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When I first embarked on my own blogging enterprises a little over a year ago (shameless plug: www.theladiesfirst.blogspot.com!), I brainstormed what I wanted my blog to represent. Fun, fresh, understated yet unmistakable femininity, and freedom of creative expression were definitely what dreamed of contributing to the online community. So when it came time to name my blog, I was at a loss for a few days. I thought about everything that had influenced me growing up–movies, music, pop culture in general. A lot of potential ideas were tossed around, but I finally settled on a name that came from the song "Ladies First". The early 90s hit is all about a woman being the prototype when it comes to doing things right, with intelligence and grace. And I think there's no better way to summarize the fem-cee behind the hit, Queen Latifah, whose power and musical positivity over the course of her 22-year career has changed the way women are received in the hip hop community, for the better.
Born Dana Owens in Newark, NJ in 1970, Queen Latifah grew up singing in the Baptist church, but as she got older, she found more of a home in the world of hip hop. In high school, the 5'10" Latifah began beatboxing for a crew of girls that called themselves Ladies Fresh. This was good practice, but no indication of the Queen's full abilities. She began writing and perfecting her own rhymes. She must have been getting ready for what was to come, because when a demo recording of Latifah's "Princess of the Posse" landed in YO! MTV Raps host Fab Five Freddy's hands, she was quickly inked to a contract with Tommy Boy Records.
In 1989, when she was only 19 years old, Latifah's first album All Hail the Queen was released to huge critical acclaim. The album also put Queen Latifah on the rap game's radar with the classic "Ladies First". The single, a collaboration with her fellow Native Tongues posse member MC Monie Love, spoke to the ferocity and power of women in the game. The song boasted some of the most lyrically sophisticated and influential rhymes, announcing to the male-dominated industry that "A Woman Can Bear You/Break You/Take You". The song helped the album peak at #6 on Billboard's Top Albums. With production from the likes of KRS-One and Prince Paul, it was evident that Queen Latifah had definitely earned the respect she deserved as a female rapper. And instead of resting on her rap laurels, the Queen formed Flavor Unit Entertainment, a management/production company that put on some of your favorite pioneers in the game, including Naughty by Nature. Keeping with the whole busy trend, she released her second album on Tommy Boy records, Nature of a Sista in 91.
However, it was not the chart topping success that her last album was, and when her contract expired, she was dropped by Tommy Boy. This seeming failure marked the beginning of a rough time for Latifah– she was victim of a carjacking, and her brother Lance lost his life in a tragic motorcycle accident. Years later, The Queen opened up about dealing with the tragedy: "I don't know if I ever recovered completely. I know I don't hurt as bad as I used to hurt. You can't replace a person, especially someone with a big presence like my brother. We were best friends, there were no secrets between us." (http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/Queen+Latifah-58085.html). She has also gone on record to say that her music helped her through that rough time, and after re-signing with Motown Records and working on new material, she released Black Reign in '93. The album was a smash, mostly because of the signature song U.N.I.T.Y. A firm slap in the face to disrespectful and abusive dudes, the song is an anthem for women everywhere and a SERIOUS life-long inspiration of mine. Lyrics like "You put your hands on me again I'll put your ass in handcuffs" reminded women everywhere to stand up for themselves, and guys everywhere that the Queen was still in the house!
While her rap rebound was on the come up, Latifah began the second phase of her career, which would soon make her a household name–acting. Starting with smaller guest starring and supporting roles in films like Jungle Fever, House Party 2 and Juice, the Queen made memorable early on-screen impressions. Who could forget her guest-starring turn as Hillary's bitchy celebrity boss on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?! CLASSIC. The small roles paid off, because Latifah soon landed her own sitcom, Living Single, the hilarious thorn in my productive side. Seriously, yo, it seems like ANYTIME I try to get something really important done, a Living Single marathon/DVD box set pops up and derails my plans with hours of laughs. *Sigh* It's becoming a real problem! But I digress… on the show, which centered on the lives of six friends living in Brooklyn, Latifah played Khadijah James, a hard-working editor/publish of the fictional urban independent magazine Flavor. Portraying a strong, intelligent woman was something Latifah had no problem doing, and she received the NAACP Image Award for her work on the show in 1998. After the end of Living Single, the Queen got her mini-Oprah on and hosted her own talk show–The Queen Latifah Show, and continued to act. Her breakout role, in terms of boosting her star power and making her a certified Hollywood celeb, was her work as Matron "Mama" Morton in the 2002 Oscar-sweeping musical Chicago. Latifah managed to steal the spotlight even amongst a cast of heavyweights like Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger and Catherina Zeta Jones, and was nominated herself for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year. Even though she didn't win, the nomination marked a serious turning point in her career. These days, The Queen is a bone fide star, she commands anywhere from $10 to $15 million per flick, and has carried hits such as The Perfect Holiday and the upcoming Just Wright.
Now a Cover Girl spokeswoman, sometimes-face of Weight Watchers, and that mysterious Voice-Over in the Pizza Hut campaign on TV– the Queen is a certifiable part of American culture. Sure, she's in a bit more (OK, a LOT more) of a commercial place now than she was when she started, but at least she's done it her way. When hip hop, or the world at large, gets too out of check, Dana Owens–The Queen– is right there, quietly but powerfully reminding us that the Ladies really are First!
Especially Queenly Facts
*Queen Latifah played power forward on her basketball team all through high school– and won two championships! You go girl!
*She played two VERY different guest starring characters on The Fresh Prince: One, Marissa Redmond (Hillary's stuck-up boss) and the other, DeDe (Will's tomboy crush)
*"Latifah" is Arabic for sensitive and delicate– a cousin gave her the nickname when she was 10.
*One upon a time, even this Queen flipped burgers at Burger King.
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The honey badger, a creature oblivious to the sport of football, has shot through the roof in our "Power Rankings of Animals We'd Never Heard of Two Years Ago."
