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Zac Efron
You've probably never seen his films, but you can't walk by a newsstand without seeing Zac Efron's face plastered on the covers of teen magazines, and lately even magazines you'd actually read like Rolling Stone and GQ. He's best known for his roles in the High School Musical films, Hairspray and 17 Again, as well as his uncanny ability to sell posters to 12 year-old girls. The media still isn't sure if he's the next Leonardo DiCaprio (destined for a long Hollywood life working with A-List directors) or the next Freddie Prinze Jr. (burdened with the memories of the days when people actually paid him to star in second-rate romantic comedies). Either way, everyone is trying to figure it out, even Leonardo DiCaprio himself.
AppealWe didn't get it at first, but maybe that had something to do with the goofy High School Musical posters in which all the actors looked just a little too cracked out on teen spirit. Now that Zac Efron's getting photographed by top notch photographers like Nathaniel Goldberg for spreads in GQ, we're coming to terms with the fact that women our age might start paying attention to this guy. After all, he'll be 21 this year.
Zac Efron has always had great taste in women. Growing up, he kept a Tyra Banks poster in his bedroom and maintained crushes on Jessica Alba, Paula Abdul (we know what you're thinking but -- remember -- there was a time when she was a Laker Girl) and Lori Loughlin (his future co-star on Summerland). A few High School Musicals later and Zac Efron wasn't just staring at posters anymore. He has a hot girlfriend (Vanessa Hudgens), a Coming of Age selection in People's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2007, an InTouch magazine Sexiest Guys in Summer Movies nod, and a GQ photo spread to boot. While many of Zac Efron's admirers are young, be forewarned, he's starting to tap the legal demographic.
SuccessA recurring stint on Summerland, three High School Musical movies and Hairspray earned actor/singer Zac Efron Billboard Hot 100 recognition, MTV Movie and Teen Choice Awards and substantial fame among the younger crowd. He used to be off the radar for anyone over the age of 15, but with the paparazzi waiting for him outside his house on a daily basis and magazines like GQ and Rolling Stone bringing him to our attention, we're starting to wonder if Zac Efron is going to make a successful jump from teen star to respectable adult actor. Zac Efron's upcoming roles in 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles and Johnny Quest might be a sign that high school is finally out for good.
Zac Efron has loftier ambitions than the prospect of doing High School Musical 4 through to High School Reunion 58: Divorced, Lonely and Living in the Past. Already holding a spot on Forbes 2008 Celebrity 100 list with a $10 million dollar fortune, Zac Efron has Johnny Depp's former publicist and hopes for a similar career. In his early bid to become a more serious actor, Zac Efron has been reportedly getting tips from heartthrob-turned-Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio at Laker games. What's Leo's most important advice thus far? Don't ruin your career by using heroin. Not exactly mind-blowing, but we find it interesting that Leo seems dead set on passing on the Hollywood heartthrob torch to the next generation.
Zac Efron BiographyZachary David Alexander Efron was born on October 18th, 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California. The son of two power plant employees, Zac Efron's dad encouraged his son to get into acting, but not in that creepy stage parent kind of way. Zac Efron took up acting in his teens, performing in school productions and training as a juvenile at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Yes, we can't pass him off as just kid getting by on his appeal to the teens; dude has acting chomps.
Zac Efron got his first professional acting credit in a 2002 episode of Firefly. Over the next three years, he guest-starred on ER and CSI: Miami and acted in a handful of failed TV pilots like Triple Play and The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke. His most notable achievement during this period was as an autistic boy in the 2004 telefilm Miracle Run. It wasn't exactly Leonardo in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, but his performance earned him a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Actor.
zac efron stars in summerland and high school musicalIn the same year as Miracle Run, Zac Efron showed up on the TV series Summerland as Cameron Bale, the companion of Kay Panabaker's Nikki. Originally intended as a minor character, the producers made Cameron a regular for the show's second season and gave Zac Efron some steady television experience.
2006 marked Zac Efron's breakout year thanks to High School Musical, a film made for the Disney Channel. Zac Efron's role as all-American boy Troy required him to act and sing, and despite us never having seen the movies, apparently he pulled it off. For acting, he won two Teen Choice Awards – one for Breakout Star and another for Choice Chemistry with his co-star (and girlfriend), Vanessa Hudgens. Musically, Zac Efron invaded the Billboard Hot 100 with five simultaneous charting songs. One of them, "Breaking Free," climbed a record-breaking 82 spots to No. 4 in one week. Oh, the power of teen fans -- we will never under-estimate them again. In 2007, Zac Efron and company returned for High School Musical 2, which set a record as the highest-rated single show in basic cable history.
zac efron stars in hairspray and 17 againAt the same time that High School Musical 2 was dominating TV land, Zac Efron was attempting to broaden his horizons by starring in something that someone without a curfew might watch. He landed the role of Link Larkin in Hairspray, joining a cast that included John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken. Zac Efron even did what all pretty people do to prove they're serious in Hollywood: He gained 15 pounds, claiming that he was modeling his character after Elvis. Zac Efron was rewarded with a Young Hollywood Award for One to Watch and an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance.
Zac Efron showed that he wasn't too cool for school in 2008 with High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which grossed $90 million in theaters. Now looking towards adult-oriented roles, Zac Efron stars in a pair of 2009 films. The first is the fantasy-comedy 17 Again, in which he plays the younger version of co-star Matthew Perry. He's also set to star in Me and Orson Welles, a Toronto International Film Festival selection that stars Zac Efron as a young stage actor under the guidance of legendary director Orson Welles. Now signed on as the title character in 2010's live-action adaptation of Johnny Quest, it looks like Zac Efron has finally graduated.
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I don't like it. It's not a lopsided trade either way, but I don't like it.
And that's a sign it's a solid trade for both teams.
You move around some cap figures, grab a player that would possibly solidify your wing position for the next five years. (Granger, Rush, Affalo, Jones is as solid a rotation as you will find, and has the potential to be SCARY defensively)
Nuggets get The Foz and Murphy, use Foster in Kenyon's old role and plug murphy in to clear space in the lane for Melo and Smith.
That would make the Nuggets pretty scary, in my opinion.
"man, PG has been really good."
I'm with Ozwalt. It seems fine and good for both teams, but I don't like it. Maybe it is just by attatchment to Foster. I want to see Foster retire a Pacer unless the team can bring in a star for him.
I personally would like this trade, but it seems too even to ever get done.
K-Mart is tooo expensive and injury-prone
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
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Not that I like this trade. I like Foster and I too am not sure Bird would like Martin on this team.
How quickly can Bird make this deal!?!?


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On a day when fellow musical legend George Jones passed away at 81, it's ironic that Willie Nelson is about to celebrate his 80th birthday.
