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CHICAGO (July 19, 2014) – The Chicago Fire (3-4-11, 20 points) drew the Philadelphia Union (5-8-8, 23 points) 1-1 Saturday evening at Toyota Park. Jeff Larentowicz powered home a header off of a Harry Shipp corner kick in the 60th minute but Sebastien Le Toux equalized for the Union with a late, 91st minute penalty kick.
The Fire next head west to face the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 p.m. CT (NBC Sports Network/La Ley 107.9 FM). Three days later the Fire host English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in a match presented by Target at Toyota Park on Saturday, July 26 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN. Tickets for the match are available via Ticketmaster and www.Chicago-Fire.com.
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Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On Matt Watson's performance
"I said to Matt today, 'there are spaces to run into.' So, I thought he played great tonight, I thought he had a terrific game, very forceful, ton of work. I thought he played really, really well, and he picked the times to go forward, obviously, marauding forward, Mike slots into that little area where he leads. I wanted a lot of interchanging of positions. I thought, to be honest, if you look at the game, I thought we did enough to win the match. I thought our defenders and our defending tonight was excellent."
On the penalty call at the end of the game
"I just saw it. One of the worst calls I've ever seen, to be honest. To be honest. His arm was against his body, it hits Gonzo [Segares] in the arm on his chest, not away from his body. I just don't understand how he can call that. I really don't. Especially that, I gotta tell my guys, 'nice try, unlucky,' and what do I say next? I've nothing to say to them, because they gave everything they had, I thought we were excellent tonight. Tough game, divisional game, I thought we fought, a little flat first half, whatever, I thought we pushed the issue the second half. We're trying our best, the guys gave me everything they had, everything they had; and the referees decide the game. Unacceptable, to be honest, unacceptable."
On the performance in the first half
"I think you don't want to go a goal down. We're at home, it's an even game, you had a couple half chances first half. I think both teams looked like they wanted to possess the ball a little more tonight, and didn't really venture forward too much. It wasn't an end-to-end match, so I was quite pleased with general possession first half and general chances. I can't remember, someone had a really good chance, I think Alex cut in a couple times, lately he's quite dangerous. Sometimes in cagey affairs, we're dying to win the game; but we didn't want to give the game away, and I think that showed a little bit in the first half. But for the second half, we come out and try to get at them and push it; and we talked at halftime, 'it's our game to win.' Although it was a set play, we deserved to go ahead. I think we had a lot of opportunities, and again, just frustrated we didn't win."
On the defense's performance in a possible clean sheet
"You make a good point with that, it should have been a clean sheet. I thought the back four was excellent tonight. I thought they battled, they fought, they worked together. Philadelphia scored three goals in the last game, I think three before that; they're free-flowing, they're good, they're active. I thought we did a nice job on them tonight. I thought we deserved to win the match. But again, I'm sitting here, we tied again. And I'm just really upset for the guys, because they deserved more than they actually got tonight."
On the shape of the squad
"We're still looking for players, and helping out in certain areas; we're still on the lookout for certain areas and players to help us out in different spots. I'm not going to say which ones, but we're trying our best to round out the squad, and make sure we have a rounded, good squad going into the second half of the season. Again, I feel for our guys tonight, it was a tough one to take."
On frustration about missed calls
"The thing is, frustration comes out with not getting calls when we should. I'm not going to just lambast the referee, but it seemed a little bit one-sided at times, most of the game. But Mike [Magee] sort of got on with it; we talked about it a lot, he gets frustrated with certain calls. I don't think it's one isolated play where he could've kept going. I think, I didn't see the play, I haven't seen the replay, whether he handballs or not; Mike felt he did, so he stops thinking the referee saw it, but he didn't see it. But he missed the handball at the end too, which wasn't good."
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson
On the defensive performance:
"I think the defensive performance was great. I thought we were extremely unlucky. We played a solid 90 minutes defensively and we defended well. Baky [Soumare] was excellent. Everybody in front of me worked hard for 90 minutes, and it's tough when a call like that late in the game takes points away from you when you've worked so hard. It's a really tough one because the past few games we've put together some good performances. There's only so much we can do, it was out of our hands. That game was in the hands of the referee, and that was the decision he made and unfortunately we ended up with a 1-1 result."
On playing a game on short rest after this result:
"We're going to have to put it behind us. Everybody is still a little emotional about the game and emotions are running a bit high, but I think that we're going to have to really look at the positive side of things. We don't have time to dwell on a decision that was made or points that were lost. For me, we played well, you can only do what you can on the field. Looking forward to San Jose, it's a quick turnaround, we're going to have to do regen and get ourselves prepared physically and mentally to get out there and battle. We're right there. We hate to say it week in and week out, but we're not in a bad spot. With a win on the road and win in our next home game we're right in a playoff spot. For me, it's just staying mentally sharp. As a group, we can't let decisions like these or results like these gets us down. We need to stay strong at a time like this."
Chicago Fire midfielder Jeff Larentowicz
On his goal:
"The coaches do a good job every week of setting set pieces up, this week was no different. I had a similar opportunity in the first half. Harry's service is consistent – it's always there, it's always good. I was lucky that I got a second chance."
On PK call:
"I was behind Gonzalo [Segares], I have to see it again."
On miss opportunities:
"Frank [Yallop] said at half time when the score was 0-0, that when we get the lead we have to finish the game out. Unfortunately, we left it in the refs hands and we don't finish the game, we don't get the second goal and we don't push to win the game. You have to go and win the game, you have to win the game at home, you have to get the second goal. Unfortunately, calls are always lurking in the shadows - you never know when they are going to pop-up. If you give the ref the opportunity or you give the other team the opportunity to get a point out of the game it can come back to get you and it did tonight. The chances were there. Technically they changed a little, they threw more guys forward, it's the same story, they began to serve the ball into the box, but we dealt with it. You can't just run up the field and allow numbers to accumulate and think that the defense is going to deal with everybody. You have to sit back, you have to mark everybody up so technically we still had opportunities to get a second goal and we didn't."
On the defensive performance:
"We've done really well on defense. Tonight the guys in the middle did a really good job of handling Conor [Casey], he's a big guy and they didn't have much down the left side, a few crosses on the right, but really not much. They did a good job. It's unfortunate that in the 90th minute we lose the lead in the game."
Chicago Fire defender Gonzalo Segares
On the PK call:
"The result was very frustrating because I thought we deserved more, we were the better team. We all make mistakes and today the referee made one - we are all humans. I don't need to see a replay to know that's not a PK. Hopefully the referee union will look at it and there will be a suspension for the ref, and we'll move on. It's tough to swallow, but we've got an important game on Wednesday against San Jose in which we've got to go there and get three points."
On the defensive performance:
"I think defensively that the past couple of games we have done well. We've been pretty solid and haven't given them many chances. Today was the same, but unfortunately the only one they had was a PK, other than that we were able to contain them. We have to keep improving because we're doing well."
On what happened on the play that lead to the PK:
"I really don't know why he called it because I think he hesitated a lot and I don't think he had a clear view. If he had a clear view he would have seen that hit me right on the arm that was tucked in to my chest. Things happen, but like I said, we all make mistakes and now we figure out how to deal with it. It would have been nice to have the three points, we only got one of them. It's frustrating, it's tough to swallow, but we have to keep moving forward and working hard. We've done well lately and we need to keep same intensity and the same tenacity that we've been showing the past couple of weeks."
- The draw moves the Fire to 4-5-3 in regular season matches against the Union.
- With the start in tonight's match, Bakary Soumare becomes the 17th player in Fire history to reach 100 MLS regular season appearances for the Fire.
- This was the fifth match across all competitions in the month of July.
Chicago Fire 1 – 1 Philadelphia Union
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Bakary Soumare, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Gonzalo Segares; Alex, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Matthew Watson, Harry Shipp (Grant Ward 75'); Mike Magee, Quincy Amarikwa (Matt Fondy 79')
Substitutes not used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Patrick Ianni, Marco Franco, Chris Ritter
Philadelphia Union: Zach MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Raymond Gaddis (Brian Brown 81'), Maurice Edu ©, Ethan White; Michael Lahoud, Vincent Nogueira, Danny Cruz (Andrew Wenger 61'), Amobi Okugo (Fred 69'); Conor Casey, Sebastien Le Toux
Substitutes not used: Andre Blake, Fabinho, Brian Carroll, Aaron Wheeler
Scoring Summary
CHI – Jeff Larentowicz (Harry Shipp) 60'
PHI – Sebastien Le Toux (penalty kick) 91'
Misconduct Summary
PHI – Amobi Okugo (caution) 22'
CHI – Alex (caution) 26'
Referee: Geoff Gamble
Assistants: Daniel Belleau, Peter Balciunas
Fourth Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
Attendance: 17,460
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club is a premier franchise of Major League Soccer (MLS). We provide an engaging and authentic soccer experience for the city of Chicago and for all of our supporters around the world. The Fire enters its 17th season in 2014 looking to continue its winning legacy both on and off the pitch. The Club proudly embodies the spirit and diversity of our sport, and since its inception in 1997, the Fire have captured an MLS Cup in 1998, and remains the only MLS team to have won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup four times. The Fire's home venue is Toyota Park, a world-class soccer stadium located minutes from downtown Chicago in Bridgeview, Ill. For more information on the Fire and to purchase tickets, please visit the Club's official website at www.Chicago-Fire.com.


