text:
Look out for Bouncing Cats this Wednesday at the Manifesto Film Fest [Article]
Toronto, ON – Covered already by the likes of The Source, Hypebeast, HighSnobiety and Kanye West, Bouncing Cats is receiving world-wide acclaim. HipHopCanada sits down with Bouncing Cats' Crazy Legs and director Nabil Elderkin for a little two on one about the film which will be featured this Wednesday, September 22nd at the Manifesto Film Fest.
HipHopCanada: How did you hear about Breakdance Project Uganda?
Nabil: I heard about it from a friend Claire Lewis from OXFAM in the UK. I was staying with her in Kampala for a separate trip and she told me a little about Abramz, and I really wanted to meet him, all went from there.
HipHopCanada: What made you decide to get involved?
Crazy Legs: I don't think it's a matter of me deciding to get involved with them. The way it happened was very simple. Red Bull called me up and told me that there was a trip coming up, no money involved. That trip happened to be a goodwill trip to Uganda. And immediately said to put me on. It was something that I felt that anyone should do. TO have the opportunity to help kids as well as setting my feet on the birthplace of civilization.
HipHopCanada: What drove you to make the film?
Nabil: What drove me was the energy and will i witnessed from the kids of Breakdance project Uganda, their determination and kinship is amazing.
HipHopCanada: What was the most challenging aspect of filming?
Nabil: Oooo, tough question…the heat. Actually it was really going back and forth filming these kids with no results and no film until recently. It was a long process and you want immediate results for these kids and that isn't possible. So much involved in getting a film done and out!
HipHopCanada: What is your fondest memory of your trip to Uganda?
Crazy Legs: My fondest memory was a total overview of how Hip Hop can truly be used as a tool to help people. Afrika Bambaataa has always told us that it was a tool and that we should all use it in that manner. I truly admired the innocence of their honest approach and calculated methods to do the right thing by their people and Hip Hop.
HipHopCanada: How was teaching b-boy classes there?
Crazy Legs: Teaching classes was difficult. I found it extremely hard to cover up the pain that I felt about the living conditions in Uganda. I was teaching with a broken heart. But, the show had to go on and I did the best that I could.
HipHopCanada: Why do you think Hip Hop is so powerful?
Crazy Legs: Hip Hop is powerful because it brings all cultures together. NUFF SAID!
Nabil: No one owns it… it has a rhythm and feeling that speaks to the youth, and it moves your body, it's all relative, it didn't have to be hip-hop, could have been jazz, samba… but it was hip-hop.
HipHopCanada: What did you learn from Abraham Tekya aka Abramz Tekya, the founder of B.P.A?
Crazy Legs: It's not so much what I learned from him, but what the whole situation taught me. Most of the world is spoiled and doesn't have a clue as to what real hard times are. Most of our poor is still doing better then the poorest in Uganda.
HipHopCanada: How did you get Common, K'naan, Will.I.Am, and Mos Def involved with the project?
Nabil: Asked them!
HipHopCanada: How did you get involved in this year's MANIFESTO Festival?
Crazy Legs: Red Bull and Bouncing Cats.
Nabil: SOL GUY
HipHopCanada: What has been the biggest challenge for you as an artist? What are you most proud of over the years?
Crazy Legs: The biggest challenge is teaching people how to represent what they're a part of properly and taking a chance on certain people that don't deserve to have the word Rock Steady Crew on their shirts. I'm most proud of my son. He's an amazing young man. I couldn't ask for a better son.
HipHopCanada: What do you hope to accomplish with the film?
Nabil: A center built for these kids! To shed light on what they are doing, and just simply generate some emotional reaction from viewers that might lead to more…
HipHopCanada: What films are you feeling right now?
Nabil: Le Prophet… wow! What a film… just about to watch Sin Nombre. Can't wait!
HipHopCanada: What can we expect from you at MANIESTO this year?
Crazy Legs: Expect me to show up. haha. What I mean by that is, If i'm going to DJ, dance or answer questions, I will do them to the best of my capabilities. And then I'll try harder.
Nabil: My best wishes.
HipHopCanada: What is your MANIFESTO?
Crazy Legs: Tough times don't last. Tough people do.
Nabil: It's all relative!
HipHopCanada: Final words?
Crazy Legs: Please, no pork when I get there. I love good food. And which way to the after party?Thanks for the opportunity to be interviewed.
Nabil: Thanks for screening the film! Hope you enjoy.
Film Synopsis
Uganda has been called one of the worst places on earth to be a child. In the South, children face the threat of poverty and disease. In the North, these threats are enflamed by a brutal, mindless war inflicted by the Lord's Resistance Army (L.R.A.) that has divided families, displaced millions, and led to the abduction and mutilation of tens of thousands of children resulting in the deterioration of identity and culture.
Bouncing Cats is the inspiring story of one man's attempt to create a better life for the children of Uganda using the unlikely tool of hip-hop with a focus on b-boy culture and breakdance. In 2006, Abraham "Abramz" Tekya, a Ugandan b-boy and A.I.D.S. orphan created Breakdance Project Uganda (B.P.U.). The dream was to establish a free workshop that would empower, rehabilitate and heal the community by teaching youth about b-boy culture. Based in Kampala, Uganda, B.P.U. has recently expanded to include permanent classes in Gulu, Northern Uganda. Abramz teaches classes three times a week to more than 300 kids from all parts of the country. Many of the children are homeless, victims of war and poverty, and few can afford proper schooling yet they walk from miles away to attend the B.P.U. classes. As Abramz says, "This is where many people's pride is. It's a skill that no one can take away from us."
Crazy Legs, one of the founding members of the seminal Rock Steady Crew visited Uganda after receiving an invitation from Abramz to teach b-boy classes. What he discovered upon his arrival was both heartbreaking and inspiring. Traveling throughout Uganda, from the southern slums to the war-torn North, Crazy Legs encountered a passion for hip-hop and desire to learn amongst the most squalid conditions.
Bouncing Cats follows Abramz, Crazy Legs, and Breakdance Project Uganda on a journey to use hip-hop culture for positive social change. The film features narration by Common and interviews with Mos Def, Will-I-Am, and K'naan.
Check out http://www.themanifesto.ca and http://www.bouncingcats.com for more info.
Written by Julia Che for HipHopCanada
Tags: Crazy Legs, Nabil Elderkin
Abramz has done a grate work. i met him on the net though i have not attended his classes but planning to take them on.iam into bboying
Helpful blog, bookmarked the website with hopes to read more!
Leave a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
BASEBALL; The Lunch-Pail Guy Behind the Plate
By BEN SHPIGEL
Published: December 19, 2005
When the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Paul Lo Duca to the Florida Marlins in July 2004, aftershocks rumbled through Chavez Ravine. So moved by the departure of someone he calls ''one of the best people in baseball I've ever met,'' Manager Jim Tracy wanted to offer a small tribute. Without hesitation, Tracy gave his longtime No. 12 to Steve Finley, who was acquired the day after the Lo Duca trade, and snapped up Lo Duca's old No. 16.
''It was a no-brainer,'' Tracy, who now manages the Pittsburgh Pirates, said last week in a telephone interview. ''Paul Lo Duca is a survivor, he embodies everything you like to see in a winner. I'd still be wearing No. 16 now, but Salomon Torres has it, and I wouldn't take it away from him. But you can bet that if it was available I'd be wearing it.''
Although the Mets' off-season overhaul has yielded stars like Billy Wagner, an intimidating closer, and Carlos Delgado, a feared power hitter, their acquisition two weeks ago of Lo Duca, a three-time All-Star catcher, could prove just as important in their quest to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2000. The 33-year-old Lo Duca is a more dynamic clubhouse presence than his predecessor, Mike Piazza, and he handles pitchers like a snake charmer, coaxing their best. Lo Duca rarely strikes out, excelling as a situational hitter, and he does not let his ego get in the way of good sense.
''He came into my office one day in early 2004 and told me he'd be happy to bat lower in the lineup if it was better for the team,'' Tracy said. ''I mean, who wouldn't want a player like that?''
New York loves its larger-than-life figures, but there is still a place for the underdog, the guy who spent nine years in the minor leagues and was thought to be too small (5 feet 9 inches on a good day), too stocky (195 pounds) and too slow to reach the major leagues.
If Lo Duca seems a perfect fit on a team with a manager, Willie Randolph, who went to high school in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, and a general manager, Omar Minaya, who grew up in the Corona section of Queens, there may be cosmic forces at work. Lo Duca was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, not far from Lafayette High School, which the Mets' principal owner, Fred Wilpon, attended. Lo Duca's father, Paul Sr., played sandlot baseball against Yankees Manager Joe Torre and coached the former Met Lee Mazzilli in the Gil Hodges Little League.
Lo Duca, who wears No. 16 in Mazzilli's honor, jumped up and down on his bed when the Mets won the World Series in 1986.
''When Paulie found out he was being traded to the Mets, it was the happiest I'd seen him in a long time,'' Paul Sr. said.
Lo Duca, who is married and has a 1-year-old daughter, moved to Phoenix when he was 2. He still has relatives in Bensonhurst, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Short Hills, N.J., and he appreciates the folks who run the corner deli and bus the tables and clean the floors because, well, he used to be one of them.
''The fans in New York are going to love him immediately, because he's not all about Wall Street or Madison Avenue,'' said Eddie Bane, the Los Angeles Angels' scouting director, who signed Lo Duca when he was working for the Dodgers. ''Paul is someone they can identify with. He's about as genuine and humble as you can get.''
Growing up in the Southwest did not purge Lo Duca's ties to his birthplace. His parents grew up a half-block from each other in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn and were childhood sweethearts. They instilled within their three sons persistence and determination -- and a love for baseball.
His mother, Luci, was fiercely protective; even when Lo Duca was living at home while attending junior college, she would call the police if he had not returned by his 11:30 p.m. curfew. A Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Paul Sr. stayed home from school for three days in 1951 to mourn Bobby Thomson's pennant-clinching home run for the New York Giants. In 1974, he moved to Arizona, four months before his family followed, working three jobs, and eventually achieving success with a succession of sports bars in Phoenix. Today he owns the Brooklyn Cafe in Sedona, Ariz.
During the early part of his childhood, Lo Duca worked at his father's bar, the N.F.L. Sports Bar, with his older brothers, Frank and Anthony, washing dishes and cleaning glasses.
''When you're 8 years old and hanging out in a bar and seeing guys getting drunk, you tend to grow up a little faster than the average kid,'' Lo Duca said.
The bar doubled as a comedy club, and he often served as an M. C., climbing atop a milk crate to introduce acts like David Spade. While Paul Sr. was working 18-hour days, Luci would make sure Lo Duca arrived at his Little League games on time. To improve her son's hand-eye coordination, Luci spent countless afternoons in their front yard pitching pinto beans so he could swat them with a broom handle. After that, she figured, hitting a baseball would not seem so difficult.
Lo Duca's keen batting eye helped him emerge as one of Arizona's top high school players. But focused on his size, universities stayed away, so he walked on at a junior college in California. He returned home after a season to play at Glendale Community College, where he was selected as an all-American, but he received only marginal interest from Division I programs. Arizona State, in nearby Tempe, offered to pay for his books. He was responsible for the rest.
''We couldn't really afford it, but I knew my chances of playing pro ball were gone if I didn't go,'' Lo Duca said. ''We found a way to do it.''

