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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Senior Devin Dyer, playing in his final game in Bross Gym, scored 13 of his team-high 19 points in the second half to help The Master's College gallop past Vanguard 75-67 before an appreciative Senior Night crowd Tuesday evening.
The victory gave the Mustangs consecutive wins for the first time since late December and improved the team to 16-12 overall and 5-8 in the GSAC. With one game left in the regular season and the GSAC Tournament on the horizon next week, the club finds itself sharing fifth place with Vanguard and Biola in the chase for the best seeding possible.
Much of the reason for the Mustangs being in that spot belongs to Dyer (Temecula, CA) who sparked a second-half rally and then willed his team to keep the Lions away down the stretch.
Down 39-28 at halftime, the Mustangs turned to Dyer for offense and the club's leading scorer didn't fail as he fueled a 16-2 run over the first six minutes of the closing stanza. He started with a three-pointer and then added a pair of jumpers along the way while a Travis Divita (Santa Clarita, CA) basket with 15:38 left to play put the Mustangs ahead (42-41) for the first time in the game.
Chris Patureau (Houston, TX) capped the skein with a layup for a three-point lead but that was erased quickly by an 11-0 burst by the Lions, who held the Mustangs scoreless for nearly five minutes in building a 52-44 advantage with under 10 minutes left to play.
With the game starting to get away, the Mustangs looked to Dyer once again and along with help from several teammates, the squad turned the tide in decisive fashion. An Austin Loeb (Cypress, CA) jumper at the 9:16 mark triggered a 13-2 burst in a 3:35 window that Paul Brown (Kingston, Jamaica) capped off with a tie-breaking, three-point play with 5:41 remaining. In between, Dyer buried a couple of jumpers, including one that knotted the game at 54.
Although the Mustangs would never trail again, there wasn't a sense of finality until the last minute of play. The Lions kept them in that state of uncertainty, crawling to within a point on a couple of occasions and being one basket away from taking the lead on others.
Looking for some breathing room, the Mustangs finally got it when Dyer stole the ball and dunked on the other end, putting the Mustangs ahead 65-60. The Lions shaved a point off that lead on their next possession, but Derrick Fain (Dallas, TX), who scored all 12 of his points in the second half, answered with a jumper and when Jason Logan (Spartanburg, SC) threw down an alley-oop from Leif Karlberg (Anchorage, AK) with 50 seconds left to play, the Mustangs had their largest lead of the evening to that point, 69-62.
Fain and Logan made sure the victory was secure, combining for the club's final six points from the charity stripe.
There was nothing secure about a lead in the first half because the Mustangs never enjoyed one during the game's first 20 minutes. The Lions leapt to a 7-0 lead and enjoyed a 16-5 advantage when Chris Gorman sank a trifecta with 15:46 left in the half.
On the verge of being blown out, the Mustangs got a pair of free throws from Logan to spark a 7-0 skein, closed out by a Chris Patureau (Houston, TX) dunk that pulled the club within 16-12 with 12:14 showing on the clock.
That only seemed to enrage the Lions who scored 10 of the game's next 11 points to forge a 15-point (28-13) advantage with just under 10 minutes left in the half.
On the cusp of being left far behind once again, the Mustangs galloped back, using a Karlberg three-pointer to trigger a 9-2 burst that sliced the deficit into single figures, 30-22. Logan added a tip-in, Dyer connected on a pair of free throws, and Loeb capped off the run with a jumper.
It took only two possessions for the Lions to move the lead back into double-digit territory and when Kelly Taylor sank a trifecta with 2:49 remaining, the Lion lead had grown to 39-26. Loeb, who tallied a team-high seven points in the opening stanza, hit another jumper a minute later and neither team would score again as the Lions took an eleven-point advantage into the locker room.
That margin was built on 59% (16-27) shooting from the field, including a glittering 6-9 effort from behind the arc. On the other hand, the Mustangs had nothing to apologize for, hitting at a 50% (10-20) clip.
That all changed in the second half as the Mustang defense stifled the Lion attack to the tune of 28% accuracy while the Mustangs converted just under 55% (18-33) of their shots.
Dyer's team-best total was built on 8-12 shooting while Logan and Fain tallied 14 and 12 points, respectively.


