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Yup, the Quaker oats guy, he paid for the table while eating out in NC.
very nice guy.
Still waiting for a reply from help area! And waiting and waiting...
I met Dahvie Vanity. From Blood On The Dance Floor. ._.
I personally hate them, and I think their music is absolutely disgusting. I'm not talking about their lyrics. They way they sing is really obnoxious, and frankly, I don't care if it's just because they're gay. I went to their concert with a friend for her birthday just to be nice, and I ended up meeting them afterwards. Ugh. I smiled through it.
I also met Judy Blume. She was one of my favorite authors as a kid. Hell yeah.
Other than that, I haven't gotten to meet some of my true inspirations. I don't care what anyone says, I want to meet Robert Smith. I love The Cure.
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I have a lots of times, over the years. Some I can remember others I was too little to remember but I was told I did meet them. I just tell the ones I can remember meeting lol. Back in 2009, I got to meet Frankie Muniz, He was at 6 flags where I live, I just happen to be on the same ride as he was, I did not know it at the time that it was him but when I got off I could hear lot of girls yelling and screaming, I was wondering what is going on then I saw that Frankie Muniz was getting off the ride that I was just on so I some how was lucky enough to go up to him and get a few pics with him and got like 5 mins to speak with him I just ask him how you like 6 flags, how are you, why you here? questions like that. He did answer all of them and after 5 mins he had to move on he could not talk any more. In 2010 I went to a WWE show and I got front row seats, well one of the wrestler that wears a mask, had a extra mask and he came up to me and put his extra mask on me what also cool about that was it had some of his face paint on it so i got that on me as well haha. I also for a few sec that same night got to meet HHH, he came up and high 5 me Later that year my dad took me to this race for dirt bikes and he was the best racer in the world well b/c of were we were sitting he stop and came up and gave me one of his racing gloves after he won his race
What I dont remember but was told it happen, when I was about 5 or 6 years old, i was told that I met David Hasselhoff when he was doing Knight Rider, not only did I meet him but I was told I got to sit in the Knight Rider car If that is true, then that is awesome
There are more that I have met but I just cant remember right now was years ago if I remember them and when I will add to them.
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They lost their chances to kill me!
I've met the remaining members of The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and AC/DC. I've met Steven Tyler and I personally know Mickie James from WWE. I've met a few others too.
Few WWE stars...
I got an autograph from Matt and Jeff Hardy.
They were sponsoring some event here in Chula Vista.
and I think I saw Elvis and Spider-man on broadway.
This will seem like visitation of the Dead Sea scrolls compared to the celebs aforementioned. I met Vincent Price (1940's-60's Hollywood horror celebrity) at the airport entryway where I lived when I was a tween. Nice gentleman, I had no idea he was 6' 4" tall. I met Red Foley (regional CW singer-musician from the '50's-early '60's) offstage during a pre-shooting of a weekly musical series that aired on national TV from the likes of Springfield, MO. He was the MC and smashed as usual. I took 2 of his usual cronies to stand him up straight before air time.
One of my brothers-in-law played a role in a French directed off-road independent film titled "Rubber" released in 2010. It's about a truck tire that not only has mystical properties here on Earth but feels compelled to kill all living things that impede its progress and/or prowess. You can read the Wikipedia write-up basically describing the plot. The last few sentences in paragraph 4 describe in detail his acting role. My brother-in-law uses this footage on his phone when he goes around Anahiem and Hollywood as an extra to gin up more interest getting more atmospheric roles for himself. Imagine, showing people how your head explodes while seated in an old pick-up at a gas station. LOL.
MYTH: the universal language. Always question AUTHORITY.
I met Kyle Hebert last year as Kawa Kon.
Chaos reigns within Reflect, repent and reboot Order shall return
I shared a toast of vodka with CM Punk at a bar in Chicago.
Played Craps in Vegas with Steve Buscemi. Met Angelina Jolie at a photoshoot. Other than that no other famous people have had the privilege of meeting me.
Hard at work on my Manga - I will be your little sister!
Like talking to them?
not really..
ive seen celebs tho.. BAP, Exo, Vixx, 4minute, G.Na, Yui Horie
Waking up early to watch anime.. Im sure Im not the only one
Only Emmanuel Lewis in 2009 and Antwon Andre Patton (Big Boi) in 2004. I was too shy to speak to either guy so my family did it for me.
I have met Nathan Kress, from iCarly.
and I walk around like I got a 36" chain.
Yep, every time I look in the mirror.
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Hudson police, 4H club members want to educate chicken ownersBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
May 04. 2014 10:28PM
HUDSON — A free workshop is aimed at educating those who are fond of keeping foul (and farm-fresh eggs) without running afoul of the law.
Hosted by the Hudson Police Department, the Backyard Chicken Seminar will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in the community room at the police station, located at 1 Constitution Drive.
While it's unclear just how many chickens live in Hudson — or in the state at large, since the N.H. Department of Agriculture doesn't keep such records — local police can attest to receiving an increasing number of chicken-related calls in recent years.
"I've definitely seen a rise in backyard chicken ownership in the last couple of years," Hudson Animal Control Officer Jana McMillan said. "I've also had an increase in complaints — mostly from neighbors who find them roaming, or roosters crowing or concerns for the way they are kept."
Though Hudson currently has no ordinances preventing citizens from owning chickens, there are certain areas of town that aren't zoned for livestock.
In addition, state laws are aimed at keeping both humans and their feathered-friends safe.
Wanting to learn more about the proper care and keeping of poultry, McMillan attended a course held at the Nevins Farm MSPCA in Methuen, Mass.Though the course was extremely informative, McMillan was dismayed to learn it was only offered once per year.
"Because I'm a huge advocate of educating the public, I wanted to offer something for our residents here."
A search for local chicken experts led McMillan directly to the local 4H Club, where a subgroup known as the New Hampshire Cluckers was more than happy to share their knowledge, and earn some community-service credits while they're at it.
Children between the ages of 8-18 are eligible to participate in 4H poultry projects, where they learn about basic chicken care and feeding, health and proper housing.
Hudson 4H leader Suzanne Roark said about a handful of students from the Cluckers group, ranging in age from 5 to 11, would be helping out at the May 10 seminar.
Roark said the workshop would share some basic information on the different breeds of chickens commonly seen as well as more detailed information on how to safely maintain a chicken coop in a residential setting.
"Chickens seem to be getting more popular," Roark said. "Just the other day I was at Costco and they had a chicken coop for sale!"
The 4H kids will bring plenty of handouts and brochures for their students to bring home with them, and hopefully help them out in their quest for the perfect coop.
In a handout shared by UNH Cooperative Extension, Tom Danko, a retired poultry specialist, noted that small-scale chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes, but all should be properly sealed to prevent drafts and water saturation, with fencing and covered runs to allow for safe, outdoor roaming.
According to Danko, a small flock of 10 hens should lay eight or nine eggs each day once the flock is established, though productivity tends to decline as the birds get older.

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November 14. 2013 11:21PM
Time for Manchester Monarchs coach Mark Morris to start working on his next 300 professional wins.
Morris, who earned his 300th pro victory behind the bench on Wednesday against the Norfolk Admirals — a unique coaching accomplishment coupled with his 300 college wins while at Clarkson — takes his club on the road tonight for a matchup with the Portland Pirates. The Pirates are playing their home games this season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
The Monarchs return home to battle the Admirals on Saturday at 7 p.m. That game is billed as "Mullets in Movember" night, with the first 3,000 fans to receive mullet wigs and moustaches.
The Monarchs (10-2-1-2, 23 points) sport the second-best record in the 30-team AHL, trailing only Western Conference leader Abbotsford (12-4-0-1, 25 points).
But as the Monarchs have prospered on the ice, they have been losing players to their NHL parent team, the Los Angeles Kings. On Wednesday, the Kings called up goalie Martin Jones to replace former Monarch Jonathan Quick, who suffered a Grade 2 groin strain. Jones, who led the AHL in wins (nine), will serve as backup to Ben Scrivens in L.A. Meanwhile, rookie J.F. Berube will handle the bulk of the netminding duties in Manchester.
Also on Wednesday, the Kings recalled forward Tanner Pearson from Manchester. Pearson, 21, had 11 points in 15 games in Manchester this season. Aside from Quick, who is out indefinitely, the Kings are dealing with injuries to defenseman Matt Greene and forward Kyle Clifford, both of whom are on the Injured Reserve list.
Manchester has played fellow Eastern Division member Portland once thus far this season, beating the Pirates 3-2 in a shootout on Oct. 9 in Lewiston. Portland, the AHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes, is playing three games in three days this weekend, beginning with tonight's clash against Manchester.


