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Open Line Friday Call Of The Day – A Very Funny Joke [AUDIO]
Open Line Friday has to be my favorite time of the week. Like I always say, "you never know what you're going to get!". Every week I have the very difficult task of trying to find one particular call that I can deem, "The call of the day". Sometimes it will be funny, sometimes sad or maybe just downright unbelievable.
This week it's funny. Somehow we got to a point where people were calling in with jokes. This is always hard on the radio because when you have to be clean it takes about 75% of the available jokes right out of the equation and about 90% of the funny ones. Most of the remaining 10 percent I've already heard so that is why I really enjoyed this one. I hope you like it too.

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Urban Shield counter-terrorism "exercise" this weekend
Terrorist takeovers, bombs, active shooters, inmate uprisings and far worse ... all happening this weekend in the Bay Area. "Shielded" from your prying eyes, police tactical teams will fight to uphold law and order. Some will fail. Fortunately, this is an exercise. Unfortunately, an exercise for what exactly? What will YOU do? Share with others what you see and hear.
Announcing "Urban Shield"
a law enforcement training exercise
13 through 15 September 2008
Terrorists have seized a jetliner and a cruise ship . . . and a train. Bombs have been planted, and not just explosives. An active shooter is walking through the UC Berkeley campus committing murders. A madman has taken over a courtroom at gunpoint. Infrastructure that supports thousands is under ruthless assault from forces natural and man-made. Inmates have taken over a jail and now hold hostages.
All of this is going to happen at the same time. All "Shielded" from the public eye. For our safety, of course.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide are converging on the Bay Area to react to these unfolding tragedies. Highly trained tactical response teams will do their best to save lives and uphold law and order. Some will fail.
Now imagine all of this happening on the same weekend, in fact next weekend at 5 AM on Saturday morning, 13 through 15 September 2008, for exactly forty-eight hours.
How will YOU respond?
On 13 through 15 September 2008, watch the skies and the roads. You will see police SWAT teams moving to their targets. You may see unusual activity: roadblocks, men in uniforms and carrying weapons (often with blue or red markings), low-flying helicopters, and special vehicles with agency logos.
PLEASE post about what you see this weekend. This IS an exercise, no lives are actually in danger. You will not endanger public safety by reporting your observations. That said, do not place yourself at risk and do not trespass!
Reports using the "SALUTE" format are particularly valuable. SALUTE stands for: Size Activity Location Unit Time Equipment
Example: "I saw two police vans driving east on Highway 84 out of Fremont, marked 'FREMONT POLICE,' at about 0700 on Saturday morning. They were full of men in black clothes and the back of each van was piled with nylon cases."
The public has a right to know! We are not helpless victims in the war on terror. What we see can save lives . . . and we should be practicing too. Don't wait for "them" to come save us. Help shine the light of public scrutiny on 'counter-terror.'
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Spil was formed in 2000, but didn't begin publishing web games until 2004, when the company was offered the chance to buy a Dutch casual gaming portal. Driessen tweaked a few ways the portal worked and, as a result, saw an unprecedented explosion in growth.
"Holland had one of the first great broadband penetrations in the world," explains Driessen. "So we had the chance to see how huge web gaming was going to be ahead of many other companies around the globe. We moved fast and in 2005 purchased a huge number of game-related domain names in different territories."
This virtual land grab was limited to European countries at first, but in 2007 Spil received some venture capital money and decided to invest it in becoming a global player, buying up more expensive domains such as games.co.uk, and buying smaller development studios around the world who would build the game content for Spil's portals.
Today, the company's most popular games are unknown in the mainstream gaming world. But titles such as Bubble Shooter and Uphill Rush have enjoyed close to half a billion plays in the past 12 months, a staggering figure that dwarfs even the most successful console releases.
Part of the reason for the anonymity of these huge properties in the mainstream game industry is the lack of audience crossover. While specialist game sites and magazines are primarily aimed at older male teens and men, Spil is focused almost entirely on younger children, teens and their mums. I ask Driessen if he has any ambitions to serve the more traditional, hobbyist gaming audience.
"Why would we want to do that?" he says. "We currently serve now around 60 to 70 per cent of the world's population. That's broad enough for us."
Throughout the interview, Driessen refers to Spil being in the "casual gaming" business. I challenge him that, in a cultural landscape where I can play Zoo Keeper on my iPhone on the train home to play Street Fighter IV on my Xbox 360, the traditional definitions of 'casual' and 'hardcore' are surely outdated. What is a 'casual' game, even?
"A casual game is one that is easy to play but hard to master," he immediately answers. "You mostly play them in short time bursts - 15-20 minutes. We call it a snack: you play it while at work or home, in the evening to forget about something."
But is it not possible for one person to be a 'casual' Demon's Souls player and another to be a 'hardcore' Peggle enthusiast? Is the term not more applicable to the player's mind-set than a particular type of game design?
"Not so much in terms of our output," he explains. "We don't really have any players spending huge amounts of time on one of our games in a single burst. They are usually playing for 20 minutes at most. But what we find is that we see that they may come back very regularly, every day or every two days."
Driessen is understandably proud of the popularity of his company's games. But while everyone I meet from the company falls over themselves to talk audience numbers, few seem so eager to discuss the quality of the games themselves. After all, 200 million plays of a free web game isn't quite so impressive if every one of those players had a miserable time and closed the browser after 60 seconds.


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Get your teens and children out of the house this summer – and onto the campus of Cal State Fullerton for a fun, creative and challenging experience.
The very popular two-week Children's Summer Art Camp will be offered Monday through July 19 and July 22 through Aug. 2. Weeklong academic classes for teens and children are also available. Topics include algebra, geometry, writing workshops, public speaking and drawing and painting.
Art Camp is a unique opportunity for youths aged 7 to 14 to develop their creative spirit and personal style through exploration of drawing, painting, printmaking, dramatic activities and sculpture. Classes are held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday on the CSUF campus in Visual Arts classrooms, allowing the children to experience campus life and maybe even plant seeds for future educational goals.
Instructors are working professionals in the arts with extensive experience in teaching art to youth. The focus will be on examining a wide variety of artistic and cultural expressions through fun and challenging projects that they bring home to share with friends and family. The cost of the two-week camp is $480.
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MA – Evening of Evil w/ Bruce Campbell
August 29, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Bruce Campbell appears at the Wilbur Theatre on Saturday November 1st at 7:00 PM to host a special screening of The Evil Dead!
Press Release:
Come experience The Evil Dead on the big screen with special guest Bruce Campbell for an exclusive Halloween viewing! Following the film will be a Q&A with Bruce Campbell! And don't miss out on the chance to take part in an exclusive Meet & Greet with Bruce Campbell! There's limited availability to purchase the Meet & Greet as an add-on to your regular ticket purchase. Plus VIP ticket gets a signed show poster.
The Evil Dead Launched Raimi and Tapert's careers and made star Bruce Campbell a cult movie icon. Spawning two hit sequels, The Evil Dead trilogy has become a fan phenomenon, ranked among the most popular and acclaimed cult horror movies of all time.
Wilbur Theatre
246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 248-9700
CA – Art of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Signing
August 29, 2013 by Colin Solan
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The art team of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 signs at Gallery Nucleus on Saturday September 28, 2013 from 3:00PM – 6:00PM.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a highly anticipated 3D computer-animated comic science fiction film that picks up right where Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs left off. After the disastrous food storm in the first film caused by his machine, Flint Lockwood and his friends are forced to leave the town of Swallow Falls. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind and planet Earth. Upon arriving back at Swallow Falls, Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodile supremes, shrimpanzees, and apple pie-thons. It is up to Flint and his friends to put a stop to the machine once and for all before this new form of foody life breaks from the island and invades the planet!
Bring your questions for the Q&A session and meet the artists one-on-one as they share rare behind the scenes stories, artwork and sign copies of the new Art of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 book!
Featured Artists:
Brandon Jeffords – Head of Story
Mark Sperber – Storyboard Artist
Dark Hoffman – Digital Matte Painter
Alan Hawkins – Lead Animator
Shad Bradbury – Character Animator
Anna Cardillo – Animator
Kim Hazel – Animator
Event Schedule:
3:00PM – 4:00PM (panel presentation)
4:30PM – 6:00PM (book signing)
$5 Admission at the door
Seats are limited, standing room available.
Outside books subject to $10 charge.
Gallery Nucleus
210 East Main Street, Alhambra, CA 91801