More than 31 million have watched the YouTube video that made the honey badger a household name.
|Enter honey badger: This little salty fellow helps motivate the San Francisco 49ers' locker room to great heights. (Shutterstock)
"Honey badger don't care. ... It just takes what it wants," an animated narrator says over footage of the animal scavenging the wilderness for its next meal.
At some stage, it became the nickname for LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, and -- for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and his players -- the beast has become a motivational trigger for a team that finally learned to go after what it wanted this season.
Harbaugh (who appears to spend his free time differently than, say, Buddy Nix) screened a film of the 49ers' highlights spliced together with clips of the honey badger roaming the badlands, FOX Sports reported.
"Honey badger don't care about no lights!" Harbaugh then shouted after a Monday Night Football victory that was delayed by a rash of power outages. Players were won over, and the message has carried forward since.
This honey badger is a handful to deal with, but according to Jack Handey, the most dangerous animal in the world isn't the honey badger, but a "shark, riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."
New nickname? Shark riding elephant, eating everything? Any takers?


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Hello AI Fans!!
Just a really quick card from me today showing off the adorable 4363 Tweetheart Set from the Shakers line at Art Impressions. I just love this image to send someone a hug through the mail. The top half of her is on a mini wobble. Too precious!
And in this next pic, you can see the mini wobble.
Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today, and hope you have some time this weekend to get crafty!
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Lake Webb and the west entry gate to the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area will be closed to the public from Sept. 28 through Oct. 8 for use by a private group.
The entire area from the Kern River inlet to the west gate will be closed to public use.
Fishing will not be allowed at Lake Webb during that time.
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Storing different Pu-erhs together
About 2 or 3 years ago I decided to try sheng pu-erh and bought a decent quality bing of sheng cha. Unfortunately, it wasn't really to my taste, so I put it aside. I found a large, inexpensive double-lidded red clay pot in a local Chinese market and put it inside. I figured that I probably wouldn't be keeping it long enough to age it that way, but at least I'd be keeping it properly and could take it out from time to time to try it, as a sort of experiment.
Since then I've gotten a few shou pu-uerhs which I drink from time to time, but not all that often, and keep them each in separate metal double tins. The other day I hit on the idea of keeping them all in the same large clay pot with the sheng at the bottom and the others stacked on top, separated by paper plates.
Would doing that possibly accelerate the aging of the remaining sheng bing? Could it degrade or harm any of them?
I would separate sheng and shu in your storage, personally.
Even sheng from different time periods / ages should probably be kept closer to each other, though they can still be kept in the same general area.
I agree with Will, keep them apart. Sheng and Shu are lost never stored together, especially for long term aging. Although they are both puerh they are still very, very different types of tea. And no, it will not accelerate the aging of the sheng bing. It may absorb some of the shu smell, but a young sheng that has been stored with shu and absorbed some flavor would probably be gross.
of course i would like to know where you found the lidded pot. i have been lookind for a couple of those to store tea in as you have.
There's a large Chinese supermarket near me which in addition to tea, fresh swimming fish, Buddhist slaughtered chickens, frozen mock vegetarian meats and more kinds of bok choi than you can imagine, has several aisles of pots, woks and cooking utensils, dishes, rice makers, teapots, kettles. I imagine the unglazed doubled lidded clay pots were meant for pickling vegetables.
http://www.zhizhengtea.com/tea-storage-jars.html these are quite reasonably priced, just email and ask for the price of whatever size you want
And right there on the page is the answer to my original question!:
"Note: 'Uncooked' or Raw Puer tea should not be stored with 'Cooked' or shou Puer."
The pots I bought were about 17cm diameter by 15cm deep, big enough for 3 -4 bings, and double lidded. They cost $10
Definitely keep them apart.
The Shou Chaa will affect the Sheng Chaa much more than the other way around, so you do not want the aromas of the Shou overtaking the Sheng as it ages.
I agree with these opinions here. Personally, I would separate Sheng and Shu pu'erh in storage too. Though they belong to pu'erh tea, and they have different flavor.
Sheng: Chestnut fragrance and buds fragrance.
Shu: Mellow and earthy flavor with aroma.
So if we store them together, their flavor will mix.
I'm convinced.
I agree with all the recommendations. 'Cross-contamination' or 'tainting' of the cakes will occur if you keep them together. Honestly, recently I went as far as to separate 'smoky' Sheng from 'sweeter' scented Sheng.
Clay pots are always great ways of storing Pu-erh, but I would be careful, clay out of constant temperature will have a lower temperature than the rest of the room, the same happens with heat, if near a heat source it will heat faster and retain it longer… so keep that in mind when using clay pots ;)


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So another argument (yes, again) I've encountered. I told someone I didn't think I'll have children in the future nor do I want to. So in response this person said, "How do you know you won't want to have children in the future?" I don't know, but as of right now these are my feelings. Also, I just don't think I'll be a good parent. While talking, the girls around me acted like what I was saying was unreasonable. As if they couldn't believe their ears.
"Why wouldn't you want kids? what would you do when you get old?"
OMG JUST WHAT WOULD I DO??? Play with my iCane or something -____-"""
"but that's soo......"
Apparently my life is meaningless if I don't bear children. My life is not centered around having kids, that's not what I envision for my future, and I don't believe that's my sole purpose in life. I know it's not as close minded as I'm making it out to be, but it's either you want to, or you don't. ...and I don't. So what I got was "yeah, but still......" It seems to me that people think: you can get an education, get a job, and achieve all your dreams, find your soul mate ...but you better have kids in the end, because that's just how it is
get em teddy ◟ʕ╬ᴥ╬ ◟ʔ
All my friends and some of my siblings have kids. Compared to them I have more time for hobbies, fewer restrictions, more disposable income, less aggravation. When I mention being able to spend a couple hours reading and then a couple more hours cycling, they just stare at me like I told them I could fly and had a pile of gold in my basement.
accept no substitutes
Of course not. There are other things to do in life besides raising an offspring. Some people don't even have children and their happy with their lives.
