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TORONTO - Toronto's off-season got off to a good start on Friday, when Raptors president/general manager Bryan Colangelo announced the club had picked up the option on head coach Dwane Casey's contract, extending him through the 2013-14 campaign.
The decision was as much of a no-brainer as any during Colangelo's time here.
Coming off an NBA championship as Rick Carlisle's lead assistant in Dallas, Casey helped the Raptors make immense strides on the defensive end, morphing a club that had been a lightweight, a pushover for most of the past decade to a group that made opponents earn their points.
"I can't compliment Dwane and his staff enough for keeping this thing respectable throughout the year, keeping the players focused before the playoff dream went away and after," Colangelo said at his season-wrapping media address.
"The one thing I saw every night was a team that showed up that was focused and prepared and competitive. "We're very, very pleased with the state of where we find ourselves."
Colangelo said he felt comfortable extending Casey, even though his own extension has not yet been picked up, meaning his contract could expire in a year.
Casey earned the reward with his work this winter. Colangelo can earn his with his work this summer.
So, what exactly did the coach do? Well, he rattled off a few of his accomplishments in a non-boastful way on Friday.
"We go from 26th in points per game (allowed) to 10th. We got from 30th in points per possession (allowed) which is a huge figure that every coach in the league looks at to 14th. We go from 30th in points in the paint (conceded) to fourth. It means we are defending the paint and forcing teams to shoot contested two's over the top which is basically our defensive philosophy," Casey explained.
Two other eye-popping jumps for the Kentucky product's squad were: Going from 29th to seventh in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage and from 28th to fifth defending three-point attempts.
To his credit, Casey recognizes that after accomplishing what most said couldn't be done — particularly in the case of Andrea Bargnani — he now must turn his attention to the other side of the equation.
"Statistically, defensively, we were off the charts as far as what we accomplished. Offensively, we didn't get there," Casey said.
"Now we have to turn it around and make strides on the offensive side and that will make us closer to be that playoff team.
"I want to build a winning program. That is my goal. I didn't come here to build a defensive team. I didn't come here to be a defensive guru. I came here to build this program to be a winning program, to make the playoffs. That is my goal and that is our staff's goal."
To do that, Casey said he wants his team to play at a faster pace, going more up-tempo, but not at the expense of the defence.
A real training camp and actual practice time will help, but still, that's not the easiest thing to do. Jose Calderon has never been that sort of point guard and all-around offensive talent will need to be added. Namely?
"Shooters," said both Casey and Colangelo.
"I know you can work with players when you get to this level. But you can't teach the type of shooting that you'd like to have with the three-point shooters that are born in this league," said the coach.
"To get where we want to go, you're going to need shooters."
Still, Casey said he wasn't sure "substantial" change was needed.
"I've seen teams jump when they've changed two players, three players. One player can make a huge difference," he said, adding that he will work with whatever he is given, but has told the front office "what the skill level and what type of players we need." (Hint, Casey wants good athletes with extreme compete levels).
He'll get one guy like that in Jonas Valanciunas, adding the rest will be Colangelo's task. Casey's completed his for 2011-12.


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Different motor names have evolved for the same motor technology, which can create confusion, even among engineers who work in motion control. A 4-minute Control Engineering tutorial video interview explains.
Different motor names have evolved for the same motor technology, which can create confusion, even among those who have been around motion-control technologies awhile, according to Dan Jones, president, Incremotion Associates/Motion Media Group.
In a 4-minute CFE Media tutorial video, Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering, asks some basic questions about motors and some different terms being used.
Jones, who has presented globally on motor engineering and design, explains some motor history, and how five names evolved for essentially the same motor technology:
- Brushless dc motor
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- Permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)
- Electronically controlled (or electronically commutated) motor (ECM), and
- Brushless PM (permanent magnet) motor.
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Even though it is dangerous to carry a handgun with too light a trigger pull it is pretty well known that a lighter trigger pull on a handgun or rifle leads to an easier path towards accuracy, although you can probably train yourself to be accurate with any trigger pull with enough practice.
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Frame design question
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I had some pictures of frames explained to me, and I have a frame design question. In the photos, some of the frames have what I would call a more traditional attachment between the headtube, toptube, lateral, and downtube. (TT near the top of the HT, lateral in the middle, and DT on the lower part of the HT. In some of the pictures however, the lateral is at the top of the HT (the DT is still at the bottom), and the TT attaches about 6" or so down the lateral. WHY? All the frames described are supposed to be of the same model, and the person describing the photo didn't seem to be able to see a rational like frame size (both larger and smaller frames had both designs). Is this common, and my newly-to-tandems eyes just hasn't seen it yet? Could the second design (with the TT attached down the lateral) be stiffer? I'll contact Duratec in the morning, but they sometimes take a couple days to respond, and this may cause sleepless nights pondering...
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Not sure I'm totally following, but maybe this will help: Stiffener tubes and custom tandems
It is easier to build a frame with the fewest joints and with simple tube connections. Thus most tandems place the lateral into the middle of the head tube. That way there are only 3 tube connections and they are relatively simple fish mouthing shapes to make the tubes meet closely.
Running the lateral to the top of the head tube provides a better triangulation of the head tube for a stronger connection with less flex. However it does make a much more complicated joint between the top tube and the lateral. It also requires a larger area of thicker butting of both lateral and top tubes to accommodate the larger weld area.
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The designers want to keep both top tubes inline so they can't slope the top tube as much as the would on a compact single.
I think standover clearance plays a part as well. With a single bike it's simple; a frame with a shorter top tube has a shorter seat tube and thus the top tube is lower. Also, on a single bike the rider can lean the bike over if clearance is an issue. With a tandem the captain needs to be able to straddle the top tube comfortably with the bike fully upright while the stoker mounts. Also on a tandem, the captain's seat tube length can only be so short because the top tube must connect all the way back to the stoker seat tube.
Note on this Cannondale how much higher the top tube would be if it connected to the head tube:
Co-Motion chose to address this issue differently, by allowing the stoker seat tube to be exceptionally short and adding a periscoping seat post:
This is a very important cost factor where the total volume of tandems sold is fairly small compared to singles. In addition to the obvious cosmetic difference, the trade offs are in things like water bottles not fitting in traditional locations without side loading cages or maybe not fitting at all and cramped cable runs that add friction to brake and derailleur cables.
I think more frame builders are in fact doing that. You can't discount aesthetics and tradition in these kind of design decisions. Mountain bikes were the first to depart from the orthodoxy of horizontal top tubes, and road bikes eventually followed. Now we're seeing the same thing gradually happen in tandems. Historically, bikes were sized by their seat tube, but the cycling community has come to appreciate that the top tube length is probably the most important contributor to a good fit. On modern bikes, stems are easy to swap out, and long seat posts are available, so why not make a frame a little stiffer, lighter, and easier to stand over by shortening the seat tube? Joining the top and lateral tubes before the head tube I think is a way to avoid a very complex joint at the head tube on shorter head tubes, and it probably saves a little weight as well.
Update: The official word from the builder is based on the difference in height between riders... With a pilot much taller than a stoker, the toptube drops into the lateral and when they are closer in height the toptube meets the steer tube.