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These bishops of ours. Just when you think you got 'em figured out, they pull things like this:
- Bridgeport, R.I. -- Bishop Frank Caggiano has agreed to meet with representatives of national and local victim support groups who Wednesday called for him to hire an outside firm to investigate two priests who have been accused in the past of sex abuse.
- Springfield, Mass. -- Massachusetts catholic bishops call for minimum wage hike 'an important step toward fairness and justice.'
- San Bernardino, Calif. -- Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino urges Catholics in his diocese to comply with federal law and sign up for health insurance if they have not already done so. (Pssst! Does he know that's Obamacare?)
Even the Canadians bishops are involved: Two Vancouver bishops (1 Anglican, 1 RC) speak to Metro Vancouver Alliance, a coalition of faith, labor and community groups devoted to "finding common ground" and working for "the common good."
But you can always count on Bill to bring us all down: Catholic League President Furious After St. Patrick's Day Parade Boycotts. He is boycotting Guinness and Heineken.
Portland, Maine -- Churches to hold mill workers' benefit in Cape Elizabeth. 200 workers laid off since December.
Catholics around the world pray for peace in Syria
Detroit Catholic priest accused of stealing charitable funds due in court today
The Lenten Longings program: Parishioners lean on Scripture, each other to guide them through Lent
The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales: Child protection office being moved from Birmingham to 'in house' at conference headquarters in London. Also, Vatican fails approve the conference's child protection procedures.
Looking for a little inspiration to begin your day? NCR's sister publication, Celebration, gives you two options, both based on the Scripture readings of the day:
Pencil Preaching is a blog in which Celebration editor Pat Marrin combines Scripture and sketching to reflect on the Word.
Daily Bread is a series of short reflections written by four authors who meet regularly to share the readings. Daily Bread is intended to help daily preachers and others who pray from the assigned Scriptures each day to orient themselves to the Living Word addressed to the church in the world. It's a great way to begin the day.
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The sudden selldown, revealed exclusively by The Australian Financial Review's Street Talk on Thursday, was executed by UBS, and struck at a narrow 2.8 per cent discount to WRT's $3.18 closing price.
It comes after
The exit of the Lowy family from WRT, which was spun out of the parent group in 2010, has already sparked concern conditions will worsen.
One analyst who preferred to speak anonymously said "there is a perception that Frank Lowy moves ahead of the curve", and he questioned whether the passive investment trust's persistent trading discount to its NTA base would endure for much longer as a result of the move.
Andrew Parsons of Resolution Capital, who owns units in WRT, was more phelgmatic, pointing out that "the Lowys dance to their own beat".
The hefty transaction is the second major block trade in the listed property sector in under three months, with China's sovereign wealth fund offloading a $519 million stake in Goodman Group through Goldman Sachs in December.
But while that deal had been widely expected, this sale came as a bolt out of the blue.
On Wednesday, WRT, which has stakes in Westfield's Australian and New Zealand malls, posted a 2 per cent fall in profit. It also revealed new retail leases were being issued at lower prices to existing contracts.
While the Lowys are financially free of Westfield Retail, the parent
Frank Lowy's trust, the Lowy Family Group, sold its stake for $3.09 per unit. A spokesperson for the family described the sale as "part of a broader investment strategy to diversify its investments internationally".
UBS commenced the book build at 4.39pm on Thursday, taking bids from both existing and new institutional investors. In total, 7 per cent – 214.8 million units – of WRT's register has changed hands.
The vehicle was listed in 2010 at $2.75 per unit. Though its unit price dropped in the months after the float, the block trade yields the Lowys a 13 per cent capital gain.
Westfield spun off WRT just before the retail industry started to falter in 2011.
In an analyst note on the results, Stephen Rich of Credit Suisse predicted slightly lower growth in WRT's net operating income throughout 2013.
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Despite humorous portrayals in popular culture, E. coli infections are no laughing matter.
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, are bacteria that normally live inside your digestive tract and inside the digestive tract of animals like cattle and sheep. Most E. coli are harmless, but there have been outbreaks of food poisoning called E. coli hemorrhagic colitis.
E. coli hemorrhagic colitis, first recognized in 1982, causes gastrointestinal bleeding as a result of inflammation of the colon, the last segment of your digestive system.
Hemorrhagic colitis related to E. coli often goes undiagnosed because people with mild cases may have diarrhea at home and never see the doctor.
"In order to diagnose it, you need to order special tests to look for a specific type of E. coli that causes the infection," said Andelka LoSavio, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
E. Coli Infection: Mild to Life-Threatening
The strain of E. coli that most commonly causes hemorrhagic colitis is E. coli 0157:H7. Other strains of E. coli may also cause the infection, but are hard to identify. "What makes these E. coli different from harmless E. coli is that they produce a toxin that damages the lining of the colon, causing inflammation and bleeding," said Dr. LoSavio.
Toxins are substances made by bacteria that are poisonous to humans. The toxin made by E. coli 0157:H7 is called shiga toxin. Shiga toxin allows the bacteria to cling to cells lining the colon and cause inflammation and cell damage.
Shiga toxin can also cause red blood cells to die. The dead cells can overwhelm the kidneys and cause a dangerous complication called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Deadly cases of E. coli colitis are usually due to HUS and are more common in children and the elderly.
It's hard to know how common E. coli hemorrhagic colitis is because many cases never get diagnosed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate there are about 73,000 cases every year in the United States, and about about 50 to 60 deaths.
How Do You Get E. Coli Hemorrhagic Colitis?
Infected animals are the main source of infection. Animals shed the bacteria through their feces. Although cattle and sheep commonly carry the infection, so can pigs, goats, rabbits, and chickens.
Once outside the animal, the bacteria can live for several months in contaminated water or soil. If a person gets infected, he or she can also spread an E. coli infection through feces.
Touching anything that is contaminated with bacteria and then touching your mouth, eating contaminated food, or drinking contaminated water are all common ways the infection spreads. Examples of how the disease spreads from infected animals to people include:
- Eating undercooked meat
- Drinking unpasteurized milk
- Touching an infected animal
- Drinking or swimming in contaminated water
- Eating raw, contaminated fruits or vegetables
Preventing E. Coli Hemorrhagic Colitis
Try these strategies for preventing E. coli hemorrhagic colitis:
- Cook all your meat thoroughly until juices run clear, especially any ground beef.
- Avoid eating meat that is pink inside.
- Do not drink unpasteurized milk or apple cider.
- Do not drink untreated water.
- Do not eat unpasteurized cheese or other dairy products.
- Wash your hands after touching cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits, or chickens.
- Wash your hands before preparing or eating food.
Treating E. Coli Hemorrhagic Colitis
"Inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease can also cause bloody diarrhea, but they are long-lasting diseases. E. coli colitis usually clears up on its own within about one week," said LoSavio.
Symptoms of E. coli hemorrhagic colitis usually begin about three days after the bacteria get into your digestive system. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhea and cramping to severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloody stools, nausea, and vomiting. "Severe diarrhea can lead to dehydration and weakness," said LoSavio.
Symptoms usually last for 5 to 10 days, and most people get better by just taking it easy and drinking plenty of fluids. But serious cases do occur and HUS is a rare but dangerous complication. Symptoms of HUS are decreased urine output and dark-colored urine.
The usual treatment for E. coli is just to stay well hydrated and wait out the infection.
"Antibiotics may be used in severe cases, but there is some evidence that antibiotic treatment may increase the risk of HUS," said LoSavio. "The best advice is to call your doctor any time you have bloody diarrhea. Also call your doctor any time diarrhea is making you weak and dehydrated and any time you have diarrhea with fever."


