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One groom from Indiana turned his groom's cake into the court from Assembly Hall. This isn't the first time this has happened, either.
You know you're a real fan of a team when you incorporate them into your wedding.
One groom from Indiana turned his groom's cake into the court from Assembly Hall. This isn't the first time this has happened, either.
Nebraska's second-leading scorer from last season will return for his senior season as Andrew White III announced Wednesday he will withdraw his name from the NBA Draft.
"I felt good about the pre-draft process, White said in a statement released by Nebraska. "It was encouraging, and I gained as much ground as anyone throughout the process. I wanted one more year to fine tune my game and put myself in better position for the NBA next summer.
"I want to thank the teams who invited me their in-house workouts, and Nebraska for supporting me during this process. It has been very helpful in gathering information in preparation for my future Thank you to everyone who has been following my progress throughout the spring and being understanding and supportive, as I evaluated whether to turn pro or return for my senior year."
White, a Kansas transfer, tallied 16.6 points per game last season while shooting 48.1 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from 3-point range. He also pulled down 5.9 rebounds per game.
"We are excited to have Andrew remain with our program," coach Tim Miles said. "This has been a valuable time for him, as he has tested his skills against some of the best competition and received very important insight from key NBA personnel.
"We look forward to continuing to help Andrew's development to improve his NBA profile even more than he already has done through this process. I believe next year could be our most complete team with a great opportunity for success in the Big Ten and NCAA tournament, I'm happy Andrew will be with us to go out and prove it."
The news is certainly welcome for the Cornhuskers and Miles, who will be under pressure to show improvement after back-to-back disappointing seasons following an NCAA tournament appearance in 2014. Shavon Shields, last year's leading scorer, has exhausted his eligibility and the Huskers will need White to help fill the void.
Melo Trimble is returning to Maryland.
The Terrapin guard will be back to for his junior season in College Park, according to multiple reports.
Trimble went from freshman first-rounder to question mark after a rough end to his sophomore season for Maryland in which his points per game, shooting percentage (both overall and from 3-point range) and rebounding dipped from his first season. Only his assists per game showed any sort of improvement. He waited until the last possible day to announce his intentions to return to school, but really his options were limited after seeing his production drop.
His decision to come back to school gives him a shot to restore his draft stock while Maryland gets its floor general back to help ease the transition from last year's Sweet 16 squad that lost Diamond Stone, Rasheed Sulaimon and Jake Layman. The Terps might not be a sure-fire top-25 team with Trimble back, but their NCAA tournament chances are now significantly higher.
Eric Musselman keeps adding reinforcements to his roster. For the 2017-18 season.
Musselman and Nevada received commitments from N.C. State transfers and twin brothers Caleb and Cody Martin, according to multiple reports.
That brings Nevada's sit-out transfer count for this upcoming season to four with Hallice Cooke (Iowa State) and Kendall Stephens (Purdue) already in the fold. Under NCAA transfer rules, the quartet will have to sit out the upcoming season before being eligible in 2017-18.
Caleb averaged 11.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 36 percent from deep while Cody put up 6.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists, shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc.
The timing of having four sit-out transfers works well for the Wolf Pack given that two of the team's three leading scorers from last year, D.J. Fenner (a senior) and Cameron Oliver (a sophomore), return while senior transfers Marcus Marshall (Missouri State) becomes eligible. Having those four experienced transfers begin playing in 2017-18 while all but two players from this upcoming team slated to return makes Nevada an interesting team, a year from now.
After a day of mixed messages, Louisville's Chinanu Onuaku finally made it official.
He's staying in the NBA Draft.
"After talking to my family and going through the NBA process," Onuaku wrote in an Instagram post, "me and my family have decided that it would be best for me to keep my name in the draft."
The day started out with Cardinals coach Rick Pitino telling multiple media outlets that the 6-foot-10 sophomore would remain in the draft after he declared last month without an agent and attended the draft combine. Onuaku, though, appeared to at least mildly refute that with an Instagram post that said his decision wouldn't come until later Wednesday evening. Which it did, confirming Pitino's words.
The confusion may have been frustrating for observers, but Onuaku's social media presence no doubt has benefited from the bizarre day.
Onuaku averaged 9.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.6 assists in 24.6 minutes per game last season, making his per-40 numbers, a metric NBA teams like to take into consideration, nothing short of fantastic. He also shot a not-so-shabby 62.0 percent from the floor. His size, athleticism and ability to score around the basket (he's taken one 3-pointer in two seasons) make him a potential first-round selection in next month's draft.
The 19-year-old Onuaku underwent a procedure on his heart last week due to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. It has been described as a minor procedure that will not affect his ability to play long-term or work out with teams leading up to the draft.
The Cardinals, meanwhile, should be able to absorb Onuaku's loss seemlessly as they return the bulk of last year's team that went 23-8 and was ranked 10th in KenPom, but was banned from the postseason as a result of the Katina Powell bombshell. Newcomers Tony Hicks (Penn transfer) and V.J. King (consensus top-30 recruit) will also make for solid additions.
