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Consider first that Ive been a daily iPad user since the day the tablet launched. Ive never had much affinity for MacOS and Apple desktops, but I have literally used either the iPad, iPad 2 or new iPad every day since April 3, 2010. Tablets work for me. Touch navigation works for me. And the iPad has worked for medespite the fact that its never helped me do any real work.
But now theres a legitimate alternative to the iPad in my life. For the last few weeks, Ive been playing with various Windows 8 tablets, including, yes, the new Surface RT, which I took for a spin on Microsofts Redmond campus earlier this week.
Windows 8 tablets are the real deal, people, and their unique charms tie directly back to the new OS. Now, make no mistake: Navigating the Windows 8 touch interface involves a steep learning curve. The new touch gestures arent intuitive, and this alone cedes important ground to iOS, which is so simple, farm animals could probably figure it out. But as with many vexing software interfaces (think Photoshop or Excel), great power is often locked within seemingly inscrutable UIs.
Think about that as I share the five ways Windows 8 beats iOS...
Snap Screen
Besides offering legitimate, system-wide multitasking (a feature missing in iOS), Windows 8 includes a snap screen feature allows you to see two active apps on your display at the same time. One app consumes about three quarters of the screen, while the other resides in a narrower strip. You can easily swap app positions, and even cut and paste content from one app to its neighbor.
Unequivocally, snap screen is awesome. In fact, its the primary reason why all Windows 8 tablets must have a minimum resolution of at least 1366-by-768. This widescreen pixel grid ensures all tablets will be able to run Snap Screen, affording the narrower snapped app a width of no less than 320 pixels.
I cant wait to see this feature evolve.
Live Tiles
Apple is supposed to be the hip, whimsical, creative company, so its ironic that the iOS home screen borrows all its design cues from the dawn of GUI-based computingthink static, identically sized icons laid out in a rigid grid.
In stark contrast, the Windows 8 Start Screen is dynamic, flexible and flat-out fun. Its app icons are represented by live tiles that can reveal constantly updating information, such as the latest weather forecast or news headlines. Live tiles can also be resized, affording an extra degree of user customization.
You might think all these features would lead to excessive visual noise, but Microsofts design guidelines help ensure that native and third-party apps cohabitate in harmony. The end result is a Start Screen thats bold and dynamic, but also soothing in its refined, artsy design.
Oh, and one of the coolest Start Screen features? Its called semantic zoom. Just touch the Start Screen with two fingers, and "squeeze in. All the live tiles will shrink in size, giving you a birds eye view of your entire app collection, affording easier navigation between one section of apps to the next.
In fact, semantic zoom is available throughout the Windows 8 touch experience. Its already built into Microsofts own Photos app (aiding navigation in large image collections), and developers can tap into this behavior as well. For example, imagine a calendar that allows you to quickly jump from a monthly view to a daily view with a squeeze of your fingers.
In Windows 8, each apps settings and options are built directly into the app itself. You simply invoke the Charms bar from within an app, and hit the Settings icon at the bottom. From there you can adjust specific app options, and also address system-wide settings. In iOS, you must exit your active app, open the discrete Setting app, and then hunt around for the name of the app you want to adjust.
In some ways, the Setting function in Windows 8 uses the same philosophy we find in Android: Give the user powerful options to customize his or her experience, and make these options quickly accessible. iOS, meanwhile, sacrifices customization in the service of simplicity. This makes sense for currying mass-market appealbecause we dont grandma and grandpa fiddling with all those confusing controls!but it robs power users of the functions we need.
Semblance of a File System
Because Windows 8 includes the new modern UI and the traditional desktop under a single wrapper, tablets can penetrate the desktops file system. There are no traditional folders in the modern UI, so you cant drag and drop files between directories (though, of course, full file system functionality is still available in the desktop). Nonetheless, the modern UI does expose an underlying file system when you run a search from the Charms bar.
For example, if you run a file search for the term sushi, youll find every documentimage, text file, whateverwith sushi in its filename, whether that doc belongs to a modern Windows 8 app or a desktop app. This is particularly handy when youre looking for saved email attachments.
iOS does include a search function, but it parses a drastically limited set of values. For example, search for sushi in iOS, and the function only reports back a list of installed apps with sushi in their names, as well as Notes and Calendar entries that include sushi in their text strings. This is not a full file system search, because, well, iOS doesnt let you create fully accessible, eminently manageable files.
But the work isnt over on Microsofts end. It shouldnt relegate the full power of its file system to just the desktop. Id love to see greater file-management features in the modern UI soonand maybe they'll come soon if Microsoft adopts a yearly update schedule for its mobile OS. Apple and Google refresh annually, and Microsoft should too.
Internet Explorer
The new Internet Explorerthe version sitting on the Start Screen at leastis better than Safari, full stop. More screen real estate is devoted to browser content, as tabs and the address bar are hidden from view until invoked. In the new IE, theres also integrated search in the address bar, a flip ahead feature that lets you zip through multi-page articles with a finger swipe, and a color-coded, icon-driven Favorites design that doesnt rely only on text.
This last feature not only looks cool, it also makes it easier to quickly locate the Favorite youre looking for (except in Windows 8, web pages are Pinned for easy retrieval, not designated as Favorites).
Finally, Internet Explorer for the modern UI has a screaming-fast rendering engine. During my own anecdotal testing, I found page load times to be faster in IE, and screen redraws to be even zippier than the already fantastic performance of Safari. Someday soon, the PCWorld lab testing will (hopefully) validate my experiences.
Will the Windows Store ever include Chrome or Firefox apps so Windows 8 users can test IE against the other mobile competition? We just dont know. And therein lies the biggest flaw of Windows 8, if not its Achilles heel in the battle with iOS: Microsofts mobile platform doesnt include even a tiny subsection of all the wonderful third-party apps that make iOS so attractive to mainstream users and hardcore nerds alike.
Its a problem for Microsoft, and its one of the key factors that gives me pause when I consider whether to reach for the new iPad or Windows 8 hardware when its time for tablet action.


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Homecoming Pep Rally
- Friday, October 4, 2013 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
A pep rally will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, in downtown Bozeman to help the football team get ready for the Homecoming football game.
MSU football coach Rob Ash and team players will make an appearance, along with the Spirit of the West Marching Band, Champ and MSU Spirit Squad. Free hot dogs and refreshments will be available.
The rally, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the corner of Main Street and Willson Avenue. The event will be held regardless of the weather. Rally sponsors include the Downtown Bozeman Partnership, XL Country, Plonk, MSU Alumni Association, MSU Athletics, ASMSU, Over the Tapas, The Cannery, Ted's Montana Grill, The Bacchus Pub, The Leaf & Bean, Chalet Sports and more.
For more information, contact the Downtown Bozeman Association at 586-4008 or visit www.downtownbozeman.org.
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I'm re-reading Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones. Her advice both inspires and frightens me. She makes me feel like writing is as simple as breathing and as impossible as climbing Everest. One chapter in particular struck me this time. In The Goody-Two-Shoes Nature, she advises against being satisfied with a dutiful writing routine.
"Don't just put in your time. That is not enough. Be willing to put your whole life on the line when you sit down for writing practice. Otherwise you are just mechanically pushing the pen across the page and intermittently looking at the clock to see if your time is up."
Those sentences struck me as painfully true. I know I'm guilty of punching my writing time clock. I write mindlessly and sometimes I'll hit on a great new idea, the perfect word, a brilliant sentence, but more often I stay stuck in my groove. If I want to get out of it, I have to push my limits and do something new, something terrifying.
This reminded me of a book I swiped from my husband's business collection. I was fascinated by Geoff Colvin's ideas in Talent is Overrated. He maintains that it takes ten years of practice to excel (similar to Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule in Outliers), but that the way most of us practice isn't enough. He writes in great detail about the studies of Dr. K. Anders Ericsson and his work on expert performance, particularly in the area of deliberate practice.
According to Colvin, deliberate practice requires that we:
- Work with a teacher. We need objective evaluation of our abilities and our progress. A teacher can devise practice sessions focusing not on skills that we have already mastered or on tasks that are too far beyond our capabilities, but on work that is difficult, yet not impossible.