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This article was published 3/6/2009 (3000 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Finance Minister Greg Selinger admitted Wednesday that he demanded a letter from NDP headquarters absolving him and his campaign of any wrongdoing in an election-finance scheme that required the party to repay $76,000 in rebates.
The revelation came hours after a former NDP campaign worker revealed that party brass altered 13 campaign returns without the knowledge of official agents in order to cash in on more rebates.
Jim Treller, who was the official agent for former MLA Harry Schellenberg in the 1999 provincial election, said the NDP must call a public inquiry to clear up the mess. Echoing accusations by the Tories, Treller said full-time union workers -- like the woman who managed the phones in Schellenberg's campaign office -- were being counted as expenses instead of donations-in-kind on campaign-finance paperwork.
"We were charging for expenses we didn't have," said Treller at a press conference Wednesday. "And that's not appropriate."
It wasn't until a key meeting in 2003, more than three years after the election, that Treller and a group of other campaign workers learned their original returns had been altered and landed the party in a $76,000 pickle.
Selinger was among the candidates who attended the 2003 meeting at party headquarters. Treller said Selinger was "so upset he looked like he was about to have a stroke," and demanded the party write a letter exonerating him and his campaign of any wrongdoing.
Following question period Wednesday, Selinger faced the media and confirmed Treller's account.
Selinger said he knew the issue could be politically explosive, acknowledged that he and others were upset and said he asked for a letter from Tom Milne, the party secretary at the time, outlining who was responsible.
"I felt it was them who were responsible for the practice and them who were responsible for correcting it," said Selinger.
The Winnipeg Free Press has spoken to six other candidates or official agents, and their accounts of the 1999 election vary.
Most said they could not remember details from a decade ago and said they had no knowledge the central campaign had altered their returns. Several said they don't recall the 2003 meeting when all was revealed.
But one official agent said she knew how the rebate system worked and said she recalled the 2003 meeting where party brass said the matter was a disagreement between the NDP and Elections Manitoba.
Under election law, the official agent is liable for the return even if the agent is ignorant of alterations.
"It's bothered me over the year," said Treller in explaining why it took him so long to come forward. "There's no advantage for me coming forward because I signed that form saying everything was right."
Treller filed his paperwork with the party properly, counting the union worker as a donation in kind rather than an expense.
Once the party prepared the return, Treller and the other official agents signed them, not realizing one key change had been made.
Treller joins Vic Toews, the federal Treasury Board president, in a call for a public inquiry, making them odd bedfellows in the dispute.
Treller's NDP candidate, Schellenberg, defeated Toews, the PC incumbent in the Rossmere riding in 1999, effectively ending Toews' career in provincial politics.
It was the 1999 election, too, that saw Elections Manitoba charge Toews with exceeding his spending limit -- a mistep he blamed on a miscommunication within the Progressive Conservative party.
Last week, in a move he repeated yesterday, Toews said it's clear Elections Manitoba treated the NDP with kid gloves but came after him hard.
The story so far:
DURING the 1999 election, full-time union staff who were seconded to 13 campaigns were listed as expenses rather than donations in the campaign returns. Expenses trigger rebates to the party after voting day as part of public financing of campaigns. Donations in kind -- things like a loaned photocopier or free professional expertise -- don't trigger a rebate. NDP headquarters changed figures in 13 returns to maximize their rebate, putting the union workers in the expenses category.
The unions then billed the party for those workers' salaries, the NDP paid the bill and the union donated the amount back to the party. Elections Manitoba caught on to the scheme and, following three years of wrangling, forced the NDP to repay $76,000 in rebates the party wasn't entitled to.
What the NDP says:
THE practice of counting union volunteers as expenses was common and dated back years, and Elections Manitoba never raised an eyebrow until 1999. Fundamentally, the issue was a difference of opinion about the law, but instead of going to court to sort it out -- which would have been costly and controversial -- the NDP chose to pay back the $76,000. Soon after the 1999 election, Premier Gary Doer banned union and corporate donations to do away with just those sorts of questionable financing. And, the NDP says all parties have to re-file election expenses -- including the opposition Progressive Conservatives. "These schemes and conspiracies are only in the brain of the leader of the opposition," said Justice Minister Dave Chomiak.
What the Tories say:
THIS was a systematic scheme to trigger extra rebates, keep official agents out of the loop and violate the spirit -- if not the letter -- of the law. It also suggests that Elections Manitoba, which is supposed to be independent, has a too-cosy relationship with the ruling party. The Tories say Elections Manitoba was bullied by the NDP and shied away from charging the party under the Elections Finances Act, even though a forensic auditor clearly believed the party was in breach. The matter was also kept quiet until well after the 2003 provincial election, which the NDP won re-election. A short blurb on the Elections Manitoba website and in its annual report are the only mention of the $76,000 repayment.
What Elections Manitoba says:
NOT much. By law, the agency can't comment on investigations. But Elections Manitoba has said it shows no fear or favour in dealing with political parties and was acting on the advice of two lawyers when it decided not to lay charges against the NDP.


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The one thing that I hate about using my desktop computer is that all of my information is typically stored on my laptop. So I end up having to crawl through the networked folders and transfer files anytime that I want to work on my desktop PC. Eventually I end up just switching back to my laptop but I quickly miss the the productivity that my 24″ LCD monitor brings to me with its whopping 1920 x 1200 resolution. :)
One day I decided to hook my laptop up to my monitor because I was just going to disable the laptop's screen and use only the monitor. Little did I know that there was a setting in the display properties that lets you use another monitor as an extended desktop. That means I get to use my 24″ monitor in addition to my laptop's 14.1″ screen!
Once you have the video cable plugged into your laptop just open up your display settings and, click on number "2," and select "Extend the desktop onto this monitor." That's it. You'll now be able to drag windows over onto the other monitor. I have illustrated above how you can adjust the positioning of the monitor relative to the laptop's position which is useful depending on which way you want to be able to drag windows off of your laptop and onto the monitor.
You can also choose which screen will be the main one by checking the "This is my main monitor" box. Whichever is considered to be the main monitor will be the one that shows the Windows Taskbar.
There is an alternate solution available that is completely software based and uses your network in order to share monitors. The program is called MaxiVista and the newly released version is even compatible with Windows Vista (as well as 2000 and XP). Once you have the software installed you can extend your desktop on up to four displays totaling a resolution of 7,680 x 1600 pixels! Yikes!
I would be interested to see how it performs when viewing videos or other high-bandwidth activities on another monitor since it is using your network. I could see there being some lag time with the mouse movement which could quickly get annoying, but I haven't tried it out so I'm not sure how well it works.
As you can see there are a few different alternatives available if you want to get the most desktop space possible using multiple monitors. I haven't tried the MaxiVista software because it does cost $30 but it does appear to be an easy and cost-effective solution. Luckily I was able to hookup a monitor to my laptop without any additional costs so that proved to be the better solution for me.
Hopefully you'll find this as useful as I have. :D


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Our next tip details what you should bring to the gym and what time you should go. If you are already feeling intimidated by the hoards of fitness junkies you expect to see at the gym, go easy on yourself at first and deliberately avoid peak hours, as many would agree that an empty gym is much less stress-inducing than a crowded one. There are definite times of the day when the most number of people are making their way to the gym — and that's typically in the early morning hours before work, and right after work around dinnertime. Gyms are usually ghost towns after 8 p.m., so if your schedule and energy level allows it, try to either visit the fitness center midday or later at night. That way, you can navigate your own routine without tripping over other exercisers, and you can focus on only yourself.
In addition, when you go to the gym, be sure you bring music — especially if you are feeling intimidated. Putting your ear plugs in and zoning out to motivational music can silence the other gym goers and give you the push you need to keep going.


