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Post Profile Thomas E. Mann (l) of Brookings and Norman Ornstein (r) the American Enterprise Institute put the blame where it belongs. We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.read more share Related Posts: Thomas E. Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, are well-respected centrist congressional experts who are often cited by the media. But their... Read Post Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein: "We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed ... Read Post Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell the media “a balanced treatment of an unbalanced phenomenon distorts reality.” Two leading political scholars — representing the conservative American Enterprise Institute and the centrist Brooki... Read Post	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
About Recipe After a few decadent meals out, one too many birthday treats, and a Charleston-induced food coma, my body is revolting and refusing to eat anything besides veggies….after I eat pasta…..before I eat dessert….at lunchtime only. But hey, all that really matters is that I’m actually eating some veggies, right?! Joking aside, whether it’s been all the rich food or the hints of spring in the air, I’m craving fresh produce like whoa. This easy green bean salad is one I’ve been making since I first started cooking. Ok, maybe a little later on, because when I first started cooking, it wasn’t pretty (imagine all of the spices in your spice cabinet being combined in a bowl and then spooned out on a plate….yup, that would have been my idea of a “meal” way back at the tender ripe age of 5. YUM). But this recipe was from one of my first cookbooks. I don’t remember the name of it, but I remember it went through the basic plants of a garden and explained, in kid-friendly terminology, how you could use each one. With only a few simple ingredients, this recipe has been a mainstay in my diet ever since. It’s delicious as is, but if you want to be ba-na-nas, toss on a little goat cheese or feta (Mmmm!), and for a quick meal, toss it with some pasta (Hello light summer dinner!). 5-INGREDIENT GREEN BEAN SALAD About Recipe After a few decadent meals out, one too many birthday treats, and a Charleston-induced food coma, my body is revolting and refusing to eat anything besides veggies….after I eat pasta…..before I eat dessert….at lunchtime only. But hey, all that really matters is that I’m actually eating some veggies, right?! Joking aside, whether it’s been all the rich food or the hints of spring in the air, I’m craving fresh produce like whoa. This easy green bean salad is one I’ve been making since I first started cooking. Ok, maybe a little later on, because when I first started cooking, it wasn’t pretty (imagine all of the spices in your spice cabinet being combined in a bowl and then spooned out on a plate….yup, that would have been my idea of a “meal” way back at the tender ripe age of 5. YUM). But this recipe was from one of my first cookbooks. I don’t remember the name of it, but I remember it went through the basic plants of a garden and explained, in kid-friendly terminology, how you could use each one. With only a few simple ingredients, this recipe has been a mainstay in my diet ever since. It’s delicious as is, but if you want to be ba-na-nas, toss on a little goat cheese or feta (Mmmm!), and for a quick meal, toss it with some pasta (Hello light summer dinner!). Breakfast has to be the most controversial meal of the day. There is no end of disagreement about what we should be eating to break the overnight fast, and whether the meal is even necessary. Fortunately, there is plenty of scientific research that answers these questions...	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tamannah joins Arya and Santhanam The rib-tickling blockbuster directed by M. Rajesh four years back is getting its sequel and the entire team will be on board to recreate the same magic. It was reported recently that Director Rajesh is planning a sequel to BEB. But, there has been no official confirmation from anyone in the team. Now, Tamannah Bhatia has confirmed it on her Facebook page saying, “Excited to be a part of M Rajesh’s comedy sequel of Boss Engira Bhaskaran. Look forward to the fun times ahead.” Looks like Tamannah is so kicked about this project and so are we. It is not still certain if Tamannah would replace Nayanthara or will play the second heroine in the film, which leads us to ask another question on the possible second hero. Let’s wait for the official confirmation from Rajesh and co.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Tiger Woods is still 36 years old, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t thought about what his career could look like going forward. Woods was asked if he believes he can still win tournaments when he reaches 50 years of age and says he — and other players — can absolutely do that at certain courses. Woods won two months ago at Bay Hill, but has taken plenty of flack since then from those wondering if he can return to his old form. Part of his strategy for getting there is playing more tournaments, which he says he’s excited about. Woods also says his confidence is growing and he’s hitting the ball better than he had. Tiger Woods joined 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. with The Sports Junkies to discuss how he’s striking the ball, his confidence level since playing The Masters, his driving statistics, why he believes he can win into his 50s and why he’s playing more tournaments this year. When you’re swinging a club now, how does it feel compared to when you won at Bay Hill two months ago?: “I’m actually hitting it more solid. That’s the fun part. My compression’s better; my trajectory’s better. Things that we’ve been working on are starting to come together.” How about your confidence level as compared to during The Masters?: “It’s growing, it’s growing. We figured out some things that happened. I fell back into my old motor patterns at Augusta, how to shape shots. I’ve gone through that before and I’m just fighting through it.” You rank third in total driving on tour. Is that another indicator to you that you’re on the right track?: “Absolutely. That’s something that I’m proud of, becoming more efficient. My all-around stats are certainly a lot better than they have been in years. That’s something that we’re proud of. I’ve been close and I’ve just got to keep working, keep getting more efficient at what we’re doing.” Looking down the road, do you think you can keep winning tournaments into your 50s?: “Absolutely, 100 percent agree with that. It just has to be on the right golf course. It can’t be, at that age — well, by the time I’m at that age, it’ll be some golf courses over 8,000 yards. It’s probably not going to be at one of those; it’s probably going to be at a shorter golf course like you’d find at a British Open. Tom [Watson], at Turnberry, it was like the perfect Open. It was howling, it was a golf course he had won on and knew how to play and it was playing very quick. … You can certainly see a certain player playing into their 50s and being successful on a certain venue. You can’t do it on all venues, there’s no doubt. Some ballparks are just too big.” You’ve increased your schedule this year. Why is that?: “Well, I’m just playing more events. That’s one thing I said I was going to do and it’s something I’m excited to do. I’m excited to play new events. This year I added the Honda Classic and now Greenbrier. Last year, I played in the Fry’s. I’m trying to play at different places.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Friday, October 1, 2010 Real consumer spending increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for a second straight month, the government’s data showed. In nominal terms, income rose 0.5% in August, after a 0.2% gain in July. Nominal spending rose 0.4% in August for the second straight month. Real after-tax incomes rose 0.2% in August, after falling 0.2% in July. Incomes rose more than the 0.3% that had been forecast in a survey of economists by MarketWatch. Here are the longer term components of savings. It looks like the growth in both income (increasing savings) and incremental spending (decreasing savings) are both bouncing back... but slowly.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Honors Curriculum The heart of the Honors Program at Carolina is a curriculum of some 120 courses offered throughout the College of Arts and Sciences that contributes to the liberal arts education of students in their first three years of study here. Students help to fulfill general education requirements by taking Honors sections of departmental course offerings in everything from art history to calculus and also by participating in Honors seminars on a variety of topics each year. Honors courses and seminars emphasize student participation and writing. They are for students who embrace the chance to work hard, read more, take risks, defend a belief, and challenge received wisdom. You don't get extra credit, more quality points, or an easy A by taking Honors courses. You just get the most challenging and enriching educational experience you can find anywhere. We regard the Honors curriculum as a learning laboratory, where new course ideas and new ways of teaching constantly stimulate teachers and students. Several special seminar programs foster innovation: The Brandes Seminars program supports the development of imaginatively-taught interdisciplinary seminars. Some Brandes Seminars of recent years include "Art and the Fictions of Hyperspace," "The Science of Global Environmental Change," and "Ethnicity, Race, and Religion in America." The Johnston Seminars program identifies important areas of knowledge that have not yet found their way into the regular undergraduate curriculum. A committee of students and faculty suggests new Johnston Seminar topics and teachers each year. Both outstanding university faculty and visiting experts participate in the seminars. Some recent topics have been "Higher Education and the Democratic Ideal" and "Contemporary North Carolina Literature." The Seminars in the Civic Arts help to further one of the university's founding missions: to train individuals for effective participation in civic life. Civic arts seminars bring exemplary civic leaders to campus and involve faculty whose own research concerns the relationships among individuals, groups, and the communities of which they are a part. The Seminars in the Civic Arts also provide students with an opportunity to relate what they learn in the classroom to challenges and opportunities in local communities. In "Building Educational Bridges for our New Urban Students," for instance, students combine a thorough grounding in policy debates about the "crisis" in urban public education with an intensive service-learning project mentoring middle-school students in the nearby city of Durham.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Art is part of life, and life is about giving. Cedaredge area artist Ella Kelly has found that art and giving have been center points in her personal and professional life."We are so blessed to have people in our lives who te... Charlie Todd recently donated a 1930 International F-30 tractor to the collection Orval Proctor has displayed on Delta's Main Street.The International was originally owned by C.E. "Ed" Carville, who purchased the tractor new ... First responders answering the call to a mass casualty EMS drill Saturday came upon a realistic scene of a crashed airplane and a simulation of burning wreckage.Volunteer actors playing roles of airplane crash victims -- the ... When it comes to their education, North Fork area high school students have a lot to say.About 30 students from Paonia and Hotchkiss high schools and Vision Charter Academy shared some of their thoughts and ideas with Delta C... United States Beef Corporation (US Beef), Arby's largest franchisee, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., announces the grand opening of its newest Arby's restaurant in Delta Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. Arby's is located in the building formerly occupied by Kentucky Fried Chicken on the northwest corner of Highway 50 and Confluence Drive. Check this out The election is over, now the transition of power from Obama to Trump, Democrat to Republic, is underway. How do you think our country will fare in the next 4 years? This is an open question, without pre-selected answers . . . please be concise. Created Friday, November 11, 2016 10:01am Member Response Not much different that it would be with Clinton. The economy will determine it, the Feds are always in a position of reacting to the economy, so it doesn't much matter who is in control, the economy is going to do what its going to do. Voting Democrtatic or third party. Without the DCI. We are still to divided-- One impact to Delta County is that Trump has endorsed cuts to Medicaid. Our county has 13% of the population on Medicaid. Other cuts may come to Medicare. Paul Ryan would like to see a voucher system. 32% of Delta County has Medicare for insurance. With 45% of the population in Delta County using these programs. Not just the country but how will this affect Delta County? Whether you realized it or not this was the most important election of our life time and lots will change for the good of the people of this country and this country. Listening or reading the Main Stream Media news is not going to give you the true facts, not now anyway. The Media Outlets in this country are controlled by the “establishment”, the “elitist”, the “cabal”, whatever you choose to call them and yes this does cover BOTH the Republican and Democratic Parties. You hear what they want you to hear and read what they want you to read. If you want the cold, hard facts then a good start is read WikiLeaks @ https://wikileaks.org/ or http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/. Other sources of the facts are http://www.zerohedge.com/ and http://www.breitbart.com/ It’s not as “comfortable” to know the truth as it is to stick your head in the sand and pretend “everything is wonderful”. America made the right choice for president this election. Now it is our turn to make sure it stays on the right path. By electing Donald Trump we avoided war with Russia, which I fear may have been fought on U.S. soil as that is what Hillary Clinton wanted just like Obama i.e. wars keep the Cabal’s money machine going. Unlike Clinton, Trump prefers to have peace and get along with the world, not fight the world. We finally have a chance by putting a person in the White House that is not a career Politician and/or Criminal and one who truly does cares about the people and this country. What we were voting for in this past Presidential Election was either the Cabal, War, New World Order and Agenda 21, etc. or for what’s left of our freedom, the Constitution and not only our future but that of our children and grandchildren with a chance to rebuild this country as our Forefathers intended it to be. If you are not familiar with the Cabal’s desire of implementing New World Order and Agenda 21, it is well worth understanding so that it can be stopped. I believe we will see lots of change and it will be for the good. It may be tough getting there but we can’t continue kicking the can down the road. You must keep in mind this government is bankrupt, there is no money left and you can figure out how we became broke by reading http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/ updates. A lot of financial trimming must be done. Donald J Trump is starting that with the fact that he is going to be paid a salary of $1.00 per year as the President. We got to learn to take care of our own as generations in the past have done. We cannot become a socialist country of handouts otherwise we ALL will be faced with tax rates of over 50%, use Denmark as an example i.e including their VAT, etc. I am also very disappointed in how some adults are acting after the election. They are literally acting like a bunch of spoiled brats who did not get their way. Conservatives didn’t act this way with 2 terms of Obama. Of course add in the fact that most protesters are being hired and bused in by Soros, there are adds on Craig’s list in various parts of the U.S. to hire these protesters. Obama should be doing something about this but he won’t because he has the same agenda as Clinton did. Just my opinion and I am praying for Donald J Trump and his family as well as Mike Pence and his family. I hope you all do the same. much better off would be better if it were any other of the republican candidate (except for Ben Carson) or H R Clinton would be better if it were any other of the republican candidate (except for Ben Carson) or H R Clinton would be better if it were any other of the republican candidate (except for Ben Carson) or H R Clinton Similar to where we were when W left office in '08 Reaganomics...destroyed middle class, privatized expensive healthcare, gutted environmental regulation, all in the name of trickle-down working class suicide. 1929 or What will America be like in 4 years? The election is over, now the transition of power from Obama to Trump, Democrat to Republic, is underway. How do you think our country will fare in the next 4 years? This is an open question, without pre-selected answers . . . please be concise.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Hands-on culinary theatre performance that follows a love story written by Afonso Cruz to talk about interculturality and universal life themes. The public is invited to make pasta fresca and then eat its own creation. A sunday version for families (Dec 3rd – 11:30am) is awaiting for little children that are fearless of being cooked by the story itself. Lameiros market- local products and second hand market with one day restaurant, this time with Asian winter food. Apparently we are most curious about Asian kitchens, that explains why we are choosing again and again to focus our events in asian food. Imagine yourself arriving to a place and sitting on the grass, in front of you there’s a band playing music, next to you there is a glass of chilled home made fruit juice , Labaneh with greek pita or maybe Falafel ? Contact: o trio de Portugal https://www.facebook.com/trioportugal/ UPCOMING TRAININGS: Reiki Level 1 Course with Tim Daly, Saturday, 2 Dec, São Luis You will leave fully qualified to practice this simple yet amazing healing technique. You will also receive both a manual containing all the important information and a certificate to confirm your qualification. The price of the course is €50. Children are very welcome! They are usually masters at healing. Contact: 934639738 or [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/events/353342675126325/ 6 JAN / 7 JAN / 20-21 JAN/ 3-4 FEB @ Permalab Community, Odemira Cultivating thriving relationships and communities with Donal Gannon Jan 6th Communicate to Connect This foundation training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) offer skills, practical tools and insights to deepen, enrich and transform all of our relationships, whether with loved ones, colleagues or ourselves. Jan 7th Empathy magic - The Art of Effective Listening An experiential and interactive exploration of Empathic listening, using individual and group processes, games, exercises and meditations to integrate the teachings. Jan 20th-21st Emotional Healing and Transformation Working with our own and other people's reactivity and intense emotions, in particular anger, guilt, shame, jealousy, and depression. Healing grief, trauma and deep pain through mourning and forgiveness. Feb 3rd-4th Convergent Facilitation Master the art of facilitation. In particular focusing on this unique 3-stage decision-making process developed by Dr. Miki Kashtan of the Centre for Efficient Collaboration. It taps into a group’s shared purpose and leads to decisions that everyone truly supports – without sacrificing productivity, efficiency, and forward momentum Information for all trainings: Payment for tuition / facilitation is by voluntary donation. Hosted by Permalab Community (Odemira) For registration, details of venue, or any other questions, please contact: [email protected] For more information about these trainings, see: www.donalgannon.com/trainings or www.facebook.com/events/157006921707583	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
To navigate through the Ribbon, use standard browser navigation keys. To skip between groups, use Ctrl+LEFT or Ctrl+RIGHT. To jump to the first Ribbon tab use Ctrl+[. To jump to the last selected command use Ctrl+]. To activate a command, use Enter. "My advice is to always advocate for your patient and remember that the chain of command is there to navigate until your patient's needs are met." Donna-Kay Hylton, FNP While working as a family nurse practitioner in otolaryngology, I was presented with a situation where I couldn't help but advocate for the patient and family's needs. This was a patient who just had oral surgery and was unable to speak. He was scheduled to be discharged home a few days later, with the necessary follow-up appointments. However, the family expressed concerns that he would be alone for a few hours each day until his spouse got home from work, and they were concerned for his safety. I understood their needs and concerns. I spoke with the case manager and social workers who told me that his insurance would not cover any home services, because he did not qualify. I explained his situation and emphasized the safety risk involved; still, if insurance did not cover it, insurance did not cover it. I asked to speak with the director of case management. I explained the situation and expressed the family's and my concerns. After hearing about the situation, she gave three hours of home health aide services per day for about a week until his follow-up appointment. Contributions to ANA-PAC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Contributions to ANA-PAC are voluntary and used for political purposes. Contributions to ANA-PAC will be used in connection with federal elections and are subject to the prohibitions and limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Any guidelines for contributing are merely suggestions and you may contribute more or less than the guidelines suggest or nothing at all. The Association will not favor or disadvantage anyone by reason of the amount of their contribution, or their decision not to contribute. You may refuse to contribute without reprisal. ANA-PAC only accepts money from eligible ANA members. Non-eligible donations will not be accepted. Federal law requires ANA-PAC to request and report the name, address, occupation and employer for each person whose contributions exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) or more in a calendar year.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Learn about the issue Put yourself in the shoes of a decisionmaker under pressureby playing Nuclear Decisions, a 5-minute decision game from Playmatics, the Center for International and Strategic Studies at the University of Maryland, and Public Radio International. Play a game To understand the future of innovation in the nuclear threat field, it helps to look to the past and the present. Navigate an Innovation Timeline Scare tactics won’t inspire younger generations to feel connected to nuclear issues or activate their political will. But here’s what might.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Tapestry Building Tapestry Building is an 18th century warehouse, originally built by the East India Company, and now converted into 14 exclusive urban apartments. Located on New Street opposite Liverpool Street station, Tapestry Building offers heritage in the heart of the City, combining its striking industrial architecture with the high spec requirements of modern city living. All images were captured by Marcin in 2012.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Dell pins hopes on new Windows 8 tablets, touch PCs Dell has confirmed that it hopes to launch new touchscreen PCs and potentially tablets running the much-anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Yesterday, the US company reported sales of its notebook computers and other mobile devices were down by 10% year-on-year over the three months to May 4, 2012. The slump in sales was blamed on competition from cheap products in emerging markets, an area Dell does not operate in. Shares in Dell were down 13% in after hours trading, following the company's announcement of a 33% fall in first quarter earnings to $635m (£404m). Revenue declined 4% to $14.4bn, although the company's consumer unit reported a sharper fall of 12%. In a call with analysts, Dell founder and chief executive Michael Dell said that he expects demand for PCs to improve after Microsoft releases Windows 8 later in the year. Michael Dell feels that this will be a driver for people to purchase new touch-enabled hardware, rather than just upgrade their existing kit to the new software. "Unlike other Windows transitions, this is a transition where you generally are going to need a new PC, whether it's a tablet or ultrabook with touch or a notebook with touch or a PC with touch or some derivative hybrid on all the above type of products," Mr Dell was quoted as saying by the Seeking Alpha website. "The product refresh cycle associated with this release of Windows is likely to be very different from other releases, but it's hard to know exactly what that looks like. We're preparing a full complement of products, and we'll be ready with those." Dell feels that the new touchscreen PCs will be higher price items, meaning they will not fall into the cheaper end of the market that the company has avoided. The US firm has previously attempted to crack the tablet computers with its Latitude and Inspiron tablets, running existing versions of Windows, along with the Streak tablets running Google Android. But Windows 8 is being viewed as the opportunity for companies like Dell to create devices that can truly compete with Apple's iPad and Amazon's cheap Kindle Fire, which runs Android. Chris Green, a technology analyst at Davies Murphy Group Europe, told the BBC: "We see Windows 8 as opportunity for all the PC manufacturers to reclaim the huge ground that they have lost to Apple and some of the other Android tablet makers. "You can't underestimate how much the sector has hit PC sales. The challenge for Dell is that it will be competing against Acer, Lenovo and others - but the sheer size of the company should act as an advantage." Despite having high hopes for the consumer launch of Windows 8, Michael Dell said that he is not expecting such instant success among business customers. "Corporations are still adopting Windows 7, so we don't think there'll be a massive adoption of Windows 8 by corporations early on," he said. "But certainly, the addition of capacitive touch capability into Windows 8, we think, will be a welcome addition and will have a full complement of products at time of launch."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Senior Private Banker, European Clients - Geneva or Zurich Our client is a Swiss private bank headquartered in Geneva. They provide a full range of private banking services to wealthy individuals and families and to their corporate interests globally. The private banking activities encompass credit, financial planning, investment management, offshore trust and company formation, and management. As part of further expansion they are looking for experienced, self-motivated and highly competent relationship manager who is servicing European clients. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a management role in a growth region at an exciting time. Requirements Candidate profile: - Able to manage and build profitable relationships with core private banking clients, and understand their banking, investment and financial planning needs - Able to manage business in your own way and has built your book of business ideally from scratch. - A minimum of five years’ experience dealing with high net worth clients in a banking, legal or other area of professional services - Outstanding communication skills and excellent English skills, preferably including another European language - A professional qualification (ACIB, CFA, STEP, ACA or CFP are preferred) - A transferable client list (minimum portfolio book size of USD 150m) is essential - Ability to bring USD 50m in the first year A highly competitive package will be offered to the successful candidate. For further information regarding this role please contact Gina Le Prevost FREC DipRP on +41 22 731 1290 or email [email protected]	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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An Exciting Corporate & Team Building Event 03/04/2017 3 minute read Anything but a typical office party, Bad Axe Throwing is redefining corporate & team building events with extra edge. Stepping outside of the ordinary (and sometimes bland) desk and florescent lighting environment, we provide an informal, fun-fuelled place where you team or clients can really let loose and enjoy themselves. We believe office parties and corporate events in general deserve a makeover. We’ll help you create friendly competition that will strengthen your team’s connection in an unique way, encourage support from peers and allow you to shake off the stresses of work while enjoying an epic experience together. At Bad Axe Throwing, you’ll also enhance your company’s culture and increase team loyalty. After all, the team that throws axes together, stays strong together. Since axe throwing is indoors, you can book your corporate & team building event during any time of the year. Unlike golf, axe throwing doesn’t require nice weather—in fact, your team can enjoy it all season long. There’s also no need for white pants and sweater vests. We only recommend plaid and comfortable clothing to show off (or develop) your target-hitting skills. Aside from sharpening your team, you can also impress your clients with an unforgettable experience. You’re sure to make a positive impression by taking them to a cool and relaxing place that’s exceptionally different with the right kind of personality: fresh, innovative and even risk-taking (you are throwing steel blades after all). There’s no better way to bring people together than with this thrilling activity. Whether young or old, fit or not-so-fit, axe throwing is accessible to every skill level. You don’t need to have jacked arms, but you do need to like fun. And corporate teams really need to have fun after all of that TBCing (taking care of business). We’ve hosted events for large and small businesses including Scotiabank, Boston Pizza, Ogilvy, Purolator, Sun Life Financial, Bank of America, UBER, Basecamp and more. Like your successful business, Bad Axe Throwing has received a few accolades, including the Certificate of Excellence by Trip Advisor. They also ranked us #1 in Fun and Games in Toronto. We know not everyone is from Toronto, but you have to admit, that’s a solid record and we intend on getting it for our locations across Canada (and now the U.S.). Rest assured, your awesome team will be taken care of by the best of the best. For your axe throwing event, you’ll get a private lane (or lanes depending on group size) to practice and throw. You’ll also have one of our axe throwing coaches who will instruct your team on how to throw an axe as well as host games. Then you will get into round robin play and a tournament to crown the axe throwing champion of your company. If you have a larger team, we’ll ensure you’ll get several coaches to keep everyone learning and having fun. Our dedicated corporate events planning team will help you coordinate your event and even set up the decorations if you wish. Bad Axe Throwing allows you to bring food and drinks at no extra charge. If you’re interested in catering food, we’ll provide you with a list of local vendors and restaurants that we’ve worked with in the past. Our axe throwing venues all have tables and a fridges which are available to you to eat and keep it all extra fresh. We’ll take care of everything from start to finish and promise your team will leave with appropriate (and fun) photos. Who knows, your company policy may even allow the pictures to be posted on Instagram (just remember to use the hashtag #badaxethrowing). While you or your team may have to step outside your normal comfort zone to wield an axe, we promise you that axe throwing is incredibly safe – we’ve been accident free since inception. Give your high-performing employees the fun time they deserve—or help kick-start your team’s growth into a super-charged crew. We’ll provide the venue and the atmosphere to ensure you all have an unforgettable experience.