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Figure Skating
Michelle Kwan of the U.S. and Yevgeny Plushchenko of Russia celebrated an extraordinary figure-skating season during 2001, a year in which each once again captured a world championship.
Kwan, aged 21, gave an indication of what she would achieve on January 20 in Boston, where she won her fourth straight U.S. women's championship and the fifth of her career. Kwan's remarkable free-skating performance earned a total of nine perfect 6.0 marks from the judges. She tied her record of seven 6.0s for her short program and added two more in the longer free skate to become the first woman to win four consecutive U.S. titles since Linda Fratianne (1977–80).
Plushchenko, aged 18, also got off to a superb start by winning the men's title for the second straight year at the European championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, on January 25. Plushchenko skated a bold program that included an extremely difficult quadruple toe loop and seven superbly executed triple jumps to win an emotional rivalry with fellow Russian Aleksey Yagudin, who also landed two quads and seven triple jumps. The intensity of the Russians' competition was so close that two judges gave first place to Yagudin. The European women's title went to Irina Slutskaya for the fourth time, even though the Russian champion, who had beaten Kwan twice earlier in the year, hardly looked in top form as she struggled with the flu. Russia made it a clean sweep in the women's competition for the third consecutive year when Mariya Butyrskaya won the silver medal, despite two falls, and Viktoriya Volchkova took the bronze. Russian skaters finished with 8 of the 12 medals possible in the European championships.
With her victory in the world championships at Vancouver, B.C., on March 24, Kwan was hailed as the dominant skater in her sport. She started the final night in second place, trailing Slutskaya, and responded with one of the greatest performances of her career. It brought Kwan her fourth world title (her second in a row) and left her tied with Carol Heiss for most world championship medals won by an American woman (6). While Slutskaya managed the first triple Salchow/triple loop/double toe combination ever witnessed in a ladies' world championship, she finished as the silver medalist for the second straight year. Sarah Hughes, the runner-up to Kwan at the U.S. championships, rallied from fourth place after her short program to capture the bronze medal, the first of her career in world competition. When Angela Nikodinov took fifth place, it completed the best finish by an American team since the U.S. swept the ladies' competition in 1991.
Plushchenko picked off the men's title that had eluded him the previous two seasons. He landed a quadruple jump during a strong free-skating program that included eight triple and two double jumps to leave Yagudin, a three-time world champion, as a runner-up once again. Todd Eldredge, the 1996 world champion and five-time U.S. champion, captured the bronze medal. At 29 he became the oldest man to medal since Roger Turner took the silver in 1931 three days short of his 30th birthday.
The pairs title went to hometown favorites Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, the first Canadian duo to win the gold since 1993. Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio of Italy, the ice-dancing gold medalists of the European championships, took their first world title in what was the first-ever world figure-skating medal for their nation.
Speed Skating
Rintje Ritsma of The Netherlands captured the men's all-around title at the 2001 world speed-skating championships contested February 9–11 in Budapest. A second-place finish in the 10,000-m race on the final day of competition enabled Ritsma to move past his countryman Ids Postma to secure the fourth world title of his career. Anni Friesinger of Germany took the women's all-around championship, holding off teammate Claudia Pechstein. Friesinger increased her first-day point total by winning the woman's 1,500-m final in 2 min 3.38 sec as a prelude to a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 m for a final total of 169.690 points. Pechstein finished second for the fifth time in her career by a centimetre or so, with 169.791 points. The women's competition might have evolved more predictably had Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, the European all-around champion and eight-time world champion from Germany, not been disqualified in the 3,000 m for an inexplicable lane-change mistake.
Pechstein rebounded in a big way on March 2 in Calgary, Alta., where she won a World Cup 3,000-m race in 3 min 59.27 sec—a world record. Canada's Michael Ireland set another world record on the same track one day later when he covered 1,000 m in 1 min 8.34 sec. Ireland's Canadian teammate Jeremy Wotherspoon finished second by one one-hundredth of a second in what may have been the most exciting race of the year. Chris Witty of the U.S. lowered the women's world record for 1,000 m to 1 min 14.58 sec later that day.
Chinese athletes dominated the world short-track speed-skating championships at Chonju, S.Kor., during the final week of March. Yang Yang (A) topped the women's final standing for the fifth straight year, winning the 1,500-, 1,000-, and 3,000-m finals, in that order. (See Biographies.) Li Jiajun took the men's overall title for the second time since 1999, winning the 500-m and 1,000-m finals.


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RICHMOND — A 32-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he shot at a woman inside a home in the 3700 block of Esmond Avenue, according to Richmond police.
The woman had gone inside the residence to retrieve her items when the suspect, who has not yet been identified, pointed a gun at her and fired, said Lt. Shawn Pickett. The woman was able to escape and contacted police.
Officers then escorted her to the home so she could get the rest of her possessions. Police said the man and woman know each other, but could not elaborate on the nature of the relationship.
While officers were interviewing eyewitnesses at the home, the suspect returned and was arrested. A handgun was also recovered.
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The historic hotel will be undergoing a complete renovation and expansion and is selling off much of its contents.
Paintings of Great Lakes ships are among the many items, which range from soup spoons to grand pianos. Every item available will be priced from $20 to $200.
The sale began Sept. 15 and is expected to continue through next week.
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Prof. Ted Rueter Appears on ABC's 20/20
August 14, 2005
August 14, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - "I've had many people write to me say... they have boom cars blasting through their neighborhood every five minutes," Ted Rueter tells ABC's 20/20. Rueter, assistant professor of political science at DePauw University and executive director of Noise Free America, was interviewed on the prime-time news magazine for a segment that aired Friday night.
ABC's John Stossel noted that Rueter's organization "lobbies against noise pollution and is upset about four big sources of unnecessary noise: boom cars, car alarms, leaf blowers and motorcycles. There are noise pollution laws in most places, but Rueter said the cops rarely enforce them."
The report continued, "Sony's Web site has a tag line promoting its car audio products as the way to achieve 'the sound your neighbors fear.' Rueter thinks such advertising encourages boys to go out and cause trouble by blasting their stereos. 'It causes psychological fear... It causes hearing loss. It causes sleep loss,' said Rueter... 'People have the right to enjoy their property, and increasingly people do not have that right in this country, because of boom cars.'"
Access a transcript of the story by clicking here; video of the segment is also available at ABC's site.
Dr. Rueter's op-ed advocating a consumption tax for America was published in Friday's Herald-Times of Bloomington, Indiana. Read more here.
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NEW YORK - With labour talks set to resume Saturday, a group of NBA players has reportedly discussed decertifying their union.
According to a report on the New York Times' website, approximately 50 NBA players are in favour of decertification if talks continue to falter or if the union makes any other concessions to owners.
The crux of the issue again comes down to Basketball-Related Income (BRI), with the group of players wanting to hold firm at a 52.5% share, while owners have repeatedly pushed for a 50-50 split.
Dissolving the union would essentially be a leverage ploy for the players.
The report said that decertification would allow the players to sue the NBA under federal antitrust law, potentially forcing owners to end the lockout. It warned that the process may take two months, which would place the entire 2011-12 season in jeopardy.
Talks between players and owners are set to resume Saturday, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.
Following the latest edition of failed negotiations, NBA commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of the remaining games in November. The rift, which began July 1, had already claimed the first two weeks of the season, which was scheduled to start this past Tuesday.


