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Buies Creek, N.C. (March 24, 2006) - The ETSU baseball squad received two stellar pitching performances, and the bats came alive in game two as the Bucs swept a conference doubleheader from Campbell Friday evening at Taylor Field.
The sweep, coupled with Kennesaw State's victory over Mercer earlier in the night, moves ETSU into a tie with North Florida for first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
The Bucs (16-9, 6-2) jumped on Camel starter Jonathan Walker in the second inning, scoring three runs on four hits; all with two outs. Senior Blake Church (
The Camels (7-16, 2-6) loaded the bases in the fifth, but senior starter Jeremy Hall (
The Bucs offense parlayed the momentum from the fifth into a game-breaking four-run sixth inning for a 7-1 advantage. After a groundout to open the frame, three consecutive singles plated one run and chased
Hall (5-1) was masterful in the complete game victory, striking out eight and giving up just four hits. The Bucs touched up
After foin 2-for-4 in game one to extend his hitting streak, Lee was 0-for-5 in game two, snapping the streak at 13.
In game one, three Buccaneer pitchers surrendered 12 hits, but limited the Camels to two runs, lifting ETSU to the 3-2 victory.
The Bucs took a 2-0 lead with two runs in the first frame. Junior Stephen Douglas (
After right fielder Brandon Scott cut the lead in half with a lead-off homer in the first, Church restored the Bucs two-run lead with a solo home run in the second inning, his fifth of the season.
After the Camels cut the lead to 3-2, junior Caleb Glafenhein (
With runners on the corners and only one out in the seventh, Glafenhein induced designated hitter Ricky Howard to ground into the
The Buc pitchers held A-Sun leading hitter Mike Priest to an 0-for-2 day at the dish, snapping his conference-high 20-game hitting streak.
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Mentar: Raist, my partner in the project, become incredibly ill and has been unable to do any work on it. I can't really get into the exact details of what happened until I ask him if it's ok to divulge it. We still plan on working on it but his recovery takes priority.
Also, I've been busy with school heh. I've started the last year for my degree and I've been trying to concentrate on learning the ins and outs of it for my career in the future.
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ermm, episode 8 summary + screenshots
WTH....is this episode. It's hilarious though.
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|2006-12-01, 12:59
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does anybody no which fansubed might pick this one up. i no there was two that picked it up and now i guess dorped it or stop working on it i guess for personal things.I realy love this Anime hoping any some fansub out there would pick it up soon.XD but i can wait.*checks AniDB.net everyday on Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!*
|2006-12-01, 13:17
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^ so far there still has been no word from who is subbing or gonna pick this up so we are doomed to carry on watching the raws (if needed) but i do hope some group picks this up when others seasons begin finnishing...
*goes to watch ep9*
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i dont know this but i heard Shinsen-subs might consider it. However, due to their rule where if 2 groups are subbing it they wont pick it up. So if one of the groups subbing for mamoru decided to drop it, Shinsen-subs might consider it. But till now, all we can do is wait for AniDB to update its database concerning the groups subbing or according to DeathKillz, spend some time and wait. You guys are not the only one who wants this subbed, what we can say?
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Episode 9 was a departure, featuring Ayako visiting Mamoru's home for dinner, with a lot of time between Ayako and Mamoru's sister, Itsumi. That this episode was so enjoyable was because of the two seiyuus involved: Takahashi Mikako as Ayako and Shimizu Ai as Itsumi. Comedy + serious communication = win.
As I said in the Gift~Eternal Rainbow~ thread, Ai seems to be growing professionally in the past couple of years: from Mikoto in Mai-HiME, to Mitsuki in He is My Master, to Sayaka in Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo, to Tamao in Strawberry Panic, and Riko in Gift. Her career started in 2002 with a role in Asagiri no Miko, but she first stood out for me as Karen in Onegai Twins, with a great version of the tiny, drippy voice. She has developed a lot since then. She remains a favorite subject for photo sessions like this one, from which the following clickable thumbnail comes. EDIT: I've added a little pic of Takahashi Mikako (Ayako) for good measure:
Mikako is 26, Ai is 25.
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i feel siscon in episode 9.
Oh well, i know my mind's in the gutter but I guess here's my take on the episode 9 summary + screenshots.
To add a bit on it, this show just has a good blend of comedy, with the decent graphics not failing at any part of the show. That is also a good thing because shows usually drop a lot in graphical quality and this does not. Cool stuff and it makes me feel good when I blog about it ^+^
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Hm, my bad, it seems like I havent checked MahoMaho's irc channel for 2 weeks or so. I understand now. Guess i'll dig back into my exam studying hole. Than, i'll come back out after the 19th and chat with u guys
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I checked Shinsen-Subs Forums and find out that they Request denied on subing Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!Beause one of the stuff Members say"This is still being actively subbed. " i like to no how its still actively subbed? when those two fansuber has not been releaseing any new Eps.
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Yeah i've been questioning why they didn't want to pick it up either, as stated it not "active" when it comes to subs, and while i may sound like a pest more than anything, i really think they should reconsider it... this anime really made me interested.
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"We have made an enquiry and that is all we have done at the moment," said Allardyce.
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Since the early 90s, the wind energy industry has experienced substantial growth in both the utility and residential markets. Although some may view this as advancement for wind energy technology as a whole, one market has been left behind: the mid-sized turbine market.
Defined as any wind turbine with a capacity rating of more than 100 kilowatts up to 1 megawatt, the mid-sized turbine market has not experienced the same growth as utility-scale and residential turbine markets because there are only a few models available for purchase.
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"Based on a 2008 market assessment by ICF International, there is an estimated market potential of 220 gigawatts for technologically enhanced mid-sized turbines," Forsyth said.
In an attempt to fill this technology gap, DOE and NREL will launch a Midsize Turbine Development Project with a half-day workshop on November 6th from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate collaboration between wind turbine designers and U.S. manufacturers as well as to build awareness of this new project. The project will support the development and commercialization of midsize wind turbines by assisting U.S. manufacturers and wind turbine designers in producing near-term commercial value-engineered midsize turbine prototypes.
