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Episode 204: Triggerman
A man on the phone says that people used to understand things like dignity and respect, and tells the man at the other end to take care of it.
Reese is across the street from a recently remodeled restaurant, Grand, watching the newest Number, Riley Cavanaugh. He works for racketeer George Massey and Massey's son Eddie. Riley has no living family and a high school education. All he's done is drive a truck for Massey for the last several years. Reese decides to go in and sits at a nearby table and clones Riley's phone. The hostess, Annie Delaney, tells him that his server will be there shortly and the owner comes over to check on George. They chat and George tells the owner, Al, to pay up. When Al asks for more time, George isn't impressed and tells him to pay up right away. Riley flashes a gun and says that the next time he'll come by to collect.
George calls Annie over and asks if she's found somebody. She reminds him that her husband, Sean, was one of his and died and George admits that it's tragic but Sean worked with the Russians. When Annie points out that Sean worked for him, George reminds her that Sean was a gambler and got in too deep. He tells her to accept it but Annie says that Sean was a sweet guy until he started working for George. She asks who will miss him when he's gone and walks away, and George abruptly leaves with Eddie and Riley. Reese and Finch, listening in, are both impressed.
George and his men go to a bar and Reese follows them. They check their phones at the bar and George goes into the restroom. Finch clones the other phones through Riley's while Reese spills a drink on his jacket and bumps into George, slipping a bug into his jacket. George, offended, tells his men to throw Reese out and then the racketeer goes in the back and complains about Annie's lack of respect. Riley suggests that he pay her a visit and tell her to drop the subject. George agrees but tells him to make Annie disappear. When Riley hesitates, pointing out that it might hurt morale to kill the wife of a mob widow, George tells him to worry about his morale and to take Eddie with him.
That night, Reese follows Eddie and Riley and Finch informs him that Annie was widowed nine months ago when Sean was killed by the Russian mobs before Elias took over. The two enforcers pull up at Annie's apartment and Riley assures Eddie that he'll dispose of the body. George calls Eddie and tells him to take care of Riley first because he didn't come clean. Eddie hesitates and then assures his father that he can handle it. Reese, listening in, realizes that Riley may be the victim after all.
Before he can move in, there are muzzle flashes inside the enforcers' car and it goes out of control. Riley staggers out and calls Annie at her apartment. She knows him and Riley tells him that George must have found out about them. He says that he had to kill Eddie and assures Annie that things will be all right. Riley tells her to go to their place and he'll meet her there soon. Finch and Reese realize that they now have two people to protect.
The next morning, Reese follows Riley and Finch suggests that they should protect Annie but not Riley. He says that Riley is a killer and not worth the risk, but Reese reminds him that he was a killer. When Finch reminds Reese that the police will be looking for Riley for Eddie's murder, Reese calls Carter and sends her to the address where Eddie's body ended up. Meanwhile, Riley goes toward his apartment but spots two of George's men and ducks out of sight. Reese and Finch realize that they'll be looking for Annie as well and that someone needs to check on her. Finch hesitates and then says that he'll go there. Reese spots Riley slip away and goes after him, while Finch tells Bear that he'll be fine.
Carter goes to the crime scene and finds her friend, Detective Szymanski, covering the crime scene. They look at Eddie's body and figure the shooter was in the car. They find his cell phone with a blocked call and several missed calls after that that they figure were from George.
Finch goes to Annie's apartment and confirms that she's gone. He looks around the apartment and finds a desktop photo of the New York City landscape. Meanwhile, Reese follows Riley but loses him when he's forced to duck back.
Szymanski takes Carter to George's bar and introduces her to the racketeer. They inform him about Eddie's death but he already knows about it and doesn't seem particularly concerned. When Carter calls him on it, George assures her that she'll see his feelings when they find the killer. She asks him who made the blocked call but George tells her to focus on the killer. Carter notices that none of his men are there and figures that they're out looking for the killer and George already knows who it is. He tells her that she'll never know if he finds the killer. As they go, Fusco sits at the bar and drinks, and overhears George call and tell his men that he wants to know as soon as Riley and Annie turn up.
Finch goes back to the Library and measures the angles of the photo to determine where it was taken. The address is Riley's first home, four blocks from Reese's current location. Reese gets there and finds Riley and Annie on the roof. He's saying that he wants to get her out of town alone but she refuses to go without him. Annie reminds him that he gave her his number after Sean was dead and promised to be there for her, and when she called about a broken water heater he came to help. She insists that she needs to know she can count on him.
Riley agrees to leave with her and he takes a duffel bag from an air vent. However, he discovers that it's empty except for a cell phone. The phone rings--it's George, who tells Riley that he knows about his stash. George's men come outside and open fire, and Reese takes them out from behind while Annie and Riley run downstairs. Reese goes after them and finds Riley waiting for him. He shoots Reese and then leaves, but Reese is okay because of his bulletproof shirt. However, by the time he gets to the street, Riley and Annie have escaped.
Carter and Szymanski get a call that the fingerprints in the car belong to Riley and get the call about the shooting at Riley's home. They figure Riley is the killer and George is looking for him.
At George' bar, Fusco continues drinking and watches as George's men come in to see their boss.
Reese goes to the library and Finch wonders if he's reconsidering his decision to protect him. He goes back to trying to locate Annie and Riley, while Fusco calls to tell Reese that he's overheard George putting out a million-dollar contract on the couple. Once Finch cuts off, he warns that every hired gun in the city will be looking for them. However, they figure that George is too small-fry to do it on his own and that he will reach out to someone, and they both know who. While Finch goes to check out their hunch, Reese figures he knows where Riley is going to get money.
As Reese goes back to Grand, Carter calls and asks why he's protecting Riley. Reese explains what is going on and Carter warns him that Szymanski plans to bring in Riley one way or another. She's less than thrilled when Reese tells her to keep Szymanski away from Riley. Meanwhile, Reese spots Anne and Riley going into the restaurant. She borrows all the money Al can spare and he warns her that George's men came by earlier, asking for her. Al notices Riley and asks if Annie is okay and she assures him that she is.
Reese spots two hired guns moving in to collect the bounty. Riley spots them as well and gets out the back with Annie. When the two men follow the couple, Reese is waiting and takes them out. He checks in with Finch, who is at the prison meeting with Elias. Finch points out that Reese saved Charlie Burton ("Witness") and Elias realizes that he's dealing with Reese's employer. The mobster thanks Finch for saving his life and Finch points out that he still controls the city's underworld. Elias complains he has nothing to do in prison and he can't find a decent chess partner, and asks why Finch is there. Finch explains that they need help with George. They have Riley under his protection and Elias dismisses George, saying that the people lurking in the shadows are the ones to watch out for. Finch asks him to withhold his assistance if George asks for it and Elias agrees... for a price.
Riley and Annie go to the train station and Riley has her stay put while he gets train tickets. Reese follows them in and Finch calls to tell him that Elias has ordered everyone to stay away from the couple. One killer, Ochoa, moves in and Reese spots him, but the bounty hunter backs away when two policemen move in on Riley. Ochoa starts a fire to distract the cops and abducts Annie. Riley runs after Ochoa and Reese runs after both of them. When Finch wonders why Reese is protecting a killer, he inadvertently blurts out that Riley is bad code. Reese doesn't know what he means and Finch tells him to forget it. As he heads for his car, Reese explains that Riley is going to find George before Ochoa delivers Annie to the racketeers. Meanwhile, Fusco calls Finch and tells him that George slipped out the back.
Reese grabs Riley and pulls him into an alley. After a brief fight, Reese takes Riley down and says that he knows what Riley has been doing to protect Annie. Reese also points out that the Russians wouldn't have killed Sean when he still owes money and then left the body in their own territory. Riley lunges at him and Reese pins him to the wall, and the enforcer explains that Sean was skimming from George to pay the Russians back. Reese figures that Riley is right... but that he was the one who made the hit on Sean. Riley says that George assigned him to watch Annie to make sure that she didn't ask too many questions, but he fell for her instead. Reese warns him that he can't run away from what he's done, and Riley says that he knows what he is and he'll do whatever he can to save her. After a moment, Reese gives Riley his gun back and warns him that he can't go half-cocked.
As Reese and Riley head down the street, a police car moves in and they hide between a dumpster in an alleyway. Reese calls Carter, who realizes that Reese is with Riley. He tells Carter that it's about saving Annie and that he'll turn Riley in himself if he's wrong. Carter considers what he's saying and then gives Szymanski a false tip about a sighting. The police car in the alleyway leaves and Finch tells Reese that George has left. Riley realizes that George is heading for a nightclub, The Emerald Pearl, that he uses to dispose of bodies.
That night at The Pearl, George meets with Ochoa. He turns Annie over to George and says that Riley ran for it. Ochoa asks for his money and settles for half. Meanwhile, Reese brings Riley to the door to the club and says he wants his reward.
Inside, George condemns Annie for causing trouble and explains that he had Sean killed for stealing from him. The racketeer says that Riley knows what really happened to Sean. Before he can explain, an armed Riley comes in, threatening to shoot anyone who moves. George is glad to see him and starts to tell Annie about Riley's part in Sean's murder. Reese comes in to back up Riley and a gunfight breaks out. Riley gets Annie to cover and tells Reese to get her to the kitchen because he's closer. Annie refuses to go without Riley but he tells her that it's okay. She reluctantly goes with Reese and one of the thugs shoots Riley in the chest. George comes over and says that he should have killed Riley himself, and Riley echoes Annie's words earlier that no one will miss either one of them. They both fire, hitting each other.
Finch pulls up outside and Reese gets her into the car and then goes back for Riley. When he comes in, he discovers that the bounty hunter killed Riley and escaped. Reese finds a train ticket on the enforcer's body and leaves.
Later, Reese takes Annie to the train station and gives her the single ticket. She realizes that Riley wasn't going to go with her and Reese says that the triggerman knew that he'd have to stay behind. Annie admits that she was fooling herself into thinking that she could change him, but Reese assures her that Riley said that she was the best thing that ever happened to him. As she leaves for New Mexico, Finch comes in and Reese asks what he meant about "bad code." His partner explains that it applies to machines and that humans can evolve... even a killer. As they go, Reese asks what Elias wanted in return for calling off the bounty.
Finch goes to see Elias and plays chess against him.
As Ochoa prepares to leave town, Reese tracks him to his apartment. He offers Reese the money but Reese just smiles and says that he's not there for the money.


