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It's cherry pickin' season and I thought it'd be fun to make some tispy cherries. So far I've seen recipes with Maker's Mark, tequila, rum, 151, orange liqueur, vodka...any favorite recipes to share? I'd love to get them tipsy, then dip them in chocolate...what say ye? I'm starting to think Cruzan vanilla rum might be nice...
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When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes hear the word "cast," they probably think of their costars in movies and shows; but this week, they only have one cast on their mind—the one healing daughter Suri's broken arm!
And this cast is a multitasker! Not only is it helping the 7 year old's arm heal, but it's also laying down the law!Daddy's Little Girls: Suri & Tom and Hollywood's Other Top Dad/Daughter Duos!
Suri's white cast, which was seen while she was out and about in New York with mom, reads, "No butt smacking with this!"
Which—you have to admit—is pretty good advice!
While it's unclear how the 7-year-old athlete sustained the injury, Suri is active in a lot of hobbies—especially gymnastics.
'The TomKat Project': Play Mocking of Tom and Katie Opens in NY
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And if the young fashionista needs any advice on dressing up her cast—in addition to the words of wisdom—she can always give Mariah Carey a call!


text: Tweet Share2 Pin2 Stumble4 Share +18Shares 16 I'm stepping up my overall health game. Of course I want to look good, but my main reasons are to be healthy from the inside out. I believe an overall overhaul is the best type of lifestyle change for me, especially since it affects so many aspects of my life. My outward appearance, my strength & stamina, my energy level & my mental health. For the past 2 weeks I've been slowly changing some things in my daily diet, walking more, exercising more and taking some steps to improve my spiritual health. I'm really trying to form a habit of doing strength training work outs during my week and because I'm already happy with my weight,and have no desire to lose what I already have. I simply want to gain more lean muscle and burn fat. So in order to do that I have to increase my daily protein intake. I started out drinking Ensure – High Protein each morning in addition to my regular breakfast, or as a meal replacement. Because I sometimes have an up/down type of appetite, I wanted to be sure I'm not missing any meals or losing nutrients. This week I began making and drinking healthy protein smoothies just to switch it up a bit and experiment with various fruits, vegetables and proteins. I'm sharing a few of my recipes this week on the blog. This first one below includes using What Germ as my protein. I really like the taste of Wheat Germ. It gives my smoothies an oatmeal kind of taste or cream of wheat flavor without the added texture. It seems to especially blend well with Bananas & Milk based recipes. What You'll Need 1 Banana Handful of Spinach Handful of fresh or frozen Fruit (Your Choice), I opted for frozen Strawberries, Blueberries, Mangoes & tossed in a few fresh Raspberries 1/3 cup Wheat Germ 1 Cup Almond Milk Tools Blender or Small Magic Bullet type Blender 5 Mins Prep Here's an extra recipe from the back of my fruit bag, just toss in your protein if you want. I think I'm gonna have to make this one my go-to protein shake. While the color isn't very pretty, I really love the taste and texture of this smoothie. I think it's the combo of the Almond Milk and the Wheat Germ that really makes this one. Maybe it's my love of eating fruit with nuts that wins me over. But whatever it is, it's GOOD! Until next time stars, get moving and stay healthy! Related articles Stellar's Banana Protein Deep Conditioner Recipe Naturally Stellar | Spinach & Bacon Quiche So You Started A Business, Do You Have A DBA? Tweet Share2 Pin2 Stumble4 Share +18Shares 16The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Candice S. Founder, Editor-in-Chief of Women's Lifestyle Blog, Naturally Stellar | Beauty Contributor for Hype Hair Magazine | Freelance Writer and Content Creator| Candice is a passionate Nashville-based writer with a love for beauty, urban lifestyle, songwriting, travel, food and business. When she's not busy being Wonder Woman to her family, out exploring or catching up on her British dramas, you can find her sharing something interesting on her blog. Which more than likely she probably wrote at Noon, while eating a bowl of Captain Crunch. Latest posts by Candice S. (see all) Delicious and Savory Southern Cabbage - November 23, 2017 6 Ways To Germ Proof Your Home This Season - November 20, 2017 Goodwill Presents Style With A Purpose - October 26, 2017 2 Responses ...So She Writes... (@SoDreWrites) June 12, 2014 Thanks for sharing this recipe, Candice! I love eating nuts with my fruit and I love the flavor of oatmeal so I think I just may try this smoothie with the wheat germ. I've never tried it before, but I'll be adding it to my grocery list in the AM. I'll be sure to share my thoughts with you, too. Good looking out, hun! Reply Candice S. June 12, 2014 You're welcome! I think it's the combo of the wheat germ and almond milk that gives it just the right flavor I like. Reply Hey Star! Drop Your Two Cents Cancel reply


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Layering for Spring: The Eucalyptus Jacket Review
One of my favorite things about the onset of Spring is ditching all my bulky blazers and heavy coats and swapping them out for light and colorful jackets. Shedding winter makes the world feel like a new and magical place, doesn't it?