Keith Bennett, DOE Distributed Wind Technology Manager, believes the project will be beneficial for everyone involved.
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I'm delighted to learn that Paul Jones and Marian Press, both highly respected genealogists from Toronto, will be speakers at the Ontario Genealogical Society 2014 conference.
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More Wow at OGS 2014
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- Steve Fulton said...
Stay Tuned - The OGS Niagara Conference 2014 Committee is not done yet!
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- 31 August, 2013 08:28
- Steve Fulton said...
Thanks for getting the word out!!
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Demsi.jake brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 368 Designs von 62 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
WRITEBEST (brand) & WRITEBEST SDN BHD (company name)
Our company first started out as a home-based side project, throughout the years we are now the largest white (dry-erase) board & notice (bulletin) manufacturer in Malaysia.
Our target: Consumer, Corporate, Education, Government & the WORLD :P
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Planned Parenthood mandates abortions
Affiliates flee amid 'ultimate evidence chief concern making money'
A third affiliate of the nation's leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, is leaving the organization because of a demand that all local groups provide abortions starting no later than 2013.
"Planned Parenthood of South Central New York is the latest affiliate to become independent because it won't comply with the rule," Marjorie Dannenfesler, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, said in a statement today.
She cited an announcement from the affiliate itself.
"This mandate will no doubt result in an increase in revenue for Planned Parenthood as well as an increase in the more than 329,000 lives the abortion chain ends in one year. Does that sound like women's health?"
Earlier, several affiliates of Planned Parenthood in Texas abandoned the national abortion leader.
The mandate was revealed in a series of reports, including one in The Daily Caller about two years ago.
The report said Planned Parenthood was standardizing all of its agencies, and that would include a requirement that every operation offer abortion services.
In fact, Lisa David, a senior vice president of health services support for Planned Parenthood, said then a new initiative would standardize services.
"From well-woman exams to lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings, more patients will now have access to the full range of Planned Parenthood services. To meet the needs of our patients, Planned Parenthood affiliates will now offer a unified set of core preventive services," she said.
That was when officials with the Planned Parenthood in South Texas said they were dropping out to become independent. CEO Amanda Stukenberg of the Coastal Bend office said: "Our position is that if that is a need in your community, fine. There are far greater needs in our area than abortion. We feel that women here have options. We don't need to duplicate services."
Dannenfelser said Planned Parenthood's mandate requiring that all affiliates provide abortions beginning in 2013 "is the ultimate evidence that Planned Parenthood's chief concern is making money of abortion – not the health of vulnerable women and girls."
The Houston Chronicle later reported that Claudia Stravato, who ran a Planned Parenthood business in Amarillo, also left the federation.
Stravato, an avid abortion supporter, told the newspaper her facility "would be bombed" if it provided abortions.
"We're in a part of the state that would never allow one to be built, let alone perform abortions," she said at the time.
The SBA List said one former Planned Parenthood worker reported, "In state after state, you've seen that brand of Planned Parenthood used as synonymous with abortion services. And that's the great sadness in all of this."
Planned Parenthood reported 329,445 abortions in 2010, and abortions made up 91 percent of the "pregnancy services" the company offers.
For every adoption referral, Planned Parenthood performed 392 abortions, SBA List reported.
Another crack in Planned Parenthood's foundation also was revealed recently when a manager of an operation in Storm Lake, Iowa, was fired for questioning her affiliate bosses about the mandate to provide "webcam abortions."
She later launched a lawsuit against the company for potential Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse.
The claim by Sue Thayer alleges the abortion provider's Heartland branch has scammed American taxpayers by filing nearly 500,000 fraudulent Medicaid claims over 10 years, netting the organization an illicit $28 million.
Thayer, former manager of Iowa's Storm Lake and LeMars Planned Parenthood clinics, has sued the organization under both federal and Iowa False Claims Acts, alleging Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2002 to 2009 by seeking improper and even illegal reimbursements from Iowa Medicaid Enterprise and the Iowa Family Planning Network.
According to the lawsuit, originally filed in March of last year but made public just recently, Planned Parenthood submitted "repeated false, fraudulent, and/or ineligible claims for reimbursements" to Medicaid.
Thayer's attorneys claim that if she prevails in the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood could be ordered to pay the federal government and Iowa as much as $5.5 billion in False Claims Act damages and penalties.
"Americans really deserve to know if their hard-earned tax dollars are being funneled to groups that are misusing [them]," said Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton, a former United States attorney working with Alliance Defending Freedom to represent Thayer. "People may disagree on their views about abortion, but everyone can agree that Planned Parenthood must play by the same rules as everyone else. It is not entitled to any public funds, especially if it is defrauding Medicaid and the American taxpayer."
The lawsuit claims that Planned Parenthood's "C-Mail" scam began by automatically sending a year's supply of birth control pills to women who came into one of the organization's clinics. The pills were usually sent without a physician's order, often dispensed to women "at levels not medically reasonable or necessary … constituting 'abuse or overuse'" and were even shipped without the patient's consent or foreknowledge.
Planned Parenthood then billed Medicaid $26.32 for each month's worth of pills, the lawsuit claims, even though the cost to the clinics was only $2.98.
Thayer claims the scam proved to be so profitable Planned Parenthood even held competitions among its clinics to see which of them could enroll the most women in the "C-Mail" program.


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Kid-Designed Wallpaper
Now making the rounds of an excited blogosphere: these beautiful wallpaper patterns designed by eight-year-old Otto, son of Elisabeth Dunker at the design blog Fine Little Day.
We love both of these designs, but we're especially partial to "Ahoy". (Is it just us, or is it reminiscent of Wes Anderson's films?) We join the throngs of excited design bloggers waiting to see what Otto comes up with next.
