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Intercollegiate athletics became a little less of a plantation system Friday when a United States District Court judge in Oakland, Calif., ruled that athletes in big-time sports programs could reap some of the financial benefits of participating in those programs.
This decision will prove revolutionary for college sports. The highly commercialized intercollegiate sports system that masquerades as an educational enterprise has been ordered to begin sharing its profits.
Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of Ed O'Bannon, the former U.C.L.A. basketball star. O'Bannon and 19 other plaintiffs challenged the N.C.A.A. on the grounds that the organization violated antitrust laws by not allowing student-athletes to profit from the use of their likenesses in broadcasts and video games.
By ruling against the N.C.A.A., Wilken tackled the hypocrisy at the root of the big-time college sports system.
Wilken's injunction will allow players at high-revenue-generating programs — football players in the top 10 conferences and all Division I men's basketball players — to receive a share of the profits from lucrative television contracts.Continue reading the main story
The ruling also acknowledges the blind spot that allows colleges to reap the financial rewards built on the talents of young athletes.
The Big Ten commissioner, Jim Delany, and other N.C.A.A. officials have argued that paying student-athletes will hurt college sports. The objection reflects the hypocrisy of a system that uses young labor but prevents those laborers from profiting from their work.
A day before Wilken's ruling, the N.C.A.A. Division I board of directors granted greater autonomy to its five wealthiest conferences. The move allows the elite conferences to make their own rules on several issues.
If approved, the plan will allow 64 colleges in the so-called Big 5 conferences, and Notre Dame, to set new ground rules — for example, the universities could enhance the value of scholarships — that could make these programs more appealing to prospective athletes.
Yet representatives of these power conferences complain about allowing athletes a share of the revenue. They want it both ways: The rich universities want to break from the pack and set up their own rules, but they object to sharing the revenue with the athletes who generate the wealth.
Wilken's ruling put a price on the cost of doing business.
Many universities — those outside the power conferences — say they lose money on intercollegiate athletics. Which raises a question: Why have an intercollegiate program if it loses money?
This raises a complex issue of exploitation at all levels of N.C.A.A. competition, from Division I to Division III. Hundreds of institutions use young, willing athletes to provide entertainment to an eager student body and college community.
The large sports-factory universities at least acknowledge the entertainment value of student-athletes by offering scholarships; some even find a way to get "extra benefits" to star players.
At the Division III level, the student-athletes — the performers — are not compensated with scholarships but can reap the rewards of playing "for the love of the game." These athletes expend just as much energy, sustain the same injuries and often spend as much time practicing as their counterparts at the higher divisions.
So who's being exploited?
Friday's ruling takes profit-sharing from under the table. The logical next step would be to create a revenue-sharing system in which universities in the Big 5 conferences gave players a percentage of payouts from appearing in football bowl games and reaching the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament.
Friday's decision may be equitable, but it will only escalate the so-called arms race in intercollegiate athletics. For athletes, Wilken's ruling will make getting into a university in one of the "money conferences" more competitive.
The only flaw in the decision was when athletes would receive the money: when they leave college. I would much rather have it designate "when they graduate."
It was troubling to see the number of players who testified during the three-week O'Bannon trial that they saw sports as their main role at college. Will this ruling put more emphasis on sports as a primary occupation of college athletes?
"I was an athlete masquerading as a student," O'Bannon said at the trial. "I was there strictly to play basketball. I did basically the minimum to make sure I kept my eligibility academically so I could continue to play."
Anyone whose son or daughter competes in intercollegiate athletics understands the demands on time. The plaintiffs in the O'Bannon lawsuit argued that the time demands had made it almost impossible to be a regular student.
Reducing the athletic demands on student-athletes should be the next N.C.A.A. initiative.
During the trial, Delany suggested that athletes spend less time on their sports.
"For example, when the basketball season is over, we probably ought to just put a lock on the gym," he testified.
If the players want to play basketball, he said, "they should just go to a playground and go play, but they don't need to be with our coaches for a month or three weeks."
Delany said the current time demands did not allow players "to cultivate outside interests."
A significant part of being a student-athlete — even with compensation — is graduating. Much of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of the employee, the student-athlete.
O'Bannon's testimony underlines the corrosive impact that professionalized, multimillion-dollar youth sports have had on too many potential scholarship athletes.
The essence of our system is that it allows young men and women — many of whom might not have access to a college education — to earn a scholarship and a shot at a degree. The commercialization that has compelled Wilken to rule in favor of O'Bannon makes getting that education challenging.
This has been an intriguing 12 months in the civil rights movement in intercollegiate athletics, with Northwestern student-athletes winning the right to form a union; Grambling football players, disgusted with the conditions under which they practiced and played, refusing to play; and now O'Bannon striking the biggest blow yet for player rights.
The N.C.A.A.'s house of cards is beginning to fall apart, and, it appears, the jig is just about up.Continue reading the main story


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Varsha: Champion in the making
By S S Shreekumar | Published: 08th November 2012 12:15 PM |
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This has been a memorable and momentous year for the young 15-year-old Varsha Sanjeev Kumar. For she became the country's No 1 sub junior player in billiards and snooker.
She climbed a notch or two higher as well as she took the No 1 spot in the junior snooker section while being No 2 in junior billiards. Thus, claiming three titles in one national championship was a stupendous achievement for Varsha.
She also tried to match her potting skills with the seniors and very creditably, took the No 3 spot in senior billiards.
Giving the likes of former champions Chitra Magimairaj and Uma Nagaraj jitters, Varsha performed excellently to emerge as the rising star and was placed third in the long list of top performers.
It came as no surprise when recently she stormed into the final of the state ranking billiards event.
But the seasoned Chitra defeated Varsha 75-41, 77-22, 70-75, 76-70. Varsha had put it across another experienced customer Judy Walia in the semi-final winning 59-77, 75-67, 75-72.
But she was richer by the experience and by the time, they clash in any final again, Varsha will emerge as a far more stronger opponent.
"I started playing at the YMCA and played in tournaments in Bangalore in 2008 when I was about 12-years old. Since then, the game caught my imagination and I wanted to take to it seriously. And, there has been no looking back. I played there for a year under the fine coaching of Mr Gowda from whom I learnt my basics," said the 10th standard student of Sophia High School, Bangalore.
"Due to lack of exposure to matches, I decided to join Karnataka State Billiards Association which has produced fine players like Pankaj Advani, Bhaskar B, Chitra M and many more. Hence, I joined in mid 2009.
I think I made the right decision as the KSBA is the best centre for cue sports in the country. The KSBA has also supported and moulded me into what I am today," said Varsha.
Her parents, Sanjeev Kumar, an engineer who runs his own business and mother Usha Rani, a KAS Officer in the state government, have encouraged her to take to the sport which she now cannot live away from. Varsha's sister, Tejashree is an archer having represented Karnataka in the National Archery championship and was ranked No 6. Apart from that, the family has little or no connection with sports but not any more what with Varsha and Teja doing well in their respective disciplines.
