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Al Qaeda urges Americans to convert to Islam
An American al-Qaeda activist appeared in a videotape with the network's deputy leader Saturday and called on his countrymen to convert to Islam and for U.S. troops to switch sides in the Iraq and Afghan wars.
The 48-minute video, posted on an Internet site, had footage of al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, and of Adam Yehiye Gadahn, a 28-year-old American who the FBI believes served as an al-Qaeda translator.
It was the second time Gadahn appeared in the same video with al-Zawahri. In a July 7 video marking the one-year anniversary of the attack on London commuters, Gadahn appeared briefly, saying no Muslim should "shed tears" for Westerners killed by al-Qaeda attacks.
Appearing days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S., Gadahn spoke for nearly the entire video. Gadahn delivered a lecture on Islam and the "errors" in Christianity and Judaism. He also said the United States is losing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and told American forces they are fighting President Bush's "crusades." "Instead of killing yourself for Bush ... why not surrender to the truth (of Islam), escape from the unbelieving army and join the winning side. Time is running out so make the right choice before it's too late," he said.
Al-Zawahri gave only a brief introduction to the video, calling on Americans to convert to Islam.
"To the American people and the people of the West in general ... God sent his Prophet Muhammad with guidance and the religion of truth ... and sent him as a herald," he said.
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Fire crews knocked down a significant apartment dwelling fire early Wednesday evening near S.W. 6th and Clay but also had to contend with brutal weather conditions, shoveling snow and tossing chemicals around as water pooled and began to solidify in areas.
Emergency personnel were sent about 5:40 p.m. to the 500 block of S.W. Clay on a report of a fully-engulfed structure fire.
Personnel first to the scene saw flames rising from the upper portion of the back of the building and thick black smoke escaping from its front door.
Battalion Chief Mike Thompson said crews used ladders to enter the structure from the second story on the building's rear to search for people.
Thompson said dispatchers were told a person was trapped inside and that another person had a ladder on the back side attempting a rescue. That report hadn't been confirmed, he said, and no one was found inside after two searches.
"It looks like the place was cut up into six different apartments, so it took them a while to get through everything and search everything," Thompson said.
Firefighters attacked the flames through the front door with a hose. Thompson estimated the blaze was under control in 15 to 20 minutes.
The exact address of the structure wasn't immediately known, but it was on the west side of S.W. Clay just north of S.W. 6th. The dwelling appeared to be a newer building.
No hydrants were frozen in the frigid single-digit temperatures, but a fire engine had an air horn malfunction that left it blaring for some time. A mechanic could be seen underneath the engine on snow working to silence it.
Crews had to contend with driving on streets packed with snow after 13 inches of it fell Tuesday. Wind chill indices were below zero. Shovels helped clear stairs and walkways of snow, and personnel also applied chemicals where water pooled or ran in areas.
"We got a lot of water down here from all the hose lines that's freezing up," Thompson said while standing in the street motioning back toward the curb and a walkway. "Guys are starting to slip and fall."
No injuries to firefighters were incurred.
Thompson expected water damage to the building's first floor and smoke damage throughout. Fire damage likely was confined to the upper floor on the back end of the building, he said.
The cause and origin of the flames wasn't immediately known.

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What It's Like To Be On A Juice Cleanse (In Gifs)
A few years ago, I decided to do 5 day juice cleanse. I'm embarrassed about it. I mean I knew better, but I was still tempted by the glorified starvation trend, mostly because I thought the idea of not having to deal with making food decisions would make my life easier. Plus I wanted to lose weight and reap the alleged benefits of drinking only juice for a work week. I guess I forgot that I love eating and that the human body kind of needs foods to live.
Here's what the juice cleanse felt like:
At first I was all "My juices arrived–I am so exited to do this."
The juices tasted delicious.
"No, you eat your solid food. I have my magic juice."
I was hungry, but still excited about the promises of the cleanse. Anyway, I got tired at 5:30 PM and just passed out.
Day 2-
I woke up and I wanted a breakfast sandwich and some coffee badly.
At work, I had to carry my boss's birthday cupcakes around the office and offer them to everyone. I could smell them.
I am so hungry, but I can't give up or it will prove that I'm weak and will die of not having self control.
I thought about nothing but food. When I closed my eyes, I saw floating pastries and cakes. When I talked to people, I saw people-food hybrids.
Again, I got in bed while the sun was still up.
Day 3-
Woke up crazy. Irrationally, I felt above eating. Screw food.
I can't pay attention to anything anyone says and I probably shouldn't be driving. I became a complete idiot.
Bed time at 5:30 again.
Day 4-
Bring it on, breakfast-juice.
My coworker is taunting me with her bagel as I sip liquified roots.
But then I'm like: shit, I look good without solids. (I didn't look good, but I was bad at seeing out of hunger.)
Day 5-
Enough with this nonsense, I quit.
Cleanses may be okay for other people, but they are not for me. Never again.


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Steve Cooper
Russia wants the American people to believe that they are an ally against Muslim terrorism; when in fact they are orchestrating Muslim terrorism via Iran and Syria. The Russians need higher oil prices to support their people. This is why they fund and support terror and chaos in the Middle East. Who controls Egypt now? It isn't the US. So, do the math…that leaves Russia.
Russia and Saudi Arabia have been going back and forth as leaders in the world when it comes to oil. The Russians want to be the #1 oil exporter in the world again.
I have been saying that the Russians are using the bloodshed in Syria to raise the price of oil for weeks on my Facebook and Twitter pages. I am glad that Oliver North has the guts to speak the truth, because no other analyst would dare go near the topic of Russia orchestrating terror in the Middle East to raise oil prices. The LEFT have used that propaganda against the US for many years, but now we see the REAL TRUTH.
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Local/State Camden plans to disband police, starting anew
CAMDEN, N.J. - September 23, 2012 (WPVI) -- The Camden police force is about to be disbanded and replaced with a new county police department.
Camden County officials say it's a way to get out from under a costly union contract and bring more police to the street that consistently ranks as one of the nation's most dangerous.
But unless police unions agree to the change, many officers could lose their jobs. And those who remain will see their take-home pay reduced.
The Fraternal Order of Police lodge that represents city officers is fighting the plan in court but has also started talks with Camden County officials to try to save officers' jobs.
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bigdarryl (13,190 posts)
1. I live next to Camden and I can tell you this shit is going to be a TOTAL MESS!!!
Camden is one of the poorest cities in the nation if not the poorest with a high crime and drug rate most of these cops will be coming from Suburban mostly white towns that don't have any crime and these cops are not going to be used to the constant everyday murdering and killing in that town.
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monmouth (21,078 posts)
3. Off topic a bit, but is Campbell Soup still there? I agree about the conditions, very sad..n/t
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nc4bo (17,651 posts)
2. Very, very bad news ontop of the already existing bad news.
I feel so terrible for people that must live there because they can not afford to flee or the old people who have always called Camden their home. Instead of helping and trying to solve problems, Chris Christie takes his foot and is crushes what is left of Camden then pushes it into oblivion.
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4. U.S. Census: Camden, NJ now the poorest city in the United States closely followed by Reading, PA.
CAMDEN, N.J. - September 20, 2012 (WPVI) -- New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggest the Pennsylvania city of Reading is no longer the country's poorest. Camden, N.J. is.
For Angel Ramos who's lived in Camden 40 years, news of the city's poverty wasn't particularly shocking. New statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau place Camden as the country's most impoverished city in 2011. The Bureau estimates that 42.5% of the people live below the poverty line in Camden. Reading, which was ranked number 1, has dropped to 6th.
"There are no jobs for people here," says Ramos.
Census figures say the poverty rate in Reading dropped from 41.3 percent in 2010 to 40.1 in 2011. That means the city of about 88,000 people is no longer considered the country's most-impoverished.
But an official with the United Way in Reading cautions that the rates are just estimates. Senior Vice President of Community Impact Pat Giles says the margin of error for Reading, Camden and other similarly struggling cities mean it's hard to tell which one truly has the highest rate.
This shouldn't be happening in any city in the U.S. but here it is while wealthy 1%ers bleed us dry cent by cent.


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Characterization of hazard function factorization by Fisher information in minima and upper record values
The hazard function is an important characteristic for the analysis of reliability data. It is therefore of interest to see under what conditions it can be expressed as the product of a function of the variable and a function of the parameter. We show that such a factorization can be characterized by the property of Fisher information in minima and upper record values. We present similar results for the reversed hazard rate by the property of Fisher information in maxima and lower record values. These properties imply the characterization of two classes of exponential families.
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Aladdin, The Lion King and Pirates of the Caribbean are just three Disney brands that are hugely successful in their own right. But rarely have we seen the worlds of each franchise come together in one action adventure game extravaganza.
Disney Universe is that game. It combines six different in-game worlds and over 40 iconic character costumes into one multiplayer-focused release, in order to appeal to as big an audience as possible.
Players can explore in-game worlds inspired by hit kids brands Alice in Wonderland, Wall-E, Monsters Inc, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King and Aladdin, while dressing up as their favourite characters like Captain Jack Sparrow, Mickey Mouse, Nemo and others.
The idea is to encourage consumers to team up with friends and relatives to progress. It's an ideal proposition for kids and family members this Christmas. Plus, it's a strong alternative to all the mature first-person shooters and RPGs coming out over the next few weeks.
"Disney Universe is our biggest release this Christmas and we are working closely with retail to make sure that it is on every kid's wish list," says Disney Universe's product manager Matthew Lombard.
"Downloadable content available post-release for PS3 and Xbox 360 also means that the universe will keep expanding."
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Players can team up with friends to solve puzzles, defeat enemies and collect gold coins in Universe. They can even compete against each other by trying to rack up the highest score for a level.
By wearing a different in-game costume, players can access a unique ability that grows in power as they progress. They can play with other gamers to take advantage of a range of powers and complete levels together.
Thanks to its amalgamation of Disney worlds, additional DLC, multiplayer features and marketing campaign (see 'Online Universe' and 'Family Marketing'), Disney Universe is set to be a success with kids and families this Christmas.
Online Universe
An online campaign kicks off this month and will run to the end of the year. It includes homepage takeovers on browser games website Miniclip and other kids sites which will present printable masks and colouring sheets. There will also be activity on Facebook and YouTube.
Family Marketing
TV ads will run on UK family and kids channels, while video-on-demand spots will appear on Sky Anytime, Demand 5 and during episodes of The X Factor on ITV.com. The game will be advertised in over 100 shopping centres on six-sheet posters and digital screens.


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In her new miniseries
The Kennedys
, Katie Holmes looks perfectly poised in the role of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis — a task that, as it turns out, required some serious prep work in the costume department. Holmes's 45-look wardrobe was created in part by costume designer Chris Hargadon, who said perfecting the outfits required meticulous attention to detail, something both he and Holmes were prepared for. "She came with a lot of research under her belt and she had certain likes," Hargadon tells StyleList.com. "She loved Jackie's style in clothes, the simplicity of the lines, the fabric and workmanship." Among the challenging outfits in the mix was a pink day suit and pillbox hat the First Lady wore the day her husband was assassinated, created for the series by Giorgio Armani. "[Katie] and Tom [Cruise] have a relationship with Armani, and when they found out she was doing the project, they asked to make her clothes," Hargadon explains. "So we told them she would need 45 or 50 looks for all the episodes and they had to be done in about 72 days. They came back and said, 'Then, we'd like to do two.'" (They also designed her inaugural gown.) Hargadon's ultimate favorite, though, was a pink silk ballgown the First Lady reportedly received from a king. "I took pictures to a friend who trained as an Italian textiles designer," Hargadon explains. "She painted a silk fabric for me, the lotus blossoms, the fronds. It almost looks like Chinese embroidery. I don't even know if the piece made the final cut, but it was an incredible effort." The Kennedys concludes Sunday on Reelz. Tell us: What do you think of Holmes's Kennedys looks? –Kim Peiffer


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Our goal is to help attendees learn the value of payment optimization so that they are able to utilize these strategies to drive margin improvement and streamline their business processes. - Bob Sneed, SVP of Comdata
Brentwood, TN (PRWEB) March 12, 2014
Comdata Inc., a leading provider of electronic payment solutions, will join the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Infintech to host a financial leadership event featuring guest speakers, Tom Dean, Emdeon's senior vice president of financial services, and Tony Grayson, Vanderbilt University's director of disbursements.
The luncheon takes place on Thursday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Frost Brown Todd, LLC office at the Pinnacle Building. This event is part of an event series that brings financial industry leaders together to explore payment optimization strategies.
By teaming with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Infintech for this luncheon, Bob Sneed, a senior vice president of Comdata, described the beneficial value of this collaboration and what attendees can expect during the session.
"By collaborating with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Infintech, we are able to provide members of the business community with thought leadership and a better understanding on how to drive cost savings," Sneed said. "Our goal is to help attendees learn the value of payment optimization so that they are able to utilize these strategies to drive margin improvement and streamline their business processes."
During the luncheon, both Tom Dean and Tony Grayson will outline how they leverage electronic payments within their organization. They will also highlight how electronic payments have helped drive their supplier discount opportunities, maximize their overall procurement process and streamline their internal processes.
Comdata began its Financial Leadership Luncheon series last year in Dallas and hosted its most recent luncheon session in Charlotte, N.C. last month. Comdata is scheduled to host its Financial Leadership Luncheon series in at least seven other cities this year, which include Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix and Minneapolis.
About Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce is Middle Tennessee's largest business federation, representing more than 2,000 member companies. Belong, engage, lead, prosper embodies the Chamber's focus on facilitating community leadership to create economic prosperity for Middle Tennessee. The work of the Nashville Area Chamber is supported by members and sponsors; the Chamber's Pivotal Partners (a partnership at the highest level for all Chamber programs and events) are Delek US Holdings, BlueCross BlueShield of Middle Tennessee, Community Health Systems, First Tennessee and Ryan, LLC. Together with its affiliates, the Nashville Area Chamber works to strengthen the region's business climate and to enhance the Nashville region's position as a desirable place to live, work and visit. For more information, visit http://www.nashvillechamber.com.
About Infintech
Ranked as one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Companies, Infintech was founded on the principles of offering the very best in the latest payment technology and industry expertise through an expansive network of representatives. Payment processing solutions include retail, commercial and purchasing cards, mobile and online processing. Infintech supports integration with nearly all ERP and POS systems, smartphone platforms and e-commerce and shopping cart providers. Visit http://www.infintechllc.com for more information.
About Comdata
Comdata is a leading business-to-business provider of innovative electronic payment solutions. As an issuer and a processor, Comdata provides fleet, corporate payment, healthcare, virtual card, and prepaid solutions to over 30,000 customers. Comdata's SVS division is a global gift card and loyalty innovator that manages over 600 million cards and processes over 1 billion transactions from over 45 countries and in 26 currencies worldwide every year. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee with more than 1,200 employees globally, Comdata enables over $54 billion in payment volume annually.


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Urgent: Casting Real whole Families for VISA Commercial (Miami, Florida)
Casting Call Details:
Shoots Nov 13
Location: Miami, Florida
Rate: $3,000 for whole family
Miami – VISA Commercial – real whole families
Shoot will be the full day with all 4 family members
FAMILY – Caucasian, Hispanic, Ethnically Ambiguous / 6-50
Casting a family of 4. Husband, wife, son and daughter.
Son and daughter ages 4-10.
Mother in her 30's and father in his 40's.
Ideally a mixed hispanic + caucasian family.
Wardrobe: Will need to wear bathing suits for some shots.
Need everyone's pics, ages and contact of head of family please.
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Audition Date: Base on Submission
Project: VISA Commercial
Casting Call Location: Miami, Florida
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Barnston A. G., A. Kumar, L Goddard and M. P. Hoerling (January 2005): Improving seasonal prediction practices through attribution of climate variability. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86 (1), 59-72. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-86-1-59Full text not available from this repository.
The Seasonal Diagnostics Consortium of the Applied Research Centers is engaging in a real-time activity to detect and understand the role of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in observed climate anomalies. The activity is aimed to improve practices in seasonal climate forecasting by fully harvesting the accumulated research evidence of the climate's sensitivity to ocean forcing. The approach, in the first phase of the activity, involves performing ensembles of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) at several institutions, using the most recently observed global SST anomalies as prescribed forcings. The runs are routinely updated each month as the latest SST observations become available, adding to the archive of historical simulations spanning the last half-century. The SST-forced signal in the seasonal mean climate is detected through the agreement among ensemble mean anomalies drawn from the simulations of the various AGCMs. The consortium activity also compares the dynamically forced signals with those estimated empirically, based on the observational archive. A comparison of the coordinated simulations with the observed climate anomalies is then made for two principal reasons: 1) to offer an attribution for the ocean's role in the origin of the observed seasonal climate anomalies, and 2) to determine the causes for success or failure of operational seasonal climate predictions, whose tools may be either mainly dynamically or empirically derived. It is expected that routine climate diagnostics and attribution efforts for climate anomalies will help further develop the knowledge base for improving the practice of seasonal climate predictions, and advance understanding of global climate on seasonal to decadal time scales.
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In their first podcast of 2012, the More To Come crew makes their predictions for the year to come, from publishers to watch out for and cultural trends to the most exciting books of the upcoming year! Also, new Ruroni Kenshin, corporate comics piracy in Japan and Diamond Comic Book Distributors shows a surprising sense of humor. Tune in for all that and more on this episode of More To Come, PW Comics World's podcast.
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I don't know who this girl is but this is perhaps one of the most Eurotrash photos I've seen in a long time. She reminds me of my Florentine muse, the girl who kickstarted my lifelong commitment to defining what exactly it means to be Eurotrash, and embodying that definition. Making a place for this aesthetic way of life in the fashion canon hasn't been easy, but it's photographs like this that remind me I'm neither alone nor misguided. Vive la Eurotrash!
You'll need: a piazza, a tan, high heels, ripped jean shorts, something vintage, something gold, faceshields (sunglasses) and an accent.


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Earlier this year I photographed the lovely wedding of Charlotte & James at The White Swan Hotel in Arundel. I was with them for the whole day, from getting ready until the evening reception. It was a bit of a wet one, but we still managed to get outside now and then. After the ceremony I took them both in my car down to the Arundel ruins, brollies in hand for a few of them both together. Here are a few from the day, see more here on my website
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Caroline & Barry – Offington Park Methodist Church & The White Swan Arundel
Caroline and Barry were married at Offington Park Methodist Church in Worthing. As it was a midweek wedding (and they both hate having their photographs being taken!) they opted for my Bronze coverage to include the essentials of the day. After the ceremony we headed for the White Swan in Arundel for the reception. The sun was in and out a lot but it fortunately stayed dry for them so that was great. After a couple of shots with the two of them and a handful of requests, I just managed to fit everyone in between the new flower beds and climbed up the fire escape for the main group!
Arundel Town Hall Wedding
On Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Lisa and John at Arundel Town Hall followed by reception at The White Swan Hotel, also in Arundel. Sun was in and out so all was well. I took a few shots of Lisa getting her hair done, along with a few of the details before heading to the Town Hall to meet up with John and the guests arriving. After the ceremony we headed out onto the balcony for a few groups before heading to the reception where I took some portraits of the two of them together.
Kerry and Richard
On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Kerry & Richard at St Michael's Church, Amberley Castle & The White Swan Hotel, Arundel. We were very lucky with the weather, even though it clouded over at times, it didn't stop play at all. Coverage began at Amberley Castle with Kerry getting ready before heading round the corner to St Michael's church to see Richard and the guests arrive in an old classic London bus. After the ceremony we headed back to Amberley Castle for reception drinks and a few photographs before going on to the White Swan Hotel for the wedding breakfast and evening celebrations. I will be processing the RAW images throughout the coming week. Update: Here are a few shots from the day…
Wedding at The White Swan Hotel in Arundel
On Friday I photographed the wedding of Catherine & Neil at The White Swan Hotel in Arundel. Here they are enjoying a moment away from the crowds…


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Hands down BGLU's favorite moment of the Superbowl.
Justin did some of his new songs. No shade, but I'm still team Robin Thicke. But Justin is doing his thing and I respect that. Seriously....no shade. - Lainey Gossip
Keyshia Cole hated on Michelle's Superbowl performance. True Story: I once walked out of a show where Keyshia Cole was the opener for Kanye West. Her singing LITERALLY made me leave. I asked my brother to text me when her set was over. That's all I have to say about that. - Concrete Loop
Face tattoos are for people who have NO aspirations of doing anything other than...I'll just leave it "anything." Seriously, I hope this is fake. - Dailymail.co.uk
Chris Brown allegedly got into another fight. I realllllly wish I could have a heart to heart with this kid. - TMZ
I didn't realize that Fall Out Boy even broke up. I just thought they were on a break. Well, glad they're back. And can I just tell you that the "commercial" failure of Patrick Stump's solo project essentially lends weight to my argument that most of the listening populace wouldn't know good music if it walked out of their radio and slapped them in the face. - BuzzFeed
Upside Downton Abbey wins!! - People
When Mellie was yelling about Olivia on Scandal, I IMMEDIATELY thought of Beyonce's "Ring the Alarm." Apparently, so did Shannon. Great minds... - PITNB
I always feel like Facebook is doing juuuust a bit too much. - CNET
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Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., has received RVSM group certification for the Westwind 1124 and RVSM equipment certification for the Astra series. Basic equipment installation for the Westwind (including air-data computers and IS&S altimeters) costs $160,400, depending on aircraft configuration. A pneumatic standby altimeter is an additional $12,000 (installed). Basic prices on the equipment required for the Astra series range from $184,000 to $187,000 (installed).


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Men's Basketball: The Tufts men's basketball team out-scored Bowdoin College 21-4 over the final eight minutes to earn an 82-71 victory over the Polar Bears in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC Championship on Saturday at Cousens Gym. The Jumbos (17-8) advance to the conference semi-finals for the first time since 2006. They will play #1 seed and host Amherst next Saturday (Feb. 23). Bowdoin, which ralled from a six-point halftime deficit to twice lead by six in the second half, finishes its season at 14-10.
Women's Basketball: The eighth-seeded Bowdoin College women's basketball team upset the top-seeded Tufts University Jumbos, 60-54, in the NESCAC Championship Quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon at Cousens Gym. It is the first time in NESCAC Women's Basketball history that an eight seed has defeated a top seed and the win extends Bowdoin's streak of NESCAC Semifinal appearances.
Men's Ice Hockey: The Bowdoin men's ice hockey team clinched the number one seed for the NESCAC Tournament with today's 2-1 overtime victory over Connecticut College.
Nordic Skiing: The Bowdoin nordic ski team finished ninth of 13 teams at the Middlebury Carnival on Saturday. Results are available here.
Women's Ice Hockey: Bowdoin senior Kayla Lessard posted her fifth shutout of the season as the women's ice hockey team won a battle of nationally-ranked teams, 4-0 over Amherst on Saturday evening. The seventh-ranked Polar Bears improve to 17-4-2 (11-3-1 NESCAC) and gain sole possession of second place in the NESCAC standings after breaking away from tenth-ranked Amherst (12-9-1, 10-4-1 NESCAC).
Women's Squash: Senior Bonnie Cao won a thrilling five-setter at #7 to lift the Bowdoin College women's squash team to a 5-4 win over Hamilton in the semifinals of the Walker Cup on Saturday at Yale. With the win, the Polar Bears advance to play for the "C" Division National Championship on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. against Wesleyan University.
Women's Swimming & Diving: Amherst mounted a charge to overtake Williams following Day Two of the NESCAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday at Greason Pool on the campus of Bowdoin College.
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Led by a New England Championships from Coby Horowitz and the Distance Medley Relay team, Bowdoin finished 8th at the New England Division III Championship Saturday at Bates. Complete results are here.
Women's Indoor Track & Field: The Bowdoin women's indoor track team earned several top finishes en route to a sixth-place finish at the New England Division III meet at Southern Maine. Results are available here.


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I AGREE with the argument that people have a fundamental right to know whether or not they have a paedophile living in their vicinity or likely to have access to their children… and I would go further.
I think most believe that once a sex offender always (potentially) a sex offender, and anyway, who would really want to run the risk?
On the other hand, I am often asked (sometimes quite aggressively), why I feel the need to print the names of people who have appeared in court.
The argument is that they have been handed down the court's penalty as their punishment to pay for their crime, why should newspapers use these names to help sell papers and give the offender a double whammy?
Truly, the answer is not about selling newspapers. Originally and rightly the idea of the law allowing this to happen, was so that the law could be seen to be done, and it has been an integral part, a
cornerstone of the judicial system for many years.
And actually, as with my opening statement I see no difference – once an offender, almost always an offender. I think any police officer will tell you that by far the majority of crime is repeat offending. I have seen people brought before the courts where they plead guilty to a few specimen charges and then ask for 149 other offences to be taken into consideration!
Peer group pressure is by far the best deterrent and in this case that is the community. It is right and proper for the community to know who they have in their midst. The alternative is secrecy, which is fuelled by a paranoia about the press, which then breeds the 'fear of crime' that the police and politicians keep on about trying to combat.
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The PS2 played host to awful gaming adaptations of various mature properties, including this one about HBO's mobster family.
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Salad of Baby Kale,
Cannellini Beans, Walnuts
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(Makes 4 servings)
Make ahead: The beans can marinate in the vinaigrette for up to 20 minutes. You'll have leftover vinaigrette, which can be refrigerated for up to 1 day. From chef Susan Holt.
1 T. good-quality Dijon mustard
2 T. minced shallot
1 tsp. sugar
½ tsp. salt, or to taste
¼ cup white wine vinegar or unseasoned rice wine vinegar
½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
15 oz. canned, no-salt-added cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
Baguette slices, for serving
1 large clove garlic, cut in half (optional)
5 oz. baby kale, torn into bite-size pieces
½ cup walnut halves, coarsely chopped and lightly toasted (see NOTE)
3 T. chopped fresh chives
2 spicy or fennel pork sausages, cooked and cut on the diagonal into ¼-inch slices (about 10 oz. total)
Freshly ground black pepper
Steps: Whisk together the mustard, shallot, sugar, the ½ tsp. of salt and the vinegar in a mixing bowl. Add the oil in a slow stream, whisking to form an emulsified vinaigrette. Add the beans and stir to coat; marinate while you prep the remaining components.
Toast or grill the baguette slices until golden brown. If desired, rub both sides of each toasted slice with the cut sides of the garlic. Discard the garlic or reserve for another use.
Just before serving, place the kale in a large, wide serving bowl or platter. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the beans to the greens; toss to coat and incorporate. Taste and add vinaigrette as needed; reserve the remaining vinaigrette for another use.
Sprinkle the walnuts and chives over the salad. Arrange the slices of sausage on top, then season lightly with the pepper.
Serve with the toasted/grilled baguette slices.
NOTE: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread the nuts on a baking sheet. Place on the top oven rack, then turn off the heat. After 5 to 10 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs), they'll be fragrant and lightly browned.
Nutrition Per serving (using half the vinaigrette): 420 calories, 21 g protein, 23 g carbohydrates, 29 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 25 mg cholesterol, 660 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 1 g sugar


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The University of Minnesota at Morris unveils a new biomass plant Friday that will heat the entire campus.
The new $9 million biomass gasification facility will burn 9,000 tons of renewable fuel every year -- everything from corn stalks to waste wood -- to heat the entire UMM campus.
Project coordinator Joel Tallaksen said the plant will cut 96 percent of the natural gas the campus now uses to heat its 1 million square feet of buildings.
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I had 425cc breast implants replaced with 300cc. Will the pocket made behind my pectoral muscle deacrese in size to accomodate new smaller implant? It feels a little empty.
Does the Breast Implant Pocket Shrink?
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Pocket may shrink a small amount over time
When an initial breast augmentation surgery is performed, a capsule made of scar tissue develops around the implant. This initial capsule may shrink causing a tightness or distortion of the breast called a capsular contracture, which may need to be addressed by your surgeon.
Routinely, after the capsule has formed and stabilized over time, it will not continue to shrink. If a larger implant is replaced with a smaller one, the capsule does not appreciably shrink to conform to the new size of the implant. This will usually result in the pocket being to large for the new implant therefore causing the implant to move within the pocket and migrate laterally. This can be prevented if the surgeon decreases the size of the capsule (performs a capsulorraphy) prior to placing the new smaller implant.
If the capsullororraphy is not performed at the time of the implant exchange, the chances the pocket will shrink enough on its own to accomodate the new smaller implant are not very good.
Capsules do shrink
The capsule will likely shrink a small amount but there are many different aspects to the breast capsule other than the volume. The diameter and projection of you new implant play a role as does the surface texture.
More often than not some amount of capsule repair is required and is called a capsulorrhaphy. Usually this is done to keep implants from falling to the outside of the pocket.
If this was not performed at the time of your procedrue, you may want to consider wearing a supportive bra while the capsule shrinks down in order to avoid outward movement of the implant during this time period. I often suggest that patients wear these 24 x7 for 6 weeks during the post-operative period. In any event discuss this with your surgeon.
The pocket is make by the capsule with is a fibrous structure. When larger implants are replaced by smaller ones the capsule size stays the same. So the surgeon must plicate or suture the pocket to itself to make it smaller. This way the new implant won't move around in the larger pocket.
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Whenever an implant is completely removed or replaced with a smaller implant there is less volume. The skin, breast tissue and the capsule cavity(or space for the implant) may shrink down to the new size. Sometimes only one of these components wil decrease in size, sometimes non of the complonents will shrink and sometimes they all shrink.
I would advise waiting 6 months to see what happens to each of the components and then determine if anything additional needs to be done.
Very often when there is a size change downward or complete removal of the implant surgical reduction of the stretched-out tissue will be done at the same time. If an implant size has been decreased it can also be pleced at a different level, not exactly in the same space as the old larger implant. Under those circumstances you don't have to worry about the old site because the new implant is no longer in that space.
Small amount of contraction
You will have a small amount of natural contraction of the tissues after having had your implants downsized. However, the amount of contraction is dependent upon a number of different variables, including the elasticity of your own tissues, your age, and whether or not your surgeon closed down the old implant pocket with any stiches. In some cases, a small amount of fluid may fill that empty space, but this should resolve on its own within several weeks. I would recommend asking your surgeon about your "empty feeling" at your next office visit if it hasn't resolved by then. Good luck and best wishes.
The pocket does not shrink appreciably
This is one of the problems with downsizing implants. If the pocket isn't modified by suturing some of it closed, called plicating, the capsule will allow the implant to move in different directions such as farther down while you are standing up or too far to the side when laying down. This is what is creating the empty feeling.
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The pocket may contract a small amount.
In general, reducing the implant by 125 cc like you had done, will leave a smaller implant to float around the previous pocket. The pocket may contract somewhat, but it is unpredictable. Aesthetically, we try to make a judgment during surgery. If we feel the implant slides too far laterally or inferiorly we prefer to correct the pocket at the same time by using some sutures.
However, if we feel that the implant aesthetics are still adequate with the smaller implant, then we simply switch out the implant. Give it about 3 months and re-evaluate with your doctor.
Learn more: http://www.enhanceyourimage.com/procedures/breast-augmentation.cfm
It's possible, but is that what is causing the "empty" feeling?
An old implant capsule (the scar tissue forming the pocket) can shrink if left in place when implants are exchanged. Usually, however, the capsule or a part of it is removed in order to position the new implant properly. The looseness that you feel may be the extra skin you have if a mastopexy (lift) was not done at the time of the exchange. This will frequently resolve, depending on your age and the elasticity of your skin, as the tissues shrink. The best way to get an answer to questions like this is to talk to your surgeon. He/she evaluated your tissues and knows what was done at the time of surgery. Their answer can, therefore be more specific.
Capsule splinted by the ribs
When an implant is placed behind the muscle, the back of the capsule that forms is attached to the ribs. Because of this, that portion of the capsule cannot contract as well as the front of the capsule that is attached to mobile soft tissues. This maybe one reason why submuscular implants have a lower incidence of capsular contracture. Also, unless you stimulate the capsule by some injury, it might not have any thing to initiate the shrink or contracting process. The volume of the replaced implant may not be as important as the width in this situation and your surgeon can answer the question of whether or not it is beneficial for the pocket to shrink.
It may contract a little
There may be some contraction of the pocket after a smaller implant is placed, however, sometimes it is necessary to place some sutures at the time of surgery to reduce the size. Otherwise, your implants may be felt moving around inside the pocket. Give this some time (a few months) and talk with your surgeon to see if sutures were placed to close the pocket at the time of surgery.
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Thunder Bay police, who will work in conjunction with Sault Ste. Marie OPP, say they believe the vehicle to be the same one they allege struck another vehicle at County Fair Plaza in Thunder Bay earlier in the day.
The couple, who were tracked to a camp in the 6000 block of Highway 17 North in Havilland Township, according to the Sault Star, were alleged to be towing the trailer in question.
The Star report says the truck ran over the spike belt and travelled for 20 kilometres before stopping, when the man, armed with a weapon, and his female passenger fled into the bush.
Thunder Bay police say the truck struck a parked sedan in the County Fair parking lot and fled the scene, last seen headed eastbound on Highway 11-17.
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hello i had a huge break out due to over treating he skin. i didnt really had acne before but stressful times caused it. im currently taking retin-a 0.1 pct and hydroquinone 8 pct its working way to slow. so know i want to have a vbeam or Smoothbeam laser.. what can you guys recommend me. i have pics Apreciated dearly.
V Beam/Smoothbeam Vs Photofacial for Hyperpigmentation
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It looks like you have breakouts and redness. We find this responds best to Vbeam and photodynamic therapy with levulinic acid. You will have reduced ance as well as redness after 2-4 treatments. The amount of redness and swelling/inflammation seen in these photos leads me to recommend this.
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Wes Welker might take the franchise tag quietly.
Jeff Howe of NESN.com tweeted a good soldier status update on the Patriots receiver:
"On Welker, I've been told by several close to him, if he's under contract, he will honor that contract, won't hold out. We'll see."
Howe's tweet co-exists nicely with Welker's from earlier this week.
Glad that I will be a Patriot in 2012. And hopefully 13,14,15,16,17,18 he wrote after receiving the team's tag.
The optimism and cooperative spirit is swell and all, but it might not fill out Welker's wallet.
Vince Wilfork made a stink about the franchise tag a few years ago, calling the mere thought of it a "slap in the face." He ended up with a five-year, 40 million dollar deal just weeks after it was applied. Logan Mankins made a bigger mess after getting tagged, holding out for eight weeks before the Patriots gave him six years and 51 million.
So why is Welker behaving?
"That's the thing that's going to hurt him," Jermaine Wiggins said on 98.5's Felger and Mazz show. "If you look, even at his old contract, because he didn't take them to the wall like Logan Mankins. Generally, guys who hold out and say, 'I'm going to do it this way. I'm not going to be that model citizen you wanted.' Those are the guys that get paid.
"That cliche where nice guys finish last?" Wiggins continued. "That's true in the NFL. You've got to really ruffle some feathers."
Doesn't sound like that's Welker's plan.


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Worst Job??
So, we all have jobs that we complain about, but what is the absolute WORST job you have ever had, and why??
When I was about 20 I got a job with a buddy working at an insulation company. Small outfit, but my buddy was making bank, at the time, and he swore that I would do the same.
Well, he was doing wall installation, called hanging bats, and his day consisted of filling a machine with fiberglass blow in insulation, or unrolling sheets of standard fiberglass and tacking in place in new homes. Pretty cake gig, and it was piecemeal, so the more insulation his two man team put in, the more money they made.
So, I get hired in and they don't have any openings in the wall department, but they have one in under the house insulation. Okay, no big deal, I am not afraid of the dark or crawling around under a house and I am getting more per piece than my buddy, so I figure I will clean up. Not to mention with all the new construction going on, I can pull into a new development, go from house to house in brand new homes, with no one living in them, and make some good coin. I blow through the 2 hours of training, this is going to be cake.
Day 1: I get to the shop and get my first assignment. It's an existing home and it's 2.5 hours drive from the shop. WTF?! I am working alone and the truck they are going to issue me has the hood up and there is a guy working on it. In addition, the air compressure powered staple gun I am supposed to use has a blown seal and they are trying to get it to work. Obviously they were REALLY prepared to have the new guy start. So, even though I arrived at 0600, I don't get on the road until almost 0900. :mad:
It's damn near noon by the time I find this place and I haven't made a red cent yet.
So, I get to the place and there is a note on the door from the owner that they had to run to the store and would be back. No big deal I figure, I can get started and they can come find me when they get home. Wrong! the damn crawl space entrance is in the master bedroom of the house. WTF?!
So, I sit on my ass for about 30 or 40 minutes after getting all my stuff layed out and the owner comes home. We chat and BS, then I get to work.
The underside of this guy's house is on a hillside, so the area under the master bedroom is tall enough to almost stand, but the other 3/4 of this place is damn tight I am practically putting the insulation up with my face. This sucks!
I work until 1800 and decide to call it a day. I get cleaned up and start home. The truck starts making some seriously awful noises and I have to pretty much limp it back to the shop at about half speed, so I don't get home, to a shower and some much needed rack time, until about 2100. :mad:
There was not a Day 2 to this story. I walked into the bosses office and told him either I work walls, or I am done. He doesn't have any openings in walls, so I quit on the spot and told him to send me my production "check".
The bastard never did send me my money, so about 2 months later, having got a job at a cabinet shop like a week later, I drove by one night with a slingshot and a couple of marbles and took out the plate glass window of the shop. I figured that made us even....
So, what is your worst job ever and how long did you last??
I work in nursing. Occaisionally, I freelance through an agency.
I get sent to a place close to the mall where they filmed one of those "Living Dead" movies.
The joint they sent me to was filthy, and all around bad.
So a patient is walking toward me, naked, with some disorder that makes him lean completely over to one side. He had just fallen and cracked his head on the corner of a table. I have a skinny, bleeding, naked guy moaning and shuffling toward me.
Didn't go back.
All true. I can't reveal too much, in accordance with HIPPA regulations, but it was creepy. The building had some Silent Hill type s**t going on, and it was all thoroughly unpleasant.
Some things I won't do. Gay Adult Cinema. Digging sewage lines in Indian burial grounds. And going back to that building.:eek:
the worst job I've had to do so far was recycling beer bottles. it is deceptively dirty. we did it to raise money for the football team, as the town refused to fund us to start our program. every saturday for a year i went down to the dump to do the bottles. the worst one was during the summer.
Four guys showed up. we usually had twelve. on a good day it would take us about 2-3 hours to process all the stuff and get it to the turn in station. that day it took 6, not including the run to the station. then it started to get humid. and sticky. then I found out we ran out of rubber gloves. then I spilt three half finished beer bottles all over me. then i got stung by a wasp. then i cut my hand on a beer bottle. and finally, at the turn in station, i dropped a whole case of beer bottles. and unlike JD, i couldn't quit.
my dads first job was as a plumber. he had went to a trade school and landed a job with a local guy. turns out the guy was nasty to him, all the time. one day, it was about 90 outside and he was working on the roof of a house with a guy. being in a particularly foul mood, the boss made my dad get every tool he needed one at a time instead of bringing the whole toolbox up. my dad apparently wasnt working to his boss' standards, so one more time he sent him down for a tool, and he took the truck and the ladder and left the guy on the roof. he dropped the truck off at the guys office, hopped in his own car and never saw him again
A bad one...
When I was 17, I was working after school at a place doing silk-screen T-shirts. I operated one of the printers; you'd place a piece of coated paper on the base, hit the PRINT button, the top would come down, a "trowel" (for lack of a better term) would push the ink goop over the screen then run back, the top would go up, I'd peel the paper off the platform and throw it on a conveyor belt that would run it through a heater to dry the goop.
I would print about 5 copies of one design (these were for "sample" T-shirts that would be shown to school groups - bands, clubs, etc. - who would then place orders for several hundred or so). I'd then have to change the design, which took about 5 minutes: pull the old one off, clean out the excess goop, tape up a new design, run a few test copies until I got good, complete coverage, then run 5 "sample" copies. I'd do this for 3 hours a day (3pm-6PM); usually 3-4 school days a week. A big, clanking machine, sitting next to this heater pumping out 200F air at me.
The job went on into the summer (and sitting next to that oven in the summer was no fun), and near the end of July, I had a dream one night where I thought I had to clear off everything near me, because the goop was beginning to get smeared all over the place. When I woke up, my pillows were on the floor, and I had managed to push the blanket and sheets to the bottom of the bed.
I quit the next day. Told the boss that when I started doing the stuff in my sleep, that was the sign to move on. He was a bad boss; always short-tempered, never a compliment, and even gave his wife quite a beat-down for putting Scotch tape on the paneling (he worked out of his house). He did this in front of most of the employees; we were all pretty shocked at this.
Most of the employees were from my neighborhood. I think just about every kid in the neighborhood worked for this guy at some point; most stayed about 2-3 months then quit because of all the BS. He had completed dental school, but never went into practice. I guess he thought he could make more with his T-shirt business than being a dentist.
I used to do apartment service work so I have a lot of bad jobs that were just one day or even part day deals. One I'll never forget was a call to a real slum apartment for a clogged toilet. These low life welfare moron a holes had been sh1tt1ng in the toilet even though it would not flush. It was full to the top and the whole apartment was putrid with stink. I could not get a snake through the clog and ended up having to scoop all the sh1t out of the toilet before I could pull the bowl from the floor. Turned out they're little brat kid had flushed his GI Joe, and I had to replace the whole toilet.
Round two. Almost as bad as round one.
I was doing a service call at a restaurant, and had to check piping above the suspended ceiling tiles. I was lifting the tiles to check the direction of the pipes. When I lifted one of the tiles a large puddle of blood, bile , urine and rat sh1t poured down off the top of the tile right into my face and all over my clothes. This was closely followed by the dead rat that had been lying on top of the tile I lifted. I nearly threw up from the smell of death all over me. I had to spend an hour in the shower scrubbing with Ajax, and I threw the uniform in the trash.
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Sweeping the podium at Miller, and taking the championship points lead. It was a very good weekend for Biaggi.
It was a wild weekend of World Superbike racing at Miller Motorsports Park. We had winners, losers and both riders and teams who are wishing that this round would never have happened. On one hand we have the joy of a double win by Max Biaggi and the emergence of his teammate Leon Camier as a consistent podium threat. On the other hand you have Carlos Checa who narrowly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory not once, but twice in the same day. And don't even get us started with the Kawasaki team. Without further adieu let's take a look at the highlights and lowlights from last weekend's superbike races in Utah.
Max Biaggi – Double Win (50-points A-Rider) All hail the Emperor! Max did the double for the third time this season on the ultra-fast Aprilia RSV4. In the process he takes over the championship lead and the coveted right to be called the highest scoring rider on anyone's Fantasy Superbike roster so far in 2010. If you didn't pick Max this weekend then you should be paying more attention to the fantasy previews because we told you he would be strong. Oh yeah, thanks Carlos and everyone at Althea for gifting him the wins…
Noriyuki Haga (29-points A-Rider) We know it isn't exactly pretty but 'Nitro' Nori was the second highest scoring A-Rider at MMP. He's had a horrible record at Utah and his season has been going pretty bad as well. However, he did confirm that he has to keep riding to support his family so Haga fans rejoice, he's not done just yet. Maybe this glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel will actually revive the consummate bridesmaid before the bell tolls on yet another season.
Aprilia Racing Team – (83 Total Points) This huge points haul came courtesy of 38-points in Race 1 and 45-points in Race 2. Between the double wins by Biaggi and a 4-2 finish by Camier, the Aprilia Racing Team was a Fantasy Superbike powerhouse at Miller.
Leon Camier (33-points B-Rider) Leon is starting to find his groove on the RSV4. He narrowly missed a podium in Race 1 but still netted 13-points for some wise Fantasy Superbike owners and then came back with a huge 20-point runner-up effort in Race 2. Man, just think how good it feels to have picked him as the B-Rider in Race 2. Hopefully, you didn't waste a B-Rider pick on that quitter Carlos.
Troy Corser (22-points B-Rider) Any rider who's man enough to wear a sticker promoting the type of energy juice on their helmet deserves to be on the High list. Oh yeah, and his pair of fifth-place finishes is pretty tasty too.
Haslam put in some good effort to catch Biaggi but the Roman Emperor proved to be too quick for the Suzuki rider as he wiped out with a DNF.
One Hit Wonders
Leon Haslam (20-Points A-Rider) If you took Haslam in Race 1 you scored an easy 20-points when he was gifted the runner-up spot behind Biaggi. At the time the first race became a microcosm of the Superbike championship battle between the grizzled veteran and the kid. Then Race 2 showed why old age and treachery overcomes youth every time.
Cal Crutchlow (16-points A-Rider) Although the first race was a major disappointment for an A-Rider, his podium finish in Race 2 and the 16-Fantasy points that went along with it were nothing to be ashamed of. If you rolled the dice on Cal in Race 2 you should feel pretty good about how that worked out for you.
Checa got 10 points, all from fastest laps. Would have had the first ever 60 point weekend, except the damn bike crapped out!
Carlos Checa Double DNF – 0-points (B-Rider) WTF is going on in the Althea Ducati pit box? How do we get a do-over after getting screwed out of one, maybe two ultra-valuable Carlos Checa B-Rider selections? What is the direct line to Ducati Corse HQ? I want my picks back! I can hear the sound of keyboards clicking away as the thousands of Fantasy Racing players who diligently saved their Checa picks so they could use them at MMP and show everyone how smart they are! At least he got the five fastest lap points from each round so it wasn't a total loss. You should
If you have all your Toseland picks at the end of fantasy racing we don't blame you. Will Toseland win or crash, flip a coin…
have listened to our Fantasy Preview we told you Carlos would be fast so you could have picked up those five extra points too.
James Toseland (9-points A-Rider) For someone who can always play a piano real well, its getting hard to figure out what is going on with Mr. T these days. He looks great one week then flounders the next. These streaky results always lead to heartache at some point. Do you hear that song playing JT? It the faint sounds of a piano playing My Heart Bleeds for You….
After some solid qualifying and some hope of a good performance from Fabrizio, he leaves your pick in the dirt.
Michel Fabrizio (9-points A-Rider) It's funny how after you screw your teammate out of valuable championship points one year, the next year you have terrible karma. Or maybe it's because the Team Manager and the best technicians on the squad jumped ship? No matter what the reason is, Michel's inconsistent performances are becoming a Fantasy Superbike nightmare.
Johnathan Rea (10-points A-Rider) Anytime you choose our Irish buddy and he finishes 14th and 8th when he should be battling for a podium you have to ask yourself: why is this happening to me? Johnny my boy you let some people down with your poor riding antics out there. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and let's get back to contending for a podium already. Sheeshh…
Jakub Smrz Double DNF – 0-points (B-Rider) If there ever was a reason to stop choosing Smrz ever again it was his performance this weekend at MMP. First he looks impressive as he often does during practice and qualifying. Then he proceeds to go out and blow up his bike in Race 1 then crash his bike in Race 2. Hey Jakub, are you trying to dethrone Xaus as the Duke of destruction or what?
Hannspree Honda Team (18-points) With a finishing order of two races that looks like a junior high school locker combination: 12-14-8-12 – You know choosing the Hannspree Team at MMP wasn't a great idea in retrospect. If you did pick them, hopefully it was in Race 2 where Rea actually managed to finish inside the Top 10.
Anything Kawasaki related. The once glorious brand enjoyed World Superbike success back in the good old days but in these modern times the poor green machines have struggled. Combined, the entire field of four Kawasaki riders earned a grand total of 9-points through two races. Come on guys, your Team Green. Let's get 'er done!


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A jury convicted a Sage man Thursday of assaulting a firefighter with a deadly weapon and, in a separate incident, negligently discharging a firearm in a dispute with neighbors that also landed the defendant three assault convictions.
Gregory Lance Good, 60, could face a maximum sentence of nine years and eight months in prison as a result of all the charges of which he was convicted, including interfering with a firefighter in the line of duty.
"The guy has proven himself to be a dangerous character based on his conduct," Deputy District Attorney Tim Cross said of the defendant.
In making their decisions, the jurors at Southwest Justice Center decided against convicting Good of counts that he used a firearm in the assaults on two neighbors and their friend.
Prosecutors contended the three were the victims of several shots fired in their direction in June after Good became enraged when he believed the trio, during a hike, had crossed the remote, wilderness property on which he resides.
Good contended on the witness stand that he had fired his 22-caliber rifle in the opposite direction from the supposed intruders to frighten them off.
Later that year during a major wildfire, Good's mobile home burned down and he subsequently got into an argument with a fire captain stationed at the neighbor's home.
In his prosecution of the case, Cross contended Good tried to run over the officer and succeeded in running over his foot. The defendant alleged on the witness stand that the officer had attacked him by swinging a shovel at him while he was passing the firefighter in his Suzuki Samarai.
"The bottom line is the guy had a couple of violent outbursts, and (the jurors) were sure he assaulted a firefighter, but they weren't positive whether he shot at the other victims and that's why they found him guilty of negligently discharging a firearm, but not of assault with a firearm," Cross said of the verdicts.
He said there was no ballistic evidence available that could have established the trajectory of the shots, so the jury had to decide whose version was more credible.
Good would have faced 22 years in prison if he had been convicted of all the charges that had been levied against him.


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On October 4, 2011, the Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA) filed a proposal with the SEC to adopt new Rule 5123
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It looks like our band of aspiring Canadian actors didn't quite make it in Hollywood.
The L.A. Complex, the homegrown drama about a group of thespians who move to La La Land to chase their dreams, has not been renewed for a third season. Broadcast here on CTV and MuchMusic and on The CW in the U.S. — where its premiere was reportedly the lowest-ever watched drama debut in American broadcast history — Bell Media vice-president of communications Scott Henderson said, "Unfortunately the performance of the show was not strong enough for Much to be able to order another season."
But while the Hollywood hopefuls might not have attained fame and fortune, they did manage to impress the critics. The New Yorker's Emily Nausbaum said, "The L.A. Complex is maddeningly low-rated, but it's worth seeking out: it's no masterpiece of cinematography, and can veer into melodrama, but at its sharpest moments the show has as much Midnight Cowboy in it as it does Melrose Place." While our own TV columnist Scott Stinson said it "has both an irreverence and an edge that was unexpected for a series to be aired on MuchMusic, a channel whose forays into scripted drama tend to be campy, if slick, and aimed squarely at a young adult audience. But, with apologies to the accomplished readers who enjoy the escapism of a Pretty Little Liars, The L.A. Complex is a series worthy of a grown-up audience."
Alas, accolades and ratings don't always go hand in hand. Here's a look at some other series who, despite all the acclaim, just couldn't convince viewers to tune in:
Arrested Development The trials of the Bluth family paled in comparison to what the show's producers must have gone through to keep it on the air. Frequently hailed as one of the greatest comedies of all time and winner of multiple Emmy awards, Arrested Development failed to reach a mainstream audience. In fact, it seemed the more praise critics gave it, the more viewers stayed away: numbers slipped from an average of around 6 million during its first season to about half of that by the time the sitcom inched towards its third season conclusion. Network Fox repeatedly threatened to cut the show, shortening its second season to 18 episodes and its final season to 13. Arrested Development's later episodes would consistently poke fun of the fact that it might be its last. But all that critical acclaim turned out to be good for something. In August it was announced that a fourth season would be filmed, to debut on Netflix in early 2013.
Pushing Daisies Just attempting to sum up the plot of ABC's magical high concept series might be evidence enough of why it only lasted two seasons. Otherwise ordinary pie maker Ned (Lee Pace) has the power to bring the dead back to life with the touch of his hand. However, should he revive it for more than a minute, something else will die in its place. … So, not exactly your typical sitcom. But if anything, that was the show's strength. Part comedy, part drama, part crime thriller, part fairy tale and all heart, Pushing Daisies was praised for its quirkiness, lavish visuals and surreal set designs. Unfortunately, ABC cancelled the show just six episodes into its second season.
Sports Night Aaron Sorkin's first foray into primetime television, Sports Night was a look at the workings of a live sports news show. The romantic and careerist conflicts between anchor Casey McCall (Peter Krause) and producer Dana Whitaker (Felicity Huffman) and of course Sorkin's snappy dialogue made critics recognize it as a deeper program than your typical comedy-drama (despite an ill-advised laugh track for the series' first season). Even though the fictional Sports Night program itself struggled with ratings, that was nothing compared to the actual show, which was cancelled by ABC after its second season.
Community Meta, surreal and just funny as hell, it's no secret that we love Community, as do many critics. But the show fails to get any love from mainstream audiences or its broadcaster NBC. After firing its creator, threatening to cancel, then mysteriously delaying its fourth season (and now losing one of its stars), it seems safe to say that the lovable band of students won't be sticking around for any extra semesters at Greendale Community College.