I hate Crunchyroll.
Well childless men will have the same problems as childless women.
You hear of men dying old and alone here with no-one finding them for a good while every so often. Usually farmers.
And just because you have kids doesn't mean they will stick around.
And you can look after other people's kids as a creche owner or childminder without having any of your own.
Life is meaningless anyway. Everyone is only here because your mother chose (or was forced) to give birth. You don't ask for it, you just get it. Make of it what you will.
You can't choose what stays and what fades away
I've gotten the same crap about refusing to have more children. I really wanted the one I have, and after years of trying finally succeeded. I don't want more because I am very happy just like this. I refuse to listen to strangers tell me shit like, "You can't have just one child" and "You never know how many kids you'll have". Actually, kids aren't potato chips - you CAN stop with one, and there is an entire field of medicine dedicated to controlling how many children you have.
I know plenty of people who never wanted kids, didn't have kids, and won't ever have kids. They're all perfectly happy right now, and they all have more money and free time than me, which they use to go to the gym and keep their undamaged bodies looking good. There are plenty of other things to do in life that don't revolve around getting married and having children.
The same thing we do every night, Pinky...
The decision to have kids or not to is always up to you. Your choices always change and so does your point of view on things. There were many things I said I'd never do but ended up doing them years later.
Do what you want cause thats what matters forget what others try and force on you. But you never know one day you might find someone who will change that idea you have.
No. Not everyone needs to be parents also. >:3
You learn. You ask questions. You laugh. You cry. You fall in love. You fall out of love. You hurt. You feel pleasure. These are philosophical things. Having children is merely biological. Since we are animals, biological things apply to us to. But being human, having human faculties of reason, philosophical things make us special. Philosophical things make our existence meaningful.
You're fine. The world is already burdened by so many people needing and taking resources.
Free your mind!
I had that same mentality too maybe I don't want to have kids or be married fro that matter. On another note related to this when I was younger I had ALWAYS been at peace with the fact that Id die because it's inevitable and I thought it silly to be unreasonable over it. However, as I got older many things happened including someone dear to me passing (one of those people that you're so close to that although you know all people have to go you'd never wanted to believe it could happen to this person regardless how childish it may sound you want to keep & be with them always.) ,
at this point I started feeling very uneasy, fearful even. I thought to myself ,
"Even if I'm unable to accomplish all my goals or even if I do I still wouldn't be at peace with leaving."
but then I thought
"I think I'd be at peace if I got to give life; it's such a selfless act."
I smiled at that "A life for a life, a legacy to leave behind." I immediately felt at peace afterwards. If nothin' else if I'm unable to make my mark and I'm forgotten at least I'll be leaving a piece of myself behind that will continue to grow.....unless they get banished or massacred Sometimes I think how I could have ever said I didn't want kids I love children! always have it's weird
How many fuckin' Friday the 13ths are we gonna have?!
There's nothing wrong with not wanting to have kids. If I ever wanted kids I'd probably adopt as there are so many children out there already with nobody to take care of or love them.
FlyinDumpling wrote:I told someone I didn't think I'll have children in the future nor do I want to.
good. good for you, children are horrible, they'll ruin your life.
It's too much work that I'm not willing to put in and I know I won't be a good parent
Omgwt wrote:
Why do you not want to have kids? Is it because you think that it will out-shadow your other purposes in life or because you think you won't make a good parent?
I think it's pretty selfish to have kids, just to have kids.
tink2 wrote:
"I think I'd be at peace if I got to give life; it's such a selfless act."
I smiled at that "A life for a life, a legacy to leave behind." I immediately felt at peace afterwards. If nothin' else if I'm unable to make my mark and I'm forgotten at least I'll be leaving a piece of myself behind that will continue to grow
get em teddy ◟ʕ╬ᴥ╬ ◟ʔ
I don't think anyone needs to have kids to have a meaning to life. Some people are perfectly happy without them. Personally though I'd love to have a kid or two if I met the right woman in the future. Maybe I'm just at that point in life where I'm ready to settle down and start a family.
Life, dreams, hope. Where do they come from? And where do they go?
FlyinDumpling wrote:
It's too much work that I'm not willing to put in and I know I won't be a good parent
Could do with people that worry about things like that, perfectionist? You will definitely be a good parent if you have kids then :D.
Is a woman's life pointless without children?
>>> No way.
We have over 7 billion people on this Earth (this number is expected to rise exponentially by 2030), we don't really need more for a while, we have so many people that China has to implement a one-child policy.
You know what I think is really pointless and stupid? When irresponsible people have children. People who smoke while pregnant or smoke around their children or never feed them properly--what is the point of bringing a life into this world if you can't take care of it properly?
Or people who have children just because society dictates them to even though they can't stand the sight of children... those are parents who make bad parents.
I don't ever want children either, I don't see how my life is going to be meaningless without them. I probably won't get married either... for some people marriage is such a big deal... it's not. You have to live by your rules, not by society's rules... otherwise you're going to have one gigantic headache at the end of your journey.
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Battle for Poor Shoppers Fuels Dollar-Store Deal
Dollar Tree Agrees to Buy Family Dollar for About $8.5 Billion
The battle for America's poorest consumers intensified Monday with Dollar Tree Inc.'s agreement to buy rival Family Dollar Stores Inc. for about $8.5 billion.
The chains thrived during the recession as the number of working Americans living in poverty increased by nearly 40%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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(CNN) -- Looking for your own piece of paradise? When it comes to exclusivity, it's hard to beat vacationing on a private island.
And if you've got the cash, there's almost limitless possibilities. But for the ultimate in seclusion and no-holds-barred indulgence, consider sailing to a hideaway owned by a celebrity.
