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To think I wrote this almost 5 years ago sends chills down my body. I haven't changed one bit yet become more open minded and experienced. One of my life friends and people that I Love dearly brought this post up last night.
Decided I show some of my views about friendship on here. Despite this being about music, art, film, etc… At the end of the day you write and share things to find people who appreciate the things we discover. True friendships can form at anytime. I was reminded of this today because a simple e-mail request to exchange links has turned out to be one of the sweetest people I've met. They have inspired me so much with their words and help me realize anything is possible when it came to planning this WMC event.
Thank you to all my friends out there.
You know who you are… I only open up to a select few.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Friends. Different Types..
In life humans have had to interact with another. In family, school, and out in the every day life. Some of us chose to be more social than others and some its just in there nature to keep to themselves mostly. The people we accept into our world and spend most of our time with we call our friends. I believe there's many type of friends as we grow older. I feel like getting into this topic because of lots of things that are happening now during the summer as I've returned to Miami, my home town.
I'm going to categorize friendship into different types: acquaintances, click friends, best friends, and life friends.
I have to mention these because these are the one's that are probably the most vague. They are the people who you've met or been around a lot but never moved it to more than a quick conversation. Of course these people can all of a sudden turn into deeper friends but its just never happened. I would say this is the largest group of friends we all have because of all the social interaction and environments we've been placed in. These are the people you see while your out walking around in the mall, see at a party occasionally, or just see out on the street. Usually its a quick hello or nod to acknowledge each other. Nothing too deep. Some of these could be friends you've had back in the day while you hung out with a certain click but no longer do. Also another type of person that might fit into this group is someone you know though online and never met but have an occasional conversation here and there online or though messages in myspace. Going to four different high school I've acquired a tremendous of acquaintances because I never really gave most people a chance to get to know me unless they seemed interesting. Many people ask me wow dude you know lots of people and such but truth is they don't mean anything to me they are just people who I consider acquaintances.
Click Friends:
As clique it is to call a certain group a click it's reality. As we grow up we've been part of some type of group that has stuck together for some time. Sometimes we have lots of these clicks and others have just stuck to one group which I wouldn't place in this group but in life friends. Click friends are the people who we've hung out for awhile or currently hang out with. They are the people who usually you see together with on a usual bases. I've been around many different groups just because I've realized I don't seem to fit in anywhere with a small group. I also believe that it changes many people if they are around certain people. Of course if you really think about it no one fits in a group perfectly because everyone is different and there is no ideal mold for people to fit in a group of people (atleast not most clicks). I find this the most interesting of all the types of friends because you get to get a collection of people with different views, ideals, cultures, races, etc.. and place them together and bam you've got a click. They are the people you usually call up on the week-ends when you feel like going out. Everyone seems to stick together even with many similarities but many differences. Usually a lot of drama goes on in these clicks because they might be close and spent time with the group they might not be to fond of certain people as much as others. I find a problem with clicks a lot of times because they seem so prone to judge and quick to push people away because they are not in there little group or don't think that the person is "cool" enough to hang with them. It gets kind of ridiculous because it makes many people close minded because they always in the same environment share the same ideas usually with the same people without getting any input from others just their small group. Yet it also has advantages because if you have a click you have the security that you have people to hang out with usually and not find yourself wondering on your own or with just one or two others occasionally.
Best friends:
This is by far the most overused and miss understood group of all of them. You don't understand how much I hate when people say ohh this is my bestfriend and such when they've just been hanging out for like a week or two a lot. I think for someone to be refereed to bestfriend from me takes a lot. Not just hanging out with the person for a month or so. I'm totally skipping that whole type of friend which I would name "close friend". Reason being is this would get ridiculously long and such. How do I explain this in words this should be quite a challenge. A bestfriend and life friends have many similarities but quite different so trying to pick the right concepts that would distinguish the two of them. A bestfriend is someone who've you have become close to but have spent more than a couple months together. It is someone who you can call and receive calls from them to discuss different things or random stories just to exchange thoughts. They are the ones who your the closest to in a click or group but also might be someone you spent time with apart from the group when your not in the mood to be around the group. These are the people who won't stab you in the back or turn on you when your confronted by something. They might disagree with you on many things but you two respect eachother with those difference and will support the other when it comes down to it if faced against others. These are the people you are comfortable with to have a deep talk with or open up too when your going though crisis though your life and know will listen. My experiences in life have provided me with some of these friends but not many. I've jumped around so much and moved from group to group so often that I only have a few but glad I do.
Life Friends:
This is so alike to a bestfriend that the only difference I would say is that Life Friends will probably be the friends you'll have 10 years from now. I would say that a bestfriend is a life friend in itself but not all of them. Life friends have all the same characteristics that a bestfriend has but more. Why more? Well because a life friend is someone you probably grew up with your whole life. There will be times where you really haven't been close at all with even years maybe but in the end it doesn't matter. These are the people who you invite to your wedding and know they'll be there even if you haven't seen them in awhile. Life friends have this connection with you that you might not have with anyone else in the entire world. They will always be in the back of your head. These people are the real deal in your life. Your lucky to if you have more than one or two of these. I have to admit I'm lucky to have a few in my life. The problem is most of them I don't keep to close in contact with but some I don't know if they'll even last. The future is totally unknown so these are the friends you'll be looking at towards the middle of your life.


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Amniotic fluid is a clear, slightly yellowish liquid that surrounds the unborn baby (fetus) during pregnancy. It is contained in the amniotic sac.
While in the womb, the baby floats in the amniotic fluid. The amount of amniotic fluid is greatest at about 34 weeks (gestation) into the pregnancy, when it averages 800 mL. About 600 mL of amniotic fluid surrounds the baby at full term (40 weeks gestation).
The amniotic fluid constantly moves (circulates) as the baby swallows and "inhales" the fluid, and then releases it.
The amniotic fluid helps:
Too much amniotic fluid is called
Too little amniotic fluid is known as oligohydramnios. This condition may occur with late pregnancies, ruptured membranes, placental dysfunction, or fetal abnormalities.
Abnormal amounts of amniotic fluid may cause the health care provider to watch the pregnancy more carefully. Removing a sample of the fluid through amniocentesis can provide information about the sex, health, and development of the fetus.
Cunningham FG, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, et al. Embryogenesis and fetal morphological development. In: Cunningham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al, eds. Williams Obstetrics. 24th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2040:chap 7.
Gilbert WM. Amniotic fluid disorders. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, et al, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 33.
Ross MG, Ervin MG, Novak D. Placental and fetal physiology. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, at al, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 2.
