 goals against average and an .898 save percentage … faced 30 or more shots seven times … made 21 saves to pick up his first win of the year at Rensselaer (1/2) … turned aside 21 of 22 shots to top Denver (1/24) … went 5-0-1 in his last seven starts … dished out an assist against Western Michigan (3/14).
2013-14Appeared in 26 games, starting 24 in goal … led the team with a 2.70 goals against average, a .913 save percentage and four shutouts … posted a 10-13-3 record … recorded three shutouts in a four-start span from Nov. 1-15 … shutout total tied for the eighth most in the country … made 38 saves and dished out an assist in his first start of the year against Ohio State (Oct. 12) … allowed two goals or less in 10 of his 24 starts … named NCHC Goaltender of the Week on Nov. 12 … won four-straight starts from March 8-21, the last of which was a 32-save shutout of North Dakota in the NCHC Tournament Semifinals.
2012-13Named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team ... CCHA Goaltender of the Month for both December and February ... Hockey Commissioners' Association National Rookie of the Month for December ... tabbed CCHA Goalie of the Week (Feb. 4-10) after a 29-save shutout at Western Michigan Feb. 9 ... finished second in the NCAA and tops in the CCHA with a 1.39 GAA ... was also second nationally and first in the CCHA in save percentage (.946) ... split time with fellow rookie Jay Williams, making 23 starts, including the final nine games of the year, while compiling a record of 13-7-2 ... started the season opener against Colgate (Oct. 12), leading the team to a 3-0 shutout victory, becoming the first Miami goalie to pitch a shutout in his debut ... only allowed one goal total in his first four starts and held opponents to a goal or less in 15 starts ... posted four shutouts on the year, also blanking Alaska Dec. 1 and Minnesota State Mar. 30 in the NCAA Tournament, Miami's first shutout in the tournament ... made a career-high 44 saves Feb. 23 at Lake Superior, the most by a RedHawk since Mar. 28, 2010 ... of his 30 goals allowed, eight came on the power play.
Prior to MiamiPlayed three years with the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL ... named USHL Co-Goalie of the Year following 2011-12 season ... two-time Second-Team All-USHL in 2010-11 and 2011-12 ... tabbed Dave Peterson Goalie of the Year by USA Hockey in 2012 ... won a pair of Clark Cup titles, awarded to the winner of the USHL Playoffs, doing so in 2010 and again in 2012, when he posted a 2.07 GAA and a .922 save percentage in 12 games ... went 27-5-3 in 2011-12 with Green Bay, recording a league-best 2.18 GAA while his .920 save percentage was second in the USHL, en route to an Anderson Cup crown, given to the regular-season champion ... led the Gamblers to the Clark Cup Finals in 2011, after going 25-9-3 with a 2.00 GAA and .928 save percentage during the season, both of which led the USHL ... appeared in 10 playoff games in 2011 with a 1.97 GAA ... compiled 81 wins to just 29 losses in Green Bay during his career ... represented Team USA, along with teammate Sean Kuraly, at the 2011 World Junior A Challenge in British Columbia, helping the U.S. earn bronze, going 2-1 in three games.
PersonalBorn on Aug. 20, 1992 in Des Plaines, Ill. ... son of Lorraine and Mike McKay ... father, Mike, played golf at Northeastern Illinois University ... helped with a teddy bear giveaway for a local hospital ... enjoys golfing when off the ice ... a finance major in the Farmer School of Business.


