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First 4 Figures passes along a look at their next Legend of Zelda statue: DARUNIA Goron Leader. From the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time collection, Darunia measures 15 inches to the tip of his hair including his base. He is in scale to the others in First 4 Figure's Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask range of statues. Cast in high quality poly-stone, the statue is hand finished and hand painted.
Durania ships in deluxe full color packaging, hand numbered base, and includes an Authenticity Card which allows you to purchase the same number of the model next in the Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask range.
Limited to 2500 pieces worldwide priced at a SRP of $154.99. Pre-orders are currently being accepted at first4figures.com. Durania is expected to arrive 4th quarter 2010.


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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!" The famous call from boxing announcer Michael Buffer could not be more fitting for one of Las Vegas' seminal events; the Lowrider Las Vegas Super Show, which is annually, the most anticipated Lowrider show on the scene. People from around the world flock to the desert oasis for a weekend of gambling and booze, and somewhere in the middle of it all, our culture makes time for the biggest Lowrider Car show of the year. Returning back to Cashman Center at the edge of downtown Vegas, this year's event boasted the largest turnout of the year with nearly 900 entries all parking in the center for a grab at the cash prizes. With approximately 100,000 square feet of indoor space and nearly triple that outdoors, the center was turned into a Lowrider city overnight!
As the cars lined up for roll in, a look of relief was seen on the faces of the entrants as the 5.20s finally met the pavement. Tired, weary, and exhausted from the last minute preparations and travel for the show, the entrants got a second wind as they began setting up for the countless attendees and judges that would soon be examining their pristine rides from hood to trunk.
The winning entry for the coveted Lowrider of the Year award went out to Elite's Albert DeAlba who busted out his '63 named "El Rey" at the Los Angeles stop of the Lowrider Tour. Nipping at DeAlba's heels was Jesus Ortega's '87 Monte Carlo and Brandon Brusca's '63 from Lifestyle Car Club. In the Truck competition, Juan SiFuentes' '91 Chevy snatched the title of Best of Show in the truck category from 2nd place winner Sal Sierra III. EuFemio Valenciano's '51 Chevy placed a close third to round out the big dogs.
Outside in the sunshine, the glare from the flakes and candys turned an empty arena parking lot into a an oasis of color and chrome. Around each bend, nook, and cranny lay another car, truck, or bicycle filling the show to capacity. Many of next year's indoor hopefuls were on display waiting patiently for a spot in the main arena. Nico Flores' 2007 Radio Flyer, along with Tony Ortega's trike, took home top honors for the two and three wheelers.
On stage, legendary artists Ice Cube and WC proved why they are an integral part of hip hop culture as the veterans tore through a barrage of hits with a performance worthy of an arena ten times the size. As they performed, the crowd screamed, cheered and filled every inch of the concert area bringing the energy to a fever pitch. The annual bikini contest also didn't disappoint, as it was like the cherry on the top of a long event filled weekend.
As the buzz of the weekend wore off and the hangovers kicked in, the oasis returned again to a desert. The bags were packed and the trailers were loaded, but not without camera cards full of captured moments destined to cause trouble online. Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas; it ends up on the Internet and in this magazine. Enjoy!
Winners List
Bicycle best of show
1st: Nico Flores, Rollerz Only
2nd: Ernest Serrato, Rollerz Only
3rd: Armando Vargas, Top Dogs
Trike Best of Show
1st: Tony Ortega, Rollerz Only
2nd: David Cervantes, Good Times
3rd: Jo Jo Duran, Spirit
Original '69 and Below Best of Show
1st: Alfredo Gonzales, Southside C.C.
2nd: Rodney Rey Weeks, Oldies
3rd: Angelo Lopez, Traditionals
Bomb Best of Show
1st: Mario DeAlba, Elite
2nd: Danny S., Tradtionals
3rd: Pear Hernandez, Phoeniquera Classics
Truck Best of Show
1st: Juan SiFuentes, Brown Impression
2nd: Sal Sierra III, Rollerz Only
3rd: EuFemio Valenciano, Aztlan
Traditional Lowrider Best of Show
1st: Chris Roark, Traditionals
2nd: Johnny Salters, Premier
3rd: Bobby Mack, Showtime
Car Best of Show
1st: Albert DeAlba, Elite
2nd: Jesus Ortega
3rd: Brandon Brusca, Lifestyle C.C.
Lowrider Excellence
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New Tut - Using the AE Motion Tracker
Posted 04 May 2007 - 04:14 PM
The lesson covers the AE Motion Tracker, and how to use it to replace an object in the scene.
Also, you can download the footage to follow along here:
Posted 04 May 2007 - 06:00 PM
May I ask how long you prepare beforehand? You are so extremely well organized compared to other videos I've watched.
"Oh, ummm....yeah...uh...let me just hit Undo a few times. [frantic clicking in the background] Oh. mmm hmmm... yes, wellll... uh. There you go. See? This is the perfect example of when it doesn't work [hear shuffling paper] well... uh.. let's just improvise. Ok. Not exactly what I was planning. Ok. Well, anyway... mmm... you get the point. I hope you learned something from this tutorial. See you next time."
Posted 04 May 2007 - 08:56 PM
How I prepare? I tend to plan it out about a week before.. while jogging, while cooking, etc. I think about what the lesson is, what should be learned by the end of it, and problem areas that people might have. Then, I just record it the way I would explain it.
Anyway, glad you like it. This was sort of a technical test for some upcoming tutorials, like the expressions series, and some other stuff that is still in the planning stages.
I'm always open to ideas on tutorials, too.
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Grey, you are so funny.
One idea that came in mind regarding the nice mouse circle hud thingy.
If you tracked it in AE, you could keyframe it to change color when you want to extra point something what you are doing, clicking, etc.
But it's just a idea. The tutorial is great, i loved it.
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Gave me some new insights in combining 3d with video footage. I've tried to use the motiontracker build in 3d studio max, but that piece of software is a piece of sh*t tbh. This works faster and alot easier.
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Lighting of the Green
Lipscomb University kicks-off the holiday season Tuesday, Nov. 27, with an all-star line-up of artists at the eighth annual Lighting of the Green concert.
Nashville's own Amy Grant hosts the free outdoor holiday concert. This year's performance will also feature contemporary Christian artist Ashley Cleveland; Mandisa, of "American Idol" fame; The Martins, Christian music vocal trio; L'Angelus, a Cajun inspired band; Scat Springs, founder of the Scat Band and classic rhythm and blues singer; Michelle Swift, contemporary Christian singer; and the Lipscomb student choruses.
Festivities begin at 4 p.m. and the concert begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Allen Arena Mall on the Lipscomb campus. Pre-concert activities include free photos with Santa in the Hall of Fame Room in Allen Arena and free hot chocolate and cookies. Food is available for purchase at the Bennett Campus Center's Food Court, including Chick-Fil-A, Papa John's Pizza, Blue Coast Burrito, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Zebi's and Starbucks. The event will also include Merry Marketplace, a collection of holiday vendors with a portion of the purchases benefiting scholarships to Lipscomb. The Marketplace will take place in the Allen Arena lobby and concourse beginning at 4 p.m.
The evening will conclude with the lighting of the 30-foot tall Christmas tree in the Allen Arena Mall. This year's honorary tree lighter is Mary Hance, known to Nashvillians as the beloved "Ms. Cheap" of the Tennessean.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a gift of canned food or cash for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Guests are also encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to the concert. Handicapped parking will be available in the Allen Arena parking garage.
The event will be held rain or shine. For more information call 615.966.6609.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- Target announced that Tony Fisher has been named president of Target Canada. In this position, Fisher will be responsible for building the team, establishing the headquarters and leading the day-to-day operations of the corporation's recently announced expansion into Canada, the company reported.
"Tony has a strong sense of Target's unique culture, merchandising strategy and brand and a proven record of delivering results," said Michael Francis, chief marketing officer of Target and executive committee sponsor of Target Canada. "His positive energy, broad merchandise experience and keen understanding of what differentiates Target in the retail industry make Tony well-suited for this new role and position Target for success in Canada."
Last week, Target announced that the company has acquired leasehold interests in up to 220 sites from Zellers Inc. and plans to open 100 to 150 Target stores across Canada beginning in 2013.


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Event: Kajol, Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Basu visited North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja Day 2 during Navratri festival.