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Who is he?
A 26-year-old American composer-pianist, whose mesmeric, minimalist-inspired two-piano album, Shy and Mighty, seized everyone's attention in 2010.
Is he another precocious high-achiever?
And how. He was improvising little pieces at the piano at the age of six, and had some choral pieces performed by his local choir in Connecticut aged nine.
Is he part of that 'downtown New York scene' we keep hearing about?
He certainly lives in New York, and shares its post-minimalist, pop-influenced aesthetic. "I composed Shy and Mighty as an album," he says, "which I guess not many classical composers do. I'm influenced by people like Sigur Rós, Boards of Canada, Brian Eno and Radiohead — but who hasn't been influenced by Radiohead?"
So, a pop musician who's come to classical music late?
Not at all. He has blue-chip academic credentials, having studied at the Juilliard School and Yale. "Brahms and Schumann were my first big loves," he says, "and I always like to include their music in my piano recitals. I came to music back-to-front. I loved Schumann before I heard a note of Bernstein or Philip Glass, and I knew all Brian Eno's Seventies albums before I heard a single U2 song."
What's coming up for him?
A recital at the Wigmore Hall next month, which includes Brahms and Schumann as well as music by himself and fellow Americans Ted Hearne and Ingram Marshall. Next season he's writing a piece for Jonathan Biss and the Elias Quartet, and releasing an ambitious album of orchestral works on Nonesuch.
Timothy Andres appears at the Wigmore Hall (020 7935 2141) on June 8. 'Shy and Mighty' is released on Nonesuch.


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Indiana State Downs Evansville 59-54 - Match Report
Indiana State got 22 points from Jake Odum en route to a 59-54 victory over Evansville on Wednesday at Hulman Center.
Indiana State won on the scoreboard, but lost at the pay window as they failed to cover the 11-point spread.
Indiana State got 7 points from Khristian Smith and another 7 points from Jake Kitchell. Jake Odum contributed 5 assists, while Jake Odum cleaned the glass with 7 rebounds.
Evansville got 19 points from D.J. Balentine in a losing cause and another 17 points from Egidijus Mockevicius. D.J. Balentine contributed 8 assists for them, while Egidijus Mockevicius had 12 rebounds.
Indiana State led at halftime, 32-27.
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Was recently fired from my job, I didn't deserve it, but that is how it goes. I also work at a church as a youth pastor, I get a salary per month, though it is not large. I am staying at home with my 2 kids at this point to save money on daycare. I would love to find online work to make at least 150 per week. Does anyone have any legitimate ideas?
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Maybe you can check out doing something on fiverr. Lots of people even involve their kids to make money on there incorporating daily activities with a company advertisement and making a video of it. Here is one kid from South America I hired just for fun http://mary-kathan.com/making-money-with-what-you-have/ (it will give you a laugh if nothing else)
but they also have serious services on there too. Many folks offer a five dollar service, and then "upsell" extra services on their offer to make more money per customer.
Or try an elance.com type site and offer your services related to online work for a larger profit.
I know many internet marketers are always looking to hire people to do forum posting, or write ebooks for them.
Hi Brian. Maybe the attached list might help. A few ideas to get the brain juices flowing.
I work on odesk.com. It took me a couple of months to get regular work but starting in January I will be making almost $400 a month while working 30 hrs a week as a VA for someone. And another $40 a month writing articles. There are other sites besides odesk I just happened to find jobs through odesk easier. They have a lot of possible jobs on their site. Elance is another site I checked out but I wasn't able to get a job through them as easily.
Hi Brian,
Sorry to hear about your job loss!!!
I know you asked for online business, but just a thought...you must have a pasion with kids if you are a youth pastor I am assuming. Perhaps considering taking in a few kids as playmates for your kids would bring in some extra money. You could market your services to serve yourself and families. For example, perhaps you could become the christian-based daycare - with so many broken families where a strong male figure is not present, what an impact you could make. If you are really adventurous, you could market it for off hours too (evenings and weekends) when some families have to work. Can you imagine what an impact you could have to have a kiddo join your family at church just because he needs care on the weekend and you could be there?
Just a thought and again, I know you were not looking for this type of idea. When I read your note, I just thought wow, you could really do something creative and wild with this, but perhaps it doesn't sound appealing.
Good luck and God bless,
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Liberal groups to invest $100 million
Major Democratic donors, including George Soros, are expecting to contribute some $100 million to outside groups this year - a fraction of what conservatives are expected to raise - but the liberal groups are targeting get-out-the-vote efforts instead of expensive air wars, the New York Times reports:
The departure from the conservatives' approach, which helped Republicans wrest control of the House in 2010, partly reflects liberal donors' objections to the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which paved the way for super PACs and unbridled campaign spending. But in interviews, donors and strategists involved in the effort said they also did not believe they could match advertising spending by leading conservative groups like American Crossroads and Americans for Prosperity, and instead wanted to exploit what they see as the Democrats' advantage in grass-roots organizing.
...In a move likely to draw in other major donors, Mr. Soros will contribute $1 million each to America Votes, a group that coordinates political activity for left-leaning environmental, abortion rights and civil rights groups, and American Bridge 21st Century, a super PAC that focuses on election-oriented research. The donations will be Mr. Soros's first major contributions of the 2012 election cycle.
...PAC+, a super PAC founded by the San Francisco philanthropist Steve Phillips... expects to spend about $10 million on Latino voters in six states... Half of PAC+ spending will go to enrollment and half to advertising. "You can dump 10 or 20 million in TV ads in Ohio and try to reach the persuadable swing voters there, or you can up voter turnout among Latinos in Colorado and Arizona and win that way," Mr. Phillips said. "It's much cheaper."