Visit Fine Little Day for more photos and the official launch of Otto's designs. To order, click here.


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Last month we put out the call for education-themed submissions -- along with other topics that interest you -- to the Data Stories Gallery, and we got some fantastic entries! Congratulations to the grand winner and six runners-up.
Grand Winner:
- Fabian Heidenstecker - 7th Generation Video Games
Fabian's report was well-designed, told a unique story, and displayed a great use of Power BI.
Seven other reports will also be officially marked as a Featured story. Congratulations to the following submitters (in no particular order):
- Gilbert Quevauvilliers - Create Dynamic Periods for Fiscal or Calendar Dates and Dynamic Month Names for Charts
- Mike Kremer - Project Work and Cost Trend
- Gil Raviv - Clinton vs. Drumpf - Opponent Mentions & Facebook Sentiment Analysis
- Tobias Owen - Robot Wars - Social Media Analysis
- Marian Hanganu - EU Gender Equality
- Daniel Hale - Worst Power BI Report... Ever
- Sam Lester - Create your personalized Twitter Analytics Dashboard in Power BI in 10 minutes!
Sam's submission is also the winner of the Power BI Birthday Block Party competition, which means he'll be receiving a Super Prize Pack!
Submit your story
Want to see your work become a Featured story? Post it to the Data Stories Gallery, and then tweet a link with the hashtags #powerbi #datastory. At the end of each month we'll review all tweeted stories, and choose several to become featured. Featured stories will be selected for telling a compelling story, being original and creative, and effectively using Power BI.
The author of the story that we pick as the grand winner each month will win a Power BI t-shirt and a badge of recognition for their Community profile. The inspiration topic for this month is "mystery": show us your best data story about haunted houses, Sasquatch sightings, and other spooky data!


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By Lisa Capobianco
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Four-year-old Jack Brinker of Southington widened his eyes and jumped for joy when he saw Santa Claus during the 25th annual Christmas in the Village in Plantsville. After whispering what he wanted this year in Santa's ear, Jack said he loves toy airplanes, and he hopes to receive one for Christmas.
Jack's father, Mike, said this was a moment his son has waited for all year round, so they decided to jump at the opportunity once they heard about the event.
"We came to Christmas in the Village to see Santa," said Brinker as the sound of a musical Christmas quartet echoed in Fire Engine Company 2. "We have lived in Southington for most of our lives."
The event also attracted resident Stephanie Rodriguez, who recently moved to Southington with her five-year-old daughter and 21-month-year-old son.
"It is a great way to have some fun in our free time," Rodriguez said. "There are a lot of family-oriented activities in town."
After watching Santa lead the tree lighting ceremony, parents and their children lined up to see old Saint Nick in a matter of minutes in the firehouse, where firefighters handed out soup to guests. Members of the Polish Falcon Club in Plantsville also volunteered their time at the event to conduct the Plantsville Village Association raffle, which included a variety of donated raffle items.
"We always like to give back to the community," said Ken Decker, the treasurer of the Polish Falcons. "This is the first year we are doing this."
Children also lined up to see Mrs. Clause at CMC Computers, where she distributed candy and posed for pictures. Nine-year-old Isaiah Zagorski said he felt excited to attend the event for the first time with his younger cousins.
"I have never been to it and wanted to see what it was all about," said Zagorski, as DJ Gary Collins played Christmas tunes right outside CMC Computers.
Other businesses in downtown Plantsville also volunteered their time to spread holiday cheer during the event. Faith Living Church kept visitors warm with a bon fire while roasting chestnuts and handing out apple fritters as well as popcorn. Dean's Stove and Spa offered face painting, conducted by Puttin' on the Ritz, and Faith Baptist Church distributed candy canes at Calvanese Realty while the Plantsville Pharmacy handed out cookies. Children and their families also satisfied their appetites at Yi Hing Restaurant, which handed out shrimp chips.
The festivities at Zingarella Pizzeria also caught the attention of children as they participated in a snowball toss fame while sipping hot cocoa and listening to Christmas carols performed by the a Cappella group of Cheshire High School. For Michele Zommer, the sister of Zingarella's owner Mark Zommer, seeing children and their families attend the event brought back memories of her childhood around the holidays.
"My brother got excited about getting things going," said Zommer, referring to all the family-oriented activities that took place at her brother's business. "This event is so nostalgic."
The 31st annual Holiday Hospitality Night also brought back memories for families and also created new ones. Seven-year-old Madison Furniss anticipated the event all week, full of excitement since she became the official "switch flipper," for the lighting of the town green.
"I am so thankful for this town," said Furniss, jumping up and down in excitement.
Furniss was one of a total of 141 entries for the switch flipping contest, conducted by the Southington Parks and Recreation Department. The department submitted the children's entries into a spreadsheet and sorted them alphabetically by the child's last name, before assigning a number to each name. Once each number was written on a folded piece of paper and tossed into a Christmas bag, Town Manager Garry Brumback chose a number at random.
"This is the first year our department has run this contest, and we are very happy with the response we got, so this may become a new annual tradition," said Julia Berardinelli of the Parks Department
Although a mix of rain and snow lingered during the event, the forecast did not keep Southington resident Chris Babicz and her children, Matthew and Jessica away from enjoying an annual tradition.
"We wanted to see the holiday lights," Babicz said. "We come here every year.
Sponsored by the Merchants of Downtown Southington Association and the Greater Southington Chamber of Commerce, Hospitality Night featured a horse drawn wagonette ride as well as open house at different local businesses. Children had the opportunity to write letters to Santa at TD Bank and also met with him at the Bank of America. That same night, the Barnes Museum hosted its 31st annual Open House, showcasing holiday décor and excerpts from 52 diaries of the Bradley Barnes family while displaying hundreds of artifacts throughout the historical homestead.
"I like the community atmosphere," said Trisha Pizzitola, who has attended Hospitality Night for the past three years with her young son. "It is just a great experience for the kids."