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Along The Batanghari River - Poem by Imam Setiaji Ronoatmojo
i'm the one boat!
flowing from higland to muarabungo
when the night tucked suspicion
the spirit that dwells in the depths
principal branches silently snagged
celebrated the grief
the shrubs missed the rise
no angel came
just torch the fishers
decomposed in the songs of passion
o months of the accompanying
half more disappeared
swallow fragrant rubber forests
linking paddle love
o follow the current
tears are not achieved
more hope in the winding
brings together more late nights
i'm the one boat!
samadi leaning over the edge
waiting for the death strip
you attach to
like a black cloud panorama
soared and framing the realm of birth
distance along the loss
o fire extinguished
shrink miss the residence
let it all awaits
let everything contemplation
earth and water
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Batanghari is the longest river in Sumatra, Indonesia. It originates in the Minangkabau highlands and flows to the east coast of Sumatra. The city of Jambi is located at the mouth of the river. Muarabungo is a populated place in Jambi. Muarabungo is also known as Moearaboengo.
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Welfare effects of outsourcing in duopolistic markets
This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in a duopolistic market. Due to different costs of integrated production and outsourcing, the choice of a firm influences the strategy of the competitor via the output price. Therefore, the resulting market constellation depends on the fixed costs and the difference between marginal costs. We show that the three market constellations, both firms produce integrated, both use outsourcing and the firms operate with different strategies are possible. Also the welfare effects of the different outcomes are analysed. If the optimal firms decision is characterized by different strategies, this constellations for given costs is pareto superior to a constellation with equal strategies. On the other hand, for given costs, a resulting constellation of equal strategies can be pareto inferior or pareto superior to a constellation with different strategies.
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Ebola moving faster than control efforts, doctors say
Updated 11:14 pm, Friday, August 1, 2014
Conakry, Guinea --
An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than efforts to control the disease, the head of the World Health Organization warned as presidents from the affected countries met Friday in Guinea's capital.
Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's director-general, said the meeting in Conakry "must be a turning point" in the battle against Ebola, which is now sickening people in three African capitals for the first time in history.
"If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socio-economic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries," she said, as the WHO formally launched a $100 million response plan that includes deploying hundreds more health care workers.
Doctors Without Borders said its teams are overwhelmed with new Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and that the situation in Liberia is now "dire."
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At least 729 people have died since cases first emerged in March: 339 in Guinea, 233 in Sierra Leone, 156 in Liberia and one in Nigeria.
While health officials say the virus is transmitted only through direct contact with bodily fluids, many sick patients have refused to go to isolation centers and have infected family members and other caregivers.
The fatality rate has been about 60 percent, and scenes of patients bleeding from the eyes, mouth and ears has led families to keep sick relatives at home.


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Agricultural education opportunities debuting at 2014 Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES — The 2014 Iowa State Fair will feature expanded agricultural education including new activities focused on corn, soybeans, hydroponics and dairy cattle. This year's "Amazingly Amusing" celebration runs August 7-17.
This year, fairgoers of all ages can learn about corn and soybeans at the John Deere Agriculture Building thanks to a new hands-on experience called Farm with Us. The interactive learning destination allows visitors to touch bushels of corn and soybeans and learn how crops grow.
A green screen will transport families to Iowa farms for the perfect photo op. A complimentary photo will be emailed to visitors as well as printed.
A short walk from the agriculture building, the Animal Learning Center features two new educational experiences.
The new hydroponics display teaches young and old alike about the soil-less growing of plants while the Thank a Farmer Wall invites anyone to leave a message for the hard-working farmers of Iowa.
The newly expanded Boulevard of Dairy Breeds, located in the Putney Family Cattle Barn, will focus on the six main breeds of dairy cattle in Iowa with new hands-on activities, cattle, baby calves and the I Milked a Cow display.
Just north of the Animal Learning Center is Kids' Zone featuring the Blue Ribbon Kids' Club Tent and the new location of Seed Survivor. Seed Survivor teaches kids about how seeds interact with the environment. Each participant can plant their own sunflower seed to take home and grow.
Blue Ribbon Kids' events begins at 10 a.m. every weekday and features make-and-take crafts for kids based around day-specific themes like plants, dairy cows and baby animals.
The CME Group Commodity Carnival will be in the Bruce L. Rastetter 4-H Exhibits Building. Aimed at third- through eighth-graders, this activity teaches kids what it takes to raise a beef animal and how to discover profit or loss. The carnival will be operating from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 8-16.
Returning to the 2014 fair are kid-friendly favorites Ag-Venture Discovery Trail and Grape Getaway.
Located next to the Animal Learning Center, Little Hands on the Farm is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Through this interactive adventure, kids can learn what it is like to do chores on a farm and earn play money to spend at the General Store.


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So here we are: Another emergency situation. Another failure of Contra Costa's community warning system. Another covey of concerned officials scurrying to gather information to explain exactly why to an even larger group of angry residents. Again.
Déjà vu, anyone?
It is certainly an all-too-familiar scene to residents of Contra Costa County.
The latest transgression was the Level 3, the most dangerous, explosion and fire Monday night at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
The blaze, which began shortly after 6 p.m. at the refinery's No. 4 diesel crude processing unit, spewed tons of pollutant-laced black smoke into the air for several hours. It sent hundreds of people to local emergency rooms complaining of difficulty breathing and other health effects.
Thankfully, no one was killed or gravely injured in the incident.
Contra Costa is home to four oil refineries, which collectively produce thousands of jobs, both directly and indirectly, not to mention a great deal of tax revenue. But, by their very nature, oil refineries also come with some inherent and significant risk. In fact, Contra Costa produces more hazardous material per capita and per square mile than any other county in the state.
It is against that landscape that the county saw the need to create a community warning system and to pass its historic industrial safety ordinance. The ordinance, which was passed 10 years ago, for the most part has been a success. The community warning system, which has been around much longer, has not.
The system, which is funded by industry and run by the county, has either flunked or received low marks on nearly every real-life emergency it has encountered.
In each of those cases, there has been a kerfuffle, followed by an investigation, followed by a promise that things are going to be different in the future. Unfortunately, that has yet to be so. If the crowd that packed the Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday night is any indication, local residents are fed up with that, um, underperformance.
It is an ironic reminder that here in the epicenter of American computer technology — and despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars — we seem unable to devise and implement a computer system to effectively run our courts, our Department of Motor Vehicles or one to effectively warn the people paying for these systems of an imminent danger.
Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia, who lives in Richmond, says the biggest problem is the capacity of the call system. He has asked for a full accounting from the county Office of Emergency Services.
Residents, he says, reported receiving calls during the first round of notification from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. — a nearly two-hour time period. That's simply unacceptable.
At the same time, we do not believe it is productive to point fingers and rave about inefficiency. Instead, we would encourage a serious community-based discussion with substantial input from industry that calmly analyzes what went wrong. For example, if the capacity is inadequate, industry must provide sufficient funding to upgrade it.
But the important thing here is that this must be a public, community-based effort that must not be delayed. The time to act is now.


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Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 2
18 February 2009 - The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has reported a new confirmed case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case has been confirmed at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).
The case is a 32-year old man from Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province. He developed symptoms on 5 February 2009 and was hospitalized on 13 February 2009. He is currently in a serious condition. The case is known to have had recent contact with sick poultry prior to the onset of his illness.
Further investigations are currently underway. Control measures have been implemented and close contacts are being identified and monitored.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross announced it helped repatriate 19 South Sudanese prisoners of war freed by the Sudanese government.
Jean-Christophe Sandoz, head of the ICRC delegation in Sudan, said prisoners were returned on an aircraft chartered by the aid group. He stressed the ICRC was acting in its capacity as a neutral intermediary. The aid group helped repatriate 13 POWs released by the South Sudanese government in April.