Jones, as anyone who even casually follows country music knows, was a unique talent, possessed of one of the most distinctive voices in the business. Yet as a performer, his career was marked as much by criticism for his concert no-shows and cancellations as it was by accolades from the industry and love from his fans.
The "Old Possum's" battles with alcoholism, which he finally 'fessed up to in a 1996 memoir "I Lived to Tell It All," cost him a couple marriages—including a romantic and musical partnership with fellow Nashville legend Tammy Wynette—along with chunks of entire decades when he should have been at the top of the charts.
Nelson, on the other hand, despite his infamous run-ins over the use of another "recreational substance," has followed a far different path.
Along with a whole list of other country stars (Jones, Jimmy Dean, Gene Autry, Roy Orbison, George Strait), he was born into humble circumstances in small-town Texas. In the 1950s, before his musical career took off, he worked as a radio DJ, door-to-door salesman, studio musician and a hardworking but little-known singer. But in the '60s, he moved to Nashville, hooked up with some legitimate record producers and began cranking out songs, several of which turned into No. 1 mega-hits for some of country music's biggest stars: "Hello Walls" for Faron Young; "Night Life" for Ray Price; and "Crazy" for Patsy Cline.
Over the next three decades, the list of entertainers that Nelson wrote songs for, performed with and recorded duets with reads like a Who's Who of the music industry: Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings—his bandmates in the 1980s touring group The Highwaymen—Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, plus plenty of contemporary performers, such as Julio Iglesias, Wynton Marsalis, Nora Jones and Sheryl Crow.
His own string of hits was no less impressive: "On the Road Again," "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain," and "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," among many others.
Had he decided to ride off into the sunset when he hit 60 or 70, nobody would have faulted him. After a long and lengthy—most critics would label it "legendary"—career, Nelson would have been entitled to kick back on his ranch, show up for the occasional celebrity special or We Are the World-type fundraiser, and enjoy the fruits of his lifetime labors.
A focus on farmers and farming
But the reason a tribute appears in this space today isn't because Willie Nelson is someone we only remember from yesteryear, but because when he could have dialed it down, he stayed in the game, embracing an entirely different mission: Launching, funding, supporting and promoting Farm Aid.
Let me say upfront I don't agree with that group's mantra that Big Ag, so-called "factory farming," is a blight on American agriculture. Nor am I always onboard with Farm Aid's policy prescriptions, mostly aimed at redirecting USDA subsidies and curtailing the (alleged) hegemony that large-scale farmers and producers exert over the business of food production.
The answer to many of the legitimate concerns raised by farm activists like Nelson—rampant consolidation among growers and producers, coupled with a decline in domestic production of specialty crops, as wheat, corn and soybeans occupy the lion's share of arable acreage—isn't to dismantle our current farm infrastructure. Instead of pretending that small-scale, labor-intensive family farms should (or could) displace larger, more efficient farms, a better approach would be to support opportunities for more specialty farmers and producers—organic, natural, grassfed, whatever—to enter the business.
By analogy, it's wonderful that there are master furniture makers out there crafting handmade, heirloom pieces. It's a valuable addition to the choices available in the marketplace.
But individual artisans—or even a collective—making hand-built tables, chairs and bookcases aren't going to displace "industrial" furniture manufacturers. Instead, like organic growers or grassfed producers, they're a supplement to, not a replacement for conventional, "corporate" production, whether we're talking bed frames or beef steak.
That said, we—meaning all of society, not just production agriculture—benefit from a strong, thriving family farm sector. The more people engaged in raising livestock or food crops, the more strength agriculture possesses. The more specialty crops or heritage livestock being grown, the better it is for protecting farmland from development and engaging the public with how and from where their food is produced.
For those reasons, I admire and respect Nelson for the nearly three decades of his life he's devoted to promoting family farming—especially when he's never profited from any of it, financially or career-wise.
As a tribute, I posted the following on his 80th birthday webpage (http://birthday.willienelson.com/):
"Happy Birthday, Willie. I truly admire your commitment to the causes you care about and your dedication to making this world better for the farmers who feed the rest of us. Congratulations on outliving a helluva lot of your critics, and best wishes for many more years to inspire many more folks with your passion and your persistence."
Despite his occasionally skewed politics, you gotta love a guy whose resume includes not only commercial success but humanitarian commitment, as well.
I can only dream about being within shouting distance of his accomplishments when—God willing—I hit Eight-Oh.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator.


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Niese downplays pitching with knee soreness
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Jon Niese has been pitching with soreness in his right knee since the end of last year, the left-hander acknowledged Friday, though he does not consider it a source of concern. Niese threw three scoreless innings against the Tigers on Friday.
"It was just a little sore at the end of the year," Niese said. "Just a little fatigue, but there's no issue."
The Mets hope that Niese, entering his age-26 season and the presumed beginning of his baseball prime, can eclipse 200 innings for the first time in his career. He will wear a brace on his right knee to assuage the soreness.


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On Monday we started small with the Guardians of the Universe two-pack (read it HERE), and today were going the other direction to the massive Movie Masters Green Man figure! One of the coolest things about Green Lantern going all the way back to Hal Jordans introduction in 1959 is the science fiction element. As space cops, the Green Lantern Corps isnt made up solely of humans, and often its members reach into the non-humanoid and beyond. From the vegetable to the mineral and even a sentient smallpox virus and mathematical equation, the alien species introduced in the GL stories are incredibly varied. Fortunately, the upcoming Green Lantern film will continue the tradition of including cool aliens. A number of them have been revealed already, most notably in the latest trailer that shows a wide range of alien beings at a Green Lantern convocation. One of those is the hero known as Green Man.
On Uxor the whole is dominant over the individual, and being unique is shunned. Thus it was for two different rebels who left Uxorian society to become a Green Lantern. Known only as Green Man, each has served the Corps with distinction. The modern incarnation was partnered with the robot Green Lantern Stel before receiving cybernetic upgrades and becoming an elite Alpha Lantern. The Uxorians of the comics are large humanoids with green skin covered in darker green blotches; they have no hair. For the film, Green Man has been reimagined as a hulking frog-like alien thats only mostly humanoid. This Uxorian has a huge body with long arms, four paddle-like fingers, short reverse-articulated legs, stumpy feet, and a forward-jutting head under a large hunchback!
All of the Green Lantern Movie Masters figures come in specially designed packages that have some really cool elements. Central is, of course, a huge window through which you can see the individual Green Lantern, ally, or enemy. Around that is a hefty plastic outline reminiscent of the Green Lantern symbol with an insert of swirling green and black GL energy. Behind the figure is a huge GL symbol, further reinforcing the brand. Now, while the standard figures youll find on store shelves put all of that together on a tall cardback, there will be two Mattycollector exclusive releases in the line bringing you the largest and most powerful Green Lanterns.
