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Special Purpose Needles
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This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Special Purpose Needles in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Acupuncture Needles, Aspirating Needles, Biopsy Needles, Blood Collection Needles, Blunt Needles, Bone Marrow Needles, Cardiology Needles, Catheter Needles, Dental Needles, Dialysis Needles, Electrode Needles, Endoscopy Needles, Epidural Needles, Fistula Needles, Hypodermic Needles, Intra-arterial Needles, Intravenous Needles, Ophthalmic Needles, Pneumoperitoneum Needles, Radiology Needles, Spinal Needles, and Suture Needles. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2013 through 2020. Also, a seven-year historic analysis is provided for these markets. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based on public domain information including company URLs. The report profiles 110 companies including many key and niche players such as -
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NAI Elliott Bike Ride
NAI Elliott celebrated National Bike to Work Day last Friday with a loop ride through SE Ankeny to Lincoln, thru Ladds Addition and down to the Esplanade and back to the office. The group even stopped for lunch at the food carts at 12th & Hawthorne. Eddie Skaug of "A Convenient Cycle" brought his vintage mobile service trike in case anyone needed to check their bike's tire pressure or adjust brakes before the loop ride. Acorns on the move! For more information on the Bike to Work Day or Cycling advocacy click here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike-to-Work_Day

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Former Emperor's consort Ling Suyin is renowned for her beauty; the ultimate seductress. Now she lives quietly alone - until the most ruthless warlord in the region comes and steals her away....
Li Tao lives life by the sword, and is trapped in the treacherous, lethal world of politics. The alluring Ling Suyin is at the center of the web. He must uncover her mystery without falling under her spell - yet her innocence calls out to him. How cruel if she, of all women, can entrance the man behind the legend….
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Our take: Those that aren't religious are more likely to donate one-third less time and money than those that are religious, according to Rachel Sheffield, from The Heritage Foundation. Sheffield analyzes why religious people volunteer more:
Hurricane Sandy dealt widespread destruction to multiple cities across the East Coast this week. The stormcited as the largest in generationstook numerous lives and left in its wake heart-rending scenes of demolished homes and flooded city streets.
In the aftermath of the devastation, many faith-based and community organizations have wasted no time in extending assistance to those affected by Sandy's wrath, as happens time and again when disasters strike.


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Get an overview of this hotel4.5-star resort with pools, private beach, full-service spa
Popular property highlights
Nestled on the beach, this East Harwich resort is within 2 mi (3 km) of Caleb Nickerson House, Captain's Cove Golf Course, and Chatham Marconi Complex. Captains Golf Course is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) away.
Resort Features
Spend the day relaxing at Wequassett Resort and Golf Club's private sand beach, practicing your swing on the golf course, or pampering yourself at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 4 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 120 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and 24-hour room service. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and other amenities include minibars and coffee makers.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Wequassett Resort and Golf Club
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Step outside to unwind on the sand beach. Enjoy a summer holiday at Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, where you can work on your swing at the golf course or spend a pampering afternoon at the full-service spa.
Dining is available at one of the resort's 4 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar, a poolside bar, and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This luxury resort also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, outdoor tennis courts, and a fitness center. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Wequassett Resort and Golf Club is a smoke-free property.
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Babysitting or childcare
- Fitness facilities
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Full-service spa
- Golf course on site
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- Pool umbrellas
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Total number of rooms - 120
- Number of floors - 2
- Meeting rooms
- Poolside bar
- Beach bar
- Luggage storage
- On private beach
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Outdoor tennis courts - 4
- Tennis on site
- Free area shuttle
- Number of restaurants - 4
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 4800
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Beach towels
- Conference space size (meters) - 446
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Wedding services
- Year Built 1944
- Number of buildings/towers - 25
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Twenty eight Atlantic - Overlooking the ocean, this fine-dining restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Thoreaus - This pub specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open daily.
Outer Bar and Grille - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
LiBAYtion - Overlooking the pool, this bar specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Pleasant Bay Terrace - This poolside restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including a private beach and outdoor tennis courts. 2 spa tubs are on site. In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Kayaking on site
- Motor boating on site
- Playground on site
- Sailing on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Volleyball on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 28.00 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Parking
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: USD 35 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Wequassett
- Wequassett Harwich
- Wequassett Inn
- Wequassett Resort Harwich
- Wequassett Hotel Chatham
- Wequassett Resort And Golf Club Cape Cod, MA - Harwich
- Wequassett Resort And Golf Club Hotel Harwich
- Wequassett Resort
We should mention
Reservations are required for golf tee times. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Wequassett Resort and Golf Club is listed in the 2014 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2014 Travel + Leisure 500.
- The property is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts.


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Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 2007/09/19 - think3, Inc. today announced the appointment of Vignesh Kumar as Head Sales - South Asia. To be based out of Pune, Vignesh will be responsible for developing the South Asian Market, including India, SE Asia and Australasia for think3s products.
think3, Inc.®, the Italy based pioneer in providing solutions for product development and innovation worldwide, today announced the appointment of Vignesh Kumar as Head Sales - South Asia.
Announcing the appointment, Tom Davis, International Sales Director, think3 Inc. said, think3 has identified South Asia specifically India as its next frontier for expansion and is looking for rapid growth in this region. There has been significant spurt in manufacturing & industrial activity in this zone over the past 3-5 years and undoubtedly countries in this province are expected to dominate manufacturing in the years to come. We are confident Vignesh with his wealth of experience in marketing & sales, besides shaping and driving our strategy for the region, would also facilitate scaling up operations rapidly at think3 across South Asia.
Accepting the new responsibility, Vignesh said, think3 has a great story that is of relevance for the manufacturing sector. Its Product Development Technology is unique and will be key in helping Indian Manufacturers develop from simple engineering to true Made in India products that compete in global markets and against global brands in the domestic market. Given the size of Indian market & its stature as an emerging global development and manufacturing hub, opportunities are phenomenal which we will develop across all verticals and establish think3 as the technology that enables development of Made in India products.
Prior to joining think3, Vignesh was with UGS for a decade, where he was involved in setting up a tier two channel network in Western India. His last assignment was as Regional Manager-West Operations, where he led the sales team from the front, and was instrumental in major account wins. Having worked for companies like Bharat Forge and TCS, Vignesh brings in a wealth of CAD Industry experience.
A metallurgical engineer from Pune University, Vignesh has a MBA in marketing from the same university.
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think3 has been operating in the ICT sector for over 25 years providing technology for the complete Product Development Process. Its unique fully integrated solutions provide manufacturers with all the tools to address their needs for styling, engineering and tooling. This way, think3 enables thousands of its customers to innovate and rise to the challenges of global markets. This integration of processes helps accelerate time-to-market besides reducing cost. think3 counts among its customers some of the most significant enterprises in the industrial space such as Alessi, Honda & BMW. With offices across Europe and Asia and a network of VARs, think3 is present in most global markets.
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Which is better for the environment - milk in a bottle or carton?
Buying milk in glass bottles is best.
Ideally, buy your milk through a milk delivery service - the bottle can then be reused time and again.
If that's not possible, at least the glass can be recycled. Milk cartons are made of a mixture of cardboard, plastic and a thin layer of aluminium. They can only be recycled in specialist plants - so most cartons end up going to landfill, being incinerated or sent abroad to process.
Plastic bottles are only used once and are made of valuable resources. They're easier to recycle than cartons, but not every council offers a collection.
Buying milk in bottles is the best option.


