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Los Angeles: Singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has posed for a magazine with five naked models surrounding him.
The 36-year-old posed for the cover of the September issue of Treats! magazine, reports eonline.com.
"I`ve done some topless photo shoots before, but never completely nude," Thicke said.
"It was very sexy and I like that. At first I thought, 'Okay, let`s just do topless` ... but, again, my wife and her friends were like, 'No way ... go all the way.` I think we definitely pushed the envelope," he added.
The singer was recently in news for sharing the stage for Miley Cyrus`s raunchy performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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Xbox 360 Black Friday deals outlined by Microsoft
Xbox 360 Black Friday deals have been posted by Major Nelson. Get the list of money saving deals below.
Some of these have already been outed, but it never hurts to be reminded of them.
Select Xbox 360 consoles and bundles:
- Walmart will offer an exclusive special edition glossy white Xbox 360 4GB console and controller with "Skylanders" and exclusive "Skylanders" figurine, for $149.99.
- Best Buy, Fred Meyer, Fry's and Newegg will carry the Xbox 360 250GB console with "Skyrim" and "Forza 4: Essentials Edition" for $199.99.
- Target, Amazon, Sam's Club, Meijer, Kmart and Microsoft Stores will offer the Xbox 360 4GB console with Kinect and "Kinect Disneyland Adventures" for $199.99.
Additional retailers will offer a variety of exclusive deals including:
- GameStop: Xbox 360 250GB console with "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" for $249.99
- RadioShack: Xbox 360 4GB console with a wired headset for $169.99
- Toys R Us – Xbox 360 4GB console with $50 gift card for $179.99
As far as first party game deals, Microsoft will have:
- Dance Central 3 for $29.99 (MSRP $49.99, a 40% discount)
- Kinect Sports Ultimate for $29.99 (MSRP $49.99, a 40% discount)
- Fable: The Journey for $29.99 (MSRP $49.99, a 40% discount)
- Forza Horizon for $39.99 (MSRP $59.99, a 33% discount)
Halo 4 at Target will come with a $20 gift card and if you buy the game through Amazon you'll receive a $20 gift card, plus $10 Amazon Instant Video Credit.
Links for the retailers can be found over on Major Nelson's blog .


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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Family Events ~ Oct 25 - Oct 31
October 25 ~ On this day in 1937 my grandfather, Jack H QUICK and Olive Isabelle BRADDOCK (nee DUNCAN) are married in Castle Rock, Colorado. This is the second marriage for both. These pictures from my grandpa's photo album, dated 11-1-1937 were taken during their honeymoon at the Grand Canyon although the background is so faded it is hard to tell. Fortunately for me, he labeled all his pictures.
October 27 ~ This day is marked by the death in Hempstead, Arkansas in1889 of Margaret Amanda MOUSER, the 4x great-grandaunt of my nieces and nephew.
This day is also marked by the death in Colorado in 1912 of my great-grandfather, John H QUICK. My grandfather was a 15 months old at the time of his father's death. This is one of only two pictures I have of John.
October 29 ~ This day is marked by the death in Oyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1929 of Helen BENZIE my 2x great-grandaunt.
October 31 ~ This is a busy day in family history!
First, on this day in 1802 in Oyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland my 2x great-granduncle, Alexander Benzie is born.
This day is also marked by the death in 1892 of the 5x great-grandfather of my nieces and nephew, John Daniel Mouser. There is a wonderful memorial for him on Find-A-Grave with a picture of his gravestone and some great additional information regarding his will and the names of all his children.
Also on this day in 1896, my great-granduncle, Raymond Rudolph GRABER is born in East Union Twp, Wayne County, Ohio. [picture to the left is Raymond]
And last, but certainly not least - on this day, an unspecified number of years ago, my brother-in-law, Christian Mathis MOUSER was born.
Happy Birthday Chris!
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text: Carp Diem (Used as an admonition to seize the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future) ... "live for the day" for those in Rio Linda (sorry inside joke there for some of us) .... this is going to ramble some ..... do you go to so many shows now that, sure they are still special and you are looking forward to them, but it is a little bit of ho hum? I know people that go to so few concerts in their lives that when they are going to one, they are so excited and wired about it, they drive me crazy .... wouldn't it be nice to be like that again and sort of view the show thru the "eyes of a child" with wonderment and excitement? .... when I go to an outdoor fest or even red rocks (best venue in the world) I take my backpack, rain gear, food, the kitchen sink, etc. just so I am prepared ... then for the whole show, I am always watching out for my backpack to make sure I don't loose it or someone swipes it ... I miss out on part of the concert experience because my feet are in "jars of clay" and stuck in reality ... I am worried or thinking about what might happen, or what I might need so I have my little piece of reality to keep me in place.... maybe the worst carp diem for me .... some drugs will do this, but the worst is alcohol .... have you went to a show, got drunk, had the time of your life, danced your ass off and smiled the entire night ... then the next day you say, "How was the show, I don't remember anything" ... or worse for me, especially with new groups, I say, wow I really want to see those guys, only to have a friend say to me, "but Ron, you already saw them, don't you remember the xxxx festival when they opened up for xxxxxxx ..... well I went to the show again, had a great time, but don't remember squat about it .... so did I live for the day, had a killer time with no regard for the future, and is that what really matters, or are those memories and fun times gone forever, never to be enjoyed again because I let go just for the day .... I guess the question is somewhat like this ...."Which is more important, enjoying life as it happens, or moderation of some sort and then being able to relive the memories of something I did, for the rest of my life?" .. don't know if I posed my question so all could understand .... Colorado Ron ****.


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This story appears in the February 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine.
Last May astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope what will likely be its final overhaul. The team, including spacewalker John Grunsfeld (above left), on his third visit to the orbiting observatory, repaired power and control systems to give Hubble several more years of life riding high above Earth's atmospheric haze. They also installed a new camera and spectrograph and repaired two other instruments to make the telescope more productive than ever. "The best times for this telescope are ahead of it," says Hubble Project Scientist Ken Sembach of the Space Telescope Science Institute. "The public is going to be amazed."
The signature images from Hubble, which turns 20 in April, show careering galaxies, exploding stars, eerie nebulae. With the telescope's greater imaging sensitivity and resolution, its new images will be even more spectacular.
And even more profound. Soon after the upgrades, Hubble took aim at a dark patch of sky, gathering infrared light for a total of four days to detect the very faintest objects. The images reveal blurry dots, "just a handful of pixels," says Garth Illingworth, a University of California, Santa Cruz, astrophysicist. The dots, analyzed by computer to rule out camera artifacts, are images of objects that are among the most distant, and thus most ancient, ever seen—small, bloblike early galaxies shining 13.1 billion years ago. The universe itself is but 13.7 billion years old. "The new camera has pushed the frontier a few hundred million years closer to the beginning," Illingworth says. In its final years Hubble is seeing back almost to the beginning of time.


