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Cosplayer Sango > Costume of Kyoko Sakura (Madoka Magica)
- Most Recent Photo
- 03-31-2014
- Series
- Madoka Magica
- Character
- Kyoko Sakura
- Special Variation:
- Magical Girl Outfit
- Year Completed:
- 2014
- Construction Difficulty:
This Costume has been retired
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
The spear is made of wood and pvc. It also breaks apart and is held together by a metal chain and bungee chords inside.
- Personal Thoughts:
- One of my favorite costumes to wear.
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- Unknown
- Wig Name
- Long Ponytail Clip
- Original Color:
- Red/ Maroon
- Wig Quality Rating
- 3 / 5.00
- Styling Notes
- Just cut the bangs and re-ponytailed base at a shorter hight.
- Wig Review
- The ponytail pulled the base wig back, but that probably just happens with all ponytail wigs.
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Gherkins with prawns and other ingredients
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Published On: 15 Sep 2012
English: Prawns
tamil: Eral
malayalam: Chemmeen
kannada: Sigadi
hindi: Jinga
Bengali: Chingri
Konkani: Sungtan
Marathi: Zinga
Tulu: Etti
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English: Turmeric Powder
tamil: Manjalpodi
malayalam: Manjalpodi
telugu: Pasupu
kannada: Arashina / Harasina Pudi
hindi: Haldi / Hardhar
Bengali: Halood
Gujarati: Hardhar / Haldi
Konkani: Haladpito
Marathi: Halad / Halede
Oriya: Haladi Gunda
Punjabi: Haldar / Haldi
Kashmiri: Lader
Urudu: Haladi
English: Coconut
tamil: Thengai
malayalam: Nalikeram / Thenga
telugu: Kobbari Kaaya
kannada: Thenginakai
hindi: Nariyal
Bengali: Narcole
Gujarati: Naliyer / Nariyal
Konkani: Naarlu
Marathi: Naral
Oriya: Nadia
Punjabi: Gola / Nariyal
Kashmiri: Narjeel
English: Green Chillies
tamil: Pachchii Milagai
malayalam: Pachamulagu
telugu: Patchimirapa / Pachchi Mirapakayalu
kannada: Hasi Menasinakai
hindi: Hara Mircha / Hari Mirch
Bengali: Kancha Lanka / Maricha
Gujarati: Marcha
Konkani: Jeevisaang / Tanrni Mirsang / Tanrni Miriyasang
Marathi: Pachchai Milagai
Oriya: Lila Marcha
Punjabi: Mirchan
English: Ginger
tamil: Inji
malayalam: Inchi
telugu: Allam / Allamu / Sonthi
kannada: Shunti / Alla / Ashi Shunti / Ardraka
hindi: Adrak / Adu / Soonth
Bengali: Ada
Gujarati: Aadu / Soonth
Konkani: Alley
Marathi: Aale
Oriya: Ada
Punjabi: Adrak
Tulu: Soonthi
Urudu: Adrak / Adhrak
English: Mustard Seeds
tamil: Kadugu
malayalam: Kadugu
telugu: Avalu
kannada: Sasuve / Karisasive
hindi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Sarson
Bengali: Sarsay / Shorshe / Rai
Gujarati: Rai
Konkani: Sasaun
Marathi: Mohori
Oriya: Sorisa / Sarosha
Punjabi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Kalee Sarson
Tulu: Sasive
Kashmiri: Aasur / Sorisa
Urudu: Rai, Banarasi Rai, Kalee Sarson
English: Curry Leaves
tamil: Kariveppilai / Karivempu
malayalam: Kariveppila
telugu: Karivepaku / Karepaku
kannada: Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu
hindi: Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga
Bengali: Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli
Gujarati: Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo
Konkani: Karbapathi / Beva Palo
Marathi: Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi
Oriya: Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga
Punjabi: Kadipatti / Curry Patta
Tulu: Bevudirae
English: oil
tamil: Ennai
malayalam: enna
telugu: camuru
kannada: taila
hindi: tela
Punjabi: moyen
English: Salt
tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
Marathi: Mith
For preparing gherkins-prawns fougath, half cook the prawns with turmeric powder, salt and required water.
Heat oil in a vessel and splutter mustard seeds.
Add in the gherkins, curry leaves and half cooked prawns.
Toss in grated coconut, green chillies, ginger, shallots and kudampuli with a little water. Allow it to cook on low flame .
Gherkins-prawns fougath is ready.
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She looks so awesome but also kind of creepy because she reminds me of a doll or a mannequin. But she is a robot so... I really like her pose and the opal, obsidian and chalcedony colors here. Her hairstyle looks very cool. 5/5 hearts and favorites.
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The Counter Counterculture
By James Atlas;
Published: February 12, 1995
IT WAS COCKTAIL HOUR ON THE OPENING DAY of the new, Republican-dominated Congress, and the long, chandelier-lighted parlor of David Brock's town house in Georgetown was filling up with exuberant young conservatives fresh from events on the Hill. Brock is a 32-year-old journalist who has taken the 60's counterculture credo that the personal is political and given it a whole new meaning -- describing Anita Hill as "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty" and interviewing Arkansas state troopers about Bill Clinton's sex life. He'd invited to his place perhaps two dozen men and women in their 20's and 30's and early 40's who, like him, made their living trying to tear down the liberal establishment, or what remains of it.
There were editors from The American Spectator -- the country's most raucous journal of conservative opinion. It was in The Spectator that Brock published his savaging of Hill (later expanded into a best-selling book) and his "troopergate" allegations about the President. To judge by his elegant French-cuffed shirt, let alone the town house, his association with The Spectator hadn't hurt him.
In the center of the parlor, radiating the charged aura of the face-famous, stood P. J. O'Rourke, the Hunter Thompson of the right, drawing on a lethal-looking cigarillo; his withering dispatches in Rolling Stone, the biweekly that helped define the 60's counterculture, have made him something of a 90's frat-house hero. (I'd seen him on "Charlie Rose" the week before, making fun of starving Africans.) O'Rourke was deep in conversation with Andrew Ferguson, another conservative funny man. Ferguson had published a "memo" on The Wall Street Journal's editorial page a week after the election briefing reporters -- which to his mind means members of the liberal, Beltway-bunkered opinion elite -- on the curious new species known as "Republicans," who attend church not for chamber music concerts but for "services" and who drive "old cars, pickup trucks and vans," not Volvos. The article was called "Those Who Don't Get It."
Brock pointed out for me some of the others who, to the strains of Smashing Pumpkins and 10,000 Maniacs, were drinking and laughing and comparing Newt sightings. It may have been a more sedate affair than the Election Night bash Brock threw -- "I thought the windows were going to blow out when Rostenkowski conceded," he said -- but it was anything but staid. I had been prepared to encounter the kind of conservatives Norman Mailer memorably described as "people who went to their piano lessons when they were kids," but it wasn't that kind of crowd. They were bright. They'd had radical and unpopular ideas and had stuck to them. And now they were carrying on like winners. America!
I was struck by the number of women on hand. There was Cathy Young, a 32-year-old columnist for The Detroit News who had come armed with brochures advertising the Women's Freedom Network, a conservative lobbying group formed in 1993 to seek "alternatives to both extremist ideological feminism and anti-feminist traditionalism." Later on I would meet Danielle Crittenden, the editor of The Women's Quarterly, a new Washington-based periodical edited for and by conservative-minded women; she was with her husband, David Frum -- a former Wall Street Journal editorial writer and the author of "Dead Right," which accuses the Reagan and Bush Administrations of not delivering on their promises to reduce the size of the Federal Government. Eager to get the word out about her new journal, Crittenden had sent me the first two issues, featuring articles like "Violence Against Taxpayers: Why the new $ 1.5 billion Violence Against Women Act won't protect women from violent crime, but will subject them to an assault of 'abuse experts,'" by Betsy Hart, a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service who was also at the party.