Virtually a regular member of the state team for the nationals or other events, a lot more is bound to be heard of this frail-built and talented cue sport exponent. Karnataka has been home to many of them and Varsha is another product of the KSBA assmebly lines.
Her powers of concentration are good and she can produce big and useful breaks when needed. Being so young, she can only improve on her abilities.
As she adds some calories to her frame, she will be better equipped physically too, to withstand the rigours of moving briskly around the tables and sinking the red or coloured balls into the pockets with unfailing regularity.
Surely a new women's billiards and snooker champion at all levels is in the making as 2013 dawns. It has to be luckily for some and probably Varsha will be first on that list.

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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: Explaining Clinical Variation and Providing a Path Towards Treatment
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|Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
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|Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: Explaining Clinical Variation and Providing a Path Towards Treatment
- Electron Transport Chain function derived from buccal cells of known PMS patients [ Time Frame: Up to two years ]Electron transport chain (ETC) function will be measured in cells collected using Buccal swabs to determine if certain PMS patients symptomatology and clinical characteristics/variations can be explained due to variations in patterns of ETC function in this cohort
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Diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome; 50 subjects to be recruited. 1-21 years of age
Co-morbid Phelan-McDermid Syndrome & Mitochodrial Disorder
1-21 years of age; Diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome AND diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disorder; 50 subjects to be recruited.
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Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS) results from a deletion within the 22q13 chromosome region. Most children have specific physical morphology and developmental delays with many displaying characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) including abnormalities in social development. The behavioral aspect of PMS that parallels ASD has raised particular interest as the SHANK3 gene, which lies in the 22q13 region, is important for synaptic development, and animal SHANK3 knockout models demonstrate ASD characteristics thereby confirming the importance of this gene in PMS. However, despite the importance of the SHANK3 gene, individuals with PMS have variations in their development, behavior and medical characteristics that cannot be fully explained by the SHANK3 deletion.
Recently, Frye (2012) has noted the existence of 6 mitochondrial genes that lie slightly proximal to the SHANK3 gene within the 22q13 region. These include genes important electron transport change function (SCO2, NDUFA6), mitochondrial DNA (TYMP) and RNA (TRMU) metabolism, fatty acid metabolism (CPT1B) and tricarboxylic acid cycle function (ACO2). Since most Individuals with PMS have deletions that include chromosomal deletion outside of the SHANK3 region, it is very likely that many, if not most, of children with PMS may have deletions in these mitochondrial genes. Many of these genes have been linked to mitochondrial disease, even in the heterozygous state. Even if recognized, mitochondrial disease is only linked to a homozygous abnormal state (autosomal recessive), the loss of one gene (heterozygous state) could result in symptomatology when associated with deletions in other mitochondrial or non-mitochondrial genes. Abnormalities in mitochondrial pathways can result in neurologic and non-neurologic symptoms including those sometimes seen in children with PMS. Added with the SHANK3 deletion, abnormalities in these mitochondrial genes could explain variations in patterns of development and the eventual cognitive potential.
References: Frye RE. Mitochondrial disease in 22q13 duplication syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2012; 27(7):942-9.
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- Diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
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|University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
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|Michael J Goldenthal, Ph.D.
|Drexel University College of Medicine
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|November 25, 2013
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Keywords provided by University of Arkansas:
Electron Transport Chain
Mitochondrial Disease
Chromosomal Deletion
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosome Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Chromosome Aberrations
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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Lent is the period which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. It begins on Ash Wednesday, and is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. Lent is usually marked by fasting, both from food and festivities. Only a small number of people today fast for the whole of Lent, although some maintain the practice on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. It is now more common for believers to give up a particular vice, such as favourite foods or smoking. Whatever the sacrifice it is a reflection of Jesus' deprivation in the wilderness and a test of self-discipline.
7th February Sunday 10.30am Holy Communion
10th February Ash Wednesday 09.30am Holy Communion with ashing
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent for Western Christian churches. It's a day of penitence to clean the soul before the Lent fast. Anglican churches hold special services at which worshippers are marked with ashes as a symbol of death and sorrow for sin.
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The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are usually made by burning the palm crosses that were blessed on the previous year's Palm Sunday.
13th & 14th February Saturday & Sunday 11.30am – 3.30pmSnowdrop Walks Church Tours and Refreshments
14th February First Sunday of Lent 8am Holy Communion
10.30am Family Service
20th &21st February Saturday & Sunday 11.30am – 3.30pmSnowdrop Walks Church Tours and Refreshments
21st February Second Sunday of Lent 10.30am Holy Communion
27th & 28th February Saturday & Sunday 11.30am – 3.30pmSnowdrop Walks Church Tours and Refreshments
28th February Third Sunday of Lent 10.30am Morning Worship
6th March Mothering Sunday 10.30am Holy Communion
Church Sunday School would like to invite all children to bring along parents to celebrate together (Mother's Day activities and crafts).
13th March Passion Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion10.30am Family Service
Passiontide is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and ending on Holy Saturday.
20th March Palm Sunday 10.30am Holy Communion
The most solemn week of the Christian year, Holy Week, is the week leading up to Easter, and is the week during which Christians particularly remember the last week of Jesus's life. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, a day that commemorates Christ's triumphant arrival in Jerusalem to the cheers of the crowd. Later in that week many of the people in that cheering crowd would be among those shouting that Jesus should be executed.
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It is called Palm Sunday because the crowds waved palm branches as they followed Jesus' procession into Jerusalem.
20th March Easter Egg Hunt 2pm – 4pm (in church if wet)
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24th March Thursday 9.30 am End of Term School Service
Staff and pupils of Whaplode Church of England Primary School will come and take part in this Service.
24th March Maundy Thursday 6pm Last Supper Holy Communion
This service is to re-enact the things that Jesus did at the Last Supper. On Maundy Thursday Christians remember when Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples, breaking bread and drinking wine, which is now known as the Last Supper.
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In England it is traditional for the King or Queen to give out Maundy money to some of their people, often to elderly people who are in need. This is a small bag of silver coins that have been specially made for the occasion. The tradition of giving Maundy money began in 1662 when the reigning monarch stopped the practice of washing the feet of some of his people and decided to give money to the poor instead.
25th March Good Friday 2pm Service
Good Friday is a day of mourning in church. During the services Christians meditate on Jesus' suffering and death on the cross, and what this means for their faith.
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It is a tradition to eat hot cross buns with cross icing this day.
The word "crucifixion" comes from the Latin word "crucifixio," or "crucifixus," meaning "fixed to a cross."
27th March Easter Sunday 10.30am Holy Communion
Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar. It celebrates the resurrection from the dead of Jesus, three days after he was executed. The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity.
Did you know?
In medieval times, a festival of egg throwing was held in church, when the priest would throw a hard-boiled egg to one of the choirboys. It was then tossed from one choirboy to the next and whoever held the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner and could keep it.