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Jun 18, 2012 4:25PM
Australians in New York Fashion Foundation Fundraiser
Karlie Kloss, Ajak Deng, Hamish Bowles and more.
The fourth annual fundraiser for the Australians in New York Fashion Foundation attracted some incredibly beautiful Fashion Types, including Vogue's International Editor at Large, Hamish Bowles; model Julia Nobis; designer Jason Wu; W magazine Editor, Stefano Tonchi; and total freak-of-nature Karlie Kloss. Both Karlie and Melissa George wore Dion Lee, honouring the Aussie designer and man of the moment who also attended the event.
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Excuse me, have you seen my heart?
It's very delicate.
I worry a little that something might happen to it.
Maybe I dropped when I dropped all my defenses and they went bouncing away like a million ping-pong balls...
Pardon me, have you seen my heart?
I was going to give it to you...
But I think perhaps you've stolen it away.
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For as long as we've watched the Olympics, the iconic post of a medalist bizarrely biting down on the medal they've just won has been a "thing."
It would seem from photographs that Olympic medalists are overcome with a medal-munching urge that sets in almost as soon as the massive achievement is earned, and the athlete feels bound to bite into the gold medallion the minute they're crowned. Or medaled. Whatever.
Olympic athletes biting medals seems to be a tradition nearly as old as the Olympics itself, which is a pretty old thing. And while we are used to the image of an Olympian with a medal in their mouth, most of us still wonder why the practice is so iconic and ingrained.
If you are like me, you may have assumed it was a kind of tongue-in-cheek "is this thing real?" visual quip made by the newly-minted medalists, and, according to CNN, the practice does have its roots in a time where counterfeiting was more a concern of medalists. Nowadays, medals are only a small percentage gold even when they are gold medals.
So biting into a medal was something that used to be common to make sure it wasn't made out of lead or arsenic or whatever they made stuff out of back when people knew about these things. But now, experts say, Olympic athletes bite medals for another money-related reason … so photographers can sell pics.
David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, told CNN that it basically comes down to the fact that other than wearing it, biting it is the only pose one can strike with Olympic gold:
"It's become an obsession with the photographers… I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you can probably sell. I don't think it's something the athletes would probably do on their own."
Are you tired of the "biting the gold medal" pose so many Olympic athletes are made to strike?


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This is Wayne Gerard Trotman's new website, the home of information about the author's life and work.
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In 2016, Red Moon published their first ccokbook.
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In 2015, Red Moon published 3 new titles and several editions.
The Kairi Chronicles - Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest was published in all popular digital formats as well as paperback and premium hardcover editions. Kaya is the cousin of Roman Doyle's wife, Soraya. His adventures take place in Kairi, the Talisian name for the Caribbean Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The novel features a cover image by fine art photographer and painter, Laura Ferreira and new illustrations.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Suns will begin the 2014 season on Thursday April 3 by welcoming the Huntsville Stars to Bragan Field, kicking off the first of 70 home games this year. Jacksonville will host 15 games a month at home in four of the five months this season.
Fans will enjoy postgame fireworks 14 times this season, including 10 Friday nights and four special holiday shows. Once again the in-state rivalry between the Suns and Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, will heat up as the clubs will "Battle for the Golden Skillet." The Suns have won the Golden Skillet trophy the first two years of the rivalry, and Jacksonville will host the Blue Wahoos for 15 games in 2014.
The first half will end on June 15 before the Suns will break for three days, with the 2014 Southern League All-Star Game being played at Chattanooga's AT&T Field on Tuesday June 17. The Suns will host the final series of the season, facing Mobile for five games starting August 28. Game times will be the same in 2014, with most nightly Suns games beginning at 7:05 p.m. Sundays will either start at 3:05 or 6:05 p.m., with exceptions for holiday fireworks on May 25 and August 31 when the games will begin at 7:05 p.m. The club will release its full promotional schedule in March.
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GAINESVILLE — Florida junior DE Jermaine Cunningham was on crutches at practice Tuesday, nursing a knee injury he suffered in the Tennessee game.
"I'll know more (today),'' coach Urban Meyer said Tuesday evening. "Right now they are telling me he's probable. He has a hyper-extended knee. We MRI-ed it, there's not cartilage damage, no ligament damage. It happened early in the game when he tried to tackle one of those backs in the open field and he played the rest of the game. I think he's going to play (Saturday against Ole Miss)."
LB Ryan Stamper remains probable with an ankle injury.
JENKINS MOVING UP: Meyer said he remains undecided whether freshman CB Janoris Jenkins will start this week, but Jenkins is making progress.
"Right now, he's running with the (starters)," Meyer said. "Every scrimmage, he makes plays on the ball. There's still times he's immature, but he's a very talented guy. He could play receiver, too. He's very good with the ball in his hands."
FSU: WR to play?
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State's offense, which foundered in a loss Saturday to Wake Forest, could benefit from an unexpected boost Saturday against Colorado.
Senior WR Richard Goodman, who was hampered by a knee injury in preseason practice and considered applying for a medical hardship this fall, said he plans to play against the Buffaloes.
Goodman said he made the decision after speaking with receivers coach Lawrence Dawsey.
"He told me if I can go, go," Goodman said. "We're just going based upon how I feel. And right now, I feel I can go Saturday."
Goodman was sidelined late last season after breaking an ankle against Duke; he had caught 11 passes for 73 yards in that game before the injury.
Goodman's greatest contribution could come in the form of veteran guidance. Offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher has said that Goodman is one of the best leaders at any position.
notable: Offensive line coach Rick Trickett said that junior college transfer Joe Tonga could see more playing time Saturday. Tonga originally was penciled in as a starting tackle, but has played sparingly.
USF: A nice visit
TAMPA — USF coach Jim Leavitt said he liked the energy at Tuesday's practice, which had a welcome visitor.
Senior LB Brouce Mompremier, who suffered a neck injury during Saturday's game against FIU, attended practice.
He walked around in a T-shirt and shorts and without a neck brace. The team gathered around him after chanting his name and he led a chant after stretching drills.
"It means a lot (to the team) just to see him up and walking around," defensive coordinator Wally Burnham said. "I'm sure it will make the other guys run harder and practice harder."
NOTABLE: Junior Colby Erskin, coming back from torn knee ligaments, worked as a punt returner behind senior Marcus Edwards. … Senior CB Tyller Roberts and junior DT Aaron Harris returned to practice. Leavitt said DE George Selvie, S Carlton Williams and DT Terrell McClain did not practice for the second day in a row.
UCF: Flexible on QBs
ORLANDO — Coach George O'Leary said backup QB Joe Weatherford, who didn't play against Boston College last week, could see action along with starter Michael Greco and Joe Calabrese against UTEP on Saturday. O'Leary said Calabrese played instead of Weatherford because his mobility was needed against BC, but O'Leary plans to play all three throughout the season.
Times correspondents Ira Schoffel and Joe Rienzi contributed to this report, which used information from the Orlando Sentinel.


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At the European Union's coming EU summit, debate will center on whether to go forward with a "mini" EU Constitutional Treaty. That debate is the result of the rejection of the draft treaty by French and Dutch voters in 2005. But those "no" votes have obscured the fact that 18 of the EU's 27 member states have ratified the treaty. Luxembourg's voters, for example, approved it by a 56.5% majority immediately after the Dutch and French no votes. Indeed, with two-thirds of member states and a majority of European citizens supporting the Treaty, it cannot simply be abandoned.
At the same time, French and Dutch citizens' voices cannot be ignored – all the more so because it is unimaginable that an identical text could be submitted to a second referendum in either country. Because all 27 states must ratify the Treaty, it therefore seems obvious that it cannot enter into force in its current form, and that the "yes" countries cannot push ahead with it unchanged.
But it is equally impossible to start from scratch. So we must try to reconcile the "yes" and "no" countries if we are to overcome the crisis into which Europe has been plunged. And we need to do so quickly if the EU is to deliver on its citizens' expectations.
This is because Europe faces many complex challenges in a globalized world. In areas as diverse as employment and social inclusion, environmental protection and climate change, health, external and internal security, and the fight against illegal migration and poverty in the Third World, European citizens are demanding effective policies. It is also obvious that member states cannot solve these problems alone, but only through coordinated EU action and common policies. But to achieve these results, and thereby convince our citizens of the EU's value, Europe's decision-making capacity must be strengthened and democratized.


