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Road Wild: WM29 Preview and Predictions
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Hey everyone, back with another installment of "Road Wild". I know the first time, I said I would be building my own version of WWE up until WrestleMania, but decided that was just too much to do since WWE kept throwing curveballs in the dirt. (Baseball reference)
So I've decided just to take the card, break it down, and give my thoughts and predictions for what I would like to see unfold.
Match 1: Intercontinental Championship
Wade Barrett(c) vs. The Miz
Interest Level: 1.5
Prediction: The Miz
With The Marine 3 coming out, and Miz not taking the US Title from Cesaro, I feel WWE was just saving this win for him. Barrett's reign has been forgettable (but we can't blame that all on him), and WWE wants to give The Miz back a title that he lost to Kofi, who lost to Barrett. So I guess Kofi will win it back in a month or two. (Why is Kofi not on this card?)
Match 2: Clusterf*ck Match
Tons of Funk & The Funkadactyls vs. Team Rhodes Scholars and The Bella Twins (Not announced for pre-show, just my guess)
Interest Level: .5
Prediction: Team Rhodes Scholars and The Bellas
I feel bad for Cody. I'm a huge supporter and he's stuck in this mess. I actually thought they would turn him face with all the angles with Kaitlyn. Might still happen, who knows... Anyways, The Heels have to win some matches on this card, since the Faces will mostly dominate.
Video Package
America The Beautiful
Announcer Intros
Match 1: Tag-Team Championships
Team Hell No(c) vs. Team Zig E.
Interest Level: 3 (2.9 just from AJ)
Prediction: Toss-up
I really don't care who wins, just as long as Ziggler as made to look strong for later in the show... I'm sure most of you can guess where I'm going with this.
Match 2: My Bathroom Break Match
Ryback vs. Mark Henry
Interest Level: .5
Prediction: Ryback
I don't like Ryback. There's nothing about him that appeals to me, because I'm older than 13. I prefer Mark Henry, but Vince will have Henry put over his next "monster". Snore.
Match 3: World Heavyweight Championship
Alberto Del Rio(c) vs. Jack Swagger
Interest Level: 2
Prediction: Alberto Del Rio
To be honest, I'd have a higher interest level if the World Title was not involved in this feud. I would have picked Swagger, but then he got high. So I think Del Rio will go all "Juan Cena" and win the match, only... to have Dolph Ziggler cash-in with help from Big E. NEW WORLD CHAMPION. (For however long Creative lets him hold it)
(Lets insert Diddy's waste of time "concert" right here)
Match 4: 3 vs 3
The Shield vs. Big Show, Orton and Sheamus
Interest Level: 4
Prediction: The Shield
Like others have said. The Shield have already beaten the strongest team they could have faced. Losing here would kill all their momentum. Big Show will be able to get along with his team, however, he is not the one Sheamus couldn't trust. It shall be Randy Orton... A lot of people are predicting this to happen, and I think WWE should still go through with it here, only because Orton needs to turn and get heat behind him... Roman Reigns spears the Big Show, and The Shield win. Orton is not a member of The Shield, just turns due to "beef" with Sheamus.
Match 5: No Holds Barred
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
Interest Level: 2
Prediction: Triple H
Do I really need to explain?
Match 6: DWTS Jealousy Match
Chris Jericho vs. Faaaandaaaangoooo
Interest Level: 1
Prediction: Chris Jericho
You know, he doesn't have to lose to put someone over. Just having a great match, and losing would be good for Johnny Curtis. He can get his revenge attack afterwards, and leave Jericho motionless.
Match 7: The Streak
The Undertaker vs. CM Punk
Interest Level: 4
Prediction: Undertaker
I am a Punk fan, and I'd like to see him get a big win after jobbing to Dwayne for two straight PPV's... However, he's taking time off, and no way will the streak end this year, if ever. 21-0.
Match 8: Unannounced Divas Title Match
Kaitlyn(c) vs. AJ Lee
Interest Level: N/A
Prediction: Paige... Not really... I don't care
May or may not happen. But after all those matches before, these fans need a restroom break before Snoozefest 2.0.
Match 9: WWE Championship
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson(c) vs. John Cena
Interest Level: 1.5
Prediction: John Cena
Cena overcomes the odds, hits an AA and wins. He earns The Rock's respect, and they shake hands.
The Shield enters through the crowd, Rock and Cena try to band together, but are quickly over matched. To the outside, Reigns spears Rock into the barricade, and then he is thrown into the steel steps... Cena gets Triple Powerbombed through the SPANISH announce table. WrestleMania 29 ends with the future of the WWE standing tall over the past and present.
Hope you enjoyed.


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Morton evaluated after experiencing shoulder tightness
PITTSBURGH -- Charlie Morton popped into the Pirates clubhouse Saturday morning -- a little earlier than expected, but not for the reason expected.
Morton was back in town for a medical examination and evaluation after he left Friday night's rehab start for Triple-A Indianapolis after three innings with shoulder tightness.
He had yet to see a doctor, but the Indians' training staff didn't think it was a serious situation. Nonetheless, plans to have him complete his rehab from Tommy John surgery with one more start and then join the Pirates rotation will have to be adjusted.
"It's a setback for my readiness, sure, assuming it will alter my schedule," said Morton, who "threw up a red flag when my arm felt different than normal" and looped in the Indianapolis staff.
"So they just shut me down. When I went out for the third inning to warm up, it wouldn't get loose. It was a different sensation than I'd experienced dealing with my arm throughout my career."
Morton was flown into town by the Bucs to undergo a thorough examination.
"I'm not expecting anything bad. A lot of it was precautionary, a bump in the road," said Morton, whose stuff and results had been exceptional on his rehab road. Even Friday night, he had held Lehigh Valley hitless for three innings before departing.
He had a 1.69 ERA in four rehab starts, with more strikeouts (10) than hits allowed (seven) in 16 innings.
"When I walked on the field, I felt good, good to go," Morton said. "I looked forward to competing. My arm has been feeling great, and I've been getting good results."
As Morton spoke in the Pirates clubhouse, he was standing in front of the locker of Jose Contreras, who underwent his Tommy John surgery at about the same time and is back in the big leagues. In the visiting clubhouse across PNC Park, Stephen Strasburg, back to his dominant self following the Tommy John procedure in 2011, was getting ready to make the start for Washington.
"Great. Fantastic," Morton said of such encouragement from the successful comebacks of peers.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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My interpretation of that was that a contract could be structured in a way that Cleveland doesn't *want* to match. And to do so, I'm guessing that it's a very lucrative contract, in which case, do we even want to take on such a contract?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I personally think this is just Mack's agent trying to jack the price up on him. Get some other team to throw a poison pill contract at him, and get them to eat it. I basically expect Mack will be back in Cleveland.
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No one was more diappointed than I when nothing was announced and tonight's game came and went with no sign of Ronnie.
I guess my encounter with the former Pacemate turned out to kick me in the crotch (sorry for the visual that probably left). Maybe I wanted to believe a little too much. I still believe she was a former Pacemate and that she thought she was telling me the truth...Either that or she was on her way to the Poker Shootout in Vegas with that bull*****ting ability.
Sorry if I helped fuel the 'Ron's possible return' fire but I had to relate the story when I heard it! Besides, it was so outrageous I had to post it and it got me posting on here regularly, so it was worth it!!
BTW, I also went to the game with the wife and kids....TONS of fun dragging the 4 & 3 year old hooligans around, doing all the cliche stuff....Kids got their faces painted, got custom ballons, Boomer sat on my son and hugged my daughter....Of course, I had gone to get the grub when he showed up...my wife got a couple good pictures and I got around 500 more with the zoom lens....I will try to work on a URL with decent sized pics that I can post....I've got a few free URL's that I can UL about 25 megs each...I'll try to keep them simple and have something posted tomorrow...Will post the URL here when I get it all done!!
Hope everyone else who was at the game enjoyed it as much as we did...I kept my unbeaten streak alive!! Lost count of how many games I've been to, but I gotta reiterate that I've seen the Pacers live about 20 times at MSA, Ball State, and Conseco and never seen them lose.........
I'm tellin' ya, if any Pacers are listening, I'm the rabbit's foot!!!!!