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Songs on the "Happy Feet" soundtrack include "Song of the Heart," "Tell Me Something Good," "Somebody to Love," "Do It Again" and "My Way." The soundtrack contains 13 tracks in total, including two tracks that mesh multiple songs together.Continue Reading
Written and performed by Prince, "Song of the Heart" won the 2007 Golden Globe Award for best original song. It is the only song written specifically for the soundtrack.
Written by Stevie Wonder and originally performed by Rufus, the album version of "Tell Me Something Good" features Pink on vocals.
Brittany Murphy performs the classic Queen hit "Somebody to Love," written by Queen front-man Freddy Mercury.
Robin Williams performs the classic Frank Sinatra hit "My Way." Paul Anka, Jacques Revaux, Claude François and Gilles Thibault co-wrote the song.
The album used the Beach Boys original recording of "Do It Again," written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love.
The album contains songs and covers from several other renowned musicians, such as the Steve Miller Band, Patti LaBelle, the Beatles and Bread. The soundtrack also includes the actress Nicole Kidman performing Prince's song "The Kiss" and the actor Hugh Jackman performing Elvis Presley's song "Heartbreak Hotel."
The movie contains portions of many songs not included on the soundtrack album, such as "Blackbird" by the Beatles and "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie. In addition to the soundtrack, the film features an original instrumental score by John Powell.Learn more about Art & Literature


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On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 20:39 -0400, Paragon Corporation wrote: > Guys, > > Your idea of calling PostGIS a sort of fork seems a little odd. Isn't' that > like calling any GPL software you use within your database a fork. PostGIS > doesn't even do anything by itself. PostGIS is not a fork. Not sure where that idea comes from. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander
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An amended lawsuit filed over the Schering-Plough pension plan alleges that executives at the company suspected as early as 2005 that the "Enhance" Vytorin trial was a bust. Citing a "confidential informant," it also names names.
Defendants had intimate knowledge of, or an active role in, improper business activities that allowed Schering-Plough to artificially inflate and manipulate the Company's earnings.The amended complaint, filed Oct. 1, 2009, rehashes all the claims about anonymous CafePharma commenters correctly predicting that Enhance was a dud. But it adds a tantalizing new ingredient: A "confidential informant" who has told lawyers in a related securities action who knew what and when inside Schering. The informant is one of "Schering-Plough's senior medical personnel":
According to that confidential source, even though the ENHANCE trial was purportedly blinded, updates regarding the trial were shared in quarterly meetings of Schering-Plough's Brand Team (the "Brand Team"), that included Sean McNicholas, Ray Russo ("Russo"), Michael McCann, Michael Matin, Eric Cox, Steven Morales and Denise Foy.
... Further, according to that confidential source, by the Spring or Summer of 2006, it was clear that the results of the ENHANCE trial would be problematic for the Company.
Still further, according to that confidential source, the individuals at Schering-Plough who were familiar with the Company's cholesterol franchise (including Defendants [CEO Fred] Hassan and [CFO Robert] Bertolini who were regularly briefed on the details of the ENHANCE trial) were aware of this information.Schering's principle investigator had suspected since 2005 that the drug would show no benefit, the suit also claims. An extended discussion can be found at Shearlings Got Plowed. Schering has yet to respond to the new complaint. More generally, it denies the allegations.
- Related:
- What the Bosses of AZ, Novartis and Schering Didn't Say in Their Healthcare Roundtable
- Schering's Say-on-Pay Survey Goes M.I.A.
- Inside Schering's $437M Tax Fraud: "It Doesn't Count If It's in Dutch!"
- Schering's Weird New Nuvaring Ad: "Don't You Have to -- Put It In --?"
- Zyrtec and Claritin's New Eye Drops Contain Neither Zyrtec Nor Claritin
- Leerink Outlines Gloom Potential for Merck/Schering's $2B Zetia Franchise
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cornerstoneautobrokers.com (aka) presents another episode of Luxury for Less. This video presentation will give you more details about this 2006 JAGUAR S-TYPE # N58649. Cornerstone Auto Brokers is a locally, family owned and operated Chattanooga luxury automotive dealership specializing in luxury imports including BMW, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, Acura and Porsche. Conveniently located in the Chattanooga and surrounding tri-state Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama area, we are open until 7 weeknights. All car dealers are not created equal. Come see the difference at Cornerstone today. 423.892.9600 Powered by Automotive Theater
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A U.S. District Court judge in Virginia last week dismissed the two lawsuits brought last year by the animal rights group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that challenged the healthy weight with dairy marketing program. The suits had been filed against the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Dairy Management Inc.™, National Dairy Council® (NDC) and several individual companies.
Earlier this year in a separate case, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed PCRM's lawsuit requesting lactose intolerance warning labels on milk.
PCRM is an anti-meat, anti-dairy group whose campaigns and views are closely aligned with the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
"This ruling is another sound defeat for PCRM, a group whose views on nutrition have been repeatedly denounced by reputable science and health organizations," said IDFA Vice President of Communications Susan Ruland.
"The dairy/weight loss connection is grounded in sound science and has proven to be another compelling reason for the public to consume the recommended three servings of dairy a day," said Greg Miller, executive vice president of science and innovation, NDC. "The industry will continue to leverage this message as part of our comprehensive nutrition education and marketing programs."
A growing body of scientific research continues to strengthen the connection between dairy consumption and weight management. Research indicates that including three servings of milk and milk products each day as part of a reduced-calorie weight loss plan may help adults achieve better results, when it comes to trimming the waistline, than just cutting calories and consuming little or no dairy or calcium alone.
In several studies of overweight and obese people whose typical diet was low in dairy and calcium, increasing dairy to three servings daily as part of a reduced-calorie diet resulted in greater weight loss and fat loss than cutting calories alone.
The bottom line is that including three servings of milk, cheese or yogurt each day in a reduced-calorie diet along with exercise can be a healthy part of a weight management or weight loss plan for adults.
For more information, see on 3-A-Day of Dairy go to: www.3aday.org/3aday/DairyAndYourHealth/3aDayAndWeightLoss
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Increased Security For US-Bound Flights: How It Affects Private Jet Travel
It's recently been announced that the United States is planning on stepping up security for some flights headed to the US from Europe and the Middle East, reflecting heightened concerns from activities taking place in Syria and Iraq.
While the TSA has not disclosed any specific steps or airports that will be affected, passengers may see additional inspections of shoes and electronics, additional use of scanners, and an additional stage of screening at boarding gates, possibly causing long lines and security delays for travelers.
Due to this news, I've been contacted by various media, asking how this increased security will affect private jet passengers. The answer is, overall, this change in security won't cause any issues when traveling by private jet, as it might for commercial air travel.
While private jet security will still follow the same increased standards implemented by TSA on some inbound flights from Europe and the Middle East, since there are fewer passengers on a private jet, the process will still be very quick and streamlined. With private jet travel, passengers can arrive at the airport 30 minutes before the expected departure time and still get through all the increased security tasks if necessary.
Customs and immigration procedures must be complied with for all private jet flights, however at PrivateFly, we offer customs and immigration prescreening prior to the trip, allowing private jet passengers to enjoy an even quicker boarding process the day of. Additionally, at most larger airports, there are dedicated private jet terminals with dedicated customs and immigration staff that will allow you to go through the process quickly if necessary, without the hassle of lines and delays.
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text: Hi, I don't know if this is the right place (if it is not, please point me in the right direction). I am using f2py with some own programs and I am going insane with a segmentation fault. It is probably a problem in my code but I'd like to know if someone has any hint to give me since I've been trying different things for two days already. I've got a few routines in fortran with in/out arrays. When I call one of the routines it works well. The second routine I call crashes the program. I've been changing routines and it seems that it does not matter with routines I use. Basically, the fortran routines have the signature: subroutine sub1(y, Np, Nt) integer(4), intent(IN) :: Np integer(4), intent(IN) :: Nt real(8), intent(INOUT), dimension(6*Np, Nt) :: y and I call them from python as: import mymod r= np.zeros((Ncoord,Ntraj),dtype=np.float64, order='Fortran') mymod.sub1(r) I am using python 2.6. Probably the statement of the problem is to vague to get an answer. But I'll settle for just some ideas on how to proceed. I've used the option for debugging: --debug-capi but it does not provide with more information. Only tells me that it checks for the array and segfaults (before analyzing the integer arguments Np, Nt) Thanks, Juan


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Superfund Site: PECK IRON AND METAL
Superfund Site Profile
The 33-acre Peck Iron and Metal site is located in Portsmouth, Virginia. From 1945 to 1999, Peck Iron and Metal purchased, processed, stored and shipped metal scrap from various military bases, government agencies and local businesses. Some of the scrap materials contained cadmium (automobile parts), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (insulated wire, gaskets, fluorescent lights and transformer oils), and lead (scrapped bridge sections and automobile batteries). Facility operations contaminated soil and groundwater with PCBs and metals. Investigation of the site is ongoing.


