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[PREVIEW: First Round] The NCAA Division I Women's Tournament kicks off this weekend with first-round play. Five matches involving unseeded teams stand out.
UCF, which hosts Miami (Fla.), and Miami (Ohio), which travels to Tennessee, are two of the hottest teams in the country. Illinois, which plays at neighbor Missouri in their first meeting since 2008,
is coming off a big upset win at the Big Ten Tournament. After being snubbed last season, Georgetown, which heads to Virginia Tech, left no doubts about its tournament credentials. Pepperdine and
California are both coming off strong campaigns in tough conferences.
UCF-MIAMI, FLA. (Saturday). UCF is getting hot at the right time. The Knights, who advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals last year for the first time since 1987, are riding a seven-match shutout streak, having outscored their opponents, 23-0, in the seven wins over the last three weeks. They are fresh off three straight 2-0 wins at the Conference USA Tournament.
An NCAA Tournament bid capped what has been a trying season for the Hurricanes because of injuries. "With all the injuries we had, I think we were down at one point seven or eight starters," assistant coach Matt Kagan said. "To have it culminate in an NCAA Tournament for us is a great reward. We're proud of the kids."
UCF won the first meeting against Miami a 1-0 win thanks to forward Nicolette Radovcic's golden goal.
In the spotlight: UCF center back Marissa Diggs was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Knights' defense that is eighth in the nation with a goals-against average (0.56). Jasmine Paterson was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team after tying for the Miami lead with seven points.
VIRGINIA TECH-GEORGETOWN (Sunday). Virginia Tech finished tied for eighth in the ACC and did not make the ACC Tournament but was one of nine ACC teams to make the playoffs. The Hokies, who are making their fifth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, were 4-5-1 in ACC play but perfect in non-conference play with nine wins.
Georgetown, the Big East runner-up with a 15-3-3 record, is making only its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas reached the quarterfinals in 2010 and were disappointed to not to get in last season.
"We're very excited to be in the tournament," Hoya coach David Nolan said. "There was obviously a sense of deflation in this room last year on this day when we didn't get a bid. So first and foremost, we're happy to be in."
In the spotlight: The Hoyas are led by Big East Offensive Player of the Year Daphne Corboz, who has a school record 17 goals and 41 points. Freshman midfielder Ashley Meier tied for the Virginia Tech lead with seven goals, was named to the All-ACC Second Team.
TENNESSEE-MIAMI, OHIO (Sunday). Miami and Tennessee (14-4-2) finished No. 24 and No. 25 in the final Soccer America Women's Top 25. The RedHawks finished with a 15-game unbeaten streak and won the Mid-American tournament and regular-season championship. UT was picked to finish 11th in the SEC but was third in the SEC under first-year coach Brian Pensky.
In the spotlight: Hannah Wilkinson joined Tennessee five matches into the season after representing New Zealand in the Olympics and U-20 Women's World Cup and leads the Lady Vols with eight goals and 17 points.Miami senior Jess Kodiak was the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and a repeat first-team All-MAC selection with 29 points.
PEPPERDINE-CALIFORNIA (Saturday). It's Pepperdine (14-6-0), third in the WCC, against California (15-5-0), third in the Pac-12, at Tari Frahm Rokus Field in Malibu. The Waves are 3-5-0 against NCAA teams, while Cal is 3-4-0. A real toss-up.
In the spotlight: Ifeoma Onumonu was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year for Cal with 11 goals and five assists. Junior defender Michelle Pao, who led the Waves with nine assists, was named to the All-WCC first team for the third straight year.
MISSOURI-ILLINOIS (Saturday).Missouri (14-7-0) has lost five of its past seven games, including its only two home losses on the season to Arkansas and LSU, while Illinois (10-8-3) finished second at the Big Ten Tournament after knocking off regular-season champion Penn State in the semifinals.
In the spotlight: Vanessa DiBernardo led Illinois with eight goals and four assists despite missing the first part of the season because of commitments with the U.S. U-20 Women's World Cup championship team. All-SEC forward Alyssa Diggs has a team-high eight goals and 17 points for Missouri.