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The category of "best player yet to win a major" changes frequently. Dustin Johnson is the latest candidate for the dubious honours that, nonetheless, suggest just how capable a player is. The 29-year-old who hits the ball miles and who has shown plenty of touch with the shorter shots won the HSBC Champions in Shanghai by three shots over Ian Poulter. What's next, the Masters in five months?
The win was Johnson's eighth of his career, and his first in a World Golf Championships event. He's won at least one PGA Tour event in each of the last seven years. He does it with so much ease sometimes that you wonder why he isn't winning multiple times every year. Golf is a tough game and all that, but still, Johnson, or "DJ" as everybody on tour knows him, is super-talented.
I first saw him years ago at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. I'd heard about this young, long-hitting golfer from South Carolina whose swing was long and lazy, a la Ernie Els, and explosive. I hung out on the range maybe 20 yards behind him to get a sense of what he could do. He could do a lot. For one thing, he had that magic formula of high launch/low spin down, whatever club he had in his hands. The ball took off in the clouds and appeared to go higher and higher. When would it come down?
Johnson was just starting his PGA Tour career. Much later, I went out to follow him in the last round of the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. He'd shot 71-70-66 and held a three-shot lead over Graeme McDowell, then in second place. Johnson missed the green on the second hole with a wedge in his hands. His ball finished in a weird spot in the high rough right of the green. Johnson went at it left-handed. The shot didn't come off. He played his next shot too quickly, as he acknowledged later. It looked like he took no time at all to think out the shot.
In the end–and it was all but the end for his chances in that U.S. Open–Johnson triple-bogeyed the hole. He was imploding. He took an aggressive line on the par-four, dogleg left third hole, and drove into the trees on the direct line to the green. The ball was found, but about 20 seconds after the five-minute limit for finding it had expired. Johnson was already on his way back to the tee. He double-bogeyed the hole and went on to shoot 82 and finish in a tie for eighth, five shots behind the champion McDowell.
Two months later Johnson tied for fifth in the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc. But what a way to post a top-five finish. He took a one-shot lead to the last hole, and drove into what he didn't recognize as a bunker to the right of the 18th fairway. It was an easy mistake to make, given the scrappy appearance of the bunkers. It was easy to think they were waste areas rather than bunkers, even though officials had advised players over and over that they were indeed bunkers.
Johnson bogeyed the hole, and figured he was in a playoff. But he was informed that he had grounded his club in a bunker, not a waste area. He was assessed a two-shot penalty and fell into a tie for fifth place. Goodbye chance at that major.
Next up in the count of a "near-major" for Johnson was the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George's in Sandwich, Eng. He started the final round a shot behind Darren Clarke and was still contending when he reached the par-five 14th hole. He hit his second shot out of bounds, and that was that. Johnson tied for second, three shots behind winner Clarke.
Was Johnson showing a propensity for hitting poor shots when it most mattered? He'd hit a few, for sure, and he had said he needed to learn to be more patient. Now, the RBC Canadian Open is not exactly a major–well, it's the fifth major for Canadians, as they like to say and as they do believe–but still, it's a national championship and a nice tournament to win. Johnson was tied for the lead last July at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. on Sunday when he stood on the tee at the par-four 17th hole. It's a driver hole, for him, as he would say later. He apparently didn't consider hitting less club off the tee, although he's so long he didn't need driver.
Johnson pushed his drive out of bounds and tripled the hole. Goodbye Canadian Open. He tied for eighth in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in Rochester, NY the next week–another top-10 in a major–but he wants and is capable of much more.
Now he's won his first WGC event. Asked in Shanghai whether he thought the win would help in his quest to win his first major, Johnson said, "Yeah, I mean, this is probably my biggest win, and with the field and the tournament, World Golf Championships. Hopefully there's just better things to come."
One thing seems certain. When the season of the majors begins in April at the Masters, the golf world will have anointed Johnson the best player yet to win a major. It's his honour, one he'd like to soon give up.
RELATED LINK: More blogs from Lorne Rubenstein
Lorne Rubenstein has written a golf column for The Globe and Mail since 1980. He has played golf since the early 1960s and was the Royal Canadian Golf Association's first curator of its museum and library at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario and the first editor of Score, Canada's Golf Magazine, where he continues to write a column and features. He has won four first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America, one National Magazine Award in Canada, and he won the award for the best feature in 2009 from the Golf Journalists Association of Canada. Lorne has written 12 books, including Mike Weir: The Road to the Masters (2003); A Disorderly Compendium of Golf, with Jeff Neuman (2006); This Round's on Me (2009); and the latest Moe & Me: Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf's Mysterious Genius (2012). He is a member of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. Lorne can be reached at email@example.com. You can now follow him on Twitter @lornerubensteinReport Typo/Error
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"Cream", the second single off Diamonds and Pearls, might be Prince's least well-known #1 hit, with one possible exception. It was his fifth and final (thus far) #1, after "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Kiss", and "Batdance". It is his only #1 single that can't be connected to a motion picture.
The low grumblings that open the song are cinematic, in a way—they give hint to the porn-like atmosphere that is to come on "Gett Off". But then Michael Bland's drums kick in, brightly, and a melodic guitar line enters that will serve as a continual counterpart to—a conversation partner for, really—Prince.
The mood is smooth and relaxed, though the first words Prince sings are as if the moment is momentous: "This is it / Time for you to go to the wire". This is something other than a crisis, though—it's more a "you can do it" confidence boost, one with (of course) heavy sexual overtones. But it's also one that plays into the cool swagger that is essential to Diamonds and Pearls.
"Cream" has a casual, locked-in groove, though a somewhat jumpy one, and also a lot of playful guitar, a reminder that Diamonds and Pearls is a great guitar album. The song showcases the band, but Prince's guitar stands out above all, sounding somewhat ghostly but also Bonnie Raitt-ish. The best guitar moment is one similar to the "talk guitar talk" moment from "Daddy Pop", where the instrument enters the lyrics as a character. This time it's "Look up in the air / It's your guitar", and then an unusual solo.
Prince sings that line, and the song overall, in a breathy smooth way that's almost a whisper, but purposely not so. He displays his status as a ringleader/guru, telling us to set ourselves, or at least our bodies, free. That's summed up by his lines "Do your dance / Why would you wait any longer / Take your chance / It'll only make you stronger".
But he's flirting, too, and that's in the words—"You've got the horn so why don't you blow it (come on and blow it)" and then "You're filthy cute and baby you know it"—but also the way he sings them, with a naughty wink. The last word of the song is "boogie!", but the gentleness of that instruction is what makes it stand out. Of all his calls for us to dance (or "dance"…wink, wink), it's one of the sweetest.
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With some surveys showing that 20% of all help desk calls are password issues, one can understand the wrath that a technician may lob toward an unsuspecting user. On the other hand, with more and more help desks understaffed or sending work to overseas locales like India, where language issues can come into play, end user angst can rouse sympathy as well.
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Three NHL playoff games were played Saturday night : Wings/Preds, Ducks/Stars and Habs/Bruins. All were game two match-ups and pivotal games as it determined who would go up 2-0 in the series, or if the teams changed cities tied at 1.The Wings and Habs bought in entirely to the old adage "There's no place like home". The Ducks, not so much.
The first game of the Day had the Detroit Redwings hosting the Nashville Predators. This afternoon game saw the Redwings take another game away from the Preds who, by this time, have to be talking to themselves after they have experienced two games full of bad bounces and, according to the Preds brass, bad officiating. In this game, not only was one of their goals disallowed, but the Preds continued their bad habit of taking penalties, not only while they, themseves were on the Power-play, but also in the late stages of the game. The Preds proved that they can play with the Redwings, but they have to remain disciplined and worry less about bad calls, because eventually, they will even out. The series heads to Nashville where the Preds will try and mount their comeback. It will be a long, hard road before there is even talk about making it back to Detroit for a game 5.
The game I was most anticipating, obviously, was the Montreal/Boston match-up and if the Bruins weren't talking to themselves after the 4-1 beat-down they took on Thursday, they most definitely have to be asking themselves "what now" after they played their best game against the Habs this year and still were not able to solve the enigmatic Canadiens dominance over them. The Habs have now stretched their win streak to 13 games straight going back to last season.
The Bruins came out of the gate like a team possessed and the way they were playing, you would think that this was a completely different team than the one that presented itself at the Bell Centre Thursday night. In a way, it was, as defenseman Denis Wideman was sidelined with an injury and, more surprisingly, Forward Phil Kessel was a healthy scratch as coach Julien needed something to jostle his troops out of their stupor. The Bruins dominated most of the 1st period but as seems to be the case more often than not between these two teams, the Canadiens were able to capitalize on their chances and The Habs came away from the 1st period up 1-0 on Roman Hamrlik's 1st playoff goal as a Hab. The second period saw both goaltenders seeing their fair share of shots but were it not for Tim Thomas, this game would have been on ice alot sooner than the overtime this game eventually saw. Thomas was instrumental on not one, but two breakaway attempts by the Habs, stoning Andrei Kostytsin on his deke attempt and giving Kovalev no room for a shot on his subsequent attempt. The game went into overtime because, as has happened in the past, the Habs sat back on a two goal lead, only to see it squandered by running into penalty problems, including Kovalev's self admitted "selfish" penalty he took for slashing right after he missed his breakaway attempt. This put the Habs down 2 men and eventually set up David Krejci's power-play goal on a beautiful tic-tac-toe that no one could blame Carey Price for.
Kovalev redeemed himself by scoring the game winner at the 2:30 mark of the 1st overtime period when the Bruins themselves got into a little penalty trouble. Kovalev was apparently being called back to the bench by coach Carbonneau, but didn't hear him and went on to score. I'm sure all is forgiven. Do not think for one moment, though that Carey Price was not busy. He faced 39 shots and was eventually named the game's 1st star. Sergei Kostytsin is on a goal-a-game streak, having scored in both games so far. The Series switches to Boston today but I feel the Bruins at least proved that they can, in fact, play with the Canadiens, but they can not take a shift off nor can they be undisciplined because although the Canadiens' power-play has been wanting during this series (1/12), if you play with fire long enough, you'll get burned. More bad news for the Bruins? In the last 31 playoff series where they began with a 2 game deficit, they have never come back to win the series...Fore !
What can you say about the Dallas Stars? What is going on with the Anaheim Ducks? Who would have thought that the Stars would steal both games in Anaheim and, if the tendency continues, sweep the defending cup champs at home in Texas? Give credit where credit is due. The Stars won convincingly, again, this time trouncing the lowly looking Anaheim Ducks 5-2. Again, my questions in my predictions are slowly but surely being answered. Mike Modano had a goal and Brad Richards contributed with a goal and an assist and let's not forget Mike Ribeiro who started off the scoring unassisted in the 1st. It seems Ribeiro found his niche in Dallas, or more importantly, wasn't able to find many bars, as he did here in Montreal... But I digress. Good on the Dallas team, although they are making my prediction of Anaheim in 5 look like a monkey picked it... again, I digress. I still believe there is alot of hockey left in this series and the Ducks have to realize they are 2 games away from the links and must control themselves and stay out of the penalty box.
Today's games include Flyers/Capitals, Habs/Bruins, Devils/Rangers and the Shark/Flames. I'll be commenting on those games after the last game has been completed.


