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America's Top Models: The MSN Autos Edition
Top 10 sales leaders, and why they should be on your shopping list.
Auto sales are on the rise in 2010, and that's a good thing, especially since the last two years were such a complete disaster for the industry. But which models are the cream of the showroom crop? What makes them rise to the top of the heap? And why should they be on your short list when purchasing a new car, truck or SUV this year? To answer these questions, we compiled a list of America's top sellers according to Automotive News data, and examined each machine's strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully our evaluation will give you insight into what makes each model a winner, and why they appeal to more consumers than any other rides on the road today.
Ford F-Series Pickup
Sales YTD May 2010: 193,843
Change % vs. YTD 2009: +34.9
One has to ask, "Did we learn anything from the last gas crisis if a pickup — the Ford F-150 — is still the best-selling vehicle in America?" Answer: No, no we didn't. Regardless, the F-150 (base price $21,820) is a fantastic machine. The Ford's solid chassis, excellent build quality and diverse cab/bed configurations have been seamlessly married to a refined, highly interactive cabin. As a result, the F-150 can put in a full day's work on the job site and carry you home in relative comfort.
Pros: Great payload/towing capability ● Innovative, stylish cabin ● Very powerful
Cons: No V6 option ● Options are expensive ● Base truck equipped like work truck
Compare: Ford F-150 vs. Ram 1500 vs. Nissan Titan
Chevrolet Silverado Pickup
Sales YTD May 2010: 135,843
Change % vs. YTD 2009: +8.5
GM's pickup offering, the Silverado (base price $20,850), lives by the "most dependable, longest lasting" credo and is seen as an enduring patriot to many Americans. The Chevy offers a V6 option and a hybrid version, adding fuel efficiency to the plus-side of its ledger. The Silverado's durability claim to fame is backed by a five-year, 100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty, which is tops in its class. However, the hearty pickup is a very narrowly focused product that may not work for all buyers.
Pros: Available V6 and hybrid powertrains ● Expertly balances comfort and capability in a rugged package ● Class best 5 yr/100k powertrain warranty
Cons: Typical poor GM interior treatment ● Base truck is work truck ● Desirable comfort options are pricey
Bing: Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Toyota Camry (Solara)
Sales YTD May 2010: 125,804
Change % vs. YTD 2009: +1.6
The Camry (base price $19,995) is the best-selling car in America so far this year. But is that because the Camry is a good car, or a force-of-habit purchase? Unfortunately, we think the latter is the case. While the new-for-2010 Toyota Camry lacks spark, imagination and personality and takes the 'automotive appliance' to new levels, its competition is infusing midsize sedan offerings with bold designs, forward-thinking electronics and plenty of value at the bottom line. No doubt the Camry is family friendly, fuel efficient, roomy, and rides comfortably — but the competition does too.
Pros: 4-cylinder, hybrid stretch fuel dollar ● Big trunk, big cabin equals happy family ● Does a lot well, nothing exceptional
Cons: Appliance-like A-to-B transport ● Styling is boring ● Does a lot well, nothing exceptional
Compare: Toyota Camry vs. Subaru Legacy vs. Kia Optima
Honda Accord
Sales YTD May 2010: 122,725
Change % vs. YTD 2009: +14.6
Honda's Accord (base price $21,055) is on the move. It's an eye-catcher with beauty that is more than just skin deep. Quality interior materials, fantastic fit-and-finish, and highly refined engines make this Honda a real threat in the midsize sedan segment, a segment that makes up half the Top 10 sellers in America. The Accord offers a palatable driving experience and the peace of mind of a commuter. We especially like Honda's Variable Cylinder Management system that allows the hearty 271-horsepower V6 to realize fuel efficiency of 19 mpg city/ 29 mpg highway. If V6 power is on your criteria list, the Accord deserves a long look.
Pros: Styling with a soul, great proportions ● Room galore in coupe and sedan ● Versatile lineup, now has Crosstour
Cons: V6 only available in upscale EX trim ● No manual gearbox offered in EX sedan ● Would like a sport version
Bing: Honda Accord Accessories
Toyota Corolla
Sales YTD May 2010: 118,625
Change % vs. YTD 2009: +16.6
The Corolla (base price $15,450) is one of Toyota's frontline troopers charged with setting the stage for future buyer loyalty. The car lives up to the subcompact mantra of low cost, low maintenance and high fuel economy ... heck, it wrote the mantra, as the 2010 iteration is the 10th generation of this groundbreaking model. With that level of refinement and value, the Corolla makes a lot of sense to today's buyers and is a must-test-drive in the compact division.
Pros: Miserly at the pump, easy on wallet ● Excellent outward visibility ● Nav system on options menu
Cons: Rigid flat bucket seats in base trim ● Option packages can really drive up price ● Sport trim woefully lacks substance
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Sacking bad teachers is Michael Gove's best idea yet
Michael Gove's suggestion that bad teachers should be easier to fire has been met by the usual hosannas and brickbats. It's the latest in a series of proposals from the Education Secretary to shake things up in schools – and arguably, it's his most important yet.
Why is this so important? Because what does most to determine how well you do in school is not the size of the class, or the newness of the buildings, but the quality of the teaching. To quote Gove himself: "The quality of teachers has a greater influence on children's achievement than any other aspect of their education." Eric Hanushek, an economist at Stanford, has shown that a great teacher can cover a year and a half's work of material in a year. A bad one will struggle to get through half of the syllabus.
This means that finding great teachers, and getting rid of bad ones, ought to be the highest priority for heads, councils and ministers. The problem – as I mentioned in a comment piece for the Telegraph last year – is that the teaching system in Britain is designed for the benefit of the teachers, not the pupils. That's why Ofsted estimates that half a million children have been wrongly diagnosed as having special needs, largely to cover up the inadequacy of their teachers. That's why the General Teaching Council, the soon-to-be-abolished quango that was supposed to root them out, has had only 156 cases referred to it in a decade.
In 88 out of 154 local authorities in England, not a single inadequate teacher was referred, even though everyone acknowledges that their numbers probably run to tens of thousands. Instead, we have what Americans refer to as "the dance of the lemons" – the recycling of poor teachers from school to school, sent on their way with impeccable references because their bosses are desperate to be rid of them.