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Conspiracy Theory
Has anyone else watched Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura.. I just watched the one from last week about HAARP and was some very interesting stuff. mind blowing to think they can change weather patterns, mind control, or blow things out of the sky from thousands of miles away.
Things like this make me fear our government more than any single man around :confused:
Where is this? What network?:confused:
I've always been a skeptic with respect to mind control control control...yes...master. :D
That would be on the TRU TV Channel.
CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA on truTV
I have not watched it yet, but they are interviewing Jesse tomorrow on the radio and I will be watching the show. Sounds very interesting.
True TV Just google HAARP and you will be surprised if you haven't heard of it before, I never had but I don't get out much lol
CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA on truTV
They have been re running the last episode all week
I'll have to try and catch it.
The same Jesse Ventura who said that 9/11 was a conspiracy, that demolitions were planted, and that some of those who enacted it are still alive?
I saw part of that. I quit watching after some of the scenes from the next segment were shown with careful editing, then revealed in full in the segment. One in particular was an interview with a couple of the nerds working with the HAARP project.
Spin can make me dizzy.
Jesse has had his head bounced of the mat one time to many. IMHO:rolleyes:
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NOVEMBER is notoriously normally quite an indifferent month for Southend United.
But that has certainly not been the case this season.
For Saturday's 3-1 victory against Rochdale at Roots Hall was Blues' third in seven days and their fifth in six games.
And that has propelled Paul Sturrock's side to fourth in the League Two table.
As a result, they are now right back in the push for promotion and that has also been achieved with Blues playing a more entertaining brand of football.
Eleven goals have subsequently been scored in the last three outings and Southend look very much like the real deal at this moment in time.
Mark Phillips and Ryan Cresswell have forged a central defensive partnership up there with the very best at this level and, since the arrivals of Marc Laird and Tamika Mkandawire, Blues also boast a quality midfield.
It is no coincidence that since the loan duo arrived at the club Southend have not been beaten in seven games and that Michael Timlin has also been able to hit top form.
Further forward, Blues now also possess what must currently be the most potent strike-force in League Two as Gavin Tomlin and Britt Assombalonga have bagged eight goals between them in their last three games.
That bodes well for Blues who have proved their promotion credentials in the past week by beating a team towards the foot of the table and by finally winning at home again in the league.
Both of those tasks had been causing problems for Southend so far this season but the new look side, which importantly now has a settled starting line up, have shown they are clearly capable of stringing together a sustained period of results.
Despite that there are still a few reasons to be concerned as goalkeeper Paul Smith again had a couple of shaky moments between the sticks which could be punished and prove costly in a tighter game against a top team.
Even more worrying than that, however, is that a trio of Blues' best players right now are only with the club on loan.
Assombalonga, Laird and Mkandawire could all return to their parent clubs in January and that would leave Sturrock back at square one, attempting to conjure up another winning formula with a different starting 11.
In fact, there could be a glimpse of the problems such a disruption could cause in Southend's next couple of games as Assombalonga and Mkandawire have both been denied permission to play in the FA Cup at Bury on Saturday, while Laird will be cup tied for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash with Brentford.
Both of those matches come against League One sides and will cause a selection headache for Sturrock.
Does he go with the strongest side available to him or does he give players on the fringe of the starting line-up an opportunity to impress and improve their fitness.
While making those decisions, the importance of a cup run in either competition must also be assessed.
But, despite the financial rewards reaching the later rounds would bring, neither of them can be allowed to interfere or distract from the main focus, which has to remain a push for promotion.
That target has now got back on track, thanks to a fantastic November.
However, Blues must build on the impressive form and results if they are to remain in contention but they cannot be affected by whatever the outcome of their cup games may be.


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Written By: AJ Hoffman
CDM had their debut MMA show last night at Legend's Sports Complex. Despite only having 7 fights on the final card, there was plenty of action.
In the night's main event, Andrew Musquiz defeated Nelson Rodriguez via TKO in the third round. Musquiz dominated the first round, and late in the round the ref could have been justified stopping the fight as he punished Rodriguez with ground and pound.
The second belonged to Rodriguez, who got a takedown and controlled Musquiz from bell to bell in the round. The third round again started with a Rodriguez takedown. Musquiz worked his way up and started to unload on a visibly tired Rodriguez. With :52 in the fight, Musquiz landed a 1-2 flush on Rodriguez. The ref jumped between them and stopped it.
The win went to Musquiz, and judging by how the momentum had swung in the last round that may have been where it was headed anyhow, but I think the referee misjudged the time for a stoppage. The fight was action packed though, and earned our Made To Win Fight of the Night award.
The rest of the results from the night are below. We look forward to the next showing from CDM.
- Luis De Leon def. Bryan Alvarado by TKO (RD 2)
- Brandon Hanna def. Edgar Juarez by submission (RD 1)**
- Sinjin Kurian def. Dominique Pittman by unanimous decision
- David Montemayor def. Daniel Garza by unanimous decision
- Jose Gomez def. Luis Lerma by TKO (RD 2)*
- Michael Alvarez def. Zach Scalf by technical submission (RD 1)
* Made To Win Knockout of the Night
** Made To Win Submission of the Night
Fight Pictures
Luis De Leon vs Bryan Alvarado
Edgar Juarez vs Brandon Hanna
Sijin Kurian vs Dominque Pittman
David Montemayor vs Daniel Garza
Jose Gomez vs Luis Lerma
Zach Scalf vs Michael Alvarez
Andrew Musquiz vs Nelson Rodriguez