Another of Brock's guests that night was David Brooks, features editor of The Journal's editorial page -- the bulletin board of the New Right. A week after last November's election, Brooks had published on the page a short essay of his own titled "Meet the New Establishment," in which he heralded the ascent of a "new generation" of 30- and 40-something conservative opinion-makers: journalists, columnists, policy intellectuals and assorted other media and political types. The cultural revolution Brooks described had flickered alongside the electoral one that put Newt Gingrich in the Speaker's chair.
And who were the members of this New Establishment? Prominent among its ranks is William Kristol, the Republican strategist whose memo, faxed out to Republicans on Capitol Hill, launched the assault on President Clinton's health care plan. Then there is Lisa Schiffren, the former speech writer for Dan Quayle, who turned a sitcom character, Murphy Brown, into a weapon in the right's attack on single motherhood. Myron Magnet of New York's influential conservative think tank, the Manhattan Institute, is a member, too; his 1993 book, "The Dream and the Nightmare," a detailed critique of the welfare system, earned him a fan letter from Gingrich and helped make welfare reform a Republican priority. The notion of political correctness, now a staple of radio talk shows and the news weeklies, was first defined and ridiculed by the cultural critics Roger Kimball and Dinesh D'Souza, both of whom are key players of the New Establishment. D'Souza's next book, on the politics of race, will -- like so many conservative books these days, including "The Bell Curve" -- be published by Adam Bellow, editorial director of the Free Press, this establishment's most important house. Then there are the people who publicize these books and the ideas they promote -- people like Brooks and Brock and James Golden, a producer of "Rush Limbaugh" who also has his own nationally syndicated radio show. These young men and women are, in effect, a new conservative opinion elite, a counter-counterculture.


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Bank goes in write direction
WHICH Irish bank is most worried about its public image?
'The Punt' isn't sure, but one lender certainly is.
That's judging by the advertisement we've received seeking go-getting type able to "delight customers by developing communications toolkits that meet needs and are in plain English".
It's a big ask for a simple copy writer. After all, there isn't a word in English that is as plain as "No".
But it's not going to put too many smiles on too many faces.
Still, 'the Punt' is tickled pink at being invited to throw its hat into the ring for the job at the unnamed lender.
The invite arrived via automated social media. In the complex algorithms of the digital matrix our key words must match their key words. That or we're both Leos.
Whatever it was that caused the electronic eye to fall on 'the Punt', we fear that delighting bank customers is less a matter of word choices than of credit options.
Still, as Bank X embarks "on a major customer experience programme" we wish them well, but despite the internet matchmakers they'll have to do it without us.
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After being missing longer than Tyler from TTD, lost in all the scuttles of last night's game was that Jiri "Happy" Hudler actually had a great game. He was all over the ice all night and, if he keeps this up, is just a step away from breaking out.
Happy finished the night with 5 shots, third most on the team. He still is a little hesitant and isn't expecting the puck to go in the net when he fires it, but I saw almost everything I remember from his days with the team pre-hookers.
In other news, ESPN has decided that today, finally, is the day to honor the great Nick Lidstrom. The "sports leader" asked Scotty's thoughts on TPH and how he compares to the other great defensemen of all time, Bobby Orr & Doug Harvey.
One final thought from Bowman on Lidstrom's offensive numbers over the years: "The thing I always said about Nick, for all the points he's had, his offense has been so good, but the thing that's always amazed me about him is that very, very seldom have I seen Nick caught up ice. Very seldom does he leave his partner alone."
This is a great point. Has Lidstrom ever pinched and got caught, ever? I think the answer is clear, no.
And here's Osgood, who decided that he best be shirtless for this, conducting an interview with Lidstrom. Pretty good stuff; check it out.


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An article in the Northern Wyoming Daily News from an irate mother who decided to sell her son's truck after he was caught drunk driving on New Years Eve. The six-line ad told a powerful story: VERY mad mother selling 16 yr. old son's 1993 Ford Ranger. Drove 3 mos. before son forgot to use his brain and got caught driving drunk. $3500 OBO. Call meanest mother in Wyoming. Do you agree with this mother?
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Let me tell you another awesome mom. I love this that -- -- it is sad in the north in Wyoming. Daily news. This sixth line and told a very powerful story ready this is exactly word for word verbatim what this ad reads. Very mad mothers selling sixteen year old son's 1993. Ford Ranger. Drove three and forgot to use his green and got caught driving drunk. 3500 dollars or best stopper. Call meanest mother in Wyoming. Our do you love this morning 87746. Died. 4322. That's 8774694322. The like this you think it's good to be true you think this way this is really mother who would be that tells ethnic. That she would actually take out -- net full scale trucks. -- -- -- selling sixteen year old -- 1993 Ford Ranger drove three months before us son got to use his screen. And got caught driving drunk. Cause the meanest mother and my -- it's like. It would be fake. But it's not state. This mom is a divorced mother of two boys nineteen and sixteen. The youngest son is the one she said the dot uses brain he ended -- get arrested for driving drunk. So now she said that when she. Purchased this truck for her sixty general time he came -- a couple of conditions. He was supposed to keep his grades -- Stay out of trouble. He was holding up his end of the bargain until new years seat. Bad night this -- at home waiting for sixteen year old son to return from a day. When he missed his curfew something he rarely did she became concerned and sent him a text message the reply she received was not typical. In fact -- he told us that her -- text message to her need her weary that he was intoxicated. She asked if he needed -- right now be home in an hour. Ninety minutes later no side of the -- Like any. You -- that was caught up in the night's revelry and ended up getting arrested for driving under the influence. The Wyoming state police caught the boy's mother to coming out and it was on the right on that she decided to sell the truck to teachers on eleven -- RX and didn't want to sell the track. She offered to let him buy it here refused. -- next few days. Brought impassioned pleas from both her son and her ex husband first all her ex husband should check out. And his business. EG. Said that she held firm because it's out of his business he and paid for the track -- did. In G held firm she placed the ad that ran on Wednesday in the local Wyoming paper. A day later the story at the Internet and now her own hasn't stopped ringing so the question I have for all of you. Do you think she is the worst mom in the world. She calls us up -- mean his mother in Wyoming just think that that mom was mean what you think that she did exactly. Which she should have done as a parent. I think shoes nice my own apartment that night I left the jail for the night. Did she picked him up she didn't beat him senseless. You think you might have and -- -- ditch. If you mother did buy -- Carly and by the card she purchased the car out of Alomar made him walk home. And that's what she should've done that she gave it right on she was concerned she behavior like the parent. And now much gone home she said okay. I'd buy into trapped in a conditions. That required you to behave appropriately. So that you could keep the truck. And you got current. He'll lose the track and act like parent. 