Green Man (and most likely the future release of Kilowog) will arrive at your door in a sturdy outer box that has the figures name and the movie logo. Within, youll see that Green Man gets an oversized box instead of a card and bubble. The overall design is the same, but with the full box Mattel was able to create even more of that familiar shape with a great mix of angles and arcs. The back of Green Mans box has the standard Movie Masters description along with a large image, brief bio, and statistical information on the mighty alien.
Green Man is big, real big. Standing 7 inches tall, this behemoth is in scale with the other Movie Masters figures! Hes an excellent example of an alternatively designed humanoid in toy form with an interesting body shape and unique limbs. The sculpt really helps sell the alien in Green Man. Besides being big and lumpy, the GLs skin is entirely irregular with a bumpy texture. Limbs are bulky yet curvy, with unnatural shapes and a weird musculature that challenges the eye. Green Mans unique hands have long and thick paddle-like fingers, and on the right hand is a great sculpted Green Lantern ring. His legs too are otherworldly with their conical feet ending it large padded toes like an elephants. Green Mans head, really just a protruding face, is strongly frog-like with wide set round eyes, thick lips, and sagging jowl. Viewed from the side, the aliens profile is profoundly angled from his forehead to his chin, with only nostrils to delineate his nose.
As with a lot of Green Lantern figures, Green Man might seem like just a whole lot of his namesake color at first glance. But, look closer and youll see a style and paint scheme all his own. The films Green Lantern uniforms incorporate various elements of their wearers physiology, but thats no different from the comic books. Green Man goes beyond that to incorporate his own natural coloring and patterns into his uniform! Simply put, it looks like the aliens uniform radiates out from his torso with dark green on his midsection and upper limbs. A bright metallic green extends up his chest, over his shoulders, and down his arms, while it also appears on his lower legs.
Whats really cool are all of the yellow-rimmed black spots on Green Mans limbs, and the non-bordered bleed of uniform energy onto his bare hands and feet; these places are where the paint job really shines. Green Mans head is a muddled drab green decorated with pale lips, a metallic green mask, orange eyes and nostrils, and a pattern of bio-luminescent spots.
Mattel is doing some interesting things with the Movie Masters in regard to articulation, including character and design-specific joints wherever possible. Green Man has a unique articulation scheme thanks to his shape and size. Starting from the top, hes got a rotating face/head, shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, a ball-jointed torso, front-back and side to side V-cut hips, ball-jointed knees, and ball-jointed ankles. The number and type of joints is impressive, but youll find some limitations due to the design. Unfortunately, the hips end up looking a little weird when his legs are spread, but with the lower leg articulation you wont have to in order to get him in cool poses. Overall for a large, bulky, and oddly proportioned figure Green Man has good poseability.
Green Man will be available exclusively on Mattycollector.com here for $25. Thats not bad for a deluxe 7 inch figure in this line with his level of quality. While we wont know how much screen time the character gets until the film is released, the Green Man figure is going to be a mainstay of Green Lantern collectors with his imposing size. He looks great posed with normal GLs like Hal, Abin Sur, and Tomar Re. Stick around for our next review that takes a look at more of the Movie Masters figures, including a couple more of those alien Green Lanterns!
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By Cindy Dubin, Business Solutions magazine
A VAR's long-time client relationship and understanding of its vertical results in a project that involves 800 bar code printers.
Royce Digital Systems, a VAR which specializes in mission-critical printing solutions and enterprisewide IT equipment, estimates that 60% of its business is associated with the healthcare vertical. One of those clients, an HMO, had worked with Royce Digital for more than 18 years. So when that HMO started having problems with its bar code printers, its longstanding VAR partner was the first one to get the call.
"We obviously had a long-term relationship with the client, and we understood their internal applications, integration issues, workflow, and budget," says Anthony Chiodini, VP of Royce Digital. "While the client did consider solutions from other companies, we were the incumbent, and they relied on our knowledge of their application and systems integration capabilities to win the business."
One of the country's largest HMOs, the client quickly realized that an unusable bar code printer can slow down any size operation. The company learned this lesson the hard way when its five-year-old printers started to require more service. The printers would break down, and if not fixed immediately, patient care and company workflow would be compromised. Additionally, the outdated printers could not communicate properly with new lab management software the HMO wanted to install.
Three-Month Trial Wins Over The Customer
Royce Digital did win the business and, early in 2011, began installing the Printronix T4M midrange thermal bar code printers in the healthcare provider's laboratory for a three-month test run. The T4M printer can run at 203 dpi or 305 dpi, depending on the printhead that the user prefers. This choice gives the HMO the flexibility to modify the printer to meet future needs by just replacing the printhead.
During the 90-day trial, the client evaluated the Printronix unit's ability to print bar code labels, integrate with the new Cerner lab management software, and simultaneously accept two old data streams — one ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) and the other from Datamax. Data streams are the language the printer understands, and most printers can understand one data stream at a time, not two simultaneously.
With eight printer emulations standard on the Printronix printer, the VAR was able to replace the legacy models without any workflow interruption. In the future, the HMO will not have to replace printers as new software and applications are implemented.
"In the past, IT folks programmed data streams in COBOL (common business-oriented language), and applications were customized," explains Chiodini. "Planning for the future, the healthcare provider's IT staff required a printer that would accept both the older data streams simultaneously and be able to integrate with newer software applications."
Bar Code Printer Install Leads To Additional Sales
At the end of the test period, 200 printers were purchased and installed within one month. Currently, 800 printers have been installed as part of the client's nationwide move to replace some of its older printers with the Printronix bar code printers. The new printers are used to generate linear and twodimensional bar code labels for laboratory samples. "This is an ongoing life cycle process," Chiodini says. "As labs require new printers or new medical centers are built, the Printronix printers are installed."
The client claims that the time its IT staff spends supporting the printers has dropped by more than 45%. As a result of this benefit, the client has started to use the T4M thermal printers to generate bar codes on patient wristbands in various departments.
Having this HMO as a client, the VAR says the project has helped build credibility with other healthcare organizations. Chiodini says, "The healthcare vertical has many nuances, such as HIPAA requirements, a variety of specialty applications, and certification requirements, and a VAR needs to understand that business to be successful when selling to that market."


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Nine-time NBA All-Star Gary Payton and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf are among the Basketball Hall of Fame's 2013 North American nominees in the running to be finalists announced at noon ET Friday (NBA TV).
Thirty-one candidates have advanced through the first step of a three-step process. Hall finalists are announced as part of NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston, and the 2013 class of inductees, chosen by a group of 24 voters from among the finalists, will be revealed at the Final Four in April in Atlanta.
Payton, a trash-talking, menacing two-way player nicknamed "The Glove" for his defense, was named first-team All-Defense by coaches nine seasons in a row with the Seattle SuperSonics. He also averaged at least 20 points a game in seven seasons and at least eight assists per game in five of those seven seasons.