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Sylvester Stallone
Against obstacles that have included partial facial paralysis, an often-droopy expression and a voice that isn't always consistent with basic pronunciation, Sylvester Stallone remains steadfast as Hollywood's brawniest and brainiest action underdog. The unlikely 5'9" star of Rocky, he went the distance from aspiring actor and screenwriter to international superstar to stand at the pop culture forefront as one of the action gods of the 1980s and an imaginary boxing legend in his childhood town of Philadelphia.
The enduring power of Rocky's boxing gloves and training montages are equally matched by the potency of the red headband and trusty bow and arrow of Sylvester Stallone's other iconic interpretation -- the fractured (but muscle-laden) hero, John Rambo. Across his multiple successful sequels in both franchises (we won't count Rocky V) and action movie repertoire, The Italian Stallion will stand as one of the most unique entertainment figures of the last 30 years and an action icon that many contemporary rivals may try, but will never be able to surpass. If The Expendables happens to be Sylvester Stallone's last great action extravaganza, it will be a fitting footnote to a career of highs and lows that are thematically consistent with those of the fictional Philadelphia boxer who earned him the fame in the first place.
The enduring power of Rocky's boxing gloves and training montages are equally matched by the potency of the red headband and trusty bow and arrow of Sylvester Stallone's other iconic interpretation -- the fractured (but muscle-laden) hero, John Rambo. Across his multiple successful sequels in both franchises (we won't count Rocky V) and action movie repertoire, The Italian Stallion will stand as one of the most unique entertainment figures of the last 30 years and an action icon that many contemporary rivals may try, but will never be able to surpass. If The Expendables happens to be Sylvester Stallone's last great action extravaganza, it will be a fitting footnote to a career of highs and lows that are thematically consistent with those of the fictional Philadelphia boxer who earned him the fame in the first place.
AppealWith a consistently ripped physique, a large bank account and an armload of brawny movies to his credit, Sylvester Stallone was -- in his prime -- one of the tough, eternally macho guys that most women would have refrained from ever kicking out of bed. To date, The Italian Stallion has been married three times -- to Sasha Czack, actress/model Brigitte Nielsen, and currently to model Jennifer Flavin. Of the three, his most recent marriage has been the longest and most drama-free while the second one was the shortest and most targeted by the tabloids.
Besides the Italian-American charm that we'd imagine Sylvester Stallone uses to woo the ladies, he has surprising heroes and artistic interests that bring out a more endearing and sensitive side to go along with all the bulk. A fan of Edgar Allan Poe, he's been keen to direct the story of the writer's life for many a time. Sly is also an avid oil painter and goes so far as to call Leonardo da Vinci one of his biggest heroes. Where that bulk is concerned, Stallone remains an imposing physical presence in his mid-60s, but it's not completely natural, thanks to a little help from a human growth hormone (Rocky would never have approved), but who's really keeping track?
SuccessLike his original on-screen alter ego, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone has taken some punches, but also delivered many knockouts to go along with them. After simple beginnings and a movie debut in a skin flick, Stallone used a real-life boxing match and his own life experiences to craft Rocky, a timeless underdog story that made Rocky Balboa the modern-day movie underdog. By embodying tortured Vietnam vet John Rambo a few years later and lighting up the 1980s with Rocky and Rambo hits, Stallone lived out the true underdog, rags-to-riches dream of being one of Hollywood's biggest stars for over 30 years.
Sylvester Stallone's brawny physique and box office dominance in these physically demanding roles overshadowed the fact that he was actually an actor first and an action giant second. As such, Stallone's impressive successes (the Rocky and Rambo films, Demolition Man, Cliffhanger, Cop Land) are littered by dubious fare like Staying Alive (which he directed), Rhinestone, Oscar, and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. There's also a Razzie Award for Worst Actor of the Century, but he's still the only Oscar-nominated action hero of his generation.
Despite the mixed bag at times, Sylvester Stallone has now completed a successful evolution from nobody to capable screenwriter to action icon and filmmaker. While he may be a little bit long in the tooth by action standards, his triple punch of Rocky Balboa, Rambo and The Expendables have shown that he still may have some gas left in the tank.
Sylvester Stallone BiographySylvester Stallone's initial moments of infancy made him an instant underdog. Complications during his birth resulted in facial nerve damage, rending his speech slurred and his face partially paralyzed. After bouncing between foster homes, Stallone settled with his mother, Jackie Stallone, in Philadelphia where his combative ways made him a human distraction in school and an old-fashioned troublemaker. During his tenure at Devereux Manor High School, his classmates selected him as "Most Likely to End Up in the Electric Chair."
Following high school, Sylvester Stallone didn't have the academic achievements to warrant a university education at home. Based on the success of his parents' beauty salon business, he enrolled in beauty school before bolting to the Switzerland's American College after obtaining a scholarship. The change in academic scenery allowed Stallone to sample the dramatic arts for the first time as an acting student. He returned to America in 1962 and continued his fine arts education at the University of Miami. On the cusp of completing his degree, Stallone departed again -- this time to New York to break into professional acting and screenwriting.
sylvester stallone in rocky and first bloodSylvester Stallone's early attempts to enter the acting world were difficult, to say the least. One of his earliest efforts was 1970's The Party at Kitty and Stud's, a softcore extravaganza that he did strictly for the cash. He also found himself intertwined with erotica thanks to an off-Broadway play called Score, in which he had a minor role. Uncredited parts followed in Woody Allen's Bananas and Jane Fonda's Klute, but they offered scant exposure and barely enough to pay the bills. He had more luck after a move to Los Angeles, where he found work from Roger Corman. The B-movie mogul cast him in 1975's Capone as a gangster and that year's Death Race 2000 as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, a colorful rival to David Carradine's Frankenstein.
Another 1975 event proved to be Sylvester Stallone's career catalyst. His attendance at the boxing match between Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali set his creative juices flowing and out of it emerged a script about an underdog boxer who gets his one shot to go the distance. The script very much mirrored Stallone's own career in acting and knowing this was his one shot to make it big, he negotiated a deal that allowed him to star in the picture and make a little over $300/day while shooting it. The resulting film, Rocky, won the Oscar for Best Picture (beating Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver) while Stallone earned nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. More importantly, the film became the calling card for sports underdog movies, inspiring countless variations and a number of Rocky sequels. Across popular culture, Rocky Balboa's training montage -- which included a stop at the Philadelphia Museum of Art -- became legendary.
Rocky made Sylvester Stallone a full-fledged movie star, but apart from its smash sequel, Rocky II, he still struggled to find success as other characters in efforts like F.I.S.T., Paradise Alley and Nighthawks. Finally, in 1982, Stallone hit pay dirt again as John Rambo, a disillusioned Vietnam vet caught up in an internal and external battle on home soil. Like Rocky before him, John Rambo, his red headband and ample firepower became iconic pop culture symbols and another Sylvester Stallone movie franchise was born.
sylvester stallone in cliffhanger and cop landThrough the rest of the 1980s, Sylvester Stallone earned major hits from Rocky III (where he fought Mr. T.), Rocky IV (which saw him take on Dolph Lundgren) and a pair of increasingly violent Rambo sequels. The potent box office combination solidified him as a rough-and-tumble action icon along fellow stars (and later Planet Hollywood business partners) Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, but his career was not without some serious missteps. Though his intention was to show that his screen persona could extend beyond Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, his roles as a country singer (Rhinestone), and a trucker-turned-arm-wrestler (Over the Top) were not received kindly.
In 1990, Sylvester Stallone brought Rocky out of retirement for Rocky V. Audiences weren't pleased to see him again and the film was one of three movie disappointments to start the decade, with the others being Oscar and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. On the verge of becoming a parody of himself, Stallone made amends with the adrenaline-fueled 1993 action hit, Cliffhanger, the sci-fi actioner Demolition Man (with Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock) and The Specialist (with Sharon Stone).
Another sci-fi entry, Judge Dredd, was a setback, as was Daylight, but in 1997, Sylvester Stallone dropped his action hero persona and packed on the pounds to play a hearing-impaired New Jersey sheriff in a fight against corrupt New York City cops. Facing acting heavyweights Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta, he fared well. The film was only a minor hit and created confusion in the industry as to where Stallone was going next with his career. As a result, his volume of work dropped and films like D-Tox and Get Carter did little to salvage his bankability.
sylvester stallone in rocky balboa, rambo and the expendablesFollowing his appearance opposite Sugar Ray Leonard on the 2005 NBC boxing reality series, The Contender, Sylvester Stallone made his way out of the shadows and back into the limelight by revisiting an old friend. Feeling that the last go-around wasn't an appropriate send-off, Stallone released Rocky Balboa in 2006 to much critical and popular fanfare. Two years later, he did the same thing by unleashing Rambo, an update to the story of John Rambo in a Burmese setting. The gritty, limb-crunching effort was also well received by fans who had come to miss the character and Stallone's old-fashioned brand of violent action.
In 2010, Sylvester Stallone took the old-fashioned action brand and made it hip again by acting, writing and directing The Expendables, an all-star team of cinematic action stars and tough guys featuring Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. As one of the highest profile films of the summer, The Expendables reinforced Sylvester Stallone's worth to action movie junkies and film audiences as a whole -- a fitting capper of a comeback for a star who, like Rocky Balboa, was only looking for a shot some 35 years earlier.
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No matter how the fiscal cliff negotiations work out, the odds are near 100% that dividends will return to being taxed at the ordinary rate. Subscribers are asking me how much less attractive this makes dividend stocks and how this change may affect my beloved dividend-capture strategy.
The short answers are: 1.) Yes, the stock prices are adjusting such that the after-tax yields are reflecting the tax impact, and 2.) Ironically, dividend capture becomes even more attractive in a more highly taxed world!
The key to understanding the latter argument is that dividend capture is a high-turnover strategy, where a shorter holding period is actually preferred. Good trades will rarely be held for 60 days, so most dividend income obtained by using this strategy is taxed at ordinary rates already. In order for dividend capture to be attractive after-tax, you must generate a sufficient return to overcome the tax drag. Consider this math:
- Example 1: Adhering to 60-day holding period means 1.5 dividends can be captured in one quarter. For an average yielding stock of 3%, this translates into a 4.5% return.
$100,000 x 4.5% = $4,500 x 0.85 = $3,825 after-tax income
- Example 2: Ignore the holding period and capture three 3% dividends per quarter, or a 9% return.
$100,000 x 9% = $9,000 x 0.65 = $5,850 after-tax income
With a successful capture strategy, after-tax income is more than 50% greater, despite paying higher taxes!
After Jan. 1, 2013, the after-tax income of the buy-and-hold dividend investor is going down. For the dividend-capture trader, your after-tax dividend income is going to stay the same, assuming equivalent trading results. The change in tax treatment actually makes dividend capture a more attractive option for generating after-tax income.
Alternatively, the new (i.e., old) tax regime reduces the level of dividend capture income you need to generate in order to stay competitive with buy-and-hold. In the example above, you could remain competitive with two trades per quarter instead of three.
So for you subscribers who are executing dividend capture now, do not worry. Our world is not really changing, and 2013 and beyond can continue to be good years for this strategy.