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Complaint Review: OneWest Bank
- OneWest Bank
Pasadena, California
United States of America
- Phone:
- Web: owb.com
- Category: Real Estate Services
OneWest Bank david greem dushan, arnold, susan kline, remax of valencia, joan mougel, monster mowers, field asset services, matthew jay cohick, illegal eviction, mortgage fraud, real estate fraud, eviction fraud Pasadena, California
*Author of original report: You Didn't Read!
*Consumer Comment: WTH
David Green is Senior Assistant Manager - email@example.com
Dushan Arnold is a Pre-Market Specialist - firstname.lastname@example.com
Sandy Standish - firstname.lastname@example.com
This group comprises the company's REO TEAM which will work effortlessly to steal your home with the help of Susan Kline (aka Susan Joy Kline, Sue Kline of ReMax of Valencia, CA) their "VALUED REO broker"; Joan Mougel of Field Asset Services, Inc. the "home preservation" company that hires local trash out companies like Monster Mowers of Lancaster, CA (owned by Matthew Jay Cohick) to illegally trespass and break into your home and steal your property.
This wonderful group of home wreckers does not require any bona fide proof that your home was foreclosed upon properly in order to do their dirty work.
Visit http://www. onewestbankfraud.com for more information
Read about the nightmare house that an unemployed military veteran and his wife lived in (as legally residing and paid up tenants) that the REO TEAM felt obliged to kick them out of:
Susan Kline of ReMax was the broker property manager of the nightmare house who lied repeatedly to the tenants and concealed information about the IndyMac REO TEAM, so that they could never get in touch with anyone about the situation in which they found themselves in after the owner of the property had been foreclosed upon. She also refused to reveal information about her fellow home wreckers Field Asset Services or Monster Mowers.
When the tenants filed a lawsuit against these pathetic excuses for humans, Kline, Field Asset Services, Monster, Deutsche Bank all blamed the tenant-victims for their plight, saying THEY were the cause of the attempted break-in and threats to their persons!
At the time of the California incident, Susan Kline worked for Prudential California Realty, also located in Valencia, CA.
Field Asset Services, along with Deutsche Bank were named as defendants in another case of foreclosure fraud and breaking and entering - this time in Michigan.
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AUTHOR: Susan - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, February 06, 2011POSTED: Sunday, February 06, 2011
Furthermore, if you actually looked at the "nightmare" house story it says right at the top that it is only a disclaimer as to the condition of the home so that future prospective buyers would know what the real estate agent is trying to push on them - nothing more.
The house was crap and Deutsche Bank investors now own it for EVEN MORE than the house itself was probably worth, so when you think of it, EVERYBODY is being scammed in this mortgage/foreclosure environment. Frankly, maybe if the investors actually saw the house, they'd come to know that the bank is full of s**t in every regard.
#2 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, February 06, 2011POSTED: Sunday, February 06, 2011
After all maintence has nothing to do with the dryer working on propane. Maintenance has nothing to do with having no garage, anything weather related is not the fault of them. Perhaps they should have talked to the county roads people about them piling up the snow in front of their driveway. Or perhaps they should have talk to the CHP and tell them not to close the road in winter if it gets too much snow. You can't in one sentence how they cut down 4 trees that were dead, and in the next talk about how bad the fire danger is.
But if this house was as bad as that disclosure is making it out to be, I don't see why that couple wouldn't be estatic to be kicked out.
Now, here is some "facts" with an REO/Bank Owned property. These houses will not always be in the best shape. This is because the previous owners could not/would not keep them up. Then there are some home owners that will basically gut the house out of some sense of agravation on loosing the house. Just ask any Real Estate agent about some REO's and see how much animal urine is soaked into the carpets, or how many door knobs and closet doors are missing.
In the end if these people are upset about being kicked out. The REAL person that they should be upset with is the owners who didn't make the payments. Because if they made the payments the bank would not have taken it over and forclose on the house.
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Microsoft moved a big step closer to completing the Windows Vista operating system with the announcement today of a near-final version. In a letter to people involved in a testing program, Windows Division co-President Jim Allchin said that Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available to them for testing. It will be made available more broadly next week.
The timing of this release puts Microsoft in position to complete the next generation of its flagship product on the current schedule.
Microsoft has repeatedly delayed the planned release date of Vista, but currently aims to get the operating system to large business customers in November and everyone else in January.
"We've made some [user interface] adjustments, added more device drivers, and enhanced performance," Allchin said in the letter to Microsoft's TechBeta program. We're not done yet, however — quality will continue to improve."
He said independent software makers should use RC1 to certify that their applications work with the new operating system, which replaces 5-year-old Windows XP.
Earlier this week, Computerworld reported that Microsoft had some 5,000 engineers working up to 70 hours a week to complete RC1.
Microsoft leaders are now imploring beta testers to quickly review this latest version of the operating system code. A release candidate is typically considered complete by the manufacturer, but needs to go through a final battery of testing before it becomes "gold code" and goes out as a commercial product.
"The operating system is in great shape with RC1, but there's still a lot of testing to do," Allchin said. "You've come through for us so far, and I'm asking you to once again put the pedal to the metal and send us feedback."
Sven Hallauer, director of release management with Windows Vista, indicated in Computerworld that meeting the release schedule is now largely in the hands of testers outside of Microsoft.
"Time is of the essence," he was quoted as saying. "We have a feedback window of two to three weeks after RC1 release where we can really make changes to the product in terms of getting deeper into the product's code base. Thereafter, we become very, very constrained in terms of what we can change without resetting the clock and slipping the release."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Led by Bill Cregar and Mark Dylla, the Georgia swimming team moved into 10th place Saturday in the NCAA Championships at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Center.
After two days of competition, the Bulldogs have accumulated 92 points. California and Texas hold the top two spots in the standings.
Cregar placed third in the 400 individual medley in 3:41.08.
Dylla took seventh in the 100 butterfly with a time of 46.07. During Saturday's prelims, Dylla was in a swim-off for the final spot in the championships finals and he also posted a 46.07. That eclipsed his own school record of 46.22 established at last month's Southeastern Conference Championships.
The NCAA Championships will conclude today. The prelims will start at noon, followed by the finals at 7 p.m.
► Women's golf: The Georgia women's golf team, like nearly every entry in the field at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, lowered its score in the second round of play. Georgia's improvement, however, accounted for no progress in the team standings.
The 16th-ranked Lady Bulldogs carded a team score of 311, 10 shots better than Friday's first-round tally, but remained in 13th place.
Fourth-ranked Duke maintained its lead in the team standings with a second straight round of 300 and leads Auburn by nine strokes and North Carolina by 14..
Marta Silva Zamora continues to be Georgia's top individual. The sophomore shot 5-over 77 and is tied with six other golfers in eighth place.
Today's final round begins at 8:30 a.m.
► MEN'S GOLF: At Greensboro, the 20th-ranked Georgia men's golf team moved up one spot in the Linger Longer Invitational at Reynolds Landing.
The Bulldogs improved to sixth place after firing a second-round 7-over 295. Georgia has a two-day total of 23-over 599, 20 shots behind Oklahoma State.
Russell Henley paced the Bulldogs with an even-par 72.
Henley stands eighth in the tournament at 2-over 146, nine shots behind Alabama's Bud Cauley.
The final round will take place today.
► SOFTBALL: At Lexington, Ky., the seventh-ranked Georgia softball team split an SEC doubleheader with Kentucky at the UK Softball Complex.
In the seventh inning of game one, Georgia sophomore Kristyn Sandberg was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and junior Jennie Auger added an RBI single for a 4-2 Bulldogs victory.
In the seventh inning of game two, Kentucky's Samantha DeMartine hit a two-run, walk-off home run for to beat the Bulldogs, 4-2.
Game three of the series is slated for 1 p.m. today.
► TRACK & FIELD: At Atlanta, Georgia's track and field teams picked up five wins and a host of personal-best performances to highlight their day at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.
Georgia freshman Eric Harris had a personal-best time of 20.92 in the 200-meter dash to earn his first collegiate victory.
On the women's side, freshman Jade Riebold exploded for a career-best mark of 12-11.50 to win the pole vault.
► EQUESTRIAN: At Auburn, Ala., Auburn won the Western competition by a decisive 7-2 margin, which provided the necessary cushion for the Tigers to defeat Georgia, 12-7, in the finals of the Southern Equestrian Championships.
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Skip to comments.Zimmerman expected to be released on bail
Posted on 11/20/2012 9:27:30 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs
The Fla. neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager may soon be released from prison. As Randall Pinkston reports, a judge granted George Zimmerman bail for a second time.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtonpost.com ...
He is NOT in prison, he is in JAIL. There is a difference. Idiot reporters....
Link doesn't work. Has the story been pulled?
That's an old article from July 5th or 6th.
Might have been; Google still shows the link with title, but it goes to the home page now.
It is amazing the price that he has paid for this already, when the left wants to deliver a message, they do.
I found this interesting story from today:
Jose Baez representing Sanford officer in George Zimmerman case..
And This..
Detective in George Zimmerman Case Hires Jose Baez
.."An FBI report released this summer showed Serino told agents that he was pressured by African-American officers to file charges.".. HUH? I never heard that!
It's getting curiouser, and curiouser.. LOL.. POPCORN.. :)
Hell's Bell's........he shoulda never been in jail to begin with!!! :(
Reeeeeelly? What next? The charges will be dropped for a lack of evidence enough to secure a conviction?
I think 'mistakenly' should be in quotes...
He's already out on bail and has been out on bail for months. This article if it exists at all is a non-article.
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text: I used the PDRGT+ (2009 edition) for about a year and a half. Then played with the Aero Pro Drive GT for a collective year scattered for a few months here and there. Finally, it's about time I came full circle. I recently demoed the Pure Drive Roddick Active Cortex + from tennis warehouse. I re-strung it with my own string setup of Dunlop Black Widow 17 in the mains at 63lbs and Prince Synthetic Gut Multifilament 16(Premier Attack) in the crosses at 63lbs. Results were huge. Everything I loved about the previous pure drive roddick minus the lack of feel. Just booked myself for 4 of them.


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Diane Prather: 'Pineapple Pudding Dessert' worth a try for holidays
December 5, 2009
This past weekend I took some time to try a new recipe that I found on a newspaper clipping.
You might enjoy "Pineapple Pudding Dessert" during the Christmas holiday.
The ingredients are: 1/2 cup butter or oleo, softened; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup finely-chopped nuts; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 (12-ounce) carton whipped topping; 1 cup flaked coconut; 3 cups cold milk; 2 small packages instant vanilla pudding and pie mix; and 1 large can crushed pineapple.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cut the butter or oleo into the flour until it resembles a coarse meal. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts. Press into a 9-by-13-inch pan. (You can use a graham cracker crust instead.) Bake for 20 minutes and cool completely.
Combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Stir in 1 cup whipped topping. Spread over the crust and sprinkle with the coconut.
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Combine the pudding mix and milk. Beat 2 minutes with an electric mixer or whip. Spread over the coconut. Put the pineapple over that.
Spread the remaining whipped topping over the pineapple and sprinkle the remaining nuts on top.
Refrigerate. The recipe makes about 15 servings.
If you'd like to make a graham cracker crust, you can adjust this recipe for a 9-by-13-inch pan. It makes enough crust for a 9-by-9-inch pan. The ingredients are: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup melted butter or oleo and 1 tablespoon sugar. Mix and press into a pan.
Since a 9-by-13-inch pan of this dessert would last my husband and me a long time, I tried the recipe using a already-prepared graham cracker pie crust. I have made a crust as called for in this recipe for pudding desserts before and would prefer it to the graham cracker crust.
I cut the ingredients in half, using most of an 8-ounce container of whipped topping and half a 14 1/2 ounce can of crushed pineapple. I had frozen a package of ground fine nuts (for cookies) so used them to sprinkle on top of the pie.
This is a rich, but delicious dessert that keeps well in the refrigerator.
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PS4 and Xbox One to Bring Industry to $86.9 Billion
Video games in the U.S. saw its first increase in two years when gaming products accounted for $521 million, giving it a raise of 1 percent in a four week span.
Games such as Disney's Infinity, Madden NFL 25, Saints Row IV, and now Grand Theft Auto V are among some of the reasons people are flocking to video games as a furry of very good releases are hitting the final days of the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Infinity by itself sold over 400,000 copies, for a total of $30 million.
The numbers are expected to rise significantly once the Xbox One and PS4 debut in November, if people are still buying games even though they may be saving up for the next generation systems. This is a good sign for an industry that has been slumping the last few years because of the growing popularity of smart phone and tablet games along with indie free-to-play games/.
NPD industry tracker said video games hardware and software sales have fallen every month since January 2012 until this past August.
"The recent industry sales figures are more a reflection of typical late console cycle dynamics than the momentum of this medium," said Activision Blizzard's Publishing Chief Executive Eric Hirshberg to Reuters.
In 2012, video games made $63.4 billion globally. PricewaterhouseCoopers expects that number to jump to $86.9 billion in 2017.
The Xbox One and Playstation 4 are not just competing against each other; they are competing to see who keeps video games alive.
"Sony and Microsoft still have work to do in order to convince a broad consumer base that they need to spend $400 or $500 on new hardware, in addition to $60 for each new piece of software," R.W. Baird analyst Colin Sebastian said. "There doesn't seem to be as clear a reason to upgrade compared to prior cycles, which introduced DVDs, 3D and HD to consumers."
The Xbox One will be $499 while the Playstation 4 is set for a $399 release.