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The process of getting the tax refund has traditionally been very tiring and time consuming for an individual. If you are expecting a tax refund then it"s important to take a few steps which will expedite the process.
How do I get the Tax refund?
- Filing the return on time is the first and foremost requirement for claiming the Tax refund, by providing the adequate investment details.
- File your return online so that it is processed faster and it doesn"t have to deal with bureaucracy. You can file your return online for FREE at www.taxyogi.com
- Check your Income tax Return to see if it"s reflecting the tax refund correctly.
- If your Tax return shows Tax refund, filing the return is all you need to do. The IT department will send the refund by post (cheque) or direct credit to your bank account.
- You should provide proper details of bank account like MICR Code, bank account number and also the proper address to get the Tax refund amount directly credited in to your account.
- Opt for direct credit so that you don"t have to deal with postal delays.
Further in a situation where you think that you forgot (to mention bank account no., MICR code of bank) or did not have the proper documents to show the investments made, a Revised Return of Income needs to be submitted.
What if you do not receive Tax refund within a year?
If you do not receive your tax refund within a reasonable time which normally is within a maximum of one year from the date of filing the tax return
- Check your Tax Refund status here. (Read more on tracking your income tax refund status)
- You can approach Tax Ombudsman which are present in select cities to deal with such cases. The Ombudsman has been empowered by the government to help tax payers and also better the whole tax process.
Thus, to conclude, prevention is better than cure. So it is always better to plan early and prevent paying extra taxes than to wait months to get your refund back.
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Steak Fact SheetCuts: Rib steak
Grade: USDA Prime
Breed: Black Angus
Dry Aged? Yes, 35 Days
Pre-Cooked Weight: 32 oz.
Price: $90 serves 2
Price per Ounce: $2.80
"In the long run it is quality product that is the key to success," says Chef Vito Gnazzo of cooking in general and his rib steak in particular. Gnazzo features a USDA Prime 32 oz. rib steak for two that is dry aged for over 30 days on the menu at The Leopard at Des Artistes, where he is the executive chef. Chef Gnazzo has had an extensive culinary career that spans several decades. He has worked on both side of the country and both sides of the Atlantic.
Originally from Felitto in Salerno, Italy, Gnazzo worked at Antico Osteria Del Ponto, which received three Michelin stars, before moving to Los Angeles and working at the acclaimed REX il Ristorante in the 1980's. In the 1990's Gnazzo was the executive chef at SETA at the MOMA before returning to his native Salerno to work on an exploration of farm to table dining at La Locando. Gnazzo returned to New York in 2001 as executive chef of Il Gattopardo, and later its sister restaurant The Leopard, which opened two years ago.
If Gnazzo has learned one thing in his extensive exploration of Italian cooking, it is the paramount importance of letting ingredients speak for themselves. Case in point: his rib steak. "When you have meat that is the best of the best," Gnazzo explains, "you don't have to do too much to it." The che seasons his steak with salt and pepper and grills it simply before finishing it off in the oven. The steak is finished with Himalayan salt and sliced tableside, served with hand-cut French fries.
Take a look through the slideshow to see how Chef Gnazzo brings the steak to the table.
About the author: Nick Solares is a NYC-based food writer and photographer. He has published Beef Aficionado since 2007, with the stated purpose of exploring American exceptionalism through the consumption of hamburgers and steak. He has written over 350 restaurant reviews for Serious Eats since 2008 and served as the creative director for the award-winning iPad app Pat LaFrieda's Big App for Meat. You can follow him on Instagram (@nicksolares) and Twitter (@beefaficionado).


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Massage in the Childbearing Year
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Touching Lives—by Keri Redding, LMT
Excerpt: "When people find out I do pregnancy massage they are usually surprised a woman can get a massage while pregnant. I even get this reaction from pregnant women. … By using side-lying, semi-reclined and side-tilt positions, a full body massage is possible [for a pregnant woman]. The mother is supported in these special positions with the use of pillows and cushions. Most of my clients can't believe they can feel so comfortable, and often mimic the massage positions while sleeping at home."
Craniosacral Therapy in the Midwifery Model of Care—by Kara Maia Spencer
The Primal Touch of Birth: Midwives, Mothers and Massage—by Kara Maia Spencer, LMP
A Modern Midwife's Experience with Ancient Maya Techniques of Abdominal/Uterine Massage—by Anne Hirsch
Uterine Massage: A New Profession?—by Mary Kroeger, CNM, MPH
The Rebozo—A transcription of the rebozo workshop given by Doña Irene Sotelo and Naolí Vinaver
Shiatsu: Another Tool for Keeping Birth Normal—by Suzanne Yates


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Nolan Part of Wide-Ranging Defense Project
AU math professor John Nolan has won a three-year, $306,000 Defense Department grant for his work on a multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) to create new ways of analyzing data and securing networks.
Nolan was named in August 2012 as a co-principal investigator on the "ARO-MURI" research project. The project, funded by the Army Research Office and led by Cornell University, comprises the work of 11 researchers from seven different universities. The total budget is $3 million, with an option to extend for another two years.
The purposes of the MURI project are wide ranging and include many different focuses and areas of expertise. Nolan's contributions are in the area of probability theory. One major objective is to create an empirically grounded analytical framework for multivariate heavy-tailed models, which are models created by looking at the accumulation of data to predict future extreme events. The models will provide theoretical results and statistical tools to help draw correlations between data and rare events.
The Department of Defense will use these tools for evaluating data from a variety of problems. The project plans to use these tools for measuring risk in social network analysis, network design and control, network security and anomaly detection, risk analysis, and signal processing.
The range this research can be applied to illustrates the importance of these research initiatives and their potential benefits and applications.
"It is another step forward for AU," Nolan says of the grant. "American University's faculty are getting major grants and interacting with prominent researchers around the country."
Nolan's own interest in the project started when he saw its relation to and inclusion of probability theory, a long-term interest and area of study. Probability theory develops theoretical models that look at large data sets to understand extreme events, a central focus of the MURI Project.
Nolan hopes his work will encourage others to pursue this area and that this will help lead to new initiatives in grant research. Particularly, in the field of math, exciting discoveries are constantly being made, he says.
MURI is an example of the potential these research initiatives have of furthering our understanding in a wide range of math-related fields. The constant novelty and discovery in the math world is lost on many people, Nolan says. In fact with the development of technologies and new concepts, it is a field that is greatly expanding and is constantly shifting.


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Some fans might cock a skeptical eyebrow at the notion of an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band. But Steph Paynes, the guitarist who founded Lez Zeppelin during 2004 in New York City, says the actual Led Zep members are not among them.
