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here are all my babies
hope it works
here are all my babies
hope it works
it did great
i'll update regulary
also i was wondering
if anyone would be able to tell if Cloud is only pied as i was told or could he be ?lutino/pied/pearl combo?
if pics are hard to tell i could take more
also i'll post a better closeup of Nana.. is she lutino as i was told or a clear pied or both combined?
what would babies be then?as i said if better or closeup are needed i can retake some more
I'd say that Nan is a lutino but couldn't tell you about Cloud. They make a very handsome pair. Can't tell you about the babies either but they're sooo cute! Congrats!
Nana is lutino she has red eyes...when light is shined on them.
Cloud i was told pied...but he has white spots on back and is developing more yellow down his belly and also moving down back of his neck.
any ideas on Cloud?
I would say cloud is a pied. However in saying that he could be split for pearl, luntino, and cinnamon. If you have any Luntino babies they could be male or female. Pearl or Cinnamon chicks would be hens as far as I know.
NIchole is owned by 12 budgies Summer, Shadow, Autumn, Kalipso,Clover, Boo, Luna, Bam Bam, Pebbels, Bandit, Kinder and Aaron. 3 cockatiels (Moon, Dusty and Pepper) as well as 2 dogs (Sonic and Buddy)
RIP Sampson my puppy you will never be forgotten! You were a good dog and an amazing companion. I miss you so much! XOXOX 08/14/08-03/27/10
Your babies are so tiny and fluffy!
I dont know much about differant birds except all of them are too cute
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
i posted 4 new pics taken last night
follow the link for pictures earlier in this thread first 4 are new
Squall is 9 days old Ruby is 6 days old
I've always found it amazing how fast they grow but everyone is looking healthy. How are you doing?
I'm great... what an experience this is yes the babies are growing so fast!! wow
we have new pictures again just follow earlier link to see them
Squall is 13 days old now..Ruby is 10 days old.
we have pin feathers now
first 13 pics are new
posted 9 new pictures of babies today
Squall is 14 days now...Ruby is 11 days old
click on link to see pictures
Did you get the warm oatmeal feeling when you picked up Ruby & Squall? It was the closest description I could give to how it felt. The babies are adorable and one is looking like a lutino but then I'm biased and don't know everything there is to know about tiels. Your family looks like it is doing well. Something about the creation of life is just a wonder isn't it? (Don't mean to get sappy on you but bird babies are soo tiny and fragile)
i made some new pictures
some are new ones
here we are
if you would like to see more pictures of us click on link below
They are getting soo big! You've got the mohawk stage going there. lol
ty Sandra
yes they are growing SO FAST!!
Squall even has the tips of his wings with real feathers starting to grow out of pin feathers shaft
Ruby is just starting,but has pin feathers
soon they will be feathered babies
this has been an amazing experience having these babies
Then you'll have to prepare yourself for the "leaps of faith" when your babies start flying. They'll follow mom & dad and will be watched over very carefully. I have a big sappy smile on my face ....
itch, I haven't seen any posts from you for a while - how are the kids doing? By now you are probably going through the "leaps of faith" or getting pretty close to it.
hi Sandra,sorry to be such a stranger lately
been pretty busy hand feeding babies they are doing great
yes they flew for the 1st time last night
i have been posting lots o new pictures dailyyou all can watch them as they grow here
on link at bottom of this posting but heres a quick picture to get you interested for those who don;t know Squall or Ruby
the direct link is
thank you all who have or will be following us
another quick couple of questions..
when babies start to fly,and are fully feathered, can they be moved into a cage?
i thought you could.
also do they also need water on cage floor or is water in formula enough water for them?
ill be placing food in bowl on cage floor but was wondering about water supplied.
Surprise Nana laid another egg mar 2/11
here we go again more babies in 21 days they started sitting on it constantly today.
Squall and Ruby love their new cage now they can see everyone in the room
I'm glad Ruby and Squall are doing so well - usually the babies are pretty independent once they have their feathers and can fly. Honestly can't answer your question about water in their cage since mine were parent fed but I'd imagine that a small bowl of water wouldn't do any harm.
And yes, tiels can be quite prolific once they get the hang of "it".
I love the picture above of Squall or Ruby with there little bibs on them, it is one of the most precious pictures I have seen in a long time. I have not been looking at the pictures because my internet has been stinking with all the storms we have lately so today is the first time i have been able to look at them and your babies are too cute. Just so bright and yellow and they seem to be so happy too. Thanks for posting the pics of your cuties!
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
thank you Sandra and Boomer girl
I try to keep them as updated as possible to show how they grow i've taken pictures at different ages so people new to breeding like i was.
have an idea of how they should look,hope that also helps.and it easy taking pics of the lil cuties


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This Thursday November 15th, Sherry Dong- Director of Community Health Improvement Programs at Tufts Medical Center will be speaking about Tufts' Asian Access Initiative! The event is from 12-1pm in Sackler 221.
The Asian Access Program (AAP) serves as an important entry point for non-English speaking or limited English speaking Asian patients trying to navigate or understand the hospital healthcare system. The AAP provides a number of linguistically and culturally appropriate social services, educational programs and training sessions to members of Greater Boston's Asian-American community.
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One of Wharfedale's best-kept secrets is one year old this week.
Since the Bono Gallery in Otley was founded by Sicilian-born abstract painter Roberto Bono, one year ago, it has grown a community of local and international artists and creative thinkers while showcasing the work of a diverse range of artists.
The gallery is marking its first anniversary with a rare opportunity to experience a unique collaborative multimedia performance that mixes science, maths and medicine with painting and musical imagery generated by a beating human heart, performed by an Italian painter, a Greek academic and a Mexican scientist and artist for one night only on March 1.
The performance is the result of an international study-collaboration between academics and artists exploring the therapeutic potential of art to alleviate long-term health conditions, led by Professor Yiannis Papadopoulos from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hull and to which Roberto Bono has contributed a series of double-sided abstract panels that can be flipped and rotated.
The study – Generative audio-visual art for art therapy for long-term conditions – includes a conceptual artwork and scientific paper that is gaining international recognition having been presented at the XVI Generative Art Conference and exhibited in La Triennale di Milano, Italy's main contemporary design museum.
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The live demonstration will be followed by a performance from Mexican artist-scientist and study collaborator Dr Alejandro Lopez Rincon who is visiting the UK for 24 hours especially to take part in this event.
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David Geldart, of St Mary's Catholic High School, has been named as a Fellow after his significant achievements and contributions have been noted.
Mr Geldart, who is also director of physical education and sport at the school, is widely regarded as having made a unique and significant contribution to the development of physical education and sport in this country, He has gained national and international acclaim for his strategic and practical work in education and sport.
Mr Geldart said: "It is a tremendous honour and privilege to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. It is a wonderful opportunity to learn from, and work with, other Fellows who have similar interests."
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Where would the mod community be without id Software? DOOM and Quake were some of the first games to spark what would become an entire generation of amateur game developers. And as id grew, so did the scene; some of those early mods went on to become the basis of successful retail games, and countless modders found their way into the industry by leveraging their modding experience.