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How could parking lease affect South Side
August 3, 2010
There are few issues in South Side over the last 30 years that have been debated, discussed and dissected more than parking.
Parking, permit parking, parking lots and parking studies and ways to find more parking have been on the agendas over the years of South Side organizations from the Planning Forum to the Community Council and were included in the first South Side Neighborhood Plan. However, no one has studied parking in South Side more than the South Side Local Development Company having invested thousands of staff hours and tens of thousands of dollars examining the issue.
Now, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposal to monetize parking assets by leasing the city's meter and garage parking has enlivened the debate with some saying the increase in parking rates will hurt business and drive people out of the city while others maintain taxes will go up if the parking lease fails to go through.
On South Side, one of several neighborhoods that will see the greatest increases in metered parking rates, Rick Belloli, executive director of the SSLDC, says it's too early to tell how the increase will affect the neighborhood.
He points out currently six different government departments have control of one aspect or another of parking in the neighborhood: the Parking Authority controls metered on-street and off-street lots; the Urban Redevelopment Authority owns the parking garages at the SouthSide Works; City Council sets the meter rates; the police are in charge of valet parking; City Planning controls permit parking; and, Public Works is in charge of signage.
According to Mr. Belloli, one side effect of raising the metered rates could be an increase of available parking in the neighborhood. Shoppers, visitors, business owners and employees that are currently finding parking in the business could move onto residential streets with an increase in rates and enforcement times.
One way to counter increased non-residential parking in the community would be to institute residential permit parking throughout the neighborhood. Currently there is one permit parking zone in the neighborhood.
The entire South Side Flats would have to be broken down into as many as 10 permit parking zones. There are concerns if only parts of the neighborhood have permit parking and others don't, those parts of the community without it will be oversaturated with visitors parking. Like squeezing a balloon, the air swells to other parts of the balloon.
However, it would take a change in city policy to affect the change. Currently City Planning is accepting only one new permit parking zone in the city each year. At that rate it could take a decade before the entire neighborhood was covered by permit parking.
While not advocating leasing the city's parking assets, Mr. Belloli says it could make parking more efficient in South Side. A single vendor in charge could make changes that could increase usage of public spaces without increasing the actual number of spaces.
As an example he pointed out rates to park in the Parking Authority's five surface lots in South Side are double the cost of parking at on-street meters. Calling it a "backward system" he said it would encourage people to park in the lots if they cost less than on-street metered parking. He also suggested it would be more efficient if metered parking rates were structured by time of day and day of week.
"[Parking] isn't enforced during hours that it is relevant," Mr. Belloli said. "Parking is only enforced until 9 p.m.…It's not being treated as a system."
He says South Side could also gain as much as 10 percent or more in additional parking spaces by utilizing parking kiosks such as those being used in the surface parking lots instead of individual metered slots.
"It could be more efficient," he added.
A side benefit of the kiosks over meters is the amount of graffiti on each: while virtually every meter in South Side has some sort of graffiti on it, the kiosks are kept relatively free of vandalism.
It's important to note that in South Side, the metered spaces on the street and in the surface lots at 12th, 18th (two), 19th and 20th streets are operated by the Parking Authority and are included in the mayor's plan to monetize parking. However, the garages in the SouthSide Works are owned by the URA and not included in the plan.


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Shoppers trod carefully in January, lured into stores by retailers dangling post-holiday clearance deals but spending sparingly to balance out higher payroll taxes and lingering economic uncertainty.
Same-store sales at major retailers such as Nordstrom, Gap and Costco reported a 5.8% upswing last month from January 2012, handily beating earlier estimates of a 3.5% boost.
The data, from Thomson Reuters, features a roundup of 18 retailers sans drug stores such as Walgreens and Rite Aid. Same-store sales account for revenue at retail locations operating for at least a year, stripping out the fluctuations of recent openings and closings.
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Target Corp. showed a 3.1% swell as "guests responded to clearance prices on holiday inventory," said Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel in a statement. Analysts had anticipated a 1.7% increase.
"Our guests continue to shop with discipline in the face of a slow economic recovery and new pressures, including recent payroll tax increases," he said.
Consumer confidence slid in January to its lowest level since November 2011 amid increasing pessimism over business conditions, according to the Conference Board last week.
Kohl's Corp. said that its efforts to clear seasonal merchandise and a 59% surge in e-commerce sales last month helped bring its same-store sales up 13.3%.
Macy's Inc. was so heartened by its "outstanding" 11.7% advance in January that it raised its earnings forecast for its fourth fiscal quarter, which it will report on Feb. 26.
The retailer, which also owns the Bloomingdale's brand, said its online sales boomed 48.9% last month. The company now predicts fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.94 to $1.99, up from its earlier projection of $1.91 to $1.96 per share.
Thomson Reuters' figures don't include sales data from behemoths such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy Co. Both Macy's and Target have said they will stop reporting monthly numbers after January.
Separately from the Thomson Reuters report, Anthropologie and Free People owner Urban Outfitters Inc. said comparable sales from stores were flat for its fourth quarter ended Jan. 31. Without consumer returns -- likely from unwanted gifts -- the figure would have risen several percentage points, the company said.
Retail analyst Ken Perkins, who puts out another sales report through Retail Metrics Inc., said shopper traffic slowed in the final 10 days of the month as holiday sales waned and temperatures stayed frigid.
"Retailers began to transition floor sets to early spring merchandise, which got off to a slow start in part due to cool weather across the country," he wrote in an email.
Initial jobless claims dropped last week to 366,000
Retail sales up 4.5% in December; merchants say discounts hurt
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The UFC's most promising (and most eerily emotionless) welterweight prospect has just experienced an important rite of passage — his first injury withdrawal. As confirmed by UFC officials, Icelandic grappling phenom Gunnar Nelson will be unable to meet Mike Pyle at UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2, scheduled for May 25th in Las Vegas. According to Gunnar's father/manager Haraldur Nelson, it's a knee injury that will require surgery. A timetable for his return hasn't been announced.
Injuries have actually plagued both of Nelson's previous UFC fights. His first win in the Octagon came against DaMarques Johnson, who was replacing the injured Pascal Krauss. Nelson's second win came against Jorge Santiago, who was replacing the injured Justin Edwards. And now, the UFC Injury Demon has gone from teasing Nelson to actually taking a chunk out of his ass, so to speak.
