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Multidisciplinary Services to Enhance HIV Testing and Linkage to Care Among MSM
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Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 11, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 9, 2017
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- To determine the impact of MSM-targeted multidisciplinary services on uptake of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)
- To determine the impact of MSM-targeted multidisciplinary services on the enrollment into care and retention of HIV-positive MSM
Subject population: HIV-negative and HIV-positive MSM clients, age ≥18 years old, of the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic (TRC-AC) in Bangkok Thailand, the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, and the Sanglah Hospital in Bali, Indonesia
Number of participants: 200 HIV-negative and 150 HIV-positive MSM participants
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This is a prospective cohort study which will recruit 350 MSM clients within 3 months, and follow them for 12 months. MSM to be recruited will be first-time clients who come to the clinics for services other than VCT. These services may include but would not be limited to sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis and treatment, anal dysplasia screening, nutritional counseling and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP).
Approximately 250 MSM clients with unknown or previously negative HIV status will be offered HIV testing every 3 months (HIV-negative MSM cohort). MSM from the HIV-negative cohort who tested HIV-positive during the study (estimated 20%, 50 MSM) will be referred to the HIV-positive MSM cohort and will be followed up every 6 months. Additional clients who visit the clinic during the 3-month recruitment period with previously known HIV-positive status but have not been linked to HIV care (up to 100) will also be enrolled into HIV-positive MSM cohort. Therefore, there will be up to 150 HIV-positive subjects enrolled in this study. Each enrolled participant will have 12 months in the study.
This study will allow us to assess VCT and linkage into care, as well as HIV risk behavior and need for nPEP, and the incidence or prevalence of important morbidities in MSM such as STIs, anal dysplasia/cancer, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.
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- Male with history of anal sex with men
- Age 18 years old or older
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- Understand the study and sign informed consent form.
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1. Persons who have a history of a medical or psychiatric disorder by investigator's interview and physical examination according to standard practices, that in the judgment of the investigator(s), would interfere with ability to give informed consent.
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To assess VCT and linkage into care
anal dysplasia/cancer
Proportion of first-time MSM clients attending multidisciplinary services who undergo HIV testing
Proportion of MSM clients who have repeated HIV testing during the first six months after the first negative HIV test
Proportion of HIV-positive MSM who receive HIV care within three months after HIV diagnosis or enrolment
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The Diocese of Leeds has the largest church programme of choral music for young people in the United Kingdom. Our Choral Directors work with some 3500 children weekly (over 100 groups across 53 schools), returning to their bases to run our elite choirs; 6 boys' choirs, 6 girls' choirs, 5 mixed children's choirs, 2 youth choirs, 3 university choirs and an adult choir, all drawing their membership from our school sessions. more »
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Scott-Wesley learns there's more to WR than speed
When Justin Scott-Wesley goes out for a pass, everyone has to do
things a little quicker.
Even Georgia's quarterback.
"I have to speed up my footwork," quarterback Aaron Murray
said, "get the ball out a little earlier and then just throw it as
far as I can."
No one doubt's Scott-Wesley's speed. That was evident in the No.
9 Bulldogs' last game, when he got free behind the secondary,
hauled in one of those deep throws from Murray, and was gone on an
85-yard touchdown that sealed a crucial victory over South
But it's Scott-Wesley's development as an all-around receiver
that has Georgia (1-1) believing he'll be a significant contributor
the rest of the way, especially after Malcolm Mitchell went down
with a season-ending knee injury.
The Bulldogs host North Texas (2-1) on Saturday, then face
another huge game against sixth-ranked LSU the following week.
"The parts of his game that have really developed this past
year have been his route running, changing directions, confidence
in catching the ball," said fellow receiver Chris Conley.
"There's more purpose in the way he does it. He knows why he does
things. He's able to affect defenses. That's made him so much more
effective as a receiver and one that can be relied on."
When Scott-Wesley got to Georgia in 2011, he was known as much
for his track exploits – he was a state high school champion in
both the 100- and 200-meter dash – as he was for his football
He was redshirted his first season and played a sparingly a year
ago, though he began to show a glimpse of his potential in the
Capital One Bowl, where he had three catches for 67 yards in a
victory over Nebraska.
Along the way, Scott-Wesley got tired of hearing people call him
nothing more than a track guy trying to make it on the
"I knew I was raw at the wide receiver position, so I just came
out and worked hard," he said. "I hate being labeled. I hate
being called a one-trick pony. I really had the mindset in the
offseason that I was going to come out and show people I can catch,
that I can make different catches over the middle, that I can take
a hit and deliver a hit."
Mitchell tore up his right knee in a season-opening loss to
Clemson, depriving Murray and the Bulldogs of their best deep
But Scott-Wesley quickly showed he could be the one to fill the
void. He had four catches for 55 yards against the Tigers, then got
his first career start the following week. He made three more
receptions for 116 yards in that one, including the long touchdown
that finished off South Carolina and led to a magnificent
description afterward – "If they had thrown a grenade out there, I
would've been the only one to die," he said, referring to how open
he was behind the blown coverage.
This week, Scott-Wesley fessed up to a bit of thievery in the
quote department.
"My high school coach used to say that all the time. I thought
it was appropriate," he said, breaking into a big grin. "That's
not a Justin Scott-Wesley original. I've got to give my coach
credit for that."
But he's the one putting in the time to get better as a
receiver, on and off the field.
The key, he said, is heeding the advice of Georgia's receivers
coach, Tony Ball.
"Coach Ball tells me all the time that I can't just rely on my
speed," Scott-Wesley said. "He tells me I've got to know when to
use my speed. I can't come out and beat everybody with speed.
Sometimes I've got to add a little movement. That's something I've
worked on. I've added a few moves to my repertoire."