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Web Design
Why Choose Flash-Ads - Why Are We Different
As bespoke web developers with a dedicated graphic design team, we create your web solution with a creative flair and technical competence that is unique.
All of our new designs are 'responsive' to adapt to display on tablets and smart phones to ensure your website is up to date.
We do not use 'off the shelf' templates instead we design and code your website from scratch using a client design questionnaire brief and 'face to face' meeting.
We have a dedicated in-house team including digital designers, graphic artist and illustrator, ecommerce specialist php developers to provide a complete digital solution from designing stunning brochure sites to ecommerce solutions and bespoke systems, quotation engines built to your brief.
Flash-Ads have it all under one roof, offering you a 'one stop shop' of essential services to ensure your website not only looks good it is coded with the features and functionality you require to engage with your customers. All projects are project managed with timelines to a fixed price.
From the initial meeting, we discuss your project requirements and outline in plain English your responsibilities, as well as explain what we will do and what we need to make your web project a reality. Flash-Ads aims to deliver a website that embodies your aspirations that is professionally designed that is both easy to navigate and Google friendly.
Our extensive experience in building commercial live websites has given us the essential experience to ensure your web business works for you. We will advise and guide you, and tell you what you require plus what you will need to sell your product or service or deliver your message to your intended target audience.
We don't make cheap websites - we make effective ones
If you are looking for a cheap website then Flash-Ads is not the company to partner with, as we do not offer template off the shelf designs. We offer a truly bespoke service by creating your web site from scratch. This ensures build quality with clean code architecture that is a unique design for your business - not a pre-set design layout the same as everyone else.
If you want a quality web site that is Google Friendly contact us.
Small Business
Brochure information sites suitable for delivering service messages, consultancy, information, with a gallery option, who you are, where you are, what you do, contact us form and general company information in either Wordpress CMS [content management system] to enable you to edit, amend and maintain.
Comprehensive Business
As above, but with bespoke functionality and interactive features, quotation forms including calculations, output forms and smart intuitive customer interactive features, downloads or video.
E-commerce [Taking Payment Online]
Our e-commerce experience has been refined since we started to build ecommerce in 2006 with refinements to provide a comprehensive MVC framework that is very user friendly and with every feature a business owner would want to have at their disposal.
User friendly and KIS simple to use and self-administer. Database driven and intuitive, the system consists of integrated databases to list categories, sub categories or services with a bespoke shopping cart with payment integration to the major payment service providers to provide a seamless on-line payment facility.
A self-managing administration dashboard enables the business owner to add products, edit, amend, upload images or delete, set prices, add descriptions, meta tags and generally manage your own on-line store. You can view orders, payments, see customer trends, customer database, print out delivery notices, invoices and reports. Automated personalised auto responder emails to customers when orders are placed making the whole process a pleasant customer experience.
Specified Brief
Bespoke project as per clients specifications, and brief priced on spec. White Hat has the in-house technical capabilities to build any system, Web based Database Applications, Databases, Quotation Systems, Booking Engines, Auction Sites, CRM.
Basically whatever is required we can quote on as long as it's technically possible.


text:
Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co is the world's market leader for cleaning equipment that sets the benchmark for professional cleaning as well as with consumers. At its Obersontheim site, the company operates a logistics centre, which delivers spare parts and accessory parts to all continents. Until 14,000 positions per day are processed during peak season and up to 4,500 packages are conveyed daily. Due to the rapid growth of the family business, the site will be extended by about 20.000 m² floor space. Thus, Kärcher's storage capacity will be increased remarkably, its output quantity more than doubled.
TGW Systems Integrator from Wels, Austria, was entrusted with the realisation of the logistics centre and extensive material flow controls, as well as with the system visualisation.
Apart from a new pallet storage system, the extended logistics centre will include an 8-aisle automated mini-load warehouse with 95,000 storage locations used to supply a new high-performance picking area. The highly dynamic shuttle system for 5,200 order locations will consolidate and sequence the picked order totes and deliver them to the packing area. In order to handle the required performance of up to 2,000 storage and retrieval movements per hour, TGW will be installing its Stingray shuttle system. An extensive tote conveyor system with intelligent empty tote management will connect the storage and picking areas with the packing area.
The extended system within Kärcher's logistics centre will go live end of 2012 and enable the company to cover further growth of their business in the future.


text:
|Comments on Photo
|Add Comment
By Trenis Hindle
Sep 25, 2009
|Looking good Lucky....Did I take that photo? T
By Luke Hanley
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 1, 2009
|I think that is a Lambie pic... Hey I'm going to post some info on the bouldering by the da vinci boulders but I want to finish some of the work on the crag before hand... as accessing from that direction is probably easiest for them. Lets get a posse together for a little bouldering session out there some weekend. Leaves changing color out there yet?
|Avg Score
|0.0 from 0 votes
|Your Score


text:
Our Ideology
"To be a globally reputed company that leverages technology to create value added business solutions."Mission
"Our objective is to provide a system for Individuals to work for customer delight with high business ethics assurance."Core Values
1. Creative Environment for constant Learning of Individuals
2. Focused Dedication to Customers
3. Fair and Honest approach towards our Stakeholders


text:
Dragon Age: Inquisition's Skyhold is a Home Away from Home
Explore Dragon Age: Inquisition's Skyhold, your crew's home away from home and base of operations.
Explore Dragon Age: Inquisition's Skyhold, your crew's home away from home and base of operations.
Since we got to hear BioWare's official announcement of Dragon Age: Inquisition's multiplayer, we now get to finally see it in action.
BioWare has basically answered every question we could possibly have on Dragon Age: Inquisition's multiplayer offerings, and we really like what we hear.
With this new Galactic Strongholds expansion, Star Wars: The Old Republic players will have brand new ways to customize their Jedi and Sith characters.
A new trailer for Dragon Age: Inquisition shows off the many baddies that we'll face when the game is released in November.
The project leader and director of some of our favorite RPGs, including the Mass Effect trilogy and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, has left BioWare after 16 years of game development.
A new teaser for BioWare's unknown project has arrived, and the more teasers that come out, the weirder things get.
One week after BioWare left us scratching our heads about their cryptic Nightmare trailer, the developer added another enigmatic teaser trailer entitled "Spark"
BioWare will be introducing a new Mako infantry fighting vehicle and bringing back the N7 program in the next Mass Effect.
BioWare, developer of roleplaying juggernauts like the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, have just teased their new project by giving us a nightmare.
BioWare has just announced Dragon Age: Inquisition will no longer release in October, and instead see its launch pushed one month.
An epic dragon fight, a massive level, mounts, revamped combat and a new equipment system are just some of the new features depicted in this 16 minute long gameplay video of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


text:
I am 70 yrs old and would like smart lipo on my stomach and neck. Am I too old for this procedure?
Age is a consideration but not the only determining factor. It depends on your entire medical history. I recommend you get a consultation so that your individual medical history is thoroughly reviewed and any necessary pre-steps are taken if needed.