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THE proposed erection of an iconic tower in Durban could see the city home to the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
The catalytic project concept was presented to members of the Economic Development and Planning Committee on Wednesday, however eThekwini spokesperson, Tozi Mthethwa, said no final decision has been made regarding the development.
"It is still in the proposal phase. A consultation process with affected communities and stakeholders is expected to begin next week and will continue over a number of weeks and months before the proposal is ultimately tabled at the Executive Committee," she said.
The proposal was made by the Durban Tower Development Company, a private company specifically incorporated for this project.
According to Mthethwa, the aim of the iconic tower would be to create another globally recognised icon for the City of Durban. It would serve as another potential catalyst for future large scale developments within the Durban Inner City.
If approved, the building is expected to be 370 metres high and approximately 88 storeys, which would make it the tallest building in Africa and in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mthethwa said the proposed location for the site is the heart of Durban's potential world class sports precinct – the Durban Country Club and NMR sites.
"Discussions are underway with the clubs. Given the proximity to the World Championship Golf Course, direct access to the beachfront promenade and being less than 200m from the Moses Mabhida Stadium, the position is extremely favourable," she said.
Both properties are owned by the Municipality and are being leased to the two clubs on long term arrangements.
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ROME – First-century burial grounds near Rome's main airport are yielding a rare look into how ancient longshoremen and other manual workers did backbreaking jobs, archaeologists said Monday.
The necropolis near the town of Ponte Galeria came to light last year when customs police noticed a clandestine dig by graverobbers seeking valuable ancient artifacts, Rome's archaeology office said.
Most of the 300 skeletons unearthed were male, and many of them showed signs of years of heavy work: joint and tendon inflammation, compressed vertebrae, hernias and spinal problems, archaeologists said. Sandy sediment helped preserve the remains well.
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Judging by the condition of the skeletons, archaeologists concluded that the men likely carried loads on their backs at a nearby port during the early years of Imperial Rome, said Gabriella Gatto, a spokeswoman for the archaeology office.
Many ailments "seem to hark back to work as laborers, in transport and carrying of heavy loads, in an especially humid environment, circumstances that makes one think of the burial of individuals who worked in port areas of the city," the office said in a statement.
Finding a necropolis near ancient Rome is not rare, but most of them have been the burial grounds of the privileged classes. So the Ponte Galeria find is enlightening experts how the ancient lower class lived.
Also excavated was a skeleton of a man whose lower jaw was fused to his upper jaw.
Study indicated "how for all of his life this individual was fed, likely through the care of his family" with liquids or semisolids "introduced through a hole made through his teeth," the archaeology statement said.
The man lived into his 30s, a decent age at the time. Experts took that as evidence that the lower classes cared for the disabled.
Artifacts found in the necropolis were simple ones, including lanterns to guide the dead to their next life, Gatto said. One ceramic-and-glass lantern was decorated with a grape harvest scene.
The dig yielded a glimpse into a working-class community that was "humble and marked by strong ties and solidarity among its members," the statement said.
The necropolis was one of the most extensive ones to be excavated near Rome in recent years, archaeologists said.