A comprehensive peace agreement signed in 2005 ended a brutal civil war and lead to South Sudan's independence last year. Border issues, ethnic fighting and disputes over oil have threatened the peace deal, however.
Aid agencies estimate tens of thousands of refugees in Sudanese border states have fled to South Sudan to escape simmering conflict. Sean Casey, an aid director for the International Medical Corps U.K., told The Guardian newspaper heavy rains have made parts of the region inaccessible.
Sudanese and South Sudanese leaders made progress in settling outstanding issues during talks in Ethiopia. Both sides are under pressure from the United Nations to resolve differences peacefully.


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While so many Manitobans were celebrating the miraculous victory by Jennifer Jones in last year's Canadian curling championship, Kristy Jenion admits to having mixed feelings at the time.
Jenion, you see, is the 26-year-old St. Vital skip who just happened to lose a nail-biter to Jones in the 2005 provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts final in Souris.
Having come so close, it was a bit hard for Jenion to watch Jones go on to glory at the national Scott in St. John's, N.L., and later compete in both the world championship in Scotland and the Olympic trials in Halifax.
"It wasn't hard seeing them win because we knew they were a good team, but it was kind of a double-edged sword I guess," Jenion said yesterday at the Granite Curling Club, where her team is competing in the Manitoba Curling Association women's bonspiel. "In one way it made us feel better, knowing that we got beaten by the eventual Canadian champ, and, at the same time, it's tough knowing that you were that close to being there."
Jenion and teammates Lisa Roy, Leslie Wilson and Raunora Westcott, will head to Thompson Jan. 25-29 to take another crack at the provincial championship. Jones, of course, won't be there, as she already has the defending champion's spot in the national Scott in London, Ont.
That means Jenion will be one of the Manitoba favourites, along with the likes of former champions Lois Fowler, Janet Harvey, Barb Spencer and Karen Porritt.
"We played well enough to win in Souris, so we were definitely disappointed," said Roy, a Thompson native who is looking forward to playing the Scott on home turf.
"We walked off the ice planning this year's season."
So far the season has been a bit of a struggle, but the Jenion foursome is looking good this weekend. They beat Kim Thomas-Ritchot of Brandon 6-3 in one of four A-side qualifiers yesterday and will take part in today's championship round.
"We just wanted to get some games in after Christmas and play well," said Roy. "We haven't had the greatest season, so we need this just to get some confidence going into Thompson."
In other A-side qualifiers, the American Olympic team, skipped by Cassie Johnson of Bemidji, Minn., beat Valour Road's Tracy Andries 10-2, Marlene Lang of St. Vital beat clubmate Jennifer Clark-Rouire 10-7, and Joyce McDougall of Souris beat Shana Rogers of Selkirk 8-7.
The B- and C-side qualifying games were ongoing at press time last night.
"There are a lot of teams that are very hot right now," said Jenion, when asked if she considers herself one of the favourites for the Scott.
"We're on a pretty good roll in this event, and usually a team that does well here goes into provincials really hot, so that's what we're hoping ... that it can carry over."


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text: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Corporal LeRoy Diamond (MCSN: 294352), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous devotion to duty while serving as a Machine Gunner of the Eleventh Machine Gun Squad, Company H, Second Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese armed forces at the Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 21 August 1942. Lacking the protection of riflemen, Corporal Diamond's machine gun squad was forced to tear down its frontal protection to meet the oncoming strong Japanese landing force. In spite of tremendous difficulties, the enemy attack was courageously met and repulsed by fierce and determined fighting during which Corporal Diamond was seriously wounded. His personal valor and loyal devotion to duty contributed to the defeat of the enemy and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.General Orders: SPOT AWARD: Serial 18 (SofN Signed March 18, 1943)


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radmind is a suite of Unix command-line tools and a server designed to remotely administer the file systems of multiple Unix machines. At its core, radmind operates as a tripwire. It is able to detect changes to any managed filesystem object, e.g. files, directories, links, etc. However, radmind goes further than just integrity checking: once a change is detected, radmind can optionally reverse the change. Each managed machine may have its own loadset composed of multiple, layered overloads. This allows, for example, the operating system to be described separately from applications. Loadsets are stored on a remote server. By updating a loadset on the server, changes can be pushed to managed machines.
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Release Notes: This release adds a -C option to lapply that will create missing intermediate directories.
Release Notes: This release fixes a bug where lapply -n would attempt to report events to the server. ra.sh is using the echo binary for portability. Multiple spelling mistakes in man pages have been corrected.
Release Notes: fsdiff does not checksum files that are going to be deleted. Additional wildcard patterns for the configuration file were added. Updated DNSServiceDiscovery APIs are used.
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TEXTING, surfing the web and checking emails on phones, tablets and laptops is now banned for councillors and staff during Marion Council meetings.
Councillors agreed to the ban after hearing residents believed some councillors were more interested in playing with their phones than listening to community concerns.
But Mayor Felicity-Ann Lewis has slammed the move and says it is demeaning for councillors have their online etiquette policed during meetings.
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Under the new rules, councillors and staff are only allowed to use mobile devices for taking notes, reading council documents and answering emergency calls.
Cr Jason Veliskou pushed for the restrictions and said it was now up to the Mayor, councillors and staff to report and police the inappropriate use of phones, tablets and laptops during council meetings.
I've had people in the community say some members are more engrossed in their phones than the people talking," he said.
"We are making decisions that affect people's lives and we are only here for three or three and a half hours. So I really think it's essential that we formalise this. It is a problem in our society."
Cr Veliskou could identify repeat offenders from regular meetings, but refused to name them.
"They know who they are," he said.
He also wanted to restrict councillors writing unrelated letters, cards or invitations during meetings.
Dr Lewis told the Guardian Messenger it was not her job to police mobile phone use.
"I can't see what the members are doing from the chair, whether they're taking notes or reading emails.
"It is not my job to carry out surveillance of each individual ... it would be demeaning to them. I'm not a policeman, I'm a mayor."
She said targeting councillors for phone use may cause tension in the chamber.
The council's media unit manager Craig Clarke refused to say what penalties, (if any) councillors or staff faced if they breached the new restriction.
The ban follows several attempts from various mayors across Adelaide's metropolitan councils to restrict phone use during meetings.
Last year, Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood pushed for Adelaide City councillors to be fined $1250 for answering mobile phones duringtheir meetings. His bid was rejected.
Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge asked councillors at a meeting this year not to take phone calls in the chamber and to keep their phones on silent.
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Moyes holding all the aces in showdown with Rooney
How new boss handles his first big test in dealing with disenchanted striker may shape future at Old Trafford helm, writes Jim White
In his first week at Manchester United, David Moyes has been arriving for work early.
Since Monday, he has been photographed at 8.0 driving through the gates of United's Carrington training base.
There is a lot to do, confronted as he will be by a tottering Himalaya of paperwork, an entire back-room staff to embed, not to mention that meet and greet with the club's latest commercial partners, Bulgaria's leading budgerigar cage distributors.
But the real work begins today, when the players report for pre-season training.
Now, in a series of face-to-face meetings, Moyes will be obliged to address by far the most pressing item in his in-tray. And how he handles the issue will set the tone for his first few months in charge.
The new manager will have to decide what to do about Wayne Rooney (right). Get this right and he will establish his authority immediately; get it wrong and it will damage his credibility almost before he has begun.