Purdue will once again be rolling out a formidable frontcourt in the 2016-17 season.
Boilermaker big man Caleb Swanigan is withdrawing from the NBA Draft to return to West Lafayette for his sophomore season, the school announced Wednesday.
"The NBA is right there and always will be," Swanigan said in the school's press release, "but you always have to have patience and do what's best for you."
Purdue is losing 7-foot senior A.J. Hammons, but will be once again teaming Swanigan with Isaac Haas (7-2) and Vince Edwards (6-8) that will allow them to roll out a supersized lineup that is sure to be a difficult one to face off against.
The 6-foot-9, 250-pound Swanigan, who likely would have landed as a second-round pick, averaged 10.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists and was a finalist for the Wayman Tisdale Award for the country's top freshman.
"We are excited that (Swanigan) has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and will return to Purdue," head coach said Matt Painter in a statement released by the school. "He has the potential to make a huge jump from his freshman season and will be a big part of what we do next year. He received great experience going through this process and will use the feedback he received to make him a more diverse player."
Purdue is probably a rung down from Michigan State and Wisconsin at the top of the league, but the return of Swanigan pulls them closer to competing at the top of the league next season.


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DeKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois junior Jeff Dick was honored Wednesday as the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week after winning his first collegiate tournament at the two-day 54-hole Branson Creek Invitational.
While at the par 71, 6,942-yard Branson Creek Golf Club in Hollister, Mo., Dick entered Tuesday's final day in first and remained there by scoring a two-over 73 in the final 18 holes to easily win the title by five strokes. With a 210 total score (68 | 69 | 73 | -3), including a season-low first round 68 Monday, he was the only player in the field to finish under par, helping the Sherman, Texas native win his first weekly conference award.
"I'm very excited for Jeff," said NIU first-year head men's golf coach Tom Porten of his first conference award winner. "He certainly earned this honor. I think this is the first of many honors for Jeff. He is really coming into his own as one of the upper-tier golfers in the MAC. He continues to improve each and every time he steps onto the course.
"It was great that his parents were there to see him win his first college tournament. It was nice and it was a special weekend for him and his family. His dad, Greg, is in the NIU Hall of Fame and this was the first time he has gotten to see him compete at NIU. Having that for Jeff was just icing on the cake."
Dick and the Huskies return to action next week with the Missouri Invitational in Columbia, Mo. April 12-13.


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The desire was a map similar to a previous work so that is what we ended up with!
The land was outlined in gimp from a sketch provided, indicating basic terrain location. I added detail the coastlines, roughening them up and making them more erratic in places. I took this outline into Inkscape to draw the rivers using tapered stroke spiro-splines and lakes, then brought this back into Gimp. The main map consist of about 25 layers of blocked in colours, and masked texture layers, with a good helping of noise and hand painted shading shadows and highlights.
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USAID head says food aid changes are urgent
WASHINGTON The head of the Obama administration's international food aid efforts says a proposal to shift the way food is delivered abroad could help an additional 4 million starving people. But there doesn't appear to be much support for the idea on Capitol Hill.
Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said Tuesday that the system of shipping U.S.-grown food abroad has been inefficient and that changes are necessary as a humanitarian crisis in Syria and recent droughts in Africa sap food aid from other countries in need.
The United States now donates much of its food aid by shipping homegrown food overseas, but many aid groups have long argued that buying food abroad would be quicker, less expensive and more beneficial to local farmers. The Obama administration last week proposed shifting food aid money to more flexible accounts that allow for cash purchases abroad or from U.S. farmers, saying such a move would be more efficient.
"We are stretched to our absolute limits precisely at a time when we don't expect to receive any supplemental funding," Shah said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. "If we don't do this, the consequences will be very severe in a very human, very real way."
Shah said that buying food locally is often the only practical option in war-torn countries where trucking in large amounts of food is not safe. Only a small portion of the U.S. food aid budget allows for cash purchases abroad, and most of that money right now is going to aid people in Syria - diverting funds from other needy people in unstable countries.
Congress would have to approve such a shift in resources, and the Obama administration is hoping that its proposal will resonate not only with those lawmakers with an interest in food aid but also those looking to cut spending or those with a faith-based concern for starving people overseas.
The proposal has support from a few key lawmakers, including the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, California Rep. Ed Royce. Some conservatives may support the idea due to the administration's estimate that the shift could save $500 million over 10 years.
But many are skeptical. The agricultural and shipping industries have long profited from the current program, dubbed "Food for Peace" when it was founded during the Cold War to deal with U.S. farm surpluses and boost the nation's image abroad. Their allies in Congress have backed them up, with a bipartisan group of 21 senators writing the Obama administration in opposition to the idea even before it was proposed.
Both the lead Republican and the lead Democrat on the House spending committee that oversees the Food for Peace program indicated at a hearing Tuesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that they are reluctant to support the shift.
Chairman Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., asked Vilsack why he would support a change that could hurt farm jobs. And Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., worried that shifting the oversight of the money to a different account could threaten its viability since the farm-state lawmakers have always protected it.