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Shadowrun Returns - Post-Funding Update #55
Harebrained Schemes has posted a new post-funding update for Shadowrun Returns. In this update it's announced backers should have received their steam keys.
Starting today, emails containing Shadowrun Returns Steam keys are going out to all Backers and HBS website Pre-order customers. This will help ensure that everyone has their keys in time for the launch on July 25.Please note that the keys will not unlock the game until it is released on July 25th. Once we flip the switch, you'll be able to begin the download from Steam and play the game when it completes. More specifics on loading your Steam key will be included in the email we send you.
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The History opens with the events following the assassination of Nero. Galba, an elderly senator of noble lineage, is the first to claim the crown. But his reign is short...only one month. Civil war immediately breaks out. Defying him is the rakish Otho, an aristocrat of singularly corrupt morals, both in his public and private life. Since the troops favor him over Galba, they murder the old emperor and elevate Otho. But Otho, in the mistaken belief that his troops have deserted him, cannot keep the throne in the face of Vitellius' emerging challenge and he commits suicide rather than face war. Vitellius, as corrupt and weak as his predecessor, is challenged in his turn by a successful general who has been proclaimed emperor by his own troops in Egypt, Vespasian. As civil unrest spirals out of control in Italy, renewed war breaks out in Germany, Illyria, and Judaea. As it turns out, Vespasian is the only man who can command the kind of respect and loyalty to keep the tottering empire on its feet.
This production uses the famous translation by Church and Brodribb, considered the finest in the English language.
The Complete Works of Tacitus continues in Volume 4 with three short works: "The Life of Agricola", "Germany and its Tribes", and "The Dialogue on Oratory".
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As another reviewer said of Volume 1, this is tough going! Best to have a more-than-passing interest in classical history and some background in the Roman Empire's first 100 years. But if your interest is high and your background solid (and you have a little time and patience to spare), this text and narration can be an amazing experience.
"The History" covers the period from June of 68 to November of 69 A.D., famous or infamous as "the year of four emperors." Following the death of Nero, who left no heir, various factions and leaders of the immensely powerful Roman legions discovered that they didn't have to be in Rome in order to force emperors on and off the throne.
In quick succession the emperors Galba, Otho, and Vitellius had their five minutes of fame and power before either self destructing or being forcibly destroyed to make way for the next candidate. Finally, in the fall of 69 forces loyal to Vespasian, commander of the legions fighting in Judea, proclaimed him emperor. After several months of civil war, Vespasian was officially acknowledged as emperor, ushering in a period of stability (always remembering stability is a relative concept).
There is very much a you-are-there quality to this narrative. The historian Tacitus (c.56-120) was a Roman noble who acknowledged owing his advancement to Vespasian's younger son, the Emperor Domitian, so his personal interest in the story is manifest. However, Tacitus has an admirably modern approach that at least attempts impartiality, and there are moments of stunning oratory that also ring very modern.
That said, it's a reading to take in small bits and come back to again and again. There's no way to remember or keep track of the long strings of Latin names, many of whom were drops of water in the sea of history. But if you relax and lose yourself in the excellent translation and Charlton Griffin's trademark ringing narration, growing familiarity can pull you in to a fascinating time (that you will probably be glad to be hearing about rather than experiencing).
If you're like me and tend to absorb a lot of history as a result of reading novels, many of the characters in Tacitus' History (especially Vespasian) are prominent in the military historical novels by Simon Scarrow. And in one of those strange coincidences, shortly after I started listening to Tacitus, I happened across a novel called "Daughters of Rome" by Kate Quinn that covers the timeframe and some of the characters in Tacitus, but from the point of view of four fictional Roman noblewomen who in Quinn's version have more than a little to do with how things turned out in the end. It was a bit of a leap from the sublime to the ridiculous, but I enjoyed Quinn's book (which is less of a romance than its packaging suggests) and I admit it provided a compass that helped kept me on track and get more real value from Tacitus.
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There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story...fishy or not.
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New flicks with celebs in interfaith relationships and from interfaith backgrounds, plus their baby news!Go To Pop Culture
'Til Faith Do Us Part
Right around Passover, there was some prominent coverage in the secular press about intermarriage due to the publication of Naomi Schaefer Riley's book, 'Til Faith Do Us Part and reviews in the Wall Street Journal (where she has been a religion writer) and the New York Times.
I've ordered the book but haven't had a chance to read it yet. I thought Riley's suggestion that religious communities "strike a delicate balance" in their approach to interfaith families, as described in the Wall Street Journal review, was itself fairly balanced:
I'm concerned about the emphasis on the last point — that interfaith marriage leads young adults "away from the fold." According to the Wall Street Journal review, Riley says that questions about child-raising can "tear at the fabric of a marriage," that interfaith families are on average less likely to be happy, that the partners lose steadiness of observance and belief, that children are more likely to reject their parents' faiths, and that couples are more likely to divorce.
The divorce point makes me question the basis for Riley's observations. Back in 2010, I wrote a blog post, Are Interfaith Marriages Really Failing Fast, about a story Riley wrote for the Washington Post. Here's what I said back then:
Susan Katz Miller, in her blog On Being Both, also finds Riley's stance on intermarriage to be "strangely pessimistic" and finds her "gloom and doom" not supported by Riley's own data.
I also question the basis of Riley's observations because at InterfaithFamily we have published many narratives and heard from so many interfaith couples that they have resolved questions about child-raising, have children who learn to love Jewish practice, and who themselves strengthened observance and belief — and are quite happy in their marriage. People like the brother of Stanley Fish, author of the review in the New York Times, who describes the lengths which their father went to break up his brother's relationship and concludes:
The New York Times review suggests that Riley isn't against intermarriage — she's in an interfaith and inter-racial marriage that has worked:
That's balanced advice, too — although again, I'm concerned that "bed of thorns" overdoes it.
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BEDFORD PARK — A U.S. Postal Service employee died Tuesday night after her truck ran into a tree in Bedford Park, police said.
The crash occurred about 2 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Major Avenue, a Bedford Park police dispatcher said. Vicki Meilicke, a 911 operator at the Bedford Park Police Department, said witness accounts reported the employee was speeding, but Meilicke did not know how fast.


