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A high school cheerleader discovers there's more to her future than college when a tragic accident pushes her to be the Super she is.
"Mama, tell Anna-"
"Bry, I don't want to hear it."
Bryony Santos heaved a deeply aggrieved sigh in the second row of seats in the family Chevy Suburban. Her little sister Anna stuck out her tongue from the far back seat, have succeeded in giving Bry a wet willie and gloating where Bry could see her in the rearview mirror. Not that she could do anything about it.
Her younger brother Carlos snickered at her side so she punched him in the arm. He promptly punched her back in the arm, only to yelp when Mama slapped him on the side of the head despite her seat on the front passenger side.
"Carlos, I told you no hitting your sisters."
"But Mama-"
"No, I mean it. All of you, behave or I swear to God I'll tell your father to turn this car around."
"You mean, we'll go back to Butchart Gardens?" Bry asked, her tone deliberately coy. She gave Carlos her most evil grin and he started flailing at her before she even made a move.
"Blessed Madonna, give me the strength to not choke the life out of them all," Mama said with a groan.
Papa just sighed and kept going. They'd spent the day up in Canada, tooling around Vancouver Islands's Butchart Gardens, just over the Washington State border. They were renowned as some of the most beautiful flower gardens in the entire Northwest region.
Now the Santos family was on I-5 heading south through Mount Vernon on the way back to Seattle and the day's fatigue had set in. None of them wanted to be cooped up in the car on a Thursday night after spending a day wandering around.
For Bryony, the ride was torture, knowing what waited for her. Her boyfriend Carl and her best friend Angie were at a rally tonight and she was expected to be there. Bry had even changed into her cheerleader outfit early because she knew the return trip would bring them home late enough that every minute counted.
Besides, this was their senior year in high school. With graduation only weeks away, it was one of the last times she'd be able to strut around in uniform.
She was running out of events to spend with Carl and Angie for that matter. Her boyfriend planned to go to UW of course, having snared a basketball scholarship. Angie planned to follow her twin brother there, though she'd yet to show any interest in a major.
Bryony's grades, her charity work and being president of the senior class had netted her a spot at Yale, though, all the way on the East Coast. They'd talked of course. Neither Carl or her expected to stay together with 3,000 miles between them. Still, three years was a long time to be with a boy. In body, if not in spirit...
"Bry's thinking about Carl!" Her brother yelled suddenly.
"What? Am not."
"You've got that 'oooooh, my boyfriend's dreamy!' look on your face," Carlos said, laughing at her.
She punched him again and looked out the Suburban window. Carl's face should be on her mind but it wasn't him that haunted her dreams and thoughts. Angie, Carl's sister, her fellow cheerleader and best friend in the whole world. Also, the girl she'd been hopelessly in love with since middle school. Dating Carl had started off as a desperate, poorly-thought excuse to be around Angie more. After all these years, Bry ached for the other girl in ways only Kelly Clarkson songs understood.
The thought of seeing Angie at tonight's rally swelled her heart but the following thought of leaving the love of her life behind made that heart fit to burst.
The only reason Bry spotted trouble on the bridge ahead was because she'd been staring out the window, brooding. Suddenly, she saw the superstructure in the distance ahead sway and buckle. Her brows drew together, uncomprehending. Then her horrified gasp joined her parents as they saw the suspension bridge abruptly collapse.
"Ah, Madre de Dios!" Mama cried out.
Papa slammed on the brakes as traffic screeched to a stop. They made it fifty yards shy of the bridge. The Santos' family then watched in choked horror for seconds as sections of the bridge over the Skagit river plunged down into the river below, taking dozens of cars with them. Then, as one, everyone in the car turned to Bryony.
"Mama-" she started to say, only to be silenced with a look.
"God gave you a gift, honey," Mama said.
Papa nodded with his wife. "Bry, you know we love you. Now go save those people."
"Yeah, Bry, you gotta save those people!" Carlos shouted.
Then he unbuckled his seat and hugged her. Anna hugged her a moment later. Tears welled up in the cheerleader's eyes as both of her parents reached out from the front, each claiming a hand and giving it a supportive squeeze.
None of that mattered, of course. Bryony didn't need hugs to feel their love for her. That love surrounded them, burning incandescently, four miniature suns ignited inside the confines of the Chevy Suburban. Their feelings flowed into her, setting her aflame.
Then the eighteen year old cheerleader pulled open the SUV door. Once outside, she crouched to make sure her shoes found a good grip on I-5's asphalt. Her family's love surged through her, body and blood smoldering with the stored up power. And she sprinted forward, moving with impossible speed. One second brought her to the lip of the bridge. Bryony didn't hesitate. The next second saw her plunge off the side to plummet down into the water below.
Eight years ago, when Bryony had been eleven years old, she'd discovered she was a Super, one of the rare people on Earth born with literally superhuman ability. She and her siblings had performed for a talent show and, for reasons she'd never known, Bryony felt the audience's pleasure flow over her.
It was almost physical, like the ocean's tide rolling across her skin. Heady with the potency of it, she'd jogged home after the show only to find she covered two miles in less than a minute.
Since that day, Bryony had pieced together how it worked. Any positive emotion directed at her empowered her, charging her like sunlight on a solar cell. Love, friendship, affection, approval, each had its own taste and all of it made her stronger, faster, tougher.
Of course she'd concealed her power. Everyone knew Supers had to become Heroes. The idea terrified Bryony. Risking beatings, death, and worst of all: papparazzi? No thank you! Instead, she'd studied hard, became a cheerleader and was eventually voted class president, setting the stage for her inevitable future rise to the Senate of the United States. That was perfectly respectable, wasn't it? Who said being a Super meant only one way to serve your country?
Bryony slammed into the water far below, not even feeling the impact. Several cars still floated near the surface. Those could wait.
The cheerleader used her momentum to plunge deep down into the river, her eyes frantically probing for sunken vehicles. Dozens drifted underwater. She could see the passengers beating uselessly at their doors, trying to escape.
Bryony gritted her teeth, swam up and caught the first car. Then she towed it underwater to the shore, where she promptly dragged it above the water line. It felt weird, pulling and feeling the water's resistance clinging to the half ton car. But then, she'd never tried doing anything like this before.
Power pulsed through her muscles as she plunged back into the water to pull out the next car. All these years barely using her power had stored it, concentrating it, and now it came eagerly as she doled it out. Above her, Bryony could still feel her family. Their feelings buoyed her, a never ending trickle to replenish the floodwaters she'd turned loose.
This was why she'd never asked Angie out. In four years, Bryony's best friend had grown to love her...like a sister. The couple of times Bry hinted her feelings were more than that, she'd felt that love in the other girl vanish like smoke, only returning after she feigned laughter, claiming it was a joke.
Love could make Bryony strong enough to lift another car out of the river but it couldn't make Angie love her. Not like that.
Bryony caught a Geo Metro by the bumper and tugged it out of the water with one hand. Rescued drivers and their passengers stood on the bank of the Skagit River, staring in numb shock at their rescuer as they climbed free of water-logged vehicles.
She managed a weary smile. Only flickers of positive energy responded. These traumatized people were too stunned by their submersion to provide any additional power.
Bryony grimaced, then shrugged as she plunged back into the water. It would have to do. Those still in the water had no other hope.