But plenty of id Tech mods are still being released today. In our first id-related modding interview, we talk with Bryan Henderson, creator of "Zombie Slayer," a mod that implements Heavy Rain/Dragon's Lair-style quicktime events in DOOM 3. In addition to Zombie Slayer chat, the 29-year-old network administrator tells us about his first modding experiences, what he thinks the secret to a good mod team is, and what he's working on next.
When did you first start modding?
Back in the late 90s, people started hacking apart game demos made using the game Quake to make movies. I found the entire process to be incredibly interesting since I had made movies back in the day using Red Baron's movie editor. I never thought that taking a gameplay capture of someone playing a game and redoing the camera angles was possible.
I started researching into ways I could hack apart the demo format, and eventually created a movie using the Quake 2 engine in its demo format. I first made a movie called Rick Jones by using custom models and animations and coding it all in accordingly. The movie itself was a spoof on blaxploitation films. Now that I look back on the project, I think it was poorly done, but it was a good stepping stone in building up experience in working with a team. It also taught me the foundations behind basic game design — things like writing, mapping, modeling, animation.
My first role in a Real Mod Project was as a cinematic designer for the Classic Doom for Doom 3 team, writing and animating the intro and end cinematics.. Looking back at the cinematic work, I can see that my animation skills could have used some work, but I am pleased at what I have learned from the project. I also learned a ton about what it takes in a team to get a mod out the door. Teamwork and personal perseverance is crucial to getting a project out the door.
Was the idea of modding a game intimidating at first?
Not at all. I'm a firm believer that if you put your mind to something, you can do it.
How did the concept for Zombie Slayer come about?
I really like to play something where I can lose myself in a story, and for the life of me, I could not find a good single player mod out there in the mod community. Most of the mods out there were multiplayer-only. I decided I wanted to make something I would enjoy — something rich in story — and figured that I would combine what I knew best — cinematics and gameplay — into one package. Perhaps in doing so, I would inspire other mod groups to create more single player mods.
One of my favorite games of the past was Dragon's Lair, basically one large gameplay cinematic. I researched the ways the gameplay would work and the ways it wouldn't and aimed to fix it all with the mod. The quicktime gameplay that Dragon's Lair had created had become notorious. Fail once, and you had to repeat the same sequence again. But what if it gave room for error? I decided to add in a health system (I wasn't sure how yet, but I was sure it was possible), so that you knew you had made a mistake in hitting the button, but you still had 2 more chances in the segment to get things right before the next checkpoint.
Was it difficult implementing quicktime events in DOOM 3?
It took me about 3 days to code in the cinematic system. The hardest part was getting all the animations done for the mod. Basically, for each button press, I had to create an animation for each outcome, so it went something like this:
Initial animation to:
1.) Failure animation
2.) Success animation
3.) Death animation (If >2 failures)
In essence, I had to create triple the amount of animations for each gameplay sequence.
You've said that it took 25 hour work weeks over a 2-year span to produce Zombie Slayer. How did you keep it up?
I'm not really sure. I think part of it was the fact that at the time, I really wanted to work in the game industry, so I figured that getting the project done would give me a pretty good shot at it. I was also getting very tired of school and had to do something creative to offset the tedious mental expenditure.
Hell, it was also fun, probably more fun than playing an actual game at times. It was a real buzz seeing my work in action. I'm pretty sure that was the real reason, but I did have several things going on in my mind at the time.
Who else worked on the mod?
Gazz from Classic Doom for Doom 3 did the finalized level design as a huge favor. I'm extremely grateful for his work, because without it, the mod wouldn't be nearly as atmospheric.
Sonny James from Mystic Realmz Productions created the awesome soundtrack work. Even without the mod, the music is great.
David Kosta created the loading screen artwork. It worked well to tie in the segments of the mod.
Was it a positive working experience? Anything you learned that might help other mod teams?
All of the work was very positive. I think what made the teamwork successful was having a small team where contact was constant and where everyone was contributing in a major way. Every person on the team had some kind of goal in mind, mostly having to do with building up a resume for the games industry. I believe that some kind of carrot on a stick is crucial to staying motivated to finish a project.
My suggestion to mod teams is to keep the team small and communicative. Also keep the work segmented and work on the project in small chunks. I have been a part of unsuccessful mod teams where the team consisted of over 100 people and the communication was not very tight or constant. With a larger amount of people in a mod group, people begin to slack off more and work on items that are not under their role. They also feel less worth being in a large hoard. They also work on different sections on the game, so nothing every really gets completed. Having a section of the game complete gives people motivation to continue on to the next section. I could go on about this topic, but you get the idea.
What projects are currently consuming your time?
I'm currently working on an adventure game. I tried to enter short story writing competitions, but after my tenth failed submission, I decided to go back to games.
Can you recommend any other recently-released id Tech mods?
Classic Doom for Doom 3 and Shambler's castle are great Doom 3 mods. Zerstorer is a fantastic Quake 1 modification as well if you're looking for something with story.
All-time favorite id mod?
Classic Doom for Doom 3. 😉
Thanks Bryan.
You can grab Zombie Slayer on the official website, or over on ModDB.


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A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL Plays Balagan Theatre, 12/10
In 1996 James A. Rocco (Producing Artistic Director of Ordway Center for the Performing Arts) helmed the premiere of a "wake up and smell the coffee overhaul of a Dickens classic" (Oklahoma Gazette) at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL by Ron Kaehler (Executive Story Editor at Abrams/Gentile Entertainment for TV's Van-Pires) and Albert Evans ( Pageant, Nite Club Confidential, 5th Avenue Theatre Artistic Associate) was immediately snapped up by Dramatic Publishing and Walter Bobbie presented it in New York for the Broadway USA Series of Great New American Musicals. Since then, the show has enjoyed radio productions, school productions, as well as full scale productions around the US. This year a major resurgence of interest has begun—with 10 productions planned, the show is once again proving to be "ideal family holiday fare, hilarious and genuinely moving." (Canton Theater News)
The show takes this beloved story out of Victorian England and plops it smack down in America's heartland — a little place called Marley County, where folks don't have a whole lot but everybody's doing what they can to make the Christmas holiday crackle. Except for one miserly old coot who somehow misses the whole point…
Dusted off and gussied up with a fantastic country-western score bursting with "songs that get the toes tapping or touch the heart." (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL introduces us to Bobbie Jo Cratchit, a young widow who sings like Patsy Cline and lives in a trailer community with her two small children. She also works at the bank for a certain Eb Scrooge, and therein lies our tale of redemption and reunion, community and family — filled with a feisty bunch of characters who deal head-on with life's joys and heartaches.
You can find out more about A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL and hear a song sampler at www.acountrychristmascarol.com. Perhaps a production is happening in your city. Mainstreet Musicals, the brainchild of Timothy Jerome (CATS, and countless Broadway shows) is sponsoring readings in Cleveland, Bowling Green/Toledo, St. Louis, Dallas, Seattle and Montreal.
And in Seattle, Seattle Equity Actors, Mainstreet Musicals and the Balagan Theatre are presenting a concert performance of A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL on December 10th, at 7:30 PM BALAGAN THEATRE 1524, Harvard Avenue, Seattle, Washington (located in the Erickson Theatre, on the Seattle Central Community College campus on Capitol Hill).
