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"Southland" has reached its end of watch.
The police drama has been canceled by TNT, the network announced on Friday.
"TNT has made the difficult decision not to renew 'Southland' for another season," a TNT spokesperson said in a statement. "We are enormously proud of 'Southland,' which stands as one of the best police dramas ever made. Executive producers John Wells, Chris Chulack and Jonathan Lisco, along with creator Ann Biderman and our partners at Warner Bros. Television, have given us five seasons of powerful, unforgettable storytelling, for which we are deeply grateful.
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"We also want to thank the amazing cast for their impassioned, no-holds-barred performances, and the production team for their tenacity shooting on the streets of real-world Los Angeles," the statement continued. "We wish everyone associated with 'Southland' the very best."
The Season 5 finale was a cliffhanger on multiple fronts, leaving fans wondering if series star Michael Cudlitz (who played LAPD officer John Cooper) was dead or alive. At the end of the finale, Cooper's body was riddled with bullets after he attempted suicide-by-cop following an alternation with a neighbor, after the violent, traumatic death of his partner at the hands of drug-addled kidnappers.
Also up in the air was the fate of Officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) and former Detective Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy) who got in a fistfight after Bryant realized the break-in at his house was not gang-related, but instead orchestrated by Sherman in order to find and destroy an incriminating videotape.
Additionally, Det. Lydia Adams' (played by Regina King) friendship with former partner Det. Russell Clarke (Tom Everett Scott) seemed to be on the verge of a romantic turn at the end of the Season 5 finale.
Despite the cancelation, there may still be hope for a bit of storyline resolution.
According to a Tweet from TV Guide's Michael Schneider, TNT, Warner Bros. and "Southland" showrunner John Wells are "kicking around the possibility of doing a 2-hour wrap-up 'Southland' movie."
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Sapphire Technology is previewing an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition graphics card at CeBIT this week. The high-end card arrives following Apple's introduction of Radeon HD 7000-series drivers in OS X 10.8.3 betas last November, although the update has yet to be released to the public. The high-end gaming graphics card is rumored to have boost enabled and clock speeds of 800MHz on the core and 5000MHz on the 3GB of GDDR5 memory. Sapphire has told reporters at CeBIT that the Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition video card should cost around $450. Rumor also has it that Sapphire has two BIOS versions on the card, one for PC and the other for Mac. This is pretty slick as you can switch between the two profiles and use the card in various systems down the road. We also like the white colored fan shroud being used over the GPU's vapor chamber cooler. The card looks pretty sweet and should work great in the Mac Pro!
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Garden Talk: October 7, 2013
From NGA Editors
Pick a Perfect Pumpkin
Whether for fall decorating, delicious pies, or Halloween Jack-'o-lanterns, October is pumpkin time. If you're growing your own, how do you know when your pumpkin is ready to pick? And if you're selecting one from a local farmers market or vegetable stand, what should you look for to choose the best?
Home gardeners should harvest pumpkins when they are fully colored and their outer rinds are thick and tough enough that they can't easily be pierced with a thumbnail. But be sure to pick pumpkins before the first heavy frost. Otherwise they can suffer chilling injury that will keep them from storing well. Cut, rather than pull, pumpkins from the vine, leaving several inches of stem attached. But never carry a pumpkin by its stem. If its stem breaks off, the pumpkin won't keep long.
Select only the best specimens for storage, without bruises, cuts, or soft spots. For the longest storage, cure your pumpkins to dry and harden their shells completely. Place in a warm (75-85 degrees F is ideal), well-ventilated spot for a week or two -- perhaps near your furnace or on an enclosed porch. After curing, store pumpkins a cool, dark spot (50- 60 degrees F), such as an unheated spare room or cool closet. Check them periodically and remove any that show signs of rot.
If you're choosing a pumpkin for carving, take the advice of University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Ron Wolford and select one with a lighter orange rind. These are easier to carve than darker orange varieties because the skin is not as hard. (The lighter varieties don't keep as long in storage, however.) Use the thumbnail test described above to make sure your choice is fully mature and check to see that 1-2 inches of stem is still attached. After carving, Wolford suggests coating the cut surfaces of the Jack-'o-lantern with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil to prolong its decorative lifespan.
If pie making is your goal, select a variety bred for sweet, tasty flesh, not size, such as 'Small Sugar?' and 'Baby Pam'. These smaller varieties have smoother, denser flesh with a higher sugar content than the large varieties bred for carving and decoration. In addition to its delicious taste, bright orange pumpkin flesh is high in fiber, low in calories, and loaded with healthful beta-carotene.
To find out more about pumpkins, including their history and lots of interesting pumpkin facts, check out this great resource from the University of Illinois Extension at Pumpkins and More.
2013 American Garden Award
All-America Selections has announced the winners of this year's American Garden Award, now in its fifth year. The 2013 American Garden Award featured four new flower varieties chosen by their breeders for their excellent garden performance. Once these new varieties were planted and put on display at the thirty-one participating gardens across the U.S. (and in Quebec), the public was invited to vote for their favorite using one of several voting methods. The votes have now been tallied and the three winners chosen.
The Grand Prize winner was the eye-catching Verbena 'Lanai® Candy Cane'(pictured). Its truly unique flower pattern really commands curbside attention! This striking red-and-white striped beauty offers continuous summer blooms and superior weather tolerance.
Second place honors went to Zinnia 'Zahara™ Cherry'. Loaded with deep red, single blossoms, this fast-growing zinnia blooms continuously all season long and is both disease and drought tolerant, making it a great choice for both containers and landscape beds.
Last, but not least, is third place winner Impatiens 'SunPatiens® Compact Electric Orange'. With vibrant, deep orange blooms, 'Electric Orange' is a new color in the SunPatiens® line. SunPatiens fill in quickly, providing three seasons of color in the garden and in containers. They can be planted in sun or shade and are trouble free.
For more about American Garden Award winners, including past winners, go to American Garden Award.
Coping with the Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a small insect that is causing some big problems. Accidentally introduced into the U.S., this Asian native is thought to have arrived in wooden packing materials brought in by ship or air. Since its discovery in southern Michigan in 2002, it has cut a swath of destruction as it has steadily expanded its range. So far this damaging pest has killed tens of millions of ash trees in twenty-one states and two Canadian provinces. Many more trees are at risk if this invader is not contained.
What can you do to protect your ash trees if you live in an area that's been invaded? There are some insecticidal treatments that can be done on healthy ash trees in street and home landscape settings that can help protect them from infestation. To help homeowners and municipalities decide on the best preventative treatment options, Iowa State Extension has put together a newly revised, free, downloadable publication detailing current emerald ash borer management options. While written for Iowa homeowners and tree care professionals, this publication has information that tree owners in other states where the borer is active will find helpful. Consult with your local Extension Service for more advice specific to your state.
Iowa Extension's recommendation is to treat trees only if they are within 15 miles of a known EAB infestation. If you are outside this risk zone, continue to monitor the location of confirmed outbreaks in your state. If you live within a risk zone and decide to treat your tree, they recommend using trunk injection or soil injection or drench done by a commercial pesticide applicator, or a soil drench or granules applied by a homeowner according to label instructions. They do not recommend canopy sprays because these are less effective and more likely to harm non-target organisms.
Also available to help you decide if symptoms on your ash tree are due to EAB or some other problem is another downloadable publication on the common problems of ash trees. Amply illustrated with many clear photos, this will help you figure out if your tree is an ash, and shows you symptoms of EAB infestation, as well as those of problems that can be confused with EAB.
To download both these helpful publications, go to Iowa State University Extension.