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OROVILLE - The man facing a possible death penalty sentence if convicted of killing his mother last December has a history of mental health problems that may date back to high school.
An Enterprise-Record review of appeals court records reveals that Anthony David Yee, 44, was previously diagnosed with paranoia and schizophrenia and required medication during proceedings around his attack on a Southern Pacific Railroad police officer in June 1989.
Yee has a preliminary hearing set for today in Butte County Superior Court. During that hearing, a judge will determine if there is probable cause to hold the defendant for trial on a felony count of first-degree murder for the Dec. 19 death of Judith Nathan, 66, of Chico. Yee also faces the special circumstances that he was lying in wait or committed the crime during a burglary or robbery.
However, defense attorney Eric Ortner said he may seek a delay to continue an ongoing evaluation into his client's mental health issues. Ortner said he has begun reviewing the voluminous record from the 1989 case. He said he is exploring Yee's mental health as part of the case.
"The mental health aspect plays a significant role in this case and Mr. Yee," Ortner said.
District Attorney Mike Ramsey said prosecutors are also reviewing Yee's mental health. However, he said Yee must use mental health as a defense before the prosecution can launch a more substantial examination, such as reviewing medical records.
District Attorney's chief investigator Rick West said it wasn't known if Yee was on medication at the time of the killing.
Ramsey said he hadn't made the decision about whether to pursue the death penalty or seek life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He said a decision usually isn't made until after a preliminary hearing.
If the case goes to trial, a jury could consider Yee's mental heath as a potential mitigating factor.
Ramsey said the prosecution also considers a defendant's mental health in death penalty cases. He said there may be circumstances where a defendant is too dangerous to let live and risk further harm to others.
Ramsey conceded that life without parole may serve a similar purpose. However, he said the death penalty could serve to discourage others from committing similar offenses or to prevent a specific defendant from causing further harm.
San Francisco assault
Yee's mental health played a considerable role when he was prosecuted for attempted murder involving a mid-afternoon attack in San Francisco on June 10, 1989.
According to appeals court records, Southern Pacific police officer Gary Fowler was walking on Market Street away from the railroad's then-headquarters near the Embarcadero when he passed Yee. Yee turned around and followed Fowler toward Fremont Street while pulling a softball bat from a bag.
Without saying anything and with an expressionless face, Yee struck Fowler in the head with full swings of the bat. Bystanders came to the stricken officer's aid and two chased Yee but he fled.
Yee was arrested in the area the following day.
Fowler, a 16-year veteran of the SP police, suffered career-ending head injuries in the attack and was permanently blinded in his left eye.
Yee pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to Atascadero State Hospital after he was deemed incompetent to stand trial. While in custody, he displayed signs of severe psychiatric disorder.
The appeals court file for this case includes several doctors' reports on Yee.
Yee told one doctor that he had started experiencing strange, violent dreams and hallucinations periodically from when he was 15 or 16, but it had gotten worse over time. He also reported hearing voices saying he was hell-bound and he should kill himself.
One woman told a doctor that Yee asked her son prior to the attack to get him a gun and that a sergeant had to pay for his actions. Yee had enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school and was on an unauthorized leave from Camp Pendleton prior to the attack.
In a later interview, Yee told a doctor that he attempted to get the SP officer's gun in order to commit suicide which would lead to his resurrection and ability to change the world.
When he was restored to competency, a staff psychiatrist at Atascadero wrote it was psychiatrically important that Yee remain on medication with the risk of deterioration if he stopped. However, she also wrote it was uncertain he would continue to take the medicine.
Several reports indicated that Yee stopped taking his medicine at various times after being released from medical care, including shortly before he changed his plea on May 25, 1990.
Yee initially pleaded guilty to the attempted murder charge, but sought to withdraw it about a month later. A judge denied the motion and sentenced Yee to eight years to life in prison on July 12, 1990.
The 1st District Court of Appeal overturned the conviction on June 20, 1992. The three-judge panel ruled the trial court should have allowed Yee to withdraw the plea because of the combination of his questionable mental state and insufficient evidence that Yee was adequately notified about the nature of the charges against him.
A jury trial was held for Yee and he was convicted on April 14, 1995, of felony assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury and mayhem.
San Luis Obisbo burglary
Following his San Francisco conviction, Yee was sent to prison and released on May 8, 1995, according to information from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Including his state hospital commitment, he served a total of 5.9 years in custody. He served an additional four months following a 1996 parole violation.
West said investigators don't know much about Yee's whereabouts following his release, although there were no reports of violent behavior. He said Yee had resided at times in Sonoma County and had possibly had jobs in labor.
Yee was listed as a transient when he was arrested while attempting to break into an occupied hotel room in Avila Beach on Dec. 28, 2009, according to San Luis Obisbo County chief deputy district attorney Jerret Gran. Gran said Yee was reportedly cold while cycling through area and sought a place to sleep.
Aside from the San Francisco case, Gran said Yee had no previous record at that point, aside from a 2009 allegation of defrauding an innkeeper in Santa Barbara.
Yee pleaded no contest to a felony count of second-degree commercial burglary and was sentenced to a lower term of 16 months in state prison. Gran said Yee's prior history was considered for sentencing.
Alleged Chico killing
Yee was first released from prison for the burglary on Sept. 2, 2010, after serving half of his sentence - which is when inmates are typically eligible for parole. Records show he was returned to prison twice.
Yee was paroled for the last time on Dec. 9, 2011.
Ramsey has previously said that Yee was paroled from San Quentin State Prison and took a bus to Chico on Dec. 16 and went to his mother's house on White Avenue. On Dec. 17 or 18, a neighbor reportedly heard Yee and Nathan arguing in front of her house. Nathan reportedly feared her son and didn't want him at her house.
On Dec. 19, Yee allegedly broke into Nathan's house. He allegedly attacked her with a hammer and strangled her to death.
Yee reportedly put Nathan's body into a pickup and drove around, seeking a place to dispose of the remains. He gave up and placed the body in the Nathan residence's septic tank on Dec. 21.
Police checked the Nathan residence on Dec. 22 and reportedly found Yee in the house in addition to blood and portions of the carpet cut up. The following day, officers opened the septic tank and discovered Nathan's body, wrapped in a comforter tied with rope and weights.
Yee remains in custody without bail.
Staff writer Ryan Olson can be reached at 896-7763 or email@example.com