Reinsdorf and longtime NBA league executive Russ Granik are among 21 candidates in the Contributor category.
The International committee has nominated former NBA players Vlade Divac and Sarunas Marciulionis.


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TALKING ABOUT FOOD, YEAH.. we will be happy to say burger, Mcd, coconut milk, any meat, sataay, curry, etc because all of these food are very delicious... but do you know that these food give you high cholesterol and saturated acid (asam jenuh) by which they will trigger some very deadly diseases like, cancer, heart attack, high blood pressures, and many more. will you realize this?
But when we are exposed with vegetables or some fruits, we will say that they are not yummy. Many researches show us that consuming vegetables and fruits bring us more positive effects concerning our health.
We all know that our body need nutritious food so it does not need what our eyes see delicious.
Do not forget to eat fish. This is very good for replacing the meat.
So In short I can say "Eat what your body needs do not eat what you need"


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Help me, oh knowledgeable ones!
Here's the backstory:
Been playing for about 5 years, never played in leagues or had any kind of instruction. Just go out to the practice field a night or two during the evening and hopefully play a few rounds on the weekend during the warmer months.
As of last August, I was playing the best golf of my life. My D was capped at about 350, but my accuracy was really solid. Had one run over a few weeks where I went 5-6 rounds without a bogey.
THEN I decided that I wanted to increase my D. So I borrowed my wife's digital camera and took my first ever video of myself. Wow, was it bad. I mean terrible. My form was so much worse than I ever realized. I never even bothered to post it for critique because there were glaring deficiences that even I could recognize right away. Throwing off my back foot and all kinds of other crap. It quickly became apparent to me that I was never going to be able to "tweak" my form into something decent. I was looking at a rebuild from the ground up. I began the rebuild last fall. Winter interrupted it, and I resumed the rebuild this spring. I have actually succeeded in increasing my D. My max D is now out to about 450 on a good throw, typically some kind of hyzer flip or flex shot.
Problem is, my accuracy is shot to hell. My scores have gotten worse even as my distance has increased. So, recently, I've decided to stop practicing max-D hyzers/anhyzers and just focus on throwing discs with a flat release.
This video shows three throws from today's practice. All thrown flat and low. All ended up between 375-400.
Thanks in advance for any critiques you may offer!


text: Photo by NBC [ The Facts Of Life Reunion By Dave Wheeler March 17, 2011 The news of big reunions lined up this year for the TV Land Awards has just been, big this year! One week we hear that Welcome Back Kotter will be reunited, and the next we get word that The Facts Of Life cast will also be in attendance! Read More Category: Events, Housekeeping Tags: 2011 TV Land awards, facts of life reunion, Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, mrs. garriot, the facts of life Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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HUNTINGTON — Before one examines Marshall's depth at center, one reminder: Chris Jasperse leads the team in career snaps among active offensive linemen.
Check that: He leads the nation. The major-college ranks, at the least.
The Duke sports information department launched a survey on the subject this summer, wondering if Blue Devils offensive guard Laken Tomlinson led the nation. The Dookies found out that their man trailed exactly one other lineman, Jasperse.
The count: Jasperse 3,032, Tomlinson 2,981.
Offensive line coach Alex Mirabal, in his second season with the Thundering Herd, has worked on keeping the center position as deep as possible in case Jasperse went down. That did not happen last season, but there was a fleeting thought that the native of Greensboro, N.C., was going to miss a play.
"We're playing East Carolina and somebody's shoe came off," Mirabal said. "And when his shoe came off, I sent [Michael] Selby on the field and [Herd quarterback Rakeem] Cato thought I sent Selby on to replace Jasperse. Cato about had a heart attack and I had to call a timeout."
With Cam Dees gone for good for medical reasons, Selby has been the top backup at center, in addition to his starting guard duties. At the latter, he played a substantial number of snaps in the Herd's 31-20 bowl win over Maryland and was the starter throughout the spring.
Nowadays, the sophomore works almost entirely at guard, while Jasperse snaps to Cato exclusively. Selby does some snapping in early individual drills, but that's about it.
But if need be, Selby says he's ready to slide over.
"I think I'm prepared to do that, especially since I played center most of last year until I got moved to guard," he said. "I still remember all that."
Redshirt freshman Cody Collins saw a lot of work in the spring, but coaches are going to give true freshman Nathaniel Devers a long look. Don't underestimate this battle: The winner rides the bus to Miami (Ohio) for the Aug. 30 opener and the others probably stay home.
It's almost mandatory to travel with three centers, but Selby can count as one — thus freeing up a seat on the bus for someone at another position.
Devers, a Massillon, Ohio, native, is listed at 6-foot-3, 261 pounds. He has to bulk up as freshmen typically do, and has to get shotgun snaps down, as he had a few hit the ground Wednesday. Still, but Mirabal believes he is will be a great candidate there.
"He's a natural center. He's not somebody we've converted," Mirabal said. "They converted him in high school."
The center position could be very solid after Jasperse graduates this year, but that's not Mirabal's worry. With Marshall chasing a big season, it cannot be.
"I don't care about next year, I'm not worried about next year," Mirabal said. "I'm worried about this year. Right now, heading into week No. 1, not even at the end of the first week [of camp], we have five centers.
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My favorite Doom Diver parts are its long spindly back arms. The two limbs (once painstakingly assembled) star a wide range of articulation; allowing you to fold them up while not in use or extend them out with pinchers spread open for attack. The Doom Diver's large right arm is equally impressive with four articulated claws of its own and the ability to split open for some kind of devastating energy blast attack. Hats off to Kaiyodo/ToyTribe in the Doom Diver's design; it's exciting, fresh and original.
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Pitching Prospect of the Day: Alex Meyer, RHP, Twins (Double-A New Britain): 6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K; easy plus fastball; plus slider; below-average changeup; some believe he fits best as a closer; 61.0 IP, 53 H, 25 ER, 27 BB, 73 K in 11 starts.
Position Prospect of the Day: Javier Baez, SS, Cubs (High-A Daytona): 5-6, 3 2B, HR, 3 R, 6 RBI; potential plus-plus hit tool; easy plus power potential; plus-plus arm. It took Baez a little while to get started this year, but it looks like he has made the necessary adjustments and is ready to show off his ability; .277/.319/.519 with 15 2B, 4 3B, and 9 HR in 206 at-bats.
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Games of Sunday, June 2
Pitching Prospect of the Day: Ivan Pineyro, RHP, Nationals (Low-A Hagerstown): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K; solid-average fastball; potential plus changeup; developing curveball; hard worker; flashes big-time ability.