It will star: SEAN GRIFFIN (The Seafarer), Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked, Leap of Faith), Bobbi Kotula, JARED Michael Brown, Jessica Skerritt, Keaton Whittaker (A Little Night Music), JOSH FEINSILVER, BOB DeDEA, ERIC HAGREEN, and Karen Skrinde with direction by Allen Fitzpatrick (Driving Miss Daisy, Memphis), MUSICAL DIRECTION BY Albert Evans (Pageant, Nite Club Confidential, Yankee Doodle), ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR, CHRIS DiSTEFANO.
A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL is now available to community theaters, schools, churches and professional organizations across the globe. Amateur licensing is handled by Dramatic Publishing and Professional stage rights are controlled by www.acountrychristmascarol.com.
Albert Evans Mr. Evans wrote the music for the off-Broadway hit Pageant, chosen by TIME magazine as one of the Year's 10 Best. Other New York shows include The Texas Chainsaw Musical and the cult favorite Nite Club Confidential. As composer-in-residence at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, he wrote lyrics for Mikado Inc. and music for Great Expectations, Jane Eyre and A Tale of Two Cities. Evans also wrote the lyrics for New York City Opera's new performing version of The Merry Widow, broadcast on Live from Lincoln Center (PBS). With writer Ron Kaehler, he reimagined a Christmas classic as the Dickens-goes-Nashville fantasy A Country Christmas Carol. Since 2000, he and Kaehler have adapted favorite children's stories for the traveling musical revue Story Salad. In 2003, New York Fringe Festival audiences heard his lyrics in composer Edmund Cionek's Tri-Sci-Fi. Evans reworked the song catalogue of George M. Cohan (and added a few songs Cohan forgot to write) for the stage musical biography Yankee Doodle Dandy. Recently, Evans and Jamie Rocco wrote the outrageous '70s revue Streakin'!, which premiered at Manhattan's Babalu Theater. Albert Evans is currently Artistic and Music Associate at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.
RON KAEHLER Mr. Kaehler's career as a performer has encompassed theater, television, and the concert stage. He began his writing career as executive story editor at Abrams/Gentile Entertainment (NYC), where he wrote and developed many projects including the internationally syndicated television series Van-Pires. In addition to A Country Christmas Carol he collaborated with Albert Evans on six popular children's musicals based on the "Amelia Bedelia" books by Peggy and HerMan Parrish, as well as stage adaptations of books by Maurice Sendak, Kevin Henkes, and Bernard Waber, among others. These toured the country under the auspices of Theatreworks USA. Other works for young audiences include I Feel Great! The Health & Nutrition Show for Sweet Youth Productions. Kaehler has written songs and specialty material for such noted Broadway performers as Bryan Batt, David Garrison, Eddie Korbich, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey, and Mary Testa. His other works for the stage include the supernatural thriller Poor Players and the operatic farce Under the Overture. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
JAMES ROCCO Mr. Rocco is Vice President of Programming and Producing Artistic Director at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, in Saint Paul. At The Ordway he is responsible for producing, presenting and booking the Music Theater (1900 seats) and The McKnight Theatre (300 seats). He is a member of The Broadway League, SDC, AEA, ASCAP, Elephant Eye Theatricals, NAMT, Five Cent Productions and the IPN, where he has participated as a producing partner on Memphis, The Addams Family, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, and others. He has produced, directed and/or choreographer around the world— Some of his credits include: Broadway: The Wizard of Oz (with Roseanne and Eartha Kitt), Off-Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd; London: Doin' What Comes Naturally; Japan: Galaxy Express 999 (also on TV and video); Regionally: Grey Gardens, Love, Janis (Ivey Award), The Melody Lingers On, She Loves Me, The Bad Seed, Crazy For You (Ovation Award Nominee), Superstar, Chess, Yankee Doodle (world premiere), White Christmas, Violet, Songs for a New World, What A Glorious Feeling (world premiere), As Bees In Honey Drown, A Little Night Music, Smokey Joe's Café (multiple awards) Guys & Dolls (multiple awards), On The Town, Beehive, and many many more. With retired General John Brooks, he created the US Air Force extravaganza Born of A Dream, from conception to the Kodak Theatre in LA and later to DVD. At the age of 16, he produced and directed his first show in NYC (a revival of Bob Merrill's Henry, Sweet Henry) at The Lambs Theatre.
He commissioned the musical A Country Christmas Carol and co-created the off-Broadway hits Nite Club Confidential & Streakin'! His re-visioned stage version of Singin' in the Rain has been seen around the world. In a previous life he starred on Broadway as the Rum Tum Tugger in CATS and toured the US as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. He was a featured singer with Herbie Hancock & The Super Sounds and in 2012 his CD (It's Between Us) hit the AC Top 40 for 20 weeks. His current holiday single (Cold Enough To Snow/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is available at CD Baby, Amazon, ITunes and all over the web. You can find out more at www.jamesrocco.com.


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>Racing>Another - help me adjust my plan to fit in a race thread.
Okay, I'm sure you guys get tired of these, and I've been trying not to ask, but really would appreciate any input.
I'm going to be running a 14K race next Saturday. I'm in the middle of my marathon training plan and it probably won't make much difference on how I do this, but I would still like to stick with the plan as much as possible.
The plan calls for Monday - 6 miles easy; Tuesday - 4 X 1.5 mile intervals at 8:30 pace with 800m recoveries (plus warm up and cool down); Wednesday - 3 miles easy; Thursday - 8 miles at MP (8:45) plus warm up and cool down; Friday - 6 miles easy; Saturday - 10 miles easy; Sunday - 10 miles easy.
I'm currently planning on swapping Thursday's MP Tempo workout with 8 miles easy and then running the 14K race on Saturday. Keep everything else the same. I've thought of running the race as my MP Tempo run and trying to keep it at 8:45 pace, but I would really like to push it a bit and see if I can knock 1 minute per mile off my time on this race last year. (Last year I ran it at a 9:09 avg pace).
Does it really make any difference? What if I swapped out both Tuesday and Thursdays workouts for easy runs that week? I'm not super set on this race as a big goal or anything and don't want to mess up my training plan, but I've been following it pretty closely so far.
I also think it would be a nice time to get a feel for my fitness level and to see if the last several 50+ mile weeks have done much or not. Of course without a taper I won't be expecting a miracle, but I'm thinking I should be able to get close to an 8:00 pace if things go well.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Nathan
Age: 49 Weight: 202 Height: 6'3" (Goal weight 195)
Current PR's: Mara 3:14:36* (2017); HM 1:36:13 (2017); 10K 43:59 (2014); 5K 21:12 (2016)
Sounds fine to me (it's what I would do) but you might also want to consider that if you do end up running it fast, you'll need a few days to recover. I would plan on running very easy the next few days after the race, and perhaps make the following Tuesday an easy day instead of a workout. It might sound overly cautious, but I've just found that racing a race (as opposed to running it as a workout) in the middle of a training cycle is a good way to get run down if I forget to account for recovery. In addition, I find it very difficult to run a race as a workout because I get into adrenaline/ego mode and end up running faster without even trying - which is why I'd assume you might even end up running faster than your "1 min/mile faster than last year" goal and thus needing more recovery than you would from a normal workout.
Those are my insufficiently caffeinated thoughts Have fun!