Southington lights up for the holidays
By Lisa Capobianco


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In 2003, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) embarked on an ambitious journey known as the Easier, Cheaper and More Personalized (ECMP) change program. Through this restructuring, the ATO sought to transform the efficiency and effectiveness of its internal operations and drive improvements in terms of taxpayers' experiences and compliance.
Accenture enabled ATO's vision for change by consolidating numerous IT systems, enhancing critical business functions and integrating whole-of-government interactions. As a result, the ATO has delivered improved client services and realized A$150 million per year in operational savings.
In 2002, the ATO needed to respond to major changes in Australia's tax landscape, including complexity arising from the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST), increased compliance costs for businesses and community perceptions of inflexible customer service. Consequently, the ATO embarked on the ECMP program to create a tax and superannuation system that was easier for taxpayers to deal with, cheaper for the agency to manage and able to offer more personalized citizen services.
Accenture was the ATO's principal transformation partner from the initial analysis through to all phases of program delivery. Accenture helped the ATO create one integrated information technology platform, consolidating the agency's core functions into just two systems:
Integrated Core Processing (ICP) - for client registration, processing and accounting.
Siebel - for case management, collections and customer relationship management.
Through the program, Accenture migrated more than 27 million taxpayer records, 32 million accounts and 282 million forms into its new ICP system.
In addition, the parties worked together to enhance critical business functions, including
improved business intelligence, using a consolidated Teradata Data Warehouse reporting solution and analytics capability (applying SAS Institute software)
new and updated online capabilities that allow individuals and businesses in Australia to register and maintain their details online through the Australian Business Register portal (abr.gov.au)
integrated services to enable whole-of-government interaction, allowing the ATO to respond flexibly to changing business conditions and regulations.
The solutions have helped the ATO to achieve A$150 million in annual savings from improved operational efficiency – funds that have now been reinvested into the business.
Employees have access to a single view of client tax and superannuation accounts and new tools to detect and pursue noncompliance.
Accenture continues to work with the ATO to deliver a range of strategic initiatives and advance its pursuit of operational and client service excellence – delivering public service for the future.


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WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $4.3 million in grants to 13 institutions to study and improve our understanding of how certain organic compounds form in the atmosphere. Research performed by grantees will help the federal government improve its air quality management systems and climate change models with respect to organic aerosol formation and help EPA continue its work of protecting people's health and the environment.
"This partnership provides a tremendous opportunity for groundbreaking research on air quality." said Lek Kadeli, principal deputy assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development. "By working together, we will be able to improve the accuracy of the air models that are used by states to develop plans to reduce air pollution and meet air quality standards. This research will also lead to more accurate climate models as we continue to study the impacts of climate change."
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Researchers will have access to NOAA and NSF resources such as aircraft and towers to capture information about organic aerosols at multiple heights in the air and on the ground at the same time. The Southeastern Aerosol Research and Characterization (SEARCH) Network, a collection of air quality monitoring stations throughout the southeastern United States developed by EPRI and Southern Company will be collecting ground measurements, and providing access to current and historical air quality data and analyses. The researchers will use the collected data, and high quality models built from this data, to address emerging air pollution issues.
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Oculocerebral Syndrome with Hypopigmentation is an extremely rare inherited disorder characterized by the lack of normal color (hypopigmentation) of the skin and hair and abnormalities of the central nervous system that affect the eyes and certain parts of the brain (oculocerebral). Physical findings at birth include unusually light skin color and silvery-gray hair. Abnormal findings associated with the central nervous system may include abnormal smallness of one or both eyes (microphthalmia); clouding (opacities) of the front, clear portion of the eye through which light passes (cornea); and/or rapid, involuntary eye movements (nystagmus). Additional symptoms that may develop during infancy include involuntary muscle contractions, associated loss of muscle function (spastic paraplegia), developmental delays, and/or mental retardation. Oculocerebral Syndrome with Hypopigmentation is believed to be inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait.
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All that this addon does, is to create TomTom-Waypoints for all the Lorewalkers achievements you are missing. It is not an advanced guide, just waypoints. I did this in about 20 min for myself, but maybe it is useful for somebody else. Just enter "/niolore" in the ingame chat, to create the waypoints.


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Trend Trial Ruffles
The fashion world has had an ongoing love affair with the ruffle for numerous seasons now--all hail the curiously resilient peplum! But for S/S 13, everyone's favourite frill has taken some serious style steroids and grown to dramatic proportions. Peter Pilotto showed cascading ruffles trailing down dresses, while Chloe's collection featured enlarged frills adorning sleeves and hems that floated dreamily down the runway. But despite their popularity, ruffles are downright difficult to translate to real life. In addition to the risk of looking like a flamenco doll, you probably have less-than-lovely memories of the oft-maligned adornment. Whether it was the infamous "puffy" shirt donned by Jerry Seinfeld or a dreadful frilly dress you were inexplicably made to wear as a little girl, ruffles can seem like the wrong choice. With this in mind, I recommend trying a version that references the runways' glorious looks without feeling like a costume. Read on for my tips on how to wear ruffles in real life for three different occasions.
Look 1: Polished Office One of the last things you want to communicate to your higher ups is immaturity--sartorially speaking or otherwise. And since many women associate frills with childhood dresses, it's understandable why most working women would rather spill coffee down their front than sport a ruffle to the office. But frills can work just as well when you're on the clock as they do in your off-duty hours--the secret is to find a tailored and understated piece. My chambray ruffle blouse feels as polished as a popover shell, but has more visual interest than a typical 9-to-5 staple. Style Notes: I like to think dressing for the office is a little bit like applying makeup. You should focus on one area to make a statement, say a punchy red lip or a trendy printed pant, but the rest of your look should pretty much toe the line. In this case, the ruffle blouse is my piece of flair, so I built the rest of my outfit with workwear standbys--a classic pair of black trousers and a collared shirt--to keep the outfit strictly professional. As for my bag choice, a structured snakeskin tote is roomy enough to hold a change of clothes for after-hours, while still looking polished. What I Wore: Club Monaco Carter Shirt ($99); Riller and Fount Carolyn Tank ($132, available end of February) in Downtown; Preen Line Block Heath Jacket ($859); Rachel Zoe Ian Cigarette Pants ($275); Talbots Exotic Embossed Leather Satchel ($209) in Salt/Pepper; Tibi Amber Heels ($365) in Silver/Black and Pebble/Nude; House of Harlow 1960 Gypsy Rope Earrings ($90, available early March); House of Harlow 1960 Aven Cuff ($135).