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Alleged Jeannnette shooting attempt thwarted by safety mechanism
A Jeannette man's alleged attempt at shooting an adversary was averted on Saturday when he apparently failed to disengage a safety mechanism, according to police.
The 23-year-old male victim told city police that "he heard a click and then realized the gun did not fire," according to a criminal complaint filed on Sunday against Joseph Raymond Good Jr., 28.
Good was lodged in the Westmoreland County Prison on Sunday on $50,000 bail on attempted homicide and related charges. He did not have an attorney listed on online court documents.
Saturday's alleged attempted shooting stemmed from an incident at Good's home at 1:35 a.m. Wednesday.
Good told police that three men had shot at his house five times. A bullet struck a friend who was inside and later was treated at Excela Health-Westmoreland Hospital for injuries not detailed by police, according to a police report.
No charges have been filed in Wednesday's incident, but Good told police that he believes he knew who the suspects were.
Good allegedly sought retribution at 3:41 p.m. Saturday, when police said he confronted a man he believed was involved in shooting at Good's house. According to an affidavit of probable cause, the victim called police to report that Good was armed and threatening him near the intersection of Clay Avenue and South Seventh Street.
As they were responding, police watched the confrontation, according to the complaint.
"I noticed ... Good extend his arm and point at (the victim)," wrote Patrolman Justin Scalzo. "I then noticed (the victim) jump back and swing at Good."
The pair fled on Clay Avenue, and Scalzo chased and tackled Good.
According to a criminal complaint, police found a .22-caliber pistol in Good's pocket and placed the suspect in a patrol car. The firearm had one live round loaded in the chamber and the safety was still engaged, police said.
Another man told police that he was threatened by Good in the same area prior to the alleged attempted shooting, according to the complaint.
Found in Good's possession was suspected crack cocaine, police said.
Good is up against charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, firearms carried without a license, possession with intent to deliver, drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple assault, resisting arrest and two counts of terroristic threats.
A Thursday preliminary hearing is scheduled before District Judge Joseph DeMarchis.
Renatta Signorini is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-837-5374 or email@example.com.


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Tony Awards to Honor Rosie O'Donnell with 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award!
The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that Rosie O'Donnell will receive the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award. This award will be presented at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8th. The 2014 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The Isabelle Stevenson Award is presented annually to a member of the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations.
Rosie O'Donnell will be presented with the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award for her commitment to arts education for New York City's public school children. In 2003, Rosie's For All Kids Foundation launched Rosie's Broadway Kids, which is now known as Rosie's Theater Kids (RTKids). Rosie's Theater Kids is a non-profit arts education organization which continually provides training in dance, music and drama for students attending public school in New York City. RTKids serves students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience theater, positively changing the trajectory of their lives by providing comprehensive classes in music, dance and drama; thoughtful mentoring; and structured academic guidance. Dedicated to enriching the lives of children though the arts, their goal is to inspire excellence, motivate learning, uplift the human spirit, build confidence, and spark a lifelong appreciation for the arts.
RTKids provides a number of programs, including:
· PS Broadway - An in-school program for NYC public school fifth-graders. During the year, RTKids staff members teach dance and music as part of a 15-week program that serves 22 schools throughout Manhattan. Every class of students takes a free trip to see a Broadway musical and participates in a question-and-answer session with performers, directors, conductors and members of the production's technical staff. Each semester this program is wrapped up with a school assembly where the students perform for their peers, parents and teachers.
· ACTE II (A Commitment to Excellence) - A scholarship program in which outstanding graduates of PS Broadway have the opportunity to receive further training in free after-school classes in ballet, tap, jazz, voice and drama. The program includes a Summer Intensive program that provides group classes and private lessons, preparing students for a final performance for family, friends and industry professionals.
· Spotlight on Fitness (SoFit) - Developed in collaboration with a school-based health care program and the NYC Department of Education, SoFit is a physical education program that fulfills state and local curriculum requirements in both the arts and physical education.
· A+ (Arts Plus) - This program provides supplementary tools to enhance the academic achievement of the ACTE II Students at the secondary level. A+ includes after-school tutoring, High School admission guidance, private coaching and preparation for performing arts school auditions (both high school and collegiate) and professional PSAT and SAT preparatory classes. To date, with the individual coaching and assistance from RTKids, 100% of the 8th grade students were placed in competitive New York City performing arts high schools for the past two years.
"We are excited to announce Rosie as this year's Isabelle Stevenson Award recipient. Rosie exemplifies the spirit and the generosity of the Broadway community through her "pay it forward" mentality within the arts community and beyond. Rosie constantly works to make our world a better place, and unconditional generosity like hers deserves great recognition," said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing.
For six years, Rosie O'Donnell served as host and executive producer of the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning nationally Syndicated talk/variety series The Rosie O'Donnell Show. In her first season on the air, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. She continued her success for five consecutive seasons by winning a total of 12 Daytime Emmys for both Outstanding Talk Show Host and Outstanding Talk Show. Rosie was also seen on daytime television as moderator on the tenth season of ABC's The View, and hosted the satellite radio show, Rosie Radio on SiriusXM. She returned to television hosting in the fall of 2011 with The Rosie Show on OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK through spring 2012.
Rosie has hosted the Tony Awards three times and won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special for the 52nd annual Tony Awards . Her theater credits include: 'Rizzo' in Tommy Tune's 1994 revival of Grease; Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof; Love, Loss and What I Wore; and the Encores! production of No, No, Nanette. In 2004, Rosie combined her love of Broadway with 80s pop musical sensation Boy George and produced the musical Taboo.
Rosie made her dramatic television debut in CBS's Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Riding the Bus with My Sister, and has made guest appearances on Will and Grace, All My Children, Suddenly Susan, Spin City, Sesame Street, The Nanny, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nip/Tuck, Queer as Folk, Happily Divorced, Bomb Girls , and Showtime's Web Therapy. O'Donnell has also executive produced and hosted Stand Up Spotlight on VH1, and hosted Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards from 1997-2003. Rosie executive co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the 2009 Lifetime Original Film, America. Rosie has also been involved in several HBO documentaries. She was the co-executive producer of Rosie's Family Cruise, A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration, and "Don't Divorce Me." On the big screen, O'Donnell has starred in A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Another Stakeout, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden, Now and Then, Beautiful Girls, Harriet the Spy, Wide Awake, and was The Voice of "Turk" in Walt Disney's Tarzan.
The Tony Award Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, April 29th. The Tony Nominations can be viewed LIVE (8:30am ET) in their entirety at www.TonyAwards.com. The Tony Awards, hosted by Hugh Jackman, will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 8, 2014. For more information on the Tony Awards, please visit www.TonyAwards.com.
TonyAwards.com, developed, produced, and hosted by IBM, is centerpiece of the Tony Awards digital platform that includes an interactive Second Screen (TonyAwards.com/secondscreen) to complement the CBS telecast on June 8; a Spotlight Series on potential nominees; Google+ hangouts; a live webcast of the Nominations Announcement; multimedia coverage before, during, and after the Tony ceremony; and much more. Visit TonyAwards.com, and follow the Tonys at Facebook.com/TheTonyAwards, @TheTonyAwards on Twitter, and Instagram.com/TheTonyAwards. #TonyAwards