We invite you to join us for all or any of these Events and Services during Lent and Easter.
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Needs Assessment of Long-Term Care for Psychiatric Patients
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The quantity and quality of inpatient services for persons with psychiatric illness have been enhanced in the last two decades. Following the enforcement of nationwide health insurance and the Physically and Mentally Disabled Citizens Protection Act, the financial pressure of medical care for psychiatric patients is relieved, and actions related to the protection of patients' human rights have been taken. Nonetheless, problems related to psychiatric illness are not limited to symptoms. Patients' daily functions are affected and it causes continuous pressure on the family. Currently, psychiatric care places more emphasis on inpatient services. Once the patient is discharged from the hospital, related psychiatric services are not widely available, which leads to symptom exacerbation, repeated hospital admissions, increased burden to the family, etc. A provision of continuous long-term care that meets the various needs of psychiatric patients is a critical issue in current psychiatric care.
Based on a three-phase needs assessment model, the purpose of the study is to evaluate the needs of long-term care for psychiatric patients. The first phase will identify the current status of needs from the perspectives of patients and the family, psychiatric professionals, and the system. The second phase will identify the goals of long-term care for psychiatric patients. The goals will be identified by a nominal group, composed of experts related to the field of psychiatric long-term care. The third phase will determine the objectives of long-term care services for psychiatric patients. That is to determine the proper contents of long-term care services for the patients based on the goals identified in the previous phase.
The three-phase needs assessment will be carried out in a two-year period. The results of the study will provide important information to the future planning of long-term care for psychiatric patients.
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|Department of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University
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|September 12, 2005
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|October 22, 2007
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Mental Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Hugh Jackman Tapping in Rehearsal for the Tonys!
This year's Tony Awards host Hugh Jackman just posted a sneak peek video of him tap dancing like crazy in rehearsal for the big ceremony next month. Check it out below!
The Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS live from New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday June 8th at 8/7c. This will be Jackman's fourth year hosting the event.
Jackman will soon be returning to Broadway in the Royal Court Theatre production of THE RIVER, a new play by Jez Butterworth, starring Jackman, along with Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo, and directed byIan Rickson. The production will open on Sunday, November 16 on Broadway at the Circle in The Square Theatre.
The actor was recently seen in Prisoners alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. Other upcoming big screen projects include X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Greatest Showman on Earth. Other films include The Wolverine and the Oscar-nominated movie adaptation of Les Miserables.
Jackman has appeared on Broadway in Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, A Steady Rain and The Boy From Oz -- for which he won the 2004 Tony Award -- as well as off-Broadway's Carousel. In 2012, Jackman was honored with a Tony Award Special Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Theatre Community.
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Bongani Hans, Bernadette Wolhuter and Sapa
DURBAN: At least 10 people died and many more were injured in heavy rains that wreaked havoc in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday night.
In Mpumalanga 14 people were killed when a bridge on the R65 between Lothair and Ermelo collapsed during heavy rains, Mpumalanga Community Safety Department spokesman Joseph Mabuza said yesterday.
Three vehicles, one of them a taxi, were involved in the accident. "The cars were swept away by high volumes of water," he said.
The bridge collapsed around 9.50pm on Monday night. Initially, six people were found dead and others were missing.
"Police have [since] retrieved the missing bodies," Mabuza said.
KZN Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube said yesterday afternoon that the department had confirmed two deaths at Megavillage informal settlement in uMlazi, six in Chatsworth, one in Kwa-Dabeka near Clermont and one in Mzinto on the South Coast.
However, Dube said, the department had received reports of more deaths, which had not yet been confirmed. These included three children in Dassenhoek, near Mariannhill, when heavy rains caused the wall of the house they were sleeping in to collapse on them.
EThekwini Metro police said three children were among those killed when their shacks collapsed in Bayview informal settlement in Chatsworth and at Kwa-Dabeka. Two of the children were killed together with their mother. All victims were asleep.
A 25-year-old woman, Delisile Cele, and her boyfriend, Sbo Shezi, 30, died when their home collapsed.
Zanele Cele, 45, said she was asleep with her common-law husband when she heard people outside shouting "Delisile and Sbo are buried by mud."
"It was about 4am when I heard the noise. I rushed to my the house and found people already there trying to pull them out," said Cele.
"We dug for about 30 minutes until we found their bodies on the bed covered with blankets."
Voeter Bhengu said his cousin's 11-year-old son, Thula Shangase, escaped death when his family's house collapsed.
But Bhengu's sister-in-law, Zinhle Sosibo, did not survive when a high wall behind the the house collapsed.
"It took us about 30 minutes to dig Zinhle's body out of the mud. My cousin only returned from work at about 6am after we had already dug his girlfriend out of the mud," said Bhengu.
Road Traffic Inspectorate spokeswoman Mngomezulu said traffic in Nkandla had to be diverted from the P90 when the Nsuze River Bridge was washed away.
Mngomezulu said the N2 northbound road had to be closed for two hours due to a mudslide.
Emergency personnel have had their hands full dealing with emergencies.
Netcare911 spokesman Chris Botha said paramedics, along with the fire department and the police search and rescue unit, saved nine homeless people who were trapped in the middle of the flooded Umhlatuzana River. They had been trying to cross the river yesterday morning.
The National Sea Rescue Institue's (NSRI) Craig Lambinon said his crews had assisted in numerous operations, including one where three people were rescued from a flooded housing complex in iFafa Club Marina Resort, south of Umzinto.
The police search and rescue unit saved three people in KwaMashu, near Bridge City, after they abandoned their vehicle on a flooded bridge above the Umhlangane River and scrambled up scaffolding to escape the rising water levels.
In Amajuba a bus transporting members from the South African Local Government Association was involved in an accident at a bridge near Newcastle. Rescue teams helped 17 injured people and freed the driver who had been trapped in the wreckage.
MEC Nomusa Dube said the rains had caused damage to property totalling tens of millions of rand throughout the province. She said the worst hit area was Acacia Vale, describing the damage as "huge".
The weather system that caused the recent storms has moved north for the time being and mild conditions are predicted for KwaZulu-Natal until the end of the week.
The system is, however, likely to return on Saturday when weather similar to that experienced over the past two days is expected.


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Since he started collecting them 15 years ago, Magalia resident Jim Campbell has owned about 250 guitars.
"I could collect for thousands of years and never collect all the guitars there are," Campbell said, as he talked about his passion for the instrument. Campbell said he scours eBay to find the collectibles he is interested in.
"eBay has really opened up so much for collectors," he said. "You're not going to find guitars like that around here."
Once he gets the instruments in his hands, he repairs them and resells them - that is, if he doesn't decide to keep them
Though about 250 guitars have been in his hands over the years, there are only about 60 in his personal collection.
Campbell is lending a handful of his guitars to the Gold Nugget Museum for a March guitar exhibit.
Vintage acoustic and electric guitars shine under the light of the museums display glass.