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Room on the Short Side
The 1435 region of the S&P 500 has a long history as both support and resistance. On the first chart below we see other times when it has hit that level and turned back, as indicated by the ellipses. Monday seemed to be a repeat performance. The early rally quickly failed in the same vicinity.
The Arms Index remains quite overbought, especially on the 10-day average, which has a slightly longer implication. Also, we are still seeing a high level of complacency as reflected by the low volume and the low Volatility Index (VIX) reading. A further slide appears likely. There could be room in here for traders to play the short side....254 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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UK HOME Secretary Theresa May has promised to look into the cases of people entitled to live in Britain who have been wrongly told to leave the country by a private company acting on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Capita, which won a £40 million ($A61.2 million) UKBA contract to trace 174,000 migrants living illegally in the country from September, has been sending text messages and emails to them saying they are required to leave. But immigration lawyers say those who have received Capita's texts in recent weeks include a woman with a valid British passport and a man with a valid visa who had invested £1 million in a UK business.
The standard text message from the firm reads: ''Message from the UK Border Agency: You are required to leave the UK as you no longer have the right to remain.'' It urges recipients to contact UKBA immediately.
Lawyers say the texts were sent out over Christmas and those who were wrongly told they needed to leave the country were left extremely distressed and upset.
Alison Harvey, of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, said it had asked for the messages not to be sent over the holiday period: ''We were concerned at reports of people who had valid leave to be in the UK receiving the texts and that, over the holiday period, it would be difficult for them to get in touch with their lawyer and they would be anxious and distressed with no possibility of reassurance. Our request was declined.''
Capita said it was working on the basis of information received from UKBA, which admitted the problem was with the accuracy of its records. GUARDIAN


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No, I won't.
I refuse to feel sorry for a company that generated $6 billion in cash flow for the quarter, that spent $2.5 billion for new capital equipment to stay ahead of the game and still paid out $1 billion in dividends. I am not going to cry over a company that had $11 billion in net income and had gross margins of 63% for 2012.
That's right, I refuse to feel any remorse for Intel (INTC) and its inability to hit it out of the park any more without very strong gross domestic product growth worldwide and customers that are able to do better than ones who use the other guy's chips. And this time it isn't Advanced Micro (AMD), but ARM Holdings (ARM).
One could argue that you have to empathize with great American businessmen, premier manufacturers that simply can't grow fast any more, where low-single-digit revenue growth is becoming the norm and where you have to hope for a hockey-stick recovery in 2013 to get some real growth going.
Frankly, going into the quarter I expected more. Call me dated, but I thought the Windows refresh cycle would have more of a positive impact. Instead, Intel seemed to be hurt by the inventory clearance in older, Windows-7-based PCs. The burgeoning data center orders couldn't make up the difference.
Intel had also hung its hat on a huge ramp of the Ultrabook, but the tablet pretty much boxed that out. Plus, on the conference call Intel talked about the confluence of phablets (phone-tablet hybrids that are larger than smartphones, but smaller than plain old tablets) and how those are up-and-coming devices. Intel will have product for those markets and it lays claim to the mantle of offering the fastest and the lightest and the longest -- the usual superlatives -- with their new chips for that slice of the computing pie. In fact, it makes the point that Intel will have something for everything that is computing related that is competitive to anything anyone else has.
I just don't know if it will matter. I don't know if it will move the needle.
That's why, although I don't feel sorry for Intel, the subtext of the whole call felt a little Nixonian to me in the way that Intel is basically being reduced to a pitiful, helpless giant by the North Vietnamese, oops, by Arm Holdings.
In the end, forget the political implications of that statement. Intel, like the United States, is and will remain the strongest company in the industry. No one is going to touch its manufacturing prowess or its insight into how to build fabs, make them work and put out valuable chips for everything from the phablet to the data center.
It's just that all of that power and all of that miniaturization isn't driving sales the way it did. Microsoft's (MSFT) new software didn't make us throw away our personal computers. Intel is NOT the phone chip maker. It is a personal computer chip maker with chips for other businesses just like Microsoft is a personal computer software maker with software for other businesses.
And that's really the story, isn't it? The inventor of the chip for personal computers that blew away mainframes, midrange and minis just doesn't have the chips the big customers want for their smartphones and their tablets, or they haven't been able to win over those customers even though they are fabulous at what they do.
Come to think of it, I do feel bad for them. But that's not a reason that the stock should go higher. If I want that kind of low-single-digit growth with a possible strengthening second half, I can get it from any industrial company. Yes, it is true that Intel has a higher dividend than most of those companies and a better balance sheet, but then again, try as it might, it cannot convince me that it has more leverage to a better economy than literally half of the Dow Jones averages, including Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T) and Cisco (CSCO).
It is, alas, simply another stock, nothing special, just a good manufacturer levered to a part of the economy that has passed its prime without another part ready yet to take its place.


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Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) (the "Company" or "GAP") today announced that the Company filed its Annual Report with the Mexican Stock Exchange ("BMV") as well as its Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("the SEC") corresponding to the year ended December 31, 2011. These documents can be accessed on the BMV or SEC web sites or on GAP's corporate web site at www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx under "Investors". In addition, the Company's shareholders may receive a hard copy of these reports, which include GAP's audited financial statements free of charge by requesting a copy from i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc. at 212-406-3690 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Company Description: Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP) operates twelve airports throughout Mexico's Pacific region, including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana, the four tourist destinations of Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, and six mid-sized cities: Hermosillo, Guanajuato, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis. In February 2006, GAP's shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "PAC" and on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GAP". This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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NSW residents are being warned that large hailstones and damaging winds are on the way as severe thunderstorms bear down on the state's south coast.
A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman told AAP it was "not out of the question" that a thunderstorm could also hit the state's north coast, but no warning was in place by mid-afternoon on Sunday.
South coast towns in the warning area include Batemans Bay, Eden, Bega and Moruya Heads.
The State Emergency Service (SES) told residents to take all precautions including moving their cars under cover or away from trees, securing or putting away loose items around the house, and keeping clear of fallen powerlines.
The SES was called to more than 120 clean-up jobs on the NSW north coast on Sunday.
"The majority of jobs relate to roof damage and trees down and have centred around the area of Woodburn, west of Ballina," the SES said in a statement on Sunday.
"Wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour were reported yesterday and one home at Woodburn collapsed as a result of the severe weather."


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Football Notebook: Florida St. QB transfers to WVU
Updated 12:38 pm, Thursday, May 2, 2013
Former Florida State quarterback Clint Trickett has transferred to West Virginia.
Trickett, a junior who was released from his scholarship last month, is on target to graduate this month and will be eligible to play in the fall. He will compete for the starting job.
Leach coming: SMU assistant Hal Mumme's "Air Raid Clinic," headlined by Washington State coach Mike Leach, is set for June 6-8 at the Menger Hotel. Registrations are being accepted at halmummefb.com.
Area signings: Wide receiver Martel Moore, a former Warren star and Northern Illinois product, signed a free-agent deal with Atlanta. ... Several media outlets reported that former New Braunfels and Oklahoma linebacker Tom Wort signed a free-agent contract with Tennessee.
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Elsewhere: Kansas City traded cornerback Javier Arenas to Arizona for fullback Anthony Sherman. ... Cornerback Al Harris, who didn't play last season, formally retired as a Packer.


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JOHN Fisher doesn't expect Highworth's Floodlit Cup trip to Cheltenham Saracens to be on tonight, but if the rain does hold off he's intent on fielding a full strength side - even in a competition he sees as 'a cup too many'.
With the Worthians' form having finally picked up following a miserable September and October, Fisher hopes that progression to the quarter-finals will help maintain momentum ahead of a hectic, tricky-looking December schedule.
"It's another game where we want to get a win under our belt," he said. "Winning becomes a habit and losing becomes a habit. We seem to have turned that little corner now. The signs are good, team spirits are good, camaraderie is good.
"Everybody felt we should have won on Saturday (at Thame), which is great."
That come-from-behind 2-2 draw lifted Highworth a step closer to hauling themselves out of the Hellenic Premier Division relegation zone. And with four games in hand over Reading Town, the side immediately above them, Fisher expects his side to start climbing the table.
It is therefore somewhat surprising that he doesn't consider the journey to Cheltenham for a cup match a nuisance.
Fisher said: "Sometimes playing in the cup gives you a bit of a break and it's something to look forward to. We're not too bothered about not having a league game."
"I'm quite looking forward to it - if it's on."
Despite thumping their opponents 4-1 earlier in the season, Cheltenham - whose leading hotshot Ethan Moore has netted 22 times in all competitions - will provide a stern test.
But Fisher expects the level of competition to bring the best out of his charges.
"It's going to be difficult down there," he admited."They knock it around quite well and are good going forward. We're not that brilliant at the back so we'll have to be on our toes."
"But I'd rather be playing the top sides as it brings the best out of every player, like against Witney who we beat 1-0 recently."


