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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Golf World/NGCA Division II College Women's Preseason Coaches' Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine and the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I and III, will appear in the September 30, 2013 issue of Golf World and are live now here.
Defending NCAA champion Lynn University maintained its No. 1 ranking in the latest Golf World/WGCA women's Division II coaches' poll, earning 17 of the 25 available first-place votes. The Fighting Knights finished second in their season opener, the Lady Falcon Invitational.
Nova Southeastern, with four first-place votes, claimed the No. 2 spot while Barry rose to No. 3, receiving two first-place votes of its own.
Rollins and St. Edward's, which got the remaining two first-place votes, rounded out the top five, of which four Sunshine State Conference schools are present.
Led by new women's golf coach Tommy Baker, the Lions squad improved from a 20th-place ranking amongst the nation's top Division II programs to land in the 14th spot this week.
After taking home a first-place finish at the Smoky Mountain Intercollegiate Invitational, the Saint Leo women's golf team has their sights set on their next tournament, the Myrtle Beach Invitational Tournament on October 7-8 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Please find below a selection of self catering holiday cottages to rent in Embleton, Northumberland.
Watch the sun rise over the sea and set over the Cheviot Hills. Not a bad way to start and end the day on an Embleton cottage holiday!
The old village of Embleton sits amid an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to astonishing beaches and impressive castles.
Walk to the sweeping dune-backed sands of Embleton Bay and join the coastal path. Go south past the wooden beach huts and look out for the mystical 'vanishing rock' as you head for Dunstanburgh Castle. Take time to explore the castle's ruins and soak up the views; then continue on to the tiny fishing village of Craster, world-famous for sensational kippers!
Or go north from Embleton Bay, through picturesque Low Newton-by-the-Sea (where there's a good local watering hole) and on past Beadnell Bay, Beadnell village until you reach Seahouses, gateway to the Farne Islands - a paradise for puffins and seals.
What's more, you can see all this and more by pedal power too, along the Coast and Castles Cycle Route.
Golfing is another reason to choose an Embleton holiday cottage, with the 18-hole links of Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club a stone's throw away, not to mention numerous other gems within a short drive. Playing on fairways next to the sea is a magical experience.
Other ways to spend a day include fishing, sandcastle building, rock pooling, windsurfing, bird-watching - or doing nothing at all! Add a myriad of nearby attractions like Alnwick Castle and The Alnwick Garden and it's no wonder this beautiful corner of England has such a following.

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the ending reminds me of what happened for real in "Second Life" where a software geek created a "printer" that let "residence" create anything that they wanted (thereby threatening the "economy" of that virtual world).
If you enjoy reading this short story, I'd recommend books (the sort that come in paper form) by Ken Macleod (such as "Execution Channel" or "Night Sessions").
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As if the cakes and other confections don't sell out quickly enough at Café de Lion, a little "boutique" bakery at the top of Queen Anne in Seattle, chestnut season means the brief appearance of the popular Mont Blanc ($6.00). The dessert gets its name from the famous peak in the Alps, which it resembles with its spaghetti-like piping of sweetened, puréed chestnut atop an almond tart shell base.
Most make Mont Blanc with canned chestnut purée, but not Tomoyo Miura, who takes pride in creating everything from scratch. (She even makes her own food coloring so that it's completely all-natural.) While her Mont Blanc is not dependent on the immediate use of the current crop of chestnuts, it evokes the spirit of the season by using a compote of chestnuts that have been soaked in an Earl Grey tea mixture for one year. And while other Mont Blancs have a simple spongecake base, Miura grinds almonds to make a sophisticated tart shell that adds texture to the dessert.
The freshest of whipped cream hides in the center, along with a little bit of actual chestnut. The wonder, though, is that house-made chestnut purée, which is velvety and smooth. With a little of the Earl Grey flavor coming through, the result is creamy and at once earthy, nutty, and citrusy—with just the right level of subtle sweetness. (Some places snow-cap their Mont Blancs with sugar, but not Café de Lion.)
There are a few small tables to stay and enjoy your sweet treats, or you can sit at the counter while Tomoyo's partner Daisuke brews some of the best coffee in the area. If you're planning a visit, keep in mind that Café de Lion offers just a limited number of sweets each day and the shop closes as soon as the day's desserts sell out—it's smart to call before opening to reserve your order. And at this time of year, that order should be the Mont Blanc.
Café de Lion
1629 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109 (map)
(206) 913-2125; cafedelion.com
About the author: Jay Friedman is a Seattle-based freelance food writer who happens to travel extensively as a sex educator. An avid fan of noodles (some call him "The Mein Man"), he sees sensuality in all foods, and blogs about it at his Gastrolust website. You can follow him on Twitter @jayfriedman.


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Makes 4 servings
Cooking time: 15 minutes
1 head cauliflower 1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
1 teaspoon minced garlic Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat grill to medium-low.
Remove outer leaves from cauliflower. Slice into 3/4-inch thick "steaks," cutting from top of head to bottom of stalk. Arrange steaks on a baking sheet.
Whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, basil, oregano, salt and pepper in a small bowl until smooth. Brush mixture on both sides of cauliflower to coat, reserving extra marinade.
Arrange cauliflower on preheated grill. Cover and cook until browned on one side; turn over and cook until other side is browned, about 10 minutes total. When flipping cauliflower, brush with reserved marinade.
Sprinkle tops of cauliflower with half of the cheese; cover and cook until melted.
For vegan guests, simply skip the Parmesan cheese.
You can also substitute broccoli or zucchini for variety.
Keeping it clean, safe
First, keep your grilling tools in good order and clean. Think twice about that metal bristle brush you use to clean off your grill. These brushes can leave coarse bristles behind on the grill, which can then be picked up by the food you cook. If ingested, the metal bristles have the potential to cause serious harm in your intestine. Always double-check that your grill is clean and bristle-free.
Second, it's important to know how to safely handle and prepare meat to avoid illness. Thawing frozen meat should be done in the fridge, not on the counter or in the sink. Leaving food out to thaw to room temperature can cause food-borne illness. This includes foods that are marinating; these, too, should be kept in the fridge.
After raw meat has finished marinating, throw out the marinade sauce. Don't use it for basting foods while cooking. Why? Because you are cross-contaminating cooked meats with fluids that once had raw meat in them, and this could lead to food-borne illnesses. Instead, keep some fresh marinade separate from the meat to use only for basting.
The dish and utensil you use to carry the raw meat and transfer it to the grill need to be washed with soap before using again. This helps you avoid contaminating the cooking meat with juices from the raw meat.
In addition, be sure to wash your hands with soap between tasks. Bacteria from raw foods can easily transfer from your skin to other food or surfaces. If you are at Golden Gardens Park or another of our public facilities, bring moist toilettes or hand sanitizer in case soap and water are not readily available.
Third, be sure to cook meats to safe temperatures to ensure that any potentially harmful bacteria are killed. Guessing when your meat is done is not good enough. The safest way to determine if your meat is thoroughly cooked is to check for the proper temperatures with a thermometer. Check at the meat's thickest part, being sure the thermometer isn't touching the bone.
From www.foodsafety.gov:
•Poultry: 165 degrees F
•Ground meats: 160 degrees F
•Beef, pork, lamb or veal: 145 degrees F, rest 3 minutes
•Fish: 145 degrees F or until flesh is opaque and flakes apart easily
•Shrimp: cook until flesh is opaque
When you are done grilling for the day, be sure to clean the grill and all of your utensils.
Refrigerate leftovers immediately so nothing sits out too long.
Don't forget the veggies
Now that you've got all the food safety skills down, get grilling! Grilling sometimes can be all about the meat, but don't forget that veggies cook excellently on the grill, too.
If you like cauliflower, then you'll love this recipe (above). Large slices of fresh cauliflower are brushed in a lemony marinade and then grilled to perfection. Top them with a little Parmesan cheese and they'll be the hit of the party!
Here's to safe and happy grilling this season!
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I have loved Madonna, ever since I can remember.
Here she is with her daughter Lourdes…OH! What is that she's carrying in her right hand? A handbag? A Jimmy Choo handbag? The $30,000 Jimmy Choo "Blythe" handbag!!!!