Guest List: Kajol, Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Basu
Bollywood celebs Sunny Leone, Anil Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonu Nigam, Sonu Sood, Daniel Weber, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez among others were snapped at the airport.
Comedians Ehsaan Qureshi, Bharti Singh, Siddharth Jadhav and others at comedian Mubeen Saudagar's wife baby shower.
Bollywood celebs Malaika Arora Khan, Varun Dhawan, David Dhawan among others snapped at Bandra
Bollywood celebs Aditi Rao Hydari, Lara Dutta Bhupati among others were snapped at Red Carpet of Miss Diva 2017.
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There are going to be a lot of late, two-hour lunches and a lot of closed doors around U.S. offices on Wednesday afternoon.
We're accustomed to seeing that phenomenon during the first two days of the NCAA Tournament, when American sports fans set aside their professional responsibilities in favor of the pomp and intrigue of basketball games played by kids. Far more often than not, those kids represent schools with which the hookie-playing viewers have no affiliation.
Why do people watch random teams play college basketball on a Thursday afternoon? It's because the NCAA Tournament has been packaged perfectly as a must-see event. The pep bands and rowdy, face-painted student sections, the unfamiliar intersectional matchups, "One Shining Moment," Cinderellas and bracketologists have cemented March Madness into our collective consciousness.
Combine that genius bit of packaging with the best collection of talent in the world and you have the UEFA Champions League.
Europe's top club soccer tournament is starting to make similar inroads on the work days of American sports fans, despite the fact the overwhelming majority have no tangible connection to the participating teams. The Champions League is a foreign competition played by foreign clubs featuring foreign players.
Yet, it's slowly becoming an American event.
Last May, Fox broadcast the final between Barcelona and Manchester United and attracted 4.2 million viewers (2.6 million on the network and another 1.6 million on Fox Deportes). That match, won by the Catalans, took place on a Saturday.
The rest of the Champions League, which kicks off each July with the qualifiers from Europe's smallest nations, is played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Those weekday afternoon games are being watched as well. The first two matches of last year's semifinal round were viewed by more than 1.5 million people on Fox Soccer and Fox Deportes, a year-over-year increase of 93 percent. About 264,000 Americans watched the 2002 title game between Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen on ESPN.
Rob Stone has come along for the ride. The long-time ESPN announcer who was a fixture of MLS and U.S. national team broadcasts has moved over to Fox, where he's now the network's studio host for Champions League telecasts. On Wednesday afternoon, he'll be front and center as Chelsea plays host to Barcelona in the first leg of their two-game semifinal series. (2:30 p.m. ET, FX).
"I knew the Champions League was big. But now that I really have my hands on it, I certainly gained an appreciation for the magnitude and importance of it," he told Sporting News this week. "My buddies used to always orchestrate long lunches for the Champions League and I'm seeing that more and more, and that shows you how important this has become in the States. People put it on their calendars."
The trend is partly the result of an evolving culture and partly the result of packaging, Stone said.
Soccer's significant growth and increasing visibility in the U.S., the rising wealth and global cache of clubs like Barça, United and Madrid, not to mention the ubiquitous merchandise and the instant access afforded by cable TV and the internet, have fueled American interest in the world's biggest annual athletic competition.
But the trappings help as well. Instead of "One Shining Moment," there's the Champions League anthem, which for 20 years has accompanied the two teams as they parade onto the field before each game. It's already among the most iconic pieces of music in sports, and it's just one of the marketing components and visual elements that has catapulted the tournament into a behemoth that pulls Americans from their desks.
"When you turn on a Champions League game, you know you're watching something important," Stone said. "You may have zero soccer knowledge, but you turn that on for five minutes and you know there's some heavy stuff going on.
"It should be a blueprint for more than just MLS. It should be a blueprint for every league out there."
In fact, MLS already has employed part of that recipe. The league has its own piece of music that accompanies the competing teams onto the field and has moved to accentuate the atmosphere for which Champions League matches are so renowned.
In-game announcements and gridiron football lines are a thing of the past, while the encouragement for fans who want to add their own color and commotion to the proceedings permanently and profoundly has altered the look and of an MLS game.
Meanwhile, clubs are choosing names like Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake in an effort to capture some of that European flair.
That symbiotic relationship is one that both Stone and MLS felt was worth stressing. There's often a sense that American soccer fans either support their domestic league or look to Europe for their fix, that there's a permanent rivalry between the patriots and the "Eurosnobs." It turns out that's rarely the case.
In an ESPN Sports poll conducted last year, more than 18,000 people ages 12 and over were asked about their athletic preferences. It found that 87 percent of MLS fans also follow international soccer and that 79.3 percent of those respondents who follow foreign clubs also keep track of MLS. Among respondents ages 12-24, pro soccer was the second most popular sport behind the NFL. It finished fifth overall. According to Nielsen, 68 percent of U.S. viewers who watched the Champions League in 2010 also watched MLS.
"Our philosophy has been that a rising tide lifts all boats and as the sport of soccer becomes more popular in the U.S. and Canada, it's only going to benefit Major League Soccer," MLS vice president Dan Courtemanche said. "They complement each other. We encourage fans to watch Manchester United play Fulham, then go out and see D.C. United and Real Salt Lake at RFK Stadium later that day."
Rather than trying to avoid UEFA's elephant in the room, MLS is embracing it.
MLS' Soccer United Marketing arm brings the big European clubs to North America every summer for a series of exhibitions against MLS teams and each other. Three of this season's Champions League final four—Barça, Madrid and Chelsea—are regular guests (Madrid lost at Bayern Munich, 2-1, in the first leg of their semifinal series Tuesday). Chelsea will be this year's MLS All-Star opponent.
Meanwhile, MLS commissioner Don Garber is a frequent Champions League final attendee. He and Courtemanche will be among the MLS contingent at next month's showpiece in Munich, where they will look to further their relationships with the sport's biggest clubs.
Stone, who has spent most of his career pushing and promoting the American game, also believes the scores of kids running around in Messi or Ronaldo jerseys are good for U.S. soccer.
"I get very tired of the separation of soccer frontiers, the 'you're either with us or against us,' " he said. "What's wrong with cheering the national team and MLS and also appreciating some of the beauty from England, Spain and Italy?
"The more the merrier. Watch the Champions League games, bring your friends, let them pass it on to their kids. So the next time your MLS team has a home game, or the next time you're near Columbus you might Google the Crew and see if they're playing that weekend.
"The more soccer you see, the more appreciation you develop for soccer."
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With a season-ending injury to Chris Mihm and multiple injuries to Kwame Brown, Andrew Bynam backed by Ronny Turiaf has been the Laker's center rotation for a month or so.
A recent foxsports report described the Laker rotation and his role as the ONLY current backup center: ROTATION: Starters -- Point guard Smush Parker, Shooting guard Kobe Bryant, Small forward Vladimir Radmanovic, Power forward Lamar Odom, Center Andrew Bynum. Bench -- Center Ronny Turiaf, Guard Jordan Farmar, Forward Maurice Evans, Guard Sasha Vujacic, Guard Shammond Williams.
USA Today also mention Turiaf's role in the injury update on Kwame Brown:
Jan. 16, 2007 - 1:27 a.m. ET
Andrew Bynum and Ronny Turiaf have done a good job replacing [Kwame] Brown in the middle the past few weeks.
PD member and LA beatwriter Eric Pincus describes the situation:
Already without center Chris Mihm for the season, the Lakers are down to just one available true center . . . second-year player Andrew Bynum... Though Bynum seems the logical choice to replace Brown in the starting lineup, Coach Phil Jackson intimated that he may go with forward Ronny Turiaf in his stead.
Turiaf is listed at 6'10" 249, and a center/forward on at least two sites, rotoworld and USA Today:
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Their articles: Phil Jackson is unsure who will start while center Kwame Brown is expected to miss at least a week with a severely sprained ankle.
"I'm not sure Andrew's (Bynum) quite ready to step into that role on a full-time level," Jackson said. "I won't make that decision until I kind of check out how I feel about that. I might keep Andrew off the bench and use Ronny as the starter." The two will split time, but both will have more value than when Brown is healthy.
Unhappy with his centers' defensive efforts in Wednesday's loss to the Hornets, coach Phil Jackson is considering starting Ronny Turiaf at center against the Hawks. While Andrew Bynum has lost most of his value, this could be a short-term blow to Kwame Brown as well. Turiaf could eventually be worth owning at some point this season, but Phil is looking for defense. Kwame Brown is currently the only Lakers center with value.
