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Cristina is excited at the prospect of getting to scrub in on some really amazing surgeries being in Teddy's rotation, but Teddy sticks her in some routine procedure while April gets to scrub in. This turns out to be a test for Cristina, and she passed. Teddy was impressed with Cristina's ability to stand back and let April scrub in.
A judge comes in for a doctor's visit and Karev decides to take matters into his own hands. He approaches the judge, pleading Meredith and Derek's case with Zola. His efforts pay off and he gets Meredith and Derek the court hearing they were hoping for. Meredith and Derek are ecstatic, and Karev keeps mum during their celebration.
Meredith continues to work in OB as well as help Bailey with Webber's Diabetes's trial. Just as Baily is about to put her foot down and not let Meredith help with the trial, Meredith finds an important revelation from one of her mother's old journals. This is not enough to ease the tension and the two duke it out on the baseball field. Webber jumps in and separates the two of them. Later, Baily finally backs down and lets Meredith into the trial.
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EVESHAM'S new loyalty card and stickers are ready to be handed out to shop keepers in the town.
The new scheme is being run by Real Evesham and will see those that shop in the town rewarded for their loyalty.
Shop keepers taking part and those who would like more information can pop in and chat with organisers Kim Dunn and Dave Purser in Ye Old Red Horse, in Vine Street, on Thursday, June 19, from 6pm.
The card will officially be launched on Sunday, June 22, in Market Square.
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Following the deaths of three teenagers last year, New Jersey Transit and the New Jersey Safety at Railroad Crossings Leadership Oversight Committee launched a safety initiative that includes two newly-released PSAs.
Taking an approach similar to the one taken by the FDA in its anti-smoking ads, both PSAs describe in explicit terms what happens when a person is hit by an oncoming train. ProActive Communications created the clips.
Let's hope they have the desired effect.


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CFB AM: Auburn fans can finally take shot at infamous Harvey Updyke
UPDATE: Updyke's appearance at the event has been cancelled in fear that it was taking away from the purpose of the event, which is to raise awareness for children's cancer. This post appears as it was originally written.
Harvey Updyke will forever be remembered for killing trees.
The infamous Alabama fan poisoned the sacred oaks at Auburn's Toomer's Corner in 2010 and then broadcast his crime to the nation over the radio.
He was arrested in February 2011 and pleaded guilty in March 2013 to one count of unlawful damage of an animal or crop facility, which earned Updyke a five-year probation, nearly $800,000 in fines and a lifetime ban from attending any college sports event or stepping on the Auburn campus. The trees were removed last spring.
It's a crime that will almost certainly never be completely forgiven in Auburn, but maybe there's a way for Tigers fans to get some temporary – and, more importantly, legal – revenge against Updyke.
In September, Updyke has agreed to appear at a charity event in Mobile where Auburn fans will be able to drop him in a dunk tank and throw pies at his face.
"He thought about it and thought about it," Updyke's wife, Elva, told ESPN. "His daughter said he needed to do it because it will show that he's not as big of a nut as some people believe. He told them they can do whatever they want to him if it will raise money for kids."
The event was organized to raise money for the family of a boy who died from cancer in July. T.J. Hodges, an Alabama fan, started the nonprofit organization Roses From Linda that is running the event Updyke will attend.
"The Harvey Updyke idea came from me thinking outside the box to raise money for the family," Hodges told ESPN. "I thought I'd take a chance and see if Harvey was interested in helping, and he said he'd do whatever we wanted."
Updyke, who's banned from speaking to the media, realizes the scene in Mobile will likely be hostile, as he expects many Auburn fans to show up to take shots at him. "He knows there's going to be a lot of Auburn fans there, but he doesn't care," his wife said. "He's 65 years old. What are they going to do to him? They'll have security there."
Good luck, Harvey.
1. There's some awful news out of Ohio: Kent State starting center Jason Bitsko, 21, unexpectedly died on Wednesday. He was found unresponsive in his apartment around 9 a.m. after calls were placed to his roommate when Bitsko failed to show up to practice. According to the school, police are saying Bitsko passed away from an "undetermined medical issue."
Bitsko started all 12 games last season and received an award this spring for the player who best exemplifies hard work and dedication. "Kent State University and the entire Kent community mourns his passing," said Joel Nielsen, the school's athletic director. "We are heartbroken by the news of Jason's death. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, teammates and everyone whose lives he touched."
Said coach Paul Haynes: "Our players, coaches and everyone involved with our team are hurting because he was family. As a team, we will come together and get through this one day at a time."
Condolences to the Bitsko family and the Kent State program.
2. There's never a good way to transition from news like that to lighter stories, but we'll try: The UCF-Penn State season-opener in Dublin, Ireland, next week could be in jeopardy "because of a possible volcanic eruption in Iceland." I swear this is not an Onion story – that's a real sentence from a real person working for the Associated Press. On Wednesday, reportedly 500 people were evacuated from the highlands part of a glacier after thousands of small earthquakes. Why is a game in Ireland threatened by a volcano in Iceland? Logical question.
According to the AP, "a volcanic eruption in Iceland could produce volcanic ash and potentially affect flights to Europe. More than 100,000 flights were cancelled following the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano." No, that is not a misspelling.
3. One week from today, Texas A&M-South Carolina, Boise State-Ole Miss, Temple-Vanderbilt, Rutgers-Washington State and other games. One week. Until a weeknight with multiple college football games. Oh my.
1. Bo Pelini and Nebraska players did a wonderful thing for 8-year-old Jack Hoffman. A Huskers superfan, Hoffman recently learned his cancer returned after being in remission since last October. So the Cornhuskers decided to record a special message for him as he prepares for his next phase of treatment. Watch the video here.
2. Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel preview the Big 12. I can't wait to watch Davis Webb at Texas Tech and Tyreek Hill at Oklahoma State. Oh, and in the least surprising news of the column, it appears as if Baylor has added another explosive weapon on offense. Feldman also went all-access with Kliff Kingsbury for a TV piece, which you can watch here:
3. Washington made efforts to strengthen its future non-conference schedules, striking series agreements with BYU (2018-19) and Michigan (2020-21).
1. The 2014 college football guide from SB Nation has just an amazing amount of content in it. All 128 of Bill Connelly's team previews are there, plus Spencer Hall previews all 112 SEC games in a hilarious fashion. I also really enjoyed this Connelly piece on the blueprint for rebuilding a program. If you want a crash-course in 2014 prep in the next week, I'd dive in here.
2. Jeff Greer has some insight into Will Gardner, the man who will replaced Teddy Bridgewater as Louisville's QB this fall.
3. LSU Tigers did a nice thing and helped some freshmen students move into college dorms for the first time
The Top 10 underrated QBs for 2014
* Missouri's defensive coordinator tried to teach his players how to Dougie.
* Southern radio host Paul Finebaum did the Ice Bucket Challenge, and his reaction in this video is priceless. It's like he got buckshot to the back rather than water.
* Arizona State OC Mike Norvell was mic'd up at a recent practice.