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As a person with a Questionable Taste Level, I nearly peed myself when I realized that our designers were charged with creating a Bob Mackie-style getup for Christina Aguilera this week. This week's episode of Project Runway was called Sequins, Feathers and Fur, Oh My!" and, well, YES. EXACTLY.
I was kind of disappointed that there were no other twists to the challenge and that they were simply given $300 to buy enough sequins to kill a pony and told to make something as shiny as possible, but I have such a deep and abiding love for the kinds of ridiculousness that they were charged with making that, ya know, I'm kind of okay with it.
But fantastical tackiness is not the only thing we got this week: we were also given a long-awaited win, a surprise elimination and the anointing of a new lead villain. Move over, Nicolas.
Because Irina? Stank Face Irina is easily the most detestable person on the show, if not on the face of the planet. I no longer have any ill feelings toward Nicolas, and this week I actually kind of liked him because he was the first to say what really needed to be said: she is a major witch-with-a-B (Hi, advertisers! Cussing? Me? Never!).
We see plenty of footage of the designers talking and laughing with each other, both in the apartment and the workroom, and it's easy enough to tell that Nicolas is a well-liked dude, even if he's not the best designer there. Irina, however, is never seen so much as conversing politely with any of her castmates, even when we see all the girls sitting around together.
The only social interaction I've seen her have for the entire series is to quietly talk smack about the other designers to her model during fittings and scowl at people. And Nicolas hit it on the head: she thinks everyone works for her. For that piece of insight, he shall no longer be referred to as Potato Face.
The object of her derision this week was Carol Hannah, who is not only a consistently non-crappy designer, but also seems like a girl I'd enjoy having a beer with. We could gossip about how cute Logan is. She's well-liked and funny, and something about a normal girl brings out the a-hole in Irina, because she couldn't shut up about how much she hates her, for no apparent reason.
She also hates Shirin, which just goes to further demonstrate that Irina is one of those terrible women that tends to give us all a bad name from time to time: a drama-starting, sneering, behind-your-back-talking drinker of the Haterade. I'd love to see one of the other designers get sick of it and take a swing at her. Catfight!
That didn't happen during this episode (although I'm crossing my fingers for the future), but something almost as satisfying did: mere minutes after Irina was telling the camera what a terrible designer and annoying person Carol Hannah is, she was named the winner of our bedazzled challenge. Her gown was covered in different textures of black – satin, feathers, sequins – and totally looked like something Xtina would wear to sing an old skool ballad before changing into something slutty for "Dirrty." It kind of reminded me of Marchesa, in fact. Well played.
Nicolas and Althea joined her in the top three, and quite honestly, I thought Nicolas's was great as well. It had the same white-and-platinum look as his dress from the movie challenge, but I thought that it was different enough in a structural sense that it wasn't really a retread. Plus, if I can remember correctly, white and platinum are sort of his thing as a designer. The dress looked totally Xtina-appropriate, and it also had a great deal of detail work upon further inspection. I would have been okay with him winning as well, particularly since he was the only one to make a crotch-length dress for someone that would so obviously appreciate such a thing.
Althea's dress was nine feet long and not so much great for dancing on stage, but it was curve-hugging nonetheless. Also, Althea often gets credit for being able to make her model look curvy, but I think she benefits greatly from having one of the curviest models to begin with. Which is not to detract from her as a designer; I think she's talented.
And then, there was the bottom. Gordana should have been in it for making her model look like she was wearing a sequined diaper ball gown, but she had immunity, so she was spared. Shirin made a dress that Tim Gunn aptly described as a Vampira Halloween costume, and he was exactly right, it was bad. Really bad.
Christopher continued his long slide into eventual elimination by making a Hot Topic retread that revealed into a Lady Marmalade retread, and it was bad as well. It was Sequin Camel Toe bad, which is…special. But despite that fact, it was simultaneously kind of dowdy. When Tim Gunn tells you to ratchet up the slut factor, well, it's probably best to listen. Logan's sequin zebra print number was also bad, in a cavewoman way, but it could have been a lot worse. He was safe.
So it was Shirin and Christopher in the final two, and I thought for sure that this was his week to be auf'd. But then Heidi opened her mouth and told Shirin to pack her knives and go (wait, nevermind, wrong show), and for the first time this season, I was genuinely shocked. Christopher had been in the bottom for several consecutive weeks and Shirin was in the top three for the previous challenge and several before that. Although I like him, Christopher's elimination seemed like a no-brainer. And I'm sure it will again – he's having a very hard time righting the ship.
I wish Shirin had been able to turn her elaborate Halloween costume into something grand, which she totally could have. It was totally fierce from shoulder to waist, and if she had made a bodysuit out of it instead of a dress (perhaps with sequin legs?), I think she easily would have been safe, and it would have stood out from everything else on the runway. But she didn't, and she's gone, and our supply of designers is dwindling quickly. At this point, who do you think is going to be in our final three?
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Gucci's New Timepieces
[link href="http://www.elle.com/Runway/Ready-to-Wear/Spring-2011-RTW/GUCCI/GUCCI/%28imageIndex%29/3" link_updater_label="internal_full"]Gucci`s got time on their side. And in honor of their 90th anniversary, they unveiled new collections of fine jewelry and watches this week.
Amongst them, updates on their classic handmade bamboo jewelry and two new watches. There's the 1921, a sleek piece with a face encased in leather. And then there's the Coupé, which has automatic movements and features a rounded-square case in sun-brushed stainless steel. It's also got a flash of the classic Gucci green-red-green to provide a little color.
This handsome men's watch is a top pick for a Father's Day wish list. But since it's so good-looking, we honestly won't be surprised if we see ladies sporting the style on their own wrists come summer.
Collections will be available starting June. For more information, please visit guccitimeless.com


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The Co-operative Society will offer at a special sale, beginning Friday, March 29, and ending Saturday, April 13, over two-thirds of the entire stock of miscellaneous books, including books of reference, and some text-books at or below cost.
Books may be reserved by writing orders for them, but they must be paid for on or before May 10.
Notice is given that the price of typewriting is changed from 5 cents to 6 cents for a hundred words.
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Jack is someone who is not worthy of mention lol
Yeah, I was all in on the Pagano hire from day one. Irsay hiring a head coach who was the defensive coordinator of an elite defense was a clear sign as to the direction he wants the team to go. It was a great hire, and it showed he learned a lesson from how Caldwell turned out. We shouldn't have given Caldwell the keys to the Colts without even conducting an outside search just because Tony Dungy told us to do it. The highest job Caldwell had ever had in the NFL was being a quarterbacks coach, and he had a miserable record as the head coach at Wake Forest. But Irsay did it the right way this time and hired an outside candidate who was an integral part of a successful operation in Baltimore.
It's a shame though. Pagano waits his entire career to be the head coach of an NFL team and it finally happened this year. But then he gets this horrible illness. Life just isn't fair sometimes.
Life isn't always fair but imagine how much sweeter and meaningful it will be for him to dance at those two daughters' weddings and to hoist that Lombardi with the Colts...
I just love the whole fresh attitude that this franchise has right now. I will always appreciate the talent that Polian brought in during his prime years here, but it's nice not having his personality loom over the entire franchise. Seeing Grigson in the locker room during these inspirational speeches is a nice change. Polian's abrasive personality and general stubbornness wore its welcome out a few years back, IMO. For me personally, he jumped the shark when he acted like a complete *** to anyone who had the audacity to question not going for the perfect season. He was extremely snide to the paying customers who called into his radio show.


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Santa Clara, Calif. • Jim Harbaugh recently went back to reread Colin Kaepernick's goal sheet from 2012.
San Francisco's third-year quarterback took over the starting job last November and accomplished all but one thing on that list.
Santa Clara, Calif. • Jim Harbaugh recently went back to reread Colin Kaepernick's goal sheet from 2012.
San Francisco's third-year quarterback took over the starting job last November and accomplished all but one thing on that list.
"Everything except part of No. 3," he said.
Yes, winning the Super Bowl.
Harbaugh, the former 15-year NFL quarterback, and Kaepernick have come a long way together in such a short time. They are beginning to sound like the same person.
The one thing on their minds, and everybody else's with the NFC champion Niners, is bringing home the franchise's sixth Lombardi Trophy after coming so close in a 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and Harbaugh's big brother, John back in February.
"Just for fun, I went back and looked at his goals from last year and it was darn near verbatim what he achieved," Harbaugh said of Kaepernick. "There's something special there, in terms of what drives him. He lives in, I think, one of those worlds where he's motivated for success and for achievement. Not satisfied, no matter how good it is, and I think there's people that come along like that. I relate to that."
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A surprise no more. Kaepernick now adorns magazine covers not just in sports has a top-selling jersey and is a rock star in the Bay Area and beyond.
"Great experiences," he said. "Had a lot of fun with them, but we're focused on football now."
Everybody will be looking to take him down, putting more pressure on an accomplished, much-improved offensive line.
The speedy, strong-armed Kaepernick was 7-3 as a starter last season with 1,814 yards passing, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions. He rushed for a postseason record 181 yards with a 56-yard touchdown in the divisional playoffs against Green Bay, longest in franchise history by a quarterback.
"I think if you're wearing an opposing jersey you're a target," he said.
As soon as he joined the 49ers this offseason, Phil Dawson headed straight for Candlestick Park to get acclimated with the unpredictable conditions and wind.
Dawson has been reconnected with his former Browns special teams coach, Brad Seely, with the hopes of bringing back a top-notch kicking game to San Francisco after David Akers' struggles in 2012.
The 38-year-old Dawson converted 29 for 31 field goals last season in his 14th year with the Browns, making all 13 from 40 yards or beyond, including 7 for 7 from 50-plus.
Dawson already hit two 55-yard field goals in an exhibition win at Kansas City.
"Yeah, that and his whole body of work through his career, and he's been a consistent high 80s in terms of percentage making field goals," Harbaugh said. "And he looks very, very good all through camp. Coach Seely feels he's the same guy that he coached in Cleveland. So, feel really good about that."
Kaepernick begins his first full season as starter helped by the addition of Anquan Boldin, but without top 2012 target Michael Crabtree, expected to be sidelined until at least November (torn right Achilles tendon).
Kaepernick, Boldin and tight end Vernon Davis hope their timing is spot-on from Week 1.
In addition to Crabtree's absence, Mario Manningham begins the season on the PUP list as he works back from knee surgery that shortened his year last December. He must sit out the initial six games.
"We're definitely going to miss Crabtree until he gets back, but Anquan is that piece that we really needed to be in there for him," hard-hitting safety Donte Whitner said. "Vernon is a versatile guy, you see him all over the place. You don't see too many people who can run with him back there."
First-round draft pick Eric Reid is already showing his athleticism and playmaking ability that should make him a nice complement to Whitner following the departure of Dashon Goldson.
Still, Reid is making adjustments as he goes.
"We love the big hit and coach it, and try and get it at any time we can get it," defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. "He's just got to be smarter there. He's got to know not to hit after the whistle. He's got to know not to hit a guy in the head, a receiver, defenseless receiver. So, we're going to be as aggressive as we can and as physical as we can within the rules."
A top linebacking corps is even deeper off the bench this season: Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman, Aldon Smith, Ahmad Brooks. Now, Parys Haralson is back and healthy after missing all of last season with a torn left triceps.
Haralson was a member of the 2011 defense that ranked No. 1 stopping the run, and is eager to help out again even if now as a backup.


