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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's golf team closes out the fall portion of its season this weekend, as the Quakers participate in the University of Delaware Fall Invitational.
The Fall Invitational will take place at the par-71 Rehoboth Beach Country Club and feature eight other teams along with Penn and the host Blue Hens. From the Ivy League, Brown is also in the field. The non-Ivy teams are Central Connecticut State, Delaware State, LUI Brooklyn, Monmouth, Rollins and Towson. The teams will play two rounds on Saturday (the first round starting at 8:30 a.m.) and a final round on Sunday starting at 9 a.m.
Penn's lineup will feature senior Olivia Chang, junior Amanda Chin, and freshmen Sophia Chen, Isabella Rahm and Franchesca de la Torre. Another freshman, Erin Lo, will be in the field playing as an individual.
"I am looking for a strong finish for the team at Delaware," said Head Coach Mark Anderson. "We have finished third and second in our last two events, and the team is getting more comfortable being at the top of the leaderboard. If we can put up four strong scores each day we should have another top finish."

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The Effect of Solifenacin on Post Void Dribbling in Women
This study has been completed.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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University of Wisconsin, Madison
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First received: November 2, 2011
Last updated: October 9, 2015
Last verified: October 2015
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This is a double-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel design (n=140) study with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of Solifenacin 5mg in the treatment of women with Post Void Dribbling (PVD).
|Postvoid Dribbling Incontinence Post Micturition Dribble
|Drug: solifenacin
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Solifenacin on Post Void Dribbling in Women: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial
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MedlinePlus related topics: Urine and Urination
Drug Information available for: Solifenacin succinateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The percent reduction in post void dribbling episodes (events) [ Time Frame: out come measures will be assessed at week 0 (baseline), week 4, week 8, and week 12 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- the percent of patients with at least 50% reduction in post void dribbling episodes [ Time Frame: out come measures will be assessed at week 0 (baseline), week 4, week 8, and week 12 ]
- patients perspective of the impact of their disease, captured using the pelvic floor distress inventory [ Time Frame: out come measures will be assessed at week 0 (baseline), week 4, week 8, and week 12 ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: solifenacin
patients in this arm will receive drug
Drug: solifenacin
patient will receive solifenacin 5mg daily or placebo daily
Other Name: vesicare
Placebo Comparator: placebo
patients is this arm will receive placebo
Drug: solifenacin
patient will receive solifenacin 5mg daily or placebo daily
Other Name: vesicare
Detailed Description:
This investigation will have a double-blind, randomized, and controlled, parallel design with the % reduction in PVD episodes (events) as the primary endpoint.
Secondary endpoints will include:
- The % of patients with at least a 50% reduction in PVD episodes.
- Patient's perspective of the impact of their disease, which will be captured using the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI), and another questionnaire that asks about urinary symptoms and quality of life.
We will compare Solifenacin 5 mg to placebo. 140 subjects will be enrolled, with 70 subjects in each arm. The treatment group will receive 5mg of Solifenacin daily for 12 weeks. Astellas Pharma will be supplying both drug and placebo, they will be prepackaged and numbered. The Pharmaceutical Research Center (PRC) will randomly assign subjects into the treatment vs. placebo group blinding both the subjects and investigators
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 89 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women between the ages of 18 and 89
- Incontinence in the form of post void dribbling that occurs at least twice weekly.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe renal or hepatic disease.
- Active urinary tract infection.
- Glaucoma.
- Stress incontinence as the only incontinence symptom
- Urge incontinence as the only incontinence symptom
- Chronic severe constipation.
- History of bladder cancer.
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to anticholinergics.
- Any clinical condition that would not allow safe completion of the study.
- Pregnancy or lactation, intention to become pregnant during the study, or use of an unreliable birth control method in women of childbearing potential. Reliable forms of contraception include: permanent sterilization of either partner, hormonal contraception (oral contraceptive, Nuva ring, contraceptive patch, depoprovera, implants), intrauterine device (IUD), and condoms. Abstinence is considered a reliable form of contraception, but abstinent subjects will be informed that they need to use condoms or other form of birth control mentioned above if they become sexually active during the study.
- Presently on systemic anti-cholinergic therapy or who have been on therapy within the last 4 weeks. Anti-cholinergic drugs include; darifenacin, fesoterodine, hyoscyamine, oxybutynin, solifenacin, tolterodine, and trospium.
- Solid forms of potassium supplementation, as this presents an increased risk of GI side effects.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01470001
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01470001
|United States, Wisconsin
|UW Hospital and Clinics
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Wisconsin, Madison
|Principal Investigator:
|Tova S Ablove, MD
|University of Wisconsin, Madison
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017
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|University of Wisconsin, Madison
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01470001 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 2, 2011
|Last Updated:
|October 9, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Solifenacin Succinate
Muscarinic Antagonists
Cholinergic Antagonists
Cholinergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Urological Agents
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Lynne Spears: Jamie Lynn 'crucified' while Bristol Palin 'celebrated'
Lynne Spears is speaking out about the media's hypocrisy embracing the pregnancy of Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of John McCain running mate Sarah Palin. Lynne got her holy nuts kicked in when it was revealed Jamie Lynn was with child, but Sarah Palin is getting a pass, according to Newsweek:
"It's a totally different reaction. It's as if [Sarah Palin] became celebrated. I mean, the mother, Palin, was celebrated for this. Every woman in the world has applauded her strength and her convictions and poor little old Jamie Lynn–you saw how she was crucified. Everybody did, firsthand … I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation."
Lynne added: "I mean, I've got a 'special needs' baby, too. Where's my outpouring of love? So maybe mine, I dunno, flashes her hooternanny and has a record deal and, okay, had sex with men of Middle Eastern descent. I should get to be a national treasure too! Did I mention she tried to eat a toaster oven once? That too. Give me a parade!"


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Fall is officially here and if you are feeling a little overwhelmed at work, Adobe has some new solutions to help you work smarter, faster and make your creative solutions razor sharp.
First, for designers who want to extend their work for the print medium to iPad and other tablets, Adobe has a new solution for you that requires only your existing savvy InDesign skills.
The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition is now part of the Creative Cloud membership. The web service integrates with InDesign CS6 and enables designers to leverage their existing skills, retain creative control, and expand their design services to tablet publishing without learning any codes. Designers can easily create tablet apps for the Apple iPad, such as brochures, portfolios, annual reports, and more. You can find out more about Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition here.
If you are venturing into web design or need to seek faster ways to deliver interactive and animated web content, the new set of Adobe Edge Tools and Services is your answer. You can now use all of the Edge Tools & Services to design and develop for modern browsers and mobile devices–including Edge Animate, Edge Inspect (formerly called Shadow), Edge Web Fonts, PhoneGap Build, Typekit and a preview of Edge Code. By the end of the year we will also add a preview of Edge Reflow.