If that gives him more room to run, all the better for the
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Mars Needs Moms (US - BD)
Gabe thinks Mars might need a better script, and a better director as well...
Following his success with the nightmare-inducing Polar Express, Robert Zemeckis decided to continue creating uncanny valley festivals utilizing motion capture and virtual camera technology for the rest of his life, and sold his soul to the evil minions of Mocap Satan (true story). He directed more actors wearing electrodes for when he made Beowulf, but between directing gigs he and his studio ImageMovers Digital gave newcomer Gil Kenan a chance to direct Monster House. Monster House ended up being a fantastic horror-comedy for kids, successfully aiming for a slightly higher age group, and not being afraid of being a bit scary. And the mocap characters only looked kind of grotesque thanks to a more caricatured look. Monster House pulled in decent box office numbers, and was generally well received by critics and audiences, which leads logically to Zemeckis and ImageMovers making another film using the same formula. Monster House was a kid-friendly homage to '50s/'60s haunted house films, so the second film in this would-be series would be a similar kid-friendly homage to '50s/'60s science fiction. Also logical. ImageMovers, who since teamed with Disney, hired Simon Wells to adapt multi-award winning cartoonist/writer Berkeley Breathed's (Bloom County) 'Mars Needs Moms'. This is where this production started to go wrong, as Wells hadn't worked as a writer/director since he butchered his great grandfather H.G. Wells' The Time Machine in 2002 (despite the relative promise of Prince of Egypt). Whatever else went wrong is left up to our collective imaginations, because in the end Mars Needs Moms was such a massive flop Disney severed ties with ImageMovers Digital indefinitely (it's even rumored that Disney renamed John Carter of Mars as simply John Carter due to the possible impact of the word 'Mars' causing a second film to fail this spectacularly).
Of course popular opinion doesn't always dictate the actual value of a film (case in point – the monetary triumph of three Transformers movies), so I was eager(ish?) to actually see the film and make up my own mind. To tell you the truth, I was hoping to buck the critical trend. Unfortunately, I'm not finding the gumption to defend such a middling, unmemorable piece of work. The story follows the common modern fairy tale motif where the protagonist says something he/she regrets, then has to atone while experiencing an adventure through the looking glass (also see Labyrinth). In this case little miscreant Milo tells his mom he wishes he didn't have a mom, only to have her kidnapped by Martians a few minutes later. Out side of the basic set up there isn't much plot here, rather a series of increasingly perilous chase scenes as Milo tries to rescue his mother, who is about to have her parenting skills sucked from her brain for use with nanny-bots. In theory these are all pretty exciting, but Wells never really captures a sense of weight, dynamics or, worst of all, wonder required to make them worthy of our attention. There's also absolutely no reason to root for any of the characters in their attempted escapes and rescues, nor are we given any geographic positioning to make the sudden rescues make any sense (characters often appear out of nowhere in the nick of time despite time constraints). Seth Green (motion capture) and Seth Dusky (voice) achieve a modicum of respect as the generally undefined lead Milo, but the supporting characters are mostly defined by period specific pop culture references. Gribble (Dan Folger), a lonely human that lives beneath the surface of Mars, was brought to the red planet as a kid in the 1980s, and is emotionally stuck in the era, while good Martian Ki (Elisabeth Harnois) has learned about Earth through 1960s broadcasts, and acts like a lovesick hippy for most of the film. These two characters even have a brief and stupid argument over the meaning of the word 'bad'.
I was kind of taken aback by the sense of threat, as the trailers and title kind of imply a giant intergalactic misunderstanding, but the Martians are flat out killing the mothers they kidnap, and when they capture Gribble the Martians don't imprison him, they set him before a firing squad. I won't spoil the exceedingly traumatic thing that happens around the climax, but rest assured – your children will be bawling their little eyes out. At one point Gribble recalls watching his mother die, and the audience gets to watch the memory with him as he sobs through the story. This kind of sticks a kink in the whole whimsy thing, and tonally speaking never achieves the intended gravitas. More upsetting is Gribble in general, whose motivations appear to revolve mostly around decades of unrequited sexuality (there's something very pedophile about his initial plans for Milo, and he 'love at first sights' the first Martian female he happens across) though I'm sure most of the children in the audience will overlook his issues. Perhaps I'm reading too much into it (the production did re-film some of his scenes to make him a little more sympathetic). I'm also hoping there's a more interesting story behind the female dominant society of Mars in Breathed's book, but just like every other element in this trifling story, the explanation we get is quite rushed.
Generally speaking I'm not a fan of motion capture when it's utilized for an entirely animated look. It works fine when disguising animated elements in otherwise live action films, but it looks stiff, unnatural, and, well, just generally creepy when mixed with more of its own kind. The beauty of animation is that it does things live action can never do, so for the most part (I'm sure there are exceptions) I don't understand the mindset behind trying to make something animated appear real if shooting it real would suffice for more than half of the production. The character movements are realistic in all the wrong ways (no one ever stands totally still, limb movement is stiff), and uncanny in all the wrong ways (eyes are dead, mouths that speak as if they were filled with marshmallows). The more overtly animated bits, specifically the Martian heads and faces, hold up much better. I will admit that certain actors can do amazing things with the technology, and that it appears that Seth Green is one of them. It seems that years of recording reference videos for his Robot Chicken staff has paid off. I will also admit that the technology has its place, will only improve with time, and that it does free actors from their physical appearance, and keep them as an important part of the filmmaking equation.
