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This new service from the former editor of Good magazine lets you "subscribe" to tastemakers like Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic or Scott Belsky of Behance; every three months you get a gift curated by the person you've chosen to subscribe to.$25 | Quarterly.co
G-Form Knee/Elbow Pads
The odd articulated armor in these low-profile knee and elbow pads is filled with a gel that stiffens on impact to absorb up to 90 percent of the energy when you hit the deck.$50 | G-Form
Sifteo Cubes
This nifty diversion marries the tactile pleasure of movable blocks with modern technology. Download games and plug the USB dongle into your computer: It wirelessly controls things as you stack, shuffle, and sort the cubes to win.$150 | Sifteo
Benchmade 915 Triage Utility Tool
Survivalist stocking stuffer! The sheep's-foot blade doesn't budge when locked, and a hook-shaped safety cutter will slice through the toughest canvas or parachute cord. Caught behind glass? The carbon-tipped window punch can shatter it with a single blow.$165 | Benchmade
Oopsmark Wine Rack
Never break a bottle en route again. Antique brass fasteners attach a leather holster to any 1-inch bicycle frame. We're hoping it holds bourbon, too.$29 | Oopsmark
Iain Sinclair CardSharp 2
Coolest credit-card-style knife we've seen. Flip open the blade, fold over the sides, and wield the surgical stainless steel to open your pack of beef jerky.$25 | Iain Sinclair
Give a custom candy bar: Start with dark, milk, or white chocolate, add crunch, like sliced almonds or sunflower seeds, then fruit, spices, candy, bacon, rose petals, even 23-karat gold flakes.$4.50 and up | Chocomize
Burton Method
Thanks in part to a carbon and wood core, the insanely light Method has the pop to handle park and half pipe riding but enough give for mellow runs on groomed slopes. It's the best all-around snowboard on the market.$1,500 | Burton
Libratone Live Airplay Speakers
These compact (18.5 x 7.7-inch) speakers connect wirelessly to any iTunes-enabled device to fill the room with 150-watt, amp-driven audio. And the cashmere covers are so plush, you may find yourself petting them.$699 | Libratone Live
Lomography Sprocket Rocket
The plastic-bodied analog Rocket camera has a wide-angle frame that exposes the film all the way to the edges, out past the sprocket holes. It also lets you rewind the film for arty double exposures.$89 | Lomography
This subscription service delivers fresh socks, undershirts, shaving kits, even condoms to the guy on your list who needs them most, saving him trips to the laundromat and drugstore.$14 and up for 3 Months | Manpacks
Miniot Cover
This wooden iPad 2 cover with ultrasuede lining rolls back to form a stand for both portrait and landscape views. Custom text engraving is included, but for $21 more, you can get an image.$70 | Miniot
Exotac nanoStriker
When your lighter fails, this ferrocerium flint produces a reliable spark. Enclosed in a shell about the size of a pen cap, it's a great cheat for Cub Scouts.$27 | Exotac
Air Lines
Paris-New York. Montreal-Rio. Every flight pattern gets its own line. The result is this stunning 47 x 33-inch graphic poster, offset-printed on heavyweight paper and ready to frame.$49 | Air Lines
Gilt Taste
The online storefront for any foodie worth their smoked sea salt, this offshoot of Gilt's flash-sale fashion site is both an online marketplace for hard-to-find artisanal eats and a culinary magazine with bylines from the likes of Ruth Reichl and Francis Lam.Free | Gilt Taste
Derringer Cycle
It's got a 49cc motor and can also be pedaled. So is it a motorcycle? A moped? A bicycle? Who cares? We want one.$3,500 | Derringer
Blunt Umbrella
With its telescoping fiberglass pole and polycarbonate ribs, this umbrella can hold its shape in tropical-storm gusts of up to 70 mph. The rounded tips prevent inadvertent eye-poking.$70 | Blunt Umbrella
The future of clean energy could be in your backyard. Teach kids about electrochemistry by feeding soil samples to energy-producing bacteria that can pump out enough power to light up a small LED.$45 | MudWatt
No more soggy cereal! Keep your Golden Grahams on one side of this plastic bowl's divider and your milk on the other. When you're ready for a bite, scoop a bit from each side. An ergonomic grip lets you scarf on the go.$20 | Obol
Recon Instruments MOD Live
This device snaps into your goggles and displays your altitude, speed, location, and even air time. Bluetooth connectivity syncs with your smartphone, so you can compare stats back at the ski lodge.$399 | Recon Instruments
MoMA Branch Earphone Splitter
This tree-branch-shaped accessory splits your headphone jack three ways, allowing three people to rock out to a single MP3 player.
$10 | MoMa
Biegert & Funk Qlocktwo Touch
Timeless. Literally. This 5.3-inch-square alarm clock spells out the hour in plain English (or French, Italian, Spanish, German, even Arabic) by shining LEDs through a stainless steel, anodized aluminum, or polished acrylic glass front. Touch its face to snooze.$600 | Biegert & Funk
Nerf Vortex Praxis Blaster
The disc ammo in Nerf's newest line of guns flies farther and truer than the familiar foam darts, and modders will love the interchangeable stocks, sights, and magazines.$25 | Nerf
Levi's 511 Commuter Series Jeans
Is that a bike lock in your pants, or ... why yes, yes it is. In addition to reflective strips on the cuffs and pedal-friendly stretch fabric, Levi's bike-specific jeans come with a strap on the waistband for carrying U-locks.$78 | Levi's
UP by Jawbone
This wristband and the accompanying mobile app track movement, sleep, and nutrition. The system also gives recommendations for getting and staying healthy.$99 | Jawbone
Original Apex 37
This longboard's spring-loaded trucks help you carve on concrete. Carbon inlays ensure that the deck will withstand years of bombing hills.$279 | Original Skateboards
Star Wars: The Blueprints by J. W. Rinzler
There are enough Star Wars books to line the walls of the Jedi Academy, but J. W. Rinzler, executive editor at Lucasfilm, has collected such stirring content from all six movies — including original sketches of the Death Star — that it'll have both Skywalker scholars and casual fans salivating.$500 | Star Wars
Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information by Manuel Lima
From genealogical patterns in medieval tapestries to the math behind fractals, Lima, a senior UX design lead for Bing, shows how designers turn complex patterns into compelling artwork.$50 | Manuel Lima
The Cult of Lego by John Baichtal and Joe Meno
There are elaborate projects aplenty to ogle in this perky homage to the toy brick (remote-controlled Jawa Sandcrawler with working conveyor belt!). But the real treat is the stories about the slavish devotion the hobbyists and AFOLs (adult fans of Lego) lavish on their plastic masterpieces.$40 | Cult of Lego
Out of Print
For every literary-themed t-shirt or iPhone case you buy from Out of Print, the company will donate one book to Books for Africa.$28-35 | Out of Print
Aether Pinnacle
The Pinnacle may look like it's just a very nice hoodie. But it's a technological masterpiece, made of stretchy, wind- and waterproof wonder fabric created by Swiss textile wizard Schoeller. The trim silhouette is cut for athletes, and a bonded fleece liner keeps you toasty on cold days.$495 | Aether
Grace Digital Audio Eco Terra Speakers
Seal your media player (and cash, keys, etc.) inside the Eco Terra's watertight compartment and you've got a beach- and boat-ready boombox. It even floats.$600 | Grace Digital
Minox Digital Classic Camera 5.1
Made by the same guys who built the CIA's silver spy cams in the 1940s, this pint-size digital camera packs 5.1 megapixels and style to spare. Add a fedora and a trench coat to the package and your giftee can pose as Sam Spade.$250 | Minox
Desk Pets TankBot
Robotic helicopters win points for showmanship, but some situations require taking the office by land. Charge the TankBot via USB, then use your phone to control it—or let it run riot on its own, scaring unsuspecting coworkers with its light-up eyes and sound effects.$150 | Desk Pets
Disney/Pixar Cars 2 AppMates
The app is free. What you stuff in your nipper's stocking is a pair of Cars 2 characters, like Finn McMissle and Lightning McQueen. Junior holds one of the toy automobiles down on your iPad screen and sensors on the undercarriage communicate with the app to rev a cartoon around a track.$20 | Disney / Pixar
Grace Digital Audio Victoria
Combining old-school looks with new-school features, the Victoria fully integrates Pandora and allows you to control it with your iPhone through a free remote app.$230 | Grace Digital
Beklina Wood Tea Canister
It takes Japanese artisans a year to hand-lacquer and engrave each of these 8-inch-tall cherrywood tea canisters. There's no better way to keep your genmaicha fresh and dry.$220 | Beklina
MCLK12 McIntosh Mantle Clock
Those needles aren't measuring watts. This is a clock, styled like a classic McIntosh stereo amp — complete with an identical faceplate and the pleasant feedback of precision analog gauges.$1,500 | McIntosh
Plumen 001
This CFL looks sculptural enough to be featured in the MoMA store (yet uses 80 percent less energy than a standard incandescent).$30 | Plumen
Da Vinci Catapult
Lay siege to pets, kids, or the neighboring cubicle. A working model of da Vinci's 15th-century design, this spring-powered wooden weapon assembles in an hour and can launch a clay ball (included) up to 14 feet.$20 | Da Vinci Catapult
Digitech Industries 2.7-inch Video Microscope
This 200X digital scope magnifies spores in vivid color on a 2.7-inch LCD, then lets you capture stills and record video.$149 | Digitech
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Alaska is full of amazing things to do. Ice climbing, skiing, and kayaking are just some of my favorite things but there is a place for everyone.Read More
learn how to cross country ski. Go to one of the dinner party murder mysteries - great fun!Read More
Anything outdoors. Sports. Lots of Running club.Read More
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There is a lot to do for fun. You can rent games, movies and sleds from the student rec room. The outdoor programs offers bikes, skis, snowshoes and many other kinds of equipment for outdoor adventures. You can walk 5 mins to University Lake and ice skate or spend some time at the dog park. There is a lot to do and there are many people willing to do fun activities with you.Read More
Nothing really, alot of students drink and do drugs to destress from hetic school life.Read More
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outdoor sports, other sports, movie theatre, live music, festivals.Read More
it's right in the middle of anchorage so there are lots of places to visit and see while there. they also plan fun events and dances on campus.Read More
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Annapurna wrote:Really? Here any pupil can tutor another.
In Thailand a foreigner must have a work permit to work, even voluntary work or just helping out in the family business.
It's easy to to get away with working illegally but if you get caught you'll be deported or have to pay a bribe, helping with his wifes business it's probably easier to not get caught than going to tutoring english students as you are more visible with the latter.
Annapurna wrote:Sure but you have to compete everywhwere, If you're good and work hard, you'll make it.
In that part of Thailand an internet cafe generally charges about 10 baht an hour, about 25c US. So I guess if he had 5 computers If he were lucky he'd make $10 per day. How long do you think it would take before he broke even and paid off the extra debt he'd have to go into to buy the computers?
Neither of the above solve his immediate problem which is to have enough money in his bank account so he can prove to the thai government he can support himself without working.