text:
You can use the loans to serve large, medium or small business needs. With a home loan or car loan, if you don't make your payments, the lender can always take the item back and sell it to get there money. Quick Closings – since the propertys equity is the primary factor, less information on the borrower is required. 7. Flexibility – Private Lenders have the ability to tailor the loan to meet the needs of the 5. These loans offer instant respite to all your debt problems. This plan takes into account your financial past and therefore eases out the repayment instalments for you. On further comparing and contrasting the quotes, you will be able to get a better loan deal.
Once the initial information is received, it is assessed and matched with a specific private investor, then discussions are held with the client. Bad Credit Debt Consolidation Loans try to simplify the process for you. Bad Credit Debt Consolidation Loans are specially designed for you if you are someone with bad credit history looking for financial assistance. Therefore, they have to take steps to confirm the accuracy of the clients information. Get started now! Bad Credit Debt Consolidation Loans are loans that are customisable depending on your outstanding debt, current financial standing and credibility.
Investment-Grade Credit Opinion Loans: The transaction has two credit opinion loans, totaling 10.1% of the pool. 787 Seventh Ave (6.7% of the pool) is the third largest loan in the transaction and has an investment-grade credit opinion of 'BBB+sf' on a stand-alone basis. Palisades Center (3.4% of the pool) is the 14th largest loan in the transaction and has an investment-grade credit opinion of 'AAsf' on a stand-alone basis. Excluding these loans, the conduit has a Fitch stressed DSCR of 1.21x and LTV 105.1%, respectively. The implied credit enhancement levels for the conduit portion of the transaction rated 'AAAsf' and 'BBB-sf' are 23.875% and 8.375%, respectively. RATING SENSITIVITIES For this transaction, Fitch's net cash flow (NCF) was 15% below the most recent year's net operating income (NOI; for properties for which a full-year NOI was provided, excluding properties that were stabilizing during this period).
For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit Fitch to Rate JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016 C2; Presale Issued – Yahoo Finance


text:
Bob's Burgers – World Wharf II: The Wharfening Or How Bob Saves/Destroys The Town, Part Two – Season 4, Episode 22
Synopsis: Bob's landlord, Mr. Fischoeder, is trying to revive interest in the Wonder Wharf, but his scheming borderline psychotic part-owner brother, Felix, is trying to close the Wharf and build overpriced condominiums and will resort to any method to get his desired results.
Details: Felix Fischoeder [Zach Galifinakis], the scheming borderline psychotic brother of Bob's landlord, Mr. Fischoeder [Kevin Kline], wants to close Bob's beloved carnival-like fairground Wonder Wharf and turn it into overpriced condominiums. When Mr. Fischoeder refuses, he ties both him and Bob to a piling underneath the pier where they can wait for the die to come in and drown them. Mr. Fischoeder chooses this point to try and taunt Felix on the belief that Felix never gets anything done. But unbeknownst to Mr. Fischoeder, Fanny – Felix's 29 year-old girlfriend – is unhappy with Felix and Felix will do anything to please her even if it includes killing his brother and Bob.
Bob and Mr. Fischoeder try to use Bob's flip cell phone to call Linda and tell her to come and rescue them but Linda only hears the sound of the crashing waves and thinks Bob is butt-dialing her from some bar. Bob and Mr. Fischoeder then try to text Linda but the text gets auto-corrected and Linda, Teddy and the kids each try their hand at deciphering the text unsuccessfully. Before they can send another text, Bob drops the phone and it takes a picture of Mr. Fischoeder's butt and sends that picture to Linda.
Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, Linda, Teddy and the kids continue to try and decipher Bob's text and finally figure out that he is tied up somewhere and leave to find him. They make a stop at the police station to report the incident but Police Detective Bosco only concludes that Bob is drunk-texting. After taking a false lead into a French restaurant, Linda, Teddy and the kids eventually deduce that Bob and Mr. Fischoeder are tied up under the pier at the Wonder Wharf and go to retrieve them.
However, Felix has finally had second thoughts about killing his brother and Bob and has already decided to come and try to save them. He takes off in a paddle boat followed closely by Linda, Teddy and the kids in three more paddle boats. Felix arrives at the pier column where he has tied up Bob and his brother but is unable to quickly make an action plan on how to rescue them and decides to try and shoot the ropes off with his gun before Linda, Teddy and the kids arrive and confront him. The group of them are about to formulate a plan when an irate Fanny shows up, takes the gun from Felix and threatens to kill all of them, starting with Bob.
Bob quickly thinks up a stalling tactic and asks Fanny to sing one of her songs – this buys enough time for Bob to tell Linda to ram a nearby piling with her paddle boat, causing chunks of the pier to fall on Fanny and Felix, knocking them out of their paddle boat. With the tide rising almost over Bob and Mr. Fischoeder's heads, Linda then dives underwater and unties them for the happy ending everybody wanted.
The Poop and Skinny: The part of Fanny the 29-Year-Old Girlfriend is played by Jordan Peele.
Tina carries the bike lock around her neck for the entire episode.
Another sing-a-long infiltrates mid-episode, involving the entire cast.
The Belcher family reward for still being alive at the end of Season Four – a crouton party on Bob and Linda's bed.
The ToonZone Gold Best Line of the Episode Medal – "You kids a two-bottle-of-wine-a-night job." – Linda.
The ToonZone Silver Second-Best Line of the Episode Medal – "Phones are for playing tiny games with fruit." – Mr. Fischoeder.
The ToonZone Bronze Third-Best Line of the Episode Medal – "Hey! What are you looking at? My boobs are up here!" – Fanny, upon realizing that Felix is looking under the pier and not at her.
Right Side Store Neighbor of the Week – None [no introduction to this week's episode]
Van of the Week – None [no introduction to this week's episode]
Burger of the Week – Still the Saffron Saff-Off Burger.


text:
Many of us have been here: A "my head is itchy" comment from the grade schooler. A sighting of little bugs scrambling on your child's head in the bath. The note home from school.
These critters are among the scourges of childhood, a threat to otherwise sane parents who turn into lice-checking fiends, picking and combing, washing and quarantining, itching and scratching (even if they, themselves, are lice free) for days.
And here's the sad fact: We're moving into high season.
As the summer turns to the school year, kids who picked up the varmints from summer camps are passing them along to their friends. And so it goes.
But the experience, says Brittany Wilcher, doesn't have to be horrible. The Durham mom runs the Georgia-based Helping Hands Lice Removal service here in North Carolina. Her job is to travel across the Triangle, picking lice out of people's heads and calming a lot of nerves. She's seen it all - torment, tears, tantrums from both the parents and the kids.
She also fields questions free of charge on the business' hotline. Parents can call with questions and opt to take care of the lice themselves or call in Wilcher for backup.
It's a weird job, she acknowledges, but it got her through college and she really enjoys helping families along what she calls "this crazy journey." She started six years ago and, for the record, has not gotten lice from any of her patients.
"There is that helpless feeling if you haven't had to deal with head lice before," said Wilcher, who also teaches part time at the Duke School. "You don't know what to do, where to start."
A super lice invasion of North Carolina was in the news last month, but as Wilcher said and I've reported before, they've been here for a while now. Super lice are resistant to common over-the-counter treatments that have been used for years to get rid of them.
Wilcher, who is 26, remembers her mom struggling for six months to kill all of the lice from Wilcher and her brother's heads, using the Rid product, 16 years ago. She started seeing lice more and more when she began working with preschoolers at the age of 18.
"My phone is blowing up right now, asking questions about super bugs," she said. "These super bugs have been around for like five years now."
Here's her message to parents: Calm down. It's going to be OK. If your child has lice, you will be able to get rid of them. If a friend has lice, there are ways to prevent an outbreak. And if your kids are in school, there are ways to keep them from getting a full-blown case.
Here are Wilcher's tips:
Wet head checks
Invest in a good lice comb. She likes one called The Terminator, which is an all metal comb. And then do wet head checks each week and after any sleepover. Take a few minutes after a bath or shower and comb through your child's wet hair with the lice comb. The comb will pull out telltale signs if you have an outbreak. If you are seeing bugs or are finding brown or whitish things attached to the hair shaft as you comb through the hair, you've probably got lice. (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website has pictures and detailed information about lice).
It's best to do these checks with a wet head, Wilcher said, because the bugs can more easily run from you when the hair is dry. If you find something, go out and get a treatment and follow the instructions.
Wilcher prefers only all-natural treatments such as The Fairy Tale brand, which super lice are still vulnerable too. She even suggests that parents have it ready at home. Continue combing through the hair every other day until they stop scratching or you stop pulling out evidence.
If you're doing weekly comb throughs and catching outbreaks immediately, it will be a lot easier to kill them all, Wilcher said.
Wilcher also recommends following up with another treatment a week to 10 days after the original one.
Some major don'ts
"We never recommend any kind of pesticide product because these super bugs are immune to it already," she said. "When my mom dealt with it in fifth grade, even then, Rid wasn't working."
Still, if you feel compelled to use a pesticide-based product, Wilcher says parents must follow the directions exactly.
"Don't leave it on any longer than it suggests because it can cause burns," she said. "If you're going to choose to use a product like that, be cautious."
Never keep anything in the hair overnight, she said. And never, ever wrap a child's head in something, like a plastic bag or plastic wrap, overnight for treatment. Earlier this year, an 18-month-old child died after her head was covered in mayonnaise and wrapped in a plastic bag overnight to treat for lice. She suffocated.
We've experienced some head lice in my house and, thanks to my husband's very diligent nitpicking and Vamousse, which was developed here in the Triangle, we've been able to combat it.
Nitpicking, Wilcher said, "can be the answer for some people to just go through strand by strand." But it's not necessary to do it daily after a treatment, she said. And it's not always an option for parents with poor eyesight or in a home without good lighting. (We attach a desk lamp to a kitchen cupboard to get the best lighting possible).
Wilcher said a really good lice comb will come in handy here. In fact, Wilcher doesn't recommend daily nitpicking if you're using a good lice comb and have applied a product to get rid of the critters.
"I recommend giving it 7 to 10 days to not do anything," she said. "Any product can be very drying to the scalp. You have to understand that your scalp goes through so much when you have head lice. Bugs bite like mosquitos. Products, combing can be damaging. They are going to be itching, but don't do anything for a seven to 10 day period."
They returned!
Maybe you did everything exactly right, but three or four weeks later, they've returned. Wilcher said that doesn't mean you did anything wrong.
"Sometimes it's not the case of what you did wrong, it could be where your child is going back to - whoever they contracted it from in the first place," she said. "In that time period, they contracted it back from that person and the case progresses and you finally notice it. ... Be confident in yourself that you can do this. But know that [it could be coming from] the group they hang out with - carpool, school, afterschool."
Start spreading the news
"There's a big shade when it comes to having head lice and admitting it," Wilcher said. "I don't understand that stigma that's attached to it. It's not like they like clean hair vs. dirty hair. They don't like hair that has a lot of oil-based products in it."
When we had a case of head lice in my house, I started emailing friends and people that we came in contact with to let them know. I got several emails back from moms, thanking me for the notifications. That's exactly what all of us should be doing, Wilcher said.
"If you are dealing with head lice, it's best for you to address other people around you," she said. "Just let them know. If your child did give it to them, you would want a heads up if the roles were reversed. It protects you from your child getting it back again."
Don't kill yourself cleaning
When lice are found, you should focus about 90 percent of your effort on the actual treatment of the head and about 10 percent of your effort on cleaning up any lice that might be around the house, Wilcher said.
"Your head is the only place they can feed from, the only place they can lay their nits," she said. "They are very reliant on the heat from your scalp. That's why they are glued to hair shaft."
In other words, you don't need to detail the entire house.
Do wash bedding - sheets, pillow cases, blankets - as you normally would. Don't worry about the mattress or pillow.
In the winter months, do wash jackets, hats and scarves as you normally do. You can put hats in the dryer on high heat for 30 to 45 minutes and they should be fine, Wilcher said.
Do clean out hair brushes. And put hair accessories like ties and bows in a plastic bag. Freeze it over night and they should be fine in the morning.
"Extreme heat and freezing will sanitize items for you," she said.
Don't feel like you need to vacuum of your house. You don't need to bag up every stuffed animal for a two-month quarantine - a 48-hour period is fine for items that your child came in contact with while they had lice.
If you feel like your sanity will improve by vacuuming a couch or chair where your child has been, go for it, Wilcher said.
There are products out there aimed at preventing head lice, which Wilcher says work. She, again, prefers the Fairy Tale brand, but recommends anything you might spray on the hair instead of a shampoo or conditioner.
"The scent is what is preventing the head lice coming to the head," she said.
Tea tree oil and rosemary are good scents that lice hate. She also suggests mint. If you don't feel like shelling out $10 for a bottle of lice prevention spray, Wilcher suggests this method: Mix equal amounts of Listerine mouthwash and water in a spray bottle. Use only the mint kind - peppermint or spearmint, for instance. If the scent is too strong, she said it's OK to add a bit more water. Then spray on your kids' heads.
Other prevent tips:
- If your child shares a locker or cubby with a classmate, instruct your child to stuff his jacket, hat and scarf into his backpack to avoid picking up any lice.
- Make sure kids know not to share hair ties, hats, combs, brushes and other items that might touch their head. That extends to family members too.
- Get your own sports gear, like batter's helmets, for instance, so the team shares only after-practice snacks, not lice.
And here's a tip for older kids: Encourage them to stop taking head-to-head selfies with each other.
Wilcher had one mom who held up her daughter's cell phone, which was littered with selfies with friends, during a treatment and announced, "This is how you got it."
Wilcher is bracing herself for more scenes like that with school in session and jacket season coming.
"I have parents that call me all the time crying because mom is just done," Wilcher said. "That's where I try and change the subject for a couple of minutes. Let's calm down and look at this from an outside perspective. It calms parents down when you're listening to what they've been doing."
Customers often note her long, curly, thick hair that reaches her waist and wonder how she's stayed lice free. Wilcher said she just practices what she preaches - using a lice comb to comb through her own hair when she's out of the shower. (She always pulls it up before she does any treatments).
"It gives parents confidence. It's not that big of the deal," she said of her own lice-free long hair. "I love my hair. It's long and I don't get it."
Wilcher is happy to field your questions. Helping Hands' website has the details.