Rooney's representatives appear to be approaching these latest contract negotiations intent on adopting the same scorched earth tactics they employed last time they were looking for an increase in the autumn of 2010.
Back then it was said the newly enriched Manchester City were prepared to offer a large proportion of Abu Dhabi's oil revenues to secure the striker's services.
Even though it was entirely a financial deal that was being beaten out, some honeyed words were added to the sauce about ambition and a lack of investment in the United team, just to give the impression that this was not all about money.
And it worked. Rooney emerged with the largest contract in United's history.
This time, the approach has been exactly the same. According to the silly season headlines, the suitors are legion.
Here is Neymar saying how much he would like to see Rooney in Barcelona, there is Jack Wilshere insisting the Arsenal players would love it if he signed, and here is the revival of the old tale that Roman Abramovich has long coveted the player and would happily make him a 'welcome home' present for Jose Mourinho.
And again the motivation behind the threat to move is being dressed up as a tale not of greed but disappointment.
What Wayne wants is to be loved again, we are being told. He wants to have assurances of his position and his indispensability in big games written into his new agreement.
There is just one slight difference between October 2010 and July 2013: Rooney's form.
Such hardball negotiation requires the subject of the deal to be able to demonstrate he is worth the fuss.
In 2010, Rooney did just that. Then he did look central to the team's well-being. Such were his performances his representatives could risk sullying his wider reputation in the gamble that his goals would counter any negativity.
This time, it is not quite the same. Rooney has latterly looked like a player running on empty.
The theory that the boy who was a man at 15 is approaching middle age at 27 has gained traction throughout the season.
Alex Ferguson – that astute judge of when a player's peak has been passed – has not yet been proved wrong about his loss of patience in Rooney's fitness. United's No 10 may still be good, but no longer can he be reckoned crucial.
All of which means Moyes can safely take a position in any negotiations that would not have been open to him had United's future success been dependent on Rooney's continued presence.
He can look Paul Stretford, Rooney's agent, in the eye and say: "These are my terms. Take them or leave them. It would be great to have Wayne in my squad, but only on my conditions." And, if Stretford did not like them, well, there's the door.
If he were to negotiate like that, Moyes would have the backing of a large section of the United support, who have never forgotten Rooney's strategic flirtation with City in 2010.
They may have put it to the back of their minds as they celebrated the goals scored by the man satirical magazine 'Private Eye' calls the 'Spud-Faced Nipper'.
Now he is threatening to do it all again, however, they will look at his recent contribution, look at the swelling of his neck, the slowing of his pace and believe they could easily live without the man who will quickly be rebranded in the Old Trafford stands the 'Greedy Fat Scouser'.
There is very little reserve of sympathy for a player already paid more in a week than the average working man will earn in 10 years.
Stretford has built a career employing the approach of the poker player.
As he enters his latest game, however, he is about to discover that his opponent holds all the cards. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
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DL native Grinaker wins Fargo Half-Marathon
Soon after Hanna Grinaker crossed the finish line Saturday morning to win the Fargo Half-Marathon in the women's division, she found out Eric Loeffler won the men's race.
"I figured he would," said Grinaker, who went to high school in Detroit Lakes, Minn. "He's always so modest."
The unassuming Loeffler has coached Grinaker for about a year. He completed his race in 1 hour, 7 minutes, 10.5 seconds at the Fargodome. Grinaker broke the tape in a time of 1:18:33.4.
"He's awesome. It's fun to win when he's coaching me," Grinaker said, before she joked. "He told me yesterday. 'If you win, I'm your coach. If not, it's all on you.' "
For Loeffler, who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2011, this was his first win at the Fargo Marathon. Loeffler chose not to compete in any of the races last year.
"This is my first win here so that's definitely nice," said Loeffler, who is a volunteer assistant coach in track and cross country at North Dakota State. "There have been years when I thought I was in position to win and it just didn't work out. It's really nice to come and win in your hometown."
The 36-year-old Loeffler finished ahead of Kelly Fermoyle of Minneapolis.
Fermoyle, 27, completed the race in a time of 1:08:04.5. Loeffler estimated he took the lead around three miles into the race and was able to maintain a cushion from that point.
"Kelly is an awesome runner," Loeffler said. "We have raced a lot against each other. I was never comfortable with any kind of gap."
Loeffler said winning this race ranks near the top of his running accomplishments.
"It's right up there," he said. "I don't think I've won a race for a very long time so this feels very nice. I really don't win a lot of races. I'm going to some very competitive races and more shooting for time."
While Loeffler was a Fargo Marathon veteran, Grinaker was running in the event for the first time. Grinaker, 25, was an All-American in cross country at the University of Wisconsin.
She graduated from Wisconsin in 2011 and is now a graduate assistant coach at NDSU.
"She has a bright future," Loeffler said.
Grinaker wasn't feeling her best a couple miles into Saturday's half-marathon and said she battled through the race from that point.
"It was just a constant feeling of suck basically," Grinaker said with a laugh.
After she finished, Grinaker gave a shout out to "Troy from Moorhead" for helping her through the race. She didn't know Troy's last name.
Grinaker got a final burst of energy when she entered the Fargodome and the crowd cheered her across the finish line.
"I was not anticipating that," Grinaker said of the ovation. "It kind of gave me chills a little bit. It's awesome to finish in the dome."
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With Valentine's Day just about a week away, I decided to get in the kitchen and put some of those boxes of Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal to use in a fun little project I could do with my children. I'm sure you are all familiar with the popular Rice Krispies Treats, but instead of your traditional square treat, we decided to make Valentine's Rice Krispies Treats.
We made a batch of regular Rice Krispies treats and we also made a batch in pink, in honor of Valentine's Day. We made big hearts and we made small hearts and then we decorated them to our hearts desire using melted milk chocolate, colored candy melts, and sprinkles.
With as busy as we've been lately, it was a nice change of pace to enjoy a fun, family-friendly activity with my children. It really made me realize I need to let them help out more in the kitchen. Although things may be rushed and crazy, they really enjoy it and I need to make it happen more often.
Valentine's Rice Krispies Treats
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
- Milk Chocolate Chips and/or Candy Melts
- Sprinkles
- In large saucepan melt butter or margarine over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove pan from heat.
- Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal to melted mixture and stir until well coated.
- Using wax paper, evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with non-stick cooking spray. Cool. For traditional Rice Krispies Treats, cut into 2-inch squares. If you want hearts or any other shape, use a cookie cutter and cut out your desired shape. Make sure to spray your cookie cutter with non-stick cooking spray
Although we decorated ours for Valentine's Day, Rice Krispies Treats are so versatile and can be made to compliment any occasion or holiday.
Aren't these Valentine's Rice Krispies Treats just too adorable?


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The Stinger's famous Garrett Groundhog (15kHz) circuitry is reputed for its extraordinary power to penetrate ground minerals in order to zero in on nuggets, placer, float and ore veins. The Gold Stinger maneuvers remarkably well over complex ground conditions and in narrow cracks and fissures when nugget and placer searching.
Includes the standard 5 x 10" elliptical search coil and the 3" x 7" search coil to get into those hard to reach areas.
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- Surface Mount Technology
- Three Operating Modes
- Non Motion/All Metal
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- Calibrated (Hot Rocks and Ore Sampling)
- Adjustable Sensitivity/Depth
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- Automatic Ground Balance (Motion Discriminate Mode)
- Precision 10 Turn Audio
- Silent Search
- Automatic Retuning
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Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger Includes these Standard Factory Items:
2-Year Warranty
Comprehensive User's Manual
Instruction DVD
5" x 10" Elliptical Search Coil
3" x 7" Elliptical Search Coil
3 - 9V batteries (Included)
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|Visual Identification
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|Water Resistance
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Amanda Seyfried starts her day off with a trip to the gym and a walk for her dog Finn on Wednesday (August 12) in New York City.