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PHOTOGRAPHERS are invited to share their pictures of the Black Country Festival on Flickr.
Dudley Council wants people to upload photographs to its Flickr site taken on Black Country Day today (Monday July 14) or at any of the festival events running throughout July.
People can upload images to www.flickr.com/groups/blackcountryfestival


text: MESSIAH WAR, PART 6ùOne thousand years from now, Cable is having a very, very bad day. His own father doubts his ability to protect the mutant messiah. His former team, X-Force, has shown up to bring him back to the present, whether he likes it or not. Not one, but two of CableÆs oldest and deadliest enemies threaten to annihilate them all. And now even Hope, the mutant messiah heÆs raised since birth, is starting to wonder if CableÆs the right man for the job of keeping her alive... The penultimate chapter of Messiah War--the sequel to the groundbreaking, game-changing Messiah Complex--is here


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- In vitro tool for P450 induction screening
- High levels of drug-metabolizing enzymes (Phase I and II)
- Intact nuclear receptor pathways (PXR & CAR)
- Active drug transporters
HepaRG Cells
A unique in vitro system for ADME/Tox studies
HepaRG™ cells are terminally differentiated hepatic cells derived from a human hepatic progenitor cell line that retains many characteristics of primary human hepatocytes. HepaRG™ cells are provided in a convenient cryopreserved, single use format. For scientists who need reproducible metabolism data, HepaRG™ cells are an in vitro tool that provides reproducible results in a metabolically complete and scalable system.
HepaRG™ cells exhibit many characteristics of primary human hepatocytes, including morphology and expression of key metabolic enzymes, nuclear receptors, and drug transporters. Unlike HepG2 and Fa2N-4 cells, HepaRG™ cells have high P450 activity and complete expression of all nuclear receptors.
Infinitely reproducible
HepaRG™ cells lack donor variability, and lot sizes are not limited by donor tissue availability, ensuring an indefinite and consistent supply of cells. Thus experimental results can be infinitely reproduced. (Note: The cells we provide are terminally differentiated and cryopreserved.)
Induction Screening
P450 enzymes can be induced as a result of drug exposure, which may cause increased formation of toxic metabolites and/or decreased systemic levels of a co-administered drug potentially resulting in drug toxicity or decreased drug efficacy. The use of primary human hepatocytes in screening applications is limited by tissue availability, donor variability, cost, and a relative short culture lifespan. The use of HepaRG™ cells solves these limitations without sacrificing critical hepatocyte traits such as drug metabolizing enzyme expression, functional transport proteins, and expression of key nuclear receptor pathways. HepaRG™ cells respond to prototypical P450 inducers such as omeprazole (OMP), phenobarbital (PB), and rifampicin (RIF) demonstrating the utility of this cell system in the evaluation of in vitro enzyme induction (Figure 1).
Estimates of in vivo metabolic drug clearance can be determined from in vitro metabolism kinetic data. Metabolic stability studies are typically performed to estimate a drug candidate's metabolic half-life and intrinsic clearance rates, which are major determinants of in vivo drug efficacy. Compounds with short half-lives may require multiple doses to maintain effective plasma levels, whereas compounds with slower elimination kinetics require fewer doses. Unlike other cell lines (e.g., HepG2 and Fa2N-4) HepaRG™ cells have expression levels of key metabolic enzymes and nuclear receptors consistent with levels observed in PHH, and therefore, are more suitable to assess the metabolic stability of candidate compounds (Figure 2).
The liver plays a central role in metabolizing and eliminating xenobiotics and as a result is susceptible to injury from drug toxicity. Liver toxicity has led to withdrawal or severe use limitations of marketed drugs and is a major problem in drug development. HepaRG™ cells are a metabolically competent system and tolerant of long culture periods (i.e. ≥22 days). In addition, they are well suited for in vitro determinations of acute and chronic toxicity resulting from intrinsic and/or metabolism-based mechanisms (Figures 3 and 4).
Transporters often work together with drug-metabolizing enzymes in drug absorption and elimination, resulting in altered drug efficacy and adverse drug effects. HepaRG™ cells have superior expression levels of key uptake and efflux transporters compared to other cell lines, and expression levels closely resembling those of human hepatocytes (Figures 5 and 6).
- Aninat C et al. (2008) Crit Care Med 36:848–854.
- Lübberstedt M et al. (2011) J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 63:59–68.
- Aninat C et al. (2006) Drug Metab Dispos 34:75–83.
- Guillouzo A et al. (2007) Chem Biol Interact 168:66–73.
- Le Vee M et al. (2006) Eur J Pharm Sci 28:109–117.
HepaRG™ is a trademark of BioPredic International.
For research use only. Not intended for any animal or human therapeutic or diagnostic use.
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HepaRG™ cells are patented and their use is strictly limited; consider the cells as a single-use, disposable product that must be destroyed upon conclusion of a study or experiment. Propagating, reproducing, cloning, subcloning or any other use of the cells following the conclusion of a study is prohibited. Use of the cells to produce or manufacture commercial products for general sale or for use in the manufacture of products intended for general sale is prohibited. Transfer of the cells to anyone not employed within the same organization, whether for financial benefit or not, is also prohibited.