Shabby Apple's Eucalyptus Jacket is just the thing to get you started. The soft white woven fabric is heavy enough to keep you warm in a morning chill, but light enough to still be comfortable in the warmer afternoon. The colorful green patterned trim adds the perfect pop, and makes this jacket easy to match with anything. I paired mine with a green lace skirt for a day at the office, but you could just as easily use this versatile piece to top off some colored denim for a day of city window-shopping or a pair neutral capris for brunch with the family. It would also be the perfect companion for a flowy spring skirt, either patterned or solid.
While we're on the topic of magical things, let's talk about the fit of this peplum jacket. I'll describe it in two words: universally flattering. The tucked waist is slimming without being constricting, and the flared hem provides both form and function by putting an unexpected twist on the standard boxy jacket. It also accentuates all the right things and makes the other things sort of disappear. I told you, this jacket is magic! When I zipped up the Eucalyptus Jacket I had to do a double-take in the mirror, that's how (pleasantly!) surprised I was with how forgiving and flattering the fit was.
As a final flourish, the oversized bow on the shoulder helps the Eucalyptus Jacket break free and clear of the stuffy blazer mold. I like to think of it as the classy, unexpected cherry on top; it doesn't get in the way or weigh the jacket down. Though I was a little worried I'd feel a touch ridiculous walking around with a big bow on my shoulder, it couldn't be further away from silly. It's the perfect sophisticated finishing touch, and it makes accessorizing easy. With a bold bow like this one you really don't need to add much in the way of jewelry or headpieces. I styled my jacket with a pair of simple gold hoops to match the exposed zipper and gold flats to tie it all together.
In other words, we're talking about a versatile jacket with a flattering, feminine fit and it's own bold embellishment to boot. I think that's called a win-win-win.
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Warm-up Elite, 10 toes to bar, 10 ring rows, 10 pushups Strength Wendler Back Squat-Week 1 7 min. EMOM: 3 weighted strict pullups Conditioning 30-20-10: Back Squat 155/105 Pullups DU x 2 Congrats to Bill Rohlfing (1:29) and Ashley Morrison (1:55) for winning last week's Weekly Challenge. This week the challenge is: Most wall balls in 1 minute (men 10' target, women 9' target). Score must be witnessed by Jared, Andrea, John or Daryl to be valid. Good luck! Now's the time to register for CrossFit Open Sectionals. This is for everyone. The workouts will be posted weekly for 5 weeks. You just need your workout validated by us or you can submit a video. We are encouraging everyone in our gym to be part of this. Last year there were over 26,000 participants and this year its expected to be even bigger! If you do register, make sure you put CrossFit 417 as your affiliate! You can register here. CrossFit Open Prizes The largest team worldwide will be rewarded handsomely. On Sunday, February 26, at 5 p.m. PT, the team with the most registered athletes will win tickets to the Games–as many tickets as registered team members–and have their affiliate fee waived for life. The team prizes don't end there. The team with the most validly registered athletes in their region on Sunday, February 26 at 5 p.m. PT will win tickets to their Regional competition. Each week, one athlete will be selected who represents the CrossFit community for the Spirit of the Open competition. Nominations for athletes with extraordinary stories, locations, or obstacles to competing in the Open, may be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com with "Spirit of the Games" as the subject line. The athlete may compete in any division of the competition. The week's Spirit of the Open award winner will receive $2,012!
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Yeaaaaaaaa! Wall balls!!!!!!!! -_-
Of course, why wouldn't it be wall balls!?!