It may have lost them epic handfuls of cash, but Disney didn't scrimp with the image quality on this 2.40:1, 1080p Blu-ray transfer. Mars Needs Moms is, as mentioned, produced entirely in the computer, so pesky things like film grain, even digital grain, aren't an issue. Really there's nothing notable in terms of artefacts or compression problems whatsoever. The general look here is pretty smooth and soft. There is texture, especially in Martian hair and around Gribble's garbage dump base of operations, and these are plenty intricate, but overall the 1080p abilities a put to the best use in maintaining contrast and colour quality. Wells and his animators almost exclusively utilize deep focus, so sharpness is needed and present. The lack of colour on the upper tiers of Mars is an actual plot point of sorts, so the change in tone from location to location is the transfer greatest challenge and effort. Contrast levels are really only sharp around the outer edges of objects and characters, but the colours usually keep the various elements discernable in complex shots.
Disney didn't scrimp on the DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack either. For the most part Wells takes Steven Spielberg's patented family film approach and allows the music and dialogue tell his story, leaving the general sound design reasonably subtle considering the scope and genre. There are neat and aggressive surround effects when it comes to scenes of characters falling (there's a lot of falling), and the big spaceship stuff rumbles the LFE quite effectively, but a majority of effects work takes place in the center channel, while the musical score blasts through the stereo and surround channels. Dialogue heavy scenes are often shorn of any effects work at all, outside of vocal echoes. The voice effects are pretty consistent and natural, except for Joan Cusack, who sounds like she literally phoned in her performance. John Powell's aggressively John Williams-esque music isn't the best, but sounds gorgeous, and Well's willingness to push it so far into the aural foreground is commendable in a way. The only exception to the musical superiority of the track is the end credit roll, which features Queen's 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', which has been stretched over the stereo and surround tracks at random. For some reason the guitar solo is in the rear left channel.
Blu-ray extras start with 'Life on Mars: The Full Motion-Capture Experience', a fun picture in picture option that allows the audience to see the actors on the motion capture stage, acting out the entire film. Something similar was included on the Beowulf HD-DVD and Blu-ray. The smaller picture that features the mocap footage is too small overall, but this disc includes a fun commentary track with director Simon Wells, and actors Seth Green and Dan Folger. This is largely a technical minded track, but the mere presence of Green propels the track's entertainment value well beyond expectations. Folger doesn't talk much at all, but Wells and Green have oodles of hilarious behind the scenes stories to share. It's also fun to note that if you don't care to listen to the commentary, you can turn it off, and listen to Green's actual vocal performance (which I thought was neat).
The discs other extras include 'Fun with Seth' (2:30 HD), a general EPK style look at the fun that Green creates around the set, 'Martian 101' (2:50, HD) a brief look at the process of organically developing the Martian language with the actors, six deleted scenes with Wells introductions (presented in various forms, from finished animation to rough layout and actor in dot-face performances, 26:30, HD), trailers, and Disney digital copy and Blu-ray 3D ads.
So yeah, the critics were right to dump on Mars Needs Moms, and audiences were right to stay away. It's a slick looking, but it's mostly dull, isn't creative enough to earn its lopsided tonal shifts (it will frighten your children without ever engaging them), and wastes the ample talent of Seth Green. The animation is kind of creepy too. The A/V quality is top notch, almost perfect, and the extra features include an amusing PiP option that lets us in on the silly motion capture process, complete with an option commentary track featuring the aforementioned Seth Green.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Dumb Dealer Member Join Date: October 2008 Location: Indonesia Posts: 227
I knew this movie gonna flop the second I watch its lame trailer.
Oh, yeah, glad the rating's back.
Oh, yeah, glad the rating's back.
leigh1975 Contributor Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 318
Ah, the curse of the Mars Movie strikes down another director, as if Carpenter and De Palma weren't warning enough
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
Was Mars needs Moms the best animated film this year, no, but I don't think it was that bad. I enjoyed it. I think this is the first time the facial animation has finally worked. It looks great on Blu Ray. A little light on the extras. Having never seen Fox and the Hound, I picked both oh them up, Mars Needs mom wins in my opinion.
stevepulaski Member Join Date: June 2009 Location: Niger Posts: 741
This was easily the worst animated film of the year. Who was this made for? Fans of Zemeckis would likely think it's "stupid" and "unappealing" (they're not wrong, and kids will likely be scared because of the concept of their mother being taken from them. Is that the reward for being a good mother? This is pitifully acted, the animation is nice, but unnecessary and just awkward in places, and instead of being colorful and vibrant like a Pixar or an older Disney film, this is dreary and depressing with its gray and brown textures. I can only imagine how awfully dark the 3D was.
Some material may not be suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 9th August 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DVS 2.0 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Life on Mars PiP Option with Commentary, Extended and Deleted Scenes, Martian 101, Fun with Seth, Trailers, DVD Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Simon Wells
Cast: Seth Green, Elisabeth Harnois, Dan Folgar, Joan Cusack
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation and Comedy
Length: 88 minutes
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Undergraduate Engineering Ranking Rises
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
In the latest US News & World Report "Best Colleges" rankings released today, Michigan Technological University's undergraduate engineering programs ranked 64th in the nation among schools offering doctoral degrees, up two places from last year
"Michigan Tech has a strong undergraduate engineering program that produces high achievers who are sought out by industry. The University's improvement in the rankings shows that these efforts are beginning to be recognized nationally," said Bill Worek, dean of Michigan Tech's College of Engineering. "Since recently joining Michigan Tech, my focus is to enhance the visibility of the University and to expand the research program to continue this trend."
Among public universities, Michigan Tech's undergraduate programs in all disciplines placed 58th in the nation, and among national universities, Tech's undergraduate education placed solidly in what the magazine calls its first tier, ranking 120th of 199 first-tier universities. US News defines a national university as one that offers a full range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and PhD programs, and emphasizes faculty research.
Michigan Tech was also listed as an "A-Plus School for B Students." The category lists top-ranked universities that consistently consider and admit promising students whose high school grade point average is below an A.
"This is an important measure," said Provost Max Seel. "It reflects Michigan Tech's commitment to attracting and retaining a world-class and diverse student body and providing whatever they need to succeed in school and in life."