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In a curling game, players (other than the skip) throw only two rocks but sweep six others. The importance of sweeping cannot be underestimated! Good sweepers can make the difference between an average shot and an amazing shot. Given the importance of sweeping, it should come as no surprise that curling brooms (or curling brushes) are the second most important piece of curling equipment, ranking only behind curling shoes.
If you are like many curlers, you probably started off using a club broom that was available at your curling club when you took up the sport. But as you continue to play the game, you may be wondering whether it is time to invest in a broom of your own.
In choosing a broom, there are three key things you need to consider:
Material Choices for Curling Brooms
The broom handle, or shaft, is typically comprised of some combination of wood, fiberglass, and/or carbon fiber. And with such a wide variety of materials used, it leads to a broad range in the weight of brooms. Weight is key: the lighter the broom, the easier it is to apply pressure when brushing and the more effective a sweeper you will be.
Generally speaking, the greater the proportion of carbon fiber, the lighter the broom. At Goldline, we have two choices in handles. Our Carbon Fiber broom handles weigh between 170 and 200 grams (depending on the diameter of the shaft) whereas on our Fiberlite brooms (which are basically comprised of 65% fiberglass and 35% carbon fiber), the handles weigh between 270 and 300 grams.
If you're just starting out, you don't need to invest in a carbon fiber broom: a Fiberlite broom will already be much lighter than the club broom you've used previously. At some point, though, the logical choice may be to take the extra step and invest in a 100% carbon fiber broom.
Handle Diameter of Curling Brooms
Typically, broom handles come in different sizes to accommodate varying hand sizes. At Goldline, we offer 1" and 1-1/8" handles on our brooms. Which size handle you prefer is entirely a matter of personal taste; there is no requirement that women use a broom with a thinner handle while men use brooms with a thicker handle. When shopping, make sure to hold brooms with differing sizes of handles in your hands and determine which feels most comfortable.
Types of Heads on Curling Broom
In addition to the synthetic head Goldline has reintroduced a horse hair head this year, which is generally felt to be more effective on frosty ice, found in arenas and at televised events (where crowds and cameras combine to increase the frost on the playing surface).The vast majority of brooms come with a swivel head and a replaceable synthetic pad. This type of broom will be very effective on curling club ice. While the brush itself can last many years, the pads are replaceable and should be replaced at least once per season.
Once the choice of material, diameter of shaft, and type of head are made, the toughest decision remains: colour. At Goldline, we have a wide variety of colours available in both our Carbon Fiber and Fiberlite brooms. New colours this year include Metallic White in our Carbon Fiber line, and Steel and Ebony in our Fiberlite line. And if your current broom is still in excellent condition, evaluate if your synthetic pad needs to be replaced, or perhaps it's time to try a Norway pad!
Buying your own broom: it's a small investment which will make a world of difference in your game.


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Library Campaign
Where information becomes knowledge and where knowledge becomes wisdom.
Saint Xavier University's Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump Library is undergoing its first major renovation in almost 50 years!
The revitalized Library will:
- serve as a beacon of academic quality
- give every student, faculty member and staff member a rich new locus for dynamic learning experiences
- accommodate continued growth in student enrollment
- provide a place where faculty can share ideas, resources and scholarly endeavors
- serve as an important regional resource through its collection, archives, exhibits and lectures
How Can You Help?
The Library transformation is vital to the continued success of Saint Xavier University. We invite you to join us in this extraordinary opportunity to make an investment that will have a lasting impact on Saint Xavier for generations to come.
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For more information about the Library transformation, please contact Steven Murphy at 773-298-3310 or email@example.com.


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David Sandlin's SVA subway posters
Visual Arts Press, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, New York, 2010
Project brief: SVA has a tradition of commissioning artists and designers to create posters that are displayed throughout the New York City subway system.
Approach: This series of three posters ran simultaneously, illustrated by David Sandlin, faculty member of the B.F.A, B.F.A. in Illustration and Cartooning, and M.F.A. in Illustration as Visual Essay departments. They are bright, colorful and detailed fantasias of an artist at work. Elements of each poster carry over into the others.
Effectiveness: The subway poster is intended for prospective students and the entire SVA community. David's posters have gotten a lot of positive feedback from the school, students and artists.
Juror Notes
Completely effective in speaking to their audience.
Collections: AIGA 365: Design Effectiveness (2011)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Promotional design and advertising
Format: Advertisement, Posters
- Design firm
- Visual Arts Press, School of Visual Arts, New York
- Creative director
- Anthony P. Rhodes
- Art director
- Michael J. Walsh
- Designer
- David Sandlin
- Illustrator
- David Sandlin
- Client
- School of Visual Arts


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Scott, Basil Smotherman and Kendall Stephens comprise a class that is ranked as the 23rd-best in the nation by both Rivals.com and Scout.com.
"With the class before this one having three bigs, we needed to add some depth in our backcourt," Painter said in a release. "With the signings of Bryson Scott, Basil Smotherman and Kendall Stephens, I think we've been able to land three very good players. They'll not only help us improve our guard play, but they'll give us more options in the backcourt."
Purdue will lose senior guard Dru Anthrop and swingman D.J. Byrd to graduation following the 2012-13 season and has only awarded 12 of the 13 permissible scholarships for this year's team.
Scott and his twin brother, Brenton, an Indiana State signee, have been mainstays for the successful Northrop program since the first days at the school four years ago. He averaged 25.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a junior and led the Bruins to a sectional title.
"Bryson Scott is a player who's very good with the basketball," Painter said. "He's physical strong, and he's really worked on his perimeter game in terms of becoming a consistent three-point shooter and having an effective pull-up. He's always been a guy who can get to the basket and finish or get to the free throw line, and he really brings tenacity at both ends of the floor."
Smotherman averaged 9.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last season as a junior at Lawrence North, which earned the athletic wing honorable mention AP all-state accolades.
"Basil Smotherman is a very good athlete who can play both forward spots," Painter said. "He's a guy who is really impressive from a physical standpoint. He's got a big frame, and he's long and athletic. He's continuing to improve his skill set and energy level. I think he could be a high-energy guy who runs the floor, crashes the glass and really defends the wing position."
The last time that Purdue signed a member of the Stephens family it worked out pretty well. Kendall's father is former Boilermaker great Everette Stephens.
As a junior, Stephens averaged better than 24 points per game as a junior at St. Charles East after logging 17.1 points per contest as a sophomore.
"Kendall Stephens has really made some strides physically, and in his overall game, over the past year," Painter said. "He's a very good shooter who can catch and shoot out to about 23 or 24 feet. He's really improved in putting the ball and floor and going to his pull-up. His game will continue to improve as he improves physically, and that physical maturity will be a tell-tale for him."
The three newcomers will join Boilermaker guards Terone Johnson (a current junior), Anthony Johnson (sophomore), Ronnie Johnson (freshman), and former Fort Wayne South Side standout Rapheal Davis (freshman).
"We're excited about all three guys," Painter said. "They all bring something a little bit different, and they're really going to help us solidify our backcourt."


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Commitments come and go during All-American games week. It's part of the show.
On Friday and Saturday, several commitments will be announced live on TV during games. The Under Armour All-American Game will be the first to be played—kickoff is Friday at 5 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Three Sporting News Top 125 players will make their decisions public during the broadcast, a routine that has become more common in recent years. Game organizers encourage the players to hold onto the news of their decisions just a little bit longer so they can share the excitement with the live national television audience. It's that kind of drama that brings in more viewers.
SN Top 125 recruits: 1-10 | 11-25 | 26-75 | 76-125
The top player to make a decision at the Under Armour Game this year will be the SN125's No. 8 overall prospect, Leon McQuay III. In his last interview with Sporting News, he heaped praise on all five of his finalists—Vanderbilt, USC, Oregon, Michigan and Florida State. He took official visits to each of them. It would seem that the traditional national powers on his list might have a slight advantage, but don't rule out Vanderbilt, which has a good music program (he's a good musician) with strong academics.
McQuay is a defensive back out of the greater Tampa area of Florida, but he has made it clear that staying close to home is not a necessity.
Another SN125 defensive back, Max Redfield out of Mission Viejo (Calif.), recently withdrew his long-time commitment to USC and is now seriously considering surging Notre Dame. Both schools will await his choice Friday night.
"In special teams, offense, and defense I give everything no matter what the score is," Redfield told Sporting News. "And I use every ounce of speed and strength to be around the ball when I have the opportunities to make big plays."
MORE: SN's Recruiting Central
Also, SN125 offensive lineman Na'Ty Rodgers is a big-time target for both South Carolina and Maryland. His father, former Washington player Tyrone Rodgers, has been a huge help during the recruiting process.
"I think my strength is pretty much my toughness and ability to move, my kickstep and great footwork," Rodgers told Sporting News. "I think I can get off the ball well."
Others to pick at the Under Armour Game are athlete Kendell Beckwith (down to LSU and Alabama), linebacker Trey Johnson (down to Florida, Ohio State and Tennessee) and defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko (down to Clemson and Syracuse).
While those players will choose their future teams, two players actually dropped schools this week at the Under Armour Game. SN125 defensive lineman Caleb Brantley decommitted from Florida, while DB Sebastian LaRue became the latest of several USC recruits to drop the Trojans.