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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake announced that Michelle Lawrence has been hired as director of marketing and communications, a first-of-its-kind role for the organization. Lawrence comes to Big Brothers Big Sisters from the second-largest running organization in the country, Atlanta Track Club. She brings with her a variety of experience developed in… Read More
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The law firm of Gordon Feinblatt LLC announced that Lynn B. Sassin has joined the firm as chair of the Trusts & Estates Practice Group. For more than 30 years she has provided counsel to individuals and families focusing on estate and tax planning, wills and trusts, estate and trust administration and charitable planning. Sassin… Read More
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Impacts of Exchange Rate Volatility on the U.S. Cotton Exports
A structural time series approach utilizing the state space model is used to analyze the impact of exchange rate volatility on the bilateral U.S. cotton exports to major export destinations. An EGARCH (Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity) model with normal and non-normal errors is used to estimate the volatility of exchange rate. Monthly data from 1995 to 2006 is utilized for the analysis. The results indicate a negative relationship between exchange rate volatility and U.S. cotton exports for most countries. The stochastic process governing the U.S. cotton exports to different countries is found to be permanent as well as transitory. The results support the view that the impact of exchange rate volatility can be better understood by analyzing markets separately.
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- Nelson, Daniel B, 1991. "Conditional Heteroskedasticity in Asset Returns: A New Approach," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 59(2), pages 347-370, March.
- Bollerslev, Tim & Chou, Ray Y. & Kroner, Kenneth F., 1992. "ARCH modeling in finance : A review of the theory and empirical evidence," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1-2), pages 5-59.
- McKenzie, Michael D, 1999. " The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on International Trade Flows," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(1), pages 71-106, February.
- Harvey, A C, et al, 1986. "Stochastic Trends in Dynamic Regression Models: An Application to the Employment-Output Equations," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 96(384), pages 975-985, December.
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Five-star wide receiver Marlon Brown could play for virtually any program of his choice from around the country. His 21 yards per catch and 11 yards per rush in 2007 secured that fate. However with that freedom, there is also pressure. Heading into his senior season, Brown has attempted to narrow his recruitment by naming a final ten, with another cut on the horizon.
The ten consists of USC, UCLA, Stanford, Ohio State, Notre Dame, LSU, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Oklahoma.
"I based this cut on interest level," Brown said. "It depended on the coach calling me and me calling him and us having good talks. I just said it was time because it was getting too crazy. I had to do something."
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After narrowing the list to ten, Brown has another cut in the near future.
"I'll have a top 6 or top 5 by the 11th of August," he said. "We start school August 11th."
Brown has had a busy summer mixing in AAU basketball with football camps, workouts and more. There will be little time to rest before the summer two-a-days kick off at Harding Academy in Memphis.
"Right now I'm in a basketball tournament in South Carolina," he said on Monday afternoon. "I leave here tomorrow morning and we have passing league Friday and Saturday for football then I leave again Monday or Tuesday for a basketball tournament. I'm done with basketball at the end of July and then it's all football."
Playing with his Memphis YOMCA team, Brown has been impressive on the court this summer but he did find time to mention the things that stick out to him about each of his ten finalists. The common denominator: coaching.
USC -" USC has an amazing campus and an amazing head coach. It's just an amazing school football-wise. Everything about USC sticks out in football."
UCLA - "UCLA, they have a great head coach too in Nueheisel. He's big time.
Stanford - "Same as UCLA, they have a great head coach. He's off the chain, he's real cool."
Ohio State - "They have a good head coach in coach Tressel and they have a good football program."
Notre Dame - "Same as Ohio State, they have a good football history."
LSU - "They have a good receiver coach in Coach McCarthy."
Tennessee - "I'm from Memphis, so I have to like them pretty much."
Georgia - "I like Georgia because they have a great head coach in Mark Richt and they have a young squad coming up."
Florida - "That's just a powerhouse football program. It's in the SEC, good coach and a good receivers coach in Coach Gonzalez."
Oklahoma - "Oklahoma has an amazing history of winning championships and bowl games."


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96/09 Building Research Capacity in Ethiopia
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SAREC's programme in Ethiopia has explicitly targeted capacity building and has attempted to provide all components: training, cooperative partners, equipment and other physical facilities, consumables and literature. SAREC's counterpartin the cooperation is the Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission (ESTC). The support since the late 1970s amounts to SEK 155 million. The aim of the evaluation has been to assess the results and the efficiency of the Ethio-Swedish bilateral research cooperation and the working relationship between SAREC and ESTC. The evaluation includes all projects financed through the bilateral ESTC/SAREC cooperation. Although, the focus has been on the overall cooperation of the programme, based on impressions and data from individual projects. The key material has been financial input analyses and output in theform of scientific results and capacity building, especially training.
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In North Texas, 10 sites reportedly store large amounts of a chemical - believed to be responsible for the West explosion - that could prompt warning state authorities.
Ammonium nitrate is the chemical believed to be responsible for the deadly April 17 explosion at the West Fertilizer plant.
Records from the Texas Department of Health Services show at least 10 storage facilities across North Texas are holding more ammonium nitrate than the approximate 5,000 pounds used in the 1995 bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Some locations are storing small amounts of the substance.
Officials have said the West Fertilizer plant was storing 540,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate at the time of the blast.
Texas Department of Health Services shows 112 locations across Texas in 2012 that have reported ammonium nitrate storage as required by law. Of those reported across the state, three facilities are located in Tarrant County, three in Wise County and one each in Kaufman, Navarro, Ellis and Johnson Counties.
Three locations in Tarrant County vary in quantities of ammonium nitrate stored.
Meacham Airport reported an ammonium nitrate fertilizer supply of between 10,000 and 99,999 pounds.The Fort Worth Fire Department Haz Mat Team is noted as an emergency contact.
Dental products company Henry Schein reported an average of 10,177 and maximum 22,367 pounds stored in a warehouse in Grapevine at 1001 Nolan Drive.
Medical supply company Cardinal Health reported a daily average of 8,254 and maximum 10,805 at its Grand Prairie warehouse at 3080 W. I-20.
Both Henry Schein and Cardinal Health said their ammonium nitrate is stored in sealed boxes as an ingredient in cold pack products manufactured elsewhere.
Cardinal spokesperson Deb Mitchell provided a statement:
Our facility in Grand Prairie is a distribution facility for medical products. No manufacturing is done at this facility. We distribute cold packs, commonly used for medical applications. These cold packs contain ammonium nitrate. We do NOT store any ammonium nitrate that is not in a finished product cold pack. These packs are distributed to hospitals, clinics and also commonly found in drug stores and sold directly to consumers. We have filed all the required reports with the authorities.
Henry Schein spokesperson Susan Vassallo issued a statement:
We do not acquire, possess, sell or distribute ammonium nitrate, nor do we ever handle the compound in any loose form. Instead, as a distributor of health care products to doctors, dentists and veterinarians, we store and sell so-called cold packs – the commonly used product stocked by nearly every pharmacy retail outlet, doctor's office, school athletic department and many households to treat injuries requiring a cold compress. These cold packs, which we receive sealed and pre-packaged from manufacturers, include ammonium nitrate as an ingredient. Lastly, we store the cold packs in accordance with all safety, security and regulatory requirements.
Grapevine Fire Marshal Randy Frisinger confirmed that the Henry Schein warehouse is in compliance with material reporting requirements.
The three Wise County locations are all industrial plants that each reported more than 100,000 pounds on the site.
Austin Powder Central States is a mining company with a plant at 306 County Road 1347 in Chico reported average daily ammonium nitrate of 250,512 pounds and maximum of 399,933.
While another plant located at 9115 FM 1810 in Chico, Buckley Powder Company - a supplier for mining, construction and energy exploration - reported an average ammonium nitrate supply of 100,000 pounds and maximum of 150,000.
Orica USA is a mining services and chemical company based in Australia has a plant based at 3412 CR 1590 in Alvord that reported an average and maximum ammonium nitrate supply of 120,000 pounds.
Wise County Sheriff David Walker said all three companies are on a "critical infrastructure" list for emergency response. He said all three have been proactive about staying in contact with emergency responders.
El Dorado Chemical Company operates two agricultural products distribution plants in North Texas – one in Navarro County and another in Kaufman County.
The Navarro County plant at 100 N. 7th Street in Corsicana reported an average of between 100,000 and 999,999 pounds and maximum of 1,000,000 to 9,999,999 pounds, according to the El Dorado Chemical Co. site. The company also reported that the Kaufman County plant at 500 E. Temple in Terrell has 100,000 to 999,999 pounds at the site.
A spokesman for El Dorado Chemical Co. said the two plants only receive products by rail that are manufactured in Arkansas and do not mix fertilizers on those sites. He said both sites are in full compliance with environmental laws.
Holcim, a cement company, reported a maximum of 90,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate stored at it's 1800 Dove Lane Ellis County plant in Midlothian.
The Midlothian Fire Department says they've done training with cement to ensure its storage of ammonium nitrate are safe.
In an e-mail, Kevin Lucia, the Midlothian Fire Marshall, said his fire department is familiar with Holcim.
I have conducted a site visit and saw no issues with storage, handling or security. The products are well inside the quarry, separated and protected with berms. The contractor that does the blasting in the quarry is very professional, organized and documented. We have participated in training with and done site tours of HOLCIM. We will always be accompanied by HOLCIM employees and use extreme caution with any emergencies, especially with fires involving ammonium nitrate, so we do not put personnel in jeopardy.
Texas Lime Company's Johnson County facility at 15868 FM 1434 in Cleburne reported 10,000 to 99,999 pounds of ammonium nitrate on site. All required contact and company information appeared to be included in the company's filing with the state.


text: The Misses and I were out yesterday, medical appoint for me and on the way home, we stopped at Wimpys restaurant and we both ordered their Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich. While devouring this delicious creation, we discussed using smoked meat for the meat. I have thought of this since then, looked up lots of recipes, but only found one posting on the site here who says they used Brisket, which is something nonexistent around here, to make theirs. Now the question I have, does any body do this, if so what type of meat and is the meat sliced before or after the smoking is done. Tell me how you folks do it. Now here are the facts. I have a 30 inch MES smoker, a Chefmate GC10 slicer at my ready disposal (I own both). I live in a medium sized city, about 7 grocery store and at least 3 butchers in the area.