Rankings don't tell the whole story, Seel added. "While we appreciate the recognition
from US News, we know that the best measure of our success is the success of our graduates,"
he said. "Employers recognize the value of a Tech education. We already have 261 companies
signed up to recruit our students during the upcoming fall Career
Fair, up from 236 a year ago, so we can expect to meet or even surpass last year's outstanding placement rate of 94.6 percent."
The U.S. News rankings system rests on two pillars: quantitative measures that education experts consider reliable indicators of academic quality—such as test scores of entering freshmen, faculty to student ratio, class size and graduation rates—and on assessment by administrators at peer institutions.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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WINGATE, N.C.- Senior guard Tom Wright (Sydney, Australia) netted 12 points with four assists as the Cobras took a 76-63 loss to the Shaw University Bears in the consolation game of the 2010 OrthoCarolina Classic in Cuddy Arena. Wright earned himself a spot of the All-Classic team with his second double figure performance of the Classic.
Sophomore center Austin Harper (Chesnee, S.C.) had team-high honors with 16 points for Coker, while junior guard Delonte Doles (Roswell, Ga.) had 13 points, nailing 3-of-5 baskets from three-point land. Doles also had five assists for the Cobras.
Shaw University senior guard Raheem Smith (Greenville, N.C.) had 22 points, five assists and four rebounds earning a spot on the All-Classic team along with Wright. Junior guard Greg Thomas (Savannah, Ga.) had 10 points off the bench for the Bears in the victory.
Coker will return to action on Thursday, December 2, as they return to Hartsville to host the Belmont Abbey Crusaders in their Conference Carolinas opener. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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"You are such a cute couple!"
The waitress said that to us. My wife smiled back politely. I was devastated.
Being called a "cute couple" when you are on the way to the prom is one thing. Being called a "cute couple" when you have been married for decades means you are seen as a beguiling antique with no practical purpose in the modern world.
I explained this to my wife. She looked at me then slowly shook her head in exasperation. No sympathy there.
The waitress was what we used to call a chatterbox. Not satisfied with taking our order and keeping the water glasses filled, she gave us her life story.
She explained that she and her fiancé were both in college, both heading toward their degrees in just a few years. Unlike her cousin.
Her cousin was apparently one of those. The perfect kid with the perfect smile, the perfect personality, the perfect grades. Our waitress had doubtless been compared negatively to her since they were in diapers.
"But you know what," she told us as she plopped the salads down in front of us, "Little Missy has got herself pregnant. Nineteen, boyfriend on the run, Grandma preparing for a second career in baby care. I'm looking pretty good now!"
My wife smiled. I asked for a little extra Italian dressing.
I hope things work out for our waitress. I hope things work out for her cousin. Most of all, I hope things work out for a little guy being born to a single mom. He will be one of the 40 percent of babies born outside of marriage. The odds of childhood poverty — and remaining poor in adulthood — are not in his favor.
Writing in a recent issue of the New York Times, columnist David Brooks lamented studies finding that young people have lost the drive to do something better with their lives. Citing the fact that they are less mobile, less willing to take risks to improve themselves than any previous generations of Americans, he blames a "new fatalism" that has permeated the young. Brooks sees all this as a lack of faith in capitalism, a lack of faith in American exceptionalism, a lack of faith in old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work and its rewards.
I think it is more a lack of faith. Period.
Brooks touches on this ever-so-slightly when he notes that American young people more and more today reflect the attitude of European young people toward religious faith. It is not that they dismiss faith. They can't dismiss what they had never received.
The secular drumbeat to which we have raised children for a couple of decades now has created a culture of secular drones. They have no way of seeing the world through the eyes of faith because they were never given that opportunity.
Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote that it is the responsibility of every generation to try to understand the purpose and meaning of life beyond mere existence. The secular culture is built to sell, not to seek. It has no answers to the essentials.
When we talk — and we are talking a lot — about the "new evangelization," we have to remember it begins with the children. Children without faith not only become adults without faith, but adults who will pass that faithlessness on to their children.
With faith, people believe they can be better people and that their world can be better for all. As Chesterton wrote, faith makes certain we will never be slaves to conventional wisdom.
Young people — all of us — have to know that faith can move mountains, that "nothing is impossible with God" (Lk 1: 37).
Faith is not a museum piece. Like a cute couple.
Robert P. Lockwood writes from Pennsylvania.
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BimmerBoost renders the F13 convertible M6With the recently revealed F13 cab and the spy photos of the next generation M6 testing, we thought it was appropriate to show renderings of what the upcoming M6 cab may look like. Our designer did what we believe to be an aggressive an accurate rendition of how the real thing will end up. The M6 cab obviously will share its drivetrain with the upcoming F10 M5. This means a 7 speed DCT and a twin turbo S63 4.4 liter V8 putting out somewhere around 580 hp. If it looks this good, sign us up!
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Wild-Speed - 12-03-2010, 07:19 AM
Okay ,
look at the front bumper ,it's full of sharp lines but 6's front have soft lines, those sharp lines don't fit 6's base soft lines.Designer did a great job with rear bumper , no sharp lines and it perfectly matches the car and as the result the back end looks really good.
i don't say the front isn't nice , yes it looks good but not for M6.
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Tim quoted one of Allen Trieu's scouting reports on new grayshirt commit Jeremy Clark in his recent "Hello" post. This spawned the usual thread on GBW about "stealer monkeys" and the like with some accusations from Tom Beaver himself.
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that's my beef with them among others. THV recently dropped his sub here, so he isnt even paying for it, he's 'borrowing' some else's moniker even.