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Margaret Hoover Married Life With Husband John Avlon: Is The Couple Share Children An American political commentator and gay rights activist, Margaret Hoover who is mostly known as the great-granddaughter of the 31st President of USA, Herbert Hoover, is married to husband John Avlon of the same profession since 2009 and still living happily together with their children. As we all know that Margaret and John are established, political commentators, and journalist. Today we are going to talk about the happy couple who has been married for more than eight years. So let's have a look at their married life and the reason behind their strong relationship. The married life of Margaret Hoover and John Avlon The journalist, Margaret Hoover, married with the Editor in Chief and director of "The Daily Beast", John Avlon. The couple tied the knot on 7th November 2009. The couple shared the kiss in front of their friends and family in a grand wedding ceremony. And they also invited the media personalities to their wedding as a special guest. Their wedding was held at Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California. Till this date, the couple has already celebrated their 8th anniversary. From their wedding to this date, the couple is having the best time of their life. We have never heard any bad rumors regarding this couple. If we go through the social media platform of Margaret, we can see the love between this couple. Margaret Hoover and John Avlon's love story The couple has quite an interesting love story. Starting from their first meeting, they met each other during a one day trip to New York from Washington. While giving the interview to ModernLuxury, Margaret disclosed that it was love at first sight when she first met John. CAPTION: Margaret Hoover with her husband John Avlon SOURCE: Instagram The couple met each other due to the weather problem. As Margaret had a flight to the DC, she went to the airport but, due to the changes in the weather, her flight canceled. That was when her rep called John (a close friend of his) to look for a place for her to stay at. And due to all this, they started to talk. Later on, they also got chance to work together which led them to fall in love. Since that time the couple is going strong with each other up to this date. Margaret Hoover and John Avlon children Talking about their children, the couple is blessed with two kids. Ther firstborn was on 2011 as a son, Jake Avlon and just after three years', the couple also welcomed a daughter and named her Toula Avlon. CAPTION: Margaret Hoover and John Avlon celebrating Christmas with their kids SOURCE: Instagram The family of four is residing happily together in California. Despite having a busy schedule, the couple used to spend lots of their free time together. Hope they will maintain the same faith forever and will go strong day by day.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Allison Quattlebaum, 18, Apex, NC Tie-dye. Before leaving for college, my best friend and I had a tie-dying party. I brought along a pair of cream-colored toms and went at it. I've been wearing them a lot so they're a little broken in, but they're still as colorful and vibrant! They're the perfect pop to any neutral outfit, and I get tons of compliments when I wear them. Squirting the dye from the bottle on them gives them an artsy and abstract look.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 The Book of Common Prayer: "a means to worship A creator" Dust jacket, The Book of common prayer: the texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662, ed. Brian Cummings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011): All of the prayers in the 1662 BCP invoking "a creator" are at the very least binitarian. And the Thirty-Nine Articles as published in that same edition are pretty specific. Take just Article 1, for example: There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Site Navigation Site Mobile Navigation Dangerous When Interested COURT GESTURE Serena Williams photographed at the Beverly Hills Country Club on July 12, 2007.Credit Finlay MacKay After nearly winning, but ultimately losing, in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, sabotaged by a sprained thumb, Serena Williams took the long way back to Los Angeles. First she stuck around a few days to watch her sister win the tournament on Saturday. (Venus's Wimbledon victories: four. Serena's: two.) The next day she flew to New York, where she had a long layover and got a manicure, and then went on to North Carolina to see one of three specialists she would end up consulting about her thumb. Finally, late Monday, she and her boyfriend, the actor Jackie Long, arrived in Los Angeles, only to find that their luggage had gone astray. Exhausted, they went home to Serena's condo (decorated by Venus), where they relaxed until the phone rang with the news that their bags had arrived. They could have waited for the luggage to be delivered, but instead, jet-lagged and sleepy, they got in the car and headed back to the airport. "I didn't want to take a chance," said Williams, sitting in a booth at Houston's, a chain restaurant at the Century City Mall in Los Angeles that she had chosen for lunch. "I had some great dresses I bought in London." Williams smiled, then laughed at herself, slouching back into the booth. "I got them at Harvey Nichols. I could not afford to lose those bags!" When Williams talked about tennis, she looked a little older than her 25 years; she looked the way competent people do when discussing an intractable work problem, focused and a little bit grave. When Williams talked about fashion, she became dreamy and giddy; she looked, when discussing those dresses, like she was in love. Williams was thinking she might want to wear one of those dresses down the red carpet at the ESPYs, the ESPN awards show, for which she had returned to Los Angeles. She had already spent much of the day in hair and makeup for a photo shoot for a small fashion magazine. That evening she would spend another two to three hours having her hair done for a pre-ESPYs party she wasn't even sure she would attend. On Wednesday, she would appear at a Nike event, shoot a Hewlett-Packard Web site promo, get another manicure and spend more time in hair and makeup in preparation for the ESPYs. On Thursday, she would voluntarily submit herself to two more hours of beauty assistance for yet another shoot (for this very article). Reviewing her schedule — the planes, the appearances, the hair appointments — Williams acknowledged it was a lot. Her life, she said, "is like a rock star's." The jet lag was starting to catch up with her, and she yawned, overcome by the pace. "I don't know about everybody else, but my life is like this every day, all day." This is not what fans of Serena Williams's game want to hear. They want to hear that every day, all day, she is perfecting the toss of her 120-mile-per-hour serve, that she is punching up her volley, that she is running sprints and pounding weights to make her game the best it can be. For Williams, however, thinking of herself as a rock star isn't necessarily antithetical to thinking of herself as a tennis champion. When asked after losing in the 2004 Wimbledon finals what advice, as a tennis superstar, she would give to the victor, Maria Sharapova, Williams famously shot back, "I'm not a tennis superstar — I'm a superstar." She immediately laughed it off as a joke — "I'm just kidding" — but the quote (often cited without the caveat) made the rounds, in part because it seemed to confirm to her critics something that they had been suspecting: that Williams believed she had transcended tennis and that, in indulging her ego, she had let her game suffer. In 2003, Williams completed what she calls the Serena Slam, winning four consecutive Grand Slam tournaments and displaying such power and athleticism that she looked as if she might give women's tennis the same kind of jolt that the men's game would get from Roger Federer. That moment never arrived. The conventional critique evolved that Williams — who, in addition to tennis, enjoys modeling, fashion design and acting — had wasted her potential. Without an obvious rival other than her sister — a loaded dynamic that has often produced listless matches — she seemed to lose motivation, dropping in the rankings, gaining weight and pulling out of match after match, citing any number of injuries. She continued to play, and sometimes even won, but not with anything close to the same consistency. She confused fans by showing up occasionally as an actress on TV, and in 2006 she took a six-month break from competing altogether. Having all but given up on Williams as a champion, serious tennis fans were stunned by her spectacular comeback at the Australian Open this past January, when a shocking loss in a tournament warm-up seemed to anger her into action. Williams went on to dominate the Open field, despite carrying what looked like an extra 15 pounds and entering the tournament ranked a lowly 81st in the world. Not long after, she defeated current No. 1-ranked Justine Henin and No. 2 Maria Sharapova to win the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, considered the most important tournament after the Grand Slams, and then powered her way to the Wimbledon quarterfinals. She lost to Henin, but played so well, even with the injured thumb, that she walked away looking almost like the dominant force she had been at her peak. Come the start of the United States Open on Aug. 27, Serena Williams, ranked 140th just over a year ago, is a top 10 player, as serious and exciting a contender as any player on the tour — if her thumb holds up. It's not a small if. By midsummer, Williams's famous father, Richard, felt she should pass up the Open in favor of letting her injuries heal properly. At this moment in tennis, even if Venus plays, and plays well, but Serena doesn't, the tournament will suffer from a deficit of Williams family charisma, not to mention sheer tennis talent. The Open could be the tournament that determines whether women's tennis has its two most vibrant players back, or whether one of them has just been visiting. "I cannot imagine Serena Williams coming back from this," NBC's commentator Mary Carillo announced midway through Williams's fourth-round match at Wimbledon. Minutes earlier, Williams, who had allowed her 10th-seed opponent, Daniela Hantuchova, back into a match that had been one-sided, suddenly grabbed her leg, winced and smacked her calf three times with her racket. She tried to take another step, then fell with surprising grace to the grass. After a trainer applied ice to her calf, Williams let out a blood-curdling shriek. A cramp, the commentators theorized; later, her father would say her calf muscle had suffered a small tear. Either way, it took Williams more than 10 minutes to get up on her feet. Wiping tears from her eyes, she hobbled to the base line. She looked like she was going to put up a brave but ultimately losing fight — she managed to hit a 110-m.p.h. serve off one leg, but couldn't run — until clouds that had been darkening finally let loose. A rain delay. The commentators were beside themselves. "Awfully entertaining," Ted Robinson gushed. "Very dramatic tennis," John McEnroe said later in the broadcast. Even better, Williams returned after an hour and 50 minutes and stunned the crowd, dominating Hantuchova with power strokes while moving nimbly on her feet. The match, in retrospect, was like one extended metaphor for the arc of Williams's career: She started off strong, then faltered for a while before succumbing to a dramatic breakdown in play. And then, just when spectators and fans had no choice but to assume she would never recover, she came back a winner. Throughout the Wimbledon match, the commentators' remarks revealed a preoccupation with Williams's complicated relationship with the sport. McEnroe commented on "how much less of her there is," referring to her weight. During her calf crisis, he speculated vaguely about whether that injury might correlate to a lack of conditioning, and the drama inspired Carillo to squeeze in a dig about Williams's other aspirations. "She could star in her own made-for-television movie," she said. "And it would be ongoing." If anything, tennis professionals have been harder on Serena Williams than even the tennis public has; it's as if, in taking that six-month break, in letting herself put on those extra pounds, in appearing on some TV shows, Williams was forgoing a kind of national service to fans and the tour. "She's earning a ton of the money that generations of WTA women have built," says Pam Shriver, an ESPN tennis commentator and a tennis Hall of Famer. Indeed, Williams has certainly succeeded on that front, thus far earning nearly $18 million in prize money and far more in endorsements from Wilson, Estée Lauder, McDonald's, Wrigley's and especially Nike (which awarded her a five-year, $40 million contract shortly after the Serena Slam). In 2007, she ranked 69th on Forbes's list of the 100 most powerful celebrities, one spot above Michelle Wie. Among women in sports, only Maria Sharapova ranked higher. As an athlete, Williams doesn't seem to consider Sharapova or Henin — or any other woman who isn't her sister, for that matter — too much of a serious threat. "I thought I was going to win Wimbledon," Serena said, attempting to explain what happened in England, when she fell to Henin in the quarters. She was finishing a gumbo soup that the blushing waitress at Houston's had brought to her in record time. "I would have won if I could have hit a backhand, but I could not." The reason? The thumb. "My hand is all taped, I'm trying to hide it. . . . Finally, she caught on." Williams laughed. "She started hitting every ball to my backhand." In print, Williams sounds ungracious when she doesn't give winners their due. Between bites of gumbo, she sounded honest. "There's no need to lie about it," she said. "I was playing well, and I would have won." She obviously wanted that win, and badly. "Eight is not nearly enough for my potential," Williams said, referring to the number of Grand Slam titles already in her possession. "I feel like I have a lot more to do. "In person, Serena Williams's shoulders are broader than expected, her waist and hips narrower. She may be dressed in a gold tank, gold ballet slippers and pedal-pusher jeans, but it's her face that's mesmerizing, with its photogenic, dramatic planes and features large enough for fake lashes to look appropriately proportioned. Her manner, gracious and upfront, lies halfway between the hyper-feminine breathiness she offers up for TV talk shows and the tough, stony-faced impassiveness she displays on the court. Photo Credit Finlay MacKay Obviously tired, Williams wanted nothing more than to go home that evening and sleep, but there were hours of styling yet to endure. She had been lazily picking at some ribs on Long's plate and suddenly regretted it, perhaps thinking of the photo ops ahead at the ESPYs. "I ate too many," Williams said, turning to face Long. "I had too many ribs." For an instant, her boyfriend's face betrayed the familiar look of panic that men experience at such moments — what's the right answer? "That's good," he said. "You don't have to eat anymore later tonight." Within a few minutes, the two had piled into Long's Scion, headed for the hair salon. Williams looked out the window, making idle conversation. "Do you know Sprinkles?" she asked. "It's a cupcake place. I don't go there anymore." A brief, wistful silence. "I had to cut Sprinkles out of my life." She no longer sounded like the hard-driving champion convinced she could have taken Wimbledon; she sounded like any other woman struggling with the tedium of trying to stay fit. She watched, perhaps stricken by a small bout of guilt, as a small blond woman with a ponytail jogged down Bedford Avenue. "I need to do what this girl is doing," Williams said without any enthusiasm. If Serena Williams has had phases of her life when she couldn't face another wind sprint, that would be understandable. When she started playing tennis, at 3 or 4 years old, she probably didn't realize she was signing on for a life of service to the game, as if agreeing at that tender age to a contract with a community that would expect her to play her best for as long as she was physically able. The Williams family's tennis history, which started in the 1980s, already has the feel of hoary lore: how Richard Williams decided, after watching one woman professional earn more than $40,000 for four days of work, that he and his wife would have two daughters they would train to be tennis stars; how he taught Serena and Venus himself, using videos and books to help guide him. Richard, the son of a sharecropper in Shreveport, La., says he raised his kids as if they were living in the '50s, a bastion of old-fashioned values in the middle of gang-infested Compton, a city south of Los Angeles. After school, Isha, Yetunde and Lyndrea would follow their mother, Oracene, their stepfather and their two younger half-sisters to the court, where they all fed and picked up balls for the girls until it was time to go home. "It wasn't until I got to college that I realized that our lives" — the 10 p.m. mandatory bedtime till age 18, the absence of friends, the family-wide devotion to the two young girls' tennis game — "weren't what other people considered normal," says Isha Price, the oldest surviving sister and an attorney who helps handle some of Venus's and Serena's business affairs. As they got older, their father's tough love materialized on signs he posted around the practice courts. "Venus, when you fail, you fail alone," one read. Discouraged from playing with the other kids in the neighborhood, the five sisters were inseparable. They shared a single room with four beds, meaning Serena bunked with a different sister every night. Serena always particularly admired Venus, only 15 months her senior. She "looked up to Venus so much she was Venus," Price says. The family would make Serena order first at restaurants so she wouldn't simply default to her sister's choice; no matter what color she claimed as her favorite, she often chose to wear green, Venus's favorite. Her desire to catch up to Venus in tennis, Serena said at the Australian Open, shaped an ongoing desire to upend expectations — to surprise those who doubted her talents. "I love doubters," she said. "Ever since I was young, even when I came on tour, it was Venus, Venus, Venus, Venus. Oh, and the little sister. My whole goal in life was just to prove people wrong." Eventually, the little sister prevailed. Today she is considered the stronger player; she heads into the month of the Open ranked No. 8, compared with Venus's rank of 16, despite the victory at Wimbledon. Richard Williams, now divorced from Oracene, has never been coy about what drew him to tennis: to make wealthy women of his daughters. "Richard's ambition propelled the girls into a celebrity lifestyle," says the narrator of the 2002 DVD "Raising Tennis Aces: The Williams Story," a film that was authorized by Richard Williams and that glorifies him as father, coach and inspiration even as it reveals his tight control over his young daughters. "He was keen to see his daughters make money." Financial comfort, family closeness, staying healthy — even people who ultimately quarreled with Richard Williams, like the sisters' early coach Rick Macci, would concede that his daughters' well-being was the priority in the Williams household, more so than their place in history. "If someone asked you today who won Wimbledon in 1885, do you know? Do you care?" Richard Williams asked. Reached by phone, his voice tinny over a bad connection and his deep Louisiana accent still strong, he had the sound of an old-time prophet. "Americans only care about who won this year. They don't even care who won last year. My daughters were taught that there's a life beyond the base line." For all of Richard Williams's grandstanding, for all of his sideline provocations, both Serena and Venus have benefited from his ambitions: they're both successful, rich and, from all outward appearances, relatively happy. In the process of gaining all that wealth and acclaim, they've already changed women's tennis for the better, making it a more athletic, crowd-pleasing game, adding glitz and style to a formerly staid sport. Even those who expect more of the Williams sisters would have to admit that at 25 and 27 they've already given more than most. An error has occurred. Please try again later. You are already subscribed to this email. Serena Williams did decide to go to that pre-ESPYs party the Tuesday after Wimbledon, but was home by midnight and up early the next morning for the Hewlett-Packard shoot at the Beverly Hills Country Club. Her opponent was to be a pineapple perched atop the head of Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna, a 4-foot-7 athlete and comedian best known for his work on the MTV prank show "Jackass." Williams's job was to remove the pineapple using her serve. She started warming up, and the whiz of the ball rose incrementally in pitch as her serve's speed increased. "That was about 112," she said. She twisted her torso, then rose up balletically, almost en pointe, and hit another. "119." Looking over at Wee-Man beaming in his tennis whites at the service line, a brazen and willing target, she stopped to laugh. "I wish you all the luck in the world," she called over to him before commencing her assault. "I don't have good aim." A few serves later (including one that left Wee-Man with a good-size welt on his thigh) she nailed the pineapple, sending it tumbling to the court. Wee-Man ran up to Williams to shake hands, then faked her out, running his hand through his hair instead. When he pulled it off a second time, he ran away, and Williams gamely chased him with her racket, hamming it up easily for the camera. Williams's approach to extracurriculars has shown discipline only in the sense that she has seemed reluctant to do any of them half-heartedly. She went all-out Hollywood as her tennis career took off, about midway through the Serena Slam in 2003. She dated the director and bachelor-about-town Brett Ratner. She starred along with her sister in a reality television show for the ABC Family network called "Venus & Serena: For Real." She broke up with Ratner on the show ("Is this the breakup episode?" Ratner cracked for the camera). She guest-starred in an episode of "ER" and a trio of cop shows: "Law & Order," "The Division" and "Street Time." And she started a fashion line, Aneres, which is still in its infancy and has yet to make it into stores. Critics of Williams complain that all the energy expended on acting and fashion leaves her less time to play and makes her vulnerable to injury; Williams would argue that she has merely taken advantage of downtime to pursue her other interests. She tore a quadriceps in the spring of 2003 and had surgery in August. She cut down her schedule so she could heal and indulge in a little acting. The injury was the first of many that dragged her game down. There was a rib malfunction, an abdominal injury, gastrointestinal illness, a sprained left ankle and a groin injury. The loss to Sharapova in the 2004 Wimbledon finals was the start of a slow decline, during which she withdrew from tournament after tournament, citing injury. In 2004, for the first time since 1999, she dropped out of the top 10. She came back with a victory at the Australian Open in 2005 but, after that, was eliminated before the semifinals in all but one of her next nine events. Most damaging was a loss in the second round of a Beijing tournament, to a player ranked 127th. Suddenly, and painfully, Williams wasn't hearing from Nike as often, and Sharapova, whom the company had signed right after she defeated Williams at Wimbledon, seemed to be the new favorite face. Photo Camera-ready Serena Williams in Los Angeles.Credit Finlay MacKay Assuming the role of tennis den mother, Chris Evert took it upon herself to give Williams a stern talking to in the pages of Tennis magazine. In an open letter to Williams in the May 2006 issue, she wrote that Williams's career had been troubling her: didn't she ever consider her place in history? Williams's distractions, Evert warned, were tarnishing her legacy. "I don't see how acting and designing clothes can compare with the pride of being the best tennis player in the world," she wrote. "Your other accomplishments just can't measure up to what you can do with a racket in your hand." Around the time Evert wrote the letter, Williams hadn't been acting at all. She had been taking a six-month break in Florida, hanging out with her family and her dogs, trying to pull herself together, doing what Jill Smoller, her agent at the William Morris Agency, calls "some physical and emotional healing." In September 2003, the oldest Williams sister, Yetunde, a nurse, was shot and killed in Compton by a bullet reportedly intended for a man with her in a car. From the circumstances of her death, one might imagine that she had led a life far outside the boundaries of her sisters' circle. In fact, Yetunde and Serena were quite close; when Serena tore her quad just a few months earlier, for example, Yetunde had checked in every day, attending to her care. For years, Williams never spoke publicly about what happened, about how close they'd been or how she had been the first in the family to get the call with the news. Just as Williams had tried to play through her injury, she had apparently tried to play through the tragedy, literally and figuratively, filling her schedule with guest spots and red carpets and tournaments. Finally, it caught up with her, in a way that was so overwhelming that Williams will talk about it only in near code: "I went through some things in my life, things I've never spoken about, that were extremely painful. Things that happened to me on an emotional level . . . and other things. I think it would have been abnormal not to have been sidetracked — like, does this girl have feelings?" Smoller elaborates: "If you keep playing and moving on, and moving on, and the tragedy's not dealt with, and you get injured, you eventually have to deal with the emotions and the hurt and the pain." After her surprise win at the Australian Open this year, Williams spoke about her sister, dedicating her win to Yetunde in tears. And though she may be too private to bare her soul on "Oprah," she poured her heart out to her fans on her blog, thanking them for sticking with her: "One day you are on top of the world, and the next day you are fighting to hold on . . . physically and mentally. U grasp onto a small string that's holding U between sanity and insanity . . . groping in the dark trying to find the light that can lead u out of the dark tunnel . . . then and only then u find . . . the true people that are your friends . . . the ones that are willing to be there for you whether or not you are extremely successful, or just normal." At times, she nearly let go of that string, she wrote, and thanked her fans, her family and Jehovah for helping her hold on. "I tried to develop a better relationship with God," Williams, who was raised a Jehovah's Witness, told me over the phone. "You have a strong solid foundation, the Bible says, you won't crack, but the man who built his house in the sand, his house went down spiritually. I have a really strong foundation. That's how I was raised." Williams was never a lapsed Jehovah's Witness — even after she was famous, she claimed she still occasionally proselytized door to door. But as she tried to pull herself together in Florida, she renewed her commitment to her religion, attending Jehovah's Witness meetings three times a week. In contrast to another former child star (and Grand Slam champion), Jennifer Capriati, who recently spoke openly about her ongoing struggles with depression, Williams seems to have moved out of whatever emotional low she'd been caught in. Capriati expressed disappointment at her agency and the United States Tennis Association, feeling that they had abandoned her once she was injured. "I had no idea," Williams said upon hearing of Capriati's troubles, her feelings of abandonment. "But that's why for me I've always done different things. You can only play tennis for so long." That may in part explain why Williams so easily dismissed Chris Evert's very public critique. "Very public in the tennis world," Williams qualified, "which is a small world." It's an important point for her — and not just in the context of Evert's criticism, which she says she didn't read. "If you think of the tennis world, it's not that big," she said. "There's the big picture, people dying overseas in the war, and people giving to charities, and people changing lives. . . . Tennis, in comparison, is not that big. And if you keep it in perspective, you can play even better. If I lose, you know what? I lose." For the casual spectator, that sentiment has the sound of sanity. For die-hard sports fans, it's near blasphemy. "When you want to be the best in the world in anything," Pam Shriver says, "balance isn't always part of the equation." Either Williams isn't interested in being the best or she has a different idea of what it takes. She plans to start auditioning for movie and television roles in the fall. The afternoon of the ESPYs, Serena Williams showed up at the red carpet celebrity-style, fashionably late and with a large entourage. She wore a white Grecian chiffon dress by the up-and-coming designer Rachel Roy, and wore her hair piled atop her head. A gold necklace dangled deep in her cleavage, and the rhinestones on her Christian Dior sandals sparkled. Her shoulders shimmered with gold-flecked powder. "Is that Beyoncé?" someone wondered aloud. "She's a fashion icon," said another, clearly knowing it was Williams. In that same post-Wimbledon interview in which Williams referred to herself as a superstar, she had gone on to describe her level of celebrity as "that Britney Spears thing." She regularly says of her body type that she's no "Mary-Kate Olsen." She told me at one point that she doesn't want to be written about like Paris Hilton, although