text:
The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our customers. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the word customers includes visitors to our web sites, subscribers to and users of our services, purchasers of our products and advertising customers.
We collect personal information when we provide our services to you. Generally we will tell you why we are collecting information when we collect it and how we plan to use it or these things will be obvious when we collect the information.
We usually collect personal information directly from you although sometimes if you consent we may use information provided by your previous practitioners, councillors, education facilities or anyone else you may appoint.
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and in some instances, your previous medical training. When you are online, we collect information regarding the pages within our network which you visit and what you click on. As a general rule we do not collect sensitive information. However, if we do, it will usually be for the purposes of providing our goods or services and if the law requires us to, we will seek your consent to collect it.
We use your information to provide our services to you, to fulfil administrative functions associated with these services, for example billing, to enter into contracts with you or third parties and for marketing and client relationship purposes.
In case you consent we may share your information with other health care providers, educational facilities or anyone else you consent to. We or they may also use your personally identifiable information to assist us in improving our products and services and any of us might be in touch to let you know about goods, services, or promotions which may interest you.
The Practice of Classical homoeopathy will not disclose your information to anyone unless you have instructed us to do so. We may request this consent in writing from you.
We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our goods and services including our Web pages for your computer (e.g., the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of our sites.
The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy may use personally identifiable information in aggregate form to improve our goods and services including our Web sites and make them more responsive to the needs of our customers. This statistical compilation and analysis of information may also be used by The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy or provided to others as a summary report for marketing, advertising or research purposes.
The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information of our customers. We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to our offices and firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you and if we deny access in some circumstances we will tell you why.
To request access, please contact us as set out at the end of this document.
Any information posted on bulletin boards and/or communicated in chat areas becomes public information. While The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy strives to protect and respect your privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose in a chat room or bulletin board.
Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can facilitate a user's ongoing access to and use of a site. They allow us to track usage patterns and to compile data that can help us improve our content and target advertising. If you do not want information collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature. But you should note that Cookies may be necessary to provide you with features such as merchandise transactions or registered services.
The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors to our Internet sites to link directly to sites operated by these partners. Some of these sites may be "co-branded" with our logo; however, these sites may not be operated or maintained by or on our behalf. These sites may collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. This Privacy Statement will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner.
The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links are meant for the user's convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy of the content, policies or practices of those third party sites. Once you have left our site via such a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party site.
Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of and access to your own computer.
Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the Internet.
Please contact The Practice of Classical Homoeopathy to ask for access to your information or if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy or if you would like more information about our approach to privacy.


text:
What is the difference between Juvederm, Juvederm Ultra and Ultra Plus? Which among them lasts the longest for thin lips and moderating "smoker's lines"? I had Juvederm done last December with great results, but it lasted only about 4 months.
Difference Between Juvederm, Juvederm Ultra and Ultra Plus?
Doctor Answers 2
Juvederm Ultra and Ultra Plus
There are two types of Juvederm available, right now, in the US. Juvederm Ultra and Juvederm Ultra Plus. They are very similar. The difference is that Ultra Plus is a little thicker. For deep furrows on your face, Ultra Plus will give you a greater amount of change for the same amount of product. For fine lines, Juvederm Ultra works better. There are many situations where either could be used.
The length of time they last is most related to your metabolism and what part of the face is treated. Juvederm Ultra and Ultra Plus tend to last a similar length of time for most people.
Confusing names
It is a little confusing because there is no plain "Juvederm". The original product is called "Ultra" and the thicker version is called "Ultra Plus." The thicker product has hyaluronic acid that is more "cross linked" to make it 20% thicker.
Either product is appropriate for the fine lines around the mouth and to make the lips bigger, and, in theory, the ultra plus may last a little longer.
Good Luck!
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


text:
Reviews of Advocate Health Center - Irving And Western
Chicago, Illinois 60618-3726
Found 1 record
there are better options - 05/31/2010 08:06:11 Robert Mestrovic from Chicago, IL
Advocate, Western and Irving Park is a health care provider to avoid. Contact with your physician is through an off-site message service that is cumbersome and probably inaccurate. Over two and a half days I left four as ASAP messages for a return call from my physician, Dr. Esperanza Flores. When (55 hours later) I did get her belated call-back, she was unprofessional and angry about my calls. I changed my medical group and physician and requested that Advocate, Western and Irving forward my medical records to my new doctor. They billed my $38.56 to forward my records to my new doctor. I'm 77 and have serious heart diseases and some experience with doctors. If, like me, you are in the Chicago area, there are many better provider care options.----Robert Mestrovic
Powered by Hospital Soup


text:
[UPDATE] inxs kick download download fiel [iKS3] free
Description inxs kick download
FileName: inxs kick download
Language: ENGLISH
04/06/2015 10:10:08
Website | All Programs
Total downloads:
Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
Download URLs
Related software:
04/06/2015 10:10:08
Kick is the sixth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS, released in 1987 by WEA in Australia, Atlantic Records in the United States and Phonogram Records in ...About File Formats. MP3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management (DRM) technology. Because our MP3s have no DRM, you can play it on any device …INXS – Kick (1987/2014) FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:56 minutes | 459 MB Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Front coverINXS was an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. They began playing covers in Western Australian pubs and clubs ...2/18/2012 · The purpose of the project is to cover an entire album by another artist in one day, using an informal and fluid collective of musicians. Record Club No. 4 ...7/13/2012 · INXS' 1987 album Kick sold 6 million copies and spawned four Top 10 singles in the U.S., turning the Aussie rockers into global superstars. Now, 25 years ...Share this Rating. Title: INXS: Kick: The Video Flick (Video 1988) 7.9 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?About File Formats. MP3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management (DRM) technology. Because our MP3s have no DRM, you can play it on any device …Watch videos & listen free to INXS: Need You Tonight, Never Tear Us Apart & more, plus 198 pictures. INXS (pronounced "In Excess") was a rock group formed in ...INXS, Soundtrack: Donnie Darko ... 1989 INXS: In Search of Excellence (Video documentary) (performer: "New Sensation", "Don't Change" (live), "Devil Inside", …
inxs kick download
Most downloaded this week:
cartoon de game network
sonic and the secret rings cutscenes download
microsoft office sp
Pre market stock trades Binary option methods used to collect data
how to liver detox
how to book lil wayne
do re mi fa so
podxt sounds
nfl gameday predictions week 13
hacerme el amor
latest doh programs
outlook express address book located
"why i hate gym"
scaricare la musica mp3
nfl 2014 eagles
ed motta daqui pro meier download
option clash for package amsmath
Running Wild - Mr. Deadhead mp3
the tomorrow people us s01e20 hdtv x264 lol
fat loss 2 weeks backpacking
the walking dead comic download
ho lal meri mp3
I Like Killing Flies
how to test your home router speed
Nursery Rhymes Pebbles