The Impact of Climate Change on Colorful Fall Foliage
New England hillsides are beginning to blaze up in their much-anticipated seasonal display of reds, oranges, yellows. Unfortunately in the Northeast and other parts of the country, this autumnal show may not be as spectacular in the future, as global climate change disrupts weather patterns.
While maples may still don their fall colors, the change may happen later in the season, and the red leaf hues could be duller as the climate warms, according to Howie Neufeld, professor of plant physiology at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.
A 22-year observational study at Harvard Forest in Massachusetts showed that the fall foliage color change there now occurs three to five days later, on average, than it did at the beginning of the study. This might not seem like much, but if the pattern continues, the timing of color change could shift to well over a week later by mid-century, according to Harvard emeritus professor John O'Keefe, who collected the data.
Cool fall nights and decreasing day lengths are a signal to trees manufacture anthocyanins, the red pigment that colors fall leaves. If nights remain hotter as the climate warms, this process may be disrupted, resulting in less colorful foliage. If droughts become more pervasive, as many climate change models predict, stressed trees may simply shed their leaves early with any color change. Perhaps the biggest worry is that climate change will make conditions unsuitable for trees such as sugar maples, forcing them to migrate north to survive. None of the more southerly species that might move in to replace them have the brilliant fall colors that maples display.
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Area Crappie Populations Look Excellent
WICHITA FALLS — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) district fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed crappie surveys on Lakes Buffalo Creek, Lost Creek, Possum Kingdom, Wichita and Petrolia. "Overall, the news is good for anglers of these lakes," said TPWD's Robert Mauk.
Buffalo Creek. At Buffalo Creek, the crappie catch rate (number of crappie per net) was the second highest ever. The previous survey (2006) consisted of all young crappie below the legal size limit. (All five lakes are managed under the statewide 10-inch minimum length and 25-fish daily bag limit regulation for crappie.) "Those crappie have grown up and were up to 14 inches in the current survey," Mauk said. "A spring creel survey found the average size of harvested crappie was 13 inches with 16-inch crappie being caught."
Crappie growth at Buffalo Creek is well above average with fish averaging over 13 inches at age 3.
"Most anglers fish the dam, but we found crappie in the shallow stick-ups less than four feet in depth," Mauk said. "Last spring we placed brush piles along the dam and felled some trees into the water, and anglers did well fishing these areas."
Anglers should note that the city of Iowa Park will close the entrance gates after rains allowing the dirt roads time to dry before reopening the gates. The main entrance to the lake is on the west side of the lake off Burnett Road.
Lost Creek. "Lost Creek's crappie catch rate just keeps improving with every survey we complete, increasing over 50 percent from the last survey in 2006," Mauk said. "Crappie to 13 inches were sampled, and their body condition was good. They are often found associated with pondweed.
"Most of the crappie were sampled in the north mid-lake cove in three feet of water," Mauk continued. "The water was extremely clear at time of sampling with clarity in the 10-foot range. During the day, crappie will be deeper than the three feet we found them. I've received reports that anglers catch them in 21 feet of water during the summer, which is the same depth some of the better largemouth bass are caught from."
Possum Kingdom. Possum Kingdom had the second highest catch rate of white crappie documented at the reservoir and the highest catch rate for black crappie despite the golden alga last spring. The populations had a good mix of sub-legal and legal crappie.
"Body condition was considered excellent, especially for legal-sized crappie," Mauk said. "Crappie were sampled throughout the reservoir, but the majority of legal-sized crappie were caught in the upper portion of the reservoir near Rock Creek and mid-lake in Bee Creek."
White crappie are far more numerous than black crappie in Possum Kingdom. To properly identify the two species, count the number of dorsal spines. Black crappie have seven to eight spines, and white crappie have six spines. There are other differences besides the spines including patterns to their markings, but the coloration of the fish is not a way to tell the two species apart.
Lake Wichita. Lake Wichita has a good population of crappie right now though it is often overlooked by anglers. There is good shoreline access for crappie fishing, especially along the dam and at the old marina cove near the Wild Bird Rescue building. "Crappie abundance was quite high, and many were of legal size and in excellent condition," Mauk reported. "Crappie in Wichita exhibit fast growth, with most attaining legal size at age one. Minnows and jigs are the bait of choice for most crappie anglers at Wichita."
Petrolia. Petrolia is a smaller reservoir under the Community Fishing Lake category, which means that only rod and reel angling is allowed. No seining, cast nets, jug- or trotlines are allowed. This smaller reservoir lends itself well to the wade or tube angler. Much of the shoreline has cattails growing limiting shore angling to a few open areas.
"Crappie are quite numerous in the lake with many crappie up to 14 inches sampled," Mauk said. "These crappie are also extremely fat, some of the healthiest crappie I've seen. The lake also has big bluegill and redear sunfish. Most of the fish were sampled in the shallow south end of the lake."
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Gum Darkening
I am 61 yrs old, with type 2 diabetes for 12 yrs. Suddenly i have noticed that some teeth are showing gums turning black at its base. Only some not all. What is the cause and is there a remedy to get rid of it?
There are several reasons for black spots to develop in the mouth, including use of certain medicines or even cigarettes. Most mouth spots are benign and not serious, but there is one rare exception called oral melanoma that is related to the skin cancer of the same name. Gingival color changes may happen due to gum diseases too.
Because of this unlikely possibility, I recommend you see your dentist or a dental specialist such as an oral and maxillofacial pathologist, surgeon or periodontist for a personal consultation.
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Department of Immigration Report
Elite C
As you aware, immigration has grown to be a problem in the past few weeks. As a result, the CP Committee have decided to reform the old immigration committee by appointing 3 people into a joint ministry.
Elite C
Below are the questions each person who requests citizenship are asked to answer.
Citizen Name
Link to Profile
Do You Speak English
Please Rate Your English on a scale of 1 to 5
What other languages do you speak
Why do you desire to move to eIreland?
Have you ever been an eIrish citizen before?
If Yes, please provide us with a reference from Ireland who can vouch for you.
If No, please provide us with a reference from your countries CP or 3 members of government.
Rules of Accepting/Denying
Applicants are accepted if 2 or more Ministers vote YES
Applicants are denied if 2 or more Minsters vote NO
Applicant can be denied if:
1. One or more of their provided references opt not to vouch for them or a reference provides information that an applicant maybe/are a TO threat.
2. They fail to provide ANY references
3. If they express themselves as holiday makers (i.e. Cite that they intend to experience the country for a while). Not Applicable in the last 3 days of Congress term.
4. Provide false information in relation to Ireland (i.e. Cite they want to help Ireland defeat the UK in the war e.t.c.)
Arguments the Department makes in relation to
1. There is always the possibility a reference may be joking or lying, but we are not in a position to take a chance.
2. Even if a citizen is new to the game and know few to no people in their country, it is not our problem. If they truly wanted to be in Ireland they would have done so in the very begining. Valid only for persons under 45 days
3. Holiday makers intend to spend a month or less in Ireland. It is therefore a waste of a CS Pass. While we aknowledge that after a few days here they wish to stay they should have provided us with that information.
4. It speaks for itself. If they express having clearly no idea of whats in Ireland then they are free to be accepted. But if in their application they provide false information then we have a right to assume they are here on political grounds.
See below for the applications to Ireland since 5th February 2013
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Also the follwoing applied and were accepted without consent from the Department
Deus Invictus (Domagojvu II) – 05/02/2013
Rike Espada (Danilo Garcia) – 10/02/2013
sir adriano prette (Biker2446) – 10/02/2013
This is seen as undermining and disrespecting the system for personal gain. We aknowlegde that they may know the applicants but they are required to go through the process. If there is an Irish person who can vouch for them then they indicate so in the Questionnaire.
UPDATE: little Victoria's reference who previously called her a TOer has now stated "im sorry, i didnt no it was serious thing. she not a TOer". I therefore am changing my verdict to a Yes. But it takes 2 out of 3.