- Repeat. We have to keep practicing things that are hard until they come naturally.
- Challenge ourselves mentally. Practicing without thinking won't help us improve. Adding intense mental focus makes our practice more difficult, but more effective. We won't be able to spend as much time working since the effort required is more exhausting, but we'll accomplish more in that shorter amount of time.
- Accept that it will hurt. It's fun to do things we're good at doing and so very frustrating to stretch for skills just beyond our reach. Failure is a constant risk, but the rewards are worth the pain.
If I want to stretch my writing skills, I need to listen to Natalie Goldberg and Geoff Colvin. I need to follow the example of my friend who loved horses so much that she learned to ride. She found a teacher, started taking lessons every week and practicing in between. Now she has a horse of her own and she competes. Sometimes she's frustrated by what she perceives as a lack of skill, but watching her ride is inspiring. I think she found the perfect teacher, one who pushes her beyond her comfort zone to keep reaching for the next level.
It's time for me to find that teacher. I need someone who will give me objective feedback and will push me to reach beyond safe. I'm a cautious person, so taking deliberate risks with my writing won't be easy, but I have to overcome my fear of failure. It's time to stop aiming for perfect and go for truth.


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When junk food, fast food, sugary drinks, and breakfast cereals that are 56 percent sugar by weight meet video games, televisions in bedrooms, and a walking-averse culture, the outcome shouldn't be that surprising. About 17 percent of children between 2 and 19 in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's more than 12 million kids, and triple the rate from just one generation ago.
Although the rapidly skyrocketing rate has slowed its ascent in recent years, the numbers are still staggering, and public health experts (and anyone with common sense) expect for long-term health risks to ensue.
Childhood diabetes type-2 is on the rise. And obese children are more likely to grow into obese adults, carrying a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
But amidst the troubling conundrum, some very good news has been revealed. A number of states are reporting actual declines in childhood obesity rates. Big cities like New York and Los Angeles, and smaller spots like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb, have noted the change. And although the dips are small, mostly single-digit percentages, they provide the first sign that one the country's most stubborn health problems may be relenting
"It's been nothing but bad news for 30 years, so the fact that we have any good news is a big story," said Dr. Thomas Farley, the health commissioner in New York City.
Obesity is more widely reported for low-income children than those from affluent families – 20 percent of low-income children are obese as compared to 12 percent from affluent families – and the current declines appear to be focused in high-income, mostly white areas.
But Philadelphia, which has the highest big-city poverty rate in the country, reported that its obesity drop occurred mostly among minorities. According to The New York Times, obesity among 120,000 students in Philadelphia measured between 2006 and 2010 declined by 8 percent among black boys and by 7 percent among Hispanic girls, compared with a 0.8 percent decline for white girls and a 6.8 percent decline for white boys.
Philadelphia has taken assertive action in controlling sugar and junk food in the public schools, and administrations have shifted the whole paradigm there – comprehensive moves like offering erasers instead of candy for rewards and swapping healthy foods for sugar-heavy bake sale treats.
Although experts say that is too early to tell whether the trend will remain, the First Lady should be proud.
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A fruit and gourmet basket is a thoughtful way to share your condolences.
An experienced local florist will fill a classic basket with fresh fruits that may include pears, apples, oranges, or other available fruits. Fruits will be combined with gourmet items that may include cheese, crackers, or cookies.
Photo shown online is a representation of each unique, one-of-a-kind basket. Specific fruit pieces, ribbon, style and size of basket, and gourmet items shown will change based on florist preference or local availability.
Gift Includes:
- Assorted Fresh Fruits.
- Assorted Gourmet Items.
- A free gift card with personal message.
- Arrives in a tasteful wicker basket, ready to be displayed.
- Hand delivered to your desired location by experienced florists.
- A plush teddy bear, balloons, wine, champagne, or chocolates may be added to your order based on availability. Please contact customer service for more information.
During checkout, please be sure to indicate your preferred occasion when you choose a gift card.
Same day delivery is available if you place your order by 12pm in your recipient's time zone Monday - Friday, and by 9am on Saturday. To see if Sunday delivery is available in your area, please contact customer service.Gift #6794
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Typically, standard deliveries are made between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM, with business deliveries before 5:00 PM. Hours may be extended during holidays. Please note in some locations we may need an additional 24 hours for the delivery of exotic flowers, wine and fruit baskets.
Same day delivery is available for most gifts when ordered before the cutoff time. Saturday delivery is possible if ordered before 12 PM Friday. The cutoff time for In Their Honor Fruit and Gourmet Basket is in the recipient's time zone.
In Their Honor Fruit and Gourmet Basket has been purchased most frequently by our customers for the following occasions:
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Basket caseMasterpiece.September 26, 2019
Beautifully done. The family thanks you.
CatladyThank You!!!September 9, 2019
I was told it was very, very nice. I want to thank you for delivering this gift the day you said you would.
Happy camperExcellent Variety of ProductsAugust 16, 2019
The sympathy basket was delivered as promised. The person was extremely pleased with the variety of products in the basket. There was something for everyone! Will definitely be using the company again.
DuteRecipients Loved It!March 21, 2019
First timer here, but I will definitely return! Sent a sympathy basket, and have just learned that it was received on time, and it was wonderful.
MaggieGreat ServiceMarch 3, 2019
Great from start to finish.
C. T.Excellent Next Day DeliverySeptember 17, 2018
I ordered a gift basket to send condolences to a friend. The order was delivered next day as promised. I did not see the basket, but my friend was delighted, and I was happy the gift meant so much to him.
faithinactionDelivery time is everythingApril 29, 2018
Delivered less than 24 hours from the point of sale and that is everything when it comes to sympathy gifts. I did not see the basket that arrived, so I can't comment on the contents or whether the picture provided on the website is accurate. The basket was very well received by the family, though.
StacyDallasPerfect Expression of SympathyMay 26, 2017
The basket was delivered a day late but it was well received.
ShonQuantity & Quality!March 15, 2017
My friend just lost his father yesterday. Everyone sends flowers. While nice, the greatest thanks I get for such occasions is one that contains food. People usually don't think to eat or if they do, it's all junk to help cope. So I always do what majority don't. Give them some healthy comfort food which usually winds up being the meal for awhile
Here's what my friend said about this arrangement he got:
"It is HUGE! Full of apples, bananas, pears, oranges, grapes, cheese, crackers, and looks like some candy too."
Customer service is great as I had questions. This got there today, the day he had to go to the funeral home to start the process.
I will be using this site again in the future! Excellent and quality/quantity!
KatsMomFresh FruitsMarch 26, 2016
Always a welcome gift during difficult times. Delivery is always fast and considerate. Thank you.
ElizExcellent serviceOctober 19, 2015
I chose this Florist based on online reviews and was very pleased with the deliver time, gift quality, customer service, and ease of ordering. We had such a good experience with this order that we used the company again a few days later. Again receiving excellent service and a quality gift.
JanFruit and Gourmet BasketOctober 8, 2015
I sent this to a dear friend and family in sympathy. To my surprise, but very pleased, it was delivered the afternoon of my ordering and they live in a remote area.
He told me it was a bountiful basket of fruit with cheese, crackers and gourmet chocolates. They loved it.
Marcia ReinheimerVERY Nice!August 13, 2015
The recipient of this basket thanked the sender for the VERY nice fruit basket.
GratefulAppropriate GiftMarch 24, 2015
I received a lovely 'thank you' note from the family of the deceased. "What a perfect gift!" Was the comment. "As people gathered at MawMaw's house, the basket of goodies was a big enjoyment for adults & children alike".
Because we could not attend & help out, we were grateful to have your company supply the need for us.
The weather was frightful. You delivered on time a most 'appropriate gift'. Thank you very much!
SDLovely PresentationMarch 15, 2015
Perfect. Timely delivery. Everyone loved it.
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Our church sister loved the basket!
PATVery nice basketDecember 14, 2014
From what i was told the basket arrived as promised, and the contents and display was very nice and appreciated.
tomBeautifulSeptember 10, 2014
My daughter in law loved it. The basket was beautiful.
Amazing presentation!