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Does your plan call for a race next Saturday? That is the first question, I think, since that's the whole point of having a plan. I usually make the two days before a race easy days, a mini-taper of sorts. If you take Thursday's MP workout and change it to 7 +5 easy, then maybe rest on Friday or do 4 recovery miles, this should bring you to the race pretty well rested. I say that, but then today I am doing 10x800 before my 10K on Saturday because it's in my plan.
Yeah just change things a bit so you have a few days without anything too hard on the couple of days prior to the race. If you're not especially bothered about the time for the race then just treat it as your MP run and switch things around accordingly.
I have a similar situation next week. I'm racing an HM on Sunday which I would like to do at full effort. I'm also following a marathon training plan for a marathon at the end of May. My plan calls for intervals on Tuesday, a marathon pace run on Thursday and easy runs of 11 and 13 km on Friday, Saturday.
I will move everything back one day next week, so that I have 4 days between the last hard workout and the race. So I won't have anything specifically planned for the Saturday - I'll see how I feel, probably just an easy 5km.
Does your plan call for a race next Saturday? That is the first question, I think, since that's the whole point of having a plan.
Nope. No races at all in the plan, but they say that you can modify the plan if you really want to throw a race or two in there. I probably should go back and read that chapter again now that I think about it!
I didn't think about needing to skip a hard workout after the race for recovery. The plan calls for 10 easy on Sunday and 6 easy on Monday after the race so I thought that would be enough easy days to get me back on track.
I did a 2 mile race this month and just substituted my speed interval workout for the race, and with it only being a 2 mile race recovery was minor so I didn't need to adjust anything post race, I think I actually bumped my easy run scheduled for Sunday from 10 miles to 12 miles to make up for being short on my miles the day of the race.
I'll probably be modifying the plan again next month for a local half marathon as well.
Right now I'm getting overconfident on my marathon training, I feel like I've adjusted to the increased volume and am hitting all my paces on the workouts easily and my HR is coming in under expectations on the workouts as well. My biggest problem right now has been not pushing the pace on the workouts as I feel like I could run them much faster.
For now I think I will keep the strength interval in the plan the Tuesday before the race, but be prepared to swap the strentgh interval the following Tuesday for an easy run if I'm not feeling up to it.
For now I think I will keep the strength interval in the plan the Tuesday before the race, but be prepared to swap the strentgh interval the following Tuesday for an easy run if I'm not feeling up to it.
Your whole following week should be an easier recovery week, IMO. I usually keep the mileage up, but do it with doubles. The interval workout is fine, maybe swap it with Wednesday's or Thursday's run if you aren't feeling up to it on Tuesday. Basically just be extra cautious not to fry yourself in the week after, you still have more training to do.


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WILTSHIRE centre Alex Crockett has retired from the professional game to focus on a coaching career.
Former Bath co-captain Crockett, who has most recently been playing for Newcastle Falcons, announced his retirement after playing just a handful of games this season.
The 32 year old, from Yatton Keynell, made his debut for Bath in 2001 and made 125 appearances for the club, scoring 21 tries including one season as co-captain in 2008-09.
His Rec career ended controversially when he received a nine-month RFU ban for missing two drugs tests and was one of three players to resign from the club. Crockett later revealed he had subsequently passed a test, but had concerns over the procedures Bath had followed.
The former England U21 and England Saxons ace went on to play for Bristol and Worcester, whom he helped into the Aviva Premiership, doing likewise after joining Newcastle in the summer of 2012.
"I think in the end it came down to an accumulation of picking up a lot of injuries throughout my career," Crockett told the Falcons website.
"With my knees not what they used to be, I was starting to struggle to get by week to week. When you feel like you can't contribute, it's probably time to call it a day. I think Sam Vesty said it perfectly when he retired, that when the game got faster he got slower, and I think that's the same for me.
"I have really appreciated all of the support I have received at Newcastle Falcons, and I wish I could have spent more time on the field with such a great group of players.
"I was incredibly honoured to have captained Bath and I will always remember how proud I was to be part of a Challenge Cup-winning side. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my career, especially my friends and family.''
Crockett now hopes to coach at either school or club level and added: ""I'm really excited about the future and want to now get into school or club coaching, and use my rugby knowledge and level three coaching qualification to help students not just on the rugby pitch but also in the class room.
"I still have an open mind about other avenues I might go down as you never know what opportunities can come to light."
Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards said: "I speak on behalf of everyone associated with the club in wishing Alex well for the future. He played his part in our promotion back to the Aviva Premiership in 2013 and this season has unfortunately been hampered by injury."


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Mr MacShane, the former Europe minister, was reported to the police today after questions over his office expenses. The decision was taken by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and endorsed by the Standards and Privileges Committee.
The claims are understood to involve an office based in the garage of the Rotherham MP's Yorkshire home and invoices from the European Policy Institute for "research and translation". The EPI is controlled by his brother.


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I got a ton of work at the ocean front on Sat with in full view of the ocean. My Gahd loves to torment me. Especially after I fooled her earlier this week. I was at a client on 10th and saw some baby waves. I acted like I was getting something out of my van, slipped into my shorty and hauled azz out. got a couple of crappy knee highs before she noticed and shut it down. I'll try beseeching her for Sunday.
Water was still cool to cold. Shoulda had my full springy.
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WEDDING guest Helen Lesley Jones has been named as the woman found dead in a Glouces-tershire river at the weekend.
Mrs Jones, 49, who lived at Bullfinch Close, Dorcan, Swindon, is believed to have been at a wedding in The Swan at Bibury, a Cotswolds beauty spot, just hours before her body was found.
Village residents Phil and Elaine Clough made the grim discovery in the River Coln in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mr Clough, of Arlington Row, was walking the family dog just after 7am when he spotted what appeared to be a shop mannequin in the water. When he realised what it was he sprinted back to the house to raise the alarm.
Mrs Clough, 59, said: "Phil went out to walk the dog and came racing back five or 10 minutes later saying he had found a body. "I grabbed the phone to ring the police and ran after him.
"Things just escalated from there. It was a real shock to the system to find something like this happen in little Bibury."
The dead woman was dressed in wedding attire, and some of her personal belongings were found on the bank of the river.
"There are a lot of weddings that go on around all the different hotels, and at first Phil thought it was a mannequin when he saw where she was," said Elaine.
"I thought the same thing until I saw her handbag lying on the riverbank. "My reaction when I realised was complete and utter shock. I keep dwelling on it.
"She was found about 300 yards from the Swan Hotel, so walking distance. They also found her car because there was a key fob in the handbag, so they went around checking all the cars in the area."
Mr Clough, 57, spent 24 years in the Navy and now works in security.
"With wedding parties you never know if someone has thrown something in the river as a prank, but when I got nearer there was no doubt," he said.
"I didn't have a phone on me and being a Sunday morning there was no one around. I went to get the wife and I waded in to the water to check her pulse.
"After the police turned up it started to get busy with people on bikes coming and going, and all before 8am. If a couple of kids had been heading down to the trout farm by there it would have been horrific for them.
"We did ask if there was anything we could have done but the police said we did everything we could. That was a relief because you always have those 'what ifs' going through your mind.
"Everybody has their own ways of dealing with these things, but you can't let it bring you down. There is nothing we could have done for her."
Mrs Clough said: "It is normally me walking the dog but it was Phil's day off so he decided to do it." "It was probably the same route I would have taken, but I am certainly glad it was not me that day.