The classic text on this kind of thing is an essay by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker (which you really should read if you haven't already). His prescription is for teachers to be recruited and rewarded like trainee investment bankers. You recruit far more teachers than you need, but get rid of all but the very best, and pay those great teachers a wage that reflects the vital importance of their work.
In the absence of such a programme, we'll have to make do with Gove's idea of speeding up the firing process. The unions will cry bloody murder – in fact, they already are – but as the great Neil O'Brien says, "heads already know who the good teachers are, and know who the duff ones are. The problem is that they can't really reward the good ones, and have no power to fire the bad ones."
Michael Gove has plenty on his plate already. But one of his main goals must be to create a proper market in teaching – a world in which inspirational teachers are paid what they're worth and the desk‑blockers are dumped as quickly as possible. Otherwise the inadequates will bumble along, poisoning the futures of the children in their charge.
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i thought haste was ment to affect DoTs AND improve melee resource regen, as part of blizz's plan to make haste attractive to melee classes.
i was also sure the "melee speed" buffs and debuffs are not considered haste and therefor will not affect resource regen, which is why icy talons and all the 10% speed raid buffs affect speed and not haste.
how come our diseases suddenly arent affected by haste, and how come our runes stop regenerating when we loose attack speed (not haste)?
If Haste gets you more (resource), then haste doesn't affect your DoTs and HoTs. The only specs that get both are ret paladins and enhance shamans; ferals technically get both, if they use spells. Both ret and enhance are more cooldown limited than resource limited, though; of course, rets can spec into haste affecting their most important short cooldown, too.
Feral bleeds, Rogue poisons and bleeds, Warrior bleeds, DK diseases, and Hunter poisons, bleeds, burns, and whatever Black Arrow is, aren't affected by Haste, except that more haste means you can apply them more often.


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When the Rockefellers decided to turn their old barns into a dining destination, they had the patrician good sense to enlist Dan Barber and his brother, David and wife Laureen are co-owners of Blue Hill, a favorite restaurant among members of the precious slow-food set. The Barbers grew up on the Upper East Side (Dan is the chef, his brother the businessman), but they are card-carrying Greenmarketeers. So while Blue Hill specializes in "seasonal cuisine," its new suburban cousin is supposed to be the real thing: an agro-restaurant replete with its own state-of-the-art, Rockefeller-built greenhouse, its own flock of hyperorganic chickens, its own collection of prize Berkshire hogs and even a few sheep... The five- or eight- or twelve-course menus focus on what's in season... Chef Barber is a master at poaching and braising, and he takes pains to showcase ingredients instead of obliterating them with too much heat and sauce. Sometimes this kind of food can veer into blandness, but in the proper hands it's an education in primary flavors.Farmer's Feast
Five-course dinner, $108; eight-course dinner, $148; twelve-course dinner, $218
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PGA Assistant Professional at Point Judith Country Club in Narragansett, R.I. . .Tied for 10th in the 2008 PGA Professional National Championship . . .Reached the final stage of the 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School (Conditional status on Nationwide Tour for 2006)…Winner, 2005 & 2006 Rhode Island Chapter Championship…2nd Place, 2007 Rhode Island Open, Winner, 2007 PGA Tournament Series @ PGA Golf Club Wannamaker Course…Winner, 2000 New England Assistants Championship…Winner, 1999 PGA Tournament Series at Palm Beach Polo C.C..
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Earlier this year a middle schooler emailed me to ask me what my favorite mathematical symbol was. I didn't have a good answer, because I'd never thought about it at length, and I ended up giving him the old standby answer: 0. The apparent contradictory nature of having something stand for nothing kept humanity from developing it for some time, and its existence allows numbers to be written in the modern base 10 (or base anything) form. Books have been written about the innovation, like this one, or this one.
Honestly, though, I don't have much of a personal connection to zero. The symbol I find really compelling, though, is the arrow. Let me explain why.
First of all, it's everywhere. I can't think of a mathematical subfield that doesn't involve drawing arrows (each with their own precise mathematical meaning). We call them morphisms, mappings, functions, edges of directed grahps, etc., but it seems like they're always present. The idea of moving your problem from here to there is central in mathematics.
Second, I love the implication of movement. There's a line about chess, that "the threat is more powerful than the move." Understanding how to look at a chess board as a place where forces are exerting themselves represents a leap forward in one's ability with the game. Similarly, feeling a mathematical situation as wanting to be represented elsewehre is a key part of a developed (or developing) mathematical intuition.
Third, it's powerful. It's shocking how much information is carried in arrowed diagrams. They allow you to ignore clutter and focus just on what is essential. Category theory is a dramatic example of this—everything is reduced to objects and the arrows between them.
So, to that middle schooler I led astray with an out-of-date, impersonal answer, I hope you find this post.
There's a line in Brecht's Galileo where the eponymous character says, and I paraphrase, that in his lifetime he saw astronomy come out into the public sphere in a way it never had before. I believe this is such a moment for mathematics, and I also believe that it's on the way out.
Been busy lately with teaching and other stuff, but I'm still here and blogging. And, a fellow grad just gave me a copy of his manuscript on math in his life (I plan to write a very similar book sometime), so I'll be reading that and writing about it soon. But, I have to give a final to my students tomorrow, and it's very important to calibrate the difficulty of these things correctly. Stay tuned!
I wasn't expecting it, but someone on fluther managed to answer my question (see last post). Now I'm in an interesting position: I have a hunch that whenever this certain algebraic equation has nontrivial solutions, that corresponds to the geometric objects I'm studying being the same as each other. But there doesn't seem to be any clear reason this would be true. As always, I need to know more. There's a paper I'm going to dive in to, which might have the answer, or point me on the right path.