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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman enjoys a 2-to-1 lead over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for the Republican nomination for governor as the most expensive primary election campaign in California history draws to a close, according to a new Field Poll.
Whitman is favored 51 percent to 25 percent over Poizner among likely Republican voters in Tuesday's primary election. Six percent back other candidates, and the remaining 18 percent are undecided.
The wealthy Republican candidates have spent a combined $110 million — most of it out of their own pockets — on a campaign that has taken on a highly negative tone in recent weeks. Despite that, the poll shows that favorable ratings of both candidates have grown among voters, and for Poizner in particular.
But he faces a huge mountain to climb in a very short time.
The nonpartisan statewide survey shows Whitman with comparable leads over Poizner in every demographic and ideological subgroup, even ones that Poizner has been courting most aggressively.
"I think the take-away for me, as I look at the data, is the failure of Poizner to get significant support in the targeted segments that he was trying to reach," Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said.
Even though both candidates are socially moderate Republicans, Poizner has campaigned as the "true conservative" and portrayed Whitman as unacceptably liberal.
But Republican voters who characterize themselves as "strongly conservative" favor Whitman 52 percent to 26 percent and Republicans of other ideological bents prefer her 49 percent to 25 percent.
Poizner has also been a fixture on the tea party protest circuit. But voters who say they strongly identify with the tea party movement support Whitman 55 percent to 25 percent.
The winner Tuesday will face Jerry Brown in November. The attorney general and former governor faces no serious opposition for the Democratic nomination.
The Poizner campaign insisted Thursday that there is time for the polls to narrow before Tuesday.
Whitman has been using her deep pockets "to lie about Steve Poizner and fool voters into thinking she's a conservative," said Jarrod Agen, communications director for the Poizner campaign. "But there are still many undecided Republicans who will side with Steve because of his strong stance on illegal immigration, his support for Prop. 13 and his plans to cut taxes across the board."
Whitman so far has spent $68 million of her own money to Poizner's $24 million.
Poizner has narrowed Whitman's lead since a Field Poll in March showed her ahead 63 percent to 14 percent.
Intervening surveys by other pollsters indicated that Poizner had closed the gap dramatically after he began his television advertising campaign in April, but the race blew open again for Whitman.
In a furious exchange of advertising, the candidates relentlessly attacked each other as too liberal and soft on illegal immigration.
The harshly negative tone of the campaign has not adversely affected how Republican voters feel about Whitman to any significant degree.
The poll shows 62 percent of likely Republican primary voters have a favorable impression of Whitman to 24 percent unfavorable. In March, Whitman's favorability rating was 56 percent to 16 percent unfavorable.
Voters are evenly divided in their impressions of Poizner — 40 percent favorable, 39 percent unfavorable. In March, his rating was 20 percent positive to 34 percent negative.
Smelling a convincing victory, the Whitman campaign hailed the poll results.
"We're happy to see that the poll confirms what we are feeling across our campaign — growing support for Meg Whitman as the one Republican candidate who can beat Jerry Brown in November and bring a new agenda of creating jobs, controlling wasteful spending, fighting illegal immigration and improving our schools in Sacramento," said Sarah Pompei, the Whitman campaign's press secretary.
Republican voters interviewed by the Field Poll have much more confidence about the prospect of Whitman being elected governor than Poizner.
When asked which Republican they thought would have the best chance of defeating Brown in the November general election, 61 percent of those surveyed said Whitman to 21 percent Poizner. Even 25 percent of Poizner's supporters said Whitman would have a better chance against Brown.
DiCamillo said it appeared that many Republican voters are exhibiting a pragmatic streak.
"If you think that Whitman has the best chance against Brown, you're almost certain to vote for her," the pollster said. "Even if the ideology does not conform to your own, the electability argument is outweighing whatever inroads Poizner might have made."
The Field Poll is based on telephone interviews with 511 likely voters in Tuesday's Republican primary election conducted May 27 through Wednesday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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"It is emphasized in the foreword of Atlas of Creation that 'none of Darwin's claims have been verified by any scientific experiment.' Immediately afterwards appear prehistoric fossils such as salamanders and ferns; but these are identical to present-day specimens. This shows that 'life forms on Earth have never undergone the slightest change, and never transformed into others.' And it concludes: 'These fossil specimens are sufficient to demonstrate that the theory of evolution is one of the greatest jokes and one of the greatest frauds of the history of science.'
According to statements by Francisco Javier Casado from the central library, one of the recipients of the book, this volume is 800 pages long and luxuriously printed, and contains illustrations and photographs of an extraordinary high quality in which all possible colors are employed. This book was mysteriously received by at least 11 professors last month, from different departments within the Biology Faculty of Barcelona University. The same thing had happened in France the month before, although on that occasion thousands of books were sent out, not just to universities and research centers, but also to institutes.
… The really surprising thing is that the author of the book, Adnan Oktar who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya, is a Turk who holds Muslim faith… According to the author's thesis, species have never undergone any change because they have all been created in a perfect form (although some have become extinct). 'Creation is a fact,' proclaims the author.
The shipments to the Barcelona University began in February. Says Casado: 'the first volume was delivered to the library, but within a few days others began arriving at other departments.' Packages with the names of the professors written on them… The volume also contains an audiovisual CD that summarizes the book's content.
The dean of the Biology Faculty goes on to say: 'The Atlas is spectacular, with an exceedingly luxurious appearance and visually perfect photographs, and with all colors being used… Were it to be placed on the market it would not be sold for any less than 150 Euros.' The first 500 pages of the volume contain lavish photographs from all branches of zoology; the sections are particularly devoted to fossils. 'The final third section, which contains most of the text, states that evolution is false because it contradicts the essence of faith. That easy,' says Casado.
The book contains impossible evolutionary designs, like human heads with tentacles and men with four legs, and other photomontages. …
Large numbers of the volume recently arrived at French schools, and even caused the authorities to intervene. It appears that between 1,000 and 2,000 were sent out…
The volume that arrived at the library will be kept. 'It can be interesting, with regard to the great information it offers about fossils, and especially in respect of analyzing the arguments employed against Darwinism' says Casado...
The book alludes to 'secret links between evolutionism, fascism and communism.'
One can see that the Atlas seeks to 'denounce the hidden connections between Darwinism and such bloody ideologies as fascism and communism;' but the most surprising thing is the sentence underneath a picture of the September 11 attacks: 'Those who perpetuate terror in the world are in fact Darwinists.'
Darwin's postulates revealed by Yahya are 'the foundations of modern terrorism.' And it concludes: 'We hope that the evolutionists will stop resisting and admit the facts that everyone so clearly sees. The fact revealed by science is that evolution is false.'"