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I admit that the Kayran was pretty difficult, especially figuring out the 'catch' to it isn't really all that obvious.
I was talking about general combat being easy. Even the little sequence with the dragon and sneaking through prison, at the start of the game, which some people inexplicably found difficult, was simply really easy if you just follow the instructions the game gives you.
Now managing to focus the trebuchet correctly to hit Count Etcheverry - that is a different matter..
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TORONTO - She was the first Canadian woman — at the tender age of 17 — to win an Olympic medal in swimming.
The year was 1968. The venue was Mexico City and swimming legend Elaine Tanner also became the first person ever to take home three medals from a single Olympic Games.
Affectionately named "Mighty Mouse" because of her tiny stature (she's only five-feet tall) but highly competitive nature, Tanner had already scored big time in the 1967 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg and the Commonwealth Games the year before in Kingston, Jamaica.
During those two events, Mighty Mouse was called to the medals podium an amazing 10 times — winning six golds and four silvers.
But when she retired from competition after the Olympics at just 18 years of age — after being publicly criticized for failing to win gold in Mexico by a mere 5/10ths of a second — the Canadian sports movement tossed her aside like a used piece of garbage.


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Friday's MLB Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – The MLB schedule for Friday has a full set of 15 games. Here is a breakdown of the featured games on today's schedule.
The featured game of the day has the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Milwaukee Brewers at 10:10PM ET. The Brewers have Jimmy Nelson (2-3) on the mound to face Zack Greinke (12-8). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Dodgers are favored at home, as they have odds of -165 to win, while the Brewers have a money line of +155 to prevail. The over/under total for the game is listed at 7 runs. Los Angeles is 70-53 on the season and 30-27 at home while Milwaukee is 67-55 overall and 33-27 on the road. Milwaukee has won two of three against the Dodgers this year and the two have hit the under in five of their last seven meetings.
Another featured game today has the Washington Nationals hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates at 7:05PM ET. The Nationals have Tanner Roark (11-7) on the mound to face Charlie Morton (5-11) of the Pirates. Oddsmakers have the Nationals favored at home, as they have odds of -150 to win, while the Pirates have a money line of +140 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7 runs. Washington is 66-53 overall and 34-24 at home while Pittsburgh is 64-57 overall and 25-33 on the road. Pittsburgh has won six of its last eight against Washington and the two have pushed or hit the under in six of their last seven meetings.
The final featured game of the day has the Detroit Tigers hosting the Seattle Mariners at 7:08PM ET. The Tigers have Rick Porcello (13-7) on the mound to face James Paxton (2-0) of the Mariners. Oddsmakers have Detroit favored at home, as the Tigers have odds of -125 to win, while the Mariners have a money line of +115 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8 runs. Detroit is 65-54 overall and 32-27 at home while Seattle is 65-55 overall and 31-23 on the road. Seattle has won two of three meetings with Detroit this year, but the home team has won six of the last eight in this series.
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Khan is my favourite fighter and I'll be rooting for him but I can't help but feel these recent events will affect him badly in this fight.
The long training camp and the new strength and conditioning coach could negatively affect him and the Garcia's constant goading seemed to have made Khan only think about how to KO his opponent instead of actually boxing to his strengths.
Garcia seems really limited but the one chance of victory for him lies in making the fight a slug fest and winning in the inside especially in later rounds, just like in the Peterson fight. Khan is a hothead and when this type of situation arises he always takes the bait instead of sticking to his boxing.
Whether Garcia stands a chance or not depends on how Khan decides to fight. He can either make it extremely easy or extremely difficult.
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November 11, 2011
On the day of her wedding to Drew Burant, Brit Wong faced the traditional stresses and strains for a bride: Nerves about the ceremony, concern for the comfort of their guests and whether her dress was cut high enough so as not to get sliced up by her ice skates.
OK, maybe they weren't completely traditional. Neither was their Sept. 3 wedding at Killarney Ice Rink in Vancouver: a hockey-themed affair vividly captured in the video shown here.
Brit + Drew || Sept 3. 2011 || from Clear Horizon Productions on Vimeo.
"You walk into a church, and everything's there for you. So there's a lot of work that went into this," said Brit, "and on top of that, the fear of people falling; or of me, falling in my dress."
So how does one pull off a hockey wedding?
Brit and Drew, both 29, are hockey fanatics. He's an Edmonton Oilers fan who grew up with the game in Regina, and she's a figure-skater-turned-hockey-player who's a Vancouver Canucks fan.
She figures the dawn of this idea came during a typical night watching "Hockey Night" in Canada on a Saturday, wondering aloud if "it would be cool to get married on a rink."
"Brittany plans special events for a living. She kicked me to the curb for a lot of events wedding-wise. It probably helped the process," said Drew.
So the plan was put in motion, despite some "are you serious?" reactions and questions about how, exactly, the bride is supposed to skate down the aisle in a wedding dress.
"We had to alter the dress quite a bit. It was just high enough where you could see the tips of my skates," she said.
As for the ceremony itself: The seven-person wedding party were all on skates, while the guests were seated in chairs adorned with rally towels and some blankets in case the guests got the chills. "We did write on our invitations, 'Dress warm,'" said the bride. "We were prepared."
The wedding took place at center ice, featuring some usual and unusual aspects to the vows. "After we did our rings, we did the ceremonial puck drop, we did our first kiss and then skated out to the Oilers goal horn and goal song," said Brit.
Ceremonial puck drop? Yep. Since they skated away to the Oilers' goal song, the puck used during the ceremony had a Canucks logo.
"The puck drop was … awkward. I don't think our [Justice of the Peace] understood how to [do a faceoff]," she said, "and Andrew was more concerned about winning the faceoff than smiling for the cameras. He's like, 'I can't let my boys down and lose the faceoff.'"
The wedding photos took place around the rink, including some with the groom in the penalty box.
Brit & Drew Wedding Teaser from Clear Horizon Productions on Vimeo.
He also was able to live a "childhood dream" with a professional photographer: Teaming up with his buddies for the "snow shower on the camera" shot on the ice.
After photos, it was off to a local country club for the reception, where the hockey theme continued. Each member of the wedding party had a jersey with a number, and was introduced as being "from your Edmonton Oilers" or "from your Vancouver Canucks." Brit and Drew were the captains.
Then there was the cupcake stand:
And those would be hockey sticks, in a display created by a few friends.
In the end, nobody fell on the ice, hockey was well-represented, and the bride and groom can cherish a memorable day at the rink.
"A lot of people say their wedding day was the best day of their lives. And this exactly was," said Drew.
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Dr. Joshua Grill, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Recruitment and Education Core within the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCLA, was featured in a May 29 UCLA Today news segment about how music therapy could yield positive effects for Alzheimer's and dementia patients. The UCLA Easton Center is currently engaged in a program to collect iPod donations and distribute them to facilities providing care to Alzheimer's patients throughout Los Angeles (Tunes for Alzheimer's Patients).


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San Francisco vs Houston Final: 3-2 - Recap
Tim Lincecum struck out 11 batters as San Francisco defeated Houston 3-2 in baseball wagering action Saturday at AT&T Park.
San Francisco won as a -167 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 7.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
San Francisco got 8 innings from Tim Lincecum, who gave up 0 earned runs on 5 hits, while striking out 11. Jeremy Affeldt earned the victory, while the Giants got 2 RBIs from Hector Sanchez in the win.
Houston got a 5-inning outing from Lucas Harrell in the loss. He gave up 1 earned run, 4 walks and 5 hits in his time on the mound, while Jordan Schafer had 1 hit in the loss for the Astros.
San Francisco outhit their counterparts 13-7 in the game.


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Watching water
The Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer reaches into Louisiana and Arkansas and stretches southeastward into northern Mexico. The aquifer serves about 12 million Texans in 60 counties. It is prolific and massive and during times of ample rain produces enough pressure to provide artesian wells to some landowners.
Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District directors and manager say there is ample water to supply some pumping, agricultural and historical mining use and still have enough for locals. Conservationists want as little transport as possible, fearing an inequitable water rights situation or, worse, a dry future.
State Senator Steve Ogden deserves credit for appropriating $500,000 to fund the study during a tight budget session in the last legislative session. The bill introducing the study died in committee, but Ogden's title as appropriations chair allowed him to get the study funded. It sounds like a lot of money, but it's a "drop in the bucket" (pun intended) and will provide a comprehensive study of what could be said to be the most valuable water source in the state.
At the very least, the study should provide a benchmark for "best practices" for water conservation districts and provide more information on how what one district does affects neighboring districts. It should also give insight, and perhaps a dose of reality, to nearby metro areas — from Bryan-College Station to Austin to San Antonio — who think it is an unlimited resource for their use.
At the meeting to introduce the study, some from rural areas expressed understandable concern about the loss of local control on water rights. No one knows what the legislature is planning to do with information gathered in this study.
In what could be termed the understatement of the meeting, a man new to the issue of water said, "This could turn into a fiery issue."
Retired Texas Water Development Board executive Bill Mullican, who is leading the study, brought a bit of levity to this very serious issue. "Welcome to the world of water," Mullican said with a smile.—K.E.C.