Replacing Nelson against Pyle at UFC 160 will be Rick Story, who most recently TKO'd Strikeforce/KOTC standout Quinn Mulhern at UFC 158 last month. Pyle is coming off a superb 2012 during which he scored first-round KO/TKOs of Ricardo Funch, Josh Neer, and James Head. Pyle vs. Story is expected to be on the FX portion of the 5/25 card.


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President Obama's re-election campaign is continuing its attacks on Republican Mitt Romney as a job killing profiteer during his career in private equity, launching a web video Monday centered on the experience of workers at Ampad, a paper company.
Bain Capital, where Romney was CEO, bought Ampad in 1992, mostly with borrowed money, then acquired other paper companies over the next several years. By 1999, the company carried $400 million in debt, and it went bankrupt in 2000. Bain realized a profit of $100 million on its initial $5 million cash investment.
The latest Obama video focuses on a paper company in Marion, Ind. that Bain-controlled Ampad bought in 1994; all 250 workers were immediately fired and made to reapply for their jobs – at much lower wages and benefits. That plant closed one year later. The video features interviews with several workers who saw their middle-class lives fall apart.
Romney, who was governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007, touts his Bain experience as an important credential as a job creator. Obama strategists believe there is a darker story: of a man who pursued profits at the expense of workers, an enemy of the middle class.
The Obama campaign came under fire from a top surrogate on the Bain issue on Sunday, when Newark Mayor Cory Booker said on NBC's Meet the Press that he found the attacks "nauseating."
"I'm not going to sit here and indict private equity. To me we're getting to a ridiculous point in America," Booker said on Meet. "If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses, and this, to me, I'm very uncomfortable with."
Later Booker released a video, presumably after heat from the Obama camp, in which he sought to clarify his comments. He said that Romney's record at Bain was fair game, and added he had been making the point that there are too many negative attacks on both sides of the presidential race.
Last week, the Obama campaign highlighted a GST Steel, a Kansas City-company that was bought by Bain and then went under (though it was also under heavy pressure from imports of cheaper foreign steel.)
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Orders are now being accepted for high-quality, reasonably-priced seedling trees and shrubs for conservation plantings. Conservation plantings include windbreaks, hedgerows, living snow fences, dust and visual screens, wildlife habitat enhancement, soil stabilization, reforestation/afforestation projects, and Christmas tree plantations. Seedlings are grown in Fort Collins at the Colorado State Forest Service nursery and are then sold and distributed by several cooperating Conservation Districts in Southwest Colorado. Requirements to participate in this annual program include the ownership of one or more acres of land and agreement not to use seedlings for landscaping purposes or to resell them as living plants.
Seedlings are available as either bare root or potted planting stock, and include a wide variety of native and introduced coniferous and deciduous trees and deciduous shrubs. Among the available species are ponderosa pine, Colorado blue spruce, piñon pine, aspen, chokecherry, sumac, and serviceberry. All bare root stock is sold in bundles of 25 seedlings of the same species for $26 per bundle, plus tax. The potted stock is sold in small containers with 30 seedlings of the same species for $45, plus tax, or $75, plus tax per 30 for large potted seedlings.
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The United States Marine Corps has been a valuable neighbor of San Clemente since the early 1940's when the Marine Base was established and dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This community has seen Marines pass through our town during World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. They have been our neighbors, sons, daughters, husbands, wives and community leaders. As a community, we have honored them with barbecues and parades, but we have not honored them with a permanent reminder of our respect and appreciation for them.


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According to a well-placed Supreme Court source, New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse is telling folks at the Court that she has accepted a Times buyout package and will be ending her coverage of the Court at the end of the current term.
The Times would likely replace Greenhouse with a reflexively liberal reporter. But perhaps that reporter would not share Greenhouse's 1960s style radical and feminist militancy. And presumably that reporter would not labor under an unreported conflict of interest.
Finally, it's virtually impossible that the Times could find anyone capable of reproducing the level of lunacy that Greenhouse sometimes attained when reporting on personalities, as opposed to decisions.
UPDATE: Jennifer Rubin emails to suggest that "maybe Marueen Dowd could double as the court reporter." I guess entertaining psychobabble would be preferable to its more plodding counterpart.
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All Paris pact counties now have climate policies
2 May 18 - All 197 countries which signed the Paris Agreement now have at least one law in place to limit global temperatures.
Bonn meeting to sort out Paris pact
30 Apr 18 - A meeting to hammer out the operating manual for the Paris Agreement starts in Bonn today.
OPINION: The Paris Agreement is deeply flawed
21 Mar 18 - THE PARIS accord is built on speculative tech fantasies. It can not save us from climate catastrophe, says Dr JASON HICKEL of the University of London.
US now only country saying it won't be part of Paris Agreement
8 Nov 17 - Syria has decided to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the world's final functioning state to do so.
Nicaragua yes leaves US and Syria out in the cold
22 Sep 17 - President Daniel Ortega has announced that Nicaragua will sign the Paris Agreement, leaving the US and Syria the only two countries not taking part in the global accord.
Paris Agreement needs to be politically, not legally, binding
28 Jul 17 - Whether countries have the legal right to back out of their climate commitments is irrelevant. Its up to defenders to make sure it hurts them politically.
PARIS PACT: We might have less time than we thought
27 Jul 17 - A new global temperature baseline casts doubt on humanity's ability to meet the Paris target.
IT CAN BE DONE: Net zero emissions possible by 2060
7 Jun 17 - Global emissions can be pushed down to net zero by 2060 to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, says the International Energy Agency.
We could be better off if US does withdraw from Paris deal
25 May 17 - A United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement could be the best outcome for international climate action.
Trump names May for decision on Paris pact
3 Apr 17 - President Donald Trump is planning to decide by late May on whether the US should stay in the Paris climate change agreement.
Only three EU states on track to meet Paris goals
31 Mar 17 - Only three European countries are on course to achieve the Paris Agreement targets, according to research which ranks the UK in fifth position on its progress towards the landmark climate treaty.
Antarctic sea ice sets record low temperature
6 Mar 17 - A new record warm temperature for Antarctica has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organisation as sea ice surrounding the continent has shrunk to a record low.
Eye in the sky will spy on carbon cuts
2 Mar 17 - The world needs a way to verify that nations have made their promised carbon cuts in order to make the Paris agreement effective. And a sophisticated new satellite might be the answer.
Duterte signs Paris climate agreement
2 Mar 17 - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change putting the deal one step closer to ratification in the country.
Paris deal needs US, warns White House
30 Nov 16 - The world will not achieve its climate goals without an active US administration leading on greenhouse gas cuts, the White House has warned.
As envoys bicker, its time to focus on real climate action
29 Nov 16 - Countries have two years of arguing over the fine-print of the Paris climate deal ahead of them: its time to focus on whats happening in the real world.