Adobe Edge Tools and Services are also part of the Creative Cloud membership. See here for more info.
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The Islanders have traded Defensemen Andy Sutton to the Ottawa Senators for San Jose's 2nd round 2010 draft pick. Last year before the 2009 trade deadline, the Islanders traded Chris Campoli and Mike Comrie to Ottawa for Dean McAmmond and a 2009 draft pick. So, it seems like Garth Snow and Brian Murray have made some good deals
Also, more teams have great interest in Roloson who will start tonight vs the Hawks as a showcase and is likely to get dealt sometime before 3pm tomorrow. Philadelphia is interested in Roloson as Ray Emery is injured and is looking to deal for him. The Islanders have recalled Dustin Kohn from Bridgeport to fill Andy Sutton's spot. I personally don't think that the Isles are done trading.
Even with Rick DiPietro out, if Garth Snow fines a good deal and agrees to it, he will probably get the green light to trade. Most of the Martin Biron rumors have sparked down, and the Dwayne Roloson rumors have sparked up. It will be interesting to see what goes down in the next 24 hours left before the 2010 trade deadline.
After a two week break for the Islanders due to the Olympic Break, the Isles will resume their season tonight at the NVMC vs the Blackhawks at 7pm. Tim Jackman, Josh Bailey, and Jack Hillen will play tonight after being on the IR for some time. It should be a good one tonight and the Hawks are one of the teams that may look to acquire Roloson.
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A CONTENTIOUS plan to build stables in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was thrown out after a poetic plea by a councillor last night.
Members of Wycombe District Council's Planning Committee were left momentarily speechless by Cllr Roger Metcalf's impassioned speech to reject the stables and manege mooted for Bottom Hill in Hambleden.
He appealed to members' hearts to protect the "small jewel of England" from what resident Tom Armstrong described as an "alien, intrusive and inappropriate" development of the Green Belt and Chilterns AONB.
The plan was narrowly rejected by members, who believed it would change the nature and character of the protected land.
Cllr Hugh McCarthy believed the proposed five looseboxes, tack room, manege, store and feed room was a "step too far".
He compared it to the equestrian centre that was mooted for Valentine Farm, Skirmett, which the council threw out on two occasions following a campaign involving Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman and rugby commentator Nigel Starmer Smith.
Cllr McCarthy told Wednesday's meeting: "This application has a remarkable parallel with Skirmett, which the planning inspector felt was unacceptable.
"I think this is also a step too far – it will have an impact on the enjoyment of the land by residents and it will change the environment.
"It would have to be dug into the hillside and significantly change the natural contours. I have a manege in the field behind where I live and they change the view, I can assure you."
Jayne Wunderlich, speaking on behalf of the applicants, had pointed out the stables would be used to house the 'treasured horses' which were "part of the family" and it would never become a commercial venture.
But Cllr McCarthy added: "I grew up indirectly with horses and know how attached people get to them but I don't think that is a planning reason to overrule planning guidelines in the AONB."
Objectors to the stables included Hambleden Parish Council, the Chilterns Conservation Board and the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust.
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Thomas Jefferson cautioned that "a government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take away everything you have." Not two weeks into his elected term of office, President Barack Obama has begun implementing his policies via executive orders, thus effectively skirting the legislative branch, supposedly the voice of the people.
Unlike many citizens, I have actually represented people on death row. It seems another lifetime ago, but casual calls for executions still get my attention.
I didn't get to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama until they replayed it on cable.
One of the first adages I recall learning was "you can't always judge a book by its cover." It's especially true about people, isn't it? My high school biology teacher was a tall, square-jawed, broad-shouldered lady with flaming red hair and a temper to match. She was all business, allowing no joking around, so I decided early on that I didn't like her and didn't much care for biology either. My first report card reflected my attitude, and that biology grade surely got my parents' attention.
Sometimes the best way to learn is to dive in head first. My first week as chairman of the Newton County Board of Commissioners was a lot like diving in head first. There is so much to learn, so many names to remember and don't even mention the acronyms.
Everyone tells me that soon I will be speaking in this foreign language and even know what it means. I have become reacquainted with old friends, met many new ones and have reinforced my faith in the Newton County employees.
Once you begin staring at the half-century mark as I am, you figure it rather unlikely there are any completely new experiences left.
Our first week of session revolved around legislative rituals. Tasks like electing the Speaker and other House officials for the 2009/2010 term, adopting rules for our chamber to operate by, and holding a joint session with the Senate to hear Gov. Perdue's state of the state address were at the top of the agenda.
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The most amazing story of 2009 may well have been told already, and we're only a couple of weeks into this historic year. Makes you wonder what else is in store for us, doesn't it?
It was a somber, winter's day in Georgia on Feb. 7, 2006. Thousands of people had gathered that day at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia to pay their respects to the legacy and family of the late Coretta Scott King. All four living presidents, H.W. Bush, G.W. Bush, Carter and Clinton attended. Accompanying them was a sizable congressional delegation from both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. Among them was Barack Hussein Obama, then the junior senator from the state of Illinois. Obama was easy to identify as he was the ...
Every day brings more reports of bailouts, loans, tax credits, tax breaks, all in the name of economic stimulus. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I don't see anything in the government sack that is going to help the economy. The pundits can nick each other in solemn tones, but recovery won't start until we start helping ourselves.
One of the advantages of being more than two billion dollars in the hole is that it forces you to prioritize and focus on the things that really matter.
It was a night of terror I shall not soon forget.
I was sitting on my living room sofa around half past eleven eating a bowl of ice cream and searching for a movie on the cable.
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... Chuck Morgan sat in his shabby fourth-floor office in an aging building on Forsyth Street. Known among reporters as the Bomb-Throwers' Building, the low-rent edifice housed most of the civil rights organizations in Atlanta.
The 150th session of the Georgia General Assembly opened for business Jan. 12 facing a number of serious issues. The budget, education, healthcare, transportation and water are again at the top of our list. We have already begun acting on these critical issues in the pursuit of making Georgia a state that people are proud to call home.
At midweek, we heard from Governor Sonny Perdue in his annual State of the State Address in which he gives all Georgians a progress report on our state and rolls out his new budget initiatives and legislative agenda for 2009.
I'm old school, as you already know if you converse regularly with me Sunday mornings. So, it shouldn't be difficult for you to presuppose my position on a multiplicity of issues. It shouldn't surprise you to learn that I firmly support capital punishment. Nor would you be startled at my suggestion as to how best save tax money currently spent sustaining death row inmates: tomorrow morning, feed the condemned that last meal, then parade them out and do away with them!
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"Why build the Titanic? Why go to the moon? Why do the Yankees play the Red Sox? Why did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas? Because they could, and they can, and we can build the Titanic."