"I am not endorsing this until there are assurances that it won't be raided ... it's just the politics, I don't think it will happen this year," Farr said.
Vilsack said that under the proposal 55 percent of the food sold would still come from American producers and shifting the aid to cash could get food to starving people as many as 14 weeks quicker.
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The Roll-Your-Own Mash-up Challenge
By Charlene Li
I'm at Web 2.0, which is just a great conference. One of the hot discussions is around mash-ups (def) which combines the functionality from two different applications into a new one. One of the best ones is housingmaps.com, which combines apartment rentals etc., from Craig's List and Google Maps.
To me, this is the next step in the "social computing", Web 2.0, or whatever-you-call-it evolution. First, we had personalized content a la RSS-generated content on My Yahoo! At the same time, widgets, which are now hitting their stride, gave us our own customized set of applications on the desktop
The next step now is creating customized applications that can be paired with the content of our choice - yup, mash-ups. (I wrote about this previously in the context of widgets.) But to do that today, you have to know Javascript, Flash, and AJAX. I'm looking forward to the day when there will be simple interfaces into these APIs so that consumers like me (OK, I'll admit, I'm a pretty geeky, techno consumer) can create our own mash-ups.
This is because I think we're just at the very tip of the revolution. Imagine if we could tap into the collective creativity of thousands, millions of consumers. How many times have you said to your self, "Wouldn't be nice if I could just…." And here's the killer part – what if some built a platform for consumers to do this, and then enabled a way to SHARE those innovations? Some of them would float to the top (thanks to ratings, tagging, etc.) and you could actually start monetizing them. Now that's tapping into the power of consumers!
So here's my challenge – what mash-ups would YOU create? Add them to the comments below – I'm curious to see what all you bright minds can come up with!
Let me get the ball rolling. I'm right in the middle of buying a house (offer is on the table, fingers are crossed) and it was a nightmare flipping between the MLS, Google maps and MSN's Virtual Earth for satellite photos, and Yahoo! Maps for directions (I use their send to phone feature). At this point, let's make it VERY simple – I just want to take a few of the addresses and plot them on a satellite map to compare their locations. Virtual Earth allows me to do this using their ScratchPad feature, but it was pretty cumbersome. Give me a form-based interface where I can input the addresses and generate a map. The next step would be the incorporation of GeoRSS tags that understand addresses, rather than longitude and latitude. One application – importing my kids' school directory and plotting the location of their friends so that I can easily organize play dates.
So it's your turn – what mash-ups can you come up with?


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Thought that I would share one of my recent images with you all. Photographed on the "Doomsady" morning, the say the Mayan's said the world would end at Cherry Creek State Park in Colorado. Long exposure of about 8 seconds using a Fotodiox Grad ND, ND8 and CPL. The lake was actually frozen when shot which kind of gave it a unique texture. Fun stuff!
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We do a big job in order for you to feel comfortable and easy.
The system of our club's work & the services we provide.
In our country not many people have a possibility to have own computer, and also not many people speak English well. However Ukrainian women are notable for their sincerity, traditional attitudes to a family, children, a husband, moral values: honesty, devotion, kindness, they are good homemakers and understanding friends. Of course the exceptions are possible, however our club is regarded as prestigious.
The main task of our club work is the introduction of Ukrainian women, living in Odessa and the area, to men from other countries. The staff of our club includes translators, computer operators, psychologists, who help the clients in many questions.
Our club has a nice reputation as in Odessa, as abroad.
The services of our club
• Ladies' ads placement into the Internet or responding to men's ads;
• Translations of letters from English into Russian and from Russian into English;
• Psychological consultations;
• Invitation for getting a visa for foreigners, such as Australians and others;
• Assistance concerning the accommodation for stay (renting the
comfortable, safe apartments, considerably cheaper than room in hotels);
• Arrangement of a cultural program, excursion services around the city with the transport of the club, and tours conducted in English language
• Legal consultations concerning the questions of emigration to any of the world's countries;
• Arrangement of the presents for the ladies…
We would like to tell you the process of getting mail. Every lady has her own e-mail address with our club. A lady is provided with a translator -computer operator, who permanently interacts with the lady and deals with her letters. No one else has access to her correspondence. Upon coming to the club, a lady has possibility to take letters for her.
Odessa Dating
Our working hours with clients in office:
Monday- Friday from 10.00 a.m. till 6.00 p.m. (Ukrainian time).
Saturday and Sunday - closed.


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I need an immigration lawyer for my application on FLR (M) Form
I can help you online as much as possible, but unfortunately I am unable to provide you with details of solicitors whom you can visit in person
Yes go ahead with helping me online
Ok, so what visa are you applying for?
extension to leave to remain in uk
further leave to remain in uk
As a spouse of a person in the UK?