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A CASH boost has been announced to get a major Highbridge housing project off the ground and bring developers on board.
A three-year £36.6million Government 'Growth Deal' investment for Sedgemoor has been ann-ounced this week with the district securing a massive 40% of the total of £92million on offer for the whole region.
As part of the huge deal for Sedgemoor, £4.3million will be lent to Barratt Homes for the Brue Farm site in Highbridge to help the development of 492 new homes with a new school.
The plans were first submitted in 2011, but the recession has hampered progress at the site while housebuilders decide which projects are viable in difficult times.
The money being distributed by the Homes & Community Agency is 90% secured with a further assessment due before the cash deal is finalised.
Burnham and Highbridge Mayor Martin Cox said: "It's really amazing, exciting to know we're going to get a sizeable proportion of this funding.
"The Brue Farm development will take several years to complete, and will bring money into Highbridge and benefit Market Street.
"It will create much-needed jobs."
A further £1.5million of 'Growth Deal' cash will be used to bring forward improvements against flooding on the A361 near Middlezoy, including £0.5million in 2015-16.
In total, the 'Growth Deal' for the Heart of the South-West included £92million of new money over the funding period, and £130.3 million overall.
Sedgemoor secured roughly 40% of the new money on offer and 28% of the total.
The district received more than Plymouth (£22.2million), and more than Exeter (£11.2 million) and Taunton (£10.2 million) combined.
It also compared well more widely with one of the largest allocations in the South-West.
The 'Growth Deal' in Sedgemoor includes £13.1million to take forward a scheme to widen the River Sowy (including £3.6 million in 2015-16).
The river runs from Monks Leaze clyce, a mile north-west of Langport River bridge, to the Kings Sedgemoor Drain.
There will also £5million of new investment for Bridgwater College in 2015-16 to take forward
three new capital investment projects, and £6.5 million in Hinkley Point Training Activities, including
£3million in 2015-16.
There will also £1.9million to bring forward re-development of the Huntworth roundabout at
junction 24 of the M5 in 2015-16, giving improved access to the town and unblocking issues
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Swim/SCY/ Solo:
Warm up:
700 various
10 x 25 shooters
8 x 50 w/fins
#1 = 15 meter burst dolphin kick on back + EZ
#2 = 15 meter burst dolphin kick on belly + EZ
#3 = 25 fast backstroke kick + 25 EZ
#4 = 25 EZ speed fly + 25 EZ
#5 = 25 fast free + 25 EZ
#7 = 50 working on breast pullouts
Total: 1400
Stretching, 30 minutes
No easy speed yet, but I think it's coming. Although it might not be until the weekend! Not too twitchy-b*tchy yet. I think the meet last weekend may have caused a delayed onset. Got more sleep last night, but woke up to the lovely sound of shattered ceramic. Our kitten likes to jump inside everything, even things she can't get out of.
Now I'm off to finish putting 3000 white lights on my tree.
Twice through round 1 intervals left, 2 right.
1 X 100 easy 2:00
2 X 100 fast 2:15
1 X 100 easy 2:00
2 X 75 fast 1:30
1 X 100 easy 2:00
2 X 50 fast 1:15
1 x 100 easy -
1 X 200 kick 4:20
8 X 50 kick 4 on 1:10 4 on 1:00
3 X 300 free 4:15
4 X 200 free 2:40
Descend 1-3/1-4
WARM DOWN: 4 X 50 easy 1:00
Twice through. Round 1 intervals left, 2 right.
1 X 200 kick 4:20
4 X 50 kick 1:10
8 X 25 sprint kick :45
1 X 50 easy swim
1 X 50 easy 1:00
1 X 75 fast 1:30
1 X 50 easy 1:00
1 X 75 fast kick 2:00
All choice. Four times through.
1-4: 50 fly/75 back
5-8: 50 back/75 breast
9-12: 50 breast/75 free
WARM DOWN: 4 X 50 easy 1:00
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2 races from this weekend:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7f97flaxDo"]YouTube - Ande Rasmussen 200 im scm sun dec 5th, 2010[/nomedia]
200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXouki4g4DY"]YouTube - 2010 200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay[/nomedia]
Bess Coached
UT Swim Center, diving well & main pool
6:30 - 8:00 dove in 6:40ish
crowded lanes
trained with Mike, Paul, Doug, ned, Chris, & Kevin
beside Larry & Jim
WORE yingfa jammer
assigned 8 lengths, 7, 6, ... 2, 1
did 200 ish
Main SET:
assigned: 4 x 050 IM
did: 4 x 50 fr
assigned 500
did 5 x 50 easy
assigned: 4 x 100 IM
did: 4 x 100 easy
assigned 500
did 5 x 50 easy
skipped 4 x 150 IM
skipped 500
skipped 4 x 200 IM
skipped 500
200 IM easy speed
went 2:07
27 33 37 30
100 easy
Next meets are:
Fri Apr 1 - Sun 3, 2011
South Central Zone SCY Championships
Josh Davis Natatorium, San Antonio, TX
Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
Order of Events
not real thrilled with Sunday's order of events
Updated December 7th, 2010 at 03:46 PM by ande
I didn't get a pre-meet run down mostly because of time and craziness both at my job and in my life ('tis the season!). Even now - I don't really have much time to type this up - so I'll be brief.
50 Fly
I didn't actually want to do this race - my shoulders have been hurting as a result of not building the muscle in my chest and shoulders properly. I've been working them when I can but have been lacking the necessary time. The race wasn't terrible, and I did OKAY. I dropped two seconds off of my seed. So I ended up swimming roughly (I don't have my exact results with me) a 43.
200 Free
Started off too fast, but managed to hold on: 2:58 and change. 5 Seconds drop from Indy! Not too shabby!
50 Back (as part of the 200 Medley Relay)
I suspect I suck at racing back. I can swim it in practice decently, but my backstroke in races always seems like a torrent of chocking, dolphining too deep and hating myself when its over. I have no idea what my split was - but it was weird as heck watching someone dive over top of me in the relay.
50 Breast
I had a fantastic Dive and Pullout. I covered 1/2 of the length of the pool and by the time I hit the wall I was in last place again. <sigh> Some day.
That race sucked. It was SOOO LONG. I think next time I'll try to swim that fresh. 3:50 and change. It was 20 seconds longer than I planned.
1500 Free
Event #6 in 3 short hours. I was cashed out. Swam it in 26 and change. I wish I would've swam it first - I'm pretty sure I would've blown my 25 out of the water from Indy.
Busy busy busy. Thanks for reading!
This morning I swam at Riverbank with a couple of swim buddies. We each did our own thing, but it was still really nice to swim with familiar and supportive peopleI felt very relaxed and content throughout the workout. I took the opportunity to get in one big-rest set and lots of playing. Heres what I did:
700 lcm warmup
15 x 100 @ 2:00, done as 5 x (100 ez FR, 50 build FR + 50 fast ST, 100 fast ST), one set of each stroke plus IM finale
400 IM kick
200 pull w/ bilateral breathing, working on timing of breath
300 kick cadence drill (I experimented with changing the kick count on each stroke cycle, going 2/4/6/8/6/4/2)
200 breaststroke-kick IM
200 upside-down IM
50 feet-first scull
50 feet-first IM
100 twirly breaststroke
300 more play + warmdown
Tried to keep things on the easier side today for my shoulders since I pushed fairly hard yesterday. What better to do than KICK
5x200@3:30 Free
500 Free kick w/fins every 3rd 25 moderate
500 Free kick drills w/fins alt 100 kick on side/100 12 kicks then stroke
500 Free kick w/fins & snorkle build by 100 good body position
10x50@1:00 Free w/snorkle good body position and strong kick (normally I drag my legs)
200 Free easy
Total 3200 yards
I like to make up my practices before I get to the pool, because if not I don't really feel like doing very much. At least if I get it wrote down, I'll probably do it. Tomorrow's gonna be a killer for me.
300 Free w/up
Broken Mile 11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 lengths (Odd lengths (11,9,7,etc.) Free) (Evens - Fly)
20 sec. or so rest between depending on how the arms are feeling
16x25s SDK w/ fins @ :40
2x300 Free pull @ 4:00
3000 yards
That should pretty much fill up my hour I get in the pool. Looks like a good day to skip practice too.
Updated December 9th, 2010 at 01:28 PM by jaadams1
Central Indiana is currently enduring a blustery frigid run of winterdom!
I'm not sure I'm ready for this type of weather; frozen hair makes me depressed
Today was a crazy busy Monday @ work starting with verbal assault training, teaching, staff meeting, and last but not least Pinnicle training. I didn't make it to the Monon Center till 6:15 p.m. straight after school but ended up doing an enjoyable and stress relieving workout!
Here's what I did:
*200 Freestyle swim
*200 Freestyle Pull
*200 Flutter Kick
**6 X 250 Freestyle on 4:10 interval (odds pull/ evens swim)
**4 X (100 IM / 100 Stroke Kick / 50 Swim Stroke / 2 X 25 Stroke sprint) IMO
**6 X 50 freestyle on 1:00-Stretch w/ good form
3,800 scy
I just sat down for the 1st time today. I feel my eyelids drooping!
It's going to be an early night for me!
700 various
10 x 25 shooters
100 dolphin dive
Total: 1050
10-15 minutes hottub
Took another recovery day post meet. Plan on meet warm ups Tues-Fri. I had the blah feeling in the water that often hits after 1 week of tapering. But I may have just been tired. I had some food poisoning or a stomach thing last night and my youngest woke up with a nightmare that her kitty died. Hoping I can actually sleep tonight. There is also a sick hubby and sick kid in the house. It seems to be a challenge staying healthy for December meets ...
NE Champs Analysis:
I'm entered in:
100 fly (11:11 am)
200 back (50 split)(1:22 pm)
50 breast (3:01 pm)
50 free (3:57 pm)
100 back (11:15 am)
50 fly (12:23 pm)
50 back (1:43 pm)
100 (likely 50 split, if I bother)(2:40 pm)
The 100 back and 50 fly are really too close for my taste. It takes me forever to recover from 100s. And I still wish the 100 IM had been better placed ... My plan for the 100 fly and 100 back is to dolphin kick hard off the start and every wall and easy speed above water. I'd like to swim 50 meters of the back underwater. Not sure I can do that in fly. Have to remember to breathe more in the 100 fly to sustain the hard kicking. Not really sure what to expect timewise.
In my 50s, I'd like to go under 29 in the 50 free, under 31 in the 50 fly and under 32 in the 50 back. I converted my 50 back time from the Sprint Classic (28.1) using the GBM converter and got a 32.0. http://www.greatbaymasters.org/convert.html. 4 seconds seems rather a lot going from short course yards to short course meters, doesn't it?
Here's my 50 back from NE Champs last year. I need to see, if I can, how many strokes and kicks I took. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28RQ7mbtjBo"]YouTube - Fort SCM 50 back[/nomedia].
In 50 fly, the current event rankings look slower compared to last year. Aside from wunderkind SVDL, no one's really come close to breaking 30 without the speed suits in my age group (and that happened in both SCM and LCM in 2008-09). I'm starting to think that perhaps the suits make more of a difference in the short axis strokes than the long axis strokes. (For me, as I've said before, the biggest hit is in breaststroke.)
By way of comparison, my times in a full body racerback Pro from this meet (from TT database) in 2007 are:
2007 Short Course Meters
Place Event Name Age Club LMSC Time
4 W45-49 50 Free Leslie Livingston 46 GMUP Potomac Valley 28.75
4 W45-49 50 Back Leslie Livingston 46 GMUP Potomac Valley 33.24
5 W45-49 100 Back Leslie Livingston 46 GMUP Potomac Valley 1:13.91
5 W45-49 50 Fly Leslie Livingston 46 GMUP Potomac Valley 31.37
7 W45-49 100 Fly Leslie Livingston 46 GMUP Potomac Valley 1:13.18
I have good mojo in Boston. I've always swum well at this meet (and never been DQ'd!). Hopefully it can continue. I'd like to end 2010 on a good note. And, then, I look forward to AARP-ing up at my first meet in 2011.
Updated December 6th, 2010 at 11:58 PM by The Fortress
I ran Friday, skipped Saturday and ran yesterday.
Friday - 35 minutes on treadmill, same way as Thursday.
Sunday - (on treadmill) 5 min warmup walk, 10 min easy run
3x (2 min walk then run 1 mile).
Cool down with 5 minute jog/walk.
Today - on treadmill
3x (2 min walk then run 1 mile).
Cool down with 5 minute walk.
Updated December 6th, 2010 at 06:47 PM by poolraat
Mon Dec 6th, 2010
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Next meets are:
Fri Apr 1 - Sun 3, 2011
South Central Zone SCY Championships
Josh Davis Natatorium, San Antonio, TX
Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 1, 2011
2011 USMS SCY Spring Nationals
Kino Aquatic Complex, Mesa, AZ
Order of Events
not real thrilled with Sunday's order of events
just renewed my USMS membership for 2011
Don't have a masters team?
Register with Longhorn Masters
2 races from this weekend:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7f97flaxDo"]YouTube - Ande Rasmussen 200 im scm sun dec 5th, 2010[/nomedia]
200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXouki4g4DY"]YouTube - 2010 200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay[/nomedia]
whitney coached
UT Swim Center, diving well & main pool
6:30 - 8:00 dove in 6:38ish
trained with Mike and Ritchie beside
Amy, Tyler and Ned
WORE yingfa jammer
2 rounds of (200 100 200 100k)
dove in just as mike finished his 2nd 200 in the first round
went around 600
kicked a fast 100 SDK in around 1:04
Main SET:
assigned: 10 x 100 fr on 1:15
did: 5 x 100 on 2:30 fr ez speed from a dive
assigned 400
did 4 x 50 easy
assigned: 5 x 100 fr on 1:10
did 5 x 50 flutter kick on 1:10
held 35's, went 30 on last one
assigned 400
did 4 x 50 easy
assigned: 10 x 100 fr on 1:10
did: 5 x 100 on 2:20 fr ez speed from a dive
went 59's & 60's
assigned 400
did 4 x 50 easy
assigned: 5 x 100 fr on 1:10
did: odds, skipped evens
3 x 100 fr easy speed 2:10
held 60's
assigned 400
did 4 x 50 easy
rested 5 minutes
50 flutter kick fast
with a board
from a belly flop dive,
went 28.9
50 easy
Updated December 6th, 2010 at 03:21 PM by ande
So I swam a USA meet yesterday it was OK.
I was out Sat nite until 12..not drinking but still. Sunday was fairly early rise at 6:30 and I got about 200 yards of warm up in.
I did the 50 FR and swam it technically (in my opinion) well but only managed :27.81...a few weeks back I went :27.5 and I breathed more. That said I'm going in the :27s now so good meets with taper should get me into the 26's again.
Shortly after I had to swim the 200 FR. I did it a year ago or so a and went 2:24. Somehow my seed time got entered at 2:12...I got a few "you can do that" encouragements so I decided I would go for it. My plan: 1:04 and home in 1:08. So I went and took it out in 1:04 but sadly came home in a 1:14! So went 2:18. However that's a PB and I went after my seed time like a hero...and died like one at the end Not quite a piano but maybe the seat...although I was happy to know I have got the first 1:04 rhythm down!
After I swam the 100 BR and was disappointed to go to 1:17 in a :35/:41 split...I went 1:13 the other week.
I have concluded that I cannot perform on 5-6 hours sleep and definitely not when you throw in a 200 FR that wipes out your legs...
I'm looking at the positive and thinking that I should work on the 200 and go out in 1:06 and back in a 1:10 to get a faster time and take it from there...I am, however, laps ahead of where I was, so all is good.
Today's workout was a recover/keep the speed going day.
Warm Up
600 FR/BK by 100
12 x 25 K :45 3 ez 1 hd x 3
6 x 100 25 HD/75 EZ 3:00 I did my 25's FL, BR, FR.
400 EZ did 4 x 100 on 2:00
A nice 2k workout.
Well, not much of it, but at least a few flurries were coming down this morning. If its going to be this cold, we might at least get pretty snow-draped trees out of it.
I forgot my hat this morning, so I had to pull up my jacket hood tight around my head on the way to and from the pool. I felt like Kenny from South Park. Luckily, no tragic accidents occurred.
This morning I swam at Riverbank with a couple of swim buddies. Heres the workout:
1000 lcm warmup
20 x 150, every 5th one IM-no-FR, rest FR [I did the FRs on 2:20 trying to hold under 2:15 (made most), the IMs were easier and were on a vague interval. I dropped a 100 on #s 10 and 16 to catch back up with lanemates.]
8 x 100 (20 sprint, 80 easy) @ 2:10ish, various strokes, middle 6 with fins
500 warmdown
I never in my life thought I would say yes when someone proposed a set of 20 150s, but thats what happened this morning. They were tough, but went by quicker than I thought they would.
Decided to do a no toys workout from my past. With only 100 more to go I did have to stop my heart rate hit 180, so I had to wait until my heart rate came down which took about 3 minutes but then I am back to normal and don't have to worry about it happening again. I have this when happen during allergy season and my allergies are in full force still.
10x100@1:40 Free
80x25@:30 1-20 Fly, 21-40 Back, 41-60 Breast, 61-80 Free the breast was the toughest to make the interval since it was taking me 27 sec. to do each one
200 Free easy
Total 3200 yards
I spent a large portion of my week-end attempting to purchase a kegarator. I was unsuccessful in my hunt; I finally relinquished myself to the fact I will have to purchase the darn thing online. My question is: "Do any of you wonderful swimming beer drinkers own one of these devices? What brand/model do you have? Are you happy with it?
I would much rather purchase this item in a store and talk with a live human sales person but it just isn't going to happen.
Swimming was low-key and easy this week-end with Nasti's. Practice was sparsley attended both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday was basically a 500 warm-up followed by 10 X 200's, some straight/ broken/ kick/ drill. EZ workout.
Sunday went something like this:
*200 Warm-up Swim
*4 X 150 Free
*5 X 50 Drill
*4 X 100 free
*5 X 50 Descend Free sprints
*6 X 75 IM roll @ 1:30
*6 X 50 Stroke/Free
*4 X 50 Free Descending Interval
*150 ez backstroke cool-down
2 more weeks of school before winter break! I'm feeling the cheer!
Sat Dec 4th 2010
Masters of South Central Regional SCM Championships
Sat Dec 4th & Sun 5th
San Antonio, TX
First i want to say a big thank you to Susan, Adrian, the officials and volunteers who ran this meet. It was great and I really appreciate their efforts. It was a small meet, but it was laid back, fun and well planned. The meet schedule provided 3 breaks to give swimmers a bit more rest. Also had a blast with my wife Beth, team mates and friends who went to this meet.
400 fr
went for a 100 split time
55.75 26.34 29.41
should have split it closer,
went out a bit too hard, missed 1st and 3rd turn, turned too far not much push off
26.34 29.41
50.93 38.86
37.87 37.92
37.11 35.02
there was a 10 min break after the 400
50 br
went 32.0
was 31.4 last year
so I was pretty please with this
turned close to David at the 25
he went 30.7 and broke the 50 to 54 men WR
200 IM [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7f97flaxDo"]YouTube - Ande Rasmussen 200 im scm sun dec 5th, 2010[/nomedia]
went 2:14.49
but didn't get splits
took it out harder than I did in Tempe, did more SDKs but stayed relaxed till the breast
improved from 2:16.2 at Tempe
very pleased with this swim
immediately swam down,
only had 1 200 IM heat & 4 50 fly heats of rest before I was back up on the blocks again for the
50 fly
went 26.7
improved from 27.5 at tempe
swam beside Mike Varrozza who went 26.3 and tried to race him
really pleased with it and honestly felt a sense of euphoria & was really looking forward to our relay and my 50 bk lead off
probably got around 30 min of rest
200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXouki4g4DY"]YouTube - 2010 200+ mens 4 x 50 medley relay[/nomedia]
Lane 2 Longhorn Masters 200 plus men
(end lane on the left)
Bk 27.70 Ande Rasmussen, 47
Br 58.15 30.45 David Guthrie, 50
minutes after his 1:06 WR 100 Br
Fl 1:25.70 27.55 Jim Sauer, 53
Fr 1:51.48 25.78 Max Stinchcombe, 53
we barely missed our own 1:51.39 record that we did wearing full B70's last year
continued to feel good and sort of wished I had one more swim after this one.
won high point for men 45 to 49
Had a nice meal at county line on the river walk
Updated December 7th, 2010 at 03:17 PM by ande
400 Free
400 IM Drill
6 x 300 @ 4:30
1. 50 Fly, 250 Free
2. 100 Fly, 200 Free
3. 100 Fly, 50 Back, 150 Free
4. 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Free
5. 100 Fly, 100 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
6. 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast
4 x 100 IM @ 1:45 FAST
3000 Yards Total
Hopefully I can at least get through most of the 300s before the others start arriving. I hate it when I'm in the middle of a good set and then someone gets in that shouldn't really be in the fast lane. Then all they want to do is warm up forever. C'mon now, I've only got an hour. I may just skip the warmup part and start off the 300's right at 5:00. Then I can cool down with the warmup. Kinda reverse but works for me.
Updated December 9th, 2010 at 01:30 PM by jaadams1
Just did a 30-35 minute slow continuous swim at my gym pool. I thought about doing some backstroke turns in meters, but I can tell the flags aren't set up right.
10 minutes in the whirlpool
My legs were tired from yesterday, and left calf feels slightly re-strained. I pulled out my compression tights to wear around today. No more backstroke starts this week.
Busy busy day of xmas decorating. I broke down and agreed to a real tree again, but only if we get an air purifier for the room. I don't want a repeat of last year.
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Looking forward to seeing the results of the SPMA meet. Bummed to see Allen Stark was deeked in the 100 evil.
It's a postal event that we compete in each year. Our workout group in Wenatchee did the Brute Squad swim just before Thanksgiving, and since my work schedule didn't allow me to do it then, I got to wait till the day after Thanksgiving with a full belly to swim it. Mine was done at 5:00am on Black Friday:
200 Fly - 2:17 <-- Not bad for just waking up and diving in.
400 IM - 4:59 <-- This felt pretty good, only :13 off my best last month
1650 - 20:30 <-- This one hurt a lot mainly because I don't train for it anymore. I had to start taking :05 rest after each 100 at the 1100 till the finish. (Should have been under 20 min. in practice, but oh well)
Anybody else want to do it? You still have time thru the end of December to enter. You get a cool sweatshirt too.
Updated December 9th, 2010 at 01:31 PM by jaadams1