"There is a little bridge which he crossed and noticed it from there."
A spokesman for Gloucester-shire Police said: "We were called to the scene at 7.20am on Sunday by the person who found the body. We found a woman from the Swindon area who was 49-year-old in shallow water in the River Coln.
"The woman's partner, who was her next of kin, and the coroner, have been informed.
"The death was originally being treated as unexplained but is now being treated as non-suspicious.
"The woman had been staying in a pub in the area."
A spokesman at the Swan Hotel has confirmed Helen Jones had been staying at the hotel as a guest at the time.
"Our thoughts go out to her friends and family at this difficult time," said the spokesman.


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DAVID Howell admitted he failed to take advantage of his impressive start to round two at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after a disappointing back nine yesterday.
The Broome Manor pro sunk four birdies in the opening nine holes having ended his first round one-over, although three bogeys saw him drop back to only one-under for his round and level par for the tournament.
His effort was enough to make the cut but, sitting nine shots behind leader Craig Lee, Howell regrets not making the most of his chance to put himself right in the mix.
"I played nicely but it was a bit of a game of two halves because I was going really nicely at three-under and it was looking really good, but I didn't make the most of things on the back nine.
"I had one three putt and didn't make any of the other putts I had for birdie and without doing too much wrong the back nine turned into two-over.
"That was frustrating because it looked as if I was going to shoot 67 or 68 and be, not so much in the hunt, but in the mix for a good finish.
"Ultimately it was a good Friday in many ways because we made it through to the weekend which is the first thing."
Despite his slip on the back nine yesterday Howell is still hopeful of a top 20 finish as long as he can have two good days over the course of the weekend.
"If we can move forward both days you never know what can happen, although we are an awful long way from winning," he said.
"Two good days and getting into the top 20 is doable I think and that would be an excellent finish having just scraped through the cut.
"I'm not getting carried away but it's still within reach if I can have one really good day or two nice ones."
Howell teed off for his third round at 3.57am alongside Jose Maria Olazabal.
- The January Joint Stableford due to be played at The Wiltshire today has been cancelled due to the recent wet weather.


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About 200 bar leaders, colleagues and family members celebrated
the beginning of Valerie A. Yarashus' term as 2009-10 president of
the Massachusetts Bar Association on Sept. 24 at the Top of the Hub
in the Prudential Center in Boston.
"The common characteristics of the great ones are a depth of
personal character and exquisite judgment," said Leo V. Boyle,
Yarashus' partner at Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow PC in
Boston, in introducing her. "That is where Valerie excels. She is a
rock to many people."
Yarashus credited her success to the guidance of her mentors and
the support of her colleagues and family; she also thanked the
staff of the MBA. She noted that nearly 100 years ago, 30 lawyers
met to form the MBA as an all-inclusive bar association - at a time
when the profession was anything but - including African-American,
Jewish and women lawyers.
"Together, we are stronger than we are alone," she said.
In recognition of the MBA's centennial celebration next year, as
well as the organization's 50-year members honored at the event,
Yarashus drew a direct line between the MBA's past, present and
"Like the founders of this wonderful organization, these 50-year
honorees have given themselves to causes larger than themselves,"
she said. "They've carried those values with them for the last 50
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A 13-year-old Clarendon Academy pupil who suffered a cardiac arrest while playing football remains in a stable but critical condition in Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Quinton Barham, of Hyde Road, Trowbridge, is on a life support machine while doctors decide if he needs emergency surgery.
His father, Paul Barham, 48, and other members of the family have been by the teenager's side since he collapsed after scoring a hat-trick for Bradford Town Youth in a Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League under 14 cup match against Bromham on Sunday.
He said: "Clarendon College rang this morning to express their concerns and said they were praying for Quinton.
"His friends have rallied round and visited him, although it has been tough on them.
"The doctors have eased off the muscle relaxants and we are hoping he comes off them soon to see how he reacts. This is a critical stage for us."
Quinton's father also paid tribute to the pitch-side assistance given to his son at Bromham after he collapsed.
He said: "It was a long time before they could get a pulse and Quinton was on the ground being worked on for an hour.
"A parent from the Bradford side administered CPR with someone else but paramedics were on the scene within minutes.
"If it wasn't for them he would have died. They are life-savers and I want to thank everyone who was involved. It is so important for everyone on the pitch to have first aid training."


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Bill Clinton Told Billy Eichner He Wants to Be on Billy on the Street
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Move over, Michelle Obama. Bill Clinton may be the next White House resident to appear onBilly on the Street.At least that's what the 42nd president of the United States once told host Billy Eichner. "I did the Colbert show with Bill Clinton back in… Read more


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Is Rihanna trying to bring back the fanny pack? This is the first thing that came to mind yesterday, as I was looking over my favorite celeb site Just Jared. Look at RiRi looking all cute eating M&M's in Dublin, Ireland. She makes casual look chic!
I used to wear a fanny pack when I was little. They are really convenient and this D&G one is pretty hot. It say's that it can even be worn as a cross-body bag. Hmmm??? RiRi is a fashionista and does wear pretty much whatever she wants. But do you think fellow fashionistas throughout the world will follow suit?
What are your thoughts on fanny packs…also known as waist or belt bags.
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Broadcom Updates 802.11ac SoC Lineup with NAS-Friendly BCM5862xby Ganesh T S on 6/3/2013 8:00 AM EST
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DanNeely - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkIs there any indication of how long before routers based on the new chip reach retail, and how much of a cost savings we can expect from the more integrated design? Reply
Kevin G - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkI would have thought that they would have gone for 4 SATA ports + support for RAID5. Similarly, would have guessed an 8 port switch would have made more sense. The costs of adding these features can't be that much higher the 2 SATA and 5 port switch they have integrated. I guess shaving a few dollars in the design? Reply
DanNeely - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkMarket segmenting, or relative shares of the market perhaps? 5 ports is the standard in consumer routers (1 to the modem, 4 to the lan); and I suspect most consumer NASes sold are the smaller 1/2 drive models. Joe user doesn't need more storage than that, and a large fraction of consumers who do are geeks who'd lean towards building their own server to store the data anyway. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkI get the market segmentation angle but I would have thought that it'd be wiser to go bigger and then fuse parts off or via binning create lower end SKU's. How much larger would the chip be if it supported 8 GbE ports instead of 5 GbE? Or two more SATA ports? Reply
DanNeely - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkIt'd depend how large the relative market shares are; if 95% of the sales are for the lower model it's a lot more wasteful than if only 50% are. If the chip size is being driven by the number of output pins not the amount of circuitry needed to drive the outputs the cost of adding more ports would be a lot larger than just the die area for extra controllers. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkMargins also need to be considered. The more capable version can potentially get 5 times the margin for the same silicon with all the enterprise features enabled. So hypothetically 95% of the market is the low end models, the remaining 5% at the high end would drive 25% of the profits.