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"I think since Day One, we were ahead of our time, mixing these electronic elements and rock," bisexual singer Maja Ivarsson says. "But the industry wondered what we were. Later, The Killers and MGMT broke out. We know for sure they were influenced by us and that's a compliment."
Appearances on the Warped Tour increased exposure, and celebrities like Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl hyped them up. Even Geico picked up one of their songs, "Hurt You," for a commercial. They are straddling the line right now between blowing up and indie cred. And their song "Something to Die For" featured prominently on the Scream 4 soundtrack didn't hurt either.
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Evolution Hoax
El Periodico, one of the biggest dailies of Spain, published both in Spanish and Catalan, devoted a place to a news item, which noted that Mr. Adnan Oktar is set to work to destroy the theory of evolution throughout the world. The following lines were noted in the item in which the author"s book named Atlas of Creation, was mentioned:
Turkish Adnan Oktar is against Darwin… Last February, a 700-page, luxury book that weigh more than 5 kilograms, called the Atlas of Creation were sent to a number of professors at the University of Barcelona... Previously, a number of European universities received other books against the theory of evolution similarly signed with the pen name Harun Yahya. Adnan Oktar who is behind this pen name, says, "Gentlemen, there is no evolution. If there were, it would be written in the Qur'an, the Gospel and the Torah." He introduced himself to us at a press conference organized on a yacht in Bosphorous on last Friday.
Oktar has begun to write his works in the 80s and these were the first books of Turkey that explain Creation. He says that fossil records millions of years old prove that living beings did not evolve…
Oktar said, "My books will continue to reach countries where Darwinism dominates; the Russian and Chinese versions of the Atlas of Creation are being prepared."


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Ellery charges into blanket category
September 3, 2010,
New York - Ellery Homestyles is making a serious bid to become a player in the blanket business with the launch of its new ComfortTech line, which has an exclusive on 3M's Thinsulate insulation technology.
"There hasn't been a lot of innovation in the blanket industry in a long time," said Budd Goldman, Ellergy Homestyles ceo. "This company is dedicated to creating a space in this business."
There will be their pricing tiers.
The good tier - which debuts this December in an exclusive launch at Bed Bath and Beyond - is priced at $69.99 for twin, $79.00 for full/queen and $89.00 for king. The collection includes Raleigh, a microfleece with a diamond quilt stitch and satin ribbon trim, and Delancy, a 100 gsm microfiber with a box quilt stitch and satin ribbon trim.
The better tier has a pricing grid of $79.9/$89.99/$99.99. It includes Cut Coral, a ribbed plush with faux suede trim; Microfiber/Mink, a microfiber/deerskin with square self binding; and Dawson, a microplush/Sherpa with fold over binding.
In the best segment, prices are $89.99/$99.99/$109.99. Cyprus is a micromink reversing to rabbit fur with satin piping trim. Cloe is a 270-count cotton damask with satin ribbon trim.
Each construction is available in six colors, although there is variation in the color palette from group to group. Ellery will also produce ComfortTech throws.
"This was really a strategic decision to create a product that can sell in more than one store," said design director Angela Boswell. "We were looking for a [brand] that made sense, not just a personality."
At the New York Home Fashions Market this month, Ellery will also launch ParaSol, a house-developed brand of indoor/outdoor dec pillows and curtains. The fabrics are light- and mildew-resistanct, and the grommets are rust-proof. The line will include both print and solids.
"We have been in the market for one year," said Goldman. "When we figured out what the market was all about, we said: 'Let's development standards and a brand.'"
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's no secret that CEOs at major companies and other C-level executives get a sweet deal, from seven-figure salaries to stock options and hefty bonuses. For most of us, it's a career level we can only dream about. But the perks don't stop there. Many times, the total compensation for CEOs and other "head honchos" goes beyond luxurious and into the ridiculous. Of course, they've earned it -- right?
Here's a look at six of the most extravagant executive benefits being offered today.
1. Health plans that cover 100% of out-of-pocket costs
"For equity's sake, a company has to offer the same health plan to all employees, but instead of paying 80% of medical expenses, they'll pay 100% for the CEO, reimbursing them for all out-of-pocket expenses," says Katie Bouton, CEO and founder of Koya Leadership Partners, a national executive search firm for nonprofit companies.
For most companies, it's not about offering the CEO a package that's "better than lower-level employees," it's about offering something enticing that's more of a "lifestyle compensation package," Bouton says.
With large public companies, it's also about having a healthy executive at the helm, says Charley Polachi, managing partner at Polachi Access Executive Search.
"The loss of a CEO could have a significant negative impact on a company's business, so it benefits a company to provide top-tier benefits to the executive and their family," Polachi says. "Many times CEOs will have a required annual physical, complete with stress test and MRI. A company could be seriously damaged if they lost someone to an illness that hadn't been predicted."
2. A down payment on a home, relocation and rent
For CEOs moving to take a job in another country or city, relocation costs for the whole family -- including air fare and everything from masking tape to boxes -- will be included, Bouton says.
In some cases, Realtor fees or even a subsidized down payment on a house are covered.
"This is something we've seen more of in the last five years due to the housing market being tougher for people looking to sell," Bouton says. "Many companies will pay Realtor fees or even a partial down payment on a house for a CEO who is making the commitment to move across country or to another part of the world."
For CEOs who don't want to make a snap decision on a home, Polachi says many relocation packages will cover temporary apartments until a decision is made.
"In many cases temporary housing or a corporate apartment just makes more sense than having them stay in a Holiday Inn," he says.


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There are some weeks when even name mavens like Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel have to dig deep to find nine newsworthy names, but of course Abby always comes through. Here are The Nameberry Nine for this week.
It finally happened. After weeks and weeks of effortlessly identifying nine newsworthy names, this week I was stuck. There were two celebrity births, a nicely named girl and boy, but neither was the newsworthy delight I'd anticipated.
Suddenly I understood the laments of expectant parents everywhere: there are all of these names, nice enough names, but they're not the right ones for us. It was a Name Drought, a feeling of deprivation in the midst of plenty. While waiting to learn our second child's gender, I had a similar feeling. We had a girl's name all set, but if our daughter had been a second son? We might still be calling him Baby.
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WINCHESTER University student teachers have helped to smash a musical Guinness World Record.
Numerous second year students, studying teaching and music, were among some 130 onlookers who helped beat the record at the Royal Albert Hall by watching over 3,000 people play their way into the book.
The new record of the Largest Ocarina Ensemble of 3,081 beat the previous record of 831 players, each one of the carefully scrutinised to make sure they continually played the small, round flutes.
The performance was a new piece by composer Douglas Coombes called Ode to a Joyful New Star – a mixture of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, New World Symphony and Ode to Joy – and was accompanied by the Royal Albert Hall Grand Organ.


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Now i have been golfing for a little under a year and can throw up to 350 i do believe. accurately to 300. im the only one currently driving with midranges in my group. i have tried several different molds already and these are the ones i find myself able to control and throw the most consistent. the excaliburs are still pretty much in trial stage but like i said only bring them out and use them for strong headwinds. the cheetahs seem to be my favorite fairway driver but as everyone knows they are rare to come across. i have tried eagles and they dont come close to flying as straight as these cheetahs does. is there anything anyone can suggest that flies like these do that are more common to come across?