Haha! Good luck everyone! :)
Great start to the week.
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Jasmine beat me again. Granted, she did 30 for the squat and assisted pull ups, but crap! She is pushing me to move quicker.
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Viewpoint / Forget About 2003, Too
A leading broker tells of a conversation he'd had last week with a veteran client, following an altercation they'd had in late 2002. Back then, the client was disgusted by the heavy losses he'd incurred.
A leading broker tells of a conversation he'd had last week with a veteran client, following an altercation they'd had in late 2002. Back then, the client was disgusted by the heavy losses he'd incurred. "I told him it was over and done with, to forget about 2002," he relates. "Then he came back last week, and I begged him to forget about 2003 too."
Stock indices shot up 50 percent and more in 2003, and the danger is that the clientele could reach entirely erroneous conclusions. The rally on the market and the signs that the general public is eyeing shares again could trigger an over-reaction. The rebound could overshoot, share prices could climb too high, only to collapse anew.
The warning lights are flashing everywhere you look. Share prices are close to all-time record high levels and the general public hasn't even come back in yet. We have to ask how high the market could climb if the man in the street stampedes the floor. There is nothing inherently wrong with breaking records, but to be sustainable, high share prices must be supported by obvious economic growth. And it cannot be said, at this stage, that such support is there.
Risk of a downturn
Another warning light is the strong shekel. It may allow stocks to clamber on its back, but it is an inherently weak support. Low U.S. interest rates could start rising again, and the temptation of investing in foreign currency (capital gains deriving from exchange rate differentials are not taxable) could weaken the shekel and destabilize the capital markets.
Another sign is the surplus demand hitting the market. New and veteran pension funds are starting to invest, just as the treasury is sharply cutting back its domestic fund-raising efforts. That combination could send bond prices up and yields down, which would impact stocks too.
"I have no doubt that 2004 will be the year of the downturn," said one institutional investor. "It's a classical situation. Just as the pension funds dip their toes into the market for the first time, the market is in a bubble. The hangover will come in 2005."
The market's short memory
Yet another warning sign is the surge of offerings. Buyers are behaving indiscriminately. Companies with a poor record of honoring investors' rights, and whose financial future is murky, are managing to tap the markets for cash. Yet again the market proves that its memory is short.
So is the public's, apparently. That's the very thing the banks are relying on when they launch new mutuals and market them aggressively to the general public. The capital market consensus is that prices aren't sky-high yet, and there's room for the general public to invest. But the danger is that prices are climbing too fast, speeding beyond the economic developments that would support such levels. Such fine distinction between "not expensive" and "too expensive" requires a great deal of caution, and mainly, moderation, when investing today.
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My daughter was born with EDS. She was diagnosed as a child but there wasn't much support back then for this condition. For a while, before EDSers United, I lost hope for any patient support as the organizations that claim to be for EDS really didn't do much for our community. This year, EDSers United's work really touched my family. For the first time in 29 years, my daughter received one on one support counseling for EDS. She found true friends and support in the volunteers at EDSers United. She also received two FREE EDS Awareness Packages via mail from EDSers United which helped us to better explain her condition to family, friends, and her doctors! I cannot thank EDSers United enough for all they have done and continue to do and my family and I will continue to donate to this organization. I can see our donations go directly to the EDS community and I am honored to be a Zebra Sponsor!
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West Palm Beach (Fla.) Dwyer tight end Nick O'Leary is considered the nation's top tight end by Rivals.com. That is a ranking reinforced by the plethora of colleges across the country interested in his services. So far during the 2010 college football season, he has made his way to Florida State and Alabama for visits.
His visit to the Capstone this weekend was an official visit. He saw the Crimson Tide easily defeat their SEC rivals, the Florida Gators.
"I went to Alabama this weekend," O'Leary said. "It was really fun. It was a good experience. Alabama is really awesome. They talked to me about being a move-around guy, with some blocking and move around more to catch some balls."
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Prior to that visit, O'Leary took an unofficial visit to Florida State when the Seminoles hosted Wake Forest.
"I was at Florida State a week ago," O'Leary said. "I pretty much just hung out with the coaches. It is always fun when I go there."
O'Leary plans to continue to hit the road to check out some of his favorites.