As she plunged into the Skagit river once more, though, she dimly made out a truck down there, pinned under bridge debris, a massive gash in the side of its trailer where the top had somehow struck the top of the bridge and caused its collapse. Bry caught at the front of the truck and pulled...and the huge vehicle barely budged. Fear threatened to drown her more than a lack of air; she wasn't strong enough!
Bryony braced both feet against the river bottom and hauled with all her might. The truck skidded forward a dozen feet before coming to a stop. She tugged again and didn't even manage a foot. She was tired. More than tired, fatigued in a way she'd never been. Whatever power she'd stored up, it was nearly depleted.
She surfaced for another breath of air and plunged back down. This time, she gave up on moving the truck and settled instead for the driver side door. It was locked but the interior was flooded so Bryony's fingers dug in through solid metal, got a grip and tore the whole frame out.
The driver drifted inside, pinned by his seat belt, unmoving. Bryony caught the seat belt and pulled. It wouldn't give. She'd used up the last of her strength getting in. Bryony yanked hard on the restraint but couldn't get it to release.
Panicking, she gripped the heavy set older man and tried to pull him free of the belt. It didn't work. No matter what she did, she couldn't get the man free!
She screamed her hopelessness into the silent uncaring water. The trickle of radiant love from her family above wasn't enough. Far to the south, smoldering like a sunrise behind a mountain, Bryony could feel the affection, admiration and friendship of all her friends, all her classmates, all those she'd volunteered for. That wasn't enough either. Nothing was.
Bryony's lungs squeezed like fists in her chest, struggling as she suffocated beneath the waves, yet she couldn't stop tugging on the seat belt.
Suddenly, powerful arms shot past her. Equally powerful hands tore the seat belt open before pulling the driver, and herself, up and out of the water.
Bewildered by the inexplicable transition, Bryony gasped on the shore, taking in precious breaths of oxygen. Then she saw the driver lying on the shore next to her.
Motionless. Lips tinged blue. Drowned.
A feeling of defeat and despair filled her, crushing her until she abruptly vomited on the grassy knoll rising out of the Skagit River.
Sometime later, Bryony's dulled senses realized someone wanted her attention. Her head seemed far away as she turned it to the intruding source. A heavily muscled Hero crouched there, shirtless except for a pair of jeans, a cowboy hat and a token mask to protect his identity. She didn't recognize him. Must be new.
"He's fine, kiddo. See?"
Bryony followed his finger to the driver, wrapped in towels and shivering as a paramedic checked him out. Only then did she realize the trickle of her family's love had grown closer, stronger...and it was joined by a torrent of relief and thanksgiving from the other survivors, staring down at her from a sidewalk above the shore. A man in a suit caught their attention, apparently giving them instructions.
She looked back at the cowboy. He grinned at her, dashingly handsome and knowing it. "New Super, huh? Gotta say, sugar, that was pretty sweet work there. You pulled, what, fifteen cars to safety? Not even trained neither."
"I couldn't save him," Bryony whispered.
"Nah, don't worry about it," the masked Cowboy said, drawling in a decidedly Southern accent. "You saved enough. You got the ones I couldn't. Only got here after my ride saw this go down. Guess you're too young for HCP but a day like today makes you a hero by my book."
"But I couldn't...I c-couldn't..."
"Kiddo," he said, dropping low beside her. "You can't save them all."
But it was a lie. Bryony looked into that handsome masked face and felt the lie, not from him but from herself. She knew better.
If she'd trained like a Hero should, she could have saved him. If she'd practiced lifting, she might have moved the truck...or at least kept enough energy to rip the belt off before the driver drowned. Instead, she'd idled away her time cheerleading, pretending there was no such thing as the Hero Certification Program.
She'd spent years obsessing about a girl when she should have been training to save these people.
"I should have been able to save him," Bryony said to the cowboy, looking past him to the shivering driver, alive solely by luck and CPR.
"Then apply to the HCP. That's what it's for."
Bryony looked back at the Hero. She felt a familiar warmth from him, sexual attraction and the friendly affection for a cute stranger only boys felt towards girls. The taste wasn't nearly as satisfying as real feeling but it was close, warming, and she almost leaned into it as it scrubbed away at the frozen tide of exhaustion inside her.
"Fine," she said at last. "Sign me up then."


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A compilation of subway maps and photos shows the dramatic development of mass transit in Asian cities over recent years.
Asia Society Washington, D.C., Director Matt Stumpf says change is rapid in Asia, and it won't wait for American politicians who can't make spending decisions.
Lauded by Holland Cotter in the New York Times, a new group exhibition encompasses 22 artists and collectives from the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
As Ang Lee and Argo took home big honors last night, we reflect on the Asian impression left on the Academy Awards.
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A festival devoted to reading and writing becomes a political statement in a city where bomb blasts, like thunderstorms, have become part of the natural order.
This Thursday, a nationwide celebration for Bangladesh takes on worldwide significance in the struggle to preserve native languages.
Introducing his new book at the Karachi Literature Festival, one of Pakistan's leading younger novelists says, "You have to find new ways of telling stories."
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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Review by Mechsaurian
"Never let a different company handle a classic."
Considering the massive sales and critical acclaim of Guitar Hero I and II, it's no surprise that GHIII would come sooner or later. Unfortunately, Harmonix ran off to make Rock Band, and Activision put household-name Neversoft at the helm of GHIII, trusting the game in their veteran hands. Neversoft certainly did a good job of replicating the Guitar Hero feel; unfortunately, that's what the game feels like: a replication. A spin-off with slightly tweaked characters to fit in with Neversoft's "hardcore" art style and majorly tweaked gameplay to hopefully boost sales even further. Although GHIII is a pretty fun game overall, it just doesn't live up to the Guitar Hero name. The track set sucks compared to the previous games, several classic characters have been omitted, the new battle mode is a dud, and the graphics and sound are, amazingly, even WORSE than GHII's, which is a disgrace considering GHIII was developed specifically for the X360 while GHII was merely an upgrade of a PS2 game. Rather then rant further, I'll break my madness down into the usual bullet points and scores to help illustrate my point better.
Now, to be fair, anyone playing a rhythm-based guitar game won't be spending much time taking in the graphics. However, they did provide a lot of atmosphere to the past two games. Even games that were essentially devoid of a storyline made you feel like a rockstar. The other games had their share of complaints (weak animations on the supporting musicians being the chief criticism) but Guitar Hero II had, overall, very smooth and pleasant graphics that weren't supposed to be realistic, but rather provide a stylized visual counterpart to evoke the powerful feeling of being a rockstar (albeit one with a plastic 2/3 scale guitar controller instead of a real instrument).
Guitar Hero III takes the art design in a new direction, one that Tony Hawk fans should be familiar with. The characters are made rougher-looking overall, with guys who are purposely ugly and chicks who look like straight-up hookers (one with her exposed thong riding up her waist). There's too many tattoos, too many piercings, too many "crazy" hairstyles, just too much flamboyance overall. The alternate costumes are also a lot less cool then GHII's, and the new characters (the japanese-pop rocker, Tom Morello, and Slash) feel incredibly tacked on. Where is Clive Winston? and Pandora? and Johnny Knox? I understand Neversoft wanted to distinguish GHIII from its peers, but the new art direction is very unsatisfactory; everything feels far too forced.