First of all, someone commented that it's not really a conference, since it lasts for six months. More like a program. I've been in a tiny bit of a conundrum when talk times roll around: do I attend the talks, or do I keep at my own work, where I've built up some momentum? Or to I go to the talk and surreptitiously keep doing my own work? That last option was the one I often took, but the last two days I opted to avoid MSRI altogether, and hit a cafe and a library on the respective days. I find that now I prefer libraries to cafes. I particularly like the enormous vaulted library study halls, where row after row of student works in silence. This is a new preference. One thing about being a grad student: you're always taking note of your study preferences: how, where, and when do you work best? How much uninterrupted time do you need, and how many breaks? Do you need to eat before you work, or drink tea? I understand writers go through the same thing. About half of A Moveable Feast seemed taken up with this kind of detail.
So while I have generally preferred cafes and tea houses, I'm now thinking the library will be a better spot to head to. I'm thinking that the Seattle downtown library will be a good place to set up shop for a while.
I posted an algebraic question that came up in my work on fluther. I got some pretty interesting responses back, but nothing, ultimately, that will help me too much. I think the problem I was looking at doesn't have a simple answer. I'm in a strange position anyway, because it's easy to prove that a certain thing can't happen, but very hard to prove (at least with what I know now) that it does happen. I need to know more. I've been sticking primarily to just one of the three main tools at my disposal to help me work; today I started reading more deeply into a second. I have a feeling I'll have to have a pretty good command of all three to make real progress. There's always this fantasy that you can learn just enough to make your breakthrough. But whenever I shy away from something, it turns out I need it later. Time to really push in to every available resource at my disposal.


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I think it is normal for 4 year olds to try to use their independence. Have you tried letting him prepare a portion of the meal or even helping serve the meal? Setting out the silverware or scooping out the food onto plates? He might take pride in helping and that might take the focus off of him not wanting to eat. There are some nights that before my son (almost 4) and daughter (5yo) even take 1 bite they as how many bites they have to take to be done. It is a little disheartening but I start out with 5 a number they can relate to and normally they eat more than that anyway. Good Luck!


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I've attended Brookside all of my intermediate years. Brookside is a horrible school, the principles are super strict on dress code. They do badge checks at lunch, which takes about 15 minutes of our lunch time, and if you don't have a badge you have to sit in isolation. My parents have complained constantly, they just make excuses up. There has been many drug problems and fights. All three years I disliked it, but survived it. I wouldn't recommend this school for anyone who has the choice.
Worst school I've ever attended. I went there for less than a year and could not WAIT to change schools! The students here are rude and disrespectful to the teachers and staff, as well as other students! They seem to have a sense of superiority and that they have the right to act as they please. Talking back to the teachers, whispering, and note-passing during class happens daily. I was bullied there non-stop by 3 kids in particular, who seemed to hate me for no ultimate reason, and I was disliked and talked about by everyone else. My only option to try to stop the bullying was to talk to my parents and the counselor and discuss my feelings and what new forms of insulting had happened that day (Yes, something new happened every day.) The counselor could only reassure me that what had been said was false and only a form of opinion, and that they would do whatever they could to reach an end to all of this. The only thing that happened was the teacher of the class that I was bullied in directly made ME sit on the opposite side of the classroom. Of course, that didn't stop it in the slightest. The same thing happened to a friend of mine who's switching schools because of it. HORRIBLE!
Horrible school. My child was bullied by students and one teacher in particular. They remain terrified of the place. The experience there has caused nothing but grief for our family
I have been teaching 27 years and I am in my 7th year of teaching at Brookside Intermediate. It is, by far, the best campus I have ever worked on. Teaching in the public school system is tough and we teachers do our very best to touch the lives of kids every single day. Our administration is wonderful and we teachers put in more hours than we are paid for and we take our jobs home with us each and every day. But that is what I signed on for and I am "called" to be a teacher and consider myself blessed to be a teacher at Brookside. If I didn't love my chosen profession and my campus, I couldn't do what I do. I am just a drama teacher, not a core teacher, but I value each and every young person who comes through my door at Brookside. Intermediate school is hard. Kid are going through so many changes and we middle school teachers do a heck of a lot more than just teach our subject. Sometimes the kids just need us to listen and sometimes we are the givers of "tough love". Sometimes we are the only person that child thinks they can talk to. I hope that, years from now, former students will remember that they were important and valued at Brookside Intermediate.
My kids love this school. I went to dances this year and both teachers and principals were at everyone. At the games there are always staff members around and they are always friendly and outgoing with the students and parents. I wish more parents were involved, but that is not something the school could control. My daughter loved her 6th grade year and can't wait 'till she's in 7th grade for all of the fun activities she's heard about.
The teachers and vice-principal, Mr. Polombo, are very willing to work with parents. They are very suppotive and caring. Thank-you all for your hardwork!
Great parent involvement. It is a fairly new school so it has nice facilities. Good advanced classes.
Brookside is an excellent school if your child is an average or above average student. If your child has learning difficulties, I would highly suggest not sending your child here as some of the teachers and administrative staff do not go out of their way to help your child. Some have a difficult time understaning the individual needs of such a child. The Principal is awesome and works hard, but she lacks the support of some of those under her.
Yes I think that this school is very good just a little to strict but other than that this school is the best school I've sent them to in a long time. Thank you.
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(CBS News) -- Humanity's family tree may need some pruning. The discovery of an ancient skull has revealed clues that could shake up the accepted theories of human evolution.
From the moment they discovered the skull buried under a village in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, scientists knew they had something applause-worthy.
At 1.8 million years old, the skull may do nothing less than rewrite the history of humanity.
"It's an almost perfectly complete skull," said Jamie Shreeve, executive science editor for National Geographic, "and because of that, it has a lot of information."
"Skull 5," as it's known, belonged to an adult male with a large jutting jaw and brain case less than half the size of a human today. Four other partial skulls were found with it, dating from the same time but with great variations from each other -- the same kind of variations seen in modern humans.
"We don't call modern human pygmies and Eskimos different species obviously," said Shreeve, "and so they think we should not call these things a different species, too."
Meaning that instead of many branches in our evolutionary family tree thought to lead to us, like homo habilis and homo ergaster, they may all have just been one: homo erectus.
"You have to be really careful with this," said Shreeve, "because in paleoanthropology you are measuring individuals in order to make conclusions about whole populations or whole species."
Like evolution itself, the understanding of it is a work in progress.