"I am thinking about going to the Miami-FSU game this weekend," O'Leary said. "I am going to Wisconsin on October 16th (when they host Ohio State) and then LSU is November 6th (when they host Alabama)."
With three official visits already on the schedule, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound tight end isn't sure who will receive the final two. There is a decent chance it will be two of his other favorites, but it isn't a certainty.
"It is probably down to FSU, Alabama, Miami, and LSU. Wisconsin is in it too," O'Leary said. "I don't have a leader. No order to those schools either."
One factor that could have a major influence on the Rivals100 prospects decision is where his current quarterback, four-star signal caller Jacoby Brissett ends up.
"Me and Jacoby are going to try to go to the same school for sure," O'Leary said. "It is something we would like to do."
Neither O'Leary or Brissett are in a rush to conclude their recruitment, so it will likely be until at least December before any decisions are made for the U.S. Army All-American.
"It is going to be after my season," O'Leary said. "I just am going to choose a school because of my relationship with the coaches and whether I am going to get the ball or not."
O'Leary, who was suspended for two games following Dwyer's season opening loss to Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville, returned to action this past week and scored three touchdowns in a victory. He caught a touchdown pass, ran for a score, and threw for one as well as Dwyer defeated Atlantic 41-15.


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Today is 20th annual National Coming Out Day, in which "members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and tranny hooker communities and their supporters (often referred to as "allies" or, if you're the Dead Tree Crew, "FAGGOTS") show pride and wish for planets full of unicorns. It is highly encouraged for participants in this movement to wear identifying symbols, such as the pink triangle, Ravens jerseys, the Greek letter lambda and rainbows, in jewelry and on their clothing, to demonstrate their presence in all walks of life, all ages and all ethnic groups."
I know, I know. Hold off on the predictable jokes about Jeff Garcia and the Mannings for a sec, won't you, Tony Dungy? We're here to honor people like Ufford, possessed of homicidal rage but comfortable enough in their sexuality to wear pinstripe pants and pink shirts.
This week's Meast is Mike Sellers, who, despite having played in the CFL, is a killer of men, tamer of Lions, and also an accenter of beards. It's those small stylistic touches that nicely top off a measty two TD performance against Detroit. He also has several new tattoos on his left arm: three large "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" skulls accompanied by the words "Fear No Man," and a dark script of his nickname, "Dat Boy." See, Sellers doesn't fear the gays. Joe Gibbs and his band of parking lot degenerates could learn something.


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Patriots announce first set of practices open to the public
The Patriots announced their initial training camp schedule, and the team's first four practices will be open to the public.
The Patriots will open camp on Thursday, July 25 as players report to Foxborough, followed by the team's first public practice at 9 a.m. Friday at the lower practice fields of Gillette Stadium's complex.
Fans can also watch the Patriots practice at 9 a.m. on July 27 and 28. On July 29, the Patriots will hold an in-stadium practice for season ticket holders at 7 p.m. following the team's hall of fame ceremony at the NRG Plaza outside The Hall at Patriot Place. More open practice dates have yet to be released.
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The current recession has cost millions of Americans their jobs and has cost the U.S. Treasury billions of dollars in deficit spending. And as you would expect, it's causing headaches for independent leagues as well.
All sports have been affected by the economic downturn, but the effects may be felt especially hard in some of the independent leagues, where the margin between success and dissolution is smaller.
"I've been around this industry for 30 years and I've not run across people worrying this much," Frontier League commissioner Bill Lee said.
This still isn't the bad old days of the minor leagues when teams could be bought for the cost of assuming their debts and many teams played in front of selected friends and family. But plenty of teams this season will be playing in front of outfield walls that are no longer completely covered in advertising. Many teams are finding that the corporations that could be counted on for group sales and sponsorships in the past are tapped out this year.
It's serious enough that some independent league officials expect that not all of the current leagues will still be around when 2010 arrives.
"I think this in many ways could be the toughest year for independent baseball," Can-Am League and American Association commissioner Miles Wolff said. "In the early years there was all this excitement that this is something new. There was St. Paul and Long Island, where baseball was back. Now all those cities have matured. Now it's a mode where we have to continue. There are not a lot of new things happening to make people say, 'Wow.' "
The crazy promotions that seemed fresh and new in the 1990s are now a regular part of the minor league experience. And where in the '90s there always seemed to be a new market to move to if a team should start to falter, the building boom is largely over these days.