Look 2: Off-Duty Edge Perhaps it's my stubborn side, but I've never backed down from a challenge, fashion-related or otherwise. Accordingly, when I was tasked with styling a ruffle skirt in a downtown way, I chose the girliest version I could find. Enter the prim pencil skirt from Ann Taylor's bridal collection. While very pretty in its own right, the tiered tulle skirt doesn't easily lend itself to a tough-girl aesthetic. To make the feminine piece blend seamlessly into an edgier look, it's all about the styling. Style Notes: Whenever an item feels overly precious, my first instinct is to pair it with pieces that cut the cutesy vibe--items that act as a sartorial palette cleanser, if you will. I started off with a statement sweatshirt in a fluorescent abstract print, which feels equal parts laid-back and trendy. As for my accessories, I chose grunge-inspired lace-ups and a studded cross-body bag (handheld bags are the calling card of an uptown girl) to contribute to the downtown vibe. The overall effect is cool, never prissy. What I Wore: Whetherly Noam T-Shirt ($158, 323.651.4129); H&M Sweater ($50, available mid-February); Ann Taylor Tulle Strips Skirt ($275); Opening Ceremony Grunge Oxfords ($390); HUE Tissue Socks ($7); H&M Black Leather Embossed Snake Print Bag ($50, available mid-February); Lady Grey Cheval Bangle ($230, available by special order).
Look 3: Date Night Since wearing ruffles for a romantic encounter is almost as predictable as Anna Wintour asking her hairstylist for a bob, I wanted to see if I could style frills for a date night without looking like a walking cliché. The key is to leave the very ruffly pieces, which can read fussy, in your closet and opt for subtler frills like the flouncy hem of my Strenesse Gabriele Strehle dress. Among other romantic details, like the semi-sheer fabric and bow at the waist, the ruffle just becomes another feature that adds feminine interest to the overall look, rather than the main event. Style Notes: Once you have selected your pitch-perfect frock, I have one guideline for choosing the right accouterments: mix accessories that complement the overall outfit and push the look to the next level. Pointed black pumps fall into the former camp, as they don't compete with the print of the dress, while a bold statement necklace and snakeskin clutch fall into the latter category, ensuring the outfit is complex enough not to feel one-note. What I Wore: Strenesse Gabriele Strehle Silk Dress ($1960, 212.249.2417, available now); RACHEL Rachel Roy Large Frame Clutch ($69, available April 1st) in Tobacco Snake; House of Harlow 1960 Nomadic Warrior Arrow Necklace ($110, available February); DKNY Comfort Luxe Opaque Control Top Tight ($15); Charles David Radiant Suede and Snake Pointed-Toe Ankle Strap Pumps ($250).
SHOP THE TREND Preen Line Deck Silk-Trimmed Cotton-Jersey Top ($315); Friends & Associates Ainsley Ruffle Skirt ($125); Cynthia Rowley Silk Ruffle Dress ($595, available March). Ease into the ruffled look with separates like a two-tone blouse or peplum skirt, or fully commit in a pretty dress with frills on the sleeves, waist, and hemline. P.S.: Do you have a trend you're not quite sure how to wear? Leave a message in the comments, and I might try it out.--Kat Collings


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NEWTON, Mass. – Springfield College collected seven sacks, forced three fumbles, and got a defensive score in a 41-0 victory over Mount Ida in non-conference football on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Mount Ida allowed just six points in the first fifteen minutes, but three scores by the Pride in the third quarter put the game out of reach for the Mustangs (1-2).
Springfield sophomore quarterback Jonathan Marrero (Boston, Mass.) ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for a touchdown on his only completion of the game, a 21-yard pass to Jason Woods (Middletown, Conn.), which came on the first play from scrimmage after the visitors recovered a Mustang fumble late in the third.
For Mount Ida, junior quarterback Jawad Yatim (Shrewsbury, Mass.) threw for 126 yards on 11 completions, but saw his rushing totals negated by 7 sacks, for a loss of 56 yards.
Danny Macalena (Congers, N.Y.) led the way for the Pride with two sacks and ten tackles, with four and a half of them for a loss of 33 yards. Macalena also forced a fumble, while senior Corey Kiaser (River Vale, N.J.) had eleven tackles for the Springfield defense.
The Pride took just three plays on their opening drive to get on the board when Marrero busted a 43-yard touchdown run. The lead stayed at 6-0 for the visitors when Dominique Spaulding (West Hartford, Conn.) blocked the extra point attempt by Tyler Rouse (Hagaman, N.Y.), a feat that Spaulding would accomplish again on Springfield's final touchdown, a nine-yard run by Marrero with just under thirteen minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
Mount Ida trailed by just 6-0 after the first quarter, but Springfield took their opening drive of the second 57 yards in 3:19, and capped it with a four yard touchdown rush by Brodie Quinn (Pittsfield, Mass.). Marrero got the points back from the blocked attempt in the first quarter by rushing to complete a two-point conversion and make it a 14-0 game.
After the break, the Springfield defense, which held Mount Ida to 57 net yards on the ground, forced a three and out, and then needed just two plays to get into the end zone again, with Marrero breaking free for a 67 yard score.