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New Mustang a global pony
The future of the Ford Falcon may be uncertain, but fast Ford fans just received some good news.
The next-generation Mustang is expected to break free from its traditional North American focus and be sold around the world.
Last week Ford UK confirmed it will offer the car, due to launch in 2015, in right-hand drive.
The new Mustang is expected to undergo its biggest change since launching in 1964, with new, more fuel-efficient engines (including a four-cylinder), independent rear suspension and a radical change to its styling.
As the artist's impression shows, the 2015 Mustang is expected to ditch the retro styling of the current model for a more contemporary look. Expect to see plenty of design cues from the Evos concept unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show last year.
Ford's EcoBoost range of turbocharged petrol engines will lurk under the bonnet. The range is tipped to begin with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo. The Mustang's smallest-ever engine. Above that will be a
3.7-litre V6 turbo
and the 5.0-litre V8, which is now found in the FPV Falcons.
The all-new underpinning will finally ditch the live rear axle in favour of independent rear suspension to improve handling and ride comfort.
Ford Australia has obvious expertise in that department but there has been no word if the team at Broadmeadows will be called on.
The new car is also expected to use aluminium and high-strength steel in the body and underpinnings as Ford tries to cut more than 100 kilograms of weight compared with the current Mustang.
Not sure if it's a typo or they just don't know what they're talking about but there's mention of a 3.7L EcoBoost V6. If there is a 6-cyl EcoBoost, I doubt it would be the same displacement as the current n/a V6. More importantly, Ford is trying to cut 100+kg of weight for the new design? 100kg is 220lbs, so that would bring the GT coupe/6-speed to 3,398lbs (lighter than an STi limited). Sounds good to me.
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Very knowledgeable staff. After I ordered a manager came over to confirm sauces were gluten free and everything I ordered was safe. She asked if I was going to do desert and if I was a Celiac. She said that I should not order a shake as they did Malts as well and could be cross contamination. Very good meal.
The reviews are right - this place knows how to be celiac-friendly. The manager came and spoke to us and assured us of their safety practices. They have an extensive Gf menu, so you don't feel left out. Dedicated fryers, grills, gloves, etc.
I have Celiac, and this is my go-to restaurant in Ames. I especially love the gluten-free fries! Their gluten free menu is extensive, and a manager always visits my table, without me asking, to discuss gluten-free options and their procedures to avoid cross-contamination.
Fantastic experience.
I eat at Hickory Park quite often with family & friends. I have had chicken, ribs, beef, sausage, Saucy Southerner on an Udi's bun, and BBQ beans. A manager or the wait staff assure me that my food will be safe from gluten. I also have ordered chocolate mint ice cream (Blue Bunny brand). I have Celiac Disease and have never gotten sick after eating at Hickory Park. I would definitely recommend eating BBQ at Hickory Park.
Excellent, excellent experience. Large gluten free menu. The sever immediately understood celiacs disease and explained what the kitchen does. I received an unsolicited visit by the manager. Fries are cooked in a dedicated fryer and they are equipped to serve ice cream. Try the sauce southerner on an udi's bun. Kudos to Hickory Park for doing gluten free so well!! Update: I've been here many times since my original review. Great experiences each and every time.
We went to Hickory Park because of the reviews on here. They were not wrong. Great food and service, knowledgeable staff. All I can do is echo what others have said. Their gluten free menu is the most extensive I've seen at any restaurant I've been to in the 2 1/2 years since my Celiac diagnosis. My husband and mom, neither of whom is gluten free, were also impressed with the good and service. We all highly recommend it and will definitely eat there any time we are in Ames!
one of my best places to eat. Good menu choices, have the UID gluten free bun, and staff is well knowledgeable and usually a manager stops by to inform you that the spicy sauce isn't GF
The servers were knowledgeable about gluten free options, they came to the table to educate us on the options for gluten free sauces. A separate menu was provided for gluten free options. The food was exceptional and the service was even better. My mom is celiac and it was wonderful taking her out to eat where she had plenty of options to order from, off her own menu. We will be back again, next time we are in Ames.
My server was so knowledgeable and the manager came out as well. I literally can't say enough good things about this place. They know their stuff and are so friendly about it! They have gf buns too! Such a great experience. Would recommend to anyone and will definitely be back!
Warning -- fish n chips are cooked in same oil as regular stuff.. So i you are a sensitive celiac.. Don't eat here ! .. Bummer
I was able to eat a cheeseburger and fries! Their menu features many burgers and other sandwiches that are available without a bun or with an Udi bun for an additional $1.50. The prices are so reasonable that I didn't feel like I should skip the bun. The bun comes out in a sealed, heated package. However, I could have easily wrapped my burger in the lettuce that it came with if I had chosen to forego the bun. The best part was having the manager come to our table to assure me that my food would be handled by a separate person so as not to contaminate. I will definitely be going back to HP!
Passing through ames on my way to Minnesota, uncertain of where to eat. This place was amazing. not only did I get a gluten free burger (with a gluten free bun) but I also was visited by their charming manager who confirmed that the meal would be prepared properly. I will stop there everytime I go through ames.
We were traveling through Ames and the reviews were excellent, so we gave it a shot. The service and the food was AMAZING. Great choices and food was served on a separate tray to maintain protection for me. i am very sensitive, and I was able to enjoy the great food without issue. highly recommend this restaurant to others out there.
Dedicated frier for fries so no CC. The menu is great and they now have a GF menu.
large menu and excellent service! very accommodating to needs!
These folks know gf. I eat here regularly without any issues. I love that a manager comes to your table to check on you if they see an gf notation on the ticket. Tons of choices.
great gluten free menu provided on request. a manager came to the table when they heard someone at it had gluten allergy. Made sure we know the regular bbq sauce was gluten free and the spicy was not. Also let us know the meal shouldn't come with bread but if it did, it was not gluten free. Also explained ice cream was gluten free if do not get a wafer and they use clean tools to cook to avoid cross contamination.
Staff makes it a priority to make sure you don't get anything you can't have!
great gf menu and manager makes sure all is good! great place....a must go in ames!
The only place I can safely eat French Fries
Staff is knowledgeable and super helpful. No need to request the special gluten-free menu if you know what is generally safe - just tell the server you need gluten-free and they will help you make good choices. Love how they always send a manager to the table to review your order.
Full GF menu and ice cream sundae menu. very knowledgeable staff. Love to eat here. Manager visits every table where GF order was placed to answer questions and assure diners that their order is being prepared safely. Catering available for small and large events. Smoked meats, ice cream, barbecue, burgers, catering
The staff and managers were truly excellent when i told them i had celiac, they came out and explained that the hot sauce contained gluten while the mild did not. made sure my sundae was made correctly with no wafer and everything. This place is by far the best place i have been to yet with regards to caring for customers
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Pistol Annies 'Hell on Heels' Rocks Susan's Barn
05.15.13 UPDATE…the NEW Pistol Annies 'Annie Up' is now rocking my barn…it's FABULOUS!!!
I have the CD "Hell On Heels' and it's fabulous!!! Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley are amazing voices-the harmonies are SO sweet, but the edgy song writing speaks to my soul.
While I can't choose a favorite from the 'Hell on Heels' album, 'Beige' is from a pregnant teenage girl's point of view as 'daddies pride and joy is marrying some boy', Bad Example is me and Boys from the the South' charms…they plan another CD release.
1. Hell On Heels
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WASHINGTON — The Giants have used four leadoff hitters in the past two weeks, but their former table setter could soon return. Angel Pagan will begin a rehab assignment Friday, playing three innings in a rookie league game in Arizona.
Pagan has not played since May 25, when he felt a strain in his left hamstring a few innings before winning the game with an inside-the-park home run. He went on the disabled list three days later and had surgery in late June after cutting a rehab assignment short.
Pagan was hitting .262 with 30 runs when he went down. He has already missed 68 games, but Thursday's announcement should put Pagan on track to return to the lineup in early September.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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CLEARWATER — Two men accused of burglarizing a vacant Sears Essentials were arrested early Monday after an extensive search using dogs and a helicopter unit.
Mark Lawrence Trump, 31, and Stanley Joseph William Berman, 16, both of Clearwater were seen at the vacant store, at 2130 Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, just before 1 a.m., police said.
Police established a perimeter around the store while canine units hunted for the suspects and a helicopter team from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office circled overhead.
As one of the police dogs checked the building, Trump ran from the structure and hid under a plastic tarp behind the store on the 400 block of Nimbus, officials said. He was arrested shortly thereafter.
Berman also tried to flee, but was apprehended just outside the building when he was confronted by another police dog, according to Clearwater Police.
Trump faces charges of burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Berman faces charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools and obstruction of justice.
Police discovered burglary tools, including a mask and gloves, at the scene. They took a red 2003 Saturn sedan into custody.
Trump has been arrested on similar charges in the past, according to jail records. In October, he was charged with four counts of grand theft, burglary and dealing in stolen goods.
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Who's in the Bag?
- Have a little fun with Who's in the Bag?
- Divide into teams and in turn identify as many characters as possible
- Act, sing, impersonate or even describe the personality - but don't say the name
- Contains timer and blank cards for new characters
- Suitable for 4 or more players ages 8 and up
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Who's in the Bag is an incredibly popular game that test your skills at verbal charades.
So what's it all about?
The aim of the game is simple, each team in turn has to identify as many famous characters on the cards as possible in within the time frame.
What's included?
A timer and blanks to create your own special characters.
If the team guess the identity of the character correctly they keep the card and draw another from the bag. You can act, sing, impersonate, mime or describe the personality –just don't mention the name! If you do, the go is forfeited and the bag passes to the next team. Once the bag is empty the team with the most cards wins.
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If you have seen "Cliffhanger" and "Vertical Limit" and thought they were
good mountaineering movies, "K2" might probably surprise
As the first two are action movies based at high altitude (probably due
the lack of a decent story!), "K2" is actually a movie about
Having read about mountaineering, done it myself and seen "Everest - the
IMax movie", the realism in "K2" is astounding!
The actors are doing an impressive job on the mountains, their gear is correct, their reaction to altitude is 98% real and their pace is realistic as well.
If you are looking for "Cliffhanger 2" or "Vertical Limit 2", this is not the movie to go for. But... If you are looking for a catching mountaineering movie with breathtaking scenery and an OK storyline - go and buy "K2". It has FINALLY been released on DVD - at least in Europe.
I have been waiting ages for this film and now, finally, it is out on
DVD in the UK. This film did not disappoint me one bit and kept me
thoroughly entertained. I was a big fan of Vertical Limit when it hit
the cinemas but there can be no comparisons made. Where Vertical Limit
aimed more for suspense and thrills, K2 follows character development
and realism.
Taylor Brooks (Michael Biehn) and Harold Jameson (Matt Craven) are best friends who live almost opposite lives but share one common passion, mountain climbing. Brooks is a selfish jerk who has only ever thought about himself where as Jameson is a man driven by his family and his job who cares greatly for the safety of others. These two are perfectly cast without even acting. Biehn's voice is perfect for an arrogant character and Craven's nerdish looks personify a man in the science profession. Biehn does well in this performance to disguise his fear of heights and delivers a very strong, charming performance. He portrays Brooks' obsession with K2 very well and was definitely the right choice to lead this film.
The scenery for this film is simply breath taking, beautiful snowy mountains with a caressing mist. There was one scene where I thought my TV had broken because the screen appeared to be pure white, but then a person enters the shot and the camera starts to pan out, I realise how clean and untouched the snow is. Filming a feature like this is always challenging on crew and cast, equipment and supplies can be buried under 5 feet of snow when the day's up. Everyone rose to challenge and produced a visually stunning film. The climbing sequences allow appear very professional and without doubt help Roddam to build up tension on a bigger scale.
What is best about this film is that behind all the scenery, the suspense and the arguments, there is a very strong message about friendship. It was important for this film to have a positive element because there are so many mishaps and so many dislikeable characters that a lack of positive energy in any form would have made K2 far too bleak. The friendship between Taylor and Harold drives the story and leads to a wonderful transformation within Taylor that is very believable. Character development in this style has sadly been abandoned by Hollywood now in favour of special effects and period pieces.