I will update weekly the applications to Ireland.
All the Best,
Elite C
Department of Immigration
little Victoria TOer? Who told that? Please give me name because she's great and she'd really add something good to this enough pathetic country
You should really consider accepting people who could help this country since we already have one of lowest amount of active citizens in eWorld, we need foreigners to join us.
We can only go by what they provide us with and what references provide us with
"1. There is always the possibility a reference may be joking or lying, but we are not in a position to take a chance."
Very well done report! Hope all congress members read this so they understand our Immigration Policy.
Openness is good but I take a slight issue with the "holidaymakers" refusal. I wouldn't take that as a reason for refusal if the application was in the last 2-3 days of Congress and a member had an unused pass.
I think that's a good point. Generally we don't want to waste a Cz on someone who wont stay, but if the passes are about to go stale anyway, there's no reason not to give them one if they're as clean shaven as any other candidate.
This article makes me very happy.
Just need to estblish a punishment for those that break the rules.
A waggy finger and a stern telling off is all you can do unless you can persuade PP's to not run certain people.
well you've seen the baw it creates in the eUK... In the year ive been playing its been the biggest flash point.
Having Conway on the panel undermines the integrity of the system and shows disrespect for Irish citizens , so before u get on your high horse about others giving CS passes maybe you should him from your committee
So I'd like someone from this comittee to explain me why little Victoria is rejected, Conway told me that Giovani00 from eCroatia marked her as a threat, I've asked him and he told me he promised to guarantee for her.
This Immigration comittee is just done subjective decision and rejected someone who could really help eIreland. Why? Simply because she's Croatian girl...
If this shows up as truth I'll have to request from our President to change comittee members.
And imo we have enough Croats in Ireland atm. Why let them in when the ones already here are PTO parties? Doesnt make sense. Theyve also shown us theyre aggressively homophobic, use multis & support Nazism.
I value the word of somebody in Croatia thats honest over fanatic MUFC anyday!
You use multis...
So youre telling me Im a thief? If not me the 30-odd members of my party are thieves?
Lame excuse to PTO a party
You can do better xD
Who's PTOing parties? We've been here like 2 years now and we've never cause any trouble ever. Don't try to blame that on Croatia cuz that's really lame excuse, it was personal PTO last month and it's personal this month.
You'd be very surprised if you know how many Irish, Canadians and other nationalities voted against ur party. Just because thief founded it - Marcus.
Me & Padraig founded it. Me, him & Conway are the most active members. It's wrong punishing thirty odd members because of a personal feud.
We have screenshots of the Croatian players who joined our party, none of any Canadians.
You better be more careful when taking screenshots next time 😉
This "party" nominate known thief for President of eIreland. Isn't that enough reason? Prevent another robbery is important.
Anyway dont want to turn Elite C's article into an arguement. Good job Im happy with the committee and wish it could been implemented sooner!
Good work by the committee. Wish everyone cooperated with them. It's not a tough questionnaire, IMO. We want immigration, and we want active players, so what's wrong with sorting the herd?
Simple question. Why would anyone want to PTO this country? What potential benefits could they gain?
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Nationwide, On-line retailers are creating their own Web logs, or blogs, to promote themselves to consumers. The strategy seems to be successful. According to a recent study by ComScore Networks, an on-line market-research firm, shoppers who visit blogs spend approximately 6% more than average on-line shoppers.
Bluefly.com, EHobbies and GourmetStation all use blogs as part of their advertising. Bluefly.com sells designer clothes; EHobbies sells hobby goods such as plastic models, kites and science kits; and GourmetStation sells prepared foods. The companies post industry news and trends on their blogs, allowing visitors to engage in discussion about the topics.


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The Chinese government has granted General Motors Co. permission to erect an 8 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) assembly plant in Shanghai to make Cadillac vehicles.
GM says construction of the facility, which will have annual capacity of 150,000 units, will begin next month. The company did not disclose when production would start or which models will be built there initially.
The new factory is part the $11 billion, three-year investment plan for China that GM unveiled last month. The program includes adding four assembly plants and boosting annual capacity by 30% to 5 million vehicles by 2015.
The company aims to triple Cadillac sales in China to 100,000 vehicles by 2016. Building cars locally would enable GM to sell them at lower prices than imported models, on which a 25% tariff is levied.
The company began making the Cadillac XTS large sedan—the brand's only Chinese-made model—at a joint venture facility in Shanghai in February.
Although GM is China's top-selling carmaker, Cadillac accounted for just over 1% of the company's 2.84 million-vehicle volume there last year. Cadillac sales are dwarfed by those of such rivals as Volkswagen's Audi brand (405,800 vehicles), BMW's namesake marque (327,300 units) and Daimler's Mercedes-Benz make (196,200 units).


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The Trial Advocacy Honors Program (TAHP) was created in 1994 for students who are interested in developing the important litigation skills and valuable confidence necessary to excel in trial advocacy. Through TAHP, members (or advocates) learn to express their creativity in a simulated trial atmosphere, presenting arguments with composure and poise, while mastering the rules of evidence.
Teams participate in national and regional mock trial competitions (consisting of both criminal and civil trials) throughout the academic year, where they demonstrate case preparation, pre-trial motions and preliminary matters, opening and closing statements, direct and cross examinations of witnesses, and use of exhibits. Advocates have earned awards at some of the nation's most prestigious invitation-only competitions, judged by distinguished members of the bench and bar.
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During his fifth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama took a few minutes to defend the Affordable Care Act and confront Republicans for repeatedly voting to repeal the law, which he says is "already helping millions of Americans."
A combined total of more than 9 million people have signed up for either Medicaid or private health insurance through Obamacare, the president said during his speech Tuesday night. More than 3 million Americans younger than age 26 now have coverage under their parents' plans, he added.
A put-up-or-shut-up challenge
Obama took on Republican opposition to his key domestic achievement by challenging the other party to do more than disagree with the law and offer a viable, comprehensive health reform alternative.
"The American people are not interested in refighting old battles. So again, if you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, increase choice, tell America what you'd do differently. Let's see if the numbers add up," Obama said.
The GOP-controlled House has voted more than 40 times to repeal or revise Obamacare, and it looks like the battle in Congress isn't over yet.
Three Republican senators have introduced an alternative to Obama's landmark health reform law, which they have dubbed the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment (CARE) Act.
The proposal from North Carolina's Richard Burr, Oklahoma's Tom Coburn and Utah's Orrin Hatch is described as "a legislative plan that repeals Obamacare and then replaces it with common-sense, patient-centered reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care," according to a statement.
GOP plan would keep parts of Obamacare
"This proposal attempts to scale back or eliminate the features of ACA that are most objectionable to conservatives, but the proposal maintains several essential elements," notes Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Under the Patient CARE Act, only a few of Obamacare's protections would remain, including coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions, its elimination of lifetime limits on benefits and the coverage for dependents up to age 26.
The proposal also would put more of the onus on consumers to cover their own health care expenses and would lift spending restrictions on tax-advantaged health savings accounts, allowing the funds to be used to pay for an expanded list of qualified medical expenses, including over-the-counter medications and high-deductible health plan premiums.
"Forcing too many Americans out of the insurance they have, away from the doctor they trust and, for some, out of the job they need, Obamacare is a disaster," Hatch says in a statement.
The Patient CARE Act would eliminate the individual and employer mandates on health insurance and the tax penalties associated with them, and would provide tax credits only to Americans earning up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Additionally, Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage would be taxed on 35 percent of their plan's value, but employers would retain their tax incentives for offering health insurance to workers.
It remains to be seen whether the proposal can advance in the Senate, which is currently controlled by Democrats.