Position Prospect of the Day: George Springer, CF, Astros (Double-A Corpus Christi): 3-5, 2B, HR, 3 R, 5 RBI. Springer shows all the tools. The hit tool was the one that scouts question, and he seems to be making consistent hard contact despite having a lot of swing and miss in his swing. I like Springer; he will be the everyday center fielder for the Astros in the near future; .310/.417/.640 with 14 2B and 17 HR in 197 at-bats.
Other notable prospect performances on Sunday, June 2:
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Matt Barnes, RHP, Red Sox (Double-A Portland): 1.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 0 BB, 2 K; typical second-season slump that a lot of Red Sox pitching prospects struggle with; 49.2 IP, 57 H, and 7 HR allowed in 11 starts.
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How does Tony Sanchez never make an appearance on the update?
Jun 03, 2013 05:54 AM
I've never been a big fan of Sanchez. The report's I've gotten tell me he is a backup at very best.
Jun 03, 2013 06:56 AM
Trying to understand "bottom of the scale runner." Who in the majors is a bottom of the scale runner?
Jun 03, 2013 06:43 AM
By saying bottom of the scale runner I meant a 20 runner. Billy Butler would be a bottom of the scale runner.
Jun 03, 2013 06:57 AM
If Kevin Kouzmanoff is in the Marlins system, he can't be playing for Omaha, which is the Royals AAA affiliate.
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HeyI need to recode my directory input submission field URL to not let the user submit his website if the user's website has a lower pagerank than 2.Any ides how to do this, i am thinking that jquery would be the easiest way.
The following SEOStats can be used from PHP in order to allow you to retrieve info such as the pagerank of a domain. You could then from JavaScript use an AJAX request to your PHP script to retrieve the information that you're needing.
Thanks for the response Paul, just that i am kind of a noob in programming, could you please give a bit more details.
If you want help with the PHP side of things, which is what you will be needing to retrieve and process the pagerank information, I suggest that you contact the good people at the PHP forum for assistance with that.
JavaScript is not capable of doing that work for you, but it can retrieve the information that you need from a PHP script that you would create for this task.
Just noticed, i have the PHP that gets the pagerank, located in a folder components/googlepageranker.php. This is the code inside it.
class GooglePageRanker {
function StrToNum($Str, $Check, $Magic) { $Int32Unit = 4294967296; // 2^32 $length = strlen($Str); for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) { $Check *= $Magic; /* If the float is beyond the boundaries of integer (usually +/- 2.15e+9 = 2^31), the result of converting to integer is undefined refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php */ if ($Check >= $Int32Unit) { $Check = ($Check - $Int32Unit * (int) ($Check / $Int32Unit)); //if the check less than -2^31 $Check = ($Check < -2147483648) ? ($Check + $Int32Unit) : $Check; } $Check += ord($Str{$i}); } return $Check; }
// Generate a proper hash for an url function HashURL($String) { $Check1 = $this->StrToNum($String, 0x1505, 0x21); $Check2 = $this->StrToNum($String, 0, 0x1003F);
$Check1 >>= 2;
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFFFC0 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3F);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFC00 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FF);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3C000 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FFF);
$T1 = (((($Check1 & 0x3C0) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C)) <<2 ) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F );
$T2 = (((($Check1 & 0xFFFFC000) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C00)) << 0xA) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F0000 );
return ($T1 | $T2);
// Generate a checksum for the hash function CheckHash($Hashnum) { $CheckByte = 0; $Flag = 0; $HashStr = sprintf('%u', $Hashnum) ; $length = strlen($HashStr); for ($i = $length - 1; $i >= 0; $i --) { $Re = $HashStr{$i}; if (1 === ($Flag % 2)) { $Re += $Re; $Re = (int)($Re / 10) + ($Re % 10); } $CheckByte += $Re; $Flag ++; } $CheckByte %= 10; if (0 !== $CheckByte) { $CheckByte = 10 - $CheckByte; if (1 === ($Flag % 2) ) { if (1 === ($CheckByte % 2)) { $CheckByte += 9; } $CheckByte >>= 1; } } return '7' . $CheckByte . $HashStr; }
// Get the Google Pagerank function getPagerank($url) { $query = "http://toolbarqueries.google.com/tbr?client=navclient-auto&ch=" . $this->CheckHash($this->HashURL($url)) . "&features=Rank&q=info:" . $url . "&num=100&filter=0"; $data = $this->file_get_contents_curl($query); $pos = strpos($data, "Rank_"); if($pos !== false){ $pagerank = substr($data, $pos + 9); return trim($pagerank); } }
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Now how do i take it with a javascript? and add the condition to the input field from Website address (Url) if pagerank of website is smaller than 2 echo error" Pagerank is smaller than 2, website is not accepted.BTW, my website is http://www.blowhits.com.
it may be as simple as a PHP script that includes that googlepagerank file, and echos out appropriate message
$url = filter_var('url', FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
echo getPagerank($url);
which you could then test by going to localhost/getpagerank.php?url=http://www.google.comwhich should then result in a pagerank number being echo'd to the page.
Once the PHP side of things works, you can then return to JavaScript and use an AJAX request to that getpagerank.php file, and retrieve the pagerank number for a url of interest.
I get http://www.blowhits.com/getpagerank.php?url=http://www.google.com
Fatal error: Call to undefined function getPagerank() in /home/blowhits/public_html/getpagerank.php on line 5
don't understand why, cause function is declared in components/googlepageranker.php.
Ahh, it seems to be part of a class, so try instead using:
$googlePageRanker = new GooglePageRanker();
echo $googlePageRanker->getPagerank($url);
Is not echowing anymore errors, i get now a blank page.this is what i have in the getpagerank.php now
<?phpinclude('components/GooglePageRanker.php');$googlePageRanker = new GooglePageRanker();echo $googlePageRanker->getPagerank($url);?>
It seems that you have missed out on retrieving the $url variable.
Refer to the filter_var line from post #7
Still nothing..This is what i have
<?phpinclude('components/GooglePageRanker.php');$url = filter_var('url', FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);$googlePageRanker = new GooglePageRanker();echo $googlePageRanker->getPagerank($url);?>
Well that works for me. I'm moving this thread over to the PHP forum now, so that someone from there can help you further.
Ok, appreciate the help.
Stupid question, but have you replaced "url" from filter_var line with actual URL?
LOL, it works like that, don't understand. Which would be the correct variable then It seams that it's not "url".
If you're submitting via AJAX or FORM (POST method), use this:
$url = filter_var($_POST['url'], FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
If it's coming through URL (?url=http://blabla.com) or FORM (GET method) (or AJAX GET) then use $GET instead of $POST
Working with GETNow the interesting part. How do i add it in a input field and don't let the user pass submit the form http://www.blowhits.com/webmaster-submit-website-free.html and if it's Pagerank is lower than than one to echo message, pagerank is lower than x.I really appreciate your help.
