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WILLMAR — Chris Kubitz delivered another strong outing and Marc Flores homered as the Willmar Stingers tripped up the Mankato MoonDogs on Thursday at Bill Taunton Stadium.
Kubitz, the big lefthander from St. Cloud State, kept the MoonDogs off-balance all night with velocity in the high 80s and a tough slider.
"He's been outstanding," Stingers' manager Matt Hollod said. "The angle that he's coming at you with is like Randy Johnson out there with his delivery."
Kubitz struck out 6 in 5 2/3 innings but had to leave due to a high pitch count.
He leads the Stingers in innings this season with 16 2/3, and lowered his ERA to 2.16.
Willmar strung rallies together to go ahead on a run-scoring double by Danny Brennan in the second and a Max Kuhn RBI base hit in the third.
Flores provided the pop with a home run that bounced off the scoreboard in deep right-center.
"(Flores) was in a little bit of a funk the past few games," Hollod said. "That was an off-speed pitch. He kept his hands back and was able to adjust. I think he'll be fine."
It was Flores' second home run of the season, the first coming on opening day, and he leads the team in that department.
The power numbers are down for the Stingers, coming off a 2012 season when they set a team record with 64 home runs that was third-highest in the league.
"It's just the team that we have," Hollod said. "You just adjust to who you have. Power's not a necessity."
They've done fine without it, improving to 9-5 and holding onto second place in the Northwoods League North Division, a half-game behind the Waterloo Bucks.
Flores' homer was Willmar's eighth, which ties them for sixth in the league.
Mankato scored in the fifth when Alex Polston reached on a walk. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and to third on a balk by Kubitz before scoring on a Krysthian Leal sacrifice fly.
Josh Matheson, selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round of the MLB draft last week, relieved Kubitz and turned in 2 1/3 scoreless innings with Brewers' scouts in attendance.
Hollod said the Brewers will keep an eye on Matheson over the summer before signing him, as they have his rights until next season.
Bret Dahlson set the MoonDogs down in order for the save, striking out 2.
Notes: Steven Brault, drafted by the Orioles in the 11th round, has left the team … 2012 Stinger Forrestt Allday, drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the eighth round, and was assigned to Boston's Lowell (Mass.) affiliate … 2011-12 Stinger Scott Lieser signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers as an undrafted free agent Thursday … the Colorado Rockies have signed draftees 2012 Stinger Jerad McCrummen and 2010-11 Stinger Sean Dwyer; both players were assigned to the Rockies' rookie ball affiliate Tri-City (Wash.) Dust Devils. … the Los Angeles Dodgers signed 26th round pick, 2011 Stinger Thomas Taylor


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Submitted to: Applied Engineering in Agriculture
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Publication Acceptance Date: 8/22/2006
Publication Date: 8/15/2006
Citation: Marek, T., Piccinni, G., Schneider, A., Howell, T.A., Jett, M., Dusek, D. 2006. Weighing lysimeters for the determination of crop water requirements and crop coefficients. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 22:1-6. Interpretive Summary: Weighing lysimeters are scientific instruments that directly measure the soil water balance by mass or volume to permit precise measurements of water use (evapotranspiration; ET) by crops. Three weighing lysimeters were constructed at Uvalde, Texas, to determine crop water use in a sub-humid environment. The construction procedures, design, and installation are summarized. Three lysimeters were built, each 3 m2 [1.5 m by 2.0 m] in area and 2.5-m deep, containing intact soil monoliths. The ET measurement precision exceeded 0.05 mm. The lysimeter facility was developed to accurately assess crop water requirements of vegetables, as well as other field crops grown in the Winter Garden region of Texas.
Technical Abstract: Weighing lysimeters are accurate instruments to measure crop evapotranspiration. Three weighing lysimeters consisting of undisturbed 1.5- × 2.0-m surface area by 2.5-m depth cores of soil, were constructed and installed at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Uvalde, Texas. Two lysimeters, each weighing approximately 14 Mg, were located beneath a linear irrigation sprinkler system and used in the field production of several crops commonly grown in the area. The third lysimeter was constructed and is used to measure reference ET from a well-watered, grass (ETos) located adjacent to the field lysimeters. Design construction, installation, engineering details, and other considerations to ensure acceptable performance of the lysimeters are discussed. The lysimeter facility was developed to accurately assess crop water requirements of vegetables, as well as other field crops grown in the Winter Garden region of Texas. Preliminary detection capability of the scale system is also reported.


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An Evaluation Of Estimators For Censored Systems Of Equations Using Monte Carlo Simulation
This study makes an empirical comparison of estimators for censored equations using Monte Carlo simulation. The underlying data generation process is rarely known in practice. From the viewpoint of regression, both ordinary censoring rule and sample selection rule are logical rules of censoring. Furthermore, a mixed censoring rule is also possible to govern underlying data generation process. Therefore, it is valuable to examine whether estimators are robust to variations in the assumptions of censoring rules. Five estimators are examined, estimators for ordinary censoring rules include method of simulated scores, Bayesian estimation, and expectation maximization; estimators for sample selection rules include multivariate Heckman two-step method, and Shonkwiler - Yen two-step method. According to our findings, generally a substantial difference exists in the performance of estimators, and hence the choice of estimator appears to be of importance. Apart from difference in performance, estimates from all procedures are reasonably close to estimated parameters.