From the private getaways of Richard Branson to Marlon Brando, the celebrity cachet of these four islands add a unique spin to the typical luxury holiday.
Necker Island
Could Richard Branson, British billionaire founder of the Virgin empire, have chosen a more suitably named location for his island home than the British Virgin Isles?
Sitting in turquoise waters surrounded by coral reefs, Necker has played host to everyone who's anyone: from pop divas Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson to internet tycoon Larry Page who reportedly had his wedding there.
Having slowly built it up from little more than a humble collection of bamboo huts, the island is today everything you'd expect from a billionaire's tropical playground.
The hub of Necker is the Great House -- a vast Balinese style lodge that features a master bedroom with panoramic views and a private outdoor Jacuzzi.
The island has multiple infinity pools, tennis courts and a gym, as well as 60 full-time staff, including a team of watersports instructors (whose help may be especially required when operating the "Necker Nymph" -- a sub-aquatic diving jet-ski).
The island could be yours, as well as up to 27 of your best friends, for just $54,500 a night -- including free meals, drinks and wireless internet.
Renting an island not just for the rich
Musha Cay
For a magical experience -- quite literally -- billionaire illusionist David Copperfield will rent out his private slice of the Bahamas for just $37,500 a day.
Coming in at a little over twice the size of Branson's Caribbean cove, Copperfield's Musha Cay only has half the servants, but don't let that put you off.
For a start, where else can you swim with the sharks and, five minutes later, be playing pool on conjurer legend Harry Houdini's original billiards table?
On his website, the minted magician boasts that a "private sun warms your face and private waves lap your feet." And when Copperfield says private, he means seriously private.
Musha Cay is shielded by 10 further islands, collectively known as "Copperfield Bay," bought specifically to enhance privacy. Meanwhile, the island's main lodging -- the 10,000-square-foot Highview -- has its own private beach and pier. The island even has its own private airstrip.
Outfitted with the inevitable array of mod-cons -- a beachfront air-conditioned gymnasium, business center, free-form freshwater swimming pool on the ocean and night-lighted tennis courts -- Musha sleeps up to 24 guests across 12 bedrooms with, of course, 22 golf carts to ferry them about.
Parrot Cay
Want to take a nap in Bruce Willis's bed? Sniff Keith Richard's cutlery? Then head to the private island of Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos.
Admittedly, there's a chance you may have to share the island with, gasp, some strangers -- as it's not possible to rent the entire island. However, a host of celebrities own homes here, and they're all up for rent if you've got the cash.
One night on Parrot Cay will cost you anywhere from $545 for a modest-sized room (not owned by a notable celebrity), to $25,000 for a night in U.S. fashion mogul Donna Karan's beachfront property, "The Sanctuary."
Easily trumping both Musha and Necker at 1,000 square acres, Parrot Cay (formerly named Pirate Cay, before the owners thought better of it) is only accessible by boat, so yacht owners are preferred.
Tucked away among a group of islands in French Polynesia, slap bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is a private atoll that was once the island kingdom of one of the 20th century's most celebrated and enigmatic film stars: Marlon Brando.
Tetiaroa consists of 13 white sand islets encircled by a coral reef which, from above, appears to shimmer like a turquoise amulet.
Brando discovered the island while scouting film locations for "Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1960 and bought it six years later. It soon became a refuge from the fame he increasingly eschewed.
With his Tahitian wife Tarita, Brando built a hotel on the island in 1973 -- which was operational until his death in 2004. Today Tetiaroa's sole inhabitant is 48-year-old Simon Teihotu Brando, the great actor's son, who now works as the island's caretaker.
While little remains of Brando's legacy -- the original airstrip and hotel have fallen into disrepair -- plans are underfoot for a private eco-luxury resort named, you guessed it, "The Brando."


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UK Town Starts Texting Residents To Remind Them They're Obese
from the put-down-that-doughnut-Dave dept
To receive the digital life advice you must be 18, have a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over, and you (fortunately) have to opt-in to be scolded by the government about your spare tire. The concept sounds a little bit like what Libertarian nightmares must be like, with a government robot sending you messages reminding you to put down that doughnut and go play outside:
Examples of the texts sent include: aim to eat a variety of fruit and vegetables each day; aim to eat regular meals and keep a check on snacks and drinks; and 'maybe walk to the shops or use the stairs more often';. The texts may also ask questions, such as ';are you pleased with the amount of exercise you've done in the last seven days, text yes or no';. If the respondents text yes, they get a reply like 'that's great, keep going';, or if the answer is negative, they get a text encouraging them to do more exercise.It's not really clear that a text message is going to be the miracle missing link that cures someone's life-long motivational problems, and as governments get more comfortable with location data and text messages, the results aren't always good, such as the use of text messages in the Ukraine recently to warn protesters that they're being monitored and should probably go home. As with the UK's porn filters, you also have to wonder if there's a slippery slope involved in these kinds of good intentions, and it's probably not that far of a jump (at least under the Cameron government) toward systems that catalog and ridicule you for all your non-government sanctioned personal failings.
Though hey, if all it took for you to finally stop shoveling Cheeze-Its into your gullet and go outside was a text message, why ask why?


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I am disappointed with the House of Commons for voting to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain.
I am disappointed with the House of Commons for voting to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain.
Marriage is an institution that predates civilization and is exclusive to one man and one woman who have the responsibility to procreate the human race and to nurture, educate and pass on shared values and mores to their offspring. Neither church nor state invented marriage, and neither can change its nature.
The sexual union of a man and woman is called the marital act because the two become physically one in a way that is impossible between two men or two women.
Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. Gender is inextricably bound up with physical sexual identity, and "gender-free marriage" is a contradiction in terms, like a square circle.
This new gender ideology, which is increasingly being imposed on society by Western governments, undermines the fundamental understanding of what it means to be a human. In seeking to make every individual completely autonomous, it destroys the understanding of the family as a community designed for the rearing of children.