The 29-year-old actress was joined by a gal pal and her Big Love co-star Douglas Smith.
The first trailer for Amanda's upcoming movie Fathers and Daughters was just released and you can watch it below!
Also starring Russell Crowe and Aaron Paul, the film follows a Pulitzer-winning writer who grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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A. Harrison Barnes is a well-known attorney throughout the United States. As a member of the Malibu community, Harrison is committed to serving the needs of Malibu residents and businesses in legal matters.
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Forget The Twilight Saga, these days the Taylor Swift saga is proving to be a headline-grabbing blockbuster! After the pop princess and her DJ beau Calvin officially called it quits in June, Taylor has been swift in lining up another main man. The fact that he is no other than Avengers star Tom Hiddleston (you may know him as Loki) makes the world even more interested in Taylor's new flame. More so, the loved-up new couple are providing tonnes of grist to rumour mills with their PDA — crisscrossing the globe on romantic holidays with such zest that Vanity Fair is calling this the 'Hiddleswift Summer 2016 Tour'!
Now we hear that Calvin Harris (who seemed okay with the breakup until Taylor embarked on this new romance) is pretty peeved by the shenanigans of Team Hiddleswift. To add insult to injury, we're also told Calvin will no longer act as the face of Emporio Armani underwear and (ouch!) Tom Hiddleston is being lined up to replace him. Those in the know say Joe Jonas, Chris Pine and Liam Hemsworth are also on the Armani shortlist, but if the job goes to Hiddleston, you can be sure Taylor's boys will be washing more tighty whities in public.
Making a bold comeback versus his love rival, Calvin is apparently planning to launch his own fashion line (that's one way to say au revoir to Armani) and it doesn't stop there. A tell-all breakup song is due to be released any day too. Given that there's no better way to wash your dirty linen in public than with a breakup song, it is advantage Harris — for now anyway!
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Kosovans demand Serbian prison releases
Thousands of people have demonstrated in the Kosovan capital Pristina to call for the release of prisoners held in Serbia since the end of the war.
They called on international officials to act on behalf of the 1,700 people they believe are being held in Serb prisons.
The head of the United Nation's administration in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, said the hearts of all UN staff and international delegates at the conference were with the detainees.
He also warned that ongoing violence in Kosovo "affects all ethnic groups".
The head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, called on Kosovans to testify against crimes committed by any ethnic group.
"The just war was not fought for an unjust peace," he said.
The case of Dr Brovina
Many demonstrators held signs calling for the release of Flora Brovina, a human rights activist sentenced on Thursday in Serbia to 12 years in prison.
Dr Brovina, whose case has been taken on by Human Rights Watch and the US State Department, has become a symbol for those trying to win the release of prisoners held in Serbia.
Her son, Uranik Begu, insisted that his family and other human rights activists would continue to press for her release.
"For me personally, this was a case against conscience, against freedom, against the stability of the region," he said.
Dr Brovina, a 50-year-old paediatrician, was accused of joining groups "with a view to carrying out terrorist activities" in support of Kosovo's campaign for independence.
Her case was also raised inside the conference hall.
Mr Everts said: "I call upon all those at this conference to condemn this and other outrages against human rights; to remember that oppression left unchecked will not cease, and finally to remember that the role of a human rights defender is never an easy one.
"Those like Flora Brovina who stand so bravely against oppression must be encouraged and protected and supported," he said.
Criticism of K-For
One of the banners held up at the rally read: "The Albanian in the prisons are hanging between life and death. Act."
"What are K-For doing here? Our children don't need the toys the world gives them, they need their parents," one of the demonstrators, 45-year-old Ferdeze Mullahasani, said.
"K-For could get our people back if they wanted to," said Luan Zogaj, whose brother is jailed in Serbia.
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Title: No Place I'd Rather Be
Author: digitaldesigner
Beta: hazel_eyes_86
Word Count: 184
Rating: PG
Spoilers: A spoiler-free zone.
Pairing: Angel/Cordelia
Summary: Angel was scared.
Disclaimer: If you recognize them, they belong to Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Otherwise, they're mine.
Author's Note: Written for tidbit2008.
"I'm scared," he whispered to no one in particular. He hadn't even realized he'd spoken out loud.
Cordy sat down beside him. "Scared of what, Angel?" she asked softly.
Realizing he had indeed spoken aloud, he bowed his head. "Of losing you," he admitted. "I've lived over 250 years, but I didn't truly live until you came into my life, until you told me you loved me."
She took his hand in hers. "Angel, I'm not going anywhere. The Powers gave me eternal life so that we could be together forever, so that we could continue fighting the evil of the world side by side. And that's where I'll be. By your side. Forever."
"There's no place I'd rather be."
A small smile graced his handsome face for the first time since he'd uttered those two words. "I love you, Cordy."
Cordy squeezed his hand. "I love you, too, Angel. And nothing will ever change that. You are my life."
Angel gently brushed his lips across hers in a sweet kiss, both forgetting about the rest of the world for just a moment.


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TOKYO (Kyodo) — Four Japanese banks on Friday extended a $2.2 billion (about 220 billion yen) syndicated loan to food manufacturer Mizkan Holdings Co. for its purchase of several major U.S. food brands from Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever.
The dollar-based loan was extended by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and the governmental Development Bank of Japan.
The deal with Unilever [1]totals $2.15 billion, topping Mizkan's group sales of 164.2 billion yen in the past year to February.
Of the six-month syndicated loan, the three megabanks provided a combined $1.9 billion and the DBJ $0.3 billion.
The banks will convert the loan to a longer term later this year after finalization of the purchase.
Apart from the syndicated loan, the DBJ offered a credit line of 50 billion yen to Mizkan based in Handa, Aichi Prefecture.
Under the deal with Unilever, Mizkan will acquire Ragu, a leading pasta sauce brand in the United States, the premium Bertolli brand, and two associated U.S. plants.
In a deal with Unilever that toals $2.15 billion, Japanese food manufacturer Mizkan Holdings Co. secured a loan from four banks on Friday worth $2.2 billion. Mizkan will purchase several major food brands from food giant Unilever, including Ragu and Bertolli.


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Indiana Pacers Status Check:
Record: 11-11
Division: 2-2
Conference: 7-6
Road Record: 5-6
Last game: Lost 97-83 @ Atlanta
Last 10 Games: 5-5
PPG: 99.6 (16th)
Opponents PPG: 97.4 (13th)
Offensive Rating: 105.0 (20th)
Defensive Rating: 102.6 (9th)
Pace: 94.5 (7th)
Effective Field Goal Percentage: .504 (11th)
Turnover Percentage: .146 (25th)
Defensive Rebound Percentage: .741 (18th)
Offensive Rebound Percentage: .225 (27th)
Free Throws Per Field Goal Attempt: .209 (28th)
Opp. eFG%: .462 (2nd)
Opp. TO%: .130 (24th)
Opp. FT/FGA: .261 (23rd)
Stats from Basketball-Reference.com.