"I have met them all now, and I've had some very special encounters with them," Paynes explains. "It was extremely meaningful to me. I didn't even expect they would know about (Lez Zeppelin) to the extent that they did, and the feeling was so warm and gracious.
"Y'know, I do this because I love it. I still don't consider it a tribute band; it's just music that I love to play. The fact that the members of Led Zeppelin realize the respect and authenticity and the love with which we come at this music is very satisfying and wonderful."
As it eyeballs its 10th anniversary next year, Lez Zep is keeping the love for all things Led going with a couple of special projects. The group is in the midst of recording its version of "Led Zeppelin II," and this weekend at the Magic Bag the band will play each of Led Zep's first two albums in their entirety -- one each night -- which Paynes says is a unique but satisfying challenge.
"It's really fun, for the fans and for us, too, because playing an album is very different than just putting together a set of things from all over the place," the guitarist notes. "The songs fall in a different order than you might put them in otherwise, and then of course there's a bunch of songs that you might never play otherwise.
"They're both great albums, and it makes it really fun for everyone -- especially the hardcore Led Zeppelin fans -- to get an entire piece like that. It's like a moment in time, really."
Lez Zeppelin performs Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2, at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. The group performs Led Zeppelin's first album on Friday and "Led Zeppelin II" on Saturday. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call 248-544-3030 or visit www.themagicbag.com.


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Elementary school receives state, national energy education award
Lipscomb Academy Elementary School was announced as a national award winner for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project's 33rd Annual Youth Awards for Energy Achievement at a special ceremony May 6 at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville.
Lipscomb Academy Elementary School was named Primary Level School of the Year by a national awards review panel, representing various aspects of the energy industry and education sector. Academy officials will be officially recognized at the NEED recognition ceremony in Washington, D.C., June 21-24.
This is the second national award the school has received in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Lipscomb Academy Elementary School was named a 2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School.
"Our students are learning from a very early age how to care for the world around them," said L. Randolph Lowry, president of Lipscomb University. "Care for the environment is a focus that is integrated into the culture at Lipscomb Academy Elementary School. I am proud of the hard work of the students and teachers who are a part of this program. They are great examples for us all."
In addition to the national award, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Office of Energy Programs named the elementary school Primary School of the Year by at its annual Energy Education Awards ceremony. The primary school category recognizes schools with kindergarten through second grade programs.
"The Tennessee Youth Awards for Energy Achievement are designed to recognize students and teachers who conducted projects to educate their peers and communities about energy efficiency and conservation," said Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau. "The efforts these students and teachers have put forth are helping educate their communities on the importance of energy conservation and ensuring future generations share in their commitment for a cleaner energy future."
Ginger Reasonover, science coordinator for the elementary school, said this recognition helps validate the program that is in place.
"We are so excited about this honor and so happy for our students," said Reasonover, "This award commends what we are doing to conserve and use energy wisely. We have strategically worked with our students to learn more about sources of energy along with giving them lab experiences to help them learn more about its role in our lives and how it works."
Lipscomb Academy Elementary School is quickly becoming a model for other schools. In 2012, the school's third-graders earned first-place honors in Tennessee as part of Disney's Planet Challenge. Lipscomb Academy was the eighth-ranked elementary school in the nation out of 1,900 schools entering the contest nationwide. Last year the school also received the 2012 SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Award in its category along with a $10,000 grant to help fund an environmental initiative at the school in recognition of its School Children's Recycling Action Program (SCRAP). The school was also named Tennessee's 2011 Recycling School of the Year. In 2009, the school received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Green Schools - K-12.
"We believe we have a good program," said Reasonover. "These awards just help reaffirm that. But, even if we never received any recognition we would still do what we are doing because it's just who we are."
About Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
With more than 2,900 employees working across the state, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is a diverse and dynamic department, serving the state by (1) safeguarding the health and safety of Tennessee citizens from environmental hazards; (2) protecting and improving the quality of Tennessee's land, air and water; and (3) managing Tennessee's 54 state parks, 83 natural areas and a variety of historical or archaeological sites. For more information about the department, please visit www.tn.gov/environment.
About National Energy Education Development Project
The mission of the National Energy Education Development Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs. NEED works with energy companies, agencies and organizations to bring balanced energy programs to the nation's schools with a focus on strong teacher professional development, timely and balanced curriculum materials, signature program capabilities and turn-key program management.


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At the U.S. Potato Board's annual meeting a few weeks ago, John Keeling, chief executive officer of the National Potato Council, Washington, D.C., dumped the verbal equivalent of a bucket of cold water on the attendees.
Reflecting on the GOP's poor showing in the November elections, Keeling told attendees they could learn from the GOP's missteps and failure to recognize changing demographics.
"If the election told us anything, it is that there are not enough old white men here," Keeling said, ticking off causes of the GOP's implosion. "Republicans are terrible with women … they don't understand how Hispanics think."
While Keeling's message focused primarily on the importance of immigration reform, potato board members (and the wider produce industry) would do well to contemplate the general gist as the board develops future marketing plans — especially after the "Five Seasons of Linda" campaign of its ongoing Linda marketing strategy wraps up.
Even as Keeling and other industry leaders — including outgoing board CEO Tim O'Connor and United Potato Growers of America president Jerry Wright — warn about the need to change, to move with the times, and combat public perception of taters as June Cleaver's side dish, the board is conducting a carefully crafted marketing campaign that runs upstream, counter to demographic trends.
Its Linda campaign is built around a prototypical potato consumer who is a woman between the ages of 25 and 54, has children at home, is her family's primary shopper and enjoys cooking. Subtle messaging, including through photos, also implies Linda is married and white. The board's marketing team chose this composite because, according to its market research, Lindas are more likely to incorporate potatoes in weekly meals.
You know who Linda sounds like? A modernized June Cleaver.
Much of the board's marketing strategy centers around objectives such as this: "Get Linda to serve potatoes for dinner one more time a week."
But its research methodology is dangerously narrow. The surveys cited in its 2012 Research Overview booklet focus on the Linda category, almost to the exclusion of other categories of potato consumers. In its quantitative online surveys of shopping habits and use, Lindas comprised at least half the samples. But she buys 40% of potatoes, which leaves 60% in shopping carts that seem to be mostly off the radar.
This focus on Linda overlooks the fact that single people also cook. Married women cook 12 meals a week; single GenX women, 10 meals a week; and single GenX men, eight meals a week, according to a 2012 University of Michigan Institute for Social Research report. That means singletons are cooking 60% of those weekly meals.
This mindset is also out of touch with the broader reality of modern America. Linda is far from comprising 40% of the American population, or even of women in her age group.
Family structures are changing. Marriage rates plummeted almost 20 percentage points from 1960 to 2011, to 51%, according to the Pew Research Center.