This is how Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer began his speech unveiling the details of Titanic II, the near-exact replica he is building in a Chinese shipyard. I recommend you listen to his comments themselves, because they're both magnificently heartfelt and untouched by the hand of the PR men.
"Titanic," he says, "represents the spirit of man. The spirit of love. The hope that all men have for peace on earth in our time and goodwill to all men ... The Titanic II will be a ship of peace ... linking three continents, carrying the hopes and dreams of people everywhere. It represents the reconciliation of man, the hopes of many for a better life, and for a better future. That's what the original Titanic was all about."
If he says so: personally, I thought it was about ferrying the rich over the Atlantic in consummate style, while the plebs rotted in the bilges. But then, Palmer doesn't actually want to recreate the Titanic: he wants to recreate Titanic. He comes over like a man with My Heart Will Go On playing on a constant loop inside his head, referring to "the spirit of Rose and Jack, Romeo and Juliet" that "lives in all of us"; he plans to go steerage rather than first-class, so "I can sit down there, have some Irish stew, talk to somebody and at night I can get up and do the Irish jig".
However bizarre, Palmer's project is utterly appropriate, because the spirit of our times is eerily similar to that of the Titanic era. Its sinking marked the end of what Mark Twain called the Gilded Age: the first wave of globalisation, which concentrated amazing wealth in the hands of a tiny elite, who embraced an ultra-extravagant aesthetic that left their mansions looking like they'd been sandblasted with gold leaf.
Today, we're living through a second Gilded Age, but where the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers played at being aristocrats, marrying into European nobility and looting the continent's treasures to furnish their many homes, their successors simply play.
Extreme wealth has become an opportunity for self-fulfilment – often revolving around a return to childhood, or simply childishness.
John Travolta builds a runway outside his mansion, so he can play pilot with his five private jets. Oil baron William Koch constructs a complete Wild West town, so he can play cowboy. Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist, funds "seasteads", floating cities where Ayn Rand nuts like himself can free themselves from the tyranny of government and taxes and little people - essentially, hi-tech treehouses complete with crayoned signs saying "No Girls Allowed".
Indeed, it is in Silicon Valley, where Thiel made his mint, that this phenomenon is most glaringly apparent. The hot trend is space travel: Jeff Bezos of Amazon has his own rocket company; Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google plan to mine the asteroid belt; Elon Musk, founder of the electric car company Tesla, wants to visit (and eventually colonise) Mars. All cite pious motives, or convincing business cases. But given the infinite number of things they could have funded instead, it's obvious they also really, really want to play spaceman.
Some may disapprove, but if they're not going to give it to good causes, I'd far rather such people spent their money on crazily ambitious schemes than on grandiose yet ultimately conventional purchases such as private zoos in the back garden, or hiring Beyonce for the kids' birthday party. True, Palmer risks becoming a latter-day Ozymandias, his monument a 50,000-tonne liner rather than a crumbling statue. Yet at least he has the courage to dream his impossible dream, and help make the world a slightly weirder, and slightly more wonderful place.
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Having tried gluten-free baking myself, I can definitely say that it's not an easy thing to pull off. Without flour, it's tricky to make cake that has the right soft, airy texture or muffins with the perfect moist crumb. Luckily, San Francisco bakers are an inclusive crowd, and bakeries across the city that aren't exclusively gluten-free are turning out sweets that everyone can enjoy. Of course there are also some speciality bakeries worth trying, so click through the slideshow to see all 7 that stand out from the crowd.
Note: The treats I've included in this post have been certified GF by the restaurants where I bought them. However, many of these venues serve both regular and gluten-free options of the same type of sweet (think cupcakes at Kara's or muffins at Jane)—so if you have an allergy, always confirm with your server that you're getting the gluten-free goods.
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The Dean's Cup, initiated in 1963 by Deans E.R. Latty and J.D. Johnston, is Duke's premier oral advocacy competition. Held annually for second- and third-year students and organized by the Moot Court Board, the Dean's Cup seeks to highlight the school's best appellate advocates. The competition centers around a case taught in the Appellate Practice class offered every fall.
The case to be argued by the competitors in this year's Dean's Cup is in the process of being decided. Preliminary rounds will be argued before a circuit court. Semifinal and Final rounds will be argued to the Supreme Court.
Those wishing to compete in this year's Dean's Cup should complete the online registration form linked below by a date TBD. Please read the competition rules before registering. Once you register you are honor-bound to compete. You may only withdraw under extreme circumstances.
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The 2014 Dean's Cup will follow the format used last year. In the preliminary rounds, students will compete individually, each arguing twice for the Appellant and twice for the Appellee in front of faculty and alumni judges. Oral advocacy will be scored on fluency, command of the legal issues and the record, ability to answer questions, persuasiveness of argument, courtroom demeanor, and adherence to appropriate protocol.
The sixteen competitors with the highest oral advocacy scores will qualify for the round-robin Semifinals. Competitors will be power-matched into eight two-person teams based on their standing in the preliminary rounds. Four teams will be assigned to represent the Petitioner and four teams will be assigned to represent the Respondent. Each team will argue four times—once against each team representing the opposite side—in front panels of faculty judges. In addition, each team must submit a full-length brief to be graded by three faculty members. Briefs will be graded based on persuasiveness, writing style, legal reasoning, logical organization, citation format, and adherence to the brief requirements. Brief scores will account for twenty percent of the final ranking and oral argument scores accounted for the remaining eighty percent.
The highest rated team on each side will advance to the Final Round. The Semifinal teams receiving the highest scores on their written briefs will also be recognized at the Final Round.
Moot Court Board Membership
The Dean's Cup also provides an opportunity for competitors to qualify for membership on the Moot Court Board. Competitors seeking to qualify for the Board must submit a single-issue brief in the preliminary round in addition to participating in the oral arguments. The oral argument scores will account for sixty percent of their grade and the brief scores constitute the remaining forty percent. The top four to eight competitors seeking to qualify for Board membership will be extended invitations to join the Board.
Recent judges of the Final Round of the Dean's Cup have included U.S. Supreme Court Justices, federal court of appeals judges, U.S. district court judges, and state supreme court justices:
U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Scalia, Justice Alito.
U.S. Courts of Appeals: Thomas Ambro (3d Cir.), Rosemary Barkett (11th Cir.), Marsha Berzon (9th Cir.), José A. Cabranes (2d Cir.), Michael Chagares (3d Cir.), R. Guy Cole, Jr. (6th Cir.), Andre Davis (4th Cir.), Allyson Kay Duncan '75 (4th Cir.), David Ebel (10th Cir.), Emilio Garza (5th Cir.), Roger Gregory (4th Cir.), Robert Henry (10th Cir.) (ret.), Jeffrey Howard (1st Cir.), E. Grady Jolly (5th Cir.), Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.), Jane Kelly (8th Cir.), Carlos Lucero (10th Cir.), Blane Michael (4th Cir.), Karen Nelson Moore (6th Cir.), Diarmuid O'Scannlain (9th Cir.), Rosemary Pooler (2d Cir.), Reena Raggi (2d Cir.), Marjorie Rendell (3d Cir.), David Sentelle (D.C. Cir.), Dennis W. Shedd (4th Cir.), Sonia Sotomayor (then on the 2d Cir.),Richard C. Tallman (9th Cir.), James A. Wynn, Jr. (4th Cir.).