Beautiful presentation and excellent quality. Fresh fruits and great selection.
GingerladyGreat gift for my Grandson's 18th birthdayJune 16, 2014
My grandson was delighted, and enjoyed the whole basket. I would highly recommend for any occasion.
JanLovely basketMay 31, 2014
I sent this fruit basket to parents who had lost their son, and they called to tell me they loved it. All the fruit was fresh, and they especially liked the single red rose that I had added.
This basket was given for condolences for loss of a loved one. The recipient of this gift basket really liked the beautiful arrangement of fresh fruits, gourmet crackers and jams. I highly recommend this basket to others.
Good friendJust the right size.May 13, 2014
The amount and selection were perfect for friends spending long days with a loved one who was hospitalized. The ribbon color can be changed. The basket was delivered in a timely way and both the price and delivery charge were very reasonable.
Tulip loverThe picture on-line makes a beautiful presentation and that is why I chose it!April 12, 2014
I have not spoken with the recipient of the gift, but I'm sure it was beautiful.. The customer representative I spoke with, Evelyn, was very patient and provided a lot of information about the basket including my choice to replace some items with ones I preferred. When I called back to change the color of the bow/ribbon, I was pleased with the assistance I received. I would recommend your company to family and friends.
SympatheticAppropriate for occasion.March 29, 2014
Perfect Memorial Basket!
cmpperfect for the occasionFebruary 2, 2014
I sent this gift basket to my daughter's father-in-law in Chicago when he lost his mother. We received a wonderful thankyou note saying how beautiful and thoughtful this gift was. Everythirng was perfect and delicious and the presentation was very apppropriate for the occasion. They really enjoyed it a lot. I will definitely use GiftTree .com again. They have a great selection for every ooccasion, customer service was very courteous and delivery was perfect.
"Great Customer Service Dept."Great serviceJanuary 7, 2014
We ordered this basket on New Year's Eve for a corporate vendor's ordering department. We wanted something healthy and the fruit was very fresh. The Gift Tree got it there in a couple of hours and the client was so pleased. They called and thanked us immediately. The Gift Tree's representative was very accommodating and we will use them again for future gift baskets. Thank you for the great service.
meBeautiful BasketDecember 14, 2013
The basked looked beautiful in the picture, unfortunately I couldn't see it delivered as it was sent to Florida and I live in Maine. I trust that what was delivered was what I chose.
EidenGreat SorpriseDecember 3, 2013
I don't know how did look the final basket but my friend love it! The deliver was excellent because reach my friend on a restaurant and was awesome the surprise. I love Gift Tree I just would like you have more products to deliver on Canada, you used to have more in last years. The attention in the chat and by mail is also great.
ChocolateloverBeautiful PresentationDecember 3, 2013
Arrived as promised and everything was delicious and looked GREAT!
E from SCHonor BasketNovember 8, 2013
I have sent this basket before in honor of a deceased love one. It is always well received. It arrives on time and can arrive the day after it is ordered. It is very attractive and contains lovely and useful gifts. I highly recommend this gift basket.
julesImpressive and very much appreciated.October 30, 2013
Comments from the receiver were all positive, very large basket full with fruit, cheese, crackers,cookies. Delivered the same day ordered. I made a mistake on the address and received a prompt call from customer service to correct it. I would use this company again and highly recommend them.
RalphWelcome thoughts for reflective times!October 7, 2013
Were glad we found this wonderful service!
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Favorite AdminGreat Service!August 8, 2013
I honestly didn't see what was delivered. I was ordering for a fellow employee. I think that if it were anything like the photo, then I made a great choice. I do, however, LOVE the service I received. I think that your customer service went above and beyond. I will use this service in the future. The receipient of this basket lives in a remote area where other services wouldn't deliver. thanks again for your help!
BarkleyWonderful PresentationJuly 17, 2013
In the past month, I have had two close friends who experinced losses of loved ones. To express my condolences, I sent baskets from GiftTree.com to the families.
Each family acknowleded to me that both baskets contained a wonderful assortment of fruit and snacks that were enjoyed within days of receiving the basket.
I will continue to look to GiftTree.com to satisfy my gift giving needs for all occassions now on.
RREBEL08Just sensationalJune 23, 2013
The whole process was just A plus from the ordering to the
Processing to the delivery.
The customer service was great the basket was outstanding
My family still talking about it.
Really just all round great Job!!!!!!
bzbUplifting at a time of sorrowMay 10, 2013
My sister-in-law appreciated this basket so much. By the time I arrived a few days later everything had been eaten, and much enjoyed, but the pineapple, which family members teased they were fighting over. It was so much better than the other flowers which were already drooping or live plants which were going neglected in the aftermath of her husband's death.
EgirlLovely BasketApril 22, 2013
This basket was purchased for delivery following a family members burial. It was a beautifully presented basket with a nice array of fruits and snacks to choose from. It was very appreciated by the receivers because they were able to choose from many items to snack on without having to prepare anything.
RobinRecipient said that the Fruit Basket was Wonderful!April 20, 2013
I did not see the fruit basket as it was sent as a sympathy basket, but the recipient told me that the fruit was delicious:) I would be happy to use this business again!
a sad time that was brightened by this beautiful giftBeautiful GiftApril 15, 2013
It was a big hit at a sad time, The funeral of my firend's mother was so sad. My friend Barbara said when this gift arrived all you could see is smiles.
GinnyIn Their Honor Fruit and Gourmet BasketApril 15, 2013
They loved it!
JTutNot What I ExpectedMarch 13, 2013
I have ordered from GiftTree on numerous occassions, this is the first time I have been disappointed. I'm aware the baskets are packaged according to location, however the variation from the picture was disappointing. Although the fruit was large, there was only fruit, cheese & bread. There was no sausage or cookies, nuts or candy. I also made the selection based on the basket having a handle and the one delivered didn't. I will continue to order from GiftTree and still recommend them, as my overall experiences have been very good.
MOMclose callFebruary 28, 2013
It looked appropriate, . and so I sent it to a bereaved family...Then I took a closer look...was that summer sausage in the middle top row??????. The basket was going to a kosher family . All unkosher meats were forbidden... I panicked . I called customer service and the pleasant lady said she would get right on it and call me back. The call back came in about 15 minutes. She had called the provider and found that there were no meats in the basket I sent. One should be aware of this. It was a close call, as different providers make the baskets in different areas.Thanks customer service.
DiagreeExcellent alternative to sympathy flowersJanuary 11, 2013
I've used Gift Tree for a year now and my best friend lost his grandmother during the Christmas holiday! I sent this gift basket to their family as an alternative to the traditional sympathy flowers! His mother loved it. I was happy that I could brighten their day just a little bit, it was very hard for them to deal with the loss right at the holidays! Thank you Gift Tree, I'm so glad I found you last year!
Run momPerfect for occasionDecember 20, 2012
Good friend recently lost her father and I wanted to send something that would bring a little cheer to all the members of the family. She called me immediately to say how beautiful it was.
Go-to-GalHappy Co-workers!October 18, 2012
I'm usually the go-to person in my office when it comes to sending out sympathy and get well gifts etc. I came across Gifttree.com when searching for something that was of better quality than others I've tried. Online gift baskets can be a challenge because they are almost never the same as they are presented when you received them, but this basket and others I have ordered have exceeded our expectations!
I have ordered over 8 baskets in the last six months and all my co-workers that have received them cannot stop talking about how beautiful they are. So from now on this go-to gal's go-to website is gifttree.com!
Fussy ShopperSympathy Fruit & Gourmet BasketMay 14, 2012
The family I sent this basket to raved about the contents and their quality. They loved every single item and the basket too. I will continue to use your website for future gifts.
Sympathy BasketVery nice!December 25, 2011


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Legendary pro-wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage died in a car accident in Florida.
Savage, one of the World Wrestling Federation's biggest star during the 1980s, was known for his garish outfits, "diving elbow drop" and jealous and misogynistic treatment of his beloved "Miss Elizabeth." He was 58.