Note: Jackson chose Bynam to start, not Turiaf.
His online bio describes his role:
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Human Rights Awards to Be Presented July 2
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The Fairfax County Human Rights Commission will present its 31st annual Human Rights Awards at a ceremony on Thursday, July 2, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The guest speaker will be Delegate Vivian Watts, Virginia House of Delegates, 39th District.
A light buffet and beverages will be served from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the forum; the awards ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Auditorium. Reservations are not necessary, but encouraged. Contact the Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs, Human Rights Division, at 703-324-2953, TTY 711.
The Human Rights Awards recognize individuals, nonprofits and businesses that demonstrate accomplishments in eliminating discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age or disability in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, private education and credit.
The 2008 award winners are:
Jeannie Cummins Eisenhour
Jeannie Cummins Eisenhour has devoted her personal and professional life to opening opportunities and minds and enlightening the public on the needs of persons with disabilities. Her advocacy reaches into Fairfax County and throughout the D. C. Metro region. She was instrumental in ensuring that the Fairfax County Development and Housing Authority adopted changes to its universal design policy for those with special needs. As president of the board for the Coalition for Housing Opportunities in the Community for Everyone (CHOICE) and director of development for RPJ Housing, Eisenhour represents a pan disability group that seeks and distributes news of affordable and accessible housing opportunities.
Philip N. Reeves
For many years, Philip Reeves has been a health services advocate, educator and author. After a career in the U.S. Air Force, he spent three decades as an educator and helped develop the health industry's Leaders of Tomorrow program. In so doing, he laid the groundwork for designing forward-looking, data-driven methodologies that put humanity back into nursing and life long care planning systems.
Robert B. Worley
Robert Worley has been a tireless champion of people in need in Fairfax County and the D.C. Metro region. As leader of the United Way's Fairfax County/Falls Church campaign, he was instrumental in providing funding, energy and resourceful leadership to 57 local and 926 regional partner charities. These charities have helped more than a million children and adults. During his time with the United Way, the YMCA, the American Heart Association and other locally focused organizations, Worley has been a passionate fundraiser and distributor of significant funding to help those in need.
The Virginia Peters Fair Housing Award:
Communities of Faith United for Housing
Communities of Faith United for Housing (CFUH) is a county wide advocacy network of faith communities and non profit organizations. Its members are focused on advocating, educating, procuring temporary short-term care and permanent housing opportunities for low-income families and individuals. CFUH has been a voice providing insight and fresh ideas on how to do more, for more people, with less. Initiatives are focused on one simple goal − to promote the value of participatory democracy in Fairfax County, especially by increasing public accountancy for elected and appointed officials in their implementation of the Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
For more information, contact the Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs at 703-324-2953, TTY 711.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
703-324-3189, TTY 711, Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
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Improved planting prospects are depressing corn futures. The grain and soy markets bounced Thursday night, but corn has turned lower. Talk of improved planting weather apparently triggered fresh selling, since farmers could get a great deal of grain planted during the prospective window. July corn fell 7.0 cents to $5.00/bushel late Friday morning, while December lost 5.25 cents to $4.9425.
The soy complex is trading in decidedly mixed fashion. The potential for accelerated plantings also seems to be weighing upon new-crop soybean and meal futures. Conversely, the persistent tightness of the old-crop situation appears to be supporting nearby futures. Oil values have rebounded somewhat from Thursday's big losses. A private forecast weighed on beans and meal in late-morning action. July soybeans edged up 1.5 cents to $14.625/bushel around midsession Friday, while July soyoil ran up 0.30 cents to 41.46 cents/pound, and July soymeal rose $0.5 to $477.2/ton.
Weather and war possibilities are likely supporting wheat futures. Wheat futures also bounced Thursday night, but they continued rising Friday morning. The final reports from the Wheat Quality Council tour posted yesterday afternoon are probably boosting the wheat markets, especially since that region expects no short-term moisture relief. The Black Sea situation also seems to be heating up, thereby seeming to spur spring wheat gains. July CBOT wheat futures rallied 9.0 cents to $7.1625/bushel by late Friday morning, while July KCBT wheat futures leapt 18.25 cents to $8.2225, and July MWE futures climbed 14.25 to $7.755.
Cattle traders may already be looking forward to next week. Country cattle prices proved surprisingly strong Thursday, which sparked a big surge in CME futures. And while that might have spurred additional Chicago strength today, today's slippage suggests traders are once again anticipating seasonal weakness during the days and weeks just ahead. June cattle slumped 0.45 cents to 138.80 cents/pound as lunchtime neared Friday, while December stabilized at 144.35. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle jumped 1.02 cents to 191.50 cents/pound, and October surged 0.90 cents to 191.87.
Anticipation of seasonal strength may have boosted hog futures. Pork weakness has undercut CME hogs this week, although moderate cash slippage may have limited the damage. Today's early Chicago bounce may reflect industry expectations for seasonal strength through the balance of spring. June hog futures bounce 0.27 cents to 123.07 cents/pound in late Friday-morning action, while December advanced 0.37 to 93.77.


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Tavarua Quilt + Sham
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Plenty of pick-stitched details keep our piece-dyed and printed cotton quilt in line, while bark cloth gives it a pleasing nubby texture. With a quick flip, it reverses to a solid hue, giving you two totally different looks in one design.
- Made of 100% cotton percale.
- Filled with polyester batting.
- Prewashed for added softness.
- Quilt and sham reverse to witching-hour black.
- Quilted sham has a hidden opening for insert.
- Twin-sized quilt fits both standard twin and twin XL dorm mattresses.
- Quilt, sham and insert sold separately.
- Machine wash.
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- Twin: 68" x 86"
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- Standard: 20 x 26"
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- A percale weave is noticeably denser and wears well over time.
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First off, I'm new here. So what's up DG'rs.
I discovered Disc Golf when I went to a small college in Indiana back in the early 90's. We didn't have baskets, just a campus known set of trees, pillars and rocks we threw our 180g ultimate discs at. But it was THE pastime at Hanover and I was pretty good at it. So it's probably been since '95 that I've played a round of DG.
I just got a new job and there's literally a course on the grounds, so I thought I'd pick it back up for something to do during lunches or after work. http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4527 So I did some research on the sport, made a spreadsheet of discs that might be helpful for a new player and here's what I purchased last night.
Innova Leopard Champion (175g)
Innova Shark DX (175g)
Discraft Buzzz Elite-Z (168g)
Discraft Magnet Pro-D (174g)
After reading a bit on the forums here, I think I may have gone a little too heavy for my first time out, which will be later this week when my order arrives. My original thought was since I can throw a 180g ultimate disc accurately a country mile, I should be fine with 175g or so, but now I'm not so sure since I've read it's much more about finesse than brute strength.
What do you guys think? Should I get a lighter driver and putter to start so I'm not discouraged?
Thanks in advance...


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LGB Community Leaders – The Voice of our Communities
Publish Date: 14/05/2013
Whether we only need access to these services when we are sick or need support, or if we depend on regular health services to improve the quality of our lives and sometimes even save our lives, we can and should feel able to make a real difference to the way our health services are run.
This is especially important if we think we haven't been listened to, our needs as lesbian, gay and bisexual people haven't been taken into consideration in the past, or our voices are not currently being heard.
That's why The Lesbian & Gay Foundation has been funded for the next three years by The Department of Health to empower and support at least 40 LGB Community Leaders across Greater Manchester.
These Community Leaders will work on behalf of our community to help to ensure that health and social care services are designed and commissioned around the real needs of LGB people. This new project is a fantastic opportunity for lesbian, gay and bisexual people from all parts of Greater Manchester to make sure an authentic LGB voice is heard to ensure that service providers have the information they need to better cater for the needs of LGB people.
If you want to find out more about how you can be an LGB Community leader,The LGF want to hear from you.For more information please contact:email@example.com
01:29 Wed 26th June 2013
I would be interested in taking part in this . As an older lesbian it becomes more and more important to be able to access services in a positive way.
22:33 Tue 25th June 2013
I just completed level 3 health and social care and I believe I could bring a lot to this kind of role :)
22:33 Tue 25th June 2013
Myself and my partner are interested please can you send further details? Regards,
17:28 Tue 25th June 2013
I would like more information about this opportunity. Thanks jo


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It's interesting to discover what goes on in one's home when one is at the office or out on assignment. Such intel is easy to acquire if one has either a pocket-size magic wizard-eye crystal ball device, or perhaps one of those home security systems advertised on TV where you can link your iPad to cameras stationed throughout your home and catch tiny gnomes in the act of moving all the electrical outlets an inch and a half to the left.