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A Registry for Comparing Catheter-Related Infection Rates Among Various Shunt Systems in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
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|Device: Shunt catheter
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|A Registry for Comparing Catheter-Related Infection Rates Among Various Shunt Systems in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus
- Number of Subjects With Shunt Infections [ Time Frame: Implantation to Explant ]Number of shunt infections occurring in subjects implanted with antibiotic impregnated catheters and standard catheters.
- Non-infectious Antibiotic Impregnated (AI) and Standard Catheter Subjects With Shunt Failures [ Time Frame: April 2008 ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Device: Shunt catheter
Clinical trials show that the majority of infections in shunt systems originate from bacterial contamination introduced at the time of surgery and most appear by 3-4 weeks post-operatively. Protection must persist well beyond the surgical procedure to make certain that all contaminating bacteria are completely eradicated.
Depending upon the institution, shunt infection rates have been known to be as little as 1% to as much as 25%. However, two prospective trials that have been published from large databases, with a consistent definition of infection, have indicated an overall infection rate of approximately 10%
This prospective non-randomized, open-label Registry is designed to investigate and identify short-term shunt/catheter-related infection rates in ventriculoperitoneal shunt systems using various catheters during hospital standard of care treatment of Subjects with hydrocephalus. Prospective Subjects will include those receiving shunts for the first time (de novo) and those with previously implanted shunts for whom catheter or total system replacements are required.
This Registry will enroll 450 implanted Subjects of any age who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria and who provide signed Informed Consent to participate in this clinical Registry
Subjects will be followed for up to 90 days.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- The Subject requires a surgical procedure to implant (de novo) a ventriculoperitoneal shunt or to replace an already implanted shunt catheter for the treatment of hydrocephalus.
- The Subject (family member/legal representative) has completed the Informed Consent process prior to enrollment into this Registry.
- The Subject (family member/legal representative) is willing to comply with the Registry protocol timelines & requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The Subject's planned shunt has distal drainage to the heart.
- The Subject has an active infection of the indwelling shunt system, cerebrospinal fluid or abdominal cavity.
- The Subject has ventriculitis, peritonitis or meningitis.
- The Subject has sepsis.
- The Subject has a history of poor wound healing.
- The Subject has symptoms pertaining to: a skin infection at or near the site of any incisions; an ear infection on either side; a respiratory tract infection; or a urinary tract infection that, in the Investigator's opinion is clinically significant and might compromise the outcome of this Registry.
- The Subject has had any form of bowel surgery 30 days prior to device implant or anticipates bowel surgery within 90 days following device implant
- The Subject has loculation(s) within the ventricular system.
- The Subject is otherwise determined by the Investigator to be medically unsuitable for participation in this Registry.
- The Subject is currently enrolled in another drug or device trial or has been previously entered in this trial.
- The Subject exhibits other difficulties, which would preclude follow-up for 90 days.
- The Subject is a prisoner.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00280904
|United States, Illinois
|Children's memorial Hospital
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
|Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
|Canada, British Columbia
|British Columbia Children's Hospital
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
|Prince of Wales Hospital
|Beijing, China
|Ua Shan Hospital
|Shanghai, China, 200040
|Hong Kong
|Queen Mary Hospital
|Hong Kong, Hong Kong
|All India Insitute of Medical Sciences
|New Delhi, India, 110029
|National Neuroscience Institute
|Singapore, Singapore, 308433
|Study Chair:
|Paul Steinbok, MBBS, FRCSC
|University of British Columbia
|Responsible Party:
|Codman & Shurtleff
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00280904 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 20, 2006
|Results First Received:
|November 17, 2010
|Last Updated:
|February 5, 2013
Keywords provided by Codman & Shurtleff:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Catheter-Related Infections
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
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Judge rules takeover of Mukai Farmhouse wasn't valid
An effort by a group of well-known Islanders to assume control of the historic Mukai Farmhouse was dealt a blow Thursday when a King County judge ruled the group had not orchestrated the takeover legally.
Superior Court judge Monica Benton made the decision in a packed courtroom in downtown Seattle Thursday morning, after attorneys for the two boards vying for control of the property argued they were the rightful representatives of the Vashon organization.
Bob Krinksy, the lawyer for the existing board, said he was pleased by the judge's ruling.
"It came down to fair play, and they didn't (play fair)," Krinsky said, referring to the Islanders who tried to assume control of Mukai.
The other side — Islanders who thought they had legally crafted a new board to take on stewardship of the famed property — said they questioned the judge's decision.
"We didn't think the bylaws read that way," said Ellen Kritzman. "We thought we had a good case."
At issue was control of Island Landmarks, a nonprofit organization that owns the Mukai Farmhouse and that was founded a dozen years ago by Mary Matthews, a historic preservationist who lives part-time in Texas and part-time on Vashon.
A group of Islanders, concerned that Matthews and her small board of largely out-of-state residents were letting the historic property fall into disrepair, held a meeting four months ago, where several new members of the organization — enlisted without Matthews' knowledge — elected a new slate of officers. They did so with the help of a Seattle lawyer who specializes in nonprofit governance, carefully following, they said at the time, Island Landmarks' own bylaws.
But at Thursday's hearing — where both sides asked the judge to rule on motions for summary judgment — Krinsky argued the new group lacked the authority to garner members and hold a meeting to elect officers.
Krisky, arguing first at the hearing, said that the 70 Islanders who joined the organization in the spring were not valid members. Their dues, $25 each, were deposited into the nonprofit's bank account by Kritzman and not the organization's treasurer, as the bylaws required.
What's more, Krinsky said, the meeting where those members elected new officers wasn't valid because it was called by Kritzman; according to the bylaws, he said, meetings must be called by the secretary.
"Our complaint is that we weren't involved, and the notice (of the meeting) wasn't proper," he said.
Finally, Krinsky argued that the vote taken at the meeting was also questionable since some votes were cast by proxies. The bylaws dictate that a vote can only be taken by proxy if the proxy first registers with the secretary, and in this case they did not, he said.
"I don't see how one can read the bylaws and allow, really, a side-run around them," Krinsky told the judge.
Lynn Greiner, a Vashon lawyer who represented the new board with assistance from Vashon lawyer Rex Stratton, told the judge that the Islanders who orchestrated the takeover last spring carefully adhered to the organization's bylaws.
Since the bylaws state notice of a special meeting "shall be given by the secretary or persons authorized to call the meeting," Greiner said, asking the secretary to be involved was optional. Kritzman, with support of 11 other members, had authority to call the meeting, she said.
"If notice was to be given by the secretary and no one else, it would have said that. … A fair reading of the bylaws allows for notice in the way it was done," she said.
After both sides had argued their cases for about an hour, Benton ruled from the bench in favor of Matthews and her board. While she did not comment on the handful of bylaws disputed in the case, she did agree with Krinsky's reading of the clause about special meetings, ruling that the meeting called by Kritzman and the subsequent election were not valid.
Matthews attended the hearing but declined to comment afterward. Krinksy called the ruling the right one.
"She was absolutely correct," he said.
If Islanders were concerned about the state of the Mukai Farmhouse, Krinsky added, they should have carried out their membership drive and election openly. Matthews and the original board members, he said, have nothing but good intentions for the historic property.
"I think it was unfortunate this was carried out in a way that I think was clearly intended to sever (the original board). ... There could have been an orderly transition, and my client's interests could have been included too," he said.
But a large group of Islanders — mostly those who believed they were new members of Island Landmarks — lingered after the ruling to discuss their disappointment. Some of them have been working for years to address problems they see at Mukai, a property that was purchased with public funds but is now largely off-limits to everyone but Matthews and her board.
"Frustration is my number one feeling right now," said Kritzman.
Members of the group said they had no choice but to orchestrate a takeover of Island Landmarks, since other efforts to breathe new life into the organization and ensure the farmhouse received better care hadn't worked. Matthews, they said, had been hostile to them in the past and had refused to admit new members into Island Landmarks.
"They actually did not accept offers of help and membership," said Rayna Holtz, a member of the new board the group tried to elect. "We expected to have opposition."
After the special meeting in question, Holtz said, Matthews refunded the new membership dues that were deposited into the organization's account. The board has since changed its bylaws as well.
Krinsky, on the other hand, said the original board members are showing a continued commitment to the property. Matthews and her husband Nelson Happy, who say they now live part-time in the adjacent fruit barreling plant, recently painted the farmhouse and put tarps on the leaking roof. The work, he noted, was all paid for by the couple.
"My clients deserve a thank you and an apology," he said.
Kritzman, who was on the original board of Island Landmarks a dozen years ago, said she wished the judge could have taken a broader approach to the case. The Islanders' past struggles with Matthews and her history with the property were only touched on during the hearing, she noted.
What's more, Kritzman said she believes the existing board may not be a valid one. Bank records obtained by the group show that no membership dues had been deposited into Island Landmarks' account for about a decade, suggesting there were no official members or elections for years.
"We could not, in this venue, paint the entire picture," Kritzman said.
The new board members, meanwhile, say they will continue to pursue legal means to remove Matthews and her board, perhaps appealing the decision or asking the state Attorney General to step in. With increasing support from Islanders — their membership has grown to more than 100 — they plan to meet later this month to discuss strategy.
"It's definitely not over," Kritzman said.