Very underrated, K2 is definitely the best mountain climbing film I have seen and as a huge Michael Biehn fan, it is great to see him perform so well in a non action role. With the beautiful snowy mountains and great character story, K2 is blissful to watch and leaves you feeling good after watching.
This movie delivers on its promise: the feeling of high adrenaline
excitement. The personal lives of the characters are just fodder, but the
climbing scenes are breathtaking! I also liked how the film showed the
details of such an enormous undertaking, such as test-runs and problems with
porters. Whoever said there were cliched aspects, come on! How many
climbing movies have people seen before?
Back to the climbing scenes. The ones of the test-run mountain in the U.S. are great, with music that is truly original, and perfectly matches the visuals, giving you the feeling of being 'high'. But the scenes I like most are the ones of climbing the big mountain, especially when they break out the full ice climbing gear. It might make a difference that I've spent much time skiing in Vermont, which has somewhat of an extreme outdoors feel(moreso than Pennsylvania, anyway). I was reminded of some cool times, and felt like actually going out and learning to climb! Dont miss this one!
This site is full of pretentious idiots ! From climbers who wanted to
watch a 2 hour film about sack hauling and food ration logistics to
unemployed film critics whining about interesting characters-you can't
weave a super depth character into an action movie ! One guy (who by
his own admission didn't even watch it properly) expected them to have
actually filmed it on K2,(he called himself "a climber")he clearly
knows nothing about the logistics or the remoteness and danger of that
place-film a motion picture ON K2 ? What a tit ! As it is at every
opportunity the film tries to establish what kind of person both
climbers are, scenes such as Taylor telling Harold that on K2 he's on
his own, Harold takes this as another sign of him being selfish 'till
Taylor fully explains the situation. In other areas he proves he is
that selfish, until he gets the ultimate challenge ! There are a few
faults with things that are "undoable" but in comparison with every
action film ever made v.few. As for unbelievability try reading about
REAL mountain stories or Ernest Shakleton then tell me you don't
believe them !
As for complaints about clichés ! Climbing IS a cliché !!! That's why there aren't millions of climbing movies, how many twists can such a limited sphere have ? ........ Bar Touching the Void the best mountain movie-only one worth watching. Great action movie, plenty of comedy with real mountaineering stories (or clichés !)blended in. Atmospheric music too.
I enjoyed "K2" quite a bit. There were a few things here and there that I
didn't like, but there wasn't much. Some other people on this site would
have you believe that the story is horrible. I feel quite the opposite.
Ok, it's not a major "thinking" movie, and the plot is fairly simple, but
that's what I like about movies of this nature. I don't want to go into a
mountain climbing movie and have to be thinking about the story and be
overly complex. I just want to see some great scenery and some cool
climbing, and that is exactly what I got. The film has plenty of both to
keep you entertained, and the story isn't nearly as bad as some other people
claim it is.
The cast in the film is pretty good, most of which I've never really heard of. Matt Craven did a surprisingly good job with his role, I thought his acting was very good throughout the film. Michael Biehn is an actor that I have always liked, he's just got a cool style about him. And lastly, Raymond J. Barry, nice performance, but nothing spectacular.
The only things I can really complain about in this film are the following. Some of the music in the film sound rather dated and kind of odd, but didn't really take away from the film, so it isn't a big deal. Also, some of the directing seemed kind of odd, but again, nothing that I couldn't deal with. And finally I thought the ending was somewhat abrupt, an acceptable ending, but nonetheless unexpected.
If you are a fan of rock/ice climbing, then I'd recommend you check this movie out. Or if you are just a fan of adventure films, then go ahead, check it out. In any case, I hope you enjoy the film as much as I do. Thanks for reading,
The attorney Taylor Brooks (Michael Biehn) and the professor and family
man Harold "H" Jameson (Matt Craven) are best friends and climbers.
Harold is married with Cindy (Julia Nickson-Soul) and they have a baby
son, and Taylor is a selfish womanizer. One day, they save the life of
the famous climber Phillip Claiborne (Raymond J. Barry) and most of his
team after an avalanche during a climbing. On the funeral of the two
climbers that had died, Taylor asks Claiborne to take Harold and him to
complete his team on his next expedition, when Claiborne expects to
climb the K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. Soon they travel to
Pakistan and they have trouble first when the porters unexpectedly
decide to return and then when Claiborne becomes sick with the
altitude. Claiborne calls of the climbing, but Taylor and Harold are
decided to reach the top of the world at any cost.
"K2" is an underrated dramatic adventure and a tale of perseverance and friendship with impressive landscapes. The cinematography and camera work of this movie are breathtaking and would suffice to make worthwhile watching it. But the story is also beautiful and the fight of Taylor to rescue his only friend is heartbreaking. The soundtrack is also wonderful and is not credited in the movie. The first time I saw this movie was on VHS and today I have just seen it again on DVD. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "K2 A Montanha da Morte" ("K2 The Death Mountain")
While practising a rapid ascent of a local vertical face, lawyer Brooks
and physicist friend Jameson meets a part of climbers who appear to be
planning for something bigger. Tragedy brings them together with the
leader of the group legendary climber Phillip Claiborne. Brooks talks
his way onto the team a team that is heading to the top of K2, one of
the deadliest ascents in the world.
Having read some of the reviews for this film before watching it, they seemed to be mostly from those who embraced it as a "real" climbing movie and those that dismissed it for being unrealistic. I'm not suggesting my point of view has more validity (it doesn't) but I tried to watch it as someone who struggles to climb a ladder up a stack far less a mountain, so probably wouldn't be bothered if it was or wasn't an accurate portrayal of doing it for real. Well, I say that but I must admit that even with my limited knowledge of the subject, I'm not sure if some of the heroics seen here could really be done. Despite this the film is technically very impressive with really well directed action and some great shots. It looks the business if only the material had been there to back it up.
Instead the material feels a lot less genuine and it jars with the convincing surroundings. Here everyone gets a speech and the story is always a bit too melodramatic and chickens out of the impacting stuff too often. The cast work the best they can with it but they don't convince as to their surroundings when they have to speak, not that some of the narrative devices or convenient twists help them either. Biehn plays it cocksure and arrogant but forgets to leave a crack of a real person in there; so he is loud but when his true self comes it is unconvincing and not connected to anything we have seen in him at all. Craven is good though because his softer character does sit with being the unappreciated friend. Bercovici, Charbonneau and Barry are part of a solid enough supporting cast who do what the material requires.
Not a great film then but one that is technically impressive and easy to watch. The simple characters and overly melodramatic script and unconvincing dialogue really limit it but it is still serviceable for what it is.
I remember first seeing this movie when I was eleven or twelve. Then I
saw 'Vertical Limit' a few months later and contrary to what I thought
would be the case, I enjoyed K2 ten fold more than Martin's Campbell's
weak adventure story on the same mountain. Contrary to what many people
think, Everest may be the tallest mountain, but K2 is a far more
difficult climb.
This film follows two young climbers, Taylor And Harold as they take on the mountain and succeed in reaching the highest peak, because of friendship and the hard team work which comes from loyalty to each other. The picture chooses to focus on characters and emotion, rather than edge of seat adventure. It is the right approach, but as a side effect, the story sometimes plods a little. As a lead role, Michael Biehn is surprisingly good. Typically a supporting actor, I find that many of his performances are a little weak, but not here. He does what is necessary to make a convincing character, far better than Chris O'Donnell in 'Vertical Limit'.
Free from clichés and artificial drama, K2 is a competent and touching movie, maybe not brilliant, but it lifts you.
... K2: The Ultimate High. Well, while I'm sure climbing the actual mountain really is a great high, this movie does a mediocre job of portraying the thrill. It's not that the acting is bad, but the plot is pretty generic and predictable. Leaves you just a bit wanting in places. Too much "made for TV" juice in its veins.
The real strength of this DVD comes with its crisp video and pretty impressive camera work on the slopes. You almost feel cold and light-headed as you travel up the spine of K2 with the protagonists. No clues in the special features or jacket info about the actual filmed locations for the movie, but especially the shots from the climax at the apex connote well the feeling of reaching nearly to the top of the world (I don't think I've revealed any plot twists here). I doubt the scenes here are all from K2 itself, but some good aerial camerawork make it just as well.
Not much on the special features perks for this one. A chapter selection list and two bios, but that's about it.
Overall, not a bad buy if you like moutains and climbing and can find it for a decent price. Recommended viewing with hot brandy and licorice.
But, of course, it wasn't. Makes the climbing of the world's 2nd highest mountain look like a real tough day hike. Cast is okay, soap opera dialogue and plot-by-the-numbers is bearable, sometimes the scenery is outstanding, but where's the technical advice? I guess an accurate depiction of an 8000+ meter climb would be a little too tedious for Hollywood. Would be merely inoffensive if they hadn't trivialized the climbing of a mountain that has claimed so many lives.
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If you have 10 minutes to spare you should spend it watching this TED Talk. Ron Finley is a Los Angeles resident who refers to himself as a guerrilla gardener. Finley noticed that his South L.A. neighborhood had tons of vacant lots -- enough to fill 26 Central Parks in NYC. That's a bunch of dirt. He also noticed that restricted access to nutritious food and prevalent eating habits in his community were making a lot of people sick.
"The drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-byes," Finley says. So the dude planted a garden.
Finley plants gardens in medians and homeless shelters. He plants gardens aside urban city streets and anywhere else he can plant one without getting fined by the city. (Yeah, that happened.) And he uses these gardens to foster dialogue about changing the food system that plagues many urban areas in our county.
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The entire game line-up for Gameloft for the entire 2013 seasons has apparently been leaked along with the full names of upcoming games, screenshots for some of them, descriptions for most of the game and even a video or two showing the games in action. We got this news from one of the original sources of the leak but hesitated to post it last night as we watched other sites who mentioned this news turn around and take down the information of the leak.
Gameloft has been hitting up all the sits posting about this leak which only adds validity to the leak itself, asking those sites to remove the details of the leak. The list of games is quite extensive as well with plenty of details right down to the release times for some of the games. While a few of these games will be iOS-only by the looks of things, plenty of these will be on Android as well, with a total of 30 games slated for release across both platforms.
We run the risk of being contacted by Gameloft and asked to take down some of this information for sure but we can't help but get excited for some of the games heading our way next year. There will be a new Asphalt 8 game, a new Dungeon Hunter 4 title, a new Gangstar title, and even a new Order & Chaos themed game. There is also a new FPS title coming up next year which could very well be another Unreal Engine 3 made game. Modern Combat fans will be happy to know that Modern Combat 5 is in the works as well as another Brothers in Arms title.
There also happens to be a few movie-based games heading in our direction as well which we won't disclose right now since we are trying to tell you as much as we can without having Gameloft come after us. Interestingly enough, a new installment into the N.O.V.A. series is not on the list, could N.O.V.A. 3 be it for the series?
Lastly there are a few sim and RTS / strategy games being developed for iOS and Android as well. All of these games are slated for release in 2013. We are trying to see if Gameloft will let us post some of the screenshots and details for some of these games, since we saved all of it, so we don't get into too much trouble with them, but don't hold your breath for a positive response. Either way, 2013 is looking real good for Gameloft titles, with plenty of new IP and titles also in the works which we haven't named here… yet.
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O Lord, as our son receives his Humash today, we pray to You. Please help us raise a son who will bring honor to your name and the names of the patriarchs.
We pray that he draws inspiration from the examples set by his forefathers;
From Adam, the hope to choose life and sustain it after Paradise was lost;
From Noah, the nurturing qualities and patience to be a steward for earth's creatures;
From Abraham, the resilient faith in Hashem, despite many challenges;
From Isaac, the heart and mind of a survivor and the state of equanimity;
From Jacob, the wisdom to make a difficult decision and take action in the face of custom and tradition;
From Joseph, the compassion, forgiveness and love for others;
From Moses, the ability to be outspoken in his views even when they are unpopular;
From Aaron, the insight to know when and how to be supportive with quiet composure.
And from David, the self-esteem that enabled him to lead fairly.
Please bestow upon our son the qualities of strength, gentility, wisdom, faith, ambition and contentment. We dedicate our son to Torah—to a never ending fascination with study and learning. We send him off with the knowledge that by living a life guided by Torah, he will never be alone.