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Former Oblivion Myth Guitarist Chris Selby Pleads Guilty to Assault + Vandalism Charges
In early 2013, we reported on Oblivion Myth guitarist Chris Selby being arrested for attempted murder. Selby allegedly tried pushing Kelly Ramos over a 45-foot-high railing, at one point leaving the woman dangling off. In an exclusive update on the case, we can report that Selby entered a guilty plea to lesser charges, which include two counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of vandalism.


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boy we look pretty bad right now.
Why is this happening?
we are so out of sync right now....
they are missing so many guys and we're still just slumping out there! >_<
We're looking pretty bad this quarter
Which team played last night?
Jesus.....Sam I Am is KILLING us.
Have some pride, Jamaal.
Wow....MIGHT WANNA GUARD HIM.
It's getting away from us...
Tins needs to be benched for the rest of the night.
This is gonna be a disgusting loss.
everyone is OFF right now!
wow what a great ammount of energy! THIS TEAM LOOKS SO ALIVE OUT THERE! YOU WOULD THINK THEY HAD LIKE 3 DAYS OFF! YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THEY PLAYED LAST NIGHT!
wait...that was the clippers...I'm sorry...
Somebody take the lid off our basket please.
****ing ****.
we shall go as far as JT takes us...and tonight he is stuck on reverse >_<
I guess this is why Tinsley needs to be traded. Get Andre Owens in there please.
No Linking to your own site if it sells something.
Looking pretty ****ty out there. Oh me, oh my.
I don't think Tinsley is doing this on purpose, I think guarding Sam is killing him. Sam is probalby in his head too.
we scored only 9 pts this quarter...and its not like the Clips upped their defense....
The Clips are just a lot more aggressive than us right now. We look very tired.
lets see how we managed to get out of this
That was Daniels again.
Did we give up already?


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(CBS/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida judge is weighing whether to allow George Zimmerman to be released from jail on bond after a hearing on Friday morning. Court officials say he may not make his decision today.
Pictures: George Zimmerman charged with murder
This is the second time Zimmerman has requested to be let out of jail while he awaits trial for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman's $150,000 bond earlier this month when prosecutors said Zimmerman and his wife misled the court about how much money they had during an April bond hearing. Prosecutors said Zimmerman created a website for his legal defense that had raised $135,000 at the time of his first bond hearing, but they failed to mention it.
Dressed in a gray suit with his hair grown longer and parted on the site, Zimmerman sat quietly throughout the proceeding.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked for a $150,000 bond, while the state asked the court to keep the defendant behind bars without bond.
O'Mara argued
in court papers that his client is no threat to the public and proved he
wasn't a flight risk by returning to jail when his bond was revoked. O'Mara admitted that when Shellie Zimmerman testified that the couple had no assets, his client could have said that she was not telling the whole truth.
"He should have done something and he didn't," said O'Mara. However, argued O'Mara, "it was not the grand conspiracy the state seems to suggest."
But Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda disagreed, saying, "Ms Zimmerman lied to the court and the defendant sat there and let it happen."
At the hearing, O'Mara introduced a variety of evidence, including financial statements and 911 recordings from the night Martin was shot. He also called several witnesses, including an EMT who attended to Zimmerman's wounds, Zimmerman's probation officer, and his father, Robert Zimmerman.
Robert Zimmerman testified that the scream heard on a 911 call was "was absolutely George's" voice.
According to a CBS affiliate WKMG legal analyst Luis Calderon, in calling these witnesses, O'Mara may have been trying to raise reasonable doubt that his client is not guilty and should thus be granted bond based on his presumed innocence. O'Mara called the state's case "extraordinarily weak."
O'Mara also called Adam Magill, a forensic accountant, to the stand to discuss his evaluation of the defendant's finances, specifically the funds that came in through PayPal from Zimmerman's online defense fund.
Magill testified that between approximately April 9 -25, the Zimmerman online legal defense fund collected a net total of $197,567.91 and that those funds were transferred into Zimmerman's account and then transferred back and forth between he and his wife's accounts. He testified that the bulk of the money - approximately $125,000 - was sent to O'Mara to be put into a trust account, and that about $11,000 was used to pay off credit cards and loans.
O'Mara told the judge that Zimmerman no longer has control over the trust account.
The prosecution alleged that the Zimmermans misled the court and tried to transfer funds in small amounts in order to avoid detection, but Magill said that PayPal does not allow transfers of $10,000 or more.
"They tried to transfer a larger dollar amount but PayPal denied it," testified Magill. "They tried three times."
Under cross-examination by prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda, Magill admitted that one reason Zimmerman might have transferred money to his sister was in order to make it look like the couple had less money than they actually did at Zimmerman's first bond hearing.
The bottom line, said de la Rionda, was that on April 20 - the day of Zimmerman's first bond hearing - there was over a $100,000 in the Zimmerman's account.
Moving on from the financial testimony, the defense called Sanford firefighter and EMT Kevin O'Rourke, who attended to Zimmerman on the night of the shooting. O'Rourke testified that Zimmerman's face was approximately 45 percent covered in blood when he first encountered him and that he spent "about five minutes" cleaning his head wounds before recommending that Zimmerman be seen by a doctor because he might need stitches.
O'Mara also called Zimmerman's probation officer to the stand, who testified that Zimmerman complied fully with his probation requirements and was "polite and courteous."
"We never had any problems with Mr. Zimmerman while he was under our supervision," said the officer. "For all intents and purposes he was a model client."
The court also addressed other matters involving the release of evidence. Mark O'Mara asked the judge to consider not disclosing all of Zimmerman's jailhouse calls. Several conversations between Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, were made available to the public earlier this week. The state argued that the calls are subject to public disclosure.
The attorneys also discussed the statement of so-called "Witness 9." The defense asked the court not to make that statement public, and the prosecution agreed. But attorneys representing various media entities argued that the statement is a public record and should be released.


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BENTONVILLE, Ark. Sam's Club announced that it has joined Off the Field professional football players' wives association to host the Fourth Annual Dream Drive for The Salvation Army and its Adopt-a-Family program. Through this program, 10 pre-selected families in 10 cities across the country will receive $1,000 worth of food and holiday gifts, including clothes, personal items, electronics and toys from Sam's Club.
"Sam's Club is excited to continue its partnership with The Salvation Army and Off the Field," said Sharon Orlopp, SVP people at Sam's Club. "Now in its fourth year, Dream Drive will help brighten the holiday spirit for families in need by providing them with the food, gifts and other essentials on their wish list to help make this season memorable."
Dream Drive will be held Dec. 16 at Sam's Club locations in select U.S. areas: Baltimore; Chicago; Cincinnati; Dallas; Houston; Miami; Philadelphia; Phoenix; San Francisco/Oakland and Washington, DC. Off the Field participants shopping for this year's Salvation Army families include Roxi McNabb in Washington, D.C., Dottie Palmer in Cincinnati, Denise Clark in Chicago and Kimberly Alexander in Dallas.


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I read the difference between Theravada and Mahayana and found out Theravada got 18sects. I am wondering what are the differences between each sects and why it existed? But not just one whole Theravada?
Why is it in some mahayana books they wrote mahayana is Great vehicle but theravada is small vehicle. And I think I watched a show called journey to the west, from china that show was produced. The monk Táng-sānzàng was told by the guan yin boddhisatva that to able to preach the world and to help them liberate from samsara, he need to acquire the Great vehicle teachings but not small vehicle teachings.