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The second floor will be closed during the carpet installation, and Adult Internet computers, study rooms, and the Quiet Lounge will not be available. The first floor, including the Children's Library and Checkout Desk, should not be affected.
The second floor is scheduled to re-open Wednesday, May 29. However, some Library materials might not be immediately available.
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Sockin' Sox not just for Socks
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Dottie- A loyal customer of my local yarn shop designed her own pullover shown here. When I saw it I knew I had to share it as it demonstrates the versatility of sock yarns.
Dottie worked in double moss stitch and knitted with Sockin' Sox- used doubled stranded. The sweater turned out lovely with a finished weight perfect for the upcoming fall weather.
When held doubled- Sockin' Sox works up well at 5 sts =1″ on a size 7 needle. Thanks Dottie for showing us a new way to use this great sock yarn. Check out the color card for Sockin' Sox- a soft Bamboo/superwash merino/nylon blend sock yarn.
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Pre-orders are now open for a number of MegaHouse's anticipated fall releases. The G.E.M. line's Utena Tenjou kicks these off, with the 1/8th scale, 20cm figure shipping in September for 9,990yen. Next up is Excellent Model figures of Kuroko's Basketballer Daiki Aomine and Shinra Bansho Choco demon lord Mashougun Astaroth, coming in October. Get a look after the jump.
This summer, Japanese online art community Pixiv launched a Revolutionary Girl Utena Original Artwork Exhibition Illustration Contest to celebrate the Revolutionary Girl Utena Original Artwork FINAL Exhibition. The selected works are now being collected in a tribute book, available at Winter Comiket, with a new cover from artist/manga author Lily Hoshino. Get a look after the jump.
We knew she was coming, and now she's almost here: Megahouse has given us a peek at their upcoming Utena figure. Check out the picture after the jump.
In this summer, Japanese online art community Pixiv launched a Revolutionary Girl Utena Original Artwork Exhibition Illustration Contest to celebrate the Revolutionary Girl Utena Original Artwork FINAL Exhibition at the Hanshin department store in Osaka. Winners will have their work displayed as high quality prints at the exhibition and be presented with signatures from Director Kunihiko Ikuhara, Artist Chiho Saito, or Character Designer Shinya Hasegawa. Get a look at the selected winners.
After previewing their 1/3 scale Madoka Madoka Sayaka Miki doll last month, Azone is now giving her someone to duel. Though Ms Tenjou is armed, where as Sayaka was a "Hybrid Active Figure," the 50cm Utena is from the same "Another Realistic Character" series that previously brought us an Mei Misaki from Another. Get a look after the jump.
Penguindrum director Kinuhiko Ikuhara is up to his tricks again, with the opening of a new webpage with a cryptic message and obscure symbols involving a penguin and bear pawprints. Hit the jump for the scant info so far and the chance to throw in your guess.
This week on A3K Radio, we invite Alison Roberts from Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment to discuss Revolutionary Girl Utena, the creators of King of RPGs share what went into the creation of their graphic novel and voice actor Scott Freeman shares how he broke into the industry. This and more at the jump.
Anime3000.com contributors The Reverse Thieves recorded an episode of the Bonus Round podcast where they reviewed the first box-set of Revolutionary Girl Utena.