8774694322. Because her ex husband continues to argue with her saying that she should. Had given her sign a second chance. -- key to serve a second chance that he's basically a good kid you had a bad night in she shouldn't have sold the track a public -- -- humiliated him like that. While I'm high -- -- what about you 87746943. To do. That's 87746943220. Any idea. That she started the ads like this very mad mother selling sixteen year old's 1993 Ford Ranger. And his kid only drove up at three months. Before he forgot to use his prey. And when he -- T -- is playing. She gets a call from the local cops Rosemary isn't this the winning rocks showed today. Between Amman in Georgia. Who took down the 220 pound intruder. Today's mom. And I am. So Prada both of them they may women. They speak well for our -- both of them. Aren't they did right and that protected the first unprotected yourself in the second one protective orders signed. I. Cannot tell you had to -- -- I have to say. To do with the fact a lot of it. Basically I was calling to say I'm a single mother a pupil aid to now. 24 and 22 and I wish I had done for them when I add them at all. I K -- easily. The weapon at that bank. -- let sunlight. That's one of them so much easier. To aid to their ears it. Stay and stand strong especially when Euro. So. It goes until her out. -- let me ask you do you think that you weren't easy -- kids because you want to be their friend. Well not at all I was eating like it's because their father. Was rotten. I'm Molly I'm -- he only credit side and I don't mean that it was that you physically and -- need it well by some ways but he always made clear -- -- how disappointed -- like them. Because they didn't do what you want them to jail. So you like it was a good cop bad cop in that area. Yeah and then normally the bad cop you know I had a pretty. Straight and narrow kind of person myself but what he overloaded. I had cheated give them some greatly. And I know even when I was doing that. I didn't like get. By. It would and should talk on the -- up to our top parents so well we're definitely. But Rosemary you know thank you so much fair share -- that -- us and thanks for the call. I'm with 774 who says Michelle that was his second chance the first was her text do you want me to pick you up. That was his first chance. He lost that -- so she did have a second chance and that's when she went to pick them up. -- as this mom and demean his mother in Wyoming or is it finally somebody parenting -- kid and not expecting the government to do it for them. Yeah actually due to great mother I'm concerned that solid that the album up much but back then they're not child and well they're not. If not that's what I did I side job my wife -- -- think I'm that somebody comes and you just keep all along that -- got away they go -- well. I think that's good but that -- about the gun issue is we we got down at Fort -- where they have although shooting. Yeah I'm not that we got all those old tree you've forgotten. Yeah and not look on the haven't gotten it wouldn't allow any of them epic -- -- only -- Arabic and they were the major that was -- everybody. Well that that that but they don't (%expletive) all that much. And meanwhile that guy Malik. A son is still getting paid with taxpayer money I think his -- is 6000 calls a month. Korea and at a street -- -- -- Again nobody ever wants to talk about that that's not our workplace violence as the Obama administration calls it. Magna and BI TIA it is absolutely maddening. 315 says boy that's sixteen year old in Wyoming got -- easy if it'd been me I would have been safer staying in jail that have -- my mother get a hold of me. -- -- -- This is the Howie -- show I'm Michelle McPhee it is a great show about some. Awesome women. Welcome back to the howling and I know a lot of seven feet in a rally car and I love this text or 978. If. Adam -- is mom. Was a little bit more like the Wyoming -- We might have avoided a tragedy. And that is the absolute truth so I love this story if you didn't hear you just tuning in. Meet the meanest mom in Wyoming. I call her an actual parents. She easy. Opposite. Those people from New York City driving to Boston for the holidays. But -- -- I just side. To find silent video games at the restaurants. Did -- not -- angry email to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and shockingly. The -- DOT. Who wouldn't respond to you. If you found that fast plane -- -- to offer few grand piano and immediately New Yorkers -- action in Massachusetts. Because they'd want their children. Having to look -- violent video games now my solution that would be don't give -- quarters. To pretty games but not now. Massachusetts responded by removing. The video games from the rest stops. Well this mom in Wyoming is quite the opposite she bought it hit a car in 1993 Ford Ranger there a couple of rules. Keep your grades up stay out of trouble. While he didn't follow the rules he guard trunk I needed seed in got locked up the drug track. Now she's fighting whether ex husband is a debate about whether or not she should have given him a second chance. But instead she plays and had. In the Wyoming daily news under -- still -- very mad mothers selling sixteen year old son's 1993 Ford Ranger. -- three months before -- -- forgot to use his brain and got caught driving drunk. The birdie excuse me 3500. Dollars or best offer call meanest mother in Wyoming. I call her the best mother that I have heard about. Cents an hour ago we talked about the mom in the crawl space. Who was protecting her nine year old twins with a 38. That she unloaded into bank one impound her. It's a great day of -- winning -- Brad pretty big guy next on the -- our show at Michelle -- Well. -- I think of beer and a lot in the seventies -- Your children a car accident one of those. Well my old problem I was sixteen that I. You don't get a second chance or something like that it's a one shot deal marks it gut -- -- acres and I was tortured. Our board and I think it is whether. It's it's a friend -- to -- -- -- that a jury to dale knock on any more you -- you know -- myself -- number. Your -- somebody on you are wrong to call me. But I will not go to your funeral would be something stupid that's just the way it. Children kids on Friday is the other in the US not the -- Butler -- And now -- ex wife equate to beauty of our kids. Op art that I like that sulphide bet he -- don't want all of and you know you know -- -- to our. -- -- -- excuses are but I don't have a brother here thirty but later because she took the decision. The broad front thank god nobody else in the car appeals -- But you know and it robs. You know to do without because of what happened. You know I -- it and the other thirty years later you know you'll come back from your stock and getting killed and a car that should torn right that. Well thank you Fred I'm sorry feel a lot that's an awful thing but this did exactly what should happen and so sickened tired. Of the moms and dads who want to be Dick kids' friends are you Donna on next and how it our show. This -- I tell you. This woman has given her -- a second chance. She gave a second chance at life he's lucky he didn't kill it kill themselves or. Some other people that -- would be -- And you know. Don I have to say that detection of the set I would have been safer in jail. That's my case too wouldn't you would have been safer in jail. Yeah right exactly. And you know this is no accountability with children today not they. Can do what they wanna do and the parents who say you know if you don't do as you've got to get this consequent and they never followed through. This is -- Problem with children say they want the government to parent their children like a couple for you are driving to Boston during the holidays -- where. Aside. To see violent video games and you know exactly you. Have a job to do your parents don't give yacht kid's quarter -- if you don't want them to play violent video games at a Massachusetts stressed out. Absolutely but you know what parents today. Seem to think that by being their friend giving them everything they want that's the best way to do it. When it's not easy to say no to your kids we all have to do it but it's still bright thing to do OK and I know I. My apartment in the background and the fact that you have died you know just -- -- be ups and maybe I don't know. Thanks Eric I'm gonna rank top thanks Donna great way he acts on how -- -- with hi Gina. -- out. We had a similar situation when -- darted away just got her license than me but Herat Alec cheap car. But we ended up taking the highway from her because she allowed whatever friend than unlicensed. Driver. To drive her car and they had been drinking. And we took the car away in question was not happy about it but. It taught her a great lesson we've we we're not friends with our kids we -- parents and they are wonderful kids today they're adults now. So she is she rocks she is not -- mom. She is an awesome mom I mean I loved -- -- because she's mad. I mean she just say visit 1993. You know Ford Ranger the -- buried Madd -- selling sixteen year old son 1993 Ford Ranger. Drove three months before us on the got to use his brain got caught driving drunk I mean I love this woman. And her husband like I mean give a second chance -- now in my -- and I -- on board -- it totally. Todd Kelly what are crowd but I love -- -- can access and the one wants to be welcome law. And he got to be buddy buddy with the kid and that's not gonna work. Then on the one about -- -- probably a little. Easier than he was but he would you know -- we both agreed that she wasn't ready to have around current because she couldn't be responsible. Now did you do you paid for the first when you got out licensing out to first guy did to parents by the did you about it. It was the kind of bit my mother and I care and it was a 75 dollar for it -- Elaine station wagons. I think. -- have would. God I don't remember. 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Feel the Thunder Stable's Gran Estreno, who posted a mild upset when winning the 2009 edition of the Grade III Washington Park Handicap, returns in search of a repeat bid in Saturday's $150,000 race that offers its winner an automatic berth into the Grade I $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In."