New art direction aside, the basic graphics of the game have changed for the worse as well. The animations, which were GHII's cheif complaint, are even worse now - Star Power is no longer a frantic display of over-the-top showmanship, but a boring aura of electricity that surrounds your character for a brief period. The drummer, made infamous in numerous other reviews, looks TERRIBLE. Animation quality that bad is worse than N64 quality - I much preferred the contant loop of the old drummer to the robotic antics of the new one. The singer and bassist are alright, despite being made more exaggerated like everything else in the game (the bassist almost looks like Chewbacca in bell-bottoms). But my biggest concern is the guitarists - why are they so boring now? In the old games they engaged in headbanging, windmilling, and goose-stepping to keep cool-looking at all times; now, they mostly stand still and make vaguely sexual facial expressions. Pretty weak stuff, considering they'll be what you're looking at 75% of the time.
Having the sound score this low may seem a little unfair, but there's a reason for it. The main reason is that the new soundtrack is inherently inferior to the previous two games. GHI was just a bunch of pure classics that everyone knew. GHII had a lot of classics interspersed with occasional new bands' material and some excellent metal thrown in the later stages (The Trooper, Beast and the Harlot, Laid to Rest, Hangar 18, etc). In my opinion, both GH I and II had very good soundtracks, and even though a lot of people griped that none of the songs were master tracks, you have to admit that Harmonix did a very good job covering them. In retrospect, I kind of miss the Harmonix covers - the sound quality in GHIII is very bad. Many of the tracks sound "fuzzy," and even in surround sound there are certain parts of songs that are way too loud or quiet.
But I digress. the soundtrack has a few classics, a few modern classics (My Name Is Jonas, for example... you know, 90's-early 2000's classics) and a bunch of gimmick songs that are well known but not especially well liked (such as Miss Murder... which is one of the last songs I would have expected in a Guitar Hero game). Granted, there is some decent metal songs at the end (Number of the Beast, One) but overall the soundtrack was very disappointing. Unlike GHII, which had song after awesome song to revisit with joy, after you beat GHIII there are only about 5 to 10 songs you will want to play again in Quick Play (and a quick note on QP - what's with the random characters? It's a lot less interesting than having a specific character play each song).
Neversoft had to rebuild the Guitar Hero engine from the ground up, and it definately shows. The game's difficulty is a source of perpetual frustration - easy, medium, and hard are far too easy, and the later stages of expert are simply impossible. The reason for all this is that hammer-ons have been made much easier and more plentiful than they were in GHII (you can even hammer-on off of a sustained note now). To compensate for the fact that any veteran player could tear the precious games a new one with the new hammer-on settings, the game designers responded by making the note charts on expert songs so overdone that many cannot be beat without judicious use of Star Power.
Speaking of Star Power, the SP phrases in this game are so long and complicated, if you're able to get Star Power out of a part of a song, you usually don't need it anyways. I found this really annoying in songs like "Before I Forget" and "One" where there are parts so difficult that they cannot be beaten without Star Power.
Despite the poorly emulated gameplay, there are a few silver linings among the game's numerous dark thunderheads. The best of them is the Co-op campaign, replacing Co-op Quick Play from GHII. The Co-op campaign is extremely fun, and offers a cheap alternative to Rock Band for those who don't want to lay down 200 bucks. There are a few songs only available in Co-op mode, and thankfully they all are good. This is one of the few parts of the game I can genuinely recommend.
A GH game's replay is based entirely on how fun the songs are to revisit in Quick play. While some songs will keep you coming back for more because they are so fun to play, many good songs have been ruined by poor note charts, and others are either too easy or too difficult. The Quick Play in GHIII is much worse than previous iterations, although it should keep you occupied for at least a few weeks. Still, this is hardly enough to justify the 100 dead Washingtons you'll be giving up for a few weeksworth of entertainment.
Of course, there is Co-op Campaign and Online Battles. But, let's face it, you can only play through the Co-op once, and the Online Battles are an obvious gimmick, and a not-very-gun one at that. At any rate, don't expect yearsworth of cherished memories from GHIII - I've only had the game two weeks and I'm already booting up GHII again to replay all those songs I've been missing for so long.
In short, I don't recommend this game to ANYONE. If you are a new player, start with Guitar Hero II, as it is a much better game overall. If you're a Guitar Hero vet in need of fresh meat, you might want to get it, but you will be sorely disappointed by the drastic stylistic and gameplay changes made to your beloved game. But hey, it's your $100, not mine.
Reviewer's Rating: 2.5 - Playable
Originally Posted: 01/10/08
Game Release: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (US, 10/28/07)
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Police are appealing for information after a van driver was assaulted in an attempted robbery in Braintree.
The driver was making deliveries in the town on Friday and stopped at Fore Field at about 10.30am to check packages in the rear of the vehicle.
As he climbed out and shut the back door he was approached by two men who demanded the van keys and told the driver to open the door again.
When he refused both men started assaulting him. He was punched and kicked several times before the two attackers ran off empty-handed.
The van driver, who is in his 30s, suffered bruising to his face and body.
The two suspects were both white, aged between their 20s and 40s and about 5ft 7in tall.
One had stubble and was wearing a light grey hoodie and the other was wearing a baseball cap and spoke using a "chav or gangsta-style accent."
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Florentine Opera, @ The Center Series
Oct. 2, 2013
The Florentine Opera Company (930 E. Burleigh St.) invites audiences into their Riverwest studio to experience world-class opera free of fuss. The new @ The Center series offers affordable performances in an intimate, informal setting in the neighborhood in which the company resides. "We don't want to just be in the Riverwest community, we want to be a part of it," says General Director William Florescu. With monthly Friday-Saturday performances beginning Oct. 4-5 with an 80th Anniversary Season Sampler and continuing through May, the series hopes to reform opera's elitist reputation and showcase this "synthesis of the arts" for a wider audience.
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Young guys. Talented or potentially talented. Ruled extraneous with the addition of two high-profile, veteran acquisitions at their positions. Acquisitions that have not gone to plan.
The young guys, by the way, are flourishing.
By now, we're all familiar with the tale of Nik Vucevic, whom the Sixers selected 16th overall out of USC in 2011. The 7-foot center played in 51 games in last year's lockout-shortened season for 15 minutes per, scoring 5.5 points and 4.8 rebounds, before appearing in just one playoff game for a grand total of 180 seconds.
He was traded to the Orlando Magic this summer so the Sixers could land Andrew Bynum and is now fifth in the NBA in rebounds per game (11.4) and fourth in rebounds per 48 minutes (16.8). Bynum, of course, has not played a game with the Sixers and possibly never will (cue your outrage at my use of the word possibly).
But now, we're being reminded of Bobrovsky, who was traded to Columbus this summer for a second-round draft pick and two fourth-round choices. Bob carried the load in his rookie season (28-13-8, 2.59, .915) before flaming out down the stretch, giving way to the Flyers' 2011-playoffs goaltending carousel that resulted in Mike Richards and Jeff Carter's exit from Philadelphia and a nine-year, $51 million contract for Ilya Bryzgalov. Made a backup upon Bryz's arrival, the then-23 year old played in 29 games last season, posting a sub-.900 save percentage and was sent out of town when it didn't make sense to have a young kid back up a guy with eight years left on his contract.