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SEATTLE — Amazon.com has launched the Entertainment Collectibles Store (amazon.com/entertainmentcollectibles) which offers more than 350,000 unique and rare collectibles, including memorabilia from Academy Award and Grammy winning artists and honorees.
Amazon customers can browse collectibles by item type, entertainment type, autographed, price and year to find everything from classic photographs and original manuscripts to signed artist contracts and autographed movie posters.
"Entertainment Collectibles is an exciting new category offering a vast selection of past and present Movie, Music and TV memorabilia," said Peter Faricy, VP Amazon Marketplace. "There is something for everyone. Fans will find keepsake items from their favorite artists, actors and icons of entertainment, and aficionados will discover some of the rarest items for their collections. With hundreds of thousands of items, the store has a wide range of memorabilia to delight any entertainment enthusiast."


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SANTA CLARA -- No matter how much Steve Young raves about Alex Smith's passing efficiency and gritty resolve, Young knows what fans want.
"Who doesn't love a 60-yard bomb for a touchdown?" Young asked Thursday in an exclusive phone interview.
That's easy for Young to say, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who in the 49ers' last Super Bowl victory in 1995 threw a 44-yard touchdown strike to Jerry Rice on the third play from scrimmage.
Smith didn't exactly air it out Monday night during an 18-of-19 masterpiece. None of Smith's passes traveled more than 20 yards in the air, although he passed for 232 yards and three touchdowns.
Young came away impressed, having worked as an ESPN analyst at that 24-3 win in Arizona.
"No, there were no long ones, and people are going to peck away at that," Young said. "I don't know if that's their philosophy. With who they are, it's fine."
The 49ers are a first-place team that takes a 6-2 record into this weekend's bye. Defense remains their strong suit, complemented by arguably the NFL's top rushing attack and specialists.
Smith's contribution wasn't overshadowed Monday, and the league took notice by naming him the NFC Offensive Player of the Week.
Helping boost Smith's passing stats were the yards gained after catches by Michael Crabtree and Randy Moss. Crabtree produced two touchdown catches, but Moss' 47-yard touchdown catch-and-run really ignited a team-wide celebration.
Young said half the league's quarterbacks couldn't make the progressive read that led Smith back to Moss, who's made only 13 receptions all season. With Moss touting a team-high average of 18.1 yards per reception, shouldn't he deserve more opportunities?
"That's a great question. It's not a question for me," Smith responded Thursday. "We've got a lot of guys who can make plays. We're always going to be balanced."
Therein lies the 49ers' offensive quandary of whether they are willing to air it out when success has otherwise come from a low-risk strategy, coupled with the 49ers' defensive excellence.
Said Young: "That's a calculation every coach has got to make: 'Who are we? What can we count on?' I'd be concerned if I have to score 35 points. But I don't think the defense would ever allow 35 points."
What particularly impressed Young on Monday night were Smith's footwork, "flawless" execution with the play calls and his resolve after two "uneven" outings.
Smith remains aghast over a Sports Illustrated report questioning his confidence and mindset after an Oct. 18 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
"For it to come from a (reporter) who's around here only a couple times year, and he writes that article, I felt it was bogus," Smith said of the article, written by the well-respected Jim Trotter.
Young, if anyone, knows the pressure it takes to succeed in the 49ers' throne of quarterback, and he's convinced Smith is tougher than anyone realizes.
One thing Young isn't so sure about is the 49ers' once-spastic use of Colin Kaepernick in relief of Smith. "That was a little odd, the K-gun or whatever you call it," Young said. "I wasn't sure I got all that."
Kaepernick did not play in Monday night's game, only a few weeks after flourishing in cameos during the 49ers' routs of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills.
Smith heard a request repeated over and over while he drove a car in the San Francisco Giants' championship parade Wednesday: Will the 49ers have a Super Bowl title to celebrate at season's end?
"A ton of people asked that, and I feel it's a trap of a question," Smith said. "It's so early, and so convenient to think that. We have a lot of work to do."
Thursday's workload included a slew of interviews as a pitchman for Visa. Smith has embraced that spokesman role, which included some acting on his behalf during a humorous commercial where a fan crashes the 49ers locker room as part of the credit company's ongoing promotion.
"Even though I had no lines, I had some acting to do," Smith said. "It was difficult to keep a straight face."
The same will hold true if he's takes the 49ers deep in the playoffs, and even if he doesn't take them deep down the field with 60-yard bombs.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Bucs offensive coordinator Sullivan to interview for Chicago Bears head coaching job
Quarterback Josh Freeman may be faced with learning his fourth offense in five years.
Mike Sullivan, the mastermind of the most productive offense in Buccaneers history after only one season as offensive coordinator, will interview for the Chicago Bears head coaching job, general manager Mark Dominik confirmed.
The Bears fired head coach Lovie Smith Monday after nine seasons. The Bears went 10-6 but failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons.
Under Sullivan, the former New York Giants quarterbacks coach, the Bucs enjoyed a record-setting offense. Tampa Bay scored a club-record 389 points and compiled 5,820 yards of total offense.
Quarterback Josh Freeman became the first Bucs player to pass for more than 4,000 yards and set a club-record with 27 touchdown passes.
Running back Doug Martin set a club rookie record with 1,454 yards rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. He also had more than 450 yards receiving to finish third in the NFL in yards from scrimmage. Vincent Jackson and Mike Williams also combined for more than 2,000 yards receiving and 17 touchdowns. …Full Story


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How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?
Why should being in a professional sport exempt anyone from prosecution for advocating deliberate violence? Recent revelations of such advocacy of violence by an NFL coach should lead to his banishment for life by the NFL, and criminal prosecution by the authorities. If you are serious about reducing violence, you have to be serious about punishing those who advocate it.
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Tell me.
One I heard at a church several years ago:
Boys are red. Girls are blue. There can be no purple.
"Nothing is certain except death and taxes."
"Since people are concerned that 'X' will not be provided, 'X' will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men."
Where I live the 'public sector unions' have been using this one in a variety of fields:
"Respect Our Work"
Translation from Statist: "Your money or your life!"
My current signature is from my micro econ professor in reference to welfare programs. Too classic to pass up, I might start a quotes thread from this guy.
"Respect your elders" (Also parents)
"Love thy neighbor"
Anything with the word "Duty" or "Moral Obligation"
"Are you registered to vote?"
This classic reared its ugly head a few days ago at work. "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain."
"If you don't vote, you have no right to complain."
"If you don't vote, you have no right to complain."
Oh God, I went to a "debate watching party" with 400 people at my university a few days back and the organizer said this multiple times while giving his speech on why you should register to vote. An AnCap friend and I were raging the entire time.
"Respect your elders" (Also parents)
"Love thy neighbor"
So i guess your professor was saying that anyone that is <18 years of age tat cannot vote, also cannot complain when their country is burning to the ground?
"We're all in this together"
"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is
essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular
object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."
Damn you Wheylous! The only politically vocal friends I've made so far are a liberal and a social democrat! Yeah, that's gonna be a lot of fun trying to get them to our side.
Anyway, for my fathers birthday we went to see a play about all of the presidents. At the end of the show they literally encouraged people to vote regardless of how little they knew about the issues
"We're all in this together"
and some are more in this together than others.
@ Wheylous
You don't know how many times I saw that kind of bumper sticker when my family and I took a road trip up to Nashville, Tennessee.
These were the kinds of things that were smeared on to people's bumpers:
"Don't vote? Don't complain."
"America, fuck yeah!"
"America kicks ass. Don't like it? I'll pack your bags."
"Yankee go home."
"Stand up for America! Be American!"
In the spirit of these get out the vote comments:
Not so much a phrase, but I despise "I believe in American exceptionalism" and all other variations.
Also, "X government employee might ruin our lives, but they aren't responsible for the actions of politicians, so it's okay for them to do Y"
"We might hate Y, but our politicians have comitted us to Y and we need to keep our promises."