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Component of the shelterin complex (telosome) that is involved in the regulation of telomere length and protection. Shelterin associates with arrays of double-stranded TTAGGG repeats added by telomerase and protects chromosome ends\; without its protective activity, telomeres are no longer hidden from the DNA damage surveillance and chromosome ends are inappropriately processed by DNA repair pathways. Promotes binding of POT1 to single-stranded telomeric DNA. Modulates the inhibitory effects of POT1 on telomere elongation. The ACD-POT1 heterodimer enhances telomere elongation by increasing telomerase processivity (By similarity). Plays a role in shelterin complex assembly. May play an essential role in organogenesis of the developing embryo.
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His bat wasn't getting Sergio Santos to the major leagues. But, surprisingly, his arm did.
Santos – a classic good-field, no-hit shortstop – had not pitched since he was 13 years old. But Buddy Bell, the former big-league manager and third baseman, knew the current Toronto Blue Jays closer had an arm. What if he could actually pitch?
So, Bell, the Chicago White Sox director of player development, asked White Sox general manager Kenny Williams and pitching coach Don Cooper if they were interested in an audition. They were, and so Bell put the idea to Santos during spring training in 2009 at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.
"Buddy said, 'You look to be a utility player at Triple-A,' " Santos recalled before a recent Grapefruit League game. "And I felt too good to be a Triple-A utility guy. Buddy asked me about throwing some that day for Kenny and Coop. I thought about and said, 'Let's go for it.' They were excited after I pitched, but I was still reluctant. Buddy said, 'We won't let you rot.' I decided to try it."
What did he have to lose, really? He was stuck at Triple A because he could not get his batting average above the Mendoza Line. Forget about Santos, who is 6 feet 3 and 240 pounds, hitting his weight. He couldn't hit .200.
But the big guy, crude as he was, could really hum and hook the ball.
So, the White Sox took a flyer, and Santos flew.
But get this: He made it to the big leagues despite never winning or saving a game in the minors. He got the call in 2010 despite an 8.16 earned-run average in just 26 games in 2009.
Calling him up was a crazy-like-a-fox move by Chicago.
Santos saved 30 games in 2011 and has a 3.29 ERA in the majors. He has struck out 148 in only 115 innings, but needs to cut down on the 55 walks that compute to nearly one every other inning.
"It is a remarkable story," said Toronto pitching coach Bruce Walton. "It's amazing that he was a position player because you just don't see a position player who can spin a breaking ball like that.
"He's a very high energy guy. The late-inning role fits his personality. He doesn't let little things bug him."
According to Bill Scherrer, a special assistant to the general manager with the White Sox, the mental side was as important as the skills in the team bringing up Santos so quickly with so little actually accomplished.
"You trust the recommendation of your player-development people," Scherrer said. "They knew him, and said that both mentally and physically he was ready. His stuff was really, really good. And he's really mature.
"And when he got up to the big club, he performed. Ozzie [Guillen]believed in him. Hey, he has a nasty breaking ball."
Not mention that heater that tops out at 99 miles an hour and averages 96 to 97.
And after one season in the majors, Guillen, now manager of the Miami Marlins, gave him the most important job in the bullpen.
"Coop and Ozzie gave me confidence," Santos, 28, said.
He earned that confidence.
The first batter often is the key for a reliever, and they batted .125 off Santos. Right-handed hitters were just .130 against him.
He came out of nowhere to get outs.
"I knew I wanted to be the closer and it's a role I like," Santos said. "It's a blessing. It was just such a blessing to get a second chance in baseball."
He was the first-round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002 out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. And as odd as his position switch story is, he also has a unique football story.
The quarterback ahead of him at Mater Dei was Matt Leinart and the quarterback behind him was Matt Barkley. Both starred at the University of Southern California. Leinart, now in the NFL, won the 2004 Heisman Trophy and Barkley could win it this year.
Santos had played quarterback on the varsity as a freshman at Los Altos High School, but said he changed his mind about playing football because of the commute of 1 hour 15 minutes from his home.
"I decided to focus on baseball," he said.
And once his focus became pitching, his dreams came true.
Santos blew six saves last year, and he can't explain why five of them came in home games. But he established a major-league record with 25 consecutive runless appearances on the road.
And, for what it's worth, Santos was perfect in 10 save opportunities against the American League East clubs he will now spend the majority of his time facing.
The Jays acquired him from Chicago on Dec. 6 for right-handed starter Nestor Molina, who pitched great last year for Class-A Dunedin and then Double-A New Hampshire.
It will be an interesting trade to follow in regard to who gets the best of the deal in the long run.
"I'm here to help this team win now," Santos said. "We have a young, energetic team, and we believe we can contend in the AL East.
"We have a no-fear approach."
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After passing both houses of the state legislature with strong bipartisan support, California Assembly bill 1263 was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill would have established minimum safety standards for pedicure equipment and ensured proper protocols were followed for disinfecting all multiuse tools and equipment.
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After learning about the numerous amounts of clients who were contracting bacterial infections and leg lesions after visiting salons, California Assembly Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) knew he had to do something, especially since many of the cases were being reported in the Bay Area, where he is located.
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September 30, 2016
Dear Community,
Los Angeles League of Arts would like to share with you our process for contracting and
permitting a space for L.A. Decompression. LALA produces L.A. Decom and other official
Los Angeles Regional events.
Last year, five days before the event, the City of Los Angeles had not yet issued permits we
needed in order to proceed with L.A. Decom. Our paperwork had been given to the city in order,
in a timely fashion, and we were led to believe there would not be any issues. We faced losing tens
of thousands of dollars if we went ahead without the permits and were shut down. We chose to
make a very difficult, responsible decision to cancel the event, and immediately informed our community.