The former wrestler, born Randy Mario Poffo, was driving a Jeep Wrangler when he lost control in Pinellas County around 9:25 a.m. The Jeep veered over the raised concrete median divider, crossed over the eastbound lanes and collided head-on with a tree. The Florida Highway Patrol said he may have suffered "a medical event" prior to the crash.
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Save's wife, Barbara Poffo, was in the Jeep and suffered minor injuries, according to Florida Highway Patrol official Steve Gaskins.
Fellow veteran wrestler Hulk Hogan tweeted Friday that he was "devastated" by the news, especially as he had "finally started to talk and communicate" with Savage after 10 years of "not talking."
"He had so much life in his eyes & in his spirit, I just pray that he's happy and in a better place and we miss him," Hogan wrote.
Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson tweeted, "RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage – you were one of my childhood inspirations and heros [sic]."
Savage was born in Columbus , Ohio, the son of smalltime professional wrestler Angelo Poffo. He graduated from Southern Illinois University and became a wrestler in the 1970s. After joining Vince McMahon's WWF, Savage chose Miss Elizabeth as his manager. The woman, Elizabeth Hulette, became Savage's real-life wife in 1984. They divorced eight years later and she later died.
The husband and wife team had a successful gimmick, with him infuriating fans with his bullying of her and then attacking anyone who came to her aid.
Savage left the WWF and later bounced around with smaller promotions, most recently Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2005.


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John Milton had a great second act. He wrote "Paradise Lost" after he went blind. He also wrote a poem that at once lamented the loss of his sight, and celebrated the wideness of the inner world he determined and discovered in the aftermath of blindness.
When first informed that gluten, soy and casein needed to be expunged from my younger son's diet, my first reaction was to curl up in a tight ball and ponder how on earth to feed my child. At that time, his pickiness and fussiness regarding food were despair inducing and I was afraid that I could not possibly find foods outside his otherwise limited repertoire. But in the three months since, I've found substitutes for him that have replaced his stalwart favorites; I've found parents whose children are similarly afflicted who have generously shared their knowledge, their wisdom and their recipes; and I've found that deprived of the foods that were harming him, Ethan has started to eat and experiment with foods and textures I never thought he'd consider.
The victories are small but significant: finding quinoa pasta to replace gluten-based pasta; finding a milk substitute that he liked which didn't amount to poison in his system; finding gluten, soy and casein free chocolate chip cookies for him; and from there, the natural slide back towards my desire to make things for him: learning how to make my own Ethan-friendly chocolate chip cookies; learning how to make pasta from scratch using quinoa flour; discovering substitute flour blends.
Finding ways, in short, to widen the narrowness of my expectations by chipping away pre-conceived ideas about what food really means.
I did not think he'd ever get to eat cheddar crackers again. But other enterprising mommies had already found a way to make vegan or gluten free goldfish, or both, so it was just a matter of trying the recipes and modifying over and over until I found something that Ethan liked. So here you are. Gluten, soy and casein goldfish that are as crunchalicious as the originals; and with enough resemblance to cheddar to make the kid happy.
Within the confines of the rules in which we now cook and bake, I've found a far wider world than the one I imagined it would be.
5 oz of Daiya cheddar shreds
3 T Earth Balance buttery spread, soy-free version
1 T ghee
1/4 cup + 1 T gluten free flour blend (I use King Arthur's GF blend)
1/2 cup + 1 T cornstarch
1/2 t salt
3/4 t baking powder
1/2 t xanthan gum
1 T rice milk
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a food processor, combine all the ingredients except the milk and pulse briefly until it forms into a crumbly meal. Add the milk. It will start to form together in a ball.
3. On a lightly floured (use cornstarch) surface, pat the dough together. It will be greasy and won't "stick" together the way a normal dough would; this is okay. Spoon some dough on to the surface and pat the dough to 1/8 or 1/2 inch thickness.
4. Use a mini-fish cookie cutter, to cut out goldfish and using an small offset spatula, GENTLY place the fish on a Silpat mat or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bear in mind, these fish are small and fragile, so be gentle when cutting and moving to the cookie sheet.
5. Using a round toothpick, pierce holes for eyes, then gently pierce a line for the smile.
6. Bake for 10 minutes (I began checking at 8 minutes to make sure they weren't browning/burning).
7. Remove cookie sheet from oven and let the goldfish cool. They should be crisp and barely browned round the edges.


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(a) It is deceptive to misrepresent, directly or by implication, that a product, package, or service has been endorsed or certified by an independent third party.
(b) A marketer's use of the name, logo, or seal of approval of a third-party certifier or organization may be an endorsement, which should meet the criteria for endorsements provided in the FTC's Endorsement Guides, 16 CFR part 255, including Definitions (§255.0), General Considerations (§255.1), Expert Endorsements (§255.3), Endorsements by Organizations (§255.4), and Disclosure of Material Connections (§255.5).44
44The examples in this section assume that the certifiers' endorsements meet the criteria provided in the Expert Endorsements (§255.3) and Endorsements by Organizations (§255.4) sections of the Endorsement Guides.
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(d) A marketer's use of an environmental certification or seal of approval likely conveys that the product offers a general environmental benefit (see §260.4) if the certification or seal does not convey the basis for the certification or seal, either through the name or some other means. Because it is highly unlikely that marketers can substantiate general environmental benefit claims, marketers should not use environmental certifications or seals that do not convey the basis for the certification.
(e) Marketers can qualify general environmental benefit claims conveyed by environmental certifications and seals of approval to prevent deception about the nature of the environmental benefit being asserted. To avoid deception, marketers should use clear and prominent qualifying language that clearly conveys that the certification or seal refers only to specific and limited benefits.
Example 1: An advertisement for paint features a "GreenLogo" seal and the statement "GreenLogo for Environmental Excellence." This advertisement likely conveys that: (1) the GreenLogo seal is awarded by an independent, third-party certifier with appropriate expertise in evaluating the environmental attributes of paint; and (2) the product has far-reaching environmental benefits. If the paint manufacturer awarded the seal to its own product, and no independent, third-party certifier objectively evaluated the paint using independent standards, the claim would be deceptive. The claim would not be deceptive if the marketer accompanied the seal with clear and prominent language: (1) indicating that the marketer awarded the GreenLogo seal to its own product; and (2) clearly conveying that the award refers only to specific and limited benefits.
Example 2: A manufacturer advertises its product as "certified by the American Institute of Degradable Materials." Because the advertisement does not mention that the American Institute of Degradable Materials ("AIDM") is an industry trade association, the certification likely conveys that it was awarded by an independent certifier. To be certified, marketers must meet standards that have been developed and maintained by a voluntary consensus standard body.45 An independent auditor applies these standards objectively. This advertisement likely is not deceptive if the manufacturer complies with §260.8 of the Guides (Degradable Claims) because the certification is based on independently-developed and -maintained standards and an independent auditor applies the standards objectively.
45Voluntary consensus standard bodies are "organizations which plan, develop, establish, or coordinate voluntary consensus standards using agreed-upon procedures. * * * A voluntary consensus standards body is defined by the following attributes: (i) Openness, (ii) balance of interest, (iii) due process, (iv) an appeals process, (v) consensus, which is defined as general agreement, but not necessarily unanimity, and includes a process for attempting to resolve objections by interested parties, as long as all comments have been fairly considered, each objector is advised of the disposition of his or her objection(s) and the reasons why, and the consensus members are given an opportunity to change their votes after reviewing the comments." Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Assessment Activities, February 10, 1998, Circular No. A-119 Revised, Office of Management and Budget at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars__a119.
Example 3: A product features a seal of approval from "The Forest Products Industry Association," an industry certifier with appropriate expertise in evaluating the environmental attributes of paper products. Because it is clear from the certifier's name that the product has been certified by an industry certifier, the certification likely does not convey that it was awarded by an independent certifier. The use of the seal likely is not deceptive provided that the advertisement does not imply other deceptive claims.
Example 4: A marketer's package features a seal of approval with the text "Certified Non-Toxic." The seal is awarded by a certifier with appropriate expertise in evaluating ingredient safety and potential toxicity. It applies standards developed by a voluntary consensus standard body. Although non-industry members comprise a majority of the certifier's board, an industry veto could override any proposed changes to the standards. This certification likely conveys that the product is certified by an independent organization. This claim would be deceptive because industry members can veto any proposed changes to the standards.