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano sold his home near Rutgers for $1.35 million, a record in Piscataway, New Jersey,
* A day in the life of Mississippi State strength coach Rick Court, by Bob Carskadon.
* This is an awesome highlight video from a Clemson fan celebrating the return of college football that will get you fired up for kickoff next week. Football is back!
Have a great Thursday, all.
Teddy Mitrosilis is an editor and writer for FOXSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @TMitrosilis and email him at email@example.com.


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Record temperatures made the going extremely tough on the opening day of the 67th US Senior PGA Championship at Oak Tree Golf Club, Oklahoma, but European Seniors Tour member Katsuyoshi Tomori kept his cool better than most to finish three shots off the lead.
The Japanese golfer cancelled out an early birdie with a bogey five at the 440 yard seventh hole but responded by picking up shots at the 13th and 16th to register an opening round of two under par 69.
A shot further back is José Rivero of Spain, winner of the DGM Barbados Open in March, who made the most of the cooler morning conditions by carding a 70 that contained 17 pars and one birdie at the third.
Later in the day, temperatures in Edmond reached 99 degrees and it was probably no surprise that it was a local man, Gil Morgan, who came out on top.
Morgan, a native of Edmond and a member at Oak Tree Golf Club, put his home course knowledge to good use with a brilliant five under par 66 that leads by one from fellow American Peter Jacobsen.
Jay Haas, Loren Roberts and Tom Watson share third spot at three under par followed by a group of six players on two under which contains Tomori, who heads the European Seniors Tour challenge.
Rivero is next at one under, followed by England's Nick Job at level par and six players at one over – Gordon J Brand of England, Italy's Giuseppe Cali, Bill Longmuir of Scotland, Englishmen Carl Mason and David J Russell, and Scotland's Sam Torrance, winner of the Sharp Italian Seniors Open last weekend.


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When I recently stepped aboard the Carnival Fantasy for a six-day cruise sailing from Charleston, South Carolina to the Bahamas and Key West, Florida, I was exhausted. I'd been traveling for 12 weeks, returning home only twice in that time long enough to do laundry. To meet deadlines I'd squeezed writing time into my busy itineraries by cutting down on sleep. I'd crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice, caught a cold that transitioned into bronchitis, and was experiencing serious jet lag. I love my job, but at that point all I wanted to do was sleep in my own bed. You don't always get what you want.
But sometimes, you do get what you need.
Three days into the Carnival cruise I felt renewed. By the end I felt ready to accept more travel assignments.
And this was a working trip: Imagine how relaxing the cruise would have been had I actually been on vacation!
I adore cruises; this was my sixth cruise, first with Carnival. Cruising offers the unique travel advantage of allowing you to unpack once yet explore a variety of different destinations. What's more, it's easy to tailor your activities to suit your shifting mood and preferences; do as much or as little as appeals to you. Sleep late or wake early in the privacy of your stateroom or under the sky on a deck lounge chair. (Gentle swaying of the boat promotes sound sleep.) Participate in group events or spend quiet time alone. Party hard, luxuriate in elegance or kick back and go casual.
Carnival, the world's largest and most popular cruise line, began operating five-, six- and seven-day voyages from historic downtown Charleston to the Bahamas and Key West, Florida in May 2010. (Bermuda itineraries will be added in 2011.) A total of 65 Carnival cruises are scheduled to depart from Charleston this year, carrying approximately 140,000 passengers.
Refurbished in 2008, the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy has a unique retro-Vegas style. Designed by award-winning architect Joe Farcus, the ship boasts some eye-popping décor. The Atrium features a grand marble staircase, glass elevators and blue neon accent lights. The Cleopatra piano bar features life-size Egyptian sculptures and hieroglyphics. The Cats Lounge, my personal favorite public space, has an Andy Warhol vibe with artwork of oversized cans, kitchen utensils and food containers. Pools and hot tubs are available on multiple decks. There's a 12,000-square-foot spa and fitness facility with state-of-the-art equipment. A new aqua park features a 300-foot-long water slide, 82-foot-long dual racing slides and a splash zone.
Carnival Fantasy is designed to appeal to and accommodate a wide range of passengers. From infant to elderly, athletic to wheelchair-bound, passengers represent a diverse range of ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds.
A typical mix of travelers includes extended families, groups of friends and coworkers, wedding parties and/or honeymooners, couples celebrating anniversaries, mother/daughter and father/son pairs, single travelers, parents with children, retirees, recent graduates, expectant parents and more. Whether you're traveling with one or more companions or on your own, a Carnival cruise is a social experience—which can make it an especially appealing travel option for individual travelers.
I was traveling on my own, yet never felt lonely, routinely meeting folks at meals, by the pool, strolling the deck and while snapping pictures around the ship. Port excursions not only showcase different highlights of each port, they ensure you'll meet people with common interests.
"The Carnival vacation experience is unique in that it offers a wide range of on-board dining, activity and entertainment options, along with a fun, spirited atmosphere that is unlike any other cruise line," says Vance Gulliksen, public relations manager for Carnival. "All this, combined with friendly and attentive service from our shipboard team, enabled Carnival to earn a leadership position in the cruise industry, carrying nearly four million guests a year."
When I asked them why they chose Carnival Fantasy for their vacation, my fellow passengers all cited cost as the No. 1 reason—most found deals working with a travel agent or on the Carnival website. Other factors included Charleston as the home port, port itinerary, sail dates and previous positive experiences on Carnival.
The cruise price is pretty all-inclusive – your cabin, plus all meals (alcohol and sodas are extra, see below). Between the 24-hour room service and 12 themed bars, full-service and casual dining rooms, on Carnival Fantasy you can always find something to nibble on. An extensive buffet is nearly always open. Casual eateries include a pizzeria, Mongolian grill and deli. Full-service dining is served at two scheduled times plus there's a flexible dining option.
Complimentary live entertainment includes jugglers, singers, dancers, comedians, game show-style events and more. "Our Punchliner comedy clubs and cruise director shows are very popular," says Gulliksen. Also popular are deck games and the recently launched Superstar Live event, which allows guests to sing with a four-piece band and backup singers. Some activities are tailored for specific age groups: There are supervised programs for kids and teens in three age groups, while one sun deck with hot tubs is reserved exclusively for adults.
Energetic, service-minded folks working aboard Carnival Fantasy ensure that your vacation is fun. They encourage smiles with contagious enthusiasm.
Aboard Carnival Fantasy you can get the vacation you want and need.
If You Go
- Driving to the new Charleston embarkation port is convenient, especially for folks living in the southeastern United States. Port parking is $15/day for standard vehicles up to 20 feet long and $35 for oversized vehicles.
- Whether you drive or fly, I recommend arriving in Charleston at least one day prior to the sail date to avoid feeling rushed and ensuring ample opportunity to explore the historic city.