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The pace of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania is slowing, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Through the first seven months of 2012, operators started drilling an average of 4.6 natural gas wells per day; in contrast, natural gas well starts averaged over 6 per day in both 2010 and 2011.
DEP reports that the number of natural gas wells started per month in 2012 remained fairly steady through April, but has since declined sharply. This holds particularly true for horizontal wells, which in Pennsylvania have significantly outnumbered non-horizontal (vertical) wells since 2010. Horizontal wells have been drilled primarily in sections of the Marcellus, Utica, and Geneseo/Burket shale formations located in the northeast and southwest portions of the state. On average, 5 horizontal natural gas wells were started each day in 2011. In 2012, the new horizontal well count generally remained above 4 per day through April, but has fallen steadily thereafter. In July 2012, operators began drilling, on average, only 2.5 horizontal natural gas wells each day.
Among the factors influencing Pennsylvania's natural gas drilling activity in 2012 are low regional natural gas prices, an abundant inventory of already drilled but not yet producing natural gas wells, and constrained transportation facilities.
The Henry Hub day-ahead price registered a modest decrease for the week, dipping on Thursday and Friday before regaining ground on Monday and Tuesday, closing the week at $2.80 per MMBtu, down 0.7 percent. In the Northeast, cooler temperatures helped generate price decreases earlier this week, with a return to somewhat warmer temperatures boosting end-of-week prices in certain locations.
At the NYMEX, the September 2012 contract ended the week with a net gain, rising from $2.748 per MMBtu last Wednesday to $2.826 per MMBtu yesterday, an increase of 7.8 cents per MMBtu. Prices dropped late last week, falling to $2.719 per MMBtu on Friday, but rose steadily thereafter to finish the week up 2.8 percent. The 12-Month Strip (average of September 2012 to August 2013 contracts) closed yesterday at $3.316 per MMBtu, up 3.3 cents per MMBtu (1.0 percent) for the week.
Prices at many downstream trading locations registered overall declines, dropping on Thursday and Friday before gaining ground toward the end of the week. For example, spot prices at the Transcontinental Pipeline's Zone 6 trading point (which serves New York City markets) declined from $2.98 per MMBtu last Wednesday to $2.77 per MMBtu on Friday, then climbed to $2.88 per MMBtu by week's end (down 3.4 percent). At the Algonquin Citygate trading point for delivery into Boston, prices fell especially sharply, starting the week at $3.81 per MMBtu, falling to $2.97 per MMBtu on Tuesday, and then rising slightly, closing yesterday at $2.98 per MMBtu (down 21.8 percent for the week).
Total consumption for the report week registered an overall decrease, with lower power sector demand offsetting increases in residential/commercial and industrial sector demand. According to estimates from BENTEK Energy LLC (Bentek), domestic natural gas consumption declined by 5.1 percent from last week, driven by an 11.0 percent decrease in power sector consumption. Residential/commercial sector consumption finished the week up 4.5 percent, while industrial sector consumption rose relatively modestly (0.7 percent). Although down week-over-week, power sector consumption exceeded levels for the same week last year by 2.3 percent.
Total supply for the week was essentially unchanged, registering an overall increase of 0.2 percent, reflecting relatively flat dry gas production. According to Bentek estimates, domestic weekly dry gas production rose 0.8 percent higher over the previous week's volumes (and was 3.4 percent higher than the same period last year). Imports from Canada fell by 5.8 percent, as declines in shipments to the Northeast and Midwest offset a small increase in the West. For the week, imports from Canada stand close to year-ago volumes (up 0.5 percent). While liquefied natural gas (LNG) sendout rose 4.8 percent over last week, sendout volumes remain well below (36.7 percent) year-ago levels.
Working natural gas in storage increased to 3,308 Bcf as of Friday, August 17, according to EIA's WNGSR. This represents an implied net injection of 47 Bcf from the previous week. This week's injection was 6 Bcf below the 5-year (2007-2011) average injection of 53 Bcf, and 19 Bcf below last year's injection of 66 Bcf. Since April 27, injections of working natural gas into underground storage have fallen short of both year-ago levels and the 5-year average, although stocks remain well above historical levels. Inventories are currently 423 Bcf (14.7 percent) greater than last year at this time and 357 Bcf (12.1 percent) greater than the 5-year average.
Two of the three storage regions posted an increase this week. Inventories in the East and Producing regions increased by 48 Bcf (the 5-year average net injection is 51 Bcf) and 4 Bcf (the 5-year average change is 0 Bcf), respectively. The West region posted a decrease of 5 Bcf (the 5-year average net injection is 3 Bcf). In the Producing Region, working natural gas inventories decreased 2 Bcf (0.9 percent) in salt cavern facilities and increased 7 Bcf (0.8 percent) in nonsalt cavern facilities.
Temperatures during the storage report week were 0.7 degrees warmer than the 30-year normal temperature and 0.9 degrees warmer than the same period last year. Temperatures in the lower 48 States averaged 75.1 degrees, compared to 74.3 last year and the 30-year normal of 74.4. While overall temperatures were about a degree warmer than normal, temperatures varied somewhat across Census Divisions. The Pacific Census division in the West was particularly warm, averaging 7.0 degrees warmer than the 30-year normal. In the Midwest, temperatures in the West North Central and East North Central Census divisions were cool, averaging 4.0 and 3.9 degrees cooler, respectively, than the 30-year normal.


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Well, time to get rid of some of my discs, as they are starting to pile up. I'll start out with 10 discs for now, but will post many more in the coming weeks if there is any interest.
DX orc, white 168g. 8/10. Pretty nice, light scuffing around part of rim
CE valkyrie X out, white 174g. 7/10. Not bad, some scuffing and stamp is mostly gone.
Dyed X talon weight ??? (feels about 170). 8/10. Nice disc, easy to see.
Gateway speed demon, blue 158g. 7.5/10. Some wear along the edge.
First run Z flash, orange 174g. 8/10. Good shape, light scratching on top
Champion Orc, optic opaque yellow 169g. 8/10. Couple scratches on rim.
Z flash, orange/tourny stamp 173g. 8/10. Scratches on top
X wildcat, dyed 164-166g. 9/10. Very nice disc. Very light scratches on rim.
Champion valkyrie (5X), red, weight ??? (feels like 165), 8/10.
champion valkyrie (5X), yellow clear, weight ??? (feels like 172). 9.5/10. Very nice, practically new.
Prices (add $3 shipping for 1st disc and $1 for each additional)
Dx orc: $4
CE valk X out: $5
Dyed X talon: $5
Speed demon: $4
1st run flash: $5
Champ orc: $5
Orange Z flash: $4
Dyed X wildcat: $5
Red champ valk: $5
Yellow champ valk: $6
If you have any questions about any of these discs, PM me. Not really looking for trades other than star T rexes, Z surges or ESP surges.