A son of Lucky Roberto, Gran Estreno has an affinity for Arlington Park with five victories and two third-place finishes from seven runs here. The Mike Stidham-trained 7-year-old won a third-level allowance over this surface in early May before finishing third in the Grade III Hanshin Cup later that month. In his last start, which was on the turf, he was bumped and steadied at the break but recovered to again finish third. Michael Baze picks up the mount aboard Gran Estreno who shares co-starting highweight of 118 pounds for the mile and three-sixteenths affair.
Also in at 118 pounds is Virginia Tarra's Giant Oak, a graded stakes winner with earnings in excess a half-million dollars. Though winless in six starts this year, the Chris Block-trained son champion Giant's Causeway has been keeping good company. Earlier in the summer, the 4-year-old colt ran fourth in the Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs and most recently endured a troubled trip to finished fifth, beaten only 1 ¼ lengths for all of it, in the Grade III Arlington Handicap on turf. Junior Alvarado gets the riding assignment Saturday.
The co-highweights will spot their five rivals from one to five pounds.
Hickory Tree Farm's Coolcullen Times and Jim Tafel's Country Flavor each have been assigned 117 pounds for the Washington Park. The former, a son of Rock of Gibraltar comes in off a third-place run in the $70,000 John's Call Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 6. The Graham Motion trainee is winless in four North American starts but is a minor stakes winner in his native Ireland. Jesus Castanon will ride.
The latter, by Empire Maker, won the Grade III Hanshin Cup over this course in May and has been awaiting this start ever since. The Greg Geier-trained 4-year-old will be ridden by Inez Karlsson.
Others in the field for the Washington Park Handicap (with jockey and weight assignment) are: Bonnie Heath Farm, Holiday Stable, Bright Brook Farm & Hinkle Farms' Mad Flatter (James Graham, 116 pounds), a wire-to-wire winner in allowance company in his last start here Aug. 6; Meritage Holdings' Cure for Sale (Eduardo Perez, 114), third in the $100,000 Windward Stakes at Presque Isle last out July 27; and Team Valor International's Elusive Beat (Florent Geroux, 113), third in a Del Mar allowance in his last start Aug. 7.


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Winnipeg Ices New York 3-1 - Recap
Winnipeg skated to a 3-1 victory over New York on Thursday in NHL action at MTS Centre.
Winnipeg was an underdog by +104 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.
Winnipeg got goals from Nik Antropov, Antti Miettinen, and Andrew Ladd in the victory. Antropov opened the scoring at 1:58 of the first period.
Ondrej Pavelec stopped 28 of 29 New York shots in the victory.
Ryan Callahan scored for the Rangers, finding the net behind Ondrej Pavelec.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 of 32 shots for the Rangers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Winnipeg scored 1 time on 2 chances on the power play, while New York went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Winnipeg by a margin of 33-29.
Winnipeg looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Maple Leafs. The Rangers will aim to get back on the winning track at Pittsburgh.


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TWO councils have united to battle a national park's decision to prevent disused barns being converted into business units without planning permission.
Richmondshire and North Yorkshire councils have written to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Environment Secretary Owen Patterson in an attempt to end its row with Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) over how best to preserve the barns, widely regarded as key landscape features in the area.
The councils have asked the ministers to cancel a YDNPA order exempting it from a recent Government planning ruling to allow agricultural buildings to be used for a variety of commercial uses without approval.
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As ministers bowed to fierce pressure from groups, including the North York Moors National Park Authority to exempt national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty from a loosening of planning restrictions, permission is still required for all physical changes to buildings, parking provision and access.
The YDNPA said while it supports the reuse of redundant farm buildings for business use in the right locations, the permitted development rights would give a blanket planning permission without taking into account the uniqueness of each individual application.
YDNPA chairman Peter Charlesworth said: "We think our local communities ought to have a say, through the planning process, on developments that could significantly affect them."
The councils say by imposing the need to apply for planning permission the YDNPA is opposing the desire of central and local government to stimulate economic growth in rural areas.
While the YDNPA says its main purpose is to protect and conserve the park and to help people enjoy it, the council's argue YDNPA's order undermines their statutory duties to promote economic and social well being of residents and businesses.
The councils add that the order denies farmers planning rights available elsewhere in England, creates a two-tier planning regime and fails to take into account the rural nature of the area, which depends on vulnerable upland agriculture.
North Yorkshire County Council executive member for planning Gareth Dadd said: "We understand the need to care for the unique heritage of the Yorkshire Dales, but in a sparsely populated area such as this, maintaining heritage means we also have to help communities to be sustainable and to thrive socially and economically."
John Blackie, leader of Richmondshire District Council, added: "The relaxation of planning controls would greatly assist in boosting farm incomes, tourism, business for the host of small construction trades that are a feature of the national park and the general prosperity of the local communities and local economies."


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Mainland's wind potential blown away by power grid monopolies
The stranglehold of the operators means a reluctance to invest in the equipment needed to distribute renewable energy
The mainland's wind power generators will reach their full potential only if the state-owned power distribution giants lose their monopolies, said the China director of the Global Wind Energy Council.
This is because the grid operators are reluctant to invest in the hardware and software needed to meet the special requirements of intermittent renewable energy output like wind turbines.
The distributors preferred to rely on stable fossil-fuel power and regarded renewable energy as a troublesome animal, said Qiao Liming of the global industry association.
"Technology and funding are not the real issues. If there is a need, the grid companies have the means to make the necessary investment … It is more of a mindset problem," she said in an interview with the South China Morning Post on the sidelines of the Asia Future Energy Forum.
About one-sixth of the power from wind farms in the north last year was wasted since it could not be delivered to consumers, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission said in a report in August.
This translated into a revenue loss of 6.6 billion yuan (HK$8.2 billion) when the farms were told by the grid operators to stop their turbines because the grid could not absorb their output.
This is only part of the industry's problem as it reflects only the poor performance of grid-connected wind farms. At the end of last year, 28 per cent of the nation's installed wind farms were not connected to the power grids, according to the commission, meaning a substantial portion of the wind farms had been idle.
The blame has been put on poor government control over the approval of new wind farm projects in the early years when there was a stampede to invest, and the failure of the distribution infrastructure to catch up.
State Grid Corporation, which owns and operates power grids in all but five southern provinces, blamed the poor equipment of wind farms for the many instances when their power had to be dropped from the grid.
The stoppages were to protect the whole grid from collapsing due to instability caused by the wind generators, State Gridsaid.
The corporation has since tightened the requirements on wind farm operators, but the bottleneck in grid transmission capacity is yet to improve.
This is partly caused by a delay in several large ultra-high-voltage power transmission projects that would send power from the remote energy-rich northern regions to the high-consumption coastal markets efficiently.
However, Qiao said a more fundamental issue was the insufficient research and investment by grid operators on their infrastructure to cater for the special needs of renewable energy.
"The bigger underlying problems are a lack of progress in electricity market reform and competition in the transmission and distribution sector. These have limited the drive for change and improvement," Qiao said.
Beijing separated the power industry's generation operation from the transmission and distribution section by breaking down the behemoth State Power Corporation a decade ago.
It has fostered competition on the generation side by forming five big generation companies.
However, transmission and distribution is carried out by State Grid and China Southern Power Grid, both monopolies in their respective regions.
Industry watchers have called for the break-up of the distribution business into several companies to create more competition, but there has been no progress. The proposals suggested leaving transmission operation as a monopoly to avoid infrastructure duplication.
With sharp falls in wind turbine prices in the past few years, the cost to produce wind power would be comparable to that of coal-fired power, had the market price of coal been fully accounted for, Qiao said.
During periods of sharp increases in coal price since 2004, Beijing has intervened and artificially kept prices lower than what the market was charging to protect the bottom lines of the power companies.
Coal-fired power prices have also been artificially kept low to help tame inflation.