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The "Sneaky" version of AMP6-BASIC has the same audio components and identical PCB as the regular AMP6-BASIC kits, but hardware has been removed from the kits to keep the price down. A very, very nice little amp at a decent price.
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Updated September 15, 2012 at 10:30 AM CST: Two Southeast Kansas residents die in a one vehicle crash in Carona on Friday night.
It happened around 7:50 p.m. near 20th Street and Highway 102.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's office says the 1990 Toyota Camry was traveling east on Highway 102 when it crossed the westbound lane and hit a cement culvert.
Allen Wayne Bird, 32 of West Mineral, was the driver. Kenneth Lee Bridgewater, 23 of Columbus, was the passenger.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The bodies were taken to Kansas City for autopsies.
Police say the investigation is still ongoing.
Updated September 14, 2012 at 10:01 PM CST: Sheriff Groves says Highway 102 has reopened.
He says names are still not being released pending family notification.
Posted September 14, 2012 at 9:01 PM CST: Two people are dead following a one vehicle crash on Highway 102 just west of Scammon, Kansas.
As of 9:00 p.m. Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves says they're still on the scene and families have not yet been notified.
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Mountain View High School's Football Team Journey To Ireland is underway.
WITH THE LIONS" marked the first major fundraiser for the team. The marathon
event began 7:00pm Saturday night and went 24 hours with the team and supporters walking laps around the school's stadium track to fulfill committed pledges and
The event was highlight by a LIONS KIDZONE, live music, entertainment and a
variety of cuisines throughout the night. Local restaurants, entertainers and
suppliers donated services and products to support the event.
View High School is deeply connected and committed to our military, and
throughout our fundraising efforts we will be donating back to our service men
and women," said Mel Greenberg, coordinating consultant to G.I.F.T. 2014.
cooperation with local military- purchased luminaries surrounded the field, with a portion of the proceeds from these
sales being donated back to our military.
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Feeding America Goes Online to Connect Clients to the SNAP Benefits They Need – Guest Post by Brady Koch
July 16, 2013
Brady Koch is the Feeding America Director of Program Innovation.
Because federal benefits offer the steadiest, most reliable source of food support, here at Feeding America we work to accelerate low-income families' access to these benefits. SNAP is the federal government's first line of defense against food insecurity in the United States, providing the means to secure food for households with incomes below 130 percent of the federal poverty line—currently at less than $30,000 annually for a family of four.
However, for many, there are significant barriers to participate in SNAP, including a lack of understanding about the program and lack of access to the program. We are committed to finding new ways to reduce these barriers.
An exciting new pilot program, which launched in January 2013 on Google with the support of the Walmart Foundation, is proving to be a highly effective way of connecting eligible individuals with SNAP benefits. Through the Online SNAP Referral Pilot Program, people searching for SNAP information online are connected to local food banks conducting SNAP outreach in specific markets. In these markets, when people search terms related to SNAP or food stamps, the lead search result is a Google display ad. The link in the ad directs people to a landing page where they can confidentially provide their contact information. The information is then emailed to the SNAP outreach team at their local food bank, who contacts them and helps them apply for benefits and connect them with additional local food resources.
The results have been stunning. Feeding America's initial goal was to generate 25 client referrals per month in both Texas and Florida—the two states where the program was piloted. That goal was surpassed within the first day and by the end of January we had received 416 referrals. As of June 1, more than 2,700 people had been referred through the program. In 2012, Feeding America helped clients complete 161,000 SNAP applications.
Through this new initiative, we have the potential to grow this number exponentially and give thousands of Americans the means to become food-secure for the long-term. By reaching out to clients and making it easier for them to connect with their local food banks, we are eliminating barriers to SNAP and helping people access the nutrition assistance they need.
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My father, Frederick V. Waugh, agricultural economist with the Dept of Agriculture, was one of the originators of the Food Stamp plan. The reason it was connected to Agriculture is that it had two purposes: not only feeding the poor, but also using farm surpluses. Weather patterns always make farming unpredictable: One year crops may be poor, another in more plenty than can be used through food markets alone. The value of the stamps changed from time to time so that they would buy more of surplus products than of scarce products.
Of course, we were fewer then, and it was possible to tinker with the values of the stamps quite frequently. I don't know whether they are still used to manage farm surpluses. If they are, people who do not need food stamps need to know of that, so they will find the stamps more acceptable in the country.
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Dell to punt Moblin for Mini 10v netbooks
Dell will tomorrow begin offering its Inspiron Mini 10v netbook with Moblin, the Intel-favoured version of Linux that was developed for mobile devices. Well, sort of. What Dell will actually be offering is Ubuntu Moblin Remix, a version of Ubuntu 9.04 with the Moblin 2.0 user interface sitting on top. Ubuntu developer Canonical …
Non Windows Dell netbooks
Only if you live in the US of course, over here in the UK we have the choice of 1 netbook without Windows.
Looks OK, but I have some questions
To Dell:
How about releasing it outside the USA?
How about offering some hardware options?
How about selling printers that work with Linux? (Dell printers are re-badged Lexmark jobs and usually not compatible - Lexmark will not make the drivers)
To El Reg:
Are they still paying the Windows Tax for every UMR netbook sold?
Are they under restrictions for the number of models/units they are allowed to sell?
Even if you're in the USA
Good luck finding a link to a page where you can actually purchase one. finding the Mini 10v is pretty easy, but not one with Moblin preinstalled. Of course, it'd be just as easy to buy it and install Moblin yourself, as I'm sure most Linux-savvy users would do anyway.
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Joey Joe Joe Jr. Shabadoo said...
Us Mages live the high life. We can kill things faster than a hell of a lot of other specs which makes leveling go a lot faster. We make our own food and water, so think about how much extra gold we have from not buying any over 70 LEVELS. We can go anywhere quickly by teleporting nearby and that saves us who knows how many hours of flight time that all the other classes have to do, plus the money portals can make you. We have (imo) the best movement enhancing spell in Blink, because since it moves you away instantly instead of running, you have no chance to be dazed, it breaks stuns and bonds, it can be used to confuse in PVP, get past mobs without fighting them, and best of all it has a low enough cooldown that before you got your mount you could use it to make long trips at least 100yds shorter. Not to mention Spellsteal is probably the most unique spell in WoW, we have the 3 highest damaging spells in the game (I think) Arcane Missiles, Blizzard, and Pyroblast, and Mages are smarter than any other class, intellect buff FTW!