- If you typically drink more than three sodas per day, consider signing up for Carnival's "unlimited soda" program shortly after boarding the cruise. At $40 per person, it can save money over the course of the cruise compared to purchasing each soft drink separately. (Coffee, water, lemonade, iced tea, milk and fruit juice are free on board, but alcoholic beverages and sodas are not included in the cruise price.)
- Tour Nassau, Bahamas on the public bus for approximately $2.50 per person. While not a guided tour with a narrator, it offers an authentic glimpse of island life and Nassau's neighborhoods at an unbeatable rate.
- If you'd like to rent a scooter or electric car in Key West, Florida it pays to comparison shop: Rentals are priced at $50 on the dock but $25 in town just a few short blocks away.
- In Key West, Florida check out Kino Sandals (the shop is located in Kino Plaza at 107 Fitzpatrick St., just a few blocks from the dock). All of the sandals are handmade using natural leather uppers and natural rubber soles, assembled and glued using traditional methods in a variety of styles and colors that start at just $12 a pair for women and $14 a pair for men.
Carnival Cruise Lines
Prices for five- to seven-day Carnival cruises from Charleston start at $399 per person for an interior stateroom based on double occupancy and are subject to change without notice.
All photos: credit Carnival Cruise Lines.


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Mario Andretti got his season off to a flying start with victory in the Argentine Grand Prix despite using the previous year's Lotus 78.
The grid had a very unfamiliar look with 14 of the 25 works drivers representing new teams, and every two-car team, with the exception of Ferrari, had at least one new driver. Twenty-eight cars in all started the weekend with four failing to qualify.
Andretti took pole with Carlos Reutemann alongside him on the first row. James Hunt was on the third row alongside reigning champion Niki Lauda in his first drive for Brabham after his acrimonious split from Ferrari. Ronnie Peterson, back at Lotus after an ill-advised season with Tyrrell, was on the second row with John Watson.
Andretti led away and built an advantage after the first lap of a second-and-a-half with Watson moving his Brabham up to second on the third lap and setting off after Andretti. He could do little about the Lotus, though, but he was safe ahead of Reutemann's Ferrari who fended off Lauda for 14 laps. He eventually succumbed, and once he was passed, Reutemann slipped down the order, as did Peterson who was troubled by understeer.
Andretti was untroubled on his way to the flag although Watson's day ended when his engine broke on lap 42. That allowed Lauda into second with the Tyrrell of Patrick Depailler on his tail at the end. The two battled nose-to-tail but Depailler couldn't find a gap. Hunt finished fourth.
It had been a processional race in the main but was enlivened a little towards the end when five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio mounted the gantry to wave the chequered flag at the winner - and promptly got his cars confused and waved the flag at Ronnie Peterson a lap early.
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DSiWare Capsule Reviews: Third Week of July
July 27, 2010 - After two strong weeks to kick off the month of July, DSiWare seemed to bobble a bit last week. One game stood out as a potential buy, though, so jump inside to see which of the July 19 new releases we think might be worth your while.
Ferrari GT: Evolution Review
May 3, 2010 - Ferrari GT: Evolution is once again a 3D racer from Gameloft, it's once again a port over from a previously released iPhone game, and it's once again pretty good. Not absolutely sensational, but good.
Nintendo Download: April 26, 2010
April 26, 2010 - A half-dozen different designs are hitting DSiWare today, as April goes out with a bang. Then, on Wii, you'll find new ways to drain your brain -- and prove that you're still the King of Fighters, even after 15 years.


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I went just 1-1 last night. I had no top play last night, so they are still on a 18-1-1 run, including 14-0-1 my last 15. I hope to keep it going today. Writeups for top plays only today. BOL everyone.
Virginia/ Florida State Under 122: Cavs home games have averaged a mere 108.9 ppg this year and that is due to a very slow pace they play and a very stingy defense they have. The Cavs come in allowing 57.4 ppg on the year, but at home they have allowed just 48.1 ppg on 34.4% shooting. Yikes. They will not be taking on a strong offensive team in this one, as FSU rings up just 65.2 ppg on the road and they have scored just 64.2 ppg in their last 5 games overall. The Noles have played some good defense this year, allowing just 61.8 ppg overall on just 36.3% shooting, while in their last 5 games they have given up just 55.2 ppg on 33.6% shooting. Now those are all great numbers for an under, but the kicker may be the series. In the last 8 meetings between these teams, there has been an average of just 114.6 ppg scored, with none of those 8 games putting up more than 125 points. I look for this one to be played under 115.
North Carolina/ Boston College Under 143: The way both teams have been playing of late, I feel that this line is out of whack. Boston College is really having problems scoring right now, averaging just 65.7 ppg on 42% shooting in their last 5 games. They have also hit just 31% from long range over that stretch, plus just 68.5% from the charity stripe, which is way down from their seasonal average of 76%. This team is having problems in all phases of their offense right now, and it won't get any better vs a North Carolina team that allows just 67.5 ppg on 38.5% shooting on their home floor. The BC defense is not nearly as strong, as they allow 76 ppg on the year, but they will be taking on an offense that is also struggling. The Heels come in averaging 75.6 ppg overall, but in their last 3 games (all vs the ACC) they have averaged just 56.3 ppg. Boston College's last 5 games have averaged just 124.2 ppg, while Carolina's last 5 have averaged just 126.4 ppg. Big differences from 143. I expect this one to stay below 135.
Oklahoma State/ Kansas Under 151: Offensive numbers alone would indicate a high scoring game, but these teams have played good defense this year. Kansas averages 78.9 ppg biut they are 232nd in the nation in shots per game. A big reason is that they shoot 50% from the field, but that will be hard to do here vs an OSU squad that allows just 64.6 ppg on 37.6% shooting for the year. KU Isn't great from the charity stripe (68.8%) and they shoot just 34.7% from long range. KU Has had issues at times on defense, but at home they have played very well, allowing just 65 ppg on 41% shooting. They should be able to keep this solid OSU attack under control in this one. This is a huge game in the Big 12 and should be fairly close down the stretch which should lead to both teams just walking the ball up the court and looking for the best shot. I see this one in the lower 140's at best.
Purdue/ Penn State Under 150: (Added) I know that both teams have played allot of games in the upper 140's this year, but still I don't see that happening in this one. This has been a low scoring series as just 121.9 ppg have been put up between these teams in the last 10 meetings. Just one of those games put up more than 144 points and that was the 151 points that were scored, back in 2011. Penn State was scoring in bunches before Big 10 play, but they have slowed down big time, putting up just 65.6 ppg in their 5 league games so far. They had averaged 82+ ppg during their non-conference slate. Can't see their offense improving much in this one vs a Purdue defense that has allowed just 67.7 ppg on 39.2% shooting at home. Purdue has slowed down slightly on offense as they have averaged just 71.4 ppg in their last 5 games, compared to their seasonal average of 76.8 ppg. The PSU defense is not stout at all, but I don't expect a run and gun offense from Purdue here that will put up 75 or more. Both teams are struggling from the FT line and neither is good from long distance, while both teams defend the arc very well. Look for this one to be played a slower pace and put up no more than 139 points.