U.S. District Courts: Timothy Corrigan (M.D. Fla.), Catherine Eagles (M.D.N.C.), Robert Lewis Hinkle (N.D. Fla.), James P. Jones (E.D. Va.), David F. Levi (E.D. Cal.) (ret.), Kimberly J. Mueller (E.D. Cal.), William H. Pauley '77 (S.D.N.Y.), Gene Pratter (E.D. Pa.), Lee H. Rosenthal (S.D. Tex.), Frederick Stamp (N.D.W. Va.).
State Supreme Courts: Christine M. Durham '71 (Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court), Henry Frye (Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court) (ret.), Mark Martin (Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court).


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PHILADELPHIA - Football season at the University of Pennsylvania is officially underway for the defending Ivy League champions as the team reported to campus on Monday. More than 100 players arrived at the Jack LeFort Football Office Complex in Weightman Hall to signal the start of preseason camp. The first practice of the preseason is Tuesday afternoon.
Monday is a busy day for the players. Following the morning check-in the team has a tight schedule that involves physicals, equipment fitting and a number of meetings touching on topics with the strength and conditioning, media relations, compliance and training staffs. After a team dinner, players will gather together for the season's first team meeting before breaking out into smaller groups for positional meetings.
There will be 28 scheduled practices for Penn leading up to the Sept. 21 season opener against Lafayette. That includes a scrimmage at 16th-ranked Stony Brook on Aug. 31. The team will be in helmets on Tuesday and Wednesday and upper pads on Thursday and Friday. Saturday will be the first day of full pads and Sunday is the first of two two-a-days for the Quakers.
Picked to finish as the runner-up last season, the Quakers (6-4, 6-1 Ivy) won their last four games - all in dramatic fashion - to earn an Ivy League record 13th outright title. Penn returns 40 letterwinners and 20 starters from that championship team, including eight All-Ivy players (four offense, three defense and one specialist).
The Quakers, who were picked to repeat as Ivy champions in the preseason media poll, open their 137th season under the lights at historic Franklin Field when they host Lafayette for a 6 p.m. kickoff on Sept. 21. That matchup will serve as the only night game at the nation's oldest collegiate football stadium this year will also mark the first game on Franklin Field's new SprinTurf.
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Basic, no-frills guide to building a PC (via Lifehacker)
So far I've assembled three PCs from scratch, and while I recognize that this guide is very simplistic and could do with a bit more advanced stuff, it would still have been very handy when I was starting.
So, here it is:
Take it as a starting point and leave here your tips to build an awesome game machine. ;)
I'll give the first tip: don't try to go for cheap on the PSU. I learned that the hard way.Is "Luis_Magalhães" on the RPS comment threads.
My games-related blog: http://gamingmarmite.blogspot.com/
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I'm going to build my first PC next month, and this guide is really handy, thanks!
Do you've any particular recommendations for a budget of around €600 by the way? I have an old VGA monitor that'll do me until I upgrade, so the money is all going into the machine itself.
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Thanks. Not planning on building a pc any time soon but as I usually leave it for a few years between builds (last one was around 6 years ago, currently using a laptop though) I get confused every time I get back into the fray by some of the new specs jargon being banded around. I'm fine with RAM, CPU's, GPU's and PSU's as they largely stay the same, the numbers just get bigger, but other than that it gets a bit confusing. So that'll provide a nice refresher read and get me back up to date, for now at least.Disclaimer: The above statement or statements are most likely completely incorrect, incoherent and a little insulting to boot. Please disregard immediately and contact the closest person or persons with the ability and will to restore your faith in humanity.


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Gold Coast police are seeking assistance from the public to help locate a 10-year-old girl who went missing from the Labrador area this morning.
At around 11.30am, she jumped out of a stationary vehicle that was at the intersection of Olsen Avenue and Brisbane Road and ran north along Olsen Avenue.
She was last seen at 12.00 midday in a pet shop on Central Street.
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Pictorialism's Legacy
I've been enjoying our recent Eyes of a Nation exhibition, which provides a rich survey of American photography from 1870-1970. While I expected to be particularly drawn to the images selected to represent Modern and Social Documentary photography, I find myself lingering in the Pictorialist corner the most. These images, created between the 1880s and the 1920s were shot in soft-focus, represent allegorical themes, have a painterly quality and were instrumental in promoting photography as a fine art. Pictorialism sought to expand the scope of photography beyond documentation to include elements of aesthetic pleasure and artistic expression. Looking at these photos I am surprised to see some connections to current trends in visual imagery. The popularity of toy cameras and various apps for camera phones over the past few years have allowed us to easily document our lives while also adding creative and painterly touches to each image. I'm not sure photography has actually come full circle, but its fun to witness the legacy of pictorialism seeping into the images we take tod.


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Alex Hales hit two sixes on his way to a score of 63 for the Nottinghamshire Second XI in a Duckworth-Lewis defeat to an experienced Essex side.
Essex reached 199-7 from 41.1 overs in response to Nottinghamshires 216-8 from 50.
Matt Harris (40), Rob Ferley (35) and Luke Fletcher (29) were the other contributors for Notts.
"Essex named an all-professional side and our staff players performed well but we needed a bigger contribution from the trialists," said Notts Coach Wayne Noon.
"I always thought that we were 40 runs short of where we needed to be and it rained throughout which nullified our spinners.
"We dropped two catches which could have won the game for us but the bowlers performed well."
Scott Elstone took 3-41 and Andy Carter continued his good form with 3-37.


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Giveaway: The Future of Love by Shirley AbbottSeptember 8, 2011 • 36 Comments • category: Algonquin Books Blog
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11th, we're offering our devoted fans a chance to win one of three copies of Shirley Abbott's novel, The Future of Love. If you'd like to enter the giveaway, just leave a comment here or on our Facebook page.
Set in New York in 2001, Abbott's debut novel invites us into the lives of good people grappling with the hard choices and the sacrifices they must make to find love. Like a contemporary Edith Wharton, Shirley Abbott exposes the inner lives and the tangled relationships of eight characters—before and after the tragedy of September 11th—and forces both her characters and her readers to see the world in a new way.
Abbott allows us to see the possibility of happiness even as the city itself is tested. With humor and profound empathy, she has crafted a novel that runs deep into the heart of our need for commitment from friends, lovers, and family.