The number of IO pins for the extra SATA ports and GbE ports are around 40-50 additional pins. There is a cost for adding those to the die as well as the package. Though for the more cost driven consumer parts, the package need not have those extra pins. I couldn't find package information on this chip but the previous generation BCM5300x are available in 400 and 484 pin BGA packages. Speaking of die size, that previous generation was also made on an older 65 nm process. Moving to 40/45 nm would easily allow inclusion of the extra logic for two SATA and three GbE ports. Going from an older MIPs based core to an ARM Cortex A9 would take up some die space afforded by a shrink but not all of it. Might as well go all-in with regards to IO when designing an SoC like this. Reply
fteoath64 - Saturday, July 20, 2013 - linkI do not think a 1.2Ghz A9 DC can handle RAID 5 in software fast enough while doing all the other things it needs to do in the NAS itself. I would expect, this chip would have models scaling to 2Ghz and quadcore variants to handle SOHO NAS of 4 or 5 bays. It would give the Atom and low-end Haswell a run for its money. Also, it seems there is not much demand for 5 port switches, so 8 ports might be just a waste. Reply
zdw - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkThe nicest thing about this is that ARM generally is getting more attention from the software developers, whereas the MIPS platforms are pretty much dead ends aside from a few higher end vendors like Cavium, which ship in much lower volumes.
Hopefully Broadcom will be more open with drivers for their chipsets - the 47xx series was known for having wireless driver issues that kept the *WRT projects back on ancient 2.4.x series Linux kernels for quite a while. Reply


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FRIENDS and families of elderly people in Worcestershire are being urged to look out for them after an increase in distraction burglaries and bank frauds across the areas.
West Mercia Police is urging people to be aware of the risks following distraction burglaries, bogus cold callers and courier fraud particularly targeting elderly and vulnerable people.
The warning comes just weeks after an 89-year-old woman from Atherston was conned out of £100,000 by "callous" scammers posing as bank officials and police.
Police are advising people to be careful when opening their door to people and suggest these cold callers should be spoken to through a window or using a door chain.
The public are also being warned not to give out personal information or bank details over the phone. If there is any doubt, request a phone number from the person you are speaking with, hang up and contact police for advice.
If you have any concerns for yourself or a relative, friend or neighbour regarding scams, please call police on the non-emergency number 101.
To give information anonymously, contact the independent charity, Crimestoppers, on 0800 555 111 or via the website www.crimestoppers-uk.org


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A number of new ebookstores opened in Australia during 2013, while others closed. Andrea Hanke rounds-up some of the recent developments in the local ebook market.
While the news was announced partway through 2012, the withdrawal of Google as a local book retailing partner in January 2013 was one of the first major upsets of the year, affecting local partners Dymocks, Booktopia, the Co-op and QBD, although QBD was not yet selling ebooks at the time of Google's withdrawal.
This followed in March with the news that ebook distributor OverDrive would discontinue ebook sales from its Booki.sh platform in June. Booki.sh, a home-grown ebook platform provider that was purchased by OverDrive in 2012, helped a number of indie booksellers launch their ebookstores, including Avid Reader, Gleebooks, Fullers, Imprints, Mary Ryan's and Books for Cooks. These ebookstores subsequently closed. 'Ebooks, in my opinion, have been a major headache for any but the biggest Australian retailers, all along,' said Gleebooks co-owner David Gaunt at the time.
In March, Australian ebookstore Booku, along with online print bookstore Boomerang Books, was put up for sale. Booku eventually closed in August, while Boomerang continues to trade through its partnership with Pages & Pages Booksellers.
In April, a new ebook retailer emerged on the scene. JB HiFi launched its own ebookstore offering ebooks in PDF and EPUB formats for all devices that support Adobe digital rights management, as well as dedicated ereading apps for Apple and Android devices. The retailer was already selling a range of ereaders, including Sony and Kobo devices.
Slipping under the radar somewhat, German ereading company txtr also launched Australian and New Zealand ebookstores in the first half of the year, offering local ebook titles alongside international ones.
Pages & Pages Booksellers made headlines in April when it announced that it would introduce a 'Kindle amnesty', asking customers to trade in their Amazon Kindles for BeBook ereaders and raising awareness about the limitations of the Kindle. While only a few customers took the bookseller up on its offer, Pages & Pages general manager Jon Page said that the promotion led to 'countless conversations with customers who have been considering buying a Kindle and have changed their mind'.
In May, Sony opened its Reader Store in Australia, offering a range of local and international ebooks. While the store is aimed at users of Sony Reader devices, the ebooks can be used on any devices that support the EPUB format.
Also in May, QBD become the first Australian retailer to launch an ebookstore powered by ebook provider Copia, and was soon followed by a number of other booksellers around the country, including: Farrell's, Mary Martin, Dillons Norwood, UNSW Bookshop, The Turning Page, Better Books and Paperbark Merchants. Several other booksellers opened Copia-powered online stores in the second half of 2013.
Also announced in June was the long-awaited launch of TitlePage Plus by the Australian Publishers Association and Thorpe-Bowker, which gave Australian retailers local availability and other information on print and digital books.
Big W became the first discount department store in Australia to enter the ebook market, launching its ebookstore, powered by OverDrive, in September. The store offers ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats, which can be read on all devices that support Adobe digital rights management. Big W was already selling a range of ereaders and tablets, including Kobo, Kindle and Samsung products.
In October, Kobo announced a partnership with the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), similar to partnerships signed with independent booksellers in New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, and the US. ABA member booksellers who sign up will be able to sell Kobo devices in their stores, and will also get a percentage of the sales of ebooks purchased by their customers from the Kobo store. 'It has been a mystery to me why it has taken this long to find a straightforward, cost-effective solution to allow bookshops the opportunity to provide ebooks and ereaders in their suite of services. Kobo has provided a simple, elegant, comprehensive and inexpensive entry point,' said ABA CEO Joel Becker at the time.
The only ABA member store to start selling Kobo ebooks and ereaders before Christmas was Pages & Pages, which previously sold ebooks through the ebook supplier ReadCloud, although the ABA has confirmed that another seven booksellers have signed-up. In Australia, Kobo also supplies ebooks and ereaders to Collins Booksellers and online retailer Bookworld.
The year ended with a flurry of new ebookstore announcements. In November, the rumours that Amazon was launching a Kindle store in Australia were finally confirmed. The Kindle store went live on 13 November at www.amazon.com.au, a domain name that the retailer has owned since 2004 and which previously directed Australian consumers to the amazon.co.uk site. The local site does not, however, sell print books.
Around the same time, Optus also launched its own ebookstore, powered by OverDrive, with ebooks available in EPUB and PDF formats and able to be read on devices that support Adobe digital rights management. Existing Optus customers can pay for their purchases from their pre-paid mobile account or monthly mobile bill, while new customers can purchase ebooks and audiobooks using Paypal.
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it is sweet and spicy and because it uses ground turkey breast it is fast to cook and healthier than a beef burger
Burgers are a favorite menu item in our house. In an attemp to add variety I started making turkey burgers. I started by seasoning them in the same manner that I would a beef burger.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving all year long with this tasty and moist burger! It's a great "day-after" Thanksgiving meal. Your family won't even know that your using up the Thanksgiving left-overs!
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Good morning and Merry, Merry, Merry to everyone. Hope you all got what you wanted under your tree (sorry, Orr. I know you didn't). More importantly, I hope you all are happy and in good health and able to spend today with family or friends.
No hockey today as the NHL does what the NBA and the NFL can't do: The right thing. Players and fans should not be taken away from loved ones on this day.
But … I know you still crave hockey, and MSG Network is taking care of some of that craving with five special episodes of Rangers in 60 tonight starting at 5:30.