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Here is a summary of the various ways how laughter impacts stress. Stress is a well-known slow killer, is rampant in our society, and is very expensive on all levels. Its mechanisms are complex. It impacts everybody differently, but its end-result is easy to observe and explain. It creates havoc in the human body, leads to depression, kills creativity, isolates people when they most need social connections and slowly destroys one's self-esteem. Stress cannot be ignored.
When the body is under deep stress, it releases a hormone called cortisol that has a profound impact on your health because it directly suppresses the immune system. This makes a stressed person more vulnerable to attack from bacteria and viruses and can cause anything from generally feeling run down to full-blown flu and heart attacks.
Laughter is the #1 natural enemy of bad stress because they are physiological opposites. The predominance of one tends to prevent the other. A clue to this may be found in the body's typical actions after extreme stress of the fight or flight kind: deep panting (all relaxation response are exhalation based) and using laughter to make light of events that provoked fear. The predominance of one (deeper breathing and laughter) tends to prevent the other (fear).
Laughter helps improve the cardiac vagal tone, which reflects how much your heart rate is influenced by your breathing . It's an indication of your body's capacity to regain calm after you've been in a stressful situation. Low vagal tone has been linked to chronic inflammation throughout the body, which is a known risk factor for heart failure, stroke and diabetes. Research suggests that the more positive social connections people had over a nine week period, the more their vagal tone increased.
• creative play;
• board games (good for impulse control (taking turns), planning, working memory, and mental flexibility (the ability to shift thoughts to an alternative, better pattern of thought if the situation requires);
• games that involve memory (e.g. the shopping game – 'I went shopping and I bought a [puppy]'; the next person says, 'I went shopping and I bought a [puppy and a bike for my t-rex]'; next person … 'I went shopping and I bought [a puppy, a bike for my t-rex and a hot air balloon] – the winner is the last one standing who doesn't forget something on the shopping list;
• exercise;
• giving them opportunities to think and act independently (if they disagree with you and tell you why you're wrong, there's a plus side – their executive functioning is flourishing!) ;
• providing opportunities for them to make their own decisions.
Mindfulness creates structural and functional changes in the brain that support a healthy response to stress. It strengthens the calming, rational prefrontal cortex and reduces activity in the instinctive, impulsive amygdala. It also strengthens the connections between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala. When this connection is strong, the calming prefrontal cortex will have more of a hand in decisions and behaviour. See here for fun ways that children can practice mindfulness.See here for fun ways
Exercise strengthens and reorganises the brain to make it more resilient to stress. One of the ways it does this is by increasing the neurochemicals that can calm the brain in times of stress. Anything that gets kids moving is stellar, but of course, if you can make it fun that pretty much grants you hero status. Here are some ideas, but get them thinking and they'll have plenty of their own:increasing the neurochemicals
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• superhero tag (the tagged one stands in the middle of a circle on the ground, a superhero saves them by using their superhero powers to fly with running feet through the circle);
• detective (in the park or backyard … first one to find five things that are green; or five things starting with 's'; or seven things that could be used for dress-ups; or ten things that smell gorgeous – ready, set, go!).
Nurture that feeling in them – that one that reminds them they can do hard things. You'll be doing this every time you acknowledge their strengths, the brave things they do, their effort when they do something difficult; and when you encourage them to make their own decisions. When they have a sense of mastery, they are less likely to be reactive to future stress and more likely to handle future challenges.
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Hi, everybody.
My son is almost 2 (his birthday is in 3 weeks). I work Monday-Thursday, and am gone from the house for 12 hours. I stopped pumping last February, and since then and until NYE this year, that worked great for us. I usually breastfeed him a couple times at night, in the AM before work, and right when I got home. Friday-Sunday, I nurse him whenever he wants. He's been tapering off a little. He's with my husband on Mondays, and in daycare Tuesday-Thursday, and when he's away from me, he NEVER asks for milk. It's been great until recently.
Last week I started feeling really sick, and since it's been so long since I had this problem, I failed to recognize the signs of mastitis. I had a sore on my left nipple, and instead of getting better, it got worse and worse, and though I forced myself to let him nurse on that side, I will admit that I cut the sessions short. That pain is indescribable, and the worst thing, ever. Needless to say, I got an infection. On NYE I had fever and chills and body aches and just felt like a truck ran over me. That week I'd been feeling run down already because my son has been night nursing like a fiend for about a month. He wakes up 3 times a night, and I'm just exhausted, especially because I have to get up so early for work.
I finally went to the doctor and got checked out (even though by this time even I knew what was going on), got some antibiotics, and started feeling better. I took a couple of days off from work to rest, and over the weekend felt like things were getting better.
Now it's Thursday, though, and the night feedings continue to kick my butt. I'm just so darn tired. Last night he woke up at 10:30, nursed, went to sleep, no problem. The 1:30 feeding, though, was ENDLESS. He went from one side to the other, twice. When I finally stopped him, he started crying (sometimes if I stop him, he'll just roll over and go to sleep); I had to hand him off to my husband so I could go back to sleep. They finally fell asleep, and then at 4:30, he was up again.
What is UP WITH THIS? When will it end? I know that part of it is his need to be with me: I'm gone so long during the day, and don't think I don't feel incredibly guilty about that. I'm currently working on finding another job closer to home with better hours (but I also don't want to lose my 3 day weekends), but that process is slow. My husband thinks he's "too attached" to me, but how can I deny him if he wants to cuddle and nurse?
Part of the problem is just that I'm so tired. If I were rested I know I'd feel better, but as it is, I'm very emotional about everything. I don't know how to even think about this. I know weaning is a bad idea, and I don't think I'm really ready to do that, but when I think about how some people nurse their babies until they're 3 or 4, I get really discouraged. Part of me needs some space. How do I do that without feeling like a terrible mother?
Thanks. I've gotten lots of good feedback here before, but it's been awhile. I appreciate your help.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - moving to a different school after work permit issued Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in moving to a different school after work permit issued Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message EnglishpalJoined: 05 Nov 2012Posts: 71 Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:00 am Post subject: moving to a different school after work permit issued i signed a contract with a school and they since have supposedly mailed an invitation and work permit. I would like to go with another place as the first school has amended their original offer. The new school that I would like to go with is in a different province. Can I jump ship on the first one, and have the second place begin working on a work permit and invitation? Will the second have difficulty obtaining the documents from the government groups? Back to top chinatimesJoined: 27 May 2012Posts: 478 Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:53 am Post subject: The invitation letter would be taken with your passport to a Chinese consulate outside of China. This is my understanding and how I did it. Then you would get your work visa. Until then, you don't have any ties with the school, but you might still come up as "in the process" if you were to try to apply in the same province. This last part is just speculation based on what I have read in the past 2 years here. The work permit, if actually processed and not a lie by the school/recruiter to keep you tied to them, is nothing more than something they need. I ran into this issue and found out that I did not have a FEC (foreign expert certificate) with a couple previous schools, yet they had something which seemed like the FEC. In fact, Beijing would not accept this and the school (in another province) I understand had to give that to the PSB. Perhaps the limitation is that if you don't have an FEC, you can only work for the school which holds your work permit. However, the FEC might be used for multiple schools. So, you would want to keep the FEC if you plan on doing this. Since you don't have a work visa and no FEC, I would say your chances of being tied to one school in China is unlikely. Do you have your passport? Try to get that back if you sent it, you shouldn't have if you are not in China because you need that when going to the Chinese consulate in your home country. They should only need copies as far as I can tell. When you get your passport back (if you gave it), then tell them something came up and you can't work for them. They will then cancel whatever steps they took. After all that is done, you will also have a residence permit to deal with. I just recently got mine (Wednesday) and the new school tried to get my passport earlier. They were told if we couldn't wait longer then I couldn't work for the school. If that is any sign, China likes to drag things on (about 2 months to get all this done and I am in China, and I had to go to the police station 2 times and PSB). They would rather not have you not hired than hired it seems. Back to top choudoufuJoined: 25 May 2010Posts: 3325Location: Mao-berry, PRC Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:10 am Post subject: Re: moving to a different school after work permit issued Englishpal wrote: i signed a contract with a school and they since have supposedly mailed an invitation and work permit. I would like to go with another place as the first school has amended their original offer. The new school that I would like to go with is in a different province. Can I jump ship on the first one, and have the second place begin working on a work permit and invitation? Will the second have difficulty obtaining the documents from the government groups? what do you mean "amended their original offer?" did they make changes after you signed the "contract?" note: you haven't signed a contract yet. that's just the agreement to sign the contract. you sign the real contract in their office after you arrive. you don't have the documents yet, so you haven't applied for your z-visa. you have no legal obligation to the original school. ethical obligation you have, since they forked out around 3000 rmb to get your work permit and visa invitation. well, had, until they changed the offer. Back to top vikeologistJoined: 07 Sep 2009Posts: 600 Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:02 am Post subject: You can probably go to the other school as long as its in another province. I suppose nothing is ever certain in China, and I'm assuming that you're not swapping 2 schools of the same franchise. Ethically one should stick to your commitment to the school that's paid for the invitation letter, (and I feel very strongly about this) but I also agree with Choudoufu on this. If they change the offer, in any meaningful way, then there's no contract anymore, legally, ethically, verbally; nothing. If you tell the school you're not prepared to change the contract, then there's not much to stop them agreeing, and then changing it once you're here anyway. Anyway, you asked if you can switch, not whether you should, so probably my discussion of ethics is irrelevant. The thing that's in your best interest is to lie to to the first employer and say, unfortunately I can't come because <insert convincing reason such as sudden serious illness of relative>. 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YUBA CITY, Calif.—It started with an arson investigation, led to an affair revelation, and finally to the resignation of a longtime Northern California prosecutor.
Carl Adams, for three decades the district attorney of Sutter County, announced Tuesday that he'll step down, just hours after his former lover accused police in an Associated Press article of overreaching when they counted him as a suspect in the lowly arson case that aroused suspicions and exposed his affair with the victim, a paid escort.
Sarah Garibay said she'd called Adams for advice and support when her house burned in July. Yuba City police said Adams' interest in the case, on top of the woeful texts sent to Garibay proclaiming jealousy of her other suitors, aroused their suspicions and prompted them last month to name him as an arson fire suspect in a search warrant affidavit.
Recounting other affairs with married men, Garibay said there are plenty of other people across California's prune country who might be angry enough to burn down her house. She never suspected, though, that a call seeking comfort and advice from Adams would put him under suspicion too.
"It baffled me," she said.
Other potential suspects include a wealthy married Sikh fruit farmer – a longtime client who is the alleged father of the woman's year-old baby – and also the woman's boyfriend at the time.
Her 70-year-old estranged husband is not.
"I've made some bad choices with men," Garibay said.
Another bad choice was an ex-boyfriend now serving a 12-year-prison term for killing a local physician in 2010 when he caught the two in the act, she said. The district attorney's office granted Garibay immunity for her testimony, which in hindsight raised eyebrows across the community.
"There was in no way an exchange of sex for favors in the first trial. It makes for good headlines and soap opera, but it's not the case," she said. "I only met him this year."
Adams, 65, seemed a pillar of the community—a Mason, Rotary Club officer and past president of the California District Attorneys Association. In a statement announcing his retirement, Adams also said he leads worship at his church and volunteers with youth organizations.
"I've made mistakes," he told the Marysville Appeal-Democrat on Tuesday.
Adams said he looks forward to spending time with family, including his wife, who retired two years ago. Adams, first elected in 1982, said in a statement that he's retiring "with mixed emotions."
The jowly grandfather with a bushy mustache had kept a low profile recently and wasn't talking to the press, though he did tell the Appeal-Democrat that he "never did anything illegal, unprofessional or unethical" in office.
The Yuba City police turned the investigation over to the California Attorney General's Office. Spokesmen for both agencies have declined to comment.
The affair was long over by the time someone set her house on fire, Garibay said, and several other suitors recently had expressed anger, including the married man she sued for child support four days before the arson. The man did not return messages.
Garibay said she met Adams last winter when she sought out the DA through Facebook. He remembered her name. "Before long, we were meeting up for coffee at Starbucks," she said.
There was a mutual attraction, she said. When the affair ended a month later, they agreed to remain friends. So when her house burned down in July, she called on Adams for support.
"What do you do at a time like that? You call a friend that might help. When your friend is the Sutter County DA, you call him," her attorney Roberto Marquez said. "She never once named Carl, and to this day she believes he should not be a suspect."
Yuba City fire officials told detectives they thought it was odd that Adams showed up at the fire scene to tell investigator Bubba Stoddard to look at the alleged father of Garibay's baby as a suspect. Then Adams followed up with an email to police, according to an affidavit.
Adams seemed to know that flammable liquids were used in the bedroom, the affidavit said, but investigators said they don't recall sharing those details. Then the investigation revealed text messages on Adams' phone in which he agonized over Garibay's lovers.
The DA told police he has an alibi: He was home with his wife and daughters that night.
Garibay said she has a sex addiction, and this public airing of her dirty laundry has been painful.
"The people judging me have never walked a mile in my shoes," she said. She paused and added remorsefully: "Had I known where this would have ended up, I would have never pursued Carl."
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A few months ago, Harry Borgman was the subject of a week of posts on Today's Inspiration (see Previous Topics in the sidebar). This week Harry is our guest author, providing all of the artwork and the story of his longtime friend, Don Silverstein. Harry's narrative continues below:
In 1952 Don was drafted into the army and spent two years in Alaska. I can't even imagine what that was like. He must have driven the sergeants (as well as the other personnel) crazy!
Its difficult to picture Don in either the Army or Alaska. Actually, he never spoke much about it.
You could never quite be sure what Don would do in any given situation. I remember working quite late at McNamara Brothers Studios (we all worked late!) and was finished for the night. I decided to call Don at New Center Studios and asked him to meet me at the Caucus Club downstairs. Dave Lindsay, McNamara's top automotive artist and I went down to meet Don. They refused to let us in because Don didn't have a tie on. We knew this would set Don off... but we had no idea what he would do.
Don suggested that we go back up to the studio. There he found an old burlap bag and ripped off a long piece on which he splashed some paint. He then put it on as a tie. We went back down... and they let us in, in spite of the "tie" hanging out below Don's jacket.
This was typical of Don.
You'll find more examples of Don Silverstein's work at his website and Gallery Sakiko.
My Don Silverstein Flickr set.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
"You could never quite be sure what Don would do"
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Sony Japan has put up a couple of hefty trailers/tutorials explaining how to play Soul Sacrifice (in Japanese naturally) but still worth a peek. Sure, the game is delayed to Spring next year, which probably means Autumn for the West, but it still looks a corker.
Note, there are two videos, check the story for the other one.
I have this pre-ordered. Vita has some sick looking games coming soon.
This game looks absolutely amazing. I just want to see more on how you make your character, or how adventuring and questing works.
I hope it's the Vita's answer to Monster Hunter. Since we clearly aren't getting that anytime soon.
So glad that Inafune is back doing what he loves most making games, leaving Capcom best decision ever.