A "wise, funny, generous first novel … [Abbott] elegantly weaves together her lovers' stories. She deftly pokes fun at what we call morality. She allows her characters to be both lovable and ugly."—New York Times Book Review
An "impressive first novel … Abbott's nuanced take on New York after the fall is spot-on, reminding us that love is about survival as well as loss."—People
"A romantic roundelay that … swirls around a fabulous part: an adulterous former radical swept into a passionate affair."—Washington Post
A "shrewdly observed yet touching love song to New York City … A book as mellow and complex as good wine."—Body & Soul
"A shrewd, polished comedy of manners … [A] witty yet weighty tale … Abbott opens windows onto all that changes and all that remains the same in love, marriage, class, race, and family life, and considers truth as both a weapon and a key to liberation."—Booklist, starred review
"Abbott shows us love at its silliest and at its most splendid, the eight characters at their most selfish and noblest. Her novel is the real thing." –Susan Isaacs
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2013 NABC Coaches' Division II All-District teams as Saint Leo University senior guard Marcus Ruh found himself on the First Team in the South Region.
Helping the Lions to a second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and a Sunshine State Conference Title, Ruh was named the season's Conference Player of the Year after averaging 16.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game as he shot 46 percent from the field, a similar 46 percent from the 3-point line and 80 percent from the free throw line.
Transferring to Saint Leo prior to his junior season, the Green Bay, Wis., native has racked up an impressive list of awards, including the highest academic honor a men's basketball player can receive as he was named the 2013 Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year. In addition to this All-District award, Ruh is also a Daktronics All-Region honoree, a First-Team All-SSC selection, the 2011-12 Saint Leo Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a member of the Conference's All-Newcomer Team a season ago.
The NABC All-District Team recognizes the best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes and coaches in the division. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division II, these student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across America. The 89 student-athletes, from eight districts, are now eligible for the NABC Coaches' Division II All-America teams, selected by the NABC.
2013 Coaches' Division II All-District Teams and Coaches
South Region
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Second Team
Zane Campbell, Alabama-Huntsville
Xavier Collier, Benedict
Michael Drake, Christian Brothers
Marcus Goode, Benedict
Darrien Mack, Eckerd
Terry Leake Jr., Delta State
Marcus Ruh, Saint Leo
Julius Reid, Florida Tech
Jaime Smith, Alabama-Huntsville
Josh Sparks, Valdosta State
Ellis Young III, West Florida
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Late homers carry Brewers; Weeks has revival at plate
Segura homers, reaches base four times; entire lineup notches a hit
MILWAUKEE -- The way the baseballs were flying for Rickie Weeks and the Brewers on the first true spring night at Miller Park, they could afford to be on the wrong side of some close calls.
Pittsburgh scored five of its runs on two-out homers that followed oh-so-close plays at first base, but slumping second baseman Weeks broke through with five RBIs and the Brewers bashed their way to a 12-8 win on Tuesday that continued a downright ridiculous run of success against the improving Pirates.
Make it 46-7 against the Pirates at Miller Park since the start of 2007 and 71-24 overall, including nine straight wins.
"I was talking to [Pirates first baseman] Gaby Sanchez over there for a little bit, and he was saying, 'I don't know what it is, but every time [we] come here, something happens,'" Weeks said. "They were hot coming in. I congratulated him earlier in the series. So I don't know what it is; we're just playing good baseball."
Jean Segura hit a tying home run in the sixth inning, Yuniesky Betancourt gave the Brewers the lead with a homer leading off the seventh and Weeks delivered a three-run dose of insurance in the eighth.
Weeks' breakthrough, which the Brewers had been waiting for, began Tuesday morning when he asked hitting coach Johnny Narron to meet him early at Miller Park. They were in the batting cage by 12:30 p.m. CT, six and a half hours before the first pitch.
"I just wanted to kill myself in the cage, basically," Weeks said. "I was frustrated. You don't want to be in a position like that, obviously."
His numbers were rough at the start of the night. He had a .167 batting average with one home run and four RBIs in 24 games. He had no multihit games since the Brewers' third game of the season, and seven hits in his last 72 at-bats.
But Weeks walked and scored against Pirates starter James McDonald in the Brewers' three-run second inning. He doubled and scored a go-ahead run in the third, singled home two more runs with two outs in the fourth and then extended the Brewers' late lead to 12-8 by hitting a three-run opposite-field home run off Tony Watson in the eighth.
"This would be big," manager Ron Roenicke said.
Weeks said one big game does not constitute a turnaround, but he also said, "I think the sky's the limit now."
"I feel pretty good about myself going forward," Weeks added.
He was not alone in that feeling on Tuesday, when the game-time temperature was 81 degrees and the Miller Park roof was open for the first time this season. Segura and Carlos Gomez each reached safely four times. Segura, Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy each scored a pair of runs. Martin Maldonado drove in a pair.
The Brewers won their eighth straight home game after losing five of their first six games here, and finished April with a 14-11 record after beginning the season 2-8.
The Pirates were left to mull yet another loss at Miller Park.
"You keep playing," said center fielder Andrew McCutchen. "We came back, had the lead, had an opportunity to win the game. It shows we're not going to give up. We don't worry about the past, stats, whatever. Just show up every day and keep playing hard."
The Pirates indeed made the Brewers fight for this particular victory. In the third inning, with the Pirates trailing, 3-1, Garrett Jones narrowly beat a double play ball and extended the inning for Sanchez's game-tying two-run home run. In the sixth, Jose Tabata similarly hustled to extend the frame for a Starling Marte three-run shot and an 8-7 Pittsburgh lead.
Roenicke is not a proponent of instant replay in baseball, but he could have used an expanded system for those two close plays.
"The first one, it was hard for me to tell," Roenicke said. "I guess [Jones] was out on replay, but they had to slow it down, and any time you have to slow it down, that call is too close.
"But the second one, [Tabata] was out. It's hard when it leads to runs. I just don't know [with] the instant replay, how to do it the right way, and what calls that you do look at. You don't want the game slowed down that much. You don't want to replay everything."
Instead of Tabata being out and the Brewers out of the inning, Roenicke called for reliever Burke Badenhop, whose first pitch was driven by Marte to straightaway center field for what was initially called a two-run double.
Umpires are not allowed to look at calls on the basepaths, but they can review would-be home runs, so three members of the crew briefly retired to the tunnel below Miller Park for a look. They returned with a new call: home run.
"Most of the time, the umpires get it right," Roenicke said. "Tonight, it hurt us."
Marte's homer capped the Pirates' comeback from a 7-2 deficit, but their lead was short-lived, because Segura led off the seventh against Pirates reliever Vin Mazarro with an opposite-field home run that tied the game again. An inning later, Betancourt led off with a go-ahead homer against Bryan Morris that made it 9-8.