Wizard-eye crystal balls would be cooler though.
I possess neither of those clever devices, but it's even easier to come by this information merely by working from home on occasion, as I sometimes do. So far today: no gnomes. But I have at least discovered why on Wednesdays it suddenly becomes mysteriously and extremely dusty in our house, where we come home to air quality akin to that in Beijing.
It seems that on Wednesday mornings the gardeners for the apartment building next door turn their leaf blowers up to 11 and produce hurricane-strength gusts that careen down the driveway behind our backyard fence, resulting in a meteorological anomaly in which thunderclouds of leaves and dirt brood over our yard like those black cartoon cumulonimbi that follow characters around in comic strips when someone — say, Ziggy — is having a really bad day. And if our rear windows are open even a crack, then our house has a really bad day.
A squirrely affair
Other little daytime-only things happen too. Nice things, like the soft, low plunk of my neighbor practicing her cello. Or the friendly wave from our intrepid mail carrier, Eileen, as she passes by the front window. And there's the regular 9 a.m.-ish visit to our kitchen window from a certain squirrel.
I'll hear some scratching sounds, go to the kitchen to inspect and find him with his little flea-infested paw pressed up against the glass. He holds perfectly still, staring at me with piercing black eyes and a keen, quizzical expression as though he's trying to communicate that there has perhaps been some kind of body swap — a la "Star Trek" Season 3, Episode 24, when the insanely jealous Dr. Janice Lester yearns to captain a starship and trades bodies with Kirk to do so. Maybe I'm Kirk and the squirrel is Dr. Lester and he/she thinks he/she is the one who's supposed to be inside all cozy with all the food and I should be out gnawing on and spitting out pieces of the strand of Christmas lights on our back fence.
Soon the staring ends, the squirrel skedaddles off into the Beijing cloud and I eat a bagel.
Call me crazy
By far the most surprising and otherwise unknown home occurrences are the many phone calls that come in on our landline, usually around lunchtime. Once in a while, a call is actually for me, perhaps my spouse calling to say hello or reminding me to buy bagels. Most often, it's not. Sometimes I'll get collection-agency calls for an Arnold Hill, and though I repeatedly tell the callers that I am not Arnold, that I do not know an Arnold except for Arnold Ziffel the pig on "Green Acres" and that there has never been an Arnold, porcine or otherwise, here for the past decade that I have held this number. Still, the callers don't seem to believe me, signing off with a skeptical "uh-huh" and a false promise to never call again. And then they call again.
And I don't know if we fell off the Do Not Call Registry or what, because we have recently received tons of automated/recorded telemarketing calls. Recorded calls are good in some ways, because as soon as the perky voice comes on the line saying, 'Hi! I'm Diane! Do you need your carpets cleaned?" I merely hang up (doesn't everybody?) without having to inflict rejection on a live human. But they're also bad because there's no actual perky Diane to whom I can say "Please don't call anymore," and to inform that I don't have carpet anyway.
Why just now I just got one that said, "Hello, did you know FBI statistics report 42,879 (or some such number of) home burglaries a year …?" I hung up. And earlier today, there was one saying, "This is from your credit card company, and requires immediate attention …" I hung up.
A reader recently sent in tips for dealing with live-person marketing calls. He'll say, "Let me get my wife," then he leaves the phone off the hook while he goes and makes a sandwich. Or he'll interrupt a spiel to offer his views on the Bible. The man asked to remain nameless, fearing tele-retribution. Not sure what they'd do, though. Send in the gnomes?
Contact Angela Hill at firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow her on Twitter.com/giveemhill.


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New Coats and Accessories Added to Jim's Formal Wear Line
We are excited to show you the Tuxedos and Accessories recently added to our Formalwear line for Spring of 2014...
The Stephen Geoffrey Slate Blue Aspen Slim Fit Tuxedo
First up is the new Slate Blue Aspen, a tuxedo certain to turn heads because of its slim fit cut and beautiful color. The new Slate Blue Aspen is a tuxedo coat and matching pants tailored similarly to our very popular Stephen Geoffrey Gray Aspen Tuxedo - which means it, like all of our slim fit styles, is a tux many men can wear and look great in. Plus, the slate blue fabric is exquisite in person and makes the tuxedo beautiful and rich in appearance. Our photography is great for this style, but it is a stunner when viewed first hand, trust me!
The Slate Blue Aspen looks very good when paired with pastel colored fullback vests. However, if you want to go for a more conservative 3-piece tuxedo look at your wedding, a matching fullback vest is available to match the Slate Blue Aspen:
The Camo Tux
And now for something completely different... The second new tuxedo we have added to our formalwear line is the Camo Tux. Camouflage is hot right now and so are camo-themed and rustic weddings. Having a tuxedo style to offer to the bride and groom who are planning this type of affair was a goal of ours for Spring of 2014.
When we conceived this style and worked with a manufacturer to produce it, we wanted the camo pattern to be somewhat subtle. We think we nailed it and created a tux with a classy use of the Mossy Oak camo pattern on the notch lapels and pocket trim.
Herringbone and Expressions Vests - Because Color Matters!
Your wedding is a special day and we know you want everything to be perfect. Presenting a wonderful, well thought out theme for your guests is important and therefore your color matters. You can always count on your Jim's Formal Wear Retailer to have the right colors to complement your affair through your gentlemen's tuxedos.
Diligent research into the trendiest wedding colors for the season was performed by our marketing and merchandising teams. We do this annually and incorporated the findings into our color selections for two Fullback Vest and Tie Collections for Spring 2014...
The Expressions Fullback Vest and Tie Collection comes in 27 solid colors and you can complement any Expressions vest you choose with a Solid Windsor Tie, a Striped Windsor Tie or a Bow Tie.
You'll also like the fact that the Expressions fullback vests are tailored with a matching back which makes the gentlemen in your wedding reflect your color even when they have the tuxedo jackets removed.
The Herringbone Fullback Vest and Tie Collection has also proven to be very popular with our nationwide network of retailers and their wedding customers. Therefore, the addition of a number of new colors seemed very appropriate for Spring of 2014.
We have added 20 new colors to the Herringbone Fullback Vest collection which brings the total number of color choices up to 42. Forty-two colors... you'll find your color in this collection!
The Finishing Touch for your Gray Tuxedo: The Gray Allegro Formal Shoe
Lastly, gray tuxedos continue to be very popular for weddings and we offer a number of gray tuxedo styles including the Gray Aspen Tuxedo and the Gray Portofino Tuxedo.
However, we have received some requests for a gray formal shoe to complement those styles - in lieu of a gentleman having to wear a black shoe. Therefore, we're happy to offer the Gray Allegro formal shoe. Both gray and black tuxedo shoes are appropriate with a gray tuxedo, it's your decision.
Our new tuxedo styles and accessories may be viewed in more detail online simply by browsing our website. Likewise, you can see our entire product line within the Tuxedo and Accessory Collection catalogs - which you will find in the store of every Authorized Jim's Formal Wear Tuxedo Retailer nationwide.


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Featuring three bottles of wine from California's most famous winemaker, this premier basket is a wonderful gift for making a grand impression.