The Mustangs looked to be driving late in the third quarter, helped by a 32-yard rush by sophomore Melquan Pinkney (Springfield, Mass.), who had 57 yards rushing on the afternoon. Mount Ida advanced the ball to the Springfield 19 yard line, but freshman quarterback Bobby Chavous (Portsmouth, R.I.) had his pass intercepted by senior Sam Weiss (Glasser, N.J.), who galloped 93 yards for a defensive TD.
Senior Frank Greene (Hamden, Conn.) forced a turnover for the Mustangs when he picked off Timothy O'Brien (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) with 9:22 left in the fourth quarter. Greene returned the ball to the Springfield 36, but the Mount Ida drive stalled after a personal foul and a false start penalty.
Senior Jon Proto (North Haven, Conn.) led the Mount Ida defense with eleven tackles and a forced fumble, and sophomore DeAndre Lawrence (Middletown, Conn.) had ten tackles, including two of them for a loss.
Bryan Stetson (Cranston, R.I.) and Chandler McCoy (Norcross, Ga.) were the top Mount Ida receivers, combining for eight catches and each totaling 58 yards of passing offense. D'Andre Smith (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) had an effective day returning kicks for the home team, gaining 112 yards on two attempts.
Quinn gained 48 yards on the ground for Springfield, who netted 306 yards on the ground.
Mount Ida was 8-21 on third down conversions, while Springfield was just 1-11, though the Pride converted three of their five fourth-down chances and both of their red zone opportunities.
The Pride improve to 3-0 on the season and remain perfect against the Mustangs, now having won all five of the team's meetings, dating back to 2008.
Mount Ida will have next week off as they enjoy their bye week, and will prepare for their first Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) game of the year, which will be on October 5th against Gallaudet, back on Alumni Field (12:00 pm).
The Pride will travel to Rochester next Saturday for a 12:00 pm game as they open up their Liberty League schedule.


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WAPAKONETA — Heading into the half-time break, St. Marys varsity coach Dan Hegemier watched his team play its heart out against the Wapakoneta Redskins and it showed on the scoreboard and on the stat sheets.
The Roughriders led 24-22 at the break and were shooting 9-of-22 from the field, 4-of-10 from beyond the arc and only had four turnovers. While the Redskins held a slim 11-9 edge on the boards, St. Marys scored 10 points in the paint.
Then Wapakoneta's senior post Jake Buzzard hit two long 3-pointers and the game unraveled for the 'Riders and their coach and they fell 63-49 to a Western Buckeye League rival. They also saw their record fall to 5-11 overall and 0-6 in the league, while the Redskins improved to 10-7 on the season and 3-3 in the WBL.
St. Marys at Wapakoneta boys basketball photos
"We were close again, but no cigar," St. Marys head coach Dan Hegemier said. "That has been our season in a nutshell. The kids are playing hard, they are busting their tail but we need some shots to go down — they just didn't fall when the game got tight. We also just turned the ball over too many times and that hurt us."
Garet Fledderjohann led all scorers in the game hitting for 25 points, scoring 11 in the first half by hitting three treys and 14 in the second half.
Quinn Zaerr scored 12 points on the night.
Buzzard scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half,.
For the game, the Redskins also outrebounded the 'Riders 25-18 for the game, and 14-9 in the second half. Buzzard grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, doubling Zaerr's team-leading six for the Roughriders.
"I am really proud of my kids, they just keep battling, keep battling, keep battling," the 'Rider coach said. "I told them we were defending well. My kids did all that I asked them to do."
The Roughriders travel to Spencerville tonight to take on the Bearcats, while the Redskins host the Liberty Benton Eagles.


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When Harvey Perlman gave a lecture on Leadership 101 last weekend, it was easy to connect the dots between two critical Nebraska disciplines he oversees – academia and athletics.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's longest tenured chancellor since the 1960s, Perlman discussed something that stretches beyond his own vision of Innovation Campus, a dynamic environment designed to connect public and private sector talent and transform ideas into innovation that impacts the world.
Speaking at the Champions Club, located across the street from Memorial Stadium, Perlman praised the two research bays of 20,000 square feet each that are being built and will be housed inside Nebraska's expanding East Stadium – one that UNL will direct and the other that NU's Athletic Department will oversee.
The emergence of that double-barreled power inside a football stadium is a fitting metaphor for the book Perlman kept referencing throughout his lecture – "Good to Great" by Jim Collins, who analyzes why some companies make the leap and others don't and then applies the same principles to demonstrate how universities, like companies, can transform themselves with more disciplined people, thought and action, especially when they blend extreme humility with intense professional will.
Key to Success: An Immunity to Criticism
"You have to build up a certain immunity or indifference to criticism," Perlman said. "When I took this job, someone told me to picture an image of myself tied to the railroad tracks with a train coming and nothing I can do about it." Perlman went on to dissect and explain some of the worst decisions he's made and mix them in with some of the best.
If you listened to his buildup of the Athletic Department's research, you would sense the breakthroughs he's expecting, particularly in one of the hottest areas on the national scene – concussion research, which was elevated to conversational status with the recent suicide of NFL perennial all-pro Junior Seau. Perlman also mentioned how Nebraska Global, a Lincoln-based software company, has collaborated with the Athletic Department to build a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning product that promises to revolutionize strength training and nutritional thought, along with other ways to optimize the total student-athlete experience.
"The culture of the university and the culture of the Nebraska private economy need to come together to maximize opportunity," Perlman said. "It's critically important to figure out what can make us both great. When we work on new technology ventures, we're enriching the cultures of the university and the private-sector economy."
Collaboration Produces Benefits for Everyone
"Private businesses can dictate salary if they invent something, and when they collaborate with us, our faculty gets a third of the royalties generated by any of the intellectual property," Perlman said, acknowledging that in the past year, Nebraska executed 35 licenses for university technology, had 40 spinoff companies coming out of university research and generated a couple million dollars in licensing agreements.