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mixed greens, sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, herbed balsamic dressing
french onion soup
richest broth, caramelized onions, sherry, swiss cheese
roasted red pepper soup
roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto accent, garlic croutons, feta
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crusted cod, taragon caper mayo, chef's choice of potato and veg.
neptune's sea green salad
crisp baby greens, red grapes, kiwi, candied pecans, drizzled with lemon raspberry vinaigrette, topped with panco crusted cod
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romaine, parmesan, croutons, caesar's dressing. With grilled chicken breast or jumbo shrimp
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spinach and romaine, shredded fennel, snow pea, sweet and sour dressing, hints of sesame, topped with 3 asian chicken satay
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herb roasted vegetables, topped with melted cheese, sun-dried tomato puree on toasted italian bread with house salad topped with feta and olives
salmon cakes
mostly salmon, a touch of panco, steak spice, house salad
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open faced tortilla topped with secret sauce, sweet peppers, kalamata olives, melted swiss and feta
smoked salmon quesadilla
smoked salmon, capers, red onion, cream cheese sauce, lemon zest & melted swiss cheese
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rice noodles, chicken, shrimp in an authentic tom yum soup
bonbay crepes
chicken, curry cream, house made chutney, fresh crepes, steamed broccoli
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all wraps are served with carrot sticks. Side salads are available, with the wraps for $4
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch dredging group Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (BOSN.AS) said on Monday it was part of a consortium contracted for a 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) motorway project.
Boskalis represents 30 percent of the deal, with the remainder divided between VolkerWessels and Germany's Hochtief (HOTG.DE). It will be financed by fund management company DIF, Boskalis said in a statement.
The project is for the design, building, financing and 30-year maintenance of a 20-km stretch of motorway between Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, the capital Amsterdam and the nearby town of Almere, it said.
The deal is significant for Boskalis, the world's largest dredger and owner of salvaging and towing firm SMIT which booked 1.4 billion euros in sales in the first half of 2012.
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Scott Schuman, the revered founder of the street style blog The Sartorialist, is the photographer of the next H.E. by Mango campaign.
After previous collaboration with Burberry, Gant, and DNKY, Schuman has lended his lens to the Spanish retailer for its Autumn/Winter menswear collection. The campaign features the gorgeous Andrés Velencoso Segura (also known as Kylie Minogue's boyfriend) for the second consecutive season.
The first images were revealed last week during a live Q&A with the press streamed on Mango's website and YouTube channel.
For Autumn/Winter 2013, the menswear collection is definitely urban, with a palette of neutral tones, khaki, and claret red, inspired by the artists of the beat generation and vintage Americana.
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Are you searching for economic trend information and forecast data to factor into your 2006 sales forecasts? You have come to the right place.
In this article, Electrical Wholesaling has collected the economic data for segments that have the most impact on the electrical construction market. The economic forecasts in the business pages of most newspapers usually focus more on retail sales, consumer spending, and macroeconomic information that doesn't affect the electrical market as directly. Electrical distributors, independent manufacturers' reps and electrical manufacturers need data on construction trends, industrial spending and production.
First published in 2002, Electrical Wholesaling's Economic Factbook summarizes the key construction, industrial and related economic data of most interest to professionals in the electrical market. It includes 2006 construction forecasts for the housing, commercial, institutional, industrial and utility markets; statistics to gauge the health of the industrial market; and data regarding the demographic trends now driving construction of education facilities, one of the hottest market segments.
Total Construction
Source: McGraw-Hill's 2006 Construction Outlook
McGraw-Hill expects total construction to grow 3 percent to $654.3 billion in 2006. Although that doesn't sound like a huge increase, it's pretty sizeable considering the housing market is starting to cool down. The housing market helped bolster total construction sales through some lean years. In 2006, income properties such as offices, stores and condos and an increase in factory construction are expected to lead the market. Total construction is important to track because it covers the largest elements of construction business as they relate to the electrical market.
Total New Housing Units
Source: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
In 2006, NAHB expects total new housing units (single-family houses, multi-family units and manufactured home shipments) to decline 4.4 percent from 2.03 million units in 2005 to 1.94 million units. That's still a stellar growth rate. Although the residential market accounts for 27.6 percent of electrical sales, according to EW's Market Mix, it's not quite as important to distributors' economic health as higher-volume commercial and industrial business. However, we have seen a subtle shift in the Market Mix toward residential business over the past few years.
Residential Improvements
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
The amount of money spent annually on residential improvements over the past 10 years has almost doubled, according to U.S. Census figures. That would come as no surprise to Home Depot and Lowe's, which have enjoyed spectacular growth during that time span. Although a relatively small percentage of the $190 billion-plus in residential improvements will trickle down directly to electrical distributors through work done by residential electricians, this statistic is an important indicator of consumer confidence. If home owners are spending more money on their nests, it helps fuel the U.S. economy in many different ways.
Income Properties
Source: McGraw-Hill's 2006 Construction Outlook
This market indicator monitors an important sweet spot in the building market: the construction of new income properties such as office buildings, stores, warehouses and multi-family housing. When this market is hot, the electrical industry has a good year, but when it's soft, distributors, reps and manufacturers feel its pain. McGraw-Hill forecasters expect a 7 percent increase here, after an unexpected 10 percent bounce in 2005 and a 16 percent increase in 2004.
Office Vacancy Rates
Source: Grubb & Ellis
Historically, a market isn't ripe for new office construction until its office vacancy rate hits 10 percent. Although the national figure is an interesting benchmark, it's more important to look at the rates in specific local markets. Some markets are already at, below or nearing the 10-percent vacancy mark, including Washington, D.C.; New York; Raleigh, N.C.; Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; and Portland, Ore. On the flip side, St. Louis, Kansas City, Houston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta are all suffering with 20-percent plus downtown vacancy rates.
Institutional Construction
Source: McGraw-Hill's 2006 Construction Outlook
McGraw-Hill expects a healthy 7 percent increase in the construction of hospitals, schools and other institutional properties in 2006, following a 6 percent increase in 2005. All of the long-term demographic fundamentals are in place for continued growth in educational construction. Health-care construction looks good long-term, too, as the aging of the U.S. population will power the hospital market for years to come. Retrofit work in this segment is also solid.
Electric Utilities
Source: McGraw-Hill's 2006 Construction Outlook
Although maintenance and capacity issues exist with the U.S. utility grid, McGraw-Hill expects utility construction to drop 1 percent in 2006 to $6.8 billion. That's down from a high of $24.1 billion in 2001. Utilities are still reeling from the overbuilding of the late 1990s. In anticipation of demand created by deregulation, in the late 1990s utilities in Texas and California invested heavily in new power plants. When demand didn't materialize, utility construction collapsed with annual declines of 50 percent, 27 percent and 19 percent from 2002 to 2004, respectively.
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Source: Institute for Supply Management
Purchasing managers at manufacturing plants tend to be an optimistic bunch when forecasting their projected spending, and they are feeling good in third-quarter 2005. The PMI monthly readings of 59.4 and 59.1 in September and October respectively were new highs for 2005 and they indicate respondents are still bullish about the economy. A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it's generally contracting.
Machine-Tool Orders
Source: American Machine Tool Distributors Association
Although machine tool consumption dropped 2.4 percent in September 2005, the $294.8 million monthly total was one of the highest sales figures in the past two years. The year-to-date total of $2.2 billion was up 10.2 percent compared with 2004. This statistic can give you a quick read on the health of the industrial market because it measures the sales of the equipment on the factory floor that manufacturers use to shape, mold and form metal for use in the products that they produce.
Capacity of Utilization
Source: Federal Reserve Board
The most recent 78.6 percent capacity of utilization rate is even with 2004, but it's a nice improvement over 2002 to 2003, when nearly 25 percent of all industrial capacity was unused. During this two-year period, capacity of utilization rates were the worst the industrial market had seen in 25 years. Next year should see further improvement in this closely watched statistic. The industry average for capacity of utilization from 1972 to 2003 is 81 percent, and 80 percent is generally considered the point where factories begin expanding their facilities or retrofitting existing manufacturing lines.
Source: McGraw-Hill's 2006 Construction Outlook
Although the U.S. industrial market continues to suffer from some gut-wrenching downsizing and job losses, business is actually picking up. The McGraw-Hill forecast calls for a 9 percent increase in the construction of manufacturing buildings in 2005, following a 3 percent increase in 2005. However, that increase is coming from a low level. The $8.6 billion forecast is the highest since 2000, but it's far from the level of activity in the late 1990s, when this indicator topped $14 billion in 1997.
K-12 Student Enrollment
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Far-reaching demographic trends will continue to demand more school construction, but local and state budget concerns will occasionally trip up some projects in the short term. According to American School and University (ASU) magazine, new construction and renovations from 2004 to 2006 will top $89 billion. A ton of this work will be in lighting. According to ASU, lighting upgrades were part of a retrofit 74 percent of the time.
Higher Education Enrollment
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Although the K-12 construction pace will slow in the next few years, the children of baby boomers are entering college in near-record numbers in a demographic bulge unlike anything ever seen. Enrollments in this segment of the educational market will climb steadily over the next 10 years. According to American School and University magazine, over $59.2 billion in construction projects on college campuses will be started from 2004 to 2006. Over $20 billion of that is in modernizations and additions.