Robert Mondavi Private Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc will arrive in a lovely handled basket with Dill Havarti Cheese, Carr's Table Water Crackers, East Shore Pretzels, Nikki's Shortbread Amaretto Cookies, and Butterfield's Peachbuds Hard Candy. With so much to open and enjoy, this popular basket is always well received.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- A recent string of housing bust lawsuits aimed at Wells Fargo ( WFC) and JPMorgan Chase ( JPM) seems to pull both lenders back into a tangled legal mess on the underwriting of mortgages and real estate-backed securities prior to the financial crisis. However, as has been the case on Wall Street for the past year, expect that Wells Fargo and JPMorgan will continue to be buffeted from the biggest legal risks of the mortgage mess as competitors like Bank of America ( BAC) remain in the stock doghouse on exposure to pending litigation such as tens of billions in liability tied to mortgages sold to government agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. While settlements on mortgage and shareholder lawsuits, in addition to conventional asset writedowns can wipe out a quarter of profit for struggling lenders like Bank of America and Citigroup ( C), the recovering earnings of Wells Fargo and JPMorgan are likely to outweigh the risks posed by recent lawsuits. Since the start of October, lawsuits from the U.S. attorney's office and the New York state attorney general have ensnarled Wells Fargo and JPMorgan respectively, pulling both banks back into the mortgage muck and forcing them to defend loans and securities underwritten during the housing boom. In its lawsuit against Wells Fargo, the U.S. attorney's office and the Federal Housing Authority are asking for a return of hundreds of millions in FHA insurance that the bank allegedly claimed on shoddily underwritten loans. In the case of JPMorgan, New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman, in concert with President Obama's Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, is suing the bank for $22.5 billion in losses suffered by investors on securities underwritten by Bear Stearns, the investment bank it rescued in March 2008. In both instances, investors seem generally unconcerned by the legal risks of the suits even if headlines and allegations provide a hit to the reputation of both banks. Wells Fargo shares are off marginally since the U.S. attorney unveiled its claims of civil mortgage fraud against the lender late on Tuesday. Meanwhile, JPMorgan shares have gained since the Schneiderman and the mortgage task force opened its suit on losses tied to Bear Stearns backed mortgage securities. For Bank of America and Citigroup, legal risks and writedowns appear to pose a bigger risk. In late September, a $243 million settlement on a shareholder lawsuit filed against Bank of America for its acquisition of Merrill Lynch in September of 2008 is expected wipe out a quarter of profit and months more of capital repair for the nation's second largest lender. Citigroup's settlement with Morgan Stanley ( MS) on the value of its stake in a brokerage joint venture is also expected to create a third quarter writedown that will wipe out the bank's overall profitability and dent its capital position. Because Wells Fargo is on track for strong profitability through year-end, even a worst case scenario on litigation tied to its FHA-insured underwriting standards won't provide a meaningful hit to overall profitability. KBW bank analyst Fred Cannon calculates a settlement would shave just 5 cents from Wells Fargo's 89 cents in forecast fourth quarter earnings per share.
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Climb Safe: Full Strength Haul Loops
To help make more climbers safer climbers, Rock and Ice has teamed up with Black Diamond Equipment to present the Climb Safe series. These articles aim to answer some of climbing's most common gear-related questions. Here, Kolin Powick, Black Diamond's Category Director for climbing gear, and former Director of Quality, looks at haul loops.


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Paige visited Garfield and Mizeki, two brothers, who are enjoying the milk from their family's dairy cow.
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MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James had 40 points and 16 assists, Dwyane Wade scored 39 and the Miami Heat pushed their winning streak to 12 games by outlasting the Sacramento Kings 141-129 in double overtime on Tuesday night.
Ray Allen added 21, Chris Bosh finished with 15 and Chris Andersen had 10 for the Heat, who remained six games clear of second-place Indiana in the Eastern Conference standings.
Miami's 12-game winning streak is the longest in the NBA and matches the second-longest in franchise history.
Marcus Thornton scored 36 points for Sacramento, the most by any reserve in the NBA this season. DeMarcus Cousins finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds, Tyreke Evans added 26 points, John Salmons 15 and Isaiah Thomas 14 for the Kings.
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Photo Gallery: NASCAR haulers
The Auto Club 400 weekend officially got under way on Thursday when the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hauler Parade made its way through Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana before ending at the Auto Club Speedway.
The nearly one-mile stretch of hauler trucks at 6 p.m. left Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.
Along the way, the parade stopped in Rancho Cucamonga for the NASCAR Hauler Parade Festival at Bass Pro Shops where NASCAR drivers appeared.


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The Aim of This Study is to Determine the Effectiveness of a Motivational Enhancement Intervention in Reducing Risk Behaviors (Drug and Alcohol Use, Sexual Risk Behavior, Poor Adherence to Medications) Among HIV+ Youth. - 1
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The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot study of Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), an empirically validated behavioral change strategy, with young adults who are HIV +. The aim is to determine if MET is effective in increasing general health promotion behaviors, adherence to HIV+ specific medical treatment over and above taking medication, and decreasing risky behaviors in young adults who are HIV positive. The longer-term objective is to identify and way to decrease HIV transmission rates, disease progression, illness episodes, and hospitalizations in this high-risk population.
Hypotheses: 1)Youth receiving the motivational intervention plus referrals will report greater reductions in risky behaviors than youth in the control group receiving standard care plus referrals at 3-months post-baseline. This hypothesis will first be tested in the whole sample using an overall risk index. Then, the hypothesis will be tested with each behavior (reduced drug and alcohol use, condom use, taking medications,) within the subgroups reporting problem levels of that behavior; 2)Youth in the intervention group will demonstrate improved viral loads, will report greater improvement in perceived health status, depression, general psychological distress, disclosure to sexual partners, and will demonstrate greater attendance of medical and support service appointments than youth in the control group at 3 months post-baseline; 3)Youth in the intervention group will report greater reductions in temptation to engage in risky behaviors, increased self-efficacy, and improvements in readiness to change their behavior than youth in the control group at 3 months post-baseline; 4)The differences between the intervention and control group from pre- to post- intervention will be maintained at 6, 9, 12, and 15 months post-baseline (3, 6, 9, and 12 months after intervention completion).
|Adherence HIV Risk Behaviors Alcohol & Drug Use Health Behaviors Sexual Risk Behaviors
|Behavioral: Motivational interviewing
|Phase 2
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Motivational Enhancement Therapy to Reduce Risk Behaviors in HIV Infected Youth
- Reduction of Risk Behaviors (Sexual, Drug, & Health), Viral Burden & CD4+ T Cell Count
- SES, health beliefs, physical and mental status, self-efficacy, stages of change, service utilization, HIV stigma
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|January 2002
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|August 2005
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years to 24 Years (Child, Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- A sample of 60 HIV+youth, ages 16-24, will be recruited from the four health care sites in the Michigan Title IV Project.
Exclusion Criteria:
- In order to increase the likelihood that the current intervention will be easily transportable to real world settings, exclusion criteria are kept to a minimum. No exclusions will be made due to co-morbid mental health problems ( i.e. ADHD, conduct disorder, depression, anxiety disorder), with the exception of thought disorder (i.e. schizophrenia, autism). It is assumed that severe psychosis in conjunction with HIV may require management strategies beyond the scope of the MET interventions (i.e. residential placement). As resources are not available in the current grant to hire and train therapists who are bilingual or translate study questionnaires/measures, subjects will required to speak English fluently. Hispanic or Arabic families who meet this criterion will be included in the study. Currently, all clients at the clinic sites meet this last criterion.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00227825
|Contact: Phebe K Lam, M.A.
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|Detroit Medical Center-CHM and UHC
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|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
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|Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D.
|Wayne State University
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|National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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|September 27, 2005
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|January 10, 2017
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Keywords provided by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA):
Behavioral Intervention
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The North Platte Community College Knights Men's Basketball team opened up the second half of the season on Tuesday with a 62-56 win at Region IX foe Northeastern Junior College to improve to 11-2. The Knights were paced by Ethan Montalvos 11 points and won their fourth game in a row. On the year, the Knights are led by Montalvos 15.8 ppg and Reath Jiechs 12.4 ppg.
The Knights continue Region IX play this weekend with a road trip to Trinidad and La Junta, Colo. On Friday the Knights take on the 9-4 (2-1 Region IX) Trinidad State Trojans at 8:30 p.m. CST in Trinidad. The game will be broadcast on ESPN radio. The Trojans are led by Devonte Malcolms 21.1 points per game and Tyrell Taylors 13.7 points per game. North Platte will be the Trojans opening game of the second semester after entering Christmas break on a four game winning streak.
On Saturday the Knights head to La Junta to take on the 13-4 (1-2 Region IX) and the defending Region IX Champions Otero Rattlers at 3 p.m. CST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN radio. The Rattlers come into the game on a two game losing streak after falling to Laramie County Wednesday night 68-67. The Rattlers were led by Terrell Browns 25 points and Daniel Hields 14. Brown paces the Rattlers with 16.1 points per game on the season.
The Knights remain on the road next weekend, playing at Lamar on Friday, Jan. 18, and at Hastings JV on Sunday, Jan. 20. The Knights will return home on Wednesday, Jan. 23, to face the Laramie County Golden Eagles at 7 p.m.