Bob's numbers weren't anything to get excited about for the first three weeks of the season, but then he started being quietly good, and now he's impossible to ignore. In his last five games, he's allowed just four goals, posted two shutouts and stopped 124 of 128 shots sent his way. That stretch has dropped his season-long GAA to 2.27 and raised his save percentage to .919.
Bryzgalov is now — and was as soon as the CBA was released — the topic of amnesty speculation. He's currently overworked, looks shaky, has a sub-.900 save percentage, and without improvement could be bought out sometime during the next 18 months.
There is no one on the planet who wouldn't have parted with Vucevic for Bynum.
And so long as the Flyers were committed to Bryzgalov, it didn't make sense to have Bobrovsky on the bench. It's really tough to argue that the club could have gotten any more for him, because he was losing value as a backup with a +3.00 GAA and -.900 save percentage.
To argue that the Sixers or Flyers should have done anything different at the time is to try to look intelligent after the fact.
That said, after the fact, in retrospect, with hindsight being what it is, now that the cards are out on the table, insert euphemism here, the Flyers and Sixers are — at this very moment — on the short end of both trades.
The only way to actually tell for sure, over the long-term, is to come back six months from now, or a year from now, or two years from now, or a decade from now, and check again — when the moment will have past.
Sergei Bobrovsky Is the New Nik Vucevic, And the Hits Just Keep on Coming
Sergei Bobrovsky Is the New Nik Vucevic, And the Hits Just Keep on Coming
Young guys. Talented or potentially talented. Ruled extraneous with the addition of two high-profile, veteran acquisitions at their positions. Acquisitions that have not gone to plan.


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Ramp From I-70 West To I-270 North Reopens After Truck Overturned
COLUMBUS, Ohio
The ramp from Interstate 70 west to Interstate 270 north on the east side was closed late Friday morning because of an overturned truck.
According to police, a truck overturned on the ramp shortly before 11 a.m.
The road reopened shortly after noon.
The truck was leaking gasoline.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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Tax when buying a car
Which state's sales tax do I pay if I buy a car out of state?
Can a car be bought in a state other than the one in which we live (Wisconsin) to avoid the sales tax? Will local dealers have to service an auto bought from an out-of-state dealer?
You can't escape the long arm of the taxman just by driving across the state line. If you buy a vehicle in another state, technically you will not have to pay Wisconsin's 5 percent sales tax. However, you will have to pay a 5 percent use tax when you register your vehicle in Wisconsin, so the net result is the same.
Wisconsin does not collect sales tax on vehicles purchased out of state, but it imposes the use tax so residents can't do an end run by buying a vehicle elsewhere.
If you do buy a vehicle outside Wisconsin, you should
check with the revenue department of that state to find out whether you have to pay sales tax there. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue says that if you pay sales tax in the state where you purchase a vehicle, you will receive credit for that amount in Wisconsin and won't have to pay the full 5 percent use tax.
In addition to the use tax, Wisconsin residents may also have to pay a county and/or stadium tax, depending on where the vehicle is registered.
As far as whether dealers have to service vehicles purchased elsewhere, the answer is yes for warranty claims. Dealers are reimbursed by the manufacturer for warranty work, so they should welcome your business. In addition, they want you to come back for maintenance and additional service, so they should readily adopt you as a customer.
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86: Galbi Jjim at Soban
Galbi jjim at Soban
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Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes.
86: Galbi Jjim at Soban.
Walk into any cozy Korean mom-and-pop restaurant, the kind with the old lacquered wood tables and weathered pictures of soups and stews on the wall, and there's a good chance that a clay pot of galbi jjim -- braised short ribs -- will be on the menu. Korean cuisine is filled with comfort foods, but galbi jjim, a soy- and garlic-intensive version of the best pot roast you've ever eaten, is probably the most comforting of the lot.
At Soban, a bright modern space on the western edges of Koreatown, the spicy pot of short ribs arrives looking like the centerpiece of the best Sunday dinner you could dream of. Impossibly tender cubes of beef are covered in rich gravy with hints of chile paste, roasted chestnuts and sweet, sauce-plumped dates. The flavor is as deep as an abandoned well, developed during hours of slow and deliberate braising. Is that orange rind? Ginger? Sesame oil? You ladle huge spoonfuls over mixed-grain rice, making sure to sop up every last drop of sauce. Maybe you'll convince Grandma to add some gochujang to next year's holiday brisket.
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Louisville, KY, United States, 2009/01/12 - After naming DRE the 17th fastest growing business in Louisville, Business First of Louisville has named DRE a 2008 Company of the Year.
DRE, Inc. a premier international medical and surgical equipment supplier has been named by Business First of Louisville as a 2008 Company of the Year. The award caps the most successful three-year period in DREs history.
In the last three years, DRE achieved a cumulative revenue growth of 90 percent, says Tim Jarm, DREs chief operating officer. DREs growth is due in part to our competitive mix of low-cost professionally refurbished medical equipment and dependable DRE-brand equipment.
Jarm expects affordable DRE-brand and professionally refurbished equipment to be popular in 2009, as many ambulatory surgery centers, oral/maxillofacial surgeons and other healthcare facilities will need to maximize limited budgets.
Our products cost significantly less than equipment from competing companies, says Jarm. Healthcare facilities looking to save money in 2009 should take a look at our product mix, which includes the DRE Waveline Plus vital signs monitor and the DRE Integra AV-S anesthesia workstation.
In recent years, DRE has harnessed its lineup of refurbished equipment which includes operating room lights, surgical tables and anesthesia machines to strengthen its market share in the United States and throughout the world, with particular success in the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia. In the United States, many healthcare educators are turning to DREs economically-priced equipment to provide their students with hands-on training.
In 2008, DRE expanded its online store, ORSupply.com, to become the largest online marketplace for surgical supplies and medical devices. ORSupply.com added products from Littman, Heine and Miltex, and redesigned its interface to allow customers to search, find and instantly purchase medical accessories with only a few clicks no purchasing group or supply contract needed.
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A Jeep and a GPS, they go together like kids and candy. And they stand as symbols of two of my favorite past times; exploring the back roads in south-western BC, and geocaching! It's on these pages I've brought together trip reports I've written while back roading, and stories when out geocaching. Hope you enjoy the stories.....
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Abbotsford Night Caching
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- Shelley said...
Hey Ed - the parents probably were hanging around to make sure you left - probably thought you were a pedophile ;-)
damn parents - what's up with them anyway :-)
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Nice to see our Cedarsprings cache on your blog. The main East-West trail is actually an old road right-of-way. A long time resident (now past away) told me that the Model T's used to drive up here. However it is too steep for modern road engineering standards and was left abandoned for many years.
When we build Cedarsprings (the townhouse site) and Paradise Place (subdivision) that flank the old road we also built the trail system. The city than named it after our townhouse community, which we named for the 200+ mature cedar trees and several natural springs we incorporated into the design.
Hope this explains why there is no ravine or creek here. And, yes, Abbotsford has a lot of great linear parks. legacypac
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The big bookstore companies turn out lackluster reader apps. I'm talking about Apple, Amazon, Sony, B&N, so there is a huge market there for developers to produce better apps for ePub and mobi, but none have yet to produce an app that is really that much better than the BIG EBOOKSTORE companies.