Paris goals at risk from new coal schemes
11 Oct 16 - Slowing down construction of coal-fired power stations will be vital to hit globally agreed climate change goals, says World Bank president Jim Yong Kim.
Climate treaty races toward hazy future
7 Oct 16 - With a speed almost unknown in the annals of diplomacy, the Paris Agreement on climate change is ready to come into force a bare 11 months after it was reached on December 12 last year.
Australia lags as Paris deal swings into action
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If racing wasn't already hard enough on a racecar and all of its components, replace the well-manicured tarmac of a road course with a few hundred tons of salt and then racing becomes even more brutal. Salt is hygroscopic, meaning that it attracts water. To make things worse, salt increases water's ability to carry electrons, which promotes oxidation or "rust" that can wreak havoc on a racecar. Combine the oxidation threat with the dirt and rocks of the El Mirage lakebed, and then things can get really nasty. To accomplish our 200 MPH goal, we need a suspension system that can confidently dampen the imperfections of a blemished, dirt and salt covered racetrack. On top of that though, we also need a suspension system that can endure the hostile environments that come with land speed racing.
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Most wrestlers know it's coming, but it doesn't usually matter when one of Harlem's Hecox brothers throws his hip toss.
It started with Sterling Hecox, who was a hip-toss specialist throughout his wrestling career. He placed second in state in 2010 for the Huskies, after taking fourth the year before, and he went on to wrestle in the Ivy League at Brown, where he's two semesters away from earning his Bachelor's degree.
Sage followed in his big-brother's footsteps with a strong youth career and a fourth-place finish at the IHSA state tourney last year as a junior. He is 28-2 headed into his final prep postseason, and his upper-body strength - more specifically, his throws - have carried him to wins, just as they did for Sterling.
Sterling and Sage say they've used some sort of throw in just about every high school victory they've earned.
Kailor, a junior, and Jenner, a sophomore, have also used the Hecox throwing style to work their way up, and both head into Saturday's NIC-10 tournament at Jefferson ranked in the top 10 in the state.
Cadence, a sixth-grader, has also used the hip toss for years in his father's youth program, called Hecox Team Benaiah.
Hip tosses have become synonymous with the Hecox name in NIC-10 wrestling.
"It's just the first thing we learn," Sterling said during his senior year at Harlem. "We can do them just like we're getting out of bed. And everybody out there knows it, too."
Yet, it still works. The hip toss - and other throws like the souffl�, the bear hug, the lateral drop and the headlock - have been the go-to move for all five Hecox brothers, and three of them will put them to the postseason test at the same time beginning this weekend.
Sage, who was ranked No. 1 much of the season, has suffered both of his losses in the past two weeks, and was fourth in the latest illinoismatmen.com Class 3A state rankings. Kailor, who is 25-2 at 195 pounds was ranked fourth, and Jenner, who is 31-4 at 160, is ninth.
And it's no surprise when most of their wins come when they get a grip, lock in on the arm, and toss their opponent to the mat, quickly pouncing for the pin, or at least back points to build a fast lead.
"My kids have all known how to throw somebody to the mat at a very young age," said Don Hecox, the father of five boys and three girls who has used wrestling, home-schooling, and his church teachings as some of his primary parenting tools. "There are a lot of reasons, but I want my sons to know that even when there's three seconds left, they have that chance to throw somebody onto their back and get right back into it."
So, at a young age, all of the Hecox boys learned to wrestle, and learned to throw an opponent - and each other - whenever the opening arose. Sterling was the best at the hip toss, according to Don, but Sage has a chance to take it one step further over the next month.
And while Jenner has the largest arsenal of throws, Don said, Kailor has already proven he can use his effectively on the big stage. He locked in a hip toss and put the 16th-ranked, 195-pound wrestler in the country on his back early during his semifinal victory in the Dvorak meet in December, and went on to finish second in the prestigious tourney.
"Our dad taught us to throw early on, and I'm glad. We all like to use them," Kailor said. "It takes less energy, and you can just end a match quickly. It's all about finishing it off, and that's the best way to do it."
It doesn't always work. Sage can attest to that. His two defeats came at the hands of wrestlers ranked in the top three in the state, but he wrestled from behind both times, and was unable to latch in a hip toss or a throw to bring himself all the way back.
Still, Sage won't be deterred from his No. 1 goal of a state title. And he won't stop trying to bait his opponents into the now-famous "Hecox hip toss."
"Yeah, that's what they call it. Whatever they call it, as long as it gets me wins," Sage said. "I've got to use other things, too, but that's what's got me here. I know I'll find a way. I know I can do it.
"And right now, I just want to go all the way. If the hip toss or a throw gets me there, great."
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Trying To Stay Dead
by Richard S. Crawford.
Doctor Bell's assistant led me into the tiny exam room and gestured at the leather-padded chair in the center. 'Are you ready to do this?' she asked, smiling.
I hesitated. I'd been psyching myself up for an animectomy for two months, but now the exam room gave me pause. It reminded me of a dentist's office: The chair in the center of the room sat benignly beneath a single circular lamp that could be moved and aimed in any direction, while beside it lurked a movable desk with a tiny computer and a single instrument that looked like a dentist's drill. 'I suppose.'
'You're nervous, I can tell.' The assistant wore a simple pink smock, the kind dental and mental hygienists all over the world wore. Her teeth gleamed an almost unnatural shade of white, and her silky brown hair cascaded lushly over her shoulders. She looked like a model.
And why not? The tiny scar on her left temple and the ever so slightly unfocused look in her eyes told me she'd already had the Snip. She acted happy and well adjusted and was unaware of anything she or I were saying or doing.


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Sebastião Salgado travels the world documenting the poor and powerless, as well as the grandeur of nature, in analog black-and-white photographs that are both highly formal and unflinchingly documentary. Influenced by his training as an economist, and aligned with masters of documentary photography like Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Salgado focuses on the adverse results of globalization. As he explains: "Each of my stories is about globalization and economic liberalization: a sample of the human condition on the planet today." That condition is one of peril for those at the bottom of the global economy, as photographs like Legs, Serra Pelada, Brasil (1986) attest. In this photograph, Salgado hones in on the taut, muscular legs of Brazilian miners. Barely covered by sweat-drenched shorts, the men's legs seem strong yet fragile, as Salgado captures them straining against an incline of bare earth.
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Q: Dear Leanne,
I am struggling with a design dilemma. In the next few months I will be part of a blended family. That also means shared furnishings - and our tastes are not quite the same. I prefer the contemporary, sleek look and he likes the traditional, overstuffed look. Do you have any guidelines to help us combine two homes into one?