"There's stories about all these guitars," Campbell said, while talking about a Bigsby vibrato bar on an old Fender Telecaster.
A Bigsby is an attachment that allows the guitar player to bend the strings lower or higher in pitch depending on if the user pushes or pulls the bar. The player doesn't have to move their fret hand or even their finger for the vibrato bar to work.
On the Telecaster was a rare Bigsby model from the '60s called the Palm Pedal. There are two small bars on this model, which was intended to mimic the sound of a steel guitar.
"They're difficult to use," Campbell said explaining that the attachment was used mostly for country music. "They are very rare. In all my years of collecting, I have never seen another one."
Nicknamed "George" the Telecaster got its moniker after a previous owner took off the guitar's neck and found that one of the inspectors' name was George.
"So he called it George," Campbell said. "And he passed that on to me."
On display will also be a 1940 Gibson ES-150, noted for being the guitar of choice in big bands. The guitar was also made famous by legendary jazz musician Charlie Christian.
Due to the volume of a big band, Campbell said the ES-150 was made big so it could project its sound over the other instruments.
The ES-150 also as the distinction of being the first commercially successful, Spanish-styled guitar, first going into production in 1936.
About a dozen other of Campbell's guitars will also be on display.
"I just wanted to share my guitar with other people who can appreciate them," Campbell said about his willingness to let the museum have the guitars for a month. He thought it was especially apropos to have a music display to coincide with the recent Beatlemania celebrating 50 years since the Fab Four landed on U.S. soil.
"That affected me," Campbell said regarding his first introduction to the Beatles. "I was already a guitar player, but I really became a guitar player then."
Noting that one of his 1966 guitars was recently appraised at $20,000, he joked that his guitars are is retirement account.
What makes the guitars valuable, he said are the people who made them famous.
"Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, the people who made the music of my era great," he said, adding that the display at the museum isn't just about guitars, but about history as well. "It's nostalgia. It's like the old cars of the 50s. People identify with them."
Also included in the display are guitars by local guitar makers Paul Fisher and Wayne Charvel.
Guitars have been with society for centuries, but started to gain prominence in the 20th century.
"It is the most popular musical instrument ever," Campbell said. "People love guitars."
The display will go through the end of March at the Gold Nugget Museum located at 502 Pearson Road.
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The Los Angeles, CA Home Depot team takes pride in assisting you with all your home improvement projects. But that's not all, the Cypress Park Home Depot takes pride in being part of the community. We support our local schools and organizations, volunteer for community beautification projects and host Kids Workshops.
Whether you're looking for cordless shades or wheelbarrows, we can help. We appreciate being part of this great community, and we support Dorris Place Elementary and Florence Nightingale Middle School.
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Although hypnosis is one of the easiest, most natural and effective ways to make a significant and lasting change in your life, it's also one of the most misunderstood.
Have you ever been driving somewhere in your car and started thinking about something so deeply that the next thing you know you're at your destination? And you don't remember any of the details of the trip?
That state of deep thought is commonly referred to as a hypnotic trance. That's you thinking without using the critical, or analytical, part of your mind.
It's the real you. It's the part of you that does the heavy lifting and does most of the real work. It's also referred to as the subconscious or the unconscious.
It's sees the world as a whole. It's what gives you that instant, complete, deep and intuitive understanding of yourself and events in your life.
But it's often hidden by the critical part of the mind, which means you don't get much direct access to that deeper part of you.
Hypnosis opens the door. With a little direction, that part of your mind can do amazing things.
Where Attention Goes, Energy Flows
In order to get in touch with the deeper part of the mind you need to bypass the critical "gatekeeper" that stands in the way.
So the first power tip in using hypnosis is to absorb your attention. You can do this very easily by thinking of a pleasant event. Be very specific in your representation of the event. What were the sights, and sounds that inspired your excitement? Use all your senses: taste, touch, sight, sound and smell.
Notice how your entire attention is absorbed by the memory of the experience. Without trying, you'll automatically feel relaxed and refreshed — and energized. That's because where attention goes, energy flows.
This technique sidelines the critical factor of your mind effortlessly.
That's why it's important to direct your attention toward positive events. And that means you'll have less time to wallow in the negative.
Intention Keeps You on Course
Now you can create pleasant imagery and "trance out" on positive experiences. But tomorrow you go to the office and someone starts telling you the about latest headlines and horror stories in graphic detail.
Poof. Now you're still trancing out — but who wants those trances?
The way to stay on track is by developing your intent by choosing your trances instead of just letting them happen.
In the beginning it may take more effort. But each time you ask yourself what you want and let yourself drop into hypnosis while focusing on something positive that you desire, the easier and more automatic it will become.
It won't take long before you get hooked on the power of positive hypnotic trances. Clear your mind of all the distracting junk and allow yourself to relax and focus on a sense of yourself being healthy and happy. Feel the rush of playing out in your mind being treated with respect and admiration by people. See yourself winning, achieving and growing more and more each day. Learn to challenge yourself with a clear intent to achieve a positive outcome. Develop the habit of creating trance states where good things happen.
If you make a habit of trancing out with these positive images and projections of yourself and feel yourself already enjoying the benefits of having what you're striving for, you'll recognize when someone comes and tries to dump negative, garbage thoughts in your mind. Now you have the power of choice, and it will be easy to simply turn away from the negative and return to your regularly scheduled positive programming. Enjoy.
Get in the habit of empowering your positive intention. Let it grow strong. With practice, you'll learn to stay on course, even in the face of that popular guy or girl with the super strong personality that wants to pull you down and off track.
Start Building a Brighter Future Now
In addition to reliving a past event by focusing on it, you can take hypnosis to the next level. Instead of using a past event, you can imagine and represent things in your life the way you want them to be in the future. The power in this technique is that since you're imagining it now, you're feeling it now, which means you're already benefiting from the way it will be…NOW.
Take time every day to sit and think of where you want to go, want you want to become and what you want to accomplish.
Then, allow yourself to be there now. Embrace how it feels to already be there doing those cool things. Make it feel real. As if it were a dream that you didn't have those things. You've just woken up and are returning to the REALITY of being the person who enjoys having all those benefits.
You'll be amazed at the things you accomplish today and the shift in your mindset after a few minutes.
Hypnotize yourself to have and a bright and promising future and you'll begin to enjoy it immediately.
As you now realize, we've all been in trance. We go in and out of trance all day long without being aware of it. In a poll on this site, 69% of 155 people polled believed they had never been in a trance. To those of you who weren't aware of your trances, you're in for a fun ride to a positive life. Start today with some of my suggestions.
Leave me a comment below and let me know how these ideas are helping you, if at all. Your opinion is very important here at MyOpinion.com.
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Hamburg's Ze Roberto and Hoffenheim's Carlos Eduardo have followed the example of Schalke's Rafinha by delaying their returns from South America and infuriating their Bundesliga clubs.