So add up all this and I think Mages have the most luxurious lifestyle in the game, if you don't believe me, what other classes can summon Rubies and Emeralds and other gems? And the best part is its only going to get better with Wrath.
I am already playing Warhammer, and I like it.I am watching very very closely the state of mage's in the upcoming expansion.
My money literally rides on mage improvements in the expansion.I kinda felt like a whippin boy for most of BC.
I don't want or expect an "I win button".
I simply want a chance to be competitive when I'm attacked by other players, and not playing FROST SPEC.
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Graphics cards reviews round-up
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9600 gso, geforce 9600 gt, geforce 9800 gtx, geforce 9800 gx2, graphics card, radeon hd 3650, radeon hd 3850 x2, radeon hd 3870, review
The latest graphics cards reviews of the week:
GeForce 9800 GX2
- XFX GeForce 9800GX2 @ Motherboards.org
GeForce 9800 GTX
- GeForce 9800 GTX vs 9800 GX2
- Foxconn GeForce 9800 GTX OC 512MB Video Card
- ASUS EN9800GTX TOP @ elitebastards.com
- Asus EN9800GTX @ Hardwarelogic
GeForce 9600 GT
- Geforce 9600GT SLI Performance
- BFG Tech 9600GT @ Tweaktown
- XFX GeForce 9600GT at TweakTown
- PNY Verto 9600 GT @ Legitreviews
- Twintech GeForce 9600GT XXT OC Edition
- Palit GeForce 9600GT at Benchmark Reviews
GeForce 9600 GSO
- Palit Geforce 9600 GSO at TechwareLabs
- Palit 9600 GSO @ NeoSeeker
GeForce 8800 GTS
- Asus 8800GTS @ CDRInfo
GeForce 8800 GT
- BFG 8800 GT OCX @ I4U News
- ECS 8800GT 256MB @ Virtual-Hideout
- ECS GeForce 8800GT at Virtual-Hideout
Radeon HD 3870
- Sapphire HD 3870 @ Tweaktown
Radeon HD 3850 X2
- ASUS EAH3850 X2 @ ThinkComputers
Radeon HD 3650
- Diamond HD 3650 PE @ TheTechLounge
- MSI Radeon HD 3650 @ X-bit labs
How to Softmod 9600GSO into 8800GTS
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 8800 gts, geforce 9600 gso, graphics card, softmod
This article will show you how to softmod a 9600GSO 384Mb into a 8800GTS 512Mb. Yes that softmod adds an extra of 128Mb to your video card! How is it possible? Read the answer HERE.
Palit GeForce 9600 GSO Sonic 768Mb
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9600 gso
Palit's GeForce 9600 GSO reviewd at tweaktown.com.
The latest graphics card to come out and confuse everyone is the 9600 GSO, this being 8800 GSs twin brother. I don't mean twin in the sense that they kind of look pretty similar, but in the identical sense. This IS an 8800 GS! The thing is that not a lot of people know about the 8800 GS with limited companies choosing to jump on board (ASUS and XFX); it really didn't get much recognition.
POV GeForce 9600 GSO 384 MB Review
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9600 gso
Guru3D has published a review about the Point Of View latest product, the GeForce 9600 GSO 384 Mb. This card seems to be the perfect product id you are cash-limited and have a 1280×1024 lcd monitor.
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A lot of people think a scarf is just a way to keep your neck warm. Well, not any more. Scarves are now the hottest fashion accessory you can add to your wardrobe. Celebrity stylist Robanne Schulman joined Good Day Atlanta with the basics about scarves. Click the video above to view Robanne's tips!
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Northern Michigan Forum-Share Events, Travel Ideas, Photos, Videos
Time: November 9, 2013 from 9am to 3pm
Location: Bliss Festival Farm
Street: 3695 Division Rd.
City/Town: Harbor Springs
Website or Map: http://www.blissfest.org
Phone: 231.537.2196
Event Type: sports
Organized By: Bliss Fest Music Organization
Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2013
All runners and walkers are welcome; there is no charge for the event. There are prizes for running fast and best running costume.
A potluck and kids running games follow the race (please bring table service to make this a zero waste event). The Bliss Farmhouse is open for congregating, food preparation and rest rooms.
If weather permits there'll be a fire at the drum kiva and hayride for kids during the race.
Blisster-Foot T-Shirts are available for the first 25 runners to finish. Bring a blank t-shirt to trade for the logo shirt.
Harbor Springs is just off Historic M-119, across the Bay from Petoskey.


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Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Over 2,600 people responded to the 'Sioux Falls Tomorrow Survey' about what's good in town and what may need some work.
One question they probably should have asked at a different time of year. Only 33% said the climate in Sioux Falls is excellent or good.
Andy Patterson with the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation says that overall peole have a real positive feeling about the city; about the quality of life.
One area where there is room for improvement would be transportation, public transit, and better road maintenance.
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New England Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski has made plenty of headlines this offseason, but things have thankfully settled down for Gronkowski and his main focus continues to be rehabbing from the second broken arm injury he sustained last season. Gronk also had an infection in his arm, so he ended up going under the knife three times in just the span of a few months.
Gronkowski's rehab process has reportedly gone well, and he told ESPN's Mike & Mike that he hopes to be medically cleared within the next couple of weeks. The 23-year-old superstar TE will undoubtedly be at full strength in training camp, but the Patriots will also monitor his left forearm as closely as possible.
Here is what Gronkowski said to ESPN Radio's duo, "I'm doing a lot better, definitely. Feeling a lot better. My arm is feeling way better than it was during the playoffs and regular season when I broke it."
"Right now, just rehabbing, getting the muscle stronger around it. You want to get everything activated, re-activated, because it shuts down for a little bit when it's healing. Just rehabbing, and when my trainers give me the 'good to go', hopefully in the next couple weeks, hopefully as soon as possible … I can get rolling again and get back in the weight room and get back on the field and do what I love doing – running around and catching some balls."