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This class takes a curative approach to Classical Yoga (as taught by Dharma Mittra) and Ashtanga Yoga (as mentored by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois). Every class will focus on alignment, the chakras, and applying principles from the 8 Limbs of Yoga. The class is designed to support the whole body physically, mentally, and energetically. This is not "power yoga".
Nina Be was trained by Melanie Fawer, one of the first women (and only one of a handful of teachers in the US) to be certified by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois as a teacher of the Ashtanga Technique. After experiencing life-changing results in her Self with regards to chronic depression, anxiety, and PTSD, Nina requested permission to teach the Ashtanga Primary series from her teacher, in order to empower others to find their own MindBody freedom. As a trained classical dancer and student of Thich Nhat Hanh, Nina teaches from a perspective of deep anatomical alignment and compassion. She is thrilled to offer this unique orientation to Ashtanga, which is often inaccurately perceived as brutal exercise rather than a path to grace: "It has been nothing short of miraculous and a pleasure, mentoring this powerful pure practice to hundreds of dedicated students for the past decade. It is my wish to inspire others to come to the mat, and realize that that is all. There is nowhere to go, nothing to do."


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Thursday 5 June
B29 Weedon Bec to Northampton on the River Nene
6.5 miles, 17 locks
Having holed up yesterday to ride out the rain we set off this morning in sunshine. Down to just before the tunnel to wind (turn around), up to Gayton Junction for services only to find it was like Piccadilly Circus
Boats everywhere
To be joined by gongoozling walkers watching the fun as boats danced around each other
Onwards down the Northampton Arm to tackle the 17 narrow locks – easy we thought as we are used to the 30 at Tardebigge. How wrong can one be!
The gates are much harder to cross – both ends involve a scramble and you cannot step across the bottom pair of gates as I am able to on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal – the place we consider to be home territory.
The wind was strong and blowing us to the side – we went firmly aground at lock 3. As I was pushing us from the side and Chris was trying to pole us off a party of walkers went past and one asked me if we knew what we were doing!! In the end we succeeded and went on our way.
It was certainly rural. We met quite a few boats coming up which certainly helped
At lock 11 there is a little grotto – not a good photo as the dog saw something to chase and went off, so I was more concerned about him than photography. Somewhere to look at in more detail if we come this way again in the future
Lock 13 is the last of the Rothersthorpe Flight, but there are 4 more locks which are well spaced out before you get to Northampton
At least the sky was blue and the wind did drop as we dropped down the flight
At last we came across our first sighting of the River Nene just before the last lock. Not very salubrious, but it is there
This tower dominates the skyline all the way into Northampton. We would never have known what it is without the knowledge that Boatwif and the Captain have from previous visits – it is a lift testing tower
Here we are on the Nene heading towards
our mooring just under the bridge
With this as our view across the river
And Morrisons so close you can wheel your trolley right up to the boat
And so to the end of the day an exhaustion had set in. It had taken over 6 hours to do this stretch - we can do the 30 of Tardebigge in less than four hours! More miles admittedly, but a lot less locks, but much harder work. Tomorrow is another day.


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David Howell admitted his St Albans City side "never really got going" in their 3-0 defeat against AFC Totton on Saturday.
After both sides exchanged chances in the opening minutes, it was the hosts who made the breakthrough as Jamie Whisken sent a glancing header past the unprotected Nick Jupp.
The lead was soon doubled as Michael Gosney dispatched a penalty with little fuss following a foul by Curtis Ujah on Richard Gillespie.
The Hampshire side appeared content to sit on their advantage after the interval and, while St Albans enjoyed the majority of possession, they seldom looked capable of troubling home keeper Gareth Barfoot.
With City pushing forward in search of a route back into the contest, Totton grabbed a third on the break as Jonathan Davies skipped past a defender before coolly slotting home past Jupp.
The Saints fifth defeat in seven games sees them slip to seventh in the table and Howell was disappointed with the lackluster performance from his side.
"We looked like a team that hadn't played for two weeks" the Saints boss explained. "We never really got going. We've lost one or two players but as a team we gave them a two goal head start and then we are chasing it in the second half.
"We were getting into areas but we were not really working them or opening them up. So it was a bit frustrating because everyone knows that 2-0 can be a dangerous scoreline.
"We probably had a couple of chances in the first half we should have done better with.
"That maybe could have lifted us going into half time. But it wasn't to be. I think Lewis had one where he went through and he should've done better with."
He continued: "We looked disjointed and we didn't help each other. We didn't communicate and it made it very difficult against a side that was organised, who did talk and who did help each other.
The Saints were without a number of players due to injury and Howell stated that he is actively looking to reinforce his side.
After a strong start to the season, City's promotion push has stuttered in recent weeks with Howell's men collecting just one victory from their last four Southern Premier Division games.
However, Howell remains confident that his side can recapture their best form.
He said: "We have had probably two very poor performances that stand out for me. That was Stourbridge at home and today.
"I think Stourbridge was a result of complacency but today we looked ring rusty and I'm hoping they will be better for the run out and I hope that we have one or two more players available soon."


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Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Jason Lezak, oh my! The male swimmers behind Team USA (who happen to love Carly Rae Jepsen) sure make it hard to look in any other direction, which is why we'll be tuning into NBC this Saturday at 8 pm/ET to see the boys hit the waves their first round of qualifiers. (We might even live stream it from our phones, thanks to NBC's handy Olympics App.) Read on for the complete swimming competition schedule.
Saturday, July 28th: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC: Finals
Sunday, July 29th: 7 pm - 12 am, NBC: 4 x 100m Free Relay
Monday, July 30th: 10 - 10:30 am, NBC: Butterfly Qualifier
Monday, July 30th: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC: Phelps and Lochte go head-to-head in 200m freestyle final.
Tuesday, July 31st: 8 pm - 12 pm, NBC: 200m Fly Final
Wednesday, August 1st: 11:05 - 11:30 am, NBC: Phelps and Lochte continue qualifiers.
Wednesday, August 1st: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC; Finals
Thursday, August 2nd: 10 - 10:15 am, NBC: Phelps competes in 100m butterfly.
Thursday, August 2nd: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC: Finals with Phelps and Lochte.
Friday, August 3rd: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC: Butterfly Finals
Saturday, August 4th: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC; Medley Relay Finals
Sunday, August 5th: 8 pm - 12 am, NBC; Medley Relay Finals
Friday, August 10th: 12:15 - 12:30, NBC: Marathon
Note: All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.
• Rebecca Minkoff Loves the Swim Boys
• Meet the Ladies of the Gymnastics Team
• Fun Facts About the 2012 Olympics
• 2012 Olympics Shopping Roundup
• Beach Volleyball Players in Bikinis


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The band confused American producers with their 'street' speak, but they were adamant not to change their lyrics.
U.K. hip-hop stars N-Dubz had to fight to keep British slang in the lyrics for their new songs - because the phrases totally baffled their American producers. The band have recorded a new U.S.-friendly album called "Love. Live. Life.", which they hope will launch their career Stateside.
They worked with a number of famous American music producers including Jean Baptiste and Salaam Remi, and their 'street' speak caused confusion in the studio - but rapper Dappy was determined not to change his lyrics.
He tells Britain's Daily Star, "We worked with some massive names... and to be honest it was tough at times trying to get our lingo across to them. We were saying stuff like, 'I swear down, man,' but they didn't know what we were talking about. They didn't like the slang and tried to get us to talk proper English. We got our vocab up to scratch a bit, but we also said to them, 'We come from the country that made the English language, just trust us'."
"We put our creative foot down and in the end lost none of our Englishness."