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This comes less than a week after TomVH spanked Scout's ass red on Kyle Kalis's visit. "Ethics" do not include telling your cultists that the other, much more grammatical cult is stealing all your chants when it's bloody obvious their chants predate yours. As literally anyone with a fifth-grade grasp of English knows, Tom's information is his own. He has predicted or broken dozens of commitments, interviewed even more prospects than that, and... oh, hell, what's the point? If you need to be convinced of this you can't be convinced of it because you can't percieve time. You are having a very trippy life.
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Halle Berry and husband Olivier Martinez have selected a throwback name for their baby boy.
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Maceo means "gift from God," and Robert is the first name name of Martinez's Spanish father, according to TMZ, which first reported the nomenclature news.
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I just don't understand why the discussion page of a wiki is not implemented as a real forum. I'm not supposed to edit the opinion of others, and if I feel like they misspelled something I should contact the person and ask/recommend editing his/her own entry. So I will act as I'm supposed to, but sadly I can't ensure that everyone will do the same. And, while I tend to believe in the good on humans, I still think that a forum system would free us from wondering about this everytime we (and anyone else!) edit a discussion page in a wiki. Ajendrex (talk) 19:04, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
can't help myself here: "sandbox needs no translation; a sandbox is a sandbox is a sandbox...", in other words "if it looks like a sandbox, moves like a sandbox 'n talks like a sandbox ..." totalwormage 11:17, 9 February 2010 (EST)
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Propose to rename this page. Although common talk 'sandbox' means to play around with, in Linux circles 'sandbox' means to create a chroot jail. From wikipedia:
In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for separating running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or untrusted programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers and untrusted users.
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How Your Car Maker Keeps You Coming Back
Why do some drivers buy the same make of car year after year? The latest findings about brand loyalty and what car makers do to keep drivers coming back may surprise you. WSJ "Eyes on the Road" columnist Joe White joins Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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... I ... oh ... when the market ... my thinking that need to buy the same brand new party dot July eyes on the road calmness ... business tell us how to eke out some sweet deals ... welcome to know now let's talk about some of the brand to actually have very serious consumer loyalty he lived a ... well the Ford brand Mercedes to a lot of those are the top three brands and a study that our Opel has put out last week about brand loyalty is one of a couple of different surveys of this ... ah but is certainly one of the one of the most closely follow because all I have lots of lots of data that they get from registrations around the country so of ... them are pretty good visibility on this um ... you know about forty eight percent of people were to fall by up for them ... from the brand that there and they've been repurchased ... which I guess means fifty two percent this doll so it's it's pretty close to happen happen the market but not to say the car maker's one driver served to buy the same Branagh into that that keeps the money flowing in but they're willing to to get some sweet deals to do it while after some of those incentives ... well that's right we look to wealthy twelve his money in this this isn't in your loyalty has a value so first of all this is the most basic thing ... when you when you're ready said to start looking for another car ... on you wanted you wanna take a look in and ask the dealer and of course go online and research sister saltwater the loyalty ... rebates or loyalty discounts are available for your branded as they ... come on back in and buy the brand most brands are many brands out loyalty discounts oh by the way ... a lot of brands have what they call conquests cash which is to get you out of the other guys brand ... that's the that's the that's the start of the other thing and and you know ... it's interesting to me that this is still the case that a lot of companies will basically mail you ... what amounts to a private offer ... on the come on back here's a special discount or a special deal ... and the third thing to watch out for is will they take you out of a lease for ... Burley ... a lot of brands will do that if you got three for five months left on the least ... you you want to start shopping around ... a lot of rebels say with this wave the payments are some of the payments come on and will feature the new car right now I get to study in showing also said that there are some vehicles that high resale values that haven't yet the loyalty like ... the Hyundai Qiao Volkswagen lost a bid to look for those as well thanks for being with this more the Pursell Journal ... section tomorrow


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I've had a feeling for some time about expanding the "frame of reference" of ANIMATION BACKGROUNDS. Originally conceived as a showcase specifically for digitally reconstructed background art, your response to ROGER RABBIT suggests I should consider not just background art, but a broader definition of background - information and observations - on animated films.
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Hi, could post some images of the background of the village from the musical 'Beauty and the Beast'? even if it is incomplete, as I long this background
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Andre Toulon - Creator of the animated puppets, shoots himself in the head.
Alex Whittaker - Psychic investigator, receives his insights through dreaming.
Dana Hadley - Redheaded witch, she's constantly waving a feather or incense at something, plus she talks to a stuffed dog. Blade cuts her throat.
Neil Gallagher - An evil and selfish man who has found the Puppet Master's secret. The puppets do him in.
Megan - Neil's wife, she takes a rather large amount of ribbing on his part.
Frank and Charissa - Two other psychics who can "feel" what occured somewhere, they are constantly bumping uglies. She is drilled by Tunneler and Leech Woman gets him.
Teresa - Annoying housekeeper, Pinhead takes care of her early on thank goodness.
The Puppets - Brought to life by Toulon they are: Blade, Jester, Leech Woman, Pin Head, and Tunneler.
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The first of what was to be many Puppet Master films! Full Moon Entertainment provided the b-movie community with a terrific slew of movies in this series. Tasteful stop motion combined with moderate gore and a little bit of sex make for a solid bad movie, unfortunately it does drag along at times. Toulon creates the puppets but is forced to commit suicide when Nazi agents close in on his hotel room. Years later a group of psychics answer a telepathic communication from Neil Gallagher only to find he was dead when they received his summons. Soon the puppets, controlled by Neill - who has injected himself with the same formula which gives them life, are slaughtering everyone! A very odd film at times, including Dana walking around with a stuffed dog (petting and talking to it of course) which comes to life in the end. I really like the puppets... ...too bad they ran out of people to kill.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Gypsies should not have southern accents.
To check if someone is dead stab them, looking for a pulse or body temperature just will not do.
Psychics have a difficult time, always running into objects or places where something dreadful occured. I would avoid public restrooms if psychic, though hotel beds look fun.