The Pirates hit four home runs of their own, three of them off Brewers starter Marco Estrada. He took a no-decision after allowing five runs on seven hits in five innings.
The Brewers will play for a series sweep on Wednesday afternoon.
"It's just a freak thing that [the Pirates] can't win here, I guess," said winning pitcher Tom Gorzelanny, who played in Pittsburgh from 2005-09. "I was a part of the 'no-wins.' I have nothing for you. I don't know how it is."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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More new stuff! More new stuff!
Dammit, we're on fire.
Some of the zines we mentioned in the last post have arrived, have been priced, bundled into plastic sleeves and slipped lovingly into our tub of zine-stock, ready for you to order. They are: Rhetorical #4 and Outshine the Sun #2, Indie Kids #1 and one that we forgot to mention before, Old Memory, a follow-up to Village Ghosts, with more beautiful collage, quotes and hazy childhood memories. Each copy comes with a different found photograph, such as this:
We received confirmation yesterday that we've got a table at the MCA zine fair, which is a fair while away but exciting nonetheless, as the organisers have this year heeded last year's concerns that, despite being sold to The Unknowing Public as a 'zine fair', the nature of the application process (i.e. first in, first served) was such that only a few zine makers could actually get tables, the rest being used to hock crafty knick-knacks, art magazines etc. Not that there's anything wrong with the latter, of course, but I personally think that if you're gonna call something a zine fair it should, primarily, feature zines, unless you want to unintentionally alienate people who actually feel like they belong to the zine making community. Or perhaps I'm just a tedious hippy. Anyway, massive props to the organisers this year for screening applications so that zine makers and their ilk get a better showing. Hopefully that's what the result will be and I'm not being stupidly optimistic. I don't know what the deal is if you missed out on a table, but I'm sure there'll be some discussion on the zines-aus google group if people are in need of sharing (perhaps you could even start that discussion). Oh yes, it's on the 22nd of May, ages away.
Another thing I'm looking froward to: Tim just sent me a text to alert me that this week's issue of YOU has arrived and it's a booklet all about The Fall's recent gig in Melbourne. My heart is fluttering in anticipation. Are there any other Fall obsessives out there in Australian zine land? Maybe we should make a Fall fanzine, the world probably needs one. I, at the very least, need one.
Yours for now and probably again sooner rather than later, as I'm going to write some zine descriptions today or tomorrow,
Emma D
EDIT – I wasn't lying. The catalogue is now totally updated. The following have had descriptions added: Old Memory, Sex Industry Apologist, Fern Zine, Plastic Knife #6/Black Paint Gold Wire #8, Indie Kids #1, The Church of Hysteria – Of a Photocopy, Rhetorical #4, Outshine the Sun #2, The Plural of Deer is Deer.
All written while listening to The Church of Hysteria's 'Of a Photocopy' CD, which is pretty excellent, I must say, and Mission of Burma, who have always been excellent. But you knew that.


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Love It or Hate It? Busy Phillips at the 'End of the Watch' Premiere
Busy Phillips is a beautiful woman, so why the heck is she wearing THIS at the premiere of 'End of the Watch'?!
-Lucia Peters
Busy Phillips is a beautiful woman. Blonde and statuesque, she carries herself well—and she was also on Freaks and Geeks, which automatically makes her awesome. Freaks and Geeks is probably one of the best television shows you haven't watched. You should get on that. Just sayin'.
Anywa, knowing all of these things we know about Busy Phillips, I ask you this: What the heck is she wearing here and why did she decide to wear it to the L.A. premiere of End of the Watch?!
Okay, okay—I know I posed the question "love it or hate it?" in the title of this post, and I know I just answered my own question, but I mean, really. What IS this?! I kind get what she was going for—printed skirts, menswear, and booties are all super "in" right now—but somehow, it's just… doesn't work on her. I can't help but think that she looks like an overgrown school, and putting adult women in schoolgirl outfits is almost always a recipe for disaster. Plus, ankle socks at a red carpet premiere? Really? Does that seem kind of inappropriate to anyone else?
Read Love It or Hate It? Anna Kendrick in Mulberry at 'The Company You Keep' Premiere
Maybe it doesn't. Maybe this knee-jerk "GAH!" reaction is just me. What do you think, Bettys? Do you love or hate this look on our girl Busy?
Then again, I suppose I should just be grateful that she didn't show up in this little number from the 2012 SAG Awards again, shouldn't I…
Come on, Busy! You're worth more than that!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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- The purpose of the W-9
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- Why churches break the law when they pay a guest speaker cash out of the offering
- How to set up love offerings for the pastor
- The new requirements for issuing contribution receipts. Cash offerings may no longer be deductible
- Internal Revenue Code Section 7611 and your ministry website; avoid the pitfalls
- How to prepare a tax return for a minister under IRS special rules
- How to create a system to count the weekly tithes and offerings
- Understanding new IRS penalties and sanctions on churches
- Creating an accountable reimbursement plan according to IRS regulations
- How to create a benevolence program
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Take a little trip with the Low Roller.
Embark on your next pow safari with the fully padded protection of the Dakine Low Roller Snowboard Bag. Slip your boots into the two exterior pockets and use the full-length zipper to easily insert your board and bindings. The Low Roller has locking zippers to keep everything safely inside while the baggage handlers use your bags for bowling practice. Once your plane arrives, the Low Roller's urethane wheels let you get your board from baggage claim to your friend's rusty beater without breaking a sweat.
- Fully padded for maximum gear safety
- Exterior access boot pockets allow you to get your wet boots in and out without stinking up the rest of your gear
- Full-length two-way zipper for access from either end
- Dual-end carry handles make for easy direction changes
- Locking zippers keep things from popping out
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Good Board Bag
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I got this bag for travel, bc it looked to suit my needs. Fully functional board bag with enough room to stash all your gear. I had my boots + all my gear inside the bag with some room to spare. Wheels on bottom pull good, handles are in the correct places. Padding is all around, and seems to make it somewhat waterproof also.
Snowboard bag and suitcase in -1
Best snowboard bag to carrier all your gear,board ,boots,pants ,jacket ,helmet, and gloves.Just roll it into airport check it in and relax.
Holds it all
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The only change I'd make would be to have actual skate wheels instead of the plastic ones but other than that its got big compartments for the boots and plenty of padding for the board. Could easily fit multiple boards in one bag especially if you were only taking one set of bindings with you.
Great bag.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Decided to get one of these bags after lugging a non-wheeled bag around Japan, while a mate had one of these. First impression of the bag was good, but then improved when I started loading it up. Can fit 2x boards broken down, 2x bindings, helmet, snowboard boots, sorel boots, 2x pants, 2x jackets, a few pairs of gloves and 2x goggles. Filled it up to about 30 kgs. It's made tough enough to withstand the bag chuckers at the airport, and the wheels are big so that don't get caught on every crack. Only down side is no shoulder strap, and it's tight fitting them into taxis in Tokyo.