What are your thoughts on the new Republican health care plan? Does it measure up to Obamacare?
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A family-owned and operated restaurant serving Phoenix for over 20 years.
We were the first Thai Restaurant in the city of Phoenix, as well as the first restaurant to change our establishment to nonsmoking.
With awards adorning the wall when you first enter, we have truly made a name for ourselves.
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Goalkeeper Turner records 16 saves for Bayhawks, who suffer just third loss
BOSTON, MA–Veteran attackman
Ryan Boyle piled up eight points to lift the Boston Cannons to a 16-13 victory over the Chesapeake Bayhawks on Saturday at Harvard Stadium. Boyle, a perennial All-Star, was at his playmaking best in dishing off six assists and also scored two goals in being named Bud Light MVP.
Kip Turner stood tall in the face of 50 shots and kept Chesapeake in the game with 16 saves against his former team. Attackman
John Grant Jr. totaled six points on four goals and two assists for the Bayhawks (9-3), who wound up splitting a four-game road trip that lasted for the entire month of July.
"We played well in spurts, but were not consistent enough to win a hard-fought game against a very good team," Chesapeake head coach
Dave Cottle said. "We're not going to win when Ryan Boyle is two and six. Rabil was a handful today and we had to slide to him. When we did that, Rabil moved the ball to Boyle who then found the open man."
Paul Rabil, a two-time Major League Lacrosse MVP, finished with five points on two goals and two assists as Boston (7-5) improved its chances of reaching the playoffs. Attackmen
Kevin Buchanan and
Ari Sussman scored three goals apiece for the defending MLL champions, who avenged a 14-13 loss to Chesapeake on June 23
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Michael Kimmel also had a strong game with two goals and two assists for Chesapeake, which has already clinched a playoff berth and closes the season with home games against Long Island (Aug. 4
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Chesapeake started strong as midfielder
Steven Brooks fired in a 2-pointer and attackman
Drew Westervelt scored on a power play to give the visitors an early 3-0 lead. However,
Pat Heim and
Matt Poskay responded with goals just over two minutes apart as Boston rallied and trailed 4-3 after one period.
It was back-and-forth in the second quarter with the score tied at four, five, six and seven. Grant scored back-to-back unassisted goals to give the Bayhawks some breathing room and they took a 9-8 lead into halftime.
Boston took control by outscoring Chesapeake 4-1 in the third period as Buchanan fired in two power-play goals and Sussman tallied twice off feeds from Boyle. Attackman
Ben Rubeor snapped a Bayhawks scoreless streak of more than 15 minutes with a goal with 32 seconds left that cut the deficit to 12-10 going into the final frame.
Penalties would prove the Bayhawks' downfall as they committed 11 for the game and six in the fourth quarter alone. Rubeor was whistled for being off-sides and slashing on the same play, giving Boston a power play opportunity early in the fourth period. Rabil proceeded to deliver a dagger by rocketing in a cannon crank shot past Turner for a 2-point goal that stretched the lead to 14-10.
"We fouled too much. We took fouls on the offensive end and you just can't do that," Cottle said. "We put our defense in bad position by forcing them to play man down too much."
Boston led by as much as 16-11 when Chesapeake mounted a mini comeback. Versatile midfielder
Matt Abbott scored directly off a faceoff then made a spectacular catch of a tough inside pass from Grant and converted from the crease to get the visitors within three, but Boston was able to salt away the remaining clock.
There was an intense battle at the faceoff stripe with
Chris Eck narrowly getting the better of
Adam Rand by winning 19 of 31 draws. Mike Stone had two goals and an assist while fellow midfielder
Pat Heim had a goal and two assists for Boston, which had lost five of eight after starting the season 4-0.
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MIAMI — The venerable 5th St. Gym in Miami Beach is the reincarnation of one of the most hallowed halls in boxing history.
The new gym opened in 2010 only a few feet from where late Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee worked with fighters over the years in a gym of the same name.
"We hear from people all around the world," co-owner and coach Matt Baiamonte said. "People from the Reunion Island, Europe, Africa come in to visit this place. They love to see the boxing history."
It was here that fighters such as Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Rocky Marciano and Roberto Duran honed their craft.
Old bout posters are plastered over the walls. But unlike the old gym, it's not done to cover holes in the plaster.
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Celebrities such as actor Matt Damon, supermodel Adriana Lima and comedian Dave Chapelle are among Baiamonte's regular clients. Baiamonte also has carved out a lucrative, growing business as a personal trainer working with a growing list of NFL players.
It's also been a place for the Heat to train over the years. Miami's Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh took boxing lessons during the 2011 lockout.
James was first, arranging a workout early in the lockout.
"He came in by himself," Baiamonte said. "Two or three people were with him. They told me he just wanted to come in and work and get out, and they couldn't pull him out of here. He was here for two or three hours, looking at the boxing pictures and just enjoying the atmosphere."
Working with the 6-foot-11 Bosh was particularly memorable.
"He hurt my shoulders," Baiamonte said. "I had to hold the mitts when I raised my shoulders to take his shots. He's a nice guy, really quiet. But once he started going, he really came alive."
Baiamonte noted that all three were reminiscent of fighters he has seen over the years.
About Bosh
"His build and the way he moves, he's more like a Tommy Hearns. He's got that long reach he just snaps in there."
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"Honestly, I think LeBron reminds me a lot of Muhammad (Ali). He's so athletic in the way he moves. He picks up things very quickly."
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The chocolate brand will donate $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity International to help fund the construction of homes through a series of programs in 2013, including a unique volunteer initiative which will encourage fans of the brand to donate 1.5 million minutes (25,000 hours) of their time and talents at Habitat for Humanity's home construction sites in the U.S. Fans can pledge to help 'M'Prove America' at www.facebook.com/mms. In addition, specially-marked packages of red, white and blue M&M's Brand Candies promoting M'Prove America will be sold during summer 2013.
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As New England coach Steve Nicol contemplated the task that faced his Revolution side in San Jose on Saturday night, he pinpointed possession -- always a priority for the Revs -- as a critical underpinning to success.
"It's important to be good with the ball," Nicol told MLSsoccer.com in a phone interview earlier this week. "It's a fast pitch and it's not the biggest pitch ever, so people are going to be close to you. You have to be good with the ball. That's your starting point."
Nicol believes his side needs to improve its performance in possession heading into the match at Buck Shaw Stadium. In the Revs' previous two away matches, they have struggled to keep the ball consistently with Shalrie Joseph (right hip flexor strain) sidelined in both encounters.
Joseph didn't make the trip to the Bay Area, but Nicol said the objective hasn't changed even without the influential midfielder in the starting XI.
"We need to be solid and, once we get it, we need to play with the ball and we need to be better with it," Nicol said. "When we played D.C. away, we weren't particularly great with the ball, truth be told. Although we got a great result with a couple of great goals, we can do a lot better as far as playing-wise. Certainly, it's about the results, but to get the results consistently, we need to be more consistent. That's what we're looking for this weekend."
One player who could make a difference in facilitating play through the midfield may not feature from the outset. Marko Perovic made his Revolution debut by playing the final 20 minutes in last Saturday's 4-1 win over Toronto FC, but Nicol questioned whether the Serbian midfielder possessed the match fitness to complete a full match after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with former club FC Basel.
"To be honest, I'm not quite sure," Nicol said. "Could he play 90 minutes? I don't know. Unless he plays 90 minutes, we won't know whether or not he is [capable of doing it]. Obviously, he's trained well all week, but playing games and training are two different things. He hasn't played in games for quite some time, so I can't really answer that. He'll be ready to do whatever we want him to do, whether it's 20, 70 or 90 minutes or whatever."