Disable form submit button, then when user enters something in the field, you will have to make ajax request to your php page and check what it returns.
If you are using jQuery, which I recommend, check it's get() method.
Note: Since anyone can turn off JavaScript, I'd include this check on the server-side also (when URL is submitted, check it's pagerank prior to saving URL in the database).


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Adrian Sutil charged with grievous bodily harm
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12th January 2012, 22:05 at 10:05 pm #130727
Adrian Sutil has been charged with greivous bodily harm after the incident with Eric Lux at the M1NT club in Shanghai. If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison and a possible ban from entering China. Speculation suggests that this is a major deterrant to Williams signing him for the 2012 season.12th January 2012, 22:09 at 10:09 pm #188660
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cant see anyone wanting him now, especially with f1,s goody , goody pr image, etc!12th January 2012, 22:20 at 10:20 pm #188661
He has only been charged, not convicted. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.
But even if Sutil escapes with a suspended sentence – most likely, I'd wager – and even if a team or two out there want his services, he faces a bigger threat: the suspension of his superlicence. When Lewis Hamilton was caught doing burnouts in Melbourne, Jean Todt brought new legistation to bear stating that any driver who brought the sport into disrepute faced the immdiate suspension of his superlicence. It was mostly intended for racing drivers breaking the rules of the road (particularly after the FIA had been pushing on the Make Roads Safe campaign that Todt was running before he became President), but if you can lose your licence for hooning, then you should certainly be able to lose if for GBH.12th January 2012, 23:16 at 11:16 pm #188662
This happened a long time ago, strange that it only comes up now.
As a fan of Mr Sutil I'd hate to see him get locked up for a small bar brawl,
If it's a first charge it probably wont come to much12th January 2012, 23:23 at 11:23 pm #188663
This happened a long time ago, strange that it only comes up now.
Actually, it's not that strange. Sutil would not have been formally charged and summoned to court until the prosecutor built a case. And that prosecutor has probably had dozens of other cases that needed to be resolved before he or she could turn their attentions to Sutil.13th January 2012, 8:38 at 8:38 am #188664
Lewis will be called upon to give testimony apparently13th January 2012, 10:32 at 10:32 am #188665
As a fan of Mr Sutil I'd hate to see him get locked up for a small bar brawl,
I don't know what went on or what happened but anyone especially an F1 driver should know better (if the worst is true). I don't think a bar brawl is ever just a small incident either.
I hope it gets sorted out soon though- one way or the other. The more uncertainty there is the more difficult it will be for a team to sign him and if they do gamble and he's not allowed into China that'll just be ridiculous for the sport.13th January 2012, 12:58 at 12:58 pm #188666
In my opinion, Sutil (like Alonso) is one of the most enigmatic characters on the current grid. It's hard for me to imagine what is really going on inside his mind.
Adrian is not a typical racing driver. A far as I know, his parents (a Uruguayan and a German) wanted him to become a pianist and he was actually very successful in doing that. If my mind serves me correctly, he used to play concerts in front of relatively large audiences. That is, until the age of 14 when he realised that his feelings for motorsport were stronger.
I have noticed that Sutil always tries to sound / look very masculine. For instance, when asked which movie had made him cry (this question was asked to all F1 drivers in a series of interviews on F1.com) he replied: "I'm not a cry baby." No other driver emphasized his coolness so much. And this is just one example.
Maybe this fear of being 'unmanly' made Sutil attack Lux after the latter one had e.g. laughed at him or whatever. But that's just an assumption. Anyway, I wish Adrian good luck in the courts and hope that he gets acquitted and spends many more years in F1.13th January 2012, 17:24 at 5:24 pm #188667
Sutil's always been an odd one for me. I loved his fake glasses joke on the gridwalk this year – I can't remember which race it was before – and how he handled Trulli in the 09′ Abu Dhabi press conference, but this whole incident doesn't really fit in with that persona he projects. As @girts says, he can be a little enigmatic. The only thing I can say I definitively know about his personal life is that he's great friends with Lewis Hamilton.
Apart from that, there's just baseless speculation (edit: I should say, not on my part – I just mean that's the only other stuff I've read about his personal life. I'm not really fussed either way!) on his sexuality – which, unfortunately, doesn't help the rumours that Lux made a joke at Sutil's expense and that a girl was also allegedly involved in the Shanghai incident.
All in all, I'm just left feeling not sure who I'm meant to feel sorry for!14th January 2012, 2:02 at 2:02 am #188668
I imagine regardless of the outcome, unless its innocent (which based on the limited knowledge I have of the incident seems unlikely) I would imagine that he would have his super-licence taken away or at the very least suspended for bringing the sport into disrepute as grievous bodily harm is a rather serious matter and if doing a few burnouts qualifies then this definitely would.14th January 2012, 6:42 at 6:42 am #188669
@jarred-walmsley – I think a lot of that decision will come down to the outcome of the trial. If Sutil were to be found not guilty, or if he were acquitted of the charges, then I think the FIA would be hard-pressed to justify suspending his licence because the court would have ruled it an accident. I think that the FIA would only really suspend his licence in the event the court decided it was pre-meditated, though Sutil would likely face a jail sentence (rather than a suspended one). As @girts and @the-hundredth-idiot have pointed out, Sutil seems to be very self-consicious of his image, and that he has had to endure a lot of speculation that he is gay (most of this seems to stem from the way he's never really had a high-profile girlfriend). I'm not sure how much the court would take it into account, but since it was a nightclub, that implies there was alcohol involved, and if Eric Lux insulted or humiliated him and Sutil simply lashed out in the heat of the moment, then I think the FIA would be hard-pressed to suspend his licence, particularly if the courts recognised as much.14th January 2012, 19:15 at 7:15 pm #188670
I'm more surprised at the fact that donig burnouts is supposedly bringing the sport into disrepute. What sort of logic went into deciding that?!14th January 2012, 21:19 at 9:19 pm #188671
All I hope for is a correct verdict. If he did it, he deserves to be punished. If not, then it's unfortunate, but his career may be ruined if he can't find a seat this year.14th January 2012, 22:57 at 10:57 pm #188672
I'm more surprised at the fact that donig burnouts is supposedly bringing the sport into disrepute. What sort of logic went into deciding that?!
Because Hamilton was charged with a criminal offence. Doing burnouts on a public road is considered hooning under Australian law, and the Victorian government is notorious for its stance on it. They really go for the jugluar in these cases. Because Hamilton was charged, it made headlines around the world – bad headlines, made all the worse by the way he was doing it after leaving the circuit. And with the teams and drivers supporting the FIA's Make Roads Safe campaign – which aims to discourage this kind of behaviour – the FIA decided that Hamilton's actions had brought the sport into disrepute. Maybe he wouldn't have been charged if he was in England, but he wasn't in England. He was in Australia, which means he had to abide by our laws. And our laws are very strict on this matter, since there have been several cases of irresponsible driving – like drag racing and hooning – have led to deaths.15th January 2012, 13:03 at 1:03 pm #188673
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Doesn't Albert Park cease to be public roads so long as the Australian Grand Prix is going on? Also, according to that logic, all the drivers should be charged with speeding surely?