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Heathens 64, Stoke 30.
CRADLEY claimed another victory in their defence of their National League title as they overpowered Stoke at Monmore Green tonight.
They soon showed their class as they accelerated away from the Potters thanks to a fine performance from star man Max Clegg and a determined team effort.
A solid start from the Heathens saw them bag their first maximum in only the second heat as Tom Perry and Danny Phillips showed Cradley's depth of talent.
Clegg then bagged his first win in the following heat to start what would be a good night for him.
His intentions were highlighted in heat five when he overcame a 15 metre penalty for breaking the starting tape to battle into second place behind team mate Nathan Greaves to make it another 5-1 for his side.
Faultless displays from skipper Paul Starke and Steve Worrell meant the Heathens crept slowly ahead of Stoke as the heats wore on.
The pass of the night arguably came from Matt Williamson in heat six. Stoke's Armstrong, taking a tactical ride, bagged second spot behind Starke only to see that contest's points shared when Williamson pinched third place from Rob Shuttleworth with a brilliant last-bend overtake.
Successive Heathen 1-2s in heats eight, nine and ten saw them edge clear of the visitors.
From there they never looked back and won all remaining heats with another impressive display.
CRADLEY: Paul Starke (12), Matt Williamson (6+1), Max Clegg (14+1), Nathan Greaves (7+1), Steve Worrall (12+1), Tom Perry (7), Danny Phillips (6+2).
STOKE: Ben Wilson (9), Chris Widman (2+2), Ben Hopwood (7), Lee Payne (2), Jon Armstrong (8), Rob Shuttleworth (0), Adam Kirby (2).


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An abundant, high-quality water source is the most important nutrient, says Dave Beede, professor of dairy nutrition at Michigan State University.
Providing enough watering stations, enough space around the water and uninhibited access to water all day, every day of the year, is the most important water nutrition consideration you can have, Beede said during a session at the 2012 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference.
Lactating cow groups need 2 inches of linear space per cow. "They should never have to walk more than 50 feet to get a drink of water," Beede said, "and if the water stations are close to the feed you'll see an increase in water intake."
For fresh and close-up cows, he recommends providing 3 to 4 inches of linear space per cow.


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- When:
Add This Event To YourFriday, September 12, 2014 - Sunday, November 2
- Where:
- Dittmann Center, Flaten Museum
- Web Link:
- http://wp.stolaf.edu/flaten/14-15-exhibit-she-gone-rogue/
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Transgender artist Zackary Drucker breaks down the way we think about gender, sexuality and seeing. Her photos and videos explore gender and sexual identity while complicating established binaries of viewer and subject, insider and outsider, and male and female. The performative aspect of gender is pervasive in her work, and acts as a critical tool for unfixing dominant identities.
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Winter Craft: Make a kite
Nothing beats flying a kite – except making one with your kids! After enjoying this easy art and craft activity together, head to the park to put your new kite through its paces. The step by step video below shows you how to build a kite for guaranteed great winter fun.
Number of players:
What you need:
- 2 pieces of 5mm square balsa wood dowel approximately 65cm in length
- stanley knife
- craft glue
- ball of jute string
- disposable paper tablecloth (available at discount shops)
- scissors
- strong clear tape
- stapler
- large embroidery needle
- ribbon (for decorating the tail)
Watch the video to see how to make a kite.
Cut your dowel to the following lengths:
- 65cm for the vertical
- 50cm for the horizontal
Use your stanley knife to cut a notch into each end of each piece of dowel making sure, when you put the cross together, the notches all run the same way.
Place the shorter stick on top of the longer stick to form the cross (about quarter of the way down is the classic kite shape). Add a dab of craft glue to keep it all in place, then bind the sticks together with some string, without cutting the string when you're done.
Once you've bound the middle X together, take the string up through the top notch and thread it around through each notch to create a diamond-shaped frame for your kite. Make sure the string is taut.
Tie the string toward the centre of your kite and tie it off with a knot.
Cut the tablecloth fabric so that it is slightly larger than the kite frame.
Fold the fabric over the string frame, tape it down and staple it for good measure.
Reinforce the top and bottom ends of the kite with lots of tape.
Use a skewer to poke a hole through the top and bottom ends of the kite frame.
Thread the large embroidery needle with jute string. Push it through the top end, knot it at the back, then pull the string down to the bottom end and push the needle through there. Knot the string to secure it there, leaving a long tail dangling down.
The string that runs down the centre is your bridle. Take the ball of string, attach one end to the cross-point of the bridle (where the X of the kite is) and now you have your flying string.
Take a left-over piece of dowel and wind about 10m of string around it to make your kite handle.
Decorate the tail with ribbons (the extra weight will help stabilise your kite when flying).
Go out to the park and give your homemade kite a whirl. But watch out for trees – they like to eat kites!
Find more paper craft ideas:
- Easy origami for kids
- Video tutorials on how to make paper planes
- Make your own Christmas cards
- 5 adorable Mother's Day cards to make
- 5 fun things to print and make
- 5 ways to display kids' art
Learning benefits of play, craft and activities:
- Benefits of crafts for kids
- Craft ideas to make for babies
- Why reading is important
- Your child's development milestones
- Why play makes kids smarter
- The importance of outdoor play
- Types of play
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I've been cleaning and organizing in between trips to the neighborhood pool and reading Anne of Green Gables to my girls {don't you love this edition?}, but yesterday, I didn't want to clean. I just wanted to escape the mess, hide in my bedroom and dream of neat and tidy places. So I pinned a few!
Because even laundry is fun in a room like this!
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Because sunlight and white monogrammed
towels are so fresh and clean!
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Because my girls would love this:
{and because I love order and symmetry}:
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Because it's immaculate with clean lines...
even if it isn't exactly my design style.
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Sometimes peering into clean spaces inspires me to get up and get back to it, but this time, it inspired me to doze off and take a little nap! All was quiet until I heard the vacuum cleaner. What? Who???
He started them out with this:
Then refined it on his beloved Macbook Air.
{A printable list the girls can use each week.}
And all the while,
my girls were working hard...
taking pictures!
Daddy paid them...
...$2.00 plus a $0.25 bonus for a job well done.
{Surely they deserve a little more next time!}
It looked SO GOOD when they finished...
almost magazine worthy! Way to go girls!
All is clean except for my little corner...
...but there's always tomorrow!
Time for dinner...
a fresh and easy meal.
{frittata + mixed greens}
Followed by two more chapters of Anne of Green Gables.