Example 5: A marketer's industry sales brochure for overhead lighting features a seal with the text "EcoFriendly Building Association" to show that the marketer is a member of that organization. Although the lighting manufacturer is, in fact, a member, this association has not evaluated the environmental attributes of the marketer's product. This advertisement would be deceptive because it likely conveys that the EcoFriendly Building Association evaluated the product through testing or other objective standards. It also is likely to convey that the lighting has far-reaching environmental benefits. The use of the seal would not be deceptive if the manufacturer accompanies it with clear and prominent qualifying language: (1) indicating that the seal refers to the company's membership only and that the association did not evaluate the product's environmental attributes; and (2) limiting the general environmental benefit representations, both express and implied, to the particular product attributes for which the marketer has substantiation. For example, the marketer could state: "Although we are a member of the EcoFriendly Building Association, it has not evaluated this product. Our lighting is made from 100 percent recycled metal and uses energy efficient LED technology."
Example 6: A product label contains an environmental seal, either in the form of a globe icon or a globe icon with the text "EarthSmart." EarthSmart is an independent, third-party certifier with appropriate expertise in evaluating chemical emissions of products. While the marketer meets EarthSmart's standards for reduced chemical emissions during product usage, the product has no other specific environmental benefits. Either seal likely conveys that the product has far-reaching environmental benefits, and that EarthSmart certified the product for all of these benefits. If the marketer cannot substantiate these claims, the use of the seal would be deceptive. The seal would not be deceptive if the marketer accompanied it with clear and prominent language clearly conveying that the certification refers only to specific and limited benefits. For example, the marketer could state next to the globe icon: "EarthSmart certifies that this product meets EarthSmart standards for reduced chemical emissions during product usage." Alternatively, the claim would not be deceptive if the EarthSmart environmental seal itself stated: "EarthSmart Certified for reduced chemical emissions during product usage."
Example 7: A one-quart bottle of window cleaner features a seal with the text "Environment Approved," granted by an independent, third-party certifier with appropriate expertise. The certifier granted the seal after evaluating 35 environmental attributes. This seal likely conveys that the product has far-reaching environmental benefits and that Environment Approved certified the product for all of these benefits and therefore is likely deceptive. The seal would likely not be deceptive if the marketer accompanied it with clear and prominent language clearly conveying that the seal refers only to specific and limited benefits. For example, the seal could state: "Virtually all products impact the environment. For details on which attributes we evaluated, go to [a Web site that discusses this product]." The referenced Web page provides a detailed summary of the examined environmental attributes. A reference to a Web site is appropriate because the additional information provided on the Web site is not necessary to prevent the advertisement from being misleading. As always, the marketer also should ensure that the advertisement does not imply other deceptive claims, and that the certifier's criteria are sufficiently rigorous to substantiate all material claims reasonably communicated by the certification.
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The tubaist played a small tuba last night before the Bernie Sanders interview. Does anyone know who and what tuba?
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Are you talking about the band on the Stephen Colbert, Late Show? If so, that's, Stay Human? A few of the members were Juilliard graduates who free lanced in NYC. The tuba player in the band is Ibanda Ruhumbika.
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Bill named the tuba player. The horn is a Holton from the teens. Once one of my horns. A very nice instrument, and Ibanda makes it sound great.
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David Moyes has revealed he wanted to sign Paul Pogba for Manchester United, but suggested a deal would have been impossible.
The former United manager named the Juventus midfielder - along with Arturo Vidal and Toni Kroos, two other players he scouted extensively - among five players he selected to watch at the forthcoming World Cup.
United were reportedly quoted a price of £60 million for Pogba, who cost Juventus just £800,000 after opting to leave Old Trafford when his contract expired in 2012.
And Moyes - who believes Pogba can "develop into one of the best in the world, the next Yaya Toure" - said he had wanted to see rather more of the 21-year-old at United.
"If it were possible, I would have tried to bring him back to Manchester United," he wrote in The Sunday Times'. "He has flourished in Serie A since joining Juve at the age of 19 but that has been no surprise to those who worked with him at Old Trafford."
The 13-times Premier League champions abandoned their pursuit of Bayern Munich midfielder Kroos after Louis van Gaal replaced Moyes as manager, with the Netherlands coach set to take over after the World Cup ends.
And the Scot wrote: "It is no secret that I had put a lot of groundwork into signing [Kroos] for Manchester United. What I like about Kroos is that he plays the ball to penetrate, he doesn't do passing for passing's sake."
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil is guaranteeing homosexual couples' right to access assisted fertilization.
The wording of the an earlier decree governing who has the right to use such techniques was vague, and some courts here had blocked gay couples from using in-vitro fertilization and other assisted fertilization methods in the past.
The new decree stipulates that such techniques must be permitted for both gay couples and single people. It appears in the government's official gazette on Thursday.
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Theo Lederhausen led Harvard at the McLaughlin Invitational (Harvard Athletic Communications).
By Kevin Rhoads, Head Coach
The 2012-213 Harvard Men's golf campaign began with The McLaughlin, hosted by St. John's University at the Red Course at Bethpage State Park. Like the Black Course at Bethpage, site of the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Opens, the Red Course is a fine A.W. Tillinghast design. It is characterized by rolling and meandering terrain, and smooth, fast greens that are protected by beautiful bunkering and sticky rough.
Saturday was a 36-hole day for the first and second rounds. Play was in fourballs, and the pace of play eventually meant 11 hours of continuous play – a fact that would eventually prove challenging for the Crimson. The first round got the year off to a great start. Despite swirling winds Harvard fired 285 to sit tied for 2nd in the 16-team field, 6 shots behind leader Auburn. Captain Theo Lederhausen ('14, Chicago, IL) paced the squad, shooting 2-under par 68. Seiji Liu ('14, Beverly Hills, CA) had a solid ball-striking round and shot even-par 70. Kevin McCarthy ('14, Lynn, MA) also had a great shot-making round, shooting 72. Akash Mirchandani ('15, Prospect, KY) and Michael Lai ('14, Redlands, CA) shot 75 and 79 respectively.
In round 2 the winds continued to swirl and the greens became firmer. On an average approach balls that would typically spin back 10 feet bounced forward 15 feet. This required commitment and good adjustment from the players. The Crimson seemed up to the challenge for the beginning of the round. Harvard was building momentum throughout the day, even after the first round took 5 hours and 40 minutes to complete. The front nine of the second round appeared to be progressing at a similar pace. Everyone soon realized that finishing the second round before dark would require a much faster pace. As the teams tried to speed up, but were still backed up against the players ahead of them, Harvard lost it's rhythm and pace a bit.
By the end of the round, mental and physical fatigue from the long day slightly got the better of the Crimson, and they lost a few strokes coming in. McCarthy lead Harvard in the afternoon shooting 72. Liu shot 73, Mirchandani shot 74, Lederhausen 75, and Lai 76. In the afternoon round, Harvard shot 295, a fairly respectable score, but not representative of how the team was playing early in the round. Thus, Harvard fell from a tie for 2nd to 6th place. Interestingly, those teams that teed off on the front side instead of the back, as Harvard had, did not finish all of their rounds. A couple of groups needed to come back on Sunday morning to finish their round. They were then teed off in their existing groups, with Harvard teeing off last with their first days' playing partners.
Again in round 3, Harvard didn't shoot poor scores, but no one could quite find the sharpness needed to post a really low round. Mirchandani played the best in the third round, driving well and also approaching well enough to leave a number of birdie putts. He hit lots of very fine putts with great speed, but the majority of them slid over edges and he shot 72. Lederhausen shot 73 which included a hole-out eagle from the fairway on #3, and Lai also rebounded to shoot 73. McCarthy and Liu also hit many good shots, but were only able to manage 75. Harvard's 293 total on day 3 was a reasonable result, and stacked up well against the teams they were paired with. But although they didn't have any high rounds, which was an indication of a strong ability to get the most out of what they had on Sunday, they didn't have one or two low rounds like most of the other teams to take their total lower. They fell to 11th place, which belied the level of the majority of their play over the weekend.