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Nintendo is ramping up its marketing efforts for the Wii U and 3DS by taking the consoles on tour at some of the summer's biggest family events.
The Wii U Den Tour will offer consumers the chance to try out the struggling console, with New Super Mario Bros. U, Lego City Undercover, Nintendo Land and the Miiverse all on show.
The Wii U Den Tour will be visiting the following locations this summer:
- Sunderland Air Show, Seaburn Park, Sunderland (27-28 July)
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta, Ashton Court Estate, Bristol (8-11 August)
- Eastbourne Airborne, King Edwards Parade, Eastbourne (15-18 August)
- Clacton Air Show, Marine Parade West, Clacton-on-Sea (22-23 August)
Running in parallel to the Wii U Den Tour is the 3DS Festival of Fun, which promises the chance to sample a host of the system's best games.
On offer will be Mario Kart 7, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros., Luigi's Mansion 2, LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins and LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey.
Look out for multiplayer Mario Kart 7 races, ghost hunting in Luigi's Mansion 2 and daily Animal Crossing: New Leaf tips and tricks to running a successful town.
Those who already have a 3DS are encouraged to bring the handheld along to meet other Nintendo fans via StreetPass.
The Nintendo 3DS Festival of Fun will be coming to the following locations this summer:
- Sunderland Air Show, Seaburn Park, Sunderland (27-28 July)
- Nottingham Riverside Festival, Victoria Embankment, Nottingham (2-4 August)
- Eastbourne Airborne, King Edwards Parade, Eastbourne (15-18 August)
- Williamson Square (City Centre), William Square, Liverpool (22-25 August)
- Bournemouth Air Festival, Bournemouth Sea Front, Bournemouth (29 August - 1 September)
I find Nintendo's choice of tour names to be somewhat baffling. Whereas the 3DS gets the pretty cool sounding Festival of Fun, the Wii U is left with the Den Tour - which would you rather attend?
Then there's the question of why Nintendo is leaving its most exciting upcoming titles at home. There's no sign of Pikmin 3, Super Mario 3D World, Wonderful 101 or next year's Mario Kart 8.
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Missing three projected starters, the Heber Springs Panthers tried to get some extra work in during a two-day team camp held Monday and Tuesday at the Panther Den.
Missing three projected starters, the Heber Springs Panthers tried to get some extra work in during a two-day team camp held Monday and Tuesday at the Panther Den.
The Panthers beat Vilonia 47-32 Monday behind 25 points from center Mason Schroeder and four three-pointers from point guard Austin Adkins. However, already missing shooting guard Judson Smith, a returning starter, Heber lost Schroeder and Adkins to injury in a lopsided loss to an extremely talented Maumelle team later on Monday.
Heber Coach Kevin Kyzer said the camp provided a good chance to get some of the reserves that will receive playing time additional minutes. "It gave the guys in the rotation a lot of time, which was good for us. We got better from Monday to Tuesday even missing three starters. We played a lot better against Maumelle [the second time]. "
After falling to Southside Batesville 32-25 on Tuesday morning, Heber played one of its best games since losing Schroeder and Adkins in a rematch against Maumelle, which returns several key players from the team the Panthers beat in the Class 4A state tournament this past season. Maumelle won 32-27 over Heber in the final contest of the camp on Tuesday afternoon.
The Panthers nearly pulled off a last-minute comeback against 2-4A conference rival Southside as guard Michael Kramer buried two three-pointers in a span of less than two minutes, trimming Heber's deficit to three with 1:15 remaining.
But, Southside's Cody Winkle drained a trey from left elbow while drawing contact and he completed a four-point play as the Southerners pulled away.
Kramer paced Heber with 16 points, forward Aaron Brown added six and guard Waren Thomas Olmstead contributed three, including a fall away jumper inside the lane.
Kyzer said he expects to have Schroeder and Adkins back by next week when the Panthers play Cabot in a practice game, while Smith is likely sidelined most of the summer.