What questions in particular do you have
I have apply for further leave to remain uk as my wife is a british citizen and my son
i did apply on thursday
is't right for me as i used FLR FOR M and also did the English text as well
So you applied for further leave to remain as a spouse of a british national?
yes then this was the correct form
did you arrive to the UK on a fiance visa?
I did arrived as a family visiting visa since 2008 but i got my five year visiting visa in year 2010
so i met my wife after that and we had a little baby this year
we got married this year at the registry
she's a nurse that earn about 22,000 per year
are you there?
yes I am here
You have used the correct form and if you have provided details of all the circumstances which should allow you to remain in the UK and not go back to your home country to submit an application then your application should be successful
Yes my wife wrote a letter of support the reason why she want me to submit my application because I was helping her alot with the baby
because she was operated by Cesarean and her blood pressure was high
I also have a relationship bond with my baby
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Here's the new tandem that I am having built (see attached pdf). Here's the specs:
Frame - English Cycles Tandem, titanium midtubes
Fork - ENVE - Road 2.0 Tapered 1.125" to 1.5"
Headset - Cane Creek 40 ZS44/EC44
Captain Seatpost - Thomson Elite 27.2mm, 330mm, silver
Stoker Seatpost - Eriksen titanium, 27.2mm, 400mm, pewter clamp
Captain Saddle - Specialized Romin Expert
Stoker Saddle - Selle San Marco Aspide Glamour
Captain Stem - Deda Elementi Zero1, 130 mm
Captain Handlebar - FSA Wing Pro Compact, 44cm
Stoker Stem - Deda Elementi Zero1, 130 mm
Stoker Handlebar - FSA Wing Pro Compact, 40cm w/ stoker pegs
Shifters - Record Ergopower 10 spd
Front Derailleur - Campagnolo Comp Triple w/ Braze on adaptor
Rear Derailleur - SRAM X-9 10 Speed, Grey w/ white graphics
Brakes - FSA SL-K, Black w/ white graphics
Crankset - Davinci Tandem (54/42/30), 175 mm Captain, 172.5 mm Stoker
Bottom Brackets - Davinci Ti, Captain-107mm, Stoker-113mm (49.6mm Chainline)
Crank Bolts - Self Extracting Crank Bolts x 2
Chains - Wipperman Connex 10S0 x 3
Cassette - Ultegra 11-28
Wheels - Rolf Prima Vigor Tandem
Design is primarily for fast group rides and racing with an occassional century. Components have been selected to be relatively light weight without breaking the bank.
Anything else I should consider before giving the final go ahead? I'm particularly interested in any suggestions for maximizing shifting performance.


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I had my follow up appointment with my orthopedist this past week. I'm still having a lot of pain between my elbow and shoulder. My regular orthopedist injected my elbow the last time I saw him because the pain was really bad. Nothing showed up on the humorous (upper arm) MRI so he was shooting in the dark, no pun intended. It took 3-4 weeks but all of the sudden, I had rotation of the elbow without pain! Yes!!! However, my upper arm still throbbed and now my shoulder ached. The humorous MRI showed shoulder inflammation and the edge of a tear in the left rotator cuff. The radiologist who read the MRI said that the shoulder was very inflamed but he couldn't tell much about the tear because the MRI didn't go up far enough. I immediately cut back on any weight training for fear of damaging myself. It made no difference in my pain level. Fast forward to this past week.
I arrived for my appointment feeling anxious because we hadn't yet found a solution to my problem. My doctor was called out of the office for a conference and another doctor was seeing his patients. I met with him and we discussed what had been happening since my last visit. I brought him up to date. He asked me if my arm hurt in a certain place and then leaned over and pressed on it. Yow! That hurt and I said as much to the doctor. He told me that I had a problem with my shoulder. I asked him how he knew where to press my arm. He smiled and told me that he was a shoulder specialist. How lucky was that? He said that I have really bad tendinitus as well as an undetermined rotator cuff problem. He injected the shoulder sent me to physical therapy for 6 weeks and made a follow up appointment for me at the end of February. If that doesn't help we will get a shoulder MRI and take it from there. Ahhh, at last we have an action plan!
I started physical therapy this past Friday morning. My physical therapist has worked with me for about 4 years now and he is very familiar with my arm problem. In fact, he helped me regain the use of my arm in the fall of 2011 after my vertebrae collapsed onto the spinal cord. The same area was bothering me after my surgery and recovery in 2011. We had hoped that the issue was nerve related and would heal over time. That just didn't happen. Of course the first thing that was taken out of my workout regimen was water aerobics, swimming and my new zumba class. (I just got my own water weights too!) Now my exercise of choice will be water jogging with a flotation belt and no arm movement. I feel like I've just taken a giant step backward even though it is only temporary. Sigh! Oh well, at least I have been blessed to be able to use my arm. I have to look at it that way. This is just another little bump in the road to health. There will be other roadblocks in my journey but I'm up to the challenge. I will prevail!
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Greg Wilson, who got his start D.J.ing in the mid '70s in Manchester, has come back to wow listeners with his incredible disco mixes.