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Earlier this year, I created an alert for my last name on eBay. I get daily updates on new items for sale that are related to the surname Corley. There's a ton of 80s TV show memorabilia related to Al Corley, who starred on "Dynasty" (relationship unknown as of now).
There also are several authors with the last name Corley. This daily alert has netted me two books written by my kinsman in the past year. Over the summer, I scored another copy of A Genealogy of Corleys, which I gifted to my half-brother. Just a couple of weeks ago, another book by a relative went up for auction. It was a Spanish-language novel edited by my great-uncle Ames Haven Corley for use in the classroom.
I was the only person to bid on the book and therefore won the auction. For less than $5 ($.99 bid + shipping), I now am the proud owner of the 1922 Macmillan Spanish Series edition of Amalia. It's in great shape. Too bad I can't read Spanish!
I don't know a ton about my great-uncle Ames, but I do know that he taught languages at Williams College (where my father eventually went to school) and at Yale University, for whom this book was printed. As the title page above states, he was an assistant professor at the time this book was published.
It is neat to read the preface, written in 1917 by my great uncle, who signed his name A.H.C.
There are exercises at the back of the book, which were devised by my great-uncle as well.
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Mother's Fragrances Incense Spicewood
Spicewood is a humble fragrance. It is slightly resinous, but with a pleasant woody warmth. It is a cleansing fragrance. In India it is used, under the name Sambrani, to cleanse the house and atmosphere.
If you like Spicewood but are looking for a stronger incense or if you are looking for a stronger fragrance with cleansing properties, try Sattva in The Mother's India Fragrances range.
The Mother's Fragrances Incense The Mother's Fragrances Incense is a light and natural incense that subtly scents the atmosphere. The Mother's Fragrances Incense is blended using essential oils, floral essences, herbs, wood powders and scented flowers, and made entirely by hand in Puducherry in South India.
The Mother's Fragrance incense sticks are hand rolled according to the age-old masala method (no dipping in chemical solvents) from the finest nature friendly ingredients including sandalwood and other scented wood powders, fragrant leaves, bark, root and gum resins, floral and other essential oils.
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The Mother's Fragrance incense sticks are hand rolled according to the age-old masala method (no dipping in chemical solvents) from the finest nature friendly ingredients including sandalwood and other scented wood powders, fragrant leaves, bark, root and gum resins, floral and other essential oils.
The Mother's Fragrance incense cones are hand rolled according to the age-old masala method (no dipping in chemical solvents) from the finest nature friendly ingredients including sandalwood and other scented wood powders, fragrant leaves, bark, root and gum resins, floral and other essential oils. The base of these cones is made from honey and Halmaddi, a paste obtained from making a deep incision in the barks of Ailanthus Malabarica.
How are Mother's Fragrances Incense Made?
Years Mother's Fragrances Incense embarked on a great adventure, in search of a long lost secret, a hidden treasure, a sacred art buried in the distant past and all but forgotten.
It has been known since the dawn of man that when natural substances such as flowers, bark, wood, roots, seeds and herbs are burned, they emit a rich variety of different and often very beautiful fragrances. Over the course of time a systematic search of nature was carried out and bountiful aromatic treasures were found concealed within the delicate petals of a jasmine blossom, a tiny ambrette seed, a resinous droplet of sap from the spicewood tree and countless others of nature's unsuspected hiding places.
The use of incense was common to many ancient cultures - usually as a part of religious worship or as a luxury of the rich. Often it consisted of little more than the sweetly scented sap of a particular tree which was burned over coals - such as the frankincense and myrrh of Biblical renown.
In ancient India this science of fragrances matured into a sacred art. Many thousands of years ago, Vedic rishis discovered that each fragrance -- like each colour and sound -- possesses a particular quality of its own with a power to induce an uplifting state of consciousness. Burning incense became a means to create a peaceful atmosphere, to prevent illness, as a support for happy and harmonious living, and as an aid to meditation and the quest for spiritual enlightenment. The art of the rishis involved the careful combination and delicate blending of many aromatic substances to produce beautiful and uplifting fragrances.
The technique used was known as the "masala" method - meaning mixture. A variety of scented flowers, herbs, leaves, essential oils, resins, and wood powders were blended with water to form a dough. A tree resin with adhesive properties was added as a binding agent. Then the dough was gently rolled onto a thin sliver of bamboo and allowed to dry in the shade.
The real secret to this technique lay in the "spices" which were added to bring out the full-bodied richness of each scent. Orris root was added to impart sweetness. Saffron, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, sage, sweetbriar and thyme provided an enchanting variety of accents. Ambrette seeds gave a musk-like fragrance, and so on.
Wood powders formed the base and bulk of the dough. For deep rich fragrances like musk and amber, precious sandalwood powder was added. For delicate floral fragrances like jasmine and lotus, charred coconut husk was used, because it burns almost without any scent of its own.
To these powders were added the distilled essence of rose, jasmine, champaca, or lotus blossoms. The resinous extract of various tree gums such as benzoin, labdanum or olibanum were added as natural fixatives to preserve the scent.
Like most ancient traditions, this sacred art gradually faded with the coming of our modern age of science, secularism and materialism. Incense became another product to be manufactured as cheaply as possible and marketed as a commercial commodity, devoid of inner feeling or higher value.
The old masala method of specially blending a different mixture of scented powders for each fragrance was replaced by a far easier and less expensive technique called dipping, in which unscented sawdust or charcoal sticks are dipped into a solution of scented oil diluted with a chemical solvent and synthetic fixative.
Even in India the ancient art has changed into an industry. The old masala formulas were forgotten. Dipping and dilution with solvents became the standard technology. More and lower priced synthetics replaced natural ingredients. Only the practice of handrolling sticks is maintained, but these are unscented sticks used only for dipping.
Mother's Fragrances Incense quest was begun to revive a lost art, not just to imitate what was done of old, but to recast it to suit the tastes of our times. After a prolonged search and countless experiments, Mother's India Fragrances Incense have rediscovered the masala method and the secrets of nature's spices.
The Mother's Fragrances Incense is made in the spirit of that ancient tradition by the age-old masala method--no dipping--to produce soft, light and subtle fragrances which emit only a little smoke, making them highly suitable for burning indoors.
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Images from the set of Kick-Ass 2 show off a more grown-up Hit Girl, along with a brand-new toy! Chloe Moretz looks amazing, can't wait to see her kick ass all over again. Spoilers ahead.
As you can see, there are a collection of images of Hit Girl and her lovely purple motorcycle, perfect for stabbing criminals on the go. Also visible are a bit of Hit Girl and Kick-Ass at school. She looks thoroughly annoyed with the hero from the first film. They both have book bags, so that means they're both enrolled in the same school — let's hope she beats up the school bully. The sequel is currently filming and has recently confirmed Jim Carrey in the role of Colonel Stars!
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Jay Bell says Pirates fever surpassing that of early '90s
Former Pirates shortstop returns to Pittsburgh as hitting coach
Jay Bell has seen Pittsburgh rally behind the Pirates before, but the former major league shortstop turned coach says that doesn't even compare to what's happening in the city right now.
"I think it's much greater now than it was back in the '90s," Bell told Channel 4 Action Sports' Ryan Recker. "It was certainly a lot of fun, but I think, now, you're looking at a 20-year span in between winning, and there's a brand of excitement here that is so fantastic that even the Steeler fans that are really getting excited for football, they're still extremely committed to us right now."
For the past two decades, late July and early August has marked the unofficial end of baseball season in Pittsburgh with the start of Steelers training camp in Latrobe, but that isn't the case this summer. After 20 consecutive losing seasons, the Pirates, who were 26 games over .500 on Friday, are poised to return to the postseason for the first time since 1992.
Bell was the shortstop on that '92 team -- the last of three consecutive division championships for the Pirates -- but each time they were stopped short of returning to the World Series.
"The nice thing about that three-year span, and even into the fourth year in '89, was how much the fans really enjoyed what we were all about -- the way we went about our work, what type of team we were -- and of course it had been a long time since '79, and so there was that expectation that we felt like we were going to make this city proud of who we were," Bell said.