Yes, you read that right. Well, according to JustJared.com, it is. And they're pretty reliable.
I know she's a millionaire and I know she can buy whatever crocodile handbag her little heart desires.
But, seriously? What the…? I am sitting here trying to convince myself that maybe it was given to her as a gift. But, after doing some research, I found out these handbags were a limited edition line and only 12 samples were available in the U.S.
Guess when you're a worldwide pop star…price is not an issue!
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text: Neil Gaiman is a one of the hottest authors around right now and he writes children's young adult, and adult books. If you liked The Princess Bride (William Goldman) and/or Stardust (also by Gaiman) you will love this book. If you listen to the audio version you will be enchanted by author Gaiman's reading of his novel. His narrating is spectacular as an adult at the beginning of the story, then as a young lad of 7 as he tells his tale, and back again to real time as an adult. The story is about a man coming home to perform a eulogy for a family member and remembers his friendship with the Hempstock women: Lettie, her mother, and her grandmother and the magical intrigue that encompasses the storyline. Also in the story is a philandering father, an evil house guest with mystical powers, a trouble-making younger sister and a mother who is both physically and emotionally absent much of the time. This coming of age story is told in a myth, a fairy tale setting and is a must read for both adult and Young Adults.


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A BUILDINGon a former Selby shipyard caught fire during violent thunder and lightning storms early this morning.
Firefighters were called to a blaze on Shipyard Industrial estate - the former Cochrane's Shipyard on Carr Street - at around 3am, when around a dozen people rang 999 to report a building on fire.
Many believed the 40 x 20 single storey store building had been struck by lightning, but the fire service is yet to confirm the cause of the blaze.
Two fire crews from Selby spent four hours battling the flames and protecting nearby buildngs with large jets of water and ground monitors.
They were due to leave the site by 8am, but will be back later in the day to check the situation.
Earlier, rail services between Leeds and Selby had been delayed after a lightning strike caused signalling problems.
Trains were disrupted between 9.15 and 10.20pm.
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But anyway, I think it laudable that the Academy has launched such a strategy, especially if the foreign words targeted at hurt the language's phonology.
Nevertheless, these "new" words can be nothing more than a suggestion. If things are being imposed, then I think they're in deep trouble.
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Bailey wrote:But a fanny is, er, well it's not the bum, not in England.
Bailey wrote:I would probably not use this term to a person of British persuasion for fear of them taking a fence.
I'm running out of fence and umbrage sir, order off the menu if you please.
frank wrote:[...]and the informal way of thanking includes 'mersi'.[...]
frank wrote:I'll try not to forget to ask her tomorrow about the pizza [...] A few months ago, Danish pastry and buttercookies, immensely popular in Tehran, got a new name, after the Danish cartoon situation. [...]
anders wrote:Pizze: "elastic loaves"
anders wrote:Danishes: "roses of Mohammad" (gul-e-muhammadi)
anders wrote:No, we absolutely don't say 'mersi', we say 'tashakkor'".
mark wrote:I noted from your link that helicopter (now to be "rotating wing"), as opposed to, I supose, the camel is the 'breaking wind'?
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
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We sat down with SH Lim, Vice President, Samsung Digital Imaging, HQ, at the IFA show in Berlin to discuss the new Samsung Galaxy Camera and Samsung imaging products in general.
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The new "Delta Pro" series from Hama comprises a photo tripod, a video tripod and two universal tripods. The two universal tripods "Delta Pro 180 3D" and "Delta Pro 160 3D" are each equipped with a three-way pan-tilt head, with the numbers 160 and 180 referring to the maximum height of the tripods in centimetres. The "Delta Pro 180 2D" video tripod comes with a smooth two-way pan-tilt head, while the "Delta Pro 180 Ball" photo tripod is equipped with a ball-head. The company hasn't provided details on the tripods' maximum load capacity and pricing. The new tripods will be on display at Photokina 2012, Hall 4.2, stand D 020 / E 029.
Samsung has announced its new 'Pro' series of microSD memory cards that provide UHS-I support and up to 64GB of data storage. The full line-up includes the premium series 'Plus' and commercial series 'Standard,' the company says. Water-, temperature-, magnet- and X-ray-proof, the new Samsung 'Pro' line-up of microSD cards deliver read speeds of up to 70 Megabytes per second. Pricing for the new cards has yet to be confirmed.
The Plustek OpticFilm 120, a brand new dedicated desktop film scanner that handles both 35mm and medium format, is now available to pre-order in the UK. Sold by WEX Photographic, the OpticFilm 120 from Plustek supports roll film frame sizes from 6x4.5 to 6x12cm and sells for £1999. Core features include a highly sensitive colour CCD and stepper motor delivering a maximum resolution of 10,660ppi, an 8-element glass lens for sharp scans, an infra-red channel for dust and scratch detection, motorised film transport for automated batch scanning, and an innovative folding rear cover that reduces the size of the scanner to save desktop space and prevent dust from entering the device. The scope of delivery includes holders for 35mm and medium-format film strips - including a patent-pending adjustable pitch 120/220mm film holder that holds the film flat -, as well as mounted slides. The Plustek OpticFilm 120 comes bundled with SilverFast Ai Studio 8.
Special thanks to our reader Mark Naftel for calling our attention to this piece of news.
The SlideFrame turns your tablet or other "smart device" into a digital photo frame while it's charging. Described as "a cross between a high-end digital photo frame and a hand crafted picture frame," the SlideFrame will be available in several styles to appeal to a broad range of consumers, from photographers to designers, new parents, techies, gadget gurus, and anyone with a tablet. It will also be available in several sizes to fit the most popular smart-devices today, including the iPad, the Kindle Fire, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. In addition to housing these devices, the SlideFrame can also be used to show off a traditional photographic print. Manufactured in the U.S.A., the SlideFrame is available for $59.99-$79.99 depending on size.
Scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have devised an ultra-thin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortions of conventional lenses. Principal investigator Federico Capasso and his team have created the flat lens by plating a very thin wafer of silicon with a nanometre-thin layer of gold. Next, they striped away parts of the gold layer to leave behind an array of V-shaped structures, evenly spaced in rows across the surface. When Capasso's group shines a laser onto the flat lens, these structures act as nano-antennas that capture the incoming light and hold onto it briefly before releasing it again. Those delays, which are precisely tuned across the surface of the lens, change the direction of the light in the same way that a thick glass lens would, with an important distinction. The flat lens eliminates geometric distortions, astigmatism and coma, and is completely scalable, which is why the physicists working on the project believe that in future, all the bulk components in the majority of optical systems can potentially be replaced by flat surfaces.
Wikipedia has announced the launch of this year's Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition. In last year's contest, 5,000 photographers from 18 European countries uploaded more than 168,000 photos. This year's competition will have significantly greater participation, including the United States and many non-European countries for the first time. Volunteer Wikipedians organise the contest in each country, with the winning photos from national contests considered by an international jury in late October. The international jury will announce the top-ten international photos and the overall best picture winner in early December. The grand prize winner will be invited to a photo tour in Hong Kong for the annual meeting of Wikipedia editors, photographers, and collaborators: Wikimania 2013.
Sigma Corporation of America has announced availability and pricing for the 15.3x3-megapixel Sigma DP1 Merrill large-sensor compact camera. Going on sale in mid-September at an estimated street price of $999, the raw-capable Sigma DP1 Merrill boasts a totally redesigned 19mm (28mm eq.) f/2,8 lens with moulded-glass aspherical elements, "F" Low Dispersion and Super Multi Layer coating, and a telecentric optical design.
Hasselblad and Broncolor have teamed up for a new 8-venue UK-wide Studioday tour. The launch event, to be held on 10th Octoberat the Hasselblad Studio in Hoxton, London, will provide the first chance in the country for photographers to see latest Hasselblad and broncolor products. The eight Studiodays at venues from Glasgow to Exeter are completely free and open to any photographer interested in test driving Hasselblad/Broncolor equipment in a professional studio setting complete with professional fashion models. Click through / scroll down for exact dates, times and locations.