Brazilian winger Ze Roberto failed to board his flight from Sao Paolo to join his team at their winter training camp in Turkey yesterday. Carlos Eduardo did head back to Germany, but not on the flight he was originally scheduled to take.
Both have upset their clubs, just as Rafinha did when he returned from his Christmas holidays over a day late.
"That is unfortunately the only negative thing to report," Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia said. "We have received information that Ze is not, as we had agreed, coming.
"That is obviously not on. Like I said, there was a clear agreement with him and now he will be fined."
Hoffenheim's assistant coach Peter Zeidler will talk to Carlos Eduardo before deciding what action to take after he arrived seven hours later than scheduled yesterday.
And Schalke have still to hear a word from another South American, who appears to have been put off by the news that the whole of Germany is covered in a thick layer of snow.
Schalke's own Ze Roberto, not to be confused with the Hamburg player of the same name, has also failed to return to the Bundesliga club after his loan spell with Flamengo ended at the turn of the year, and the Gelsenkirchen outfit are now launching legal proceedings against the midfielder.
"Our legal department will deal with this case," Schalke coach Felix Magath said. "We have also got to wait and hear what the player has to say."
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Nickle Electrical Companies received two safety awards from local contractors' associations for exemplary performance over the past year.
The company was selected as one of the recipients of the 2013 Governor's Safety Awards for the third year in a row. The honor was cosponsored by the Delaware Contractors Association and the Delaware Department of Labor.
Mike Berardi, DCA president and vice president of Wohlsen Construction, said in a letter to Nickle President/CEO Steve Dignan that the award is given to contractors that "bring distinction, skill, and integrity to the construction industry."
The Governor's Safety Award was presented at a luncheon held March 7 at Timothy's on the Wilmington Riverfront.
Nickle was presented with its eighth consecutive Associated Builders and Contractors of Delaware STEP Award for safety May 1. The STEP - Safety Training and Evaluation Process - program is designed to support ABC members with development and improvement of safety and training efforts. The awards are given in five levels based on a company's safety program - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. This was the first year Nickle received the top award at the Diamond level for both the local Delaware chapter and the national chapter.
"These awards would not be achievable if our employees did not make safety a part of their everyday routine," said Nickle Safety Director Mike Anderson. "Our employees are a big part of our safety program, and I'm truly grateful to each and every one of them for their safety efforts."
Nickle Electrical Companies was founded in 1986 by the late Paul Allen Nickle as Paul A. Nickle Inc. Electrical Contractors. Current owners Steve and Debbie Dignan acquired the company in 1991, and in 2008, the name was changed to Nickle Electrical Companies to better represent the company as a whole. The 150 employees work throughout the entire state of Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. With locations in Newark and Georgetown, the company performs commercial, industrial, residential, and service electrical work.
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Big Donation for Thomas Road Baptist Church
Lynchburg, VA - A very big donation to Thomas Road Baptist Church could mean big things for kids in Lynchburg for years to come.
Foster Fuels owner Watt Foster is donating 500 acres of land to the church.
It's located right near the Peaks of Otter.
The property was once used as a youth camp.
Foster and his wife decided to give the land to TRBC after realizing its potential as a new youth camp.
Jim Rebsamen the director of auxiliary services with Thomas Road Baptist Church says "To be able to reach more kids on a different level than what we're doing now--It means so much to our staff and to are organization, as well as our congregation."
There is still a lot of work to be done with the property before it can be opened, but planners are thrilled about the upcoming project.
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Edwin A. Ham
From The Capital Region of New York State, Crossroads of
Empire, 1942
Francis P. Kimball
Transcribed by Arlene Goodwin
At the turn of the century, Edwin A. Ham entered the lumber business at Hunter, Greene County, through the purchase of an established lumber yard. The development of this enterprise by the expansion of the original business and the addition of new lines during the past four decades has made it the leading commercial concern in the village.
Mr. Ham is a son of Peter and Mary E. (McDonnell) Ham and a descendant of families established in Columbia and Dutchess counties before the Revolutionary War. His father, a farmer, was born in Clermont, Columbia County, but spent most of his life in Dutchess County. His mother was a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Both parents are now deceased.
Educated in the district schools of Dutchess County, Edwin A. Ham also attended Wilbraham Academy in Massachusetts, for one year and as a young man farmed with his father in Dutchess County until about 1885. At this time he moved to North Dakota, where he spent the following ten years. Upon his return to New York in 1899 he settled in Hunter and at that time purchased the lumber business of George W. Anderson. Through close application and good judgment he succeeded in building up a very extensive business, handling all types of builder's supplies, feeds and paints as well as lumber. With its development the Ham enterprise became the leading business concern of Hunter. Although its active operation is now in the hands of Mr. Ham's son, the builder of the business continues as its principal owner.
Mr. Ham has always taken a leading part in local civic affairs and has given generously of his time in public office. He had completed twenty-five years as a member of the Hunter Board of Education and on numerous occasions has served on the village board. In politics he has always been a Republican. Mr. Ham is also active fraternally. For fifty-four years he ahs been affiliated with the Masonic Order, which he originally joined as a member of Dover Plains Lodge, No. 666, in Dutchess County. Since 1900, however, he has been a member of Mt. Tabor Lodge, No. 807. He is also a member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Windham and the Council of Royal and Select Masters at Catskill. Mr. Ham attends the Presbyterian Church. He married, on June 9, 187, Blanche Chase, of Jewett Heights, Greene County, daughter of George Chase, former member of the New York State Assembly. Mr. and Mrs. Ham are the parents of two children: 1. George Richard, a graduate of Wilbraham Academy. After the completion of his education he came into the Hunter business with his father and has been its active head for several years.
He is a member and Past Master of Mt. Tabor Lodge, No. 807,
Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Windham and
the Council of Royal and Select Masters at Catskill. George R. Ham married
Marian McCambridge, of Ticonderoga, New York, and they are the parents of one
son, John M., now five years old. 2.
Helen G., a graduate of Hunter schools and of Russell Sage College at Troy. She
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Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays, largely unencumbered by commercial influence (until recently) and focused on family, friends and, of course, food! But this holiday also marks the start of an eating season where many of us throw caution to the wind, eat without restriction, and then inevitably feel guilty about gaining weight.
Here's an interesting bit of research, yet again, that finds that plant-based diets, without counting calories, leads to greater weight loss. This brings up an interesting idea – it may be easier to just cut certain foods out of your diet than to include them but try to practice moderation. There are many elements of addiction science in this discussion, particularly with fat and sugar.
In related research, T. Colin Campbell's lab found over 20 years ago that rats consuming higher protein diets had higher 'food efficiency', meaning for every calorie of food they ate they gained more weight. The high-protein rats ate fewer calories but gained just as much weight. Researchers found some interesting possible mechanisms to explain this finding, primarily that the higher protein animals burned less energy in a process called thermogenesis.