Lady Knights fall to Northeastern
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights womens basketball team travels to Lakewood, Colo. to take on the Colorado Christian JV at 3 p.m. CST on Saturday. The Lady Knights are 9-6 on the year after falling at Northeastern on Tuesday 72-54. The Lady Knights were led by Holdrege native Paige Hasty with 20 points and 7 rebounds and Maxwell native Courtney Widick with 14 points and 4 steals. On the year, Hasty leads the team with 15 ppg and 9.5 rpg and Widick contributes 13.4 ppg and 3.1 spg.
The game marks the second time the two teams have met on the year as North Platte defeated Colorado Christian at home 88-52 in December. The Lady Knights were led by DaVontaye Merritts 24 points. Widick contributed 18 points and Hasty had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Lady Cougars were led by Ashley Sha with 12 points.
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"The X Factor" continues tonight and Justin Bieber is in the house! L.A. Reid's house that is. In Beverly Hills: Swimming pools. Movie stars.
His pad is palatial and has great views of the city. You'd think L.A. would be a very happy man. But no, he's Mr. Growly. He resents that he has been assigned the "older" bunch of singers. This is the over-25 group, but the way he sees it you'd think they're all on Medicare, croon through their dentures and fart dust.
"I really didn't want this category. I'm known for developing young artists like Justin Bieber," mutters L.A., who tells his charges that they have to "prove to me that you're worth my time."
Translation: Old people are icky.
Here we go:
-- Jason Brock, 35, of San Francisco is the first contestant to audition out in the backyard, delivering a crisp rendition of Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry." "He didn't hold back at all. I think he gave it everything and it showed," says the Bieb. "But it's not only about that ..."
Could he be alluding to Brock's nerdy demeanor? Is he really a star?
-- David Correy, all tatted up, is next. He's an ancient 26, but somehow he manages to be as smooth as silk on Jessie J's "Domino." Says L.A., "There were some notes that were giving me chill bumps." Bieb likes his look, and Beib's manager loves his passion. But will they let Correy out of the old folks' home to chase stardom?
-- Daryl Black, 37, from Elk Grove, is next and he does my favorite Hall and Oates' song -- "She's Gone." Sweet. Justin says his voice is "powerful and strong," but Mr. Cranky Pants L.A. disagrees. "I didn't find the voice tone to be unique," he says. "I just didn't. I thought it was just singing."
-- Tate Stevens, 37, the bearded cowboy, takes his turn at bat. You get the feeling the odds are stacked against him. Not only is he an "old" guy, but he's country -- not exactly Justin or L.A.'s specialty. And sure enough, the Bieb says Stevens is "charismatic," but isn't sure he'd hand over a $5 million contract to him.
-- Vino Alan, 40, brings his soulful and gritty voice to Pink's "Sober." Bieber loves it: "That was a great performance. I felt it--emotionally, I felt it." But L.A. wasn't so sure about the full "package."
-- Tara Simon, 27, is pretty cocky. "I feel like I will win the whole thing," she proclaims. "I've always been a star. People have just now caught onto it." She belts out Hoobastank's "The Reason." She definitely has a big voice, but the guys think she needs more "sweet moments."
By the end of the auditions, L.A. is having a change of heart. These golden oldies aren't so bad, after all. And he admits that he has some tough choices to make.
After the 877th commercial for Pepsi, we go up the coast to Britney Spears' house in Malibu, where she's evaluating her teen titans, along with will.i.am while the ocaen sparkles in the background.
Here's the lineup:
-- Diamond Whie, the 13-year-old dynamo, brings a tender sweetness to Avril Lavigne's "With You." She's amazing, but Brit thinks she need to work "a little more on her stage performance and her confidence." Meanwhile, the other kids are wowed. "How do you compete against that?" asks one of them.
-- Reed Deming, 13, a little Bieber wannabe, delivers a dramatic rendition of "Delilah" by Plain White T's. He's adorable and more mature than his years, but Brit noticed that he was nervous and believes he could have been better. will.i.am called him "a little emperor kid."
-- James Tanner, a 15-year-old white rapper might "party like a rock star," but he doesn't exactly look the part. Brit says he's "entertaining," but she's not convinced it's strong enough. Oh, that Brit. She's hard to please.
-- Arin Ray, 17, was here last year, but in the group category. Now, he's a lone wolf. He smoothly eases his way through Nicki Minaj's "Starships." Ms. Spears says that he needs to work on his vocals a bit, but "I love watching him." will.i.am says he has loads of potential.
-- Beatrice Miller, 13, is a bundle of nerves. She feels "crappy" and has a little cry before she goes on. But then she turns in a solid cover of David Guetta's "Titanium." will.i.am claims, "That was fresh," but Britney again has some reservations. "I feel like she needs to control her voice a little more," says the former Mouseketeer. "She's a little loud."
-- Carly Rose Sonenclar, 13, wants to be a "superstar" and she has a big, beautiful voice to go along with her aspiration. She is so good on Karmin's "Brokenhearted" that will.i.am is convinced "she's possessed." Better keep an eye on this girl.
Both Britney and L.A. need to cut their stable of six singers down to four for the live shows. They make their picks, but, of course, we don't learn who they are. That's for next week, silly. Stay tuned.


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Mastroianni moved to 60-day DL to make room for infielder/outfielder
ATLANTA -- The Twins made a slew of roster moves before Wednesday's game against the Braves, placing third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the 7-day disabled list with concussion-like symptoms and recalling infielder/outfielder Chris Colabello from Triple-A Rochester.
The Twins also placed outfielder Darin Mastroianni, who is set to have ankle surgery on Wednesday, on the 60-day disabled list to make room for Colabello on the 40-man roster. Mastroianni was originally placed on the 15-day DL on April 16, but he isn't expected to return until July.
Plouffe, who was kneed in the head by the Braves' Dan Uggla while sliding into second base in the 10th inning of Tuesday's 5-4 loss, said he passed his initial concussion tests but still showed symptoms of a possible concussion.
"I passed my concussion test, but I think my initial reaction made them think twice about it," Plouffe said. "I was a little foggy and a little dazed and sensitive to the light. But I'm feeling a lot better today."
Plouffe will be reevaluated on Friday when he takes the ImPACT test to determine whether he has a concussion or just showed symptoms after the initial blow to the head.
"The doctor examined him, but as far as the ImPACT test, we'll wait a couple days for that," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He had some symptoms, and therefore, to play it safe, we opted to use the 7-day DL to give him a few days and do the test and give him a chance to make sure everything is clear."
Plouffe's injury provided an opportunity for Colabello to get his first callup to the big leagues. The infielder/outfielder made his Major League debut in right field in the finale against the Braves. It was a long time coming for Colabello, who played in the independent Can-Am League for seven years until joining the Twins organization last year.
The 29-year-old forced the Twins' hand, hitting .358 with 12 homers and 39 RBIs in 46 games at Rochester to get the promotion. He said he didn't find out until about 1 a.m. on the team bus and barely made his 6:25 a.m. flight from Rochester to Atlanta.
"It was a little bit of shock, a little bit of tears, a little bit of laughter -- so a lot of emotions, I guess," Colabello said. "Everyone was so thrilled. To be able to share that with those guys and to see the excitement that a lot of those guys on the bus had for me was one of the things that was the most special about the moment. Because to a man, everyone came up to me and gave me a big hug and congratulated me. So it was pretty awesome."
Colabello's natural position is first base, but he has been taking fly balls in the outfield over the past three weeks to prepare for a potential promotion. He made three starts in right and one in left to get ready for the possibility of seeing time in the outfield with the Twins.
"I feel OK in the outfield," Colabello said. "It's a matter of the more time out there the more comfortable you feel. So I'll go out there and play the game and see what happens."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hi everyone, Dr. Death here with another Blog, it's been awhile since I posted a blog and I thought we'd take a look at the reality and kayfabe lines in pro-wrestling, where and when they cross and why. Over the years we have seen many storylines come and go, some based entirely on a kayfabe (or imaginary/scripted) incident, and some based on an actual reality (or real) involvement. So, what does
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HUNDREDS of people packed a Burnley church as the town came together to say goodbye to 16-year-old Declan Edwards.
A community, first brought together to search for Declan after he went missing two weeks ago, united once more in the most tragic circumstances.
More than 400 people, many of them dressed in blue, the Unity College pupil's favourite colour, squeezed into St Catherine's Church, in Todmorden Road, on Saturday morning.