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How New Penn Handled Hurricane Sandy
When Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeastern U.S. Oct. 29, trucking company New Penn closed its 22 terminal network, suspending operations over a territory stretching from Baltimore to Maine and the Jersey Shore to the Great Lakes. In this JOC Trucking Podcast, New Penn President and CEO Steve Gast and Vice President of Operations Shawn Nolan discuss how they prepared for the storm and restarted operations in Sandy's wake.
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That was quite a compliment, and a bit over stated, but it came from a friend. We were having lunch and talking about his favorite lift, the bench press. As an avid Olympic style weightlifter, I have spent far less time on the bench press than he has, but I have spent more time on the standing press and odd lifts.
My buddy wanted to know about what some pre-drug era guys in the bench press, so I brought along a little piece from my collection. I have been puzzling over this one for some time, doing research in a number of directions, but I couldn't hold this one back. He did ask for old, so I think something more than a hundred years old fit the bill.
You can see the stereoscope photo of "Dabee Chowdray Palwan" doing pressing a stone. As you can see, the lift is a bridging floor press with a stone nal, at 46 years old. I found more literature on how he actually performed the lift as well. Included, is a little on his training methodology. Who knows how accurate any of it is, but the claim is that the stone weighs 960 pounds.
As I have been wanting to increase my standing press, I have been doing a lot to bring back my bad right shoulder, including bench pressing. I am not to the point where I will be doing bench press partials or isometrics, but this long dead pehlwan (this is the modern English spelling) certainly did them. There is almost no chance a bench was used in his training, but we can learn a lot from what we see in his picture. As John, my buddy, said, "just supporting that sort of weight would increase my bench press, where do I start?" He has a great attitude.
For starters, he will be studying and practicing proper isometrics in the power rack, as well as partial movements. He will begin with my "Tendon & Ligament Strength Training" DVD. While I put this together fifteen years ago, as my first instructional video, it is still my best seller. Smitty taught me to do that stuff with all the knowledge he had gained from his years training the York lifters. It is a serious show and tell sort of thing. After John digests all that info, we will move on to other cool training.
Maybe you will join us in this lifting adventure...?
All the best,
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In a society of ignorance, there is a silent, unnamed power that directs all the people. From the moment he is born, a member of such societies submits himself to this power, and orders his entire life according to its edicts. This power dominates this member of the society of ignorance, to such an extent that he does not depart from its laws, even though they go against his own desires and expectations; and, come what may, he remains loyal to it.
What is this power, then, to which the ignorant are so attached, and which commands them so absolutely?
As we have said, it does not have a name; it is the totality of the false laws that the ignorant refer to as "tradition." It is not known who formulated these laws and determined whether or not they were valid. No one, however, would dare to question or alter them. Anyone who attempts to question these traditions is despised, and attempts are made to prevent any who are thought to be violating these laws or disrupting the established order.
Members of this society are firmly devoted to the rules they have adopted; if one wanted to tell them that these rules may be wrong, they would reply that they came down to them from previous generations and, therefore, cannot be abandoned. They do not dare to examine what they do, or why they do it, because their forebears did the same. In the Qur'an Allah describes this distorted point of view characteristic of a society of ignorance:
When they are told, "Follow what Allah has sent down to you," They say, "We are following what we found our fathers doing." What, even though their fathers did not understand a thing and were not guided! (Surat al-Baqara, 170)
The character and way of life required of a member of a society of ignorance has been predetermined according to the false and formalistic nature of tradition. Take, for example, a child: No matter how mature he may be, he must act like a child. There are specific expectations as to his behavior, mode of conversation, and other every day matters. Any type of behavior that does not conform to these expectations is regarded as strange.
So, in the same way, the "female character" is defined by the characteristics regarded as acceptable for women in the society. The society of ignorance has accepted a mode of behavior for women, and they are not permitted to venture beyond these parameters, and must develop their own personalities within it. However, the kind of behavior prescribed for women by an ignorant society is rife with corruptions.
Surely, the worst form of corruption is the belief that, because women are physically weaker than men, they must also be weak of character. Girls are brought up from a very early age with this idea instilled in their minds. Women in a society of ignorance accept, without question, this notion imposed on them and, as a result, develop a feeble sense of identity. They believe that they cannot match the power and endurance of a man. Great majority of women never think of themselves as one who can protect and care for others; since their childhood, they have always been the ones who were protected and looked after. They think it normal for themselves to be emotional, to cry and become angry as they are "weak" in character. This character type has been accepted as extremely natural in the societies of ignorance. Some women have accepted this model, without considering its validity, and the detriment it causes them, and, thereby, do not recognize the need to reform themselves.
Compared to this convoluted understanding of the society of ignorance, the way revealed by the Qur'an is simpler and far more straightforward. A Muslim does not make any distinction between the character of a man and that of a woman. Therefore, a woman is first of all a Muslim, and then a woman. Her identity is not determined by her sex, but according to the morality proclaimed in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, Allah describes only a one type of character. Man or woman, all are held responsible for aspiring to this character. Accordingly, a female believer, who is aware of this, develops fortitude, balance and superior character.
When the character of a Muslim woman and that of a woman which has developed under the sway of ignorance are compared, the superiority of the character molded in the light of the morality described in the Qur'an becomes apparent.
Indeed, the Qur'an is the unique source that all people, regardless of their gender, should refer to, as our Prophet (saas) also indicated in his following tradition:
"The Qur'an is a strong rope of Allah, meaning that it is a reliable means of linking with Allah and a firm charter of guidance. It is the straight path. The Qur'an is the clear truth that keep thoughts from straying." (Tirmidhi)2012-01-20 21:13:55


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ANOTHER piece of the Bury jigsaw fell into place on Thursday night when manager David Flitcroft signed former Bournemouth goalkeeper Shwan Jalal on a free transfer.
The Shakers boss revealed he had been tracking the 30-year-old Iraq-born stopper for some time as he bid to recruit a number one equipped with the distribution skills he craved.
"It was important for me to find someone like Shwan who understands the passing style of football I want to play and the sort of qualities I am after in a goalkeeper," he said.
"His distribution skills are top draw and that will help the whole team play out from the back.
"He understands what weight of pass I want to see and the sort of angle of passing, which was key for me." Jalal arrives at the JD Stadium on a two year contract after playing almost 300 games for the Cherries.
He made his name at Tottenham as a youngster and also had spells at Woking, Peterborough United, Morecambe and Oxford United.
He played a big part in the Cherries' rise from League Two to the Championship but made just two first-team appearances last season, in a loan spell at Leyton Orient.
"The time was right for Shwan to make the move here," added Flitcroft.
"He has played behind some good keepers under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth but he is nearing the prime age for a goalkeeper and he is ready to lead.
"The fact he was eager to make the move up from the south coast and really bought into what we are trying to do here was also key for me."
Flitcroft also revealed that former Wanderers stopper Rob Lainton would be his number two keeper next season after confirming 20-year-old stopper Reice Charles Cook had turned down a new deal.
"We had a really good development pathway mapped out for Reice that would have included him possibly playing abroad in Ireland, but we only offered him a six-month deal," said the Bury boss.
"I felt it was important that we kept him hungry, but I understand his agent feels he is able to get him a better package elsewhere, which I completely understand and I wish him well."


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Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, eight were selected to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015, our annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio—Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals. The competition features the young singers vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000. We interviewed our eight young finalists to learn more—check out all of the interviews, linked by name as they become available, here (or here if on a mobile device).
Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, soprano Samantha Pickett studied opera at McGill and Wilfrid Laurier universities. Her credits include Anna in Crush (Banff Centre); the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro (Opera McGill and Opera Laurier); La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, understudy for the title role in Suor Angelica and Elle in La voix humaine (Opera McGill); Micaëla in Carmen and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Opera NUOVA); Mrs. Demers in City Workers in Love, Lady Gerstein in One Lump or Two, Sophia in May 23, and First Lady in The Magic Flute (Opera Laurier). She recently participated in the St. Andrews by-the-Sea Opera Workshop and the Bel Canto Summer Voice Program in Munich.
I fell in love with music at the tender age of three. My mother took my brother and me to see The Phantom of the Opera, and I cried at intermission because I thought it was over. My parents signed me up for piano, dance and voice lessons when I was five and I have been singing ever since.