Mystics talk to stuffed dogs.
It's impossible to discern between a woman's mouth and a puppet's.
Neck wounds don't bleed much.
Quite a bit happens around midnight, including the sun shining.
Having a leech stuck down your throat sucks.
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7 mins - Can anyone see this puppet running through the hotel?
30 mins - Dude! What happened to your head? (Pin Head)
37 mins - Hey, the gypsy said not to venture near the fireplace so what do you do? Bad idea in a b-movie girl...
47 mins - Nothing like being tied up.
50 mins - Sex scene! But we need focus! Focus please! Arrghhh...
57 mins - Okay, Dana rounds the corner carrying the dog and it's in her right arm but now resides within her left? And it's not facing the same way?
66 mins - It's around midnight but sunlight is streaming in the window.
85 mins - Now the stuffed dog is alive?
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Frank: "What?"
Charrisa: "This is a movie star bed!"
Frank: "Not now Charissa."
Charissa: "No really, two famous movie stars had a wild night in this bed."
Megan: "It never occured to me before that there was a connection between the old puppet master's death and my husband's, but after dinner, it began to make sense."
Megan: "You're dead."
Neil: "Yes, I am."
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Reply #1.
Posted on March 07, 1999, 05:25:05 PM by BDCriss
I must say that this one of the funniest bad horror movies I have ever seen. The puppets are freaky and if Toulon never intended them to hurt anybody, why would he equip them with knives, drills, leaches, etc.
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Reply #2.
Posted on March 21, 1999, 09:31:51 AM by Blazinsun
I have saw like 3 out of I think 6 of these films.
All tha puppet master films that I saw was all on tv..I think on that sci-fi channel...kool channel!
Every film keeps getting better and better..That I would have to say this one(1st episode) had tha most horror than tha rest of tha films.
I luved tha idea for this film that I have saw otha b-movies like this that used dolls or killer toys. That all of tha otha films lacked tha action that tha puppets give...U know all know what I mean, Those puppets could kick as* in wrestling match.
I would like to see a bruce lee puppet if they ever made anotha films.
Peace, ...No need to rent tha films if u have sci fi channel!!
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Posted on March 30, 1999, 10:32:06 AM by email@example.com
The puppets are exceedingly well done. Too bad the rest of the movie isn't as good. Personally, I would have given it three slimes for the scene at the end where Toulon keeps punching Paul Le Mat in the face for about five minutes straight!
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Reply #4.
Posted on April 13, 1999, 03:01:20 PM by Volcore
I think this movie kicks ass. If I were a person like Toulon, I would make sure the puppets get enough of that brain liquid to make them invinseble!
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Reply #5.
Posted on February 23, 2000, 05:06:44 PM by Stefan Robak
If you guyslike the movie you might want to know that for years there have been neat, high quality Puppet Master toys on the market featuring every (I think) toy. In fact, if I suspect that the sixth movie was made for the Retro Puppet Master toy line which was released along side the toys! There have also been toys of Radu (Subspecies), Shrieker and Castle Freak. Also they're are planning to made a Femalien figure with nudity and "special" accerories. And it'll be the first soft Core acton figure!
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Reply #6.
Posted on April 11, 2000, 10:02:28 PM by
I've been a fan of PUPPET MASTER since I was a toddler. I first saw part 5, then part three, then one, then four, then two. I've also seen six and seven. The first was my all time favorite. It had a good story and plenty of "good" effects. I love the theme music. If you want to put a real bad movie of the PUPPET MASTER series, put six. It made no sense, and the puppets were just clips cut from the other films. I was able to point out what each clip came from.
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Reply #7.
Posted on August 13, 2002, 10:08:50 PM by Anthony Alicea
I think this movie was great! It was very well written. I think all the puppets are awusome. Especially Blade, because i love his weapons on both hands.Pinhead and tunneler are also tight too. There was only some messed up parts like when that lady was drilled. Couldnt she just stand up on something?! Anywayz, 8 out of 10 score for me.
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Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:03 PM by steven posey
I love pinhead torch and tunneler I just cant get enough -o- them killer puppets ;) but that freakish looking sutek guy looks like a retarted ballon animal.
Ive only seen puppet master 2 3 6 and 7 but what do you expect Im only 11 however I have every puppet master action figure
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Click on a color that is provided below (16 colors) to select the color.
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The colors will return to default.
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Fluted skirt and top using McCalls and Burdastyle
Added Jan 13, 2014
by Nikki Brooks
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This skirt was made using the McCalls M6842 pattern view C with the following alterations:
-Added 4" to the length of the back and front yoke
-Removed 3 1/2" from the length of the ruffle pattern piece 8
-Added a 1" waistband
-Cut the back and front yoke pattern at an angle to create 4 back pieces and 4 front pieces
Top stitch the yoke pieces and the ruffle piece
The top was made with downloaded Burdastyle dress pattern 11/2013 #128 with the following alterations:
-Removed 17.5" from the pattern length
-When sewing the left sleeve to the bodice, left 7" of the seam open to make room for the zipper.
-Added a 2.5" exaggerated neck (measure the neck and cut the fabric length using that measurement plus 5/8" for the seam allowance, the width cut should be 5" plus 5/8" for S/A. Use a interfacing for knits and iron to the wrong side of the neck fabric, fold the collar in half, baste and attach the collar.
-Add the zipper to the sleeve seam allowance and the collar
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Jan 19, 2014, 09.25 PMby Irina Schwab
Love this, too. Very inspired colour! I made that type of skirt to go with one of the tops I made and I noticed (from the pictures ) that it is actually really flattering. I will try McCalls pattern as well. Great idea.
Jan 16, 2014, 06.39 AMby Denise Wild
What a stunning outfit! This pink looks great on you. :)
Jan 15, 2014, 04.04 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Stylish and lovely outfit ;)
Jan 15, 2014, 02.12 AMby SofiaBlake
Great colour and great fit. Looks fantastic!