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On December 11, 2009, Ricardo Chávez Aldana, a radio host for the Ciudad Juárez-based Radio Cañón, fled to the
On December 5, two of Chávez's teenage nephews were shot to
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|3 Sep 1987
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|Semih Erhan
|Original Assignee
|Semih Erhan
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (3), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (13), Classifications (19), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the development of a class of polymers that have not been described before, utilizing several classes of artificial amino acids and their crosslinkable or potentially crosslinkable derivatives. Since many of these amino acids have not been conceived for aramid production, the invention also relates to the uncrosslinked polymers formed from them. ##STR1##
2. Description of Prior Art
Fully aromatic polyamide was first developed in 1966 by DuPont from m-phenylene diamine and isophthalic acid dichloride and was named "Nomex". This was followed, in quick succession by "Conex" in Japan and "Fenilon" in Russia. In 1972 DuPont introduced "Kevlar", produced from p-phenylenediamine and terephthalic acid dichloride. Because of the insolubility of the polymer in organic solvents its development took a long time and while other aramids could be spun into fibers directly from the solution in which they were formed, "Kevlar" required dissolution in concentrated sulfuric acid for spinning. To obtain polymers that were easier to manipulate, mixtures of the amines and the acid chlorides have also been used, due to the increased solubility of such mixtures. Formation of fibers require very high molecular weight polymers. Several methods were developed to obtain such polymers which include:
1. Interfacial polycondensation.
2. Low temperatures solution polycondensation.
3. Direct polycondensation of the acid and amine in the presence of activating chemicals such as phosphites.
Since the first of these yielded only low to moderate molecular weight polymers, most aramids were developed using the latter two methods.
This invention relates generally to a class of polymers utilizing several classes of artificial aromatic amino acids and their crosslinkable or potentially crosslinkable derivatives as set forth in FIG. 1.
Since there are 24 different amino acids that can be formed with three different substituents on a single ring of a diphenylmolecule; for the sake of simplicity and to save space only a few select examples of the amino acid precursors are going to be given in FIG. 2, based on the diphenyl nucleus. The amino acids based on diphenyl ether-, diphenylsulfide-, etc.-nucleus are similar but not necessary limited to the isomers given.
Similarly, for the sake of simplicity only the potentially crosslinkable nitro derivatives are shown in FIG. 1 and the examples that follow under the preferred embodiments, even though other moieties can easily be substituted for the nitro group, in order to achieve different characteristics of the final product. The process briefly consists of the following steps:
I. Polymerization of the amino acids
II. Curing of the polymer
I. Polymerization of the amino acids can be performed to yield:
1. Low molecular weight polymers
2. High molecular weight polymers
To achieve these
a. Interfacial polycondensation,
b. Low temperature solution polycondensation,
c. Polycondensation in the presence of activating compounds have been used.
II. Curing can be performed.
1. Either on the polymer, in bulk, or
2. After fibers films etc. are shaped, woven etc. into their final form.
a. High molecular weight (HMW) form:
An emulsion is prepared of 8.48 g sodium carbonate, 0.2 g sodium dodecyl sulfate, 25 ml tetrahydrofuran (THF) in 75 ml of water with rapid stirring. Into this emulsion is added 9.75 g 3-amino 5-nitro benzoylchloride hydrochloride in 17 ml benzonitrile and 9 ml THF. Stirring is continued for 10 minutes. The mixture is poured into hot water and the precipitated polymer is washed with water and methanol and dried in a vacuum oven.
b. Low Molecular Weight (LMW) form:
To ensure LMW form in the above procedure solvents were mixed with form 0.1 to 1% of primary amines, such as ethylamine aniline and phenylisocyanate.
a. HMW form:
A 500 ml three necked flask was dried in an oven at 160� C. for two hours and was placed in a dry box. 52 ml hexamethylphosphoramide, distilled from calcium hydride at reduced pressure and stored over calcium hydride, was filled into an Erlenmeyer flask in the dry box, sealed and cooled on ice. 7.5 ml (THF), distilled and stored over metallic sodium, was placed in an Erlenmeyer flask, sealed and cooled on ice. 14.3 g (65 m mole) of 4-amino 3 nitro benzoylchloride hydrochloride was weighed in the dry box and placed in a reaction flask, which was connected with a stirrer, nitrogen inlet tube and calcium chloride drying tube and cooled in an ice bath. Just before polymerization, 0.12 ml benzoylchloride was added to the THF and the mixture was added to the reaction flask with moderate stirring for one minute. The stirring rate was increased and hexamethylphosphoramide added rapidly. The mixture, which rapidly gels, was stirred for one hour while being cooled in the ice bath. The bath was then removed and the polymer mass was allowed to stand overnight at room temperature.
The solid gel was combined with water in a blender at high speed where it was converted into a fine white powder. It was washed three times with water and once with ethanol in the blender, being filtered on medium pore Buchner funnel and dried in a vacuum oven overnight at 80�-90� C. (46,47).
b. LMW form:
1. Time study:
The reaction as under (a) was performed in a flask that also has a tube to draw samples. After the reaction mixture was completed by the addition of hexamthyl phosphoramid, samples were taken first every two minutes and after 10 minutes every 10 minutes. The polymers in the samples were treated as above. Reaction products obtained within 2-20 minutes were found to be satisfactory.
2. Use of chain terminators:
To a polymerization mixture containing 200 ml tetramethylurea, which is cooled in ice bath, 2.5 m moles of designated terminator-aniline, ethylamine, phenylisocyanate--and 32 g (17 m mole) of p-aminobenzoylchloride hydrochloride were added. The contents were stirred for 15 minutes after which the cooling bath was removed and the contents were stirred for 105 minutes. Then 12.8 g (31 m mole) lithium hydroxide was added and the contents were stirred for another 60 minutes after which the mixture was allowed to stand for 20 hours at ambient temperature. The mixture was mixed in a blender with water to precipitate the polymer, which was collected, washed three times with water and once, with alcohol and dried in a vacuum oven.
A. Polycondensation in the presence of phosphites.
a. HMW form:
To a stirred solution of 6.0 g (63 m mole) of phenol in 10 ml of pyridine under nitrogen and cooled to 0� C. was added 1.75 ml (20 m mole) phosphorous trichloride. The mixture was stirred for one hour at room temperature under nitrogen and 5.9 g (20 m mole) 3-amino-5-nitrodiphenyl carboxylic acid, 2 g (4%) of lithium chloride and 40 ml of dry N-methylpyrrolidone were added with stirring. The mixture was heated, gradually, at 80�-90� C. for two hours and at 100�-105� C. for four hours, with continuous stirring under nitrogen. The mixture was allowed to cool to 60�-80� C. and poured into 300 ml of methanol with vigorous stirring. Fibrous white polymer was collected with filtration and washed four times with methanol and dried in a vacuum oven at 100� C. (9).
b. LMW form:
1. Time study:
A time study, as detailed above, was performed to be able to establish a correlation between the molecular size and time. Products from a reaction period of 2-20 minutes were found to be satisfactory.
2. Use of chain terminators:
As discussed above, inclusion of monofunctional reactive moieties was found to produce satisfactory products.
B. Polycondensation in the presence of triphenyl phospine:
a. HMW form:
0.1 mole of 4'-amino-3-nitrodiphenyl carboxylic acid and triphenyl phosphine are dissolved in 100 ml pyridine and 0.1 mole of hexachloroethane was added to the solution with stirring at room temperature. An exothermic reaction takes place as soon as the polyhalo compound was added and the solution became turbid and entire solution solidified in 5 minutes. Excess acetone was added to remove solvent and byproducts from the polymer which was isolated by filtration. The polymer was washed repeatedly with water and acetone and dried under reduced pressure.
b. LMW form:
0.1 mole of 3-aminodiphenyl carboxylic acid and triphenyl phosphine were dissolved in 100 ml pyridine and 0.1 mole of carbon tetrabromide was added and the product was isolated as described above. The same experiment was repeated with different perhalo compounds such as perhaloacetone, isopropyltrichloro acetate, using varying ratios of monomers to perhalo compounds.
There are several classical methods for the reduction of nitro groups used in organic chemistry. What is unique here is the application of these methods to a polymer where nearly all of these groups have to be reduced to attain optimal crosslinking density, on the one hand, and to eliminate any complications that may arise, during HTP, due to the presence of strongly oxidizing groups, on the other. The problem is more serious with HMW form of the polymer due to its decreased solubility. The literature, however, provides us with many solvents and solvent adducts that increase solubility, such as inorganic salts like lithium chloride or organic compounds like tetramethyl urea. With LMW forms, solubility is not a problem and reduction can occur smoothly.
The polymers were dissolved in appropriate solvents and treated with the following chemicals:
metallic tin+hydrochloric acid
metallic zinc+hydrochloric acid
stannous chloride+hydrochloric acid as well as catalytic hydrogenation, according to established procedures.
In each case the present of any remaining nitro groups were tested first qualitatively, using spot tests and after acid hydrolysis of the samples.
For the qualitative test the methods of F. Feigl; Feigl, Anger and Frehden and of Bose were used.
After acid hydrolysis and the removal of the acid, the sample was subjected to thin layer chromatography against standards.
If any unreduced nitro groups were detected, the polymers were subjected to a second cycle of reduction and tested again for the unreduced nitro groups.
Different crosslinking agents were used:
1. Polyfunctional epoxides, divinylbenzenedioxide, diglycidylether of resorcinol,
2. Pyromellitic acid dianhydride, methylnadic anhydride
3. Polyfunctional isocyanates,
4. p-benzoquinone.
1. This is the reverse reaction of epoxy resin curing. The polymers were dissolved in an appropriate solvent after estimating the available amino content and the stoichimetric amount of the epoxides were added, and the mixture was thoroughly mixed and curing followed at ambient temperature as well as at elevated temperatures according to established procedures. The latter epoxide can be expected to provide a little less brittle material.
2. These reactions provide very brittle cured material with excellent high temperature characteristics. The polymers and pyromellic acid dianhydride were dissolved in a solvent and curing was effected at elevated temperatures, 120�-200� C.
3. For applications that do not require exposure to high temperatures while requiring excellent moisture resistance, use of isocyanates for curing enables one to effect cure at low temperature.
4. This is a reaction we have extensive experience in and takes advantage of the spontaneous reaction between quinones and amines. The interesting feature here is that when crosslinking is accomplished, one gets a phenolic group as the bridge, which contributes to high temperature performance. The polymers and p-benzoquinones are dissolved in an appropriate solvent at a ratio of 1:2 and curing effected by heating.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|20 Aug 1974
|13 Apr 1976
|Leo Pharmaceutical Products Ltd. A/S
|Phenyl-benzoic acid derivatives
|30 Dec 1974
|19 Jul 1977
|Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
|Process for the production of nitro derivatives of aromatic compounds
|Title not available
|Dokunikhim et al., Chem. Abst., vol. 88, #169993d (1978).
|Dokunikhim et al., Chem. Abst., vol. 88, 169993d (1978).
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|Filing date
|Publication date
|5 Jun 1995
|10 Sep 1996
|The Boeing Company
|Extended end cap monomer for making advanced composites
|5 Jun 1995
|12 Nov 1996
|The Boeing Company
|Composites made from multidimensional oligomers
|5 Jun 1995
|24 Dec 1996
|Sheppard; Clyde H.
|Methods for making liquid molding compounds using diamines and dicyanates
|6 Jun 1995
|11 Feb 1997
|The Boeing Company
|Method of making multidimensional polyesters
|5 Jun 1995
|11 Mar 1997
|The Boeing Company
|Multiple chemically functional end cap monomers
|5 Jun 1995
|8 Apr 1997
|The Boeing Company
|Thallium catalyzed multidimensional ester oligomers
|5 Jun 1995
|6 Jan 1998
|The Boeing Company
|Method for making a polyimide blend
|5 Jun 1995
|3 Feb 1998
|The Boeing Company
|Method for making multiple chemically functional oligomers
|5 Jun 1995
|14 Apr 1998
|The Boeing Company
|Method for making multidimensional polyester oligomers
|12 Feb 1997
|26 May 1998
|The Boeing Company
|Multiple chemically functional oligomer blends
|14 Feb 1997
|6 Oct 1998
|The Boeing Company
|Phenylethynyl capped imides
|21 Oct 1994
|19 Oct 1999
|The Boeing Company
|Oligomers with multiple chemically functional end caps
|5 Jun 1995
|24 Jun 2003
|The Boeing Company
|Polyester oligomer
|U.S. Classification
|562/435, 562/432, 562/58, 562/430, 525/420, 562/44, 528/310, 528/335, 528/350, 528/312
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|3 Feb 1993
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|4 Jul 1993
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|21 Sep 1993
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19930704