The delays in permitting prevented us from making L.A. Decom happen.
We also did not want anyone to waste any more time nor money working hard to bring art,
theme camps, performances, art cars and more to create an event that had a slim chance of
getting its permits.
This year, as we proceed with plans for L.A. Decom 2016, we want to share the steps with you,
to keep you all apprised of what's going on as it is happening.
We had expected to be able to go back to the L.A. State Historic Park, where L.A. Decom had been
held for several years before they closed the park for improvements. However, we were informed
that the park is still not ready for us to use. We entered into serious negotiations with another
outdoor venue in Downtown L.A. prior to Burning Man, but they were unable to provide a written
contract with agreed upon terms within the necessary time frame to have a successful event.
We had a list of several back-up locations in mind, and, on Monday, September 26, we were able
to secure a signed contract for an indoor/outdoor space where we can present Decom in the
Downtown L.A. Arts District. We plan to host the 12th Annual L.A. Burning Man Decompression
Art and Music Festival on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
This event requires nine different permits, from the Los Angeles Fire, Health, Building, and Police
Departments, in addition to formal recognition by the Burning Man Project. We started this process
immediately upon receiving the signed contract. Charitable permit papers have been sent in.
The Burning Man Regional Event authorization is in process. We are meeting with the Police Department
Monday, October 3, 2016 to start the "One Night Dance" permit process.
The L.A. Decom Planning Committee met last night with all Department heads. It is hard at work and
committed to making L.A. Decom happen. During the next month, we will keep you apprised of
where we are in this complicated process. You will know what's up just after we do.
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Not sure what I mean? A place focused on tests and questions and a neat matching algorithm, with an unusually high percentage of the userbase being geeky and/or otherwise weird in a good way, many of whom caring little to nothing about that dating part but largely being open to potential Internet friendships with people far and wide.
I'm still poking around partially out of habit and largely out of the lack of knowledge of a less shitty place, as stated above, but things keep going from bad to worse here, so here's my site and here's my Facebook profile, just in case.
Oh, if you're about to "like" me just to see if I was the one who "liked" you, don't because it wasn't. And if you're about to do that for any other reason, again don't because it's just annoying to see that notification there if you won't let me know who you are anyway. Thanks.
Misery seeking company. Offering and looking for a shoulder to cry on when it comes to personal matters and/or, on a more global level, someone to complain with about how rotten most people and this society they create and maintain are. Have nothing to do with incurable optimists, cheerful people, those who believe everything happens for a reason or those who advocate accepting things as they are, be it on a global or a personal level, or letting go and moving on. Needless to say, they also have nothing to do with me.
However, hope is desperately needed and yet always on a diet, so if you're in a relationship that has been rekindled and is currently great despite having ended, apparently for good and especially if purely out of your partner's choice, at some point in the past, please share. And, to add the global aspect after the personal, we may also have a lot to talk about if you're involved in meaningful social change in a direction I agree with. (More details on this last part under "you should message me if".)
The first thing I need to say is that I really was mainly here for the tests (the quality of which has unfortunately been plummeting for years, so I haven't even taken any in a long time) and perhaps hoping to find a new friend or two. I mean it when I say my promises are forever, and I know the meaning of "forever"... The fact that she left in 2005 doesn't change how I feel and nothing ever will. So, in case it's still not clear, that means I never have and never will see or use this as a "dating" site.
If anyone wants to know more about me badly enough to read a 5000-word post, have a go at it. May as well use it since I spent all that time writing it...
I am idealistic, socially awkward, and stubborn. (For those who don't know, these are the three adjectives each user needed to pick to describe themselves upon joining. Once the fields were removed, they were moved to the end of this section, and here I'll keep them.)
(In truth, just filling this in to have a chance to keep the field in case it'll go the way of the dodo if empty or for new users, as others appear to.)
(In truth, just filling this in to have a chance to keep the field in case it'll go the way of the dodo if empty or for new users, as others appear to.)
That's if I can hold it together somehow, because otherwise if I end up physically around people I don't already feel close to they're likely to notice that I'm just having a panic attack, in case my mind tips towards "flight" in that particular situation but it's either impossible to do so or I'm aware that'll only make it worse, leaving me with no options to consciously choose from.
Excepting the obvious Lord of the Rings, I really liked Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (well before it became a TV series), Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher Saga, Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle, Greg Keyes' Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Gene Wolfe's Book of the Short Sun, most of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and some of L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s SF books (but I didn't read any of his series yet).
Yes, I'm also on Goodreads.
Movies: I don't watch many movies, but... Mostly the same genres as the books, plus some good ones set in the middle ages or ancient times and a few silly comedies. Some particularly weird ones can also catch my eye on some occasions, depending on mood.
In case of fantasy or science fiction, as well as for most of those set in the middle ages or ancient times, if I watch a movie it's mainly for the battle scenes and special effects. A good story, well-developed characters and a deeper meaning are obviously great to have, but if I'd be looking only for those, I'd much rather read the book instead.
TV series: I'm only adding this category here for Babylon 5. If you ask me, that was, and still is, the best TV series ever made. Period.
Music: The more melodic kinds of metal; keep growling away from me. Female-fronted symphonic metal comes first to mind; then power if it's low on guitar solos and preferably with a very epic sound and clear, soaring vocals; then the softer kinds of gothic and doom, especially when the lyrics are particularly deep or sad. Some folk metal also sounds pretty nice, but it seems oddly difficult to find any without harsh vocals.