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Alfalfa fields in western South Dakota are looking green and healthy with little or no pest insect activity. However, Anitha Chirumamilla, SDSU Extension entomology field specialist, warned alfalfa growers not to be complacent when it comes to scouting fields.
"Except for few spots in the northeast, much of the state has warmed up enough for alfalfa weevils to become active," Chirumamilla said, encouraging alfalfa producers to monitor for them.
Chirumamilla's warnings should be appropriate for other areas of the nation where alfalfa is grown and in typical stage of growth. Most likely other production areas have progressed without cool weather concerns slowing pest pressure. As noted, four or more generations of pests can attack alfalfa in a growing season.
Monitoring for weevils is being carried out every 10 days in many alfalfa fields. There are signs of weevil activity beginning. She said, "It looks like the on-off cold weather had slowed down the activity of insects along with the growth of plants."
Alfalfa butterflies
Besides spotting weevil activity in isolated fields, several yellow butterflies, called alfalfa butterflies were seen flying in alfalfa and weeds on field edges. While these butterflies are pretty and pleasing to eyes, Chirumamilla said it is important to know that their larvae, known as alfalfa caterpillars feed on alfalfa leaves.
The butterflies are pale to bright yellow or orange in color with black wing margins and two dark spots on the front wings. The caterpillars are velvety green with a white stripe running on each side of the body. Unlike alfalfa weevil larva, Chirumamilla explained that alfalfa caterpillar feeds on entire leaves including the veins and mid-rib. "Larvae are very sensitive to touch and roll-up when disturbed or dislodged from plant. The best time to see them actively feeding is early in the morning," she said.
There are four to seven generations occurring through the crop season of May through October due to which different stages of the insect - egg to adult - can be seen at any time in the season. "Scouting for these caterpillars should be done using a sweep net and chemical spraying should be considered only if the number of larvae exceeds 10 per sweep," Chirumamilla said.
Lygus bug
The other insect that was seen actively running in alfalfa fields was a lygus bug, commonly known as a tarnished plant bug. "It is a true bug about 0.1 to 0.25 inches in length, oval-shaped, and green to brown in color," Chirumamilla said.
She said it can be easily recognized by a distinctive triangle on the back and large bulging eyes. Nymphs are green and similar to adults but lack wings. They look like large aphids from a distance. Both nymphs and adults of lygus bugs have piercing and sucking mouthparts allowing them to feed on plant sap. The saliva of these bugs also causes necrosis of plant tissue at the feeding spot. Lygus species are severe pests in seed alfalfa and many other field crops but not a serious concern in forage alfalfa.
Chirumamilla said that neither the alfalfa caterpillar nor lygus bug are considered serious pests of forage alfalfa. "Presence of these might actually help feeding the natural predator and parasitoid populations," she said. "However, alfalfa caterpillars can be damaging in case of high populations. Scouting frequently with a sweep net and keeping an eye on insect species and populations is always a safe and secure practice."


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- Electromagnetic Theory (1912), Volume III; p. 1; "The Electrician" Pub. Co., London.
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She may be an elite curler but she still likes hashbrowns and waffles for breakfast.
Many of you have asked us about the female who is featured in our "Hockey's In the House" poster with Kevin Martin and John Morris. That lovely lady is Chelsea Carey, a rising star in the sport. She was the runner up to Jennifer Jones in last year's Manitoba provincial playdowns and finished last season in sixth place on the CTRS (Canadian Team Ranking System), landing her a spot in the 2012 Canada Cup.
Recently our own Andrew Brett sat down with Chelsea to learn more about her.
If you weren't curling what sport would you be playing?
I was a competitive dancer until I was 19 and I miss it so I'd likely still be doing that! I took up golf late, which I constantly regret, so that would be another option.
Where were you born?
Winnipeg! Born & raised.
What is your current hometown?
I'm rather boring this way… I've never moved from Winnipeg.
When you're not curling, what is your full time job?
Senior Sales Representative at Sealy Mattress Company.
When did you start curling?
Growing up I was raised by the waitresses at the Granite Curling Club, given how much time my Dad spent there. I've been on the ice since I could walk, but I started "organized" curling at Connie Laliberte's curling school back when there used to be ice at the Winnipeg Winter Club. I was about 5.
Who is your favourite athlete?
This is a tough question. I have always been a big fan of Tiger Woods, as I don't think there has ever been an athlete mentally tougher than he was at his peak. I'm also a huge hockey fan, so I admire guys like Gretzky and Crosby, or growing up I was always a big fan of Cam Neely and Ray Bourque.
Where is your favourite place to curl?
In an arena in small-town Manitoba, where our Provincial Scotties are held. The stands are always packed and the fans are so knowledgeable and appreciative. I look forward to it every year! Cranbrook at the Canada Cup last year was also incredible for the same reasons – the fans were amazing to us and the arena was just packed constantly. Such a cool atmosphere.
What's your favourite food?
My biggest vice is salt – potato chips and French fries. I don't eat those very often though! I love breakfast… eggs, ham, hashbrowns, waffles, pancakes.
Where is your favourite vacation spot?
Curling limits vacation time (in my case it eliminates it), so I haven't been very many places. I went to Hawaii in grade 12 and it was incredible… I also love our family cabin at Lake of the Woods and could easily spend a week (or 3) of holidays there!
What's your favourite TV show?
I don't watch a ton of TV, but I like Master Chef, The Amazing Race, Criminal Minds, and Modern Family.
What are you listening to on your Ipod?
It's on Shuffle… right now it's The Waiting by Tom Petty.
Who is your favourite curler other than yourself?
My Dad! Always admired him so much. Currently playing there are a bunch, but I love how Glenn Howard's team is a true unit… there's so much support there and they genuinely have fun. It's a perfect example of the whole being even greater than the sum of its parts.
Who is your role model?
My Dad again! Haha that may be a common theme.
Have you ever been in a bar fight?
I punched a guy in the stomach once because he wouldn't stop touching me. I warned him first, though!
Do you have a celebrity crush?
Zach Bogosian or Gabe Landeskog.
What is your favourite book?
Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury's autobiography.
What is your favourite movie?
A Few Good Men (there are lots, but that one is up there for sure).
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
Ask me again in 20 years! I've still got a lot of life to live.
If you could be anyone dead or alive who would you be?
Myself! Although it might be fun to be someone famous temporarily.
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Buy a house, invest a bunch, and try to turn it into enough money to perpetually live off of so I could be a full-time athlete.