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Jack White's New Album to Be Sold in Super-Extravagent Vinyl Edition
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Jack White is no stranger to gimmicks. After all, his band made its name on a little bit of wink-wink regarding the relationship between the two members. And then there's that whole matter of breaking some sort of world record for the fastest record ever made last month.
With the release of his second solo album, 'Lazaretto,' about a month away, White has unveiled plans for a very special edition of the record. A very special edition indeed.
The Ultra LP version of 'Lazaretto' includes a whole bunch of bats— crazy things. We'll just list them all here, and you can sort through which of them is the bats— craziest.
180 gram vinyl
2 vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
1 hidden track plays at 78 RPM and 1 plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
Side A plays from the inside out
Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for "Just One Drink" depending on where needle is dropped. The grooves meet for the body of the song.
Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record
Both sides end with locked grooves
Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, the first of its kind on a vinyl record
Absolutely zero compression used during recording, mixing and mastering
Different running order from the CD/digital version
Utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD/digital versions
You might be asking yourself, "Who the f— has time for all this?" And we hear you. When we listen to music, we don't want it to be a five-hour setup process that may or may not yield the version of a song we want to hear, you know?
And "Side A plays from the inside out"? Why? Why can't it just play like a normal album? If someone is totally baked listening to the record (and you know there are totally baked fans who get into White's totally awesome guitar skills), how many tries do you think it's going to take until they figure out that the album plays from the inside out?
The above video helps explain some of these things.
'Lazaretto' comes out on June 10, so you have a few weeks left to decide if you want to spend more cash on the innovation-packed Ultra edition, or if the regular ol' version of the album is good enough for you. In the meantime, here's 'High Ball Stepper,' the first track released from the album:
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Clinical Tolerance of Numeta 13% (BAXTERULG2)
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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Numeta G13% is a triple chamber bag including amino acids plus electrolytes, glucose and lipids, dedicated for parenteral nutrition in preterm newborn infants when oral/enteral nutrition is not possible, insufficient or contra indicated. The product has been registered in 18 countries in Europe via a decentralized procedure that ended 15th December 2010.
The present study want to evaluate the use of Numeta 13% as standard medical prescription in the NICU of the university of Liege. It is a prospective, monocentric, non-interventional, non comparative, open-labeled data collection of record keeping, nutritional intakes from the bags, additional intakes as well as blood and urine biochemical markers currently evaluated in the NICU.
The data will be collected only in VLBWI < 1500 g receiving Numeta G13% from day of birth (day 1) until parenteral nutrition (PN) decreases below 20% of the targeted intakes 2 days in a row as a quality control of the new solution in clinical practice.
Indication for PN and daily prescription will follow the protocol in use in the NICU on behalf of the investigators
|Other Preterm Infants Transitory Neonatal Electrolyte Disturbance Disorder of Mineral Metabolism Failure to Thrive
|Dietary Supplement: Parenteral Nutrition
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Use of Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants Weighing Less Than 1500 g Using Numeta G13% From the First Day of Life. A Prospective, Open-labeled Study on Intakes and Nutritional Markers.
- Protein and energy intakes in the range of the recommendations [ Time Frame: First two weeks of life ]AA intake >2 g/kg*d at day 1 and >3.5 g/kg*d at day 7-15 Energy intake> 40 kcal/kg*d at day 1 and >110 kcal/kg*d at day 7-15
- Minimal electrolyte's and mineral's disturbances during the first 2 weeks of life [ Time Frame: During the firt two weeks of life ]
- insulin days< 10% and hypertriglyceridemia > 300 mg<5% of the parenteral days [ Time Frame: during the first two weeks of life ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Very low birth weight infants,
Parenteral nutrition
Dietary Supplement: Parenteral Nutrition
Protein and energy intakes
Other Name: Numeta G13%
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 30 Days (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- All preterm infants< 1500 g requiring parenteral nutrition from the first day, will be include in the study on the base of consecutive admission rate. However, In order to be representative of the ELBW and VLBW population of NICU, inclusions will be limited to the first 15 VLBW infants of each categories, (<1000 g, 1000 to <1250 g and 1250 to <1500 g). An additional recruitment of 5 infants in each category groups will be necessary to obtain at least 10 infants receiving significant parenteral nutritional supply in the final analysis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- preterm infants who died during the first days of life < 7 days, preterm infants receiving early oral nutrition with an intake >50% of the nutritional requirement between 5 to 7 days of life, preterm infants with any contraindication of conventional Parenteral Nutrition (inborn error of metabolism, severe multi-organ failure ) will be exclude from the per protocol analysis.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01772927
|Department of Neonatology University hospital of Liege
|Not yet recruiting
|Liege, Belgium, 4000
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|Contact: Masendu Kalenga, MD PhD 00 32 4 6546 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Thibault Senterre, MD PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Jacques Rigo, MD, PhD
|University Hospital of Liege
|Responsible Party:
|Jacques Rigo, MD, PhD, Past professor of neonatology and Pediatric Nutrition, University Hospital of Liege
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|NCT01772927 History of Changes
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2012-005537-36 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|January 17, 2013
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|January 17, 2013
Keywords provided by Jacques Rigo, University Hospital of Liege:
parenteral nutrition
Very low birth weight infants
preterm infants
biochemical tolerance
nutritional intake
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Failure to Thrive
Metabolic Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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Participating in Kent State University's annual Rock the Runway competition has been a goal for Twinsburg resident Haley Wachholz for a couple of years.
"I love to sew," said Wachholz before the show. "So I do it as a hobby. I went to see the show a couple of years ago, and decided I wanted to try to do it. I decided I better do it before I graduate."
Wachholz, a senior geography major, said she hopes to graduate in spring 2015.
Rock The Runway, which took place March 8 in the Kent State University Ballroom, is a competition where students design three outfits based around a theme. This year's theme for the competition, in its 10th year, was The Second British Invasion. In addition to taking inspiration from the 80s era and British New Wave music, designers had to incorporate a representation of the Union Jack into at least one of their designs.
"My idea was a contrast of black and white, with purple," Wachholz said. "I played off the silhouettes of the time period, but made it more modern with the colors. I spent a couple of weeks in purchasing fabrics and with fittings for the models."
Wachholz said the biggest challenge was creating outfits for someone else to wear.
"I'm used to sewing for myself, so sewing for different people was a different experience, having the dresses fit their bodies and not my own," she said.
The three models Wachholz worked with were Brandy Horlacher of Chagrin Falls, Carliann Rittman of Medina and Becket Thompson of Hudson.
Thompson, a sophomore Applied Communications major, said she has modeled before for previous Rock The Runway competitions.
"I think it was great," she said of the completion after the event. "Everyone's designs looked beautiful."
This year's panel of guest judges included Suede, a Kent State alum and a contestant in Season 5 of Project Runway, and who now runs his own brand SUEDESays; Emma Day, a London native who now lives in Stow and operates Carnaby Street Style in Acorn Alley in Kent; and Anne Siegel, the special events manager at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Decadia, based out of New York, provided the live music for the competition.
"One thing that interests me is how they will incorporate the Union Jack into the costumes," said Day in an interview before the competition. "I'm excited to see what the young designers have come up with. This school is known for its fashion program."
Siegel said before the competition that she would be "looking for items that are not expected."
"When you look at the 80s, there are a lot of clichés associated with that time," Siegel said. "What I'm looking for is something that is 80s with a fresh and updated twist."
Suede said before the show that this is his second time serving as a judge for Rock The Runway.
"I think the really exciting thing is the music and the time period is something the students didn't live through," Suede said. "I am curious to see what the students will do without having any personal reference or touchpoint for the era."
Afterward, Wachholz said she was happy with the result of the show.
"I'm more than happy with what I sent out, and I wouldn't change a thing," she said.
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Fire Officials: With the dry weather, it won't take much to start a wildfire
PLEASANT HILL, Ore. -- After experiencing a relatively dry year in Oregon, fire officials say it doesn't take much to start a wildfire.
Captain Andrew Smith said he's gearing up the Pleasant Hill Fire Department early this fire season while fire danger is still relatively low.
"(We) make sure all the personnel are prepared for the different challenges that are presented with wild fire compared to our usual structure fire fighting," Capt. Smith told KVAL News.
At the end of April firefighters said they worked a fire that quickly spread to more than an acre in size.
"We are seeing late afternoon winds and change in humidity warm temps and that will dry out these light brushes very quickly," said Smith. "I stress heavily the support of a defensible space - which is a space free and clear of excessive brush, keeping trees trimmed back neatly keep roofs clean."
While keeping your home clear of potential fire dangers is key, it is also important to prevent starting a blaze while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the northwest.
"Safe disposal of cigarettes and approved containers making sure that if you're at the camp site and you have a camp fire to make sure that its completely extinguished," Capt. Smith said.
The low rainfall means trees and brush are especially dry this year, and fire officials say we all need to do our part to help prevent wildfires.