Now 47, Bell is in his first season as the Pirates' hitting coach, and he admits coaching is in a lot of ways more enjoyable than playing.
"I can ride the emotional wave with all of them. I can be high whenever they're high and be low when they're low, whereas as a player I couldn't do that. I was taught to be much more even keel. Even though I'm emotional about it, I still try to maintain a calm exterior. I get to be a fan standing on the bench, and that's what's exciting about it," he said.
Bell told Recker he used to try to escape the low points as a player and focus on the highs. He's hoping to ride another high of winning the World Series with the Pirates -- something he thinks this year's team is more than capable of.
"As a player, we always seek the ring, that's the one thing we covet over everything else. So one of the things I've talked to the players about in the clubhouse is to make sure that's their ultimate focus and to continue to strive to be excellent and to be the best they can possibly be every day," Bell said. "Hopefully, we, as an organization and a city, can experience that once again."


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Editor's note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore's online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
I'm pleased to hear that measures are being taken to ensure equality of women's spaces on campus. Finally the initiative to orchestrate the distribution of women's spaces is being given serious thought and support. I truly don't understand the backlash against having sororities on campus. Perhaps it is because the actual word "sorority" has such negative connotations in our culture and evokes images of women in an adverse light. Perhaps too much emphasis is being caught up in the word "sorority" without delving into the true issue at hand. If Swarthmore men are allowed access to Greek life, exclusive spaces on campus, as well as significant control over weekend events, then I wholeheartedly believe that women should have the same access.
Swarthmore women deserve equal access to space; places that women can control, monitor, and feel safe within. Having an exclusive women's space that is open on weekends and available for events and meetings will improve our sense of community. Ever since coming here, I have put Swarthmore women on a pedestal. I think that we have the ability to build an inclusive, hospitable space for women that is above stereotypical images of college sororities. I strongly believe that that image is outdated and Swarthmore women have so much more to offer.
Rachel Branker '12 is a member of the Swarthmore Ladies Soiree Society (LaSS).


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Anyone playing this game? It's free to play, though I think some of the upscale stuff costs money (fairly cheap). A lot of people from KOEI Warriors are playing the Japanese version, but I gave up on that because I don't read Japanese as well as I do Chinese.
The Traditional Chinese version is at www.musouonline.com.tw ... you'll need to register and such, and this process is made far easier if you actually speak Chinese.
I've just started. I'm on the 玄武 server in Sun Jian's army, and my name is 芮玄 (Rui Xuan). The current scenario is the Dong Zhuo campaign.


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If you've seen Yasmina Reza's play, "God of Carnage," there's little reason to see "Carnage," Roman Polanski's film adaptation of it. Actually, to be perfectly honest, if you value the way you spend unreclaimable hours and would prefer to keep a positive opinion of people like Jodie Foster, there's even less reason to see it.
When you get an assemblage of talent like Polanski, Foster, Christoph Waltz, Kate Winslet and John C. Reilly working on an adaptation of source material that won the Olivier and Tony Award for Best Play in 2009, you have to know expectations will be high and, thusly, so should be the quality of work. That overwhelming sense of effort straining every element might be what makes the play—we mean, film—wait, no, we do mean play—sag. Each dramatic moment is coated with the molasses of dramatic exertion forcing the film's four actors into the inescapable muck of a proscenium presentation that doesn't work as a cinematic experience.
One of the film's major problems is Reza's original play, which Polanski is inexplicably precious with, changing nothing between the stage and the screen. The story follows two well-to-do couples who meet to discuss the fallout over a schoolyard scuffle between their sons. Trapped in two rooms of a Park Slope apartment, the film should feel claustrophobic and tense. Instead, you keep wondering why Waltz and Winslet's characters are saying they're leaving, getting as far as the elevator several times, only to have them walk right back into the swirling drama of what is commonly known as "rich people problems." We'll tell you why: Because the movie/play would only be twenty minutes if anyone in it behaved like a normal human being. In order for the story's overblown histrionics—complete with projectile vomit—to play out, they can't possibly leave, no matter how much you may want them to, making it a feature film that clocks in at a laborious, grating and much-longer-feeling 80 minutes.
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Foster is shrill and playing to the cheap seats, Reilly is out of his depth, and poor Winslet does what she can with what she's given. Only Waltz has room to play, but even his performance pales in comparison to Tony nominee Jeff Daniels', for those who have trudged through Reza's work in the past.
"Carnage" is as unlikeable as the people it portrays.
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Wheelchair dancers put a new spin on dancing.
In perfect synchronization, they move to the left, then to the right. Forward, backward and turn, turn, turn. That's how wheelchair dancers roll. It's also how they waltz, samba, tango and salsa, as demonstrated at a wheelchair dancing showcase, The Perfect Circle, at Balboa Park on Saturday.
Along with individual couples performing the steamy paso doble, a graceful interpretive dance and other ballroom favorites, 40 wheelchair dancers and their able-bodied partners attempted to set a world record for the number of wheelchair dancers performing the bachata, a traditional Latin dance routine.
Although it won't be known if a record was broken until later this week, simply having dozens of people in wheelchairs twirling and rolling to the beat was a thrill for Beverly Weurding.
"Wheelchair dancing touches everyone's heart. It's beautiful to watch their joy,"said Weurding, founder of San Diego-based Wheelchair Dancers Organization. "Music is in the heart of everyone, no matter if they're able-bodied or in a wheelchair."
Audience members who were feeling the music ran onto the dance floor of the Balboa Park Club and joined the dancers for a flash mob line dance that had everyone clapping, stomping and whooping it up.
Wheelchair dancing crosses the boundaries of age, gender and physical ability and includes people using manual and power chairs with varying levels of ability. Dancers in wheelchairs partner with an able-bodied dancer or duo dance with another person in a wheelchair. Today there are more than 5,000 wheelchair dancers in over 40 countries.
"Almost any dance that I teach to a standup dancer I can teach to a wheelchair dancer," said Joe Torres, owner of Angel House Studio in El Cajon and dance instructor/choreographer for Wheelchair Dance Organization. "It's just a matter of two people moving on the floor in unison. That's all dancing is, no matter if you're standing or in a wheelchair."
When Weurding's muscular dystrophy progressed to the point that she needed a wheelchair a few years ago, she felt she'd "become an invisible person around people. I avoided social gatherings and I mostly stayed in," she said.
One of the things she missed most was dancing. So when she heard about wheelchair dancing, she enthusiastically got involved and formed Wheelchair Dancers Organization in 2009. With the financial help of Sharp Grossmont Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the hospital, she organized classes and performances featuring the unique dancing form.
Starting with just three wheelchair dancers, the group gradually caught on with both people in wheelchairs and the able-bodied who simply wanted to dance. In the last five years, approximately 175 wheelchair dancers have been part of the program.
"My quest was to inspire other challenged people and show how wheelchair dancing can make a positive impact on one's body, mind and spirit," she said. "There are no limitations, except the ones we place upon ourselves."
Not only is dancing fun for those in wheelchairs, it's also good for them physically, requiring upper body and core strength.
"Body posture often becomes a low priority for someone in a wheelchair, and they don't realize how their body becomes tilted forward. They have to really tap into their core strength to keep their body upright," said Liz Carno, a recreational therapist at Sharp Grossmont Hospital who works with Weurding and wheelchair dancers.
Wheelchair dancing also improves endurance, range of motion and respiratory control.
"A lot of them no longer get any kind of physical therapy, so unless they're going to a gym, it's really hard to get the kind of workout they get in wheelchair dancing," Carno said.
Not only does dancing help develop strength and stamina for people who use wheelchairs, but it also builds bridges between their world and that of their able-bodied dance partners.
"Learning to dance alongside able-bodied partners has brought the wheelchair-users a sense of confidence and equality that is often missing in their lives," Weurding said. "It helps the public see a more positive and approachable image of the person inside the chair."
For more information about wheelchair dancing, visit wheelchairdancers.org.