In this radical new understanding of sexuality, children lose their own rights and become mere objects of adult possession.
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Headsets have always had certain qualities that make them the perfect audio peripheral for gaming. They are compact, have clear audio, are non-intrusive to others and allow for online communication. There's not much room for improvement to the base headset technology. All you need is a good pair of headphones with a microphone attached and perhaps some convenient inline controls. Where there is room to improve is more specific to their application. Games have had surround sound audio for some time now, yet the audio standard for gaming is still stereo. Gaming in surround sound provides deeper immersion and an advantage in multiplayer. Though some gamers will opt for a full surround system, this isn't really a practical option for most. A fairly new phenomenon that has occurred in the last three to four years is the growing popularity of simulated surround sound and true surround sound headsets. Both technologies are in still in the earlier stages of development and so far there are very few surround sound headsets (simulated or true) that provide the same advantages as a physical speaker system.
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Speculation...What would The Amazing Race Canada be without a trip to Canada's arctic?I'm thinking Yellowknife or Whitehorse - both Air Canada destinations. Or would they make them drive and show off the impressive rough road capabilities of the 2013 Chevrolet Suburban or Avalanche?The Mackenzie Hwy is spectacular... as is the driving to Whitehorse in the Yukon.
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Ah, familia! One of the most important things in the Latino culture is family. There are some families that really leave you saying "wow" because of their good looks or how close-knit they are. We're shedding some light on 17 of the best looking families in Hollywood:
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Kobe and Vanessa Bryant met in November 1999. After six months of dating, the two were engaged and married on April 18, 2001. Kobe and Vanessa now have two daughters - Natalia Diamante and Gianna - making this family of four beautifully complete.
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Mark Consuelos and wife Kelly Ripa met on the set of daytime soap opera All My Children. The couple eloped in Las Vegas on May 1, 1996. Now, 17 years later, they share a beautiful family comprised of two sons, Michael Joseph and Joaquin Antonio, and daughter Lola Grace.
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Ricky Martin and His Twins
We can't get enough of Ricky's - whose real name is Enrique Martin Morales - twins Matteo and Valentino. The boys were born in August 2008 via a surrogate and look so much like their papi. It's beyond cute!
5. Beautiful Families: Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez and Her Twins
Like Ricky, J.Lo also welcomed twins Maximilian David and Emme Maribel in 2008. She has previously referred to her beautiful family as nontraditional. "I am a nontraditional family," she said. "Me being a single mom, their dad doesn't live at home with them. They have three stepbrothers from two other mothers...that's not traditional" Traditional or not, they still look like one very happy familia.
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Weight loss & Breastfeeding
Lately I've felt terrible about my weight. :( I lost weight while pregnant, and then gained a bunch in fluid when I got pre-eclampsia. Still, once DS was born, I was 29 pounds LESS that I was when I got pregnant.
DS was 4 months old yesterday, and I'm about 12 pounds away from being the same weight I was when I got pregnant. I'm hungry all the time, and I've tried fruits and vegetables, and they just don't seem to fill me up. When I'm hungry, I don't want to eat because of my weight. But then I feel terrible for not eating, because I keep thinking that if my body is hungry, it obviously needs it to feed DS. So I feel bad if I don't eat, but I feel horrible if I do.
This is such a change for me. I've always been overweight, but I've never ate very much (I apparently have a really slow metabolism). Now I'm wanting to eat all the time, and steadily gaining because of it. :banghead: I don't know what to do, and I break down in tears every time I'm hungry because I just don't want to eat. :cry:
Re: Weight loss & Breastfeeding
NAK: This is my third baby and it seems to me that I always keep about 10 pounds on until the babes get older (really eating alot of solids). Then I always keep an extra 5 lbs til I'm completely done bf'ing (2 years each time). I'm hungry too. I get really hungry when the baby is doing a growth spurt. Eat up, listen to your body just like you did when you were prego.
Hope this helps and makes sense, I'm a little sleep deprived. :lostit:
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I was always hungry when I was BF too. More than when I was pregnant. Maybe if the Fruits and veggies are not satisfying you it is because you aren't hungry but thirsty. Many people confuse these two cravings and grab something to eat when they are thirsty, therefore the thirst is not satisfied and they don't feel satisfied. I find myself doing this too. If I keep walking into the kitchen for something to eat I stop and grab something to drink instead. So maybe before you grab a snack you should grab a glass or water or juice to quinch your thirst, then see if you still feel hungry and get a snack. I always find myself very thirsty before dinner, I will drink several glasses or water, milk and juice trying to get satisfied, then I am not very hungry for dinner.
Also remember to get out and get some exercise, even a walk in the morning or evening. It doesn't have to be a complicated routine, anything to get you moving.
Keep up the good work feeding your body and your baby the best you can.
Re: Weight loss & Breastfeeding
Fruits and vegetables aren't going to be very filling because they're mostly carbohydrates...designed for quick energy and burn off quickly. You might try eating some low-fat protein for staying power. A good one for me is deli turkey or chicken slices. I just roll up a few and eat them as a snack, no bread or anything. Trail mix helps some, too, but you have to be careful...there's about 130 calories in a 1/4 cup.
Yeah, I get ravenous while/after breastfeeding. I agree with the poster who mentioned water...getting 64 oz a day helps, too. I've been using the Spark People website some...they have mealplans that have low-calories snacks included (I added 500 calories onto my caloric intake requirements in order to cover the extra calories needed for breastfeeding. You really do need to eat...I don't know about you, but if I don't eat it just makes it worse because I get so hungry that I overeat. Hang in there!