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'GIVE AN INCH…" • That was the sarcastic tweet last weekend by Brian Burgess, the communications director for Gov. Rick Scott. He complained about a Times/Herald Tallahassee bureau article describing how Scott's selective release of information about large public pensions advances his political agenda. • Burgess' point: The poor governor gets criticized for not being transparent, creates a website to provide more public information, and still gets criticized by whiny reporters. • My assessment of this snarky tweet: The Scott administration views Florida's Sunshine Laws as a nuisance and the release of public records as a personal favor. It treats public records as private corporate documents and grudgingly distributes what it wants, when it wants — and to whom it wants. • Nearly three months into the job, Scott acts as though he is still the CEO of a private hospital company who has no legal obligation to be transparent. He says he supports open government, and he signed an executive order his first day re-establishing the Office of Open Government created by Gov. Charlie Crist. But it's been downhill since then. • Scott is the Prince of Darkness, avoiding the sunshine of open meetings and public records whenever he can. The two most egregious examples:
Private dinners with state legislators at the Governor's Mansion.
Scott refuses to allow reporters inside, a break from the practice of his predecessors that forces lawmakers to skirt their own rules regarding public meetings. On one occasion he invited inside the friendly editor from Sunshine State News, a conservative-leaning website of suspicious origin that refuses to reveal its ownership. She predictably found the governor "utterly charming." Negotiations with the Tallahassee press corps over allowing a journalist or two inside to be the public's eyes and ears broke down when the press corps correctly refused to let Scott pick the reporter.
A new policy that assesses a fee for answering public records requests to the governor's office that take more than 30 minutes to process.
The administration apparently believes reporters are venting their frustration with Scott by deluging him with demands for public records. But that is the best way to get information about what a public official is up to when he does not operate in public. While the policy is legal, previous governors have not employed it, and it has a chilling effect on the flow of public information. In practice, it can take a week or more for the administration to estimate the cost of providing records, followed by days or weeks of waiting for the records themselves after payment is made. That is not what state law contemplates, and the apparent strategy is to make the process too cumbersome for the media and the public to bother.
By his actions and his inactions, Scott's indifference to the public's right to know is obvious. He acknowledges he does not use e-mail because he does not want to create a public record that might reveal his thinking. His office so far has refused to reveal who flies on his private plane or who visits him in the Governor's Mansion. His agency heads are muzzled, under orders to get approval before speaking publicly.
Earlier this month, Scott declined an invitation to walk a block from the Capitol and attend the annual luncheon of the First Amendment Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit that promotes open government (full disclosure: I am chairman of the foundation's board of directors). His office also canceled public records workshops with state employees routinely conducted by the foundation and the Office of Open Government. I could take it personally, but the governor also hasn't responded to a letter sent two months ago by the Florida Society of News Editors seeking a conversation about issues involving access to records and meetings.
Scott has created a facade of openness. He held one town meeting on Twitter — good luck having a serious public policy discussion in 140 characters — and another last week on Facebook. He will direct his driver to pull over so he can chat for a few minutes to reporters waiting on the side of the road. Those are no substitutes for the prompt disclosure of public records, access to meetings with legislators that ought to be public and broader opportunities for Scott to give more thoughtful answers than sound bites.
The Scott administration revels in its disdain for traditional media and seems to enjoy the daily infighting. To his credit, the governor made a funny video for the annual press skits this month in which he pretended to telephone other Republican governors to seek advice in dealing with a hostile press (No, Gov. Barbour, I don't think a bottle of scotch will work). It would have been even better if he had bothered to show up at the skits as other governors have over the years.
This is not just a routine skirmish between a governor controlling his message and a frustrated Tallahassee press corps. This is not about new media such as Twitter vs. traditional media such as newspapers. This is about a lack of respect for the constitutional rights of all Floridians to have access to their state government and the information necessary to hold it accountable. Scott is more hostile to open meetings and public records than any governor in more than 40 years, and he has created a dark cloud over Florida's Sunshine Laws. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't expect that cloud to lift any time soon.