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I suppose it wasn't enough to put up a mere link to the Councilman's page. So here is a complete list of CLARTS expenditures, following.
The CLARTS fund is also Item II on this page. (As we said on December 20).
And it turns out that all CLARTS fund expenditures by contract, as approved by City Council and drawn up by the City Attorney's office, have been listed here at the City Clerk's page since their signings. (As we said in July 2010).
Some people are a little slow, and don't know how to do research. Some people have been pestering a Councilman for these contract listings, when in fact it's the City Clerk's responsibility to disclose them to the public--which she did. We'll give some people time to catch up.
CLARTS expenditure list follows. For a pdf of a specific contract, reference it at the City Clerk's page, where they've been posted since they've been signed.
In other news, Rudy Martinez pledges to spend CLARTS money on emergency services. He would have to transfer the money to the City's General Fund first. Which has been going on already since the CLARTS fund was established.
Happy hunting, &c.


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SOUTHAMPTON changes would potentially increase Burnley's chances of FA Cup progress, but Kieran Trippier is hoping he will get the opportunity to go head to head with his old pal Jay Rodriguez tomorrow.
The Clarets face Premier League Southampton in the third round at St Mary's with both clubs likely to make some alterations to the line-ups they named on New Year's Day.
Former Clarets Jack Cork and Danny Fox are also in the Southampton squad, but the one name everyone in Burnley will be looking for on the Saints teamsheet will be Rodriguez.
The former Clarets ace is the Saints' top scorer, with nine goals so far this season.
It would seem to be advantageous to Burnley's hopes of a cup upset if Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino opted to rest Rodriguez for the game.
But Trippier, who played alongside Rodriguez at Burnley during the 2011/12 season, hopes his friend will be on the field tomorrow.
In particular, the right back hopes Rodriguez starts on Southampton's left to set up an intriguing duel.
"When the draw came up I was buzzing a little bit," Trippier admitted about the prospect of facing the south coast side, who lost 3-0 at home to Chelsea on New Year's Day.
"Not the journey down there, but it's a good test for us against a Premier League side who are in form.
"They might rest some players because they've had the Chelsea game but they've got the players to do that.
"But all of us are hoping that Jay Rod plays. I'm looking forward to meeting up with him.
"I hope he's playing on the left wing because I'll be getting into him!"
Rodriguez netted twice in Southampton's win at Cardiff last weekend and has impressed so much since joining the south coast side for £7m that he earned his first England cap in November, in a friendly against Chile.
Trippier thinks his former team-mate has improved significantly since leaving Burnley as a Clarets hero, having already shown real signs of his potential.
It would be the first time Rodriguez has faced Burnley since leaving.
"It will be good to play against him because I can learn a lot from him," said the full back.
"He's played so many games in the Premier League and he's a different player from when he was here.
"It's good to play against the best and I think Jay a Rod is.
"He's a quality player and he can go on to be the best.
"It's good that Roy Hodgson has given him the chance for England.
"He scored another two in the Premier League the other day and it wouldn't surprise me if he goes on to bigger things."
Burnley went out of the FA Cup in the third round at Barnsley last season and Trippier says that, despite the focus on a promotion challenge, a cup run this season would be important to the club.
"It means a lot," he said.
"You want to take things game by game but you want to get as far as you can in the cup.
"It's a massive test for us on Saturday but there's no-one saying you can't go there and win, and that's what we're going to try to do.
"I think it's going to be an interesting game."
Trippier scored his first league goal of the season in the New Year's Day 3-2 win over Huddersfield, when he also set up Danny Ings' second of the game.
"It was a good start to the year, getting a goal and another assist for Ingsy," he said.
"But most importantly it was good to get the three points and kick on for Saturday.
"It was good to get on the scoresheet because it rarely happens to me.
"The gaffer always talks about being the man to make the difference and I thought there were a lot of people doing that.
"For me to get another assist as well, I'm trying to beat last year when I got 11. I'm not far away now with a lot of games to go."


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While snuggled in the depths of doona, motionless, the realization of thirst grows. After awhile thirst grows strong (conflict). Eventually, movement. Life as the compounded body moves. The body moves to find water. Enough of being thirsty. The body naturally seeks balance, the state of being no reflection of movement, when no component dominates.
Attention freed from maintaining attachments naturally points awareness towards balance, and the continuing balancing process of the universe. Undistracted attention pointing awareness towards awareness, continuous mindfulness, revealing the stillness present in all movement.


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