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My camera started the same scenario. Lens retracts a few seconds after cover is opened. Thanks to this forum, I discovered it is something in the sliding lens cover.
If I put pressure on it, the camera will stay on. It has been on over half an hour now since I read this forum.


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crossman needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Take the logo and turn it into an AMAZING website. We have the design laid out for you and the branding colors are in place, we just need you. We need the home page and the a secondary page. Winner will have opportunity for more additions and more $$$ as this site develops. We are also looking for long term relationships as we are growing quickly and will be launching a national website in 2009 and are looking to partner with amazing people now.
All requirements are located HERE
- Layout to be as it is in .pdf
- Layered photoshop file
- Colors to match logo (with shine)
- Simple, clean but WOW
- Great buttons/banners
- Anything different than outlined in the.pdf


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My Belltown blogging and photography friend, Bruce Moore, passed along this hot tip of a new service that integrates the virtues and vices of redirection (ala PURLs and TinyURLs) with list making.
Submit a list of URLs and it creates a short URL that takes the client to a page with the list of the links (including an option to open them all).
Good for twittering a collection of links or sharing or 'naming' a list of web-addressable resources.
There is apparently a Firefox extension that will create a list of your open tabs, and an API (at this time, according to the website, the twitter bot is still in development).
Spam-redirects are not a problem (at least an automatic problem), as you are redirected to a list of links, rather than to the links themselves (though, that open all links button could bite).
One hears more and more about personal online identity management. Interesting possibilities with this approach. The collection of links representing my current web presence:
No mention of persistence... how could there be? I wouldn't bundle up all your URLs behind this service just yet. In any case, the idea is intriguing and potentially useful. I wonder if Eric Miller is listening....
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Active Shooter Response
In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the City of Houston Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security released an informative video that provides key steps you should take if you encounter an active shooter.
Watch the video:
Run>Hide>Fight>>Surviving an Active Shooter Event
Your survival may depend on whether or not you have a plan. There are three things you can do that make a difference:
1. Run
If a safe path is available, run. Always try and escape or evacuate even if others insist on staying. Encourage others to leave with you but don't let the indecision of others slow down your own effort to escape. Once you are out of the line of fire, try to prevent others from walking into the danger zone and call 9-1-1.
2. Hide
If you can't get out safely, find a place to hide. When hiding, turn out lights, remember to lock doors and silence your ringer and vibration mode on your cell phone
3. Fight
As a last resort, working together or alone, act with aggression, use improvised weapons to disarm the shooter. Commit to taking the shooter down.
The video is a Department of Homeland Security Grant Funded Project of the Regional Catastrophic Planning Initiative, produced by the City of Houston's Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security.


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|In my previous post "The Psychology of Online Advertising – Part One", I told you that I have assumed for the last several years that banner advertising is dead. Like pop-up ads and other web advertising tools, banner ads originally worked due to their novelty.
As with virtually everything in life, everybody jumped on the bandwagon to capitalize on banner advertising and "ruined" it for everyone. Web surfers "unconsciously" disregard banners ads, along with areas of the web pages in which banner ads commonly appear, and anything of about the same size and shape as banner ads.
This is adaptive behavior that has been developed used by humans and other living creatures for millions of years to prevent "information overload". Your brain draws your attention to what it considers the most important things in your visual field while disregarding most other things.
Well, it seemed to me that banner ads are not dead because unlike "popup ads" (which were wildly abused and are easily blocked using popup blockers), they still appear everywhere. So did some reading on banner advertising to see what is the real story.
Evidently, banner ads with action (flash or animated gif) do better than "static" ads because your attention is drawn to motion. Motion was possible danger (and I suppose possible food too) to our ancestors. Our ancient survival response kicks in derived from prehistoric situations like when a predator jumped out from behind a tree to attack our ancestors or an edible animal is nearby.
Likewise, our attention is drawn to objects that seem to be "out of place". For example, we readily see an elephant walking between some semi- tractor trailers because we are not expecting it. Therefore, banner ads can be effective when properly placed on web pages where people commonly look (as determined by heat mapping techniques), away from where we are trained to look for banner ads.
Also read that banner ads that tell the viewer to "" (preferably flashing on and off) or that intrigue or entice the viewer in some manner (sex, money, status) are most effective. Must be that these satisfy some "primal need" we all have!
Finally, evidently banner ads are better for raising "brand awareness" and help the brand owner much more than the affiliates that post the banner ads on their web sites. Viewers tend to not click on banner ads (thus not helping the affiliate marketer make money) but remember the brand over a period of time.
This seemingly means that affiliate marketers should not use banner ads, but I think this is not entirely true. I have personally gotten many hits to my website using banner ads. I have not yet individually tracked sales achieved from visitors who clicked on my banner ads, but will set up my website to do so soon!
As you probably already know, most banner ads are purchased on a pay per impression basis (i.e. you pay a flat fee per thousand displays of your banner ad, known as "impressions", on websites regardless of the number of "click throughs" to your website or that which you are promoting).
Recently, I came across the AdBright banner ad program in which you can sign up as an "Advertiser" to buy banner ads that are placed on their high quality sponsored websites on which they have up to 93 million impressions available per day depending on in which advertising categories you place your banner ad. Additionally, they have a program for "Website Owners" to make money placing banner, text, and other types of ads on their websites.
What is rather unique about the AdBright program is that advertisers can sign up for banner ads on the pay per click basis so you only pay for click throughs to your website or that which you are promoting.
I have tried both the pay per (thousand) impressions and the pay per click programs and cannot yet say for sure which is better. I have received many click throughs from both, but as I stated above, do not have the tracking in place to see which provides more cost-effective sales. I look forward to doing testing as soon as my website is set up to do so accurately!
In the interest of full disclosure, and what is readily obvious to experienced affiliate marketers, I am an affiliate marketer of AdBright and believe in their program enough to use it use it myself. I will be reporting the results of my banner advertising through them in the near future.
If you would like to sign up as an affiliate through me, click on any of the blue AdBright links or on the banner ad at the top of this post. I am only an affiliate marketer in this and several other programs so I hope that you will sign up through me.
Best regards,
Brian R. Rayve
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Week 3: Cars. What was your first car? Describe the make, model and color, but also any memories you have of the vehicle. You can also expand on this topic and describe the car(s) your parents drove and any childhood memories attached to it.
I'm going to jump straight to family cars. Here is my Mum's car. She learned to drive after her marriage to my Dad ended and we moved back to Dubbo where her parents were. She bought the car second hand from her father. It was a Valiant, a beige Valiant station wagon. It had a bench seat in the front so we could seat three in the front when necessary. As the eldest of four I sat in the front and the other kids in the back.
My first driving lessons were in this car. It was a terrible thing, big and heavy. It had a column shift, coming out of the steering column. I ran it into a tree ( I nearly missed it!) at a very low speed and not a scratch did the car suffer.
This is the only photo I can find that has the car in it that doesn't show people that may not want to be displayed for all to see in my blog. Some of them are in this picture too, but I'm confident that they're privacy is secure.
I will save the commentary on the house for a future post which I'm sure will be coming over the next few months.
My grandfather had a small farm in his semi-retirement. He used to take my sister and me out there on Sundays, and we used to ride in the back of the ute. We watched farming stuff going on – sheep being dipped and so on. We got our cat from a litter of kittens on the farm. Here we are disembarking after one of these trips:
I don't know when riding in the back of a ute became illegal. Perhaps it was already illegal by then. We loved it!
Here is my grandfather and his young family in perhaps the mid-1930s. I like to think this was his first car, but I don't really know.
Actually I'm only guessing that it's his car. He's in the middle and looking proprietorial so I think I'm safe. I can imagine the family piling into the car and chugging off home, with all these other people waving them off.
Any information about what sort of car this is would be very welcome!