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Men of War (UK - DVD R2)
Leigh reviews the Anchor Bay release of this 1994 Dolph Lundgren actioner
Nick Gunar (Dolph Lundgren), a jaded and burnt-out former mercenary struggling with civilian life, is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to 'persuade' the natives of a South China Island to hand over their home in order for the company to mine its valuable mineral resources. Reluctantly, Nick accepts, recruiting former mercenary buddies to lend a presence. However, the natives, lead by the charismatic Po (B.D. Wong), prove to be more tenacious than everybody presumed, and over time, Nick and a handful of his group are charmed by the island and their people. However, battle lines are drawn between the group, and along with Nick's old nemesis Keefer, the group fractures, turning the utopia into a war zone in which Nick fights not only for Po and his people, but also to regain his humanity.
Everybody has a film like this in their collection; it's a title that unexpectedly hits a chord with them and becomes a dark horse of a favourite, but is also a film that will make most people take one look at the cover and simply say 'no'. 1994's Men of War is in a way a throwback film, recalling older mercenary films such as Dogs of War and Wild Geese in the respect that although they are hard boiled war films, they also have a strong moral centre that prevents them from becoming a simple bloodbath. That's one element that raises this film above something like Delta Force for instance, but it's worth noting that this has a loftier pedigree than most of the films by Lundgren's contemporaries of the time; Men of War is penned by highly respected indie scribe John Sayles, writer of such highbrow fare as Sunshine State, Men With Guns and Matewan.
There are Sayles apologists who like to insist that the writer's link is tenuous, but it is indeed a bona fide script from him (with action scenes filled out by his friend and working partner, director Perry Lang). Of course, these are also the same people that choose to forget Sayles' extensive early genre output of classic scripts such as 1980's Alligator and The Howling. Men of War is fairly interesting, as the script (dating from 1987) appears to signify a move from genre to more weighty issue-based material, with the film being inspired by a real life newspaper article. It's not Sayles-lite either, as there is enough sardonic wit and amusing asides to raise the film above a generic shoot-'em-up. His influences also extend to the ensemble cast, as a majority of the principal cast come from his various projects. The moral angle obviously piqued Lundgren's interest as well; soon after this, he tackled Angolan landmine issues with Sweepers
The cast is a surprisingly strong one for a film of this type, with Gunar's crew filled with solid character actor talent such as Don Harvey, Tom Wright, Tim Guinee and Kevin Tighe, who all bring their A-games when others of their calibre may have phoned their performances in. The film also has a genuinely superb performance from Tony-winning stage and screen actor B.D. Wong, who grounds the film as the charismatic Po. In the company of such talent, Lundgren comes off better than one might expect, and raises his game to deliver a rather nice low-key and naturalistic performance that is miles away from the camp of Universal Soldier, and surprisingly he doesn't get lost in the ensemble.
Of course we have to have the muscle too, and Tom 'Tiny' Lister provides testosterone and the comic book edge that the film also contains. Unfortunately, the main villain played by the late Trevor Goddard almost capsizes the entire film single-handedly with an atrociously loud and excessively hammy performance that makes his performance as Kano in Mortal Kombat look like a turn for a Bergman film.
One of the most notable things about the film is that it doesn't cut around the characters' change of heart like a lot of star powered action vehicles do; Nick's seduction by the island takes it's time, and isn't sidelined and trimmed to make way simply for action. We also get time to see how lovingly shot the film is by cinematographer Ronn Schmidt, with the stunning widescreen vistas giving the film much more sheen than one might think a Lundgren film might contain. Shot in Thailand, the backdrops give production value money simply cannot buy.
However, you don't buy a Dolph Lundgren film to see a Thai travelogue, and Men of War delivers some meaty action. There are sporadic bursts of activity throughout the film, but Lang really kicks things up a gear in the last forty minutes or so, with some cracking action on show. He might be more at ease with drama, but the final battle shows Lang watches the right references, bearing favourable comparison with the first act siege in Predator.
Not everything is perfect, mind. Aside from the film destroying performance from Goddard, there is an incredibly bungled action climax that lacks geography and coherence, making the film devolve into a cartoonish fudge that makes little visual sense and ends the film on a unsuitably daffy note, despite a hefty punch up Between Goddard and Lundgren. While the film was never Citizen Kane, it's still wasted potential.
It's a shame that the film was buried by Miramax at the time (despite contrary opinion, this was never intended to go straight to home video), because it's superior to output from his contemporaries at the time, such as Steven Seagal's equally issue driven yet embarrassing big budget On Deadly Ground. The bottom line is, Men of War is a sturdy action drama that while not exactly a classic by any stretch of the imagination, is a surprisingly intriguing and entertaining little movie. If those of you that dismiss this because of who stars in the film can get past the fact that it's Dolph, you may actually enjoy yourself.
I've never seen the film in widescreen, so although it's not been remastered, the 2.35:1 transfer is fine by me. As you would imagine from a largely forgotten fifteen year old movie, the image is not exactly even. Occasionally the film is rather sharp, mostly in night-time sequences, at other times everything's rather soft and grainy, with slow motion action sequences in particular exhibiting quite a bit of grain. However, contrast is well balanced, and black levels are nice and deep. Colour is pretty well represented too, with Ronn Schmidt's grand cinematography coming off particularly well. It's not the greatest transfer in the world, but nonetheless the film's never even looked this good before.
Despite the fact that the box art says the disc has a 2.0 Surround track, Anchor Bay offer a Dolby Digital 5.1 track for the film. Men of War was originally released in Ultra Stereo, so the 5.1 mix has a little work to do. Unfortunately, the track's not quite up to it. While the track occasionally has a nice balance between dialogue, score and sound effects, there are several occasions where the whole track shifts entirely to the two rear speakers for a sequence and then back to the fronts for the next scene, and then finally reverts back to 5.1, which is not only highly distracting, but it also robs the scene of any sub woofer action. It's a shame, because in general it's a decent track when it works the way it's supposed to, with good use of surrounds in battle sequences and beefy explosions and whatnot.
The disc is so barebones, I'm surprised the DVD came with a box.