With the ongoing mediocrity of the Pistons (7-18), the hapless fall of the LeBron James-less Cavaliers (7-17), and the surprising ineptitude (if you really didn't know what to expect from Corey Maggette, Drew Gooden and pre-trade deadline John Salmons) of the Bucks (9-13), the Pacers have emerged as Chicago's closest rival in the Central Division.
Who would've thought?
The Pacers have been in freefall for years. In the six seasons after Ron Artest got hit by a Diet Coke in Detroit, the Pacers went from 61 wins to 44, 41, 35, 36, 36 and 32 wins.
But this season, the Pacers have shown real signs of progress. During the 2009-10 campaign, they didn't win their 11th game until January 5, by which time they were 11-23 andvirtually out of playoff contention. As of today, they're in 7th place in the Eastern Conference.
Of course, that doesn't mean there isnt some drama going on in Indy. Pacers coach Jim O'Brien has been benching starting point guard Darren Collison in favor of T.J. Ford and even A.J. Price. In fact, Price played in place of Collison for the entire fourth quarter of the Pacers' loss in Atlanta on Friday night.
Said Collison: "I don't know why I didn't play. I'm not going to lie, it's been tough. Right now, I'm not used to it. It is what it is."
It's hard to figure. Collison is shooting 41 percent from downtown — compared to only 27 and 25 percent for Ford and Price, respectively — and Ford's Player Efficiency Rating (9.0) and Offensive Rating (89) are so bad it's hard to believe he's still in the rotation. As for Price, he's appeared in only five games this season. How'd he earn the crunch time PT?
Said O'Brien: "I thought our best chance of coming back was with A.J. in the game because he spaces the court, he shoots the 3 and he also needed playing time. I also think he did a nice job."
Price is 3-for-12 on threes this season. I'm just sayin'.
Well, with all due respect, whoever plays at the point for Indy will probably end up getting eaten alive by Derrick Rose. In his last five games against the Pacers, Rose has averaged 24.6 points and 55.4 percent shooting. On the season, Derrick is ranked 4th in PPG (25.1), 8th in Assist Percentage (40.5) and 9th in APG (8.1).
But that's not all. After hitting a career-best five three-pointers (in only six attempts) against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night, Rose is shooting 41.6 percent from downtown and 64.0 percent (16-for-25) during Chicago's current five-game winning streak.
And to think: People used to say he couldn't shoot.
Said Rose: "I'm trying to show everybody what I'm working on. You want to show opponents new things so when they're going to play you, they know it's going to be a hard night."
Rose has scored 20 or more points in 16 of the 21 games he's played this season. He's had seven games of 30 or more points. So, yeah, anybody who plays against Rose is in for a hard night. About the only thing Derrick hasn't done is figure out a way to get to the free throw line consistently. When that happens…look out.
Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau will have to figure out something to do about Danny Granger. After all, Granger has averaged 28.0 PPG in his last five games against the Bulls. That said, Granger is having a bit of a down year. His PER has dropped from 19.8 to 16.8 and he's having a rough December: 6 games, 16.8 PPG, 35 percent shooting, and only 22 percent on threes.
And his last game — during which he went 3-for-14 from the field and 0-for-5 from beyond the arc — was one of his worst shooting performances of the season.
Concerns about Granger aside, Chicago's real challenge will be shooting the basketball. Pacers opponents are shooting only 42.8 percent of their shots from the field this season. That's the second-best FGP defense in the league, barely trailing the Miami Heat, who hold their opponents to 42.7 percent shooting.
Indy is getting it done with defense. No question about it.
The Bulls will need to be aggressive. Opponents don't shoot well against the Pacers…but they go to the line. Indiana has given up 621 free throw attempts this season. That's the ninth-most in the league. And eight-place Portland has given up only three more foul shots. It's a weakness the Bulls need to exploit. Unfortunately, Chicago ranks 20th in total free throw attempts and a dismal 24th in Free Throws Per Field Goal Attempt.
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Country Artist Graham Murray, EP Release
The much anticipated release of Graham Murray's debut EP has arrived!!
November 21, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The debut EP release for Graham Murray has arrived!!
Graham recently completed his 5 song EP with the help of veteran producer, musician and songwriter, Jeff Silverman from Palette Music Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
"Jeff contacted some world class musicians to play on my EP, musicians such as Tim Lorsch (who played for Kenny Chesney & Keith Urban), Steve Stokes (who played for Josh Turner & Michael Montgomery) , Troy Klontz (who played for Brooks & Dunn, and Roy Clark) and Debra Lyn (Nashville Country Artist) and the results were amazing" explained Graham.
Graham started writing songs in 2010. His first song "Fly on By" was a Christmas present for his girlfriend. "I thought it would be a nice idea to write a song for Beverley and I haven't stopped writing songs since, it is very time consuming but I have loved every minute of it!" The result is proof that you can complete an EP even when the Artist lives in Ireland and the producer & musicians live in the USA! "Clearly I would rather have been in the studio for every stage of the process but unfortunately that was not possible given the distance, but I'm very happy with the outcome" stated Graham.
Graham recently signed with the Musik & Film Record Label, Florida, USA and together they plan to release and promote the EP in January 2013. Graham has received a number of positive reviews both from the Irish / UK press and from online publications. His music will be available for download initially, with plans to release a CD later in the year.
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Expectant mom Jenna Dewan-Tatum stepped out in London last week looking just about ready to pop! The star mama-to-be plans to give birth across the pond, as her actor hubby is currently filming a movie there.
As you can see, Dewan-Tatum was dressed down and sporting a growing baby bump. The glowing soon-to-be first time mom appears very at peace in this picture. Perhaps, she is trying to bask in the final weeks of her pregnancy.
Indeed, an onlooker told Us Weekly, "She looked great — really healthy. Her bump is massive now. She looks ready to go."
The star recently showed much more of her baby bump in Glamour magazine. Clearly, the wife of the current reigning Sexiest Man Alive is not afraid to show off her expectant form.
"I thought my body was going to change so quickly with pregnancy that I'd freak out. But it was really gradual. There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby," Dewan-Tatum said in the accompanying interview.
Judging from this latest shot of the actress, she is indeed ready to have her baby. Having given birth twice myself, I certainly understand that feeling. Toward the end of my pregnancies, I am willing to do anything to get my old body back!
It just gets so uncomfortable in the final weeks. Your back hurts, you have heartburn, you feel heavy and can't sleep, and you have to pee all the time.
Thankfully, this urge to get the baby out helps to ease some fears about giving birth. Like Jenna Dewan-Tatum, I believe this is why a pregnancy is so long. After worrying for 40 weeks about the pain of labor, you are finally ready to face that fear.
Did you feel ready to give birth when it was your time?
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Brandishing a gun, a man in his 20's walked into a Philadelphia Dunkin Donuts Friday and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Philadelphia Police say the man who stands 5 foot 7 inches tall with tattoos on his arms robbed the Dunkin Donuts at 532 W. Leigh Avenue Friday night.
The robber entered the popular coffee shop at approximately 8:32 p.m. and pulled out a gun from his waist area. He then demanded money.
The cashier gave the robber an undisclosed amount of money.
The man threatened the employes and fled the store on foot.
Philadelphia Police ask anyone with information to contact the East Detective Division at 215-686-3243.