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|MLB Career Stats
|10th in AL
|13th in AL
|6th in AL
|20th in AL
|25th in AL
|April 25, 2016
|Rochester Red Wings released OF David Murphy.
|April 15, 2016
|OF David Murphy assigned to Rochester Red Wings.
|April 14, 2016
|Minnesota Twins signed free agent LF David Murphy to a minor league contract.
|March 28, 2016
|Boston Red Sox released LF David Murphy.
|February 29, 2016
|Boston Red Sox signed free agent LF David Murphy to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|February 29, 2016
|LF David Murphy assigned to Pawtucket Red Sox.
|November 4, 2015
|LF David Murphy elected free agency.
|July 28, 2015
|Cleveland Indians traded LF David Murphy to Los Angeles Angels for SS Eric Stamets.
|September 5, 2014
|Cleveland Indians activated LF David Murphy from the 15-day disabled list.
|September 3, 2014
|Cleveland Indians sent OF David Murphy on a rehab assignment to Columbus Clippers.
|August 10, 2014
|Cleveland Indians placed RF David Murphy on the 15-day disabled list. Right Abdominal Strain
|November 25, 2013
|Cleveland Indians signed free agent RF David Murphy.
|March 14, 2006
|OF David Murphy assigned to Portland Sea Dogs.
Full name DAVID MATTHEW MURPHY...Wife, Andrea...Two daughters, Madison (6) and Faith (5), and son Cole (3)...In 3 seasons at Baylor University in Waco, TX from 2001-03, he hit .346 (230-665) with 147 runs, 44 doubles, 22 homers and 142 RBI in 172 games…Was named first team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and first team All-Big 12 as a junior after batting .413 with 11 homers and 67 RBI, and set a Big 12 Conference record with 121 hits, a record that still stood through the 2012 season…Led the league in batting and finished 2nd with 84 runs and 180 total bases…Graduated from Klein High School in Spring, TX in 2000 (same HS as former Indians INF Josh Barfield)...Was very active in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area during his time with the Rangers, donating extensive time and money to SafeHaven of Tarrant County, non-profit organization which exists to end family violence, and Shriners Hospital...Was also very active in the Texas Rangers Winter Caravan. 2014-15 Tribe Fest participant...David gives an annual donation to Cleveland Indians Charities.2014
Spent his first season with the Cleveland Indians, hitting .262 (109-416) with 25 doubles, 8 home runs and 58 RBI in 129 games ... Season got off to a hot start, hitting .284 (21-74) in 25 April games with 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR and 18 RBI, tied for the 11th most RBI in April in the American League...Had a pair of 4-RBI games in April, on April 8 vs. San Diego and April 12 at Chicago...Was one of the most reliable hitters in the league with men on base as his .326 (56-172) average wtih runners on was 10th-best in the A.L...For the year he hit .360 (36-100) with runners in scoring position. Was on the 15-day Disabled List (2nd career DL stint) with a strained right obliq ue from August 10-September 4, rehabbing 2 games during the AAA Columbus Clip p ers p layoff run on Sep t. 3-4 (1-6, HR, 2RBI) ...F ollowing his activation in September he hit .259 (14-54) with 4 doubles, 4 runs, 1 HR (last game of the year) and 3 RBI in 20 games...From July 22 until the end of the season David hit .319 (36-113) with 9 2B, 2 HR and 12 RBI in 38 games ...Hit .185 (15-81) in June and had a streak from June 11-30 where he was 2-for 49. Enjoyed a career-game at T oronto on May 14, going 5-for-6 with 3 doubles, 2 runs and 5 RBI ...Tied single-game career-bests in hits (5), doubles (3) and RBI (5)...Had four games of at least 4-RBI on the year...O n the year he made 109 starts in right field (120 games), 2 starts in left field and 2 starts at DH...Was 18th in the A.L. in batting average with two strikes (.234, 44-188) ... Is a career .303 (84-277) in Progressive Field (9HR, 46RBI, 84 G )...Batted .328 (40-122) with 7 2B, 2 HR and 20 RBI in 37 starts in the 8-sp ot in the batting order.2013
?e Baylor University product owns a career on-base pct. of .337 to go along with his career on-base+slugging pct. (OPS) of .778...Over his 7 years with Texas only Michael Young and Ian Kinsler appeared in more games...In 2012 the left-handed hitting outfielder batted .304 (139-457) with 29 2B, 15HR & 61RBI in 147 games, finishing 6th in the American League in on-base pct. (.380) and 10th in batting average (.304)...Has been on the DL just once in his career. ?e appeared in 27 postseason games during his tenure with the Rangers from 2010-12 (.373OB%/ .759OPS) and owns a career average of .280 (571-2042) against right-handed pitching (.347OB%/.469SLG%/ .816OPS)...Has enjoyed his trips to Progressive Field, hitting at a .365 (27-74) clip with 4 2B, 1 3B, 3HR & 15 RBI in 21 career games...The versatile outfielder has logged time at all three positions during his career and his 35 assists since the 2009 are 8th-most among A.L. outfielders over that span. ?pent his seventh and final season with the Texas Rangers, finishing 3rd on the club in doubles (26), tied for 4th in game-winning RBI (7), and placed 5th in games (142), the latter the 2nd most of his career…Started 106 games in left, 5 as the DH, and one in right...Batting average was never above .229 after a 1-for-3 effort on opening night…Batted .168 in ?rst 28 games through May 3…Hit .328 (19-58) in next 19 games, improving to .229 on May 25…Had a .990 (2 E/207 TC) ?elding percentage in 129 total games in the out?eld (last 77 games were errorless)...Drove in season high 4 runs, May 19 vs. DET and had 11 RBI over 6 games, May 19-25...Pitched a scoreless 8th inning (1 H, 1 SO) in a 17-5 loss on June 5 at Boston.2012 Had the necessary plate appearances to qualify for league leader status for the first time in 2012, and established career highs in nearly every offensive category...batted .304 with 15 home runs, 29 doubles, and 61 RBI in 147 games...had a .380 on-base pct. and .479 slugging mark...was one of only 8 players in the majors with minimums of a .300 average, .380 OBP, and .475 SLG in 2012, one of just 4 in the A.L...became just the 11th different player in Rangers history with such a season, first since Josh Hamilton in his 2010 MVP campaign...started team-high 106 games in left, 12 in right, and 7 as the DH... had the A.L.'s 6th best OBP and 10th highest average...topped the Rangers in on-base percentage, was 2nd in batting, 3rd in intentional walks (7), 4th in steals (10), and 5th in walks (54)...set career highs for games (147), at bats (457), runs (65), hits (139), total bases (219), doubles, and walks...had the league's 7thbest batting average with runners in scoring position at .347... his .335 average at home was 4th-best in the A.L. BETTER HALF: Over the last 3 seasons (2010-12), Murphy's .313 (203-649) average after the All-Star break is 6th-best in the A.L. (min. 500 PA's)...hit .317 (80-252) post-break in 2012, 11th in the A.L...owns a .319 (146-458) post-break figure in a Texas uniform, 3rd-best in club history (min. 300 PA's) behind only Mickey Rivers (.340) and Julio Franco (.322)...batted .366 (37-101) in August 2012, highest monthly figure of his career (50+ PA's)...his .315 (151-480) career average in September ranks 12th among active players (min. 300 PA's)...in 2010, was the unanimous selection as Rangers Player of the Month for September after batting .355 (33-93) with 3 homers, 7 doubles, and 17 RBI in 23 games...ranked among A.L. leaders in average (7th), OBP (9th, .417), and doubles (T9th, 7) that month and led Rangers in average, RBI, and OBP, and ranked 2nd in slugging (.527)...his 36 RBI beginning Aug. 1, 2010 through the end of that season led all Rangers. EAST FEAST: Murphy is a career .32195 (198-615) hitter against A.L. East clubs, the 2nd-highest average among active players (minimum 500 AB's) behind only Ichiro Suzuki (.3221, 720-2235)...hit .322 (38-118) vs. East in 2012 and career-high .363 (41-113) against the division in 2011. TOUGH ON LEFTIES: Hit .347 (26-75) with no HR and 6 RBI against left-handed pitchers in 2012, 6th-highest average in the A.L...it was the highest single-season figure for a lefty hitter against lefty pitchers (75+ AB) in Rangers history, best in the majors since Baltimore's Nick Markakis hit .361 in 2010... Murphy entered 2012 with a .253 career average against lefties. BATTING: Went 8-for-15 in his 1st 5 games and hit .333 (13- 39) over season's 1st 13 contests through April 21...batted just .215 (17-79) in next 27 games and was at .254 on May 25...had a .346 (26-75) average in the next 30 contests, improving to .290 through July 3...was 6-for-30 in next 10 games, then hit .399 (55-138) over following 40 games to go from .278 to season-best .324 on Sept. 3, the day he 1st had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title...ranked 3rd in A.L. in batting thru Sept. 3...his .366 average in August ranked 3rd in the A.L...had a .229 (22-96) average over final 27 games to finish at .304... had a season high 8-game hitting streak, July 28-Aug. 4 with 2012-best 4 hits, June 27 vs. DET...hit .350/.447/.750 with 4 HR and 12 RBI in 14 Interleague games. SEASON STREAKS: Had doubles in a club-record 7 straight starts, July 24-Aug. 1, the longest such span in the A.L. since Baltimore's Brian Roberts (7), Aug. 9-15, 2004...reached safely in 8 straight plate appearances (6-for-6; 2 BB), July 31-Aug. 1... scored a run in 7 consecutive games, Aug. 19-25...posted a career-high 5 straight multi-hit games, Aug. 29-Sept. 3. HOMERS/RBI: Had the 4th 2-homer game of his career, June 27 vs. DET, tying his lifetime best with 5 RBI (2nd instance) in that contest...posted the 23rd inside-the-park homer in club history, May 19 at HOU...went deep in back-to-back games, May 19-20 and June 12-14...homer on August 13 at NYY ended 32- game HR drought, the 2nd-longest of his career...drove in 15 runs in 14-game span, June 12-28...connected on 1st career pinch HR, May 10 (1) at BAL...was the 1st Ranger ever with an inside-the-park and a pinch homer in the same season...drove in game's only run with a 2nd inning single, April 10 vs. SEA MISCELLANEOUS: Compiled a .995 (1 E/202 TC) fielding percentage, 9th-best among A.L. outfielders with 200+ total chances in 133 games/118 starts...did not commit a miscue in final 131 games after lone error on April 7...had 4 assists...was 3-for-10 with a homer and 4 RBI as a pinch-hitter. POSTSEASON: Has appeared in 27 of the Rangers' 34 postseason games over the past 3 years (2010-12), making 19 starts (18 in LF, one as DH)...had at least one hit in all 6 series for Texas in 2010-11...has .257 (18-70) career average in the postseason with one HR, a triple, 4 doubles, and 6 RBI...went 0-for- 2 as pinch-hitter/left-fielder in 2012 A.L. Wild Card Game...set series highs with .412 (7-17) average and 3 RBI in 2011 ALCS vs. Detroit...batted .317 (13-41) in 2011 postseason with 8 walks against 6 strikeouts...hit safely in Games 5-6-7 of the World Series...in 2011 ALCS Game 6 vs. Detroit, went 2-for-2 with 3 walks and 2 RBI, 1st Texas batter ever to reach safely 5 times in a postseason game (later matched by Mike Napoli in WS G6 in extra innings)...in 2010, missed Games 1 & 2 of ALDS vs. Tampa Bay (left groin strain), but had 2 starts in that series... homered in 2010 ALCS Game 2 vs. New York and appeared in all 6 games of that series. 2011 Murphy started 62 games in left, 27 in right, and 11 in center...was the club's fourth outfielder for much of the season before starting the 29 of the final 30 games of the year beginning Aug. 26, a period during which he was one of the Rangers' most productive players...his 120 games were his fewest since 2008 (108)...his .401 slugging pct. was lowest in any season in the big leagues, but he averaged a career-best 7.21 PA's per strikeout. 2010 The club's most consistent performer after the All-Star break, Murphy ended up starting most of the second "half" after injuries to Nelson Cruz and Josh Hamilton ... batted .291 with 12 home runs and 65 RBI in 138 games for Texas ... the .291 average, .358 on-base pct., and .806 OPS figure were all the highest in any of his 3 full big league campaigns ... also posted career highs in games, hits (122), and stolen bases (14-for-16, .875) ... ranked among team leaders in games (4th, 138), walks (4th, 45), doubles (5th, 26), hits (6th), total bases (5th, 188), RBI (5th), and stolen bases (5th) ... fell shy of qualifying for league leader status ... suffered a mild left groin strain on Sept. 29 vs. Seattle and missed the final 4 games of the season ... MRI exam revealed no tear. 2009 Murphy rebounded from a 0-for-23 start to bat .269, 3rd-best on the club among players with at least 200 at-bats...fell just 9 at-bats short of qualifying for league leader status for the first time...ranked 2nd on the Rangers in walks (tied-49), on-base percentage (.338), and sacrifice flies (9), the latter T4th in the American League, was 4th in doubles (24) and multi-hit games (34), and placed 5th in games (128-tied) and steals (9)...established career highs for games, at-bats (432), hits (116), homers (17), walks, and stolen bases...started 96 games in left, 11 as the designated hitter, and 8 in right. 2008 Made starts in left (48), right (43), center (9), and as DH (2)...ranked among the team leaders in sac flies (T3rd, 6), at-bats (4th, 415), home runs (5th, 15), extra-base hits (5th, 46), total bases (5th, 193), doubles (T5th, 28), triples (T5th, 3), games (6th, 108), hits (6th, 114), and runs (6th, 64)...placed 3rd among A.L. rookie leaders in RBI, doubles, and extra-base hits...also ranked among league's rookies in home runs (T4th), multi-hit games (T4th, 31), hits (6th), slugging (6th, .465), total bases (6th), triples (T6th), runs (7th), average (8th, .275), and walks (T9th, 31)...his 28 doubles tied Bump Wills (1977) for the 2nd most ever by a Texas rookie behind Mark Teixeira (29 in 2003) while his 74 RBI are behind just Pete Incaviglia (88 in 1986) and Teixeira (84 in 2003) among 1st year Rangers, most ever for a LHB. 2007 Combined to .343 (36-105) with 2 home runs and 14 RBI in 46 games for Boston and Texas...opened season at Pawtucket (AAA) and was hitting .283 when recalled by the Red Sox on June 22...appeared in 3 games and tripled for lone hit on June 23 at San Diego...was optioned to the PawSox on June 25...had appeared in 100 games at Pawtucket when traded to Texas on July 31...was optioned to Oklahoma (AAA) and placed on temporarily inactive list from Aug. 2-5 to be present for the birth of his first child...appeared in just 2 games for the RedHawks before recall by Texas on Aug. 10...started in right (10), center (10) and left (5) for the Rangers and led all Texas batters with a .340 average and 12 doubles over the season's final 7 weeks...went 6-for-8 with 2 RBI in a doubleheader on Aug. 22 at Baltimore, including 5-for-7 with club record-tying 5 runs in Game 1...was the first 5-hit game by a Texas rookie since Oddibe McDowell on July 23, 1985 vs. Cleveland...fell a single shy of the cycle in Game 1 of doubleheader on Sept. 11 at Detroit, going 3-for-5 with a double, triple and homer 2006 Advanced from Portland (AA) to Pawtucket before making his ML debut as a September call-up in Boston...combined to hit .269 (132-490) with 40 doubles, 11 HR and 69 RBI in 131 games for Portland and Pawtucket...opened with the SeaDogs, going 5-for-5 with 3 doubles, a triple, and 5 RBI on May 21...established franchise records with 4 extra-base hits in a game and 5 RBI in one inning...was leading the Eastern League with 17 doubles at the time of promotion from Portland to Pawtucket on May 26...homered in first career Triple-A at-bat on May 26 against Louisville (2nd pitch off Darrell May)...earned International League Player of the Week honors for June 5-11...recalled by Boston on Sept. 1 and singled off Toronto's A.J. Burnett in first ML at-bat the following night at Fenway Park...hit first ML homer on Sept. 17 (day game) in Yankee Stadium off Jaret Wright. 2005 Hit 14 home runs in 135 games for Portland, 9 more than his combined total of 5 long balls in 144 games over his first 2 professional seasons...had team-high 75 RBI...was named Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year after committing only 4 errors in 131 games in center field...played for the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, batting .319 (29-91) with 3 homers, 9 RBI and 20 runs scored in 24 game. 2004 After a quick start, endured an injury-plagued campaign with Single-A Sarasota, spending 42 days on the D.L. from June 14-July 26 with a left foot sprain...hit .303 (23-for-76) with 9 RBI and 15 runs in 20 games in April, reaching base safely in 18 straight contests from April 21-May 10...was sidelined by the foot problem from June 2-August 1, but returned to bat .313 (30-for-96) with 3 homers, 19 RBI and 12 runs scored in 26 August games. 2003 Advanced to Single-A Sarasota from short-season Single-A Lowell after being drafted by the Red Sox in the first round with the 17th overall pick...batted .346 (27-for-78) with 13 RBI and 13 runs in 21 games for the Spinners to earn a July 8 promotion to Sarasota, where he hit .242 (37-for-153) with a homer, 18 RBI and 18 runs in 45 games...his first professional homer was a solo shot in game 2 of a July 24 doubleheader vs. Lakeland.