Although Perovic presents a tempting option to bolster the Revolution's attacking arsenal, Nicol may instead opt to start Pat Phelan in Joseph's place to bolster the defensive presence in central midfield. Phelan started the first two matches in Joseph's absence, but dropped to the bench against TFC last weekend.
Several players remain unavailable to the Revs as they seek a third straight victory. Matt Reis (left shoulder and knee surgeries) and Taylor Twellman (concussion symptoms) continue to rehabilitate long-term concerns, while Mauricio Castro (right ankle pain) is also out.
Nico Colaluca (left knee sprain) and Edgaras Jankauskas (right calf strain) increased their work in training this week, but Nicol said neither player is ready to play at this point.
Despite the injuries and the third away match in four weekends, New England will be ready to attempt to replicate the 1-0 victory obtained in this same fixture to kick off the 2009 campaign, according to Revolution defender Cory Gibbs.
"All of those things affect us a bit, but we've got our head around it like we always have done," Gibbs told MLSsoccer.com in a phone interview earlier this week. "We'll go out there and just play to the best of our abilities, so we can get the three points."


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Lettuce has taken the biggest hit from weather patterns that drove growers in the desert regions of California and Arizona to use up acreage ahead of schedule on all vegetable crops.
"Every day for three straight weeks it was 10 to 15 degrees above the norm, so like many growers we ended up discing multiple blocks of high quality leaf lettuce," said John Burton, general manager of sales and cooler for Coachella, Calif.-based Peter Rabbit Farms.
"Romaine, green, red, butter," he said. "It was real sad to watch something you'd cleared the ground to grow and not even be able to touch it. The warmth brought crops on much faster than we were prepared even to harvest, let alone sell."
Light frosts hit California's Coachella and Imperial valleys and Yuma, Ariz., starting Dec. 19, part of a welcome cooling trend. The cold did little damage to most operations, but by slowing growth it raised the prospect of January shortages.
"Any given crop could be 25% to 60% short," John D'Arrigo, president of Salinas, Calif.-based D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, said Dec. 27. "That's a fair estimate. It's too early to be specific but we can see it coming."
D'Arrigo expects to be shortest in romaine hearts, which his company grows in Yuma.
"I was telling my guys in the sales department all along that we just can't stop this freight train," he said. "The product is anywhere from one to four weeks ahead. A lot of romaine hearts are three weeks ahead. We've got an industry-wide shortage coming up all the way through January."
"For us lettuce seems to be more reactive, but I see shortages and disruptions to all the crops," D'Arrigo said.
Mark McBride, salesman at Salinas, Calif.-based Coastline Produce, said Dec. 26 that production in the Imperial Valley was two to three weeks ahead of schedule.
"Not all the fields will slow down, but younger fields will grow at a much slower rate and gaps could develop," McBride said. "It was the warmest fall that anybody I'm aware of can remember, a highly unusual pattern. Coastline Produce harvest crews experienced brief cold delays Dec. 22, 24 and 26.
Burton said the cold brings a risk of epidermal peeling on lettuce, but outer leaves can be trimmed. There's no sign yet of weather that could inflict systemic damage.
"We haven't had a deep freeze yet that we can see any interior leaf destruction," he said.
"The forecast says it's going to be clear and cool for the next seven days," Burton said Dec. 28. "That's pretty decent growing weather. We should stay steady with harvest amounts probably slightly below our norm for the next week to 10 days."
Arizona shipping point prices on 12 three-count packages of romaine hearts were mostly $10.25 to $11.10 on Dec. 26 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Year-ago prices, recorded in a time of ice delays, were $13.35 to $14.50.


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The Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami consists of the finest wind and percussion players at the university, and performs for numerous concerts, conferences, and festivals throughout the season. Actively commissioning new music for the repertoire, the ensemble has offered world premieres for such composers as Charles Campbell, Clarke McCallister, Michael Colgrass, and James Syler, David Maslanka, and Christopher Rouse. One of the guiding principles of the Frost Wind Ensemble is contact with leading musical minds of this time, resulting in recent residencies by such notable musicians as James Syler, Eric Whitacre, Michael Daugherty, David Maslanka, and John Corigliano.
The Frost Wind Ensemble has released several compact discs on the Albany and Naxos labels. The first is entitled Urban Requiem. In American Record Guide, critics stated: "The recording is close-up, and incredibly immediate. Cymbals, high brass, and percussion erupt with great brilliance; the bass drum in the Colgrass piece is awesome. In repertory and recorded sound, the whole thing reminds of Frederick Fennell's Mercury Living Presence LPs I loved as a kid." Critics in Fanfare record review state: "…soloists…indeed all of the UM Wind Ensemble's talents are never in question." The second disc is entitled Christina's World and features a commission by Kenneth Fuchs. The CD Blue includes James Syler's "Blue," Michael Colgrass' "Dream Dancer" and the "Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble" by Thomas Sleeper. The fourth disc, called Ivy Green, contains Mark Camphouse's "Symphony" from Ivy Green, "Equus" by Eric Whitacre and Ney Rosauro's "Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble." The fifth disc, Reflections, features Craig Morris playing Thomas Sleeper's "Trumpet Concerto" as well as a performance of David Maslanka's "Symphony No. 3." Illuminations contains a commission by David Gillingham, "Double Star," with soloists Margaret Donaghue, (clarinet) and Ellen Rowe, (piano) as well as David Maslanka's "Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble" featuring Christine Nield, flute. The newest disc, Wolf Rounds, was released on the Naxos label.
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NEW YORK: Vermont struggled with its worst flooding in 80 years and reconnaissance teams scoured Massachusetts to assess the devastation Monday after a weakened Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked New England with torrential rain.
Spared from Irene's worst fury, New York City went back to work Monday despite a partially crippled mass transit system and power outages that left 100,000 customers in the metropolitan area without electricity.
At least 21 people died in the United States in addition to three who died in the Dominican Republic and one in Puerto Rico when the storm was still in the Caribbean.
Overall some 5.5 million homes and business were still without power from North Carolina to Maine, and utilities said it could take days to restore electricity in more accessible areas, or up to weeks in the hardest-hit regions.
"It's going to take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude," President Barack Obama told reporters. "The effects are still being felt across much of the country, including in New England and states like Vermont where there's been an enormous amount of flooding. I'm going to make sure that FEMA [federal emergency management] and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help people on the ground." Air travel at New York City's three major area airports slowly resumed service, and financial markets operated normally, although volumes were low.
New York City subways returned to service, though many commuter lines to the city and national carrier Amtrak were disrupted due to tracks that were flooded or blocked with fallen trees and debris.
While Irene failed to produce the devastation many had expected when New York City pre-emptively ordered unprecedented evacuations and a shutdown of its mass transit system Saturday, it still left hundreds of thousands of homeowners with flood damage, especially in New Jersey.
Many northeastern rivers, already swollen from an unusually wet summer, were still cresting.
Vermont was battling the state's worst flooding since 1927 after Irene swept through as a storm late Sunday.
It dumped huge amounts of rain in New Jersey and other states on its way up to Canada, where it was downgraded to post-tropical status over sparsely populated land.
"Things are bad throughout the state and we are just starting the recovery process in the light of day," said Robert Stirewalt, a spokesman for the Vermont Emergency Management Agency. "It is too early to say what the damage will be as we assess it and we hope it won't be more extensive than earlier predicted."
One person was killed after being swept into a river in mountainous, landlocked Vermont, which rarely sees tropical storms.
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While the sun was out Monday, officials worried that more damage could still be done.
"The bigger rivers haven't crested so far because the smaller brooks all feed right into them," Shumlin told Democracy Now, a daily TV/radio news program.
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Madagascar 2 Enjoyable.