I can't remember precisely when opera became my life's passion; I think that it is because large, intense music has always been close to me. I began singing opera when I was 16, and at that point I had a hope that it would become my career, but, as any 16-year-old should, I had many lofty ambitions for my future self. Opera is a long-form art; it is a process, and to be an opera singer is a protracted endeavour.
One of the things I love most about opera is the commanding power of the narrative throughout its sensory facets. The total, aggregate nature of opera is truly irresistible. In many ways it is the ultimate art; exposing the senses to the total power and fragility of the human body.
Somewhere between massage therapist, yoga teacher, stage director, make-up artist, animal rescuer, interior designer, writer, and nanny. But who's to say you can't be all of those things?! Certainly not all at once, but we shall see where life takes me.
I have been practicing Moksha (hot) yoga for seven years. The combination of dynamic physicality and deep meditative practice is essential to my daily life. I have been a Moksha yoga ambassador, both here in Toronto and in Montreal, for three years.
I am an avid reader. My favourite book is A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, a historical fiction account of the simultaneous, but nearly uncorrelated destruction of Rwandan genocide and AIDS in the same country.
I adore poetry. I'm particularly smitten with Shakespeare, but I am also partial to Robert Frost and James Joyce. I also have an encyclopedic knowledge of The Simpsons.
Learn more about Samantha from her blog, The Emerging Project at theemergingproject.com, and follow her on Twitter at @SamoSoprano
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit COCCentreStage.ca, call COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231 or visit the Four Seasons Centre Box Office (145 Queen St. W.).
To buy competition tickets, click here.
To buy Under 30 competition tickets sponsored by TD, click here.
For more information about the the Centre Stage Dinner event and how to purchase tickets, please contact the PC Office at 416-363-5801
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A native of Laval, Quebec, mezzo-soprano Pascale Spinney studied opera at McGill University and is a current member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal. Her recent credits include Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Opéra de Montréal); Dora in A Little Too Cozy (Banff Centre); Fatmé in Zémire et Azor (Violons du Roy); Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (VIVace); Véronique in Le Docteur Miracle (Stu&Jess Productions); the title role in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, Epicene in Volpone, and Eustazio in Rinaldo (Opera McGill). Upcoming roles include Stephano and Gertrude in Jeunesses Musicales du Canada's touring production of Roméo et Juliette.
I find two things that I can't live without in opera: music and the theatre.
I was introduced to classical music while studying jazz voice in CEGEP, and was fascinated by the level of technical skill that opera singers needed to achieve. I applied to classical voice performance in university, took an extra year to catch up to my peers, and never looked back.
I would have been a pilot!
I like to do yoga and I have a passion for fitness and nutrition. I also enjoy reading a great deal.
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Halifax native and baritone Zachary Read is currently a member of Vancouver Opera's Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, and he studied opera at the University of Toronto (UofT) and Western University. His credits include Marullo in Rigoletto, Jonas Fogg in Sweeney Todd, Le Podestat in Le Docteur Miracle, Ivan in Die Fledermaus, and Morales in Carmen (Vancouver Opera); Sid in Albert Herring and Malatesta in Don Pasquale (UofT Opera); and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte (Accademia Europea dell'Opera). Mr. Read was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions regional finalist and won the District People's Choice Award. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2015 Lotte Lenya Competition. Upcoming roles include Prince Yamadori and Imperial Commissioner in Vancouver Opera's Madama Butterfly.
I grew up playing and singing Scottish, Irish, and folk music. I had not been exposed much to opera before going to university, but knew that I wanted to improve my singing and songwriting. I decided to pursue a vocal performance degree at the University of Western Ontario, where I learned a lot about the operatic repertoire and was very intrigued by how a human voice could make such a glorious sound. Once I learned more about the French, German, and Italian languages, I was able to appreciate the poetry and storytelling that inspires these great works.
There are many reasons why I think this art form is so intriguing: how composers marry text to music and the way both of those elements influence one another, the sound and colours possible in the voice and orchestra, and the immediacy of creating live theatre in front of an audience, to name a few.
Another passion I have in my life is playing the Scottish Highland Bagpipes. I am currently a member of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (six-time world champions) and will be traveling with the band to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow this summer.
I also love entertaining and cooking for friends and family, single-malt whisky, and University of Michigan football.
There are so many roles I would love to perform. It would be hard to pick one. The Verdi baritone roles are ones I would dearly love to grow into someday, but for the nearer future, I would say my top "dream" roles would be Valentin in Gounod's Faust, Figaro in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, and Marcello in Puccini's La Bohème.
Follow Zachary on Twitter at @ZakRead
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Tigers drop 19-inning heartbreaker in series finale
Early five-run lead disappears after strong start from Price
TORONTO -- For the second consecutive day, the Tigers lost a one-run lead in the ninth and the game in extra innings. This time, the extras were longer -- much, much longer.
By the time Jose Bautista's walk-off single in the 19th inning sent the Tigers to a 6-5 defeat at Rogers Centre, the lights were on for a game that began at 1:07 p.m. ET, the bullpen and benches were both expended, and Rick Porcello was in his third inning of relief. The game had crossed the six-hour mark for the second-longest Tigers game in duration since 1914, according to baseball-reference.com, and tied for the fourth-longest game innings-wise in team history.
The only Tigers game longer in minutes, according to baseball-reference, was a 22-inning, seven-hour marathon against the Yankees at Tiger Stadium on June 24, 1962.
Yet as long as 19 innings of baseball reads, like how the numbers don't line up right in a box score or the space runs short in a scorebook, it's the look on the faces in a clubhouse that says plenty. They all get longer in a loss.
"Nineteen innings, on turf," said Torii Hunter, one of five Tigers position players who were on the field for all 19. "It wears your muscles out, not really your joints. This is more your muscles, your calves, your hamstrings, shoulders, everything."
That was on manager Brad Ausmus' mind as he reflected on a game they led, 5-0, with two outs in the sixth and David Price on the mound, and an American League Central race now down to a half-game lead over the surging Royals, who started an hour later but won their seventh straight game hours earlier.
"Right now, these guys are exhausted," Ausmus said. "They're obviously disappointed they lost, but they're also exhausted."
It was on the mind of Porcello as he leapt off the mound and ran into the dugout pumping his fist at the end of the 17th inning, having stranded the potential winning run at third base.
"Every inning that came around, it was just like, 'Let's go, this is our inning. We're going to win it right here,'" Porcello said. "Everybody just kept battling. It's just one of those days."
As great the disappointment, directing it was another matter. The 5-0 lead the Tigers held with 10 outs to go was about five hours old by the time the game ended. The one-run lead that fill-in closer Joba Chamberlain protected with two outs in the ninth before Jose Reyes' single tied it was about four hours old.
In between, four different Tigers pitchers -- including Joe Nathan, who was supposed to be off Sunday, and long relievers Blaine Hardy and Pat McCoy -- combined for the equivalent of a nine-inning shutout before the Jays finally got to Porcello, Tuesday's scheduled starter, in the 19th.
The Tigers offense that built the lead by roughing up Mark Buehrle early and scoring five runs in the first four innings went scoreless for the final 15, two short of its scoreless streak to end the series in New York earlier in the week.
"It was constant all day: us, them, somebody making a good play, somebody robbing somebody," Rajai Davis said. "Great plays all around. But regardless of all those great plays, we still had opportunities that we were unable to capitalize on.
"We had a lot of opportunities to win. We didn't capitalize on them. They took advantage."
Colby Rasmus thwarted opportunities with a pair of highlight-reel catches, including a leaping grab at the center-field fence to rob Miguel Cabrera. Davis answered by running down line drives in shallow center, and Don Kelly contributed a grab to strand a runner in scoring position in the 12th.
"They were both pretty tough, just running after the ball and thankfully came down with it," Rasmus said. "You just gotta keep battling. To win the series, that was huge for us."
The Tigers put a runner on base in all but one of the 10 extra innings, and they put runners in scoring position in seven of them, including the bases loaded with one out in the 16th before Chad Jenkins turned a Hunter comebacker into a 1-2-3 double play. The Blue Jays put runners on in five consecutive innings, but they left all of them on.
On and on they went until Munenori Kawasaki's leadoff single and Porcello's errant throw on a Reyes sacrifice bunt put runners at the corners with nobody out.