Hard to believe that anything will replace Nightwish in my preferences, regardless of vocalist, and there are a couple of others that also hold special, if lesser, spots for certain reasons, but otherwise I tend to know of far too many good bands to keep track of, so other preferences change every few days or, at most, weeks, as I frequently get stuck on a song or two and often only get over it when I get stuck on another instead.
For sample songs from the bands I may fall back to when not stuck on something or looking for something specific, I made a playlist.
Food: Uh... Pizza? Maybe that, because otherwise I can't really say I have favorite foods. I might say I like some foods due to, shall we say, their sentimental value, since I link them to Andra for one reason or another, but otherwise... Quite a long list of what I don't like, on the other hand.
But really, I have nothing to hide, just ask...
For a list of things about me, read this. 3500 words and a couple of the listed things can also be found in the longer post I linked to above, but most aren't from there, so take your pick. If you consider any of these things to be private, well, there you have it...
* = If you're an activist or do volunteer work, particularly for environmental causes, or contribute to open-source software or a wiki or some other similar project, or are an artist without aiming to earn income from your work, or work the land just to grow your own food, or do anything else that makes you feel fulfilled without resulting in material benefits, awesome, tell me all about it, but no job in the current sense of the term, no career plans, no rat race.
** = Briefly, the top ones would be getting the population back down to sustainable levels without killing people or allowing them to die unnecessarily, protecting the environment and the other species we share this planet with, switching to a fair resource-based economy that'll do away with any need to "earn a living", giving much greater importance to personal relationships than current society tends to expect or even permit, and guaranteeing each person's right to live as they please as long as they don't harm others who don't deserve it or the environment. For a version of my causes that's still brief but not quite so insanely so, check my blog.
A more detailed version of this section is on my blog, but note the date of that post in case there are conflicts with the above.
It appears that I must stress that I don't believe what I described above to actually exist. So if you miraculously match that description, do message me... Pretty please? But if you don't and yet still have something to say, or I messaged you first and you weren't repulsed by something I said or something you read here, say something and we'll see how long we'll manage to keep talking.


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Tributes have been paid to 'lovely lady' who died following a crash in Llandudno.
69-year-old Beryl Rhodes from Llandudno Junction died after a single vehicle collision, involving a black Renault Clio, on Gloddaeth Lane sometime between 5:30pm and 9:30pm.
Beryl Rhodes, who was a passenger in the car, died at the scene.
The female driver was taken to hospital in Stoke with serious, non-life threatening injuries where she currently remains in a stable condition.
Anheddau Cyf, in which Beryl Rhodes was a service user, released this statement last week: "A service user lost her life in a road traffic collision on the February 3.
"An employee has been injured and is currently recovering in hospital and our thoughts are with them.
"Anheddau has invoked all its contingency plans and has informed all the relevant statutory authorities and is cooperating with North Wales Police who have opened an investigation into the incident."
Janetta Jones, CEO Anheddau Cyf said: "We're shocked and saddened by the death of Beryl in this tragic accident.
"Beryl was a lovely lady who had lots of friends and enjoyed attending a local day service.
"She was approaching her 70th birthday this weekend and was busy organising how she was going to spend her special day.
"She will be sadly missed by everyone who knew her."
Sergeant Jason Diamond from the Roads Policing Unit said: "We are continuing to appeal for witnesses, and are keen on speaking to anybody who may have been in the Gloddaeth Lane area – either walking their dogs or in their vehicle between 5:30pm and 9:30pm to come forward."
Anybody who may have information that could assist the investigation is asked to contact the Roads Policing Unit on 101, quoting reference number V016081.


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This is a tiny piece of advertising industry history, but we can assure you that David Ogilvy's ideas apply to healthcare advertising and medical marketing today. In a brief but passionate film clip, the iconic Ogilvy reveals, among other things, his "secret weapon."
We suspect that this short clip is probably close to 50 years old, and Ogilvy—himself 70-something at the time—talks about the importance of direct marketing. And he predicts that his secret weapon will become the dominant factor in advertising.
David Ogilvy: We sell or else.
David Ogilvy (1911-1999) founded Ogilvy & Mather on the idea that the function of advertising is to sell. And that successful advertising is based on information about the product's consumer.
An online bio tells this story: "A man walked into Ogilvy's London agency wanting to advertise the opening of his hotel. Since he had just $500 he turned to the novice, David Ogilvy. Ogilvy bought $500 worth of postcards and sent invitations to everybody he found in the local telephone directory. The hotel opened with a full house." And direct advertising emerged as Ogilvy's first love and secret weapon.
As he explains in the clip, Ogilvy knows that direct response advertising works and that headlines and copy about benefits sell more that "cute headlines." He also reminds us that direct advertising is measurable…to the dollar. And in the end, "we sell or else."
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Music veteran, ID Cabasa, has some wise words for all Nigerian artistes this morning.
The Coded Tunes boss, took to his twitter account this morning, making it known that the dream of one day winning a Grammy can never come to pass if all the artistes does is Pangolo music.
ID Cabasa tweeted:
Every thought is a seed. If you plant pangolo music, don't count on harvesting a Grammy!
Every thought is a seed.
If you plant Pángolo music, don't count on harvesting a Grammy!#CodedTunesAfricapic.twitter.com/2jyvhEdJ79
— Coded Tunes Africa™ (@codedtunesA) July 20, 2016
What do you guys think, is ID Cabasa speaking the truth?