In 2009, the percentage of families with children hit its lowest point in 50 years, at 46%, according to USA Today. That leaves not only singletons, but also quite a number of couples — married and unmarried — with shoppers and cooks who are not Lindas.
I don't even need to detail the sweeping ethnic changes. Even as America is becoming more colorful, all the photos accompanying the "Real Moms/Real Meals" posts on potatogoodness.com are of white women.
Kate Thompson, senior research manager with the Sterling Rice Group, which does marketing research for the board, calls Linda "fairly traditional." But in these times and climes, "traditional" smacks of June Cleaver — completely at odds with where O'Connor thinks potatoes should be in public perception.
Fragments of the board's own research suggest where it can make course corrections. Its use survey found that potatoes gained a share of overall U.S. dinners in 2012 (30%, up from 28% in 2011), but held steady for Lindas at 30%.
This indicates there's fertile ground and a wealth of opportunities for the board to diversify its marketing.
The board has snazzed up its recipes, incorporating international, exotic flavors. But it does so in order to appeal to what it views as Linda's "changing tastes," rather than to America's changing demographics.
The board's marketing team needs to recognize that potatoes and creative recipes appeal to diverse groups, and market them accordingly.
As O'Connor told attendees at the meeting, it's important to change how consumers view potatoes.
It's also important for the potato board to change how it views consumers.
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Public lands close after lapse in federal funding
October 2, 2013
Rocky Mountain National Park and all offices managing Grand County's federal public lands have closed after the U.S. Congress failed to pass a fiscal budget.
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service offices closed and websites went down on Tuesday, Oct. 1 due to lack of funding.
All National Parks entrances are now closed, including Rocky Mountain National Park. Trail Ridge Road through the Park and other facilities will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown.
Education programs and special events at the Park are canceled, permits for special events are rescinded and guests staying in Park hotels and campgrounds will be given 48 hours to leave, according to Park information on the National Park Service website.
A small number of National Park Service employees remain to protect park resources.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Forest Service will continue essential local health and safety service work throughout the furlough, according to a press releases dated Oct. 1, including flood recovery efforts and hazardous tree removal.
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The U.S. Forest Sulphur Ranger District has some campgrounds closed due to the season, but the public may find other areas closed.
Nearly 75 percent of Grand County's 1,868 square miles are managed by federal public land agencies, and will be affected during the furlough.
The closures come weeks after torrential rains and flooding devastated large portions of Rocky Mountain National Park and Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest land east of the Continental Divide.
Leia Larsen can be reached at 970-887-3334 ext. 19603.


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Nico Rosberg stunned Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to snatch pole position for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had appeared unstoppable in practice, comfortably leading the way, and again following the first two qualifying periods at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
But the Briton was denied a fourth pole in eight attempts at Montreal as championship rival Rosberg pulled a rabbit out of the hat in the top-10 shoot-out to edge Hamilton by 0.079secs.
Hamilton's first flying lap in Q1 saw him make a mistake into turn one, but he soon made amends to finish the session a remarkable three quarters of a second quicker than Rosberg.
By the end of Q2 the deficit between the duo had been cut to four tenths of a second, yet come the final blast Rosberg countered to lead the way by just 0.068secs after the first run.
On the second and final hot lap Hamilton had the edge after the first sector, but a lock-up into turn eight in the second sector cost him dear, to leave Rosberg leading away the field for the second successive race.
Reigning four-times champion Sebastian Vettel was the best of the rest, albeit seven tenths of a second adrift of Rosberg such is the gap between Mercedes and Red Bull.
Williams pair Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, who have looked strong this weekend, will start fourth and fifth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull.
Ferrari pair Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, who had seemed set to challenge here, could only manage sixth and 10th.
Sandwiched in between the pair will be Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne and Jenson Button in his McLaren.
The Force India duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez start 11th and 13th either side of Kevin Magnussen in his McLaren.
Magnussen finished less than a tenth of a second slower than team-mate Button, yet finished four places behind him as the 34-year-old was eighth quickest in Q2.
Lotus' Romain Grosjean lines up 14th ahead of Daniil Kvyat in his Toro Rosso and Sauber's Adrian Sutil.
Pastor Maldonado's run of rotten luck shows no sign of ending as the Venezuelan pulled his Lotus off track towards the end of Q1 and will start 17th.
Max Chilton missed out on a place in Q2 by just over a tenth of a second to underline Marussia's recent improvement, with the Briton to line up 18th ahead of team-mate Jules Bianchi.
Caterham, now almost a second off the pace of Marussia, have Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericcson in 20th and 21st respectively.
Ericsson brought a premature end to Q1, albeit only by 16 seconds, when he lost control of his car at the turn eight/nine chicane where he smashed into a wall, breaking off the left-rear wheel.
Esteban Gutierrez will start at the back of the grid after failing to take part in qualifying following an earlier crash in final practice in his Sauber.
The Mexican spun 180 degrees through the turn three/four chicane before slamming sideways into a barrier, sustaining chassis damage that was unable to be repaired in time by his team.
Rosberg, who has never started higher than fourth in Montreal, knows he struck a psychological blow over Hamilton.
"I know it's a track where Lewis is really strong, so I'm very happy it has worked out," said Rosberg.
"It has been a fantastic day, and through the weekend we have been progressing all the time and I'm in the best position for tomorrow."
Hamilton, meanwhile, knew he had been beaten fair and square on this occasion as he said: "Nico did a fantastic job so congratulations to him.
"My final lap was not particularly bad. It just wasn't the greatest qualifying. Sometimes you have a good qualifying, sometimes you have bad qualifying.
"It's a great to get a one-two for the team, a fantastic performance. Let's hope we can make history tomorrow."
That was with reference to the fact a one-two in the race will set a new F1 record of six in a row.


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Yes I got to watch the games and I got to see that Lebron was eating Danny Granger for breakfast, not only that but Danny made it easy for Lebron on D by jacking up shots from the 3 point line, who was guarding Lebron for 30+ minutes a game? Barbosa? No, Lou? No, Tyler? no, it was Danny Granger.
I also got to watch West getting out rebounded and out hustle by Battie, West was Batties b**** on that series, he couldn't do s*** but is ok let's blame the bench for that.
Roy was also abused by JA and Turiaf, he was not able to get in position and was not able to score, his D was good in the first few games but once they figured out that his weakness(together with Hill and Paul) was the pick and roll they took him out of the game.
Again, go ahead and ignore all this and lets keep blaming the bench, I'm not saying that the bench doesn't need an improvement(still), but saying that the bench lost the series is ridiculous.