Washington/ Stanford Under 146: (Added) The Cardinal plays good defense at home, allowing just 67.5 ppg on 39.5% shooting, while in their last 5 games overall they have allowed just 68 ppg on 42.2% shooting. The Huskies gave up 82 points to California in heir last game, but still this is a team that had been playing great defense as they allowed just 62.8 ppg in their 5 games prior to the California debacle. Stanford does score 75 ppg at home, but after heir last game I can see the Huskies really getting after them defensively and hold Stanford to no more than 72 points. The Cardinal should have little problem holding a Washington team that scores just 66 ppg on the road in the 60's here. 72-63 sounds about right.
8 POINT TEASER--- Indiana State +18.5 & Pittsburgh +12.5 & Wisconsin +.5
UCLA -2.5 over UTAH
Western Illinois/ North Dakota State Under 129
UL Lafayette/ Troy Over 145.5 (Added)
8 POINT TEASER--- Louisville +5.5 & UNLV +16.5 & Utah State +16 (Added)
Louisville -1.5 over UCONN
Ole Miss -1.5 over SOUTH CAROLINA
Long Beach State/ Cal Poly Under 125 (Added)
Michigan State/ Illinois Under 130.5 (Added)
CBB Records
Top Plays Overall 67-52-4 (+29.6 Units)... 5 Unit 0-0-0 (0.0 Units)... 4 Unit 4-1-0 (+11.6 Units)... 3 Unit 63-51-4 (+18.0 Units)
Top Play Totals 34-26-3 (+21.3 Units)... Top Play Teasers 11-8-0 (+3.6 Units)
Other Plays Overall 117-74-6 (+52.7 Units)... Other Play Totals 70-30-2 (+60.1 Units)... Teasers 2-6-0 (-7.1 Units)
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Thanks JR. I hope you have a great day
I will have a teaser or two a bit later im sure. I usually like to look for them in the later games.
Thanks Pro and Griff. All the best to you both as well
BOL today Jeff and keep your hot streak going! That UVa/FSU under play looks great...you convinced me. That does look like a very high O/U line.
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Romney the magnanimous
Rick Santorum slammed Rick Perry also on the HPV vaccine, saying, "I would not expect this from someone who would call himself a conservative governor.
"How about parental rights being more important than states' rights? How about having an opt-out instead of an opt-in?" Santorum said.
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But Mitt Romney, offered the chance to pile on, declined, saying, "My guess is that Gov. Perry would like to do it a different way the second time through. We've each taken a mulligan or two ... We love America. We have some differences between us" but the focus is on President Obama.
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247 Web Promotions Launched New Website Design
247 Web Promotions launched attractive and content-rich website. The new design represents market trends, facts and stats, and services capable of promoting businesses from multiple channels.
April 9, 2014 (Newswire.com) - 247 Web Promotions launched a new design of their website www.247webpromotions.com. The website has been strengthened with significant updates in terms of features and service offerings from the company. It is also a move to accommodate diverse marketing needs of global clients. The company now offers valuable content on the website with stats, facts, trends and other marketing insights that make the website a one stop destination for all marketing needs. Serious efforts have been invested to offer visitors value for their time, and services that can augment the credibility of their marketing efforts.
The company aims at covering every aspect of digital marketing by offering services such as internet marketing, mobile marketing, content marketing and other related solutions. In addition, company is aiming to benefit businesses by ensuring effective market presence via consultation, custom strategies, multiple channel exposure, performance analysis and by generating performance reports.
At the launch of the new website design, the CEO of 247 Web Promotions said, "The transformation of our website is a response to market dynamics, and with new services, we aim to provide comprehensive digital marketing services to our clients." One of the senior developers said, "Change is the reason for our success, we will continue to mould our design and service offerings as per the market trends."
By combining in-depth market analysis with marketing expertise, the company plans to provide quality and affordable services to the clients. With improved services and easily accessible interface, this redesign will offer value to businesses looking to extend their presence on the web frontier.
247 Web Promotions pioneered several developments in the field of digital marketing. Experts from the company have developed the knack of understanding trends and formulating custom strategies based on business needs. They have technical consultants, marketing experts (internet & mobile), content developers, social media experts and researchers that continuously strive to identify channels to promote businesses.
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TV with Laura: The Bachelor Episode 7 Recap(ish)
Apologies for the tardiness of this post. It was a long, bad day. So let's maybe do a light one today, shall we? We'll just hit the highlights, and we'll save the in-depth cattiness for the next few episodes, okay? Jump if you want to hear the true story of four boring people who get picked to go on overnight dates and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. Or in this case really lame. And terrible.
Let's start with Ali's phone call wherein she begs Jake to take her back.  This whole thing is unbelievable. First of all, who would want Jake? Even after an incredibly romantic date at your dead grandma's house, I think once you're off the show, you get de-programmed rather quickly. And either Ali lives in a hotel next door to the Golden Gate Bridge or this whole thing is a sham. She clearly says that she's home, but that woman is calling from a hotel phone while wearing a hotel-issued robe. And I'm guessing from the numerous stock art of the Golden Gate Bridge the producers chose to flash throughout the 2.2-minute phone call, she isn't calling from San Francisco.
I don't know why Ali makes the humiliating phone call. Maybe she is contractually bound to do so. Perhaps she wants to stay in a fancy hotel and eat room service–that robe looks comfy! It could be that she likes to be on camera. Whatever the case, it's not worth it. Because Jake tells her that he prefers the company of Google McGoogle Eye, Baby Talking Tiny Dancer, and Sloppy Seconds Gia, thank you very much. Ali exits stage right.
Now on to the mystery of the horrific beads. I called them Jamaican beads last week. I was wrong. They are St. Lucia beads, and they are the true star of this episode. Jake wears a strand the whole time, and he buys a set for lucky Gia on their date. Even poor, dumb Gia knows they are ridiculous. "Jake is so romantic," Gia says. "For the rest of my life, this necklace will be around my wrist."
Sadly, that good sense is fleeting. Apparently, Gia has chosen to ignore that Ali's departure is the only reason she got to go to St. Lucia–one presumes Ali's name was scratched out and "Gia" was hastily written on the ticket. But our girl is in it to win it. She dances in the street with Jake. She says painful things like, "By the end of the date, I want us to say 'I love you' to each other." She nods in an understanding manner when he says things like, "My heart is open. I'm looking for someone who will make my dreams theirs. And their dreams mine." She pretends not to mind that he drinks chardonnay. She wears a diamond tiara, sparkly shoes, and shows a lot of boob. She accepts his invitation to the creepshow Fantasy Suite. She dons a swimsuit and sits in a bathtub with him. In short, she does everything she can to win. And it's all for naught. We know she's going home. Jake knows she's going home. Even her scary mom knows she's heading back to the Bronx–she saw it in the Tarot cards. The only person who doesn't know is the lady with marks all over her wrist. (Those happen when a cheap strand of beads meets tepid bath water.)