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The photograph looks like it was taken through reinforced glass (the poor quality of the picture suggests the furtive use of a mobile phone).
The brown-haired figure in the centre of the frame is sitting beneath a window with the curtains closed at the back of the room, apparently reading. On the wall by the side of the figure hang what could be a couple of Christmas cards. A smudge of colour indicates some type of decoration.
Without some explanation, the person in the picture could be anyone. The image is so vague that it is hard to tell even if the subject is male or female.
Once placed on the front page of a popular tabloid newspaper, however, as the photograph was this week, and furnished with large-font headlines, all becomes clear: it is in fact, "Rose West in her cosy cell".
And yet another Prison Service scandal guaranteed to cause outrage appears to go unchecked by the authorities.
The accompanying story adds more insult to the affronted reader. "Rose West sits in her snug cell living a life of luxury behind bars."
Further on, we are told that West "is allowed a TV, DVD and stereo and can make daily phone calls to her few family and friends".
A quote from the helpful "source" at Bronzefield prison, Middlesex, where West is serving life in prison, gives us a little more insight into the kind of existence the most infamous female life-sentence prisoner in the country is leading.
In case we were wondering how West feels about her imprisonment, the source, who no doubt is the same person who took the photograph, tells us: "She treats prison like a holiday camp," adding that prison, for West, is "like she's enjoying an all-expenses trip to Butlins". I doubt that, somehow.
But what are the prison authorities doing about this scandal? How can it be that some anonymous "source" or "insider" is allowed yet again to get away with undermining the efforts of the decent people of the Prison Service, who are trying to run a humane regime for the most wretched of society's imprisoned, by selling such trash to journalists?
How is it that non-stories about individual prisoners and prison conditions, dressed up as "scandals", are continually allowed to appear in the tabloid press? This information breaches Home Office guidelines, and possibly the Official Secrets Act, yet not a single individual responsible is ever brought to account.
The real scandal here, of course, is that our prison system has been operating on the edge of crisis for a good 10 years or more now.
More and more people are being sent to prison, and for longer. We have record numbers of women and children in prison, more mentally ill people and people with learning disabilities in prison, and more old people being sent to prison than ever before. And to what end?
Reoffending rates are as high as they have ever been, and self-inflicted deaths are on the increase. On average, almost two people a week took their own lives last year, and hundreds more who attempted suicide were resuscitated by vigilant staff.
In the same period, there were thousands of incidences of prisoner self-harm; and thousands of assaults were committed, including prisoner on prisoner, prisoner on staff and staff on prisoner.
Prison officers were so disillusioned with their working environment last year that they broke a no-strike agreement and staged a walkout.
In response to the problems, all the government has done so far is talk up the intention to provide more prison places and in the meantime let a few thousand prisoners out a week or two early, with no apparent benefit to the community and no discernible long-term benefits to the prison system.
There are a significant number of people in the UK who are committed to creating a just and humane prison system worthy of a civilised society - a system that serves us well by keeping the people we lock up safe and turning them out, when the time comes, less inclined to cause harm and distress to others. Stories such as the "Rose West living in luxury" nonsense do untold damage to the work of those who are striving on our behalf to achieve this.
By manipulating and distorting the public perception of the reality of prison life for the majority of prisoners, such stories act as a smokescreen that serves only to hide the extent of the system's failures. Perhaps the authorities are secretly gleeful when they appear.
People who expose abuse within the prison system are to be encouraged and applauded. But those within the system who act as "sources" and "insiders" providing journalists with titillating twaddle about high-profile prisoners should be sought out and made an example of.
It is to the shame of the Prison Service that there has been no announcement of a) an immediate inquiry to find out who was responsible for this latest breach of protocol and (b) an intention to discipline or prosecute whoever it was in this case and anyone else caught in the future.


text: Several congressional committees have promised investigations, including the Ways and Means Committee, which plans to hold a hearing. On Friday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the administration expected the inspector general to conduct a thorough investigation, but he brushed aside calls for the White House itself to investigate. Many conservative groups complained during the 2012 election that they were being harassed by the IRS. They accused the agency of frustrating their attempts to become tax exempt by sending them lengthy, intrusive questionnaires. The forms, which the groups have made available, sought information about group members' political activities, including details of their postings on social networking websites and about family members. In some cases, the IRS acknowledged, agents inappropriately asked for lists of donors. There has been a surge of politically active groups claiming tax-exempt status in recent elections -- conservative and liberal. Among the highest profile are Republican Karl Rove's group Crossroads GPS and the liberal Moveon.org. These groups claim tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which is for social welfare groups. Unlike other charitable groups, these organizations are allowed to participate in political activities, but their primary activity must be social welfare. That determination is up to the IRS. The number of groups filing for this tax-exempt status more than doubled from 2010 to 2012, to more than 3,400. To handle the influx, the IRS centralized its review of these applications in an office in Cincinnati. Lerner said on Friday this was done to develop expertise among staffers and consistency in their reviews. As part of the review, staffers look for signs that groups are participating in political activity. If so, IRS agents take a closer look to make sure that politics isn't the group's primary activity. As part of this process, agents in Cincinnati came up with a list of things to look for in an application. As part of the list, they included the words "tea party" and "patriot," Lerner said. "It's the line people that did it without talking to managers," Lerner told the AP on Friday. "They're IRS workers, they're revenue agents."


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Rochester's Public Market is a great place to find local agricultural gems. At the market we bought armfuls of freshly harvested rhubarb from two regional farms: Old Home and Peters Farms. We brought the back to the kitchen, cooked the red and green stalks down to a puree, and blended them with Davis Orange Blossom… Continue reading
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Morgan, 30, broke his jaw against Scotland on 10 February and was not expected to be fit until the final game of the campaign against England.
"Considering the initial injury I am slightly surprised," said Morgan.
"There was a slight chance I could be back, but I had to heal well and hope the operation went well."
Morgan's inclusion in place of Lee Byrne is the only change to the side that lost 32-21 to France in Paris.
Former captain Gareth Thomas has been forced to make do with a place on the bench after returning from a four-week ban.
And Morgan told BBC Wales Sport: "I thought he had a chance of making the team so I'm thankful I've been selected for the game.
"But he's there waiting in the wings so I've got to make sure I perform well."
Morgan has had two wisdom teeth removed and a plate inserted to repair the fracture to his jaw.
He has only returned to full contact training this week, but has been assured his jaw will stand up to the physical rigours of international rugby.
"There is always a chance I could re-injure it but I've got a plate holding it together and it has healed really well over the last two weeks," he said.
"The surgeon has said it will take exactly the same blow to my chin to cause the same injury so I'll just soldier on."
Morgan's return means Wales coach Gareth Jenkins is able to field what many would consider to be his strongest back division for the first time in this season's campaign.
Man-for-man, Wales would appear to have a significant advantage behind the scrum, but Morgan says they will not be taking too many risks in the opening stages against the usually conservative Italians.
"We'll have to be cautious about how we play in the first half-hour but we still need to look to play an open game," said Morgan.
"Italy are good in the tight and play a strong, forward orientated game. We can't get sucked into that.
"It's vitally important we do well in the first half-hour. If we can edge ahead and get some points on the board, the game will have to open up then."