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Madagascar 2 Enjoyable.
pretty good. Too many flashbacks and too many plot twists for my liking. Those interrupted the flow too often. Other than that - the movie was pretty good - some really good scenes - but just too disjointed. There were some great performances though and overall entertaining, but it could have been better
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I came across No Country for Old Men on some channel this past weekend and watched it for probably the 4th time.
I discovered that I I've made peace with this movie. With surprise gone I find that I am left to enjoy the exchanges and interactions in this film and I am no longer stung by it's jarring deficiencies.
Time will be kind to this movie.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This review is based off of a workprint of the movie, so the special effects were incomplete and at least some of the music was used as a placeholder (though it all seemed to fit pretty well).
I thought it was pretty good. Certainly better than X3 (which I actually liked), and not too much worse than the first two films. I thought Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool was perfect, though I was shocked bySpoiler:
I felt like the Blob and Gambit were a little off, probably due to the choice of actors, but neither of them were terrible. Blob was probably a little more spot-on than Gabit, IMO.
8.5/10*, based on the workprint. I'll reevaluate after I see the completed version.
I could not possibly be more excited for Wolverine.
I just hope you're not a Deadpool fan. I think there is going to be a lot of ire concerning how he is handled in the film.
Oh, and this may be Hugh Jackman's best performance so far. He was amazing.
Kill Bill Vol. 1- Good ol fashioned butt kicking
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Eh, not as bad as what I expected. Still not a great movie though...
I'm mainly there to see Logan rip **** up in like five wars, stab a bunch of people with his claws, get some crazy surgery and generally put on a badass show.
Fast and Furious.
Ok from a movie stand point it probably wasnt good, but I didnt see it for that reason. I thought it was the best of the series. The cars were awesome (got rid of the cheesey rice), ladies were hot, driving scenes were pretty sweet. Acting and plot? eh, but i enjoyed it for the reasons i listed.
Yeah, a couple buddies and I went and saw it (Fast and Furious). Thought it was probably the best of the series. Take that for what you will. Definitely had the best cars of the series. The Skyline was probably the cleanest import they've had.
Phone Booth
Sure the plot was a little too out there and simplistic, but man the middle stretch was thrilling and suspenseful.
Speaking of, National Treasure- Good, fun movie
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
I don't know if any of you have seen the HBO movie called Taking Chance but you should. Amazing movie with Kevin Bacon.
Saw Fast and Furious yesterday, and I loved it. Thought it was, as most others do, the best movie of the series. Though as mentioned above, the plot was different from the other three movies. This time, there was a defined plot from the very beginning and you knew what was going on.
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Bleh, they took the weakest storyline of the four with the weakest jokes of the four, and slapped on a token series ending scene. Really disappointing...
Observe & Report....
Um, had a few moments of being entertaining. I'll just go ahead and say that if you like Eastbound & down you probably are going to like this movie as well.
Definately a "type" of humor that you probably either get or don't.
I didn't hate the movie but I can't say I loved it either.
It was very mixed in what it wanted to be IMO.
You really really have to suspend disbelief in this film though.
Uh, I haven't seen that, but I'd wager that can not be accurate.
Being as I worked Mall Security in grad school, ever since the movie was announced I thought those 3 words captured the job description perfectly.
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But from what I saw of DesignMarch, I in particular enjoyed visiting The Culture House (one of the most architecturally perfect buildings here in Reykjavik), which this year was dedicated exclusively to exhibitions on graphic design and designers. I always enjoy meeting, (although very briefly this time), Hildur and Ólöf at Reykjavik Letterpress who this year introduced us to Dutch letterpress/graphic designer Tiny Risselada. And I personally thought graphic designer Sigríður Rún Kristinsdóttir´s exhibition/workshop, Anatomy of Letters, the best exhibition overall this year.
Today I visited Epal, a favorite design shop which this year presented The Countless Colours of Icelandic Design, where a selection of new-ish designers presented their latest products. Here are just a 3 of my favorites, seen in Epal this afternoon.
Hylur, a desk designed by Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir designer
Selection of pillows by María Dýrfjörð
Bybibi tableware by Bíbí


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- Davis: Sky's the limit for Jets [Jets Official Site]
- Playoffs show how far away the Jets are [ESPN NY]
- Five potential QBs to compete with Geno [Star Ledger]
- Dolphins copying blueprint from 2013 Jets [ESPN]
- Source: Gamble is top candidate for Miami GM job [NFP]
Jonas Schwartz and Willie Colon are back for another episode of The Jet Stream, and this week they get to discus a win! The guys look back at the Jets' victory over the Dolphins and the anthem protests before the game. Later, Jets left tackle Kelvin Beachum joins the show to talk about the improving offensive line and facing his former team, the Jaguars, in Week 4.
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Jets head coach Todd Bowles believes his defensive unit made big improvements in the team's win over the Dolphins on Sunday.
The Jets let up 45 points to the Raiders a week ago, but it didn't look like a defense that allowed that many points on Sunday. The Dolphins couldn't get anything going offensively, and Bowles believes it was because the team played together.
Bent, theJetsBlog.com Follow on Twitter: The Jets got in the win column with a surprisingly easy 20-6 victory over the Dolphins in their home opener, riding a disciplined and efficient defensive performance >>Click here to read more on the Jets' defense in Bent's Game Analysis.
Tags: Demario Davis, Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams
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Let's break down the performances on the offensive side of the ball from the Jets' 20-6 win over the Dolphins in Week 3:
Tags: ArDarius Stewart, Bilal Powell, Brandon Shell, Brian Winters, Chad Hansen, Charone Peake, Dakota Dozier, Jeremy Kerley, Josh McCown, Matt Forte, Robby Anderson, Wesley Johnson
Former Jets LB Erin Henderson is suing the team for wrongful termination and disability discrimination, according to ESPN's Rich Cimini and NJ Advanced Media.
The now-retired linebacker is seeking $3.3 million plus in damages.
According to Henderson, he was placed on the Jets' non-football injury list unjustly. He suffers from bipolar disorder and says that the team didn't give him the proper care.
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Todd Bowles and the Jets made their statement about President Donald Trump and what's happening in this country when they locked arms on the sidelines during the national anthem on Sunday afternoon. Now the Jets coach wants the world's focus to be on the issues and solutions, not on all the inflammatory Tweets and words.
That was his message on Monday when asked for his feelings about the president's remarks, when he said that players who kneel during the anthem should be fired and labeled them a "son of a bitch."
Jets QB Josh McCown led the offense in the team's first win of the season over the Dolphins, 20-6, on Sunday.
It was his first home game as a Jet, and McCown didn't disappoint. He was accurate, moved the ball around his receiving corps, and most importantly, he impressed head coach Todd Bowles.
"I thought he was very effecient," Bowles told Jets.com's Eric Allen. "Josh has been playing good for about three weeks in a row now. He controls the offense and he sees things. He's playing smart football."
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The Jets got in the win column with a surprisingly easy 20-6 victory over the Dolphins in their home opener, riding a disciplined and efficient defensive performance.
We'll therefore start this week by focusing on the defense...
Tags: Buster Skrine, Darron Lee, Demario Davis, Dylan Donahue, Jamal Adams, Jordan Jenkins, Juston Burris, Leonard Williams, Marcus Maye, Morris Claiborne, Muhammad Wilkerson
From players on the field to acting owner Christopher Johnson and GM Mike Maccagnan, the New York Jets all locked arms during the national anthem before Sunday's 20-6 win over the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium in protest of President Donald Trump's comments from a few days ago.
The Jets had a team meeting Saturday and decided they would lock arms and stand for the anthem as a team. Groups of players from each team around the league on Sunday either locked arms or knelt during the anthem after Trump referred to NFL players who protested the national anthem as a "son of a bitch" and said they should be fired.