Tenley is up, and this is a proper date. No running from stray dogs, street musicians, and dreaded bead pushers here.  She gets to go for a spin in a helicopter! And Tenley and Jake have a lot to talk about–it's been hours since she's had a chance to talk about her divorce. They enjoy a nice picnic, go for a swim, make out, and Jake whispers sweet nothings like, "I can tell you that in 20 years, I'll still have a little-boy crush on my wife."
Finally, we get to dinner, and big things are afoot. Jake has switched to red wine. Tenley breaks off a branch from a nearby tree and begins to beat herself with it in an act of atonement. "I hope that you can fall in love with me," she says. "And everything that comes with that. Even my past…" Jake takes the branch from her, lovingly wipes up the blood, and asks a nearby dj to play Canon in D. As we learned last week, Tiny Dancer loves to dance. And so they will dance away their troubles–the divorce, the smell of Gia on Jake's lapel (or maybe it's that damn necklace), thoughts of the upcoming date with Madam Squirrel Chaser, all of it.
Once again, the invitation to the Fantasy Suite arrives, and Tenley accepts. One hopes the maid had the time to change the sheets–it appears to be the same suite Gia visited the night before. They change into swimsuits–nothing better than enjoying a big meal and putting on the bikini!–and make out in the pool. Jake wipes something from her face–her mustache perhaps? He muses, "It takes a lot of courage for a girl to tell a guy, 'I've only spent the night with one guy.'" She was married, so I think she spent more than a night with a guy. And also, I think Jake might be kidding himself here. She saved herself for marriage, which is fine. Noble, even. But I suspect she might have had a sleep over here or there–just spooning, of course.
And anyway, virginity can't be all that important to our hero because, let's be honest, Lady Lazy E has been around the block. And he loves her. "I want to please Vienna," he says at one point. "And Vienna wants to please me." One of the guhls reasoned, "She must be better looking in person." Anyway, the two board a pirate ship and Jake looks for and finds plenty of booty. (See what I did there?) The couple makes out a whole bunch.
Later on the beach, we see that Vienna sports a huge tattoo on her hip. No one is surprised.
On to dinner. The beach has apparently done a number on the extensions. Jake does not notice because his eyes are set on Vienna's all-but exposed breasts. Lest you think Jake is having impure thoughts, think again. "It's not just sexual," he says. "It's more." Vienna is talking a lot this date. Too much, really. Even for Jake. He shuts her up by asking what kind of wedding ring she wants. "Princess cut," she answers before the question is complete. And she wants that ring. Do you know how many plastic surgeries a ring like that could pay for? (Okay, maybe not even one.) So she goes for it: "I just want to be completely honest with you. I honestly–when I'm not with you, you're all I think about," she says. "I'm falling in love with you."
Wouldn't it have been amazing if Vienna had refused to visit the Fantasy Suite? Yeah, didn't happen. She immediately accepts and things get steamy fast. Jake says, "I really like your white, filmy pajamas. But they'd look better on my floor." And Vienna says, "Look into my eye. You're getting veryyyyyyy sleepy." And she hypnotizes him with the rogue eye, and then robs the place blind. (Pardon the vision pun. It just happens.)
Finally, after two excruciating hours, Gia gets the boot. Tenley and Vienna will have to duke it out for this guy. I would like it to end in a cage match to the death. Alas, I do not have high expectations.
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A GOLF club that reopened this month has been granted a licence to serve alcohol and stage live music, despite objections.
Woodham Golf and Country Club in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, reopened its greens to golfers on Friday, August 1, almost ten months after is closed owing to financial problems.
This week, Durham County Council's licensing committee approved a request from the club's new owners, Stephen and Neville Hall, for a premise licence.
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The licence allows the club to hold indoor sporting events, stage live music, play recorded music and supply alcohol, from 11am to midnight, Monday to Saturday, and from 11am to 10.30pm on Sunday.
The application prompted several letters of objection from nearby residents, who expressed concerns about noise pollution and the midnight closing time.
One resident wrote: "I have no problem with the premises operating with food and alcohol and generally being what one would expect a sophisticated golf club to be. My wife and I would definitely consider using the premises.
"I do fiercely object however to the playing of loud music, whether live, recorded or otherwise, when I know that it will cause a disturbance late at night."
But another resident wrote: "I am writing in support of the above application.
"I have spoken with neighbours and feel it is essential the golf club be a functioning asset to the neighbourhood rather than allow the premises to slide into disrepair as was the case prior to the purchase."


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Family ties, honor, and loyalty are the main themes explored in this audiobook entitled A Samurai Never Fears Death. The main character, Seikei, is torn by ties between his birth family and his adopted family. The setting is the old puppet theaters of Japan, which add a surreal, disturbing element to this thrilling murder mystery. Constantly bombard by eerily beautiful images, listeners will be chilled and riveted by this audio drama. The story is well researched; its history and setting are interesting and accurate. Listeners will appreciate the sweet, almost boyish voice of Hadyen Lee, who narrates this audio.
For Seikei, the adopted son of the famous samurai Judge Ooka with a knack for solving mysteries, a trip home to see his real family isn't cause to celebrate. His brother has become mixed up with local criminals who use the family's tea shop as a front for a smuggling operation. His sister, meanwhile, has fallen in love with an apprentice to a puppet master who stands accused of murder. Somehow, Seikei senses the two are connected. His loyalties divided between his new family and his old, Seikei must find the real killer before it is too late.
Set against the eerie backdrop of the old Japanese puppet theaters, where life-sized marionettes were controlled by black-cloaked men, Edgar Award-winners Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler render their most satisfying mystery to date.
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What Would Jesus Say to Darwin?
Regis NicollRegis Nicoll's weblog
- 2010 Jul 30
In certain company, Jesus had the rather annoying habit of answering a question with a question.
It had the effect of turning the tables on those who were trying to trip him up, while getting others to think through what was being asked. For example, when a religious leader asked Jesus how he could gain eternal life, Jesus' response—"What is written in the Law?"—pointed the leader to what had already been revealed, to what, in fact, the man already knew.
But what would Jesus have said to someone asking, "Good teacher, you have great wisdom. Tell me, if you would be so kind—how did life begin?"
The scenario is not as far-fetched as you might think.
At the time of Jesus' public ministry, a number of alternatives to the Genesis story were well-known and actively peddled in the marketplace of ideas. One was "atomism," a thoroughly naturalistic explanation of the universe developed in the fifth century B.C.
As the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus spun it, the universe was made up of indivisible, and infinitesimally small, grains of matter ("atoms") whose chance collisions and combinations over untold eons brought everything into existence—even thinking, sentient beings. Have a familiar jingle?
Like neo-Darwinism, atomism gave intellectual comfort to those inclined toward atheism, while raising honest doubts among those who accepted the Old Testament account. So it is possible - maybe likely—that some seeker or schemer would have asked Jesus to settle the controversy between Moses and the philosophers, or, in today's parlance, between religion and science.