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When asked to name the most common sexual activity in which humans engage, people typically response with the answer of "masturbation." However, this isn't true. We will engage in more sexual fantasizing during our lifetimes than partnered sex and masturbation combined (and then exponentially multiplied). Sexual fantasy is the most common human sexual experience, and fantasy plays no small part in masturbation. If we are to understand the male experience of masturbation, we cannot elide sexual fantasy.
Like masturbation, sexual fantasy was, until the recent past, considered an unhealthy activity. Early theorists believed sexual fantasy was a means of acting out repressed anger at early caregivers, and Freud himself concluded that only sexually dissatisfied people fantasize. Also similar to masturbation, the clinical perspective on sexual fantasizing has evolved during the last several decades; it is now considered a component of a healthy sex life.
In regards to research, a 1995 review concluded fantasies "may be more revealing than actual behavior of gender differences in sexuality. In fantasy one can imagine anything one likes, however unrealistic, without experiencing embarrassment or rejection or societal and legal restrictions. Sexual fantasies, therefore, may provide a unique insight into the different scripts that may underlie sexual behavior in men and women."[i] The same article set out to explore the numerous research possibilities of the topic: [ii]
All research on sexual fantasy require self-reporting, usually by asking participants to describe their favorite or recurring fantasies or by presenting them with a checklist of fantasies on which they indicate those that most apply to them. For example, the "Sexual Fantasy Questionnaire" asks one to indicate on a scale ranging from 0 (never) to 5 (regularly) how often one fantasizes about activities such as:[iii]
The overwhelming majority of males engage in fantasizing while masturbating, and few share these fantasies with romantic partners. What then are the most common sexual fantasies in which men engage? Generally, fantasies fall into one of two categories. First, memories of past arousing sexual experiences. Second, an imagining of arousing sexual events that haven't happened (and may never happen). Factor analysis further reveals that, in comparison to females, males engage in fantasies which are sexually graphic (particularly including images of genitals), focus more on a partner's body and on what a male wants to do to it, involve a variety of partners (including group sex), are impersonal, and demonstrate dominance.[iv] Of course there are women who engage in these very same fantasies just as there as men who engage in the fantasies research ascribes to females (i.e., more passive, more focus on men's interest in their bodies, more romantic, and more emotional). Still, this does not negate the notable gender differences discerned in research.
In summary, men fantasize while masturbating, and there are common themes in their fantasies. Masturbatory fantasies are an indication of sexual health and satisfaction, however this does not mean they cannot lead to problems. For some it can lead to extreme guilt. For others sexual fantasizing and masturbation are the sole sexual outlets in a troubled romantic relationship. Finally, a topic that will be discussed in a later posting, the combination of masturbation and fantasy is such a potent reinforcer that it can lead to the development of paraphilias and plays a role in the progression to sexual offending.
[i] Harold Leitenberg & Kris Henning, "Sexual Fantasy," Psychological Bulletin 117, no. 3 (1995): 469.
[ii] Ibid
[iii] Glenn Wilson, "Measurement of Sex Fantasy," Sexual and Relationship Therapy 25, no.1 (2010).
[iv] Bruce Ellis & Donald Symons, "Sex Differences in Sexual Fantasy: An Evolutionary Psychological Approach," Journal of Sex Research, 27, no. 4 (1990).


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I want to enjoy this game I really do but having to resort to CoF P1 to make some quick money is mind numbingly boring. I did the grind when I was working on my legendary but I can't get myself to go back there.
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Brownies thanked personally for care packages sent to Iraq
ELSA KERSCHNER/TIMES NEWS Sgt. Shawn Barger attended a Brownie meeting to thank the girls for sending Care packages to the soldiers in Iraq. The girls are Shannon Higgons, Liz Dailey, Skye Klotz, Holly Ahner, Abby Huber, Madisyn Henrey, Alex Smith, leader Betsy Mattes, assistant leader Heather Rodgers, Lindsey Stasko, Alison Haydt, Alyssa George, Kallista Costenbader, Devyn Houser, Emily Hummel, Gabby Sabina, Morgyn Henrey, Kailah Altemos, Samantha Shupp and Kayleigh Snyder.
Members of Brownie Troop 3259 and Juniors from Troop 37 who were members of the Brownie Troop last year when work was begun on a multi-year project providing care packages for the military, held a welcome home party for Sgt. Shawn Barger. He returned Sept. 22 from his third deployment in Iraq.
Barger lives in Bethlehem Township and was one of the recipients who passed out the care packages to other members of his unit. The 170 packages were sent to six members of the military who were known to the girls.
The troop received the first thank you letter from Barger on March 6, 2009, when he was in Camp Taji, Iraq. He answered questions the girls had sent with the packages. The final letter arrived Oct. 1 after he returned home.
As the girls waited for their guest of honor they colored Betsy Ross flags and drew other patriotic symbols of America such as eagles, the president in the White House with a flag flying over it, soldiers, the White House, Capitol Building and Statue of Liberty.
Their work with the flags and, for the Juniors, with organizing a party, will provide credit toward the Wave the Flag Try-it and United we Stand awards.
Folders had been made for Barger with Welcome Home" on the outside and jokes on the inside.
Red, white and blue were the colors of the day for the party food, napkins and paper cups. It was to be a patriotic party.
Georganne Seeley, member manager for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, attended. She said it was nice the girls were going to see one of the recipients of the project. Betsy Mattes is the troop leader.
And then the moment the girls had been waiting for arrived. He's here, he's here," they yelled as they crowded to the window to watch.
You don't know just how much it means - that little bit of home. We can never say thank you enough," said Barger. The group I was with send their thanks as well."
In July he had completed 20 years with the National Guard and planned to retire in July 2010 with 21 years.
He presented the troop with a flag that flew in the troop's honor at Camp Taji on June 27.
Barger is with an electronics maintenance unit which did repair work on night vision viewers, radios, missiles and anything electronic that needed maintenance.
Oh yeah, we fix that too," was the answer when they were asked if they could fix something. Barger's job was in production control.
He brought a grey shirt in an adult size for the troop and for the girls there were black shirts with the ELM logo of a bulldog. He asked if he could give each girl a hug as she came up for her shirt. The shirts had been purchased by Chief Pedro Rodriguez.
One soldier as a punishment detail painted rocks with the Pennsylvania college and professional sports teams logos. In the center was a keystone.
Barger picked up mail for two weeks. He found a cast-off three-wheel bike and fixed it up as his mail vehicle.
Among his pictures is a McDonald's in Kuwait and a flag-burning ceremony on 9/11. One time the dust was so bad for two weeks it was difficult to see very far. The cook area was air-tight, air-conditioned and dust free.
The temperature went up to 120 degrees, but he said, You get used to it."
With the amount of sand he said people would expect the winter rains to drain but they create heavy mud that sticks to boots.
There were chapels available for any denomination.
Barger has a picture of an Iraqi helping to install a radio. We did more training this time rather than fighting," he said.
Barger has a 7-year-old daughter, Emily, and a 4-year-old son, Mark. He was on the phone from Iraq when Mark was being born.
The only requirement for the party foods made by parents was that they were homemade. Mattes thought Barger would enjoy something homemade more than store-bought.