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The Community Vision for Riley Park South Cambie is one of many vision statements that were developed by local communities as part of the city of Vancouver's City Plan. In 2005, City Council approved this community's Vision following an extensive consultation process with local citizens. The document at the right provides an in-depth report on the major recommendations contained in the RPSC Vision statement.
Since the Vision's publication, however, the Riley Park South Cambie area has undergone extensive change and continues to experience some of the most dramatic shifts in housing and population in the city. Oakridge Centre, Canada Line, Hillcrest Centre, Cambie Corridor Redevelopment together with dozens of major housing redevelopment projects have occurred with breathtaking speed.
Notwithstanding those many changes, RPSC works to maintain the quality of life of our community by referencing the many recommendations that the community made in 2005. Some Vision Directions are translated into actions and projects through more detailed planning — for example: to identify the specific location and design of new types of housing; to design improvements to community shopping areas and to pressure the City and Developers to maintain the values and qualities that have made this area one of the finest places to live in Vancouver.
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Newcastle's Loic Remy gives struggling West Ham sinking feeling
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Loic Remy, the Newcastle striker, tormented the club that tried to sign him in the summer, scoring one goal and creating several other chances, as his team dominated West Ham in the first half and saw off a mini-revival by the home side in the second. The result left West Ham sinking farther into relegation trouble.
Alan Pardew's side should have galloped to victory after Remy added a second shortly after Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring, but they missed several chances to extend their advantage and had to endure some anxious moments in the second half before a delicious free kick from Cabaye settled the game in injury-time.
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Boob job surgical procedure involves utilizing breast enhancement or fat, described as fat transfer boob job, to enhance the size of your busts or restore breast quantity that has actually been shed after weight reduction or maternity.
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Boob job is clinically described as enhancement mammaplasty.
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Breast enhancement does not proper badly sagging breasts. If you desire your busts to look fuller and also to be lifted as a result of drooping, a bust lift might be needed along with boob job.
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The ordinary cost of boob job surgical procedure is $3,708, inning accordance with 2014 stats from the American Culture of Plastic Surgeons.
The ordinary expense for elimination of breast implants was $2,330 in 2014.
If you are a breast augmentation prospect, please bear in mind that costs can differ. The ordinary costs referenced above do not include anesthesia, running area centers or various other relevant costs.
A doctor's charge for breast augmentation surgery could differ based upon his or her experience, the type as well as cost of breast augmentation utilized, as well as geographical workplace area.
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Post-surgery garments
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Your busts are asymmetrical.
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During your breast augmentation recuperation, you will be taken right into a healing location to be closely kept track of following surgical treatment.
Your breasts will certainly be covered in gauze dressings and also an elastic bandage or support bra will reduce swelling and also support the breasts as they heal.
You may be permitted to go house after a couple of hrs.
Before leaving, you will certainly be provided certain instructions that may consist of the best ways to look after your breasts adhering to surgery, drugs to apply or take by mouth to help healing as well as minimize the threat of infection, and when to follow-up with your plastic surgeon.
You may be advised to use a support bra all the time for the first week or 2. It will be very important to clean the cut sites and apply lotion as routed. Be sure to comply with all directions thoroughly.
After a post-surgical boob job recuperation period of 24 to 48 hours as well as an added reduced-activity period of a couple of days, you will likely experience pain and also swelling for a few weeks.
Exercise and typical task could return to at the instructions of your cosmetic surgeon.


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I'm studying for a diploma exam and have to prepare 4 pieces that my teacher is not familiar with (she just asked me to pick 4 from the syllabus and when I picked the four obscure pieces she just said she listened to them and they were OK). Now next week I said Im going to prepare the first piece but now I'm changing my mind and I'm going to learn the second piece first. should I tell her before next lesson about the change? I have a feeling that she wouldn't care because, often when I present a new piece to her she would just analyze the score as I play. I think I'm going to tell her anyway as courtesy so she can prepare for the lesson if she needs to, but it made me wonder what other teachers do in this situation.