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Copper prices rose Monday after China reported a jump in imports of the metal used largely in manufacturing.
China's copper imports rose 6 percent from December and 25 percent from February 2010. China's overall exports jumped nearly 38 percent last month.
The report bolstered expectations of stronger demand for commodities such as copper, oil and agriculture products.
China's trade data can be distorted by the Lunar New Year, which resulted in one extra work day in January. Even taking that into consideration, analysts said both exports and imports were stronger than expected.
"Our market balances suggest that given the growth in underlying demand, in fact China's monthly import will have to rise further over the next few months," Barclays Capital wrote in a note to clients.
China, which is the world's second-largest economy, accounted for about 37 percent of the total global demand for copper in 2009.
The country has taken several steps in recent months to try to curb inflation and keep its economic growth at a more sustainable pace. China's economy was growing at a rate of about 10 percent at the end of 2010.
If China is able to slow down its economy, any impact on copper would be cushioned by stronger demand in emerging markets such as India and South America, Lind-Waldock senior market strategist Phillip Streible said.
U.S. manufacturing also is growing, which will increase domestic use of copper. The metal is used in everything from consumer electronics to car batteries and construction materials.
Copper for March delivery rose 9.25 cents to settle at $4.6285 a pound.
Other metals also settled higher.
In March contracts, silver rose 53.9 cents to settle at $30.534 an ounce and palladium added $18.10 to settle at $832.80 an ounce. April gold gained $4.70 to settle at $1,365.10 an ounce and April platinum rose $14.10 to settle at $1,827.60 an ounce.
The price of benchmark crude oil fell to its lowest level in 12 weeks as traders weighed growing U.S. oil supplies against unrest in the Middle East.
West Texas Intermediate crude lost 77 cents to settle at $84.81 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. U.S. supplies of oil are rising, while demand for energy products remains tepid.
In London, Brent crude rose $2.14 to settle at $103.08 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Brent is used to price oil in Asia and Europe.
In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 5.46 cents to settle at $2.7504 per gallon and gasoline futures gained 5.22 cents to $2.5174 per gallon. Natural gas added 1.5 cents to settle at $3.925 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In other trading, agriculture products were mixed. In contracts for March delivery, wheat rose 5 cents to settle $8.72 a bushel, corn fell 10.75 cents to settle at $6.9575 a bushel and March soybeans fell 13.25 cents to settle at $14.0275 a bushel.
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Natural Remedial Ways to Treat Acne and Scars!
Every one of us dreams for clean and gorgeous skin that will make you look more attractive and good looking for lifetime. Though we expect best of our skin, acne formation takes place at one stage or the other in lifetime. Are you one of the victims that are facing with acne problems? Then you should find perfect solution for it. It is actually the inflammatory skin disease that affects skin oil glands causing pimples. Acne is physical disorder that found on face, neck, chest and shoulders.
Acne is of various types. These can occur in the form of whiteheads, blackheads, papules, pustules, cysts, nodules. With proper treatment and curative measures you can get rid of acne formation. If you are looking for natural and home remedies for acne treatment then this article will help you to overcome this problem effectively.
Acne is a natural process that occurs commonly at the teen age between 20 years of age. This occurs when oil is secreted in excess by skin oil glands. Acne formation takes place usually due to the trapping of oil and dead cells in the skin pores.
Here are some home remedies that will help you to treat acne problems.
- Prefer drinking enough water for proper removal of waste products that will allow your skin to clean up most of the waste products that may be reason of acne formation. Wash your face alternatively in intervals.
- Use salty warm water twice a day to wash your face or for better results you can massage with lemon that will keep your face oil free and without aggravating acne.
- You can apply fresh fenugreek paste on your face and rinse with warm water that will clean your face properly preventing further formation of acne, pimples, blackheads, and wrinkles.
- Strawberry leaves can also help in reducing swelling on acne. Alkalinity present in strawberry leaves will help to overcome the swelling on acne.
- Another home remedy that you can perform is mixing equal quantity of lemon juice in rose water. Leave the mixture for half an hour and then wash it. Practice it for nearly 20 days and see the effective results.
- You can also prepare acne treated mask. Prepare a mixture of 1 teaspoon of yeast with 2 teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply uniformly on your face and keep it for sometime to dry. Then wash it with warm water.
- If you are suffering from inflammatory acne problem then use the herbal acne treatment. Use lavender to suppress inflammatory effects.
Removing Acne Scars By Natural Means:
Remove your acne scars by preparing a mixture of sour cream, 1 teaspoon yogurt, grind oatmeal then add few drops of lemon juice. Apply this mixture on your face, keep it for some time and then wash it.
Prepare a blend of 1 peeled apple, 1 teaspoon honey and yogurt, half cucumber. Apply this paste on your acne scars and then rinse it with warm water.
Before going to bed take sandal wood and Azadirachta indica (neem) powder and mix it in rose water, then wash it with cool water. This will help to reduce the acne scars.
These are the effective home remedies that will help you to get rid of acne and acne scars by natural means. This seems to be more effective preferably if applied before going to bed. Therefore practicing these steps effectively and regularly will help you to cure your acne naturally and more effectively.