A: A successful blending of two homes hinges on being open-mind-ed. Unless your new home is twice the size of either of your existing homes, you simply won't have the practical space to keep everything. This serves as the launching pad for deciding what stays and what goes.
You have many options available, ranging from getting rid of every-thing and starting fresh as a new family, to keeping and combining parts of your respective and existing decor. Generally, families opt for the middle ground, keeping the things that are most precious and removing the rest of the baggage to make way for new items.
To make this transition easier, make a list of existing items that may be keepers. This will require compromise. Although I am a fan of eclectic design, I have yet to see a sleek leather sofa and an overstuffed floral sofa work together in the same room. You can, however, combine modern and traditional elements in the same space as long as they have different functions. For instance, two modern occasional chairs can balance a traditional sofa as long as the fabrics complement each other. If you are at odds on a decision, I suggest you start anew.
Now you can focus on acquiring new items. First you must under-stand why each of you prefer the particular style you do. If he likes cosy but you like simple, you can still compromise. Fabric and colour can bridge the chasm. Rather than a leather sofa, consider a modern frame with fabric. The tactility of fabric injects warmth to a room and may be the perfect solution to your problem. Another option is to use subtle solid or tone-on-tone textiles such as velour or velvet. The style can remain streamlined and uncluttered, yet the fabric adds warmth.
This can also work with table and chairs. If you have an ornate dining suite, shuffle it up a bit. Keep the table, purchase modern dining chairs and repurpose the original chairs in various places in the house. Changing the upholstery on these chairs can make them statement pieces in a front entrance, at a desk or flanking a modern fireplace.
Rather than seeing it as an obstacle, consider this project as if you were a curator in a museum. Some things stay, some things move to storage and other items are permanently loaned out (read as "got rid of").
Q: Dear Leanne,
I was wondering if decorative throw pillows are still in style. I am ordering new bedding and have the option of creating pillows as an accessory. What is the new look in bedding?
A: This is a bit like asking if earrings are still in style. Yes, accent pillows are definitely still in style. The right accent makes the look complete. In order for your pillow details to be effective, look at the style of your overall room. If it is a sleek New York City decor you are going for, consider sumptuous satins, faux fur and jewel-encrusted detailing. If you are creating a tranquil and peaceful ambience, a simple approach with a few stacked pillows on top of each other will finish your bed serenely. If you are going for a rustic cabin effect, then a few oversized pillows in flannel or denim will complete the look.
Keep the look compatible with function. If you'd rather not spend a lot of time primping your bedding, opt for fewer pillows. Place a basket or other container close by to store these accent pieces safely and neatly when you finally retire to sleep - tossing on the floor is not the best option.
Since these are custom pillows, ensure that they are created with contrasting fabrics. Pillows made from just more of the same fabric will simply look cluttered. You can use the same fabric for some of the pillows or a portion of a pillow, but other fabrics need to be introduced to provide a starting and stopping point for your bedding.
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They say that fame changes people, but then there are celebrities such as Kristen Stewart who prove that being comfortable in the limelight isn't necessarily a bad thing.
The actress, who by now is nearly as renowned for her awkward media appearances and messy personal life as she is for starring in the five installments of "The Twilight Saga," stopped by "Conan" last night to promote "Breaking Dawn Part II," which hits theaters Friday.
And while it's understandable why she might recoil when asked about the status of her relationship with costar Robert Pattinson, as she did on "Today" last week, O'Brien was nothing but a perfect -- albeit goofy -- gentleman throughout the interview. Nevertheless, Stewart appeared distracted, nervous, and maybe even a little irritated.


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Staten Island, NY – Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm should ignore abortion industry extremists and sign the partial-birth abortion ban passed by the Michigan legislature Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, said today.
"There has been a longstanding dispute over Governor Granholm's conflicting claims to be Catholic and also supportive of the 'right to choose' abortion," Fr. Pavone said. "If she vetoes this bill, that dispute will only intensify. But signing it is no imposition of Catholic doctrine. It's just that the Catholic Church teaches that its members aren't allowed to tolerate child-killing. It's not so much about Catholic doctrine as it is about human decency."
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We're back, and so is Chucky!
Halloween season is officially underway! And for all the like minded 'Halloween People' out there this is a time of joy, celebration, and triumph as the waves of 'normies' flock to each one of us for opinions on what to watch throughout the scariest of seasons.
What a Happy Friday! The sun is shining, the birds are singing (and probably crapping on my car), the work week is almost over, and we get brand new images from the upcoming 'Curse of Chucky', which will debut on DVD & Blu-Ray later this fall.
Let it be heard and make it so my friends. "Curse Of Chucky", the next chapter in the "Child's Play" franchise is officially happening. Casting is just under way but Brad Dourif will be back to voice the little monster and Don Mancini will once again write and direct. It probably goes without saying but if Jennifer Tilly isn't in it I'm probably going to throw a little hissy fit and pound on my keyboard like a child.
I'm just going to come right out and say it. I use to watch "Ally McBeal". Not religiously or anything but when I was in college if it was on I wouldn't turn it off. Now that I've gotten that off my chest let's talk about how Calista Flockhart has joined the cast of the next season of "Dexter". Well at least for one episode. and I don't know what role she'll be playing. Maybe they'll have that dancing baby on too. Man that was adorable.
"I want to try to make the Heat of puppet movies." There's a sentence I never thought I'd read but that's how writer Todd Berger is looking at his new puppet murder mystery film "The Happytime Murders". He also went on to confirm that the film will be full on R-rated material, with all kinds of sex, murder and violence. Again this will all be puppets, but you know there's some sickos out there who probably pay a lot more then the price of a movie ticket to watch puppets do it so this should be exciting news for them.
Just in case you haven't had your morning coffee yet there's apparently a stage version of "The Exorcist" hitting L.A. sometime next month. Now before you go getting all up in arms the thing actually has some real names behind it. Brooke Shields will be playing Regan's mother and there's also interest from the producers to get Malcolm McDowell in the role of Father Merrin. If things go well there's even talk of bringing the whole thing over to Broadway. Pea soup sales at the restaurants around the area are going to go through the roof.


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i just realized on one big print that i have steps in the soft trasition from mid gray to black. no matter with which software i built the profile.i tried the 4096 atkinson chart. and the TC9.18 of hp.. last gave me best result with APS. even better then with i1 profiler. still not perfect.and printing in the B&W mode is the same then in colour mode. i can tell that it puts down a lot of color in the B&W mode, too by the way.. mucho yellow in the black!!Dmax is 2.4 .. i can live with that!again my question. i have to buy that QTR program, to use the chart, right?the first answer about profile optimization with i1profiler.. i realized the chart has 2000 patches.. that seams too muchthanx for the link to the group. i will try that..