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Pizza Deliveryman kills robber
This happened yesterday at the beach in East Coast Florida. Unfortunately, as the guy is a Domino's deliveryman, and they have a no firearms in the car policy, he will probably lose his job. Which is better then losing his life, but still sucks.
Another corporation listening to the attorneys.
Hey man, nice shot!
I don't see how Dominos can say no guns in the cars when they don't own them, the driver's use there own cars. Now if Dominos owned their own cars it would be a different story.
I think it's great that more people are not going to be the victim. And taking back their city's .
Aren't these the same guys that showed up with my $25 order and told me they only carry $2 change when I handed them 2 $20 bills? I told them to keep the pizzas.
That crap is just heartburn in a box anyway.
Domino's prefers dead employees to dead criminals. Least dominos doesn't make it vague that they support robbery and murder. Their corporate policy makes it crystal clear they prefer to see their employees murdered.
My senior year HS I delivered/prepped for Dominoes. Bad area of Greensboro a guy walked up to my car at a light, stuck a gun in the open sunroof, and he ate pizza that night!
Another time I returned from deliveries to find....eventually....everyone huddled in the prep cooler as they had been robbed in my absence....
Extra anchovies? ;)
Anyone? Anyone at all?
I am getting so old.
And no, I don't want any!
Thanks, Trip. I thought I was the only one.
Keep the anchovies. I only use them in caeser salad dressing.
Domino's is like most any corporation that has people out with their sign on their conveyance. Regardless of who owns it. Their attorneys have told them that if Danny Driver returns fire while on a delivery of their product, and perchance during that exchange a non involved citizen takes a bullet, Dominos has the deep pockets, and thus will be paying up. Not Danny Driver, not the Perp.
Therefore as a "wages. hours and working conditions" thing, you have to agree not to have a firearm in your car to work for them. They will happily tell you to give up the pizza and cash. They do not address whether the perp has more then larceny in his heart, and wants a victim.
I would make the decision to carry, and assume the job is toast if there are any incidents. My guess is that is what this guy was doing. I am certain he will be fired.
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ACC official says Clowney hit was ejection-worthy
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (WACH) - The head of Atlantic Coast Conference officiating says South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney should have been ejected for the Outback Bowl hit that made him an internet sensation.
On Monday at the ACC Football Kickoff, the head of ACC officials, Doug Rhoads, talked about 2013 college football rule changes that will focus on defensive players leading with the crown of their helmets and hitting above the shoulders.
When asked about Clowney's game-changing hit on Michigan running back Vincent Smith in January's Outback Bowl, Rhoads said it was his opinion that Clowney should have been thrown out of the game, and hits like that will lead to ejections this season.
Clowney's hit went viral on the internet minutes after the fumble-causing play, and just last week, earned an ESPY from ESPN for best play of the year.
The attention-grabbing hit has been praised by many analysts as a proper form tackle that was a clean hit. Smith was not injured on the play and popped right up after Clowney dropped him to the ground.
The rule changes are designed to increase player safety, but some have suggested what was once deemed an aggressive, but perfectly legal play, may now be open to far too much interpretation, leading to ejections and penalties.


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No one has officially announced himself, but, nevertheless, there is much speculation as to who will be the next House Speaker.
Congressman Sabath's office announced that it has been receiving many calls from various members of the House regarding his possible candidacy for Speaker because of his being the new dean of the House.
His secretary has communicated with Mr. Sabath, now in Chicago, advising him of these requests. As yet no direct word has been received here from the Congressman.
Judging from a recent interview with Representative Sabath it is unlikely that he will compete in the race for speaker ship. During this interview, before Congress adjourned, he stated that although there has always been some feeling of anti-Semitism existing in Congress. it has not been directed against him, "because I do not force myself to the front."
It is unlikely that he will seek the speaker ship despite his seniority.
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Nicki Minaj Debuts Pink Friday Fragrance, Shows Photo of Bottle in Her Likeness
Nicki Minaj has released her first fragrance, entitled Pink Friday, inspired by her 2010 debut LP of the same name.
The "Pound the Alarm" creator teamed up with Give Back Brands LLC, the same company to launch Justin Bieber's Someday fragrance. Minaj's perfume debuts in September.
"I am so excited about my fragrance debut, and am proud to partner with Give Back Brands for such a personal project," Minaj said.
"I have always been a huge fan of great fragrances; this is yet another extension of my creative expression and I can't wait to share it with the world. I designed this scent and bottle with my Barbz in mind; I know they will love it!"
The bottle design is a a bust of the rapper with shoulder-length pink hair, a gold face and a nameplate necklace. Wondering what Pink Friday smells like? According to the Young Money MC, its scent is "like angels playing."
Not only is she involved with all aspects of her perfume release, but Minaj is also working on a clothing line.


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Mata appreciates rest time
Few players have ever had the summer that Juan Mata has just gone through, but the Spanish playmaker finally feels he is ready for the 2012-13 season after enjoying an extended break for club and country.
Mata, 24, found himself in the rare position of being included in the Spain squads for both the European Championship and Olympics, and that followed Chelsea's gruelling but ultimately glorious runs in the FA Cup and Champions League.
As such, the midfielder was rested by Roberto Di Matteo for the recent game against QPR while his national side also agreed that it was better to leave Mata out of the recent friendly against Saudi Arabia and the World Cup qualifier in Georgia.
"The break was important for me because it is a busy season with five trophies," Mata told the Evening Standard. "It was a busy summer for me with the European Championship and the Olympics but now I feel fit and strong. I want to play because I love to play football.
"My first season here was amazing for me but I want to improve. I can because I am still young and believe I can always get better. I would like to score more goals, create more goals and learn to defend better."
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Background: Pancreatic cancer ranks as the fourth leading cause of death by cancer in the United States. Approximately, 30,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and a similar number die of the disease each year.1, 2 Typically, 19% of patients with patients with cancer of the exocrine pancreas survive 1 year after diagnosis, and only 4% survive 5 years after diagnosis.2 The problem is particularly acute in the African American population, since they are 2 times more likely to die than patients from other minority groups.3 The incidence of pancreatic cancer in African-American population exceeds those in the white population by about 50% to 90%.4 Pancreatic cancer offers a clear example of a tumor that, despite the advances in science and medicine, remains an almost insurmountable challenge for curative treatment.5
Nano-scale science includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-100 nm. Within the last decade, there have been a plethora of publications that have demonstrated potential applications of nanotechnology, which include catalysts, components of systems for drug delivery, magnetic storage media, and electronic and optical devices 6, 7. Polymeric drug delivery systems are an important tool in the treatment of cancer and genetic diseases. Indeed, drug delivery systems have impacted nanotechnology, resulting in the use of nano-particles for drug delivery and gene delivery. The efficacy of anticancer drugs, however, may be inhibited by the extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins including collagen I, collagen IV, fibronectin, and laminin that surround the cancer cell. The advantages of nano-particles are that they are submicrometer colloidal particles capable of tumor penetration through the ECM. These polymeric nano-particles can be made ferric magnetic, which has the advantage that an external localized magnetic field gradient can be applied to the chosen site to attract drug-loaded magnetic nanoparticles from blood circulation. A recent study by Jain et al. 8 demonstrated the feasibility of using oleic acid (OA)-Pluronic-coated iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles for drug loading. We want to extend this study using the pancreatic anti-cancer drugs 5-Fluorouracil and gemcitabine that inhibit DNA replication and repair, and Flavopiridol, which is an inhibitor of several cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs).9, 10 The specific goals of this research proposal include the following:
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2. Test in-vitro activity using pancreatic cell cultures of solution phase drug vs drug-loaded OA-Pluronic stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles.