That's why Perlman sees such great potential in the East Stadium. "Traditionally, Nebraska has been innovative in the area of athletic performance and medicine," he said. "We've designed equipment for weight rooms around the country. I mean, I hope you understand how extraordinary it is – relative to what goes on around the country – to have an athletic department create a research space. That's one extraordinary thing. The other extraordinary thing is they're collaborating with the rest of the university to do it in a very successful way. Their devotion to research is not just on student-athlete athletic performance, but on human performance, and I'm very proud of an athletic department willing to do that."
Perlman said Nebraska's Athletic Department is not one with so much money that it pushes itself off to the side and fails to integrate with the rest of university. He praised the leadership of Tom Osborne, an athletic director who makes sure Nebraska doesn't build a business structure of its own.
Leveraging Athletic and Academic Enterprise
"What we're doing here in the East Stadium is a perfect example of leveraging the opportunities of an athletic department and the academic enterprise together," Perlman said, "and because we're doing that, we are now leaders in the Big Ten in concussion research."
NU's chancellor pointed out how research teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten Conferences are studying concussion injuries and have decided to join Nebraska and its leadership role in this critical area. "When you get these kinds of synergies, that's what you look for in a university ... being able not just to integrate good stuff but great stuff." To learn more, check out this University of Nebraska-produced video that ended up in the No. 1 spot on a recent Science360 website, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Admitting in his lecture that he's an avid sports follower just like he has a passion for academia, Perlman cherishes the immunity and indifference he's built up to criticism.
After going into great detail about why he calls himself "the accidental chancellor" who kept turning down the job and keeps coming back to take on more new challenges, someone asked Perlman an important question at the end of his lecture: How much longer do you NOT want this job?
Passion, Worth, Health Keep Him on Track
Perlman said he wants the job "as long as I have passion for it, as long as I think I can accomplish something ... as long as my health holds up and as long as the train doesn't come." The short pause and the quick smile that punctuated his punch line allowed the audience to draw its own conclusions, and personally, I think Harvey Perlman enjoys seeing himself tied to the railroad tracks with a train coming full speed right at him. That train is all the motivation a good chancellor needs to help Nebraska become great.
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|2009-09-09, 22:30
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Let it Rain
I like angry rappers, especially when they say things like Immortal Technique. You should listen to all his other songs, they're quite brutal ;D
|2009-09-09, 22:54
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'Sup Ballers
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Carolina, USA
Age: 29
Oh, I have heard plenty of Immortal Technique, I have like 20 of his songs on my Pod. He's just not my favorite.
In fact, I don't think I have a particular favorite that's coming out with stuff regularly nowadays(the last two years). I'm just a general fan of rap at the moment, searching for songs from old favorites released years ago and picking an occasional new song here and there from the pack via Youtube.
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|2009-09-13, 06:06
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So...4:03am for me here, read through the bulk of the thread without getting the answer I was looking for. I have good connections for stateside hiphop, but I was wondering what is some good hiphop and rap out of Japan?
I've found I've really taken a liking to Nujabes, Shing02, DJ Kentaro, and the like. Stuff with a really cool jazz feel.
I'm no stranger to Kick the Can Crew, Home Made, and King Giddra, either. Anyone else able to make some suggestions?
Anyway, cutting my failure of grammar short I'm going to hit the hay finally. I pulled an all nighter just to watch Tokyo Magnitude 8.0..Not too smart. =-='
|2009-09-14, 01:22
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'Sup Ballers
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Kanye West does it again.
I lol'd.
|2009-09-18, 20:15
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Yukio Sumadera Fan
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Still riding his own dick I see.
|2009-09-23, 22:26
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Go Big Red!
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|2009-09-27, 04:19
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Spoiler for Kanye's interrupts again...:
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I agree with Kanye West, Squall's Lionheart (End of Heart for the Japanese version) was the best !
|2009-10-03, 09:22
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|2009-10-15, 22:43
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Yukio Sumadera Fan
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So I pretty much wet myself interpreting the metaphors, similes, double-quadruple entendres, etc. while listening to this song
|2009-10-18, 21:46
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There is a good old rap song called "Do you remember" Great song loved it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdMKefFh8U
|2009-10-20, 10:24
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Hey everyone, i recently joined the forum, just saw this cool Thread... here are a few artists and groups i listen to most:
Tonedeff, Cunnunlynguists, Immortal Technique, Atmosphere, Sole, Jedi Mind Tricks, Army of the Pharaohs, Icon the mic king, Dead Prez, Necro, Diabolic, Killah Priest, Binary Star, Sage Francis.
Hope to run into something new in this thread, will go through it now.
|2009-10-26, 20:06
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I'm actually impressed how many people stick to some Oldschool hip hop then this new commercial rap.
There are so many great Hip Hop artists mentioned in this threat so at this point I can't even suggest many new ones.
I'm a huge Wu tang fan, but I'm listening to almost everything coming from new york, or overall before the millennium.
Immortal Technique's pretty popular here, although I always counted him as the most underrated rapper of all time. So political rap stays present xP
Not to long ago I started listening to this kid Chamillionaire. Maybe you guys know him.
He's a real good rapper, got the freestyle and everything. I think he's probably the best after this hole 50cent hype. It's a shame how Hip Hop changed.
Wu tang Killa Beez !
|2009-10-26, 22:07
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I personally prefer old school Hip Hop than the current ones. The reason why I prefer old school rap more than the current ones is not so much for the excessive swearing but rappers of today talk about sex, money and their bling. There are quite a few that talk about their lives though. I like listening to Fat Boys, MC Hammer, Run DMC and the likes.
Also, I recommend you guys to watch Krush Groove (1985). Its a good movie that show the Hip Hop scene from the 80's!
|2009-10-29, 08:24
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She's a Genius I swear it
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|2009-11-22, 13:37
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Join Date: Mar 2009
i prefer rap over intelligent hip hop personally. intelligent hip hop is preachy and bores me to tears. the production is almost always a jazz loop and a kick drum that should be left in the 90s , that or its on some weird intergalactic space odyssey tip. that being said ill still jam tribe when in the evenings at the house and dont mind common when hes a g.o.o.d. music remix or something. i usually listen to coke rap (jay-z, clipse, young jeezy, fabolous, cam'ron, ghostface, scarface).