Teengirl Fantasy, Lemonade, and more performed last night out in New York Harbor on a Rocks Off cruise, and though the music was middling, the views were great.
Lawrence Arabia, whose excellent new album, The Sparrow, is out now, discusses making music far from his New Zealand homeland.
Local D.J. crew Trouble & Bass discuss how the collective came together and why people love their multiple-genres-in-a-blender sound.
Beach House made it through their excellent set Monday night at Central Park Summerstage, despite a natural light show that threatened to eclipse the one onstage
Brooklyn's Dirty Projects have a new album, and frontman David Longstreth talks about his new approach to songwriting
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Thought the Spanish peseta had bitten the dust? Well think again. In just the last year several Spanish villages and towns have been quietly re-introducing the defunct currency alongside the euro as unemployment and a stagnant economy grip the country.
Last year Mugardos in northwestern Spain began the trend for accepting pesetas when canny inhabitants realised that the Bank of Spain in Madrid had set no time limit for exchanging the old currency. Since then several other villages such as Salvaterra in the north have followed its example, with the latest being Villamayor de Santiago in Castile-La Mancha, the old hunting ground of the fictional hero, Don Quixote.
At least 30 businesses in the village of 3000 residents have begun accepting the outmoded coins and notes and the initiative has proven a great success with €6000 worth of pesetas having been spent to date. Villamayor de Santiago has suffered badly from unemployment and almost a third of residents are without work. Now, hard-up locals are only too happy to unearth pesetas squirrelled away when the euro was introduced a decade ago.
The guild of local merchants has been administering the scheme and in an effort to keep costs to a minimum is gathering the pesetas traded and exchanging them at the Bank of Spain in Madrid-150 kilometres away-on behalf of all the villagers.
For his part, new president, Mariano Rajoy, has tried to ease the pain of Spanish businesses by introducing a wide range of labour reforms. At the same time the European Union is demanding that austerity measures are swiftly imposed in the country to ease the deficit and prevent the need for a bail out similar to Portugal and Greece.
The electorate, already wary of the European Union's demands, has been further outraged to learn from consumer association, OCU that in the last ten years since the introduction of the euro in Spain, prices have soared. Essential goods have risen by 43 percent, with the price of food products such as a loaf of bread increasing by 49 per cent and potatoes 113 per cent. An average family grocery bill for the year is estimated at €6,800, representing an increase of 48 per cent in the last ten years.
It is therefore no wonder that disillusioned Spaniards are resorting to the comfort of their erstwhile currency. Whether their efforts will act as a catalyst, triggering a Europe wide movement to scuper the euro, is anybody's guess.
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Just Add Water has confirmed that its high-definition revamp of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee will be released in autumn 2013, and will carry the subtitle of New N' Tasty!
Due out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC and Xbox 360, New N' Tasty is a complete overhaul of the classic 1997 PlayStation adventure game, and sees a number of features added in addition to obvious cosmetic touches.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Just Add Water's Stewart Gilray commented: "In the original game you looked through a screen flip and it was like, ah! You run away or you're dead."
"You had to make your decision before you went through the screen flip in the original game. But with this, because you can see farther in front of you, you can make that change in your gameplay there and then without having to go, I've died, I have to go back to the check point and re-do it."
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"In the original game, the fifth screen into it, there was a sleeping Slig," he explained. "When you walked into the screen he woke up. To reset it you just walked off screen and came back on screen again creeping. We don't have flip screens any more, so we've made it so he times out. Say he walks around for 10 seconds and you haven't moved, he won't have heard anything and will go back to sleep again."
"It's little things like that. We've not changed it. We've just modernised it because it's not a flip screen game any more."
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For her upcoming record, Loud, Rihanna said she wanted to make music that was like her: "sassy, fun, flirty, energetic." Her high-energy new single, "Only Girl (In the World)," is already proof that the LP is shaping up to be the feel-good party album fans are hoping for. And on Friday (October 15), her much talked-about collaboration with Drake, an alternate version of "What's My Name?" dropped, and the sassy song is all about sex and love.
Drake kicks off the uptempo Loud track with a smooth verse that plays it anything but coy about his intentions for Rihanna.
"I heard you good with them soft lips," he rhymes. "Yeah, you know word of mouth/ The square root of 69 is 8-something/ Right? 'Cause I've been trying to work it out/ Good weed, white wine, I come alive in the nighttime/ OK, away we go/ Only thing we have on is the radio/ Let it play, say you gotta leave, but I know you wanna stay."
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The song's catchy chorus seems destined to have fans singing along in their cars. Rihanna shows she can sling it right back to Drake. She coos: "Hey, boy, I really want to see if you can go downtown with a girl like me/ Hey, boy, I really want to be with you, 'cause you're just my type/ Oh na na na na/ I need a boy to take it over/ Looking for a guy to put in work/ Oh oh oh oh / What's my name?"
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"I just did this great song," he said. "I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about it [but] I just did this great song with Rihanna. I hope we get to shoot a video for it. I'm really excited about that."
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Manila, Philippines – AND they vowed to love each other until their hair turns gray.