Gronkowski also took some time to talk about the fans, the feeling of having cameras all over him during the offseason, and the usually light-hearted fan favorite joked about growing a goatee. All is good with Gronk, and it's great to hear that he is feeling a lot better and the rehab process has gone well.
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I do not have the stereotypical dieting mindset, but I still use the words I've grown up with.
Diet (noun) - the foods a person eats on a regular basis. A synonym for the currently more pc term WOE (way of eating).
Diet/dieting (verb) to make conscious food choices with a purpose in mind (such as blood sugar management for diabetics, symptom control for allergies, weight loss for obesity, weight gain for underweight.....)
I have no problem with saying, "I'm dieting," or "I'm watching my diet," because I know I'm talking about long-ranging lifestyle changes, not quick fixes with a starvation/deprivation focus.
I do experiment with different ways of eating, and I'm confortable calling them either diets or WOEs. I normally wouldn't say that I'm "on" a specific diet (because it does sort of imply temporariness), but I might say something like, " I'm currently experimenting with a low-carb paleo diet.
I don't mind when I or others use the new or old terms, but I do dislike the way a few people use the terms (as if the terminology itself will determine success or failure). These folks are easy to recognize. Usually there's some pretentiousness or self-righteousness in their tone of voice, as they look down their noses and declare that you are doomed to failure because you used the term diet, while they are guaranteed success because they used the more pc, term WOE, or lifestyle change (even if you're happy and consistent with your "diet" and they are miserable and change their lifestyle or WOE every day of the week).
I think having a positive, goal-oriented, non-punishing, long-term focused attitude is more important than which terms you use. If you need or want a new term to overcome negative attitudes and associations linked to the old ones that's fine, but it's also ok to use the old terms with a new attitude.
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- The Praise & Worship Team is looking for people willing to help lead the Congregation during this time. If you feel lead to help out in this ministry contact Gabe or Penny Carpenter or Michelle Brackin.
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Parkzone Radian PNP review
In the summer of 09, I was the lucky recipient of a couple of Parkzone Radians. The airplanes I received courtesy of Horizon Hobbies, were the PNP version. The Radian is available in three versions: PNP is the least expensive, and requires a Lipo battery and receiver to complete, the BNF is the next step up, and includes a spectrum 2.4ghz AR500 receiver, and requires a seperate Lipo battery to complete, and at the top of the heap is the RTF version, which come with a Spectrum DX5e transmitter, AR500 receiver, 1350ma Lipo, and charger. It is complete, right out of the box! Power for all versions is provided by a 480 sized brushless moter, turning a 9.75 x 7.5 inch folding prop. All versions also include an E-Flight 30amp ESC unit, all prewired. The wingspan is 78 inches (two meters) and the entire airframe is built out of a very robust flexable foam, that Parkzone calls Z foam. It is a three channel glider, with rudder, elevator, and throttle controls. All three versions come with micro servos, and pushrods installed.
Assembly of the Radian is really straight forward, you simply open the box. Install a receiver (if you have the PNP version). The removable two piece wing slides onto a fiberglass tube, and inserts into a slot in the fuselage. The horizontal stab is removable, you simply slide it into place, attach the pushrod (more on this step later!) and secure with tape. You are now ready to insert a charged flight battery, and get the bird in the air.
The shipping box doubles as a carrying box for your Radian. The Radian breaks down easly to fit safely in its box for trips to and from the flying field!
Flying the Radian has been a real treat for me. My first flight started with a hand glide to check the trims, and I powered it up before it hit the ground and climbed briskly to thermal hunting altitude. I landed an hour and 15 minutes later, and the best part? It wasn't even a fully charged battery pack when I launched!
The rudder has enough authority when under power, to enable you to do rudder rolls with the airplane, and when flying with the power off, it still has plenty of response to keep the Radian agile enough to work even small, low altitude bubbles of lift. The elevator has plenty of authority also, and the Radian is capable of most simple aerobatics, it will roll and loop with ease, and it flies quite nicely inverted. It signals lift very nicely, with a lift of a wingtip, or tail when flying through lift, and a noticable increase of speed when in positive air. It will slow down and turn tightly when working a thermal, without dropping a wing if you stall the airplane. Power off stalls are docile and straight ahead.
The 480 with the stock prop installed, will pull the Radian almost vertically. Sustained climbs of 75 degrees or so are common. 30 seconds of motor run will put the Radian at just about the limit of most pilots vision. If this is not enough performance, guys have been upgrading the props to a 10x7 or 10x8 folding prop by Aeronaut, and you then end up with true unlimited vertical performance. You can still run the stock battery and ESC combo with this prop setup.
I keep my Radian in my truck at almost all times, and often fly it on my lunch hour at work. I also keep it handy when I'm at the flying field, and I have given quite a few different people turns on the sticks when they have shown interest in the airplanes. Flights of an hour or more, with a fully charge battery pack are very easy!
One thing I have done this Radian to help enhance its visability, is I painted the bottoms of the wings with a dark color, and some bright orange, to help it show up against cloudy skies. With the wing painted a dark color, it shows up much better under almost any conditions. You can paint the Z-foam with regular cheap old Krylon paint from Wal-mart, just dust on a couple of light coats, and your done, with very little weight gain.
Speaking of the Z-foam, it is very durable. I have flown my Radian very hard, and the wings will flex and groan a bit, but they take it very well. My Radian also suffered a fairly high energy crash while in the hands of a student flyer once, and all I had to do is replace the plastic canopy. It is a very durable airframe, and if you do break it, a little gorrilla glue will have it back together in no time!
Downfalls to the Radian, there are three that I have noted, and they are all fairly easy to correct...One, is the connector for the elevator that I mentioned above. Its an aluminum thumb screw, and it can fail. I would recommend replacing it with a Dubro connector. It will take just a minute, and will get rid of what I consider to be the weakest link in the Radian.
The second problem, is also with the removable stab. You will find that you need to check the stab trim at the beggining of every flying session. What I do, is start the first flight of every flying session with a power off test glide, and if the trim is good, I power up and continue the flight.