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Windows Live Essentials has been part of most Windows Users standard installation for many years now. This familiar and 'essentials' set of applications does much to make Windows come to life as a useful productivity tool. Providing photo editing, movie making, blogging, email, synchronising and instant messaging apps, 'Essentials' forms a solid backbone for basic computing throughput when using Microsoft operating systems.
Whereas a certain other well-known fruit themed OSX has the luxury of these types of applications being built in, Microsoft decided after Vista to detangle these common apps from their OS. In part to make future updates easier to deliver and in part due to avoid any undue and potentially messy encounters with anti-trust bodies. So what's the skinny on Essentials 2012?


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When I first approached this project, I decided that I wanted to find a way to gather food and water. Once I realized that I had a friend with me, I immediately thought that I could eat my friend! But, I wasn't thinking like an engineer. The items in the backpack were useful for a field trip, not as a survival kit if lost in the national forest. Therefore the challenge is to think "outside the box" and use these everyday items to collect food and water.
Although it wasn't an obvious item, the backpack itself was useful. The backpack provides lots of options because it could be used to store food when you find it. The backpack is large enough to carry an animal after you have killed it. Also, you can use the backpack to collect rainwater if it rained. Rain water would not need to be boiled before drinking because it is clean and had not been touched by any dirt. After you collect all the rainwater, you can store it in the empty water bottle.
Another way to use the backpack is to use the flexible strings on the outside of it. The flexible strings can be tied to a stick to make a hunting device. The flexible strings are very sturdy so it would be able to launch rocks (as a sling shot) or shoot sticks (as a bow). You can use either method to kill birds. Birds are a good source of food especially if they have eggs with them.
Since there is a stream nearby, there are probably fish. To fish, you might need to use a fishing pole. You can make one by removing the spiral from the bound notebook; stretching the spiral and winding it around the end of a long stick to keep it in place. If you want a thinner wire you can take the spring from the pen. You can stretch out the spring and attach it to a stick in the similar manner as the spiral from the notebook. When you make a fishing pole out of a stick and either the spiral of a notebook or the spring from the pen, you can wrap chewed gum (as glue) around it to give it extra support so that it will stick together better.
The sugar in gum also comes in handy to attract insects. You can chew the gum and leave it out so that insects will get stuck on it. The insects will serve as bait to attract the fish or if you are really hungry, you can eat the insects themselves! Worms are another kind of bait and they can be found by digging using your mirror as a tool.
Sometimes it is easier to catch fish at night. To make a torch first take the two pencils and use the rubber band to attach it to a long stick, forming a trident. Next you weave the tinder (resin found in pine trees) and gum wrapper (paper) in between the pencils and the stick. Then you use a rock and the nail file to start the fire on your tinder. The fishes are attracted to the light and come to the surface of the stream.
Now that you know how to make fire, you can heat the stream water collected in the water bottle. Suspend the water bottle over the shredded paper fire pit (started by your torch and flames fanned by the cover of your notebook) by attaching it with a rubber band to a stick. Boiling excites the water molecules making the plastic bottle expand which prevents the plastic bottle from melting. Now the water is safe for drinking.
As a first timer lost in the wilderness it would be hard to distinguish what wild plants are edible. So I will stick to what I know and eat the pine nuts from the pine cones. Wrap a bandanna around the pine cones and hit against a large rock to break it open and use the tines of the comb to dig out the pine nuts.
From this assignment I learned that I did not need to resort to eating my friend in order to survive! In fact she was useful in helping me construct my contraptions to gather food and water. I became aware that you can do extraordinary tasks using ordinary items. Using objects and putting them together in an interesting and inventive way made me feel like I was an engineer!
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Richard Long, Southern gravity 2011. John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of NSW © Richard Long
Action and location
In the 1950s, a new generation of artists began to differentiate their practice from the abstract painting that was dominant in the United States and Europe. They did this through an emphasis on action and time, and by working 'performatively' in the studio or outdoors. Their experimentations introduced new kinds of interactions between the artist, location, audience and artwork, and there are numerous works in the contemporary galleries that make us aware of the importance of these elements in helping define a work of art.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude combined them on a vast scale in their first Kaldor Public Art Project in 1969, which swathed the coastline of Sydney's Little Bay in more than 90 000 square metres of fabric. A scale model of the concept – Packed Coast, One Million Square Feet, Project for Australia 1969 – is a relic from this project, as is Two Wrapped Trees, which Christo created at the same time.
The traces of intensely energetic action can be seen clearly in Bronze liars (minus 1 to minus 16) 1996 by Mike Parr and Southern gravity 2011 by Richard Long, which both bear the marks of the artist's hands, while Francis Alÿs's video work Railings 2001 draws our attention to a simple individual action within a crowded city, as the artist walks the streets of London, trailing a wooden drumstick along a series of metal railings.