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Ramble On... there's a start, my favorite band is Led Zeppelin. I love classic rock. I was born in the wrong generation when it comes to my entertainment choices. Music from the 60's and 70's and movies from the 70's and 80's are for me.
I'm a product of the 90's though, as I still like my jeans a little on the baggy side, flips flops or converse over any other shoe, and I may still have a dirty flannel shirt somewhere, although it may currently be used as a rag to wash the car with.
I own a small laser business. It sounds much more interesting than it really is, especially when you say laser, and use your fingers to Quote it like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers. When we bought our first laser, I'd walk around the shop all day doing just that. "Laaaaaazerrr"... When those that work with me got tired of it, I'd remind them that had they of found the sharks with laser beams on their heads, I'd of been distracted with that. More or less, my company uses computers to design stuff, and the laser does all the hard work. I am the guy on the phone all day begging people for money, and explaining to them how they just can't live without our stuff.
Even though it's my business, my hearts not fully in it. I'm back in school as well... again.... I thought when I ended this whole education thing in my early 20's, that was it... But NO... I just had to get interested in something else, so now I'm chasing the medical field 12 semester hours at a time.
When I'm not yelling at Richard because he is tearing something up, writing Psychology papers, or laying in bed attempting to focus on one single ceiling fan blade as it's on the highest setting (seriously... try it.) I'm usually at some bar with friends, complaining that their cigarette smoke makes my beer taste funny. Or throwing rocks at random things that may or may not have legal repercussions. (Oh yeah, I'm dangerous like that). I prefer nights on the couch, but I also prefer someone there to share them with. I love the city, but don't get out of the Peachtree City bubble as much as I'd like.
Crap like that. You know... the stuff that most people said they'd never use. Well... I use it.
Favorite movies are mostly horror or comedy.
Favorite music is Classic Rock and EDM
Favorite Books... anything that isn't romance.
Favorite shows.... Big Bang Theory is #1 on the list.
Oxygen, Food, Sleep, Water, Warmth, and hunter/gatherer abilities I suppose.


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Pro Days: Faster than February -- Auburn's McCalebb runs 4.29
Auburn running back Onterio McCalebb had done more than enough at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine, running a 4.34 40-yard dash on the fast track at Lucas Oil Stadium during positional testing Feb. 24.
He wasn't about to back down from another shot at the stopwatch Tuesday at Auburn's Pro Day.
McCalebb ran an unofficial 4.29 40, according to Auburn's athletic department, with a 37-inch vertical and 10-foot-1-inch broadjump. His unofficial 40 time at the combine was 4.21, which would've set a new event record. It was adjusted later to 4.34, but he was still the fastest running back in Indy.
Defensive end Corey Lemonier did not participate in most of the on-field tests, opting to stand on his Scouting Combine performance that included a 4.60 40-yard time and showed off a bulked-up physique at 255 pounds. He worked out with linebackers, and some teams project him to outside linebacker on Tuesday. Lemonier is NFLDraftScout.com's No. 13 defensive end, but he could go in the third or fourth round, if he can satisfy scouts that want to know why his athleticism didn't result in greater production.
"They ask me basically what happened that year, and I told them coming into the season, we had a dark cloud over our heads with the shooting and players getting arrested," Lemonier told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. "We didn't have the talent to match up with teams in the SEC. It was nothing (about) character -- our motivation was still there. But it was just a lack of talent."
Tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen, who is still recovering from hip surgery, ran another plodding 40 -- this time 4.96 seconds, a tick slower than his 4.94 in Indianapolis.
Linebacker/safety Daren Bates, who doesn't have a draftable grade from NFLDraftScout.com, was clocked unofficially at 4.53, and 6-3 receiver Emory Blake, who reportedly caught passes from his father, former NFL quarterback Jeff Blake, was timed at 4.61.