Qiao said it was hard to tell whether the new leadership set to take over in March would be able to muster the political courage to push further reform of the power industry, given resistance from the grid monopolies.
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Welcome to the Nürburgring, home to today's German Grand Prix. If you can't be there in person, an online video tour will give you some idea of the entertainment accompanying Formula One at its most modern and sophisticated: beer, go-karts and women. There are just two problems for excited race-goers, we are warned. First, "You'll have to bring your pit-babes along, or get to know them!" And second: "How do you sell it to your wife?"
For Hitler fan Bernie Ecclestone, this must be a tormenting time. At the very moment he is free to mix with young women who enjoy motor racing events in the homeland of his beloved Führer, the master of F1 finds himself out in the cold. The Germans are still sulking. Even though he has explained that when he paid tribute to Hitler and expressed doubts about his part in the Holocaust, he actually meant to say that the Jews should have sorted the banks out. The day before Ecclestone was due to arrive in Germany for the race, the head of BMW, Mario Theissen, described Ecclestone as "disgusting".
If the Germans appear more sensitive to Ecclestone's ghastliness than the British, they have the comfort, at least, of knowing he will soon go away. Moreover, their political life has not been contaminated by contact with Ecclestone. Unlike our own.
In Germany, no laws have been changed to facilitate his business interests. No donations accepted and then returned. No government lies told about donations. No ministers compromised at his noisy events. No roads built. Yes, in this country, we have Mr Ecclestone to thank for improvements to the A43. All he had to do was threaten to remove the Grand Prix from Silverstone if the government did not obey orders.
In an episode the government tried to suppress, Sir Richard Mottram, the most senior civil servant in the Department of Transport, objected that this £8m investment was not value for money, but was overruled by Tony Blair. Downing Street said the decision was "in the national interest". And of course, for anyone who had come to appreciate, like Mr Blair, that Mr Ecclestone's interests were synonymous with national ones, the thing made perfect sense.
Naturally, you had a better grasp of the problem if you had actually visited Silverstone, or been stuck in traffic en route to its hospitality tents. Is it possible that, unlike the prime minister and his fellow parliamentary petrolheads, Sir Richard Mottram had never accepted one of Ecclestone's invitations? To the extent that New Labour ever acquired its own, trademark sport, F1 would appear to have been it. On a family outing in 1996, Blair even got to ride around the Silverstone circuit, a treat he neglected to register. Noting this omission, in 1998, the parliamentary commissioner for standards noted that "six other members who attended on the same day" had recorded their indebtedness.
Subsequently, the register confirms that the 1997 tobacco embarrassment, which left an early and enduring stain on Blair's reputation, did nothing to diminish New Labour's affection for Mr Ecclestone or for his colleague, Max Mosley. In 1999, for example, Blair again accepted free tickets and John Prescott enjoyed a helicopter ride to the circuit. In 2003 Silverstone regular Geoff Hoon would not let even the death of Dr Kelly, two days earlier, keep him away. As he told Alastair Campbell, who recorded the comment in his diary: "He was not having his life dictated by the worst excesses of the British media. Quite right." At the time Hoon's office put it differently. Our then defence secretary was "investigating plans to adapt motor racing's quick-fuelling systems for use with military helicopters". The register of members' interests shows that Hoon, who quit defence in 2005, investigated them again in 2006 and 2007.
Alas, these Grand Prix outings may soon be at an end. Insofar as a layperson can understand anything relating to Ecclestone's business, or "sport", it seems Silverstone's facilities no longer justify the road recently provided by taxpayers, and he now ordains a switch to Donington unless we wish him to take his disgustingness abroad. But Donington cannot be made fit for Ecclestone's purpose without assistance from the government. After that, of course, it will need autobahns. "They will just have to make sure they build them," Ecclestone said last year.
As with the Silverstone road scheme a few years ago, loyal friends at Westminster are urging that his demands be met. "Any damage to our international credibility such as the failure to host our own Grand Prix, would have devastating economic effects," Lord Astor recently told the Lords. Noble colleagues praised Ecclestone and Mosley for their achievements in motor racing. For the government, Lord Davies of Oldham was respectful: "The essential thing is that we must not lose a British Grand Prix."
An unashamedly sexist, racist, absurdly polluting celebration of speed, run for enormous personal profit by a Hitler fan who hates democracy is, you gather, up there with the World Cup and Olympics as a fount of national pride and prosperity. In reality, given motor racing's indelible associations with fascism, it's hard to imagine a sport with a nastier history, in line with its unspeakable present. But Blair saved his loathing for fox-hunting.
Astor's is the same phoney argument that prevailed in 1997, when Blair tried to pass off his donor's manipulation of policy-making as an altruistic compromise on behalf of the workers. Just a few months after Ecclestone's £1m bought his sport a unique exemption from the tobacco advertising ban, the Commons Select Committee on European Legislation spelled out what everyone already knew: there was no convincing economic case for this volte-face. Indeed, there were no accurate figures at all. For Ecclestone it must have been the ultimate deal: the law changed and his money back.
At the time, one could only speculate on the personal qualities of the man who had made lying monkeys out of Blair and Brown. Maybe - Ecclestone didn't give many interviews - he was a man of mesmerising fluency and attractiveness? But it turns out that he was just rich. So rich that, in his case, grateful visitors to Silverstone must have forgiven a repulsiveness he evidently does not trouble to hide. One pictures Tony and Cherie, back when they were all friends, tittering over one of his trademark lines, to the effect that women should wear white "like a domestic appliance, and they shouldn't be allowed out. You don't take the washing machine out of the house, do you?"
Still, one cannot deny Ecclestone's enduring service as a kind of midget Mephistopheles, testing the character of our public servants. Even before New Labour started grovelling, grateful Tories wanted to honour him with a knighthood. Today, with our former prime minister so eager to become the first president of the European Union, there could hardly be a better time to contemplate one of Tony Blair's most memorable roles: as Mr Fixit to the man who cannot conceal his admiration for Hitler.


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C.T. Sewell Elementary School has two individuals who are not school parents, yet attend every school event and have donated $100,000 to the institution.
For their efforts Duncan and Irene Lee have been named as one of 24 finalists for the Nevada Volunteers Governor's Point of Light Award.
Sewell Principal Carrie Larson refers to them as advocate angels.
"They're very much part of our culture and vision," she said.
"Although their children go to private school, they're very much a part of our family," Renee Fairless, Sewell's site coordinator/counselor, said.
The Lees are Empowerment Partners of the school — a title often held not by individuals but by companies. The designation through the Public Education Foundation affords Sewell a greater measure of autonomy as well as a shift to a more business-minded approach. Duncan Lee is apprised of school goings-on each Thursday during a conference call.
"He wants to go over budget items," Larson said. "He wants to know about student performance. He comes up with all these brilliant ideas."
Often, he leads them to other schools to glean ideas.
"It's really been insightful in how efficiently the business world runs," Larson said.
The Lees have also donated money so the school can hire interventionists at each grade level to aid struggling students, Fairless said.
"It's provided intensive intervention that a lot of schools lack because they don't have the funds to have another staff person there," Larson said. "It really is making a difference."
Other funds have brought in motivational speakers and have been used for student and teacher incentives aimed at enhancing the school's culture.
Meanwhile, Irene Lee has spearheaded efforts to procure a new book for each of the school's 772 students each month. She is a board member of Kids-to-Kids, which seeks to improve childhood literacy.
"That's a lot of books," Larson said.
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Finally this is R 8/14/13
Filed for divorce 5/8/15
I am a LONG way out from the JFO forum, but I do read there and empathize with everyone's situation.