This suggests that protein may be more satiating, meaning you eat less to feel full, but it also may be more efficient at increasing body weight. In combining these two research findings perhaps we can suggest that cutting down on the animal foods, added fats and sugars, even cutting them out, leads to improved weight without counting calories due to lower 'food efficiency', among other things.
With that in mind, happy Thanksgiving and let the HEALTHY eating season begin!


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This is a nice piece of antique photographic ephemera. This type of item looks great in a display of antique photographs or antique cameras.
This is a MAY 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly.
The front cover contains a great wood cut of a photographer with his camera.
Just as today, photographing a baby was tough. Many photographers resorted to using mom or dad hidden behind the chair or under a cloth, to keep the baby still and focused. These "hidden mother" images have an eager group of collectors searching them out.
In this example the photographer uses a doll to keep the child interested and focused on the camera. Most parents can attest to this same practice being used to this day.
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Helen Clark highlights crucial role of Local Governments in MDGs progress and the Post 2015 AgendaMay 17, 2013
The UNDP Administrator Ms. Helen Clark has highlighted the crucial role of local governments in the accelerating the achievement of the MDGs by 2015.
Delivering her keynote address at the 2013 Commonwealth Local Government Conference, the administrator added that Local Government would be equally important in shaping the future development agenda for which consultations are already going on. She said that momentum was building for a post-2015 agenda which can lead to the eradication of extreme poverty, tackle inequalities, and put the world on a sustainable path which does not wreck the ecosystems on which we all depend.
"With less than 1,000 days remaining to achieve the MDGs before their 2015 target date, it's important that local government, as a provider of services in a number of critical social sectors, is heavily engaged in shaping the renewed global development agenda," Helen Clark said.
Already, various consultations have begun on the Post 2015 agenda in various countries Uganda included. These consultations began last year when the UN Secretary-General appointed a High Level Panel to advise him on the on Post-2015 agenda.
A report from the panel will be discussed during a High Level Meeting on the MDGs which will be held at the UN General Assembly in September. It will focus on both MDG progress and on what follows. Rio+20 also called on the UN General Assembly to establish an Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals which will report by September 2014. Thereafter it is expected that UN Member States will negotiate what the renewed global development agenda will look like, with a view to affirming that at a high level UN meeting in the spring of 2015.
"The need to localise the global development agenda is no longer contested. As ministers in charge of local government and decentralisation, representatives of local government and of associations of local authorities, participants here are champions of turning people's aspirations for a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable world into reality," she said.
The 2013 Commonwealth Local Government Conference with the theme "Putting local government at the heart of development" was held in Kampala, Uganda and attracted political and business leaders, mayors, local government authorities, international agencies and civil society groups from among the 54 member nations of the Commonwealth.
During her four- trip to Uganda, Helen Clark also visited an inspiring conservation project on the shores of Lake Victoria and met with key government officials, civil society and development partners, to exchange views on issues ranging from natural resource management and democratic accountability to post-conflict recovery in Northern Uganda.


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Three suspects have been arrested for an alleged race-based attack on a black family in Compton, Calif. Two men and a teenage boy of Latin heritage allegedly beat a black man visiting a family that had recently moved into the neighborhood. The trio used metal pipes and uttered racial slurs, reports say. One of the suspects, 21-year-old Efren Marquez, aimed a gun at the victim while he was being beaten, threatening to shoot, according to NBC Los Angeles.
The suspects claimed to be members of the Varrio 155 street gang, and apparently returned to the home 30 minutes later, with a mob in tow. NBC reports that up to 20 gang members surrounded the family's home, saying that African-Americans were not allowed to live in the area and using the n-word. One of the gang members hurled a bottle through the family's living room window.
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SECRET's Sunhwa became embarrassed after her somewhat 19-rated curiosity about body parts came to light.
On the February 23rd broadcast of MBC's 'We Got Married,' she went to the gym with her husband, Kwanghee, to exercise and promote a healthier body.
During the program, people were able to see Sunhwa's hidden fitness skills. Meeting up with Sunhwa's trainer, they soon displayed their close friendship by seguing the talk into what the opposite gender found attractive.
"One day Sunhwa came in and innocently asked me, 'Do guys like girls with big boobs?' I honestly told her, 80% of all Korean men would say yes," the trainer said, relating a story about Sunhwa's curiosity.
To this Sunhwa said, "Before you said guys like butts," and showed her self-consciousness about certain parts of her body.
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Dealers and collectors came to the Mourne Park stately home outside Kilkeel in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains for the two-day auction that ended on Tuesday.
Mrs Debonair (Bonnie) Horsman said the family was sad at having to say goodbye to so many familiar items.
"However, there has been so much more sadness in the dispute among my family for several years now, coming up to five years.
"To be honest, we see this as a T-junction, where we can just turn and move on and draw a line under the sadness that has affected us for so long."
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The fortunes of the Kilmorey estate have long been in decline, hastened in recent years by a family feud which saw a great-granddaughter of the Earl of Kilmorey sent to jail for refusing to disclose where she had hidden £250,000 of heirlooms she removed from the house.
Marion Russell, 33, was jailed on the application of her sister, Debonair and brother, Philip James Anley.
The division of the estate has left Mrs Russell with the dilapidated house, but she said she had planned to buy back many items of sentimental value at the auction.
The most valuable items went under the hammer on Tuesday.
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Jason Collins received an outpouring of support from the sporting world on Monday after announcing he was gay.
The decision to reveal his homosexuality in an interview with Sports Illustrated made the 12-year National Basketball Association veteran the first active player in a major men's North American team sport to announce he was gay.
The news sparked a near-instant outpouring of support from a wide range of public figures including politicians, musicians, actors and, perhaps most notably, his peers in the sports world.
"Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others," five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers tweeted.
"Really hope people will RESPECT Jason Collins for his decision to come out. Just glad he can now relax and not be afraid to be who he is," tweeted Tony Parker, a five-time All-Star point guard with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
Collins, 34, a free agent who ended last season with the Washington Wizards after being traded by the Boston Celtics in February, also drew the support from his most recent teams.
"We are extremely proud of Jason and support his decision to live his life proudly and openly," Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said in a statement issued on behalf of the team.
"He has been a leader on and off the court and an outstanding teammate throughout his NBA career. Those qualities will continue to serve him both as a player and as a positive role model for others of all sexual orientation."
"I am extremely happy and proud of Jason Collins," Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said in a statement. "He's a pro's pro. He is the consummate professional and he is one of my favorite 'team' players I have ever coached."
The NBA community was not the only league to support the decision by Collins as many individuals from the other North America professional sports leagues voiced their support.
"Big kudos to @JasonCollins34. Living proof that your sexuality has nothing to do with your athletic ability," tweeted Chris Kluwe, a punter with the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings who has repeatedly spoken out in favor of same-sex marriage.
"I will always support people for being who they are. Happy for @jasoncollins34 that he can lead an honest life," tweeted Nick Swisher, a outfielder/first baseman with Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians.