text:
Weather Talk: April snow is unsettling, but it isn't unusual
Snow in mid-April always seems like more of an anomaly than it actually is. Fargo-Moorhead averages 3 inches of snow for April.
Some years, this is that last little bit before it all melts. Other years, this is that late-spring snow that falls long after the winter snow has melted. Some years, April snowfall is above average. Some years, there is no snow in April. April is just that way. But April snow is not unusual, even if it is unsettling.
Snow in May is much more of an anomaly. Snow will fall somewhere in North Dakota or northern Minnesota every few years. But snow in May tends to be highly localized, covering a very small area where conditions are just barely cold enough. The relative rarity of May snowfall at any one location relegates average May snow to the trace category.
John Wheeler, WDAY, INFORUM


text:
Store-brands still prove to be highly popular with U.S. consumers when compared with brand-name products. A study released by Accenture finds that two-thirds of U.S. shoppers surveyed admitted that their grocery carts were half full of store-brand products. Some admitted to Accenture that they even increased their purchase of store-brand products in recent years as
Retail Study Finds Store Brands Thrive In U.S. Market
July 11, 2012 CSD Staff : 0 Comments
What's On Your Customer's C-Store Shopping List?
November 2, 2011 CSD Staff : 0 Comments
Jeff Weghorst, director of merchandising at dunnhumbyUSA. One of the primary drivers behind a customer's willingness to transact with a retailer is product selection. If a customer does not encounter an appealing assortment of products in-store, they are highly unlikely to engage even once with the retailer, and much less likely to become a loyal


text:
Light smokers last bastion of anti-tobacco efforts
They call themselves social smokers or light smokers, or they take a puff so infrequently that they don't call themselves smokers at all.
Public health experts see something else: a group of people who ought to quit cold to mark the new year.
Smoking rates have plummeted in the United States and California in the past two decades, since the launch of aggressive public health campaigns that made it harder and a lot more socially unacceptable to light up.
But in recent years the rates have hit a plateau, and some public health experts say it's going to take new campaigns, targeted at a different kind of smoker from the traditional two-pack-a-day folks, to make further strides against smoking, and maybe even wipe out cigarette use altogether.
"People used to think that if you cut smoking rates down, you'd get to a hard core of dedicated smokers that are hard to address. But it's just the opposite," said Dr. Stanton Glantz, director of UCSF's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. "People who are smoking are pretty much light smokers, and if we could get an aggressive campaign for them, within two or three years tobacco would be effectively gone."
A little less than 20 percent of American adults are smokers, meaning they have a cigarette at least "some days," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate is lower in California, where 13 percent of adults smoke.
Rates flat over 5 years
That's a huge drop nationally, and in California in particular, over the past 25 years - 30 percent of U.S. adults smoked in 1985, and 28 percent of Californians smoked. But the rates have been flat for the past five years.
In 1992, almost 18 percent of California smokers were going through at least a pack of cigarettes a day; in 2008, only 7 percent were smoking that much. And the percentage of smokers who don't light up every day climbed from 15 percent in 1992 to 28 percent in 2008.
So not only are fewer people smoking, but those who do light up are smoking less. That's a good sign, public health officials said, if only because it will probably be easier to get the "light" smokers to quit for good.
'No safe level'
But any amount of smoking, even one or two cigarettes a week, is a major health hazard, doctors say. In December, the U.S. surgeon general issued a report advising that just one cigarette can have an immediate, negative effect on the heart and lungs.
"There is no safe level of smoking. People who are light smokers are still smoking, and there's still damage being done to their body," said Colleen Stevens, chief of the tobacco control media campaign for California's public health department.
Public health officials said huge media campaigns and increasingly restrictive state and federal regulations have cut into smoking rates. In California especially, it's become increasingly difficult for people to buy cigarettes and find places to legally smoke them.
Aggressive approach
Meanwhile, health providers such as Kaiser Permanente have attacked smoking from a different angle, confronting patients head-on about their habit. Since 2003, Kaiser has had a program in place to ask every patient, during every office visit, about his or her smoking habits and offer programs to help patients quit.
In that time, smoking rates among Kaiser members have fallen from about 12 percent to 9 percent, said Ali Goldstein, chair of the Kaiser Northern California tobacco dependence program.
Other health care providers have gone after smokers' pocketbooks - most insurers charge higher premiums for people who smoke. In fact, smoking has become increasingly expensive over the past decade as state and federal regulators piled on heftier taxes.
Graphic imagery
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has been given more control of tobacco manufacturing and promotion regulations, is proposing rules that would require tobacco companies to revamp cigarette packaging, showing large, possibly gruesome images of the damage smoking can do to the body.
On the state level, public health officials are reinvigorating media campaigns and focusing on groups with the highest rates of smoking, especially in rural counties where smoking is most prevalent.
Glantz suggested that the campaigns to end smoking - and the programs designed to help people quit - probably need to shift now that the demographic of smokers has changed.
Providing motivation
Medications and nicotine-replacement therapies for heavy smokers might not work for people who smoke one or two cigarettes a day. They might just need a motivation to stop, not a major intervention to help them kick a serious addiction.
"The thing about there being a lot more light smokers is, if we had a really big push, we could probably get most of them to quit. The physical addiction they have is much easier to break," Glantz said.
"But all of the therapies we've looked at, they were developed for pack-a-day smokers, and if you have somebody who is only smoking a few cigarettes a day or a few a week, those therapies are probably not appropriate," he said. "Nobody knows quite what to do with those people yet."
Original here.


text: 11/23/16 2/14/13 POPSUGAR Celebrity Sienna Miller Sienna Miller With Marlowe Sturridge in NYC | Pictures Sienna Miller Walks and Talks With Baby Marlowe February 14, 2013 by Michelle Manning 18 Shares Chat with us on Facebook Messenger. Learn what's trending across POPSUGAR. View On One Page Photo 10 of 10 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy What's Your Reaction? Thanks for your reaction Don't forget to share this with your friends! ← Use Arrows Keys → 10 0 previous images -21 more images Previous Next Start Slideshow Marlowe SturridgeCelebrity KidsSienna Miller


text:
For just the fourth time in the last five seasons, the same TV broadcasters will call a Chargers game in consecutive weeks.
Not that there's any reason to complain.
Yes, Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts will be back at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, and at least one of the teams will be very familiar to the announcers, who were in the same booth last Sunday for Chargers-Ravens.
What better time to get Fouts' thoughts on his former team.
"For all the injuries that they have in the crucial core of the offense and defense, I thought it was a heck of an effort," Fouts said from his home in Oregon. "I kind of put myself in the players' place a little bit and acknowledge that. You know, they had a chance there, against a really good team. I mean, Baltimore's going to be in it at the end.
"San Diego's just got to get healthy."
Of course, the Chargers appear to be going in the opposite direction, with this week's news that center Nick Hardwick will miss at least eight more weeks. Even with all the injuries, though, Fouts cautions writing off the Chargers.
"There's still 14 games and 15 weeks to go," he said. "You can't lose sight of that. It's funny how injuries are. . . . You've just got to weather it and not lose sight of the fact it's a long season.
"It's early. Any team that's 2-0 right now, I wouldn't put them in the Super Bowl. And any team that's 0-2 I wouldn't put in last place just yet."
Fouts on other topics:
•On Philip Rivers: "I think he's getting better and better. He's showing his toughness week after week and he'll have to continue to do that. . . . He's throwing the ball really, really well, especially the long ball. When you've got these receivers that are tall and can jump, for a quarterback it gives you a whole different area to throw the ball. It's like having a higher plane, and you throw it there intentionally."
Was that something Fouts did with, say, Kellen Winslow?
"Oh, definitely. Especially in the end zone. We loved to split him out on a midget out there and let him beat the guy up and then outjump him."
•Was he surprised, given the Chargers had so many problems in the red zone, they didn't try to take advantage of those height mismatches: "Those matchups seemed to be working out on the field. I might have taken a chance or two with those guys at 6-5."
•On whether Rivers is too emotional, as some critics have charged: "The way I look at it is: What do his teammates think? And they seem to like it. You've got to be your own self, you've got to be in character. They don't seem to complain, so why should I?"
•On the matchup with Miami and its running game: "I think that's the key. The Chargers vowed to be better early against Baltimore and they really weren't, but they sure came on and played good defense towards the end.
•On Miami's offense: "There's a lot that goes into it, but I don't understand how some teams allow them to run that Wildcat without putting everybody at the line of scrimmage. Ronnie Brown is a great athlete and he's thrown a couple passes, but come on now, let's see him throw. You've got to do that. And you've got corners that can cover."
•On working with Keith Jackson: "It was phenomenal. I'm one of the luckiest guys in this profession, when you look at the guys I've worked with — that includes (Brent) Musburger and (Verne) Lundquist and Jack Buck and Jim Nantz and Al Michaels, Charlie Jones, Keith and now Dick Enberg, are you kidding? Those are the greatest of all time."
•On Enberg: "Just off what we did last week, it was very comfortable for me and I hope it was for him. He's so classy and stylish, and he reminds me a lot of working with Al because they listen, and if you need an exclamation point or a word or a number or nothing at all, they'll give you exactly what's needed at the end of your comment. And you can't imagine how much that's appreciated."
Homage to Hacksaw?
XTRA Sports 1360 made it sound as though a producer named Carl Armstrong had interviewed Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington on Wednesday. And he had — sort of. But he did so as part of a conference call that included at least one other reporter.
For XTRA to claim the interview as its own — "There he is, Chad Pennington with our own Carl Armstrong," co-host Josh Rosenberg said — is beyond unethical, especially when Armstrong re-created his questions after the fact and fabricated a closing comment to Pennington that he never said.
And, by the way, it all was totally unnecessary. Just play the interview with Pennington the way it happened; do you really think the listener cares?
I hope it was just someone's strange idea of paying tribute to the King of (Stolen) Conference Calls, Lee Hamilton, but I doubt it.
Parting shot
For two straight weeks, CBS has examined (although obviously not very closely) hundreds of plays and decided the "Geico Play of the Week" was a Jets touchdown pass, each of them fairly ordinary. What, there's no good football played west of the Meadowlands? Seriously, does the guy at CBS in New York who picks that play come to work every Sunday with a Joe Namath jersey and a toy plane on his head?