A new stadium in planned for Pensacola (American Association), and the Northern League hopes to have an expansion team in Zion, Ill., next year. But it is much more difficult to get funding for new stadium.
"The new ballpark phenomenon in independent and affiliated baseball is just about over," Wolff said.
Baseball has already seen some fallout from the economy when the Can-Am League dropped from eight teams to six in March when the owners of the Atlantic City Surf announced that they were forced to shut down because they were unable to find a buyer for the team. The league had already been attempting to subsidize a team in Ottawa that it had taken over when its ownership group pulled out after the 2008 season. But faced with the financially impossible task of subsidizing two teams, the league instead cut back to six teams.
In the case of the Can-Am League, Wolff found that the prospective owners for an independent league team disappeared about the time the stock market tanked. Northern League commissioner Clark Griffith saw the same thing as he worked this offseason to add expansion teams.
"I was working hard (on expansion) last fall. Discussions more or less ended when the market tanked," Griffith said
But Griffith says that recently he's started to see increased interest from potential owners. The Northern League has been looking for expansion franchises ever since it dropped to six teams in 2008. While this will be a second straight year as a six-team league, Griffith says the league's plan is to have 10 teams in 2011. It has announced the expansion franchise in Zion for 2010, but still is searching for a partner expansion team for next year.
But for now, every league is focusing on trying to ensure that all the franchises are equipped to survive a difficult economic year.
"Everyone is looking to get through this season," Wolff said.
Flu News Is Bad News
The Golden Baseball League is one of the few leagues expanding for 2009 as new clubs in Victoria, B.C., Tucson and Tijuana, Mexico, bring the league up to 10 teams. But the outbreak of the swine flu in Mexico may put a crimp in the league's plans for Tijuana.
The outbreak began nearly a month before Opening Day in Tijuana on May 23, but as that date neared, the league was working on potential backup plans in case a ban on public gatherings carries over into the season.
"We're going through the potential impact and some of the potential options we may have to embark upon," Golden Baseball League commissioner Kevin Outcalt said. "Hopefully everything will be fine by then."
Hurry-Up Mode
While the economy is making things difficult for everyone, every independent league that played in 2008 will be back for 2009, though in the case of the United League that wasn't always a sure thing.
The league declared bankruptcy in December, and at that time it appeared that several of the league's teams would be absorbed into the Continental Baseball League. But in March, Byron Pierce and John Bryant, the original founders of the league, who had left the league after the first year, bought the league's assets in court with plans to bring the league back for the 2009 season.
So the United League is back with five of the six teams from last year—Alexandria left to join the Continental League—and the expansion Coastal Bend Thunder in Robstown, Texas. With such a late start to putting together a schedule, selling tickets and putting together rosters, the league will not begin its 2009 season until June 11. And the 96-game schedule has been cut back to 80 games, with a resulting cut in the salary cap.
A late start is making putting together rosters more difficult, as every other independent league is getting off to an earlier start. Some players have decided to head elsewhere because they'll get into action quicker. But at the same time, there may be an unexpected benefit. Since the United League season will not begin until after the Major League Baseball draft, and after most college baseball teams' seasons have ended, the league will be well equipped to add undrafted college players.
Back In The U.S.
The last time Hideki Irabu came to the U.S., it created an uproar. This time he's much more subtly returning to the States. Irabu has signed with the Golden Baseball League's Long Beach Armada in hopes of showing he can still pitch as a 39-year-old.
The righthander showed a 91-92 mph fastball and a solid breaking ball in live action against a pickup team that included several current Golden Leaguers. The Armada quickly saw enough to decide to give Irabu another chance. He last pitched competitively in 2004 when he seemingly finished his career as a pitcher with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League. He made just three starts, going 0-2, 13.11 with seven strikeouts and four walks in 11 1â"3 innings.


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Bob Charles can add another notable achievement to his distinguished career by becoming the oldest winner in golf history should he maintain his fine recent form and capture the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, which gets underway on Friday at the stunning Golf Club Bad Ragaz, nestled amid the south west Alps of Switzerland.