"We had chances. They had chances. It was just back and forth," said Hunter. "Baseball's crazy. I don't know why I play this game. But I love it. You think you've got them on the ropes and then something crazy happens. Unbelievable."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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On May 1, OMCA's newly transformed Gallery of California History received the American Association of Museum's 24th Annual Excellence in Exhibition Award. The award goes to exhibits that successfully integrate scholarship, audience engagement, exhibit design and programming and offer visitors a chance to explore new ideas, as well as directly communicate an institution's value to the public. We here at OMCA are very honored that the exhibit received such recognition from our museum colleagues!


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DETROIT - The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission on Monday instituted formal proceedings against Justice Diane M. Hathaway, a member of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Read: Lawyer: Justice Diane Hathaway will retire Jan. 21
The formal proceedings are commenced by the filing of a formal complaint, which, in this case, alleges that Hathaway engaged in fraud and money laundering in connection with real estate she owned in Michigan and Florida. The government says Hathaway temporarily transferred the home to a relative while trying to negotiate a short sale on a Michigan property. After the sale went through, and mortgage debt was erased, the Florida home went back to Hathaway and Kingsley. The government says ING Bank was cheated.
The Commission also filed a petition in the Michigan Supreme Court to have Hathaway suspended pending the resolution of these proceedings.
The filing of a formal complaint nor the petition for interim suspension is a determination of judicial misconduct.
What happens next?
Hathaway has 14 days to file a a response to the complaint.
READ: Michigan Justice Hathaway denies fraud allegations
The Commission has also petitioned the Supreme Court for the appointment of a "master," usually a retired judge or Justice, who will preside over a public hearing.
At that hearing, the parties will have an opportunity to introduce evidence and examine and cross examine witnesses.
Following the completion of the hearing, the master will provide the Commission with a report containing findings of fact with respect to the allegations in the formal complaint. The parties will have an opportunity to present their views on the report to the Commission through briefing and oral argument. If the Commission determines that the charges are proved by a preponderance of the evidence, the Commission may recommend that the Supreme Court discipline Justice Hathaway. That discipline can range from public censure, suspension, or removal from office.
Who is the Commission
The Judicial Tenure Commission is an independent state commission established in 1968 by amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The Commission investigates allegations of judicial misconduct and disability, conducts hearing as appropriate, and recommends sanctions to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Commission is composed of nine members. Four are judges elected by their respective judicial associations, one is a judge elected by members of the State Bar of Michigan, two are attorneys elected by the members of the State Bar of Michigan, and two are lay persons appointed by the governor. The Commission Chairperson is Thomas J. Ryan.
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>Look What I Can Do!>Passed ski patrol skiing test!
Ten days into toboggan training.
I hardly can describe how physically demanding this is. I'm volunteering at a Colorado ski resort that has wonderful steep moguls. Spent all day Saturday and Sunday practicing taking 200+ lbs. fellow patrollers down one of the most epic runs in Colorado.
I'm bruised all over.
The contorted stretgths and edged reaching that patrollers need to do on these most demanding runs to give a guest a smooth, safe ride down is amazing.
At least five more weekend training days to go. Toboggan test is next month.
And then finally yesterday, *passed* the toboggan test and got a red jacket with a white cross.
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So cool! When does the season end?
• Chemo
• Chemo-Radiation
• Surgery
• Return to kicking my own ass by 2018
She was not strong. She was valiant. Radiant. Brave and broken. The beauty she discovered in the aftermath was unparalleled to anything she had known before, because it had come at such a cost.
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Another month, but not so much snow--we'll see.
Some goals and "look what I can do" take a long time.
I'm about 2/3 through my probationary year now.
So far, I've volunteered 13 days and have worked 36 incidents ranging from kids' owies to a guy who took a high-speed face plant and was going in and out of consciousness.
I ran 3 sleds yesterday and am sore today.
Congrats! What mountain? My husband was a pro patrol at Mammoth for a few years in the late 90s. Says it was the best days of his life. I have to nudge him and remind him he didn't know me then
Have an amazing experience!!
I can and I will!
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Very cool! Congratulations. Unfortunately I had to use the ski patrol services recently at Mount Snow. Got my fat ass sledded to base first aid thanks to an ACL and meniscus tear. SNAPPO! I literally could not have been further away from first aid. The patroller had to stop a couple of times to rest because the schlep was so far. He was awesome though.
Congrats! What mountain? My husband was a pro patrol at Mammoth for a few years in the late 90s. Says it was the best days of his life. I have to nudge him and remind him he didn't know me then
Have an amazing experience!!
It's at a Colorado mountain.
Very cool! Congratulations. Unfortunately I had to use the ski patrol services recently at Mount Snow. Got my fat ass sledded to base first aid thanks to an ACL and meniscus tear. SNAPPO! I literally could not have been further away from first aid. The patroller had to stop a couple of times to rest because the schlep was so far. He was awesome though.
Saturday I may have had a guest with a similar injury. I referred her to the clinic.
On the schlepp, we have skidoos to tug us across the flats and to get us up over ridges. Saturday, we were busy and I had a couple loaded sleds that I had to skate a good haul myself.
Sorry about the injury and I hope you have a strong recovery.
SO jealous! ...
Please fill us in on what the job is like...and photos!
SO jealous! ...
Please fill us in on what the job is like...and photos!
First, it's a lot of work. Second, I think there's some sort of allure that it's glamorous. While I suppose there are small moments of that, it's mostly a lot of waiting, a lot of physical work, a few intense moments, and from time-to-time very sincere thanks from guests and that's the part that's quite rewarding.
We get up early. I'm usually up before 5:00AM for the drive up and then pulling into the parking lot at about 7:20AM in order to sign-in for the part of the mountain I want to cover.
First thing is trail checks. As a rookie, this last weekend I got one of the wide green thoroughfare runs that has a lot of fences and stuff to put up.
During the day, on our mountain, we rotate through sitting at the patrol shack waiting for dispatch to send us out on a call. Saturday, I had four incidents to work. First, there was an elderly man reporting altitude sickness at one of the on-mountain restaurants. Hearing that reported, I was foremost concerned about heart attack. We have an AED at the restaurant. Second was a ski school student who hurt her knee. It wasn't anything and she just didn't want to spend the afternoon with the rest of her class progressing in the moguls. I returned her to the ski instructor for him to deal with. Third was a woman who took a hard fall and heard her knee pop. Getting her down in the toboggan, I referred her to the clinic. The fourth this last weekend was a pre-teen girl with her family in the trees between runs who hit a log or something else under the snow and twisted and broke her ankle. She was in significant pain, crying loudly and unstoppably, and we were on the backside of a ridge. Since I was alone, I was able to use a couple mountain hosts and the girl's dad to help safely load her into the toboggan. After getting a first skidoo tug to get over the ridge, we were busy and I couldn't get a skidoo tug across one of the later flatter areas and had to unzip everything and skate it as the girl's still crying in pain behind. During the day, I also fetched a drop pole under a lift line in unskied powder.
End of the day is sweeps. My last incident down in the triage room at the base went late into the afternoon. I was able to catch the last chair up (after the mechanics had technically shut it down but I wanted to get my backpack and poles from up top). I didn't have a sweep this day where we make sure nobody's left on the mountain. Instead, I got to zip down an empty, wide blue at somewhere between 50 and 60 mph.
After, we had drinks with members of a ski club.
The next day I was rather sore from driving three toboggans.
That's kind of what it's like. About some common misperceptions:
Other mountains may be different, but that's been my experiences. It's a lot of work and a broad set of different skills that range from navigation, communications, medical, conflict management, to advanced skiing.
Two years after the skiing skills test, I've finished the candidate year and the probationary year and was voted on as a regular senior patroller.