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Lately, I've been seeing tons of articles and blog posts about staying healthy during the holiday season. I've heard of people challenging themselves to lose weight between Thanksgiving and Christmas (insane, IMO), and I've read of holiday recipes void of sugar, carbs, and butter.
To that I say: Stop it. Please stop it.
To me, the holidays are a time to loosen up a bit.
But before you crucify me, just know that this doesn't mean I suggest eating a plate full of cookies every night between now and New Years Eve.
What I'm saying is, the holidays are supposed to be enjoyable and lighthearted. But lets be honest – awkward family get togethers, present shopping pressure, and being guilted into attending your neighbor's holiday party are anything but enjoyable and light hearted. You know what I'm talking about.
And on top of all of that, many of us also decide to take on the seasonal position of Holiday Food Nazi.
A pumpkin pie slice of advice? Don't.
Honestly, if you practice any sort of moderation in your normal day-to-day life, don't beat yourself up during the four weeks of the holiday season. It all comes out in the wash.
Personally, I continue with my normal fitness schedule and I eat my normal well-balanced meals during the week. But when I find myself at holiday parties on the weekend, I don't worry about it.
And you know what? My pants still fit come January.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The TJX Companies has acquired Sierra Trading Post, an off-price Internet retailer based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for approximately $200 million in cash.
The purchase was financed from TJX's existing cash balances.
Sierra Trading Post is a privately held company that launched its e-commerce business in 1999. The company has successfully grown its business to more than $200 million in annual revenue, and has a strong organization of approximately 700 associates with substantial e-commerce experience and expertise.
As part of this transaction, TJX acquired Sierra's office, fulfillment center and photography studios in Cheyenne, Wyoming, its customer call centers in Cheyenne and Cody, Wyoming, and its four outlet stores in Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming.
"We are very pleased with the addition of Sierra Trading Post to the TJX family. We continue to plan on launching e-commerce sites for TJX brands and this acquisition adds immediate scale, capabilities and infrastructure in e-commerce, which we can leverage in that regard. We believe we will be able to build upon this platform as we continue to develop our e-commerce strategy. Further, we are confident that TJX can help grow the Sierra business profitably through our buying scale, marketing and our other capabilities," said Carol Meyrowitz, CEO of the TJX Companies.
"As an off-price online retailer, Sierra Trading Post shares many characteristics with TJX. As we do, Sierra offers branded apparel, footwear and home furnishings at great values, has a very loyal customer base, strong vendor relationships, and operates with a low cost structure. We also see Sierra's management team, with their deep Internet retailing experience, as a complement to the strong e-commerce team we have built within TJX," added Meyrowitz.
The TJX Companies operates 1,039 T.J. Maxx, 912 Marshalls and 417 HomeGoods stores in the United States; 222 Winners, 88 HomeSense and 14 Marshalls stores in Canada and 344 T.K. Maxx and 24 HomeSense stores in Europe.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The TJX Companies has acquired Sierra Trading Post, an off-price Internet retailer based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for approximately $200 million in cash.


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SEATTLE — Another day, another toy list, this time from Amazon.com. The company has launched its 2012 holiday toy list and corresponding web page, where customers can discover hundreds of this year's most popular and top rated toys, books, video games, electronics, movies, sporting goods and more.
In addition, the retailer is now offering limited-time (lightning) deals through Nov. 18 on items featured on the list. Deals are available until the promotion period expires or all items are claimed.
"The Amazon holiday toy list page is a one stop destination for easily discovering hot toys and purchasing them at great prices, all from the comfort of home," says John Alteio, director of toys and games for Amazon.com. "This year, we are making shopping for toys on Amazon even better by offering popular items at very low prices, through our lightning deals."


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Beaver softball takes a pair from Portland St.
PORTLAND - Senior pitcher Marina Demore won her 19th game of the season while other Beavers climbed the single season charts as the Oregon State softball team took both ends of a doubleheader at Portland State on Tuesday night. The Beavers won, 7-2, in game one and took the nightcap, 4-3.
In game two, the Vikings jumped ahead with a three-run third inning to open the scoring. Oregon State began chipping away in its next at-bat. Freshman first baseman doubled home Elizabeth Santana on a ball into the right field corner to make it 3-1. Hampton now has 46 RBIs to move into a tie for third on the school's single season list. She joins Vanessa Iapala and Kelly Petersen at that mark. They both did it in 2004.
The Beavers (32-17) got their second run of the inning off a throwing error on a pickoff attempt. Senior Mollee Schwegler was at third pinch running for Desiree Beltran. Portland State tried to catch her off the bag after a pitch, but the snap throw to third got away to bring Schwegler home to trim the deficit to 3-2.
After leaving the bases loaded in the fifth, the Beavers fought their way ahead in the sixth. With Maggie Doremus at third and Lea Cavestany at second, designated player Ashley Sanchez beat out an infield single with two outs to tie the score. With runners at the corners, Santana hit the gap in left center to score Cavestany for a 4-3 OSU advantage.
Santana had two hits and three walks in the doubleheader, but she was a part of the biggest defensive play of the day, as well. In the bottom of the sixth with the tying run at first, a ball into the left center gap looked to be the potion to pull the Vikings even. Center fielder Hannah Bouska hit Santana with a perfect throw from the fence, and Santana fired a strike to catcher Ally Kutz to nail that potential tying run at the plate.
That would be as close as Portland State would come to tying the score, earning Demore her 19th win of the season. That ties her for 10th place on the single season wins list with Kelly Dyer (2008), Crystal Draper (1999) and Joan Harvey (1984).
Cavestany had five hits in the doubleheader, and her two-run homer in the seventh inning of game one put a capper on the Beavers' 7-2 win. It's her 10th homer of the season, making her and Hampton the first pair of Oregon State players with double digit home runs since 2007. That season, Cambria Miranda had 11 and Brianne McGowan had 10.
The two-run homer for Cavestany gave her 42 RBIs for the season. That moves her into ninth place on the school's' single season list, passing Santana's 41 RBIs from last year. It also gives the Beavers 48 home runs on the season, moving the team into a tie for fifth place with the 2004 squad.
The Beavers scored three runs in the second inning to answer Portland State's one-run first. Doremus scored with the bases loaded via throwing error on a fielder's choice attempt to force her out at the plate. Santana walked to force in the second run, and Beltran scored Cavestany on a fielder's choice later in the inning.
Hampton hit the first of her three doubles in the doubleheader to lead off the fifth. With Schwegler pinch running for her, Bouska also doubled off the top of the fence in center to drive her home.
Senior pitcher Tina Andreana won her fourth start in a row, limiting the Vikings to four hits while tying a season high with eight strikeouts. She allowed two runs, one earned.
The Beavers now travel to Eugene to face Oregon in a three-game Civil War set beginning Friday at 4:00 p.m.