And yet the Pacers starters still managed to outscore the Heat starters.
Contrary to Board Wisdom, there IS a medium point between "got abused by" and "were better than". Our starters were not able to keep up with the Heat's starters in the long run, but that doesn't mean the Heat ate us all for breakfast every possession of every game. If that was the case it either should have been over in 4 games or LeBron and Wade should have played FEWER minutes in games where they won - after all, if LeBron could score at will every time he had the ball why didn't they have 120 points in regulation every game?
Granger isn't LeBron but he isn't Johnny McScrub either.
I DO agree that Granger not making LBJ work on defense had a lot to do with LeBron's ability to find that extra kick at the end of many of the games.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
That's the only argument I need. The whole entire point of the game of basketball is to outscore your opponents.
West getting out hustled doesn't magically take two points off the board.
And Lebron didn't score 120 but he got to score over 40 points per game if I'm not mistaken.
What I'm saying is that just because we weren't as good doesn't mean we were Teh Suxxors. However, I also don't think we're going to get better than Miami's starters by upgrading our starters.
What we need is a bench that can at least keep things from falling apart and force the Miami starters to put in these huge minutes while our top guys stay as fresh as possible. I think our starters ARE comparable to TIRED Miami starters, if used correctly.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
It's not how you start; it's the motion in the ocean.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Why the team with the best bench in the NBA did not win the championship is a mystery, and why the team with one of the worse benches won? I guess we would never know.. Or pretend that we don't know...
No one said Indy's starters sucked. They just didn't hold their own against Miami's, particularly in the last 3 games. We aren't going to win if our starters and our bench both lose their matchups. Believe it or not, our bench didn't get toasted in those last 3 games as opposed to the first 3 games in which Indy either won, or we almost won. The last 3 when our bench held up --- our starters lost it. Which goes completely against the argument that our bench was the reason we lost. We were completely "in" that series in the 1st 3 games, in which our bench got murdered --- we even won two of those games. This series was decided in the last 3 games, in which our starters lost their mojo, and the bench actually somewhat found it.
What happened in those last 3 games was a combination of factors, but namely --- we couldn't produce points against their defense. That was because we had no one on offense capable of 1) creating their own shot, and 2) stirring the offense to create holes in the defense. We're a bunch of stand-around, pop off screen guys who have to catch and shoot. Hibbert can produce in the post, but they weren't capable of getting him the ball, which goes back to the beginning of this same point.
The main focus of this off-season should have been landing an offensive facilitator, particularly at the point, who can bust that defense and get our guys opportunities. Doesn't matter how much we beef up our bench, if our starters get into the same position again, we're just not going to generate enough points.
Another factor, going back two paragraphs, is that we couldn't find a f'n way to stop LeBron's f'n g'd 100% accurate floaters in the paint that he seemed to magically learn how to do in about 1 quarter.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Like you said, keep repeating it enough and you might just start convincing some people.
I think what lost the series for us was our interior defense and our PnR defense, regardless of who was on the floor. If we improve upon that, we have a chance to beat anyone. We need more/better coaching to accomplish that.
I don't want a 5,6,7-man deep bench to try compete with super stars for 15 minutes a game. In the playoffs I want 5 guys playing 36-40 minutes and 3 very versatile and nearly equally talented guys playing 16-20 minutes, such that they can together beat the other team, however they divide up their minutes.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
Mahinmi has better PnR defense numbers than any of our other players, so there's some hope there. Not a huge sample size, but he seemed quick with the trap and then recovering back to his man.
You are on the floor, your team goes up 5, you are off the floor, your team goes down 10. I don't give a F if it was blind luck or you're a wizard who can mentally makes the other team miss shots, whatever you were doing WAS NOT LOSING THE GAME. It's math, and the most basic, simple math there is.
I realize that a combo of factors goes into +/-, but as I've yelled about for years THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL STATS. Lebron's PPG has everything to do with whether Wade, Bosh, Mike Miller or whomever is on the court, who's defending him, what type of plays they are running and what type of defense the other team is running.
People act like +/- is the only stat that's impacted by who the other 9 guys on the court are. Those people are dumb as a post, period.
I'm tired of cutting slack on this issue. Get a grip on what stats mean. They all have caveats, they ALL are affected by a lot more than just the individual attributed to them, and over the long haul they all tend to show repeatable trends. Few guys go from 40% FG for 5 years to suddenly hitting 55% FG. This is why we look at them and this is why +/- is just as valuable as assists (a subjectively recorded stat btw) or rebounds (a subjectively recorded stat also).
Sheesh. I love the whole "math and science are evil, black magic trickery" angle people take when presented with facts. Any given +/- certainly can be misleading....just like every other f-bombing thing in the box score, advanced or otherwise.
Someone posts the +/- and it kicks off discussion of how those numbers came to be and what other factors might have been in play. People show other stats to expand or debate the point. That's normal, healthy and interesting.
And then someone goes "+/- is a BS stat". The score. They call the score a BS stat. Think about that.
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Plus it's backed up by...watching the tape. Watch it again without the emotion of it being live and look for specific things. Pause and rewind and rewatch in slow motion.
Miami ended the year with the top 3 +/- guys being
And they were the ONLY HEAT in the net positive (production - 82games.com).
and guys at the bottom like
Sure sign this stat is crap. I mean what can I really say looking at this? Do I really think Lebron is better than Cole? Come on, this is so misleading. I've seen Cole play and my eyes say that he's worlds better than Lebron, and how could my eyes tell me something that a +/- stat says isn't true?
When in doubt, I always go with my gut feeling about the truthiness, not with a truth built on the lies of facts/stats. Cole was robbed for MVP.
Sarcasm aside, Cole is really bad. Worse than I even thought before I started paying attention. I don't think our team even grasped how bad his defense is until Collison suddenly realized it one game and started to destroy him.


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With three teams getting something that they would undoubtedly help each team, this trade almost makes too much sense.
Chi gets: TJ Ford and Zydrunas Illgausgas
CLE gets: Troy Murphy
IND gets: Kirk Hinrich and Brad Miller
Miller would be a good backup for Big Roy while also supplying the second unit with a high post center to help facilitate the offense. We get rid of TJ "i dribble the shot clock out" ford for Kirk Hinrich who's style of play was taylor made for a Pacer uniform.
CHI gets a post player that its been looking for. Also they get a back up for D.Rose that would be able to add some scoring punch off the bench(something they lost with Ben Gordon)
CLE gets the stretch 4 that they've been wanting. And the rest of the team would be able to cover up Murphy's defensive deficencies.
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After arriving at another dead end in the NHL lockout, the league and NHL Players' Association emerged from two days of mediation with a new direction to consider.
Commissioner Gary Bettman proposed Thursday that the leadership from both sides step aside for the next bargaining session, leaving a group of owners and players to try and break the stalemate in talks. The specific parameters of the meeting weren't set out and the NHLPA said it would consider the offer, according to sources.
Bettman's proposal came with the sides unable to bridge a gap in collective bargaining negotiations despite sitting through a series of sessions with U.S. federal mediators Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney in Woodbridge, N.J.
"After spending several hours with both sides over two days, the presiding mediators concluded that the parties remained far apart, and that no progress toward a resolution could be made through further mediation at this point in time," deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement. "We are disappointed that the mediation process was not successful."
It's been a common theme over the past several months.
Negotiations have ranged from large groups to the Big Four (Bettman and Daly across from the NHLPA's Donald Fehr and Steve Fehr) to a 1-on-1 session between the deputies, with none of those formats leading to a major breakthrough.
The union thought it had moved quite close to the NHL last week when it offered a 50-50 split of revenues and $393 million in transition payments, but the league was unwilling to move off its latest proposal.
On Thursday night, Daly confirmed the NHL's offer of $211 million and a 50-50 split remained on the table. Last week, Fehr said the sides were $182 million apart on a five-year deal, which comes to $1.2 million annually for each of the 30 teams.
The sides must also find agreement on a number of rules governing player contracts. The NHL wants to increase eligibility for free agency to 28 years of age or eight seasons of service, up from 27 years or seven seasons. The league has also proposed adding a year of service for salary arbitration eligibility, hiking it from 1-4 to 2-5 years of service, depending on the age a player signs.
With the standoff continuing and players set to miss their fourth paycheck on Friday, speculation should only grow that the union will look at decertifying or disclaiming interest. It's a topic that has been discussed on internal player conference calls in recent weeks.
Disbanding the union would allow NHL players to challenge the lockout under antitrust laws and eliminate the need for a CBA. The strategy was used by NFL and NBA players in recent labour disputes.
The NHL lockout has forced the cancellation of 422 regular-season games through Dec. 14, plus the Jan. 1 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium and Jan. 27 All-Star Game in Columbus.
After agreeing to help from mediators on Monday, the league and the union returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday for their first face-to-face talks in a week. Those discussions lasted for about six hours. They met again Thursday morning until late afternoon before breaking off.
The next sure thing on the hockey calendar is the NHL board of governors, scheduled next Wednesday in New York.
Either way, the sides are getting close to losing another season to labor strife. The NHL is already the only major North American sports league to cancel a season because of such a dispute — when the 2004-05 schedule was wiped out.
With The Associated Press.


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HERMOSILLO, Mexico — In what Juan Laborin called "the earliest year ever" for the Sonoran grape crop, volumes should be down more than 10% due to weather issues.
Laborin, general manager of AALPUM, which represents Mexican table grape producers, addressing industry members at the Sonora Grape Summit April 25, said he expects about 1.77 million fewer 19-pound boxes to ship out of the region in 2014. After an estimate of 17 million cartons in 2013, that crop wound up at 15.99 million cartons. Laborin predicts this year's crop at about 14.22 million boxes.
"It's all due to weather," Laborin said. "We had less chilling hours than normal and higher daytime temperatures almost all the way through … But it could be worse."
Laborin said at least the crop's quality appears to be good and peak volume should hit early enough for Memorial Day promotions, an opinion with which John Pandol, special projects director for Pandol Bros., Delano, Calif., concurred after he and about 200 other grape industry members toured two vineyards near Hermosillo on April 24.
"Berry size looks good. Bunch size is small, but that doesn't really matter, from a consumer standpoint," Pandol said. "I haven't seen anything alarming. I look for a good season, with great opportunities for the retail trade."
What's more, the short crop shouldn't be problematic for retailers looking for Mexican grape supplies in May.
"On the one end, there are fewer grapes. But we'll have 2 million to 2.5 million grapes a week going into Memorial Day, which is normal," Pandol said. "We'll just need to make sure we get our share of shelf space."
Peak volume for Sonoran grape import to the U.S. typically hits in June, but this year's peak should hit in mid- to late May, Laborin said.
"It all points to maybe 65% of volume hitting in May," he said. "More or less, we're talking about seven to 10 days earlier."
Peak retail promotional time should hit from May 19 to June 8 for perlettes and May 19 through June 22 for flames. Perlette volumes should be down overall from 2.11 million boxes in 2013 to 1.8 million cartons this year. Flame volumes are projected to fall from 7.74 million cartons to 6.8 million, while sugraones should decline from 3.68 million to an even 3 million; and red globes will be down from 919,451 cartons to about 800,000. However, Laborin noted there is about an 18% margin for error on the early-season estimates.
Helping the Sonora grape outlook this year is the fact that Chilean grape inventory is down, Pandol said.
Typically, about 80% of Sonoran product ships to the U.S. and Canada.


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DOMA Theatre Company To Present AVENUE Q, 11/09 - 12/16!
Winding up an ambitious, critically-acclaimed 2012 season of Broadway musicals, DOMA Theatre Company presents the only Tony Award-winning musical ever to proclaim, "It sucks to be us." Sesame Street meets South Park when Richard Israel teams up with musical director Chris Raymond, choreographer Angela Todaro and puppet master Libby Letlow to direct AVENUE Q for a limited run, November 9th through December 16th, at the intimate MET Theatre in Hollywood.
In AVENUE Q, singing puppets and their human neighbors tackle life's most vexing issues—love, sex, money, race and how to tell your roommate he's gay. The place is New York City and the street is Avenue Q, the only address you can afford when you're fresh out of college… or out of a job… or just trying to find your way in life. These puppets (and their human counterparts) have an irreverent take on the joys and travails of making it on one's own.
"It's a great ride—a smile from the first downbeat to the last curtain call," says Israel. "But as hilarious as the show is, it also pulls you by the heartstrings at the end."
AVENUE Q ran for 2534 performances on Broadway, garnering three Tony Awards: Best Score for composer Robert Lopez and lyricist Jeff Marx, Best Book for librettist Jeff Whitty, and Best Musical.
The DOMA Theatre Company cast includes Benai Boyd (Nellie in DOMA's JEKYLL & HYDE the Musical, international tour of SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE); Janelle Dote (DAMN YANKEES for Reprise!, PAINT YOUR WAGON at the Geffen, SUNSET BOULEVARD at the Hollywood Bowl); Danielle Judovits (25TH...SPELLING BEE for Actor's Repertory Theatre, the voice of Batgirl on animated TV series THE BATMAN and Kitty Pryde on WOLVERINE and X-MEN); Chris Kauffmann (Off Broadway: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, HENRY & MUDGE); Chris Kerrigan (the title role in DOMA's JEKYLL & HYDE); Libby Letlow (theatrical puppetry instructor, Puppet School in Sherman Oaks); and Mark Whitten (original Off Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's CAPTAIN LOUIE, Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Orlando Shakespeare Festival).
Set design for AVENUE Q is by Staci Walters; lighting design is by Johnny Ryman; projection design is by Jason H. Thompson; sound design is by David Crawford; costume design is by Haleh Risdana; and props design is by Hallie Baran.
Director Richard Israel is the artistic director for West Coast Ensemble Theatre and the recipient of a Career Achievement Award for Directing from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Some recent directing credits include LEADING LADIES at International City Theatre, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS for Cabrillo Music Theatre, Falsettos for the Third Street Theatre, GYPSY for West Coast Ensemble (LA Weekly Award nominations for Directing and Outstanding Musical) and the world premiere of Having It All at the NoHo Arts Center (7 Ovation Award Nominations). Other directing credits include MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS for Musical Theatre West, A CHRISTMAS CAROL for the Norris Theatre and Bell, Book and Candle for The Colony Theatre, as well as the critically acclaimed West Coast premiere of ANITA BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS, the Los Angeles premiere of BIG - THE MUSICAL, ASSASSINS (LA Weekly Award nominations for Direction and Outstanding Musical, LADCC Award for Musical Ensemble) and Floyd Collins - all for Hollywood's West Coast Ensemble Theatre. For the Musical Theatre Guild, he has directed HIGH FIDELITY, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, HIGH SPIRITS, and VIOLET as well as staged readings of DANI GIRL and ROCKET SCIENCE for the Festival Of New American Musicals.
DOMA Theatre Company began as a joint venture between Dolf Ramos and Marco Gomez in 2002. In the beginning, DOMA provided a platform for young talent to obtain experience performing in musical theater productions alongside seasoned professionals. As the company grew, it partnered with The Hope & Union Foundation, a California public benefit organization dedicated to the arts and to assisting at-risk youth. Through its partnership with the Foundation, DOMA was able to stage productions including new works (Lovers' Mayhem, Gallery), revivals (Cabaret, Into The Woods, The Wild Party, Passion, Jacques Brel…), and plays (The Actor's Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You). In 2012, DOMA offered its first full season of musicals, including THE WHO'S TOMMY; SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD; JEKYLL & HYDE; XANADU; and the current production of AVENUE Q.
AVENUE Q is a musical for grown-ups, addressing issues like sex, drinking and surfing the web for porn. Parents should use their discretion based on the maturity of their children – but if you DO bring your teenagers, they'll think you're really cool!
AVENUE Q runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm from November 9th through Dec. 16th. Tickets range from $30 - $34.99; seniors and students with ID pay only $20. The MET Theatre is located at 1089 N. Oxford Ave., Los Angeles CA 90029. Secure, on-site parking is available for $5 at Earl Scheib Paint and Auto Body, 5416 Santa Monica Blvd. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (323) 802-4990 or go to www.domatheatre.com.
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I am still seeing regular comments on PD how we need to go after a power forward in the off season. That where we need help.
Here are some Hansbrough stats over the past 10 games:
Reb/game 7.6
Steals/game 1.4
Is there room for improvement? Sure, with just about everyone including you and me BUT we all have seen and know Tyler has improved immensely over the course of this season. Who thought we would be seeing what we now see in him 2 months ago?
What I want to know is what it is going to take to please the critics? He is going to get better and better given time and experience and we see that happening even now so why the dissatisfaction? I am not smart enough to see it (in view of his growth and continual growth).


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With its fluid movement and high emotion, the neoclassical Serenade was the first piece George Balanchine created in the United States. This milestone in the history of dance is set to the grand, expressive music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The ballet's 28 dancers perform in blue costumes against a blue background, creating a visual that is truly memorable.
Fancy Free, the first ballet choreographed by the renowned Jerome Robbins, is a lively work filled with sailors, fistfights and fun. This popular ballet with music by Leonard Bernstein – set in a bar and the outside sidewalk in wartime New York City – was the basis for the movie On The Town, starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.
Originally choreographed by Nijinsky and scored by Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring celebrates its 100th year in 2013. The ballet's avant-garde music and choreography reportedly caused a near riot in the audience when it was first performed in Paris. Today, it is recognized as the ballet that changed music and dance forever. Richmond Ballet will perform the version of The Rite of Spring created in 1993 with choreography by Salvatore Aiello.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With hours left in 2012, Bank of America ( BAC) is poised to double for the year, amid investor optimism the mega bank will succeed in resolving litigation stemming from the housing bust and eventually return capital to shareholders. Heading into the New Year, however, some analysts expect 2013 will be the year when Citigroup's ( C) stock outperforms competitors. The difference heading into 2013 is that while investors now value Bank of America at a just a small discount to its total assets, they don't give Citigroup the credit it deserves for resolving crisis time issues and its improving earnings outlook, which could drive share repurchases or dividends in the New Year. According to Marty Mosby, a banking sector analyst with Guggenheim Partners, the compelling value of Citigroup relative to Bank of America follows a multi-year recovery process for both bailed out lenders. While Bank of America saw its stock jump over 100% as its balance sheet was shored up in 2012, Citigroup may credit for expense cuts that will drive meaningful earnings growth in 2013. Mosby says that the recovery of banking sector giants follows a three-step process of working through credit writeoffs, cutting expense, and rebuilding liquidity and capital. In 2012, a set of multi-billion writeoffs and pending costly settlements with U.S. regulators tied to the housing bust helped Bank of America put most of step one behind it, which according to Mosby, drove the company's rising stock and improving valuation relative to tangible book value. Citigroup, Mosby argues, trades as if it were still in the early stages of recovery when, in reality, the bank is likely to prove an impressive earnings picture in 2013 that could drive return of capital to shareholders. At this time last year, investors were pining for Citigroup to pass Federal Reserve stress tests and pay a dividend; however, recently ousted chief executive Vikram Pandit was unable to deliver those capital returns and Citigroup was the largest bank to fail stress tests. Newly appointed CEO Michael Corbat may have better luck after announcing a giant layoff and cost cut initiative in November, according to Mosby. In contrast, Mosby is skeptical Bank of America, which he says remains saddled by lawsuits that will keep earnings eroding expenses running high in 2013. Consensus analyst estimates appear to back Mosby's thesis on Citigroup's outperformance relative to Bank of America in 2013. According to analyst estimates polled by ThomsonReuters, Citigroup is expected to see its net income grow to nearly $14 billion, driving earnings per share to $4.65 a share as revenue stays below $80 billion. In contrast, Bank of America is expected to report a smaller $10.7 billion in net income on $90.8 billion in revenue, which translates to just 96 cents in EPS, according to the ThomsonReuters data. While investors see strong EPS for Citigroup in 2013, that outlook may not be fully reflected in the bank's valuation. As of Friday's close, Citigroup's shares trade at $39.01, 0.7 times their reported Sept. 30 tangible book value of $52.70. In contrast, Bank of America's shares closed at $11.36 on Friday, trading for 0.8 times their reported Sept. 30 tangible book value of $13.48.