I'm almost positive that ninety percent of the people who read this review will write this off as a cheap and nasty DTV movie, which is a shame because Men of War is far better made and written than you might think. While there are some elements that drag the film down quite a few notches, such as some jarring performances and ill-advised shifts into comic book excesses, in general the film is a surprisingly solid action drama. Make no mistake, it's not Saving Private Ryan, but it's definitely Lundgren's best film by a long shot, and as military actioners go, it's one of the better ones. Fans of the new Rambo should definitely check this one out.
• Many thanks to Jeremie Damoiseau and dolph-ultimate.com for access to previously unseen production notes for Men of War
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Nice review, I agree with Godard pretty much turning it into a cringe-fest but it's still an awesome kick ass flick that will one day sit in my collection alongside Red Scorpion, Universal Soldier & Showdown in Little Tokyo. Ah yes.
Wow. Thanks for the review, Leigh. It's good to see little gems like this getting more exposure.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd February 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Perry Lang
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, B.D. Wong, Trevor Goddard, 'Tiny' Lister, Anthony John Denison
Genre: Action
Length: 99 minutes
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Hello everyone! I am Courtney and am an expat living/working in London for now. I am 41 and am primarily vegetarian though I do eat seafood occasionally. I asked for (and received!) a bento box for Christmas so I am very new to this. My reasons for bento-ing are:
portion control ~ to help lose a few pounds.
health ~ the canteen at work has no concept of healthy eating besides offering fruit.
fun ~ I like the idea of trying to come up with a cool lunch.
One of my challenges will be to come up with meals that do not require microwaving since I feel strongly about not using them. I do have a small wide mouth thermos for soups etc, but basically I will just try to get by on a refrigerated lunch. Another challenge is that I am a mediocre to terrible cook. I am learning, but I really need a lot of help from others at this point!
Can't wait to see how this challenge goes and am looking forward to being inspired by all of you!
A fellow Londoner here and I'm also completely new to bento so good luck! I take it you'll also be embarking upon the 5 week challenge too? At 5 meals a week for 5 weeks makes 25 in all. Crikey, I hope I can do it!
I'm a londoner as well, though I'm an icelander going to school here. I started school here last fall and had been meaning to take bento with me to school everyday. However I'm really not a morning person and gave up after a few times. School starts again for me on monday so this bento challenge is perfect for me! :D
Also, I don't have any objections against microwaves, but we don't have any at school, so all my food has to be eatable at room temperature.
I have my bento plan for the next week, hope I can stick to it!
Hello, I'm not in London, but not far away in Essex.
I have pretty much the same goals as you and am only a little bit more bento-experienced so we can be in the newbie corner together!
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The Internet of Things, Industrie 4.0 and Smart Production – even if the name varies, it is always about the seamless connection of the digital and real worlds. As a thought leader and trailblazer for Industrie 4.0, KUKA is playing a decisive role in this shift towards networked, intelligent production.
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From refrigerators to streetlights – every "thing" will soon be networked. Even today, almost every electronic device is able to communicate with the Internet. The digital world is an integral part of our lives.
Digitization is triggering rapid developments – for example, in genetics and nanotechnology as well as in robotics. These advancements are laying the foundation for a revolution that will be all-embracing. Digitally networked processes in Industrie 4.0 will make it possible to manufacture products at a low cost in a manner that is more flexible, energy-efficient, resource-saving and customized.
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Clouds will enable companies to react flexibly to capacity requirements and goods flows. In the technology hub of Austin, Texas, KUKA is working on the fusion of the IT sector with the leading expertise in the fields of mechatronics and industrial manufacturing processes. This will make KUKA technologies even more user-friendly and provide new features in practical operation.
Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things will also affect the machines themselves. They will become increasingly sensitive, more autonomous, more mobile and easier to operate. Soon, robots will be intelligent enough to understand our language and gestures. They are increasingly evolving into assistants in factories, supporting humans in their work. Because a robot is better at certain things – such as precision and speed – it provides humans with entirely new capabilities.
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text: nycmuzik 363 Report post Posted November 8, 2002 By EDITH LEDERER Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council unanimously approved a tough new Iraq resolution Friday, aimed at forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face ``serious consequences'' that would almost certainly mean war. The vote came after eight weeks of tumultuous negotiations and was seen as a victory for the United States, which drafted the resolution together with Britain. President Bush immediately went to the White House Rose Garden to warn Saddam Hussein the comply at once. The unanimous vote came as a surprise with support coming even from Syria, Iraq's neighbor. In remarks after the vote, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said, ``This resolution is designed to test Iraq's intentions.'' The broad support sends a strong message to Baghdad that the Security Council — divided for years over Iraq — expects full compliance with all U.N. resolutions. ``His cooperation must be prompt and unconditional or he will face severest consequences,'' Bush said in the White House Rose Garden. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Baghdad should comply for the sake of the Iraqi people. ``Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people...to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.'' Iraqi television did not broadcast the Security Council meeting live and there was no immediate reaction from Baghdad. A breakthrough in negotiations came Thursday when France and the United States reached a critical agreement to address French concerns that the resolution could automatically trigger an attack on Iraq. ``This resolution is a success for the Security Council and the United Nations,'' said France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-David Levitte. ``This success must now become a success for peace.'' But Iraq ``must understand that this opportunity is the final one,'' he said. Negroponte said the resolution gives international inspectors broad authority to look for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction — to check ``anyone, anywhere, anytime.'' There are ``no hidden triggers'' for the automatic use of force against Iraq if it does not comply with the resolution, Negroponte said, emphasizing that should the inspectors report Iraqi violations, the matter would return to the Security Council. The resolution, he said, is ``a new powerful mandate'' for the weapons inspectors. ``This resolution does not constrain any member state from acting to defend itself from the threat posed by Iraq.... to the government of Iraq our message is simple: non-compliance is no longer an option,'' he said. Chief U.N. weapons inspector, Hans Blix, was preparing to send an advance team to Iraq within two weeks, after a nearly four-year absence. While the United States made some major concessions to critics, the final draft still meets the Bush administration's key demands: toughening U.N. weapons inspections and leaving the United States free to take military action against Iraq if inspectors say Baghdad isn't complying. At the same time, it gives Saddam ``a final opportunity'' to cooperate with weapons inspectors, holds out the possibility of lifting 12-year-old sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and reaffirms the country's sovereignty. Washington and London spent eight weeks trying to get all 15 Security Council members to approve the resolution to send a united message to Saddam. The United States had tweaked its draft several times to account for French and Russian concerns over hidden triggers that could automatically launch an attack on Iraq. In a key provision that would declare Iraq in ``material breach'' of its U.N. obligations, the United States changed wording that would have let Washington determine on its own whether Iraq had committed an infraction. The new wording requires U.N. weapons inspectors to make an assessment of any Iraqi violations. Iraqi state media called the draft resolution a pretext for war and urged the Security Council Thursday not to bow to American demands. ``America wants to use this resolution as a pretext and a cover for its aggression on Iraq and the whole Arab nation,'' the ruling Baath Party newspaper Al-Thawra said Thursday. 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NASA's NuSTAR X-ray telescope is providing fresh views of oddly bright black holes and breathtaking supernovae, scientists said Monday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach.