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I did it - 25 straight
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I did it! After 4 months of shooting skeet on Sundays I broke 25 straight. I was on the west field and there was another group on the east. Just a few moments before I finished someone over on the east also shot their first 25 straight. We got called over and had to throw our hats up in the air and everyone shot them. It was a cool moment. I shot 2 more rounds after that and stunk it up but I can say I've done it.
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very nice indeed! congrats!:D
now do it with a mossberg 590 home defense shotgun!!
Congratulations. I'm impressed.
Don't get into long distance shooting you'll drive yourself nuts if perfect is your new standard lol
Nicely done. Soon you'll be upset when you 'only' get 23 or so......
Today I shot 22, 24, 25, 23, 19. I was mad about the 22. The 19 was the result of wearing a black t-shirt in the hot sun for 4 rounds and being dehydrated, sweaty, and tired. I normally shoot 6 boxes of shells on Sundays but today it was 95 and sunny. It was too much for me. I was exhausted but tried 'one more'. Total waste of a box of shells. I need to know when to quit. I learned that today. Gives me new respect to the guys/gals that can shoot 25 straight every time they shoot. That and the guys that can do it with .410s. Now that's impressive.
Congratulations !...............
Great, well done. :)
When I was shooting I broke 24 several times,
But no 25.
Went straight on Trap several times.
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A major investor in Gaikai, the cloud gaming service bought by Sony for $380m last week, has said the console maker could do something revolutionary with its acquisition that would transcend its hardware business.
"I think [Gaikai] will really show its true promise in the hands of Sony," Mitch Lasky, general partner at the Benchmark Capital VC firm (pictured left), told the GamesBeat 2012 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. "My hope is that we are going to see 'PlayStation as a Service'," he said. Read more


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World 'ignoring Iraqi refugees'
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says there has been an "abject denial" around the world of the humanitarian impact of invading Iraq.
he UN faces an enormous task in helping countries such as Jordan and Syria cope with the huge influx of Iraqi refugees, a spokesman said.
He said the international community had to step in to help address their food, health and education needs.
Syria says it is home to 1.2m Iraqi refugees, with up to 800,000 in Jordan.
Damascus has repeatedly called for help to deal with the problem.
"There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war, the huge displacement within Iraq of up to 1.9 million people who are homeless because of the war, and those people who are homeless and never got back to the homes after Saddam Hussein was overthrown," UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler said.
Many of the refugees need considerable support, and about a quarter of them are children who need education.
Many need food and healthcare, some need counselling because of the violence they have experienced or witnessed, while others need jobs.
"There's a need for governments to come in and address the health, the education, all the needs," Mr Kessler said.
"Food aid needs as well are becoming vital because the population is becoming further and further impoverished since they cannot work.
"So clearly in every area, there's a need to support what the main host governments are doing and then to gird ourselves for what could be, if the war is prolonged, an increasing movement further westwards."
Displaced inside Iraq
On top of that, almost two million more people are displaced inside Iraq - people who have fled their homes to escape the violence.


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Um, I just watched the episode today, and I never heard this term used. It also is not in the script. Unless someone can confirm it was in the episode, I am going to nominate this for deletion. --OuroborosCobra 23:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- I posted this immediately after hearing it said in the episode. After Riker is about to hand Data the steel rod, Picard objects, claiming "Many organisms in the galaxy are known to have mega strength, I do not see the relevance of this" (or something extremely similar) and is overruled. --The Rev 01:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, OK. Somehow I missed that line. Thanks. --OuroborosCobra 01:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


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Survivors of abuse will tell their stories to the royal commission into child sexual abuse for the first time in private sessions starting in Sydney on Tuesday but one of their advocates fears many will miss the chance or suffer more harm from the experience.
The sessions are understood to be taking place in Parramatta but details are not being made public. None of the information given by survivors will be made public unless the person agrees, the commission's chief executive officer, Janette Dines, said.
Ms Dines said many people had registered interest, and promised ''we will get back to them''.
Adults Surviving Child Abuse president Cathy Kezelman expressed concern over whether the commission could meet survivor's needs and expectations.
''We have to make sure people are not hurt,'' Dr Kezelman said.
Many of the thousands expected to testify were uneducated, isolated and traumatised, she said. The process could be ''incredibly intimidating'' for them.
A commission spokesman said the sessions would build the commissioners' understanding of ''where they should be focusing their attentions''. They could last months, he said. Public hearings are due to start late this year and expected to take several years.


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This is another follow-up on the T-SQL exercise.
So the test query below is rather simple:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.test;
But beneath its simple appearance, many factors are at play and interact in a complex way to influence the query performance. In other words, trying to predict its performance is not trivial. You may do better than predicting the stock market performance. But still it can be a rather unreliable business.
So in the May 25th update, I reported on the results of running the test queries with the data file on a RAID-1 set with two internal disks. Yesterday, I triple checked the test result and the result could be re-produced at will.
To see whether or what impact a different storage system may have on the performance, I placed the data file on a departmental disk array behind a SAN. Unlike a typical enterprise class disk array, this departmental disk array does not have a huge amount of cache. In addition, the data block placement is effectively virtualized in that it uses a mapping table to place data across all the drives, making it effectively impossible to know or control where the data is placed at the OS level.
With the data file on this disk array, I repeated the same tests. Each time before the data was loaded, the test table was dropped and the database was empty with no user data.
Again, after the data was loaded by each script, the test query (including DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS) was run three times, and each time the query elapsed time was logged. Additional validation test runs were performed to ensure that the test results were re-producible, and they are re-producible.
The following table shows the recorded elapsed times.
Test run
Elapsed time (second)
Adam's script – test run 1
Adam's script – test run 2
Adam's script – test run 3
Tibor's script – test run 1
Tibor's script – test run 2
Tibor's script – test run 3
Linchi's script – test run 1
Linchi's script – test run 2
Linchi's script – test run 3
First thing to note from the above table is that the ranking of the test query performance changed significantly. In this setup, Tibor's data set caused the test query to have the worst performance.
But what is most striking is that while the test query performed significantly better with Adam's and my data sets on the disk array than they did on the internal disks, the test query performed noticeably worse with Tibor's data set on the disk array than it did on the internal disks.
This is getting more interesting. And I might add that this is yet another piece of evidence on the conspiracy of the every-table-must-have-a-clustered-index crowd :-)
I'll come back to explore what might be the cause later.
Well it has been awhile since we've seen the CIX vs Heap crowd come out fighting...
.:Grabbing some popcorn and a coke:.
All the previously posted results ( May 25 th and May 29 th ) were obtained with query parallelism disabled


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The Ross Reel
It says right on it... "The Ross Reel".
It was made when Ross was in California and is a true-to-life classic. Now that Ross is part of that big conglomeration in Minnesota, who knows what the value of their older stff will do?
Make me a no-slap-in-the-face offer and I'll do my best to get it out to you before Christmas.
A few pictures in all of its close tolerance, super-duper smooth bearing wearing glory...
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I'd love to have it, not sure what they fetch... Doing some research
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A classic indeed, don't see these come up very often... :thumbsupu
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Let's start the bidding at $250.00 shipped in the U.S.
I'm not sure on the going price either as they really don't come up too often for sale.
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PM sent on reel
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$250 is to lowest I've ever seen one. Somebody grab it! ;)
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I have a bid at 250.00
Someone asked the diameter, it's 3-3/8" of lustful machining. ;)
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Man, this is tough... I feel like a heel spending money on myself when it's Christmas time, and there are so many to buy for and so many ways to give.
I wish I could play, but I just can't right now.
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