Now here comes the skeptical Carp (even on Christmas). They are selling this programming as Brian Leetch's favorites. Well, I love Leetch as much as anybody, as a person and a player, but I'm not buying for one second that these are his five favorite moments or games or anything else … certainly not the last two. I mean, if Leetch could have actually picked his top five, they would all have come from his playing career, and probably all from the '93-94 season. But even if he went outside that season, they wouldn't include a 2-1 first-round playoff victory in a series the Rangers lost last spring, and they absolutely would not include a regular-season game this year, against Columbus for Byfuglien's sake.
And how about one of those episodes being about him: Maybe his Game 7 against the Devils, with that unbelievable first goal? Or the game in Vancouver when he set up the winner (and pulled down Pavel Bure for the penalty shot)? Or something from his rookie year or anything from one of his Norris years, or his Conn Smythe Trophy? Or one of his postseason hat tricks? How about Gretzky's last game?
Be that as it may, I know Brian wasn't involved in the choosing of the episodes, but he will help narrate them, so that should be interesting. Here's the schedule.
5:30 p.m.: Rangers at Edmonton — Graves Scores #50 and #51 (3/23/94).
6:30 p.m.: '94 Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 Rangers at Devils — Messier's "Guarantee" (5/25/94).
7:30 p.m.: Toronto at Rangers — Richter passes Giacomin for all-time Rangers wins (1/18/01).
8:30 p.m.: 2009 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 4 — Rangers at Washington: Lundqvist 2-1 victory (4/22/09).
9:30 p.m.: Columbus at Rangers – Gaborik 4-point game (11/23/09).
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The 26th Annual Riordan Programs Gala
It's that time of year again...The 26th Annual Riordan Programs Gala is roaring in to 2013!
On March 9th 2013, grab your fur stole, your spats, and practice your Charleston moves as the evening pays homage to the 1920s. Please join the Riordan Fellow class of 2013 for a wonderful black tie, casino night affair. The evening will be filled with live music, speeches from our distinguished honorees and philanthropic revelry with a silent and live auction.
Here's what else we have planned for the evening:
Casino Games!
Live Entertainment!
Exciting Raffle Prizes! (Vacation rentals, wine tastings, group cooking classes etc)
Speciality cocktails!
We will also be honoring Dean Judy Olian, Cesar Alvarado and present a special Lifetime Achievement Award to the Little Rock Nine.
Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Under her leadership, UCLA Anderson has hired a record number of faculty from the world's best research institutions, launched new degree and certificate programs, initiated a diverse set of global degree and immersion courses, and developed targeted partnerships with an emphasis on Asia and Latin America.
In 1989, Cesar was a low-income immigrant from El Salvador at Belmont High in Los Angeles, CA. He was invited to attend a Saturday session at UCLA one Saturday and it was the first time he'd ever walked onto a college campus. 8 years later through hard work, dedication and perseverance, Cesar received his JD from UCLA in 1997.
Currently, Cesar litigates complex commercial cases with an emphasis on multi-party environmental tort litigation, products liability, premises liability and general litigation. He is based in Walnut Creek and is a member of the Contra Costa County Bar Association, Contra Costa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association.
Ernest Green, The Little Rock Nine
Accepting this award will be Ernest G. Green. Mr. Green and eight other black students were the first to integrate Central High following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education that declared segregation illegal. They later would become known as the "Little Rock Nine."
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- PS3 Outsells Xbox 360:
might wanna get that fixed or sold im sure youl get a high price for it once repaired
- PS3 Outsells Xbox 360:
Mine already exploded, it lasted 6 years tough, in that time i had 3, count them 3! xboxes, and i KNOW that im not alone in this, so even whit rampaging rrods on the xbox side, PS3 managed to beat them in sales, good for them, (i had one of the original 600 dollars 80 gig PS3s with full backwars compatibility and the cool card reader on the front, it YLOD a couple of months ago… so sad, the slim ones are so tiny and ugly in comparison)
- PS3 Outsells Xbox 360:
Wow, people who spend upwards of a 1000 dollars on a PC gaming machine cant afford a 150 dollars wii?, heck just buy it with the game beat it fast then return it for store credit (and get more PC games with it) at least in the US and most first world coutries you can do that
- PS3 Outsells Xbox 360:
It is only a matter of politics. Here in Brazil we pay a minimum of 87% tax on any electronics imports. M$ is the only one with the $$$ to afford producing it here, since they have big $$$ to spend. A retail, barebones PS3 costs now 20-jan-2013 about US$ 685. http://www.americanas.com.br/produto/111954114/console-oficial-playstation-3-slim-250-gb-sony For this insane price tag you can buy two x360 barebones or one premium with 04 games and 03 months gold membership, since four games cost the …
- PS3 Outsells Xbox 360:
Brazil is the only country of South America that XBOX 360 is the leader. They have a strong support for the console and have a fantastic install base. Other countries even with the pirated 360 are not Xbox dominated. You got your numbers bad about Chile, sum up Zmart and the rest of the retailers and PS3 is largely above any other. Bluray is a big reason but anyways. Also in Argentina the rate of PS3 againt Xbox is almost 8 to 1 in favor of PS3. Countries like Paraguay and Peru have more PS3 …
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Sonic says "No!" to Fascism, but he says "Yes" to inflation and diaper fetishes.
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Beauty Road Test: Bangstyle Volumizing Shampoo + Condition and Smoothing Lotion
Bangstyle gives you the tools you need to create the 'do you want!
-Lucia Peters
It's that time again, Bettys: My head has yet again become a science experiment. But hey, at least it's a fun science experiment! You see, a whole bunch of fantastic Bangstyle hair products ($15 – $20, available at professional salons only) just landed in our mailbox, so of course I had to test them out! Bangstyle is an independently produced artisan hair care range developed by artists for stylists and trendsetters worldwide. The goal is to give you the tools you need to create the 'do you want. Neat, right? And even better, all of Bangstyle's products feature color safe formulas with no parbens, solfates, and sodium chloride—plus they include sunscreen to protect your locks from the sun. Now, on with the show!
First, a surprise. Are you ready for this?
I used a volumizing shampoo.
I know, I know: What?! Volumizing shampoo? Isn't that the last thing that a person with Hermione Granger hair should be using? Usually the answer to this question is yes, but hear me out.
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Since I break out my trusty flatiron pretty much whenever I wear my hair down, I can usually get it to behave as long as I expend enough energy beating it into submission. But as we all know, sometimes flatirons have the unfortunate side of effect of not just straightening hair, but also making it… well, flat. Flat in that "limp, wet noodle" kind of way. But here is what I discovered: Lathering up my unruly locks with Bangstyle's Volumizing Shampoo ($15) and Conditioner ($16) combo, then hitting it with a flatiron helps it keeps its body while it goes through the literal ringer. The result? Straight, tame hair without losing all that gorgeous bounce!
Before I hit my hair with the blow dryer or the straightening iron, though, there's one more step first: A dose of Bangstyle's Smoothing Lotion ($20). Rather than using silicone, this stuff relies on olive oil and keratin amino acids to tame your locks; it also amps up the shine factor, as well as adding just enough holding power to keep everything in place.