Best curler to follow on twitter
Besides me? :) Does Fake Kevin Martin count? Ben Hebert is also a beauty.
Favorite sports team?
Winnipeg Jets of course!
Preferred shot to win a game?
Inturn hit.
What is one of your favourite quotes?
No one says "it's only a game" when they're winning.
What is your favourite body part
This could be read a lot of different ways! The first thing I notice on someone is typically their eyes.
What is your favourite form of exercise?
Playing a sport… it's far more fun than lifting weights to me. That being said, my regular regime is running for cardio and weight circuits for strength training.
If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
I turn 28 tomorrow, and I kinda like being this age. Somewhere 27-35 I think would be great.
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
Stood through the closing ceremony after losing the Provincial final (twice).
In the months ahead, we are going to feature many of Goldline's local, national, and international ambassadors here on our blog. We are proud to sponsor many individuals, teams and events and will feature many of the players in our newsletter so that you can learn a little bit more about the stars in our sport.


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He has been neutered, combo tested for feline leukemia/feline aids, up to date on vaccinations, wormed and flea treated.
We are a no-kill organization. Once a pet comes into our foster care it will remain there until adopted or appropriate long term foster is found. All cats/kittens are spayed / neutered, combo tested for feline leukemia/feline aids virus, given age appropriate vaccinations, wormed, and flea treated.
We welcome and encourage volunteers to help with fostering, transporting and care of the cats.
We are here to educating the public on the importance to spay / neuter their animals. We partner with other local non-profit organizations to reach our mission to sterilize cats / kittens by assisting the public and transporting their cats/kittens to low cost spay neuter clinics.
We also participate in TNR of feral cats in our community. TNR humanely manages feral and free roaming cats, while preventing the cats from breeding. They are humanely trapped, spayed/ neutered and vaccinated, then released back to their home or relocated if necessary to reduce their numbers and improve their quality of life .
Our goal is to make a great impact on the over population of cats in our surrounding area.
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Our adoption process starts with a simple application to be filled out that helps us screen for long-term homes and ensure the cat/kitten is a good fit for your family. Our application can be emailed or downloaded from our web-site: www.purrsofhope.org. Once we receive the application it will be reviewed and someone from our organization will contact you within 24 to 48 hours.
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The Applied Study and Experiential Learning Term (formerly known as AST), is central to UIS' public affairs emphasis within the framework of a liberal arts curriculum and stresses practical experience, professional development, and experiential learning. The EXL internships and projects fulfill this role by providing an academically sponsored learning experience that gives all UIS degree-seeking undergraduate students an opportunity to learn from the community — about its everyday tasks, its professional life, its problems, and its unmet needs.
The Applied Study Term process emphasizes self-directed learning that provides opportunities for career exploration, integration of academic studies with practical experience, determination of additional learning needs, cultivation of independent learning skills, and development of increased awareness of community, diversity, and public affairs.
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Weekend Thought: "Price is truth." -- Jeff Macke, co-host of Yahoo Finance's "Breakout."
Strange world I live in nowadays. As a #newbie financial services stud, the maintenance of the vaunted model was seen as do-or-die stuff by those boasting seniority. Visit a store, observe a sold-out table of clothes, chat with a couple suppliers and hike quarterly profit margin assumptions. Get rubbed the wrong way by an executive at a midday cocktail party, maybe the quarter is shaping up stinky-poo, hurry back to the office and adjust the discount rate on the model. Lame-A-Zoid, I know, but hey, it was a gig.
If your very soul has been handed to the market, the pursuit of investment themes is the norm, not the pursuit of model add-ons (if it's the exception, e-mail me, I want to help you). Every day another opportunity to predict the future exists in the hopes that the hypothesized future is valued today. For instance, on Thursday, I offered a bunch of far-reaching notes that the potential to unwrap in steps in December (Fed meeting) and then in January (kicking in of fiscal dread). By the time those events come to fruition, if they do at all, the market will have moved onto other themes and reacted accordingly. This is why being actionable with your investment portfolio is critical, sitting on two hands while watching a down-300-point Dow session is no longer practical, or acceptable, given access to abundant amounts of information.
This episode of real life enlightenment brings me to the first of November's Investing 911 lessons. It's appropriate to go through this as, despite the election still being top of mind, there is a temporary pause in developments of the type that would trigger an update of my market view (short-term bearish). What this 911 lesson is designed for is to support a bear case on stocks, one of the planks to that being a perpetual state of dreadful corporate news flow. Someetimes, with a quick downdraft, you are told by book-hypers that the "underlying fundamentals remain solid." Yeah, sure.
The post-election action in the market screams anything but the idea that not enough risk was priced in, complacency reigned supreme, and we need to just look at the VIX pre-election.
McDonald's (MCD) will be the whipping boy for the lesson as its October sales were perfect in that they demonstrated what could be in store for the fourth quarter, and what stands to weigh on multiples (aside from the fiscal component) in the near term. Take special notice of the language and dump the notion of CEOs always underpromising to overdeliver.
School is in Session
On the overall business:
"Strategies and the adjustments we are making in response to current business headwinds."
- Growth is so painfully slow globally that a value food player has to promote more and adjust the menu to make it friendlier to the cash-strapped. You should read this as no margin bottom yet in many multinationals, risk to forward consensus estimates.
On the U.S. business:
"Modest consumer demand and heightened competitive activity."
- Low income consumers squeezed (hearing it from dollar stores) in a 2% GDP growth environment and hence, opt to eat at home...with items bought on paycheck day at Wal-Mart (WMT). Restaurants of any kind, a discretionary trip in my view, are essentially chasing a shrinking pie. #MarginPressure
On the European business:
Notched sales declines in "many markets."
- Yeah, when Draghi talks about contagion (which confirms what companies told you in the third quarter), the sad tale of McDonald's is a prime real-world example.
- The company is pricing its menu more competitively to maintain the business it has, while praying it scoops up added warm bodies. #MarginRisk
On the Asia business:
Focus on "locally relevant" menu choices.
- Only lessons here are Yum Brands (YUM) getting it in China through tailored offerings and multinationals have to realize, finally, they can't just fill the Chinese market with U.S. products and expect to win. The customer has to be fully understood.
In the end, McDonald's stock reacted bad to bad news. #NegativeTell
Notes on What I am Seeing
- Stocks of supposedly leading companies (double-digit earnings growth a good starting point) beginning to toss in the towel (Lululemon (LULU), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Michael Kors (KORS).
- Modest favoritism being shown to consumer staples (Kimberly-Clark (KMB), PepsiCo (PEP)), emphasis on modest. Underscores touch-and-go backdrop.
- The EU financial markets have stabilized (Spain/Italy bonds), but that is nowhere to be found in corporate income statements. #MajorProblem