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yeah! you right boss
Pangolo music like Gongo Aso abi
Truth is bitter. Pangolo-you must dance kind of music can never fetch u grammy.
True Say!
Yeah! They don't get that pangolo songs
Tell dem ooo bt d fault is frm we Nigerians those singing d gud musics ar veri broke we dnt appreciate and encourage dem,all we want is juz dance and party music which most dnt pass any message. Nigeria is blessed wit multitalented producers bt d citizen ar nt encouraging d good music.
@oba which can mumu oba u be sef. So u no sabi pangolo music… Gonga aso na the greatest song eva even mandela dance to the song.
Oba Na wah for u o. U no jst wan get sence
@oba might be right o.Truth is always bitter, \how many of ID cabassa song is not pangolo? Even his own whack Identity Album, They were the initiators of pangolo music And we all appreciated them back then
Yea that's the truth.
Anonymous man you said is album is sack for of pangolo music , I shouldn't be having did discussion with you cos most Nigerians don't have shit of music ideas that's why must of you think wizkid will bring home a Grammy before he does that a south African artiste must have get it done at least black coffee taught y'all a lesson in the last bet awards , ID cabasa did say the plain truth nothing hidden under is trousers. And you should know one thing that changes constantly is human mind or thought , whether he has done pangolo music before ID Cabasa is right.
Akpobor shut up ur mouth u dnt even no wat ur sayin who is black cofee u no am be4 spilin nosene leastin carefuly wizkid is bring home Grammy life and tink be4 u talk
@Akpobor..i didn't even grab a thing out of wot u said..id cabasa is talking abt pangolo music nt bringing back a grammy..and ur talking abt black coffee..chaii..ALAYE u no try o..and seriously think b4 u type
Our music is not very good in terms of content & I feel its because there's hardly any structure that accommodates the songwriter from the artist & the result is the substandard songs we dance to that hardly resonates in our minds after a short while like real classics do.Nigerian artists who do the so called pangolo music are mostly bereft of ideas & mediocre so they give the false excuse that Nigerians do not appreciate good music.This is grossly false!More so the fact that many Nigerians go after the pangolo kind of music is only a reflection of our shallow mindedness & lack of good taste.I.D Cabassa only reechoed the thoughts of people like me.I rest my case.
Abeg who be black coffee him win BET falz too win BET no big deal for there..,ID CABASA way they talk if he was making alot of cash off pangolo music he wont even be able to say a thing and about the grammy.itz not about the grammy but good income from music grammy go give me food chop for house mtchew


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In one of my coaching endeavors, I assist a youth track club with kids ranging in age from 8-14. Some have difficulty running a mile at the beginning; others have won medals at national competitions. Each brings a different background to the sport and each young athlete is an "experiment of one."
My youngest kids and beginners train 3 times a week, some of the older ones 4-5. For most, I focus on a gradual increase in distance, developing correct, relaxed running form, pace judgment, some short repetition running, and having fun. At least every fourth practice, I try to incorporate a running based game. A little book called Training Games: Coaching Runners Creatively, (by Eric Anderson, TAFNEWS Press) should help with some ideas.
In general, distance runners peak in their late 20's. I'm not in any hurry to encourage spectacular performances from 12-year olds. I would much rather have them get enthused about running and go on to continued improvement in high school and college and a lifelong appreciation for the sport.
One word of caution, cycling is a fantastic sport but the major difference is the pounding your running athletes will be subject to in the joints of the lower extremities. Watch for athletes going through "growth spurts" and adjust the workload downward accordingly. It sounds like you have the background to be a great coach.
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CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2005 -- (Senate - February 10, 2005)
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of S. 5, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. In doing so, I wish to recognize and thank them for their leadership, so many Senators who have moved the bill thus far, certainly including the chairman of the Judiciary Committee who just spoke, also the Senator from Iowa, the chief sponsor of the bill, and also the Senator from Utah, the former chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
I am also an original cosponsor of this bill, because it would protect consumers from some of the most egregious abuses in our judicial system.
Let me begin by saying that class actions are an important part of our justice system. They serve an important purpose when properly defined. No one would dispute they are a valuable feature of the legal system. This bill doesn't do away with them.
As stated so eloquently by the bill's chief sponsor, my colleague from Iowa, S. 5 is really court reform more than tort reform. What does it reform? What is the problem?
The reason we need to pass this bill is that there are loopholes in the class action system, and it allows bad actors to game the system. As a result, in recent years class actions have been subject to abuses that actually work to the detriment of individual consumers, plaintiffs in such cases. That is exactly who the law is supposed to help.
Additionally, this gaming of the system clearly works to the detriment of business and our economy, and the need for job creation in forging a strong economy.
Such abuses happen mainly in State and local courts in cases that really ought to be heard in Federal court.
We currently have a system, therefore, which some trial lawyers seeking to game the system in an effort to maximize their fees seek out some small jurisdiction to pursue nationwide cookie-cutter cases, and they act against major players in a targeted industry. Often, these suits have very little, if anything, to do with the place in which they are brought. Rather, lawyers select the venues for strategic reasons, or for political reasons, a practice known as forum shopping.
These trial lawyers seek out jurisdictions in which the judge will not hesitate to approve settlements in which the lawyers walk away with huge fees and the plaintiff class members often get next to nothing. The judges in these jurisdictions will decide the claims of other State citizens under their unique State law. They will use litigation models that deny due process rights to consumers and defendants.