The 71 year old, a winner of over 75 titles worldwide since turning professional in 1960, has respectively finished tied 21st , tied 34th and second in his last three European Seniors Tour events – the Open de France Senoir de Divonne, The Senior Open Championship at Muirfield and Wentworth Senior Masters.
Most recently, at the Wentworth Senior Masters, Charles bettered his age by a stroke with his 70 on the final day, having matched his years with a brace of 71s for the first 36 holes, to finish four under par and register his best result since 2005, when he was runner up at the Ryder Cup Wales Senior Open.
It means the New Zealander has arrived in the Swiss Alps full of confidence – and should he win on Sunday after completing the 54-hole event, he would be 71 and 151 days, making him the oldest winner in European Seniors Tour history.
Charles would beat the record of England's Neil Coles, who was 67 and 276 days at the 2002 Lawrence Batley Seniors Open, and would also be the oldest player to win an official Seniors Tour event in the world.
It is a goal the 1963 Open Champion is keen to realise. He said: "I've been playing well, swinging nicely and hitting good shots, so why shouldn't I feel I can win again? I still have the desire to compete and perform the best I can.
"Tournaments like I had at Wentworth inspire me so much, to not hang up the clubs and keep competing. It was great to finish second and to come back in 32 on the final back nine was very pleasing – it goes to show there's still a little spark of life in the old boy!
"We've been playing some long, tough courses in Muirfield and the Edinburgh Course. They're over 7,000 yards and it's been a relentless, hard couple of weeks. I made a career playing courses 6,600-700 yards in length, so I'm glad we're at a course in Bad Ragaz that's only 6,100-200 yards. We're all in need of it, I think, and I'm looking forward to it. We'll have to see on Sunday if I'm in with a chance."
However, Charles will be challenged in his pursuit of a history making victory by Spain's defending champion, Juan Quiros, who says he is determined to hold onto the title he won in 2006 on only his seventh seniors start.
At least Quiros will not have the problem he had last weekend, when, as he checked out of the Runnymede Hotel, near Wentworth, he was confused with Argentina's Eduardo Romero by the receptionist and presented with the wrong bill.
There is no danger of that happening in Switzerland, as Romero is taking a break after saying on Sunday, after his bid to win a third consecutive Wentworth Senior Masters was ended by Ireland's Des Smyth, that he "was tired and needed a rest" after a draining recent run of tournaments.
It means the battle to get closer to overhauling Romero, who leads the Order of Merit with €241,280 from four events, will be contested by the next four players in the top five – England's Carl Mason (€187,879), Australia's Stewart Ginn (183,099), Quiros (€178,703) and Italy's Costantino Rocca (€125,164).
Rocca, paying his first visit to Bad Ragaz, enthused: "It is a beautiful course – in perfect condition. The rain we had on Wednesday night has softened it up, so I think there will be plenty of birdies and good scores. I hope I will be among them."
Meanwhile, Australian Terry Gale, tournament winner in 2005, is another hoping to do well and finish inside the top two, for if he does, he can achieve a unique feat.
"I'm chasing passing the million Euros – but I don't know if it will beat me or I'll beat it. We'll just have to see what happens this week," said Gale, who has accumulated €985,550 from his 11 years on the European Seniors Tour.
As well as Gale, England's Nick Job and Ireland's Denis O'Sullivan could also pass that million Euros milestone if they are successful and win in Switzerland.
Job, who has earned €975,490 in his eight years on Tour, was tied third last year at Bad Ragaz and is seeking his fourth senior title, while O'Sullivan, in his tenth season on tour after turning professional in 1997, is chasing a seventh victory to add to his career haul of €977,248.
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|MASON, Carl
|RUSSELL, David J
|ROCCA, Costantino
|CARBONETTI, Horacio
|MARTIN, Steve
|GINN, Stewart


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Rob Halford With Five Finger Death Punch At Golden Gods, The Crowd Sucks [VIDEO]
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Rob Halford is a Metal God and you can't blame Ivan for being a little nervous on stage with the guy! But, the crowd sucked!When Ivan Moody announced for Halford to come out on stage it was as if they didn't know who this guy was! WTF! Who gets to go to the Golden Gods anyways? Super rich people that only know it is an 'A' list event? Ugh!