NuSTAR mission scientists released high-energy X-ray images of two strangely bright black holes in the arms of spiral galaxy IC 342 about 7 million light years away and of Cassiopeia A, the shell of an exploded star, known as a supernova, just 11,000 light years away.
Since its launch last summer, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array has been snapping shots at energies up to 79 kiloelectron volts – far beyond the roughly 10 KeV limit of other X-ray telescopes such as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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Just when you thought it was safe to rest for the night, the Galaxy S IV news keeps on rolling in. So far today, we've seen the second part of Samsung and Jeremy's adventures in Galaxy S land, and some pictures from the Chinese forum 52 Samsung, supposedly detailing the device in full, color photos. Now, Samsung has taken to Twitter and Facebook to tease the S IV even further, releasing what appears to be a picture of the S IV lurking in the shadows.
Reminiscent of a Galaxy Nexus teaser released some time ago, tonight's Galaxy S IV teaser shows just a small area of the device, accompanied by absolutely no details or hints. Much like the 52 Samsung photos of the S IV, Samsung's official teaser image leaves us with plenty of questions.
If you adjust the exposure and mess with the contrast a bit, you'll see that the device has no speaker grill. Some have taken this to mean that Samsung has something crazy up their sleeve with audio playback, but I wouldn't count on it. The image also shows no camera and no sensors. So unless Samsung got rid of the front-facing camera and ambient light sensor on the S IV, this picture is no exact representation of the Galaxy S IV.
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...is that we have an excessive social focus. It's not entirely a joke that a Canadian is defined as someone who believes that she can find a cure for cancer solely by being a hit at cocktail parties. It's even partly true, as, in Canada, securing funding for scientific research depends much, MUCH more on how good you are at socializing than on the scientific merit of your proposed research. That's one reason Canada will always be second-rate, despite the plethora of brilliant people we've exported to other countries, where technical merit actually counts for something.
Nowhere has this been more apparent than in the history of Canadian literature. For decades, Canadian literature was stunted by an adolescent cliquiness and personality-cultism that annihilated the potential careers of writers who were either social outsiders or just not good at shmoozing. This was exacerbated by the nature of writers in general, as writers are the most socially-focused professionals on earth, and quite often their social side destroys their creativity even before they can launch their careers. The absolutely worst thing an unpublished beginner writer with real talent can do is join a writers' group filled only with other unpublished writers. The excessively intense social demands of such a group, and its brutally overpowering social dynamics, are almost guaranteed to transform her from Bronte to Kardashian. Such a promising talent is stillborn by the very, well-meaning people who most want to help her. Yet the Atwoods of Canadian literature long formed just such a writers' group consisting of writers who just happened to have been published and to have become the foci of personality cults. This stunted Canadian literature until very recently, and to an extent is still stunting it.
But there is good news for you Americans! Many of our most successful human exports moved, and are still moving, to your country. Toronto's lawyers and physicians have always dreamed of opening a practice in New York City, where they can make ten times the money for one-tenth the work (and this is especially true of mental health professionals). Toronto performers have generally dreamed of making it big in the Los Angeles area. Parallels can be drawn for pretty much any walk of life in which a young Canadian is technically gifted to the point of brilliance and therefore disgusted with the excessive social focus of Canadians, which would stunt his income if he remained in Canada. Nearly all of those people became American early in their careers, and few of you even know that they weren't born American. They have influenced the Democrat-supporting pockets of the United States (those sometimes large strips of land along your east and west coasts, if you look at the electoral college map from your last presidential election) and promoted the primacy of shmoozing in American life as well. Thus New York City also now has an excessive social focus, to a far greater extent than Toronto ever did, and let's not even mention California. The schism of your country is not political or economic but perspectival. It's a schism between the coastal residents who presuppose the prime importance of flapping their gums and the heartland residents who presuppose the prime importance of actually _doing_ concrete stuff. And actually doing stuff has always been the truly American way, so it's no surprise that the heartland won the last election. it's just a tragedy that it gives you a windbagging buffoon for a president. That's not what your heartland really wanted.
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London: The Senegalese striker has been linked with a move away in January due to a £7 million buy-out clause in his contract, but the Magpies boss is confident of retaining his services.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is hopeful that striker Demba Ba will not leave the club during the January transfer window.
The Senegalese forward has a clause in his contract which would allow him to leave the Magpies should a £7 million bid for his services be tabled.
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Pardew told reporters: "I think he will stay, but there`s a possibility he could go because of the clause that`s still in force.
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"In the summer - I won`t let it run until the summer. I`ll do something about it."