Shalani Soledad and Roman Romulo exchanged I do's in an austere yet heartfelt ceremony held on an apparently auspicious date, Jan. 22 the eve of the Chinese New Year at St. Benedict Church, Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
The wedding started at nearly 6 p.m., almost an hour behind the scheduled time. Soledad was at her most beautiful in an Inno Sotto creation: an off shoulder, off-white long gown with delicate beadwork that was reminiscent of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's conservative ensemble in her wedding with Prince William last year. Roman, on the other hand, was a dashing groom in a darkcolored suit.
Shalani looked radiant as she walked down the aisle, and was met by her uncle, Mon Soledad, halfway through the altar. They had a quick, gentle embrace before proceeding with the march, with Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" being sung by the choir.
A highly awaited wedding since it was announced a couple of months back, it was how Shalani imagined it. The decorations reflected the couple's aura and persona: the bridal pathway had no red carpet, but bouquets of neatly arranged white flowers perched at the end of the pews by the center. The church was illuminated by white, orange, and purple lights, while an array of flowers and leaves alternately covered the St. Benedict's pillars.
The relatively small yet homey church was quite comparable to an intimate, standing-room-only concert, with the couple's family, friends, and colleagues, as eager witnesses to their union. Some even had to sit on high plastic stools, while others stood beside the pews.
The mass was officiated by Gaudencio Cardinal B. Rosales, D.D., Bishop Mylo Hubert C. Vergara, D.D., Rev. Msgr. Bartolome G. Santos, Jr., and Rev. Fr. Isagani Avinante.
Bishop Vergara, who delivered an inspiring homily, lightheartedly asked the couple, "Bakit ngayon ka lang, Roman, Shalani?" What came next from the bishop appeared to be the answer: "It was, is, and always will be God's mysterious plan."
Their sacred union, he added, is an alternative to a culture that "cultivates broken relationships," and breaks the trend of people fearing to commit with someone.
Vergara closed the homily with an advice and a prayer: "That you may be one flesh, that you be loved, and you do what God tells you."
Their personal vows were brief yet brimming with love. Shalani said to Roman, "When you found love, you just know…You are my home…my happiness."
Roman, meanwhile, gave her his most passionate "I love you," which merited cheers from the crowd.
The songs which served as soundtrack to the wedding were mostly modern. Included in the lineup of songs were Train's "If It's Love" and "Marry Me," as well as Sting's "Fields of Gold."
When the priests told the groom, "Roman, take over," the latter planted a quick, soft kiss to his blushing bride.
Several celebrities took part in the Shalani-Roman nuptial. TV host and congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez did the second reading, while broadcast journalist Karen Davila read the Prayers of the Faithful. Manny V. Pangilinan, TV5 head honcho, was one of the principal sponsors.
Also in attendance were Shalani's "Willing Willie" co-host Mariel Rodriguez, actors Nonie Buencamino and Richard Gomez, and DZMM anchor Vic de Leon Lima.
Leaders also attended the Shalani-Roman wedding. Serving as principal sponsors were former Cynthia Villar (who arrived with daughter Camille), Senator Panfilo Lacson, and Secretary Albert del Rosario.
The Groomsmen were Erwin Romulo, Rep. Anton Lagdameo, Rep. Rodolfo Farinas, George Rafael Lorenzana, Jr., and Dante Soliven. The Bridesmaids are Mrs. Catherine May L. Hervas, Mrs. Annaliza S. Jacinto, Mrs. Ma. Lourdes P. Romulo, Mrs. Monica T. Garcia and Ms. Diamond D. Villar.
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The Pixel Project Voters' Choice campaign came to a close on 30 June 2010 at noon EST with a grand total of 6364 votes and 1424 petition signatures.
We are thrilled to announce our Top Two Nominees: Alexander Skarsgard in first place and Jake Gyllenhaal in second.
Both gentlemen will be sent the results of both the voting and petition. Let's hope either or both of them say "yes"to the 45-minute photo shoot-and-Public Service Announcement recording session for which we are petitioning!
In the meantime, all supporters will have to wait until the Mystery Celebrity Male Role Model Pixel Reveal fundraiser (to be launched later this year) to see if either Mr. Skarsgard or Mr. Gyllenhaal have agreed to come on board…
Overall, it's been a great campaign and being that it's the first time we have attempted this kind of campaign, we are pretty pleased with the voting turnout!
Here is the breakdown of the final results:
* Alexander Skarsgard – 2,301 votes, 36.2% and 663 petition signatures
* Jake Gyllenhaal – 1,668 votes, 26.2% and 239 petition signatures
* Hugh Jackman – 1,162 votes, 18.3% and 124 petition signatures
* David Tennant – 833 votes, 13.1% and 249 petition signatures
* Will Smith – 400 votes, 6.3% and 149 petition signatures
Team Alex really got out the vote—his vote and petition signature numbers continued to climb right until voting closed. Thanks for the outstanding effort everyone!