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Quebec City Montmorency Falls Excursion Reviews
Booked with cruise line. we had already walked Quebec City for 2 days so this was a nice way to see country. Saw sugar shack and mont morency falls. Ate tea and cake at falls.
The bus tour for the Montmorency Falls included a stop at a historical home and a stop at the maple sugar shack. The falls were beautiful! We were driven to the bottom of the falls then rode the cable car to the top of the falls. Walking across the bridge of the falls allowed us to experience the power of the falls and the major turbulence of the water. At the plantation house gift shop, we were served and enjoyed hot tea and tea cakes.
The tour of the maple sugar shack was so interesting and the candy was delicious! The tour guide shared such interesting information of how the maple sugar is harvested and processed. The maple sugar candy made a nice souvenir to take home too!
The historical home visited on this tour used to be occupied by a surgeon. The home was furnished with period furniture and a gentleman dressed in period costume shared interesting information about the area and the home and it's history.
This was a good excursion and very enjoyable.
Montmorency Falls is a lovely photo opportunity but lots of people and not enough time to walk/hike closer to the fall. Facility adjacent to the Falls is clean, bright and offers washrooms and convenience store.
We took an excursion the 1st day which sucked. They drove us around town and pointed out the sights. First stop was a lookout in Battlefield Park for 20 minutes. Overcast and not a great view with inadequate bathroom facilities. Next stop was the Frontenac which was 20 minutes of rushing around to see what you could since most of the hotel was off limits to non-guests. I did get to sneak into a bathroom at the Frontenac and it was a GREAT bathroom. Last and final stop was Montmorency Falls which again was 20 or 30 minutes. Barely enough time to walk across to the other side of the falls and back. We tried to make it to the giant staircase on the far side of the falls and barely made it back in time.
We saw the falls the Isle of Orleans and a Sugar Shack. We enjoyed the falls but the rest was kind of oh-hum.
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Higher stepping man
Once a radical always a radical. Just ask veteran Auckland reggae musician and urban poet Tigilau Ness. He's only too happy to talk.
Bastion Point, housing protests, the Polynesian Panthers, the Springbok tour. It was a time of conflict as different worlds collided, and young Ness was there in the front line, agitating, shaking things up.
He stood side by side with Syd Jackson in the anti-Springbok tour protests in 1981.
"You couldn't get a more passive person," Ness recalls.
The cops didn't think Tigi Ness was passive. They came to Ness' home and threw the book at him. Unlawful assembly. Assault on 14 police. Destroying government property.
Ness was taken to Auckland Central police station where they identified him from the security camera footage they'd taken during the Auckland protests.
"It was one of the first surveillance-type actions that the police ever took in New Zealand." Ness spent nine months in jail from 1982 to 1983.
It was an ugly time in New Zealand history and, Ness says, "a necessary time, too, because if apartheid was spreading its tentacles all over the world New Zealand was easy pickings because we love our rugby here".
"It came to a head in this country because the majority of us are not that way inclined." Ness had served his apprenticeship in activism as a founding member of the Polynesian Panthers, which formed in Ponsonby in June 1971. They were a group of young Polynesians, many of them new to the country, who modelled themselves on the Black Panthers from California.
"We had a 10-point platform and programme. We were involved in a lot of the activism that was happening mainly in Auckland." Members were made up of the first influx of Auckland Polynesians.
"We were young and rebellious. We wanted to change things." The Panthers felt Polynesians were being dealt a raw deal in all aspects of their lives, most notably education and housing.
"We felt the education system wasn't geared up for Polynesian people.
"Pacific Island people and Maori people were being charged exorbitant prices (for housing) – in effect being ripped off." The Panthers employed passive protest to highlight the issues.
"We did a lot of sit-ins.
"It was the first time in Aotearoa's history that this type of immigration happened in large numbers. It's similar to what's happening now with the Asian people and now with the Middle Eastern people.
"It always happens world over where you get immigration and new people moving in, except with this difference: we felt as Polynesian Panthers that this is a Pacific area so that we in the Pacific have the right to determine our future.
"In the '70s (New Zealand's) attachment to Mother England was very, very strong. We still hadn't found our feet yet." Ness is adamant the Panthers helped to break down the barriers and led to true multiculturalism.
"A lot of the things we did back then, people are getting paid to do today ... Back then it would have been radical because nobody had done those kinds of things before." Ness was born and bred in Auckland city, of Niuean parentage, which makes him a "traffic Islander", he says with a hearty laugh.
Tigilau Ness was raised on the old language from the King James version of the Niue Bible and can read and write the language.
It's important to know your roots, Ness says.
He's taught his own kids their ancestry too, including his oldest son, hip-hop star Che Fu.
"Even though Che was born and bred in New Zealand he knows how to speak and read and write Niue." His (Che's) Maori mother has also taught him his whakapapa, so "he has three cultures to choose from, which makes him very strong, very rich".
Ness says he was always musically inclined but during his radical years music had to take a back seat.
He does recall, however, playing as a schoolboy with one of his European mates at 21sts and parties.
"We ended up getting paid a crate of beer and $20.
We'd made it in those days!" The motivation for a radical change in lifestyle came when Tigilau Ness saw Bob Marley play at Western Springs on April 16, 1979.
Ness, through his biblical upbringing, was spiritually aware but it wasn't until he saw and heard Marley preaching the message of Jah Rastafari through his powerful reggae music that everything fell into place. Marley opened up Ness' eyes and lifted his spirit.
He decided straight away to follow in Marley's footsteps, becoming a committed Rasta and reggae musician.
The religion made perfect sense to Ness.
Rastafarianism is a Christian-based religion that originated in Jamaica in the 1930s.
Its followers worship the 20th century Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I as the second coming of Christ.
Selassie, known as the Lion of Judah, is said to be a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, through King David.
Although Selassie himself registered only polite interest in the Rastafarian movement, there's little argument the man was a great leader, preaching a doctrine of tolerance, forgiveness and acceptance between people of all faiths.
Ness embraced these ideals with a passion.
"We are of one blood but many nations. There is no green blood, or blue blood or purple blood.
"It's all red ... we're all the same.
"There's no real difference, just ways of thinking and where we live that determine who or what we are, but in the end we're all the same.
"If a Communist helps my brother, or helps a poor person or helps a person in need then he's my brother. If a Buddhist does that then he's my brother.
If anybody in any faith helps another human being then he's my brother or she's my sister.
"His Majesty (Selassie) said those words. I haven't heard any leader who speaks like that.
"They're all saying 'I, me, mine'. Nobody's saying, 'we've got to look at the past and recognise the oneness of it'." Rastafarians believe, as do other Christians, the Bible's prophecy in the book of Revelations that mankind has to plumb its depths and destroy itself before it can be reborn.
"We've got to go through this whole course because after all those years of war and killing each other we still haven't learnt anything.