text:
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- I may have the contrarian opinion on impact of fiscal cliff, but the stalemate in Washington has ended the Santa Claus rally that began from the market lows of Nov. 16.Strength from Nov. 16 into Dec. 18 can be attributed to the anticipation that a deal to prevent the fiscal cliff could be reached so that Santa would not be forced to take up cliff diving. Today the odds of getting a meaningful compromise have declined significantly and in my judgment a cliff deal that simply kicks the can down the road is not what investors, businesses and consumers are looking for. Going off the cliff is not priced into the stock market, and a weak compromise deal has already been priced into recent market strength. Going off the cliff establishes the discipline forced by the Budget Control Act that takes effect as 2013 begins. This law calls for across-the board spending cuts to many discretionary programs, and specifies that the Bush-era tax cuts expire. In my judgment, a stock market sell-off would be healthy given overvalued fundamentals and deteriorating technicals. I would not be surprised by significant market downside similar to the bear market seen at the end of 2008 going into March 2009, but not that severe. On Thursday we learned that consumers on Main Street agree with my way of thinking. The Conference Board's reading on Consumer Confidence plunged to 65.1 in December from a downward revised 71.5 in November on worries about the fiscal cliff. This puts the index significantly below the 90 to 110 neutral zone you can observe on the chart provided by
- Log In
- Newsletters
Access insights and guidance from our Wall Street pros. Find the product that's right for you.
- Action Alerts PLUS
- Daily Swing Trade
- Income Seeker
- Quant Ratings
- Real Money
- Real Money Pro
- Stocks Under $10
- Top Stocks
- Trifecta Stocks
- Real Money Pro Portfolio
- Chairman's Club
- Compare All


text:
Corporate Games move from boardrooms to playgrounds
Abu Dhabi: The UAE will be staging a Corporate Games festival in Abu Dhabi at various venues from November 21-24 later this year.
Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, is the official patron of the event while Al Jazira and UAE skipper Subait Khater was named as the 'Sports Patron' at a press conference held yesterday.
Shaikh Nahyan, who is also the chief patron of cricket in the UAE, said in a statement: "It is a great pleasure to have the first corporate-based, multi-sport event, be held in the UAE capital under my patronage."
"Having a long-term interest in a variety of sports, I am pleased to lend my support and urge companies across the UAE to get involved. Abu Dhabi Corporate Games represents exactly the type of initiative that the Abu Dhabi Government is committed to encouraging and supporting."
Offering a choice of 16 popular sports for teams mainly made up of employees in the UAE, and their family members, the event will be staged over a four-day 'weekend' period from November 21-24.
Participants can enter any of the 16 sporting events either as a team or as an individual. In addition, there are no restrictions applied on age, gender, disability, or overall skill level, so the event is truly open to all types of competitors, organisers have said.
"The Abu Dhabi Corporate Games 2012 is an excellent example of how sport can reach out to the everyday man and woman in society and encourage us all to be better people, healthier people," Mohammad Ebrahim Al Mahmoud, General Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, said.


text:
Date: Thursday, 10/19/2017
Where: X20 Xaviars on the Hudson
More details to be announced.
Date: Thursday, 10/19/2017
Where: X20 Xaviars on the Hudson
More details to be announced.
Visit our Youth and Family Programs page for more information on our Summer Camp.
For more information please visit this page.
CLUSTER'S Study Buddy Program serves a core group of thirty young individuals, between 14 and 18 years of age, who mentor and tutor younger children in CLUSTER'S After School and Summer Day...
This holiday shop and help CLUSTER at the same time.
For article and photo gallery: http://clusterinc.org/after-school-grand-opening
CLUSTER Community Services was featured in December 2011 issue of Westchester Magazine as a great charity! Please click the link below to read:
Article from the Journal News - Reisman: Agency helped with rebirth of a salesman, now needs aid itself...
CLUSTER recently received two grants from St. Faith's House Foundation for its Community After School Program and for the Summer Day Camp. Both program heavily rely on donations from sources...


text:
skip to this pages content | skip to site navigation| skip this section's navigation
A market and technology leading PC X server that empowers Windows users with cost-effective access to X Window applications on UNIX and Linux hosts with unparalleled performance and strong security.
As the highest performing PC X server on the market, Exceed allows business users access to UNIX and Linux-based X Window applications from the comfort of their Windows desktop. For over 20 years, Exceed has been offering organizations options to reduce the complexity of their IT infrastructures. Gone are the days when Windows and expensive UNIX workstations had to share valuable office resources, Exceed cost-effectively replaces UNIX workstations. It improves user productivity through better data exchange among applications on different platforms, and streamlines business workflow.
As the leader in the PC X server market, Exceed continues to be the gold standard that others follow. With performance that is at least 10% faster than the closest competing solution, and with over 72% of the market share, Exceed is the de facto PC X server solution that 90% of Fortune 100 companies rely on. Whether they are designing automobiles or aircraft, accessing medical imagery, managing financial risks, or monitoring massive transit systems, Exceed is at the heart of the process.
Exceed is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8. It comes equipped with a FIPS 140-2 compatible cryptographic module to ensure secure connections.
Key Features and Benefits:
Always-on. Always-connected. Now you can access UNIX, Linux and Windows applications on your iPad wherever your journey takes you.
Experience the power and the speed of the class leading remote X emulation solution.
Discover why Exceed onDemand can help you extend the capabilities of your business applications and improve your operations.
Phone: +1 905 762 6400
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 1 877 359 4866
Phone: 44(0) 118 984 8000
Phone: +33 1 47 96 54 00
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +49 (0) 89 4629 0
Phone: +41 (0) 22 710 07 10
Phone: +39 (0)2 80 66 15 1
Phone: +31 (0)23 565 23 33
Phone: +49 (0)89 4629 1925
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +61 2 9923 2011
Phone: +65 6334 1645 x 8787
Worldwide: +1 509 888 9933
NA Toll-Free: 1 800 540 7292
Central Europe: +49 89 4629 2121
Other Locations:
Hummingbird is now the OpenText Connectivity Solutions Group


text:
Mitsunori Ogihara Named Associate Dean for Digital Library Innovation
January 5, 2012
Coral Gables, Florida
The University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences and the University Libraries announce that Dr. Mitsunori Ogihara has been named Associate Dean for Digital Library Innovation, effective January 1, 2012. He will hold joint appointments in the Center for Computational Science and the College. Also, under an innovative and unique partnership to more closely align library and College of Arts and Sciences digital programs, the Libraries will contract a percentage of Dr. Ogihara's time to lead the UM Virtual Library Program, especially in the digital humanities.
"We are very happy to have Mitsu Ogihara lead the University's Virtual Library Program. As a computer scientist, he is the perfect match for this integrated position. And as a faculty member of the College, his appointment creates a stronger alliance between Arts and Sciences and the Library. I am excited about the new opportunities for scholarship that this program will provide to our UM community. I wish him well in this new position, and I am confident his faculty colleagues will welcome his endeavors in finding new digital avenues and resources to support their both research and teaching," said Leonidas Bachas, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
"The Library's future collection, workspaces, and scholarly tools are rapidly becoming digital," said William Walker, dean and university librarian. "In the Libraries, we are very excited that Mitsu Ogihara is joining our team to guide and advance the University's Virtual Library Program. I know of no better partner than Mitsu to help us unite library and academic resources to advance scholarly communication at UM."
Professor Ogihara is Director of Data Mining in UM's Center for Computational Science. Dr. Ogihara received his Ph.D. in Information Science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan). Prior to joining the University of Miami, Professor Ogihara headed the Computer Science department at the University of Rochester for eight years. He has published extensively in the areas of complexity theory and data mining; his most recent book "Music Data Mining" was published by CRC in 2011.
About the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami is a community of scholars and students that encourages the quest for a deeper understanding of the human experience and fosters a personal commitment to lifelong learning, intellectual growth, and the enduring values of the liberal arts. The College seeks to create an intellectual environment that enhances individual growth and supports scholarly activities and creative endeavors that augment human knowledge and understanding. Looking to the future, the College will seek to enrich its intellectual capital, create stronger graduate programs, and provide a vital education to an increasingly stronger cohort of undergraduate students. Its strategic plan outlines a roadmap for building excellence and opportunity that will enable the University to achieve its goal of exhibiting the research and educational characteristics of a private university in the Association of American Universities within the next decade.
About the UM Libraries
The University of Miami Libraries (http://www.library.miami.edu) rank among the top 50 research libraries in North America. With a combined collection of 3.3 million volumes, the Libraries are strategically focused on building the University of Miami Virtual Library, growing the Libraries' special collections, and engaging the Libraries in the research, teaching, and learning enterprises of the University, especially through the application of transformative technologies and new media.
The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart of the campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other University of Miami Libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Library. The University also has independent medical and law libraries. The rare and rich primary sources held in the Libraries' Special Collections and Cuban Heritage Collection provide the foundation for original scholarship in the humanities, arts, and the social sciences. The Libraries' collections are especially strong in manuscripts, images, and books from the diasporas of Cuba, the Caribbean and Latin America. Particularly noteworthy are the Josephine Johnson British Poetry Collection and the Helen Carmichael Purdy Florida Collections.
The Libraries provide support and services for approximately 10,400 undergraduates, 5,200 graduate students, and 13,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff.
The Library's Digital Initiatives group (http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digital_initiatives.php) is responsible for the creation and expansion of digital technologies, services, and unique resources that facilitate and enhance learning, teaching, and research. This is accomplished through the ongoing development, maintenance, and preservation of digital collections and following best practices in the field of digital librarianship. The Digital Initiatives group uses the CONTENTdm digital image management software to provide access to over 30,000 locally created digital images. The Library also has extensive experience with open source software, and has implemented open source systems such as Drupal, ETD-db, Archon, and WordPress in its projects and operations. As one of its signature programs, the Digital Initiatives group periodically offers Digital Library Fellowships to Coral Gables campus faculty interested in creating innovative new electronic scholarly content.