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Celebrate Eid With Special Offerings From Roger Dubuis
To mark this special occasion, Roger Dubuis would like to present two outstanding timepieces that typify the best qualities of the brand, the Velvet Joaillerie Automatic for her and the Excalibur 42 Chronograph for him, ideal as a gift for that special person at this special time.
The spirit of the Geneva-based watchmaker shines through each detail of Velvet Joaillerie Automatic, right from the blackened numerals and appliques to the trompe l'oeil part-circle, part-barrel shaped case. The attachments, set with diamonds, merge into the case and extend onto the bracelet with the central horn – part of the brand's DNA – becoming a subtle embellishment.
The bezel and bracelet sparkle with no less than 262 diamonds. While 66 diamonds add a decorative halo to the bezel, the bracelet is resplendent with 196 diamonds, totalling 1.33 carats and 1.65 carats respectively. With its glamorously elegant presence, the Velvet Joaillerie Automatic typifies the best characteristics of Roger Dubuis' World of the Diva, a fitting tribute to the modern woman who is both suave and sophisticated while possessing an unmistakable sense of her own style.
The Excalibur 42 Chronograph brings a dash of elegance to the exacting world of the chronograph. The generous 42 mm diameter and svelte design proclaims its watchmaking pedigree whilst underlining its special identity. The chronograph makes an immediate impression of robustness, with a touch of daring that becomes a recognisable sign. Its firmly masculine, sporting appeal is reinforced by a straight-line design.
The Excalibur 42 Chronograph is inspired by the World of the Warrior and carries the hallmark of the brand's ingenuity in its mechanisms. Its elegant case houses the new RD681 automatic chronograph movement with a micro-rotor.
Both the Velvet Joaillerie Automatic and the Excalibur 42 Chronoraph are embossed with the Poinçon acwej de Genève, hallmark of watchmaking excellence, as do all the Roger Dubuis' timepieces.
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Excalibur 42 Chronograph
Case: 42 mm, stainless steel
Dial: Blue satin-finish, sunburst motif, grey Roman numeral transfers, date at 6 o'clock, snailed chronograph counters at 9 and 3 o'clock, blue background, grey transfers, blue flange, grey transfers, rhodium-plated appliques
Water resistance: 3 BAR (30 m)
Strap: Black, genuine alligator, hand-stitched
Movement: Automatic movement by micro-rotor, RD681
Power reserve: 52 hours
Production: No limitation
Velvet Joaillerie Automatic
Case: 36 mm, pink gold
Bezel and decor set with diamonds
Dial: Silvered background / Brushed centre / Black Roger Dubuis transfer / Brushed sunburst outer / Black transfer Roman numerals / Rose gold fillet / Rose gold applied Roman numerals at 6 and 12 o'clock
Bracelet: Pink gold set with diamonds
Diamonds: 262 (66 on the case, 196 on the bracelet)
Carats: Approx. 2.98 ct (1.33 on the case, 1.65 on the bracelet)
Production: Unlimited
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Roger Dubuis has been at the forefront of contemporary Haute Horlogerie since 1995. Its audacious creations, firmly anchored in the 21st century, bear the mark of all the savoir-faire and expertise of the inest watchmaking mechanisms combined with powerful and daring designs. Boldness and extravagance are the brand's signatures, and determination its engine.
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Published on June 11th, 2012 | by Jules Yap2
Our Princess is in another castle!
Materials: Three Lack shelving units, 5″ long 5/16″ bolts x8.
Description: Desiring shelves somewhere around the bed, and needing a night stand with some late night reading illumination, I decided to do it all at once.
Took three separate Lack shelf units, and framed the bed, which ended up looking like a castle. Considering some Mario themed decorating to come, the name was obvious.
One unit each side, shelves facing inward towards the bed (as pictured), and one laid horizontal across the top, facing "up". The "top" and "bottom" shelves of each unit were left off.
The extra shelves were used in various locations. One on each side were used to shim the width of the assembly to fit the width of the bed, and give some symmetry to the way the top unit was laid into the (now top) shelf of the side units. These shimmed pieces were bolted to the side units via 5″ 5/16″ bolts with large fender washers via holes drilled all the way through each. Likewise the back/bottom of the top unit was bolted to the top shelf of the side units using the same bolts.
The four other extra shelves were attached together in pairs on the back unfinished side via the supplied wall brackets and screws. Used as "feet" for the unit to get the height needed to clear an electrical outlet on one side of the bed. Also to help keep the height while the whole unit was mounted to the wall also using the supplied brackets similarly as described in the instructions. The feet are then basically non functional but their placement also adds to the look and symmetry to the unit (not pictured anyways).
The piece was finished off with a color DIODER strip to provide mood lighting, on the bottom of the top (horizontal) unit.
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That's really cute and it looks like even I could maybe do it.
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** Introduction **
The USB Bluetooth Transmitter is produced by Creative as an easy solution to Stream high quality stereo music wirelessly from your PC to Bluetooth speakers within the creative product range such as the ZiiSound D5 or the award winner Inspire S2 Wireless speakers or for that matter any bluetooth speakers which are able to stream audio via Bluetooth technology.
** Installation & Compatibility **
The transmitter is a Plug and Play device and installs itself automatically when connected to a PC or Laptop, compatibility is also confirmed as working with; PC (Windows XP/Vista/7) & Apple Macintosh. Also compatible with Bluetooth speakers supporting the aptX codec. Also supports SBC codec.
** Appearance & Swag **
The unit is a small USB device not much over 1cm in size and connects to any USB port, black in colour. I paid £29 for mine to use with my laptop primarily to stream my music via my Bluetooth speakers, I don't have Creative speakers however mine work fine with this adapter and was easy to configure.
** Signal & Distance **
Im not to sure how far away the speakers can be from the transmitter however I've used within a rooms distance from one another and works without breaking up. Im sure general range within bluetooth devices is around 10 metres (approx 30ft).
** Conclusion **
Good value product that performs its intended purpose well. Slightly expensive to purchase but this is the price we pay for luxury's in today's day and age.
Thanks for reading
This Creative USB Bluetooth transmitter is primarily meant to increase the efficiency of Creative products however it works with all other Bluetooth enabled products too.
This is a small-ish product, it sticks out about 1.5 centimeters, so I have seen smaller Bluetooth transmitters but this is not the biggest by a long shot. Although at the price (around £15) I really would expect a more compact package, though this alone isn't a deal breaker. Its got a sturdy build quality so it can take a fair few knocks which are bound to happen when it is sticking out the side of a laptop.
This is a simple plug and use product. There are a few drivers to install, but those are all done automatically and in under a minute. All you have to do once it is plugged in and ready to use is set both the transmitter and your Bluetooth enabled device on pairing/search mode.
The method of putting your Bluetooth device on pairing mode will vary by product, but to put the transmitter on search mode, you have to press a button situated at the head of the product for 4 seconds until it starts flashing its blue light rapidly. Once you have connected your device to it, the blue light will stop flashing rapidly and instead flash only once every 2 seconds.
The transmitter has Apt-X technology built in which means that if your device is Apt-X ready (many new devices are) then the Bluetooth connection will be as secure and reliable as any wired connection meaning you will get crystal clear sounds or images. I used it only for audio and the sound was amazing, I couldn't tell the difference between the Bluetooth connection and a wired connection (I tested my speakers with both).
This device is simple on the first use and continues to be an easy to use product until you want to connect a different device via Bluetooth. I initially used it with my speakers and they worked instantly and flawlessly. However later on, I wanted to use my Bluetooth headphones instead, so I figured it would just be a matter of putting it onto pairing mode again along with the headphones and they should connect, however it wasn't so; they were both in pairing mode but never connected. I tried repeatedly, but for some reason it seems to have a memory of the product you connect it to and it can't connect to anything else. In the end I had to go to my laptops Bluetooth device settings and remove my speakers from the list of devices to get my headphones connected. As a result of this I made sure my latest laptop purchase had Bluetooth built in so I could avoid these troubles.
I got this free with the speakers I bought from Creative so no harm done really, but they retail at about £15 so for anyone wanting a separate Bluetooth transmitter, this is probably not the way to go. If you are desperate for a flawless connection and definitely on have one Bluetooth device you would use with it, then this could be one to consider especially for audio, but if you have more than one probably look elsewhere.