"But I believe that in Aotearoa we have a hell of a lot to show the rest of the world how to live in peace and love and unity, because we're not ducking bullets and there's no poisonous snakes here.
It's the land of milk and honey." Music was the natural way for Ness to demonstrate his faith and minister to the people and a succession of reggae bands gradually evolved into Unity Pacific.
It was a long time coming but the band's first album, From Street to Sky, was released in 2003.
Four years later the band has produced Into the Dread, an uplifting and vibrant collection of autobiographical reggae songs.
"It's all about my life. I tried to stay true as poss." Ness has got the taste for it now and promises the next two albums, under contract to EMI, will come quite quickly. It's easier for him, now that he has a stable lineup of musicians to complement his lyrics and wonderful, rich voice.
It's a true democratic band, with musical writing input from several Unity Pacific members including Robert Halcrow, formerly of Invercargill and lead guitarist for 1980s Southland bands Covert Action and London Polyplop.
"Rob's pretty deep. He represents the European in Unity Pacific," Ness says.
So how did the skinny white punk from Invercargill end up in a brown reggae band? Not quite the Yellow Pages, but close.
When Ness was forming Unity Pacific he needed a keyboards player and guitarist.
His wife found what he was looking for in the Trade & Exchange.
Halcrow had been the longtime guitarist for Auckland ska band the Managers, and it was a natural step from one form of Jamaican music to another.
Throughout Into the Dread, Halcrow's delicately understated scratch guitar riffs are a complex and colourful counterpoint to Ness' insistent chop-rhythm guitar chords.
The defiant tone of the album is stated and set in the magnificent, urgent opening track, which shares its title with Unity Pacific's first album: "Had religion in my system, I was poisoned in my sleep/The factory was my future, the ghetto was my grave/But look at me now, did you ever see a higher-stepping, cooler-looking man to equal mine." Ness explains: "When I was young they rubbished us all (Pacific Islanders).
"My (school guidance counsellor) told me, 'Ness, factory for you'.
"I was poisoned in my sleep when I was young when I was told that, and now look at me.
"With my son Che being who he is and an icon, same thing.
"I was told, 'you're on the rubbish heap, Ness' but look at me now – I'm still alive, kicking and still praising God to the fullest."
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Fashion over function, right? I know I've contemplated buying a pair of thick-rimmed glasses and punching out the frames a few times. Fashion has the ability to speak to all, but only some can understand it. Take this Fashionisto for example. I applaud him for showing off his purple argyle socks. Even if they're nowhere near the orange tones of his shirt on the color palette. While some might call that "tacky" we call it cool.
Runway has been integrating more mismatching using bright colors and patterns over the last few years. Quite a shock after the natural color palettes that were prevalent for so long. But trendsetters have been mismatching for years. If you're truly a fashionista/o than you have complete artistic freedom to pair whatever you patterns you wish together.
For the most part, men's fashion tends to be a little less loud than women's. Yet there's always some talented young men like this Fashionisto that can manage to incorporate tons of details to make their style scream. Beginning with plain pieces, this Fashionisto wears a fall favorite, the grandfather sweater with a pair of simple black jeans. Now to add a fashionable flare he wears a two-toned orange T-shirt under his sweater and manages to roll his jeans enough to show off his carefully chosen argyle socks. The two dominating colors don't clash, they pop. It's all how you wear it. The argyle, the glasses—even the hat—are all accessories that work in an effort to show his studious influence. While the color pop adds a fashion flare to his academic look.
Breaking rules and overstepping boundaries is what gives a fashion icon their title. Wearing glasses as an accessory isn't silly, it's inventive. Piecing together opposing colors, isn't lazy, its daring. So next time you want to add your own twist, don't be afraid to be different. After all that's what makes you a Fashionista/o!
Hint: Mismatch is in, so take it and run! Pair opposing colors to add a pop to your plain ensemble


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How did you end up opening a gallery in Santa Fe?
I didn't open the gallery until the late '70s. By then, we were living in Santa Fe and I would drive on the Paseo and pass the Fenn Gallery and think, 'How did that go so quickly from this little trinket shop to this big business?' I decided the only way to really know would be to work there. I conspired to get a job at the gallery and I became Forrest Fenn's director of research. I met a lot of people and I saw a lot of art. I had always dreamed of traveling, and I decided that I would like to mount traveling art shows. I spoke to Forrest and…he didn't like the idea. This was 1977 and there were no art fairs yet. But one of the people I met during my time at Forrest's had a big gallery in New York and we had become friends, and he said, 'Why don't you start your own gallery?' I thought, 'How would I do that? I don't have any money and I don't have any art.'
But I knew a lot of people who made art, just my friends, and I thought maybe I'd put together a traveling show. I decided it would be in Toronto, which made it exciting for me because it would be international and I was all about, in my mind, maybe being international. So I bought a ticket to Toronto. I assembled a notebook of snapshots of work by my friends. I had a contact with one person who was a designer there. I said, 'I'm going to be producing an exhibition in Toronto and I'm looking for a venue…' And, see, this is beginner's luck, because that person introduced me to William Louis-Dreyfus, a big collector, an international man of money who was later famous for being the father of Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But back then, he was building a big, upscale shopping center in a primo area of Toronto, and he told me I could have this 5,000-square-foot unfinished space for my show. I flew back to New Mexico and began assembling art. I went to the bank and borrowed $25,000.
What work did you show?
In that show was Larry Bell, Luis Jiménez, Carol Mothner, Paul Pletka, Paul Sarkisian, Allan Graham, John Fincher, Forrest Moses, Ken Price—lots of people. I also had a couple of O'Keeffes to try and sell. We put all the work in a truck, I rented an apartment near the venue, and I got a mailing list from a few different people and I designed an invitation. I said I was the Linda Durham Gallery, but I didn't have a gallery. We addressed about 2,000 invitations to unknown people in Toronto, and the day I put them in the mail was the day of the great Canadian postal strike. So these invitations languished and weren't sent in time. We installed the show and, of course, no one came. Nobody knew about it. I was in that big space alone with all the art.
I managed to sell a couple pieces to Dreyfus but I lost $15,000. But I had some instant credibility. A little later, Larry Bell introduced me to some real collectors from the Bay Area, and they wanted to come to Santa Fe with a group and look at work. I
arranged a gallery in my living room and gave a very nice cocktail party. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I was charming. One of the women asked if I would consider doing a show in the Bay Area. So I did my second show, called New Mexico in the Bay Area. Right after that, some people from the Scottish Arts Council came through town and they thought it'd be great to have some art at the Edinburgh Festival. And so we put together a show in Scotland and, by then, I was kind of the expert of the contemporary art scene here, after coming from what was almost complete ignorance about art.
And that led, finally, to having a gallery?
I bought a building on Canyon Road and called it Linda Durham Gallery and started showing things. Suddenly, there were artists and people interested in looking at art and talking about art and showing art to one another. The first gallery really was in my house, and then Canyon Road and then two locations in Galisteo and then New York and then on Paseo de Peralta and finally on Second Street.