text:
Tag: choices
In a world that tends to swing to extremes, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's book Nudge proposes a radical approach which looks at embracing a middle road to making better decisions. Terming their approach as "libertarian paternalism" – a seeming oxymoron at first glance – Thaler and Sunstein moots that people are often unable to make good decisions when they lack experience, expert knowledge, or are overcome with inertia.
Think for example about the last time you invested in an insurance policy. Were you aware of how its terms of premium payments were like compared to others? Or the penalties that are imposed if you surrender it early? What happens if (touch wood) you are unable to keep the policy going?
Read More


text:
Welcome to the first installment of Superhero Time that takes place within the new version of Japanator. Getting to this point wasn't easy, since Enter was attempting to override the system with the Metavirus. If it wasn't for the Go-Busters, the site would have been overtaken by Metaroids.
Nobuo has finally got out of his overtime shift, so Akibaranger will be joining us until Akihabara is safe from evil doers. Now it's time to enter the delusion known as Superhero Time.
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Episode 9
For a second I thought that Go-Busters was going to waste my time with an unnecessary episode that was not going to add anything to the plot or character development. Usada gets himself into a situation that brings out his inner wise cracking lines. If I am not mistaken, I think there was an unintentional Lord of the Rings like line randomly tossed into one of the dialogue exchanges.
It was worth noting that today's teamwork was so great that we got to witness Enter go into mood that was very priceless to me. I think that my respect points for Enter has gone up a few notches, and I doubt that it is going to stop there. We are only nine weeks in, so the possibility more ingenious deeds are still open. Then there is also the follow up plan that is in the works from his last accomplishment.
Back to the teamwork segment, one of the great elements of the series is that the entire thing is a team effort between the entire special ops division of the Energy Management Center. I know I probably mentioned this before in previous posts, but I am loving the direction that they are going with this part. And I am happy to see that the series did not neglect the major roles of the other people contributing to the cause.
Kamen Rider Fourze Episode 32
Today was one of the most emotional trips that I had to go through in Fourze. That ending really got to me, and the series really made sure to play it out to its fullest. Every character gave it their best, and Aries pinned everyone into a dangerous corner. As much as I want to hate Ryusei, he was going through some issues that brought about the decisions that he made. His method in overcoming them lived up to his resolution doing what is right.
The build up that occurred later on was so satisfying, and May'n unleashes another galactic hit with her contribution to the Astronauts. Sometimes I wonder what sort of negotiation went on that the team felt that May'n's voice would be a great addition to the series. Whoever was behind that idea, I thank them with the bottom of my heart.
Oh boy, I never expect this series to go the direction it did, and it proves that Fourze can be dramatic when it wants to be. I think that we are also getting closer to the truth behind the incident that took the life of Kengo's dad. And I doubt that the chairman is going to sit back and relax, since we were shown the ultimate power of the number 40. Switch on the next adventure, Fourze!
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Episode 2
My birthday hasn't even arrived yet, and I was blessed with such an honorable gift. It turns out that Akibaranger continues to reign over its glory as a comedic tokusatsu series for older viewers. Today, the team's robot makes its first appearance, which has an amusing transformation trigger.
Taking note from the early promotional videos of the series, Akibaranger did manage to show some cameos from the official counterpart that it is parodying. While Gokaiger uses the cameos to move the main cast's objective forward, Akibaranger uses them in a different manner that will surprise its fans.
I am actually happy with the way how the transformation actually works, because it gives them more chances to poke fun at the characters. The timing behind the signature sequence of signature sequences left me laughing on how it was used during their second battle. Regardless of their foolish actions, their antics are surprisingly raising awareness on the evil deeds that go on in Akihabara, which can be mind blowing to most people.
It was neat to see them cover one of the dark and perverted sides of the otaku and anime fandom in today's evil scheme. Seeing how the execution behind both parodies are working well, I think that the series has enough good material to go by for the rest of the season. Dare I say it, there might be a chance that it could last a year. However, I am putting an end to my delusion and assume that it will last two seasons.
You are logged out. Login | Sign up


text:
Gates Open 5PM-11PM Nightly
Sponsor Appreciation Night: Tuesday Night at 6:00pm
- Invitation only event honoring our sponsors kicking off the start of the holiday season
- Lions Club Recreation Center
Opening Night: Family Night, Wednesday Night, Gates Open from 5:00pm-11:00pm
- Enjoy half price carnival rides with the entire family
Texas State Night: Thursday Night, Gates Open from 5:00pm-11:00pm
- Wear your Texas State University t-shirt and enjoy $1 drinks.
- Music performances on the main stage in front of thousands singing the best Christmas tunes of all time
Friday Night: Gates Open from 5:00pm-11:00pm
- Come see the best of the best on our Friday night main stage
Saturday: 5K & 1K Run– Saturday Morning, 7:30am Registration | 9:00am 5K Start Time | 10:00am 1K Start Time
- Run or Walk-Start your festival weekend off right at the annual 5K & 1
Saturday: Special Music– Saturday Night, Gates Open from 5:00pm-11:00pm
- Special guests artists from around the community join in on the festival fun
Sunday: Carnival Open 12:00pm-6:00pm-ish
- This year we've booked the Carnival area to continue to run on Sunday afternoon. No other events will be open. No vendors or entertainment will be available. Only the carnival will have services running. Admission is free and tokens for each ride will be purchased from the Carnival token booths. Enjoy!


text:
- Product 584986
Kustom PA KPC10 / Phonic MAX 1000 Spkr & Amp Package
- Write a Review
This special PA kit features a pair of Kustom KPC10 PA speakers, a Phonic MAX 1000 Power Amplifier, and a pair of Gear One Speakon-to-1/4" cables to ...Click To Read More About This Product
We're sorry-this item is unavailable.
Find a similar product below or contact our experts for a recommendation of great alternatives. Call us at 800-449-9128.Customers Also Viewed:
10" speakers with a 600W (bridged mono), 300W (stereo) power amp, and the cables to hook them up.
This special PA kit features a pair of Kustom KPC10 PA speakers, a Phonic MAX 1000 Power Amplifier, and a pair of Gear One Speakon-to-1/4" cables to hook them up.
Kustom KPC10 PA
The Kustom KPC10 PA Speaker Cabinet has a specially voiced crossover to ensure clear separation of frequencies for crisp, full-range reproduction. A 10" woofer delivers punchy low frequencies, while a 2" x 6" horn produces bright high-end tones. The Kustom KPC10 speaker gives you 2 parallel input jacks, sturdy construction with reinforced corners, and heavy-duty Tolex covering.
Phonic MAX 1000 Power Amplifier
The Phonic MAX 1000 Power Amplifier delivers 600 Watts of power at 8 ohms (bridge mono), 300W of power at 4 ohms (stereo)-ideal for small- to medium-size venues like churches, auditoriums, and more. Input to the MAX 1000 is achieved via XLR or phone jack, and output is achieved through either Speakon-type connectors or binding posts. The MAX 1000 features ground switches, and the option to choose between stereo, parallel and bridge operating modes, making it an affordable amplifier that is exceptional for real-world application.
Gear One Speakon to 1/4" cable
This 16-gauge speaker cable is 25 feet in length and features a Speakon connector on one end and a 1/4" connector on the other.
- 10" woofer for punchy bass tones
- 2" x 6" horn for shimmering highs
- Specially voiced internal crossover provides superb separation of frequencies
- Rubber strap handle
- 1-3/8" polemount
- High-current toroidal transformers for greater power and low noise
- Balanced 1/4" TRS and XLR inputs for maximum flexibility
- Grounding / Floating switch to avoid grounding loop
- Binding post and Speakon-type outputs
- Front mounted gain controls for easy access
- Signal and Peak LED indicators to monitor performance
- Short circuit, thermal, subsonic, RF protection, output DC offset
- Power on/off muting
- 75W RMS handling
- 150W peak
- 200W @ 8 ohms EIA, 1kHz
- 300W @ 4 ohms EIA, 1kHz
- 600W @ 8 ohms EIA, 1kHz
- Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.1%
- Output circuitry: Class H
- Input Sensitivity @ 8 ohms: 1.23V (+4dBu)
- Distortion (SMPTE-IM): <0.01%
Noise (unweighted 20Hz - 20 kHz below rated output): 100dB
- Damping Factor: >300 @ 8 ohms
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz-20kHz, +0/-1dB points: 5Hz-50kHz
- Input Impedance: 20 kOhm balanced, 10kOhm unbalanced
- Cooling: Continuous variable-speed fan, front-to-rear air flow
- Input: XLR and 1/4" TRS
- Output: Speakon and binding posts
- LED Indicators: Blue Power, Green Signal, Red Peak
- Front Panel: CH1 and CH2 GAIN knobs with 41 detents
- Rear Panel: Parallel, Bridge, and Stereo Operation Mode side switches, floating on/off switch, and Current-Break reset button
- Protection Circuitry: Short circuit, thermal, subsonic, RF, output DC offset, power on/off muting
- Power Consumption: 600W
- Power Requirement (depends on region): 100120VAC, 220240VAC, 50/60Hz
- Dimensions: 19" W x 3.46" H x 15.9" D
- Weight: 33lb.