don't get her wrong — Hilton is a "really nice girl," she says. Practically as often as she's comparing herself to Henin or Sharapova, Williams is placing herself in context among the gossip world's No. 1 players. Those kinds of references, of course, reflect a typical twentysomething celebrity fixation — Williams can carry on a conversation with one friend while texting another on one of her two P.D.A.'s and simultaneously checking for news about Nicole Richie's latest courtroom drama. But Williams also seems to want to believe that if she begins an acting career while she still has her Nikes in the tennis game, she has a chance at maintaining the same level of celebrity she has had as a world champion. In becoming an awards show presenter, an attender of premieres, a host of high-profile parties, a presence at fashion shows, a guest star on prime-time dramas, Williams may indeed hope to transcend the game. But her association with this other kind of fame may prove just the opposite — a relic of a certain moment of see-and-be-seen, TMZ.com-style celebrity, as dated as Chris Evert's tennis bracelet. Then again, there is one more possibility, a story line that breaks the beloved traditional sports narrative, the one that requires single-minded sacrifice to be the best. Maybe Williams will perplex and irk the pros and the fans by continuing to win tournaments while acting on the side. Shortly before her strong showing at Wimbledon this year, Williams appeared on a popular British talk show, "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross," which has the witty, irreverent Ross as host. Williams was resplendent in a short red dress with a striking V-neck, prompting Ross to pronounce her a "spectacular hunk of woman." Williams was playing that evening, as she often does in televised appearances, the part of the perfect Southern belle, well trained in the art of the intimate smile, the forefinger sweep of a single strand of hair, the batting of her eyelashes. Why did her game fall down at the French Open? She didn't have her lucky shower sandals! Isn't women's tennis just as interesting to watch as men's? Why, yes — and she particularly likes watching her sister Venus. Ross doesn't so much interview his guests as set them up for charming quips, so it was obvious what he was going for when he asked, in the closing moments, what she thought about women playing men — whether she thought, for example, she could beat Ross in a tennis match. In an instant, every aspect of her body language changed. The mask of gentility fell, and her game face appeared — the face the people who know her best would instantly recognize as hers. She was apparently willing to take the part of the aspiring Hollywood starlet only so far before she needed to set one thing straight. "Oh my God, yeah," she said quickly, all but baring her teeth. "I'd kill you." Susan Dominus is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Modes Arcade version Menu of the arcade version looks like this. If you're playing with an Aime card, your card information will be showed in the left corner. Normal Mode You'll play through 10 fights and witness the story of your character. Score Attack Mode You'll play through 10 fights and try to gain the highest score. Time Attack Mode You'll play through 10 fights and try to finish it as fast as possible. Training Mode With one coin, you can freely train for a specific amount of time. Arcade machine's settings determine how long the time is. By pressing the START button during this mode, you can bring out a menu screen. EXS ENHANCE MAX Fills player's EXS Gauge to maximum. (Once per round) GRD VORPAL Give's the player a Vorpal status (Once per round) CPU LEVEL <LV 1/2/3> Changes the movements of a CPU opponent. LV1 Training Dummy LV2 Repeats a certain move once a while LV3 Attacks the player like a normal CPU opponent Console version Menu of the console version looks like this. Use the Circle button for confirm and the Cross button to return. Arcade Mode You'll play through 10 fights and witness the story of your character. Same as the "Normal Mode" from arcade version. Versus Mode Offline battle mode for two players. Versus CPU Mode Offline battle mode for one player to fight against CPU opponents. Network Mode Splits into two different modes. Ranked Match Mode Fight against the opponents world wide to gain highest amounts of RIP (Rankers Incite Points) Player Match Rooms Maximum of 8 players can fight against each other without worrying about their RIP rankings. Only 2 players can fight at a time and the rest will spectate the match. Score Attack Mode You'll play through 10 fights and try to gain the highest score. Time Attack Mode You'll play through 10 fights and try to finish it as fast as possible. Survival Mode You'll continue the fight as long as you can. Your character's health won't recover between the fights. Training Mode Practice your combos and stuff... Console version Training Mode is told to be able to record actions for the Dummy to repeat on command. Customize Mode These settings only apply to the Network Mode. You can pick up a title for yourself, change your profile card and select a default color the game always gives to you... but of course, you have to buy those first from this same menu. Prices of the items are the same as they were in the In-Birth Front.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Polls Don't Vote That's what Vice President Walter Mondale used to say at every stop in the closing days of the campaign. "Polls don't vote. People vote." The only problem, of course, is that polls do measure people's preferences, typically with greater accuracy in general elections than in primaries and caucuses, where it is more difficult to predict what the universe of voters will look like. So when you're down in the polls as the election is approaching, it generally means that you're down. In recent days, there has been a spate of stories about so-called "biased" polls — biased against Mitt Romney. The national polls show a close race within the margin of error. State by state polls show President Obama with a somewhat larger margin in key states, but with Romney still in striking distance. The race, in short, is far from over, and anyone who thinks otherwise has never been around races that really were over (Mondale/Reagan) or felt the bottom fall out of a campaign because of a bad debate (Reagan/Carter; Dukakis/Bush). So what's with this business about biased polls? Advocacy groups often generate biased polls to support their position, aid fundraising, influence policy and the like. On abortion, for instance, I used to say — and I think it is still true — that if you let me write the poll, it will show the country to be overwhelmingly pro-choice. For instance, do you think that when it comes to private and personal decisions such as control over a woman's body, the government should make that choice or the woman and her family, in consultation with her doctor, should make it? Guess who wins. On the other hand, do you think abortion should be available as a form of birth control? Not so fast. Should children who are the victims of rape and incest be required to bear the child of their rapist? Nope. Is it right for people to use abortion as a form of sex-selection? Nope. "Push polls" involve the same sort of game, although no one even pretends that they're really polls. "Mitt Romney thinks people who receive Medicare are 'victims' who don't take personal responsibility. Knowing that, Mrs. Senior Citizen, are you more or less likely to support Mr. Romney?" Less. "Barack Obama's former minister Rev. Jeremiah Wright said in 2009 that he hadn't spoken to the president because 'them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me.' Knowing that, Mr. Jewish Voter, are you more or less likely to support the president?" Less. But that isn't how horse race polls are conducted. The big issue in horse race polls is weighting the poll so it reflects the demographics of what the voter pool will look like. You don't want to have too many young people, too few seniors or whatever, because if you do, your results will be wrong. When you look at similar national polls with differing results, it's usually because of slight variations in how they are predicting who will actually turn out. And even the best poll is a snapshot, not a prediction. It tells you where voters are today, not where they'll be on November 6. That's why virtually every horse race question is followed by one about just how sure you are. Are you certain you are going to vote for X? In this race, more than 90 percent of each candidate's supporters say they won't change their minds, which is a very high number and a reflection of a very polarized electorate. It's also why people pay so much attention to the non-horse race measures. If you're the incumbent, you want to see people feeling confident (or more confident than they were last month) about their economic situation. Do you think the country is on the right track or the wrong track? The right track is where the incumbent obviously wants people to be. Do you think the candidate cares about or understands the problems of people like you? Too many nos means trouble. At the end of the day, the most important issue for any pollster worth paying attention to is not whether their poll helps or hurts the candidate they (secretly or not so secretly) favor. It's whether it's right. Always believe your pollster when he gives you bad news, the late pollster Tubby Harrison used to say. For my part, I always believe the worst poll. The easiest way to lose is to believe you've won when the fat lady hasn't even started humming. To find out more about Susan Estrich and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... Ted Rall Joe Conason Marc Dion Roger Simon UP NEXT: Are Republican women politicians more "feminine" than Democratic women politicians? That's the conclusion of a new study by UCLA researchers, who found that Republican women are so much more "feminine" that college students were able to accurately predict party affiliation just by looking at the woman. The & Keep reading	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRES OF FOUNTAINGROVE AND COFFEY PARK [Editor’s note: You might really be looking for “THE FORGOTTEN GREAT FIRE OF 1870” which describes there was a third firestorm identical to the Tubbs/Nuns Fires that has never been mentioned] Could this fire happen again? That’s the multi-billion dollar question hanging over everyone who lost homes in Fountaingrove and Coffey Park as they weigh the decision on whether or not to rebuild. There are no good answers; we can’t even be sure our guesses are reasonably good. There’s just too much we don’t know about the world’s changing climate to say this was a freak event or the harbinger of a new terrible normal. To understand more, I urge everyone to read (or at least, skim) “The Real Story Behind the California Wildfires” by Seattle meteorologist Cliff Mass. He makes several important observations I’ve not seen mentioned elsewhere, particularly that there were hurricane force winds (96 MPH!) at higher elevations before the fire began to spread. The speed of those winds are unprecedented in our neck of the woods and were a significant factor in creating what he calls a “unique mountain-wave windstorm.” Again, it’s a must-read. Comparisons are being made to the September 1964 Hanly Fire (that’s the correct spelling, not “Hanley”) which burned over the same route – Calistoga to Franz Valley to Mark West Canyon and then driven down into Santa Rosa, likewise by the powerful, unrelenting “Diablo Winds” on a Sunday night. But it did not grow into the hellish firestorm that raged in 2017; it was stopped on Mendocino avenue just outside the now-lost Journey’s End trailer park. In the Press Democrat, Guy Kovner presented a good summary of other historic major Sonoma county fires. But forgotten since are the two other major fires specific to Fountaingrove and the Coffey Park areas. Each was the most serious fire of that year in Santa Rosa. It just may be a coincidence that these incidents were at the same locations, but at this point, any additional information about our fire history is good to have. Major factory fires threatened Santa Rosa’s industrial rim in 1909 and again in 1910, but of all the fires in Santa Rosa history, the Fountaingrove fire of 1908 was the one which might have burned down the town. The fire was huge, easily visible from Healdsburg because it was nearly at the top of the hill. In flames was the landmark “Commandery,” one of the main buildings from the heyday of the utopian colony founded by Thomas Lake Harris. That was the residence for the colony’s men. The fire began when a kerosene lamp exploded, destroying the place so fast that nothing in the three-story mansion could be saved. “Fortunately the north wind that had been blowing earlier in the day and evening died down, otherwise the flames would have spread,” the Press Democrat reported at the time. From a high ridge like that, just a stiff breeze could have easily thrown embers a mile and a half downwind to the county hospital on (the road later named) Chanate – which also came within 100 feet of burning in the 1964 Hanly Fire (and where a developer now has the go-ahead to build a dense subdivision of up to 800 units). The fire burned itself out quickly; it’s not clear if the Santa Rosa Fire Department did anything. A pasture also ignited and was easily handled. But had a northern wind still been gusting, firebrands from the Commandery might have blown as far as the core neighborhoods across from the modern-day high school, where almost all Victorian homes had shingle roofs. While Santa Rosa got a lucky break in 1908, Fortuna did not smile as much on the town in 1939, when a wind-whipped fire swept across 500 acres in (what would become) the Coffey Park neighborhood. That September 20 fire started at the airport. Today probably only the oldest-timers and aviation buffs know that the town had an airport there; when it opened in 1929 it was first called the Santa Rosa Municipal Airport, then it became the Santa Rosa Airpark and lastly the Coddingtown Airport, which finally closed in 1971 or 1972. The layout of the runways shifted over the years but the way it probably looked at the time of the fire can be seen in the graphic below. (For much more on all the historic airfields in the Santa Rosa area, see the “Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields” site. Don’t miss the commemorative postmark of Luther Burbank looking like an angry muppet.) The airport fire was completely avoidable, and if not for the serious danger it posed would serve as the script for a Keystone Kops slapstick comedy. It was the hottest day of the year, with the thermometer reading 104 – hardly conditions to do weed burning, but that’s what a crew of 10-12 men were doing that afternoon on the runways, dragging burning rags behind a truck. They were working in the southwestern end of the field when the wind suddenly started blowing from the south, sending the fire towards the modern intersection of Coffey Lane and Hopper Ave. It was moving so fast they could not overtake it in the truck, according to the PD. Naturally, they were unprepared to handle such a runaway blaze so the fire department was called. A single truck with 150 gallons of water was dispatched and quickly emptied. The fire was now out of control. A second fire truck arrived, as did a crew and truck from the state as the fire line headed towards several farms. Students from the Junior College joined the fight and were credited with saving at least one home. “Farmers, passing motorists, airport attendants and others fought side by side, beating out the flames with wet sacks and using portable water pumps in the two-hour battle,” the PD reported. One farmer lost a small house and farm buildings, including a barn; another lost many outbuildings including chicken houses, where many animals died. Two orchards were burned over, power poles went up in flames and a large stack of baled hay continued to burn into the next day. Altogether 13 buildings were destroyed on five properties. The idiocy of doing a controlled burn on an extremely dry and hot day aside, it’s jaw-dropping that it spread to 500 acres before a city and state fire crew plus a platoon of volunteers could control it – all in an area that was then undeveloped and just a couple of miles from town. What would they have done if the wind changed again and started blowing towards Santa Rosa? Again, I hasten to add it’s probably just a Believe-It-Or-Not! coincidence that the big fires of 1908 and 1939 happened at the same places as 2017. Those fires don’t even have anything in common with each other; the airport fire was caused by a sudden change of wind and the Commandery burned like a torch amid no winds at all. One fire was avoidable, one probably not. What they do have in common is that both could have been catastrophic had the winds shifted towards Santa Rosa; the town could not have coped with a serious fire on its border at either time. After presenting lots’o graphs and colorful maps, meteorologist Cliff Mass concludes with an optimistic view that our computer models are probably able to predict when conditions are ripe for a replay of the Tubbs Fire. That’s good news for sure, but the depressing message from history is that disasters aren’t always so foreseeable in reality. Sometimes life-threatening events comes from scientifically-predictable weather conditions, but sometimes the worst danger is just some fool dragging a burning rag behind a truck. Painting of the Commandery by Fountain Grove colonist Alice Parting as it appeared in the Pacific Rural Press, May 18, 1889 BIG RESIDENCE GUTTED BY FIRE AT FOUNTAINGROVE A Disastrous Blaze Near Town Wednesday Night The explosion of the lamp resulted in a fire Wednesday night the destroyed the fine old residence at Fountaingrove, which for years occupied a commanding site on the hill overlooking the valley, greeting the eyes of every passerby along the Healdsburg Road. It was the biggest residence on the estate. In a remarkedly short space of time, so fiercely did the fire fiend to do its work, the splendid building that rose four stories high, was reduced to smoldering embers. The residence was furnished and the contents cannot be saved. In addition a small creamery was also destroyed. Shortly before 10 o’clock the fire started. The flames lit up the heavens for miles. People in Santa Rosa climbed into automobiles and carriages and left for the scene. At first many people thought the fire was at the old Pacific Methodist College building, and quite a number of them headed in that direction. Then it was said that it was Frank Steele’s residents near town. All these conjectures proved wrong. The lamp exploded without warning and Mr. Cowie, who resided in the big house, was slightly burned about the face. The fire spread rapidly. The residence, built entirely of wood, was an easy prey. At the first cry of fire the large force of employees on the Fountaingrove estate rallied and did what they could to prevent the spread of the flames to other buildings. Numerous small hose were attached to faucets. Fortunately the north wind that had been blowing earlier in the day and evening died down, otherwise the flames would have spread. Some flying embers started a fire in the pasture but it was checked. The house was well built. It had stood for about a quarter century. It was a largest residence on the place. When seen by a Press Democrat representative at the scene of the fire, Kanai [sic] Nagasawa stated that it would be hard to estimate the damage. Probably $35,000 to $40,000 will cover it. It is understood that there was some insurance on the place. Years ago, when the late Thomas Lake Harris published his books, the printing presses and other paraphernalia had aplace in the building destroyed. Of later years it had been used as a residence and for sometime prior to their going away from Fountaingrove Dr. and Mrs. Webley, and the Clarks occupied apartments in it. There must have been a couple of hundred people in the crowd who drove out from Santa Rosa to the fire. Mr. Nagasawa took in the situation most philosophically, saying while it was too bad it had happened yet he was very thankful no one was hurt, and that there was no wind to scatter the fire further. The old house will be missed. While it was the largest house it was not considered as fine as that occupied by the late Mr. Harris, which contains some valuable paintings, plate and furnishings. There are many Santa Rosans who have visited the Webleys and the Clarks there, and they will be sorry to learn of the destruction wrought by the fire. For an hour or more after the fire, and while it was still in progress the telephone line to the Press Democrat office was certainly “busy.” The fire was seen for miles around and inquiries poured into the office. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Burris were leaving Healdsburg for Santa Rosa in their automobile at the time the fire started. Its reflection could plainly be seen there, and attracted considerable attention. All along the road people were out watching the flames. While mention is made of those who went in automobiles and buggies to the fire those who rode horseback and on bikes must not be overlooked. There were many entries in these divisions. Several young ladies galloped on horseback to the scene of conflagration. For his speedy transit to Fountaingrove the Press Democrat representative was indebted to Frank Leppo, who drove his auto. When all the autos returned to town after the fire it made up quite a decent illuminated parade. An effort to reach Fountaingrove by telephone after the fire was met with the information the telephone had been destroyed with the building.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
"What free game? Oh THAT! Yeh we hoped you wouldn't remember that. To be honest with you we forgot about it ourselves. Actually, due to unforseen circumstances the server that hosts these games is down. In fact, we had to use that server in order to put up the extra SimCity servers. We're sure you'd appreciate more SimCity servers than some other games to distract you away from SimCity! That's how we saw it. We're really quite proud of it!" Read my post.Steam first came bundled with Half-Life 2. As in - it was the first time it was bundled with a game (and a requirement of the installation). I never said anything about predating HL2.And you're still wrong. Read that wiki page. Steam has never required users ALWAYS being online to play a game. Authenticate the first time yes - but not a constant connection. Bhruic wrote on Apr 10, 2010, 20:20:I'd really like to jump in the "fuck Ubisoft" camp, and I probably will, but it's worth reminding that when Steam first came out, there was no offline mode for it either. If you updated Half Life to the latest patch (which required Steam), you completely lost your ability to play without an internet connection. Err - no. When Steam first came out, you could play offline...Steam first came bundled with Half-Life 2. It required you make a Steam account (which had to be done online), and checked your CD Key was okay thru Steam. Once the CD Key was authenticated - you could do whatever the hell you wanted. Play offline or online. Hellbinder wrote on Mar 1, 2010, 11:54:yeah cause you know playing games where you rape, murder, kill, steal, assasinate, do drugs and the like is such a posative thing to do. and causes so many posative images to be floating around children and teens heads. It's "Positive". For someone so hooked up on schooling - you certainly missed a few classes... The product was already there - years and years ago. So was the community. Hey - did you actually play (QW)TF? TFC? What's that? No? Didn't think so. Honestly, I couldn't give a flying hoot about L4D, however your lack of knowledge on either subject still stands. I see this bandied about often as some kind of reason L4D2 would be better...which is just completely wrong. Valve didn't buy L4D, they bought Turtle Rock Studios in its entirety, and the Turtle Rock people finished up the game after being bought/renamed to Valve South. Those same people also made L4D2. It's still a bunch of not-Valvers in all but name. It's just a different studio mindset. Well regardless of semantics, I care less than nothing about either L4D1 or 2. TF2 has them both by the balls in terms of gameplay and staying power. Supposedly, they had a bunch of the TF2 staff onboard with the L4D2 stuff leading up to its release. There has never been a game quite like TF2, especially in terms of support from its developer. Valve has created a winning formula, so there's no reason why they shouldn't keep doing the things they've been doing. Dude - you have no clue about what you're talking about. Valve didn't create any 'winning formula'. Believe it or not, the 'winning formula' you speak of, was actually created in Australia before Valve as we know it today existed.Like CS - Valve acquired 'Team Fortress Software' (as it was called back then) and the rest is history.So when you're done with performing your act of Valve fellatio, just remember it where the idea came from.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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John, something about red shift and steady state universe just does not work for me. How does it work for you? betreger, Glad you asked that question. And i will be very honest here, i don't have the precise answer, yet! The whole big bang theory rests on the red shift theory. If red shift is proven wrong, then the big bang never happened. So truth be known, the whole big bang theory is resting on very thin ice. Here is a fact to show you just how thin the red shift theory is; There isn't a single scientific experiment you can carry out in a lab that conclusively proves that the wavelength of light changes, or red shifts, because the object emitting the light is moving. In other words, the only place we see red shifted light is from deep astronomy images. Its never been proven in a scientific laboratory test. So taking that into account, there are multiple other explanation's for why the wavelength of light might change, or appear to change! One possibility is that it doesn't change at all and its an optical illusion that astronomers see because, in theory, they are looking "out" of the bubble of energy the earth is sitting in. A bit like a fish in a bowl in your kitchen. The fish looks out of his spherical glass bowl and observes the world. Then the fish measures the world outside. But the fish's measurements are bent because the glass bowl acts as a magnifying glass. The fish never notices that he is looking out through the glass bowl, so he makes mistakes in his measurements and never notices. Its one possibility. Maybe we are in a type of glass bowl looking out and not noticing it, just like the fish. Here is a fact to show you just how thin the red shift theory is; There isn't a single scientific experiment you can carry out in a lab that conclusively proves that the wavelength of light changes, or red shifts, because the object emitting the light is moving. In other words, the only place we see red shifted light is from deep astronomy images. Its never been proven in a scientific laboratory test. The Big Bang theory does not rest on redshift but on the cosmic microwave background, detected in 1964 by Penzias and Wilson, and successively analyzed by the COBE satellite. It is an observable effect, foreseen by George Gamow. "Theory determines what can be observed", said Albert Einstein. Tullio Incidentally, the Hubble Space Telescope has just imaged a galaxy born 600 million years after the Big Bang by the Gravitational Lensing effect due to General Relativity. This is the most distant galaxy ever seen. The doppler effect is real. A moving source that is going away from an observer will show a shift to lower frequencies (red end of the spectrum so to speak). I would expect that the Galaxies are expanding and generally rushing away from each other. They should be slowing now in their expansion due to the effect of what we call gravity. Instead they appear to be accelerating which would suggest a force or energy that is somehow emanating from free space. This is what defies our current understanding and prompts one to think about the possibility of another explanation or that the original premise of acceleration is false. For my money a better premise would be that there is another much more massive , encompassing universe just beyond our vision that is attracting our universe due to gravity. The cosmic background map has been used as a dis-prover of the "tired light theory". For me I would want to linger a little longer on trying to see what else would cause a frequency shift in light before admitting to dark energy. The doppler effect is real. A moving source that is going away from an observer will show a shift to lower frequencies (red end of the spectrum so to speak). I would expect that the Galaxies are expanding and generally rushing away from each other. They should be slowing now in their expansion due to the effect of what we call gravity. Instead they appear to be accelerating which would suggest a force or energy that is somehow emanating from free space. This is what defies our current understanding and prompts one to think about the possibility of another explanation or that the original premise of acceleration is false. For my money a better premise would be that there is another much more massive , encompassing universe just beyond our vision that is attracting our universe due to gravity. I tend to agree with the possibility of a larger universe. A larger source of gravity would explain the expansion acceleration. I saw a program that indicated that many galaxies are moving toward one direction, not necessarily away from a center, but longitudinally. That too may be gravity induced. If the Big Bang was ever supposed to have happened, where is its starting place or location in space? Can we assume or derive that space expanded or inflated from a singular point in a currently defined three-dimensional space (or four-dimensional, for that matter) and that such a creation point could possibly be traced back to the starting point when it comes to its position? Being an observer on the ground, I only have the option of looking at the sky either with the naked eye, or possibly using binoculars. In fact, when returning to bed last night, I was surprised at the appearance of Venus in the eastern sky. It definitely was not Jupiter already at first glance. The sky initially was quite cloudy, so identifying the stars that were visible was at first a little difficult. A little later on, Castor and Pollux in Gemini as well as Aldebaran in Taurus became visible. Also Jupiter was visible very high up so it was not that planet. But as far as I am able to see things, the position of objects against their general background position have changed somewhat in recent years. Definitely presession is noticeable when having 20-25 year experience at watching the skies. Ya know. It seems to me that we may have it backwards. It is said that the farthest away galaxies are receding the fastest. Well the farthest away galaxies are showing us what happened 13 billion years ago or thereabouts. That long ago, things were traveling faster than now due to the energy of the big bang and gravity did not have enough time to slow them down. Ya know. It seems to me that we may have it backwards. It is said that the farthest away galaxies are receding the fastest. Well the farthest away galaxies are showing us what happened 13 billion years ago or thereabouts. That long ago, things were traveling faster than now due to the energy of the big bang and gravity did not have enough time to slow them down. What's wrong with my thinking ?? It would be extremely interesting to see what the universe is doing in real time, but no matter where you are in the universe, your point of reference changes, and as what is moving where, and how fast. If the Big Bang was ever supposed to have happened, where is its starting place or location in space? Can we assume or derive that space expanded or inflated from a singular point in a currently defined three-dimensional space (or four-dimensional, for that matter) and that such a creation point could possibly be traced back to the starting point when it comes to its position? Being an observer on the ground, I only have the option of looking at the sky either with the naked eye, or possibly using binoculars. In fact, when returning to bed last night, I was surprised at the appearance of Venus in the eastern sky. It definitely was not Jupiter already at first glance. The sky initially was quite cloudy, so identifying the stars that were visible was at first a little difficult. A little later on, Castor and Pollux in Gemini as well as Aldebaran in Taurus became visible. Also Jupiter was visible very high up so it was not that planet. But as far as I am able to see things, the position of objects against their general background position have changed somewhat in recent years. Definitely presession is noticeable when having 20-25 year experience at watching the skies. The way I understand it the starting point for the big bang is everywhere since it started with a singularity. I understand it is hard to wrap your mind around that concept since I too have a hard time getting a mental image.Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. Bob and MusicPlayer, Both of you raised an important issue. You both said you have difficulty understanding the concept of universal expansion in the milli seconds after the big bang. Some people try explain this with the expanding balloon theory; Astronomers will try to explain this by saying the expansion happened everywhere all at the one time. And they will tell you its kinda like an expanding balloon, like in the picture above. But its nonsense!! Its a mathematical paradox, and thats why nobody understands it. Nobody understands it because it never happened!! But academics who study astronomy and cosmology always think they are much more clever than everybody else, and they are the only ones that understand it. But truth is, they DON'T understand it themselves. They can't, because it didn't happen. Its a mathematical paradox that simply could NOT have happened! And thats why nobody understand it. And thats why nobody can explain it properly! You mark my words right here and now! There never was a big bang! Its a mathematical error and the astronomers and cosmologists are protecting the theory because they want to be crowned "king of science" and get a Nobel prize when they solve the problem. As a result of the astronomers and cosmologists blocking outside opinion, they are blocking anyone from solving the problem. They are cutting their own throats and digging themselves deeper and deeper into more and more unsolvable paradoxes! The longer it goes on, the worse its getting! Right now today, instead of astronomy making science simple for people to understand, they burying astronomy in a minefield of unsolvable paradoxes. There are no black holes, there is no dark energy, no dark matter, no dark flow, no singularities, no big bang or any of the other mathematical paradoxes that the astronomers claim. I tell you the truth, everybody will find this out very soon! I hold the key to solving the mathematical paradoxes. There is an error in the maths! Thats why the vast majority of astronomical theory has "dark" prefixed before it! All of these things are theoretical constructs as a result of mathematical error. Funny, but all these "dark" things in astronomy, you can't take a picture of any of them!!! You can't detect them, they can't be measured, they don't emit any light at any wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. Why?? Because they are theoretical constructs based on mathematical error! They don't exist! Johnny your explanation flies in the face of every observation made since Edwin Hubble pointed his new telescope into the night sky. I don't necessarily believe current astrophysicists have gotten everything figured out but I think they are basically on the right track. The fact that I don't understand something doesn't make it wrong.Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. Johnny your explanation flies in the face of every observation made since Edwin Hubble pointed his new telescope into the night sky. I don't necessarily believe current astrophysicists have gotten everything figured out but I think they are basically on the right track. The fact that I don't understand something doesn't make it wrong. Bob, Yes, my explanation DOES fly in the face of mainstream astronomy. But mainstream astronomy is in crisis. And the whole of theoretical astronomy and cosmology is about to get a rude awakening.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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ATN95DHE* by JICO for Audio Technica AT95E cartridge. You can now select the widely acclaimed Hyper-Elliptical cut diamond tip for this body style. Hyper-Elliptical is an extreme elliptical tip. In many cases the cartridge for this needle is built in to the tonearm so this is an ecomonical way to go high end without having to replace the entire turntable. The Hyper-Elliptical cut will bring out details that you likely had no idea existed on the record and clearly brings forth information that is compressed away if you have listened to the same music in mp3 format. This is the ATN95HE JICO brand replacement for our AT95HE hybrid cartridge. Sansui owners Note: The above needle is often confused with our 738 style needle. They are not compatible. * As of press time, Audio Technica does/did not make a hyperelliptical solution for the AT95E. We developed the use of the part number ATN95DHE to succinctly describe a needle with a hyperelliptical tip for the AT95E body style of phono cartridge. Many manufacturers have developed their own part numbers to describe their branded solutions per the cross reference info below. This is a great upgrade stylus for the AT95E cartridge. It takes away a lot of the surface noise that appears on the stock stylus. The sound is very clean and smooth. Great customer service from turntableneedles.com also. Highly recommended. Did you find this helpful?2 of 2Found HelpfulReviewed by: Warren from Canada. - 8/22/2013 5/5 710-DHE Nice upgrade for the AT-95E which comes with a .4 x .7 bonded tip. It also fits my Clearaudio Virtuoso. Just cut away the plastic wings and it plugs right in. I also have the 710-DSH shibata that is a little more resolving. I use that on the Virtuoso and this one on the AT-95. Did you find this helpful?2 of 3Found HelpfulReviewed by: neo from East Coast USA. - 5/27/2013 4/5 710-DHE An absolutely outstanding (and apparently the only) upgrade to the stock needle on my AT LP120 turntable. Highly recommended. It all sounds brilliant, but I was particularly struck by the level of clarity and texture in drums and bass guitar - it is astounding. A+ service and delivery as always. Did you find this helpful?2 of 2Found HelpfulReviewed by: Ryan M from Nevada. - 5/13/2013 5/5 ATN-95E or 710-DHE I confess to having been sceptical that this would represent a worthwhile upgrade over the 'genuine article', but I was wrong. When compared with the stock elliptical - IGD is absent and there are worthwhile gains in imaging, separation and in LF weight and dynamics. For listeners of choral, chamber and orchestral works, there is much less HF harshness/edginess. VAT & duty are a disincentive for those in the E.U., but don't hesitate to buy if you or someone you know is visiting the U.S.A. Did you find this helpful?1 of 2Found HelpfulReviewed by: Jon Beresford from United Kingdom. - 1/2/2014 5/5 Mr. I bought this needle for a cartridge (AT95 or 3400) I got on a 25 year old turntable. This sounds very close to the AT7V I just recently purchased. Great sound! Excellent service, as always. Did you find this helpful?1 of 1Found HelpfulReviewed by: Steven Jerrard from Virginia. - 1/30/2012 5/5 710-DHE Good upgrade with excellent information from TurntableNeedles. Has given my Thorens TD280MkII a new lease of life. Did you find this helpful?Reviewed by: RF from Hampshire UK. - 2/15/2015 5/5 Excellent stylus! Excellent replacement for the stock stylus on the AT-95e. Smoother highs, stronger and tighter lows, better tracking (slightly higher compliance), no sibilance or inner groove distortion. Just be sure to give it 20-30 hours of break-in time, and it makes the AT-95 a high-performance cartridge. Did you find this helpful?Reviewed by: johnnywalker from Florida. - 8/4/2014	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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File Dialog Express VI Displays a dialog box with which you can specify the path to a file or directory. You can use this dialog box to select existing files or directories or to select a location and name for a new file or directory. (Mac OS X) This VI does not recognize Mac OS X-specific means of specifying the default application for a file. However, you can use the pattern input to specify a file type for files that include an extension to the filename. The user can select one or more files. When you de-select this option, the options for the types of files or folders the user can select appear dimmed. files or folders—Contains the following options: File—The user can select only a file. Folder—The user can select only a folder. File or folder—The user can select either a file or a folder. new or existing—Contains the following options: Existing—The user can select only an existing file or folder. New—The user only can enter the name of a new file or folder. New or existing—The user can select an existing file or folder or create a new file or folder. Allow selection of files in LLBs and packed project libraries Specifies that you can select a file from an LLB or a packed library. If this checkbox does not contain a checkmark, you can select an LLB or a packed library but you cannot select a file in an LLB or a packed library. Note To select an LLB or packed library using the File Dialog Express VI, you can remove the checkmark from the Allow selection of files in LLBs and packed project libraries checkbox and select the LLB or packed library from the file dialog box. You also can place a checkmark in the Allow selection of files in LLBs and packed project libraries checkbox, select the Files or Folders option button, choose an LLB or packed library from the file dialog box, and select the second folder icon from the file list in the second file dialog box that appears. Label to display on the OK or Current Directory button in the file dialog box. If you configure the Express VI to allow the user to select directories, use this input to specify a label for the Current Directory button. If the configuration does not allow the user to select directories, use this input to specify a label for the OK button. For example, if you select Files only in the configure dialog box, the user must select an existing file to which to append data, so you might want to wire Append to button label. If button label is longer than the width of the button, the file dialog box does not display the entire label. For example, in an English version of Windows, the button is approximately 11 characters wide. default name Name you want to appear as the initial file or directory name in the dialog box. The default is an empty string. error in Describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. pattern (all files) Restricts the files displayed in the dialog box to those whose name matches pattern (all files). pattern (all files) does not restrict the directories displayed. The pattern matching in this VI is similar to the matching used in matching wildcards in Windows and Linux filenames. If you specify characters other than the question mark character (?) or the asterisk character (), the VI displays only files or directories that contain those characters. You can use the question mark character (?) to match any single character. You can use the asterisk character () to match any sequence of zero or more characters. For example, a pattern (all files) of .vi;test.llb returns matches for any file with a .vi extension and any file whose filename begins with test and has a .llb extension. To match multiple patterns, use a semicolon ( ; ) to separate the patterns. White space, such as blanks, tabs, and carriage returns, are taken literally. Avoid using white spaces unless they are part of the extension pattern. For example, if you use .html;.doc, the dialog box displays all files that end with .html and .doc. If you use .html; .doc, the dialog box displays only files that end with .html. pattern label Label to display in the file dialog box next to the custom pattern. If you do not wire this input or it contains an empty string, the default label next to any custom pattern is Custom Pattern. If you do not wire a string to pattern, LabVIEW ignores this input. prompt Custom message that appears as the title of the file dialog box. (Windows and Linux) The default dialog box title is Choose or Enter Path of File. (Mac OS X) The default dialog box title is Select File or Create New File. start path Path of the directory whose contents LabVIEW initially displays in the dialog box. 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Thursday, 15 March 2012 It was the first time I've DMed with such an extensive collection of random tables in order to create a sandbox-style setting As far as the first point, it was successful, overall. We ran a session and had some fun. We started off with character creation--I think that took longer than it would have in a face-to-face game. Once the game got started, though, it flowed quite nicely. In-Game Summary Andre, after losing the rest of his party in the previous session, came riding into the village of Lipnik. There, he teamed up with Shmengy, a callous resistance fighter with a KIS submachine gun and a penchant for motorcycles and grenades. They tracked down the barn where the German half-tracks Andre had been tracking stayed the previous night. They interviewed the farmer who's barn was commandeered, but didn't speak to his wife or search the barn. They headed South on the tail of the half-tracks, only to be attacked by a pair of zombies. These were faster and tougher then the previous batch and had to be blown up or have limbs destroyed to neutralize. Andre caught his headless-zombie in a body-lock, then stuffed a grenade down it's gullet--blowing it to pieces but badly wounding himself in the process. Shmengy manged to wrangle their two terrified horses and bring Andre back to town where a doctor was called. After a week of regular medical attention, Andre was back on his feet. While he was bedridden, he sent a letter to his cousin, a German intelligence officer and double agent for the resistance. He asked about the zombies and asked her to send her response to Sandiomierz, hoping to be there in a month to hear her answer. Of course, the mail will only reach there if the Germans retake the city, so he will likely need to search out her response in Opatow. During the healing time, Shmengy kept his eye out for a motorcycle+sidecar he could steal, but he was wary while working alone and didn't attack the few German convoys that did pass by. By the time Andre was better, the zombie problem had become common knowledge and people in town were scared. The party recruited an NPC, one Jurek Szewc, who wanted to help with the now widely known zombie threat. He is a resistance weaponsmith and he carries a homemade KIS submachinegun. So the party left of horseback and with a pack mule, in hope of picking up the now cold trail of the German convoy. They reached the village of Kurow, finding it much like Gojcow: deserted with a chemical smell in the town square. They found a female survivor who told of the Nazis killing everyone, then shoveling some chemical substance onto them. A pair of robed people approached the bodies, but she felt such an aura of fear that she hid and didn't observe anything else. The Germans left an hour later and that night the dead walked in Kurow. The party stocked up on lamp oil and rations from the small, abandoned general store and prepared to continue South. It was part of the complex Life Events step which I considered extraneous. Anyway I prefer that characters start with minimal back-story so that the player can flesh out the character during play. Generating a friend/enemy required 7 dice rolls for the various tables provided, and I was looking for a simplified rule-set. I came from a DnD background where no such rule exists, so I saw it as extraneous. However there are some good reasons to add Friends and Enemies to character creation: In city-based settings, the city is too complex to come up with a detailed description of the cityscape. If the GM is going to give any depth to the city, he needs to focus on just the part of the city the characters know. A Relationship Map is a good way model the social aspects of this. Having players create NPCs is a good way to encourage them to contribute to the setting in an active manner. Hopefully this mindset continues during play. The focus on character relationships moves the game's goals from purely combat and treasure-based to other goals. For instance gaining power, influence, and a reputation. Perhaps that's why DnD's endgame is so elusive: if the whole focus is on treasure and XP from the beginning, it's hard to suddenly transition into a mode of finding followers, a castle, etc. So without further ado: Simplified Friends & Enemies Rule Create 1d3-1 friends and 1d3-1 enemies for your character. Each NPC should come with a name, a short description, their relationship to the PC, and where they usually can be found. For this post, I'd like to describe two different idealized styles of play for pen & pager RPGs. The styles are also not tied to any particular rule set, although some rule sets may tend to encourage one style over the other. These styles are idealized in that most actual games being run will contain some elements from each. Rules-CentricIn a Rules-Centric game, the focus of play is on the game rules, both the general rules as well as any module-specific rules. Much like a board game, the rules lay down the parameters for the characters' interaction with the game world and players state their actions using the vocabulary of the rules, as opposed to the vocabulary of the game world. World-Centric In a World-Centric game, the focus is on the game world, while the rules are just a tool for supporting play in that world. The options for character action are as limitless as the game world allows and players state their actions in the language of the game world. The Computer Game Test A simple test to check where a games falls out on this spectrum is to answer the question "How easily can it be translated to a computer game?" If it is Rules-Centric, then the translation is simply a matter of writing a program to enforce the rules. If it is World-Centric then the translation will be impossible, since the limitless possibilities of the gaming world cannot practically be expressed to the computer. ImmersionPerhaps the most important difference between these two play styles is how they effect immersion. Immersion is a subjective experience, however in my experience, World-Centric play tends to be much more immersive than Rules-Centric play. This for the simple reason that focusing on the game-world, rather than on the rules pulls you deeper into that world. In my opinion, this is one of the major arguments for the continued existence of pen & paper RPG's in the computer-age. For all the graphics, algorithms, voice acting, etc., pen and paper RPG's still have the potential to provide a more immersive experience. Rule Completeness There is a trend in game design to produce endless supplements and encyclopedic rule-books covering every possible situation real or imagined. Since rules define the limits of the game world, Rules-Centric games have a much greater need for these additional rules, so that a greater range of situations can be covered. World-Centric games on the other hand, are not limited by their rule-set and the GM(possibly with the help of the players) can just make up a suitable mechanic when needed, so the need for supplements is much less acute. Mapping to GNSGNS is a well known theory of game styles based on what players want to get out of the game. If we had to map these styles to the GNS model, I would say that the Rules-Centric style roughly corresponds to Gamism in that much like a traditional game, the rules define the limits of the game. In this sense, the Rules-Centric style sees an RPG as a highly complex board game. The World-Centric style is also largely Gamist, but it is a very particular kind of Gamism: Immersionist Gamism. A World-Centric game is unlike traditional games in that the goal is not winning via the rules mechanics, rather on creating an immersive experience for the players. As such, the rules take on a secondary importance."It's very 'gamist', but also in its own way very immersive"	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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“A great man is gone,” wrote the poet e.e. cummings, “Tall as the truth…” And a great man, Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, is gone. Walker’s doctorate, he would tell you, was earned, not honorary. And all his life’s honors were earned — a thick volume full — by hard work, noble work and bravery. I had the unexpected pleasure in the middle of my life of getting to know Dr. Walker as a friend, partner and mentor — a most unexpected pairing because I am a white “Wall Street guy” from Michigan who would never have expected to cross lives with a civil rights icon and Harlem minister. But I had left my Wall Street job in 1999 to start a charter school — the first and longest lasting in the State of New York — and Dr. Walker was searching for a path to bring better education to the kids in Harlem and elsewhere. We teamed up together to found that first school on 115th Street between Lenox and St. Nicholas, in the “Center For Community Enrichment” building at the back of his Canaan Church; a building which had been built through weekly tithes from his parishioners. The school was originally called (at Dr. Walker’s suggestion) the Sisulu charter school in honor of Walker’s friend and Nelson Mandela’s ally, Walter Sisulu. Later, the school was proudly renamed the Sisulu-Walker school in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Walker as well. The story of the school and of our work together to start it was the subject of the book A Light Shines in Harlem by Mary Bounds. Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King (right) installs the Rev. Wyatt T. Walker as pastor of the New Canaan Baptist Church in March 23, 1968. I had heard about Dr. Walker’s reputation before I ever met him. In early 1999, when I began to work on charters, I had been traveling among New York’s most educationally under-served communities, searching for allies and a school location, accompanied by a young theological student named Marshall Mitchell. Marshall’s father was the Philadelphia minister Frank Mitchell, who had been a colleague of Dr. Walker’s, and Marshall urged me to meet Walker. The decision was not a simple one. Dr. Walker was an imposing figure, who was known among his fellow ministers as a man who did not suffer fools gladly. His precise diction and manner could hit like a lightning bolt when he so chose. Furthermore, it was February 1999, just a day or two after the innocent, unarmed immigrant Amadou Diallo had been killed by 41 police bullets. Rudy Giuliani was mayor and racial tensions in New York were running high. Walker was chairman of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and at the center of the storm, and Walker and Marshall Mitchell were among those being arrested in symbolic protest. Until my school efforts, I had spent almost no time “north of 110th Street” and it was an inauspicious time to start a friendship. Still, my ambition overcame any barriers, and I traveled uptown to meet Dr. Walker. I first saw him at the Imam’s restaurant in the base of the mosque on 116th and Lenox, just a few doors east from Dr. Walker’s own church, Canaan. Dr. Walker has often been compared in looks to Sean Connery, and its an apt comparison. When I first saw him, at age 70 or so, he was tall, strong, elegant, with grey hair and a well-trimmed beard. He took me over to Canaan. We passed through the glass front doors of what had once been a grand movie theater, and into his private interior office, warm and full of books and mementos. I remember the magazine covers high on the wall above the door, including Jet magazine from around 1963, “the Man Behind Martin Luther King”; professional–quality photos that he himself had taken of King and of the dozens of countries he had visited on his travels; mementos of his boat, The Lady Ann, named in honor of his exceptional wife of 67 years, Theresa Ann Walker. A yachting cap? And I felt better to know that he was a man who loved happiness in life as well as struggle – still one of the characteristics I most admire about him. He explained his desire to have a school. The local public schools in Harlem had been failing for decades; the children were not being educated. Starting a successful school was a great financial, regulatory and technical challenge, but partnering with me under the charter law could give him the means he needed. The charter law had passed under Gov. George Pataki’s leadership in New York just months before. Walker and his fellow ministers, including Al Sharpton and Ruben Diaz had been vocal advocates for the change, and united the charter school movement with the civil rights movement from the very beginning. “The schools had to get better, “Walker later said, “I saw that as an extension to my work in the South.” And he also said, “I’m a disciple of Martin Luther King. I think I know as much as anybody of what he would support.” And Walker believed King would clearly support charter schools. Once we agreed to join together, Walker and I spent several months meeting regularly to agree on the school design and logistics, usually accompanied by his chief of operations at Canaan, “J.P.” (the exceptionally capable Judith Price, who passed away several years ago), and by Marshall Mitchell. That summer, Marshall and I spent more than one night in the great room in the basement of CCE, “Embassy Hall,” persuading local parents to trust their kids’ future to this new and unproven school and education idea. As much as anything, it was the community’s knowledge that this was “Dr. Walker’s school” that bought us enough credibility to be listened to at all. Eventually, the school would outperform the other public schools in its central Harlem neighborhood. We rang the school bell as the first charter kindergartner in New York State entered our front door on September 8, 1999. And by June 22, 2005, as that same class graduated from Sisulu-Walker as fifth graders, 90% tested at grade level or above on the state exam for reading (almost twice as many as in the nearby traditional schools) and 77% were at or above grade level in math, vs. 30% for the traditional Harlem schools. A photograph of Wyatt Tee Walker address a crowd at St Phillips AME Church, they were gathered to hear him talk about the Freedom Movement in September 29, 1963. (Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). Getty Images Dr. Walker was our spiritual mentor each step of the way, and became a personal friend and mentor as well. When the school’s starting budget was tight, he found rooms full of brand new school furniture, available free from another church school closing up north. He became an advocate and speaker to other charter schools and an ally in spreading the charter school mission. On my book shelf, I have a photo of us together, and I remember when he came by my office to take it, looking fit and strong and telling me how well his new exercise campaign was paying off. Then, it feels like just weeks later, on January 4, 2002, I received word that he had been laid low by a terrible stroke – much as I received word he had died Jan. 23. Because of the stroke, one of the great orators of our age found it impossible to speak clearly, and the left side of his face sagged. His vitality was sapped in an instant. Eventually, he retired to his once home state of Virginia to recuperate, with Ann to help him. It was the State where he had walked defiantly through the “whites only” door of the Petersburg public library in 1960, and asked to check out a book on Robert E. Lee! His body was weak after the stroke, but his mind stayed clear and strong. He wrote a book about his health trials My Stroke of Grace, one of the more than twenty books he wrote, to inspire others to better health and to urge them to maintain hopefulness in the face of illness. He continued to cheer on the charter school movement and to remain my friend from a distance. When Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to Sisulu-Walker School and to Canaan’s sanctuary to give a speech in support of the charter movement, Dr. Walker wrote me in a never before published letter (extracts of the letter only): Dear Steve:: YOU HAVE WON THE BATTLE! The pronouncements by Mike Bloomberg have verified the success of the Charter School movement in New York. …It is akin to us getting rid of segregation in the body politic of the nation….Now the real struggle begins to fashion our strategy for the future. It will be a daunting task. We must plan an attack similar to Project C Birmingham. …I wanted to get this word to you ASAP!…Grace and Peace, Wyatt Tee Walker Travel became very difficult for him, and he returned to New York very rarely. On one trip, I was with a group that honored him at Harlem’s Alhambra ballroom, and was able to see him quietly nod his acceptance of his own name being put into the name of the Sisulu-Walker school. I was able to visit him in Virginia and to deliver his and her iPads to Dr. and Mrs. Walker; a way to keep his still vibrant mind fully connected to any book, music piece or news report. At this time, Dr. and Mrs. Walker each sat for a video interview with me which we have run on RealClearLife. In his 2016 interview, Walker expressed his great love for Martin Luther King and his belief that the movement would have been far more advanced if King had lived. Walker remained a strong advocate for charter schools until the end, and for other causes such as economic reparations for African Americans. He considered the Birmingham march as the key event in the civil rights battle and recalled the critical days of civil rights as one where there could be no thought of losing. He also retained his humor telling me his favorite joke of the era. To paraphrase it, Dr. King and Rev. Abernathy came to Birmingham and were looking for directions to a small church. A passerby was flabbergasted to see King in the flesh, but didn’t know where the church was. As King’s car was driving away, they saw the same man running frantically to catch the car. “Dr. King!, Dr. King!” the local man said, “I asked my brother about the church. And he don’t know either!” Mrs. Walker – a great figure in her own right – had her own stories to tell, including her memories of being in the Gaston Motel in Birmingham with the two youngest of her four children on the night it was bombed. Then, as she drove away from Birmingham with all four kids, she was forced by police to pull over, and thrown into jail for not pulling over fast enough. She was in jail on Mother’s Day. With her four children! She used her one phone call unsuccessfully, and then her oldest daughter’s call for a second attempt, that got through to Daddy King and to a local undertaker who owned enough debt-free property to post bail. There are just a few major movements in our nation’s history: the Revolution, the Civil War, The World Wars, the civil rights movement. There are just a few sets of “Founding Fathers” that lead the nation forward at key moments, and Wyatt Tee Walker ranked high among them. As Walker dies, a great man is gone. A titanic figure of the civil rights era, and of human rights, from the 1950s until yesterday. Alexander Hamilton to Martin Luther King’s George Washington. The man who was King’s field general in Project C, Birmingham, against Sheriff Bull Connor, his attack dogs and his fire hoses. The man who compiled “The Letter From Birmingham Jail.” The first executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. One of America’s great ministers. A local church leader who stood up to gangster Frank Lucas and the Harlem drug dealers. Who built senior housing. Who wanted real economic opportunity for all. But beyond his career honors, I feel touched and mentored by Dr. Walker in other deeper ways. He fought and was human, not a plaster saint. He said frankly that he would have used violence in the civil rights struggle when it began, and was persuaded by King not to; a decision he believes was right. When his wife was hit by a policeman’s gun butt during the struggle, it was luck that kept a gun out of Walker’s own hand to fight back. He was deeply spiritual and could be an implacable foe, but he loved life. He loved jokes, music, the good things in life. When we had become friends as the charter movement proceeded, he took me as his guest to occasional parties: him in a highly styled, African dashiki robe, me the one white guy in the room. Canaan Church had among the finest choirs in the nation under Walker’s leadership, and he mentored music groups such as “The Four Sopranos”(Harlem’s local and angelic complement to the famous “Four Tenors.”) His son Jay continues this love of music into today. Dr. Walker also showed me in small everyday ways what true spirituality means – saying grace as I was about to dig in. Or reflecting on the death of a loved one with a quiet reminder that in his religion, the afterlife is a thing to be believed in. He was a moral force. When other civil rights leaders needed to atone, who could call them to task but Dr. Walker? He knew and was true to King’s fundamental vision. In an essay he and I wrote together in 2015, he reiterated his belief in “color blindness” as King’s formula for social justice; he explicitly rejected the Critical Race Theory alternative, with its misplaced emphasis on groups instead of individuals. “Today, too many ‘remedies’ — such as Critical Race Theory, the increasingly fashionable post-Marxist/postmodernist approach that analyzes society as institutional group power structures rather than on a spiritual one-to-one human level — are taking us in the wrong direction: separating even elementary school children into explicit racial groups, and emphasizing differences instead of similarities.” He was a leader in issues of race, but he saw deeper than race.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