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The Bay Valley Science and Technology Park is a 400,000sqm office development in New Jiangwan, Shanghai. It is one of 10's first major significant projects completed in the summer of 2014. The project is comprised of low and mid-rise corporate headquarter office buildings designed for city and regional enterprises. The project contains 22 office buildings ranging in height from 40m tall to 80m tall.
- Architects: 10design
- Project: Bay Valley Science & Technology Park
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Photography: Kerun Ip
- CGI Team: Jon Martin, Shane Dale
- Co Design Partners: Barry Shapiro, Scott Findley
- Architectural Team (Shanghai): Barry Shapiro, Tania Conforti, Chen Yue Yue, Dai Yu Cheng, Dawen Qin, Zhu Qi
- Architectural Team (Hong Kong): Scott Findley, Garry Phillips, Nigel Height, Sean Quinn, Laura Rusconi Clerici
- Architectural Team (Edinburgh): Adrian Boot, Philip Gray, Robert Rodriguez
- Landscape Team: Ewa Koter, Fabio Pang
- Interiors Team (10+paring onions): Alex Wong, Nick Chow, Kylie Chow, Winky Siu
- Site: 160,000 sqm
- GFA: 400,000 sqm


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2007 Cannes Film Festival: Chloe Sevigny
I am so crushing on Chloe's black and white Cannes ensemble. I admire her successful attempt at fusing a bit of feminine ruffles with a masculine Scorpion belt. And I just love how she can wear the tiniest of mini skirts and still look classy. But, fix your bangs girl! Do you agree?