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2. Hansel DE, Kern SE, Hruban RH. Molecular pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer. Ann. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet. 2003;4:237-56.
3. Shavers VL, Brown LB. Racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2002;5:334-57.
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8. Jain TK, Morales MA, Sahoo SK, Leslie-Pelecky DL, Labhasetwar V. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Sustained Delivery of Anticancer Agents. molecular pharmaceutics 2005;3(2):194-205.
9. Zhai S, Senderowicz AM, Sausville EA, Figg WD. Flavopiridol, a novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, in clinical development. Ann. Pharmacother. 2002;36(5).
10. Pasetto LM, Jirillo A, Stefani M, Monfardini S. Old and new drugs in systematic therapy of pancreatic cancer. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 2004;49:135-51.
B) Nanoscale science: Biomaterials a surface science approach (C. C. Perry)
Introduction: Surfaces play a vital role in catalysis, biology and medicine with most biological cellular detection/response occurring at the cell interface. Numerous examples show that the surface properties of a material are directly related to in-vitro biological performance such as protein adsorption and cell growth (Prime and Whitesides 1993; Li, Li et al. 2004; Rosi and Mirkin 2005). In certain research areas, e.g. catalysis and microelectronics, the combination of well defined surfaces have resulted in a detailed understanding of the role that surface structure and chemistry play (Burda, Chen et al. 2005). Specific research objectives include the following.
3. characterize Au and Fe surface modified colloidal Nanoparticles.
4. Characterize protein adsorption on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) to model non-specific protein adsorption.
5. Evaluate and optimize the protein adsorption resistance of surface-modified SAMs
Alkyl thiols
Perfluorinated thiol
Poly(ethylene) glycol (PEG)
Nano-particle synthesis and characterization: Short term projects involve the synthesis of SAMs on Au, and Au and Fe nanoparticles using published techniques (Prime and Whitesides 1993; Daniel and Astruc 2004; Burda, Chen et al. 2005; Love, Estroff et al. 2005). The Au nanoparticles will be surface modified with alkyl thiols, and (polyethylene glycol) PEG thiolates along with laser ablation experiments to control particle size (Burda, Chen et al. 2005). In addition to Fe nanoparticle synthesis, we will attempt to synthesize bimetallic particles of Fe/Cu and Fe/Ni. The magnetic nanoparticles will be further modified by addition of starch and oleic acid (OA)-Pluronic coated iron nanoparticles (Jain, Morales et al. 2005). Material characterization will be performed using surface analytical techniques including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared (IR) and UV-VIS. Mass spectroscopy will be used for molecular weight determination.
Non-specific protein adsorption: Many strategies have been developed to inhibit non-specific protein adsorption. This is relevant for a wide array of medical devices including catheters, heat valves, and stents, etc. Protein adsorption on an implant surface is the first stage leading to a deleterious inflammatory response in tissue (Castner and Ratner 2002). We will perform uptake experiments of various SAMs on Au with fluorescent labeled proteins Fibrinogen and Lysozyme and bovine serum albumin. This will be compared with model, Polyethylene oxide (PEO) (CH2CH2O)n surfaces, which were found to give good anti-fouling characteristics (Prime and Whitesides 1993; Love, Estroff et al. 2005).
Environmental Remediation: Nanoscale iron particle environmental remediation technologies can potentially provide cost-effective solutions to some of the most challenging environmental cleanup problems. Nanoscale iron particles have large surface areas and high surface reactivity making them potentially very effective for the transformation and detoxification of a wide variety of common environmental contaminants, such as chlorinated organic solvents, organochlorine pesticides, and PCBs (Zhang 2003). However, these iron nanoparticles generally agglomerate and adhere to soil particles. The goal is to use surface modification by polymers (e.g. poly(acrylic acid)) (PAA) to optimize adsorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants. We will use CCl4 as a model contaminant and compare its remediation using 1) zero-valent Fe and Fe/Pd nanoparticles; 2) magnetite (Fe3O4) encompassed in starch, (OA)-Pluronic coated, and PEGylated iron nanoparticles.
Burda, C., X. Chen, et al. (2005). "Chemistry and Properties of Nanocrystals of Different Shapes." Chemical Reviews 105: 1025-1102.
Castner, D. G. and B. D. Ratner (2002). "Biomedical surface science: Foundations to frontiers." Surface Science 500: 28-60.
Daniel, M.-C. and D. Astruc (2004). "Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology." Chemical Reviews 104: 293-346.
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Anticancer Agents." MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS 3(2): 194-205.
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into Hollow Spheres." Langmuir 20: 3734-3739.
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Wed. February 6, 2013 | Joel Anderson
Ronnie Scott was about to put his pen to the paper when there was a yelp from the other room.
His mother rushed into the room, a camera and tripod in tow. Mara Scott had not missed a single moment of his football career and she wasn't about to start now.
"That's my mama," Ronnie Scott said, setting off a round of laughter. "This is nothing new."
Scott was one of four players at Chamberlain to sign letters of intent with college football programs Wednesday. The 5-foot-10, 155-pound senior defensive back is headed to Florida Atlantic.
Joining him at the celebration were teammates Xavier Johnson, a 5-9, 170-pound running back who is going to South Alabama, and defensive end Marcus Stewart and defensive back William Hudson, who will both attend Louisburg College in North Carolina.
They were all standouts for the resurgent Chiefs, who finished 4-6 and narrowly missed the playoffs in 2012 after winning a total of six games in the three previous seasons.
Chamberlain first-year coach D.J. Mayo was particularly effusive in his praise of Scott, who battled injuries all year and moved to safety from his natural position of cornerback to help the team.
Scott actually contributed all over the field: he finished his senior year with five interceptions, returning two for touchdowns; rushing for 142 yards and another two scores; and he even throwing for 144 yards and two more touchdowns.
"He's big time," Mayo said. "Believe me, before he's done, he will be an all-conference player in college."
Scott's mother plans to get down to Boca Raton as much as possible to document the rest of his career, much as she's done since he started playing organized football for the North Tampa Rams as a child.
Mara Scott said she's got tape of every game her son has ever played. She was hoping to get more video footage Wednesday, but left a couple of items in the car on her way to the ceremony. That caused her to run a few minutes late.
She displayed admirable catch-up speed - much like Ronnie – in getting her camera and tripod set up to capture her son signing the national letter of intent.
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Qinghai (; pronounced ), also known as Tsinghai, formerly known in English as Kokonor, is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northwest of the country. As one of the largest province-level administrative divisions of China by area, the province is ranked fourth-largest in size, but has the third-smallest population.
Located mostly on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, the province has long been a melting pot for a number of ethnic groups including the Han, Tibetans, Hui, Tu, Mongols, and Salars. Qinghai borders Gansu on the northeast, Xinjiang on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest. Qinghai province was established in 1928 under the Republic of China period during which it was ruled by Chinese Muslim warlords known as the Ma clique. The Chinese name, "Qinghai" is named after Qinghai Lake (cyan sea lake), the largest lake in China. The province was known formerly as Kokonur in English, derived from the Oirat name for Qinghai Lake.