I am not sure I agree the problem is any worse now than in the 70ies though. I think the availability of internet access to everything makes it more known (good like SI and bad like marital sex hook-up sites).
Just in my own little family, I know in the 70ies my father and both of his brothers were having As. Two of them opted to D, one opted to rugsweep.
It sucks no matter what generation you are in though {hugs}
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Like you, I am shocked at the number of people and the sad stories I read here.
Her 'A' 1994(?) through 1998
D-Day 7/4/2013 Yes, I didn't find out for almost 15 years... but the pain is just as bad as if she were with him last week.
Your words are spot on, tirednconfused. Sad but true.
I wish there was a way to change it, but for that to happen, people would have to understand honor, character, modesty, loyalty, and respect. And then actually want to live by them.
I don't believe our world teaches our youth what it actually means to commit to someone. They make the rules up as they go.
So pained to face this truth...
Them : in the past, where they can stay.


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Jury told to ignore British prime minister David Cameron's 'favourable' comments on Nigella Lawson
The judge hearing the fraud trial of Nigella Lawson's former personal assistants has told the jury to ignore comments by British prime minister David Cameron backing the celebrity chef.
In an interview published in The Spectator magazine, Mr Cameron described himself as a "massive fan" of Ms Lawson, who he described as a "very funny and warm person", and declared himself a member of "Team Nigella".
"It is of regret when people in public office comment about a person who is involved in a trial which is in progress," Judge Robin Johnson told the jury at London's Isleworth Crown Court.
He said the defendants in the case were justified in feeling "aggrieved", as Mr Cameron's remarks were "favourable" to Ms Lawson.
"You will realise that what public figures may feel about this case or a witness in this case can have no bearing on the issues that you have to decide," he said.
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said that when the prime minister said he was on "Team Nigella" he was referring to her cooking, and not to the court case.
Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who used to work for Ms Lawson and ex-husband Charles Saatchi, deny fraudulently spending $1.26 million on designer clothes and handbags, first-class flights and taxi journeys.
The issue of Ms Lawson's drug-taking has become central to the case.
During the trial, she has accused Mr Saatchi of "peddling" stories about her alleged drug habit.
These included that he was checking her nose for cocaine when he was photographed gripping her throat outside a restaurant this year.
She did admit taking cocaine on a handful of occasions, including with her ex-husband John Diamond shortly before he died of cancer in 2001.
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Crafty Girls Challenge #7
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It is ordered that a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE (NO CONTEST) may be
accepted admistratively.
It is further ordered that when a moving violation is amended to
a non-moving violation, the offender will be ordered will be required to pay the
non-moving violation fine and court costs unless otherwise ordered by a judge.
It is further ordered that, unless objected to by the assigned
judge, the City Prosecutor's acceptance of a negotiated disposition of a traffic
matter susceptible of administrative processing outside of open court becomes
binding and is accepted as a judgment of the court.
It is further ordered that the Clerk/Judicial Administrator
shall publish and make appropriate dissemination of the current traffic fine
schedule which shall be observed unless a Contrary Disposition is ordered by a
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Fines, Penalties and Costs so collected shall be remitted without delay to the
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Growing up, I experienced a lot of women of color telling me that Black women 'just can't grow hair.' I never doubted this, as I thought that that was true, as my hair never seemed to grow. In addition, I thought us Black folk were just supposed to have not only hair growth problems , but always 'be ashy' and have 'dry looking' skin. Little did I know that this was all a myth and could be 'easily' remedied through change of diet and skin care products.
My name is Dr. A. Breeze Harper of the Sistah Vegan Project. I have been complimented often about how much my hair grows and how much my skin glows. I do not go to hair salons, spas, and nor have I worn make-up for about 18 years. I have also been asked for years, to offer quick and basic classes to teach women my secrets. Well, I have finally decided that I feel comfortable enough to transition the Sistah Vegan Project into a non-profit and start offering basic interactive webinars that teach you what I have learned. Even though all are welcomed to attend, this particular course will be focused on the specific needs of Black women and girls.
Dr. A. Breeze Harper without make-up, May 2013.
Growing your hair and having a natural (i.e. afro) is possible through holistic methods. In this webinar, I will teach you what foods and herbs you can take, as well as put on your hair and scalp, that will help your hair grow, become stronger, and healthier. I will also focus a portion of this webinar to growing you hair back, after giving birth. Postpartum hair loss is all too common amongst women. I know women who had children 2 or 3 years ago and continue to have hair loss and thinning problems. With a few tips from me, they were able to grow their hair back.The second part of this webinar will teach you about the herbs, foods, and topical treatments I use to achieve glowing and healthy skin. I was able to cure my 'incurable' eczema and tackel my constantly dry and ashy skin.
Date: June 30, 2013 Time: 10:00 am PST
Cost: $30.00
Spaces Left: 28 out of 30.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes (approximately)
Technology requirements: a computer with a fast internet connection and a free WebEx account (my webinars are hosted through WebEx, so if you don't want to call a regular phone number to access it and then pay per minute, you can join the webinar with a password via a free WebEx account). You should have speakers or headphone to hear. I will be using video and audio so participants will be able to see and hear me present. The webinar will be recorded and available to access for free for you who have registered, to refer to as long as you desire. There will be Q&A at the end.
How to pay: please sent payment to my PayPal account. My email associated with that account is breezeharper (at) gmail (dot) com. In the memo field please type in "hairjune2013"
About the Instructor: Dr. A. Breeze Harper is the director and founder of the Sistah Vegan Project, a organization dedicated to critical race feminist perspectives on veganism, as seen through the collective experiences of Black North American females. Dr. Harper started the project in 2005. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and University of California-Davis. Her innovative ability to integrate the use of educational technologies to analyze Black female vegans food and health philosophies earned her the Dean's Award from Harvard University in 2007 for her Master Thesis work: this is an honor only bestowed upon one candidate per program.
Dr. Harper's knowledge about diversity within the field of food and wellness has marked her as a highly sought after paid consultant and speaker for many American universities. She has given many keynote addresses including at Boston University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Oregon, and Southwestern University. She teaches students, faculty, and staff how and why people have unique relationships to food and wellness and how these relationships are impacted by race, socio-economic class, gender, sexuality, and ability. She has published extensively, including Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health and Society (Lantern Books 2010). She graduated summa cum-laude from University of California-Davis with a PhD in critical geographies of race and food.
Disclaimer: I am not a certified practitioner or medical doctor. Please consult with your practitioner before trying any of the foods or herbs that I recommend.


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Federal environmental regulations that prevent border agents from expanded patrols of national wildlife parks appear to have had a hand in the government's decision to declare an 80-mile stretch of Arizona-Mexico border a virtual no-man's land. U.S. Reps. Doc Hastings of Washington, Peter King of New York, Rob Bishop of Utah and Lamar Smith of Texas said their bill, if passed, will address environmental degradation of federal lands and help close national security gaps along the border, which they say has become an uncontrolled highway. "Effectively securing our borders against illegal entry is a matter of homeland security," King said in a statement. "Border Patrol agents spend every day on the front line, securing our homeland from terrorists. Denying or limiting the Border Patrol access to public lands and allowing the flow of illegals, including potential terrorists, doesn't protect anything."...more
It's not just the reg's, it's the laws such as the Wilderness Act. The reg's just implement the law. Nothing much will change until their bill, H.R. 5016, or something very close to it becomes law. Here's the language from their bill:
On public lands of the United States, neither the Secretary of the Interior nor the Secretary of Agriculture may impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security to achieve operational control (as defined in section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109-367).