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|2009-12-02, 12:00
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Can you bring up some examples? I don't think all of it is "preachy". Canibus, Rza, Gza, were pretty intelligent in their lyrics, but I don't remember them preaching much at all.
|2009-12-02, 13:54
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everyone on def jux, anticon, atmosphere, krs-one, jurassic 5. i haven't listened to much canibus, but from what ive listened to he's just a bad rapper constantly getting put in his place by other rappers i don't like. as for rza and gza i guess they don't preach but i just don't find them appealing. if i listen to something out of the wu-tang camps solo stuff the only ones worth mentioning are ghostface and raekwon for me. what i'm really saying is that i don't care about the five pillars of hip hop, hearing about the struggles of working a 9 to 5 you hate, video game references, throwback cartoons, and how many big words you can throw around in 3 1/2-4 minutes.
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Ready-made meals purchased in supermarkets appear to be a healthier choice than meals from the cookbooks of celebrity chefs.
An analysis published in the BMJ Christmas issue found that the celebrity chef recipes were higher than prepared supermarket meals in fat (27.1 g versus 17.2 g), saturated fat (9.2 g versus 6.8 g), and protein (37.5 g versus 27.9 g, P<0.01 for all).
Simon Howard, PhD, of NHS Tees in Stockton on Tees, England, and colleagues said the chef recipes also contained less fiber per portion than supermarket prepared meals (3.3 g versus 6.5 g, P<0.01) but were higher in calories (604 versus 493 calories, P<0.01), the researchers reported online in BMJ.
Cooking programs are extremely popular on television, particularly those hosted by celebrity chefs, and the recipes presented on these programs have been advocated as being healthy by some authorities such as Heart UK and NHS Choices.
Some U.K. hospitals have even sought advice and meal suggestions from these chefs, which "may give the impression that meals cooked by television chefs are, generally, healthy," observed Howard and colleagues.
Moreover, government authorities in both the U.S. and the U.K. recommend against the frequent consumption of prepackaged meals.
Such meals are estimated to be consumed at least occasionally by more than three-quarters of U.K. households, and while that exceeds the current number in the U.S, use here too is growing.
Because the comparative nutritional value of these popular options has remained uncertain, Howard and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 100 recipes in celebrity-chef-authored cookbooks and 100 ready-made main-dish meals sold in the largest U.K. supermarket chains.
The micronutrient content of the published recipes was calculated according to the raw materials included, while the nutritional content of the ready-to-purchase meals was obtained from the Web sites of the supermarkets.
Analysis of the 200 samples revealed that not a single one met the goals set by the World Health Organization for the prevention of diseases relating to diet, according to Howard and colleagues.
The WHO goals for fiber content were more often met by the supermarket meals (56% versus 14%, P<0.01), as were the organization's recommendation of carbohydrate as an energy source (18% versus 6%, P=0.01).
However, more -- almost all -- of the supermarket ready meals exceeded the WHO sodium density goal (96% versus 64%, P<0.01).
The researchers also assessed the recipes and supermarket meals according to a "traffic light" evaluation established by the U.K. Food Standards Agency, in which red signals high in fat, sugar, or salt; amber means a medium elevation in concentration of those macronutrients; and green signifies a healthy choice.
These traffic light labels are placed on the front of food packaging to provide consumers with a quick means of assessing the nutritional value of the contents.
The traffic light rating was red for the celebrity chef recipes with regard to fat in 68%, for saturated fat in 71%, and for salt in 31%.
A red signal was given for the supermarket meals for fat in 37%, for saturated fat in 56%, and for salt in 30%.
Both did better with regard to sugar content, with a green light given for 83% of the recipes and for 89% of the supermarket meals.
Limitations of the study, according to the researchers, included the possibility that the salt content of recipes may have been underestimated, as recipes often suggest that salt be added "to taste."
The analysis also did not account for the possible health influences of other components of prepared foods such as artificial flavorings or preservatives.
In addition, the study included only meals from five cookbooks and three supermarkets, and may not represent the entire range of celebrity chef materials and supermarket prepared meals available.
"This study shows that neither recipes created by popular television chefs nor ready meals produced by three leading U.K. supermarket chains meet national or international nutritional standards for a balanced diet," stated Howard and colleagues.
This situation might be rectified if the supermarkets and chefs were willing to more closely adhere to those standards, and if cookbooks provided simple, reliable nutritional information such as the traffic light signals on prepared foods, they suggested.
But neither ready meals nor celebrity chef productions are likely to be the ideal means of ensuring optimum nutrition, they cautioned.
"Maximum nutritional benefit is likely to be derived from home cooking of nutritionally balanced recipes primarily using raw ingredients, rather than relying on ready meals or recipes by television chefs," they concluded.
The authors were supported by Fuse, the Center for Translational Research in Public Health, a U.K. Clinical Research Collaboration Public Health Research Center of Excellence.
They declared no financial conflicts of interest.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College men's soccer player James Sweeney racked up two more honors on Tuesday. He was named to the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of American Men's College Division Scholar All-America second team and the NSCAA 2012 Men's College Division Scholar All-South Region first team.
Sweeney is a senior mathematics major from Huntingtown, Md., and boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA. He led Coker to a 12-4-1 record and its second consecutive Conference Carolinas regular-season championship. For the season, he allowed 13 goals, made 54 saves and posted seven shutouts. His 0.81 goals-against average was best in conference.
In addition to these two honors, Sweeney's 2012 postseason accolades now include: conference scholar athlete of the year; conference defensive player of the year; first team all-conference; NSCAA All-Southeast Region second team; and being featured in NCAA On Campus.
Sweeney will graduate in May. He is the son of Franklin and Christine Sweeney.
Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.