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Golfers Uncorked
Many world-renowned present and past tour professionals have invested heavily in the world of wine and are turning out top-quality wines
It was more than a bit ironic and just a touch comical that Jack Nicklaus found himself in a wine facility in the Napa Valley in 2009, a table filled with hundreds of wine glasses before him. Nicklaus, the greatest player of all time, had never been much of a drinker during his championship career.
He wasn't really drinking this day, either. He was tasting blends of what would become his own wine label. "I had to spit it all out or I would have been looped," says Nicklaus.
Bill Terlato, the Golden Bear's partner in the venture and the Terlato Wine Group's president and CEO, insisted that Nicklaus be involved in the winemaking from the outset. "It was Jack, [sons Jackie and Gary], me, my father, Tony, and brother John," says Terlato. "We did the tasting of the blends. There was a great photograph taken where there is like 50 wine glasses in front of each of us, hundreds of glasses on the table. Somebody took a picture and sent it to [Jack's wife] Barbara, who couldn't believe it." It was only a matter of time before Nicklaus jumped into the vats with both feet. He did just that in 2010 after the wines created that day were finally ready for the market.
From rolling vineyards to rolling fairways, from restaurant to clubhouse, from the first tee to the first sip, wine and golf are a natural pairing with their common links to the earth, or terroir. Golf and wine each depend on land, and the people who shape it and take sustenance from it. A natural association. And over the last two decades, those golfers with wine affiliations now take up more than one tee time, or even two.
Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player—the greatest threesome in history—each has his own wine label. Greg Norman has long had his own label as part of his vast Great White Shark business empire. David Frost was born to the vineyards in South Africa. Fellow South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen have their own wines, and like Frost, their own vineyards.
Six-time major champion Nick Faldo has a wine from Australia. The greatest player in the history of women's golf, Annika Sorenstam, is producing wine at the boutique level. So is Luke Donald as is Fred Couples. And Mike Weir, Canada's best player, is turning out wines from the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario.
More than a few have ended up with the family-owned Terlato Wine Group. Bill Terlato is a good player himself, and really got started by working as an advisor to Donald whose wines are produced by his company. Terlato's company also imports Ernie Els' wine to the United States.
"Certainly in the brand recognition area they had lots of offers flying around out there, but they all wanted their names attached to a quality wine," says Terlato. "They think that having a high-quality wine fits with who they are as persons, and fits their brand." For Nicklaus, who introduced his wines in June, it was about capitalizing on his name while also realizing that there was a great deal of joy in the process. It didn't hurt that Bill Terlato was a member of Nicklaus' The Bear's Club in Jupiter, Florida.
"When we first came together I sort of tried to talk him out of it," says Terlato. "I told him that it wouldn't be a case of just finding a commercial wine to slap his label on because we aren't the right sort of people for that. I said you need to be involved, need to know about the wine, participate in the tasting and blending, understand where it came from, the vineyards and the lots. He was all okay with that."
The wine business isn't just for fun. For legends such as Nicklaus, Palmer and Player, wine offers them an opportunity to expand their profile, both from a business angle and a personal angle. They can put their own labels in the clubhouses of courses they design and on the corporate tables of companies they represent.
But for some of the golfers, their efforts in the wine world include a pure joy about creating something they can be proud of, something that fits in with the casually sophisticated lifestyle of the game and the life they lead.
"It was never really a business for me," says Ernie Els. "It was my friendship with Jean Englebrecht [the winemaker and his original partner]. Jean talked me into buying this beautiful piece of land. It started as a hobby, really. Maybe not ever looking at it as a business, but just what it was like to be involved with the winemaking, the growing."
In finding out what was involved in the growing and the winemaking, Els found out something else, something the others have discovered to various degrees. "After a while I realized the connection between wine and the land, and between golf and the land," says Els. "They are very much related."
So here are the players, in alphabetical order, and their wines, their reasons and their expectations.
Fred Couples
When Fred Couples' people were looking for a winemaker to produce a quality wine under Couples' name, they were told that Mitch Cosentino of Cosentino Vineyards in Napa was their man.
"I told them I make high-quality, small-quantity production," says Cosentino, a pretty fair golfer himself. "They said Fred wants everything high quality. They flew out in November of 2008 and tasted a bunch of wine. That's when I met Fred . . . He said he wasn't real knowledgeable about wine, but that it was part of his lifestyle. We did some barrel tastings. He and I meeting was very important. We got along right away."
The ultimate product of that meeting was wines bottled under the label of Couples & Co (for Cosentino). Cabernet, Sangiovese and Chardonnay are being offered. There was a soft release of his Cabernet at the Presidents Cup at Harding Park last year, where he was the captain of the U.S. team. He gave a magnum of the Cabernet to each of the International team players.
According to Jim Nylen, a partner in the Purecru wine company which is producing Couples' label, 520 cases of 2006 Cabernet, 1,050 cases of 2006 Sangiovese and 622 cases of 2009 Chardonnay have been produced.
According to Jim Nylen, a partner in the Purecru wine company which is producing Couples' label, 520 cases of 2006 Cabernet, 1,050 cases of 2006 Sangiovese and 622 cases of 2009 Chardonnay have been produced.
Luke Donald
The fates conspired to bring Luke Donald into the wine world. Growing up in England, Donald often watched his parents enjoy a glass of wine with dinner. As a blossoming junior player, Donald chose to attend Northwestern University in Chicago, where as a three-time NCAA All-American player he met Bill Terlato of Terlato Wine Group.
"I started playing golf with Bill in about 1999 and I became interested in his work," says Donald, twice a winner on the PGA Tour, three times a winner on the European Tour and a member of Europe's winning Ryder Cup team this past October. "We became good enough friends to try doing a wine together."
The friendship turned into a partnership for a Luke Donald wine label, the initial offerings being a 2008 Claret-style wine sourced from the Rutherford and Stags Leap appellations of the Napa Valley, and a 2009 Carneros Chardonnay. Both are limited releases of about 1,000 cases.
"I have always liked the Bordeaux style of wine, they are earthier than most American style wines," says Donald. "I like the blended style. My Claret is 44 percent Cabernet, 43 percent Merlot, 12 percent Cabernet Franc and one percent Petit Verdot. It's marketed a little toward the younger generation. It has my initials on the label, not a picture of a vineyard. I think younger successful people are into wine."
Donald has about 800 bottles of wine in the cellar of his Chicago home. A renaissance man of a sorts, Donald is also a fine artist and a world traveler.
"I play a sport where I'm free to compete as long as I want," says Donald. "Wine is a hobby now and I have a lot to learn. In my late life I would love to shift gears more toward making wine."
Ernie Els
By 1999, Ernie Els had twice won the U.S. Open championship and had been traveling the world, embracing its joys. Among them was a good glass of wine.
"I always enjoyed a nice glass of wine, had a lot of good wine in my travels," says Els. "I know the wines I like."
Fortunately and coincidentally, Els is a South African, from a country that produces high-quality wines and high-quality golfers. Among the friends Els gathered along the way was Jean Englebrecht, a renowned South African winemaker. It was through that friendship that Els came to form his own wine label in 1999. By 2004 Els had bought his own vineyard on the slopes of Helderberg Mountain in the vineyard-rich Stellenbosch region of South Africa. There Englebrecht and Els established a winery and produced well-rated wines under Els' label and that of Englebrecht Els.
As a world-class golfer, Els knew what he wanted from the game. When he came into the wine business, he knew what he wanted from the wine, a Bordeaux style with a certain velvet quality.
"I have a free-flowing swing, but I'm quite tough on myself. Personally I'm relaxed, laid back, but on the golf course I'm quite intense," says Els. "That's sort of how I look at the wine. There's a certain style in my wine that matches my personality. It's smooth tasting but strong. It's not for the fainthearted."
Under the supervision of winemaker Louis Strydom, Els' wines have won gold medals in South African competition and his 2005 Signature Blend was tasted at the recent Wine Spectator's New World Wine Experience in Las Vegas. The Signature Blend is comprised primarily of Cabernet and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Though he's had the opportunity to taste the best of wines in the best of circumstances, Els says his favorite wine experience is being on his farm and watching how it all comes together.
"I try to be at the farm when we do the picking in March," says Els. "End of summer is the most beautiful time there, when the farm really comes alive, everything there is buzzing. I just love it."
Nick Faldo
Wine is a bit of fun for Nick Faldo. The six-time major champion wore what he called an Iron Chest when he was a player, putting forth a tough- as-steel persona that seemed unapproachable.
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In lieu of a scientific weather forecast, generations have instead turned to weather folklore to predict the severity of the coming winter. Examining patterns among plants and animals for clues to future atmospheric conditions is a tradition we can continue in our own backyards. Keep in mind, these legends are not reliable, and most definitely not scientific. They are, however, amusing pastimes that provide us with a great excuse to get outside one last time before that inevitable first snowfall.
Keep an eye out for the following predictors of winter weather:
For more weather folklore, check out the following titles from your local branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library:
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing; Moonshining; and Other Affairs of Plain Living Edited by Eliot Wigginton.
Old farmer's almanac: Calculated on a New and Improved Plan for the Year of our Lord 2011
The Essential Book of Weather Lore : Time-Tested Weather Wisdom and Why the Weatherman Isn't Always Right by Leslie Alan Horvitz.
Can't Wait? Try these free ebooks for a sampling of historic weather lore:
Weather Lore: a Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather Compiled by Richard Inwards (1898)
Weather Proverbs (Issue 9 of Signal Services Notes, United States Army)
Compiled by Henry Harrison Chase Dunwoody (1883)
A Handbook of Weather Folk-Lore: Being a Collection of Proverbial Sayings in Various Languages Relating to the Weather, with Explanatory and Illustrative notes by Charles Swainson (1873)
Weather Folk-Lore and Local Weather Signs by Edward B. Garriott (1903)
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You want more publicity, don't you? Whether it's for yourself, your organization or the clients you represent, more publicity is a good thing. For many of us, it's what attracted us to media relations in the first place. It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. In this post, I'll share what I believe to be the two most effective media relations tactics for 2013 (hint: it's all about inbound and real-time).
Before I get to the two most effective media relations tactics for 2013, let's agree that the smile and dial approach doesn't work anymore. In the example I shared above, I used the 'smile and dial' approach to land that first placement. Back then, if you called enough reporters, you would eventually find a couple willing to listen to your pitch – and perhaps one or two that would write a story. When I think back to what I was actually doing, I was interrupting busy journalists with pitches that probably had nothing to do with the stories they wrote about on a daily basis. While I've long since learned my lessons (and taken my fair share of tongue lashings from irritated journalists), I worry about the young professionals who are still calling down a media list trying to get anybody to write about the story they're pitching. It's wrong and it gives the PR profession a bad name – even if media relations is only a small subset of all the elements of public relations (for you purists out there). [Read more…]


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Alas Pacers and Reggie. Curse the hated Pistons.
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Miami - Detroit looks to be a FANTASTIC, fascinating ECF. Both teams are playing at the top of their games. This will definitely be a 6 or 7 game series, though I see Miami pulling it out in the end. And the winner has a very good shot at bringing the trophy back East once again.
Hell, even a Phoenix/Spurs WCF and any combo of Phoenix/Spurs vs Miami/Detroit looks to provide good basketball. And, let's be honest, all these teams are better than the Pacers were this spring, so I'm not going to lose interest as much as I normally would.