text:
Research Topics
Arthur V Everitt
Country: Australia
Detail Information
- Food restriction, pituitary hormones and ageingArthur V Everitt
Department of Physiology, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, N S W 2139, Australia
Biogerontology 4:47-50. 2003....
- Differences in muscle fiber growth in slow-twitch muscles of the forelimb and hindlimb of the rat: role of the pituitary and food intakeArthur V Everitt
Department of Anatomy and Histology, F13, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 2006
Growth Dev Aging 66:79-93. 2002..Food restriction produced a smaller rise than hypox in type 1 fiber percentage in the soleus. Thus, differences in fore- and hindlimb muscle fiber growth are modulated by pituitary hormones and, to a lesser extent, by food intake...
- Life extension by calorie restriction in humansArthur V Everitt
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, University of Sydney, and Concord RG Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1114:428-33. 2007....
- Dietary approaches that delay age-related diseasesArthur V Everitt
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia
Clin Interv Aging 1:11-31. 2006..Furthermore, there are studies suggesting that nutrition in childhood and even in the fetus may influence the later development of aging diseases and lifespan...
- Caloric restriction reduces age-related pseudocapillarization of the hepatic sinusoidHamish A Jamieson
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia
Exp Gerontol 42:374-8. 2007..CR reduces age-related pseudocapillarization of the hepatic sinusoid and correlates with changes in caveolin-1 expression...


text:
HOUSING RESOURCE SEMINAR – March 3rd
February 23, 2016 in Community Events, NVRC Calendar
Date: March 3, 2016 Time: 10:00AM – 11:30AM
Location: ServiceSource Disability Resource Center, 3rd Floor
Address: 10467 White Granite Drive Oakton, VA 22124
(Parking lot entrance is across from Flagpole Ln)
Unable to join us in person, join us via webinar!
RSVPs appreciated if attending in person, but not required
*RSVP is required for webinar*
How to RSVP
2. Phone: 703-461-1192
3. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you know of anyone who might benefit from this seminar, please invite them to attend.
Guests are always welcome!


text:
It may not seem fair to those that watched him stroll to the mound 33 times, but luckily Halladay already won a Cy back in '03. Otherwise he might feel slighted given the understated, underappreciated, deserving performance he contributed this season.
Doc has problems in personal presentation, but he doesn't care. The low-key Jays righthander doesn't have the flashy nickname, the flamboyant quotes or automatic national media exposure in the States that tends to attract the voters' attention. Halladay has the type of on- and off-field, first-hand pitching personality that needs to be seen to be appreciated. He gets Cy Young votes the old-fashioned way.
He earns them.
Face it, Lee won this award early. The ball was squarely in his court after he won his first six starts of the year, then had the streak broken in a 3-0 loss to the Jays on May 12. By the break, Lee was 12-2 and the all-star game starter for the AL. The 30-year-old lefthander then won his next 10 decisions, before losing on Sept. 23, skipping his final start on the season's last Sunday.
Here are five reasons why Halladay deserves to win:
LACK OF SUPPORT: When Halladay pitches, the Jays seem to play for the single run instead of the big inning.
They also value their inner-diamond defence more than they might for others in the rotation, often inserting defensive stalwart John McDonald at short, accepting the resulting loss of offence.
Halladay ranked 56th in AL run support among starters with 160 or more innings.
Considering only innings that Halladay was in the game, he was shut out in six of 11 losses.
In the 13 of his starts lost by his team, Doc was given a total of just 15 runs over 91 innings.
PITCH EFFICIENCY: It seems like these two statistical categories should not be linked with the same guy, but despite ranking seventh in the major leagues with 204 strikeouts, Halladay ranked third-fewest in the majors in pitches-per-inning (14.5) behind noted ground ball hurlers Greg Maddux and Paul Byrd.
JUST WHIP IT: The important statistic relating total runners allowed to innings pitched called WHIP (walks+hits/IP) was dominated by Halladay at 1.05.
In addition to the fewest runners, he finished first in the majors in strikeouts-to-walks ratio with 5.28 Ks for every base-on-balls.
In recent years, he has adjusted to have balls in play earlier in the count, which makes his strikeout total even more impressive.
TOP 10s: Among major-leaguers who qualified for the ERA title, Halladay ranked 1st in strikeouts-per-walks and WHIP; 2nd in complete games (7), innings (243.2), and batters faced (987); 3rd in wins, shutouts (2) and pitches per inning; 5th in ERA; 6th in quality starts (23) and total pitches (3,560) and 7th in Ks.
ACE IS THE PLACE: Whereas Lee began the season in the middle of the Tribe's rotation, Halladay has forever been the Jays' starter with the target on his back, called upon to face other top contenders and their top pitchers.
Removing the stat lines from Halladay's six worst starts (an average of one per month), he was 19-7, with a 1.88 ERA in 191 1/3 innings. Defensive lapses sometimes contributed more than him having bad stuff.
The fact is if there was only one Cy Young Award handed out, the winner would be CC Sabathia, who split his time between the Indians and the Brewers.
Halladay should be the AL-only winner, but will likely lose out to Lee.


text:
Weld Wide 5 XL Aluminum Wheel - 15 x 14" - 6" Back Spacing
Wheel - Wide 5 XL - 15 x 14" - 6" Backspace - Wide 5 Bolt Pattern - Aluminum - Polished
Wheels are not intended for street use and are not DOT approved.
Wheels are not intended for street use and are not DOT approved.
Limited Supply: only 2 remaining
Availability: Same Day Shipping!
Shipping: FREE SHIPPING! Ships from Michigan.
Was: $241.50
Sale: $199.00
Save: 18%
Save: $42.50
The Weld Racing Wide 5 XL wheel comes standard with 0.155 6061-T6 alloy rim shells making them lightweight and strong. The forged coined lug holes have three patterns to promote longevity and durability. Weld continued shaving weight without comprising strength with its Ultra-Tab mud cover, which eliminates the Bead-loc ring but still retains the Bead-loc system. If this wheel is not equipped with Bead-locs, then Weld Racing employs its proven Roll Forged lip for superior bead seat strength. Made in Kansas City, USAPit Stop USA offers Weld Wide 5 XL Aluminum Wheel - 15 x 14" - 6" Back Spacing 559-5416 at low everyday prices. Be sure to check out all our products from Weld Racing including Weld Racing Wide 5 XL Aluminum Wheels.
- 809269234078
- Weld Racing
- Available
- Same Day Shipping!
- New
Shipping Information
- Item Requires Shipping
- 16.6 lbs.
- W15.0000" x H14.0000" x L15.0000"
- Shipping
- FREE SHIPPING! Ships from Michigan.
Customer Reviews
Total Reviews (0)
Write the First Review!
You must login to post a review.
- The Company Difference
- We're the ExpertsWe help you find a way to win!
- Huge SelectionOver 90,000 products from the top brands in motorsports!
- Free Shipping On driver safety gear over $99!
- Low Everyday PricesGet the best values in racing!
- Have a question? Ask the Pros
- Email UsGet answers from the pros
- 1-866-722-3432


text:
FORSTER (8) With consecutive domestic clean sheet No.10 on the line, had to be at his best.
Forced into save from Stanton first half, then even better one from same kid in second half. Acrobatic tip over from Zoubir then parry from same man.
FISHER (6) Subjected to heavy treatment last time at Easter Road, and youngster still looked a little light-weight this time. Postioning in question on occasion.
AMBROSE (7) As ever, provided much-needed help and assurance to Fisher outside him. Steady performance.
VAN DIJK (8) Subject of a penalty appeal early in game when Collins turned him, but striker went down too easily to get decision. Endured tough, physical test, but came out smiling with stunning free-kick goal.
IZAGUIRRE (7) Beaten in air at back post by Nelson, but header straight at Forster. Important clearance when Collins set to shoot into open net.
BROWN (8) Moved further forward in midfield, and gave good cover on right to full-back Fisher. Dogged display as he fought for every ball.
BITON (5) Given start been craving, protecting central defenders. Careless in possession and needs to be more aware of opponent's position. Hooked at half-time.
MULGREW (6) Started deeper and more central than of late, so much more involved, as a consequence. Moved wide towards end of first half as part of re-adjustments, then back into middle for second half.
LEDLEY (7) Pushed up, looking to join in attacks, but always conscious of his defensive duties. Plugged gaps in midfield, as they appeared.
COMMONS (7) Another game, another two goals for the man who has now hit the 21 mark. More dangerous playing in space behind, but put in a shift as focal point of attack until dropped deeper to accommodate Pukki's arrival.
SAMARAS (6) Back after niggly injuries and contract negotiations. At exasperating best/worst as he linked up with Commons in attack.
PUKKI (6) On for Biton at break. Stuck at it and got reward with goal, before winning penalty for fourth.
BALDE (3) Replaced Sami for final six minutes.
JOHANSEN (3) Collected first win bonus as sub for Mulgrew in dying minutes.


text:
These milk rolls fit the bill perfectly. Soft and white with a little whole wheat thrown in just to give them a bit of a rustic edge, they make for an excellent cheese sammie. Or any kind of sammie, really.
They are all about versatility, and bound to please the most fussy of bread eaters. Like children.
Just don't tell them about the whole wheat.
Milk Rolls
adapted from Apples for Jam, by Tessa Kiros
for I♥CC December Pot Luck
1 cup warm milk
1 pkg (2¼ tsp) dry instant yeast
1 tsp honey
3 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
½ tsp salt
1 egg
3 Tbsp butter, melted
- Place all the ingredients into the stand mixer and mix on low, with the dough hook, until thoroughly combined - about 3 minutes.
- Turn to medium and mix 3 more minutes.
- Turn out onto board and knead into a ball.
- Place ball in a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise 2 hours.
- Divide into 12 equal pieces and shape each into a ball.
- Place the 12 balls onto a silpat-lined half sheet pan and flatten them somewhat with your palm.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled, about 1-1½ hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Let bake 17 minutes or until nicely golden and baked through.
- Let cool on racks.
|These buns have been Yeastspotted!