I am beside myself with disgust on the crowd performance and whoever videoed this zoomed in on Five Finger's drummer, Jeremy Spencer, (who is awesome) when Rob was singing!
I got to figure out how the hell I can get to the Golden God Awards to represent Townsquare Media the right way, and no I won't drink! HA
Show these people how to rock and maybe explain right before the show who all these people are so the 'A' list richness are not embarrassed anymore! I would like to school them so they don't look as stupid as they do in this video!
Amazing song! Turn it up for some Lift Me Up!


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NDSU seeks 8.8 percent tuition boost
FARGO - North Dakota State University will make its case on Monday for an 8.8 percent tuition increase, the only state university to deviate from a 2.5 percent cap.
President Dean Bresciani told a subcommittee of the state Board of Higher Education Thursday that without the increase, NDSU would have to cut core academic programs.
State funding for NDSU has not kept pace with the university's unprecedented enrollment growth, and NDSU has been in a pattern of making cuts for 10 years, Bresciani said.
"It's reached a critical point for NDSU," Bresciani said. "We have nothing left to cut."
Raising tuition by 8.8 percent rather than 2.5 percent will generate an additional $4.1 million for NDSU.
The committee did not take action on the proposal and asked NDSU to bring additional information Monday when the full board meets in Bismarck.
Chancellor Bill Goetz proposes to freeze tuition at all North Dakota two-year campuses and cap increases at 2.5 percent for the state's universities. That is consistent with what Gov. Jack Dalrymple proposed in his budget.
However, the Legislature did not fully fund Dalrymple's budget proposal. Legislators combined funding for equity and college affordability and reduced the total by $1.4 million.
Board member Jon Backes of Minot said the tuition caps are unfunded mandates for the campuses.
"We're telling them that you've got to go back and find this money in your budgets because we're not going to give you the opportunity to raise revenue and there is no more state revenue," Backes said.
The tuition cap is more problematic for NDSU because it has been underfunded for years, Bresciani said.
According to figures prepared by the Legislative Council, NDSU received about $16 million less than the University of North Dakota during the 2009-11 biennium in the general fund budget, not including UND's School of Medicine and Health Sciences. NDSU served the equivalent of 4,000 more full-time students that biennium than UND did.
Other comparisons show NDSU is the only campus in the university system to receive less than 50 percent of funding than its so-called peers. That would stay the same even with the 8.8 percent increase, officials said.
Bresciani said the 8.8 percent increase sounds like a lot when compared to the cap of 2.5 percent. But in reality, NDSU tuition has increased an average of 8.15 percent over the past decade, he said.
Backes said a 2.5 percent tuition increase can be explained to parents, but 8.8 percent would be difficult.
"The overwhelming number of parents that talk to me about tuition say tuition is out of control," Backes said.
Cam Knutson, NDSU's student body president, said he supports the tuition proposal and called the university's financial situation "unfortunate and extremely unfair."
"Students will not tolerate any sort of cutbacks to critical programs and services or decreases to our quality of education," Knutson said. "NDSU has come too far in the last decade to now be forced to take a step backwards."
Faculty and staff also support it, Bresciani said. They have been asked to do more with less as the funding hasn't kept pace with the university's growth, he said.
"The only way that our campus community would be more upset would be is if this gets turned down," Bresciani said.
Board member Duaine Espegard of Grand Forks said he believes legislative intent was to limit tuition increases, but that doesn't mean the board won't consider extenuating circumstances.
"This has to look like a crisis, which it is, to me," Espegard said.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Amy Dalrymple at (701) 241-5590


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adj. impatient, prejudiced
verb. lower, reduce
- moderate
- narrow
- roll back
- shrink
- slack up
- slacken
- slow down
- soft-pedal
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
adj. inadequate, short
adj. narrow-minded
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Look!: Repurposing in Better Homes & Gardens
Thanks to organization blog Curbly, we keep looking at this gallery of repurposed kitchen items from Better Homes & Gardens. The fork idea is pretty awesome, and while it could be used in an office, we'd keep the forks hanging in the kitchen to collect cooking-related notes and bits.
We've seen the muffin tin idea before, but it doesn't lose its cross-utilitarian appeal. The drawer pull hooks are a stroke of genius.