Often the decisions coming out of these hand-picked and carefully selected venues are huge windfalls for trial lawyers and big law firms and a punch line for consumers and the people the lawyers claim to represent. There is now in our country a full blown effort aimed at mining for jackpots in sympathetic courts known as "magnet courts" for the favorable way they treat these cases.
Let us look at a few examples of exactly what I am talking about. Perhaps the best example nationwide, in terms of preferred venues for trial lawyers, is Madison County, IL, where class action filings between 1998 and 2000 increased nearly 2,000 percent. There is actually an example of a South Carolina law firm filing a purported class action on behalf of three named plaintiffs. None of them lived in Madison County, IL, but the lawsuit was filed in that jurisdiction against 31 defendants throughout the United States. None of those defendants were located in Madison County. These lawyers based the alleged jurisdiction on the mere allegation that some as yet unknown class member might happen to live in Madison County.
I have a law degree. That is stunning to me. You can imagine how astounding and silly and ridiculous that seems to the American people, small business owners, and consumers around the country. So Madison County is a great example of one of these magnet jurisdictions. Once their reputation as a magnet jurisdiction is established, they attract major nationwide lawsuits that deal with interstate commerce-exactly the types of lawsuits that should be decided in the Federal court.
As noted in one study:
Virtually every sector of the United States economy is on trial in Madison County, Palm Beach County, FL, and Jefferson County, TX-long distance carriers, gasoline purchasers, insurance companies, computer manufacturers and pharmaceutical developers.
Let us review some of the outrageous decisions that this gaming of a broken system produces.
The Bank of Boston case, where class action members actually lost money when their accounts were debited to pay their lawyers $8.5 million; the Blockbuster settlement, where the class action members received coupons off their next rentals while their lawyers were paid $9.25 million; and, the Cheerios case where the plaintiffs got coupons for cereal, while the lawyers reaped $1.75 million-coupons that, quite frankly, they could have gotten in the Sunday local newspaper.
Sad to say, this is hitting home in my home State of Louisiana as well, because one of the jurisdictions that is appearing more and more on the list of these magnet jurisdictions is in Louisiana, Orleans Parish, the city of New Orleans.
I have mentioned how this gaming of the system is a huge disservice so many times to the consumers that were allegedly harmed. They get coupons or next to nothing. In one case, they had to pay even after the award. It is also a huge cost to business and a huge drain on the American economy.
Small businesses are already spending, on average, $150,000 annually on legal fees. The tort system costs U.S. small business $88 billion per year. This is all money that could be used to hire new employees or to improve benefits. I have long been concerned that Louisiana is increasingly becoming a part of this trend.
I mentioned a minute ago Orleans Parish, which is clearly showing up more and more on the list of these magnet jurisdictions. This is bad for our Louisiana efforts at job creation. It is a serious negative for companies looking to locate in our State.
I will quote from an amicus brief filed at the Louisiana Supreme Court in the case of Sutton Steel and Supply, Inc., Kate Davis, and Mestayer and Mestayer, APLC v. Bellsouth Mobility, Inc. In that brief, they said:
In a recent poll of more than 1,400 in-house general counsel and other senior litigators at public corporations ..... Louisiana was ranked 46th for its treatment of class actions, out of the 48 States that permit class action suits in their courts.
The study they cited is the Chamber of Commerce study done in March 2004, and the amicus brief continues:
Importantly, 80 percent of the respondents-these are businesses now, job creators-indicated that they perceive fairness of the litigation environment in a State "could affect important business decisions at their company, such as where to locate or do business" and with good reason.
Of course, many small businesses are dragged down by what are known as Yellow Page lawsuits. In these cases, hundreds of defendants are named in a lawsuit, and it is their responsibility to prove they are not culpable. In many cases, plaintiffs named defendants using vendor lists, or even lists literally from the Yellow Pages of certain types of businesses, be they auto supply stores, drugstores, what have you, in a particular jurisdiction.
Imagine what this means to your State's job creation efforts when national attention is brought to your local jurisdiction because it is a new magnet jurisdiction-a new Madison County, IL. The only jobs that you will be creating are legal positions for the flyby lawsuit filed by out-of-Staters hoping for a payoff from your local industries and companies.
I have identified the problem, gaming a broken system. We have identified the real and negative results of that problem, hurting the actual consumers who are supposed to be helped, and costing business and job creation in your State, including my home State of Louisiana, enormous amounts, including in terms of jobs not created or lost jobs.
Why is S. 5 the solution?
I believe S. 5 is a careful, reasonable, and moderate response to the problem with our class action system.
We have a bipartisan compromise that has been in the making for 6 years: 6 years of negotiation, careful study, and careful compromise. It deserves our support.
The House of Representatives has already passed similar class action reform legislation more than once. I have personally supported and worked for that, and voted for that when I served in the House.
S. 5 provides for Federal district court jurisdiction for interstate class action, specifically those in which the aggregate amount in controversy exceeds $5 million and any member of a plaintiff class is a citizen of a different State from any defendant. Under the bill, certain class actions with more than 100 plaintiffs also would be treated as class actions and subject to Federal jurisdiction.
The bill provides exceptions for cases in which Federal jurisdiction is not warranted. Under the so-called home State exception and the local controversy exception, class action cases will remain in State courts if there is significant connection to a local issue or event or a significant number of plaintiffs are from a single State.