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An Information Theoretic Approach to Ecological Estimation and Inference
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When police broke down Luis Diaz's front door to arrest the notorious Bird Road rapist, they found a wisp of a man — 5-foot-3 and 134 pounds.
Diaz was a startling contrast to the 6-foot, 200-pound attacker described by some of the victims of the rapes that paralyzed Miami in the late 1970s. Still, Diaz was hauled off in his pajamas, convicted and sent to prison in 1980.
In Jacksonville, 14 years later, prosecutors fingered Chad Heins in a different case — the murder of his pregnant sister-in-law. Even though crime scene evidence did not match, Heins was sentenced to life in the stabbing.
Today, Diaz and Heins are free, cleared by DNA evidence. Like Wilton Dedge and Alan Crotzer, they have become avatars of injustice in Florida.
The state has apologized and paid Dedge and Crotzer $3.25-million combined. The road is less clear for Diaz and Heins despite a bill Gov. Charlie Crist says he will sign into law.
The legislation has been heralded as a milestone in righting past sins by creating an "automatic" process to pay the wrongfully convicted $50,000 for each year they spent in prison.
Diaz spent 26 years; Heins 13.
No longer, lawmakers declared, will people have to navigate the state's cumbersome and unpredictable claims bill process before the Legislature.
Yet there is nothing automatic about the new way, and some fear it may present greater obstacles.
The system requires people to go back to the same court that sentenced them and seek an order declaring them wrongfully incarcerated. Doing so entails re-introducing evidence to prove they are not guilty and, more significantly, allows prosecutors to object.
"It's a false assumption that prosecutors won't come in and gum up the works," said Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida, which was involved in the two cases. "It's not their job to say someone is innocent."
Much of the attention on the wrongful incarceration legislation has been on a different barrier. A person seeking compensation must not have committed a felony prior to the crime he was exonerated for. Republican lawmakers insisted on the "clean hands" provision — the only one of its kind in the country. Democrats, including bill sponsor Sen. Arthenia Joyner of Tampa, acquiesced in order to get something passed.
That provision is keeping compensation out of the hands of five other men in Florida who have been cleared by DNA evidence. They can seek money through the claims bill process, but chances are even slimmer because the new system was designed to replace that process.
Crist said this week that he is not "wild" about the clean hands provision but that he will sign the bill (SB 756) this month because it moves the ball forward. He cited Joyner's support.
"I wish it wasn't in there," Joyner said in an interview on Thursday. "But it's a beginning. I want to make sure persons who are eligible will get the money."
She acknowledged, however, that a confrontational court hearing could prove cumbersome or worse. She said she has already started work on a "glitch bill" to alleviate some of the hurdles.
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Heins' ordeal began April 17, 1994, when his sister-in-law was found dead in a Jacksonville apartment. She had been stabbed 27 times. Heins, the only other one staying at the house that night, insisted he was innocent.
Police did not find a murder weapon and Heins did not have blood on his clothes, nor was there evidence he had washed them.
The break came in 2004 when DNA evidence was retested. It showed that three hairs found on the victim's body came from one person — not Heins. A fingerprint on a bloody sink in the apartment also was not matched to Heins.
He was released three years later, in December 2007. Heins, now 34, lives in Wisconsin and works on a farm.
Diaz was arrested at his home in August 1979, accused of raping more than 20 women near Bird Road in Coral Gables. The attacker would flash car headlights to get women to pull over, then show a gun and sexually assault them.
Diaz became a suspect after a victim saw him in his car at a gas station. But the witness described the rapist as about 200 pounds and 6 feet tall. Despite the discrepancy and a dearth of physical evidence, Diaz was convicted in 1980.
In 1993, two witnesses recanted their stories, and after years of litigation, the charges were vacated in 2001. Subsequent testing of semen in two of the rape cases showed it was the same man, but not Diaz.
When he walked free on Aug. 3, 2005, the 67-year-old Diaz had one word for the reporters who gathered around him: "victory." He continues to reside in Miami.
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Advocates for Diaz and Heins declined requests to interview the men, hoping not to hurt already dicey prospects.
Prosecutors have "never been willing to take the position that Diaz was factually innocent," said Stephen Warren, a Holland & Knight lawyer who did pro bono work on the case.
One fear, Warren said, is that Diaz will have to prove he is not guilty in all the cases he was charged under. DNA evidence and a witness who recanted cleared him of two, and prosecutors dropped the other cases because of the time that elapsed.
But those could prove relevant once again. "This could put an unfair burden on Mr. Diaz," Warren said. "You are asking him to prove 30 years later that he was innocent of the other five convictions when the evidence is no longer there. If it existed, he would be the first to ask that it be tested."
Don Horn, a chief assistant state attorney in Miami, acknowledged there were remaining questions about the case. But he said he could not comment on what would happen in a court hearing, since one has not been scheduled.
After a judge threw out Heins' conviction in December 2006, prosecutors said they still had compelling evidence and appealed. His own brother believes he is guilty.
"I just can't believe that he could have been innocent," State Attorney Harry Shorstein said at the time. Even after a retrial attempt was abandoned, prosecutors said they were still investigating.