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BLUE RIVER — Despite the connection to the school mascot, a rural school district has banned a proposed motto for a graduating high school class because it contains a religious reference.
Some of the 90 seniors at McKenzie High School had been inspired by a Bible verse quoted at the August funeral of a classmate killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident.
The entire verse was: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles."
It was read at the memorial service for Ryan Snapp, who died Aug. 10 after hitting a tree in the alcohol-related crash.
The students deleted any references to God in the proposed motto based on the verse and the school mascot name, the Eagles.
But McKenzie School District officials rejected the motto as too religious: "They that believe shall mount up with wings as eagles."
Brianna Rux, 17, one of the seniors, disagreed with the decision and wrote a guest opinion in The Register-Guard protesting it.
She said the verse seemed particularly fitting, given the mascot name and that class members have pulled together to rise above their grief.
"Ourselves being Eagles, it seemed a good way to describe who we are that no matter what we believe in, we can overcome," she told the Eugene newspaper on Friday.
McKenzie school Superintendent Sally Storm said the owner of the company that was going to publish the high school graduation announcements recognized the motto as part of a Bible verse and called the school district office.
Storm said she called Bruce Zagar, the school district's attorney, to get a legal opinion on the matter.
"I started to run it past him and he immediately said, 'That's Isaiah 40:31,' " she said.
At that point, Storm said, she had no choice.
"My duty is to follow the law in this case — the U.S. Constitution — which doesn't allow public schools to either interfere with the practice of religion or establish a religious practice," she said.
Zagar told the newspaper that simply omitting the reference to God from the verse doesn't alter its origin — the Old Testament.
In a formal opinion, he advised the district that both the U.S. and Oregon constitutions prevent any public entity from taking any action which establishes, sponsors, supports or otherwise condones a particular religion or religious belief.
McKenzie High School student body president Casey King said Friday that most members of the senior class have accepted the decision.
King said the class has adopted a replacement motto: Nothing we do changes the past; everything we do changes the future.


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Even though the weather has been quite unusual, the local farmers markets have plenty to offer. Starting with spring onions and sweet peas, you can easily fill your shopping basket. To go with vegetable season, here are three new books chock-full of new ways to use them.
"Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening With Twelve Families From the Edible Plant Kingdom." Vegetarian guru Deborah Madison, whose first restaurant was San Francisco's "Greens," is the author of 11 cookbooks. Among them are "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone," "Vegetarian Suppers," "Vegetable Soups" and "The Greens Cookbook."
In "Vegetable Literacy," she shares the results of decades of study.
There are 12 chapters, each dedicated to a specific botanical plant family: carrot, mint, sunflower, knotweed, cabbage, nightshade, goosefoot and amaranth, lily, cucurbit, grass, legume and morning glory.
Madison explores the relationships between the vegetables, edible flowers, herbs, and familiar wild plants of the same botanical family, illustrating how the members of each family relate and how they can be substituted for one another; beet greens for spinach is an easy example.
She advocates whole plant usage, advising when and how the unexpected can be eaten, such as sweet potato leaves and vines, broccoli and cauliflower leaves, spinach crowns and carrot tops. Along with recipes, in each chapter she gives a list of recommended varieties to look for when planting.
"Vegetable Literacy" is a handbook that should be in the library of all cooks and gardeners interested in expanding their vegetable knowledge. There is much to be learned. Hardcover. Ten Speed Press. $40.
"River Cottage Veg." Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's new book doesn't have the detailed text component of "The River Cottage Cookbook" or "River Cottage Meat." He wrote it out of a growing concern over the state of meat production and depletion of the Earth's fisheries.
His solution is to remove them from the center of the plate, and more and more completely off the plate. He offers the book, with its 200 recipes, as an aid for "cooking vegetables as the main meal." He makes fried rice as a summer stir-fry, loaded with zucchini, green onions, spinach, snow peas, shelled peas and mint.
He tops bruschetta with kale, or zucchini, or fava beans and asparagus. He crafts risottos with carrots and favas, leeks and thyme, tomato and mozzarella. It is, as expected, a lovely book. Hardcover. Ten Speed Press. $35.
"Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best Vegetarian Recipes." This book from the kitchens of Martha Stewart Living addresses the vegetables in categories: Small Plates to Mix and Match; Stovetop Suppers; Soups, Stews and Chili; Casseroles and Other Baked Dishes, and salads, sandwiches, pastas and sides.
The recipes are simple and creative, as you'll see with Zucchini Ribbon "Lasagna"; Apple, Leek and Squash Gratin; and Vegetable-Barley Potpies with phyllo tops.
How far we've come from the dishes in "Diet for a Small Planet." Semi-hard cover. Clarkson Potter/Publishers. $25.
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The Seattle Mariners hired Roger Hansen as the team's new bench coach and Carl Willis as the new pitching coach, according to The Associated Press. General manager Jack Zduriencik said the team will likely search for new managerial candidates in the offseason.
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Watching a censored version of "Dogma" is always fun
I miss the Hays code. Married couples sleeping in separate beds (at one point separate rooms). Oh...the good ol' days.-Nam
^absolutely NO rhyme or reason.Back to the 70s (I am really dating myself) they'd play Donna Summer's "Love to Love Ya Baby" which was essentially just one very, very, very long orgasm. Are we as a society actually going backwards? Or are the powers-that-be just censoring randomly? I remember when Tipper Gore went on a war against explicit lyrics, successfully getting them to put "warning labels" on explicit albums, and inadvertently then caused sales of said dirty songs to skyrocket....that was hilarious.
On a slight tangent here, I remember the Radiohead song "Creep" was released in two versions in Australia, one had the line, presumedly the original lyric, "You're so fucking special". This song was played on the non-commercial broadcaster, who rarely censor anything. The other version had that lyric as "You're so very special" and was played by most other radio stations. A year or so later I remember reading an interview with singer Thom Yorke in which he stated that Radiohead had absolutely no regard at all for commercial success and wrote its music purely as artistic expression. I remember thinking that didn't excatly gel with its decision to censor its song. Its possible they had no choice under its record contract, but then again, why even have a record contract if you don't aim for commercial success? I guess theyt need to pay the bills.
STP's "creep" is better. -Nam


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Amazon is promising drones? Well, Google is building robots.