The final problem, has been mostly resolved by Parkzone. Early production Radians had a reputation for shedding a blade when you powered them up. Parkzone has since redesigned the prop blades, and the problem has seemed to go away. You can identify the revised prop blades, by the part number molded into the blades... if it ends in "_1", you are good to go. If you have a Radian with the original prop blades, Horizon will send you an upgraded set for free if you contact their customer service department.
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This might just be the cutest thing you'll see all day (or ever): Budding beauty icon and Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o paid her good friend Elmo a visit on a recent episode of Sesame Street. In the video below, Lupita schools Elmo on skin — a topic she must know a lot about, considering she has one of read
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2013 Graduate Student Awards for Distinguished Achievement
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MUNSTER | The 15th annual Munster Car Show is set to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4 at Community Park.
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Multiboxing isn't the problem, 4 separate players who were in the same room would do a better job than a single player multiboxing.
Root the leader then run behind them, since the leader cant move the multiboxer would have to keyboard turn to be able to hit you with more than one character.
Death knights would make short work of such a comp, all they need is to use Death Grip on the leader, pulling the leader 30 yards away from the rest, any stun/root/fear after that would make all 4 of them flounder without being able to effectively fight back.
Area effect fearing works too, if you can get all the tremor totems out before you do it. Using slowing effects on the "followers" would make them peel off if you can get the multiboxer to follow you away from the totems.
The problem is that people don't use the vulnerabilities of multiboxing against the multiboxer, they get too freaked when 4 (or 5) instant chain lightning hit them to realize that the multiboxer has much less control than a normal player.


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What's the international sign for a man in love?
Joining a woman shopping.
Such was the scene in Paris on Tuesday when Emma Watson, 21, brought her beau Johnny Simmons, 24, to the City of Light for the week (where the couple also took walks and visited a museum) and he happily joined her as she indulged some retail therapy.
"They seem very in love, very cute," said an employee at the Maje boutique on rue Saintonge, where the couple spent more than 90 minutes together, kissing often as Watson modeled wares for Simmons.
"She did her own shopping – she knows what she likes," adds the employee. "She picked out outfits and he made some suggestions, picking out items which she tried on in the dressing cabin, then coming to model for him."
The Harry Potter star's haul included:
• One T-shirt emblazoned with a neon pink-toothed tiger
• One neon pink belt (Simmons's pick, to go with the t-shirt)
• Three scarves: one gray, one beige and one black-and-white checkered
• One black wool knee-length coat with leather sleeves
• One gray wool sweater with white collar
• Black leather booties
• One gray metallic wool sweater
• One checkered sweater
• Black sandals
• One pair skinny jeans
• Assorted dresses
Total cost: 2200 Euros, or approximately $3,200. Helpful boyfriend who tags along: Priceless.
from People
A man was hired to take care of Emma and Johnny for a day in Paris (showing them the city, driving them where they wanted…). And at a moment they wanted to put a padlock on the Ponts des Arts (it's a tradition of lovers who lock a padlock to the bridge for their love to last). Problem: they didn't have a padlock and it was late so the driver decided to drive them to Monoprix (cheap shop) and proposed them to go buy them himself a padlock so they wouldn't be bothered. But they say they would go too. So they went, apparently the reaction of people inside the shop was fun, Emma took pictures of a couple of clothes she found nice and they bought the padlock.
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Originally filmed under the title The House of Troy, In Gay Madrid was one of four 1930 MGM operettas designed to show off the singing talents of silent-screen idol Ramon Novarro. The star is cast as Ricardo, a young, headstrong student in love with cabaret girl Goyita (Lottice Howell). Trouble is, he already has a sweetheart, the demure Carmina (Dorothy Jordan). This being an essentially lighthearted frolic, Ricardo eventually goes back to his true love, while Goyita philosophically moves on to her next conquest.


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Quick Tip: Keep One Hand Meat-Free!
I went to a cooking class last night, and our teacher offered a simple, oh-and-by-the-way tip while she was rubbing seasonings into our pork tenderloins.
It was one of those cooking moments where you think, "That is so unbelievably practical, and yet I've never thought of it before." Keep one hand meat-free. Why?
It's not even a high-falutin' reason, either. It has nothing to do with the taste of your food or the technique of working with raw meat. It's this: The phone is inevitably going to ring. Or you need to answer the door. Fill in the blank however you want (wipe a child's runny nose... grab another ingredient from the refrigerator...).
The simple truth is that you need a clean hand at the ready. And it's not that hard to rub spices into a piece of meat with one hand. Then, you can dip your other hand back into the salt.
I am constantly getting both hands dirty and having to wash them when I need to open a bottle of olive oil or get something out of the cabinets. Or, yes, answer the phone. Doesn't that happen all the time?
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Common Sense. I have always done this. One hand gets a fork or tongs to stay clean while the other hand rubs or mixes. It also makes it easier to turn the water on to wash up.
I always try to keep one hand clean for these reasons!
Yep, I do the same. Practice almost every night now that I cook regularly again :)
Yeah...I always do that. Getting into cupboards, moving pots...plus I really, really hate handling raw meat, and I do it as little as absolutely possible!
Yep-I do the same.
I agree with the first commenter on this being a Common Sense thing. I have also, always done this. One hand is for flipping and turning the raw meat around, the other is for sprinkling salt and seasonings.
I've always done this. And, actually these days I wear disposable food service gloves when handling raw meat -- I can quickly slip one off to grab the phone, etc. Works great!
I do this as well and this is why I got a one-handled squeeze-style pepper mill too. Handle with one hand, season with the other as caseoftornados mentioned.
Any one-handed suggestions for meatloaf?
I love this - I always always keep a meat free hand, but it's really just because it feels dirty to me to have two dirty hands. If I have to, for some reason, use my "clean hand" I get really annoyed. I don't realize I'm keeping it clean until I need to grab the chicken with two hands. Such a bummer. Throws off my game.
Difficult when gutting a bird or fish
i dont really see much of a point. if you're getting one hand dirty, you're gonna have to wash em both anyways, and who only washes one hand?