Here's the run-down of how much time it took:
- Lots of hard training over several years to become a good enough skier (typically 20 or so long mogul runs a day)- Failing the ski test 2009 and 2010 by a small margin- Passing the ski test in 2011- Outdoor Emergency Care training in 2011 (120 hour class)- OEC written test in 2011- OEC practicals test in 2011- CPR in 2011- Resort-specific protocols practicals test in 2011- Lift evac training in 2011- 16 days of toboggan training in 2012- Toboggan test in 2012- Resort mountain logistics workbook- Resort mountain logistics test in 2012 (all lifts, trails, phones, toboggan locations, and several dozen location nicknames of cuts and traverses)- Skidoo toboggan hauling safety training - CPR refresher in 2012- OEC refresher in 2012- Lift evac refresher in 2012- Dozens of cases worked in 2012/13 - backboards, fractures, incident report paperwork, on-lift incident paperwork, multiple-person collision paperwork, …- Attendance at monthly meetings during the season
- Voted on by patrol in 2013


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So I've been listening to all these songs...partly for need of new music and partly because I've been thinking about this for a while...I have some suggestions for songs..of course,my opinion exclusively:))
Avril Lavigne-Anything But Ordinary(just fits with the story,not sure how much with the soundtrack for the movie)
Fever Ray-Dry and Dusty
Bowling for Soup-Highschool Never Ends(again,good for the story in general..not necessarily BD,and not really the movie)
Sarah Connor-Just One Last Dance(when Bella and Jake dance..) :((.It's too...blah,for this movie,but for EVERYTHING ELSE that's going on at that particular moment,it's just right.I think.
I think Lux Aeterna should be put on the soundtrack,when Bella's heart stops and Jacob starts getting "the thoughts".Not the whole dramatic part later,just the beginning.
(Doesn't have anything to do with Breaking Dawn,but I was listening to Santana the other day and just thought "OMG,this is so for Jasper".What song?Maria,Maria.It's like perfect!!!)
I think Three Days Grace-Never Too Late is a good song for Jacob and Bella's situation,but I wouldn't have it on the soundtrack.
Placebo-Running Up That Hill-yes,I know it's already been used for Daybreakers,but so what?
My Chemical Romance-Save Yourself,I'll Hold Them Back
Not sure,at all,I haven't even listened to it,but the lyrics are...
Are you ready for a firefight? 'Cause the devils got your number, right We're never leaving this place alive but if we sing these words we'll never die
Get off the ledge and tread the line Not a victim of a victim's life This ain't a room full of suicide We believe it and I believe tonight
We can leave this world, Leave it all behind, We can steal this car if your folks don't mind, We can live forever if you've got the time.
Part of them.Whatev...
I can think of a whole lot more songs for the story,just not Breaking Dawn,not the soundtrack.That's why I was hoping you guys have lots of ideas!
They are,of course,going to pick songs nobody or very few people know about.
Two Steps From Hell-Heart of Courage?
Ohh!!And I've got another one..Tiger Army-Forever Fades Away
And Aerosmith-I Don't Want To Miss A Thing would have been great for Edward..before Breaking Dawn.
AND! If I Had A Heart by Fever Ray.
I'll think of some more songs.Until then,how about High School Musical ON the Soundtrack?:))))


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A MAN was rescued from his home in Accrington after a fridge freezer caught fire in his kitchen.
Fred Woods, said to be in his mid-60s by neighbours, was pulled from his terraced house in Sultan Street by firefighters yesterday morning.
Ten firefighters from Hyndburn fire station spent more than three hours on the scene putting out the blaze.
The Red Cross also attended the incident to provide Mr Woods with assistance after fire chiefs said he could not return because of the damage caused.
Karen Walsh, who lives next door to Mr Woods, said she and her husband, David, were woken up by the sound of fire engines at around 2am.
She said: "Me and my husband came and and there were just loads of firemen.
"They were at it for about an hour-and-a-half and then they came and asked us if we knew any of his relatives.
"We know he's got a sister in Oswaldwistle and family in Great Yarmouth so passed on the details. I don't think he was too seriously injured but I heard he was taken to hospital.
"The Red Cross turned up to help because they said he couldn't stay in the house overnight. My husband has been in with the firefighters and said there was a lot of smoke damage.
"Fred is retired and he has lived there for as long as we have been here, which is 23 years."
Watch manager Gary Drinkwater, from Hyndburn fire station, said an electrical fault was to blame for the fire.
He added: "Our two crews were there from 2am to 5.20am and there was quite a lot of damage."


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AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC System Review Part II: Can Ivy Bridge and Kepler Make Up the Difference?by Dustin Sklavos on 8/27/2012 12:01 AM EST
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StevoLincolnite - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkI would even argue that the CPU was a bit of a downgrade. especially going from a 6-core processor to a 4 core processor.
Heck, for $2,700 I would hope for a Core i7 3930K or at-least an x79 motherboard paired up with the Core i7 3820, so you could at-least drop in an Ivy-Bridge E when they become available. Reply
Paul Tarnowski - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkThe last AVADirect PC had a 2700K. The reviewer was comparing the acoustics of that system to his then-current i7-990X. Although yes, that sentence is confusing if you don't follow the link to the review of the previous system. Reply
Flunk - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkThis is a gaming system, single thread performance is key so having 6 slower cores is a detriment. Reply
cknobman - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkWhile I am not arguing 4 vs 6 core when it comes to gaming I agree with OP on the point he was trying to make.
For the absurd price I would expect a 6 core processor in this thing and for everything else outside of games this processor is in fact a downgrade.
I just built a very very similar rig to this one listed with an i7 3770k for far under $2000. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - link"and for everything else outside of games this processor is in fact a downgrade."
Did you even read the review of the comments just above you? The predecessor had a i7 2700k @ 4.6GHz at its heart. No 6 core CPU! Reply
infoilrator - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkYou can argue the two points, you have to be doing very specialized computing to benefit from more CPU. Second, if you can afford this level of purchase, I suppose an entire new build is practical as a new tech toy.
It is too bad you cannot transfer the bits into a case you like more. Reply
Jambe - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkSpeaking of pre-built computers you're likely to pay too much for; what are the chances you could get a Falcon Northwest Tiki for review? I remember seeing that some time ago and haven't looked to see if there are reviews of it from credible sources.
I guess I might do a quick search for that. Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkYeah, I'm actually wondering how the Tiki or Dell's x51 would hold up to being used as a "notebook", thrown in a bag every day and hauled back and forth. They don't seem that much bigger than a large notebook...
Don't know if they'd physically hold up though. Reply
iSayuSay - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkAs usual, spec is okay. But come on, for the price, one would demand more, especially on the look. I never find any sexier case than MacPro, why? These PCs can be more costly than basic quad MacPro. And again, I'm not talking about spec, purely just about look and neat interior placement.
Can't somebody out there design a great looking case for these boutique design tower?
My office still have a few 2010 MP laying around and yeah, these babies are just IT tech-wonder, looks clean, easy to upgrade. Everything is in order and super organized. Specs are obviously suck for the money, as usual. But you gotta admit it's the sexiest tower around. Externally and internally.
Now imagine something like MacMini, only bigger like MacPro. Smooth silver aluminum, less holes and screws and no unnecessary LED would be great. And I'm willing to pay $200 more for the case alone. Thank you. Reply
Grzesiu - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkThe only one I can think of would be the HP/Voodoo Blacbird 002 which was ridiculously expensive. I owned one up until a week ago. Fully equipped with C2Q qx9770, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz, SLI GTX280s and a 1300watt modular psu. I still own the hardware which will soon be up for sale on eBay, but I sold the case alone for $850! Reply
A5 - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkThe Mac Pro is a professional workstation designed by one of the world's largest PC companies. Comparing it to one of these boutique gaming systems is insane as it is designed for a different market - if you need that style of system, you should be looking at HP's Z-series or a Dell Precision T3600. Reply
iSayuSay - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkWell .. Dell is the second or third biggest PC manufacturer. Their AlienWare is still generic components wrapped in some awkward and LED-ish cases. Now any PC boutique can do that too.
Being a big company does not mean they're able or willing to design a nice looking tower. I can see the possibility, If one so inclined, people would interested and pay premium for it.
Mac fanboys aside, I think MacPro could be a great computer, but Apple seems does not want it to. Slow lame updates and all. Reply
Sub Zero - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkI've bought 2 high-end machines through AVA and 2 from CyberPowerPC. I'll never buy another from CyberPowerPC but will gladly buy from AVA.
Cyber breaks out good packaging, thermal compound and yes, even good wiring - as Separate Charges. $50 bucks for all that? If you buy a huge CPU fan like the one in this build, and don't support it during shipping, it can cause damage. Happened to me on the last build, and that's why I switched over to AVA.