During China's Bronze Age, Qinghai was home to the Qiang people who traditionally made a living in agriculture and husbandry, the Kayue culture. The eastern part of the area of Qinghai was under the control of the Han dynasty about 2000 years ago. It was a battleground during the Tang and subsequent Chinese dynasties when they fought against successive Tibetan tribes.
Most of Qinghai was once also a short time under the control of early Ming dynasty, but later gradually lost to the Khoshut Mongols. The Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is where most Salar people live in Qinghai. The Salars migrated to Qinghai from Samarkand in 1370. The chief of the four upper clans around this time was Han Pao-yuan and Ming granted him office of centurion, it was at this time the people of his four clans took Han as their surname. The other chief Han Shan-pa of the four lower Salar clans got the same office from Ming, and his clans were the ones who took Ma as their surname.
From 1640 to 1724, a big part of the area that is now Qinghai was under Khoshut Mongol control, but in that year it was conquered by the armies of the Qing dynasty. It was during the 1720s when Xining Prefecture was established and its borders were roughly those of modern Qinghai province. Xining, the capital of modern Qinghai province was built in this period as the administrative center. During the rule of the Qing dynasty, the governor was a viceroy of the Qing Emperor, but the local ethnic groups enjoyed much autonomy. Many chiefs retained their traditional authority, participating in local administrations. The Dungan revolt (1862–77) devastated the Hui Muslim population of Shaanxi, shifting the Hui center of population to Gansu and Qinghai.[1] Another Dungan revolt broke out in Qinghai in 1895 when various Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu rebelled against the Qing. Following the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in 1911, the region came under Chinese Muslim warlord Ma Qi control until the Northern Expedition by the Republic of China consolidated central control in 1928.
Ma Bufang increased the prominence of the Hui and Salar people in Qinghai's politics by heavily recruiting to his army from the counties in which those ethnic groups predominated.[2] General Ma started a state run and controlled industralization project, directly creating educational, medical, agricultural, and sanitation projects, run or assisted by the state. The state provided money for food and uniforms in all schools, state run or private. Roads and a theater were constructed. The state controlled all the press, no freedom was allowed for independent journalists.
As the 1949 Chinese revolution approached Qinghai, Ma Bufang abandoned his post and flew to Hong Kong, traveling abroad but never returning to China. On January 1, 1950, the Qinghai Province People's Government was declared, owing its allegiance to the new People's Republic of China. Aside from some minor adjustments to suit the geography, the PRC maintained the province's territorial integrity. Resistance to Communist rule continued in the form of the Huis' Kuomintang Islamic insurgency (1950-58), spreading past traditionally Hui areas to the ethnic-Tibetan south.[1] Although the Hui comprised 15.6% of Qinghai's population in 1949, making the province the second-largest concentration of Hui after Ningxia, the state denied the Hui ethnic autonomous townships and counties that their numbers warranted under Chinese law until the 1980s.[1]
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Stanley Cup-winning goal scorer Alec Martinez once an Allen American
Alec Martinez has had a heck of a playoff year and finished it off with the Stanley Cup winning goal Friday for the Kings.
The 26-year-old defenseman also has some local ties.
He makes his off-season home in Allen and brought the Cup there when the Kings won it in 2012. Check out the story here.
He also played three games with the Allen Americans during the lockout in 2012-13. Martinez had a goal and assist. Check out the story here.


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Talking Points: Busy day in "ARRR State"
Posted November 24, 2013
1. Duke traveled to Wake Forest, NC State welcomed East Carolina, and North Carolina hosted Old Dominion. The Tar Heels played a basketball game against Richmond and the Carolina Hurricanes faced off against Boston. It was a ridiculously busy afternoon in Triangle sports and almost impossible to keep up with it all.
It sure was fun trying.
Buried in the football action was more intimation that North Carolina won't be getting P.J. Hairston back in the lineup anytime soon.
2. North Carolina extended their winning streak with an 80-20 win over Old Dominion. It's almost impossible to analyze the victory due to the absurd nature of the result. The 80 points put up by the Tar Heels are the second-highest total ever by an ACC team. Carolina's 11 touchdowns and 721 yards of offense set school records.
It was't as if North Carolina was trying to run up the score. Old Dominion simply suffered a number of defensive breakdowns. Five of the 11 touchdowns came on plays of 50 yards or longer, including a 99-yard kickoff return by T.J. Logan and a 64-yard punt return by Ryan Switzer. Unless folks were expecting the Tar Heels to take a knee every time they broke into the open field, it was impossible for this game not to get out of hand.
Even after Old Dominion and North Carolina mutually agreed to play a 10 minute fourth quarter, the Tar Heels were just a field goal away from topping the score of their basketball peers. Rather than embarrass the Monarchs any further, head coach Larry Fedora instructed his team to take a knee in the closing moments instead.
With Carolina's fifth straight victory, the Tar Heels are now bowl eligible and in position to ruin Duke's Coastal Division dreams on Saturday.
3. Astute observers understood going to Winston-Salem wasn't going to be a walk in the park for Duke. Head coach Jim Grobe has a knack for knocking off Triangle squads when they visit his home turf.
Given the sluggish start, where the Blue Devils fell behind 14-0 early, it looked like Wake Forest was going to mount another mascot head on the den wall. But this Duke team is different from the previous squads that came before it. Head coach David Cutcliffe has spent the majority of the season crediting what he calls "the process" for this type of resiliency. It was on display against as the Blue Devils made key defensive stops and pounded away on offense.
Duke clinched a share of the Coastal Division title and can earn a trip to Charlotte for the ACC Championship game with a win over North Carolina.
4. In memoriam: "Our State."
I come to bury "Our State," not bore you with a hot sports take.
The slogan served its purpose as NC State's football team won five straight over North Carolina and the basketball team became trendy on the national scene. It rankled the Wolfpack's rivals, even drawing an emotional reaction from those who deemed NC State unworthy of rivalry status.
Now "Our State" is delivered as a zinger.
Credit to athletics director Debbie Yow in her attempt to unify a scrambled message at NC State. In the absence of consistent winning and championships, Yow and her brain trust off Hillsborough Street did their best to give the Wolfpack a branding identity in the middle of program overhaul. It wasn't original, but that's not the point. Most marketing ideas are borrowed from other places and this particular one made sense to use in a crowded sports market.
While NC State will likely come up with another idea in the future, winning is the best branding possible.


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I created a thread earlier in the week in the NFL forum about why i won't be watching the superbowl. I decided to take my wife on a getaway. Why you ask because i could give 2 bleeps and a holler about the game. jacksup44 accused me of being a guy. I'm a married man and just because i choose not to watch the super bowl doesn't make me a guy
I'm tired of being bullied on here by people who don'ta gree with my opinions. Forgive me i'm not watching the super bowl. I'm bringing it to your attention mods
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Attorney, Judge. Born Lynn Davis Compton, he was a noted prosecuting attorney, judge and World War II military figure. In the early 1940s, he was a two-sport athlete for UCLA College, excelling in both baseball, football and played in 1943 Rose Bowl Game. When World War II broke out, he joined the US Army, was commissioned a Lieutenant and became an officer with the famed Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, the elite group of paratroopers known as the Band of Brothers. He parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought in Operation-Market Holland and at the Battle of Bastogne. For his war actions, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star Medal. After the war, he attended Loyola Law School in 1946 and became a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department. In 1951, he joined Los Angeles District Attorney's office as a Deputy District Attorney and was promoted Chief Deputy District Attorney in 1964. During his time as Chief Deputy District Attorney, he was most known for successfully prosecuting Sirhan Sirhan for the murder of Senator Bobby Kennedy in 1968. In 1970, Governor Ronald Regan appointed him Associate Justice Judge of the California Court of Appeal where served until 1990. In retirement he hosted a radio commentary show, worked with the Republican Party Headquarters and traveled extensively speaking at local schools and at US military bases all over the world. In 2001, actor Neal McDonough portrayed Buck Compton in the acclaimed HBO-TV miniseries production of "Band of Brothers". His memoirs "Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers", was published in 2008.