Johnson, who is the team's acting owner while his brother, Jets owner Woody Johnson, serves as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom in the Trump administration, released a statement saying it was an "honor and a privilege" to join the players on the field on Sunday.
Tags: Miami Dolphins, Kelvin Beachum, Leonard Williams
All that dismal 0-16 talk is over. And, the New York Jets ended it early with a stunningly dominant performance.
Josh McCown threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Robby Anderson, Bilal Powell ran for a score, and the Jets' defense frustrated Jay Cutler and the Miami Dolphins in a 20-6 victory Sunday in New York's home opener.
"Oh, man, it was awesome," McCown said. "It was special."
Jets players locked arms during the national anthem on Sunday ahead of their game against the Dolphins.
Acting owner Christopher Johnson and general manager Mike Maccagnan joined the players by locking arms with them on the field.
DE Muhammad Wilkerson and TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins will suit up for the Jets' Week 3 game against the Dolphins
Wilkerson missed practices during the week with a shoulder injury after suffering a shoulder injury during the team's Week 2 loss to the Raiders. TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins will return following his two-game suspension at the beginning of the season.
QB Christian Hackenberg, WR Chad Hansen, CB Derrick Jones, S Rontez Miles, OL Brian Winters, TE Eric Tomlinson, and TE Jordan Leggett are inactive.
Tags: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Muhammad Wilkerson
Jets RB Matt Forte and T Kelvin Beachum were among NFL players who retweeted posts criticizing President Trump's comments on Friday about NFL players who kneel for the national anthem.
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The Miami Dolphins (1-0) at the Jets (0-2) at the Meadowlands on Sunday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m. ET.
Coverage on SNY:
Tags: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Bilal Powell, Christian Hackenberg, Miami Dolphins, Elijah McGuire, Josh McCown, Matt Forte, Muhammad Wilkerson, Ralph Vacchiano
In the latest episode of The Jet Stream, Jonas Schwartz and Willie Colon look back at the Week 2 loss in Oakland, and discuss what the Jets need to do to secure their first win of the season. Later, Jonas and Willie debut two of the show's newest segments, "Willie's Story Time" and "How being an NFL player is better than being you."
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SNY NFL Insider Ralph Vacchiano discusses his three keys to a Jets victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 3.
Jets CB Buster Skrine was fined $24,309 after being penalized for a helmet-to-helmet hit against the Raiders.
In the third quarter, Skrine picked up on a short pass to RB DeAndre Washington, but he caught Washington with his helmet first resulting in a penalty that set up a 43-yard touchdown for the Raiders.
The Raiders had four personal fouls in the game, but none were fined.
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G Brian Winters and TE Eric Tomlinson (knee) are out for Sunday's game against the Dolphins, the Jets announced Friday.
Either Dakota Dozier or Brent Qvale will start at RG for Winters, Jets head coach Todd Bowles told reporters.
TE Jordan Leggett (knee) and S Rontez Miles (eye) are doubtful.
Tags: Brent Qvale, Brian Winters, Dakota Dozier, Jordan Leggett, Muhammad Wilkerson, Rontez Miles, Will Tye
The Jets re-signed KR/WR Kalif Raymond to their practice squad after cutting him earlier in the week.
Raymond muffing a punt during the Jets' loss to the raiders in Oakland.
"He's got some tools to develop," coach Todd Bowles said on Thursday. "There are some things we like about him with his speed and catch radius as a receiver, so he's worth bringing back."
Bowles indicated Raymond would likely remain on the practice squad but added that there's still a chance he could make the active roster.
The Jets have signed DE David Bass and cut LB Freddie Bishop to make room on the roster.
Bass, who was selected 233rd by the Raiders in the 2013 NFL Draft, had been released by the Seahawks on Tuesday.
Bishop had been signed from the practice squad to the active roster last week.
It's been a tough two weeks of the season for Jets linebacker Darron Lee, and head coach Todd Bowles wants to see more out of the second-year player.
Standing at 6-foot-1 and 231 pounds, Lee has looked overmatched at times during the Jets' first two games this year. So far Lee has 12 tackles and one sack.
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Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (bruised shoulder) did not participate in Wednesday's practice, but he believes he'll be ready to play against the Dolphins on Sunday.
Wilkerson suffered the injury during last week's matchup in Oakland, but does not think the bruise is too serious. Head coach Todd Bowles also said he doesn't believe the injury will keep Wilkerson out of action.
Below is the rest of the Jets' injury report from Wednesday's practice:
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Christopher Johnson, the Jets' acting owner as his brother Woody Johnson serves as Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Donald Trump, says the team isn't tanking.
"It couldn't be further from the truth," Johnson told reporters on Wednesday. "I want to win every game. Every player in that locker room wants to win. What you're seeing, I think, are growing pains. These are young guys. There are some older guys on the team. Some of them, they're doing an extraordinary job. But I think you're going to see this team get better and better and better. That's what I'm looking for. And we are definitely not tanking."
The Jets, who have started the season 0-2 and are expected to have one ot the worst records in the NFL this season, trimmed the roster of the majority of their veterans during the offseason.
The Jets held workouts with six players on Tuesday, reports NFL Insider Adam Caplan.
The team worked out wide receivers Corey "Philly" Brown, Josh Huff, and Paul Turner; defensive ends Datone Jones and Alex McCalister; and defensive tackle Stefan Charles.
The Jets defense may have allowed 45 points to the Raiders this past Sunday, but they are not embarrassed as they believe the unit as taken positive steps forward.
The Raiders racked up 410 total yards as they had both the run and pass game working in their home opener. Though it was a bad performance, LB Darron Lee spoke about why there were no heads hung in the locker room following the game.
Bent, theJetsBlog.com Follow on Twitter: The Jets surprisingly hung around for the better part of three quarters, but eventually the game slipped away from them and the Raiders came away with the anticipated blowout win. Aside from a couple of ill-timed turnovers, the run defense was the biggest issue in yesterday's game...


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Colchester and East Essex have won promotion back to the Shepherd Neame Essex League premier division at the first time of asking.
Ben Stephens' side have won promotion back to the top flight after beating Woodford Wells by six wickets, at Castle Park.
After being put into bat, the visitors made 221 for three in their 52 overs, with Will Rogers making an unbeaten 127.
Colchester initially struggled in reply and found themselves at 95 for four.
But a superb 127-run partnership between Henry Foster (78 not out) and overseas player Cam Hawkins (68 no) helped steer Colchester to victory, which sealed their promotion at the first time of asking.
Colchester have one more game remaining in division one, where they will be hoping to win the title and cap a fine season in style.
For more on Colchester's promotion to the premier division, see the Daily Gazette this week.