Team Jake also made a great push. After lagging well behind the front runner for most of the campaign, his numbers took a big jump in Week 5 and he continued to do well right to the end.
Yes Skarsdarlins'…We kicked tush!!!!
After six exciting weeks, we have two clear winners in our Pixel Project Voters' Choice campaign. A lot of effort from a lot of people made this campaign a success.
We would like to offer our gratitude to the following individuals and organizations for their support of this mini-campaign and their belief in the goals of The Pixel Project.
* The entire Pixel Project Voters' Choice campaign team. You are the greatest!
* All of our partners, especially Women's Aid Organisation Malaysia, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Sisterhood is Global, Taking IT Global, White Ribbon, Responsible Men, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, Bright One Communications, and Step Up.
* Pete Dyson who created the celebrity portraits for us.
* Melanie Baker at SkarsgardNews.com.
* Jenna Conde at AlexSkarsgard.net.
* Dee Dee Baldwin at EricNorthman.net.
* Hazel from Immortal Dreaming
* Prophecy Girl at I'm Stalking Jake dot com.
* The team at Whoviannet.co.uk .
* All supporters of The Pixel Project and the cause to end Violence Against Women who have stuck by us through all our crazy ideas (including this one!) and voted and signed the petition.
* All fans of Alexander Skarsgard, David Tennant, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Will Smith who voted and signed the petition.
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We are truly grateful for everything you did to publicize our campaign. We would not have had the response we did without you. Thank you so much!
If we have inadvertently omitted you, please let us know and we'll be sure to add you to our list!
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Baltimore Bank Robber Exiled to 10 Years in Prison
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BALTIMORE—U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Joseph Michael Dixon, age 34, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit bank robbery and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition. Judge Bennett ordered that seven years of the 10-year sentence be served concurrently with the sentence Dixon is currently serving for a federal bank robbery conviction in North Carolina and the remaining three years to be served consecutively. Judge Bennett also entered an order requiring Dixon to pay $57,850 in restitution to the victim banks.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department; Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy P. Groh of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
According to his plea agreement, on August 2, 2010, Dixon entered the Regal Bank located at 10123 Reistertown Road in Owings Mills, Maryland, and demanded money. The teller removed $8,850 from the teller drawer. Dixon took the money and fled.
On September 9, 2010, Dixon and co-defendant Lutrell Williams drove to the Farmers and Merchants Bank located at 15226 Hanover Pike, Upperco, Maryland. Williams entered the bank and demanded money. The teller removed $49,000 from a vault and Williams fled with the money. Witnesses saw Williams in a vehicle driven by Dixon at a high rate of speed down a highway. The defendants later abandoned the vehicle and drove away in another car.
Further investigation identified the defendants as the robbers in the second robbery. On September 17, 2010, officers executed a search warrant at Dixon's residence. In addition to heroin, they seized a pistol and ammunition.
Lutrell Thomas Williams, age 36, of Baltimore, previously pleaded guilty to his participation in the second robbery and was sentenced to a total of 78 months in prison for bank robbery and for violating his supervised release on a previous federal drug conviction. Judge Bennett also entered an order requiring Williams to pay $50,571 in restitution.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the Baltimore Police Department, FBI, and Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office for their work in this investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorney Judson T. Mihok, who prosecuted the case.


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To return to this award-winning resort, the Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi, to document Jason & Nadia's lovely wedding, was truly an amazing experience for both my wife, Julie and myself.
In fact, this is my second time covering a wedding at Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi, and my fourth working trip to Thailand as a wedding photographer.
Coincidentally, I received Jason & Nadia's enquiry while I was photographing another couple, Kelly & Clay's wedding at the very same location, around two months ago, and here I am, back again!
And I feel so honoured that not only were we Jason & Nadia's wedding photographers, but they wanted us to be part of their guests as well. A huge hearty thank you to both of you and we appreciate it so much.
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FACTORYVILLE — The Lackawanna Trail School Board named Brian Kelly, currently principal at the Scranton School for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children, as its elementary center principal effective July 1.
He will replace Tania Stoker, who will become the district's curriculum director, replacing Janice Joyce, who is retiring after 27 years of service. Mr. Kelly's annual salary will be $87,000.
The board also approved a teachers contract effective July 1 that runs through 2018. Board President Mark Lombardi said the contract calls for an annual pay increase of 3.25 percent, but with more employee financial participation in the health care plan.
The board expects to vote on a 2014-15 budget at its June 30 meeting.
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Getting To Know American Idol Finalist Jasmine Murray
March 12, 2009 07:30 AM by Christine McDow
By Joel Amos, Originally posted on SheKnows: American Idol
American Idol top 13 finalist Jasmine Murray talks tough. Well, maybe not, she actually is quite quiet and understated for someone possessing a voice that booms. Merely hours after she discovered that she was plunked from going to home to American Idol finalist, Jasmine Murray was understandably beside herself.
Question: On the American IdolWild Card show, you took quite a risk and it paid off. Were you nervous?