The bill includes consumer protections so the real little guy, the plaintiff, the consumer who is wronged, is truly made whole. The bill's consumer bill of rights would require, among other things, that judges review all coupon settlements and limit attorney's fees paid in such settlements to the value actually received by class members. It would also require judges to carefully scrutinize net law settlements in which the class action members end up losing money in a class action settlement, and would prohibit settlements in which parochial judges allow some class action members to have a larger recovery because they simply live closer to the courthouse.
I am pleased there is bipartisan, bicameral support for a carefully crafted, well-thought-out measure. S. 5 is long overdue.
It is also important to say what we are not doing. This bill is not an attempt to eliminate class action lawsuits. Time and again, it has been said by parties on all sides that class actions have a proper place in the legal system. This bill is a modest effort to swing the pendulum back toward common sense, making the system work as it was intended.
This bill will not move all class actions to Federal court, only the ones most appropriately settled there. This bill will not overload Federal courts with class actions. They are prepared to deal with these cases far better than State courts, many of whom are overburdened now. We are also not delaying justice for plaintiffs. Federal courts have as good or better records of dealing with class actions in a timely manner.
In closing, our class action system is rife with abuses. It is gamed. It is broken. We need to fix it. First, we need to fix it for the consumers who are hurt by alleged abuses which are the subject of this class action litigation. Plaintiffs leave feeling cheated because they receive a token settlement in many cases for their efforts while lawyers reap all of the financial benefits.
Second, the system is broken and we need to fix it so we do not hurt legitimate business, legitimate job-creation efforts in Louisiana and elsewhere. Right now, businesses, fearing the mere threat of legal action, settle cases-a form of judicial blackmail. The whole economy is dragged down and fewer jobs are created as a result.
Third, our system of federalism is undermined today because one State's legal system, rather than the legal system of the Federal branch of the courts, is making decisions that affect many or even all other States. So the system is not working for anyone but the lawyers and law firms gaming that system.
A lot of good, hard work has been put into S. 5. I compliment again the prime sponsor, Senator Grassley, as well as the Judiciary Committee, led by the Senator from Pennsylvania. I compliment all of their leadership and their respective staff members for their efforts. I am proud to be a cosponsor of S. 5. I urge my colleagues to support and vote for the Class Action Fairness Act.
I yield the floor.


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After joining the elite group of nations to have put an astronaut into space, China is now planning to send a woman into orbit.
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To be perfectly honest, I've never really had a one-on-one conversation with him before…I just sat at his table during an ECF class one night and heard him talk about despair and then he turned to me and said, "You look like you're dying to ask something here!" And terrified, I just said, "No. I'm good." The next week I sat at his table during the discussion–we received a paper about Sts. Peter and Paul…I grabbed a pen and started filling it out. Someone in my group became a little bit impatient with my eagerness to fill out the questionnaire. He said, "Love is patient!" I contacted him later that week with a note of appreciation.
I came back to the parish today…it's difficult for me to come because I just feel so distant and absent from God but Fr. Kimel had requested prayer and I felt like lighting a candle for him–this candle might have burned the longest. After the liturgy, everyone goes to the parish hall for a luncheon where conversation occurs…conversation in a large society. I get some coffee because I'm about to fall asleep and this young father a few years older than I calls me to sit with him and he tells me how he eventually came upon St. Thomas Byzantine Catholic Church. Small talk…I'm just trying to wait for an escape when all of a sudden the deacon comes over to me and invites me to talk with him alone…yes, alone!
He leads me into the parish office and tells me that he wants to be a father figure for me and to tell me about my life at this point. Okay, simple enough. Just be a child like Mother says. Let someone else take care of me. I share with him the scars on my arms and progress with my relationship with my father–rough. We've played catch with the football and baseball in the past but he always pushes me to be what he wants me to be and according to the deacon, this is not what God wants for me–he wants me to be who I want to be. This is not to say my dad's a bad guy, he's not–I think he's misguided but not bad.
At this point, he breaks in with an interjection in the conversation–in truth, we really haven't communicated that much…I've sent a couple e-mails expressing myself and where I was at in my life journey and with the cuts on my arms and my attempted suicide all so recently as well as interest I have in studying liberal arts, specifically law and church law. His interjection–"I'm just throwing this out as a guess here, but I'm going to say that you're high-functioning autistic and that you like a lot order–specifically, order of the right kind. Have you been diagnosed with high functioning autism?" I'm thinking at this point, "Oh my God, this guy's psychic–err, not a psychic, just right!" He also then guessed quite accurately–recalling when I first came to the parish when my mom presented me as the one interested in Catholicism–that I was looking to the church because I believed then that it could help me!
Me in my head: YES! I believed that the church could help me with the most important thing to me then that was fading away! My SPIRITUALITY!
I was devolving into a state of decadence intellectually experimenting with all different sorts of ideas in my mind despite attending an Evangelical Covenant Church–liberal Protestantism, Satanism, radical atheism, Luciferianism, etc. I wanted God to be my own! I wanted to be my own God! I wanted to say I was good without God! But all of this exploring brought a devastating end to my spirituality and so to recover it, I sought the church! So yes, I did believe that the church could help me.
At that point though, the parish priest came into the office and so the deacon and I re-located to the parish. He and I had that conversation I was hoping to have with my parish priest when he went to a state of arrogance. The deacon wanted to know who I was and what I was. He correctly identified me as an introvert, intelligent (all people with high-functioning autism are intelligent, all people who are intelligent are introverts), good with languages–that is, learning them is easy for me, someone who prefers deep conversations, and someone looking for hope. And he offered his hand out to me as one who wants to lead me into Christ and so I listened all the while in my head…
Me: Oh, crap, I hope my younger sister isn't waiting too long for me!