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Kealoha Pilares WR FA 3 years ago
Pilares was waived by the Panthers on Sunday.
Pilares has made his biggest impact on special teams since joining the Panthers in 2011. However, he's failed to develop much as a receiver, leading to him being waived Sunday.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 3 years ago
Pilares will not play in Sunday's preseason game due to an ankle injury, Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer reports.
The extent of Pilares' setback is uncertain, but he will not be able to take the field Sunday night, which will hurt his chances of securing a reserve spot on the Panthers' Week 1 roster.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 4 years ago
Panthers WR/KR Kealoha Pilares suffered a torn ACL in Thursday night's preseason game against the Ravens and is done for the season.
The Panthers waived/injured Pilares on Saturday, and he'll spend the season on injured reserve. He was competing for a roster spot before getting hurt.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 4 years ago
Panthers WR/KR Kealoha Pilares exited Thursday night's preseason game with a knee injury and will not return.
Pilares, no higher than the No. 5 receiver, returned the opening kickoff 23 yards, but was never heard from again after that. The Panthers ruled him out for the rest of the game near the end of the first quarter. With Ted Ginn in the fold as a return man, Pilares is squarely on the roster bubble.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 5 years ago
Panthers placed KR Kealoha Pilares (shoulder) on injured reserve, ending his season.
Pilares went down during Sunday's win over the Redskins. His second NFL season ends with two catches for 42 yards and nine kickoff returns for 216 yards. Joe Adams figures to carry the load in the return game going forward.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 5 years ago
Panthers KR Kealoha Pilares was forced from Sunday's game with a shoulder injury.
"I know it's something with his shoulder," Rivera said. "But I will know more when the trainers get an opportunity to look at him." Rookie Joe Adams could make his way out of Rivera's doghouse if the injury keeps Pilares out versus the Broncos in Week 10.
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Bucs declared WR Kealoha Pilares, QB Jimmy Clausen, CB Brandon Hogan, LB Jason Phillips, LB Omar Gaither, G Bryant Browning, and WR Darvin Adams inactive for Week 13 against the Buccaneers.
Pilares has been Carolina's primary kickoff returner this season. The Panthers are otherwise healthy heading into Sunday's division game.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 6 years ago
Panthers rookie WR Kealoha Pilares (ankle) has resumed practicing this week.
Pilares is recovering from a late-August high ankle sprain and expects to play Sunday against the Packers. It's a good sign that the Panthers elected not to stash him on injured reserve this year, but he won't have a significant role in the offense.
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GM Marty Hurney indicated that rookie WR Kealoha Pilares will make the roster despite a high ankle sprain that will sideline him for a month.
It speaks to the strong training camp turned in by the former Hawaii star. David Clowney "really stood out" in the preseason finale, and Armanti Edwards is locked in despite killing two drives with drops Thursday night. The Panthers may end up keeping six receivers.
Kealoha Pilares WR FA 6 years ago
Panthers fifth-round rookie WR Kealoha Pilares suffered a high ankle sprain in Tuesday's practice.
It's looking like it's going to be a "redshirt" year for Pilares, who is a good bet to end up on injured reserve before Saturday's cuts. The Hawaii product was too raw to make an impact this season anyway.


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I have to admit, my initial reaction to the possibility of the guy who directed the "Step Up" movies and Justin Beiber's little cutesy pic directing a sequel to "G.I. Joe" didn't exactly leave me salivating. That was, of course, before I heard Jon Chu talk about the property, and what his approach to it would be should he land the gig. (Word has Chu and "Law Abiding Citizen's" F. Gary Gray as the frontrunners to replace Stephen Sommers as director on the franchise.)
Talking to Movieweb, who really pushed the "Joe" sequel questions, Chu did the usual "I don't know if I'll get it, we'll see" dance about landing the gig, then talked more about what his approach would be:
But the one thing I felt was missing from the last Joe movie was the power of the punch. You want Joe to be tough. They are fun, but they are tough. I feel that you don't want to make Joe too kidsie. That is one of the issues they are having. But yeah, I would have so much fun. There are so many cool characters to play with.
I have a bunch of stuff written down. I have done a bunch of drawings and things. We'll have to see where that goes. Joe, to me, is iconic. It is as American as Coke and the Boy Scouts. To have that kind of history in a brand is so rare these days. And that is so powerful. So you can't treat Joe like its just another action movie. You can't treat Joe as just another petty commercial movie. Joe has history. Joe has always been a part of what America is, and now the world. What it means to be a leader and a hero. For me, it is about the fun stuff like Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, and all the gadgets. All of that stuff. But it has heart. Its heart is what America, and what heroes and leaders around the world, strive to be. I think that is what the brand needs. It needs the respect to be treated in that way.
I have no doubt that if F. Gary Gray got the sequel, he would put out a polished product that will have its moments but would be, at the end, somewhat middle-of-the-road. Like Paul W.S. Anderson, Gray has never really stood out as a director; he's always been good, the kind of guy who got things done, but never really great.
Jon Chu, on the other hand, is a wild card, and that has me intrigued…


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Ananda College Colombo clinched the Milo Premier Trophy 2013 when they defeat Mahanama College by 21 points (one goal, one try, two penalties, one drop goal) to 15 (three tries) in the final played at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday.
The lads from Maradana opened their account through a drop goal by A.L.G.S.Dilshan. Few minutes later W.D.L. Tillakaratne fired across a 15 metre penalty to make it 6 - 0 for Ananda.
Mahanamians struggle to score a point due to the solid defence by their opponents. In the 29th minute, M.D.K.Rupasinghe fell over for a try off a scrum while W.D.L.Tillakaratne made no mistake with the conversion.Ananda led 13-0.
Few minutes before the breather Mahanama scored their first try through R.S.Nandula by the left corner flag where Rambukkanage missed the conversion. Anandians were leading 13 - 05 at lemons.
Ananda after taking a comfortable 13 - 5 lead at the breather were able to score more eight points during the second session.
Ananda accumulated their points through a penalty and a try scored by Tillakaratne. Mahanama obtained their points through two unconverted tries by B.R.G.Jayaratne and W.I.Tharanga. D.Nimal refereed.
Meanwhile Vidyartha College, Kandy overcame Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya by 66 pints to eight to clinch the Milo Chairman's Trophy knockout rugby title in the final which preceded the Premier Trophy final encounter at the same venue.
Vidyartha led 29 -05 at the breather. Ashan Bandara (four), Danishka Talwatte (two) , Viduranga Ramawickrama (two), Nuwan Alexander (one) scored tries for Vidyartha while Chamath Fernando contributed by converting the two tries scored by himself. Isuru Lakshan added the extra points to his try himself. Dharmapala accumulated the points through a try by G.K.G.L.R. Attanayake and a penalty by A.S.Bandara. Dimitri Gunasekara refereed.
Should Dilshan have continued until Cricket World Cup 2019?
"That was pathetic. No excuse at all. The whole team is responsible. Whoever the captain is, we have to back him and try and support him. The captain has to do so many other stuff. All the 11 guys must back him and support him." "We have addressed the issue of finishing off the overs on time in the past as well, but it cropped up again. It's so unfortunate to see Upul going out as he is a crucial player in our set up. He batted well against South Africa and it's so unfortunate. This can't happen again," - Angelo Mathews
Cricket is a game of fine margins and Mathews is set to be a modern great. Hang in their Angie, this team can achieve something on this tour. Thirimane and the youngsters form was a real positive. Prasad was missed. Chameera should be persisted with. If Bairstow was our early outcome could have been very different.
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I got a Samsung Evergreen in June and I am really satisfied with the device. A day or two after receiving this phone, the phone froze on me and gave me an error message when I tried to access SocialNet. Those three incidences were the only time this phone has misbehaved. The phone has been working fine since then. Does anyone here like their Samsung Evergreen phone?