Bangstyle has a whole range of products, from shampoos and conditioners to matte clay and sea salt mist, so odds are there's something there that will be perfect for your hair type. Alas, they're only available at professional salons; however, Bangstyle's handy location guide will let you know which locations near you at which you can get them. Bangstyle's website is worth checking out all on its own, too—it's about way more than just hair. It's a whole community, and there's some fantastic editorial stuff to browse.
What are you waiting for? Get stylin'!
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The Winnipeg Jets have gone from intentions to actions in the last week.
It has transformed a team on a five-game losing streak into one with a three-game winning run after Thursday's night's 7-2 spanking of the Florida Panthers.
Now with 44 points — the same as the eighth-seeded and idle New York Rangers — after 42 games, the Jets have at least qualified for a run at a Stanley Cup playoff spot with their final six games.
Thursday allowed them to keep pace with all the winners ahead of and around them, still just two points off the Southeast Division lead held by the Washington Capitals.
"We might have been talking about it but we've been doing it," Jets left-winger Evander Kane said after two goals against the Panthers. "That's the difference from maybe those five games on the losing streak. Now we're on a bit of a winning streak. Instead of talking, we're just going out and doing it and I think it's good to see."
First period
Aaron Gagnon's second goal in two games for the Jets started a flurry at 3:54 — by 6:31 it was 2-2 after Kane also scored for Winnipeg and T.J. Brennan and Tomas Fleischmann answered twice for Florida.
Later in the period, Bryan Little found captain Andrew Ladd streaking to the net and the two connected for a pretty goal to put the home side ahead 3-2.
"I thought it was an entertaining game," said Jets coach Claude Noel. "It had ebbs and flows that I would have liked to have been more in control of but that's what you get."
Second period
When Florida's George Parros took down Alexander Burmistrov at mid-period, it opened the floodgates. Little found Clitsome for a power-play goal — Winnipeg's first since March 26 in Carolina, ending a seven-game drought — and then Dustin Byfuglien and Kane scored on the next two shots to chase Florida starter Jacob Markstrom.
The three goals in 1:53 gave the Jets 10 second-period goals in the last three games.
"I thought Laddy's goal was really big, getting us the lead going into the second," Kane said. "I think our seconds have really been the difference in these last three games. We've come out and wanted to kind of bury teams early in the game, not wait around until the third period and we did a good job of that tonight."
Third period
Chris Thorburn tipped in Ron Hainsey's point shot at 11:53 for the final margin. Florida, last in the Eastern Conference, had played six straight one-goal games (and won four of them) before Thursday.
After the buzzer
Noel said after the game Little, who had another dynamic night, was fine after being head-checked by Florida's Erik Gudbranson late in the second.
"I think he's been skating the best I've seen him here in some time," Noel said. "Certainly in successive games. I find that is really standing out more than anything. And he's playing really intelligent."
Added Ladd: "He's got great vision. We've seen that since he's been here. He's a good setup guy, he's got great speed to open up space for himself and find guys and it's pretty standard for him. He's been pretty good the last three years since I've been playing with him."


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There's nothing better than a warm-from-the-oven muffin with some butter and a hot cup of coffee or a cold glass of milk in the morning. I even enjoy a muffin for an afternoon snack or an after-dinner dessert.
Cranberry Muffins
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons finely ground orange rind
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/3 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cups chopped dried cranberries
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 375°. Lightly grease about 12 muffin tins. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients (flour through orange rinds) in a large bowl. Combine milk, egg and applesauce in a separate bowl. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir well. Stir in cranberries and walnuts. Fill muffins cups about 2/3 full. Sprinkle tops with additional sugar. Bake 25 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving. Makes 1 dozen.
These chocolate raspberry muffins are dynamite. I like them warm with a tad of butter on them. Yum, yum, yum!
Chocolate Chunk Raspberry Muffin
1 10-ounce package frozen package raspberries, thawed and drained
2 cups flour
3/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cups milk
1/3 cup oil
1 6-ounce raspberry yogurt (not whipped)
1 12-ounce package Nestle Chocolate chunks
Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients. Stir in berries and chunks. Fill greased muffin pans 3/4 full. Bake at 400° for 18 minutes or so.
Sedberry Inn Pineapple Muffins
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, beaten
3 cups, flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 16-ounce can crushed pineapple
2 tablespoons orange extract
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons orange extract
Cream butter and sugar (do not over beat). Add beaten eggs and beat lightly. Add dry ingredients, then pineapple and flavoring, mixing only until blended. Bake in greased muffin tins at 350° for about 20 minutes. Do not allow muffins to brown. Ice with icing while the muffins are still hot. For icing: In saucepan, heat the milk and butter, but do not boil. Add the powdered sugar and extract, mix well. Yield 3 dozen.
Blueberry Oat Muffins
1 cup quick oats
1 cup sour milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup melted butter
1 cup blueberries
To sour milk, add 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice to 7/8 cup milk, let stand several minutes. Combine oats and sour milk in small bowl, let stand. Combine oats and sour milk in small bowl, let stand. In bowl combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and brown sugar, stir well to blend. Add egg and melted butter to oat mixture, mix well. Add oat mixture, all at once, to dry ingredients. Stir just until all ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in blueberries. Fill well greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 350°.
Cinnamon Mini Muffins
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup skim milk
1/3 cup margarine, melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup margarine, melted
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and allspice. Combine the egg, milk and margarine, mix well. Stir into dry ingredients, just until moistened. Spoon into greased or paper lined mini muffin cups. Bake at 400° for 12 to 14 minutes or until muffins test done. For topping, combine sugar and cinnamon. Brush the tops of warm muffins with margarine, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Makes 2 dozen.
Cappuccino Muffins
Expresso Spread
4 ounces cream cheese
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon coffee granules
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cups sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
1/2 cup butter or oleo, melted
1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips
Combine spread ingredients and refrigerate until serving. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, stir milk and coffee granules, until coffee is dissolved. Add butter, eggs and milk, mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Fill muffins cups 2/3 full. Bake at 375° for 17 to 20 minutes.
Baked Apple Muffins
4 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 cup lard or shortening
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups peeled and grated apples
1/2 cup oleo
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Sift together flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Cut in lard or shortening. Beat together eggs and milk and stir in apples. Add apple mixture, all at once, to dry ingredients. Mix quickly but thoroughly. Dough will be very thick. Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full or put into cupcake papers. Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Five minutes before done, melt oleo. Combine and set aside 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Remove muffins from tins, immediately roll tops in melted butter then in cinnamon sugar.
Six Week Buttermilk Bran Muffins
1 15-ounce box of Raisin Bran
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
5 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup salad oil
1 quart buttermilk
1 29-ounce can fruit cocktail, drained
Mix cereal, sugar, flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Add beaten eggs, oil and buttermilk and mix together well. Fold in drained fruit. Refrigerate overnight. Do not stir again. Fill greased muffin tins about 2/3 full. Bake at 400° for 15 to 20 minutes. Dough will keep in refrigerator for six weeks Makes 6 to 7 dozen muffins.
Blueberry Streusel Muffins
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg, beaten
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter or oleo
In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add egg, mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in blueberries. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full. In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes or until browned. Makes 1 dozen.
I hope this will give you a few easy muffins recipes. Enjoy trying something different. If you need to reach me, you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or drop a line to my attention to the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.


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