How To Buy Multi-Family Properties With No Money in Orlando If you want to get into real estate investing, multi-family units can have tremendous income potential! But how can you buy multi-family properties with no money? If you don’t have a good amount of savings put away, the process can seem daunting. Many people don’t know that there are ways to get involved, without paying huge costs upfront. However, in our latest blog, we’ll share with you… Methods to Buy Multi-Family Properties with No Money in Orlando Borrow It Sure getting a traditional mortgage might not work when you want to buy a multi-family building, but there are still ways to borrow to borrow the cash you need. Use and FHA Loan to buy a multi-family property. The key here is that you need to occupy one of the units per FHA rules. In most cases, you will need to occupy the property for a year. The income brought in from the other units should be able to pay a most, if not all of your loan. Find a place you like, with tenants you want to share walls with, and begin your venture into real estate investing by using an FHA-insured loan! Another option for funding is a private money loan. These are personal loans, between you and another individual. The interest rates tend to be a bit higher, and the loans are usually for a shorter term than a bank loan. However, there are no set “rules” and terms of the loan can be negotiated at any time. This is a great way to get the money you need with the red-tape and hassles of a bank. Partner Up By doing some networking, and meeting people in the right circles, you can meet investors you will be able to partner with. Many experienced investors will have the cash, but they no longer want to do the actual work. That’s where you come in. They provide the funding, while you do the legwork. As with other types of funding, all terms can be negotiated. You can sell and split the profits, split monthly rental income, or even work in an option for you to buy them out after a certain period of time. No matter what you work out, make sure you have everything in writing, even the smallest of details. Make sure you and your partner have a clear understanding of what is expected of each other so you can avoid any issues down the road. Get Creative There all sorts of ways you can negotiate with a seller. If the property is run-down, you can work in an “allowance” deliverable at closing, which can be used for repairs, but also towards your downpayment. You will want to be up front and clear about what you are doing being creative is great, but never put yourself in a position where you could be accused of mortgage fraud! Negotiate a “repair allowance” which you will receive at closing. Use this toward down payment Another creative method would be to acquire the property and have it transferred into your name. The seller and you would set up a contract, allocating a percentage of the profits going forward. You would need to consider what would happen if you sold the property, etc., but this can be a great way to acquire a property from someone who is ready to sell, or who wants to take on a quieter role as far as their investment. Are you looking to purchase a multi-family property with no money? If so, we can help! Learn about the best method and find the BEST properties in the Orlando area! Fill out this form now to send us an email, or give our office a call today! We want to help you start your real estate portfolio! 866-886-5345 Do you have a house in Montana? We're now looking for properties in Missoula and the surrounding area. Click here Orlando Florida Testimonials WolfWantsHouses Jim B WolfWantsHouses “I should have done this a long time ago, but you just never get around to it. We needed some money for my wifes medical issues and Mr. Wolf was extremely understanding about our needs. He worked with us to be able to close fast so we could get the funds that we needed” – John G (Thorton Park Home living in Canada) WolfWantsHouses “We got a lot of we buy houses flyers in the mail because we were an absentee owner, but nobody really made me feel comfortable about selling our home this way. David made it super easy to do and kept his word. We closed in two weeks and it only took that long because we waited several days to see if we could get a better offer. We couldn’t” – Stephanie J. (Absentee owner of a home in Altamonte, living in Georgia) Get Your Fair Cash Offer: Start Below! We buy houses in ANY CONDITION. There are no commissions or fees and no obligation whatsoever. Start below by giving us a bit of information about your property or call 866-886-5345... We are a real estate solutions and investment firm that specializes in helping homeowners get rid of burdensome houses fast. We are investors and problem solvers who can buy your house fast with a fair all cash offer.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pho Oregon • $ • Vietnamese The traditional banh mi and bún (pronounced “boon”) served here deserve a taste, but newcomers display a serious lapse in judgment by not ordering the pho at this tiny, unadorned joint, especially since the menu offers 22 varieties. From the restaurant’s specialty, dac biet—a mighty bowl of the requisite rice noodles accompanied by slices of round steak, flank steak, fatty brisket, tendon, tripe, and beef meatballs—to a soup for the less adventurous that simply features lean brisket (chin), these entrées come in small portions ($6) that can be quite filling. But with a large bowl costing only 50 cents more, there’s little reason to be modest. Surprisingly, the size of the beverage menu rivals that of the pho menu—and it’s just about as interesting. The rich and sweet Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk over ice, the salted lemonade (chanh muoi) and the avocado smoothie (sinh to bo) are all curiously complex. And compelling. Last updated: 08/14/2012 Details Address 2518 NE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97220 Phone 503-262-8816 Hours Mon-Sun 8:30 AM-8:30 PM Please Note: Before making plans, please call ahead with the establishment to verify that this information is still accurate.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Miklos Ungvari (HUN) Qualification System - Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 https://www.ijf.org/news/show/696 For all judo athletes of the World Judo Tour, the Road to Tokyo will start this weekend in Hohhot on the occasion of the Grand Prix held in China. You will find below all necessary information to understand the Olympic qualification process. ATHLETES QUOTA For the first time, the same number of men and women (176) will be qualified for a total of 352 competitors. To this, 14 places (7+7) must be added for the host country, Japan and 20 Tripartite Commission invitation places, which gives a total of 386 athletes who will participate in the Tokyo Games. The maximum number of athletes per National Olympic Committee will be 7 men and 7 women with maximum 1 athlete per event. The mixed teams will/can only be formed from athletes qualified for individual event. Type of Allocation of Quota Places The quota place is allocated to the athlete by name. However, as per the IJF World Ranking List direct qualification method, if an NOC has more than one (1) male athlete ranked in the top 18 of the World Ranking List of 25th May 2020 and/or more than one (1) female athlete ranked in the top 18 of the World Ranking List of 25th May 2020, the NOC can decide which of these athletes will receive the quota place. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to, Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions). Only those athletes who comply with the Olympic Charter may participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games, all athletes must be born on or before 31 December 2005. Paula Pareto (ARG) won the Olympic Title in Rio 2016. She will run for a second chance to become Olympic Champion in Tokyop 2020. She will also be the Athlete Role Model of the next Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in October. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY QUALIFICATION PLACES The IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 will be used to allocate the 352 qualification places in the hierarchical order of qualification. Direct Qualification Men: For each of the seven (7) weight categories, the 18 highest ranked athletes on the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 will be directly qualified, with a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC per weight category. Women: For each of the seven (7) weight categories, the 18 highest ranked athletes on the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 will be directly qualified, with a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC per weight category. Continental Qualification An additional 100 athletes will be directly qualified as per the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 based on continental representation and according to the following procedure: • For each continent and based on the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020, a Continental Ranking List will be created listing all the athletes from the relevant continent across all weight categories and genders according to their World Ranking points. • Athletes with the highest number of points on the Continental Ranking List will qualify. Maximum one (1) athlete per NOC can qualify through continental qualification across all weight categories and genders. • If a continent fails to use its full allocation, any remaining quota place will be allocated according to the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 to the highest ranked athlete not yet qualified, irrespective of the continent, in the respective gender, respecting the maximum quota of one (1) athlete per NOC per event. HOST COUNTRY PLACES The Host Country is guaranteed fourteen (14) quota places, one (1) quota place in each Men and Women’s event. As well as participation in mixed team event. TRIPARTITE COMMISSION INVITATION PLACES Twenty (20) Tripartite Commission Invitation Places are made available to eligible NOCs at the Olympic Games. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES By 30 May 2020, IJF will publish the IJF World Ranking List of 25 May 2020 on its website (www.ijf.org) and inform the respective NOCs of their allocated quota places obtained in accordance with the qualification criteria. The NOCs will then have two (2) weeks to confirm if they wish to use these quota places.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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M/s ABC is seeing relaxing its collection efforts. At current its sales are as Rs.40 lakhs, the ACP is here 20 days and variable cost to sales ratio is .8 and bad debts are as .05 percent. Relaxation in collection attempt is exacted to push sales up through Rs. 5 lakhs, raise ACP to 40 days and bad debt ratio to 0.06. ABC tax rate is 40%. Compute the effect of relaxing credit effort on net profit. Solution: ? BD = bn (S0+ ? S) -b0 S0 = .06 (40+5) - .05 × 40 = 2.7 - 2 =.7 lakhs ? I = ? I = (ACPn - ACP0) [S0/360] + V(ACPn)( ?S/360) = 40/360 (40 - 20) + 5/360 × 40 × .8 = 20/9 + 4/9 ?I = 2.6666667 ?NP = [ ?S (1 - V ) - ?BD] (1 - t ) - k?I = [5 (.2) - .7] (.6) - .12 (2.666667) = .18 - .32 = -.14 lakhs As the effect on net profit is negative hence the credit efforts must not be relaxed.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Our TapSongz Team is anxious to find more talented hidden artists in 2017. We were able to get to work right away by speaking with Tee Eaglin who is a part of the group Dr3. Our Team was able to interview the rising artist out of Opelousas, Louisiana, to learn more about his plans for 2017 and what his group hopes to accomplish. Eaglin really started taking music seriously about six months ago and so far he has made large strides within the Hip-Hop scene. He loves listening to music and has several inspirations. "I listen to a variety of different artists, but who I'm most inspired by at the moment is NBA YoungBoy," Eaglin told our TapSongz Team. The young artist is a part of Prime Productions. "Prime Productions is a family thing. Everyone whose in it I've known for years. I'm the CEO Tee Eaglin," the talented rapper said. The group just released a fresh new track "Really Bout It", which features Jay Lewis. Eaglin describes how the song is about watching those close to you and your day one friends can change over time. Heading into the new year, Eaglin wants to get better at making music and is always striving to be a better artist. You can always contact Eaglin on Twitter or Instagram about any booking inquiries. We look forward to seeing what Eaglin and his team can accomplish in 2017! Here at TapSongz, we thank you for reading this feature article as we continue finding tomorrow's greatest music today!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Our goal is: To maintain, with a high degree of financial integrity, a continuous supply of goods and services necessary to support the quality of park and recreation services common to Cleveland Metroparks. Our objectives are, but not limited: To purchase materials and services for Cleveland Metroparks at the maximum end-use value per dollar spent. To provide leadership in the standardization of materials, suppliers, equipment, services, procedures, and any other categorical unit. To plan and project needs of services and materials in a manner considerate of Cleveland Metroparks overall mission and reputation. To protect the interest of Cleveland Metroparks, the interest of the taxpayers in Cuyahoga County and Hinckley Township to assure fair and unbiased treatment to all vendors and suppliers. Under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners and Chief Executive Officer, the Purchasing Division has the responsibility of procurement related activities throughout the Park District and making the final determination for sources of supply, quantities purchased, delivery schedule and price negotiations of all goods and services. The Purchasing Division is committed to taking an instructive, supportive and interactive role in daily expenditures of Cleveland Metroparks. Our commitment guarantees the taxpayer the ultimate dollar value and ensures the financial integrity of Cleveland Metroparks. The Purchasing Staff facilitates all purchasing related activity to guarantee the daily operation and expenditures are followed according to the Cleveland Metroparks and Purchasing guidelines. The dedicated staff works seamlessly to ensure such actions and guidelines are met.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Two Realtek RTL8110s are the Ethernet controllers used by the PPM-GIGE-2. They are supported by a wide range of operating systems including Windows®, Linux, and other x86 real time operating systems. These onboard Gigabit Ethernet controllers combine a triple-speed, IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access Controller (MAC) with a triple-speed Ethernet transceiver, 32-bit PCI bus controller, and embedded memory. With state of-the-art DSP technology and mixed-mode signal technology, it offers high-speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable. Functions such as crossover detection and auto-correction, polarity correction, adaptive equalization, cross-talk cancellation, echo cancellation, timing recovery, and error correction are implemented to provide robust transmission and reception capability at gigabit data speeds. The PPM-GIGE-2 requires only +5 volts at 500 mA (2.5W). It will operate from -40?C to +85?C. The module measures 90mm x 96mm (3.6” x 3.8”) and weighs only 88 grams (3 ounces). WinSystems also offers a single channel version of this board called the PPM-GIGE-1.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Longchamp doesn't want to be remembered as just French Longchamp doesn't want to be remembered as exclusively French NEW YORK — Longchamp doesn't want to be remembered as exclusively French. Though artistic director Sophie Delafontaine is a proud Parisian, she said she wants the brand to embody an international spirit. And what better way to show that spirit than bringing a collection to New York inspired by the American artist Judy Chicago. Delafontaine told The Associated Press she drew inspiration from the feminist artist known most widely for her art installation "The Dinner Party," currently located in the Brooklyn Museum. Chicago also played with smoke, photographing colorful billows in the desert and other locations. It was those photos that spoke to Delafontaine. "I start with an artist that is Judy Chicago and her color explosion in the desert and I really wanted to have this explosion in the city," she said. Models in muted orange, petal pink, lavender and burgundy walked Saturday alongside a pool of water at Lincoln Center. "I was really involved with this location that is super urban, very graphic," said Delafontaine of the pool with the Reclining Figure statue resting in the center. "And I wanted to mix this location with very feminine and fluid dresses with color." While flowing skirts and dresses did make for fluid silhouettes, belts accentuating waistlines, leather mini-shorts, slits in skirts and transparent materials kept the looks modern and chic. Skirts, dresses and shorts were paired with shoes that went to mid-calf, either a lacing gladiator sandal or sneaker boots adorned with the signature Longchamp horse. And while the ready-to-wear collection certainly stood on its own, that doesn't mean that Longchamp forgot the product that started it all: Its handbags. From tiny coin purses clutched by the handle to shoulder bags with intricate designs and leather tassels, that original craft wasn't neglected. "It's all about creativity," said Delafontaine. "It's true that doing the bags is a creative exercise, of course. Ready-to-wear is another world because it's on the body, but I think it's all about telling a story, playing with the color, with the material."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Charring is a chemical process of incomplete combustion of certain solids when subjected to high heat. The resulting residue matter is called char. By the action of heat, charring removes hydrogen and oxygen from the solid, so that the remaining char is composed primarily of carbon. Polymers like thermoset, or most solid organic compounds like wood or biological tissue, exhibit charring behaviour.[citation needed] Charring can result from naturally occurring processes like fire; it is also a deliberate and controlled reaction used in the manufacturing of certain products.[which?][citation needed] The mechanism of charring is part of the normal burning of certain solid fuels like wood. During normal combustion the volatile compounds created by charring and pyrolysis are consumed at the flames within the fire, while combustion of char can be seen as glowing red coals or embers which burn without the presence of flames.[citation needed] Coke and charcoal are both produced by charring, whether on an industrial scale or through normal combustion of coal or wood. Normal combustion consumes the char as well as the gases produced in its creation, while industrial processes seek to recover the purified char with minimal loss to combustion. This is accomplished by either burning the parent fuel (wood or coal) in a low-oxygen environment or by heating it to a high temperature without allowing combustion to occur. In industrial production of coke and charcoal the volatile compounds driven off during charring are often captured for use in other chemical processes. A "coal burning" blacksmith'sforge actually produces the heat necessary for high-temperature metalworking by the continuous production and consumption of coke within a carefully managed fire. An inner ring of burning coke provides heat which converts the encircling coal into coke, which is then itself fed into the center of the fire to provide the required heat and to create more coke; coal itself is incapable of producing the heat required for some blacksmithing operations. Charring is an important process in the combustion ignition of solid fuels and in smouldering. In construction of heavy-timbered wood buildings the predictable formation of char is used to determine the fire rating of supporting timbers and is an important consideration in fire protection engineering. If a wood column is of large enough diameter, during a structure fire its exposed surface will be converted to char until the thickness of char provides sufficient insulation to prevent additional charring. This layer then serves to protect the remaining structurally sound core of wood, which can continue to carry the building loads if appropriately designed. Charring had a special meaning under the common law of England. Under that system, the crime of arson required charring of a dwelling—actual damage to the fiber of the material from which the structure was built—and not mere "scorching" or damage to the surface, or to surface coverings such as carpets and wallpaper.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Monday, June 16, 2008 A Little Southern Hospitality While in Texas I had the opportunity to photograph one of the nicest families I've ever met. So, maybe I'm a little biased since two of the members of this family just so happen to be my son's godparents. :) I hope you enjoy the photos! This is Eddie and Heather, my son's godparents ... they are the sweetest people in the whole wide world!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Digital Pakistan: Internet users can register and use websites in Urdu ISLAMABAD: Internet users in Pakistan will now be able to register and use internet domains in Urdu as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board has passed a resolution on the Internet Registry. Minister for IT Anusha Rahman on Friday in a statement mentioned that this is an important milestone to proliferate the digitalisation in Pakistan through local content. The ministry had submitted a request in December 2016 for the internet registry in Urdu after consultation with stakeholders. Ms. Rehman lauded the efforts of the Ministry of IT, multi-stakeholder technical committee members on internet registry and National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) on achieving this major internet governance initiative. She said the resolution is a remarkable headway towards ‘Digital Pakistan’. ICANN is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and all internet users can find valid Internet addresses. The NTC will be the manager for the new internet registry. This will revolutionise internet accessibility for Urdu language users as internet domains in native language will make it navigation much easier. It will help local citizens to access web addresses using Urdu Language, and provide an advantage for non- English speaking Internet users to target local markets and for local promotions. The rising trend of e-commerce in Pakistan will enormously benefit from this development by eliminating the language barriers.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
We recently booked a holiday to Turkey with low cost holidays. It was an easy and enjoyable experience with a good choice of hotels and destinations to chose from. The website was very easy to navigate and gave plenty of information and photographs of our chosen destination. The staff were very helpful and courteous which made the choice easy to decide on. We cannot comment on the holiday yet as we are not going until May but we are sure that it will be an enjoyable and welcome break to look forward to.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Candlelight Christmas Tractor Parade and Wine Stroll "Madera is such a nice community. It's not "big city," but it's all family oriented right here," said Manuel Perez. People on Yosemite Avenue came bundled up and many brought blankets to help fight the chill. "Nice and warm so the kids are nice and warm and not complaining," said Sasha Tolmosoff. Even though it is chilly outside, 9 year-old Julian Gomez and his brother love this North Valley tradition. "All the lights and all the cars and stuff," said Gomez. The 20th annual parade has continued to grow with more floats added every year. "To be in the parade you have to have a minimum of 100 lights on your entry, everybody has lights on it and most of them go way over," said organizer Jim Bryan.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Comply NR-10 Noise Isolating Earphones review Summary Our Score 7/10 Review Price free/subscription We've long maintained that there is only one thing that 99 per cent of earphones bundled with MP3 players are good for; the bin. If I had a penny for every time I saw an iPod owner still using a pair of Apple earphones I'd have… well, a big bag of pennies that's for sure. Probably enough to hire a couple of heavies to go beat some sense into the offending parties. To avoid looking like an 'audiot' - a term I've just invented to describe foolish audio player owners that use bundles earphones - you'll want to spend some cash on a decent set of phones. If I had my way, everyone would go out and buy a pair of Shure E500PTHs, but at some £230, that's probably a bit above most budgets. You could get a 16GB iPod touch for that money! For most, the best compromise between price and audio quality is going to come from a set of single-driver earphones, such as the Sennheiser CX 95s or Shure SE210s available for around £53 and £65 respectively. If you’re a little more flush the Shure SE310s are definitely worth a punt, and sit in the £110 region. Oh yes, there's the £70-odd Philips SHE9850s, too. "But Hugo," you ask, "I wish to spend £79.99 on a pair of noise isolating earphones, preferably with a decent set of foam tips because I hear those are good. Is there anything available that fits those specific criteria?" Funnily enough, there is just such an offering available and they come from a company called Comply (pronounced com-plea so far as we can gather). Called the NR-10 Noise Reduction Earphones, they will currently set you back exactly £79.99. Probably the NR-10s biggest selling point is that they are, apparently, optimised to provide excellent noise reduction specifically when used with Comply's foam tips. It's not for nothing that Comply makes such a big deal of its tips; a fair few manufacturers have started bundling them with their own earphones, including Philips' SHE9850s, and they're pretty good. The important question, then, is whether or not a bit of prowess for making earphone tips qualifies Comply to create the entire earphone package.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Rig Count in Utica Shale Play Drops to 14 Rig Count in Utica Shale Play Drops to 14 Sponsored By:Blank YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The rig count in the Utica shale in eastern Ohio dropped to 14 during the week ended Sept. 17, according to the latest update from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It was 16 the previous week. ODNR reported it issued no new permits in the oil and gas play, but recorded seven new wells drilled and one well placed into production last week. As of Sept. 17, ODNR has issued 2,220 permits. Of that number, 1,797 wells are drilled and 1,398 are in production. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection did not issue any permits to energy companies for wells in Mercer and Lawrence counties in western Pennsylvania, which border Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio. Copyright 2018 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio. Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our print edition and sign up to our free daily headlines.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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The Economic Outlook Ranking Fails to Predict Growth ALEC’s press release accompanying Rich States, Poor States, proclaimed: “State Economic Competitiveness Rankings Reveal Which States Are Poised for Growth.” This leaves little doubt that the Economic Outlook Ranking (EOR) is intended as a guide to and predictor of economic growth. Since ALEC has been publishing the EOR since 2007, the obvious question is: How well has the ranking predicted state economic performance in the years since? To measure performance we include growth from 2007 to 2013 or 2014 (depending on data availability) on five measures: non-farm employment, state Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita income, median family income, and median annual wage. It turns out that there is no relationship between a state’s Economic Outlook Ranking in 2007 and its economic growth on any of these variables in the ensuing seven years. In other words, states that adhered closely to the ALEC-Laffer policy prescriptions did no better in terms of growth in jobs or output, and no better in terms of growth in income, than states that deviated widely. The lack of relation is depicted in the chart below; the growth rate in state Gross Domestic Product (vertical axis) has nothing to do with a state’s ranking on the EOR (the horizontal axis). The correlation is about as close to zero as one can get. As a prescription for state prosperity the EOR fails miserably. Our conclusions are drawn from a more sophisticated analysis than that shown in the graph above. We used statistical techniques to control for other factors that could influence state growth over this period. The conclusions, however, are the same: There is no evidence that the EOR and the policies recommended in it affected state growth over the eight years since the first EOR was created. (For a detailed discussion of our method and results, click here.) ALEC-Laffer have asserted that ALEC policies such as no income taxes spur people to move from higher-tax states both directly (people moving to pay less taxes) and indirectly (low taxes boosting job growth, and people then moving to where the jobs are). Research on why people move across state lines confirms that jobs are of course a prime reason people move, but location of family, climate, and housing costs are also important factors, and taxes have little or nothing to do with it.1 (See Taxes Have Little to do with People’s Decisions to Move). Furthermore, the EOR, as we have seen, has nothing to do with state economic growth, so even if ALEC’s favored states have greater population growth it is not because of ALEC policies creating jobs. In other words, low taxes and other policies embodied in the EOR do little or nothing, directly or indirectly, to spur population growth by encouraging people to move.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