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When an underage Miley Cyrus hit up Hollywood hotspot Voyeur just before midnight Thursday, the 17-year-old singer proved she really can't be tamed.
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"She was constantly smiling and seemed to be in great spirits," an onlooker tells UsMagazine.com, adding that Cyrus "waved her hands in the air and danced seductively while shaking her hips" to songs by David Guetta and DJ Khaled.
Still, Cyrus -- clad in tight denim shorts and a black crop top -- remained on her best behavior throughout the evening.
"It was clear she knew she was being watched by others," the source says, adding that Cyrus and her girlfriends were flanked by a security guard at all times. "No alcohol was in her presence the entire night."
By 1:30 Friday morning, the Last Song actress and her friends decided to call it a night.
"Miley looked care-free and let loose with the girls," the source tells Us. "She looked happy and seemed to be taking advantage of her time out in the club."


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Madeleine K. Albright took her first trip as Secretary of State today, traveling not to some foreign capital, not even to some state capital, but rather to Texas, determined, she said, to take America's foreign policy straight to the people.
''Usually passport offices don't get this kind of attention,'' one woman declared as Ms. Albright waded through the Leland Federal Building in downtown Houston, becoming the first Secretary of State in recent memory to attend to one of the more pedestrian offices of the Department of State.
And as if she needed to do any more to distinguish herself from her predecessors, including the courtly, highly reserved Warren Christopher, Ms. Albright went on to visit a high school and delivered on her promise to speak plainly about matters of international affairs.
''Not only can foreign policy be cool,'' the Secretary of State told a group of earnest high school students, ''but it can be awesome.''
For Ms. Albright, only two weeks into the job, it was a trip short of substance but larded with symbols, almost all of them self-conscious. ''It's a perfect schedule,'' one aide said proudly, describing her two-day visit here. ''It's got everything.''Continue reading the main story
In addition to the stop at the passport office (a symbol of her commitment to the State Department's workers), she met with Mexico's Foreign Minister, Jose Angel Gurria (a symbol, she declared, of the importance of its relations with the United States).
She also delivered a speech at Rice University at the institute named after one of her predecessors, James A. Baker 3d (a symbol of her desire for a bipartisan foreign policy). And as if to make sure the last point sticks, she plans to have breakfast on Saturday with former President Bush.
''As Secretary, I will do my best to talk about foreign policy not in abstract terms, but in human terms and in bipartisan terms,'' she told the students, professors and others at Rice. ''I consider this vital because in our democracy, we cannot pursue policies abroad that are not understood and supported here at home.''
In her speech at Rice, where she was introduced by Mr. Baker, Ms. Albright returned to the theme of bipartisanship, echoing President Clinton's calls for an end to partisanship on everything from the budget to foreign affairs.
She also called on Congress to approve a convention that would ban chemical weapons, which has faced opposition from some Republicans even though it was negotiated and signed under President Bush, and to approve Mr. Clinton's plan to repay the United States' back dues to the United Nations.
A day after Mr. Clinton presented a budget that included a modest increase in spending on foreign aid, she also argued that after four years of a declining foreign-affairs budget, the United States was ''steadily and unilaterally disarming ourselves.''
Ms. Albright's maiden voyage -- ''It's a little hard to be a maiden at this age,'' the 59-year-old Secretary told reporters on the flight here -- precedes by a week her first trip abroad. On that trip she will circle the globe, making stops in Rome, Paris, London, Brussels, Bonn, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.
But Ms. Albright herself wanted to make her first trip a domestic one, hoping to convince people of the importance of a vigilant, aggressive foreign policy to their lives. And she chose Houston -- after aides originally considered Chicago -- evidently to wrap herself in as many symbols as possible.
During her confirmation hearing before the Senate, Ms. Albright promised to spend more time articulating and defending foreign policy. While it remains to be seen whether she will have any more success than her predecessors in selling the importance of foreign policy to the public, her reception here was certainly warm enough.
As she gladhanded her way through the waiting crowd at the passport office, one man even asked her to sign a $5 bill. She declined, signing an envelope instead.
At Lamar Senior High School, Ms. Albright made her case against an isolationist foreign policy to 50 or so students studying international affairs. Ms. Albright, a professor for many years at Georgetown University, deftly fielded questions on topics from illegal immigration to human rights in China. Sitting in front of a world map, she offered as inspiration that she had failed geography as a girl. ''I've tried very hard to make up for that,'' she said.
After the speech at Rice, Ms. Albright also made the case for increased spending on foreign affairs in a private meeting with executives from major corporations. For their part, one official said, the executives made a case against unilateral American sanctions to punish other nations for violations of human rights.
Among the companies represented was Unocal, which last month announced a gas exploration and pipeline project in Myanmar even as the United States considers new sanctions against the Burmese Government there.
Asked by one of the students at Lamar, Oneil Crosby, about the line in foreign policy between economic and humanitarian principles, Ms. Albright replied: ''What we have to be careful about in foreign policy is not to make false choices. The truth is you can focus on both issues.''Continue reading the main story


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RSS App Reeder is Finally Back on iPad, and Updated for iPhone Too
By: Laura Hazard Owen | GigaOM
Before Google Reader's demise, Reeder was my — and a lot of other people's — go-to RSS app for iOS and Mac. When Google Reader died, Reeder took a break. Developer Silvio Rizzi made the app free temporarily and promised it would integrate with Feedly feeds, but for the last couple of months Reeder has only worked on iPhone.
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Las Vegas police are looking for information on two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint in the east side of the valley Jan. 23.
The two suspects entered the business near Sahara and Sloan avenues about 8:45 p.m. Both were wearing masks over their faces and held guns to the employee's face while demanding money, police said.
The suspects fled after getting the money.
The first suspect is between 18 and 25 years old and stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a "Spurs" hat, a gray and white striped hoodie with a black mask and blue jeans.
Police aren't sure if the second suspect is male or female. The suspect is between 18 and 25 years old and stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 with a fair complexion. The suspect was last seen wearing a "New York" hat, a black and green hoodie with a black mask and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is urged to call Las Vegas police at 702-828-3591 or CrimeStoppers at 702-385-5555.
Contact reporter Steven Slivka at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow @StevenSlivka on Twitter.