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Topic: ACS Grant for my Oncologist
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My oncologist, Aram Hezel,, received a $750,000 grant to support his research into ICC and pancreatic cancer in its early stages to try and facilitate early detection.
His research is discussed in the second half of the article.
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babartur2 5 years ago
HI Admin,
Can you check my league booya!
heres the situation summoned up.
yesterday we had a trade go through gronk for fitz. the problem is that
fitz already played on thursday, how does this work out? who gets what points, side note: These guys are playign each other so they have been aruging about it,
FleaMod Admin 5 years ago
Fitzgerald correctly locks on his original team there as he was a member when it locked.
If you need to change it back:
1) go to commish options->edit rosters
2) commish options->edit starting lineups
You can move him over manually this way and either place Fitz on the new team's bench (or lineup) for Week 5 (6 is fine).
YBtheMONSTER 5 years ago
whats standard protocol here, do we change it or keep fitz, what shoudl be the ruling?
FleaMod Admin 5 years ago
We leave that in the commissioner's (user's hands) to create their own rules. Possibly poll your league. Usually we suggest the teams definitely check when the trade processes and if any players would be playing and locked before it executes.
The Fleaflicker rule is to leave Fitzgerald on the team he locks on. But by no means do you have to follow it.


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Pujols feels great, expects heavy spring workload
TEMPE, Ariz. -- So far, so good for Albert Pujols and his hopes for a healthy season.
"Knock on wood, everything feels great," the Angels' first baseman said Sunday morning, searching for some wood to literally knock. "I'm really happy with how I feel."
Pujols, coming off a season that ended after 99 pain-filled games on July 26, started at first base in two of the Angels' first three Cactus League games. His left foot, hindered by plantar fasciitis starting in the second week of Spring Training last year, is no longer an issue. His right knee, still recovering from arthroscopic surgery as the 2013 season went on, is perfectly healthy. And any soreness he's had in the first few days of camp is causing no conern.
Angers manager Mike Scioscia said Pujols is "moving as well as he has in four or five years."
"I feel really good, man," Pujols said. "I'm happy. I'm moving good. Hopefully just get better and better every day, stronger."
Pujols expects to get a lot of time at first base this spring.
"I don't know if it's going to be every day, but pretty much -- as much as I can," Pujols said. "I'm pretty sure it's going to be a lot that I'm going to be playing first here."
The 34-year-old understands he won't be playing 162 games at first base during the regular season, even if he remains 100 percent all summer. There are Sunday afternoon games that follow Saturday nights, long road trips, first games in new cities after long flights.
Pujols doesn't have a number in his head for how many games he wants to play his position this year, but if he continues to feel like this, he expects to do so "95 percent of the time."
"I'm just going to do what my body's telling me," he said. "Go out there and play. I'm getting paid to play, and I try to do the best I can to help this organization to win."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In its own Chino-decked, blue-shirted way, Microsoft is probably enjoying not being the centre of attention any more. Its unveiling and demo of its new Windows 8 OS drew nothing like the global buzz that would have been guaranteed for a Microsoft release only two or three years ago. Perhaps that explains why the team showing the company's new OS looked relaxed. Humble, even.
The irony is that Windows 8 is one of the bravest OS releases ever. It makes Lion, Apple's attempt to tabbify the desktop, look tame. For one, the Start Menu – the one thing that has seen the OS through from Windows '95 to Windows 7 – has become something else entirely.
First impressions of Windows 8
Windows 8 merges the desktop and tablet in a way that must have Apple's design team scratching their heads (and asking themselves who signed off Launchpad in Lion 10.7). In place of the rectangular Start Menu pop-up used by millions worldwide for over 25 years, you now have a touch-friendly, full-screen set of tiles with a strong family resemblance to Windows Phone 7.
Developer Preview
We installed the Developer Preview (with the associated warnings that this is a massively unfinished product) on a desktop machine, so we have no way of judging the new OS on a tablet. But the Windows 8 desktop experience – even from this uncooked release – is enough to suggest that Apple has something to worry about at last.
Installation and login
Getting Windows 8 installed from the 64-bit ISO took under 15 minutes from start to login. There's no surprises here, bar the fairly aggressive integration with Windows cloud services – to set up your account, you can login using your Windows Live ID – a clue to the more Windows Phone 7-ish experience given by the set-up screens.
Start menu
Complete the set up, and you're launched into the most radical aspect of Windows 8. The default tiles in the new Start screen include the obvious such as Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer, but also new social apps that call on your Twitter and Facebook accounts. The aim's obvious enough – a flexible dashboard that shows all of your stuff – from social to games to more conventional desktop applications – in a single place.
Windows 8 desktop
Its early days and the Windows 8 desktop may evolve further as the OS nears release, but today its underwhelming compared to the initial rush of the new Start screen. This doesn't mean its bad in any way – in fact, Windows 7 users will feel right at home. The only major clue is the new Start button, which – obviously enough – launches you back into the Start screen.
Windows 8 browser
Fiddle around a while, though, and there are significant changes – like a redesign for Windows Explorer (which now gets the full Office ribbon treatment), and an all-new Internet Explorer 10. From the desktop, that looks a lot like Internet Explorer 9, but access it from the Start menu and it's a different beast. You may have abandoned IE long ago, but we wouldn't put it past the browser's new minimalist cut to tempt you back.
Windows 8 apps
Apple may have popularised (and even tried to own) apps, but the Windows 8 Developer Preview suggests Microsoft is ready to start playing catch-up before the Mac App Store's foundations can set as deep as its mobile counterpart. There are games, location apps and a GarageBand-esque virtual piano that's horrid to use with a keyboard and mouse, but might translate better to touchscreens.
If this skin-deep appraisal of Microsoft's next generation OS is anything to go by, Windows isn't done yet. But it'll be a balancing act to drag Windows 8 kicking and screaming into the 21st century without making some of its users kick and scream. This first glimpse does little more than shine a light down the path Microsoft intends to travel, but it could be the trip of Microsoft's modern life.
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