We noticed that you're not using the latest version of Internet Explorer. You'll still be able to use our site, but it might not work or look the way it's supposed to. We recommend upgrading your browser. Click on an icon below to download the latest version of Internet Explorer or another browser now. Elevate your everyday style with fabulous accessories like the Parisienne Pave Ring from Heidi Daus. The ring features a detailed design with floral and other natural design elements pave set with a rainbow of colourful crystals. I love this ring! The colours are true colours all of the stones were in there place and just gorgeous. Love the little details and the leaf is so cute. Only complaint the details go around pretty far and irritate my other finger after a bit. I didn't care for this ring at all when it arrived. I too purchased it with no photo showing, only a brief glimpse during an on air presentation. I have other rings from this line, so I thought it would be very nice. Turned out to be a little gawdy and cheap looking for my taste. Sorry Heidi, a miss on this one. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED that pictures were not & still are not available on line for this particular ring & other items. I ordered it without knowing what it would look like - tried to imagine what Heidi's creation would be based on the picture of the necklace. I wasn't even close. To make matters worse, I ordered this ring in two sizes because fit can vary depending on style & width of the band. I ordered ahead of Heidi's first show since many items are snapped up before the initial airing. After placing my order, I asked to be transferred to customer service to voice my concerns. TSC definitely needs to correct this ongoing problem & to improve the quality of the pictures. Not to compare BUT, the Home Shopping Network (in the U.S.) has MUCH BETTER pictures of Heidi's EXTENSIVE collection. I watched at least three of the on air presentations, but none showcased this ring or the other two rings I ordered. Although the quality was there, this ring just did not wow me & I sent it back for someone else to appreciate.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Ping Pong Kiko’s photos of our ping pong match against Sucker Punch are now up on his Flickr page. Once again I need to say thanks to everyone over there for the games and the pizza. Penny Arcade’s “Team Inferno” got completely destroyed by the Sucker Punch “Rockets” but we still had an awesome time. Our next match is Thursday the 15th against Microsoft’s casual games department. I assure you there will be nothing casual about the beating we deliver.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Published in Print: May 14, 2014, as Texting Is Used To Keep Students On College Track 'R U on Track for College?' Texting a New Strategy Octavia Smoot prepares for her senior portrait at Scott High School in Madison, W.Va. Ms. Smoot is participating in a pilot program that sends text reminders, including those featured at right, to college-bound students. Starting in January of the senior year, participants receive reminders and information to keep them on track for higher education. As educators look for ways to keep high school seniors on track for college and to avoid the "summer melt" that leads some astray in the months after they graduate, a new strategy is gaining ground: texting. This year, West Virginia launched a pilot program that alerts students about deadlines for financial aid, registration, and student orientation, among other matters, with personalized messages on their mobile phones. The texting initiative targets students from low-income families—especially those set to become the first in their families to attend college. It begins in January of students' senior year and continues into the summer and even through the freshman year of college. After getting a text reminder, a student may contact a counselor at his or her high school or on campus for more personal, one-on-one assistance. Minnesota is in the second year of a similar pilot. Also, nonprofit organizations in St. Louis and New York City are trying such texting programs for students who might not get much academic guidance at home. "We wanted to connect students with college support staff earlier," said Jessica A. Kennedy, the assistant director of communications at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. "When students transition from high school to college, they don't have anyone to reach out to in the summer. They are scrambling to build new support systems and want more." When designing its program with 14 high schools and four colleges, West Virginia looked to the work of researchers Benjamin L. Castleman of the University of Virginia and Lindsay C. Page of the University of Pittsburgh. The two scholars have documented the effects of recent texting initiatives, finding the practice can increase matriculation by up to 11 percent in communities where students had little access to college advising or information. They also find it to be a very affordable intervention, costing about $7 per student. The spate of texting initiatives responds to concerns that many students who are accepted to college never actually attend. Mr. Castleman, an assistant professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia, said that based on an analysis he and Ms. Page conducted of federal longitudinal data, about 10 percent to 15 percent of students nationwide who have been accepted to college fail to enroll in the year following high school. The attrition figure is far higher in urban districts serving large numbers of low-income families they examined, about 20 percent to 30 percent. Navigating the Systems The snags students run into over the summer after high school graduation often revolve around finances, as they learn about new expenses, such as books or mandatory fees, the researchers found. Others have difficulty navigating the systems for housing or placement tests, they note. "There are a lot of tasks that need to be completed that are complex," said Mr. Castleman. "Texting prompts students to think about these tasks rather than put them off. An added power of the messaging is as a vehicle to connect students with professional assistance." At the same time, Mr. Castleman and others involved with texting initiatives caution that this strategy should not be seen as a replacement for high school counselors and college support staff, but rather as another valuable tool. Recently, the National Student Clearinghouse has begun providing new data that are likely to build greater demand for strategies—whether texting or other approaches—to help ensure that students who are accepted to college don't slip through the cracks. For the past few years, it has given student-level reports to high schools that subscribe to its service, which show just how many of their graduates enroll in college, and where. It turns out that this figure doesn't always square with what high schools think their college-going rates are, based on exit surveys from seniors. "It's providing a little bit of reality to the mix," said Doug Shapiro, the executive research director for the clearinghouse, a Herndon, Va.-based research organization, which last fall published its first national benchmark report, which included data from 4,000 high schools and enabled individual schools to compare their college-enrollment rates to the national average. "We knew that schools were using numbers that were most likely to be biased upwards, saying there were far more students likely to go to college than actually go," he said. But the data now show more clearly the actual matriculation rates. Jerry W. Pope, a college consultant for Niles North and Niles West high schools in Skokie, Ill., said the clearinghouse data showed that while the schools thought about 93 to 94 percent of their students were enrolling in college, the actual figures were closer to 81 and 84 percent respectively. This significant gap brought home the message that the high schools' job is not done when students leave for college, he said. "There is a big awareness on the part of high schools and colleges that this is an ongoing partnership," said Mr. Pope. "For the transition from high school to college, we need to make sure no one drops the ball." The West Virginia initiative is supported by a three-year, $225,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to connect about 1,000 students who participate in federally funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, known as GEAR UP. The West Virginia Higher Education Commission worked with high school counselors and higher education administrators to develop text messages that it sends out periodically to students over 18 months. In addition, colleges in the pilot text customized messages to their incoming students with specific deadlines and reminders once accepted. Octavia E. Smoot, a senior at Scott High School in Madison, W.Va., who plans to study criminal justice at West Virginia State University next fall, said the texts have been helpful to her. For instance, when more information was needed for her financial-aid application, she got a text urging her to complete it. After she did so, Ms. Smoot immediately texted back and got confirmation that it went through. The busy 18-year-old said communicating via text is best. "I never put [my phone] down, unless I'm sleeping," she said. "Teenagers would rather text than go in and talk to a counselor. Texting is the way we communicate." 'Quick and Easy' Texting is quick and easy, said Samantha N. Fox, a student resource specialist at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. She has been sending messages to incoming students since January. "It's kind of overwhelming with all the paperwork. This helps them keep things in a timeline," said Ms. Fox, who will text students about special events once they get on campus to help them get involved in the community. Josie Lacek, a student program adviser at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, in Saulsville, said the most common questions she hears from students in the texting program concern financial aid. "Others just have regular college jitters," she said. "As a community college in a rural area, many [students] are first-generation college students and they need a little extra hand-holding." At open-enrollment institutions, students often wait to the last minute to register, so the texting is a good way to get them moving, said Darrell T. Taylor, the dean of student services and enrollment at Southern community college, who said he would like to make texting available to all incoming students eventually. However, as the "Mountain State," West Virginia has problems with cell service, so it would be a supplement to other means of communication, he added. The latest research by Mr. Castleman and Ms. Page, who have a book—Summer Melt: Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College—coming out next fall from Harvard Education Press, included randomized trials in the summer of 2012. College-intending students from four urban school districts were sent texts reminding them of important tasks to complete over the summer, along with offers to meet with counselors to discuss finances. The districts involved serve Dallas, as well as Boston, Lawrence, Mass., and Springfield, Mass. The messages had a positive impact on college enrollment in three of the four districts, Mr. Castleman said, particularly for low-income students without much access to college information. The intervention, however, had zero measurable effect in Boston, where there are already many school- and community-based college-planning supports. Jennifer E. Fox, the communications assistant for the agency, introduced the program to 175 students at two high schools. The "gentle reminder" messages began in May and continued until August, said Ms. Fox. This year it will expand to about 300 students. Building a Relationship Rebecca L. Schmitz, a counselor at Washington Technology Magnet School, in St. Paul, Minn., embraced the texting and found students were eager to share their contact information. The texts were strategically timed over the summer. As student responses came in, Ms. Schmitz would field questions individually. "Honestly, I think some of them would have given up" if it weren't for the summer messaging, she said. St. Louis Graduates, a network of K-12 and higher education college-access organizations, opened a drop-in counseling center over the summer to answer questions as graduates transitioned to college. This coming summer, text messaging will be a new feature. "The important part is building a relationship with [the students]," said Laura B. Winter, the project manager for St. Louis Graduates. "Text messaging is never going to replace one-one-conversations in counseling, but it can remind students of deadlines and prompt them to come in." The system that St. Louis graduates will have access to, Bridgit (a reference to the bridge from high school to college), was developed by CollegeBound, a St. Louis-based nonprofit. A pilot launched in April involves seven high schools working with 4,000 students. It will be evaluated in a randomized trial with the help of Mr. Castleman and Ms. Page. With Bridgit, students fill out a form online about their college path and issues to address, so the text messages can be personalized. "Texting done poorly can be something that becomes a distraction," said Lisa O. Zarin, the president and CEO of College Bound. "Students shared that if texting is random and like a robo-message, they would ignore it." If messages are relevant, personalized, actionable, and contain links, they can eliminate procrastination and be helpful, she said. Even with low-income students, cell phones are ubiquitous. "They would go without food before they would go without a phone," she said. A Mind Shift Last summer, iMentor, a New York City nonprofit, sent weekly, customized texts to about 500 recent high school students and their mentors about steps to complete before enrolling that fall. This summer the program will begin sooner, in May, and may extend past August, said Daniel S. Voloch, the managing director of program design at iMentor, which serves students from schools that receive federal Title I aid. Mr. Voloch said colleges often take a hard-line approach that students are adults and need to figure out the transition on their own, but he thinks colleges would be smart to embrace texting. "There is a mind shift needed as students graduate from high school," he said. "All those supports that led up to graduation, [they] all disappear at exactly the moment they begin to make high-stakes decisions. Texting serves as a safety net." 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Welcome to the one-hundred fourth of the WWE Week in Review. Feel free to contact me on TWO or Wrestling 101 anytime with comments, questions, and anything in between. Make sure to check out the section at the end of the article highlighting a different WWE Superstar, Diva, or Alumni every week. I have also added a section that lists where WWE will be hosting their weekly television shows and monthly pay-per-views. You can follow me on Twitter at Wrestling101com. I will be posting the latest news from the wrestling world via my Twitter account, as well as Wrestling101.com. You can also find me on Facebook under the username of: CiSH.W101 The second annual WWE Extreme Rules came to you, live on pay-per-view, from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD. In the “extreme” culmination of their intensely personal rivalry, John Cena would defend the WWE Championship against “The Animal” Batista in a Last Man Standing Match. In his first pay-per-view title defense, new World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger must defend his gold against “The Viper” Randy Orton in an Extreme Rules Match. In a personal rivalry that stretches back almost a full year, “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge would be looking for revenge for the recent attacks on his Achilles tendon injury as he faces his intense rival, Chris Jericho, in a Steel Cage Match. Triple H would be looking to teach Sheamus some respect as “The Game” would go one-on-one with “The Celtic Warrior” in a Street Fight. In a rematch from WrestleMania, “The Straightedge Savior” CM Punk would go one-on-one with Rey Mysterio, but this time, if CM Punk loses, he will also lose his hair. Former friends and former tag team partners would be looking to settle their personal and intense rivalry when JTG and Shad Gaspard square off in a Strap Match. After weeks of being insulted and embarrassed by Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix would be looking for the ultimate revenge as she challenges McCool for the Women’s Championship in the first ever Extreme Makeover Match. The show was set to kick off with the Street Fight showdown between Triple H and Sheamus, but “The Celtic Warrior” was determined to start the “extreme” early as, before Triple H could even make his entrance for the match, the cameras discovered that Sheamus had attacked Triple H in the backstage area as Sheamus pummeled “The Game”! Triple H was able to fire back, but referees were able to pull Triple H off of Sheamus and Sheamus took the opportunity to blast Triple H in the skull with the lead pipe; not once, but twice! What is the status of Triple H following the attack by Sheamus? Then there was another unexpected surprise as the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz made an appearance! United States Champion The Miz states that the show did not start out as expected and says that the show should start with some “excitement” as they are the “most exciting, most entertaining, most captivating, the greatest tag team in WWE history”! Miz then says they should take Bret Hart’s “word for it” as, per their stipulation for the match between Miz & David Hart Smith two weeks ago, Bret will make the statement on the next night’s RAW that ShoMiz is the “greatest tag team in WWE history”! The Miz then “begs” for some “competition”, which brings out SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long, who announces that he has selected a team and, if this team can win a non-title match, then the team will earn a future shot at the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles! As it tends to do from time to time, The Miz’s mouth got him in trouble again as the confident Miz kept insulting and goading the GM, which led to Long announcing that ShoMiz will face three tag teams in a Tag Team Gauntlet Match! After Big Show put his hand over the mouth of The Miz to keep him from getting them in any deeper trouble, Long continued that whichever team defeats ShoMiz will earn their Unified WWE Tag Team Title match on the special 3-Hour WWE Draft edition of RAW! First up in the three team Gauntlet Match for Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz was the team they faced at WrestleMania, R-Truth & John Morrison! In the end, it was John Morrison applying a submission on Big Show, but he was using the ropes for leverage and, after failing to break after the referee’s five count was disqualified! After narrowly escaping R-Truth & John Morrison, ShoMiz then had to contend with The World’s Strongest Tag Team of MVP & Mark Henry! MVP was able to hit the Playmaker on The Miz in the match, but when he pinned Miz, Big Show came in from the outside with the vicious right hand of Big Show, which allowed ShoMiz to survive the second team! Led by Hall of Famer Bret “Hitman” Hart, The Hart Dynasty came out as the third team and made quick work of The Miz by hitting the Hart Attack maneuver en route to David Hart Smith pinning The Miz and earning The Hart Dynasty a shot at the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles on the 3-Hour Draft edition of RAW! On the same night where Bret Hart must declare that ShoMiz is the “greatest tag team in WWE history”, will The Hart Dynasty dethrone ShoMiz as the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles? Backstage, Sheamus responds to his attack on Triple H by saying that if Triple H is too much of a “coward” to face him, then he should just “admit” it and announces that he is going to the ring to wait for Triple H and states that Triple H can “man up” and face him or he can “forfeit” and states that, in either case, he will be victorious! After the vicious assault by Sheamus, is Triple H in any shape to go forward with the Street Fight? Then it would be time for CM Punk to fight for his hair as “The Straightedge Savior” would go one-on-one with Rey Mysterio in a WrestleMania rematch, but this time, if CM Punk loses, he will have his head shaved bald! After continuing to interfere on Punk’s behalf, the referee ejected Luke Gallows & Serena from ringside; leaving CM Punk to face Rey Mysterio alone! After hitting the 619 on CM Punk, Rey was set to defeat Punk, but a mystery man dressed in a hooded sweatshirt slides a steel chair into the ring which distracts the referee long enough for the stranger to pick Rey off of the apron and send Rey face first onto the floor on the outside of the ring with a modified powerbomb! CM Punk then brought Rey back into the ring and hit the GTS en route to picking up the win and keeping his hair intact! Who was this mystery man? Was this all a well-thought out plan by CM Punk and The Straightedge Society? Then it was time for former friends and former tag team partners to settle their differences as JTG would be looking to gain revenge for the attack three weeks ago as he goes one-on-one with Shad Gaspard where they would be attached at the wrist by a leather strap in a Strap Match! In the end, it was JTG outsmarting Shad Gaspard and hitting the Box Cutter en route to touching the final corner and picking up the win over his former friend and former tag team partner! Then it was time for Jack Swagger to make his first pay-per-view defense of the World Heavyweight Championship as “The All-American Champion” would put his gold on the line against “The Viper” Randy Orton in an Extreme Rules Match! In the end, it was Jack Swagger sending Randy Orton, spine-first, onto a steel chair and hitting the Swagger Bomb en route to successfully retaining the World Heavyweight Championship! After the match, Randy Orton got the last shot in as Orton planted Swagger with the RKO on the outside of the ring! Has Randy Orton signified that he is not done with Jack Swagger? What is next for the World Heavyweight Champion? Following his earlier attack on Triple H, “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus comes out and states that, if Triple H is not “man enough” to face him, then he wants the referee to raise his hand in victory! Going against the doctor’s advice not to compete, a weakened, but determined, Triple H makes his way to the ring for the Street Fight! With nerve damage in his neck preventing Triple H from using his left arm fully, “The Game” still went to war with Sheamus in a Street Fight! Triple H still managed to hold his own, but after four pump kicks in a row from Sheamus, it was all over for “The Game” as Sheamus picked up the win! After the match, EMT’s tried to get Triple H onto a backboard to stretcher Triple H out of the arena, but Triple H refused to be wheeled out of the arena! The EMT’s helped Triple H walk, but once they reached the stage, Sheamus re-emerged and delivered yet another pump kick to Triple H! After this vicious attack, the EMT’s loaded an unconscious Triple H onto the stretcher. What is the status of Triple H following the night of hell Sheamus put “The Game” through? With a table of makeup, a mop and bucket, and an iron board at ringside and legal in the match, it was time for the first ever Extreme Makeover Match as Michelle McCool would defend the Women’s Title against “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix! Through hairspray, makeup, buckets, and ironing boards, it was Beth Phoenix overcoming McCool and the help of Vickie Guerrero & Layla to hit the Glam Slam en route to winning the Women’s Championship for a third time! How will Michelle McCool, as well as Vickie Guerrero & Layla, respond to the Women’s Title changing hands? Then it was time for “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge to go one-on-one with intense and personal rival Chris Jericho in a Steel Cage Match! After turning the tables on Chris Jericho by assaulting the ankle of Jericho, it was the Spear that led to Edge’s vindication as “The Rated-R Superstar” picks up the win inside the unforgiving steel structure! Then it was time for the main event of WWE Extreme Rules as, in the culmination of their intense and personal rivalry, John Cena would defend the WWE Championship against “The Animal” Batista in a Last Man Standing Match! In an incredible war of a Last Man Standing Match that saw Batista put John Cena through a table and the ringside barricade, as well as Cena putting Batista through the announce table with the Attitude Adjustment and Batista firing back by putting Cena through a table a second time with a Spinebuster, it was after Cena failed to win the match after forcing Batista to pass out from Cena’s STF that Cena saw only one option in defeating “The Animal”; an option that will go down in history as the most unique ending to a Last Man Standing Match in WWE history as Cena actually wrapped Batista’s legs around the ring post and duct taped the ankles of Batista together! With Batista being unable to stand due to the duct tape restraint, it was John Cena who used his brains over his brawn to successfully retain the WWE Championship in a grueling and memorable match! What is next for WWE Champion John Cena and Batista? Is this the end of their intense rivalry? The 883rd edition of WWE Monday Night RAW would host the 3-Hour 2010 WWE Draft as the annual WWE shakeup would come to you, live at a special start time of 8/7c, from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA. One night after an unforgettable WWE Extreme Rules, the entire landscape of the WWE would be changed as the Superstars of both RAW & SmackDown would be present in the arena for the 2010 WWE Draft where every Superstar, Diva, and even announcers are eligible to be drafted; regardless of the titles they hold or the teams they are a part of! In addition to the 2010 WWE Draft, the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles would be up for grabs as ShoMiz would defend the gold against the team that beat them in the Tag Team Gauntlet Match at WWE Extreme Rules, The Hart Dynasty! On the same night that ShoMiz could very well lose the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles, Hall of Famer Bret “Hitman” Hart would make an appearance on RAW to fulfill his end of the deal made two weeks ago on RAW by publicly dubbing ShoMiz as “the greatest tag team in WWE history”! Before ShoMiz defended their Unified WWE Tag Team Titles against The Hart Dynasty, United States Champion The Miz states that The Hart Dynasty got “handed” their victory at WWE Extreme Rules and states that they have “handed” everything! The Miz then states that Stu Hart taught The Hart Dynasty what he taught the Hart family; how to be “losers”! The Miz then demands that Bret Hart come to the ring to dub ShoMiz “the greatest tag team in WWE history”! Hall of Famer Bret “Hitman” Hart comes out and says he is a “man of his word” before proclaiming that ShoMiz is “the greatest tag team in WWE history”! Bret then continues by saying that The Mountie was “the greatest Intercontinental Champion in history” and that David Arquette was “the greatest World Champion in history”! Bret says that he can say “whatever” he wants to before calling Miz a “horse-faced idiot” and proclaims that ShoMiz will soon be calling The Hart Dynasty the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions! The opening match of the night was the match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship as ShoMiz would defend the gold against the team that defeated ShoMiz in a Tag Team Gauntlet Match at WWE Extreme Rules to earn the opportunity in The Hart Dynasty! After Bret Hart got involved to keep The Miz from utilizing the ropes to his illegal advantage, it was the beginning of the end for ShoMiz as The Hart Dynasty would hit the Hart Attack before Tyson Kidd locked The Miz in the Sharpshooter; forcing The Miz to tap out and earning The Hart Dynasty the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles! How