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If you are reading this post, I assume that you are interested in
freestyle sports, freeski, snowboard, freestyle culture, and maybe you
live in a country full of mountains, snow, snowparks, snow pistes? LUCKY YOU! Appreciate what you have!
If you are not from such a country and you came up here, you are probably from Denmark, and you understand our "pain".
We all can see great ski/snowboard/freestyle riders and crews (we
could count for ages…); constantly popping out news and great extreme
movies from our neighbors, Norway, Sweden and the Alps and of course the
BIG U S A and Canada.
What about us, what about Denmark? Even though the highest mountain Møllehøj (ok, mountain – is a little bit aggressive word
) is at 170 meters (561ft) over the sea level, we do not have ski
pistes, ski resorts, and snow is really random here, but it does not
mean that we cannot continue our passions to freestyle winter sports!
So here we Come again! In the form of reportage, photo-journals,
edits, documentaries, Danish Jibland Crew – we will bring you closer
possibilities, our creative times, journeys and how do we cope with such
issue: OF NOT HAVING mountains and snow in DENMARK!
We just want to share with our joy of JIBBING, while jealously looking at all these sick riders from abroad… hehe.
PART1// COPENHAGEN // Underground Jib Arena
We are so glad and excited that in late 2010 Copenhagen (Underground.dk)
invested in a wooden, sloping platform, from which you can get some
speed and end up in front of one of 3 boxes (at the moment) to perform
your sick tricks. It is totally a FREE place, open for anyone, with even
installed lights on the top of the platform, so you can shred until
late night!
Curious what do we mean by that, check out our video:
We hope that just little snow will visit our country, so we could be
more creative and make new Video Blogs, from this flat-LAND!
PS: Many thanks to all wonderful people & sponsors who organized, created and contributed to
Underground Jib Arena in Copenhagen.
Thanks to DOWNDAYS.EU, Københavns SKIKLUB, Skiers.dk and all inspirational people around us!
Share the video with the world, let us tell our story, and enjoy where you live!
Greetings from Copenhagen,
any questions write to us,
Jibland Riders at Jib arena// Emil Bentsen, Claus Berg, Simon Hemmingsen, and friends, Jonas, Brian, Jonathan…
Film by// maggie olkuska
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A Must-Read Post for Women Poets—And Everyone Else
Over at Best American Poetry, some of our favorite poets--Sandra Simonds, Sina Queyras, Elisa Gabbert, Shanna Compton, Juliana Spahr, Vanessa Place and Danielle Pafunda--had a great discussion about being a woman in the literary world and its accompanying blogosphere. While it's frustrating that certain poets are invited on to panels just to be the "token woman," we're grateful that this discussion took place. Here's a sample:
Sandra Simonds: Chris Nealon and I read together a few years ago and we were talking at lunch and he said that he thought how important it is that women write about poetry and his sense that there were far more men writing about poetry than women. Why is it important for women to write about poetry? (If you agree with this assertion).
Elisa Gabbert: Because, as Chris says, there are far more men writing about poetry than women. Let's not let them dominate the discourse.
Danielle Pafunda: It's important that writers from a wide range of subjectivities write about poetry, of course, and also about everything. There's plenty of smart stuff to be said about power and parity, and I'm happy to talk about that, but first I want to say: dynamism. Let's get some productive friction, some unexpected germination, some variety going in the discourse! Let's contaminate our long-held givens and see what happens. Isn't it more exciting this way?
Sina Queyras: Why are there not more collections of essays by women? Why are there not more female reviewers/thinkers? Why are there not more women assigning reviews and taking that breezy, authoritative space that so many men feel absolutely born to occupy? I have spoken so much and so often about this I am nauseous just thinking about it...
I am about to announce a small prize on my blog for the best piece of critical writing by a woman in Canada. I have to work out the terms, but yes, I feel the need to provide a public target for women to write to, a way to showcase women's thinking. I was hoping to get a bigger fish to fund the prize so that whoever wins can have a flash of spotlight, but I haven't had time to make that happen. I can make this small thing happen though.
Elisa Gabbert: I would say that I would I do more poetry reviewing (in a formal way, as opposed to tossing off a blog post when I read something that inspires me) if someone showed up with a check. Money trumps whimsy.
Vanessa Place: And whimsy trumps chance.
There's a lot more where that came from. Be sure to read the full discussion here.


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Chikkee, what a wonderfully nice thing to say! Thank you very much. :-)
Katie, I especially like the colors as well. I ended up changing a few and it was all for the best. :-)
Mary, I'm so glad that you are able to do the Sunday Flower Dance. It's Sunday so there's not a more appropriate time to do it than today. LOL
Oh, the Sunday Flower Dance! So delicate as we savor the day! 3:42 Lovely mix of colors! Thanks, Wendy!
Hi Wendy, beautiful colors in this one!
Wendy, I've missed you....
PJ, it is rather nice. ;-)
I suppose both you and Ardy haven't seen this puzzle yet:
Ardy, I don't see the red foxes....so I'll look later on (in my folder). I'm so glad you love this one....and I can see that I'm going to have to make another sampler with more like this one. I don't think I put any like this in the other one I posted today- check out the link I just posted.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. With baby red foxes at the center table and the adult red foxes watching from a little behind them. Thank you for growing this one.
Goodness - Wendy, this is too lovely by far. It's so tenderly beautiful, detailed and colorful. Great.


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Another Senators' season is over -- way early after last year's glorious run to the Stanley Cup final -- and now fans will be able to engage in their usual off-season activity: Wondering what went wrong.
A season that began with a record start (15-2) and ended so disappointingly will invite a lot of inspection, speculation and thoughts of "where do they go from here?"
The 2007-08 season saw a coach fired in Ottawa in mid-season for just the second time, the ongoing saga that was the Ray Emery story, likely the end of the Wade Redden era in Ottawa, rumours of dressing-room rifts and a sad ending thanks to the hated Leafs with hits by Toronto forward Mark Bell late in the season knocking out forwards Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher -- likely costing the Senators a shot at beating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opening round.
So, as a long summer begins for the Senators, here are 10 questions to ponder before the next big hockey event here in Ottawa, the NHL draft in June.
1. Where does coach and GM Bryan Murray go from here?
Murray pretty much confirmed yesterday he will be back as GM next season after conversations with owner Eugene Melnyk and he should be. He has had only one year on the job as GM here. Choosing John Paddock to succeed him as coach didn't work out and figuring out what to do with the coaching position is at the top of his "To Do" list. Next is figuring out the goaltending situation and finding an elite, puck-moving defenceman.
2. Who will be coach next season?
Murray doesn't want to have to return behind the bench, but a final decision can't be made until he knows exactly which guys might be available this summer to take over the coach's job. There should be some good candidates. Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock could be a free agent this summer and he and Murray have a history: Murray hired him to coach the Anaheim Ducks. Other names that will be bounced around, some actually with merit, are Pat Quinn, Pat Burns and Bob Hartley. Whoever they get, they need a guy with some edge to bring in line a team that looks unfocused and soft.
3. What happens to Wade Redden?
The defenceman has played every one of his 838 regular-season NHL games with the Senators and he has been a lightning rod for fans. Either they love him for his puck-moving ability or hate him for his turnovers and perceived lack of intensity. He can become an unrestricted free agent July 1 and is as good as gone. Potential landing spots -- for likely less than the $6.5 million he's made in each of the last two years here -- are San Jose, Los Angeles or New York with the Rangers.
4. Who replaces Redden?
Murray said after the Senators dropped Game 3 of the opening-round series against the Penguins that you can't win a championship without a great puck-moving defenceman. The top guy on the free-agent market this summer will be Brian Campbell and he would fit the bill for the Senators and about 25 other teams in the NHL. Other players who could fill that role might be Ron Hainsey (Columbus Blue Jackets) and John-Michael Liles of the Colorado Avalanche, also scheduled to become unrestricted free agents July 1.
5. What can the Senators afford under the cap?
The salary cap is expected to go up to perhaps as high as $56 million next year. The Senators already have about $40 million committed for 14 players next year. If Melnyk spends to the cap (which he has said in the past he plans to do), Murray could be in the market for an elite player. Campbell would be at the top of the list.
6. What to do with Ray Emery?
This season was just a disaster for Emery after helping the Senators reach the final last spring. Off-season wrist surgery limited his training camp and he never recovered after that. He lost his job to Martin Gerber in the early part of the season and his failure to work in practice and his chronic tardiness, largely ignored by Paddock, contributed to the coach losing his job. What guarantees do the Senators have Emery will come back next year with an improved attitude? None. He is due to make $3.25 million next year and $3.5 million the year after. A buyout is a real possibility, especially after Gerber showed he is a viable option after stepping up and giving the Senators solid goaltending against the Penguins. Because he is younger than 26, Emery could be bought out by the Senators for just one-third of what's he owed.
7. Are there other goaltending options out there?
Gerber might have been the Senators' best player through the Penguins series, but he is far from being considered one of the NHL's elite goaltenders. His performance in the playoffs can give the Senators hope he can get the job done. Truth is, there's not much out there this summer as far as free agents go. Cristobal Huet, Dominik Hasek (been there, done that), Patrick Lalime (been there, done that, too), the Johans (Holmqvist and Hedberg), Olaf Kolzig, Jose Theodore, Brodeur (Mike, not Martin) ... are any of those guys absolutely guaranteed to be better than what the Senators have now? It looks like if Murray wants to upgrade, he's going to have to do it by the trade route.
8. Who could stay and who could go up front?
The Senators will likely have five free agents among their current forwards: Unrestricted free agents Cory Stillman, Chris Kelly, Martin Lapointe and Shean Donovan and restricted free agent Antoine Vermette. Kelly might wind up being too pricey for the Senators to keep and Lapointe hasn't contributed much in his short stay. Donovan has proven his worth in the playoffs and might have earned himself another contract. Stillman will be pursued in the free-agent market and might also prove to be too pricey. The most interesting negotiation might be with Vermette, who made $1.075 million this season and will likely ask for his salary to be at least doubled.
9. Who could stay and who could go on the blue line?
The blue line could see better than a 50% turnover for next season. The feeling is Redden is gone and veterans Luke Richardson and Mike Commodore are likely done, too. Richardson could stay on with the organization in a coaching capacity. Andrej Meszaros, who has struggled to repeat his rookie regular-season performance, is a pending restricted free agent. Rookie Brian Lee has impressed in the games he has played so far, so pencil him in for a regular spot next season. Christoph Schubert could be shifted back from forward to play full-time on the blue line next year.
10. Will the Senators make the playoffs next year?
If not for their 15-2 start this season, they wouldn't have made it this year. They will be in tough next year and that's with stability behind the bench, the signing of a top-flight defenceman and more consistent goaltending than they received in the regular season this year. They will make it next year ... barely.