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suppressors 22/223
I want to buy a 223 suppressor and hoped to get some info from the collective. If I buy a standard, say awc, 223 suppressor will it function as well on my 10/22, Marlin model 60, Marlin 25 etc.. Does a 223 suppressor require the higher pressure to operate most efficientlyor will a 22lr just sound quieter than the 223? This is assuming subsonic ammo in both. I am trying to kill as many birds as I can with one stone here. Help is greatly appreciated.
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It should work, however, a .223 suppressor will have a slightly larger 'bore' than a 22 LR suppressor, so it may not quiet the smaller bullet as much as the louder one. the LR may, however, still be quieter than the .223 because there is less noise to begin with.
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
|October 20, 2001, 09:33 PM
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While I don't have extensive experience with suppressors, I did get to shoot a friend's .223 can side-by-side on a .223 (Remington LTR) and .22LR (Ruger 10/22). His was a Gemtech, I believe, and he had it set up with something called a bilock, which is a combination flash suppressor and locking lug which you get mounted to your barrel -- it allows you to quick-disconnect the can and move it from one weapon to another (once it cools down, that is! Suckers get quite hot on the .223). Bottom line -- what you're proposing will work quite well. The .223 sounded about like an unsuppressed .22 (we were using standard velocity ammo), and the .22 sounded about like a BB gun -- you could really only hear the sound of the firing pin striking and the bolt cycling. Both could be easily fired without hearing protection. I have to say, of the two, the .22 was the most fun -- shooting plates at 50 yards was a blast, because you could hear every strike. Go for it.
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Nip, Tuck, Inject & Implant: It's a new season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" on Bravo and it's also time for a new face for the network's original "Housewife" Vicki Gunvalson. The 51-year-old reality star explained that she went under the knife partially because she was told she looked like a Muppet (sometimes by her co-stars… we're looking at you Slade). "A lot of people were saying my nose turned up and I looked like Miss Piggy. It made me self-conscious … it was hurtful," she said on Monday's "Watch What Happens Live." The star had a slew of procedures done, including a chin implant, cartilage reconstruction on her nose and fat injections in her cheeks. When going under the knife, Vicki put plenty of trust in her doctors. "I just closed my eyes and said, 'Do what you think is gonna look good' and they did it."
See Vicki Gunvalson 's new face and more stars who have had plastic surgery! Do you like her new look?
Ryan's Ryan Tat: Remember singer Ryan Cabrera? Think back to the mid 2000s (he also dated Ashlee Simpson and Audrina Patridge). Well, he's in the news again – not for his music – but for his leg tattoo of Ryan Gosling. The singer explained his hunky ink on Lance Bass' SiriusXM show. "Me and my buddy we go in [the tattoo parlor] and he chooses one thing off the wall for me, then I choose one thing for him. You can't see it until after it's done and then we unveil them at the same time," Ryan said of his leading man tattoo. Enjoy yet another example of Ryan make something so-so even better! What can't Ryan (Gosling that is) do?!?!
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Will "Hermione Just Stole All Of Our S**t" Be The Best Movie Quote Of 2013?: One might say that "This Is The End" – starring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson (who all play themselves in a movie about the end of the world) – might be an example of successful Hollywood actors making a silly movie just because they are huge stars (and it probably is). But with gems like Rihanna falling into a pit and dying, Mindy Kaling sexually objectifying Michael Cera and Emma Watson going insane with an ax – we're thinking this might be summer's funniest comedy. Enjoy the movie's red band trailer and more stars than we can count!
Tom & Meg Reunited!: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan celebrated like it was the '90s last night at Tom's Broadway debut in "Lucky Guy" in New York City. See the "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail" co-stars reunited. Plus, a "Game of Thrones" star steps out without her dragons on late night TV and more celebrity sightings!
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Dimitri Storm, 42, was arrested Tuesday under an alias, James Rollston, said Deputy April Skalland of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, one of the many departments that has been looking for the suspect.
Storm is suspected of dozens of crimes around Northern California, including auto theft in Woodacre and Fairfax.
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The company's website has already been updated to include games on its online rental selection page alongside movies.
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"Aerpio is already making significant progress in its lead program, AKB-9778, so we're very pleased to be supporting further clinical development of this promising compound," said Campbell Murray, Managing Director at Novartis BioVentures. "The Tie2 pathway is emerging as a prime target for stabilizing retinal blood vessels against excessive vascular leak and pathologic vascular growth, two major drivers of vision loss in diabetics. Although VEGF inhibitors have shown application in DME, significant unmet needs remain for these patients. We believe that AKB-9778 could prove to be more effective in DME than currently available therapies, while offering a safety and tolerability profile that is potentially more favorable."
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Make a list of everything in your campsite (tent, picnic table, campfire, hammock, big tree, etc.)
Explain to your child that a map is a drawing that tells you about a place. Maps have different parts, such as landmarks (something that is easy to find), symbols (small drawings that represent certain objects of places), and legends or keys (they explain what the symbols are).
You can introduce compass directions and tell your child which way is north, south, east, and west in relation to your campsite.
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BYTE -- Here's how to add and display clocks for multiple time zones in Vista and Windows 7.
First, click on the clock on the Task Bar in the lower left corner on the Taskbar. Click on Change Date and Time Settings.
Now select the Additional Clocks tab, check Show this Clock, then choose the time zone you need.
If you want an additional clock, follow the same steps as you did for the first one. If you want the clocks to be displayed, check Show this clock.
In the Enter display name field, enter the city or country and click OK.
Now when you click on the Clock in on the Task Bar, you will see the clocks you added and what time it is in those locations.
If you want a quick look at what time it is in different parts of the world, just hover your mouse over the clock and it will show.
Follow the exact same steps in Vista gets you the same effect.
If you're a Windows user and work with people from around the world, seeing what time it is in their location is very helpful!
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --As Jerry told George on a classic episode of Seinfeld:
You know you really need some help. A regular psychiatrist couldn't even help you. You need to go to like Vienna or something ... You need to get involved at the University level. Like where Freud studied and have all those people looking at you and checking up on you. That's the kind of help you need. Not the once a week for eighty bucks. No. You need a team. A team of psychiatrists working round the clock thinking about you, having conferences, observing you, like the way they did with the Elephant Man. That's what I'm talking about because that's the only way you're going to get better.Sirius XM ( SIRI) permabulls have become the George Costanzas of the stock market. As SIRI continues to get hammered (down about 16.5% over the last three months), a stubborn gaggle of people who claim to be long the stock continue to not only defend it, but present the future as some sort of alternative reality. The latest "positive" to come from a marketing "machine" powered by hamsters running in place does little more than fuel false optimism for suffering shareholders who could very well end up owning a penny stock again if the power struggle between Sirius XM and Liberty Media ( LMCA) fails to resolve. On Wednesday, Sirius XM announced that it would make its service available on Google ( GOOG) TV. This would be excellent news if it wasn't a prime example of an effectively irrelevant company putting the cart before the horse. The second iteration of Google TV may or may not shift the device from abject failure to moderate success. It certainly will never attain Microsoft ( MSFT) Xbox status any time soon. But that's neither here nor there. Like Apple ( AAPL) TV and Roku, Google TV is just another streaming set-top box. You cannot fault Sirius XM for becoming a part of it or any of the others. You can, however, take the company to task for not understanding the competitive marketplace and, in turn, coming to Goggle TV and the mobile world woefully unprepared for battle.
Sirius XM and its shareholders -- at least the ones who troll Internet message boards -- appear satisfied with the status quo. They hear their CEO Mel Karmazin open every quarterly conference call the same way. For all intents and purposes, he reads the same script, just replacing the numbers that detail updated subscriber growth, free cash flow and other quantitative metrics. Mel can run a business as efficiently as any other radio guy with a business degree. He puts up the numbers, quarter after quarter, to prove it. As a result, SIRI permabulls assume that stock price appreciation should follow.