will ShoMiz respond to losing the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles? After losing the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles to The Hart Dynasty, the era of ShoMiz came to an abrupt halt as, during the commercial break that followed the title match, it was shown that Big Show left The Miz laying with his vicious Knockout Punch! With ShoMiz a thing of the past, what is next for the United States Champion and “The World’s Largest Athlete”? Backstage, when questioned about his victory over Randy Orton at WWE Extreme Rules, still World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger stated that he “dominated” Randy Orton at WWE Extreme Rules and he is the “most educated” World Heavyweight Champion! Fresh off of his Steel Cage Match win over Chris Jericho, “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge confronts the World Heavyweight Champion and tells Swagger that he is next in line for the World Heavyweight Title and tells Swagger that “The All-American Champion” better hope he gets drafted to RAW! One night after losing the Women’s Championship to Beth Phoenix in the first ever Extreme Makeover Match at WWE Extreme Rules, Michelle McCool was in action as she would team with her best friend, Layla, to take on the RAW team of the new Divas Champion, Eve Torres, and the Diva she took the gold from, Maryse with the winning team earning a Diva draft pick for their brand! It did not take long for the new Divas Champion and the former Divas Champion to clash as Eve Torres and Maryse brawled on the outside! After tagging herself into the match, Maryse and Eve Torres had another confrontation, which led to McCool hitting a big boot on Maryse en route to winning the match and earning a Diva draft pick for SmackDown! In the first draft pick of the night, Friday Night SmackDown picked up the exciting and talented Kelly Kelly for the blue brand! How will Kelly Kelly fare in this new environment? After Kelly Kelly was drafted to SmackDown, another draft pick would be decided as, fresh off of keeping his hair by defeating Rey Mysterio, in controversial fashion, “The Straightedge Savior” would be looking to earn a draft pick for SmackDown as he went one-on-one with Evan Bourne from RAW! After the same mystery man from WWE Extreme Rules, as well as Luke Gallows & Serena, got involved, it was CM Punk hitting the GTS on Evan Bourne en route to winning the match and earning SmackDown the second straight draft pick! In terms of size, SmackDown picked up the “largest” draft pick possible as “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show will join the SmackDown roster! What is on the agenda of Big Show now that “The World’s Largest Athlete” has been drafted to Friday Night SmackDown? After his brutal destruction of Triple H at WWE Extreme Rules, “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus made an appearance on RAW and states that the “good news” is that Triple H will not get drafted to SmackDown, but the “bad news” is that Triple H will never wrestle again! Sheamus proclaims that Triple H’s career is over because of him and he is now moving on before stating that he wants the WWE Championship back! This brings out “The Viper” Randy Orton, who tells Sheamus that no one has “despised” Triple H more than him, but when it came to their match at WrestleMania last year, he faced Triple H like a “man” as he competed against him “face to face” and did not jump him from behind with a lead pipe! Orton tells Sheamus that, regardless of how, Sheamus got the “job done”, but says that Sheamus does not “deserve” a title shot! Sheamus responds by telling Randy Orton that he lost in his match for the World Heavyweight Title at WWE Extreme Rules, so he does not deserve a shot before threatening to sideline Orton like he did Triple H! Orton respond by threatening to RKO Sheamus and punt him in the skull! Sheamus tells Orton that he does not deal with “losers” and that he will be challenging John Cena for the WWE Championship and there is “nothing” that Orton can do about it! This brings out the WWE Champion himself, John Cena, who, after figuring out that there is no Guest Host of RAW for the night, revealed that he was told earlier that, as the WWE Champion, he was given the power to remedy the #1 Contender situation before announcing that Sheamus will go one-on-one with Randy Orton to determine the new #1 Contender for the WWE Championship! After this announcement, Sheamus tried to catch Orton with a pump kick and Orton dodged it before attempting the RKO to no avail! Sheamus then quickly exited the ring to avoid any further confrontation! Who will become the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship when these two go one-on-one for the opportunity? With three Draft Picks on the line for the winning brand, a 10-Man Inter-branded Battle Royal took place on RAW as the SmackDown team of Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, Shad Gaspard, Kane, & Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre faced the RAW team of MVP, Mark Henry, Yoshi Tatsu, Santino Marella, & Ted DiBiase! In a surprising first elimination, Yoshi Tatsu managed to outmaneuver Drew McIntyre to eliminate the Intercontinental Champion! Shortly after this big elimination, Yoshi Tatsu found himself eliminated by Shad Gaspard! MVP was the next one eliminated as Rey Mysterio sent “The Ballin’ Superstar” packing! In a shocking move, Santino Marella was able to eliminate both R-Truth & Shad Gaspard! Following a 619 by Rey Mysterio, Kane was able to eliminate Mark Henry before Kane was low-bridged into elimination by Ted DiBiase, leaving Ted DiBiase & Santino Marella for RAW and Rey Mysterio for SmackDown! At the end of a back-and-forth war on the apron of the ring, it was Ted DiBiase finally eliminating Rey Mysterio to earn three Draft Picks for RAW! After the match, Santino Marella tried to celebrate with fellow survivor Ted DiBiase, but DiBiase responded by laying Santino out with Dream Street! Despite DiBiase not being in the celebratory mood, RAW certainly was as RAW earned three Draft Picks! The first Draft Pick for Monday Night RAW was none other than former Intercontinental Champion “The Guru of Greatness” John Morrison! The second Superstar to come over from SmackDown was none other than Morrison’s tag team partner, R-Truth! The third Draft Pick was an epic one as a former World Heavyweight Champion will be joining RAW as “The Rated-R Superstar” himself, Edge, joins Monday Nights! How will Edge’s shocking draft to RAW change the main event picture on both RAW & SmackDown? Before his RAW Vs. SmackDown Draft Pick Match, Chris Jericho said that he did not “deserve” to be assaulted by Edge in the Steel Cage Match at WWE Extreme Rules and demands that Edge be “fined and suspended” for his attack! Jericho then states that he was thrown off his game in the Steel Cage Match by his loss to NXT Rookie Heath Slater and orders Slater to come to the ring and apologize to Chris Jericho for costing him the Steel Cage Match at WWE Extreme Rules! Heath Slater comes to the ring and says he is “sorry” that Jericho was unable to beat Edge and “sorry” that Jericho could not beat him on NXT last week and that Jericho will not beat his WWE Pro Christian! After Slater threw Jericho out of the ring, Christian from RAW went one-on-one with Chris Jericho from SmackDown with a Draft Pick on the line for the winning brand! In the end, it was Chris Jericho coming out of the clutches of defeat to hit the Codebreaker on Christian en route to picking up the win and earning a Draft Pick for SmackDown! After the match, Chris Jericho also got his revenge on Heath Slater by laying Slater out with the Codebreaker, as well! Then it was time for the Draft Pick to be announced as none other than former Intercontinental & United States Champion Kofi Kingston will be competing for SmackDown! Kofi wasted no time in making an impact as the newest SmackDown Superstar as he rushed to the ring and laid Chris Jericho out with Trouble in Paradise! How will Chris Jericho respond to Kofi Kingston’s attack? In a rematch from this past Friday’s SmackDown, the World Heavyweight Champion from SmackDown, Jack Swagger, would go one-on-one with one of the newest additions to Monday Night RAW, “The Monday Night Delight” John Morrison with a Draft Pick on the line! In the end, “The All-American Champion” Jack Swagger was able to avenge his loss to John Morrison by defeating “The Monday Night Delight” following the Swagger Bomb to earn a Draft Pick for SmackDown and that Draft Pick will be none other than “Captain Charisma” Christian! What does Christian have planned for Friday Nights? In the final RAW Vs. SmackDown Draft Pick Match, SmackDown Superstar Dolph Ziggler went one-on-one with RAW Superstar Hornswoggle! Hornswoggle was actually able to upset Dolph Ziggler by defeating Dolph via count-out! However, after the match, in an uncalled for attack, Dolph Ziggler locked in the sleeper hold on Hornswoggle! Despite the attack, the smallest RAW Superstar earned one of the biggest Draft Picks for RAW as Chris Jericho was drafted to RAW! With Edge & Chris Jericho both on RAW, will their intense rivalry continue on Monday Nights? With all the Draft Picks decided, it was time for the main event of the evening as the new #1 Contender for the WWE Championship would be decided as “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus would go one-on-one with “The Viper” Randy Orton or at least it was supposed to be the main event, but “The Animal” Batista had different plans as an irate Batista came out and declares that he is the #1 Contender and he should be the WWE Champion! Batista shouts that WWE Extreme Rules was a “joke” and that John Cena owes him a match and he is not leaving until he gets one! “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus then comes and tells Batista that he lost and that Batista is just like Randy Orton; a “loser”! This brings out “The Viper” Randy Orton, who proposes that Batista face the winner of the match between him and Sheamus! Sheamus then jumps in and says that neither Orton nor Batista deserve the shot! This brings out WWE Champion John Cena, who simply announces that the #1 Contender’s Match is now a Triple Threat Match as “The Animal” Batista, “The Viper” Randy Orton, & “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus would compete with the winner being named the #1 Contender for the WWE Title! In the end, Randy Orton hit the RKO on Sheamus, but as soon as Orton hit the RKO, Edge entered the ring and leveled Orton with the Spear, which allowed Batista to drape his arm over Randy Orton en route to becoming the #1 Contender for the WWE Title once again! What prompted Edge to lay Randy Orton out with the Spear and cost him a shot at the WWE Championship? Results of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft: After eight Superstars found new homes on the 3-Hour 2010 WWE Draft edition of RAW, the Draft continued with the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft, which started at 12/11c on WWE.com on Tuesday. From the start, RAW picked up a “great” draft pick from SmackDown as “The Punjabi Playboy” The Great Khali, along with his brother and translator, Ranjin Singh, is now a RAW Superstar. While The Great Khali & Ranjin Singh will join RAW, a third-generation Superstar joined SmackDown as Chavo Guerrero will compete exclusively for the blue brand. The son of a WWE Hall of Famer will be looking to pave his own way after the break up of Legacy as Cody Rhodes was drafted from RAW to SmackDown. One night after The Hart Dynasty won the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles, a piece of the trio that makes of The Hart Dynasty was drafted to RAW as Natalya joins the Divas of RAW. “The Masterpiece” will be making his presence known on Friday Nights as Chris Masters has been drafted to SmackDown. The last ECW Champion was drafted from SmackDown to RAW as “Big Zeke” himself, Ezekiel Jackson comes to Monday Night RAW. RAW will also become a little bit more “bizarre” as “The Bizarre One” Goldust is now a RAW Superstar. While SmackDown lost a dose of “bizarre” in losing Goldust, they gained a smaller dose in Hornswoggle. “The Long Island Loudmouth” Zack Ryder has to be feeling heartbroken as his lovely girlfriend, Rosa Mendes, has been drafted to SmackDown. While one couple was split up, a talented trio that though they were split up have reunited on Monday Nights as the new Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty join Natalya as Draftees to RAW. The longest reigning United States Champion in SmackDown history returns to the brand that made him as “The Ballin’ Superstar” MVP is back on Friday Nights. The tenth edition of WWE NXT came to you from the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. With just two weeks to go before the first NXT elimination, the eight NXT Rookies would compete in another NXT challenge as the Rookies continue to try and curry favor with the WWE Pros. The NXT Rookies would also take part in tag team action as one of the newest SmackDown Superstars, Christian, would team with his Rookie, Heath Slater, to face one of the newest RAW Superstars, Chris Jericho, and his Rookie, Wade Barrett. The show kicks off with another NXT challenge as the eight NXT Rookies would compete in the “Seal The Deal Challenge”, where the eight Rookies would go out amongst the fans to sell as much merchandise in sixty seconds as possible with the winner earning a match on next week’s NXT against a WWE Pro of their choosing! Skip Sheffield was the first NXT Rookie was the first up and he managed to sell four WWE program at $15 a piece! How will the other seven Rookies fare in the “Seal The Deal Challenge”? The opening match of the night would see two of the Draftees from the 2010 WWE Draft compete in tag action as one of the newest SmackDown Superstars, Christian, would team with his NXT Rookie, Heath Slater, to face the team of one of the newest RAW Superstars, Chris Jericho, and his NXT Rookie, Wade Barrett! One week after the epic upset to Heath Slater, Chris Jericho was able to hit the Codebreaker on Slater en route to picking up the victory for himself and Wade Barrett! The next NXT Rookie to take part in the “Seal The Deal Challenge” was Daniel Bryan, who decided to throw out all the WWE Programs for free; meaning that he did not make any money! Justin Gabriel was the next NXT Rookie to take part in the “Seal The Deal Challenge” was Justin Gabriel, who took an impressive lead in the challenge by selling an astonishing twenty-two Programs! The number seven NXT Rookie was in action on WWE NXT as he went one-on-one with the number eight NXT Rookie Darren Young, who came to the ring with Luke Gallows & Serena in tow! With some surprising help from Luke Gallows & Serena, Darren Young was able to hit his unique full nelson suplex finisher en route to picking up the win over Michael Tarver! The next NXT Rookie to compete in the “Seal The Deal Challenge” was David “A-List” Otunga, who stated that “celebrities don’t do manual labor” before convincing a few audience members to help him sell his WWE Programs, who helped David Otunga take the lead in the challenge! The next NXT Rookie was Heath Slater, who took a slower approach to the selling and did not beat David Otunga and neither did Darren Young! The next NXT Rookie to compete in the “Seal The Deal Challenge”, who states that he just lost a match and that WWE should “sell” him, because he is “the product” before walking out and refusing to compete in the challenge, as did Wade Barrett, who opted to pocket the money and leave! The winner of the “Seal The Deal Challenge” was David “A-List” Otunga revealed that the WWE Pro he wants to face on next week’s NXT is none other than his own WWE Pro, R-Truth, before saying that it is about time that the “student beat the teacher”! Can David Otunga upset his WWE Pro, R-Truth, next week or will R-Truth teach his NXT Rookie some respect? One night after losing the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles and being knocked out by his former partner “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show, United States Champion The Miz was set to compete in the main event against NXT Rookie Skip Sheffield, but said that Big Show “sucker punched” him on RAW and, given the condition of his jaw, he will be unable to compete and is placing his NXT Rookie Daniel Bryan in his place! After a vicious jawbreaker maneuver, Skip Sheffield was able to make relatively quick work of Daniel Bryan to pick up the first win in his Rookie career! With the first NXT elimination just a couple of weeks away, who will be sent home from the NXT competition? The 54th edition of WWE Superstars came to you from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA and from the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. In their first match since winning the Unified WWE Tag Team Titles on RAW, the newly drafted Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty would face The Dudebusters in a non-title match. Also on WWE Superstars, Zack Ryder would go one-on-one with Primo and, in Divas action, former Women’s Champion Gail Kim would go one-on-one with “The Sour Songstress” Jillian. The opening match of the night saw the WWE Divas in action as former Women’s Champion Gail Kim went one-on-one with “The Sour Songstress” Jillian. In the end, it was Gail hitting the Eat Defeat en route to picking up the win over Jillian! “The Long Island Loudmouth” Zack Ryder was in action on WWE Superstars as he went one-on-one with the high-flying Primo. In the end, with a little assist by Rosa Mendes, it was Zack Ryder hitting the Zack Attack en route to picking up the win over Primo! How will Zack Ryder & Rosa Mendes fare now that Rosa has been drafted to SmackDown while Ryder remains on RAW? Then it was time for the main event as, for the first time since winning the gold, the new Unified WWE Tag Team Champion The Hart Dynasty were in action on WWE Superstars as they faced The Dudebusters; Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta in a non-title bout! In the end, it was The Hart Dynasty hitting the legendary Hart Attack maneuver on Caylen Croft en route to The Hart Dynasty picking up the win over The Dudebusters! What other teams will The Hart Dynasty have to contend with now that they are on top of the tag team mountain as the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions? WWE Hall of Famer Released From Contract: WWE.com announced on Friday that World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas! In his Hall of Fame career, Tony Atlas (real name- Anthony White) became the first African-American tag team champions with Rocky Johnson and most recently, Tony Atlas served as the sidekick for Abraham Washington on ECW. Tony Atlas was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. The 558th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown came to you from the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. SmackDown would feature the newest SmackDown Superstars taking on the outgoing RAW Superstars as new SmackDown Superstar Kofi Kingston will get his opportunity to make an immediate impact on Friday Nights as he goes one-on-one with the newly drafted Chris Jericho! For the first time since WrestleMania, new SmackDown Superstar Cody Rhodes would be in action against new RAW Superstar “The Monday Night Delight” John Morrison! The show kicks off with the General Manager of SmackDown, Theodore Long, who stated that SmackDown got the “better” end of things before introducing one of the newest additions to the SmackDown roster, Kofi Kingston, who would go one-on-one with one of the newest RAW Superstars, Chris Jericho, who stated that the time has come for him to leave SmackDown and become the “face of RAW”! Jericho continues that the void of his absence will be felt on Friday Nights and urges the fans to “move on” and to “grow up”! Kofi interjects and tells Jericho to “shut up” and says he will shut Jericho up! In his first night as a SmackDown Superstar, Kofi Kingston made an immediate impact by hitting Trouble in Paradise en route to pinning Chris Jericho to pick up a huge win! What heights will Kofi Kingston reach now that the high-flyer is a SmackDown Superstar? Backstage, Chris Jericho confronts an old ally and stated that the show will be “nothing” without him and asked the person if he is even listening to him! Jericho is then knocked out by the huge right hand of “The World’s Largest Athlete” and new SmackDown Superstar, Big Show! What kind of impact will Big Show have on Friday Nights? After being drafted back to SmackDown in the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft, Chavo Guerrero appeared on SmackDown and encouraged the WWE fans to welcome their “favorite” Superstar back to SmackDown! Chavo is then “met” by the welcoming party, Kane, as “The Big Red Machine” welcomes Chavo back with a thunderous chokeslam! As the new additions to SmackDown continue to try and make their mark on Friday Nights, new SmackDown Superstar Cody Rhodes would compete in his first match since being punted by Randy Orton at WrestleMania as Rhodes would go one-on-one with one of the newest additions to RAW, “The Guru of Greatness” John Morrison! In the end, it was Cody Rhodes hitting Cross Rhodes en route to picking up a huge win over John Morrison! What does the future hold for the second-generation Superstar, Cody Rhodes? After being drafted to RAW on Monday, “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge made a special appearance on SmackDown to deliver his farewell address to the SmackDown fans! Edge admits that he does not “want to go” to RAW because he has always felt like SmackDown was his and the fans have supported him throughout his “trials and tribulations” before telling the fans that, from the bottom of his heart, he “loves” them! Business certainly picked on SmackDown with the arrival of the legendary partner and rival of Edge as “Captain Charisma” Christian arrived on SmackDown! Edge starts by wishing his best friend “luck” on Friday Night SmackDown! Christian says that everyone remembers the “history” of Edge & Christian and that they have known each other since they were kids and that they have held the tag team titles seven times together and he knows Edge possibly more than Edge knows himself! Christian then states that he “knows” that what Edge just said was a “load of crap” and that he just “used” the fans to get what he wanted! Edge then says that he is a nine-time World Champion and that Christian is yet to win a single World Title! Christian responds by saying that, when he does win a World Title, it will be on his own and he will not “step on other people’s necks” to get there before calling Edge a “liar”! Edge then admits that it is all true and that he has manipulated the fans and that he “enjoyed every second of it”! Christian responds by saying that people have been asking when Edge & Christian would reunite and run with the tag gold, but that he has realized that Edge “used” him as well! Christian then states that he does not want to see “Edge & Christian” anymore, he would rather see “Edge Vs. Christian” right then and there! The former friends and tag team partners then look like they are ready to square off, but Edge tells Christian “no”, but as soon as Christian turns his back, Edge attacks Christian and hits “Captain Charisma” with a big boot before he was set to hit the Spear, but Christian countered and the two brawled before Christian set Edge up for the Killswitch, but Edge was able to escape Christian and the ring! Now that Edge has revealed his true intentions and is now gone from SmackDown on RAW, is this conflict between Edge & Christian over? What kind of impact will Christian make on Friday Night SmackDown? Backstage, Edge finds himself coming face-to-face with an old rival in “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show, who says that it is a shame that the fans will not get to see the Edge Vs. Christian match and it is a shame that they will also not get to see an Edge Vs. Big Show match before Big Show leaves “The Rated-R Superstar” laying with the vicious Knockout Punch! Five nights after dethroning Michelle McCool in the first ever Extreme Makeover Match at WWE Extreme Rules, new Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix was in action on SmackDown as “The Glamazon” would team with one of the newest SmackDown Divas, Kelly Kelly to face former Women’s Champion Michelle McCool & Layla! In the end, it was Kelly Kelly hitting the Kelly Killer on Layla en route to picking up the win! While she teamed with the champion successfully, does Kelly Kelly have her sights set on the Women’s Championship? After putting Hornswoggle to sleep with the sleeper hold on RAW, “The Platinum Superstar” Dolph Ziggler made an appearance on SmackDown and stated that he did everyone a “favor” and that what he did on RAW the “proudest moment” of his career! Dolph then vowed that no one will ever see Hornswoggle again and stated that he put Hornswoggle to sleep and now Hornswoggle is in “leprechaun heaven”! Have we really seen the last of Hornswoggle? Backstage, Matt Hardy discusses the assault by Drew McIntyre on last week’s SmackDown by stating that he has had a lot of injuries in his career, but “nothing” like what McIntyre has done to him! Matt then vows that he will come back, because he “always” comes back, but Matt’s interview was abruptly brought to an end as Drew McIntyre attacked Matt Hardy yet again before the diabolical Intercontinental Champion delivered a disturbing Future Shock DDT to Matt Hardy on the cold concrete floor! After yet another heinous attack by Drew McIntyre, will Matt Hardy ever be seen again? Five nights after retaining his hair in a match against Rey Mysterio at WWE Extreme Rules, “The Straightedge Savior” CM Punk, along with his Straightedge Society of Luke Gallows & Serena, made an appearance on SmackDown. A proud CM Punk vows that the “sobering reality” is that he “single-handedly” defeated Rey Mysterio at WWE Extreme Rules, despite Luke Gallows & Serena being ejected from ringside! CM Punk is then interrupted by one of the newest SmackDown Superstars as “The Ballin’ Superstar” MVP comes out and tells CM Punk that he is about to make SmackDown “hot” again before attacking The Straightedge Society! After the numbers game became too much for MVP, Rey Mysterio came out and made the save as MVP & Mysterio sent The Straightedge Society packing! As a result of the four Superstars physical confrontation, an impromptu tag match took place as the team of new SmackDown Superstar, “The Ballin’ Superstar” MVP, and Rey Mysterio took on CM Punk & Luke Gallows of The Straightedge Society! In the end, it was the 619 of Rey Mysterio that led to MVP hitting a modified STO en route to picking up the win for himself and Mysterio! However, after the match, the same mysterious hooded figure that helped CM Punk at WWE Extreme Rules appeared once again and laid out Mysterio with a modified neckbreaker! Who is this new ally of The Straightedge Society? Five nights after successfully defending the World Heavyweight Championship in an Extreme Rules Match against Randy Orton at WWE Extreme Rules, World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger made an appearance on SmackDown and stated that when he was a kid, his father told him that he would one day be a World Champion! “The All-American Champion” continued to list his accomplishments from youth until the present day before proclaiming that his “crowning achievement” was winning the World Heavyweight Title and vows that he is going to be World Heavyweight Champion until he “retires”! SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long comes out states that what everyone wants to hear is the identity of the new #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship before revealing that the new #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title is none other than “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show! 