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John Sengstacke dies at 84
CHICAGO: John Sengstacke, long-time publisher of one of the country's most influential black newspapers, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Sengstacke joined the Chicago Defender in 1934, and took over as its publisher just six years later. In 1956 he turned it from a weekly into the nation's largest black daily, with a circulation of roughly 25,000. By using his influence with President Franklin Roosevelt, Sengstacke arranged for the hiring of the first black White House correspondent. After World War II, President Harry Truman appointed Sengstacke, a vocal critic of discrimination in the military, to the committee charged with eradicating race barriers in the armed forces. Sengstacke also pushed the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Jackie Robinson. Sengstacke was considered close to Chicago's Democratic mayors, but refused Mayor Richard J. Daley's entreaties that he help prevent violence during the riots of the summer of 1967. At the time, he told Daley he'd been "giving you suggestions for two years and you've been ignoring them. And now you want me to create a miracle."


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Mazda's slogan might be "zoom zoom" but it took seven days longer than Ford to announce an identical recall for a jammed throttle -- for a car made on the same production line.
Mazda is recalling 26,000 Tribute SUVs made between December 2000 and February 2007 because, according to the Federal Government's recall website, "the engine [could] be stuck at full power when the accelerator pedal is fully or almost-fully depressed.
"A throttle that is stuck fully or almost fully open may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop or slow the vehicle. This risk exists regardless of whether or not cruise control is being used." Only models powered by the 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine are affected. There may be inadequate clearance between the engine cover and the cruise control cable, the safety bulletin says.
Mazda spokesman Steve Maciver told News Limited: "The reason we took longer [than Ford to notify customers of the recall] was to make sure we had the repair procedures in place … and ensure we had enough parts to supply. "We have sold more than triple the number of cars than Ford in that period."
Ford Australia last week announced a recall of 8798 Escape SUVs built between November 2001 and February 2006. Ford and Mazda, longtime joint venture partners, built the same cars on the same production line in Japan, although the last 2000 Mazda Tributes caught up in the recall in Australia came from a factory in Taiwan. Both Mazda and Ford say there are no reports of cruise control or accelerators jamming on in Australia.
In North America, where the recall originated, Ford is recalling 484,000 Escape models while Mazda is recalling 217,000 Tribute SUVs. Both companies say the free repair work takes less than one hour but customers may need to leave their cars for longer to cope with the log-jam.
Meanwhile Jeep is recalling more than 900,000 Cherokee 4WDs, including up to 11,000 in Australia sold between 2002 and 2004, because the airbag could go off unintentionally. Safety authorities report there have been more than 200 instances of Jeep airbags going off without warning.
The latest recalls pale compared to Toyota's famous 2010 recall of 9 million cars in North America – the biggest in the automotive industry – because of concerns of stuck accelerator pedals and/or jammed floormats. In May that year, Ford Australia recalled 5000 sets of floormats for its Territory SUV for a similar issue.'


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Washington Wizards forward/center Nene has a sprained knee ligament and will be out of the lineup for about six weeks, the team announced Monday.
Nene injured the medial collateral ligament of his left knee during Sunday's victory over Cleveland.
The Wizards, currently seeded fifth in the Eastern Conference, said a magnetic resonance imaging exam conducted Monday revealed the extent of the injury.
The 31-year-old Brazilian has averaged 14.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals over 49 games this season.


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Friday Features - Feb. 21, 2014
Student News
Pre-law students to gain career insight
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Pre-Law Society will host a Pre-Law Meet-Up for pre-law students from UW-Platteville as well as from Loras College, University of Dubuque and Clarke University, in Dubuque, Iowa, on March 3 in the Platteville Rooms, Markee Pioneer Student Center from noon to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to anyone who is interested in going to law school or finding out more about it.
At the event, students and other guests will have the opportunity to learn about the changing environment of legal education and the legal profession from three representatives from the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, Iowa: Marcella David, JD, associate dean and professor of law and international studies; Brian Farrell, JD, LLM, Ph.D., director of the Citizen Lawyer Program and academic support program, assistant director of the Center for Human Rights, and lecturer of international law and human rights; and Jessica Malott, JD, career advisor at the law school.
"This is an extraordinary opportunity for pre-law students to meet people who are teaching law and helping pre-law students map out their future careers," said Dr. John Rink, professor of political science and pre-law advisor at UW-Platteville. "This will be a high-impact experience for the students as they learn from professionals who have worked extensively in the field. They will learn about the law school experience, careers in the legal field and the job outlook for the field."
For more information about the Pre-Law Society, contact Rink at (608) 342-1795 or email@example.com.
'Cribs' event coming to Southwest Hall
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Southwest Hall is hosting a new event called Southwest Hall Cribs on Tuesday, March 4 from 7-9 p.m. This event is based off the MTV show "Cribs." Residents will win prizes for: the best common room, best bedroom, most cohesive suite and most unique suite item.
"With the amount of space that's in a Southwest Hall suite, we know that residents put a lot of time into making their suite a home and we wanted to highlight that," said Coree Burton, Southwest Hall resident director.
Guest judges will visit each participating suite. Winners will receive a prize as well as a certificate to hang in their suite or personal room.
"With lots of events that require students to go to a different location, why not bring the event to them," said Burton.
Southwest Hall residents interested in participating may sign-up at the Southwest Hall front desk prior to March 4.
Campus News
Advising and Career Exploration Services office moves
The Advising and Career Exploration Services office has moved from Brigham Hall. The office is now located in Ullsvik Hall Room 0200. ACES is the academic advising home for any student who is undecided about a major and for career exploration. The office includes Helen Reynolds, coordinator; Penny Deakin, advisor; Chris Walter, advisor; and Angela Langemeier, program assistant. The office is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information or to speak to an advisor, call (608) 342-1033. Students can sign up with any of the advisors.
Pictured (left to right): Chris Walter, Angela Langemeier, Helen Reynolds and Penny Deakin.
Registration for 10,000 Steps Challenge opens March 3
UW-Platteville Student Health Services in partnership with UW-Platteville Outdoor Recreation and Bridgeway Commons encourages all students, staff and faculty to participate in this Wisconsin walking challenge. This four-week program begins Monday, March 24. Register online from March 3-19 on the Student Health Services webpage.
Week two Recyclemania results ahead of last year's total
After two weeks of Recyclemania, UW-Platteville is ahead of last year's total, which was highest in the state, and very close to the goal of a 50 percent recycling rate.
The campus successfully recycled 46.5 percent of its eligible goods in the first week and 47.5 percent in the second. For recycling information, see the recycling homepage. Weekly results will also be posted in the university news Friday Features section.
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text: LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - European stocks were seen opening higher on Friday, although the region's major indexes could still end the week with a loss following blows dealt to the market this week by an emissions test debacle at Volkswagen and new signs of a slowdown in China. The prospect of a U.S interest rate rise has also weighed on equity markets, and Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen said late on Thursday that she expects the U.S. central bank to begin raising interest rates later this year as long as inflation remains stable and the U.S. economy is strong enough to boost employment. Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 to open up by 59-69 points, or 1-1.2 percent higher. Germany's DAX was seen opening up by 119-143 points, or 1.3-1.5 percent higher, while France's CAC 40 was seen up by 53 points, or 1.2 percent higher. Volkswagen shares will be in focus again in the wake of the company's U.S. emissions test rigging scandal. Volkswagen will name Matthias Mueller, the head of its Porsche sports car brand, as its chief executive, a source close to the matter said on Thursday. California was also preparing a major enforcement action against Volkswagen over its admitted cheating on tailpipe emissions tests. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARKET SNAPSHOT AT 0521 GMT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1,932.24 -0.34 % -6.52 NIKKEI 17,759.53 1.07 % 187.7 EUR/USD 1.1165 -0.57 % -0.0064 USD/JPY 120.25 0.16 % 0.1900 10-YR US TSY 2.143 -- 0.02 YLD 10-YR BUND YLD 0.604 -- 0.01 SPOT GOLD $1,147.00 -0.57 % -$6.62 US CRUDE $45.26 0.78 % 0.35 > Asian shares erase gains, dollar gains as Yellen revives rate talk > US STOCKS-Wall St ends lower as Caterpillar, health stocks weigh > Nikkei edges down after weak inflation data, China woes > TREASURIES-U.S. bonds rise on stock losses, economic worries > FOREX-Dollar rebounds after Yellen keeps alive 2015 Fed rate hike view > PRECIOUS-Gold dips as Yellen says Fed on track to hike rates this year > METALS-London copper eyes largest weekly drop in two months > Oil prices stable as firm Chinese seasonal demand offsets weak Japan data (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta)