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I don't see this happening. From what I understand, the whole concept was created by by Lou Scheimer and DIC. I don't think Mattel had any input or ownership of the new characters.
I´ve always been fascinated about this character, because is a great unknown, but have great possibilities. I see him like a "future He-man" that lives in a world where Skeletor is the overlord of Eternia.
Talking about a possible release, a Dare figure can be based on the standard He-man body and fits ok? Anyway, he must include Craven, his bird pet.
Other fact is that "He-Ro" is already the name of "the Wizard most powerful in the Universe" so you can suggest new names for the character. Because he is a future He-man, "He-Rald" fits to me, in order to continue the "He" tradition, but more suggestions are welcome.
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I don't see this happening. From what I understand, the whole concept was created by by Lou Scheimer and DIC. I don't think Mattel had any input or ownership of the new characters.
I think it'd be cool, but the possibility of it seems nil.
We've talked about this before, some people like it, some don't. I for one hate the entire concept, and I hope it never becomes more than what it is- a bad idea that never saw the light of day.
Definately cool. I also thought its just a Lou Scheimer idea, nothing more, its only a concept. I like the nam Dare, He-Rald sounds horrible.
I would love this cause i am a fan of the character.
i am afraid the closest we would see is a custom though, cause of the previous stated no connections with mattel.
I actually like the idea, but don't see it happening. He-Rald is a bad name though, not that I can think of one I like right now, but we could easily get a better one.
I just like "Dare" if he had to have a name.
Man, I was amazed by what they had come up with for that. Woulda been so cool if that show had been produced. I would totally like a Son of He-Man figure based on this design, or something similar.
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Cool concept art, though. Is that the He-man chest symbol on Kay-La's shoulder?
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The only thing I didn't like about the character designs is they reminded me of some sort of Jim Lee Image-era knock-offs. But they are kind of fun. If MOTU ever gets to the point Star Wars is now where they've run out of people to make and start going for concept characters and things... I'd totally dig these guys.
I wish this show had been produced and that we could get figures of these characters! I love the idea of Dare, and I really don't mind him being "He-Ro", since in MOTUC, we have had other "he-men."
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No, no, no, no. This is an awful idea that shouldn't have leaked online.
Also, Mattel doesn't own the rights to this stinkpile. It was a proposed idea from DIC that was rightfully declined by Mattel.
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I personally like the idea of a descendant or son of He-Man... Dare could be He-Ro in some sort of future where he has a conflict with the Horde and is sent back in time to Preternia by Horde Supreme. It is in the past where he meets King Greyskull and passes the Sword of He to him completing the cycle. But I can only dream!
It is a cool idea but kinda glad it never came to be either.
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I would love to see this happen. Not crazy about
Dare's name but I think he could be another
He-Ro. Maybe it could use another draft before the
final product.
I would love a Dare figure. I hated the concept for a long time, but in the past 3 years I've really gotten into it. Lets find a way! Make Dare!!!
Yep, for all of the reasons listed above, I realized we'd never get one, so I made this guy right here.
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The 22-year-old southpaw was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year on Thursday, as voted on by league managers and media members. His teammate Brian Johnson finished second in voting.
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Hearn this is exactly like the Stevenson scenario and it's not fair on Brook or Stevenson you can't have your cake and eat it so the pun goes. Don't get me wrong I would prefer Froch V Kessler than Froch v Stevenson any day of the week but that is a personal preference but the point is the No 1 Contender is the No1 contender for a reason and its not the publics wants but the rankings which have to be considered, like I have said many time before on here your mandatory should slway take preference over any unification fight - Froch had his voluntary agianst Mack its only right Stevenson is next then to follow by Kessler in the summer this is to ensure that boxing always wins and no-one is bigger than the sport - whether Stevenson should be no1 contender or not is a different debate, but boxing should always win - so for the sport to win Alexander v Brook better be next or we are heading down a slippery slide - sorry Iam a Old School and that how it should always stay.
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Defender Pablo Zabaleta is a doubt for Manchester City's Premier League match at Wigan in just over a week's time after he returned home early from international duty.
The Argentina right-back travelled to South America despite reporting a hamstring problem after Monday's draw with Aston Villa.
Zabaleta has not played for his country since the Beijing Olympics over a year ago but was named in Diego Maradona's squad for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay.
However, the 24-year-old's participation was always in doubt from the moment he complained of a problem having come off after 90 minutes at Villa Park.
"Pablo is coming back,'' said City boss Mark Hughes. "He's been with the Argentinian FA who have checked him out, as after the game last Monday he said that he had felt something with the last kick of the game. He'd felt a slight strain in the hamstring but he needed to travel to Argentina to get it verified.
"Pablo's not played that many games, and there is always a danger that this kind of thing might happen to someone who, like Pablo, has not played as much as others. It's a disappointment for him. Argentina have two crucial games and he wanted to be part of that, but it wasn't to be.
"He's played very well of late and that was flagged to the powers that be in Argentina. It would have been great for him to get the recognition for his good form, but it is unfortunate that he's going to miss out. He'll be back today and once we get him scanned hopefully it will not be as bad as feared.
"But as it stands you have to say that there is a real doubt that he would be available for our game next weekend.''
Hughes is more optimistic about centre-back Kolo Toure's chances of facing the Latics at the DW Stadium. Earlier this week the Ivory Coast defender insisted he would be ready, having pulled out of international duty against Malawi.
"Kolo got a really bad bang on the heel pad of his right leg which was very sore immediately after the (Villa) game,'' he told the club's official website. "He was checked out and it was felt that it was not advisable for him to join up with his country.
"He would probably not have been able to train and would have been touch-and-go for the game. He's been kept back and has had treatment. The hope is that he'll be okay but we'll have to see how it settles down over the next few days.''
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Black Friday 2011: Sears
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Music, PC / Laptop
Sears is looking to bring the heat on Black Friday 2011 with a sale that begins at 4:00 am the day after Thanksgiving. We've got the highlights of the sale for you after the break, which include a $99 Kinect sensor, some cheap digital photo frames, and a $30 HD camcorder.
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Bleeding Edge TV 373: Ben Kaufman on Quirky and social product development
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, CES, CES 2011, Features, Household, Internet, Podcasts, Videocasts, Videos
At CES, we caught up with Ben Kaufman, founder of Quirky (and he also started Mophie back in the day,) to get a look at the social product design process behind Quirky.com. Get a look at their amazing products, and awesome design process here. Site members can jump in at any point during a products design lifecycle, and once they do, they get a royalty whenever that product is sold.
Big thank you to JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out, we've got exclusive invite codes that give you $5 to use towards anything you'd like.
Bleeding Edge TV 371: Jawbone Jambox Bluetooth loudspeaker
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Full Episodes, High Score, Features, Podcasts, Video Games, Videocasts, Videos
Last week at CES, we caught up with Travis Bogard from Aliph to get the rundown on the Jawbone Jambox. You may know Aliph, and the Jawbone brand, as the makers of awesome Bluetooth headsets (like the Jawbone Icon,) but the Jambox is a portable Bluetooth speaker with built-in microphone that rocks for playing audio from your Bluetooth-enabled devices. That could be your phone, digital audio player, or anything else that supports A2DP. Even cooler, you can even use the Jambox to take calls.
Big thank you to JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out, we've got exclusive invite codes that give you $5 to use towards anything you'd like. In addition, we wanna thank GoToMeeting as well - be sure to get your GoToMeeting 30-Day free trial and experience the freedom of being able to share and access your desktop from anywhere, remotely.
It's CES 2011 week, and we'll be there to cover all the highlights!
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It's the beginning of a new year, and in the technology world, that means it's time for CES. We'll be hitting Vegas this week to cover the biggest consumar electronics show in these here United States later this week, where we expect to bring you a ton of breaking news. CES is where consumer electronics manufacturers shows off their upcoming wares for the year, and it gives a general idea of where the industry is going (for the records, we expect tablets to be pretty big this year.)
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Sears and Kmart announces Netflix competitor Alphaline Entertainment
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Looks like all the giants of the superstore world are looking to own a piece of territory in the online movie market. Just ask WalMart who recently purchased Vudu, a non-subscription service for buying and renting movies that stream online.
Sears and Kmart are partnering with RoxioNow on their service, called Alphaline Entertainment, which is going to be available on a multitude of devices. Whether Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii will want to be home to yet another movie service that does pretty much the same thing as all the others isn't known yet. What is known is that 'Alphaline Entertainment' is looking to succeed against an already established king of the online movie world where many have failed. And it doesn't help that the name doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as 'Netflix'.
Do you think Alphaline Entertainment stands a chance? Let us know.
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Sears Black Friday for Gamers
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We took a peek at Sears' Black Friday list and found oodles of inexpensive gifts if you want to fight the crowds. Most are less than $50.00.
- Buy Any Xbox 360 System Get One Xbox 360 Wireless Controller FREE
- Nintendo DS - Guitar Hero Decades Bundle Game $49.99
- Nintendo DS - Traveler Case $9.99
- PlayStation 3 - Little Big Planet $59.99
- PlayStation 3 - Blu-ray/DVD Remote $24.99
- Sony Wireless Stereo Headphones with Transmitter $29.99
- Wii - Music $49.99
Happy shopping!
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We found a great little site dedicated to Black Friday. There over fifty lists from companies that include Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot and Radio Shack, with more to come. Looking at Sears' list, we found such items as a Samsung Blu-ray Disc Player for $199.99, Sharp's LC26SB24U 26" 720p LCD HDTV for $399.99, and the Sony 5-Disc DVD/CD Home Theater System with 1080p Upconversion at $249.99, marked down $50.00. Even if we can't always shop online, it is certainly a plus to be able to check out what is out there ahead of time.
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BizTube? Google Puts Google Video to Work
Google on Tuesday announced the launch of Google Video for business, a new addition to Google Premium Apps that lets users in organizations share videos simply by uploading them to Google Apps and then inviting others to view the content.
The search colossus, which has been huntingless than successfullyfor ways to monetize its YouTube acquisition, may sense an opportunity here.
In a statement, Dave Girouard, the company's president of enterprise, pointed out that "YouTube has enabled millions of consumers to easily capture and share video at an unprecedented level, yet corporate video has remained expensive and complicated."
Girouard pitched the benefits of the new offering, claiming that the new offering reinforces the ties between the company's business and entertainment services. "With Google Video for business, our customers get the ease of YouTube combined with the simple and secure sharing of Google Apps."


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The Government will publish its latest excess winter mortality statistics for England and Wales, covering the bitterly cold winter of 2009/2010, on Tuesday 23 November.
Cold, badly insulated homes are associated with poor health, unaffordable fuel bills and high carbon emissions. Friends of the Earth is urging the Government to tackle these social and environmental problems by ensuring all UK homes are made energy efficient - with particular emphasis on improving the worst housing first.
To meet our legal targets to cut climate-changing emissions, the environmental campaigning charity says we need to reduce carbon emissions from our homes by at least 42 per cent by the end of the decade. Friends of the Earth is calling for the forthcoming Energy Bill to include legislation to ensure the UK produces a strategy to meet these objectives.
As a first step, the Bill must include a minimum energy efficiency standard for homes rented through a private landlord so that from 2016 it becomes illegal to let the very worst, health-hazard homes until they are improved.
Friends of the Earth's Energy Campaigner Dave Timms said:
"Cold homes cost lives and cause climate change. It is a national disgrace that millions of people live in properties lacking basic insulation - every winter households have to choose between heating and eating.
"Spending time in a cold, damp house can make heart disease, strokes and flu more likely. Insulating our homes and making them cheaper to heat would prevent illness, slash emissions, cut fuel bills and create thousands of jobs.
"The forthcoming Energy Bill must play its part by setting a legal minimum energy efficiency standard for privately rented homes to protect vulnerable tenants from ill health and high fuel bills."
Key statistics
- In winter 2008/2009 there were an estimated 36,700 excess winter deaths in England and Wales (an increase of 49 per cent on the previous winter and the highest since 1999/2000) and 40,210 for the UK as a whole.
- Mortality in England rises 18 per cent during the winter months whereas colder countries have smaller increases. Finland has 45 per cent fewer winter deaths than the UK.
- The annual cost to the NHS of treating winter related disease due to cold private housing is £859 million, according to the Chief Medical Officer's annual report for 2009.
Notes to editors
- Friends of the Earth is calling for the Government to seize the chance to prove it really is the 'greenest ever' with an Energy Security and Green Economy Bill that will stop our homes leaking heat in the next decade and ensure every community does its bit to slash CO2 emissions.
- A factfile on cold homes, carbon emissions and fuel poverty is available.


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ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays showed Lou Piniella what he'd been missing.
In their first game against their former manager, the Rays combined power and quality relief work — two things Piniella longed for during his 2003-05 reign — then capped it with dazzling defense to beat his best-in-baseball Cubs 3-2 Tuesday.
The solo homers from former Cub Cliff Floyd and rookie Evan Longoria, and the 13 outs from their bullpen — the last three a Troy Percival adventure — after an erratic yet effective start by Scott Kazmir were all good.
But it was the thrilling last play that was the best, the Cubs with the tying run breaking home as Longoria fielded a Reed Johnson bunt barehanded and made an off-balance throw that first baseman Willy Aybar scooped for the final out.
"Probably," Percival said, "the best bunt play I've ever seen."
Rays coaches had tried to alert Longoria to the possibility but, in a new problem at Tropicana Field, he couldn't hear them telling him to move in over the raucous split-loyalties crowd of 31,607.
Instead, they could only watch.
"It's one of those things you see in movies: everything's in slow motion," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "You're yelling, 'N-o-o-o-o-o-o,' that kind of stuff."
Longoria said he was about three steps behind the base when he started moving in, and all he could do was react. "I was pressing the panic button," he said. "That's the game on the line right there. He lays down a good bunt, I was just trying to get it off the turf clean and get it over there."
As much as Longoria deserves credit for his play, so did Aybar, a converted third baseman who said he was "just trying to stay low" in handling a treacherous in-between hop.
"To finish a game like that, what Aybar did was truly amazing," Maddon said. "That's like the worst hop you're going to get in that situation."
That's the way things have been bouncing for the Rays, who improved to 41-29, staying two games behind Boston in the AL East, with wins in 23 of their past 27 home games and a 27-11 overall home record.
Kazmir wasn't particularly sharp, throwing 110 pitches and walking four in 42/3 innings. He was still pretty good, facing 16 batters before allowing his first hit and giving up three hits on the night, none solid, though enough for a Cubs run in a messy fifth.
Maddon had seen enough and went to the bullpen, with Grant Balfour getting a huge out, striking out Aramis Ramirez with the bases loaded. J.P. Howell and Dan Wheeler followed, then Percival made it way too exciting trying to protect a 3-1 lead in the ninth.
He gave up a rocket to left that Justin Ruggiano snagged just before he hit the wall, then a single and a double to put the tying runs in scoring position, then sailed a pitch, scored a passed ball, that made it 3-2 with the tying run on third. He bounced another that caromed hard off the backstop, with Kosuke Fukudome holding at third. After a strikeout and a walk, Johnson dropped his bunt, Longoria did his thing, and Piniella, who lost 285 (of 485 games) with the Rays, lost one to them in an unhappy homecoming.
"An exciting game," he said. "A good game."
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The Buckland
This romantic bush hideaway tucked beneath Dingo Ridge in the bucolic heart of north-east Victoria's Alpine country combines stylish comfort with a seclusion so complete the only passing traffic is likely to be a kangaroo. The four stand-alone studios are constructed from stone, timber, corrugated iron and rusted steel, and slip seamlessly into their environment, with views across vineyards and grassy plains to the peaks of Mount Buffalo. Inside, the emphasis is eco-chic. The décor is built around warm, earthy tones, the gadgets nifty and the luxurious, glass-walled bathrooms – overlooking a pristine native gum-tree forest – offer rainforest-style double showers which more than make up for the lack of a bath. From the mohair throws to the wood-burning stove, the details are cute and cozy; and while this retreat has its own cafe, the electric barbecues set on each studio's decks may probably prove irresistible.
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Sartell senior citizens form hiking-biking series
by Dennis Dalman
The weather was cold, but the seniors were brave.
On April 25, 10 senior citizens – most from Sartell – bundled up and took a four-mile hike in the woods at St. John's University. The temperature that morning was in the low- to mid 30s. Weeks before, when they organized their trek, the seniors assumed spring would be in full bloom by late April. On the chilly morning, only two decided not to go.
"We had a very enjoyable trek," said organizer Al Meier. "We walked around the lake there and stopped at the Stella Maria Chapel. On the way we saw two eagles' nests. When the hike was over, we stopped at the Local Blend in St. Joseph for a cup of coffee and sandwiches. We all had a good time, and everybody said we should keep doing the treks."
Like most of the trekkers, Meier is a member of the Sartell Senior Connection, a group of older people who get together for a wide variety of activities. In recent months, some Connection members mentioned the group should consider starting some physical-activities programs when spring arrives, such as hiking and biking trips.
Meier, who has done lots of hiking and biking in his life, liked the suggestions. He brought the idea to the Connection Board, where it was enthusiastically received. Meier, with input from others, then organized the "Hike-Bike Series." On the first Thursday of every month, the group and anybody else who wants to come along, will do hikes in interesting and scenic local places. On the third Wednesday of every month, they will go biking on one or more of the many biking trails in the area.
Meier said the next hiking trip will probably take place at Quarry Park in St. Cloud. Other future possibilities are Warner Park and the Sherburne Wildlife Refuge.
On May 16, a biking ride is planned that will start at Holdingford and end at Bowlus, where members, if they wish, can enjoy lunch at a cafe at the biking trailhead in Bowlus. In June, the group will take a bike trip on the Wobegon Trail, starting in St. Joseph and ending in Avon or, for the more adventurous, further down the trail in Albany.
"Our trips are not limited to people in Sartell or just for seniors," Meier said. "Anybody can come. It's for anybody who wants to get out and get some exercise."
For the St. John's hiking trip, the walkers met at 10:30 am. at the Senior Connection headquarters in the Sartell School District Services building. Then, in three cars, they drove to the St. John's campus where the hike began.
During upcoming trips, they plan to car-pool again. Meier has bike carriers and a pickup with which to bring bicycles for the biking trips. Others may also be able to strap bikes into trunks or on their vehicles to transport them.
"We will go at a slower pace than most people when we hike or bike," Meier said. "We just want to be in the outdoors and have some fun while getting some exercise."
Meier has been retired eight years from his job at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud. His wife, Rita, who also enjoys hiking-biking, is a retired Sartell Middle School nurse.
For more information about the "Hike-Bike Series," including times and dates, call Meier at 320-252-8830.
Dennis Dalman
Dalman was born and raised in South St. Cloud, graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School, then graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in English (emphasis on American and British literature) and mass communications (emphasis on print journalism). He studied in London, England for a year (1980-81) where he concentrated on British literature, political science, the history of Great Britain and wrote a book-length study of the British writer V.S. Naipaul. Dalman has been a reporter and weekly columnist for more than 30 years and worked for 16 of those years for the Alexandria Echo Press.
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Please hang in there. Do keep your rheumy appointment and I pray that he is a good one and is willing to listen to you and work with you, that will make all the difference in the world. Keep us up to date on how things are going. God bless, Jim.
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Please hang in there. Do keep your rheumy appointment and I pray that he is a good one and is willing to listen to you and work with you, that will make all the difference in the world. Keep us up to date on how things are going. God bless, Jim.
Hi Puzzled,
My name is Kathy. I have SLE Lupus and Sjogrens Syndrome and Pernicious Anemia and Celiacs Spru. I read over your post and see that you have the Speckle pattern ANA. Have you asked your doctor to seriously look into you having Sjogrens Syndrome and or Scleroderma? It sounds more like Sjogrens though with the pain in the shoulders and muscles. I have to wonder if you have a problem with dry mouth and dry eyes. Do you have problems swallowing? You know that Sjogrens can also adveresly affect your lungs in a big way. You don't mention if you have ever had a malar rash that is pretty common with Lupus. Also with Sjogrens you can often times be sun sensitive. Have they tried you on Plaquenil? They use this drug to treat Sjogrens as well as Lupus. I hope that you get some answers. I will be praying that this Rheumatologist that you are going to see is a good one and not an idiot.
Kathy Thanks for giving me more information about Sjogrens. I knew a little about the condition but i was not familiar with the fact that Sjogrens can cause fatigue, muscle/joint pain and lung issues. I couldn't believe when i read it can also cause sun sensitivity! I have not noticed dry eyes or mouth though. My Doctor was pretty certain that i am not experiencing symptoms of scleroderma but he never mentioned Sjogrens. He did mention maybe i had mctd (yet i thought mctd included scleroderma) To my knowledge i have not had the malar rash.
I will certainly question what my doctors impressions are on what is going on. I will be wanting very good explanations if they exclude anything. I can see why getting a diagnosis takes so long. I only hope this doesn't delay treatment for me. Thank you for the information.
Finally have a diagnosis - UCTD. I have commenced plaquenil. I feel like i have been running a marathon all these years and finally someone has tapped me on the shoulder to tell me i have crossed the finish line. Only time will tell if it ever becomes a defined connective tissue disease. It would be great if it doesn't. Even better if it would go away one day. The main thing is i have a treatment plan with prednisolone added for short term relief. My Rheumatologist is absolutely amazing! I can't believe how fortunate i am to have such a great Rheum.
sounds like you need a new rheumatologist. I need a psych when I'm in pain, but I'm not in pain because of psychiatric conditions.
OOPS maybe i should have explained myself better. UCTD is a diagnosis of Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease. It is a diagnosis that is given when a patient doesn't fit the full criteria for a defined connective tissue disease, but has evidence of an evolving disorder.
She definitely believes that i do not have a psychiatric disorder that is causing the symptoms, she said there is no evidence to her that i even had depression and that even if i was depressed she felt it would be my symptoms causing depression and not the other way around.
Studies estimate that UCTD has a 40% chance of staying undifferentiated, 20% chance of full remission, and a 40% chance of becoming a defined connective tissue disorder such as Lupus, Sjogren's and myositis etc.
My Rheum really was fantastic and she felt that once the plaquenil and prenisolone started to work that i would feel alot better.
I also have Mixed Connective Tissue Disease - Lupus, RA, Psoriasis and Sogren's, along with Meniere's syndrome and Spasmodic Dysphonia. I went through a long, frustrating time of uncertainty, too, until I found a good rheumy who began to treat me for it. I'm taking plaquenil and MTX and they are working fairly well for me.
Thanks for responding Marla. I'm glad you find plaquenil and MTX is working. I really hope plaquenil works for me. In the meantime Pred is helping. I'm hoping i won't need any other types of drugs. I want to avoid MTX. I'm happy with how things are going so far. I hope it keeps getting better.


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Last night in Manchester, NH, the American Idol 5 finalists began their 51 city tour. Runner-up Katharine McPhee, however, was not with them.
She has "severe bronchitis and laryngitis," according to the AP, and has been ordered by her doctors to have "total voice rest." In a written statement, Katharine said, "I need to follow my doctor's orders to recuperate and reunite with the rest of the idols. … That's the most difficult part, not talking!"
The tour continues tonight in Manchester, and then moves on to Worcester Friday and Saturday. People magazine talked to some of the finalists to see what they'll be bringing along on the tour, and the results are, to say the least, predictable. Bucky will bring a cowboy hat, and hopefully a personality, while Elliott will be brining his insulin. And Mandisa will have her Bible, which will be handy if she needs to swat away any of her former gay fans.


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In College Football, Big Paydays for Humiliation
By PETE THAMEL; Thayer Evans contributed reporting from Kansas City, Mo., for this article.
Published: August 23, 2006
The University at Buffalo football team went 1-10 last season and did not score a touchdown until the fourth game. For nearly a decade, it has been considered one of the worst teams in college football.
Buffalo is just the kind of opponent some of the nation's top-ranked teams are looking for -- and are paying rapidly rising prices to play this season. The Bulls will travel this coming season to play Auburn, a national title contender, and Wisconsin, a perennial Big Ten Conference power. Although Buffalo appears destined to be humiliated, the university will receive a $600,000 appearance check for each game.
Scheduling easy victories is a tradition as timeless in college football as fight songs and homecoming. But after the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved the addition of a 12th regular-season game for the coming season, the appearance fees began climbing in a bidding war for games against college football's flotsam and jetsam.
Buffalo became such a hot commodity in the off-season that it broke contracts with West Virginia and Rutgers because Auburn and Wisconsin were offering at least double the money. Troy State of Alabama will receive $750,000 from Nebraska to play in Lincoln this season. Louisiana-Lafayette will get the same amount from Tennessee next year.
With the weakest teams in Division I-A becoming more expensive, top programs are stooping lower for competition. Iowa, a Big Ten favorite this year, wooed Montana, a Division I-AA program, for $650,000.
''It's all about the money -- any administrator will tell you that,'' said Rich Rodriguez, the head coach at West Virginia. Buffalo dropped West Virginia from its schedule, without even a courtesy phone call, to earn an extra $300,000 to play at Wisconsin. Mr. Rodriguez added: ''It's not for the excitement of college football. Let's not kid ourselves.''
When the N.C.A.A. proposed allowing 12 games, most coaches objected. Some saw the proposal as exploiting players to fill athletic department coffers. When the extra opponent is a bigger, faster and stronger team, not only does the risk of embarrassment rise, but the potential for injury also increases.
N.C.A.A. officials agree that the change was about money. Football home games are typically the primary source of revenue for an entire athletic department. Other than football, the only college sport that makes consistent money is men's basketball. The other men's and women's sports, except in rare cases, cost more to run than they generate.
David Berst, the N.C.A.A.'s vice president for Division I, said the organization's board authorized the 12th game because universities could increase revenue. He said data showed no significant injury risk in playing one more game. Coaches are resigned to the change.
''It was a unanimous vote by the coaches and administration in our league not to have the 12th game,'' Iowa State Coach Dan McCarney said of the Big 12 Conference. ''What are you going to do? Whether you like it or you don't like it, it's there.''
That is because the 12th game means another Saturday to fill hotel rooms, pack restaurants and bring in millions of dollars more in ticket and concession sales. Wisconsin and Auburn, for example, have stadiums that hold more than 80,000 fans and can usually sell out any game, regardless of the opponent.
Adding a weak team like Buffalo can be beneficial for two reasons. First, it practically guarantees a victory. Second, weak teams will visit for a lower price than better teams, meaning a higher profit on each home game. And many of the weaker teams do not insist on a home-and-home series that would require the better team to visit the next year. That means the better team has an open home date for the next season, which it can use to play another weak team.
When teams like Notre Dame and Michigan State play each other, little money is exchanged, as they are ''paid'' by playing at the other's home stadium the next year. The better the team for a game that does not require a return visit, the higher the fee. For example, a solid Air Force team is receiving $850,000 to play at Tennessee this season.
Fans at Wisconsin may complain about sitting through home games against Western Illinois, San Diego State and Buffalo. But the coaches love it, even if they oppose the idea of a 12th game. Wisconsin will be favored in all three games and, by winning, would be halfway to qualifying for a bowl game.
''I don't think it's realistic to say we're going to play Nebraska, Florida State and U.S.C. every year,'' said John Chadima, Wisconsin's associate athletic director. ''Everyone is trying to search for a team like Buffalo to come in and play them. Both sides realize there is a good guarantee involved with that.''
Mr. Chadima, who has arranged Wisconsin's schedule for 17 years, said he had seen a sharp increase in the cost for nonconference foes over the past five seasons.
For the weaker teams, a bigger appearance check means a chance to upgrade. Buffalo Coach Turner Gill said the Bulls were able to buy new furniture for their football complex and improve their weight room with the $1.5 million from their three nonconference road games. Buffalo plays in the Mid-American Conference.


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Kuwait is seeking to construct the Great Mubarak Port on its Bubyan Island on the Khor Abdullah inlet at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, with the new facility incorporating as many as 60 seaside piers.
Iraqi tribes have indicated their opposition to the project and threatened using force to halt the construction of Mubarak Port.
According to al-Hayah, the Basra Notables Council in southern Iraq has already sponsored a sit-in opposing the development, during which it threatened the use of force to stop construction of the project "if the Iraqi Government is not able to do so and if the border violations and the attacks on the fishermen in the adjacent area of the al-Faw (peninsula) do not stop."
Kazim al Unayzan, head of the Basra Notables Council and the tribal chief of al-Katarinah tribes, told reporters that "the sit-in is the last message to the Iraqi government, and in case it does not confront these violations, then the tribes will try to stop them by force," adding, "The sit-in, in which dozens of tribal chiefs and notables took part, has been sponsored by the council to protest the persistence of some neighboring countries, particularly Kuwait, in the violations against Iraq."
By. Charles Kennedy, Deputy Editor OilPrice.com
Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com


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Juve stay out in front
Juventus cemented their position at the top of the Serie A table as first-half goals from Mirko Vucinic and Alessandro Matri sealed a comfortable 2-0 win over Fiorentina.
Juve knew that failure to condemn Fiorentina to a third straight away defeat would leave the door open for Napoli to close a three-point gap against Lazio.
Boss Antonio Conte had played down talk of a fierce rivalry between Turin and Florence and there was precious little evidence of competition on the pitch as Mirko Vucinic was left unchallenged to slam home the opener.
Matri lost his boot when swinging at Arturo Vidal's canny pass but his socked foot guaranteed Juve all three points before what turned out to be an insipid second half.
Napoli lost valuable ground on Juventus but it could have been worse as Hugo Campagnaro salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Lazio.
Walter Mazzarri's men needed to win in Rome to stay in touch with Juve, who had opened a six-point gap with their victory over Fiorentina.
But Napoli looked like being sucked towards third-placed Lazio when Sergio Floccari opened the scoring early on.
The game grew more and more frantic as time ticked away, with Campagnaro emerging as a key figure all over the pitch, and the Napoli defender would have the final say with an audacious finish three minutes from time.
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Lynchburg City Council Votes on Employee Pay Raises
Lynchburg, VA - Bids for the Heritage High School project came in well below what Lynchburg City officials had anticipated.
So Tuesday night they decided to put the extra 600 thousand dollars to use.
City Council voted 4 to 3 to bump pay raises for all city employees from one and a half to two percent.
Three council members -- Turner Perrow, Jeff Helgeson, and H Cary all voted to cut the city's real estate tax by one cent with that excess, but that proposal did not pass.


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Like many wards in the LDS Church, our ward holds an annual fathers and sons campout. It's a chance for fathers and sons to spend a little quality time together — by huddling close in the cold trying to stave off hypothermia. Most fathers get very little sleep on this campout.
For the lucky few who've never been, fathers and sons works like this. First: you go to Costco or Wal-mart and purchase a tent (or ask Mom to find last year's tent). For most families, this is the only time the tent gets used. Invest accordingly. Tents come in a variety of shapes and sizes but have two things in common: 1, They have more poles than a jigsaw puzzle has pieces; and 2. They give the appearance of warmth without actually providing any.
After packing the tent, sleeping bags and not enough warm clothing, you drive to the designated location. The path is usually marked by paper plates stapled to fence posts reading; "Prairie View Stake, 198th Ward Fathers and Sons Campout turn here" in letters too small to be read from a moving vehicle.
It's always a good idea to arrive at the designated camping area while it's still light. This is important because trying to distinguish green pole "A" from blue pole "B" is nearly impossible by car headlights. Furthermore, if you arrive after dark, all of the food will be burnt or consumed. Nothing says "father/son bonding" like a starving child yelling, "I told you the pole wouldn't bend that far."
Once all the tents have been assembled and dinner eaten, then it's time for a bonfire. If managed correctly, the bonfire gives fathers a chance to teach their young sons about fire, sharp sticks, hot coals, melted nylon jackets and second-degree burns. Older boys learn about melting things like marshmallows and expensive tennis shoes.
Following the bonfire, the boys usually play night games. If someone remembered to pray, "Bless us that no harm or accident will come upon us," then injuries requiring hospitalization do not normally occur.
By the time night games begin, most fathers have retired to their tents to enter the early stages of hypothermia. The process starts when you enter your so-called "sleeping bag." Sleeping bags have temperature ratings which are scientifically established following this formula: Manufacturers give bags to employee testers to try out and the employee reports the "temperature rating."
I believe this means that a sleeping bag rated for 20 degrees means that if you use the sleeping bag in 20-degree weather you probably won't die from hypothermia or get severe frostbite. It does not mean that in 20-degree weather you will sleep warm and comfortably.
Most sleeping bags are made of nylon, a fabric renowned for its ability to stay extremely cold no matter how much time you spend in the bag. Every time you move, a new cold spot jars you awake — much like putting your foot into a bucket of ice. The way to avoid this is to remain perfectly still for the entire night. This is of course impossible, but it's nice to pretend.
In the morning, fathers and sons gather around the fire pit and try and coax some warmth from the remains of the marshmallow/candy wrapper/ tennis shoe campfire while the bishopric prepares breakfast. If tradition is followed, breakfast comprises burnt pancakes, cold bacon and greasy eggs. Following the hearty breakfast, fathers attempt the impossible task of stuffing the tent back into its original bag. I heard that was successfully accomplished once during the 1976 fathers and sons campout — but it's never been repeated.
Fathers usually give up and just throw the whole thing in the trunk.
After stuffing the tent and sleeping bags into the trunk, buckling in the sons and driving off to soccer games and yard work, fathers are left with the warm memory of that moment in the middle of the night when their son snuggles up close and says those three magical words:
"Daddy, I'm freezing."
MacKay Jones lives in Provo with his wife, Heather, and son Dan. He enjoys refereeing, photography and spending time with his family.


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SARASOTA - Back in April, a woman driving a car crashed into the base of the popular 'Unconditional Surrender' statue along the Sarasota bayfront. The crash compromised the structural integrity of the statue, so it was shipped back to the artist in New Jersey for repairs. And after a brief delay, it's back home.
The statue isn't quite 100% just yet, but it's in better shape than it was the day it got hit by that Mercedes.
And the response from people coming by to watch it be re-installed Tuesday has been elation. People say they have been missing this statue, and that a drive down that stretch of U.S. 41 just wasn't the same without seeing the iconic kiss.
"The Pentagon building was built in eleven months. I don't know why it would take seven months to fix a statue."
"I didn't think it was going to come back until 2013, so it was a great sight to see when it was going up."
Engineers started working early Tuesday morning connecting seams inside the iron statue while using two cranes to hoist it upright.
"I'm thinking great, it's finally coming back. I mean since I've moved here -- I've been here about ten years -- and it's just great to see every time I come down here."
Brad Evans drives by there every day, and says a ride down Tamiami Trail just wasn't the same without the statue's trip down memory lane. "To have it gone for good would have been tough, because people have a lot of memories from it and pictures from it."
The project drew plenty of onlookers, all relieved that the sailor and his sweetheart were home again, safe and sound.
"I'm glad they made the stockings white again; she never would have worn anything but white stockings."
"People from all over the world come to admire the statue, and I'm happy to know it's back."
The statue is based on the famous pictures taken in Times Square on V-J, August 14, 1945. In a twist of historic irony, engineers say everything should be finished and back to normal there this Friday, December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.


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Spector over at Fox News takes a look at the Eastern Conference at the quarter pole…
Despite losing key players like Marian Gaborik, Vaclav Prospal and Chris Drury to early season injuries the Rangers have exceeded expectations. Young forwards Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Callahan (pictured) along with blueliner Dan Girardi have been key factors in overcoming their roster shortfalls. Martin Biron has also proven a valuable addition as backup goalie to Henrik Lundqvist. The return of their injured stars could push the Rangers significantly higher in the Conference standings in the coming weeks.
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The pinnacle of international motorsport, Formula One (F1) represents the ultimate in speed, skill and bravery. On track, 24 of the world's finest racing drivers dice wheel-to-wheel at more than 300 kilometres per hour (kmph), with their 750 brake horsepower (bhp) hand-built prototype cars dripping with cutting-edge technology.
It's fast, glamorous and a global sport.
In 2012, though, F1 is beyond competitive—it's white-hot. The return of 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen after a two-year sabbatical has made for an unprecedented six world champions on the grid. Additionally, the first seven races had seven winners across five teams and that exemplifies the intensity.
India, therefore, is in pole position for a truly spectacular race on 28 October. Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel's recent wins in Singapore, Japan and South Korea have catapulted the Red Bull driver into the No. 1 slot, ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso—Vettel is now ahead by six points with four races to go.
The inaugural race last year was hailed as an instant classic, with the 16-turn, 5.125km Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, impressing those on the ground as well as anyone watching on TV.
"The track is fantastic—the organizers have done a great job," said 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton after two Friday practice sessions last year. "It's fast and flowing, the grip-level is fantastic, the run-off areas seem to be good, and the kerbs are probably the best of any circuit we visit."
The circuit layout is rated highly by the drivers, with BIC featuring elevation changes, a high-speed section, a long back straight where the cars can reach 320 kmph, along with a banked double-apex "mini-arena" that looks incredible on TV.
"It's a good track with good Formula One corners, there are quick left-rights and you can take a lot of the corners in fifth gear," said Red Bull Racing-Renault driver Mark Webber upon his first taste of the circuit.
"Turn 3 is a unique corner. It's slow, but it's uphill and quite extreme on the elevation. Turn 4 is also not straightforward, so they're both challenging, and I like the two quick chicanes—they're enjoyable."
Alonso was equally impressed with the circuit located just 40km from New Delhi. "It's nice that the track is wide in some corners," said Alonso at the inaugural event. "It will add to the spectacle, because it means you can take different lines."
The qualifying conundrum
While the war at the front of the grid—and the top of the championship table—boils on ferociously, Indian F1 team Sahara Force India are locked in their own battle in the constructors' (team) championship—Force India are currently in seventh place with 89 points, behind Swiss team Sauber at 116 points.
The Britain-based squad, which is co-owned and run by UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya, began life as Jordan Grand Prix in 1991. As Jordan, the outfit took four wins, two pole positions and two fastest laps before it was sold by eponymous owner Eddie Jordan in 2005.
The team then went through various owners—and became Midland MF1 Racing for 2006 and Spyker F1 in 2007—before being sold to Orange India, a consortium led by Mallya and Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol.
Now known as Sahara Force India (Sahara India Pariwar bought a stake last year—it owns 42.5% in the team, Mallya owns another 42.5%, and the Mol family's holding is 15%), the team has put in some impressive performances, including pole position and second place at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix. Last year, the squad finished sixth in the constructors' championship, its best result yet—and the aim this season is to repeat that.
In developing the team, there have been some shrewd moves. A technical partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies has enabled the team to run race-winning gearboxes and hydraulics; while Mercedes-Benz high-performance engines provide the "class of the field" 2.4-litre V8 powerplants.
In 2012, the team has shown strength—most recently at the Singapore Grand Prix, where both drivers, Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg, looked quick and challenged the top teams on pace all weekend. The podium hasn't been reached yet, but two fourth places have cemented progress.
While immediate results are important, the team is focused on its return to the sharp end of the grid. For Sahara Force India chief engineer Jakob Andreasen, it's as much about developing the drivers as the cars.
"This year is a development year for the drivers and a part of our plan is to bring both the drivers up to a Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel (world champion) standard," he says.
Qualifying plays a major part in F1—and, since 2006, it has comprised three knockout sessions. At the end of the first 20-minute session (Q1), the slowest eight drivers (in positions 18-26) are knocked out, their positions set for Sunday's grid. At the end of the next 15-minute session (Q2), the slowest eight (in positions 11-18) are again knocked out—leaving the fastest 10 from Q2 to enter a 10-minute Q3 session to try for pole position. It's an almost non-stop fight against the clock.
"You have to have the right mental approach for the whole race weekend," says Andreasen. "Particularly the top drivers treat qualifying as a single entity, and not necessarily segregated into the Q1, Q2 and Q3 sessions. They're basically building up.
"One of the things we've wanted to develop with our drivers is to bring them to that level, so it's not a surprise getting into Q3 and actually, it's been the plan that if they don't get into Q3, it's a disappointment.
"Paul recently has shown that. He's incrementally improved throughout qualifying and in Q3 (in Singapore), he's banged in the lap time and for us, that's the norm. That's what we expect. That is the Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel level."
Andreasen, however, knows the pressure on the team's two drivers, both of whom are highly respected in the F1 paddock. "The guys are still young and it takes time," he says. "It's not an instant thing. It's not something they just wake up and get into F1 and it's natural. It's tough. Qualifying is tough. We never stop and we push them hard."
Inside the garage
Slip behind the scenes into the garage—the realm of the super VIP—and you understand first-hand how the teams operate, with a cool-headed methodical approach. Though the challenge out on the circuit requires Olympian-level fitness—with F1 drivers regularly having to withstand up to 5G (G-force is the pressure gravity exerts on an object when it is accelerating relative to free fall)—the garage is normally a haven of calm, well-suited to dealing with split-second decisions.
The cars are flanked—at opposite sides of the garage—by long benches, from where race engineers analyse performance, build strategies and request changes from the mechanics. You'd expect it to be something approaching frantic, given the intensity of competition, but the quiet concentration with which the work is done is astonishing. Once the car leaves the garage, up to 30 people stand (crews, who work directly on the cars, are limited to 47) glued to the monitors, just quietly watching the action.
"This is only a small part of the whole team," says Andreasen. "Back at the factory, we have a team supporting us through what we call the 'mission control'."
Many of the teams utilize a mission control set-up, where members of the outfit based at the factory interact with and advise those in the garage via a direct link. Away from the huge pressure of the race track, mission control can calmly look at car set-up options, race strategies, reliability issues and more—all in real time. Many of the teams even run a driver in the factory simulator during the practice sessions.
"In some ways, that's a nice place to be because that's a quiet and air-conditioned environment where they can make decisions," Andreasen says. "For example, at the track, we may be more emotionally involved, whereas they make more cold decisions based on facts.
"They're looking at the data and all the TV screens and they have a lot of resources to pull on, such as designers who are at hand."
While team engineers at the circuit are focused on improving performance ahead of qualifying and the race, the first task is to adjust to the climate, time zone and then establish a baseline set-up to initially adjust the car for that particular track. Once the driver is on the racing line, though, the engineers focus on making the car quicker—making changes to reduce lap time.
"Whether that's in car set-up or driver coaching or driving lines or anything like that, it's all part of lap time," says Andreasen. "Lap time is our job and wherever we can find it we'll go and get it. So we'll pay particular attention to that. It's one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job because it's quite rewarding."
For Hulkenberg, who hasn't raced at BIC before, getting to grips with the circuit begins long before his arrival at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. "The first thing (you do) is that you run a new circuit in the simulator, which is a good preparation," Hulkenberg explains.
"But when you finally get to the event, you don't start at zero. You know the circuit, as they are all laser-scanned (every turn and bump of a track is scanned and used in simulators for the drivers to practise before they actually get on the track) now so they're accurate normally. You would restart at almost 50% or something so you have a good idea of the circuit but obviously once you get there, with the real thing, you just have to find your bearings and your marks again."
For chief engineer Andreasen, one of the most effective preparation methods is also the most basic—a simple walk around the circuit. "It serves quite a few purposes," he says. "It's to look at the track. But it's important for the drivers because there's a lot of pressure on them and to do a track walk for an hour and a half, it's actually a little bit of personal time that they can spend with their engineers and engineering crew."
The closing gap
Last year's inaugural race was dominated by one man: Red Bull Racing's Vettel, who became the youngest ever double world champion with 11 wins and a record-breaking 15 pole positions. India was his final win for the season and he did it in style with pole position, the race win and fastest lap—akin to F1's royal flush.
The reigning world champion is again in the championship fight after taking his fourth win for the season in South Korea. The German racer is just ahead of Alonso, who has scored points at every race except Belgium and Japan.
"There are a lot of races left and it's a bit difficult to predict what's going to happen," said Vettel in Singapore. "We have to make sure that we finish the races first. The pace is there, even if we are not quick enough to win, then it is good enough to collect a lot of points. We have to make sure we do that.
"It's a tough championship so far, but we're still in it. We're still looking forward to the next couple of races, and obviously, the target at the moment is to beat Fernando."
Räikkönen, who now lies third in the championship 48 points adrift of Vettel, also has an outside chance. The Lotus driver is still chasing his first victory for the season after a number of podiums and unsuccessful battles for the lead. Also in the mix will be McLaren's Hamilton, who retired from Singapore with a gearbox failure, and then finished fifth and 10th in Japan and Korea, respectively, gathering 11 points for his efforts.
The 2008 world champion has tasted victory three times this season and recently shocked fans worldwide with his decision to switch to Mercedes AMG from 2013.
Regardless of the outcome, a home grand prix is special—Narain Karthikeyan remembers what it was like to exit the pit-lane last season for the inaugural race at BIC. "It was an incredible feeling. Growing up in India, you would never have thought it possible to have an Indian driver in Formula One or a Grand Prix," he says. "Those first laps were emotional and it was a fantastic feeling. There was a big crowd even on Friday and you could feel their support through the weekend."
Stewart Bell is an F1 writer based in Australia and has represented a variety of clients at Grands Prix, including Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.