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With summer quickly approaching you can feel the convention season ramping up. While the king of all conventions won't be until mid-July (San Diego Comic-Con, of course), there are a lot of other, smaller events going on around the country, and indeed around the world. One of the organizations that put on these conventions is Wizard Entertainment, holding Wizard World events across most of the year. This weekend, I attended their Anaheim Comic Con for the first time.
Any Comic Con needs a few things to make it successful: cool booths, lots of products, interesting guests, comics, toys, and of course the fans. Anaheim definitely made the cut. A three day convention, Anaheim featured tons of celebrity guests signing autographs, a few key panels, and an exhibit hall full of toy and comics purveyors and other unique things. I spent Saturday cruising the hall and seeing what everyone had to offer.
A good sign when attending a new event? The first thing I saw was a 501st Stormtrooper. Several troopers roamed the halls, enforcing order and providing great photo opportunities. Once inside the exhibit hall, it was tough to decide what to look at first. On the left was a collection of cool cars from films and television including Red Mist's awesome Mustang from Kick-***, Mad Max's Ford Falcon Interceptor, Doc's DeLorean from Back to the Future, and the classic Batmobile (sadly, no photography). Nearby were some cool booths like Propworx with their replicas and Limited Soles with limited edition shoes celebrating Superman, Batman, and the Joker.
Past the cars and other fun stuff the hall split off into distinct sections: the celebrities and the rest. Anaheim Comic Con, being so close to Los Angeles, featured a fairly huge array of guests. Each "celebrity" manned his or her own table, selling wares and signing autographs. Unfortunately for the casual fan, most of the guests required payment even for friendly photographs, and a few were even standoffish. Just some of those in attendance were Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Shannen Doherty, Jewel Staite, Kevin Sorbo, Lindsay Wagner, Verne Troyer, and many, many more. Also on hand was a large contingent of Suicide Girls!
Heading the other direction led to the bulk of the booths, with a few larger ones at the front for Wizard, Kotobukiya, Geek Chic, and a few others. Collectible companies both internet-based (TFAW, etc.) and local (Phat Collectibles, etc.) sold toys next to booths composed entirely of comic book stacks. Top sellers included the newly released DC Universe Classics Series 13 (Trigon) and Blackest Night figures, while perennial favorites like old Marvel Legends abounded. Some other companies got into the mix like Utilikilts (I picked up two!) and the energy drinks Venom, Bite Me, and Manna. A small Artist's Alley wrapped around the back of the exhibit hall, near the usual plethora of Star Wars-related groups.
On the toy front, the big companies presenting were Kotobukiya and Shocker Toys. Both sold products and displayed cool prototypes, Wolverine/War Machine and Indie Spotlight/Mallows respectively.
Other than the Exhibit Hall, Anaheim Comic Con also offered gaming tournaments (Magic, YuGiOh, and Dungeons and Dragons), and a series of panels and special events. Big stars like William Shatner and Stan Lee had their own signings at the same time Q&As were held for the original Bionic Woman, Futurama, Empire Strikes Back, Superman, original Batman TV show, etc. Probably because there were so many other conventions going on at the same time in the Anaheim Convention Center (like gourmet and specialty coffees!), the panels ended up being pretty far away. At night there were more adult activities like a screening of the new Drawn Together Movie and sponsored parties.
A solid mid-sized convention, Anaheim Comic Con packed a good amount of content and a lot of exhibit hall activities into a fun weekend. Autograph seekers and those looking for good deals had a lot of opportunities. I'd rate Anaheim about on par with the Long Beach Comic Con (it had a more impressive exhibit hall, but fewer panels), and it's something I'll definitely check out again next year. See you there!
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text: Pioneer Experts Say Late Summer Alfalfa Management Key to Strong Spring Stands Seedbed preparation and management crucial during development Good seedbed preparation and late summer management are among the biggest factors that determine a successful, high-yielding alfalfa crop, say experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business. Alfalfa is a long-term investment for growers and, to maximize productivity, there are several steps to take before seeding in the fall to ensure good stand establishment the next spring. "Once growers have alfalfa established, it is a great crop for a long-term rotation," says Dan Berning, Pioneer technology services manager. "But growers want to get it right. They won't have another chance on that field for a while." To thrive, alfalfa seeds require good seed-to-soil contact. Because of their size, the seeds should not be planted very deep, since that may cause emergence challenges. To ensure holding moisture, growers should plant in firm soil. "In the ideal seedbed, a footprint doesn't leave more than a half-inch depression," Berning says. "This is firmer than soil needed for planting larger seed crops, but growers need to recognize alfalfa seed is very small." "A firm seedbed helps prevent the biggest mistake in alfalfa planting - planting too deep," says Gary Brinkman, Pioneer area agronomist. Other good seedbed management practices revolve around weed control. "Alfalfa is a delicate seedling," Berning says, "so potential weed competition needs to be eliminated or it will inhibit the establishment of a good stand." New technologies are now available from Pioneer to curb weed problems. This includes three Pioneer® brand alfalfa varieties with the Genuity® Roundup Ready® (RR) gene, part of Pioneer's extensive alfalfa lineup. The Roundup Ready trait enables growers to control grass and broadleaf weeds with a single glyphosate herbicide application, resulting in a simplified, cost-effective weed management program while maintaining crop and feed safety. Spraying Roundup® on the seedling crop is recommended at the three- to four-trifoliate leaf stage, and will aid with stand establishment by controlling most seedling weeds. Selecting the right planting time also is important to good alfalfa establishment. Optimum planting times depend greatly on the region. "It is important to plant early enough to establish growth before fall dormancy," Berning says. "A rule of thumb is to plant no later than one month before the expected fall freeze, unless that won't provide adequate growth in your region." Typically, growers should not harvest alfalfa before winter, but rather manage it. If growers cut their alfalfa crop in the fall, it depletes the root reserves of nutrients. "When the stands get cut too late in the fall, typically growers will see more winter-kill resulting in a thinner spring stand," Brinkman says. "If growers decide to cut, they should leave at least 6 to 8 inches of stubble." Before planting and during the beginning stages of alfalfa growth, growers should scout for potential insect infestations. "Pioneer offers growers in all alfalfa-growing regions a number of varieties to meet their specific disease or insect challenges," Brinkman says. "Growers can choose from varieties with the Roundup Ready trait or conventional varieties including high-yielding, high-quality, nonlodging and winterhardy options." Today's alfalfa varieties offer traits to defend the crop against yield-threatening diseases such as Aphanomyces Race 2 and pests like nematodes. Pioneer also offers leafhopper-resistant, lodging-resistant and western-adapted varieties. When making purchasing decisions, growers also need to be aware of how much pure, live seed is in the bag. The bags can contain large amounts of coatings and other inert matter, adding additional pounds to the bag that are not actual seed. "Coatings can be for fungicides, inoculants and other purposes," Berning says. "Pioneer alfalfa product bags typically contain about 9 percent coatings with some competitors' products as high as 35 percent of the bag. Those high numbers indicate why growers should calculate actual seed cost per bag based on the pure live seed in the bag." For more information on Pioneer brand alfalfa varieties, contact your local Pioneer sales professional or visit www.pioneer.com/forages. Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering SuccessTM. DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 90 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation. 07.20.2011


text: PGA extends Classic through 2021 By Doug Smock July 3, 2012 Story Share Chris Dorst Greenbrier owner Jim Justice (right) and PGA chief of operations Andy Pazder announce the tournament's contract extension Tuesday. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The PGA Tour placed the ultimate stamp of approval on the Greenbrier Classic: an extension through 2021.Andy Pazder, the tour's executive vice president and chief of operations, and Greenbrier resort owner Jim Justice announced the six-year extension. Pazder echoed the sentiment of several players who marveled at how fast the tournament has come in just three years."This extension takes this tournament through 2021, which is significant for many reasons," Pazder said. "It now puts this tournament farther into the future than any sponsorship arrangement the PGA Tour has. Longer than our FedExCup; ties into our television agreements which run through 2021."We owe a debt of gratitude to Jim. He's had just a tremendous vision for this event. . . . I would like to correct one thing Jim said: He said it's a good day for the Greenbrier Classic [but] it's actually a great day."The leap of faith has been rewarding to both sides. The 2010 Classic drew 47,100 fans on the finishing Sunday, 163,000 for the four competitive rounds and 59,000 for the Black Eyed Peas concert. Players and their families have enjoyed the resort, its many amenities and those concerts.And now, the field has grown remarkably stronger. The extension announcement came less than two hours after Tiger Woods had his first press conference on West Virginia soil.And it came about a half a year after the Classic was named Best in Class by the tour, a development that gave Justice a good case to ask for an extension past 2015."We started out with a shorter-term discussion," Pazder said. "Jim doesn't do things in a small way, as you all know. We got comfortable with six years, to 2021, and there wasn't much teeth-gnashing on our side." One of the big questions is where the Classic will be slotted on the schedule. Justice clearly loves having the event on the Fourth of July week, and it seemed Pazder agreed.Tiger Woods called it a good fit, as far as the previous and succeeding tournaments."It's close to D.C., and a lot of guys were driving here from D.C.," Woods said. "On top of that, we get a week off after this to get ready for the British [Open]. Some guys may go over there and play the week before the British. At least we have that option, and that's one of the reasons the field is so strong here."Pazder may put in a good word for the resort in Justice's almost-certain bid for the 2017 President's Cup. The biennial tournament pits a U.S. team against an international team (not including Europeans), and will be held at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, in 2013.Justice, always the big thinker, wouldn't mind bidding for the U.S. Open, though that is a very tough nut to crack."Andy has guaranteed both," Justice joked. "2017 for the President's Cup and the U.S. Open right behind that."Pazder shot back: "Thank God he didn't ask for the Masters." Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 5 Reunions: Sept. 26, 2017 Marshall's Tinnon ruled eligible Previous Story Alston looks to be leader of RB �pack� Next Story