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College Lacrosse: Warriors have eye of the tigerBy MICHAEL ABELSON
Special to the Union Leader
May 23. 2018 11:52PM
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — This time last year, the Merrimack College men's lacrosse team was staring history in the face. The Warriors had advanced to their first ever Division II national championship game. As a bonus, the game was played in Massachusetts, at Gillette Stadium.
The Warriors led 5-2 late in the second quarter but saw the opportunity slip away and lost 11-9 to Limestone.
This year, with many of their top players returning, the Warriors have made their own luck and find themselves back in the title game, once again at Gillette Stadium, on Sunday against St. Leo University with a shot to wipe the sour taste of 2017 out of their mouths in the best way possible.
"I think it's good to experience it as a player," Merrimack senior defender Eric Coburn said. "I've been there watching as a fan in the past, but you can't really prepare for it fully until you experience it yourself. Having the experience of last year is definitely coming in handy. There's more focus this week on playing our best lacrosse not so much worrying about the crowd or this or that."
Coburn, from Londonderry, leads a Warriors defense that was fourth in the country, allowing 7.39 goals a game. His 40 ground balls are second best on the team, and his 20 caused turnovers lead the team.
Coburn leads a slew of Granite Staters that have played key roles in Merrimack's 18-1 season.
Along with Coburn is fellow senior Blake Boudreau. A transfer from Marist College, Boudreau starred at Bishop Guertin and is now one of the best faceoff men in the country. Boudreau has increased his faceoff percentage from 61.8 percent last year to 68.1 percent this year, seventh best in Division II.
St. Leo's top faceoff man only wins faceoffs 45.5 percent of the time.
"For me it was just staying healthy," Boudreau said. "In the offseason I worked on lifting weights but really focused on pliability, keeping my muscles healthy because I was really banged up last year. Just working as a unit has really helped me improve with my wings in practice."
Boudreau's 165 ground balls are a big improvement from his 114 ground balls last year, and is good for third in Division II.
"Being on the same page as (head) coach (Mike Morgan) has definitely increased my percentage and my stick skills," Boudreau said. "I think working on ground balls and being healthy has helped my athleticism, helped me push transition, and score goals."
On a deep Merrimack team, the need for quality talent up and down the lineup is a necessity, and the Warriors have found a Pinkerton Academy connection that has paid dividends.
Senior middie Bailey Walsh, from Derry, has 12 goals this year for the Warriors. A former state finalist at Pinkerton, Walsh finished his high school career at Holderness School and also lettered in football, hockey, and golf. Walsh had a goal against NYIT in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Walsh, one of the 11 seniors on the team, said the veterans have let their actions do the talking this year to show the younger talent how to succeed at this stage of the season.
"We know what it's like to be there," Walsh said. "We know what it's like to lose. We preached that all season to them. We hate to lose more than we want to win because of last year. We want this one bad. Just leading by example on the field."
Alongside Walsh is junior longpole Ryan Burke of East Hampstead. Burke has consistently kept improving in his time at Merrimack. This year has been his best yet with 13 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers.
Burke, who only picked up lacrosse in eighth grade and played four years of varsity at Pinkerton, said that playing for coach Brian O'Reilly helped make him the player he is today.
"Playing at Pinkerton was what taught me lacrosse," Burke said. "I only started in eighth grade, and had no idea what I was doing. Right from freshman year I was swinging varsity. We had so much talent on our team alone. Coach O'Reilly was one of the greatest coaches I've ever had."
The Granite State connection looks to only be growing at Merrimack in the future. Fromer Derryfield School stars Andrew Johnson (from Londonderry) and Lee Sipes (from Windham), Concord's Alex Marceau, and Londonderry's Brandyn Proulx and Sean Snyder look to be stars of the future for the Warriors.
"I think New Hampshire is kind of underrated when it comes to lacrosse," Boudreau said. "Being from the 603 and kind of putting the state on the national level has been awesome to do. I think it's really helped grow the game in New Hampshire. It's a great pipeline we have of New Hampshire kids coming to Merrimack."