High Rollin'
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I purchased this bag to replace my Burton Wheelie Gig Bag after United Airlines shredded it to bits on a recent trip to Utah. Instead of sticking with what I know, I thought I'd try this DaKine bag since I'm a bit of a fangirl. Not only is this bag significantly lighter than my old Burton one, but the wheels are rugged and I can stuff a ton of crap in it! This bag is a solid purchase.
Great value
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Loving this snowboard bag after traveling to UT and CO from the East coast. Holding up super strong. Easy to travel with. Lots of room for my gear. (165cm for 156cm board)
Would highly recommend - great value/performance. I see this lasting me several years.
Rollin with the homies...
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
DAKINE at it again, making bomber bags across the board. I love this bag, it fits a lot more then just boots, board and helmet. If you are a good package I have gotten a full 3 day trips worth of stuff (including a blow dryer!) in this bad boy.
Great price and great option :)
Light / Highly functional
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
This bag holds one snowboard with bindings on, and probably several others with bindings separated. If you're traveling, this thing is one of the lightest roller bags out there. Highly durable, really well made, good zips, good pockets. Really happy with it and surprised i could get something of this size for under $100 with the sale BC had. Really happy.
Great value
Haven't used the bag yet but awesome construction & looks great. Very roomy, got the 165cm for my 156cm board.
Solid bag, decent padding
Very stylish bag with easy roller wheels and handle. The boot storage is large enough to fit my 11s with ease and allow for extra storage of socks/gloves as well. The snowboard section can store multiple boards but my large size bindings needed to be removed in order to be safely transported and handled by TSA. Additional padding for my snowboard is accomplished by packing my jacket/pants and other snow gear. This bag seems pretty perfect for the minimal gear I bring.
Great Board Bag
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I had been using an old Burton snowboard bag and this is a much better quality bag, and can fit just as much even though it is smaller in size. I can fit everything I need for a day of boarding (base and mid-layers, helmet, goggles, multiple pairs of gloves, boots, jacket, pants, and board). The hard plastic bottom of the bag only goes halfway up the bag and is great for protecting your board while traveling while still allowing the bag to be folded when not in use. My only gripe about this bag is the wheels, they seem cheap and Dakine could have gone with something of a higher quality.
Great Value!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I purchased this bag to haul my gear for a trip to Colorado. I have a 159 cm board and purchased the 165 cm. The bag fit my board (with bindings attached), 2 pairs of boots, helmet, snowboard pants and jacket and had room for additional smaller items. I really like the boot pockets as they would keep any dirt and moisture away from the board or any other items inside the bag. It is well padded and along with the softer items I put in my bag, protected my board really well. The wheels roll very smooth and seem durable. It has a handle which makes carrying it very easy when not rolling. It is located well and depending on how your gear is situated inside, is very balanced. For the money, this bag is great value, seems to be constructed very well, and looks like it will hold up for numerous trips.
DAKINE Low Roller Snowboard Bag
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I needed a bag for my gear for my flight to Tahoe. After researching other sites and reading many reviews, I bought this bag. I purchased the 175 for my Burton Custom X 160 on purpose so I could stuff the bag with lots of gear. The bag fit my board with bindings still attached. I fit my boots (size 9) as well as my wife's boots in the boot pockets. I fit all my riding gear including helmet in the bag. I put an extra pair of hiking boots and more clothing etc. in the bag too. It was pretty stuffed by the time I was finished and only weighed about 43 pounds. I flew Southwest so my bag was checked for free (under 50 lbs)....BONUS!!! The wheels were awesome as I couldn't imagine carrying the bag through the airport. Bag seems to be quality constructed and I hope it will last for many more trips. Overall seems to be a great product!
Awesome bag
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I have a 158W board and wear size 12 boots. Everything fit well into the 165 bag, with bindings. The two handles make it easy to transport whether you are carrying or rolling it.
Bag worked perfect. It fit my board, bindings and all my gear for travel. Having wheels to lug my board and stuff through the airport was exactly what I needed for those longs trips when I don't want to carry everything.
Very nice bag
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Bought the 157cm in the Pacific (blue) color to use next season. Only the top of the bag is blue, which makes the bag stand out very nicely (though I'm sure it'll eventually get dirty from all the airline abuse). The rest of the bag is black. The bag seems to be made very well (good stitching on the handles, heavy duty zippers).
Inside I can fit my 149cm board with bindings attached, boots, helmet, puffy vest, med thickness snowboard jacket, snowboard pants, layered clothing, socks, gloves, some underwear, and some t-shirts (some of those things stuffed into the bindings). Basically everything I'd need to wear out on the slopes. In the outside pockets I can fit the rest of my misc items like small tools, etc. The weight of the bag with all the items I listed came somewhere between 30 to 35 lbs. I could probably stuff in a second snowboard but without any bindings on that second board.
Just one note about the outside boot pockets. The actual boot pockets extend into the inside of the bag. That's how they can make the top of the bag so flat. Meaning, if you want to put the boot into those outside pockets, you cannot pack too much inside of the bag right under the boot pocket. So that's the reason why I put the boots inside of the bag, and pack my misc stuff in those outside pockets instead. But it could work out either way depending on what you're packing, and more importantly, how you pack it.
You can use luggage locks on all of the zippers. Wheels are a must have, especially if you're going to be also lugging a carry-on or big back pack.
Can't wait to use it this next season. Until then, I'm happy with my purchase.
Followup: Traveled 3300 miles one way with 2 layovers. The bag held up great. The blue part did get dirty as expected, but not too bad. Bag also held up well going home (no layovers). I only noticed 2 tiny and minor fabric scuff marks at the bottom. Again, wheels are a must have when rushing through the airport to check in ;-).
It's carries your stuff...
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
When I was researching bag sizes I couldn't find anywhere that explained the sizing properly.
After using the bag I wish I had bought it in the appropriate size for my bag. I bought one a little larger and it leaves some slop in the handles when rolling it around an airport. It's not a huge deal but if you have a 157 snowboard, get the 157. There is PLENTY of space for the board and other gear, no need to upsize a few centimeters for more space for the inconvenience of this "slop".
Great bag, however, very well organized and thought out. The rollers are a must have as although that gear may not be heavy...at first...wait until you've rolled it for half a mile and then think about not having those wheels.
exactly what I needed to know, thanks
Good Bag for Travel
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
We needed a padded bag to move our snowboarding gear back and forth from Hawaii to the slopes (located anywhere but Hawaii), so we chose this one.
We fit 2 snowboards - one 149 cm, one 161 cm) - with bindings attached. We could also comfortably fit one boot (out of a possible 4) in the outside pocket. And then we filled all the spaces with soft, clothing-type stuff -- pants, jackets, etc.