At least 100 more listened to the service on loud speakers in bright sunshine outside, with mourners stood 10 rows deep at the back of the church.
The seats had been filled half an hour before the 10am service, around the same time that Declan's white coffin left his home in Waddington Avenue for his final journey.
A horse-drawn carriage, with the horses draped in claret and blue Burnley flags and the same colour headgear, passed Turf Moor, where Declan worked in catering on match days, on its way to the church.
As the coffin was carried in to the sound of dance track My Love, Declan's mum, Mandy, and sister, Jessica, both wearing blue dresses, couldn't hold back the tears.
His friends from Unity College hugged each other and put arms round shoulders, as some wiped away tears and others fell inconsolably into the grasp of others.
During the service, led by Father Roger Parker, tears mixed with laughter.
Unity College headteacher Sally Cryer remembered Declan's 'sense of humour' and charisma in a eulogy that brought numerous bouts of laughter from his school friends, while sister Jessica told of her pain and pride in a heartbreaking written tribute.
Mrs Cryer said she had spoken to Declan's family and friends after she had been asked to say a few words at the service.
She said: "When I think about Declan, Dec, Deccy, Ducklan, I smile because he bought a smile to everyone he met with his charm and his sense of humour.
"At college he never passed me without saying hello, stopping for a chat, or giving me one of those infectious smiles.
"Declan was charismatic, larger than life. Six foot one, a big friendly giant, a prefect at Unity, he had great leadership skills.
"He was extremely popular with students and staff and he was due to achieve excellent GCSE results this summer, and then due to start a two-year BTEC course with Burnley Football Club.
"He excelled at sport and had a passion for a career in that field."
The congregation laughed as Mrs Cryer spoke of 'image being everything' to Declan, and him borrowing his sister's hairdryer.
She also told of his concern at wearing blue to the college prom with his date, and that they might 'end up looking like a couple of smurfs', and of the time he turned up on an early morning run as part of prefect training wearing just a mankini. She said: "At 7am you can picture the scene.
"There are 60 students assembled and then there was a vision of Declan.
"He came round the corner in a mankini, a pair of Speedo's – he said they were for his dignity – and a woolly hat to keep his head warm. It was a very cold morning.
"This shows the type of humour and outgoing personality Declan had, always wanting to have fun, always loves a joke, always has something funny to say or a smart comment.
"But he was also caring, sensitive and very loving. He didn't leave the house without giving his mum a kiss.
"Mum would tuck him up in bed and have a chat about the day's events, and he shared his love with all his family.
"His mates said he was a real mummy's boy, and Declan was proud of that, really proud.
"I spoke to his family and his two cousins and his friends and the one thing they all said is that no matter what, he was always there for you.
"He will be sadly missed by all that knew him, and never forgotten."
In a tribute read by Fr Parker, Jessica said: "To my beautiful baby brother, it hasn't sunk in you're gone. I don't think it ever will.
"It pains me so much to think I will never see that big, beaming smile of yours, or hear you shout 'mum, I'm hungry'.
"You were loved so dearly, and not just from me and mum but all the community.
"You touched many people's hearts just for being you – a loving, caring, happy, beautiful, lovely boy. I'm so proud of you.
"You were one in a trillion and will always be, even though you are not with me anymore, you will always be in my heart.
"Love you all the stars, all the sky, all the universe."
After the tributes mourners were asked to reflect on their own memories of Declan while 'How Do I Live' by LeAnn Rimes was played.
The hymn Morning Has Broken was sung, before the congregation left the church to 'The World's Greatest' by R Kelly.
In a claret and blue order of service, adorned with the Burnley Football Club logo and a picture of Turf Moor, the poem 'When Tomorrow Starts Without Me', was printed, with the final words: 'So when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we're far apart, For every time you think of me, I'm right here in your heart.' Declan's body was found by police in Rowley Park, Burnley, on Thursday, May 8.
It followed a large-scale search after Declan went missing the weekend before, last seen by a friend in Towneley Park as he made his way home from a house party on the Sunday before at around 2pm.
A post-mortem examination showed the cause of death to be hanging. A full inquest will be heard on August 19.


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-- Rebecca Jordan, 92, 234 N. Grant St., died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13, at West View Manor Nursing Home.
There will be no services. Cremation has taken place.
Arrangements are being handled by Custer Funeral Home, Wooster.
Surviving are a niece, Eula M. (William) Stinson of Wooster; and many great- and great-great-nieces and nephews.


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A Mischievous Charade...
Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where she can unleash her wildest whims and desires. But to attend such an event - especially if the event in question is Lord Justinian Strange's rollicking fete, filled with noble rogues and rotters, risqué ladies and illicit lovers - would be certain scandal. That's why she must disguise herself....
Looking forward to a night of uninhibited pleasure, Lord Strange is shocked to discover that beneath the clothes of a no-good rake is the most beautiful woman in the room. Why is a woman like her risking her reputation at his notorious affair? And can he possibly entice her to stay...forever?
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"Unique Story-Great Narrator"
"Dutchess By Night" takes you through a gamut of emotions, as one comes to expect from Eloisa James, and Susan Duerden gave an excellent performance. I don't remember hearing Susan Duerden read before, but she's one of the best I've heard. I will look for books that she narrates in the future.
"worth the credit!!!"
I bought this book cautiously because the reviews were not all that great but I liked the book. I like it when the sexual tension is drawn out in a book and the reader is left in suspension and this book certainly delivers.
Harriet is determined to have a bit of fun after she is ignored for a couple of years by society due to her husband's suicide. She is viewed as the cause of the Duck's death and unhappiness. She travels with to the disreputable home of Lord Strange with two friends but she attends as a man to protect her name. Lord Strange is immediately attracted to her feminine beauty and has to deal with his internal battle of liking someone he believes to be a man. He eventually figures out she is not a man and sets out to seduce her. Since she is not aware of being discovered, his attentions make her uncomfortable about liking a man she thinks is now interested in men. The only issue she lies about by omitting is that she is a Duchess. He does not like titles and even more strongly higher titles. Discovering her identity can ruin the relationship she finds herself in with a man she loves. Now you'll just have to read the book to see how she deals with that obstacle.
Queen Squared
"Eloisa James at her best!"
After reading the previous book in this series, "An Affair Before Christmas, I was a bit wary. But in my opinion, EJ is at her best in this novel. At the center of the storyline is the burgeoning relationship between Harriet, Duchess of Berrow & Lord Strange (Jem). Harriet and her friend Jemma go to the home of the scandalously disreputable Lord Strange on a lark, with the rakish Duke of Villers as their escort. Since Strange would never allow someone as respectable as the Duchess of Berrow to stay in his home, Harriet (Harry) decides to masquerade as a young--if overly pretty--man. What she doesn't expect is be attracted to Jem. Jem finds himself equally attracted to her--a prospect he initially finds disconcerting since he's never been attracted to men. Eventually, Jem finds her out and has a good time teasing the truth out of her.
What I found most interesting about this novel is that Harriet truly finds herself and is able to bury old ghost during her time pretending to be a man. In fact, it's her time as a man that makes her finally realize how much she has to offer.
EJ does an excellent job threading additional love stories throughout the novel. And, like any good novelist, she makes sure you have to read the rest of the series to know what happens with all of them :) I am eager to find out what happens with the other characters: Isidore, Jemma, and Leopold.
P.S. Susan Duerden continues to serve as an excellent narrator.
"Simply wonderful!"
Excellent writing, good character growth, inclusion of a great cast of children (and puppy), and sublime narration all contribute to the overwhelming success of this audiobook. We meet the Duke in previous books in the series. We may not have liked him then, but here we must love him. I enjoyed this book tremendously! The epilogue was truly a satisfying finish touch. Thank you to the author, the narrator, and Audible.
As ever, Eloisa James delivers an amazing story full of wonderful characters, witty dialogue, poignant moments and great romantic and sensuous love scenes. I've already ordered the next book.
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"Excellent narration!"
Susan Duerden should ALWAYS narrate for Eloisa James' books. I enjoyed Duchess by Night. It was highly enjoyable and an excellent use of time and money.
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"Simply awful"
I listen to a lot of romances, and this one is definitely the worst. It just dragged on and on.
"Loved It!"
Not just a basic romance where every move is anticipated. This book is about discovery. So many emotions are brought to surface throughout the entire book. The narration was delivered superbly and the characters were almost life like.