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Thousands of Laurier students take part in Community Service-Learning (CSL) courses each year, and many more make a difference through volunteering on campus and in the community. Now students have an opportunity to share their experiences of learning outside the classroom with a new contest.
The Experience It! Video, Photo & Storytelling Contest (wlu.ca/experience-it) lets students show how volunteering, work experience, and extracurricular activities can help with academic studies, career, and personal development. In return for letting their creative juices flow, participants have a chance to win one of three iPad minis and have their artistic work showcased at Laurier and beyond.
This contest is an opportunity to celebrate the strong culture of engaged learning at Laurier, said Megan Conway, director of Lauriers Centre for Community Service-Learning. "Learning by experience in community-settings offers students the chance to get real-world experience, understand theory more deeply, build professional skills while contributing to a resumé, and make important connections and networks that will be significant after university."
The contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at all Laurier campuses and locations.
The deadline for entries is April 14. Submissions can be made online at wlu.ca/experience-it or in person. Winners in each category (video, photography, short story) will be selected by April 19 and will be recognized at an awards reception. For more information, contact Michael Bernhard at email@example.com.
The Centre for Community Service-Learning (CSL) and Career Services are jointly organizing the contest. CSL integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities for the common good.
Close to 2,000 students are currently enrolled in service-learning courses supported through the Laurier Centre for Community Service-Learning. Twenty-three academic departments have been involved in community engaged teaching and learning through CSL courses. See what Laurier staff, faculty and students have to say about the universitys CSL program: http://youtu.be/PGq-Bhn7yDs


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Have no clue who they are but I thought this video was hilarious
Yeah, I'm adding a NSFW warning....
By the way, the song is called Hard in the Paint by Waka Flocka Flame--one of the top rappers in the game right now. I think the one they're using is the remix featuring Rick Ross, though.
And which players are in there--Pierce, KG, Nate Robinson, and who else? I'm assuming Glen Davis is one of them, too.
I've heard that the Celtics might get fined for this??
am i the only one that listens to Waka Flocka Flame ne 1 like him? Bet that most people dont know him on PD
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SAN FRANCISCO -- When Frank Robinson took charge of the Cleveland Indians in 1975, the manager had a stern message for rookie second baseman Duane Kuiper.
"He sat me down and said, 'If you hit the ball in the air, you're not going to play.' And I believed it, because who doesn't believe him?" Kuiper said this week. "I'd hit five balls out of 10 in the air and he would pull me into his office and go, 'You're right on the edge of sitting down.'
"So I was really cognizant of just slashing it."
In a dozen big league seasons, Kuiper slashed, lined, chopped and bunted his way to a .271 average. Only one of his 917 hits, though, was a home run, and for that, Kuiper stands alone in the annals of baseball history. No player has more plate appearances with just one homer than Kuiper's 3,754. The next closest in modern baseball is Emil Verban who, to borrow Kuiper's catchphrase, "hit it high, hit it deep, outta here!" just once in 3,109 plate appearances.
The Giants and CSN Bay Area will celebrate Kuiper's rare feat Friday, handing out 40,000 commemorative bobbleheads before the series opener with the Indians, for whom Kuiper played eight productive seasons. An event like this couldn't happen unless the centerpiece has a sense of humor about it, and -- this surely won't surprise anyone who has listened to Kuiper broadcast a game -- the play-by-play man always has been able to laugh about pacing the club of little clout.
In The Associated Press story celebrating Kuiper's first homer in 1,382 big league at-bats, he joked: "This should put to rest forever the question of whether the ball is juiced up this year." Thirty-seven years later, he responds to a reporter's query with one of his own.
"The thing I always ask myself, and I'll ask it about this function: If I would have hit two, would there be a bobblehead?" Kuiper said. "No? Well, then this is fantastic!"
Kuiper has called thousands of homers, including Barry Bonds' 756th, but he still vividly remembers the details of his own. With one out and the bases empty in the bottom of the first on August 29, 1977, the left-handed hitter took Chicago White Sox right-hander Steve Stone deep to right.
"We were probably pretty much awestruck that he would keep that power hidden for so long," said former teammate Bill Melton, who hit a league-best 33 homers in 1971. "I was talking to Buddy Bell not long ago and we were trying to figure out which was the bigger event: The death of Elvis Presley (earlier that month) or Duane Kuiper's home run? Who was the true King?"
As Kuiper prepared for his second at-bat that August night, Melton approached him in the dugout and pointed out that the bat was a keepsake.
"He said, 'You're not going to use that bat again, are you?'" Kuiper recalls. "You might regret it if you don't ever hit another one."
Kuiper never did. Instead, he immediately went back to the style that kept him in the big leagues past his 35th birthday. In his first at-bat as a major league home run hitter, Kuiper squared to bunt before flying out.
"I'm sure I didn't fly out very deep into the outfield," he said, chuckling.
The lonely homer was a running joke in the Giants booth when Kuiper first teamed with Mike Krukow, who in a 1984 "Sports Illustrated" article, said of his future partner: "It's not that (he) lacks the power to hit a homer. It's just that he'd have to stand on second base, toss the ball in the air and fungo it."
For years, when a Giant would hit his first career homer, Krukow would pull out an old joke. "He just tied Duane Kuiper on the all-time home run list." The line ran its course, and these days Krukow -- who homered five times as a pitcher -- is quick to defend his partner's career, saying he was hell to pitch to. Krukow wishes more of today's uppercut-happy middle infielders would emulate Kuiper's approach.
"He was disciplined -- his job was to get pitches, bunt, get the runner over, get on base," Krukow said. "Kuip gets ridiculed for only hitting one home run in 10 years, but he never tried to hit a home run."
The one that did clear the fence produced plenty of memorabilia. Kuiper kept the ball, the bat and the jersey and even tracked down the stadium seat his homer dented. It sat in his attic for 25 years before his kids had it pulled down a month ago in preparation for the bobblehead night. For a while, Kuiper even had a black shirt that read: "Official Duane Kuiper Homerun T-Shirt," but it was swiped from his bag during a road trip.
The greatest keepsake, though, was a memory still fresh in Kuiper's mind. The Monday night game was nationally televised, giving Kuiper's father, who lived in Wisconsin, the rare opportunity to watch his son play. He witnessed a once-in-a-career moment, but four years later, Kuiper almost altered his place in longball lore.
He again was facing Stone, who by then was a Baltimore Oriole and coming off a Cy Young season. In his first at-bat that night, Kuiper hit one off the very top of the fence, settling for an RBI double. Earl Weaver yanked Stone a batter later.
"He kind of gazed at me like, I can't believe you almost did it to me twice," Kuiper said. "I remember thinking, 'God, I wish it would have gone out.' But for his sake, I'm glad it didn't.
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Throughout my site I have a couple different signup forms for a newsletter. I have created a thank you page for all those signups.From the thank you page I am trying to create a redirect command to a new page based on what page/form (each page having a different form.) they signed up on.I would like it to be timed so they can see and read one short line on the page saying "thanks for signing up" before being redirected.I am open to suggestions using php,java or multiple meta redirects. I have not yet created any code because know what the command would be for sending a redirect based on the page they came from or form they signed up.
A common way of doing this is to load the thankyou page with a querystring of where the redirect is going to go.http://www.domain.com/thankyou.php?return=shoppinglist.php
Then, the thankyou.php page sets a timed meta-redirect to the place in the querystring.
$location = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'return', FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10;url=http://' + $_SERVER['PHP_HOST'] + '/' + $location + '">';
I'm not in a position to test as of this moment, but something like that does the job.
thank you for the reply,So let me try to understand the flow. Where would the thankyou.php come into play? Sorry as I am a little unfamiliar with the coding you listed. I send them to the thankyou.html page with code similar to what you posted and it relays to a thankyou.php with a query string that gives them a redirect to where i want them to go?
If you use thankyou.html then you won't be able to use PHP to create the redirect. Instead, you will need to rely on JavaScript being available and use that to perform the redirect instead.
Using JavaScript for the redirect is not a good solution for this problem. It can do it, but nowhere near as well as when using server-side code such as PHP.
I would like to use the simplest and most effective way possible. If I use a thank you.php and redirect based on criteria, taking them straight to the redirect it would be fine. I would however like to have them see some kind of "thank you" page because I would like them to see that I am greatful but also to let them know that they need to confirm the sign up through an automatic email that is sent out once they submit their details.
The content attribute of the http-equiv refresh is made up of two parts separated by a semicolon. The number of seconds to wait, and the url to load.It will wait for the number of seconds before loading the url.
Do you see the 10 (for 10 seconds) in the example I gave?