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Arthritis and Rheumatism
Ana Titers Positive.
My soon to be 4yr old developed sore spots on her tongue that wouldn`t go away and I took her for blood work. Her platlet count was high at 487, and her titers where high positive. Could you tell me what this might mean? Her chart ANA titer positive at 1:320 Homogenous Pattern Pattern is 1:1280 Speckled Pattern > 1:2560 Could you please tell me what this might be if anything? Thank you
The oral ulcers, high platelet count and positive ANA test may all be consistent with group of diseases called connective tissue diseases the most common of which is lupus. I'm not sure what you meant by "Her chart ANA titer positive at 1:320 Homogenous Pattern Pattern is 1:1280 Speckled Pattern > 1:2560" Usually there is only one positive titer value reported with an associated pattern. Your child should be evaluated by a pediatric rheumatologist to determine the significance of the positive ANA test. Diagnosis of connective tissue disease is not based on one specific lab or imaging test but is based on fulfilling appropriate criteria.
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School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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That's right, zombies finally have their own fragrance. Resident Evil's Umbrella Corp has expanded their business to include a T-Virus fragrance (4,200 yen – US $38) and deodorizing "first-aid" spray 1,300 yen – US $12) that will be sold in limited quantities at the Capcom Cafe in Saitama, Japan starting March 26 and April 2nd respectively.
So what do they smell like? No idea. But Rick's group should look into this. After all, spraying on some perfume is a lot better than covering yourself in gore.
Check out the first-aid spray below.
(Inside Games via Kotaku)


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Anything Ulster's Paddy Jackson can do, London Welsh's Seb Jewell can do it too.
The Welsh back took up the challenge of replicating Jackson's kick from the corner flag during an Ulster training session ahead of the club's recent Heineken Cup game with Castres.
The Ulster fly-halves' effort rebounds off the upright and goes over between the posts.
Jewell took to Welsh's training ground at Old Deer Park this week to try his luck at emulating Jackson, and left footed nailed the kick at the second attempt.
Jewell, 24, was part of the Exiles' Championship winning side last season, having joined the club from Wasps, and kicked the winning conversion against Exeter Chiefs last month to give Welsh their first-ever Aviva Premiership victory.
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Recently, American goalie Ryan Miller had his Olympic Hockey Mask painted for the games. The IOC caused a stir over what was painted on it. The International Olympic Committee has, to put it lightly, a shitload of rules. They are control freaks. They control the athletes, the wardrobes and equipment, and most importantly the money, and there is a lot of that. Two things, in particular, on Miller's helmet were brought into question….
The first says, "Millertime". He's Ryan Miller, when the game starts it's "Millertime". The problem is it's also "Millertime" when you crack open a beer. This could have some negative sentiment. I get that. It could also appear like advertising, which we know the IOC would shit their pants over. They control that too! The IOC's verdict: Paint over it.
The second is the phrase "Matt Man", which is an homage to Miller's cousin who died at the age of 18 from complications from a bone marrow transplant. Miller has said publicly he will not cover that under any circumstances, and he shouldn't. The IOC, who are all probably a bunch of uptight stiffs, has really crossed the line. The fact that they would even acknowledge the fact they were contemplating making Miller cover this portion of his helmet is just ridiculous. The IOC's verdict: It can stay (Just because they didn't want to look mean)
Ever since they were kids Miller and his family dreamed of one day representing their country. Miller amazingly has reached that goal, his brothers and cousin will never. To bring attention to the fact you were potentially going to strip Miller the privilege of honoring his cousin at the Olympics is not only uncompassionate, but just flat out wrong.


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This article was published 30/11/2012 (1726 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Essential oil crystals (basil)
What is it?
"Powerfully concentrated crystals made from crystallized prebiotic blue agave pulp infused with intensely flavourful essential oils," according to the company (Florisens) website. Developed in France, the crystals are designed to be sprinkled directly onto food or into drinks, like any other spice or seasoning.
Looks like:
The crystals look like sea salt with variations in colour depending on the flavour.
Tastes like:
The Florisens line includes basil, fennel, cardamom, bergamot, citrus, cinnamon, geranium, lemongrass, mint and coriander.
Because they're so concentrated to pack a flavourful punch, just a tiny pinch -- two or three crystals -- will suffice for most uses. Each jar contains an estimated 500 single uses.
Used in:
Essential oil crystals can be sprinkled onto dishes during or after cooking. For hot dishes, they should be added during the last stages of cooking or directly on to the plate before serving. They can also be used in the preparation of flavour-infused vinegars, oils and syrups or to aromatize water. Just add to your glass or a jug in the fridge.
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text: March 23-26th, Miles Dakin '13, Juan Mesones '13, Gabriella Rocco '14, Tenaya Storm '14 and faculty member Kyle Taylor experienced some of the most rugged yet beautiful terrain in San Diego County on an Outdoor Leadership trip to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trip was filled with several highlights including hikes to two different waterfall oases where students were able to cool off and replenish water supplies. In addition, students participated in an overnight backpacking trip that ranged dramatically in terrain. They experienced dry sandy floors with abundant varieties of cacti and ocotillo, views of steep rocky peaks, as well as a lush riparian canyon filled with wildflowers to admire and boulders to scramble over. The trip concluded at the Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves, where students explored several different caverns with the help of their headlamps. Click here to see photos by Miles Dakin '13.


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Jackson Daniel Edwards is the infant son of Anthony and Jennifer Edwards of Ravenna. The baby boy weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce at birth Aug. 17 at Akron City Hospital.
A.J. Edwards, 5, is the baby's big brother.
Danny and Linda Farmer of Charlestown are the maternal grandparents. Paternal grandparents are Al and Jeannette May of Randolph and Jim and Terry Edwards of Ravenna.
Jackson is the great-grandson of Tony and Shirley Bytnar of Ravenna.


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Grand Opening of Mormon's Secret
Grand Opening Sale STARTS THIS WEEKEND!
Mormon's Secret is proud to announce the Grand Opening of our online store. We're celebrating by having a store wide sale to get things started!
50% OFF your entire purchase, storewide
We couldn't be more excited. It's sort of our way of saying, "Congrats Mitt, on clinching the nomination! Keep things...magical!"