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The IRS has ruled (PLR 2012-29-007) that an S corporation's rental income is not passive income under Section 1362(d)(3)(C)(i).
The private letter ruling addresses an S corporation that, through its employees and other agents, provided certain services regarding rental real estate property it owned. These services include maintenance and repair such as cleaning, painting, electrical, plumbing, roof and structural maintenance, garbage and recycling, landscaping services, and pest control. Also provided were operational and management services such as paying all water, gas, heat, light, power, sewer, and janitorial charges and other utilities or services needed for the property; maintaining the structural and exterior portions of the property in good condition; providing trash removal and window-cleaning services; furnishing property-related inspections; maintaining common areas; and furnishing landscaping and snow removal service.
Section 1362(d)(3)(A)(i) provides that an S corporation election will be terminated whenever the corporation:
- has accumulated earnings and profits at the close of each of three consecutive taxable years; and
- has gross receipts for each of such taxable years, more than 25 percent of which are passive investment income.
In general, "passive investment income" means gross receipts derived from rent, and "rent" is defined as amounts received for the use of, or for the right to use, property (whether real or personal) of the corporation. The regulations provide that the term "rents" does not include rents derived from the active trade or business of renting property. Rents are derived from an active trade or business of renting property only if, based on all the facts and circumstances, the corporation provides significant services or incurs substantial costs in the rental business.
The IRS ruled in PLR 2012-29-007 that the rental income received by the S corporation from its rental property was not passive income as described in Section 1362(d)(3)(C)(i) based on all facts and circumstances presented.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Oct 2012 20:07 UTC
Interesting little tidbit from the Reddit AMA session with Microsoft's Surface team. One Redditor wondered just how much disk space Windows RT takes up - in other words, if you buy the 32GB Surface RT tablet, how much space is left for your stuff? It turns out that while Windows 8 RT is considerably smaller than its Windows 7 x86 predecessor, it's still huge by mobile standards.
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The "12GB" number is AFTER installing the full version of Office and numerous apps, to quote the source.
That still way more than it should be. I wonder what it actually is there that's taking so horribly much storage space. Even worse when the OS takes a third of all storage on the whole system. Curious.


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Biolux Biofuels Begins Construction of 90.6-Million Gallon Biodiesel Plant in China
10 October 2006
|China is the world's top producer of rapeseed. Click to enlarge.
Austrian biofuel company Biolux Biofuels has begun construction on a wholly-owned biodiesel plant in Nantong City in east China's Jiangsu Province. The €120-million project—the largest Austrian agrarian investment yet in China—will have an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes (90.6 million gallons US) of biodiesel produced from 800,000 tonnes of rapeseed.
The plant, which will be able to use multiple vegetable oils as feedstocks, is due to be completed in 2007.
China is the world's largest producer of rapeseed, with 11.4 million tonnes of output in 2003 according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Canada, the world's second-largest producer, yielded 6.7 million tonnes that year. Biolux is viewing the new plant as a source for exports to meet growing European demand for biodiesel, in addition to the domestic China market.
Nantong as a production location is ideal for us. The raw materials can be delivered directly by ship and the entrance to the open sea enables us to market our products globally.—Veit Schalle, Chairman Biolux Board
Domestic European production of vegetable and seed oils for biodiesel feedstock will meet only about one-third of the projected need determined by biofuel targets. The balance will be imported.
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In Canada rapeseed is now known as Canola.
Yes, and also in tUSA.
(for the sake of political correctness no doubt)
Well, doubt it. Canola is a trademarked cultivar of rapeseed. In fact, Canola comes from "Canadan oil, low acid. All Canola is rapeseed, but not all rapeseed is Canola, much like all Kleenex are tissues, but not all tissues are Kleenex.
So no, "political correctness" hasn nothing to do with it. It's all about branding and marketing.
You can also use ethanol instead of methanol, but methanol is cheaper. Watch China become the 2nd Greenest Country within a decade and the US fall behind again. China does not have a petrolum economy so they do not have to appease a minority of very wealthy at the expense of the masses like we do and they have a distribution system for petrol products which makes it easier to blend and move the products, openly government owned petrol companies instead of a government owned by petrol companies.
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First, the S&P 500 standard Daily Chart:
A Symmetrical Triangle Price Pattern – or any major consolidation/compression pattern – has the following three components:
- Upper Resistance "Expensive" Line
- Midpoint "Fair Value" Area
- Lower Support "Cheap" Line
This is true also of standard Rectangle Patterns as we saw from August to October 2011 in the S&P 500 recently.
At this moment, these levels exist at the 1,260 confluence with the very important 200d SMA (recent resistance), 1,200's confluence support, and of course the 1,220/1,230 "Midpoint" Area which has proven important (as both resistance and support).
To keep it as simple as possible, those will be the short-term levels to watch for any sign of a breakout as we turn the corner into 2012.
Triangle Patterns classically forecast a Range Expansion or Impulse (trend) phase after the initial breakout from these boundaries, as we saw with November's successful Triangle Pattern formation and completion (a really great example).
You can always go beyond price to determine the odds of an upside or downside break (including volume, momentum, internals, etc) but sometimes it's best to play the pure pattern for a breakout once the market "tips its hand" and confirms movement in a direction (instead of trying to guess which side – bulls or bears – will win).
However you decide to play it (swing, intraday, play ahead of the break, play after the break, play the first reaction after the break), it's often important to strip the chart of all indicators and focus on pure price structure when planning trading strategies:
What we're seeing above is the 120m S&P 500 Chart (for clarity – you could use an hourly chart but the bars get too compressed) with the larger dominant Triangle Trendlines (black) drawn.
I'm showing an alternate, steeper rising lower trendline that accounts for the two "nips" or "false breaks/traps" from the larger – arguably more important – trendline but the end result at the moment is identical: both are converging under 1,220.
I'm also showing the minor/smaller Symmetrical Triangle pattern that developed and achieved its goals in November (blue).
And above the price chart, I'm showing a basic "textbook" Symmetrical Triangle ideal pattern.
Again, the classic expectation is for a range breakout/trending move (price expansion) to develop on a breakout from these compression trendline boundaries (via the "Range Alternation Principle").
Minimum targets – which could be hit quickly – include 1,300 on the upside and 1,160 on the downside. Further movement beyond these levels expands the playing field for 1,375 (up) and 1,120 or even 1,100 (down).
We've had a few good examples lately about similar triangle patterns, so let's monitor this situation as it develops and be ready to act as needed, depending on our trading stragies and aggression levels (aggressive traders try to position as quickly as possible on a break, while conservative traders prefer additional confirming signals).
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Written By Corey Rosenbloom, CMT From Afraid To Trade
My name is Corey Rosenbloom, CMT (Chartered Market Technician) trader, educator, analyst, and I am excited to share with you my experiences studying and trading the markets and to hear from you regarding your experiences, challenges, and frustrations, and successes. My goal is to create a community dedicated to reaching out to those who have been burned by the market or are anxious about risking their money to make money in the stock, options, or futures markets. Together, we can share strategies and learn how to overcome crippling fears that keep us from achieving our highest potential.