The AVA system I just got uses the Corsair 650D, and it's default fan config is very quiet. Built in fan controller in hardware. Plus, the ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional motherboard allows you to set target fan speeds as low as you wish, so at idle, you can manually tweak every other fan connected to the Motherboard so they too are nearly silent.
A good case can make a huge difference and it is odd that AVA would include that particular case in that build. But thankfully, you can override that choice when ordering, and if you do that, it looks like you can snag a high-quality, low noise system with very little compromise. Reply
casteve - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkRyan,
Don't know if you knew this...but the case has been through a revision since it's last review. While it's not the prettiest or feature filled case out there, at least it's not starved for air any more. You could pull the AVA Direct guts out, put your std case testing parts in for a quick sound/thermal test and see. Reply
casteve - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linkSorry, meant Dustin. Reply
Folterknecht - Monday, August 27, 2012 - linktotal overkill was my first thought when I saw the the specs and your test results prove it. 650 W would be enough and you still could put in a second GTX680, while it would reduce the power draw and increase efficiency. Under full load that 650W PSU would at least run at ~50% resulting in best efficiency without getting noisy if you stick with Seasonic or BeQuiet! ... Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - linkAgreed. That PSU doesn't make sense for 99.98% of the buyers. Such a waste. Reply


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A9 TV, 24 June 2011
Let us have a good look at history. The Turks built larger pyramids in China. They have never been entered. Who knows what is written or inside them? I guess there will be very important documents regarding Turkish history. An agreement with China on that subject is essential. Open it up and let's go in and have a look. Everywhere is being investigated, so why not there, as well? I think fascinating information about Turkish history will be turned up. We still know almost nothing about history. They don't let history be written. World history is shaped by just 10 or 15 historians. It should be turned over to scientists. There are archeological findings, but they cover them up. That concealment will come to an end in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Who knows what secrets there are in the world? There are chambers inside the sphinxes. They have never been entered. The world is waiting for the way of the Mahdi in all regards. America, Russia and the Turkish-Islamic world all need it. There needs to be an honest, sincere and rational person in charge. There is a stone in Çemberlitaş in Istanbul. Something will be found under that. Istanbul is packed full to bursting. The stones in Sultan Ahmet. It is full under them, too. It is full underneath Haghia Sofia. These all need to be identified. And the original of the Torah will be found. Not just one or two, but many copies of the original of the Torah. And the original version of the Injil (Gospel) will be found. But these are expensive and difficult tasks, needing to be undertaken by States. There are the stone ruins on Mount Nemrut. Everything lies under them. But that stone cannot be brought down. The mountain will collapse if they start digging. It should be done technically, it is only possible by digging down from the top. Because the builders made it so cunningly that it will collapse it you go in from underneath. And they made it in such a way the top will collapse if you go in from there. They piled all those rocks on the top. That is a miracle. All the masonic symbols are there on the top of the mountain. There are 19 stars above a lion, eagles and a great many masonic symbols. They also used it as a masonic temple. Noah's Ark has been found, but none of the rooms have been entered. Nobody has taken any interest. But the boat is there, with a great many rooms, not just one or two. One could only get in with State backing. But they will enter it in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) insha'Allah. Maybe the book that came to the Prophet Noah (as) is there, and his personal effects.
A9 TV, 24 April 2011
They put a Star of David on my forehead in a piece criticizing me on the internet. In the hadiths our Prophet (saas) says, "The dabbat al-ardh will place a six-pointed star on believers' heads." And they have gone and put the seal of the Prophet Solomon (as) on my head. They are just proving I am a believer. That is in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas. They have put the seal of the Prophet Solomon (as) on my forehead everywhere. Alhamdulillah. They are just producing a sign. A sign of a believer. There is a star on the Turkish flag, too. It is also a masonic symbol, but you also see it on the Turkish flag. The crescent is also a masonic symbol, but it is also on the Turkish flag. Nimrod used it in the time of the Prophet Abraham (as). The seal of the Moon and the star. But the Prophet Solomon (as) also used it. Allah describes the Moon as sacred in the Qur'an. He portrays the stars as good things. So the Moon and star on the Turkish flag are sacred things. The masons also use them. And other people. That is no concern of ours.
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Genetics of Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) - Modifiers of CMT1A, New Causes of CMT2 (INC-6602)
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|Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type Ia (Disorder) HMSN
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Genetics of Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT) - Modifiers of CMT1A, New Causes of CMT
- Charcot Marie Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) gene modifiers [ Time Frame: once ]While the same genetic change - an extra copy of PMP22 - causes CMT1A by definition, it is unclear why some people have more severe symptoms and some have less severe. We are looking for genetic modifiers - changes in the DNA that may be causing the differences in symptoms.
- New genetic causes of CMT [ Time Frame: Once ]At least 33% of people with CMT have an unknown or genetically un-found form of the condition. We are looking for additional genes that cause CMT when mutated.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Genetically undefined CMT
Families/people with genetically undefined CMT with common causes ruled out.
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
Patient MUST be seen in person at one of the clinical sites involved in this study.
Charcot Marie Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) modifier gene study
- Patient has a documented PMP22 duplication OR
Patient has a first or second degree relative (parent, child, sibling, half-sibling, aunt, uncle, grandparent, grandchild, niece, or nephew) with a documented PMP22 duplication AND a clear link between that family member and the affected patient AND a phenotype consistent with CMT1A.
i. A clear link is necessary for a second-degree relative. For example, if a grandparent is affected and has a PMP22 duplication, and the parent does not have any signs, symptoms, or electrophysiology consistent with CMT1A, there is no clear link.
ii. In cases where clear links are not available, genetic testing is required for the patient or the first degree family member who is not clearly affected.
- Patient has agreed to take part in the study and has signed a consent form.
- A teenager (ages 13-17) considering enrolling must agree to take part in the study and sign an assent form
Inclusion Criteria - CMT Exome Project
- Patient has demonstrated neuropathy on nerve conduction studies or a clinically diagnosed genetic neuropathy.
- Patient or first or second degree family member with a clear link as described in the CMT1A Inclusion Criteria part b has had negative MFN2 genetic testing, if has an axonal form of CMT (nerve conductions greater than 38 m/s) or negative testing for PMP22 duplication, deletion, sequencing, MPZ, and GJB1 if a demyelinating form of CMT is present (<38 m/s).
- More than one family member is willing eligible to participate.
i. Sample pedigrees showing optimal degrees of relationship are shown below. ii. Participation includes being able to complete all aspects of the study, including the giving informed consent, having a brief physical examination, and providing a DNA sample.
d. Patient has agreed to take part in the study and has signed a consent form. e. A teenager (ages 13-17) considering enrolling must agree to take part in the study and sign an assent form.
Inclusion Criteria - Controls
- Person does not have a peripheral neuropathy, as determined by the investigator.
- Person has understood the study and signed an IRB approved consent form. Teenagers (age 13-17 years) must sign an assent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient does not wish to participate or does not sign a consent form.
- For CMT Exome Project, patient has a genetically confirmed form of CMT (i.e. mutation in MFN2 causing CMT2A, mutation in GARS causing CMT2D, etc.).
- Known neuropathy from a non-genetic source, such as chemotherapies (i.e. Vincristine, Taxol, Cisplatin), diabetes, alcoholism will be evaluated independently so that genetic contributions to their effects on CMT1A phenotypes can also be analyzed.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01193088
|Contact: Shawna Feely, MS, CGC
|Contact: Tiffany Grider, MS, CGC
|United States, California
|Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
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|Nemours Children's Clinic
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32827
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|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
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|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
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|Principal Investigator: Charlotte Sumner, MD
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48108
|Contact: Lauren Bogue 734-647-3863
|Principal Investigator: Sindhu Ramchandren, MD
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
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|University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Contact: Jessica Richardson 215-349-5313 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Steven Scherer, MD
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212
|Contact: Ryan Alexander 615-936-0060
|Principal Investigator: Jun Li, MD, PhD
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98124-1889
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|Principal Investigator: Tom Bird, MD
|Australia, New South Wales
|Children's Hospital of Westmead
|Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
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|Principal Investigator: Joshua Burns, PhD
|C. Besta Neurological Institute
|Milan, Italy
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|Principal Investigator: Davide Pareyson, MD
|United Kingdom
|National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery
|London, England, United Kingdom, WC1N 3BG
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|Principal Investigator: Mary Reilly, MD
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|Michael E Shy, MD
|Wayne State University
Additional Information:
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|Michael Shy, Professor, University of Iowa
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01193088 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1U54NS065712-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|August 9, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 14, 2015
Keywords provided by Michael Shy, University of Iowa:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tooth Diseases
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Nerve Compression Syndromes
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy
Stomatognathic Diseases
Nervous System Malformations
Nervous System Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2017


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HUMBLE, Texas - A female teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a female student appeared in court on Thursday.