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Started the page off, would be nice if someone volunteers to flesh it out -- good starting point is this page Druid forms and the forms linked on it -- Jaxdahl 19:29, 25 September 2006 (EDT)
Beta State Edit
In the Thottbot Beta Server [1] we can read "Can only be used when not in combat" so it would be impossible to use this cast to escape from Combat or to free the druid of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.--OLi 06:27, 18 October 2006 (EDT)
- That kind of stuff is still subject to change, but it would not surprise me - it would be quite unbalanced otherwise. -- Kirkburn (talk) 07:24, 18 October 2006 (EDT)
- It's been confirmed that this will not be usable in combat so it seems to me that it will not be a very effective way to defeat poly/movement impairing effects usually. Might want to change the tips and tactics portion. Anyone happen to know if it's poosible to get out of combat while you have a target under the effects of Cyclone? If it is, then druids may have something like a rogue's gouge for escaping. Jaidan 14:48, 13 November 2006 (EST)
- Yesterday I saw a level 68 druid root a warrior, run for a bit and then fly and hover a bit above the warrior. I'm guessing the same will be possible with Cyclone. Lime148 17:03, 13 November 2006 (EST)
Skip Epic Ground? Edit
I see from the Flight Form article that lvl 225 riding is free for druids upon completion of the relevant quest. Can anyone confirm that completion of this quest would take me from Riding 75 to Riding 225? Or is the epic-ground level riding skill (150) required in some way? If you can skip straight to 225, it would be great news to powerlevellers that they can save 540g by waiting until 68 to get both the epic mount and flight form at once.
- (Sign your posts with four tildes, please.) I believe this is true, however I got the 225 riding skill free as I had an epic mount before the change, when there was only 'riding'. --Azaram 03:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- must have riding of 150 (540G) to buy the flight form, which then gives you riding 225. --Dga 22:23, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- This has been on the page since before you asked: "For the first rank of Flight Form, you will require Riding (150). Riding (150) is also required to learn Riding (225) for a normal flying mount. Upon learning Flight Form, you will receive Riding (225)free of cost." TeжubԎ Ҩ Ѡ 02:41, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Flying ground form? Edit
While the flight form doesn't run along the ground, it does seem to act as a ground mount at zero altitude. If you fly down and touch the ground, you bounce up to standard flying beastie height, and follow the terrain. This seems to allow movement affecting effects to apply. Frex, if you do the apex relic 'Simon Says' game all the way to the end (10 repetitions, rather than just the 8 to get the emanations to satisfy the Ogri'la daily quest in Blade's Edge) you get a 15% movement buff. While flying, I move at normal speed, but if I go down to zero altitude, I move faster. Hit the spacebar to bounce upward, and slow down.
It's also possible to fall off of things in flight form while doing this. If I hit a hill in my path, I go into terrain following, and will fall down the other side of it if it's steep enough. I have fallen all the way to the bottom of a mountain like this, but didn't take any falling damage.
Has anyone else noticed this? --Azaram 03:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- You do take falling damage after sliding down steep slopes, in your case you probably had a moment of free-fall, prompting your flight form to, er, fly again ~ Nathanyel 11:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Announcements, moved from articleEdit
- On 02/06/2007, Tseric has announced in the official worldofwarcraft.com forums that they are developing an Epic Flight Form for druids.
- Tseric: "An epic quest line will be going into an upcoming patch which will grant Druids an additional flying form with increased stats. The epic flying form will move at the epic rate of 280%, but basically fall under the same conditions as the previous flight form (i.e. can't run on the ground). However, the first prerequisite of the quest will require the epic flying mount riding skill, so it would not be a loss to Druids if they wish to purchase their epic flying mount skill now or in the near future. Obviously, one could then diversify their epic mounts beyond the Druid's casted epic form if they choose."
- There was a hoax containing photo shopped pictures of an extremely trade good heavy quest chain. This has been confirmed to be false.
- Blizzard has announced that in patch 2.1 epic flight form will be released:
"The Druid Epic flight form will be available through a series of quests, similar to the Warlock and Paladin Epic mount quests before it. This quest series will also open up a new boss in Sethekk Halls, and ultimately to the epic flight form."
--Hurax 06:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- I guess it's ok to remove that part by now, but why place it here? If it needs to be restored, this can be done through the history of the page ~ ŋɑϑ 12:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I assume that Flight Form does not have to be relearned at 77 to fly in Northrend (instead the druid needs to train Cold Weather Flying). Please correct if I was wrong. -- Harveydrone 19:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
- This is correct. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 19:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


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What's New in Children's Picture Books March, 2013
Reading Tip: When you read picture books to children, you introduce words they would not hear in daily conversations with adults. This increases their vocabulary and prepares them for learning to read.
A Place to Call Home by Alexis Deaco
Seven hamster brothers, having outgrown their hole, begin an adventure-filled quest that takes them across seas and deserts, up a mountain and through a labyrinth as they seek a new home. Appropriate for ages 4-5
Themes: Travels, Adventure
And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano
Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green. Appropriate for ages 3-5
Themes: Spring, Gardening
Bulldog's Big Day by Kate McMullan
While looking for a job, Bulldog tries being a firefighter, a window washer, a sign painter and a bookseller before finding just the right job for himself. Appropriate for ages 4-5
Themes: Occupations, Dogs
The Construction Crew by Lynn Meltzer
A construction crew tears down an old building and builds a new house in its place. Appropriate for ages 2-5
Themes: Building, Stories in rhyme
Every-Day Dress Up by Selina Alko
A young girl imagines her own future as she puts on costumes and pretends to be great women from history, including Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball and Eleanor Roosevelt. Appropriate for ages 4-5
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Peanut, an odd dog who likes apples, worries that his next-door neighbor, Milo, might steal all the apples from his tree. Appropriate for ages 4-5
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Two friends plant seeds in their community garden, then water, weed, wait and dream as the plants grow until they can be harvested. Includes facts about gardening and harvest festivals. Appropriate for ages 4-5
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It's been quite some time since the Lethbridge Hurricanes faced these kinds of expectations.
A decade, at least.
The 'Canes won the WHL title in 1997 but then failed to win a single playoff series until last spring. In fact, they'd won just four post-season games over that span.
But after last season's break-out campaign, 'Cane-iacs have plenty of reasons for optimism.
Anything less than a return trip to the WHL final would have to be viewed as a major disappointment.
Head coach Michael Dyck said the most intense pressure his players face comes from within.
"I think we put enough pressure on ourselves," Dyck told Hockey Now. "We have enough expectations on ourselves, and I don't know if we're going to feel the external pressure as much.
"I know there are going to be some high expectations, and there should be. We put that on ourselves.
"But to deflect that, we focus on what we do day-to-day and we believe in the process, and that's essentially how we're going to track the season."
Winger Carter Ashton, who is being touted as a high draft pick for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, admits his club's loaded roster puts a bulls-eye on their backs.
"We've got a lot of returning players from last year," Ashton said.
"I wouldn't say there's more pressure, but obviously, teams will be gunning for us."
Ashton played for Team Canada at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament over the summer, scoring the game-winner in the gold-medal game.
"I got a chance to go overseas for the Ivan Hlinka tournament," Ashton said of the annual world U-18 event. "That was a great experience and a great start to my season.
"I just tried to carry that into the season, and I've had not a bad start."
Veteran Dwight King, drafted in the fourth round of the 2007 draft by the Los Angeles Kings, said after losing to Spokane in last year's final, every player on the team is eager to take that last step.
"There's obviously pressure because of the performance we had last year," King said. "But we have a lot of key guys back, which is comforting coming into the season.
"We have a lot of young guys who are willing to sacrifice in order to go as far, if not further, than we did last year.
"Everybody's looking forward to the challenge."