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Below in the following to posts are links to all of GTA San Andreas storyline missions and few other missions such has the casino heist missions and Zeros missions. No cheats or trainers were used on these saves.
To get the save file you wish, go to the post which has the saves for your version. Chose which mission you would like to play, then download the link beside it. Make sure the location for the download is the San Andreas User Files. Then just start the game and play your mission you have chosen. Enjoy
•Version 1 Saves Post
•Version 2 Saves Post
•If you are unsure about which version you have, try reading my guide. You can find it here
•A few of the URLs have the upload number all over the place. Dont worry about this. I have checked them all and they are the right links for the mission.
•I can not post a link to a collection of all the saves. Sorry.
• On GTASNP it shows V1 modifyed for the V1 saves and V1 modifyed for the V2 saves. Dont worry about this, I am 100% that they are the correct version.
•To HerrieM for completeing a few of the missions.
•To jaj's brother for completing 2 mission's which I was unable to do.
•To JAJ for testing a few of the saves to make sure they work.
•To OrionSR and pdescobar for telling/helping me understand the version problems.


text: Hello, I am start with example. Suppose I have the following type synonym: type SomeMonad a = ErrorT String (ReaderT String IO) a this is monad, and I want to make it instance of Applicative, so, the obvious way is to write the following: instance Applicative SomeMonad where pure = return (<*>) = ap GHCi warns me, that I have to use -XTypeSynonymInstances option to allow this construction, but than I have following error: Type synonym `SomeMonad' should have 1 argument, but has been given 0 In the instance declaration for `Applicative SomeMonad' Neither `instance Applicative (SomeMonad a)` nor `instance Applicative SomeMonad a` help. But works the following: instance Applicative (ErrorT String (ReaderT String IO)) where pure = return (<*>) = ap Which is the same (from my point of view). Could anyone tell me what is going on, and how to declare SomeMonad as instance of Applicative ? Thanks, Vasyl


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SPOTTED: Rihanna on Ellen (Is She Bringing The Snuggie Back?)
Are snuggies making a comeback in the fashion world?! We're only kidding StyleBlazers! Keeping your Snuggie in the comfort of your own home is probably best, but who other to break that rule than Rihanna?
The pop diva recently taped an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show where she arrived in an all black ensemble. Ellen then gifted Rihanna a Snuggie with Ellen's face on it!
As her 6th album, Talk That Talk, is set to be released on November 21st we've been able to get a taste of Rihanna's new rocker grunge swag. Lots of black, red, bold stripes, and baggy menswear inspired pieces with a curly feminine hairdo to bring it all together. We just love Rihanna's up do on Ellen and her minimalist black outfit. She is wearing a Salvatore Ferragamo jumpsuit, earrings by Delfina Delettrez, jewelry by Solange Azagury-Partridge, and Manolo Blahnik heels.When it comes to style, a skilled fashionista can truly make less say more. Rihanna is that fashionista and we can't wait to see where she takes this one! Check out Rihanna's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show which airs on Monday, November 21st!
See the pic of Rihanna rocking the snuggie on the Ellen Set on the following page:


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Notes For WWE Raw Next Week
It was announced on WWE Raw that Los Matadores will debut next week on WWE Raw. They have hyped their debut for the past month and will make their debut on Raw next week from Biloxi, Mississippi.
Furthermore, WWE Raw next week will be a speical "WWE Superstars and Divas Rise Above Cancer." Last year, WWE honored the fight against Breast Cancer with pink ropes and ring posts. Expect Superstars and Divas to sport pink as well.


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Table 3:
Presentations of frontal network syndromes; clinical and radiological syndromes (Figure
(A) Lesion studies (multimodality MRI or CT imaging)
(1) Symptom related: most conditions present with the triad of inattention, executive dysfunction, and dysmemory. A working memory disorder (worried well) as opposed to early Alzheimer's disease is also frequent.
(2) Syndrome related: basic clinical (abulia, disinhibition, dysexecutive).
(3) Syndrome pathophysiologically related. Examples include frontal stroke, herpes simplex encephalitis, leukoaraiosis, watershed infarction such as "Man-in-the-Barrel syndrome", or tumor related such as the Foster Kennedy syndrome.
(4) Anatomically lobar: motor, premotor prefrontal dorsolateral, prefrontal mediobasal, and prefrontal orbitofrontal.
(5) Anatomically network: frontal subcortical circuits
(6) Anatomically long range network: brainstem, cerebellar, occipital lesions associated with FNS
(B) No radiological abnormality-neurotransmitter syndromes
Serotonin syndrome
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Malignant hyperpyrexia
Cholinergic and anticholinergic toxidromes
Paroxysmal autonomic instability and dystonia syndrome (PAIDS)
(C) Synaptopathies (for example Limbic encephalitis)
Disorders with antibodies against synaptic proteins such as NMDA, AMPA, and GABA-B receptors. Present with seizures and encephalopathies and yet are treatable [
(D) Networktopathies and participatory networks (f-MRI)
The default mode network, salience network, and attentional network may be evaluated by f-MRI (e.g., abnormal in AD, FTD, TBI, MS, depression, e.g.,) [
Functional MRI-task-related activity seen, for example, with the Stroop, Word List Generation tests, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test activating particular networks [


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|May 13-14, 2013 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
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