What controversy?
Fast-forward 2,000 years. There are those who say "Controversy? What controversy?" One is Francis Ayala, evolutionary biologist and former Catholic priest.
Ayala, 2010 winner of the Templeton Prize (for his "exceptional contribution affirming life's spiritual dimension"), recently stated that "scientific knowledge, the theory of evolution in particular, is consistent with a religious belief in God..." Well, yeah, since knowledge—true knowledge, scientific or otherwise—is sourced in the Author of truth.
But the knowledge of which Ayala refers is not the "after its kind" microevolution accepted by the religious and non-religious alike; it is the "mud-to-man" macroevolution of neo-Darwinism. Consequently, the Templeton Prize winner went on to exclude "the tenets of creationism and the so-called intelligent design" as knowledge consistent with belief in God.
If Ayala's exclusion sends your head aswirl, Francis Collins' explanation will help right it... Continue reading here.


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Prince Charles, recovering from the assault on his car on the way to the Royal Variety Show, declared today that the student protesters 'may have a point'. 'Their variety performance was a darned sight more entertaining than the ghastly turns at the Circus I had to go to.'
Meanwhile Queen Camilla (in waiting) joked that there was a 'first time for anything'. 'The first of many' mumbled Charles in her ear.
Students were at one condemning the attack on Charles and Camilla's car. 'What an appalling diversion from our campaign to stop the increase in student fees. We shall be labelled republicans and be extradited to America!' Well, yes there was that one - another one was rumoured to be among a crowd of jubilant young folk but on further enquiry he was a worker at Topshop who had got caught up in the whole affair.
Nick Clegg celebrated his victory in the House of Commons at a Party held at a secret location with invited guests. Several of his fellow MP's couldn't find the address and others got stuck in traffic trying very hard to be near their leader at the moment of his triumph.
A calm Vince Cable was pushed out of the door to make a statement: 'It has been a difficult day' he revealed to astonished reporters 'I wish I had never been born.'
With this he returned to the Party where excited Liberal Democrats were singing 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow' to a beaming Clegg.


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TWO vitally important elements of Arundel Festival, one accomplished long before the event gets under way and the other carried out every day of the ten-day celebrations in August, often go unnoticed by visitors, writes Jo Rothery.
The first, of course, is the festival brochure, which lists all the entertainment and activities taking place and helps everyone to check out beforehand which ones they would like to attend, and also makes sure they get to the right venue at the right time.
Putting it all together is a mammoth task, but it's one which this year Debbie Kennedy has handled calmly and efficiently for the second time, working behind the scenes to bring together and put into order the huge volume of information which comes in from a large number of sources.
It isn't simply a case of building up listings – she has to diligently sort everything into appropriate categories and colourcode them so that it's easy for people to find their way round the pages of the brochure as well as the festival itself.
And, just as importantly, it has to look good. The brochure is the first thing most people see as festival-time approaches, so it must reflect the originality, creativity and passion of such a flagship event.
"It's an honour to be asked to do the festival brochure and it's also a pleasure to be working with a great team of people," said Debbie, a talented designer with a great sense of humour whose website, www.norobotshere.com says 'I think geek, but I speak human'.
The team helping on the brochure includes Alice Gilmour and Phoebe Kirk.
"The person I couldn't do without is 'Aunty Barb' who deals with all the sponsors and advertisers – she is a marvel. It's a very big job putting everything together, working under pressure, but everyone has a smile on their face," Debbie added.
Someone who will be making full use of the brochure once the festival starts is photographer Scott Younger, whose involvement began last year but is now on a much more organised basis for 2014.
Having covered a vast variety of events in 2013, he realised it was impossible for one person to be everywhere at a festival on such a scale, so this time he has arranged for a dedicated team of enthusiastic young photographers to help him out.
Scott, originally from New Zealand, moved to Madehurst in 2011 after spending 40 years travelling all over the world, initially through his career in international business systems, during which he lived in 11 countries for more than a year each.
This is where the 53-year-old developed his passion for photography.
His connection to the festival started with just taking pictures for its website. But he soon started volunteering more often, last year taking 7,500 photos of the event,
"It's impossible to do everything yourself, for one person to be everywhere and photograph everything during the festival, so this year I have formed a team of 12. I've lined up all the events and various elements, asked members of the team which they would like to cover and matched them up. They can also do any of the street stuff they like," he said.
The team will and Scott will then decide on the best photos to use for the festival website and press coverage.
"It will also create an archive for the future – it's quite exciting to think that in 100 years' time, people could be looking at our images of the festival," he added.


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A Perth man left permanently disabled after doctors damaged a nerve in his arm while inserting a catheter has been awarded a $450,000 pay-out by the State Government.
Seville Grove grandfather Roy Martin received permanent damage to his right arm following the 2012 procedure which has left him unable to continue work as a telecommunications lecturer.
The 63-year-old suffered his injuries after doctors at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial District Hospital attempted to insert a catheter into his arm to administer antibiotics in November 2012.
Despite medical observation records showing Mr Martin complained about arm soreness dozens of times in the weeks following the failed catheter insertion, doctors at AKMDH and Fremantle Hospital, where he was later transferred, did not operate on the injury until three months later.
On Friday, District Court of WA Judge Michael Bowden ruled Mr Martin's disability could have been avoided if medical staff had treated his compressed nerve within two weeks - which is the widely accepted timeframe for such a procedure.
He dismissed the defence's argument that 12 weeks was an acceptable time to wait for the surgery and that Mr Martin was unfit to work due to an unrelated back injury which had left him unable to walk.
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When Peter Sollett and Eva Vives, two 1998 graduates of New York University's film school, set out to make a short film they co-wrote called Five Feet High and Rising, about a boy's first kiss on a summer afternoon, they were disappointed by the young performers sent to them by agencies.
"A lot of the child actors, unfortunately, were mimicking what they were seeing on television, and a lot of them were there for maybe the wrong reasons, like their parents sent them in. It really wasn't right," recalled Sollett, who was directing the short and had set the film's story in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst—a predominantly Italian and Jewish neighborhood where he grew up. (Vives served as the project's producer, casting director, and editor.)
The filmmaking partners decided to take a different approach to casting. Vives posted fliers in their Lower East Side neighborhood in New York City, inviting kids to audition. "By virtue of who was in the neighborhood," said Sollett, "most of the kids who came in were Latino. They had a lot to offer, and they weren't affected in the way that some of the kids we had been seeing were. We decided to go ahead and make the film with them. We just wanted to find the best actors for the job. In this case they were non-professionals."
Five Feet High and Rising was reset in the East Village and starred local residents Victor Rasuk and Judy Marte as the young lovers. While Marte was enrolled in a junior high that had a concentration in performance, Rasuk had no previous acting experience. (After making the film, Rasuk and Marte enrolled in and have since graduated from the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York.) The film wound up winning top awards at major festivals in 2000, including Sundance, Cannes, and South by Southwest. Inspired by the film's success and by the cast's talent, Sollett and Vives adapted their short into a feature-length project, which became Raising Victor Vargas. Marte and Rasuk, again, played the leads.