I believe if we had only put one snowboard into the bag, two boots would have been able to fit comfortably into the outside pockets like the product description says they should.
Overall, the bag was great, but we wish there was a detachable shoulder strap for quick transport over non-wheel-friendly terrain.... like snow.
Good to know there's not a detachable shoulder strap, thanks!
Great bag
Definitely a must-have for airline travel. I got the 157 bag and my 159 board (with bindings attached) fits like a glove.
good all around board bag
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
a huge upgrade from my previous bag with no wheels. can hold my 2 boards (both ~162), boots, helmet, goggles, socks, jacket, pants, fleece and backpack. great product.
Does the bag fold up or roll up for storage after use. Thanks
Hey Bernie,
You can fold this in 1/4's so it packs up pretty small. Let me know if you have any other questions or want to place this order!
Will a 164cm wide deck fit in the 165cm bag?
Waist widths on wide snowboards are going to vary but most are in the 260+ mm range. The 165cm bag is 12 inches wide which means it can accommodate a board up to roughly 300mm wide.
Feel free to reach out with your snowboarding questions!
Do you think I will be able to fit two snowboards (one with bindings) as well as a split board with bindings in this bag?
So 3 board and 2 bindings?
Yes, When I store my boards for summer I will put 3 in this bag. Line up your sizes and camber profiles to maximize space.
I went with the 175cm bag and it fits a 170 Lib Birdman, 165cm Billy Goat and 163 Rossi xv inside. Cheers!
My husband has a 165 board, getting a 165 bag be too tight of a fit? He has size 13 boots that will need to fit as well.
It will fit the 165cm board but, I recommend bumping up to the 175cm. It will also fit the boots at the 165cm size but, the extra 10 cm allows you to put in a lot of extras like clothes and other odds and ends. Since you pay for the bag regardless, its nice to max it out to 49lbs.
If you have anymore questions feel free to send me an email or call!
Bill Porreca
Would a 157 be too big for a 143board?
I would also like it to carry my boots, helmet and other accessories. Thanks
Hey nik105719792,
A 157cm bag will not be too big for your 143cm board. The bigger the bag, the more room you'll have to toss in your boots, helmet and any other accessories you have!
Thanks for the quick reply, Adam!
I have a 157 size board will the 157 size bag be able to fit with bindings attached and have room for boots jackets and pants as well or should I go with the 165 bag
You shouldn't have a problem fitting all that but you will probably have to take the binding off or swivel them. That would be the same with the 165. The bag is most likely not wide enough for your bindings to stay on with the highbacks down.
If you would like to talk about this bag or any other product we sell, please contact me at the info below.
1-800-409-4502 ext 4420
Along with my 154cm board, with the 157cm...
Along with my 154cm board, with the 157cm bag fit some of my gear? (gloves, jacket/pants, helm to be specific)
With in reason, the bag should fit some goodies in addition to your snowboard.
I have a different bag, no big at all, but am able to get board, jacket, pants, helmet, boots, multiple gloves and base layers into it. Yeah the airlines love me. But for this bag, you should at least be able to cram your jacket, pants and gloves into the sucker.
Jared D.
800.409.4502 ext 4055
will 185cm skis fit?
will 185cm skis fit?
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that no, 185cm skis would not fit. Given that the maximum length for the particular bag model and style is 175cm, that extra 10cm (right at 4in) probably would not play nice with the bag. You could always get it and have the tips protrude, but doing that would really defeat the whole purpose of having a bag in the first place. I would continue hunting for a case that is similar (if you like the touted characteristics) but longer by at least 4 or 5 inches. Skis, like any outdoor gear, are an investment - it's always wise to treat them as such.
each bag looks to be about 13cm longer than listed, so you might just be able to fit 185cm skis in the 175cm size, which apparently has a 188cm length according to dakine's site
I have an older Dakine snowboard bag that works awesome for my skis because you can fit two pair of skis and poles in one bag. I can easily fit Volkl 175 Mantra skis in a 165cm Dakine snowboard bag with poles. I have carbon poles so I put those in a 3" perforated drain pipe from hardware store to protect them from being crushed or damaged in transit with all the other luggage that gets tossed around by airport baggage handlers. Although Daking makes a Fall Line Double ski bag it is a pound heavier and doesn't have the tough liner that Dakine uses in their snowboard bags.


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An explosion in restaurants, bars, theatres, and clubs, in addition to the beautiful parks and green spaces, has made the barrio of Palermo the top choice among tourists. And it's easy to understand why. It's near impossible to walk a street of Palermo without finding an exciting new restaurant, bar, or club.
Another reason for Palermo's popularity is the University of Palermo, which supports a student exchange program that brings thousands of international students into the city every year. The Palermo nightlife is some of the liveliest in Buenos Aires.
However, look at a map and you'll notice that the area known as Palermo isn't simply called Palermo. In fact Palermo constitutes a number of neighborhoods in the same area: Palermo, Palermo Alto, Palermo Soho, and Palermo Hollywood.
So exactly what are all these Palermos and where are they?
Palermo, as a whole, is the largest barrio in Buenos Aires. Belgrano borders it to the north, to the south Recoleta, to east the Rio de la Plata, and to the west are Colegiales and Villa Crespo. Over 250,000 porteños call Palermo home.
Avenida Santa Fe is the main artery that runs through Palermo, and what is commonly referred to as simply Palermo constitutes the area between Avenida Santa Fe and Avenida del Libertador and between Ave. Bullrich and Ave. Coronel Diaz. Alto Palermo shopping mall occupies the edge of Santa Fe and Coronel Diaz, near the Palermo's border with Recoleta and Barrio Norte. This area is also called Alto Palermo.
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First and foremost: Huge thanks, and huge apologies, to everyone who attended my sessions at these events. I promised to post materials last week, and there is no good excuse for tardiness. My dog did not eat my computer. I don't have a dog. And if I did, she would far prefer a nice rib eye to a hard chunk of plastic.
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Last week I was lucky enough to have a first visit to each of two amazing cities, Stockholm and Amsterdam. Both cities, as mentioned previously on my blog, hosted SQLRally events, and I did a precon plus two talks at each event.
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THE ambulance service were called to over 100 more incidents in Worcestershire over the latest Bank Holiday weekend than the previous weekend in April.
West Midlands Ambulance Service attended 683 emergency calls, more than 20 per cent more calls between Saturday and Monday, May 3 to 5, compared to 563 over the same timespan seven days earlier (April 26-28).
All in all they received 754 calls.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We put a huge amount of work into making sure we had enough frontline staff on duty to deal with the expected rise in call levels.
"While many people were enjoying the three day break, our staff were working hard to provide patients that needed our help with the highest standards of clinical care in often difficult situations."
The busiest day faced by the service was Sunday, May 4, when they received 268 calls and 236 incidents.