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No more excuses for young Melbourne Rebels
The Melbourne Rebels believe they can no longer use the excuse of being a new Super Rugby team for a lack of success - and they go further than that, with Rebels hooker Ged Robinson declaring that playing in the finals is a realistic goal.
''We want to win it. That's our goal and if you go in with anything less than that you're selling yourself short,'' Robinson said. ''We want to make the top six.
''We've had that grace period. We're in now and we've got to prove that we deserve to be here.''
With the Port Elizabeth-based Southern Kings this year replacing the Lions as the fifth South African team, Rebels coach Damien Hill agreed with Robinson's sentiments about the Rebels' place in the competition.
''The Southern Kings are the new team, this is our third year and it's time to step up,'' Hill said.
''There certainly is a good level of confidence but no one is kidding themselves. They know what they are up against in terms of the quality and standard of the competition ... confidence is a really good thing to have and the team's got it but it needs to be backed up with consistent performances.''
Hill said the injection of new energy from the likes of Wallaby Scott Higginbotham as well as young talent, would make the difference to the club's ambitions of improving on its previous finishes of last [2011] and 13th [2012]. He said the benefit of younger bodies was already evident in the more intensive pre-season training.
''There were 13 players over 30 last year. This year we've got four and that does make a difference,'' Hill said. ''The players we've had in the past have done a fantastic job in terms of setting up the club and achieving the wins we did achieve in the first couple of years, but I think the changes we made are appropriate for where the club is now so the injection of youth and enthusiasm has come at the right time.''
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POLICE are currently dealing with an incident involving a vulnerable person on Pershore Bridge.
A spokesman for West Mercia Police confirmed they had been called about a concern for the person's safety and a "fair amount" of police resources were on the scene at the B4084 in Pershore.
The initial call to the police came in at about 11.30am and eye witness reports have reported police, ambulance and fire crews are at the location along with rescue boats.


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You are here: Kidspot Activity Corner Baby games Pool game for baby: Row your boat
Pool game for baby: Row your boat
Learning to swim is vital in a child's safety so add in some fun along the way. Pool games help children's confidence in the water and aid parents in removing the fear from water.
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What you need:
- shallow pool; waist deep for mum or dad is fine
- supervising adult
- foam or rubber mat
Sit your child on the mat facing you. Hold hands if the child is not confident to begin.
Push the mat along in the water and sing:
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream,
If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream.
Make a little screaming noise to help your child have more interaction.
This is sung to the tune of Row, row, row your boat.
You can also play this game in conjunction with Humpty Dumpty.
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A judge has granted a defense attorney's motion to suppress evidence from a checkpoint by the Ocala Police Department after finding the checkpoint to be unconstitutional.
A judge has granted a defense attorney's motion to suppress evidence from a December 2013 checkpoint by the Ocala Police Department after finding the checkpoint to be unconstitutional, ultimately resulting in the State Attorney's Office dropping the case.
County Judge Thomas Thompson III ruled that the totality of OPD's variations from a designated operations plan, selected prior to the checkpoint, violated guidelines set out in legal precedents.
"Therefore the checkpoint ran afoul of the constitutional protections to be provided to motorists whenever they are subjected to being stopped by law enforcement at such a checkpoint," Thompson wrote.
The order came after the judge presided over an evidentiary hearing in the case on April 17, during which several police officers testified.
Sgt. Mike Sommer testified to being in charge of the operation and using his discretion to keep the checkpoint running efficiently.
That exercise of discretion, however, violated the strict compliance with checkpoint guidelines required under Florida law, according to Thompson.
The scheduled Low Manpower Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint in question occurred on Dec. 7, 2013, in the 700 block of South Magnolia Avenue.
Donna Wimmer entered the checkpoint driving a white 2010 Nissan pickup and was alerted to the checkpoint by Officer D.E. Wright.
Wright noticed a very strong alcoholic odor coming from the vehicle and noted in his arrest report that Wimmer's words were slurred. He also said she had difficulty multi-tasking, showed signs of nystagmus, and had difficulty performing field sobriety tests.
Wimmer told police she had not been drinking. Wimmer's passenger, Carlos Ortiz, said the pair had been drinking but he only knew Wimmer to have one drink.
"The reason why I said that, was I had never had anything like that happen to me before and it's scary," Wimmer said via phone Tuesday. She said she had one drink with dinner that night and had never been in trouble before so she didn't know how to react.
At the checkpoint, Wright arrested Wimmer, who refused to take a blood alcohol content test.
Wimmer, 50, said her refusal caused her to lose her license for one year.
"The charges have been dropped, but my ordeal still continues," she said.
She had to enroll in a DUI class, and now calls the ordeal a bad learning experience and hopes others will learn from her situation. Wimmer said she avoids the checkpoint area and has flashbacks to that night,
The State Attorney's Office charged Wimmer with DUI impairment. State law requires a driver either have a blood alcohol content above the state limit or impaired faculties as an element of the charge. Citing the judge's ruling, the state has since dropped the charge.
In a motion to dismiss, defense attorney Stacy Youmans argued that the evidence from the checkpoint should be suppressed because the Ocala Police Department Operations Plan No. 2013-023 failed to satisfy constitutional requirements, and that law enforcement deviated from the plan during the checkpoint.
"As well-intentioned as law enforcement may be with DUI checkpoint stops, the individual's constitutional rights must be zealously protected," said Youmans in a statement after the judge's decision.
Ocala police officials did not reply to requests for comment on the judge's order.
In her motion to dismiss, Youmans detailed 23 arguments where she believed deviations or deficiencies in the plan existed, including:
Officers who were designated to one position in the plan performed other tasks at the scene outside their specified plan roles.
Conflicting testimony from officers as to whether proper procedure was followed.
Allowing a paramedic to pass through without being stopped despite plan rules that every car must stop.
"Pursuant to the unconstitutional checkpoint, the defendant was improperly detained and arrested for Driving Under the Influence," she wrote in her motion.
In his order, Thompson stated the plan's guidelines violated Fourth Amendment protections because the guidelines failed to properly limit the discretion of officers during the checkpoint, and officers did not strictly comply with the guidelines as required by the Florida Supreme Court.
In his order, Thompson references evidentiary hearing testimony given by Sommer, who testified to being in charge of the operation.
Sommer testified using his discretion to order officers to disregard written guidelines when towing the defendant's car. He said he was ensuring compliance with other OPD towing policies, and that the two sets of policies conflicted.
Thompson pointed out that even if Sommer disregarded the checkpoint guidelines to conform to other OPD protocol, this still violated the checkpoint guidelines.
Sommer also explained that fluidity is necessary in operating a checkpoint, and therefore assignments at the checkpoint were subject to change.
Thompson also stated in his order that evidence presented during the case showed other OPD failures to comply with checkpoint guidelines, including:
Failure to place marked patrol cars with flashing lights at both ends of the checkpoint.
Failure to record audio or video whenever possible at the scene in accordance with the guidelines.
Failure to carry a flashlight with a traffic wand.
Wimmer is grateful the charge has been dropped, but wishes there was some way for her to collect damages, like she would in an auto accident.
"It should be a tremendous comfort to this community to know its judicial system is standing sentinel to protect its constitutional rights," Youmans said in a statement.
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I.D. Your Books with Personalized Bookplates
Here's a subtle, yet discriminating way to identify books, CDs and DVDs from your personal library, and a fun project for your family to work on together. These bookplates (or booklabels) can be personalized and attached to the inside front cover of your books, the inside of your CD and DVD cases, and anywhere you want to mark your property. With personalized bookplates, you can: 1) Make it easy for borrowers to identify the owner of the book so they can return it when they're done; 2) Create a personalized set and give as a gift for that bookworm you know; 3) Identify books that are shared among classrooms; and 4) Indicate the book is a donation from you to your local school or library.
Instructions: Create your bookplates on Avery White Removable I.D. Labels for Laser and Inkjet Printers.
Instructions: Download a template theme of your choice. Each template contains four bookplates. Choose from:
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Instructions: Enter your name (or your recipient's name if it's a gift) on each of the four bookplates.
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Instructions: Peel off each label and attach to the inside front cover of the book. With Avery White Removable I.D. Labels, your bookplates will stick, stay and remove cleanly without leaving any residue.
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