Amanda Feenstra, 30, a dance teacher at Humble High School, has been charged with improper relationship with a student, a second-degree felony. She declined to comment about the case.
Humble Independent School District police said the student, who has since graduated, made an outcry to a former teacher in September.
Prosecutors said Feenstra initiated the relationship with the student, who was 17 at the time it started, by kissing her after taking her home from school following a one-on-one dance lesson.
According to court documents, the girl came forward after, she said, Feenstra stalked her by going to her place of employment and constantly called her. Officials said the girl didn't report the relationship earlier because she was embarrassed.
The relationship began in August 2010, when the girl was 17 years old, investigators said.
At some point, the teen began living with Feenstra, according to court documents. The two had numerous sexual encounters in the home, detectives said. The first encounter happened when Feenstra's husband was not home, officials said.
Detectives said the two had sex in the dance room of the high school after a parent booster meeting one evening. According to court documents, the teacher and student also had sex after every football game.
Humble ISD officials said Feenstra resigned in 2011, after directing the school's dance and drill teams for two years. Feenstra later worked for the Dayton ISD, but she resigned from that position in December.
Feenstra was released from the Harris County Jail after posting $30,000 bond. She has strict conditions on her bond.
"Ms. Feenstra is not to have any contact with the complaining witness in this case or any minor under the age of 17," Assistant District Attorney Lacy Johnson said. "She's also not allowed to possess any device, including computers or cellphones that would access the Internet. She's not allowed access to pornography of any kind.
If convicted, Feenstra could face up to 20 years in prison.
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IEC 61511 Implementation - The Execution Challenge
Deciding to Use the Standard is Only the Beginning
By Tom Shephard and Dave Hansen
The Safety Instrumented System (SIS) standard, IEC 61511, is driving the need for new engineering tools and Project Execution Plans (PEPs). The standard is a lifecycle approach to defining, implementing and managing a safety instrumented system (SIS). Industry discussions tend to focus on the technical aspects of the standard, but project execution is proving to have an equal or perhaps greater impact on the quality and success of an IEC 61511 project. This article describes a few of the challenges from the EPC and MAC perspective, and suggests approaches to enhance IEC 61511 execution and technical outcomes.
Coordinating Project Execution and Functional Safety Plans
Figure 1 shows the elements commonly performed and supported by EPCs and MACs. The PEP defines the scope of work, roles and responsibilities, work processes and procedures, QA/QC plans, etc. A functional safety plan (FSP) is required by IEC 61511 and encompasses many of these PEP processes and procedures, but continues beyond the project to include the entire safety lifecycle through commissioning and operations. It also includes additional requirements that are specific to safety systems. The project team needs to coordinate and cross-reference both documents to ensure there are no conflicts or exclusions.
As indicated in Figure 1, the application of IEC 61511 increases the number of analysis and design steps that can lengthen SIS design cycle. The project must be well- planned, managed and correctly scheduled and resourced to keep the SIS design off of the project's critical path.
Layer of Projection Analysis (LOPA)
LOPA is a commonly accepted method for determining layers of protection and allocating safety functions. The PHA report is the LOPA starting point. For each PHA hazard and associated risk values, the LOPA team identifies and assigns one or more independent protection layers (IPL) until the risk is reduced to an acceptable level. If a risk remains after other preferred IPLs are applied, the remaining risk is typically reduced by a SIF. Like PHAs, LOPA reports are issued with recommendations and action items that may require further analysis and assessment. The report in this form is often handed off to the EPC or MAC to implement.
Once received, the EPC or MAC reviews the LOPA report to understand its content. A month or more may lapse before this step is completed. On closer examination, questions may arise and irregularities may become apparent. A process should be in place that allows the LOPA team to review the PHA and if necessary, make changes in the PHA if an error is confirmed.
The LOPA report does not typically provide the following information required to progress the SRS:
- SIF final elements.
- An answer to the question, "Does SIF activation create a new hazard?"
- Hazard process response times.
- Potential sources of common cause failure.
- Confirmation that the assessment addresses all modes of operation.
Often a proposed SIF final element creates a new hazard when it moves to its safe state or position. This triggers a one-off, unplanned hazard assessment that may require a revisit to the PHA or LOPA. Process response time is often difficult to define and provided by different disciplines and equipment specialists. A fast response time may trigger a new hazard that also requires further assessment. Identifying sources of common-cause failure often requires input from several disciplines. The additional time needed to assess hazards when operating in different operating modes is often overlooked.
Suggestions for improving PHA and LOPA outcomes:
- Provide the FSP before the project starts. It should clearly define the site or corporate approach, tools, processes and personnel required; and include a process to resolve problems that are not directly addressed in the PEP and FSP, as well as instructions on how to provide the analysis information missing in the LOPA report.
- Resist the temptation to shortcut or truncate the analysis phase to save money or reduce project schedule.
- Provide equipment- and risk-specific PHA and LOPA examples that show the expected application of the corporate and project tools, risk matrices and IPL rules.
- Align the PEP with the FSP. Revise the plan to address challenges unique to an IEC 61511 implementation.
- Increase training for PHA and LOPA teams on the correct use and application of the supplied tools, standards and procedures.
- Provide checklists that define the recommended steps to assess hazards for common equipment types.
- Provide a documented process to track, expedite and resolve PHA and LOPA recommendations and action items.
- Provide a quality assurance plan to confirm the requisite procedures are followed.
- Assign a team to verify and consolidate PHA and LOPA recommendations and replace "consider" recommendations and action items with actionable decisions.
- Have technical specialists conduct pre-assessments of specialty equipments.
- Insure teams include the necessary technical expertise.
Ensure that management-of-change procedures encompass all steps in the IEC 61511 process.
Safety Requirements Specification (SRS)
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's basketball team (7-19, 1-15 SSC) fell to the Barry University Buccaneers (18-8, 12-4 SSC), 71-51, in the regular season finale, Saturday afternoon in Sunshine State Conference action from the Health and Sports Center.
Sharp Buccaneers' shooting and steady ball control proved to be difference in the game as Barry shot 40 percent (25-for-61) from the field. In addition, Barry committed just seven turnovers and forced the Lions into 23 others resulting in 31 points.
Still, Saint Leo featured a pair of double digit scorers as Chelsea Williams put in 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting. Meanwhile, Chelsea Connelly registered her third double-double of the season as she chipped in 10 points and added a team-high 13 rebounds.
Barry set the tone early as a 7-0 lead gave the home standing Buccaneers the momentum. Barry continued to press on the offensive end as they soon held a 16-5 lead behind Yvonne Houston's eight points. Still, the Lions, as they have all season, bounced back and began to chip away at the lead. Saint Leo, thanks to the interior play of Williams, as well as a cast of others, proceeded to go on a 17-4 run which got them to within one, 21-20, with 5:03 to play. Barry reversed the run over the final five minutes as they closed the half on an 11-3 run to go into the locker room up 32-23.
Out of the halftime break, the Lions used the opening nine minutes to outscore the Buccaneers 16-10, cutting the lead to 44-39 with 11:36 to play. Williams was dominant during the stretch as she poured in 11 of the 16 points. Unfortunately, the five-point margin was as close as the Lions got as Barry expanded the advantage back to double-digits over the remaining portion of the game, securing the conference win.
Despite the final score Saint Leo out-rebounded Barry, 49-35.
The Lions game ends the Lions 2011-12 season. The future is bright, however, as the entire youthful and talented cast returns for 2012-13.
For the latest news, information, and updates on the women's basketball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.