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Yes!!! Fiba rejects David Stern's U23 Reich!
Well folks isn't this good news? Can I get a HELL YEAH!!!?
Good news! Basketball is still growing in popularity around the world and showcasing the best basketball talent at the Olympics will go along way in making it a truly global sport. Stern likes to point to the under-23 rule in Olympic men's soccer but the only reason FIFA can get away with an under-23 rule is that theWorld Cup is arguably the biggest sports event on the planet. Lifting the under-23 rule in soccer would be akin to having two world cups only that FIFA wouldn't benefit as much from the 'Olympic World Cup'.
There was never any chance that FIBA was handing over control and ownership of the FIBA World Cup to them. The 2010 FIBA World Cup made more money than either the 2008 or 2012 Olympic basketball tournaments did.
No way in hell was FIBA just going to hand that over to the NBA.
Stern and Cuban are a joke.


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I eat organic whole food, deer, beef, seafood, fruits and veg. Love papaya with lime...
I like lots types music, jig and reel, john lee hooker, johnny cash, doc watson, erika badu, zap mama, william orbit, war, heart, willie nelson, afro cuban all stars, lila downs.
If you dont have a picture it really creeps me out. I feel its not honest. I have a picture and it takes being brave to put myself out there. And really, would you look at my profile if there wasn't one?
I have had a hard enough life and wish I had"immunity" like on survivor. I have all I need.
You want to take me horse back riding today. I see myself with a man in a truck, ready to invest in farming/sustainable life/land. Someone who believes in food as it was made naturally without pesticides, chemicals or genetic engeneering. Someone close to my age within 5 years. Someone who can appreciate good fences
boots, down home cooking, who hunts deer and knows how to cook, loves to take things slow, tall and handsome and into health, prefers nature to tv, and can understand my very busy life, and my devotion to my kids.


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Otaihanga Domain to host upcoming Buggy Walk
Otaihanga Domain to host upcoming Sport Wellington Buggy Walk
Hundreds of buggies are set to stroll through Otaihanga Domain in Kapiti on Thursday 7th August for Sport Wellington's monthly Buggy Walk.
Buggy Walks are a free event occurring on the first Thursday of every month. The walks take place at a different location every month and aim to provide parents and caregivers with the opportunity to discover some of the many buggy friendly walking tracks throughout the Wellington region.
This month's walk will take place at the picturesque Otaihanga Domain, on the banks of the Waikanae River. The domain is a popular spot for locals with picnic and playground facilities, as well as swimming and fishing spots. The scenic walk and cycle ways provide a flat and easy track for buggies.
Event organiser James King says the Sport Wellington team aim to host walks in a variety to locations throughout the greater Wellington region so everyone gets a chance to explore walks in their area. July's walk was held at the Government House in Central Wellington and June's walk at the Petone Foreshore.
King is especially looking forward to the Otaihanga Domain walk and the chance to explore more of Kapiti's landscape, "we are looking forward to showing our Buggy Walkers what the Kapiti Coast has to offer."
King says the past few walks have been a huge success and are growing in popularity each month with over 320 parents, caregivers and children in attendance at the July event. "Our last walk was the biggest yet, with a mixture of familiar faces and first timers. It's really great to see more and more people keen to come along and get active with their young ones" adds King.
The walks vary in length and difficulty but will usually take 45 – 60 minutes to complete. With no registration necessary, everyone is encouraged just to show up and take part. Participants can also take advantage of free Caffé L'affare coffee and a BBQ, courtesy of Southern Cross.


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Drake joins Bieber in Toronto for a surprise appearance and a chance to fulfill his childhood dream of performing at the Skydome.
Female fans screamed and shrieked their throats out when Drake suddenly appeared on stage to join Justin Bieber on Saturday, December 1 at the Roger's Center in Toronto. The show was part of Bieber's "Believe" tour and Drake's appearance was a dream come true for the rapper who had been hoping since childhood to perform at the venue originally known as the Skydome.
Bieber had a clever introduction for his fellow Canadian artist as he dropped his usual set list after the song "Die in Your Arms" and told the more than 60,000 sold-out crowd, "We're pretty close to home; I want to do a special song I haven't done on tour yet. Give it up from your hometown, Drizzy Drake." The two sang their duet track "Right Here", which is also included in Bieber's "Believe" set.
The "Find Your Love" hitmaker had a couple of nice words to say about the Biebs, "There's very few people I met in the world that are as talented and as incredible as this young man right here." He added while he stood next to Bieber, "You got your favorite two Canadian boys, you got Drizzy Drake and Justin Bieber, please believe it."
According to Rolling Stone, it has been Drizzy's life-long dream to perform at the said venue. He went on to show his gratitude to Bieber and said, "I wanna thank you for giving me a childhood dream, which is my first opportunity to perform at the Skydome."
The two singers also performed the single "The Motto", which is a bonus track from Drake's second studio album "Take Care".


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Rocker Bo Bice has been hospitalized and will miss the Radio Music Awards
American Idol runner up Bo Bice was rushed to hospital Sunday after he became ill while rehearsing for a performance on the 2005 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Resort & Casino. The singer, supposedly tapped to fill in for ailing Ashlee Simpson at Monday night's Radio Music Awards, started coughing up blood with complications from recent intestinal surgery assumed as the main cause.
Soon then the performer was rushed to Desert Spring Hospital, where he underwent emergency intestinal surgery in August. Despite such fact, Roger Widynowski, a publicist for RCA Records insisted "He didn't collapse but was rushed to the hospital. Bo is doing fine, and he's going back to Nashville today for treatment." Due to such fact, Goo Goo Dolls is then slated to perform in his place.


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Nok Nok? Who's there? Usually someone with a terribly easy to guess password, a cyber criminal's dream. But perhaps not for long.
Lenovo, the Chinese PC and phone manufacturer, has invested in Nok Nok Labs, a cyber security start up which aims to transform the industry by replacing passwords with a new technology which works with everything from fingerprints to voice recognition.
Nok Nok Labs raised $16.5m from Lenovo as well as venture capitalists DCM and Onset Ventures on Thursday to create a platform which will support the latest authentication technology. Lenovo will join the board of Nok Nok – and the assumption is, use the new tech in its devices from laptops to smartphones. Read more


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Nokia introduced its first two Windows Phones at Nokia World in London on Wednesday.
The Nokia Lumia 800 has a 3.7-inch screen and a 1.4 Ghz single core processor. It has a 8-megapixel camera and will be available in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK in November. Before the end of the year, it will be available in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan and other markets by early 2012. It will cost €420 without taxes or subsidies. Nokia's SVP of product management was enthusiastic about the device.
The Nokia Lumia 710 has the same 1.4ghz processor. It has 8gb of internal storage, which is only half of what the Lumia 800 has. It has 512MB of RAM and a 5Mp camera.
The 710 will be first available in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan toward the end of the year and elsewhere next year. It will cost €270.
The Lumia devices are Nokia's first big push for phones running the Windows Phone operating system after the company announced a partnership with Microsoft in February. Both Windows phones will run Windows Phone 7.5 known as Mango.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said the first units are already shipping and a video link from the company's factory in Finland showed an employee packing up a unit.
Elop didn't say whether either phone would be sold in the US, but said the company will have a portfolio of products for the US market in early 2012.
The company also introduced a number of other phones intended for developing markets. The Asha series, which runs Symbian S40, is equipped with features often seen on smartphones but not on lower-end ones, such as Qwerty keyboards and touchscreens. The four devices will range in price from €60 to €115.