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Jan 14, 2014, 08.13 AMby iewa
Gorgeous dress!!!
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Jan 14, 2014, 12.49 AMby sarahsdaughter
You look FAB!!
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Thank you so much
Jan 13, 2014, 09.52 PMby Mary Athey
Fabulous outfit x
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Jan 13, 2014, 07.52 PMby LEAs-Heart-ART
A sexy dress for a sexy lady!
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Awww thank you :)
Jan 13, 2014, 06.39 PMby Moimisie
Beautiful dress, I love the color and the way you styled it! The color combination is great and it looks perfect on you :=))
1 Reply
Jan 15, 2014, 02.19 PMby Nikki Brooks
Thank you so much
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"Arrow on the Doorpost"? More like "Arrow on the SNOREpost"!
Just kidding.
I understand that not every episode can be action-packed from start to finish with major plot twists, characters dying and hordes of zombies being slaughtered in exotic and graphic ways.
But at the end of this episode, when Rick forebodingly growls "We're going to war...", I was thinking: "Isn't that what you said like four months ago?"
Hey Rick, don't tell me, show me!
There are only three episodes left this season, so at least we know we're going to see the pace pick up soon, but this whole episode basically just served to develop character...


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The Andrews University Board of Trustees (Board) met in a special executive session in Silver Spring, Md. on Wednesday, October 26, 2005. At the meeting, the Board reappointed each of the incumbent vice presidents at Andrews University. This session was a continuation of the Board meeting held on Monday, October 17, where the Board had encouraged the University to find new ways to reach its financial goals.
At the meeting, President Andreasen presented his report to the Board, including enrollment trends, financial initiatives and capital investments, and details of the investment Andrews is making in its students through the scholarship plan instituted four years ago. In addressing the need for change, the Board ultimately decided to support an outline of possible new methods of financial and institutional management prepared jointly by academic and financial administration. This outline addressed the Board's concerns expressed at last week's meeting, which focused on the need for synergy and collaboration between the University's financial and academic functions.
The immediate indications of the new methods of achieving financial success will include processes in the preparation of budget time lines, ratios and outcomes for the University's budget. The 2007 budget will be prepared consistent with the assumptions voted at the Board's October meeting and presented at its March 2006 meeting.
At Thursday's briefing to the campus, Andreasen shared the Board members' affirmation for the work of the University and their ownership, commitment, and passion for its success. He conveyed their words to the campus, stating "We believe in Andrews; it is God's school. It belongs to all of us in the Seventh-day Adventist church, and we want to see it thrive. Our insistence on financial best-practices will assure that Andrews will continue its mission of leadership in Adventist education for the world church."
President Andreasen summed up the spirit of the Board meeting with a charge to the campus to "take the action of the board and carry it out as brothers and sisters, as children of God." Andreasen stated, "There are no 'ifs' in my administration. I believe we have set a course that we can achieve together with the love, respect and support that comes from the owners and stakeholders of Andrews University."


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In her four years as the head of the Lady 'Canes cross country program Skiles has coached the team to their first ever appearence in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship in 2013 and again in 2014.
During her storied career with Columbus State, Skiles became the first two-time PBC woman runner of the year since the award went to a voting system in 2008. She was also a two-time first team all-conference selection as she helped extend the Cougars PBC championship winning streak to six.
During her one year as an assistant, she helped the Cougars to a fifth place PBC finish and a USTFCCA All-Academic team award.


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Nashville, Tenn. - Men's Basketball head coach Travis Williams has announced the class of 2017. Jamontae Davis (Nashville), Jamonte Graham (Nashville), and Rhyan Townes (Memphis) will join the Tigers for the 2013-14 season.
"We are always trying to stay local when the talent presents itself in the state of Tennessee," said Williams. "We were able to get two local guys in Davis and Graham out of respectable programs, which had tremendous summers on the AAU scene. For our first recruiting class, it is great to be able to get these types of players to set the foundation for future success of the program. These guys are impact players. There is always an adjustment process coming from high school to college, but I believe these young men will adjust quite nicely."
Davis is a 6-8, 200-pound forward and is listed as the No. 50-ranked forward according to ESPN Recruiting Nation. The Hillsboro High School product was selected to the All-City team as a freshman and was a part of the AAU Team Nashville that was ranked as high as 11th in the nation in 2012. The two-year member of the Avid Program intends to major in Business at TSU. Davis has been involved with humanitarian projects, such as clean-up help to flood victims and building access ramps for a teammate's parent's home.
"He is a very skilled combo player who reminds me of Robert Covington," Williams said. "He comes with a little more body size. He is very capable of playing inside/outside, three-point shooting, and putting it on the floor with good ball skills."
A 6-1, 195-pound guard, Graham hails from Father Ryan High School and intends to major in Special Education. Graham helped head coach Doug Bondrager and FRHS reach the semifinals at the Tennessee State Championships in 2012. He was named to the All-Region team as a sophomore and to the All-State team as a junior after averaging 18 points per game. A multiple sport athlete at Father Ryan, Graham was selected to the All-Mid Region, All-Mid State and All-State teams in football as a junior. His brother Jamie, played basketball as a freshman at Vanderbilt and competed for the Commodores football team for three seasons. Jamie completed his collegiate football career at UCLA.
"[Graham] is a talented two sport star at Father Ryan. He is a player that succeeds wherever they put him on the field. As far as basketball, he is a tough hard-nosed player capable of playing the combo position for us. He brings a physicality to the program that I am very excited about."