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Government departments are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars each month ferrying public servants around in taxis.
The Health Department and its portfolio agencies spent $433,000 on taxpayers' money on cabs in less than three months last year and the Department of Social Services put $221,000 on the meter in four months.
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Veterans' Affairs reported a $54,000-a-month taxi bill between July and October 2013, spending a total of $216,000 during the period.
Six departments and number of smaller agencies have reported running up taxi bills of $1.8 million in the first three months of the Abbott government, or nearly $30,000 of taxpayers' money each working day.
The overall taxi bill for the public service will be much higher. The three largest departments, Defence, Tax and Human Services, are yet to disclose the cost of their cab rides to the Senate committee that asked for the information in November. The office of Public Service Minister Eric Abetz, whose party pledged before September's election to "stop the waste" and slash public service spending, referred questions on the spending to the Finance Department.
A spokeswoman for Finance Minister Matthias Cormann said the department did not know what the whole government taxi bill might be but that the government expected all cab rides to be taken on official business. She said the ''government expects that all departments and agencies adhere to their chief executive instructions or other relevant operating guidelines to ensure the appropriate use of taxis".
The Department of Health said the money spent by its "core department" and 21 portfolio agencies was needed to support its work.
''[The department] undertakes travel to meet with key stakeholders to ensure health programs are adequately supported," Health reported in an answer to a question on notice from Labor senator Joe Ludwig.
"Health reform initiatives require consultative and public communication activities.''
A spokeswoman for the Department of Social Services said her department had a national network of offices and needed "to engage with our clients and service providers around Australia".
"Therefore, expenditure on taxis is necessary," the spokeswoman said.
"A significant proportion of these costs are associated with staff working in the important area of Indigenous Affairs, whose work often involves travel to and from regional and remote areas of Australia.
"Another large portion of these costs was incurred by staff working in independent portfolio agencies such as the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, and by staff working in support of the National Disability Insurance Agency."
Veterans Affairs justified its $54,000-a month cab bill in its answer to the senator, saying that taxis were only used for official business.
"Taxis are used by DVA staff in conjunction with official travel, e.g: to travel from the airport to the DVA office; to travel to external meetings; and to accompany veterans attending commemorative activities," the department's answer read.
"Taxis are also used by veterans to attend DVA-related activities."


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CALNE'S Tony Hutchings was dominant on his way to victory in the Castle Combe Circuit's Saloon Car Championship race during the Whitsun Bank Holiday race meeting on Monday, writes John Moon.
The former champion had only qualified his unique Audi TT in third place, pole position being taken by qualifying specialist, Mark Wyatt from Bristol, in his Astra, just ahead of Shepton Mallet's Charles Hyde-Andrews-Bird (CHAB) in his Renault Megane.
CHAB led away from the start and built a small lead but once Hutchings had grabbed second from Wyatt, the gap began falling until CHAB retired on lap four with mechanical failure, leaving Hutchings to streak away and win by almost ten seconds.
Wyatt's class B car took second ahead of his class rival, Bridgwater's Tony Dolley in the Peugeot 106 and some way ahead of the Class A turbo Astra VXRs of Swindon's Julian Ellison and Keynsham's John Barnard.
Carl Loader from Chard again took the class C win with seventh overall, while Bristol's David Rose consolidated his overall points lead with another class D win in his VW Lupo. Weston-super- Mare's Kieren Simmons was notable in his Class B Fiesta, which took 12th overall and third in class despite being relatively unmodified.
Ashley Crossey took another clear victory in the circuit's Formula Ford 1600 race in his Spectrum 011B and was awarded the Driver of the Day title as well.
The battle behind Crossey was ferocious, with Nathan Ward from Coventry, taking second and reigning champion, Adam Higgins, third in his Van Diemen. Langford's Roger Orgee was notable for his charge from the back of the grid after missing qualifying, eventually narrowly being squeezed into fourth on the line.
Gary Prebble became the most prolific race winner in Castle Combe's history, taking his 37th victory after starting from the pit lane with a clutch problem. Barry Squibb had led in his Mitsubishi Evo until a turbo boost issue saw him crawl home, one lap down. The Ariel Atom of Nick Holden was third.
An unfortunate coming together at Bobbies eliminated Norman Lackford and Andy Crockett from the lead of the circuit's Sports Racing series race, giving Axminster's Chris Vinall a win in his Radical SR3 RS. Richard Gray was second in his SR4 version and Weston-super-Mare's Antony Weeks, third in his Prosport.
The headlining Dave Allan Memorial Trophy race, a 90- minute endurance event, saw British Touring Car championship driver Matt Neal's over exuberance force his Honda Jazz, built by the factory race team, Syncho Motorsport, at Swindon into retirement on the fourth.
Neal's team mate for the special event, Swindon's Dan Ludlow, never got to drive the car in the race. Andrew Smith and Phil Keen, sharing an Aeriel Atom, took the win, one lap up on Westbury on Trym's Tim Woodman in his Caterham.
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The Jamestown [N.Y.] Jammers minor league baseball team is relocating to Morgantown and will play in Monongalia County's new baseball stadium, according to WVU athletic director Oliver Luck.
The new stadium, which is still being built, will also be home to West Virginia University's baseball team.
"We're very excited about having a professional sports franchise in north-central West Virginia," said Luck. "It's another example of how baseball is catching on in the state."
The Jammers are a short-season Class A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates that play in the New York-Penn League.
The team is owned by Bob Rich Jr., owner of Rich Products Corp., the largest family-owned frozen food manufacturer in the United States. Rich also owns the Buffalo Bisons, a Class AAA International League affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, a Class AA affiliate of the Blue Jays.
"When we knew our ballpark was going to be a reality we contacted the New York-Penn League," Luck said. "I told them we would be building this ballpark and asked if any franchise would be interested."
The Jammers spent a decade affiliated with the Miami Marlins before signing a player development contract with the Pirates on Sept. 18, 2012. Several players from Jamestown have been promoted to the Charleston-based West Virginia Power of the South Atlantic League, Pittsburgh's low Class A affiliate, one step above Jamestown in the Pirates' chain.
The Jammers' ownership group met with Jamestown officials on Friday. A press conference has been called to make the announcement at 4 p.m. Monday at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
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Get Archived! Build your file for the Chicago Artists Archive (South Side Bureau)
Documentation is a key component of the Sixty Inches From Center mission to capture the words of Chicago artists, curators and arts organizers, and support the visual arts as they happen outside of the iconic institutions of the city. The group has partnered with the Chicago Public Library to gather art documentation for the Chicago Artists' Archive, housed at the Harold Washington Library Center. Chicago Public Media is pleased to work with Sixty Inches From Center to use our community bureaus - located in Englewood, Rogers Park, and Little Village - to set up space for meeting with area artists and documenting their work.
As part of Sixty Inches From Center's partnership with the Chicago Public Library, artists from across the city are invited to bring images, ephemera, an artist biography and anything else that tells your artist story, to be documented and formally processed for submission to this historic archive. Materials will be archivally preserved and permanently housed at the Harold Washington Library Center.
Recognizing the importance of capturing the innovative work of artists and communities that might otherwise be missed by traditional art historical narratives, Sixty Inches From Center uses a combination of analog and digital technology to document and archive art in all corners of Chicago. This series brings Sixty's online archive to life.
This summer Chicago artists are invited to bring their exhibition postcards, catalogues, artist statements, CV's, images and all other tokens from their careers to one of several community locations and take ownership of their place in our city's cultural history by building (or adding to) their files for the archives. In addition to adding work to the archive, artists will have the opportunity to get their portfolios reviewed by established writers, curators and others from the city's various arts communities.
Join us and get archived! Saturdays: May 25 at South Side Community Art Center in Bronzeville, June 1 at WBEZ's South Side Community Bureau in Englewood, June 8 at WBEZ's North Side Community Bureau in Rogers Park, or June 15 at WBEZ's new West Side Community Bureau in Little Village.
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