So far, this is my overall favorite in the Duchess series.
"Not a pleasant read"
A good beta-reader and editor
She did a fine jive
Disappointment that an otherwise good series was ruined with haphazard character development and storyline organization
I've requested a refund for the first 4 books of the series that I purchased
The subplot...I thought from the summary, that this story would be a keeper...NOT!!! :(
The fact that Ms. James would write about the main character who holds these indecent house parties in his home with his child in the house! It would have been better if he would have been a widower or go to these parties in other people's houses, etc but not host it himself...especially since he's a parent...condoning these type of activities within his own home and I repeat... with a child in the house?!!.... I'm not a prude or anything but i think this is in extremely poor taste. Did she think this would make for a better story? I'm not sure she thought this out very well
She does good work.
I would have had Ms James rewrite the story in a different setting as I said, have the main character Lord Strange, be a widower too or if Ms. James must have Lord strange have a child and it is essential to the story.. then he should go to other people's house parties instead and engage in these type of activities there, and have him meet with the main female character there in that setting, rather than in his own home with those type of parties.
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The recent storms flooded four classrooms and caused water and mud damage to the library and administrative offices, Ross Valley School District Superintendent Eileen Rohan said. A cleanup crew arrived early Monday morning and worked with school and district staff to restore the classrooms, she said.
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Pannapetar wrote:I would suggest "Buddhism Lite" at best as a temporary surrogate that eventually leads to the real thing... but then again Buddhism Lite is better than no Buddhism at all.
I also think that the Four Noble Truths are the Dhamma, in condensed form.
genkaku wrote:I also think that the Four Noble Truths are the Dhamma, in condensed form.
Kind of a 'Dharma Lite,' Ben?
genkaku wrote:..."fuff" (love the word even if I'm not entirely sure what it means)...
Nibbana is the highest happiness
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Disenchantment is important. The second step of the path- right intention- contains nekkhamma or renunciation/letting go- early on in the noble eightfold path (along with non violence and non anger)- showing us that it all the subsequent steps lead on from there.
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When the craving for a simple, non-fussy Chocolate-Caramel Tart demands to be satisfied, I head straight for Trois Pommes Patisserie. The dark chocolate cookie crust comes filled with layers of buttery caramel and then silky chocolate ganache. There's a perfect one to one ratio of each, and a sprinkle of fleur de del to finish. They have regular sized tarts for $6, but I prefer the mini tartlets at $2. That way you can pair it with a cup of their steaming matcha latte for a complete afternoon snack.
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Fifty-five percent of the nation's rivers and streams do not support healthy populations of aquatic life, with phosphorus and nitrogen pollution and poor habitat being main culprits for these river and stream miles being rated in poor biological condition, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency assessment.
The National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA) 2008-2009 Draft Report was released for public comment by the Environmental Protection Agency. Comments are due to firstname.lastname@example.com by May 9, 2013.
Additionally a free webcast on the findings of the NRSA 2008-2009 will be held on April 3, 2013.
This draft report is one of a series of aquatic resource assessments being conducted by the EPA along with states and tribes. The lag time between data collection and the report is obvious from the dating—2008-2009—in the report title.
The assessment of rivers and streams found that only 23 percent of them are in fair condition and 21 percent are rated as in good condition.
An explanation of how and why the assessments was provided by the EPA. "Often referred to as probability-based surveys, these studies provide nationally consistent and scientifically-defensible assessments of our nation's waters and can be used to track changes in condition over time. The surveys use standardized field and lab methods and is designed to yield unbiased estimates of the condition of the whole water resource being studied," the EPA intro explains.
The good, fair and poor ratings are based on biological indexed ratings. The biological rating is based on an index that combines different measures of "aquatic macroinvertebrates" (aquatic insects and creatures such as crayfish).
The EPA blames phosphorus and nitrogen pollution for much of the negative water quality. Forty percent of the nation's river and stream miles have high levels of phosphorus, and 27 percent have high levels of nitrogen.
Nutrient pollution is mentioned extensively in a summary fact sheet. "Biological communities" are at increased risk because of high phosphorus and nitrogen pollution. The nutrient pollution is blamed on excess fertilizers, wastewater and other sources, which causes algae blooms, low oxygen levels and more.
Quality of the rivers and streams is also being destroyed by "poor vegetative cover and high levels of human disturbance" near the waterways. Disturbance is resulting in erosion and streambed sediments, "which can smother the habitat where many aquatic organisms live or breed."
Ratings show that more eastern rivers and streams are in poor condition as a whole than elsewhere in the U.S. The nation is divided into nine "ecological regions." Northern Appalachians (New England) has 57 percent of its streams and rivers in poor condition. The Southern Appalachians (Mid-Atlantic and South outside of the Atlantic coast) has 65 percent of its river and stream miles in poor condition. The largest percentage of poor rivers and stream miles occurs in the Coastal Plains (Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal areas) at 71 percent poor.
The Mississippi River and Illinois River basins have received a lot of attention about having high levels of nutrient pollution in rivers, but the Temperate Plains area that includes these basins only has a 55 percent poor quality rating.
The river and stream miles rated at poor for other regions are Upper Midwest, 59 percent; Northern Plains, 33 percent; Southern Plains, 41 percent; and Western Mountains (Pacific Northwest) at 26 percent. The Xeric region covers most of the area west of the Rocky Mountains and had a poor rating of 43 percent of its river and stream miles.
The summary fact sheet suggests that the biggest human health concern is mercury in fish. More than 13,000 miles of rivers are stipulated as "having mercury in fish tissue at levels that exceed thresholds protective of human health."
The only comparison for the NRSA 2008-2009 quality is to the 2004 Wadeable Streams Assessment. In comparison, the 2008-2009 assessment shows 7 percent fewer streams are in good biological condition, 19 percent fewer stream miles are in good condition for phosphorus but 9 percent more stream miles are in good condition for nitrogen.


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Just about everyone has an opinion about what pork producers individually or as a body should do about the gestating sow stall issue. Here is mine. Part of my career experiences was as general manager of a 30,000-sow operation. That system used all sow stalls as most did back then almost 20 years ago. Everyone in the industry knows of the value of keeping sows in stalls to prevent fighting and to individually feed the sows so each receives its allotted ration. Of course, some of the new penning arrangements also allow for individual feeding, which helps prevent the boss sow situation whereby a more aggressive sow eats her neighbor's share.
I always thought the National Pork Board's approach to this controversy was the correct one. They simply state that every producer should have a choice and that there are several alternatives, all of which have their unique set of advantages and disadvantages. Whether you agree with this approach or not depends upon whether you subscribe to the welfare activists' assertion that the stall system is inherently inhumane. Personally, I do not, so that is why I like the choice argument. However, if your starting point is that stalls are inhumane because they do not allow the sow her basic freedoms, then the choice argument is not valid as it would allow a practice you find unacceptable to continue.
This issue certainly has its share of strong opinions on each side. There are particular groups of producers and indeed entire state pork organizations taking a strong stand to oppose any change that would compromise their ability to protect sows in stalls. Others seem to have accepted that change for the industry is inevitable and have looked at ways they can adapt their operations to include an alternative to gestation stalls, while still maintaining some of the advantages such as individual feeding and minimization of fighting.
One such system uses feeding stalls in open pens. This system requires additional space in addition to the cost of retrofitting, but would allow individual consumption without boss-sow intervention. My understanding from many who have experience with these systems is that most of the sows spend a significant time in the stalls anyway as a way to protect themselves from their overzealous pen mates.
There is some expansion of sow facilities taking place in the United States and in other countries such as China. It seems to me these producers have the added challenge of figuring out what to build that will have a sustained lifetime. In China, all new units are being built with stalls. However, I would be curious as to know what most U.S. producers are using in their expansion plans.
Our free-market economy allows the marketplace to influence decisions such as these. When so many retailers and foodservice concerns have taken the position that the pork they buy will be from stall-free operations by a defined date, the critical mass of these markets has the opportunity to effect a change. However, until it becomes a vast majority of producers who have changed their operations, the ones who have made the change are at a distinct financial disadvantage when compared to the producers who have decided to stick with the status quo. In addition, these producers would be at a competitive disadvantage when compared to China's pork producers, with all other factors remaining equal.
I am sure more discussion will ensue before any finality is reached for the U.S. pork production industry. It will be interesting to watch and even more interesting to see where the industry ends up in regard to this issue within the next five and 10 years.