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The new generation of our SAT inspection system was developed under the aspects of more effi cient inspections and less downtimes. Thus, "Made to achieve more". Ever since our ROVION crawlers have been convincing with their special agility, thus, we redeveloped from scratch out our SAT crawler RX140SAT II and equipped it with powerful motors and 8-wheel-drive. Of course, the crawler is steerable so that obstacles in the main sewer (application range DN150 to DN2000) don't slow down the inspection in lateral launches. We developed an innovative winding concept (SLC = Single Layer Concept) for our SAT cable reel (RAXSAT300) so that the RX140SAT II can drive from lateral to lateral in main sewers with up to 30m / minute. The push rod – friendly feeder located at the crawler and the cable reel guarantee safe pushing in pipes from DN50 even for long distances in the main sewer.
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Its the fifth birthday of Bloggingheads. Its a wonderful resource even for those of us outside America- I love some of the diavlogues they have hosted and if you haven't listened, go over there and try something on language, science or American politics.
November 01, 2010
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Ronnie Clayton
Ronnie Clayton isn't a person that people seem to have remembered. He was right half for Blackburn in the late fifties. He was captain of the England football team in that period as well, between Billy Wright and Johnny Haynes. He died recently. I don't have any connection with Clayton at all and have no idea of what type of person he was (though by all accounts he was a good man). Save for the fact that I possess his autobiography. Clayton gave it to my father when my father was a teenager in Leeds in the early 60s. I'm not sure what draws me to what Clayton writes. It is definitely a product of a different era: one of the photographs has Clayton and his wife standing in the shop that was his retirement plan. He counsels any young footballer to learn a trade for the inevitable day when he hangs his boots up. Clayton played in the era of national service teams: when conscripted footballers would play for the army in Germany and talks about how tackles in those ugly games could ruin promising careers. The world of Rooney and 500 pound a night call girls seems a long way away from Clayton's footballers in the era before the maximum wage was abolished.
Clayton's autobiography is titled 'A slave to soccer'. What's interesting about that title is the way in which Clayton interpreted it. He like many football professionals believed in constant practice, constant training. Clayton's speciality at Blackburn was long throws and he tells stories about trying to hit the cross bar with a throw from the side of the pitch. His book is filled with accounts of fellow professionals- men like Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards of Manchester United, Stanley Matthews of Stoke and Blackpool and so on. What he does with those pen portraits is not so much to create a sense of the celebrity filled world he lived in: but to create a sense of professionalism. Clayton saw these men as colleagues. I've been reading Max Weber recently and what Weber says about a vocation is very apt as a description of how Clayton saw football. The captain of England viewed football as a craft and saw his career within it as a process of improvement. Clayton in this sense was no different from the other aspirational kids emerging out of Preston at the same time who became lawyers, doctors or foremen in factories: his factory was football.
Clayton therefore was a normal working man. He had to put up with the poison pen letters and the accidental nature of a footballing career: but he also knew he would have to rejoin his more normal generation. So in the biography he talks about buying and running a Tobacconists in Blackburn during the time he was England Captain. When he left football he firstly became a manager- a job at which he did not excell- and then a regional manager for a firm which sold tyres. Clayton the company footballer became Clayton the company man. The point of this is not to disparage him at all: he comes across in his book as a much more pleasant individual to know than a Rooney or a Gerard. It does though throw up further questions. Clayton saw his work as any other aspirational kid from the same period saw their work: he saw it as a vocation, he was a slave to soccer. What's interesting is whether and how that has changed- the work of sociologists such as Richard Sennet suggests that that kind of tie from an employer to employee may be dying: that Weber may need updating for a more flexible world. If so its fascinating to think about how say Rooney's attitude to his work differs from that of Clayton.
The changes in work and the ways that work relates to life effect us all in two ways. Obviously they effect us directly. Less obviously, we all aware that the world has changed. Clayton for me is part of that awareness. By accident, more than perhaps superior players like Edwards, Finney, Matthews, Lofthouse or Revie, Clayton through his words defines for me the footballer of the 50s. Its a world that is prior to Busby (though Busby was a contemporary), Shankly, Revie and Clough: the figures that created the game I watched at the beggining of the nineties. More importantly though Clayton is a natural comparison for me for Rooney and Gerard. He is part of a dimly known and understood past: a place against which the present is measured. In that sense, his relationship to his craft is fascinating, Clayton thought about football as a craft and saw that even for the captain of England a career would end and a new one would have to be created after it finished. Running through his book there is an ideology though- the ideology of a vocation- I think what's fascinating about it is that that idea was not only Clayton's. As Weber argued, it was fundemental to the way that people saw themselves in capitalist society.
After writing this post, I feel slightly apologetic. Stretching a life into the span of an argument feels unfair. Taking a life as an archetype creates dangers in itself: perhaps such dangers are excusable in a blogpost but they are not in the thesis that the post expresses. Its the fate of a historian to be always looking to diminish life into its constants and making an argument from them: for that I can only apologise and hope for some absolution. Clayton is a figure who I never saw play and never met: I have read his biography several times but that is the only contact with him that I have ever had. Still I felt when he died a certain sense of loss, whether appropriate or not, that's where I would like to leave this post.
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Argan oil, called "liquid Moroccan gold" is a natural product which has been used for centuries by African women for cosmetic and therapeutic purposes. Argan oil is extracted from the tree Argania Spinoza that's also called "The Tree of Life". Its chemical analysis shows that it is practically useful for everything associated with the aesthetic outward - from head to toe. Argan oil has a strong anti-aging action. The high content of vitamin E helps in the efforts for reducing wrinkles and skin restoring. Polyphenols protect skin from harmful UV rays, tie up with the free radicals and slow aging.
Argan oil has a rich fatty acid composition. The high levels of poly-unsaturated oleic and linoleic acids contribute to the maintenance of healthy-looking skin through fighting successfully with its dehydration and loss of elasticity. They are important both to build and to restore damaged cell membranes. Squalane is a natural moisturizer and it provides a healing effect for skin problems such as acne, psoriasis and eczema.
Argan oil is rich in sterols which are essential elements in the most outer layer of human skin. They are absorbed very easily by protecting collagen, increasing the body's defenses and relieving inflammations. The presence of the rare antioxidant ferulic acid makes argan oil an important ingredient in various cosmetic anti-aging products. Ferulic acid enhances its action when exposed to the sun, therefore the addition of argan oil in sunscreens is particularly suitable.
It's also been shown that Argan oil prevents stretch marks during pregnancy.
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Pre-Dev8D JLeRN Developers' Challenge Surgery
So the JLeRN Developers Challenge at Dev8D is up and posted on the Challenges page on Dev8D, and invite your brilliant ideas and entries.
There shall be a dedicated one hour pre-Dev8D surgery on 6th February, 2011 from 10:30-11:30 am and is open for any queries or assistance. You are more than welcome to find more about the challenge or the JLeRN project itself during the surgery.
To participate in the challenge, please drop in a quick email on Bharti [dot] Gupta [at] manchester [dot] ac [dot] uk. You should receive an immediate response acknowledging your interest in the challenge along with the details of how to proceed and connect to the development environment. Please feel free to go through our blog posts which points to most of the work we have been involved in.


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From its establishment in 1989, G-Star has been known for its innovative and cutting edge style in the world of denim. Pushing the boundaries, continuous experimentation with denim and product development, has led to a strong following worldwide. The rough, rudimentary and raw characteristics of the brand allows G-Star RAW to maintain its distinct and unorthodox style.
The phrase "Just the product" has always been G-Star's philosophy and market approach. The development of innovative products like RAW Denim, which has had a major influence on the jeans market, was a natural consequence. Since the premiere of Raw Denim in 1996, G-Star has broadened its concept to include a newer and edgier image, appealing to all styles, trends and ages, while keeping the product in the purest form. Authentic details and functional attributes give the collection a strong sense of identity.
Innovation and perfection of the product are imperative to G-Star. Each season, the denim collection serves as a basis of the line, while authentic details and innovative washings are added. The brand has seen multiple breakthroughs in the past few years and continues to reach out to many different markets around the world.
The G-Star brand is a style of all times. Futuristic and cautious. Far-reaching and experimental. Alternative and traditional. G-Star is making eccentric combinations, based on maintaining authenticity. Never be the one who follows the crowd — this is what all G-Star collections are about.