Jasmine Murray: If America likes it, then I hope they vote for whatever performance they like, but I hope they vote for all of them if I get very far. Well, I just like to explore different types of music, you know, but Christina Aguilera is like one of my favorite artists, and Reflection, I just thought it was a beautiful song, and I think it was like really age appropriate for me since I'm 17. And it was like from a Disney movie, so I just really thought that it'd be a good choice to do, and so I just tried to do the best that I could last night. So I'm glad that it paid off, I guess.
Question: How did you get your start performing in public?
Jasmine Murray: I was like Mississippi's Outstanding Teen, and I was really involved in pageants and stuff for a little while, so that kind of got me used to being on stage and stuff like that. And I actually got to sing for the Miss America Pageant two years ago, so it was amazing, and that was like one of the greatest experiences of my life…but being on the Idol stage, I think it's like a little bit different, you know, because you actually have people judging you and stuff, but, I mean, it's still amazing, you know, being on stage, and I really, really like it a lot.
Question: I'm sure you're ready for that Kodak Theatre American Idol stage?
Jasmine Murray: I'm definitely looking forward to it. I cannot wait. I hope that I get to be there at the end, so I'm just praying. I'm believing, you know, that I can do it, and I'm just going to keep on practicing and doing my best.
Question: How you're managing to balance your schoolwork and American Idol? How many hours a day do you have to study? Isn't therea minimum you have to do?
Jasmine Murray: Well, I basically do like my schoolwork that is from my school, but we, like my teachers will send homework and assignments to me, and I do about probably three hours a day, sometimes maybe longer. But, you know, it's different because here it's a little shorter because, at my school, I go from 7:45 to 5:15 p.m. every day going to class, because I go to the Mississippi School of the Arts, so it's kind of like college, and I love it, but it's a little different here. And I really like school here too as well because it's shorter and, you know, it's cool. I've got a great teacher and, you know, it's really cool though.
Question: Do you think that having to study puts you at a possible disadvantage on American Idol?
Jasmine Murray: No, no, because, I mean, everybody here went to high school too, and I really like school a lot, and I think education is so important, so I definitely want to continue that, you know, because education is something, you know, nobody can take away from you, and you learn and get smarter, and it's so important for you to have in your life. So, no, it's not a disadvantage at all. If anything, it's an advantage , get the opportunity to go to school in other countries, so I'm blessed to even be able to go to school.
Question: Now that you're through to the finals, what kind of genre are you going to focus on, or maybe what kind of music you put out after the show?
Jasmine Murray: Well, during the show, they do like so many different themes, different genres, so I'm really looking forward to all of that because I really like so many different types of music. And since I'm so young, you know, I don't want to limit myself right now, like I really want to explore different things, you know, see what I like and try out different things and see how it sounds with my voice, and so I'm really looking forward to the different themes, but I hope I stick around and get to do that and show America the different styles that I can do.
Question: Do you have any kind of strategy forming for the coming weeks, especially, you know, what kind of songs you think you'll choose?
Jasmine Murray: Well, I'll just, and going…I think this goes with anybody. You just have to take the best song that suits your voice that'll show who you are, that will show, like, your strong points and stuff like that because I think that's really important that you focus. I mean, even though, you know, we're all doing songs by different artists that we try to make sure the song fits us, you know, because that's a problem sometimes, so yes.
Question: Out of the American Idol contestants, who were you surprised didn't make it to be one of the wild cards?
Jasmine Murray: I honestly can't say because, you know, all of the top 36 were amazing, and I don't even know how they made that decision, you know. I mean, well, part of it was up to America too, but I don't even know how the judges, you know, did that. It's so hard because this group of people, they were all so talented, all of them, so I certainly know I probably couldn't be up there judging because I would just want them all to be the top 12, but you know that wouldn't be right because it would be 36, but you know I don't know. I'm just happy for the people that made it, and I know, though, the people that didn't make it, I know that they have big futures ahead of them. And, like I said, they're so talented, and I know they're all going to keep singing and keep doing what they're doing. And, I mean, hey, even if I weren't here, I would be doing the same thing; just keep singing, because if you really love doing this, you're not going to stop.
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Having made the transition from Malcolm Turnbull to Tony Abbott, the Liberal Party has moved from tragi-comedy to straight out farce.
And if you thought Mark Latham was a wild ride, hold on tight for the Bad Abbott, who has just come out with the most outlandish policy act in living memory. Let's unpack it.
If you thought Mark Latham was a wild ride, hold on tight for the Bad Abbott.
Abbott proposes within his first term to make some 3200 big companies pay 1.7% tax to people who work for other companies when they have babies. That includes government employees. The mother of the baby - or the father - gets six months off on full pay, to a maximum of $75,000.
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When asked for a justification, Abbott said that big companies can afford it. Hey, I appreciate the straight shooting, but I'd like a better rationale.
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He didn't tee it up with his mates for a start. That's the mates at the top end of town, the likes of the Business Council, which immediately condemned the idea, and his mates in his party, who knew nothing of it before seeing it in the media. They could barely believe what they were hearing.
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