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Do you find Pinterest to be addictive? It is so much fun!
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I just recently learned about Pinterest and even attended a webinar about it. So much fun!
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My blog is http://HollywoodMomBlog.com and my pinterest handle is http://pinterest.com/thehollywoodmom/
Pinterest is a a great way to spread the word about Hollywood Mom Blog (forum for parents of professional child actors) but also to infuse more of my own personality and specific tastes regarding things I may never have covered specifically on the blog (furniture, recipes, art, architecture, vacation spots). I absolutely believe pinterest gives us bloggers an expanded platform for reaching our audience.
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All In The Family...
Dennis is doing better day by day. Today he got his catheter out and he now has to get out of bed to pee. (He doesn't travel far because he's still wired in several places.)
With better health, Dennis is becoming very irritable. He doesn't remember much about his first couple days, so he thinks he's not progressing fast enough, I guess.
The doctor prescribed some muscle relaxers today. Dennis drifted in and out of sleep all afternoon, talking crazy and gesturing wildly all the while. The combination of the pain killers and the muscle relaxers really sent him to a different place.
I made Dennis promise that he'd call the nurses when he has to get up in the night. Then I told the nurses that they'd better check on him frequently because I was afraid for his safety if he tried to climb out of bed alone.
When I got home, I discovered that the water heater is leaking -- badly. I turned off the water and electric to it and tried to sop up some of the water that's on the floor, despite the plastic dish-with-a-drain that the water heater sets in.
The clothes drier quit working the day that Dennis got home and I haven't had a chance to get a repairman out here for it yet. I don't want to say that "surely nothing else can go wrong", because it might!
I've been keeping my sanity at the hospital by reading. I've been wanting to read my new book of Willa Cather short stories, but they require more focus than I can muster under the circumstances. So instead, I've read two juvenile books, It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster.
Today, I took along All Creatures Great and Small by James Harriot. I'd forgotten what a heartwarming and amusing book it is. I enjoyed it so much that I think I'll re-read another of his books when I finish this one.


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The cover of "Doctor Who: The Twelvth Doctor" No. 1 (Alice X. Zhang / Titan Comics)Link
A variant cover for "Doctor Who: The Twelvth Doctor" No. 1 (Mariano Laclaustra / Titan Comics)Link
A variant cover of "Doctor Who: The Twelvth Doctor" No. 1 (Alice X. Zhang / Titan Comics)Link
While Peter Capaldi has already made his "Doctor Who" television debut as the Twelfth Doctor, he'll be making his inaugural comic appearance this fall: Titan Comics has shared the upcoming covers that feature the latest Time Lord.
As reported earlier this year, Titan Comics has taken over publishing rights to the series from IDW Comics, which had published "Doctor Who" tales in North America since 2008.
In July, Titan will publish Tenth and Eleventh Doctor editions, with the Doctor as portrayed by David Tennant and Matt Smith, respectively, in the long-running science-fiction television series.
"Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor" No. 1 will hit stores Oct. 1, with Capaldi on the regular cover, and will be penned by writer Robbie Morrison ("Drowntown," "The Authority," " 2000AD," "Nikolai Dante") and artist Dave Taylor ("Batman: Death by Design," "2000AD"). As with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor ranges, "Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor" No. 1 comes with a cover painted by Alice X. Zhang, plus five variants — including a "100% Rebel Time Lord" photo cover and a Mariano Laclaustra-drawn picture of companion Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Coleman).
You can view the Issue No. 1 covers in the gallery above or via the links below.
Cover | Variant No. 1 | Variant No. 2 | Variant No. 3 | Variant No. 4 | Variant No. 5
Although the Scottish actor, best known for his role as a foul-mouthed government official in the British TV political comedy "The Thick of It," has appeared as a minor character in a previous "Doctor Who" episode (2008's "The Fires of Pompeii") and featured in the third season of the spinoff "Torchwood," Capaldi made his debut as the Doctor in a brief scene in November's 50th-anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor." A few weeks later, he made his official entrance in the Christmas special, alongside returning character Clara.
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TORONTO (AP) — Dr. Donald Low, the public face of Toronto's response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, has died. He was 68.
Low, who became a trusted face and voice of the response to the epidemic, died Wednesday night after being diagnosed with a brain tumor this year. Allison McGeer, a former colleague, said Thursday he died with family at his side.
The SARS outbreak killed 44 people in Toronto and cost the city $1 billion in tourism. Outside of Asia, Toronto had the largest outbreak, with almost 375 cases. During two outbreaks, more than 27,000 people in and around the city were forced into quarantine.
Low's capacity to explain to the public what was going on made him the face of Toronto's SARS response.
At one point, he had to go into quarantine himself because he'd been in contact with a colleague who came down with SARS. He worked from home and emerged, 14 days later, without developing the disease. He would later marvel that he never caught SARS, given the amount of exposure he had.
He visibly lost weight during the outbreak, prompting concerned strangers who saw him on TV news reports to write to ask after his health.
It would take four months to bring the disease under control.
Low was credited by friends and colleagues for both his contribution to the SARS response and for advancing the practice of microbiology and infectious diseases across Canada.
Colleagues said he loved to puzzle out intriguing new developments in infectious diseases. He co-authored nearly 400 peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals. Low was a global expert in flesh-eating disease — necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A Streptococcus. He was also an early and passionate champion of the need to combat antibiotic resistance by prudent use of the precious drugs.
Low is survived by his wife, Maureen Taylor, and by three children from a previous marriage.