Martina Navratilova, one of the greats of women's tennis who came out herself in 1981, was another top name voicing her support.
"Hey Jason Collins-you are now an activist!!! And trust me, you will sleep a lot better now- freedom is a sweet feeling indeed!," Navratilova tweeted.
But not everyone was initially supportive. NFL wide receiver Mike Wallace of the Miami Dolphins tweeted:
"All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH," Wallace said.
"I'm not bashing anybody don't have anything against anyone I just don't understand it."
Wallace later deleted his comments and apologised for his early postings.
"Never said anything was right or wrong I just said I don't understand!! Deeply sorry for anyone that I offended."
Click here to read Charisma News editor Jennifer LeClaire's response.
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Take the lightweight Mountain Hardwear Women's Nitrous Down Jacket with you on your trips into the backcountry whether you've got skis, snowshoes, or boots on your feet. This extremely lightweight, packable down jacket features a ripstop nylon shell that stands up to the wear and tear of your epics, while the 800-fill Q.Shield down insulation ensures that you stay warm even if it gets a little soggy. The Nitrous' elastic cuffs and hem drawcords keep your hard-earned heat from escaping, and the micro-chamois chin guard feels soft and prevents the zipper from rubbing you the wrong way.
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I bought this jacket as a gift for my sister - in - law and we struggled with the sizing. The body on this one was a little large for her, but it was the length of the sleeves that were a little too long.
The Jacket Fit TRUE TO SIZE off of the size chart, but since it was a gift I just ordered the wrong size.
800 fill down is great for keeping her warm in the cold UT winter. After we found the right fit it was perfect!
Perfect jacket for a serious backpacker
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
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Looking to replace my 5-year-old Mountain Harwear down, I've tried out every down jacket on the market looking for the perfect choice and have finally come back around to Mountain Hardwear and the Nitrous. Vibrant colors, tough but attractive face fabric, two internal stash pockets, resilient elastic wrist and waist closures provide me all the technical features I need while the high-quality fill keeps the weight and the bulk down, while still keeping me warm down to 25 degrees without other layers and down to 10 degrees with a midweight baselayer. Packs down to the size of a grapefruit without a compression sack and comes out wrinkle-free every time.
My wife loves it but....
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I got it for my wife for xmas. She loves the lightweight warmth of this jacket. The main problem is the size and cut of this jacket. She wears a small in every jacket she owns. The sleeves are about 2 inches too long. The shaped fit of the jacket must have been designed for a woman with no hips as it is a little snug around the hip. She loves it but wishes it fit a little more true to size
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My fiancé was in need of a puffy and I decided to get her this for Christmas. The quality is awesome and noticeably better than my North Face Thermoball. The fit is great and I hear her talk about being to warm, more than I hear her talk about being cold. Looks great, very light, and great construction.
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I did a comparison with this & the Patagonia Down Sweater Jacket. A longtime Patagonia groupie, I was very disappointed by the awkward fit of this season's cut. Boxy and just plain fugly. Goodbye Patagonia, hello Mountain Hardwear Nitrous Down Jacket! I've been wearing the MH brand's jackets for years, and they always fit just perfectly. The Nitrous is no exception. Flattering & lightweight. Makes a great mid or outer layer. I'm 5'10", size 12 bottom and 10 top. M is perfect. True to size, nice color (zinc).
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WITH Le Grand Depart only ten days away, an unusual sight has appeared in Wensleydale, causing a stir among locals, cyclists, tourists, and, of course, the four-legged inhabitants.
Its not crop circles or local hikers, but the appearance of giant white Yorkshire Wensleydale cheeses across the dale.
Kevin Clarkson, local Wensleydale dairy farmer, said: "In celebration of the worlds greatest cycle race coming to the Yorkshire Dales, a number of the farmers had the idea of creating large Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese replicas out of big round bales as a true Yorkshire Welcome for the thousands of visitors expected to line the route.
"We wanted to show off to the world what is special about our area and our milk, which indeed goes into making the famous Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, which we are all very proud of.
"To start with it was just a bit of fun to get into the spirit of the Grand Depart, and then more and more local farmers, who supply the milk to the Wensleydale Creamery, got on board.
"I think there are more than 20 giant cheeses now gracing the green fields of Wensleydale. The whole thing has caused a bit of a stir with postings online and, not least, with my herd which seems to like them."
David Hartley, managing director of The Wensleydale Creamery, said: "As excitement for the big day is building, we are seeing a visible increase in the number of cyclists visiting Wensleydale, tackling the nearby Buttertubs, a King of the Mountains climb. Lets hope the sight of the giant cheeses inspires a British win."


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MACON, Ga. -- With Josh Harvey-Clemons suspended for Georgia's opener against Clemson, the Bulldogs must now determine not only who will fill his spot at strong safety in the base defense, but who will man the nickelback/star role when they utilize five defensive backs at once.
Certainly defensive backs coach Scott Lakatos will audition a number of players in that spot when the Bulldogs open preseason practice, but he has the luxury of being able to use a veteran nickelback, junior cornerback Damian Swann, if necessary.
"That position, I played it the whole year, so I know pretty much everything that I need to know about it. So if they need me to go back and play it, I will because I know it," said Swann, who started all 14 games last fall in a secondary that opened the last two seasons without a suspended starter.
"And I think the situation with Josh, it happened and it hasn't been the first time that we've gone into a season opener with guys suspended, so I think that's something we don't want to deal with, but we've kind of gotten used to dealing with it and we've just got to go and play."
Bulldogs coach Mark Richt confirmed last week that sophomore Harvey-Clemons will serve a one-game suspension following a marijuana-related incident last month in his dorm room. Speaking to the media Tuesday for the first time since announcing the suspension, Richt said the incident was unfortunate. "I think Josh is learning a tough lesson and I think he'll recover and have a tremendous career with us, but right now I'm sure it's tough on him," he said. He also said that Harvey-Clemons has no more game experience than many of his potential replacements against Clemson.
"Now other guys are going to get their chance to go compete for that spot and have a chance to start and have a chance to play," Richt said at the Peach State Pigskin Preview at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. "No matter who's back there, they're going to be a fairly inexperienced football player, so I don't know if there's going to be a huge difference or not."
Both Swann and Richt mentioned Connor Norman as a candidate at star and safety. During spring practice, Norman split time with Corey Moore at strong safety in the nickel defense when Harvey-Clemons moved to the star position. Norman started the first two games last season at safety and also knows the star role, Swann said.
"It's not really too many other guys that have taken the reps that I've taken or that Josh has taken in the spring besides Connor Norman," Swann said. "But it's plenty of guys that we feel can play that position."
Several signees arrive on campus this week, so new candidates will certainly get an opportunity to learn the jobs in the Bulldogs' summer 7-on-7 passing sessions. Richt mentioned Shaq Fluker, Paris Bostick and Moore as candidates to play star, while others such as Shaq Wiggins or Brendan Langley might find their way into the competition.