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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
LGR is a foster based rescue, which means that our adoptable dogs live in foster homes. Because they live with us, we know the habits, needs, temperament, and level of training of our dogs. To adopt an LGR dog, we ask that you first submit an adoption application (link below). When we receive your application, we will review and respond via email within 7 days. Our adoption process does more than screen applicants; it allows us to work with adopters to properly match our dogs with their forever homes. Each LGR dog is spayed/neutered, vaccinated (rabies, bordatella, DHLPP), heartworm tested (age appropriate), microchipped, and treated with heartworm and flea preventative. To adopt an LGR dog, please submit an adoption application here: http://bit.ly/LGRAdoptionApp
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CLERMONT, Fla. - A sinkhole opened in the middle of a Lake County road at the entrance of a cul-de-sac neighborhood.
The hole, estimated to be about 15 to 20 feet in diameter, was discovered early Monday on Peaceful Valley Drive just east of Powderhorn Place in the 328-home Hartwood Reserve subdivision in Clermont.
Officials closed the roadway, blocking exit or entry to residents in about 15 homes.
"There's a hole in my street. How am I going to go anywhere?" said Miles Hensley, who lives nearby.
Residents were driving in the grass to get around the sinkhole.
Firefighters said a gas line and water main were located nearby, but all utilities were undisturbed.
The city of Clermont said it is up to the homeowners association to repair the hole. City officials said they are not financially responsible because it's in a gated community operated by an HOA.
Engineers said a company will do some borings near the sinkhole and advised the management company to closely watch the sinkhole over the next 24 hours.
Residents say a sinkhole opened in the same subdivision about a year ago.
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Your child's bed-wetting is considered to be secondary nocturnal enuresis if he has spent considerable time being dry (at least 6 months) and then has regressed. This tends to occur in children when they have endured some stress in their lives. In this case the bed-wetting will usually stop when the child begins to feel more secure.
If your child has been dry but starts to wet the bed again, it's important to have a medical check to rule out any other health problems.
You may choose to consult your doctor if:
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In my continual effort to make my music studio into an 80's time machine I picked up a Boss DM-100 bucket-brigade analog delay and chorus. Similar vintage units have been used on vocals by the Stray Cats and Richard 23 of Front 242. You could spend a lot more on new tape delay pedals such as the Moog 104Z but they aren't as noisy and sleezy. In fact, a quick forum search on the DM-100 shows this unit is quite coveted. I like that the DM-100 has the input and outputs on the front which will make it quick to get drum machines and iPads through it and back into Ableton. If your not familiar with this type of device watch the video above at 20 seconds in to be impressed. If you want to stay in the box check out Audio Damage's DubStation or Fabfilter's Timeless plug-ins.
"The DM-100 uses is together with the compact DM-2 Boss's first BBD based delay. The DM-100 is also making use of the Roland FCF (Frequency Controlled Filter) to produce its delay sound. The FCF gradually rolls of higher frequencies as the delay time increases. With the mode switch the user can choose whether to use the Delay Machine as a delay or chorus. The intensity of the chorus is adjusted with a control on the back and the effect can be turned on or off with a footswitch (not supplied with the DM-100)." – bossarea.com
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I've always wondered how much of my genetic ethnicity was real. Like most Americans, my family history is a mixture of known and unknown. I don't think there is "real" value to knowing what percent I am of this and that. I'm just curious.
The genetic tests are becoming more common, and more detailed. Deseret news. I haven't plunked down the $$$ for any of these tests. My suspicion is they will come back with, I'm mostly NW European and Germanic. There is some thought that my mother's origins were in a racially mixed community in the 19th century, but no way to know without testing. And what would that accomplish?
I rebelled against the Germanic / Midwestern part of my temperament and psyche for most of my life. Only to discover, that my Manchurian Chinese partner seems to have as many "German" traits as my Dad.
If any members of this group have used these tests, I'm curious to know what they thought of the process, and the result.
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I'm quite intrigued by these tests. Like you, I probably would not be surprised by the results....but you never know. There could be some hidden ethnic gem that may raise an eyebrow. Personally, I wouldn't mind knowing the percentages of my ethic makeup. Although I don't believe the results of these tests would/should change the actions or identity of who an individual is today, the real interest is in knowing where we came from merely as a fun fact or for historical reasons. I would be interested in knowing the full story, however mundane it may be.
I have done some genealogy on my family trees and found a few surprises. The interesting things to me were the numbers of religious zealots there were a century or two ago. English Pilgrims on one side, hot headed Irish on another, a little cherokee thrown in and she turned out to be the most civilized of the bunch. For a while I thought there was an African and it turned out that an Englishman owned a slave who took his owner's name. I had really hoped to have some African blood. The big surprise came when I realized there are a lot of very dark skinned Africans in what was once the Belgian Congo with the last name Denoo, a Belgian name. I contacted as many as I can find, but still haven't found a common ancestor. We correspond and I find them to be lovely people, very kind and generous and playful. They appear to have very strong family ties. We claim to be family even though we have no proof yet. One day I shall get a DNA test to find out what kind of mongrel I really am. Until then, I am just homo sapiens vulgaris (common human). I would like to know the migration patterns of my ancestors.
Have you watched the documentary
Nat Geo Live: NG Live!: The Human Journey
Spencer Wells, Nat Geo Explorer-in-Residence, maps the history of human migration by analyzing the DNA of hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Joan, that's a great series. It's on You Tube. I've watched it twice. It makes complete sense, that DNA patterns would reflect human migration. There is also a separate YouTube series from BBC (I think) that makes use of different DNA markers. It is nuanced slightly differently, but the two approaches overwhelmingly come up with the same conclusions.
I haven't taken a DNA test before - is there value to learning this?
Yeah, my thoughts exactly Sentient - what would knowing the results accomplish really?
Steph, for me it's a matter of curiosity. It wouldn't accomplish anything tangible, that I can think of.
For me, it is trying to understand the lives of ancestors. Genealogy is one way to track, but there are many problems: following the female line is virtually impossible, the named father may not be the birth father, adoptions get in the way of lineage and can lead to some interesting stories. One experience I had was knowing someone in our ancestral tree was with Daniel Boone in his travels in the early days. It turned out Daniel's daughter married an ancestor of mine. That sent me on a trail to discover what their lives were like. Daniel had been kidnapped by indians and I think held for three years. During that time Daniel's wife had a child by Daniel's brother. That must have been an interesting family reunion.
Another story I ran across was of the arrival in 1632 of a widow and her young son who were from Plymouth, England, persecuted because of their religion and they went to Laden, Holland for religious freedom only to find too much freedom. She negotiated passage for herself and her son by agreeing to become "breedstock" in Plymouth, Mass. I would not have found that except I looked up descendants in Plymouth and they told me the story.
I had ancestors in Ireland during the famine and they migrated to Oklahoma with the Jesse James family in the 1860s. My great grandmother, a Cherokee descendent of a "Trail of Tears" Cherokee, didn't want her sons robbing banks and horse thieving so she convinced her husband to move to Tekoa, Washington, where the "streets were paved with gold." It turned out the gold was wheat.
The real value of knowing the genetic migration is it leads one to a pathway and one can retrace that, sometimes with fairly accurate time frames, and learn the conditions of that time. It gives one a "map" of migration that can lead to some interesting history. Of course there is no proof of who was where when, but it is like a mystery, "where did my ancestors walk?"
I have not had the test and so cannot speak from experience, only what I have read.
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We've not featured an English IPA in a while, so it's time - Arcadia Ales' IPA, served at the Erie Ale House. Arcadia Ales' description: "Dry-hopped with Columbus hops in our open fermenters, our IPA boasts a bright floral aroma and flavor reminiscent of pine and lemon peel. The pronounced hop bitterness is balanced by a medium-bodied caramel and biscuity malt character with a nutty finish. It showcases many subtle earthy bitter notes, rather than the resinous citrus-rind bite often featured in…See More


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Hello all,
I'm a Zen student, but very interested in studying the Pali canon more in-depth... I'm figuring I'll get started on Bhikku Bodhi's translations, starting with 'In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses'... Obviously the Pali canon is pretty huge, and it's unlikely I'll manage to cover it all in this lifetime(!) , but I'm wondering is there a logical/sequential approach... Any input on where to go next after 'In Buddha's Words' would be much appreciated... Many thanks my Theravadan friends! - I'm deeply grateful for your practice...
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I found this in the house I moved into. I was wondering if anyone can help me figure out what this is? I tried searching every possible thing I could and all I know is that its a Dumont....? If you have any information that could help me figure out what it is and the worth could you please e-mail me??? Thank you! E-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com