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Thesis statements can be one of the most difficult aspects of writing an essay. Whether you're working on a rhetorical analysis for your Comp II class, or trying to prepare your masters thesis, a strong thesis statement is a must! Writing Center consultant Jose Aparicio has some great tips below for creating and proofreading the strength of your thesis statement.
Thesis Statements
A thesis controls the paper as the central idea that the whole paper depends.
A thesis answers a question: "What is it I want to say?"
A good thesis is:
- Assertive—a good thesis should take a stand
- Specific—your topic should be narrow, but not too narrow. Your thesis should show exactly what your paper will be about.
- Justifies the discussion—a good thesis answers the "so what?" question. A good thesis engages with a topic and should make readers interested in how you will support your stance
- Expresses one main point (idea)
- Employs words such as: because, since, although, unless. A good thesis usually has a topic and an important point made about the topic.
When you have a thesis your want to use, proofread it to make sure it's strong.
Questions to ask yourself about the thesis:
- Do I answer the question?
- Have I taken a position others might challenge? (don't "shoot fish in a barrel or only state facts)
- Is my thesis specific enough?
- Does my thesis answer the "so what" question?
- Does my essay support my thesis specifically without wandering?
- Does my thesis pass the "how and why" test? If your reader is left asking "how" or "why" then your thesis might be too vague


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Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice has published an open-access article as part of its EBL 101 series, titled "Research Methods: Design, Methods, Case Study…oh my!" in which the author talks about research design as the process of research from research question through "data collection, analysis, interpretation, and report writing" and the logic that connects questions and data to conclusions. It can be thought of as "a particular style, employing different methods." In the way that evaluators love to discuss terminology, she then differentiates "research design" from "research method" and points out that research methods are ways to "systematize observation" including the approaches, tools, and techniques that are used during data collection. Asking whether a "case study" is a research design or a research method, the author concludes that "case study" is an example of a kind of research design that can employ various methods.
Wilson, V. "Research Methods: Design, Methods, Case Study…oh my!" Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2011, 6(3):90-91.


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TransCanada Corp. is filling part of its proposed Keystone XL pipeline with U.S. crude, a move it hopes will mute some of the fierce opposition that has erupted south of the border against the project.
TransCanada has signed contracts to bring 65,000 barrels per day from a booming northwestern oil play through the 500,000-barrel-a-day Keystone XL project.
It's a move that allows TransCanada to cash in on the red-hot Bakken play, which has seen Montana and North Dakota furiously increase their crude output in the past half-decade. U.S. Bakken production now stands at roughly 350,000 barrels per day, and the industry expects it to grow by more than 50 per cent in coming years. The new contracts also substantially boost the economics of Keystone XL, increasing its committed capacity from 75 per cent to just under 90 per cent.
The Bakken contracts represent a win for the company against its main competitor, Enbridge Inc., which has also proposed major growth into the Bakken play, where much oil now moves by rail and road.
"We've been playing catch up in the Bakken almost from day one," in that there has been far more oil that could be produced than pipeline capacity, Enbridge chief executive officer Pat Daniel said Thursday. "The main reason is that they're smaller players in the Bakken and they're not able to make the 20-year commitments."
TransCanada, however, has signed up shippers for just five years, enough to succeed in what may be the most important element of the new contracts: Bakken crude could boost the company's standing in the eyes of increasingly skeptical United States. It helps eliminate the argument that the pipeline is solely a conduit for dirty and dangerous oil sands output, as some have argued.
"The fact that we're also now moving U.S. production to U.S. markets provides a visible and a direct benefit to the United States - the United States producer and the United States refiner," Paul Miller, TransCanada's senior vice-president of oil pipelines, said in an interview Thursday.
The $7-billion Keystone XL is a major project for both the Canadian oil patch and TransCanada, designed to bring oil sands crude to refiners on the Gulf Coast who are thirsty for a new supply in the face of falling Mexican and Venezuelan imports.
It has, however, triggered substantial opposition, coming at a time of increased focus on greenhouse gas emissions and not long after the BP oil spill trained huge new attention on the risks of hydrocarbons. Though trade unions have supported it and energy analysts have endorsed it as a source of secure energy supply, environmental groups, land owners and some powerful politicians have worked to block its approval.
U.S. Congressional representatives have written letters in opposition and demanding further review, ranchers have held anti-Keystone rallies, and one family of landowners has launched a legal challenge to the company's bid to expropriate property. That legal argument stems in part from the fact that the pipe would carry Canadian crude and belong to a Canadian owner, limiting its local benefits.
Introducing U.S. crude wasn't in the original plan - TransCanada only began considering it in the last year. It may, however, help TransCanada fight arguments against it. It will cost an additional $140-million to connect the Bakken crude, which requires construction of an eight-kilometre, 100,000-barrel-per-day pipeline.
"If it's home-grown crude that would be flowing down this pipe in addition to Canadian crude, it's positive for getting this pipeline approved," said Chad Friess, an analyst with UBS Securities.
Critics, however, point to the fact that the bulk of Keystone XL's throughput will remain oil sands product.
The Bakken deal "may assuage some of the concerns of U.S. oil companies, but most Americans are more concerned about protecting our water and protecting our air," said Alex Moore, dirty fuels campaigner for Friends of the Earth. He accused TransCanada of putting the U.S. "environment at risk."
But the company remains confident it can build Keystone XL. It has said publicly it expects to receive full regulatory approval - including a presidential permit - by the end of June, and believes the pipe should be in service by the first quarter of 2013. In fact, it has already acquired most of the materials needed.
"We've procured much of the pipe, the pumps, the motors and the land," Mr. Miller said. "We are a shovel-ready project."