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New Jeep User (Compass)
Just picked up my new 07 Jeep Compass Limited 4x4 yesterday. And then we got a big dump of snow here so I took it on a good test drive. I really enjoy it. :2thumbsup:
When I was in the process of purchasing the vehicle, I did quite a bit of research and had some dismay over the car mag reviews but then I found this forum and it helped me make the decision.
I'd like to thank you all for helping paint a fair and accurate picture of the vehicle - especially Gramps. Having a guy like you dedicated to the same vehicle is a real benefit for us all.
And for the record I got all the upgrades including the chrome wheels. Went with the Jeep green with the slate grey interior.
We definitely need to do something about the console though. Work with those Jeep guys to get a better after market dash paackage.
First: congrats on your purchase and welcome to the group! :welcome: :thumbsup:
Second: :peaking: I'm blushing and practically speechless, if you can imagine that! :eek:
We've got a lot of good, helpful members on here with more being added all of the time. There are a bunch that need to take a bow for making this forum what it is, including the Mods who stop by and the Admins for helping out, too. I think that most of us have the pet peeve about the lousy press that the Compass has had. The Wranglers and others are a tough act to follow so we just need to make our own path.
The thread "Things that annoy you about your Compass" is a good place to put your dash comments. Suggestions for improvements always help. Maybe if the "powers that be" at Jeep look in they can find all of those things in one spot.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Lets see if I've got this right. According to the spreadsheet, On June 29th, Miami became an under .470 play. So you skip the next 2 games and then play the opponent of Miami (Atlanta), no matter who it is. Is that right? are their any other rules I missed?
Originally Posted by JEFFTHEHAT: I also show a loss with TB on 5/5 They won 8-3 .466% Skip 2 games and they proceed to win the next 6 making it a loss?
5/11 TB wins 8-7 making SD a runline g2 winner. Rules line 20. I'm not going back any further.
Maybe you can join in our daily chat and help out. We can always use another set of eyes.
Originally Posted by JEFFTHEHAT: Ok one last question most of everything posted is correct except for a few dates and when the games won but no losses which is what I was looking at. Bart said there was no "D" games though I think I found one that you guys posted as a "B" LAD on 6/19 won 6-0 second game of DH then won 3 in a row by 2 or more before the SF covered run line GM 4. I just want to make sure I'm on same page everything looks good like I said except for a few dates a few "missed plays completely" and few when they won inaccuracies. I will follow from now on see if I'm on same page as you. Oh by the way isnt SF an "A" game today not a"B"? ARI shouldn't be a play at all LAD were at .482 when they won 10-2 at SF. Is this correct or am I screwing up?
Dodgers 6-0 6/19 skip next two games. Rules line 7.
Mets 9/1 skip 2. 7/5 g1 12-5 skip 2. 7/8 g2
Dodgers I see .469 on 6/30. If it was.482 the Dodgers would be in the blue All Games section.
6/25 LAA They won 14-8 then won 6 straight games by more than 2 runs and no dog of over +150
6/28 LAA. We don't play against Houston. 6/29 7-2 skip 2 gms. 7-3 back up one gm st louis is on a gm 2.
7/4 win gm 1 6-5
7/5 Lost to Boston 6-2. gm 2
6/19 6-0 enter the chase. Skip 2 gms
Skip 6/20 & 6/21
6/22 gm1 6-1 Skip 2 gms. Rules Line7. Did you read the rules?
Skip 6/23 & 6/24
Dodgers win 6-5. San Diego a runline winner gm 2.
Been like this for years.
-The team that we are betting AGAINST must win by 5 or more runs. Entering the "chase."
We then wait two games after entering the chase. *If the team scores 5+ runs in one of these two games we must wait another two games until a wager is placed.
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The White House and congressional leaders continued to negotiate a broad deficit reduction agreement as a year-end deadline neared. As the incoming chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Bernie held a news conference flanked by 20 of the nation's leading veterans' organizations including The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Bernie's message was clear: "Do not balance the budget on the backs of disabled veterans who have lost their arms, their legs and their eyesight defending our country." Bernie was responding to news reports that President Obama was acceding to Republican requests to cut Social Security and benefits for disabled veterans. Bernie has helped lead the fight against that terrible proposal. He drove home the point minutes later in a television interview citing broad public opposition to cuts in Social Security and Medicare and overwhelming support for raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. "The American people are saying let's do deficit reduction, but do it in a way that is fair," Bernie told Thomas Roberts.
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Social Security has a $2.7 trillion surplus, can pay all benefits owed to all eligible Americans for the next 21 years and, because it is funded independently, has not contributed one penny to the deficit. Bernie agrees with AARP, the National Coalition to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and virtually all seniors' organizations that Social Security should not be part of the deficit reduction negotiations. Bernie opposes the so-called chained CPI, which would lower benefits for the typical Social Security recipient who retires at age 65 by $653 a year at age 75 and by $1,139 a year at age 85. Bernie will vigorously oppose Republicans and President Obama and anyone else who wants to balance the budget on the backs of seniors.
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The nation mourned with the people in a small New England town where a mass murderer gunned down 20 grade school children. A grandfather of seven, Bernie shared in the national outpouring of grief over this "unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy." In Washington, the shootings renewed a debate on gun violence and mass killings. Bernie stressed that there is no simple solution to this crisis but that Congress must act in a bold and decisive way. Bernie cited the need for improved and accessible mental health care. He decried violence in movies and video games. And he said "we must make certain that highly destructive weapons do not fall into the hands of people who should not have them."
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The elusive, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd made his United States debut this past weekend at the Coachella festival. His debut, House Of Balloons, landed on Drake's OVO blog and he has taken off ever since. The Canadians's trilogy of mixtapes included Thursday and Echoes Of Silence and he landed on plenty of records on Drake's Take Care album including the homie anthem "Crew Love." His reclusiveness may have hindered his buzz a bit, but his Coachella showing and his upcoming tour can right a lot of wrongs in the handling of his next project.


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PUBLISHED: 15:39 01 September 2014 | UPDATED: 15:39 01 September 2014
'Precautionary measure' after two-vehicle collision on Link Road this morning (Monday).
A child was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after a collision on the A361 Link Road this morning (Monday).
Another person was checked over by ambulance crews but the collision at 11.45am just 10 miles from Tiverton was described by police as 'non injury'.
A white and blue Mercedes 308 registered to Ilfracombe and white Honda civic registered to Bedfordshire were involved in the collision.
The incident caused some traffic delays but has now returned to normal.