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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I still remember when I became a sports fan, watching "The Fridge" score in Supper Bowl XX. I have been a huge football since. I started watching the Raiders after that, grew up in CA, outside (way outside) of LA, when Marcus Allen and Howie Long were on the team. I even got to see Bo Jackson. Wow, if he could have stayed healthy. In my 20's I started watching the SDSU Aztecs, with Marshall Faulk. When SDSU played Fresno State you knew there would be fireworks.
Now that I am in NC, I am excited to be able watch the ACC, I love seeing all the kids on the field that will be drafted. I love the ACC games and rivalries. Of course, I can't live in NC without watching College Basketball, but it did my heart good to see SDSU do so well in the Tourney last year as well.
Finally, I have really given up in MLB, but watching the Bulls in Durham is great. Of course it doesn't hurt that they are consistent winners and that I love the movie Bull Durham


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Airbus Military firms details of recovery plan with PT Dirgantara IndonesiaAirbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) today signed a teaming agreement, defining the concrete initiatives that will allow PT DI to stabilize the Indonesian aerospace company and set in place a growth plan for the coming decade.
This agreement follows the signing of a strategic collaboration plan last July.
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The recovery plan, covering the next 18 months, defines concrete initiatives to upgrade the company's processes and its engineering, marketing and MRO capabilities, with Airbus Military providing know-how and the required technology. Then PTDI will have the opportunity to market and co-produce the C295 provided the Indonesian government confirm their interest and in particular with regards to the replacement of the Fokker 27 aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force.
Following a thorough analysis of the civil market, possible product developments are identified to cover the civil air transport needs in the 19-50 pax utility segment, enhancing air connectivity within Indonesia and within the region. Airbus Military's and PT DI's aim is to jointly define and produce products to capture a substantial share of the Indonesian and export markets in this segment.
In the mid- to longer-term, the Airbus Military platforms and capabilities in mission systems integration could provide further opportunities for joint development, responding to demand for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and search and rescue mission aircraft. And finally, the market potential for the A400M and MRTT in the ASEAN region is significant and, leveraging Indonesia as a platform, this could generate substantial further revenues for both Airbus Military and PT DI in the future.
Airbus Military CEO Domingo Urena Raso stated upon the signature of the agreement: "I see a great future in Indonesia and in this cooperation with the Indonesian aerospace industry. The know-how and state of the art processes and technology we provide fit perfectly with the skills, experience and market potential offered by PT DI, creating a win-win position for all partners involved".
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National Drug Intelligence Center
The Arizona HIDTA region plays a significant role in the transportation and distribution of illicit drugs from Mexico into and throughout the United States. The Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas are national-level transportation and distribution centers for drug trafficking and drug availability within the Southwest region, such as California and Texas, as well as throughout the nation, including the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and West Central regions. In addition, smaller border communities such as Douglas, Nogales, and Yuma are significant transshipment and distribution areas for illicit drug shipments primarily destined for the Phoenix and Tucson drug market areas.
Tucson is a primary transshipment area for illicit drugs, followed by Phoenix, because of its proximity to Mexico and its extensive highway system, which connects to I-8 and I-10, major east-west interstates. Mexican DTOs transport large quantities of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and ice methamphetamine from Sonora into Tucson and Phoenix, often storing the drugs at stash sites. Most illicit drugs transported into Tucson and Phoenix are destined for distribution to markets throughout the nation; however, some are offloaded in either city for local distribution. Mexican traffickers also commonly use national parks, national monuments, and national forests as well as tribal lands located along the U.S.-Mexico border to smuggle illicit drugs into and through the Tucson area.
Mexican DTOs operate wholesale drug distribution networks that extend from Mexico, through the HIDTA region, to drug markets across the United States. Once Mexican DTOs have smuggled cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine shipments into the Arizona HIDTA region, they often store the drugs in stash houses in communities throughout the region, particularly in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. The drugs, after arrival at the stash location, are typically consolidated into larger shipments for further transport to drug market areas throughout the United States or are divided into smaller quantities for distribution within the region. Additionally, drug distributors from throughout the United States often travel to stash sites in the Arizona HIDTA region to obtain illicit drugs for distribution in their home markets, such as in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions as well as the Pacific and Great Lakes regions.
Mexican DTOs supply wholesale quantities of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, primarily to Mexican, Jamaican, and Caucasian criminal groups as well as prison gangs, street gangs, and OMGs. These groups supply midlevel quantities of illicit drugs to retail distributors--predominantly smaller street gangs and independent dealers in the HIDTA region. Hispanic and African American street gangs dominate retail-level distribution of illicit drugs throughout the Arizona HIDTA region.
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Mexican DTOs that operate in Mexico and Arizona often use violence, corruption, and intimidation to maintain their cross-border smuggling routes. According to law enforcement officials, drug-related violence has increased over the past year along the border. Escalating drug-related violence in the Arizona HIDTA region is most likely a result of the retaliation by Mexican DTOs against U.S. law enforcement personnel participating in heightened counterdrug operations. Within the past year, U.S. law enforcement personnel at the border have experienced assaults by "rocking," gunfire, Molotov cocktails, vehicular assaults, and physical assaults. Violence directed at law enforcement officers along the border is often intended to deter agents from seizing illicit drug shipments or is used as a diversion to smuggle drug shipments.
Violent conflicts between Mexican DTOs and alien smuggling organizations occur along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. Law enforcement investigation of not only drug trafficking operations but also alien smuggling operations increases the risk of apprehension for drug traffickers, the seizure of drug shipments, and the discovery of drug smuggling routes. As such, drug traffickers are increasingly engaging in violent confrontations--including kidnapping, murder, and theft--with alien smugglers in order to deter them from using established smuggling routes, potentially exposing them to law enforcement scrutiny. In response, as a means of protection, alien smugglers, as well as the individuals they are escorting, are carrying weapons to a greater extent.
Compounding the problems posed to the region by drug-related violence, criminals commonly referred to as border bandits, or bajadores, conduct armed assaults of both drug and alien smugglers. They typically identify the location of an intended smuggling operation from informants and attack those running the operation in order to steal whatever "load" is being smuggled by the organization--whether currency, drugs, or illegal aliens. A smuggling organization that loses illegal contraband, such as illicit drugs or groups of individuals being smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border, to bajadores usually attempts revenge, occasionally through execution-style homicides. Most bajadores are low-level drug traffickers; however, some reportedly work for high-level Mexican DTOs.
Identity theft is a significant concern to law enforcement officers and community leaders throughout the region. Methamphetamine abusers regularly commit identity theft to acquire funds to pay for the drug. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Arizona ranked first among U.S. states in the number of identity theft victims per 100,000 residents in 2007. (Data referenced are the latest available.)
The Arizona HIDTA is a source area for weapons smuggled into Mexico. Mexican DTOs frequently obtain firearms from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) at U.S. gun shows or pawnshops. They often employ individuals to make firearms purchases to insulate themselves from the transaction. DTOs also obtain weapons at gun shows from private individuals, who are legally permitted to sell personal weapons collections without a license and do not need to conduct criminal record checks or file paperwork to document the transaction, and by way of thefts from private residences and gun stores. Drug traffickers, firearms smugglers, and independent criminals smuggle firearms and ammunition from the HIDTA region to Mexico on behalf of Mexican DTOs and criminal groups, which use these weapons to defend territory, eliminate rivals, enforce business dealings, control members, and challenge law enforcement.
Phoenix Gun Store Supplies Weapons to Mexican DTOs
During the spring of 2008, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents arrested a firearms dealer and two other individuals in Phoenix, who were allegedly shipping hundreds of AK-47s and other long guns and pistols to Mexico. Some of the firearms sold from the gun store were used by Mexican drug cartel gunmen against Mexican police and army personnel. Six guns owned by alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel were traced to this gun store. In addition, an assault rifle traced to the gun store turned up in a cache found after eight Mexican federal policemen were killed and three others wounded in a gun battle in Culiacán, according to the ATF.