Regardless of who wants to learn the nickel role from a seasoned veteran, Swann said he would be happy to teach them.
"Anybody who's willing to learn it, anybody who coach wants me to teach it to, I'm going to teach it to them because me, I'm going to be a team player and I want somebody who's going to be there who wants to learn so we can win," he said.
Georgia's secondary already faced experience questions entering the season, so losing Harvey-Clemons -- the defensive MVP of spring practice -- for the opener only increases the uncertainty.
Richt, however, said that is simply going to be the case throughout a defense that lost 12 key players to graduation and the NFL draft. The key will be formulating a plan to neutralize that potential problem.
"I don't think there's any doubt we'll have the talent base, but that position is going to be a lot like a lot of other parts of our defense -- talented, excited, athletic, but inexperienced," Richt said. "What we've got to do is understand that as our defense jells and as our defense plays these high-level games early in the year, there's going to be some mistakes made. We've got to try to minimize the mistakes and try to overcome any mistakes that come along the way as a team.
"A lot of times defensively, ways to overcome inexperience is to get turnovers, is to do a good job disrupting the ball and things of that nature. It's going to be hard to know how good we can be until we've played three or four games, probably."


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Live on BBC1: Sun 23.00: USA are 23/10 in Stan James's 'Draw No Bet' as they face Portugal in World Cup Group G.
The USA were 3-0 up inside 36 minutes when they last faced Portugal in a World Cup match, back in 2002 and they look overpriced (4/1, Boylesports) to beat the same opponents again on Sunday.
The injury-hit Portuguese are Betfred's 5/6 favourites, but are drifting in the betting following a 4-0 mauling at the hands of Germany and after the US dramatically accounted for Ghana last time out, they've attracted steady trade.
Stan James's 23/10 marked against them 'Draw No Bet' certainly stands out and that price will look even better should Cristiano Ronaldo's knee issue rule him out.
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Knight and Day continues to roll on with premiere events around the globe, this time landing in Germany – an event in Munich made complete with the appearance of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz!
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The star duo of the summer action comedy took their charm to German fans during the first leg of a European tour to introduce Knight and Day directly to fans. It's the first time since the world premiere in Seville, Spain that Tom and Cameron have mingled with their European fans.
The premiere took place at the Gloria Palast am Stachus in the heart of Munich. For fans outside of Bavaria, take a look at the Google Earth map below to familiarize yourself with the location:
After showing up just after 7 p.m., both Tom and Cameron wore huge smiles they greeted the fans, signed autographs and took photos. From the looks of it, the stars were happy to return to Europe. Even more evident was the reaction of the fans – who were glad to have them! Take a look below for some of the photos coming back from the international press documenting the event.
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ABOVE: Nothing proves it more than photos like these: Tom getting close with his favorite people, fans like you!
ABOVE: Cameron appeared like a vision of summer in a smart dress by Bottega Veneta and Pierre Hardy shoes. Is there anything she doesn't make look better just by putting it on? We have yet to see it!
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ABOVE: Tom got close to fans until the last second. We're guessing he had a marker in hand as he sat down for the screening!
Did you make it to the Munich premiere of Knight and Day? Was it incredible getting to meet Tom or Cameron?! Tell us all about it in the comments section below!
Send us links to photos or video you took from the event – just like the fans from the Knight and Day premieres in Brazil and Mexico – and we'll update this post while giving you full credit! Let the community of Tom Cruise fans around the world see your stuff!
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As the quality of the standard Canadian diet has continued to decline steadily, more individuals than ever before are being diagnosed with digestive problems. Celiac disease, IBS, and Crohn's disease are much more prevalent today and for some people, may lead to a life of chronic digestive problems and abdominal pain.
While it may be easy to criticize the "gluten free" movement as a fad, it is important to understand that these conditions are now quite common among adults and children today. There is even research to suggest that 1 in 20 people have some form of gluten reactivity, many just won't show it.
The human digestive tract is essentially a long "tube" that starts at the mouth and ends at, well, the other end. It is the job of the digestive organs, such as the stomach, pancreas, liver, gall bladder and intestines, to extract and absorb nutrients from the foods that you eat. Digestive enzymes and fluids are secreted to aid in this process and when functioning normally, this system is very efficient.
However, if the digestive tract becomes irritated by sugars, gluten, processed foods etc., absorption of nutrients and movement of waste will slow down causing a variety of symptoms. All of these symptoms, whether its celiac, Crohn's or IBS start with inflammation.
Constipation, diarrhea, pain, bloating and bleeding are all signs that something is inflamed within the digestive system. Some of these symptoms may require emergency care, which is why parents should never ignore "tummy aches" in children, especially if accompanied by a fever.
Fortunately, for many people suffering from these illnesses, there is new research that provides hope. Diets that focus on eliminating common foods that cause the inflammation, tend to produce the best results.
A wheat-free, grain-free, diet low in refined sugars and processed foods can give the digestive tract a chance to heal and repair, causing many of the symptoms associated with these digestive problems to resolve in a relatively short period of time.
For some people with chronic digestive problems, the solution may be as simple as introducing more water and natural fiber into the diet. Also, a diet rich in dense, plant-based fiber creates a "scrubbing" effect in the colon and has been shown to reduce inflammation in the small and large intestine.
Finally, you should consider a trip to your family chiropractor. Not only is he/she trained to provide you with nutritional counselling, we have found that chiropractic adjustments help normalize the nerves that control the digestive tract.
This was shown recently in a study of 57 Crohn's Disease patients receiving chiropractic care. Proper nervous system function is always an important factor in nutrient absorption and colon motility and can make all the difference in world for individuals suffering with digestive problems.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) - PetSmart (PETM) shares were sinking 2% on Monday after Deutsche Bank analyst Mike Baker slapped a sell rating on the pet goods retailer over concerns that the growing acceptance of online pet supplies and goods purchases at cheaper outlets will eventually cut into sales at the Phoenix-based company's business.
Baker reduced his rating to "sell" from "hold" in a Jan. 6 research note to clients over concerns that this increased competition from places like Amazon's (AMZN) wag.com and others like PetFlow.com is resulting in slowing customer traffic at PetSmart stores.
"We were cautious on PETM heading into 2013 and remain cautious going forward as well," Baker writes. "While we continue to believe that PETM is a very well-run company and is the best in class operator in the space, we continue to see industry headwinds that should create a difficult comp environment in 2014 and beyond. We continue to see ecommerce as a threat. But, we also believe a slowing growth rate on super premium food will impact traffic, and coupled with minimal inflation will weigh against total comps as well."
Baker reduced his earnings estimates for 2014 and 2015 to $3.95 and $4.39, respectively, below consensus levels.
Analysts, according to Thomson Reuters, expect the company to post earnings of $3.97 a share for the full year ending in January. The average analyst expects earnings of $4.49 a share for the January 2015-ending year.
He also cut his 12-month price target by $8 to $65.