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15:50 18 February 2014
Two female firearms police staff, Victoria Wheatley and Rachael Giles, sued the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) for sex discrimination as they were given guns that were too big for them to handle.
The duo, who are both in their 30s, were at a disadvantage in gun tests, where continued failure can result in unsatisfactory assessment.
The CNC was found guilty of indirect discrimination but dismissed claims of victimisation.
The duo's lawyer Binder Bansel said: "Since 1997, every officer joining at the rank of Constable or Sergeant is required to train to recognised standards as an AFO and maintain the standard. There is a cycle of annual training shoots, with usually two development training days in a year and a further two development days, which conclude with a Qualification Shoot.
"Continued failure at these shoot days results in an unsatisfactory assessment, which could lead to the officer being dismissed. The Constabulary failed to take the necessary steps to prevent female officers being disadvantaged."
The two female cops are set to receive £35,000 each.
Following the ruling, Civil Nuclear Police Federation chief Nigel Dennis said he hoped the force would now act to make sure all of its officers get a fair shot.
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Can I plug in my Bose headphones with the I Pod Nano?
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Mine work just fine.
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If it has the right size of connector, then yes. Otherwise you would need an adapter.
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Firefox crashes randomly and I have all the addons disabled.
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Is it only with your site that you are getting the crashes? Have you noticed it only on any specific pages or when an event happens (clicking or otherwise). I just poked around on your site with the same browser and computer specs you noted above and didn't get any crashes or issues.
Double check you have no addons running with Firefox and if you have anymore details that will help.
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Welcome to My Personal Space on the Webs
Greetings, fellow mortal in the universe! Welcome to my personal space on Mr. Tim's World Wide Web. This website is several things, but in short, it's a personal homepage; so expect to find many of the things you would find on other personal homepages. It serves as an outlet for me to express ideas and attempt to communicate with others. Such ideas may be intended to inform, educate, inspire debate, or merely to intrigue. The contents vary from thoughts of an African programmer to just about anything. It is not always straight and engrossing. It is not always about programming or even computers. However, there is constantly enough variation to keep it going.
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Just Because I Had to Break the Silence1 year ago · Dec 29, 2015 at 01:03 GMT
I have recently come to a realization that as a man deepens in beliefs, so does he in doubts so that the one who is the most conscientious is invariably the most ignorant. (Yes, it is true - at least, philosophically.) But what complicates the matter is that if one does not set appropriate limits to his doubts, they would eventually consume his beliefs so that the person ends up gaining a great deal of knowledge but loses all practical wisdom and reasonableness. This, is what inspires me to tell you a story of a mysterious man who was once a friend of mine.
India 99, Ghana 1: The Complete Mfum Story3 years ago · Nov 5, 2014 at 17:18 GMT
Perhaps you have heard of the football match between India and Ghana where the Ghanaians lost by 99 goals to one; yet, the Black Stars were awarded the trophy. But how could it be that the team that lost became the one that won? Well, because the recitals are mostly inconsistent (everyone having their own "version"), some have even dismissed such a historic account as a Kwaku Ananse story. But wait, this article presents all the facts so that you may know fully the certainty of the things that you may have only been informed orally.
EC103: Jobs.com.gh's Multiple Vulnerabilities3 years ago · May 13, 2014 at 06:15 GMT
Jobs.com.gh is a Ghanaian job portal launched in 2013 by Ringier Ghana, a subsidiary of the Swiss multinational media enterprise Ringier AG. The website lists job vacancies on a daily basis and claims to be "Ghana's number 1 jobs portal." In this third case study of the Exploit Chronicles campaign, we are putting Jobs.com.gh on the radar. One distinguishing feature of this case study, however, is the absence of an SQL injection vulnerability. For the first time, we are exploiting a logical flaw in the design, implementation, and functioning of an application.
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Just in case you are the kind who cares about such things, the underlying software of this website is a hacked version of Apache. It is installed with a PHP CGI engine and configured to use MySQL as the back-end DBMS. The overall architectural design is flat—all pages are simply posts. These are written in a special markup language which outputs highly optimized and cacheable HTML, and even binary data like images! I reinvented the wheel because all the already-made solutions were too bulky for my simple needs. In reality, this whole website runs from a single PHP script, has no client-side dependencies, and does not leave any chocolate chip cookies on your device!
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