Source: Arizona Attorney General; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Jeff Gordon found himself thinking about his back instead of his car. After hours of agony behind the wheel at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, Gordon wondered how much longer he could fight the pain.
"If my back was the way it was at Bristol this year, it's definitely going to shorten my career," Gordon said Thursday. "I can't race like that."
The Sprint Cup points leader began a series of tests, which revealed minor arthritis and other issues. That led to a procedure on Monday that called for an injection of lidocaine or anti-inflammatory medication.
So far, so good as Gordon prepares for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, a 400-lap, marathon night of endurance behind the wheel in NASCAR's longest race.
"I feel pretty good. They said it's going to take six or seven days for it to have its full impact," Gordon said. "Today in the car, yesterday in the go-kart event, I was feeling pretty good. I'm pretty happy so far with the results. Hopefully we can resolve what's going on."
The 37-year-old Gordon acknowledged he may have taken too long to address the issue. He drove in pain throughout a winless 2008, his first season without a victory since he was a rookie 16 years ago.
Stopping the pain was an offseason priority that led Gordon to start a new fitness program.
"I'm in the best shape I can ever remember being in. But all of the things I had been doing, the stretches, the fitness workouts, none of those things were making my back any better," Gordon said. "We tried things in the seat, lumbar supports and all those things."
Gordon said an MRI showed the arthritis and long-term back issues possibly related to trauma from a past crash
The pain increases when Gordon is on a short track like Bristol or road course when there is extra and he has to brake often. It's not as bad when Gordon is at longer tracks like the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he spent last week and races on Sunday. But Gordon said now was the time to get treatment.
"The other night, even though it was 100 laps, I really wasn't in too bad of shape," Gordon said of Saturday's All-Star race. "It's going to a place like Bristol, it's the road courses. Those types of places are the ones that affect me the most.
"That's why I did the treatment because I was, "Well, I'll be OK this weekend, but in two weeks we'll go to Richmond and I'll have to fight it there.'"
The pain hasn't affected Gordon's performance. He enters the weekend with a 29-point lead over Tony Stewart. Gordon has won five times at LMS and his 1994 victory was his first Cup win.
Now that Gordon is in the mix for his fifth points title, he's hoping Monday's procedure will let him focus only on the car and the track.
"That's why I've been addressing it as much as I have," Gordon said. "There have been times, especially last year but even this year, when I've been thinking about my back when I should be thinking about my car."


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Death notices for Feb. 15, 2012
Gazette staff
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Louis F. Bowler Jr., 35, Lyons, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph�s Catholic Church, Lyons. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Steinke Funeral Home, Lake Geneva.
Leona M. Powell, 94, Janesville, died Tuesday at Skaalen Sunset Home, Stoughton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Lutheran Church, Janesville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Terrell Markey Sims, 27, Slaughter, La., formerly of Janesville, died Friday in St. John Parish, La. A memorial will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the House of God Church, Janesville. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Winnfield Funeral Home, Baton Rouge, La.
Carolyn H. Teal, 71, Janesville, died Monday at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Friday at the Funeral Home.
Anabel Zuniga, 8, Fort Atkinson, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville. Services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Iglesia Hispana Pentecostes, Janesville. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at the church. All Faiths Funeral Home, Janesville, is assisting the family.
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Syracuse coach Doug Marrone watched his team lose to Southern Cal in the second game of the season, so he's witnessed elite quarterback play this season.
Matt Barkley, a top NFL prospect, tossed six touchdown passes in a 42-29 victory over Syracuse. Barkley's Heisman Trophy candidacy might have faded throughout the season, but he's still among the best passers in the country.


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Nexus 10 Specs: New Ad Released Highlighting Multi-User Function
The Google Nexus 10 specs include its ability to allow multiple users to save their own settings to the device.
This feature is highlighted in a new ad that was released by Google recently. This is an advantage the tablet currently has over competitors such as the iPad. The ad highlights the ability by the device being used in the ad by a family who all end up having their own experiences on the Nexus with their own separate settings intact.
Another tablet made by Google, the Nexus 7 2, will launch this year before the iPad Mini successor, according to analyst Paul Semenza.
Google will release the tablet earlier in an attempt to beat Apple to the market. The iPad Mini with Retina display is expected to be introduced in the third of fourth quarter of this year.
Apple's next-generation mini tab will have around the same resolution as the third- and fourth-generation iPad models. Semenza belives that Google will also equip the new Nexus 7 with a powerful display. It could end up being close to the level of the Samsung Nexus 10 if Google chooses to mimic Apple's strategy.
The Nexus 7 2 is also rumored to feature LTE connectivity.
Analyst and Pacific Crest partner Michael McConnell believes that Google will add LTE capabilities to the next generation model of the tablet.
Google is also planning to change the processor from Nvidia's Tegra 4 SoC to Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro. This will work better if the device ends up with LTE connectivity.
"We believe NVIDIA has lost the application processor socket to Qualcomm's Snapdragon APQ8064 chipset (S4 Pro) in the next-generation Google Nexus 7 tablet," wrote McConnell in a memo.
He claims to have received this information from supply chain sources and attributed the switch to competitive pricing and a "decision to single-source the application processor and 3G/4G modem to simplify logistics and create a fully pin-compatible platform interface."


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A PROGRAMME of concerts held in a Yorkshire Dales village hall will begin next month.
Pete Abbott, the leader of Other Roads, will perform at West Witton village hall on Saturday, Match 8 after a concert by his band last year sold out in advance.
The event is a 16-date UK tour which will see the singer songwriter accompanied by Scottish fiddle player Gregor Borland.
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Local interest will be provided by Kim Ralls, a young rock-influenced guitarist and singer songwriter now living in Wensleydale but originally from Norwich.
The hall and bar will open at 7pm and the concert will start at 8pm.
Booking early is advised and tickets can be purchased in advance for £12 from Grant Humphreys on 01969-622108 or David Bentley on 01969-625458. Tickets at the door will cost £14.


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Donny McCaslin (born 1966) received his early jazz education from two key sources: his father (a local jazz pianist and vibraphonist in Donny's hometown of Santa Cruz, California) and the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston. These two influences obviously worked well in shaping McCaslin's talent, as his jazz career since graduating from Berklee will attest. He played for four years with Gary Burton traveling the world, and when he moved to New York City in 1991, bassist Eddie Gomez picked him up quickly. Since then he's gigged steadily in New York with a host of jazz all-stars, made the 55 Bar club his home base, worked steadily with the Dave Douglas quintent, and put out numerous fine jazz records, including Declaration.
This record will appeal to neo-bop fans who enjoy the extra depth and richness that comes with larger ensembles – not quite a big band but in the neighborhood. For example, the opening tune "M" includes two trumpets, french horn, trombone, and bass trombone along with guitar and percussion on top of a regular trio. Most of the tracks use some combination of these extra voices, but McCaslin doesn't overlook the more traditional small combo setting without brass; two tunes, "Uppercut" and "Jeanina" feature McCaslin with only his rhythm section quintet (trio + guitar and percussion).
The music on Declaration is comfortable, easy-on-the-ears original bop. McCaslin wrote and arranged all of the tunes. There is a nice variety: hard bop ("M", "Uppercut"), the anthem-like title cut "Declaration" as well "Late Night Gospel", a ballad ("Jeanina"), and a jazz-rock cut called "Rock Me". McCaslin's playing is lyrical, emphasizing melodic lines over showy technique and upper-register squawking and squeaking that so many tenor players seem camp on, although McCaslin is fully capable of both. His band provides strong support and excellent solo work by Ben Monder on guitar and Edward Simon on piano.