Sollett was invited to workshop the script with the film organization La Cinéfondation in Paris, where Sollett spent six months developing the script, followed by acceptance into the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, where he met with established writers such as Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), Scott Frank (Minority Report), and Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia).
When it came time to shoot the feature, Sollett spent a month rehearsing with his cast members, who included Rasuk's younger teenage brother, Silvestre, in the role of Victor's onscreen brother, Nino, and Altagracia Guzman, who was 74 years old at the time she was cast and had never acted before. Guzman is the aunt of the film's casting director, Ulysses Terrero, and is simply terrific in her debut performance as the legal guardian of three teenage grandchildren who are driving her crazy. Other notable actors in the film include Krystal Rodriguez as Victor's tough-as-nails younger sister, Vicki, and Melonie Diaz as Judy's best friend.
While the entire principal cast of Raising Victor Vargas is made up of non-professionals, you wouldn't know it from watching the film. Rasuk and Marte, along with the rest of the cast, give honest, authentic performances that feel completely unforced. That's because the actors were never forced to say or do anything that didn't feel natural. In fact, Sollett said he never gave any of the actors the script.
Instead, Sollett used the script as a rough outline during the rehearsals, where he would throw out a situation to the actors or sometimes begin with a line from his script and then ask the performers to improvise. By the time shooting began, the actors were comfortable with what they were being asked to do, and they continued to improvise or recall moments they had come up with in rehearsals. Sollett and Vives (who is credited with writing the story for Raising Victor Vargas) also spent a great deal of time getting to know their actors on a personal basis, and the co-writers were able to incorporate the actor's real lives and feelings into the film.
"The honest truth is that most of this did not look or feel like work. It felt like friends spending time together, getting to know one another, and developing relationships," said Sollett, who hopes to apply a similar directing technique to his next feature, which is still in the development phase. Of course he realizes that a month's worth of rehearsals is a luxury for most filmmakers.
He continued, "I think it's a really big problem that actors and directors don't get to work together in a more significant way than they do, if only to develop trust. The actors need to trust the director if they're going to do anything really special, and the director needs to be able to trust the actors because he's putting his life into their hands. I hope I'm able to find actors who are willing do that. I hear from a lot of directors that it's difficult to do, financially speaking, because actors need to be paid, and who can afford to pay actors to be working an additional month? But I certainly hope to find a way to work with my actors in a more substantial way."
Raising Victor Vargas premiered to enthusiastic audiences at this year's Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theatres on Apr. 18. Victor Rasuk can also be seen later this year in a small role opposite Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in the Charlie Kauf-man-scripted film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Sister Act
Manna From Heaven, an independent film that hits L.A. and New York theatres this week, is a family affair like no other I've ever heard of. It was created by the five Burton sisters: producers/directors Maria and Gabrielle and producers Jennifer, Charity, and Ursula, who plays a lead role in the film. Maria, the eldest sister and also an actor, plays a supporting role in the film as well. Their mother, Gabrielle B. Burton, wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film with her husband, Roger Burton, who took an early retirement from his job at the University of Buffalo, where he was a psychology professor, to help make this film with his wife and daughters.
Said Gabrielle Jr. of their latest movie, "Our mother had gone back to film school [at the American Film Institute] to learn the craft of film. She was a novelist and non-fiction writer. She had written some scripts and started winning prizes for them, including the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Then she started selling a lot of her scripts and we sisters, who already had a film company and had done two films [Just Friends and Temps, both directed by Maria], said, 'Hey, Ma, we really like this one called Manna From Heaven and we'd like to make it. So we optioned it from her for a dollar."
Manna From Heaven is a lighthearted comedic fable about what happens when you get a "gift from God," but many years later find out it was just a loan and repayment is due immediately. The film begins in the 1950s, when a neighborhood is mysteriously showered with $20 bills. Theresa, a young girl everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit family of relatives and friends that the money is a gift from heaven to split up. Years later, Theresa (Ursula Burton), who has become a nun, decides that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group back together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody has the money, nobody wants to give back the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand one another.
The Burtons assembled an impressive cast of well-known actors, including Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Louise Fletcher, Harry Groener, Seymour Cassel, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin, Jill Eikenberry, Wendy Malick, and Austin Pendleton. Cassel had previously worked with the Burton sisters on their film Temps. Duvall had approached Maria at a film festival where Temps was screening and Duvall was appearing for a tribute to Stanley Kubrick, and Duvall said, "I love this movie. I want to work with you."
As for the rest of the cast members, it was a matter of persuading agents to send the script to their clients. Once agents did, the actors quickly responded to the material and came on board.
"The big hurdle was getting through their agents," said Gabrielle Jr., "because obviously their agents weren't thrilled about getting 10 percent of what we were paying. But they could tell the passion that we had for this, and these characters were so interesting and complicated. We were also interested in casting these actors against type."
After taking the film to festivals where it was well received, the Burton sisters (who base their company in Santa Monica) partnered with RS Entertainment to distribute the picture. The sisters' strategy has been to travel with the film from city to city on a year-long publicity tour, which began in August in Branson, Mo., followed by Kansas City, Washington, D.C. (where it was also given a special screening for Congress members at the request of Missouri Rep. Kathy McCarthy), Columbus, Ohio, and their hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., where the movie was shot. The film has been a surprise success, often extending its runs due to audience demand and positive response from theatre chains such as AMC and Regal. Manna From Heaven opens in Los Angeles and New York this week.
The Burton sisters often hold post-screening discussions on opening weekend in new cities, as they are doing in L.A. and N.Y., and encourage interested filmgoers to put together a group of 20 or more and a member of the Burton clan will appear during the run in a city by request through their website, www.fivesistersproductions.com. BSW


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Eagles split in Monday night tips
The New Life Academy basketball teams split their respective Minnesota Christian Athletic Association Monday night contests with Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity, with the Lady Eagles prevailing, while the boys cagers fell.
Already regaining their .500 record in MCAA play, the New Life girls re-acquired a break-even overall mark at 9-9 with a 42-33 win at Lester Prairie as Danielle Schmidt scored a game-high 27 points and Cara Lutes notched 13 points. The victory improved the Eagles conference mark to 4-3.
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In the spotlight: Screenwriter David O. Russell spoke openly Saturday about bipolar disorder, highlighted in the 2012 dramatic comedy he directed, "Silver Linings Playbook."
The Oscar-nominated film, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, portrayed a conflicted young man, prone to outbursts of anger. Russell spoke of his own son, Matthew, who suffers from bipolar disorder.
Russell told local members of the International Bipolar Foundation that he wrote the screenplay, based on a novel by Matthew Quick, to push the mental illness out of the closet and onto the big screen. It began as a gift to his son, 20, who has been in treatment and is about to graduate from a special school. But, Russell added, it but ended up being a gift to himself and the world.