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I have played on a Miraphone tuba exclusively since 1992. I have based my career on it and make my living on it. I still exclusively play the one horn I have ever bought. It's seen so much action... been ridden hard and put away wet, and still has so much character, flexibility and soul.
On Gato Loco's recent trip to Europe a couple of weeks ago, it was my extreme pleasure to get to visit and tour the Miraphone factory in Waldkraiburg, Germany, about an hour train ride outside of Munich, right in the heart of Bavaria.
It's a magical place full of magical people and magical instruments!
Upon arrival, I met Josef Eisgruber, a technician, artisan, and euphoniumist from the company. He was incredibly enthusiastic about his job at Miraphone, and explained how the company is actually employee-owned and every stage of their horn production happens right there.
Josef gave me a tour of every corner of the factory...
(click on each photo for a larger version, sorry some are a bit blurry, they are phone pictures)
Assembly bench with 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4 tubas in final stages of production.
The assembly room.
Raw brass, from Germany, used for valve tubing.
Raw brass, from Germany, used in the larger parts of the horn.
More raw brass storage.
Bow jig/mold for the 4/4 C and Bb tubas.
Josef with the press that uses the molds. A tenor horn mold is in there at the moment.
Bells of raw brass in an early stage of fabrication.
A worker hand fires and joins the edges of the raw brass to make a flugelhorn bell.
The bell is now made round by hand with a hammer and anvil.
This is used to further shape the bell (a mold, of sorts - this one is for a 3/4 tuba)
A worker further shapes a tuba bell.
A worker makes valves on this hi-precision lathe.
Miraphone makes all their valves in-house. These are rotary valves for a tuba.
Rotary valve paddles.
Valve clusters for the popular 'Norwegian Star' Eb/F tuba.
Tubas ready for lacquer then assembly.
Giant dryer to dry the parts before lacquering begins.
Complete horns awaiting assembly.
Horn assembly bench. This guy (and a few others) were rocking some serious blaßmusik in the background while they worked!
A beautiful new 188 (or "88" as they call it now) is almost complete.
Josef and the 88. All that's left to be added is valve linkage.
Josef and I with the 88.
A bunch of horns, almost completed.
Finishing each detail.
Even more detail work. I loved how this worker suspended the horn from the ceiling.
Stockroom with horns awaiting shipment.
Naturally, I had to have them give my horn a tweak! They replaced some parts of my valve linkage and tightened it all up -- I am guessing it is better now than it was when it was brand new!!!
Artisans working on my horn.
Amazing work!! Many many thanks!!!!!
While there, I also spent a lot of time playing horns... I was SO giddy, like a kid in a candy shop, that I forgot to take pictures of the showroom -- I even forgot my mouthpiece when I was done!! Wow, was I excited...!
I got a chance to meet and spend some time with their development manager Christian Niedermaier and I got a chance to play about a zillion different tubas. I played every single CC they had in the showroom, as well as a couple of prototypes, including the new 6/4 York-style horn which is still in development. (it was great, York-like, but still had a Miraphone soul) I played a few F and BBb tubas as well. The best tuba I played there (next to mine, of course!) was the new 5/4 "Bruckner" rotary CC. It was actually one of the best CC tubas I've ever played. I almost tried to buy it on the spot... It's absolutely outstanding. Another tuba of note was the good ol 88 (188) It still retains that old Miraphone soul!
That was a spectacular day and really was an honor for me. I'll definitely be back!! Thanks so much Miraphone!!!


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One that addresses my point ...How is my answer nebulous, what type of response were you expecting?
Where have we gone now?I can see through you, I can read your soul like a book.
Reading my mind again?You're looking for me to tell you that I'm attached to or afraid of something so you can refer me to some Buddhist teaching.
HmmmmmI don't think that way, and I am not attached.
Why?I question for question's sake.
OMMMMMMMy mind is freer than you could ever imagine.
Ah and the true colours are shownPeople like you are what religions were created for, those who need something concrete to attach to, to tell them how to think and behave.
And once again your telepathy is spot on
Do tell me, who has been the more irrational here?
Its not me babbling on about ghost's, cyclic universe and nibbana palace city
I am the prophet, and you are my follower; except that I don't take followers.


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Dr. Hung Le hired as vice president for international affairs
The Niagara University Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of an Office of International Relations, which will provide a central point of contact for international students studying at NU and domestic students seeking global experiences.
The board also approved the appointment of Dr. Hung Le to the position of vice president for international affairs.
Both appointments are effective July 15.
The mission of the Office of International Relations will be to engage the world with Niagara University's rich heritage, centered on the philosophical, moral and practical implications of the dignity of the individual, as well as promoting social justice through education and services. It will oversee the university's study abroad program.
Working in concert with the administrative council, admissions, financial aid, student records, academic affairs, student affairs and others on campus, the new office will establish policies, strategies and support to ensure successful growth in international enrollments at NU, as well as a richer array of international opportunities for domestic students and faculty.
Le will work with faculty and administrators to coordinate Niagara's wide range of global partnerships and programs. He will serve as a senior liaison tasked with enhancing the global perspective of the NU community and international student recruitment, as well as establishing international partnerships and hosting international visitors on campus.
Le comes to NU from Hanoi, Vietnam, where he has been partner and general managerof L&L Consulting Ltd., which provides consulting services to international companies in several industries, including education and hospitality management.
He has also served as president and CEO of The Olympia Schools, (Hanoi, grades 1-12), a bilingual, private school for which he developed an American curriculum applicable to Vietnam's educational standards.
From 2002-07, Le served as assistant dean of the graduate division of arts and sciences at St. John's College - St. John's University, where he assisted and managed 13 graduate programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, including doctoral and master's programs. During that time, he also served as the director of Vietnam initiatives for St. John's, developed a bilateral relationship between St. John's University and the Hanoi University of Education, and instituted a master's degree program in school psychology at HNUE in 2007.
Le has won a number of awards and was the youngest recipient of the Vinh Danh Nuoc Viet Award (Vietnam National Award), which is presented to Vietnamese overseas who have made major contributions to the development of Vietnam.
He holds a doctor of arts in modern world history from St. John's University (2005), a master of arts in East Asian studies, also from St. John's University (2005), a master of arts in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1995), and a bachelor of arts in psychology from St. John's University (1993).
To learn more about Niagara University, visit www.niagara.edu.


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Pizza Vs. Skeletons £Free/ £1.99
Easy tilt and tap controls together with beautiful, distinctive graphics and a bonkers Plants versus Zombies-style premise make Pizza Vs. Skeletons a worthy new iPhone game. Your mean-looking pizza takes on everything from skiing, bringing down ostriches and jetting up into space in 100 brilliantly silly levels.
Barclays Pingit £Free
A banking app that's not a banking app, this will probably annoy Barclays customers. Pingit has one function – quick mobile transfers to and from Barclays account of any amount up to £300. The bank's promised that customers at all other UK banks will be able to send cash with the app from March. Hurry up Barclays, we want in.
Beat Sneak Bandit £1.99
We can't remember an iPhone game making us smile so much in the opening few minutes as this one. Tap to the rhythm and dodge lights, guards and Duke Clockface to save the town from the clock-stealing fiend. An awesome soundtrack, funny storyline and simple controls make Beat Sneak Bandit an essential download. Well, as essential as a cartoon game can get.
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Clear 69p
This might just be the to-do list maker for you – we've been searching for the perfect one for a while. There are three levels in this simple app - the main menu, your lists and the individual items. Red means priority, yellow not so important and you can easily swipe and pinch them into place.
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