But I quickly brushed that thought to the side…I needed to listen to him speak for now. I felt genuinely loved. By more than just someone who was a member of the clergy but by an actual, father–at least to me at that point. For the first time in a long time, I'm hearing the Gospel and it's damn good news! Sweet news! The demons are afraid more of me than I of them. Satan hates losing people to God and so I struggle with Satan as did numerous other saints such as St. Francis of Assissi. Speaking of which, the key to renouncing these thoughts of suicide, my deacon explains to me, is mocking Satan. It's not God who wants me to think these thoughts, it's Satan telling me that I want to cut myself, that I want to kill myself–do as St. Francis did and tell Satan to shut up or you'll defecate in his mouth. Out of the mouth that spews crap, crap will go into it.
He tells me about how different varieties of Christianity use these breathing exercises called prayer–Protestants prefer citing Bible verses to remind them that God is there, Roman Catholics use the rosary, Eastern Christians use some variety of the Jesus prayer…not to favour one set of devotions above the other but to provide help. He tells me how Michael mocked Satan when Satan tried to take the throne of God challenging Satan in mocker with "Who is like God?" At this point, I reach into my pocket and pull out my rosary–I show him the medallion, it's St. Michael. He encourages me to memorize the prayer to St. Michael and not to have these suicidal thoughts and remember most importantly to share with people my wounds and victory over them as Christ did. "Share the wounds of Christ!"
I got an iconography lesson that day–"See that icon? Christ is on the gates of Hell! Satan is a loser and hates what God loves and so he attacks God's creations! He wants to make us losers!" "See this icon? Thomas is touching the wounds of Christ! The world looks at a wound and wants to correct it but Jesus looks at a wound and responds in love!" "See this icon? Only one person was created to die! He's wrapped up like a mummy, on something that looks like a tomb!"
Later that day, my friend comes over. She knows I've been struggling with cutting. I'm standing while eating and everybody else is sitting–we invite these friends of ours over for dinner each Sunday. I tell her about my accomplishment–that I haven't cut in two months! It's a triumph…the marks though are going to be forever lasting, I'm afraid. But my friend celebrates that I haven't cut myself in so long. She gives me hugs which I love.
We're having a game night that night. And as we're playing, her mother puts the married people on teams together and the single people are on their own. I lament because I want my friend on my team. Eventually, after round 1 of Scattergories, her mother decides to let the single people form teams together so my younger sister and her boyfriend are on a team together and now, me and my friend are on the same team together.
I forget about awkwardness at some moment and I ask my friend if I can just lay my head down on her arm. Auntie says girls like touch so it won't bother them as long as I don't misinterpret. My friend lets me and I feel close to her–I feel loved by her. I say, "My friend loves me." Then I wait briefly, and inform my friend that she's supposed to pat my head with her hand and say "Yes I do." I entrust myself to my friend's love. My mom seems concerned and says to me, "Daniel, you have a huge brain, your head is heavy!" My friend doesn't mind that–"My friend loves me," I say. "Yes I do," and she pats my head with her hand. I'm being protected by her for now. I know that I receive love and this is what I need right now. Regretfully, we got to the last round and my friend had to leave but she gave me a goodbye hug for the night. "My friend loves me." "My deacon loves me." "This is Mother's mantle stretched out on me, Mary's veil protecting me."


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It's better than most passengers will think when they look at the back seats. They're just more usable than in any other car that's anywhere near as fast. Two kids will fit fine in back, but the sloping roof is what limits adult space in back even more than the lack of leg room. You'd have to move into cars like the Maserati GranTurismo to find better four-seat space, unless you're shopping a Track Edition--which has no back seats.
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Festival Fever
With an abundance of festivals taking place from spring through fall, it is only fitting that we give a shout out to the "it" girls of these major festivals!
Not to be outdone by Coachella, this years Glastonbury Festival in the UK was overloaded with the biggest and brightest girls of the music scene
The usual style contenders were in attendance. Festival veteran Kate Moss was fierce in black fish-net tights, a khaki jacket topped off with black nail varnish to complete her look. Our own style crush Alexa Chung was her usual quirky self ahead of the trends mixing a preppy lacoste shirt alongside a leopard print bag.
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On the eve of her wedding anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband to come home, listening for his car along the dark, icy roads. As the night draws on, and he fails to appear, Mary reflects on the true nature of their marriage: the secrets, the silences, and the unmentionable yet inescapable fact that for each loss and disappointment, there has been a corresponding physical gain: the woman she once is now imprisoned in mountainous flesh.
THE WIFE'S TALE is the inspirational story of the journey Mary is finally forced to make across a continent, ostensibly in search of her husband, but eventually towards the self she has buried for too long.
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Britney Spears Celebrates Losing Kids With Vacation
Britney Spears arrived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for a vacation from life's many stresses.
She was accompanied by her friend George Maloof, who owns the Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Spears recently let shockingly good parent and ex-husband Kevin Federline have sole custody of their two sons. She will be allowed visitation rights along with overnight visits. Stress-free parenting!
The Daily Mail reports that Britney was seen in her white bikini, dancing with a unidentified man by the pool. She then reported to the beach for some splashin' around with Mystery Guy. And his video camera. That's never good.
Things are looking up for Brit, though. Well, despite losing her children. She's back recording, and she's even been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award!
It's anybody's guess if she'll attend the September 7 ceremony in L.A.