He'll remain committed to the cause, Russell said, "until they put me in a box." In fact, he confessed to Pilar Cardenas-Gimber, who doggedly pursued him to headline last Saturday's fundraiser and accept its Hope Award, "I'm actually supposed to be writing a movie right now."


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Looking Back at the First 50 Years of TUNL
Banner headlines—in one-inch tall type—shouted "Duke to Get Nuclear Lab" and "$2.5 Million Nuclear Lab to be Established at Duke." The date was November 23, 1965, and the occasion was the funding of the Triangle University Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) by the federal Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The news was so big that an editorial cartoon in the Durham Morning Herald showed two farmers discussing the equipment that would be in the new lab. Duke professor Henry Newson had succeeded—on his third try—in securing funding for a 15-MeV tandem Van de Graaff accelerator and a 15-MeV cyclotron. In 1963 and 1964, Newson had submitted similar proposals to AEC from Duke alone, neither of which were funded.
What made the third time the charm? Eugen Merzbacher, professor emeritus at UNC, says, "Henry had this brilliant idea to combine the three universities." Merzbacher helped write the proposal, as did Worth Seagondollar, who was chair of the physics department at N.C. State. Each university would supply faculty members and graduate students to conduct research using the equipment.
Henry Newson's brilliant idea is still fostering collaborations today among faculty and students from Duke, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—and now North Carolina Central University as well.
Newson's other creative twist was the idea of using the cyclotron to inject a beam into the Van de Graaff to cost-effectively double the beam energy. Scientists at TUNL called the combination the cyclo-graaff.
Shortly after the proposal was funded, Newson came up with the idea of naming the lab the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, or TUNL, building on the name recognition of the newly minted Research Triangle Park. Construction of the cyclo-graaff lab, located behind the Physics building on West Campus, was partly supported by a grant from the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. Newson served as director of TUNL from 1968 until his death in 1978.
Russell Roberson, professor emeritus and a former TUNL director, arrived at Duke in 1963. At the time, the Duke Physics department had two small Van de Graaff accelerators—one rated at an energy of 4 MeV and another rated at 3 MeV—but Newson wanted a bigger accelerator for bigger experiments. Before coming to Duke in 1948, Newson had done stints at Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos National Labs, and had worked on the Manhattan Project.
"Because of his work on the Manhattan Project, Newson understood how many people could effectively use a big facility like the tandem Van de Graaff," Roberson says. "He knew Duke couldn't provide that many people. But by dividing it up among the three universities, we were able to establish a very significant faculty presence with a large number of graduate students and make it one of the top accelerator and nuclear facilities in the country."
For many years, TUNL was funded solely by AEC, which later became the Department of Energy. Today, DOE's Office of Nuclear Physics is still the major funder, but there is support from other agencies as well, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department of Homeland Security.
Originally, the focus of TUNL was nuclear structure. Newson used a high-resolution neutron beam to study the nucleus. Later, Duke professor Edward Bilpuch modified the equipment to produce a proton beam, which he and colleagues used in a series of well known experiments to study isobaric analogue states of the nucleus with ultrafine energy resolution.
Over the years, TUNL has broadened its focus. The current director, Duke professor Calvin Howell, says TUNL's evolution often followed the interests and technical innovations of faculty members. For example, when UNC professor Tom Clegg built a polarized ion beam at TUNL in 1986, other faculty members and students caught his enthusiasm and used it for their own experiments.
"That's been the history of TUNL—new people come in with new ideas and new technology and techniques, and they don't just hoard those things for themselves," Howell says. "The collaboration and the synergy between faculty members works beautifully. We don't have institutional boundaries." Howell did his graduate work as a Duke student at TUNL in the 1980s.
Today, TUNL physicists are pushing scientific frontiers in several areas, including studying strong interaction physics to better understand the structure of nuclei and nucleons (protons and neutrons); modeling nuclear reactions in stars; and delving into the fundamental nature of neutrinos to discover whether these chargeless particles serve as their own anti-particles and how they may have played a role in the processes that generated the visible matter in the universe.
Parts of the Van de Graaff that arrived in 1966 are still being used by TUNL physicists, but newer machines have come online as well. One of these is the free electron laser known as the HIGS (high intensity gamma-ray source), housed in a separate building behind the original TUNL building. HIGS is now producing the world's most intense polarized gamma-ray beams.
As TUNL approaches its 50th anniversary, both Roberson and Howell say that one of the most important contributions of TUNL has been its role in educating the next generation of scientists. Roberson says, "We've continued to be one of the more significant laboratories in the country in terms of producing students. Many of our graduate students go in industry and the national labs and universities. At one time, there were 35 graduates from TUNL working at Los Alamos National Lab, helping provide a significant national defense to the country."
Howell says, "The record speaks for itself in the outstanding scientists we have produced at the PhD level. In the last 15 years, we've put considerable effort into creating opportunities for undergraduates." The NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program supports 10-12 undergraduates from around the country each summer to work and learn at TUNL. Last year, TUNL began collaborating with Duke's high-energy program to allow some of the REU students to spend the summer at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.
There are other examples of universities that tried to create shared physics laboratories but were not able to work together as a team to make it happen, according to Steve Shafroth, who came to UNC and TUNL in 1967. Shafroth says, "TUNL is such a unique thing, with the three universities collaborating like that and staying friends." He adds with a laugh, "You know, with the basketball rivalry and all so strong."
Merzbacher agrees, saying, "TUNL is the only tripartite lab in the country. There's nothing else like it."
Note: We are sad to report that Eugen Merzbacher died on June 6, 2013.
Mary-Russell Roberson is a freelance science writer who lives in Durham.


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Yup that's me, Christmas is almost here…24 days to be exact! Is it just me or is the panic starting to set in? All of a sudden I realize that I haven't even bought my christmas cards yet…Yikes! Don't even get me started on presents. I found out a friend of mine already finished his christmas shopping, apparently he started back since Halloween! I'm gonna say it – I am a holiday procrastinator! And if you're on my Chrsitmas card list – I'm apologizing now because you probably won't get yours until after New Year's! Lol – My bad habits are hard to break – Enjoy the cold weather and snuggle up with some hot coco –


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Affleck, Garner 'still figuring' out relationship
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) Actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are reportedly "still figuring things out" when it comes to their relationship despite it being a year after announcing their separation.
The couple are reportedly still unsure whether they should file for divorce as they are focused on doing things right by their children, Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and four-year-old Samuel, reports people.com.
"They are still figuring things out. Ben still doesn't want the divorce and he might actually get his way," a source said.
"She (Jennifer Garner) had the best time in Europe with Ben and the kids. She seemed much happier when she returned to Los Angeles. Jennifer went from being very adamant that a divorce would happen to instead avoiding any divorce talk," added the insider.
The "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" star and the "13 Going On 30" actress don't want to rush things.
"There is no rush to file (for divorce). They are enjoying life where they are right now… Nothing has changed (in their relationship). They are still all about putting the kids first," the insider said.


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