Townes is a 6-5, 192-pound guard who prepped at Arlington High School and played for head coach Don Deaton. In 2012, Townes guided AHS to the second round of regionals for the first time in school history. As a junior, he averaged 14 points per game, including a season high 28 points against defending state champions Craigmont High School. For his play he was named a part of the Pepsi/Commercial Appeal AAA Best of the Preps. Townes played for Jerry Starks and Team Thad who finished as 2012 AAU Tennessee State champions and finished the summer ranked 11th in the nation. In the classroom, he has shown excellence academically and has been a member of the Principals Honor Roll every semester. Townes is a member of the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and the National Beta Club. He plans to major in Civil Engineering.
"[Townes] epitomizes what it means to be a student-athlete. Bottom line, he is taking care of business academically. On the court, you look at his skill set and he is a very talented player that had a great summer. Academically and athletically, he is the type of player we are recruiting to Tennessee State University."
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Grass fire burns close to 800 acres
Nolan County firefighters extinguished a large grass fire that burned close to 800 acres near the Highland school on Sunday afternoon.Firefighters say they began battling the flames around noon Sunday, and had the blaze contained by about 3:30 p.m. The fire began at a travel trailer close to FM 608. A total of eight agencies responded to the fire with a total of 15 trucks and 35 people assisting with the blaze, according to Sweetwater Fire Chief Grant Madden."We saved a large group of round hay bales and kept the fire from jumping CR 147 that runs in front of the Highland school," said Madden. "Crews were out there until late in the night watching hot spots and making sure it did not rekindle. Water shortages and wind made the fire a hard one to contain. Once the tankers made it to the scene, things went a lot easier and we were able to get the upper hand."Madden stated that the owner of the trailer said that the RV was being used by hunters. No injuries were reported. They believe that a heater left on in the trailer may have been the cause of the fire, but was difficult to tell with what was left from the blaze.Agencies involved in extinguishing the blaze were Snyder Fire Department, Colorado City Volunteer Fire Department, Loraine Volunteer Fire Department, Lake Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department, Nolan Volunteer Fire Department, Maryneal Volunteer Fire Department, Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department and Sweetwater Fire Department.


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Darvish gets back on track, dominates Blue Jays
TORONTO -- Perhaps the All-Star break was all the Rangers needed to get back on track.
Having Yu Darvish on the mound didn't hurt, either.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- Perhaps the All-Star break was all the Rangers needed to get back on track.
Having Yu Darvish on the mound didn't hurt, either.View Full Game Coverage
The Rangers ace helped Texas snap a season-high eight-game losing skid by hurling 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball, while Adrian Beltre and J.P. Arencibia homered in a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays to kick off a three-game set at Rogers Centre on Friday night.
"He's phenomenal," Arencibia said of Darvish. "He had a pretty blemish-free night."
Darvish had a rough stretch leading up to the break -- he was 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA over his previous five starts -- but had little trouble with an injured-riddled Blue Jays lineup, looking like the No. 1 starter Rangers fans have become accustomed to in two-plus seasons.
Up until a seventh-inning hiccup, in which he had a shutout snapped on a Colby Rasmus solo homer, Darvish was dominant.
The right-hander walked three, allowed five hits and punched out a season-high tying 12 batters, marking the sixth time this year he has recorded a double-digit strikeout game. Rays lefty David Price (eight) is the only pitcher with more 10-plus strikeout games this season.
Darvish, who entered the contest averaging a Major League-leading 11.26 strikeouts per nine innings, lowered his ERA to 2.88 and improved to 9-5, while recording his 12th quality start of the season in 18 outings.
In two starts against the Blue Jays this year, Darvish has allowed three runs while striking out 23. The Japanese pitcher has struck out 154 this season -- tied with Felix Hernandez of the Mariners for third in the Majors -- and trails only Price and Washington's Stephen Strasburg.
"We were able to get a win and hopefully we are able to show a lot of new baseball in this second half of the season," Darvish said through interpreter Kenji Nimura.
The 27-year-old Darvish was regularly missing Blue Jays bats with his slider and worked his way out of the few jams he encountered before Toronto touched him up late.
Led by Darvish, the Rangers won their second game this month -- and for the fourth time in 26 contests -- to improve to 2-12 in July.
"It started on the mound," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "In the middle innings he found his breaking ball. He got them looking for breaking balls, and he was able to shoot some fastballs in there. He was out there thinking, he was out there competing hard. That's what it took."
Neal Cotts, who relieved Darvish with runners on second and third and two outs in the seventh, and Joakim Soria combined to throw 2 1/3 scoreless innings, while fanning five. The 17 strikeouts by the trio set a season high for the club, and was Texas' most since Aug. 11, 2010.
Beltre -- who has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games -- gave Darvish a lead by starting off the fifth inning with a solo homer, his 14th of the season, to left field off Blue Jays knuckeballer R.A. Dickey to put Texas ahead, 1-0.
The Rangers added another run later in the inning on a Rougned Odor RBI triple before Arencibia blew things open in the seventh.
Arencibia, who had his contract purchased from Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday, came to the plate to a chorus of boos with two runners on and quickly silenced the crowd of 38,012.
The former Blue Jay, who was non-tendered by Toronto in the offseason after spending parts of four years with the club, smoked a first-pitch offering from Dickey on a line to left field for his second homer of the season, giving Texas a 5-0 lead.
"It just knuckled into the barrel, thankfully, because the other ones I swung and missed by a foot," Arencibia said of his homer, which helped him set a season high with three RBIs.
Dickey (7-10) lasted seven innings, allowing five runs on six hits while striking out seven.
The Blue Jays, who are without a collection of potent bats in Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie, lost for the ninth time in their last 11 games.
"Guys like Darvish, I don't care what your lineup is, they're gonna cut you up good and limit your opportunities," Toronto manager John Gibbons said.
Texas will send right-hander Colby Lewis to the mound Saturday, looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since June 27-28.
Chris Toman is a contributor to MLB.com.


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