Isn't it funny that sometimes you need someone else to point out something so obvious?! Good suggestion.
I always use disposable gloves in the kitchen because of skin irritations. So if this happens, I just carefully slip off the 'meaty hands', and voila, clean hands!!


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Zacchaeus made amends to persons he had defrauded, so deeply had he taken Jesus' love to heart. (Luke 19:1-19) As ambassadors of reconciliation, we are to make amends when we can, allow others to make amends, and foster this practice broadly as a way to heal the world's hurts. It's called "restorative justice," and it has become a movement in our day.
The Kentucky Council of Churches has stated, "The primary Christian understanding of justice is one that focuses on the potential for redemption, an effort to restore wholeness -- wholeness to the individual, as well as wholeness to the community."
Please consider attending the Restorative Justice 2014 assembly sponsored by the Council. Everything needed for registration is on our web site. You may download the brochure containing all the details here.
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Spiritual advisor to death row inmates, she is the author of Dead Man Walking as well as The Death of the Innocents.
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Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. Richie made his solo debut in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and number-one hit "Truly". He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
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In recent weeks President Barack Obama's travel schedule has taken on the appearance of a high-school senior on a college tour – of swing states. He has visited Chapel Hill, N.C., Iowa City, Iowa and Boulder, Colo., talking about issues aimed at that particular constituency, like student loans. And on Saturday he plans rallies at Ohio State University and Virginia Commonwealth.
There's a reason Mr. Obama seems particularly interested in rediscovering his mojo with the college set. The votes in those towns may be critical to him in a what's shaping up to be a close campaign – much more important than they were four years ago. As he hops from quad to quad, however, he may find repeating his 2008 campus magic to be tougher.
The legend of the 2008 presidential campaign goes something like this. Candidate Barack Obama rode to victory with support from across America, but especially from a hyper-engaged "youth vote," as kids on college campuses turned out in massive numbers.
There are a few assumptions in that version of the story. First, the college vote was especially motivated in 2008. Second, the college vote moved in different ways than the electorate as a whole. And on closer examination, there's some mythology in those assumptions.
Patchwork Nation, our demographic/geographic breakdown of America's counties, has a special category for communities that have larger college-age populations and that also tend to vote more Democratic as a whole, Campus and Careers. Those 76 counties don't account for all university towns, but they hold some of the best-known big state universities – Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia, Penn. State – and serve as a reasonable proxy for the college-town vote. They are in dark green on the map below.
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Amarillo, TX -- While President Obama reshuffles his cabinet in Washington, we may soon see a changing-of-the-guard of our own right here in Amarillo.
Today is the first day to file as a candidate for city commissioner, and so far, the only names on the ballot are current commissioners. But our commissioners tell me they welcome any challengers as part of the democratic process.
Since 1913, Amarillo has elected its city commissioners to two-year terms every other year. And just about anyone can run for office - which commissioners say is good for Amarillo and good for democracy.
"Get involved," urges Commissioner Jim Simms. "I mean, this is America. Competition helps us all. So I would encourage people to get involved."
The commission makes city-wide decisions involving everything from zoning codes to tax rates and everything in between.
"For the last two years the City Commission has taken some really important steps," says Commissioner Ellen Robertson-Green. "We've invested in law enforcement, we've invested in infrastructure, we've secured water rights from the part of the panhandle where there's more water than anyplace else."
This year's filing deadline is March 1st, and the elections are slated for May 14th.
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For The Love Of Man Lyrics
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
Old man look at my life -
Twenty four and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradies
That makes me think of two
Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.
Old man look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.
Lullabys, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you
I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.
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Sheldon Richardson, DT, Jets -- In his first professional game Richardson racked up four tackles including a sack while playing damn-near every down for the Jets against Tampa Bay last week. The 16th overall pick from Missouri received high praise from the coaching staff throughout the team's training camp, expect more praise after playing on a national stage Thursday night. Richardson is a five-technique defensive lineman that can wreak havoc anywhere he's placed, however against Tampa Bay he continually brought pressure up the middle as opposing offensive lines zero in on linemate Muhammad Wilkerson. Against the Bills, the Patriots offensive line didn't allow a sack, but they did give up seven QB hits on Brady -- including four by defensive tackles. Disrupting the sure-fire Hall-of-Famer Brady's timing, who's shown he can be mortal when facing pressure up the middle, will be key in stopping the Patriots
Rob Ninkovich, DE, Patriots -- Ninkovich has a nose for the ball, his four interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries since 2010 are proof of that. And he loves to play against the Jets. In seven career games Ninkovich has a sack, two interceptions and a defensive touchdown against Rex Ryan. He doesn't fill up the stat sheet by any means, however he's displayed a knack for coming up with a game-changing play when it matters most. With Belichick boasting a 12-6 record against rookie quarterbacks and the defense's 113 takeaways since 2010, by far the most in the NFL during that time, Ninkovich will play a pivotal role rattling Smith's cage early and often. As a hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker he'll also be asked to curb Smith's running game (47 yards vs TB), securing the edge on any potential pistol offense plays.
Stephen Hill, WR, Jets -- He'll be out for revenge in the stadium where his biggest NFL blunder occurred -- a costly drop on third down that forced the Jets to tie the game instead of go for the go-ahead touchdown in the Jets 29-26 overtime loss last season. Revenge aside, Hill has quickly developed a connection with Smith -- targeted a team-high nine times while hauling in six passes for 39 yards last week. With Jeremy Kerley, the team's leading receiver in 2012, out with a concussion the connection between Hill and Smith will only grow as the season progresses.
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Summary: "We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery at the heart of every relationship: how we can ever truly know another person. It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful young housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset District in San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep, and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived and tried to protect her family are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of a hundred thousand dollars? For six months in 1953 young Pearlie Cook struggles to understand the world around her, and most especially her husband, Holland. Pearlie's story is a meditation not only on love but also on the effects of war, with one war recently over and another coming to a close. Set in a climate of fear and repression-political, sexual, and racial-The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. Lyrical and surprising, The Story of a Marriage looks back at a period that we tend to misremember as one of innocenceand simplicity.
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