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Comparison of Glucovance to Insulin for Diabetes During Pregnancy
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified April 2007 by Regional Obstetrical Consultants.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Regional Obstetrical Consultants
Information provided by:
Regional Obstetrical Consultants
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 1, 2006
Last updated: April 19, 2007
Last verified: April 2007
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Detailed Description:
Pregnant women with gestational or Type 2 diabetes who require medication are placed in one of two groups: Insulin injections or Glucovance (oral administration). Blood glucose is checked 5 times per day, and medication adjusted by perinatologist according to glucose levels. The hypothesis is that patients will have similar or improved blood glucose control on an oral agent as compared to control on insulin.
|Gestational Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Pregnancy
|Drug: Insulin versus glucovance (glyburide/metformin)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Comparison of Glucovance (Glyburide and Metformin) to Insulin Therapy for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes and Adult Onset Diabetes in Pregnancy
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Metformin Insulin Glyburide Insulin humanU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Regional Obstetrical Consultants:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Maternal hemoglobin A1C at delivery
- Maternal fructosamine at delivery
- Maternal glucose at delivery
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mode of delivery
- Infant birth weight
- Infant initial glucose
- Infant complications
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2002
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2008
According to ACOG guidelines, patients between 24 and 28 weeks gestation will be screened with a 1 hour glucose tolerance test (GTT) by their obstetrician. Those with elevated glucose levels will undergo a 3 hour GTT. According to routine OB standards, if the blood glucose is elevated on 2 or more of 4 parameters during this test (> 95 fasting, > 180 at 1 hour, > 155 at 2 hours, >140 at 3 hours), the patient will begin receiving dietary therapy using ADA guidelines. If blood glucose levels remain 20% above a fasting of 90 & post parandial of 120 with diet alone during a period of 1-3 weeks after diagnosis, the patient will be invited to participate in this study. Type 2 diabetics who have been diagnosed prior to pregnancy will also be included. These patients may enroll in the study prior to 24 weeks gestation, entering at the time of referral. Patients who give consent for participation will be randomly assigned to either insulin therapy (the usual standard of care), or to oral Glucovance therapy (the experimental group). Glucovance will be started at 1.25mg/250mg BID. NPH & regular Insulin will be started on a 1unit/kg basis BID. Both groups will receive care according to the current standard for gestational diabetics and pregnant Type 2 diabetics. The perinatologist and diabetes educator will evaluate the blood glucose record and assess the patient's adherence to the ADA diet weekly and will determine when the insulin or Glucovance needs to be increased. If the patients in the Glucovance group continue to be poorly controlled with 4 tablets/day (5mg/500mg), the therapy will be continued and insulin will be added to the management. Statistical analysis will compare the two groups for myriad factors including vaginal versus operative deliveries, hemoglobin A1C, fructosamine, and glucose at delivery, infant birth weight, infant complications, initial infant blood glucose.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:Gestational diabetes by ACOG definition or Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy Hyperglycemia despite following ADA diet English or Spanish speaking -
Exclusion Criteria:Already requiring Insulin Serum creatinine > 1.3 or creatinine clearance < 75ml/minute Liver disease
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00371306
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00371306
|Contact: Lorrie A Mason, MSN
|423 664-4460
|United States, Tennessee
|Regional Obstetrical Consultants
|Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 37403
Sponsors and Collaborators
Regional Obstetrical Consultants
|Principal Investigator:
|Joseph H Kipikasa, MD
|Regional Obstetrical Consultants; UT Chattanooga OB-GYN Department
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00371306 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 1, 2006
|Last Updated:
|April 19, 2007
Keywords provided by Regional Obstetrical Consultants:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes, Gestational
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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alan wrote:Oh My God-- Cornflakes! NO!
Simple carbs are the kiss of death.
Congratulations on your weight loss. You might want to try a protein and good fat breakfast. Like a cheese omelet cooked in organic ghee. But whatever you do stay away from processed cereals.
OcTavO wrote:The second thing that's really helped me has been to start really studying my food. Trying to learn everything there is to know about what I'm putting in my mouth. Know thy enemy, right? After tracing certain food products back to their sources through the business system I found I just couldn't eat them any more. No matter how good they tasted they disgusted me on a mental level. I read a lot of books like "Food Inc., Good calories bad calories, in defense of food, and the end of overeating... all of which helped to change my whole view of taste and the food industry. I decided I didn't want to be blindsided or manipulated any more so I had to go through the whole eating process with eyes wide open.
Pax wrote:Stefan - how has it been going?? Still doing well, keeping the weight off?
Suffering is asking from life what it can never give you.
mindfulness, bliss and beyond (page 8) wrote:Do not linger on the past. Do not keep carrying around coffins full of dead moments
Stefan wrote:Pax wrote:Stefan - how has it been going?? Still doing well, keeping the weight off?
Overall I've lost 23 kilos and I now weigh 83.9kg. My goal is to be 75 kg by the end of the year.
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This is based on something I saw on tv recently and something I saw on facebook today. Here are a couple scenarios. Post whether you would update your facebook page/facebook status or not and why. Also feel free say how much of a social networker you are, like how much you post, if you post a lot of personal things, how often you log on or how many people you actually talk to on facebook and if your profile is public or private.
1. You find out you have an illness, but it's not life threatening but you will need surgery. Do you update your facebook?
2. You find out you have cancer and you only have X number of months to live. Do you make a status or write about it?
3. You have have become wheelchair bound for the rest of your life. Do you tell facebook? Or wait til you are one day tagged in pictures in your wheelchair?
4. Your pregnant and you didn't post much about the pregnancy but all your friend know. At 7 months you have a miscarriage. Do you post about it?
5. You get attacked/mugged/assaulted/etc. and you have to go to court. Do you look to facebook for support?
6. You were in a car crash. Do you post about it? What if the other person died? Does that change your answer?
7. You were wrongfully fired from your job. Do you make an angry status about it?
It's interesting to see how people today value the internet and social networking sites. I feel like I see people posting a lot of what I would call 'dirty laundry' and extremely personal things on facebook when they're profiles are set to public or when they have over 1,000 friends.
And of course this can be interchanged with Twitter or any other site where you post a lot. Even a blog.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida was sentenced to one and a half years for stealing more than $125,000 in party funds.
Jim Greer was sentenced in Orlando Wednesday, more than a month after he pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and a single count of money laundering. Circuit Judge Marc Lubet handed down a sentence that was less severe than the 3 1/2 years in prison requested by prosecutors.
A trial had threatened to expose the underbelly of Florida's dominant political party and its formerly high-spending ways.
Topics covered in pretrial depositions included allegations of prostitutes at a state GOP fundraiser in the Bahamas, the drinking habits of former Gov. Charlie Crist and intraparty strife.
Prosecutors say Greer funneled almost $200,000 to a company he had formed with his right-hand man and kept $125,000 for himself.
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A rapid 74 from Hamish Marshall was not enough to save Gloucestershire from an eight-wicket defeat by Essex in the NatWest T20 Blast group match at Chelmsford.
The hosts elected to field after winning the toss and restricted Michael Klinger's men to 162-6 from their 20 overs, the wily David Masters setting the tone with 2-17 from his four overs.
He removed openers Klinger and Alex Gidman in the first five overs to put Gloucestershire on the back foot and when Ian Cockbain departed to the first ball of the seventh over in was 45-3 Benny Howell helped Marshall double the score before falling for 19, but there was too little support for Hamish, whose runs came off just 47 balls, with 8 fours.
Cameron Herring hit a six and 2 fours in a spirited 23 not out, but the total did not prove enough.
Tom Smith and Howell picked up wickets in the first seven overs of the Essex reply, but the home side were always up with the required run rate.
In the end they reached the target with nine balls to spare, thanks to an unbroken third-wicket stand of 112 between Tom Westley (55 not out) and Ravi Bopara (66 not out).
Bopara blasted 6 sixes in his 39-ball innings as a Gloucestershire attack boosted by a fit-again David Payne and Graeme McCarter were unable to curb the scoring. Smith was the pick of the bowlers with 1-26 from his four overs.
Gloucestershire's Director of Cricket John Bracewell was disappointed with the result and performance.
He said: "We are down to the bare bones of our squad because of injuries, but that is no excuse. We should have executed our skills better on that surface.
"Playing two spinners was a good option for us in the conditions and should have helped, but we haven't performed as we can.
"The good thing is that we are very disappointed to lose games like this now, whereas last season we probably thought we weren't good enough to win them.
"But we have to be more consistent and start stringing results together in T20 cricket."
The defeat left Gloucestershire second from bottom of the South Division with three points. The top four qualify for the quarter-finals and Kent currently occupy fourth place with seven points.