Amazon is promising delivery drones? Well, Google is building robots. On Wednesday, details surfaced about Google's latest project of building robots, according to USA Today, which initially reported on Google's latest project in August. But now, it's been announced that Andy Rubin - who led Google in creating the Android operating system - would head this project, too, with a group of technology companies. Rubin, 50, stepped away from his position at Google and was coy about his next project, USA Today reported. It looks like it'll be building robots with a group of companies. BBC News recently offered details about the new companies. "Google has created a new robotics group under Rubin and bought seven tech companies in the past six months, including Schaft, Industrial Perception, Meka and Redwood Robotics, to help with the push, according to a person familiar with the situation," USA Today reported. The robots won't be for consumers, though. Google's building the robots to help with manufacturing - "like electronics assembly, which is now largely manual" - and retailing, where Google hopes to compete with Amazon, The New York Times reported. "The opportunity is massive," said Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at the M.I.T. Center for Digital Business to The New York Times. "There are still people who walk around in factories and pick things up in distribution centers and work in the back rooms of grocery stores." Like Amazon's latest idea to use drones for delivering packages, Google's thought is that someday "there will be automated delivery to the doorstep, which for now is dependent on humans," The New York Times reported. These robots may pose a challenge to Amazon, according to BBC News. The world's largest online retailer's vision includes "using drones to transport goods to its customers by air," which would directly compete with Google's new robots if they become automated for package deliveries, BBC reported. But even if robots never surface and remain hidden in Google's offices in Palo Alto, Calif., the Internet search company - along with UPS - is testing out delivery drones, too, according to The Los Angeles Times. Columnist Matt Krantz of USA Today was interviewed in a Q&A about how investors should look at drones and robots, which are both in their early stages of development. He said that "investors are starting to understand robots and drones are quickly growing beyond their traditional dead-end jobs on factory floors. There could be money to be made by investors who pick the right companies at the forefront of drone technology."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D128966%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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We already know that the soundtrack for Batman: Arkham City looks promising. It'll feature original tracks from a ton of bands, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Boxer Rebellion, Serj Tankian and The Raveonettes. All of the groups seem to have put a lot of work into providing quality cuts.
The track from the Danish electro duo The Raveonettes is now streaming online. Titled "Oh, Stranger", it's a suitably dark, gothic bit of electro, a dramatic build to a pusling beat, all layered guitars and stadium-sized reverb. Dare I say that it sounds a little bit... Batman-y? The Arkham City video montages practically direct and edit themselves.
Give it a listen for yourself:
The Arkham City soundtrack goes on sale on October 4, two weeks before the game comes out on October 18.
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U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra hopes to rejoin Fire one day
Fire players celebrate Carlos Bocanegra's goal against the Columbus Crew at Cardinal Stadium on June 3, 2002. (Chicago Tribune/Nuccio DiNuzzo)
The crowd at Small Bar (2049 W. Division) cheered on Wednesday when U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra said he'd like to return to the Fire one day. The comment, part of Bocanegra's Q & A with fans, was exactly the sort of thing the Fire fans in attendance wanted to hear.
But did the former Fire defender make the comment simply to please the Chicago crowd?
"No, no, no, I want to come here," Bocanegra told me afterward. "This is my first choice. You never know how it works with (Major League Soccer) and allocations, but I love this city. For me, it would be cool to play for one team my whole career in MLS. I would like to come back to Chicago."
The 31-year-old California native won the 2002 and 2003 MLS Defender of the Year award with the Fire. He left the team in 2004 to join England's Fulham and currently plays for France's Saint-Étienne
"I have a year and a half left on my contract," Bocanegra said. "We'll see what happens. I love it in France. We get 45,000 fans at games. It's crazy. The atmosphere is unbelievable. But a little later down the road, maybe in a year, I'll start having conversations and thinking about it more."
U.S. soccer captain Carlos Bocanegra no longer just a face in the crowd


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Bayhawks Could Earn No. 2 Seed for Championship Weekend
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Seeding for Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend will be on the line when the Chesapeake Bayhawks (8-5) host the Charlotte Hounds (7-6) on Saturday night (7 p.m.) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Chesapeake could earn either the second or third seed with a win while a loss would drop the defending MLL champions to No. 4. Both the Bayhawks and Hounds are hoping to avoid a semifinal matchup with undefeated and top-seeded Denver (13-0).
"We're not afraid of Denver. That being said, you would like to play the Outlaws on the second day after they've had a tough game on the first day," Chesapeake president and head coach
Dave Cottle said.
That scenario worked out well for Chesapeake at last year's Championship Weekend in Cambridge, Mass. The second-seeded Bayhawks totally dismantled the top-seeded Outlaws in Sunday's final to the tune of 16-6.
Beyond seeding, Chesapeake wants to complete the regular season on a high note by beating another playoff team that is currently on a roll. Charlotte is riding a franchise-best three-game winning streak and has secured a postseason berth in only its second year of existence.
"I don't care about Charlotte's momentum. That means nothing to me," Cottle said. "We're more worried about Chesapeake's momentum. We think we're starting to play better. No disrespect intended, but Charlotte's momentum, we don't give two hoots about that. We're only concerned with Chesapeake's momentum."
Chesapeake is coming off an impressive 12-8 defeat of the Rochester Rattlers that secured a spot in Championship Weekend. Rookie
Jesse Bernhardt (Maryland), whose strong play has earned a starting job on close defense, was named Warrior Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the win.
"Jesse primarily played long pole in college, but we've moved him down low and he's gotten better and better each week," Cottle said. "Jesse was active and created a bunch of turnovers. Whenever he knocked the ball to the ground, he picked it up and cleared it."
Cottle said the return of veteran short stick defensive midfielder
Jeff Reynolds gave the Bayhawks a big lift. Reynolds played great man-to-man defense, was a force in the clearing game and even scored a transition goal.
"I thought Jeff Reynolds coming back was huge. Jeff is an elite shorty and just a tremendous cover man," Cottle said.
Chesapeake's attack combination of
Drew Westervelt and
Ben Rubeor continues to pile up the points. Westervelt scored three goals and dished off two assists against Rochester and now has a team-high 42 points. The imposing 6-foot-5, 205-pounder has been shooting with tremendous accuracy in netting 32 goals, the most of his seven-year professional career.
Rubeor contributed a goal and three assists versus the Rattlers and stands second on the squad in scoring with 35 points. The slick left-hander has scored at least one point in 12 of 13 games this season.
Kyle Dixon has suffered this season shooting-wise, but has transformed into a tremendous playmaker and leads the Bayhawks with 18 assists. That is a career-high in that category for the perennial All-Star, whose goal to close the Rochester contest was his first since June 6
"Kyle has been in a shooting slump, but that has not affected any other parts of his game," Cottle said. "Kyle has always been a good passer and always makes the smart play. Experienced guys make adjustments and Kyle has helped the team by setting others up to score."
Charlotte is led offensively by veteran attackman
Matt Danowski, the fourth-leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse with 45 points (32 goals, 8 assists). Danowski, who is tied for the league lead with five 2-point goals, totaled seven points as the Hounds edged the Bayhawks, 16-15, in overtime on June 22
"I think Dino is playing like a man possessed, he's playing like a man who wants to play for Team USA," Cottle said.