Last spring's lengthy playoff run can only help as this squad prepares for a shot at the Memorial Cup.
"It's huge. A lot of us started our WHL careers at the same time, so we got to experience that together," King said.
"Now, to have that opportunity to continue it, it's exciting."
The 'Canes have gotten off to a 5-2-0-0 start this season -- and they've done it without the nucleus of their lineup.
Zach Boychuk, who signed a three-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes, defenceman Luca Sbisa (Philadelphia Flyers) and sniper Mitch Fadden (Tampa Bay Lightning) are still away with their respective NHL clubs.
"Zach's in Carolina and doing good things there," King said. "But he's coming off wrist surgery, so he'll take as much time as he needs to get better.
"He might have an opportunity to play (in the NHL), but if he comes back, he's a huge player -- not just for our team but for our league."
"There's a lot of good players we could still get back -- Sbisa, and maybe even Fadden. But if we don't get them back, we have guys here who are buying in and know what it takes to win.
"If we do get them back, they'd definitely be fun to play with."


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Hedging and pricing of constant maturity swap derivatives
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|A Constant Maturity Swap (CMS) derivative is an interest rate instrument whose payoff depends on a swap rate of a constant (fixed) maturity. The CMS derivatives provide a market efficient access to long dated interest rates (back end of the yield curve). In this thesis, the hedging and pricing of CMS derivatives are investigated. Various convexity adjustment methods have been proposed in the literature to adjust for convexity in forward CMS rates. In the first part, I consider the relation between replication of a CMS caplet using swaptions of varying strikes with convexity correction of the CMS caplet. I analyze the mathematical assumptions on the bond prices that are required for the success in the implementation of both the discrete and continuous replication, in particular, the proper functional dependence of the bond-annuity ratio in terms of the CMS rates. I propose several modifications on dealing with CMS convexity adjustment. In the second part, I propose a log-normal co-initial swap market model and apply the model to price the CMS spread options. Pricing properties of various CMS spread options are investigated.
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Dec 02, 2009 - 12:22 pm
I was hoping for some insight on a PETscan I recently had. Since I've been having ongoing bowel obstruction symptoms and a SLOW rising ca125 my surgeon wanted me to have a PET/CT. The CT scan was clear but the PETscan showed one hotspot on my colon. The oncologist said it would unusual to have only ONE hotspot on a PETscan in cases of a reoccurence. My CA125 actually went down from a 14 to a 10 and the catscan was clear. He cannot confirm or deny a reoccurence and wants me to have a colonoscopy. Has anyone heard of a similar finding. I'm hoping the hotspot is nothing more than a polyp. Also, is brain a mestastic site for ovarian. I've been suffering from headaches and very paranoid!
Dec 02, 2009 - 4:52 pm
Dec 02, 2009 - 8:57 pm
I would think a colonoscopy would be in order, especially with obstruction problems. PET scans can be more accurate indicators of cancer activity than CTs, because they target the disease.
Have you spoken to your doctor about your headaches? Are you drinking enough water? (my husband always suggests dehydration when I have a headache, and sometimes he's right..)
Dec 03, 2009 - 10:45 am
I have never had a PET, but the CT scans showed one tumor on my colon after a bout of diverticulitis. After we fought the bowel disease with anti biotics and hospitalization, the tumor showed up in the same spot. I did not have a colonoscopy because it is close enough to the rectum that it can be felt with a physical.
I believe the brain is a mestastic site. I would ask my doctor for sure.
((Hugs and Prayers)) Saundra
Dec 04, 2009 - 6:16 am
Hi Nancy, Many times there are areas in the pet scans that are not cancer even though they light up. I know I have areas in my chest wall and other lymph nodes that light up but have never shown on the ctscan and by now they should have. I knew of someone also who had areass that lit up, not ovarian cancer person, but when they biopsied it was not cancer. Just thought I'd toss that out. Prayers for peace for you. Hugs bonnie
Jan 17, 2010 - 5:16 pm
Hello everyone! My CA-125 did go up from september. June-9, sept-16,nov-29. December 4 - CT scan was "OK", but december 30 CA-125 - 832. PET scan on 01-05-10:" 5 spots in pelvic area ovarian cancer metastatic spread".I hope it is not all cancer.With best wishes,Zina.
Jan 17, 2010 - 6:01 pm
I had headaches for awhile, too - everyday. I asked my doctor the same question: does OVC spread to the brain. He said it's rare, but can happen.
Jan 17, 2010 - 7:16 pm
HI Nancy. I don't usually comment on these boards, just lurk and loiter. I lost my mother to uterine cancer in June. I wanted to comment on your pet scan question. What were your SUV nos. Did they say? When we received my mother's diagnosis of Stage IV based on a cat scan and then pet scan, the dr. kept mentioning the SUV . My sisters and I were like what the hell is he talking about. Anyhow, the SUV stands for standard uptake volume and it's a measurement of how much cells light up during the pet scan based on how much of the radioactive glucose they take up. The theory being cancer cells are gluttons and more active and will take in more of the solution. A reading higher than 2.7 is malignancy per my mother's gyn/oncologist. DO you know what your SUV nos. were. If the hotspot had a lower no. than that, it's most likely not malignant. There can be alot of false positives and negatives with these scan as well. Infection, inflammation can all make things light up.
Jan 17, 2010 - 7:20 pm
thanks for that golden nugget. I have had 3 or 4 PET/CT's and although I saw that SUV on the report, never quite understood. It all makes sense now.
Jan 18, 2010 - 6:00 pm
Thanks for the input...very interesting! My suv was 4.7 and yes, it was malignant. 13mm area that was undetected on ct scan.
Jan 05, 2013 - 9:44 am
Nancy: I have not had a Pet Scan yet, but my Oncologist told me that Ovarian Cancer does not spread to the brain. It is very very rare.
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It took more than three years for South Bay state Sen. Rod Wright to reach trial on eight felony counts of voter fraud, perjury and filing a false declaration of candidacy.
And it took more than a week into his Los Angeles Superior Court trial for the veteran Democrat to take the stand in his own defense.
Then things really slowed down.
With his attorney "clock-watching," an alternate juror repeatedly nodding off and even Judge Kathleen Kennedy seemingly struggling to pay attention, the 61-year-old politician spent 45 minutes Thursday afternoon recounting in halting detail his lifelong political career.
Wright painstakingly traced the arc of a career from his days as a Pepperdine University student backing George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign to the period from 2007 to 2009 when he allegedly committed the crimes that could result in a prison term of up to eight years.
Wright is accused of living primarily in an upscale Baldwin Hills neighborhood, while running for and winning the 25th Senate District in neighboring Inglewood in November 2008.
Wright, who now represents the 35th Senate District that includes parts of Torrance, denies the accusations,
He is expected to resume his testimony this morning.
His chief of staff, Cine Ivery, testified Thursday that she began helping Wright move possessions into an Inglewood apartment complex he had owned since 1977 six to eight months before the January 2008 opening of his campaign office.
He was sworn into the state Legislature in December after winning a routine election the previous month in the heavily pro-Democratic district.
Ivery testified she has known Wright for more than two decades and is close to the veteran politician.
She formerly lived in the Inglewood apartment building he owns, eventually bought his Inglewood home after he moved to the hilltop Baldwin Hills house Ivery also helped him find, and has a daughter who currently rents an apartment from Wright, she told the court.
Ivery also admitted receiving $29,000 from a fund set up to pay Wright's legal bills, a fee associated with her fundraising efforts for her boss.