Chesapeake All-Star close defenseman
Michael Evans missed the first meeting with Charlotte with an injury. Evans has successfully covered Danowski dating back to their collegiate days at Johns Hopkins and Duke, respectively.
Reynolds and long stick defensive midfielder
Mike Simon also sat out the earlier contest at Charlotte and all three defenders available will make a difference. Cottle said there are other areas the Bayhawks must improve in order to reverse the previous result with the Hounds.
"We've got to get better face-off defense. Last time, we got out of balance and gave up three goals directly off the draw," he said. "Charlotte is a great shooting team so we can't foul a lot and give up extra man opportunities. We also need to do a better job of dropping into the hole and preventing transition or unsettled scoring chances."
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Some people consider master data management (MDM) initiatives to be a sign of failure on the part of IT: If the systems had been designed properly in the first place, we wouldn't need MDM techniques to clean up the mess. As my expressive young nephew would say, this is wrongedy wrong wrong.
Many—perhaps most—data integration problems originate outside the realm of IT. A casual scan of the daily newspaper can yield stories about data-integration problems in unexpected places, such as the obituaries or the fine-arts pages.
On April 30 of this year, 90-year-old Venetia Burney Phair died at Barnstead, in the county of Surrey, England. She studied mathematics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and went on to become a chartered accountant and a teacher of math and economics. But her greatest accomplishment occurred on March 14, 1930, when as 11-year-old Venetia Burney she proposed that the ninth planet in our solar system be called "Pluto." For this accomplishment, Mrs. Phair received a substantial New York Times obituary—in the neighborhood of 15 column inches. (Remember this day; it might be the last time you ever encounter the unit "column-inches" used by someone who is not a historian discussing the quaint era of printed newspapers.)
By all accounts, Mrs. Phair lived admirably. Pluto, on the other hand, has had a rougher time of it. Pluto received one of the most widely publicized demotions in history. It is our most famous ex-planet. The hapless orb is not even unique: another ex-planet is Ceres, demoted to an asteroid in the middle of the 19th century when astronomers realized that there were hundreds of celestial bodies similar to Ceres.
By demoting Pluto on August 24, 2004, the International Astronomical Union created a far-reaching data-integration problem. Textbooks, almanacs, and educational posters would have to be reprinted. Drop-down lists of the planets would have to be adjusted. Board games about the solar system became outdated.
(On the plus side, Gustav Holst's seven-movement orchestral suite "The Planets" would once again have one movement for each non-Earth planet in our solar system. Holst wrote the suite in the early 20th century, before Pluto was discovered but well after Ceres had been demoted. Why only seven movements? Holst excluded Earth because his metaphorical motivation was astrology, not astronomy.)
In demoting Pluto, astronomers were acting reasonably—doing what is right for their community of expertise. Their motives were pure and utterly blameless. IT personnel who are inconvenienced by the resulting data-integration problem have no cause to complain.
In fact, IT personnel should expect such disruptions. Here's another one: The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, have created an interesting problem with the nominees for the 2009 award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. There are five nominations:
- David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish in Billy Elliot the Musical as "Billy Elliot."
- Gavin Creel in Hair as "Claude."
- Brian d'Arcy James in Shrek the Musical as "Shrek."
- Constantine Maroulis in Rock of Ages as "Drew."
- J. Robert Spencer in Next to Normal as "Dan."
The problem occurs at the top of the list. Three actors starring as Billy Elliot share the arduous, eight-shows-a-week load by alternating performances. (A fourth actor, Stephen Hanna, plays the role of "Billy's Older Self" in every show. Hanna is not included in the Award Nomination because his part is considered to be a distinct role.)
The three-way shared nomination causes all sorts of problems. Naturally, any structured rendering of the data that expects each nomination to consist of a single nominee will have to be redesigned.
The disruption extends far beyond the storage structures. Formatted presentations (e.g., reports and forms) about nominees will also need to be redesigned.
Even business policies and procedures can be affected. In previous years, each Tony-award voter could cast a ballot in a particular category only if he or she had seen all the shows. Applied to the three-way nomination for Billy Elliot, the business rule is ambiguous. Are potential voters required to attend five performances (one for each nomination) or seven (one for each nominee)? The answer, according to the Tony Awards administration committee, is five.
That answer might seem strange, but that is immaterial to this discussion. What's important here is the need to ask the question. Such questions—questions that clarify seemingly well-understood phenomena for which software has already been deployed—are commonplace. Data-integration problems are not exceptional; they are the norm.
In acknowledgement of this state of affairs, software engineers are often encouraged to "plan for change." That can mean a lot of things.
One way to plan for change is to accurately predict the future. Here, the state-of-the-art is immature. Astrology might suffice as a metaphorical framework for orchestral suites, but it's not so good for anticipating changing business conditions. Other approaches are needed.
One result of the desire to plan for change: Software engineering practice, including modularization, information hiding, separation of concerns, generalization, abstraction, … Software designs can be judged on how well or poorly they honor these principles. That is, engineers can honor these principles by creating code that is appropriately generalized, abstract, modularized, etc…
Beyond these principles, there is another way to plan for change: to expect change and to have in-place processes and techniques for coping with it. These processes will include data governance; the techniques will include master data management.
In the absence of reliable seers, time machines, and other ways to peer into the future, the best approach is to classify the various potential changes to data requirements into abstract patterns, and to develop techniques that can apply to those patterns. For example, two such patterns follow:
Pattern name: A maximum cardinality constraint changes from "One" to "Many."
- Pattern name: An enumerated type loses a value.
These patterns can be a linchpin of data-governance and MDM initiatives. Data-governance processes can include decision points based on the type of problem pattern encountered, and MDM solutions can be planned based on the kind of solution pattern required. The two patterns listed above correspond to "the Pluto problem" and "the Billy Elliot problem" respectively.
Allow me to predict the future: Over the next few months, I'll be contemplating such patterns as they apply to data-governance and MDM initiatives. I'm especially looking forward to describing some of these patterns at a day-long workshop on Master Data Management to be presented at Catalyst 2009 by me and my colleague Joe Bugajski.


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Mario Maker.
Nintendo has decided to release their own user-end version of the Reggie tool!
Mario Maker (working title) offers up a Super Mario Bros. dream: the ability for players to use the Wii U GamePad to design levels from scratch. Place blocks and enemies anywhere and play through the level. With the tap of an icon, users can even switch the visual style between a classic 8-bit Super Mario Bros. look and the world of New Super Mario Bros. U in the E3 version. The game is scheduled for the first half of 2015.