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News Sources Blog Stats Susan Stern Stern PR Omaha By Susan L. Stern (Internet, USA) — Can you answer this question definitively – Do you know what SEO is? Turns out – 1 in 5 Americans – have heard of Search Engine Optimization, i.e., SEO…according to a survey by Matt Cutts, a senior software engineer at Google. In other words, that means 4 in 5 people – do not – know what SEO means. Cutts’ survey sample involved 1576 people, using Google Consumer Surveys, a new research service. The survey found gender differences, too. The number of men and women who have heard of SEO stands apart. Interestingly, the research found that nearly 25% of men heard of SEO, with 16% of women aware of same. What does that tell us Omaha internet marketers? “We need to inform the businesses we represent about the absolute necessity of having a regular SEO plan of action in place to build and maintain top search engine placement rank. That is, where your website or online directory listing appears on Google, Bing & Yahoo,” emphasizes Susan Stern, Stern PR™ Omaha. – Click for FULL View – Courtesy of Google’s Matt Cutts Omaha Internet Marketer Susan Stern Stern PR™ did her own informal, unscientific survey and found the same results as the Google Pro – that companies seem to be in the dark about SEO. “You can’t just have a website coded correctly to appear on the 1st page of Google. You have to constantly refresh the website content writing, the graphics (coupons), keywords, and take extra measures like write industry articles on your business blog, add website coupons or a news feed and have your SEO professional promote your online video commercial in mass monthly. On the latter note, Forbes Insight published in December 2010 found that 59% of senior executives prefer to watch video instead of reading text, if both are available on the same page,” notes Susan Stern, a Marketing Consultant in Omaha, Nebraska. The fact that only 1 in 5 people, an estimated 20.4% of Americans have heard of SEO based on the Google study is astonishing. “Cause it’s something that every business needs to achieve website search engine success,” summarizes the Omaha Internet Marketer. Additional Statistics. Website business owners must understand that SEO is a high stakes game that you must win. After all, if your company website sits in the top tier of search results, you may experience a big traffic and sales increase. Another study was released in September 2011 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that found that 58% of those surveyed search the internet for information before buying products and services, with most users only viewing the first page: Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines. How do search engines determine which websites go where? A site’s position on Google, Bing & Yahoo is based on a mathematical formula, an algorithm, which give high rankings to sites coded correctly, packed with viable keywords and more. In terms of outsourcing your SEO, Marketing Consultant Susan Stern, Stern PR™ in Omaha offers suggestions. With 4 out of 5 people unaware of what SEO is, that is a tell-tale sign that website business owners need to get educated on SEO, at least learn the basics, before you outsource these tasks to an internet marketing expert. When all is said and done, in today’s internet-driven technology age, regular, i.e. monthly search engine optimization is as essential as having a company website. (Omaha, NE) — It’s an ethical dilemma. One obstacle an Omaha marketing firm faces is considering to take on clients that directly compete with another. “Recently, I have made the tough decision to turn down a potential business client because the company directly competed with an ongoing customer of mine,” states Susan Stern of Stern PR™Omaha. While Stern PR™, a marketing firm in Omaha, NE, does not sign non-compete agreements, in terms of ethics, Omaha Marketing Consultant Susan Stern feels a sense of loyalty to the clients she serves and prefers to keep them happy and not create waves. “I have never faced this ethical issue before. Two clients who compete – simultaneously seek my Omaha marketing expertise. So, I gave the conundrum some thought. I weighed the pros and cons. Technically, if I were to take on both clients in the same business for website design & SEO work, the one who pays more for my search engine optimization services, for instance, would end up in a better spot on Google, Bing & Yahoo. In other words, the more financial investment a client commits increases the time I spend on the company’s SEO, the better their results. That doesn’t seem right,” notes Susan Stern, an up-and-coming marketing consultant in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha marketing consultant Susan Stern espouses strong business ethics. “I am a straight shooter. I am not going to sell you something your company does not need. As marketing consultant to your business, I will not pressure you either. I will always look out for your best interest,” says Susan. (Omaha, NE) Technically, if you have a business plan, Stern PR™ Susan Stern, a marketing consultant in Omaha, Nebraska can make it become a reality. Help you focus. Give a valuable opinion. Put the plan into action! “I’ve done it before, and I’ll do it again. A company comes to me, just starting up or has a clip art logo, and I help them launch their business plan, marketing-wise. Boom, done.Takes a couple weeks. I’ll unveil ‘total image marketing’: Logo. Slogan. Website. Video. Local print marketing. Registration with the state & BBB if industry neccesary. Check local, state and federal laws based on industry. I then create their legal contracts, mission statements, brochures, business cards, advertisements, etc. On your best behalf, I help cover your Aspen, Colorado, as I say,” remarks Susan Stern, owner of a one person Omaha marketing firm. I did this labor-intensive, creative & technical work for – A Hammer for Hire™ – Waterloo, Nebraska. A quick deadline. For instance. (Omaha, NE) — The wait is no more! The Stern PR™ Susan Stern 2012 video of services is here! Thus far, the reviews are great! Every year, Omaha Marketing Consultant Susan Stern unveils a public portfolio showcasing the wide variety of projects to be proud of. Reminder. Omaha’s Stern PR™ offers everything that a business needs in terms of Omaha Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations & Journalism – on & offline. “People don’t care, and may not realize the labor-intensive effort for creative & SEO-friendly video production the Stern PR™ way – done right! For example. For my own production, it took 60+ hours. Creatively. I start by shooting the video with a professional grade, high-definition & high-resolution video camera. I do same with high-resol still cam. Then, I transfer to my computer – a custom high ram, best processor, highest storage capability on-the-market 2012, an all-in-one touch-screen, flat screen, best graphics card desk top. And, no, it’s not a MAC. It’s a grand PC. Yet. reasonably priced. An IBM company created-system, on a side note. Back to Video 101 by Stern PR™. I first choose the golden soundbites, video, etc. I had already edited in my head during shooting, so I know approximately know where to go on-the-time line – for that choice excerpt. Forward, it takes hours as I manipulate each video frame-by-frame, interspersed with custom video effects, transitions, panning & more. Do this. Change that. I pick & choose the right music bed – in my vast commercial-purchased video library. I comb through several dozens of songs & bits – for the right track. Once music is chosen, I place it on the – edit bar of- my industry-level video production program. I then lay down my voice-over. I zoom in each minute audio frame and edit-out breaths. Clean up copy. Import new media. Redo. Playback. Revise. Lay down new Susan Stern voice-over tracks. Render. Examine. Revise again. Re-edit. Whew! When all is said and done. I download to appropriate video sharing sites. Redo. Redit. Delete old. Download again. Perfect. I then draft keyword rich for SEO description, title and tags after extensive research & analysis involving competition search engine 1st page placement. This is the entire process. Stern PR™. Pre & post production. As for Stern PR’s 2012 Video Debut, time invested maxed out at 60+ hours,” stresses Susan Stern, Stern PR™, Marketing Consultant Omaha. “I worked some overnights. Many, many hours. Eventually, I get to the point – where I just know the production is great. I publicize it!” Stern PR™ offers the same enthusiastic commitment/passion for clients – corporate videos for websites, training, boardrooms, trade shows and for a sales pitch! “Like a reporter as I use to be, I research. Learn, the product/service of each client I represent. It’s not complicated, for me. In fact, I’ve impressed one client in particular, he tried to hire me as sales director. No thanks. Much appreciated. I’ll stick with marketing consulting. Anyhoo, back to the passion of Stern PR™, I then streamline a company’s image via corporate video – complete with an ear-soothing, eye-catching slogan & entire name-branding – on & offline.” (Stern PR™ Susan Stern) — Omaha Marketing Consultant Susan Stern Stern PR™ makes it a top priority to give back to the community in the form of organizing events for the Elk Creek Crossing Omaha HOA and handling marketing tasks at Omaha’s Friedel Jewish Academy. “I love doing things for others. I figure, why not use my graphic design and video production expertise toward philanthropy. So, for several years I have handled the Friedel Jewish Academy End-of-Year Video production, a labor intensive production that received high reviews! I am also frequently called upon to shoot professional photos, create graphic design & copywriting mailers for the school, gratis. It’s fun and feels great to give altruistically,” notes Susan Stern Stern PR™ Omaha. As for the ECC neighborhood association, Susan Stern of Stern PR™ passionately strives to stand by her slogan, ‘Serious Strategy Really,’ handling the website content maintenance, copywriting, photography and video. Few neighborhoods in Omaha offer an up-to-date neighborhood website like the one for ECC. Stern PR™ offers these services for next to nothing. Check it out here. Susan Stern also spearheads events for families. “A couple of gal friends of mine are getting ready to organize the ECC neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt – a popular extravaganza that has grown over the years. So the upcoming holidays are gonna be really fun,” says Susan. (Omaha, NE) — Attention, attention. The Susan Stern Stern PR™ 2012 Video is on the editing floor & ready for a public debut – the week of March 20! “I am super excited about publicizing this all-new video production. It shall contain the latest examples of my Omaha marketing work for such companies like Best of Omaha’s Heartland Lawns, CKF Consolidated Kitchens & Fireplaces, All Clear Windows, Snell Heating & Air Conditioning, among other great local businesses,” says Susan Stern Stern PR™. “I am especially proud of some of the equipment upgrades in which I have invested – from a high-definition professional video camera, a few extra still camera lenses, top-notch pro lighting equipment and some superior computer software, that makes my job a heck of a lot less complicated and more polished. Clients seem to love the clarity of both my videos and photography. Good equipment is a wise investment.” “Looking back, I remember starting my marketing business on a shoe-string budget with no extras. You know, with an ok, do-the-job, low-resolution video camera, and a computer that held hardly any memory. Boy, did it crash a lot. I still worked around it – and through it. It’s a fond memory. That said, thank goodness those good old days are behind me. Since then, thanks to great customer reviews of Stern PR™, with clients returning again and again, I am on my 4th computer, but this one has a superior processor and plenty of memory. So, I am crossing my fingers, that this may last several years.” So, stay tuned for the debut of the all-new ‘Stern PR Video of Services 2012’ (Omaha, NE) — Stern PR Omaha’s Susan Stern offers tips on how business should deal with negative reviews online. Stay calm, act professional, respond and move on. Notes Susan, “the best advice I can give is to remember the old adage “customers are always right.” So that means, politely reply to poor online reviews in this way: Thank the reviewer for taking time to provide feedback Apologize to the reviewer, rectify problem and invite customer back if their gripe is legit Offer a partial or full refund if situation warrants Don’t reply to abusive reviewer – just ignore them, flag the complaint for removal or consultant with an attorney Don’t offer them an explanation or excuse If online reviewer is a fake, say from a competitor with a fictitious name, mention that no customer exists & invite them to call If online reviewer with a personal gripe opts to defame or slander, call he or she out on it. Reply professionally. Consult w/Attorney Another suggestion. Periodically run a Google, Bing and Yahoo search for your company online, to not only keep track of what people are saying, but to reply immediately to reviews – good and bad. Adds Susan Stern, “remember to never argue with the customer. ‘Cause yes, even though we may not feel this way, as business owners, we need to embrace the doctrine to treat each customer with respect, i.e., the customer is always right…	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Week 11 Rankings (2017): Top 40 Running Backs by Ray Kuhn The waiver wire has been quiet for the last few weeks, but this week might be a little different. There are few options potentially available, and while they might not be the most exciting they offer some hope. How do those “fliers” fit into the rankings? Who should we be trusting overall? Let’s take a look at what we can expect and how our options rank: Kareem Hunt – Kansas City Chiefs – at New York Giants Le’Veon Bell – Pittsburgh Steelers – vs. Tennessee Todd Gurley – Los Angeles Rams – at Minnesota LeSean McCoy – Buffalo Bills – at LA Chargers Leonard Fournette – Jacksonville Jaguars – at Cleveland Mark Ingram – New Orleans Saints – vs. Washington Melvin Gordon – Los Angeles Chargers – vs. Buffalo Jordan Howard – Chicago Bears – vs. Detroit Alvin Kamara – New Orleans Saints – vs. Washington Jay Ajayi – Philadelphia Eagles – at Dallas Tevin Coleman – Atlanta Falcons – at Seattle Chris Thompson – Washington Redskins – at New Orleans Isaiah Crowell – Cleveland Browns – vs. Jacksonville DeMarco Murray – Tennessee Titans – at Pittsburgh Kenyan Drake – Miami Dolphins – vs. Tampa Bay Lamar Miller – Houston Texans – vs. Arizona Jerick McKinnon – Minnesota Vikings – vs. LA Rams Joe Mixon – Cincinnati Bengals – at Denver Orleans Darkwa – New York Giants – vs. Kansas City Doug Martin – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – at Miami Adrian Peterson – Minnesota Vikings – at Houston Duke Johnson – Cleveland Browns – vs. Jacksonville Jamaal Williams – Green Bay Packers – vs. Baltimore Rex Burkhead – New England Patriots – at Oakland Marshawn Lynch – Oakland Raiders – vs. New England Ameer Abdullah – Detroit Lions – at Chicago Alfred Morris – Dallas Cowboys – vs. Philadelphia Latavius Murray – Minnesota Vikings – vs. LA Rams C.J. Anderson – Denver Broncos – vs. Cincinnati Theo Riddick – Detroit Lions – at Chicago Javorius Allen – Baltimore Ravens – at Green Bay Dion Lewis – New England Patriots – at Oakland Samaje Perine – Washington Redskins – at New Orleans J.D McKissic – Seattle Seahawks – vs. Atlanta Derrick Henry – Tennessee Titans – at Pittsburgh Austin Ekeler – Los Angeles Chargers – vs. Buffalo Damien Williams – Miami Dolphins – vs. Tampa BAy Thomas Rawls - Seattle Seahawks – vs. Atlanta Alex Collins – Baltimore Ravens – at Green Bay James White – New England Patriots – at Oakland Notes: We now have official word that Rob Kelley has been placed on injured reserve and is out for the season. What does that mean for fantasy owners? Their first inclination should be to feel relief. as Kelley has been banged up all season and when he has been on the field the results haven’t exactly been there. Now Kelley can be safely released. On 62 carries he is averaging just 3.1 yards per carry while not being a factor in the passing game. The passing game is the domain of Chris Thompson ,who has two 100-plus yard efforts as part of his 38 receptions for 494 yards and three touchdowns. The Redskins try to limit Thompson’s workload on the ground to keep him fresh, but based on the results (4.6 yards per carry on 60 carries) it is going to be hard to continue to do so. Entering the season there were some expectations around Samaje Perine, but with just 3.2. yards per carry on 66 carries he has failed to distinguish himself. When Kelley was previously injured Perine didn’t exactly grab hold of the job, and it’s hard to expect a different result this time. However he is worth a glance on the waiver wire just in case. I also would be careful not to give Thompson much more of a boost, but it’s hard to argue with the success he has had so far and now we know that isn’t going away. Another backfield that has been a mess got a little clearer with Seattle placing C.J. Prosise on injured reserve. With only 32 backfields you can’t ignore any situation, but the Seahawks’ is one that shouldn’t take too much of your attention. When healthy Eddie Lacy hasn’t done anything (128 yards on 48 carries) and I wouldn’t pay much attention to him either this week or the rest of the season. The problem is that Thomas Rawls hasn’t exactly been any better, or worse for that matter, with 125 yards on 49 carries. So, instead of chasing something that will likely never develop, we should just look to Prosise’s replacement in J.D McKissic. In spotty playing time McKissic is averaging 4.4 yards per carry on 21 carries with a touchdown, but his true value comes as a receiver. Again the sample size is small, but McKissic has 13 receptions for 126 yards and a touchdown. The fact that he has some foot speed and can catch the ball sets him apart from his competition, and if you must target one Seattle back he should be it. This is what Tevin Coleman owners have been waiting for. Obviously, and this cannot be stressed enough, we don’t want to see any player get injured, but due to Devonta Freeman’s concussion Coleman is now the starter. Atlanta’s offense is not what it was last season, and Coleman’s workload (Freeman’s too) has left fantasy owners disappointed but the production has been there when they have been given a chance. After Freeman’s concussion last week Coleman did carry the ball 20 times and he gained a solid 83 yards while scoring a touchdown. Overal, Coleman is averaging 4.8 yards per carry on 83 carries while also catching 17 passes for 203 yards. We do have to worry about Terron Ward getting some work in replacing Freeman, but it is clear we will see Coleman’s touches increase. Against a team in Seattle that has allowed the fifth lowest point totals to opposing running backs there likely will be better match-ups, but Coleman is easily starting worthy. We take production any place we can get it, and after last week we should be looking in Los Angeles. Or are we just overreacting? With Melvin Gordon not going anywhere for the Chargers and the fact that 15 of Aaron Ekeler’s 44 touches this season cameon Sunday, I think we might be. This doesn’t mean Ekeler isn’t going to be on my waiver wire radar, but he’s also not someone I’m going to rush out to grab. As just about every running back has done, Gordon struggled on the ground against Jacksonville as he gained 27 yards on 16 carries. Ekeler managed to pick up 42 yards on 10 carries, and the Chargers were leaning on him to control the clock at the end of the game. Once he fumbled that task went back to Gordon. Where Ekeler truly made his presence felt was through the air, as he caught five passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns. He certainly looked explosive in that role, but the Chargers do lean on Gordon in the passing game. He was targeted eight times, which led the team, and he has 35 receptions for 250 yards this season. Ekeler might have increased his role, but Gordon’s hold on the starting job isn’t going anywhere. With Aaron Jones sidelined for a few weeks with a knee injury and Ty Mongtomery’s rib injury aggravated once again, Jamaal Williams is the next man up for Green Bay. Brett Hundley looked a little better under center this past week for the Packers, so their offense isn’t a complete bust. Whether it was Jones (two games of more than 100 yards) or Montgomery in the backfield the Packers’ running game has had success, and I would expect that to continue with Williams for Week 11. After both running backs were injured the rookie carried the ball 20 times for 67 yards while also catching one pass for seven yards. The only other healthy running back on Green Bay’s roster is Devante Mays, so Williams should see a substantial workload. It comes against Baltimore, whose run defense has been roughly league average, so Williams should have a solid afternoon. The Eagles traded for Jay Ajayi to use him, and after their bye week that is what I would expect to see happen. Yes it is a crowded backfield, Corey Clement and LeGarrette Blount will have a role, but Ajayi is going to be the running back to own. This week Philadelphia faces the Cowboys, who are without Sean Lee, so Ajayi and company should find some room to run. Even after being acquired mid-week he gained 77 yards and scored a touchdown on eight carries two weeks ago, and being out of Miami should suit him well. PRE-SALE This weekend only, Pre-order Rotoprofessor’s 2018 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide for just $6.25!! Click here for the details, but don’t miss out on the best bargain in fantasy baseball preparation. Abdullah, drake, McKinnon, burkhead? I’m leaning McKinnon and Abdullah. Abdullah has been looking better the past few weeks and get Green Bay. I like drake but still usage is iffy with Williams. He’s more boom or bust. Thoughts? 10 team standard. I have Morris and MacFaddon. I prefer not to play Morris this week in flex. I have McCoy/McKinnon for RB. G. Tate/Marquise Lee for WR. Time to drop MacFaddon? Jeremy Maclin or Danny Woodhead or Jamison Crowder are available. I am also looking at ROS potential. Maclin has Houston next week. I have Zeke on the bench, but looks like we will serve full suspension now. Also, Buck Allen and Jamaal Williams available. Trying to get some help this week while looking ahead too. Your thoughts? Thanks. What would be the logic of starting Mixon instead of Burkhead? I see that R Stanley is probably out, so I will probably bench Collins for J Williams as he should carry quite a lot given the passing limitations from both teams, and the weather there. Woodhead could return and that makes it a bigger mess even though I’d like to believe Collins could do well, but see him ranked low in your opinion. Anyway, I’m off on a tangent, but I see Mixon ranked higher than Burkhead, though not much. I worry mostly that Mixon won’t get the carries, but then think when it seems least obvious, he’ll have a big game even at Denver. I fear starting any NE RB, as most would! I once had S Ridley on my team. Thank you very much either way as I know you get a lot of questions, so fair enough if you can’t get to my question. Thank you very much for writing, and excellent point, which is of course is the problem with NE RBs, and reason I stayed away from them, but trying to win division, so guess desperation overruling reality. As I noted, I suffered with Ridley (fumbles), but here I am considering Burkhead; could be White who scores more points this week, though thinking that they’ll all get their share against the Raiders, but I will start Mixon, so thanks again for bringing me to my senses! Yea the Jacksonville situation is muddy. If I had to pick I’d go Ivory, but I’d go Anderson over that duo (and Booker). That said, it’s not a clear-cut decision. If we get some time of clarity as to Jacksonville prior to the game, it would certainly help	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Newsletter Connect With Us Follow Us On Facebook: Never Follow a Friend on a Trail Bike Into the Woods  A R1200GS, F800GS and KTM 690 try to keep up with a 350cc trail bike. Published on 02.25.2014 Negotiating a log like this on a 500 pound Adventure Bike takes a lot of skill. Motorcycle Adventure Dirtbike TV is one of our favorite YouTube Channels. The show is produced by a group of middle-aged friends from Sydney Australia with a love of Adventure Riding. The guys at Motorcycle Adventure Dirtbike TV enjoy testing their Adventure Bikes in the dirt and put their impressive riding skills on display in the videos they post. In their most recent video, a friend riding a KTM Freeride 350 leads the group on what he calls an “Easy Trail.” They try to follow the little 220 pound (100 kg) trail bike on a BMW R1200GS Adventure, F800GS Adventure and KTM 690 Enduro with a Rally Raid kit. Their “friend” on the Freeride 350 quickly disappears into the woods as the trail turns out to be not so easy. For the rest of the day the big Adventure Bikes struggle through logs, tight single track, technical hill climbs and tight squeezes. These are trails most people would never take a large adventure bike through, but the guys at Motorcycle Adventure Dirtbike TV are skilled riders and appear to enjoy the challenge. At one point the horizontally opposed cylinder heads of the R1200GS get wedged in-between a rock and a tree. The guys exhaust themselves lifting and squeezing the bike through the gap, as riders on trail bikes zoom past. ADVERTISEMENT It is insightful to see in the video how each of the various sized bikes (1200, 800 and 690) performs on the same section of trail. The video demonstrates how easy an obstacle can be cleared on a KTM 690 Enduro compared to a BMW R1200GS. It becomes obvious when you watch the video, how hard it is to negotiate technical trails on a R1200GS with its considerable weight. The bikes make it home in the end, although with a smokey clutch, a dented rim and a few more scratches. Nonetheless, the guys declare it a “great day of riding.” For more videos from Motorcycle Adventure Dirtbike TV check out their YouTube Page. Rob Dabney started a lifelong obsession with motorcycles at the age of 15 when he purchased his first bike – a 1982 Honda MB5. Through his 20’s and 30’s he competed in off-road desert races, including the Baja 250, 500 and 1000. Eventually, his proclivity for exploration led him to dual sport and adventure riding. Rob’s never-ending quest to discover what’s around the next bend has taken him on Adventures in Mexico, North Africa, Europe, and throughout the American West. As a moto journalist, he enjoys inspiring others to seek adventure across horizons both near and far.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
BERNE After a two-year hiatus from town politics, Kevin Crosier was re-appointed to the position of Berne Supervisor by a unanimous vote Wednesday night. “I love being supervisor; it was that simple,” Crosier told The Enterprise when asked why he applied to fill the vacancy. “I’m looking forward to working with the board. It’s a great board, and we’ve got some enthusiastic people with a lot of good ideas. I’ve had a lot of ideas I’ve been mulling over in my head the last 18 months.” George Gebe, a Democrat who won the race for supervisor in 2009, announced his resignation this fall for reasons relating to his family. “My age doesn’t help,” said Gebe, who was 59 when he retired last year. “I’ve had some problems along the way, as far as my health. Maybe that brought me to some realizations, too.” Peter Vance, whose term as town councilman ended on Dec. 31, was going to retire at the end of the year, but was appointed as supervisor soon after Gebe’s retirement. The board had originally planned on forming a committee to help find and select a replacement for Vance who would serve through the end of 2012, but decided later to keep Vance in office until a replacement was chosen this week, following an interview process. Other applicants interviewed were planning board Chairman Gerard Chartier, and planning board member Timothy Lippert. In November 2012, Crosier will have to run to keep the supervisor’s post, and finish out the remaining year of Gebe’s four-year term. Another election will then be held in 2013, and the winner will begin a new four-year term. In the summer of 2009, Crosier, an Albany firefighter, decided he would not be running for re-election as supervisor that fall because he wanted to spend more time with his family. He had been supervisor for two four-year terms. An enrolled Democrat, he ran on the Republican line to defeat the long-time incumbent, Alan Zuk. “When you do public service, the biggest sacrifice is usually made by the family,” said Crosier said this week. “But, it was my daughter who actually said one night, ‘Dad, you really miss being town supervisor, don’t you?’ And I said, ‘Yea, but I left because I wanted to spend more time with you.’ And she said, ‘You did a good job, Dad. You should go back. I’ll be OK.’ So, it was my daughter and wife who both saw that I enjoyed the job, and they were willing to make that sacrifice.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Historic Profile: At the time of its completion in 1915, the First National Soo Line Building was the tallest building in Minneapolis. Standing 19 stories tall, it represented a powerful symbol of corporate wealth and civic pride in Minneapolis. The building was a collaboration between two of the City’s most successful companies: the First National Bank and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (the Soo Line), for their corporate offices. Heavily influenced by the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, architect Robert Gibson used techniques from the Les Ecole des Beaux-Arts to design the Soo Line Building. Representing a return to classicism in architecture, the Soo Line Building stands out as one of the few tall buildings to incorporate Second Renaissance Revival details. With the exception of a second story skyway addition, the architectural integrity of the exterior remains intact.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Adele makes history with 800,000 sales Adele’s new album 25 has sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week of release – the highest ever figure for a single UK chart week. The album shifted more copies than the next 86 albums in the chart combined, and has become the first album to sell more than 100,000 downloads in a week. In fact, 252,423 of the album’s 800,307 sales were digital with the rest on CD. Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot said: “The statistics surrounding the album are staggering.” He added: “No album has ever sold 800,000 copies to reach number one in the history of British music.” The previous record was held by Oasis’s Be Here Now, which reached number one with sales of 696,000 in 1997. However that album only went on sale three days before the end of the chart week. Before this, no album had sold 100,000 copies in a single week this year. Adele’s 25 has sold 800,307. That is more than the combined sales of the last 19 number one albums in the weeks they topped the chart. More than 300,000 people bought 25 on its first day of release. Ed Sheeran held the previous record for weekly digital album sales, with 95,709. Adele’s 25 has eclipsed that with 252,423 downloads. 25 has reached double platinum status already. It still has some way to go to match the sales of Adele’s last album 21, which is owned by 4.8 million people in the UK. Martin Talbot said: “What the future holds for 25 will unfold over the coming weeks and months, of course – but we can all be absolutely sure that more records will be toppled as Adele fever grips the nation in the run-up to Christmas.” Adele’s third album has also “has done the seemingly impossible”, according to Billboard magazine , and sold more than three million in one week in the US. That is the highest one-week US sales since data tracking began in 1991, overtaking the previous record of 2.4 million set by N’Sync’s No Strings Attached in 2000. The singer has also just announced her first tour since 2011 , playing in arenas across Europe from next February.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
<p><i>A look at some interesting numbers in the SEC heading into college football's Week 10</i></p><p><b>1:</b> The number of SEC teams that haven't had a play from scrimmage this season go at least 60 yards — Auburn. The Tigers are also the only SEC team with only one play that has gone at least 50.</p><p><b>3:</b> The number of consecutive years in which Tennessee has started a season 0-5 in SEC play. The Vols had only posted such a record one other time in school history, which was in 1977.</p><p><b>8:</b> The number of consecutive games in which Alabama has scored 30 or more points, a school record. That includes every game this season as the team has bested the 1971 Tide's seven straight.</p>	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is treading water in a sea of red ink Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) is seen through the glass of C-Explorer 5 submersible after a dive in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, July 15, 2013. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin As President Vladimir Putin looks out on to the world stage, he should be relishing Russia’s renewed status as a global player. But when Putin looks homeward, he sees a different reality. Three months into 2015, Russia’s economic forecast ranges from gloomy to catastrophic. Yet in contrast to his aggressive response in Ukraine, Putin has been the picture of inaction domestically. He has intervened in the financial markets but not on Main Street, avoiding any hint of structural reforms. Russian domestic and foreign policy are intimately connected, however. And the troubled domestic front is now catching up to Putin and limiting his regional and global aspirations. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the government at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin Putin’s economic plan essentially boils down to preserving the state sector, with all its inefficiencies, and shrinking it by just 10 percent. The across-the-board budget cuts have been felt by all state agencies except defense. Even Russia’s vaunted internal security services now have to make due with fewer resources, despite the real prospect of increased social unrest. So there will be no large stimulus package coming from the Russian state. Instead, a $35-billion anti-crisis program has been established. So far, though, Moscow has been extremely reluctant to spend the money. Even Putin has admitted that the program exists only on paper. The decline in public spending and accompanying decrease in the real wages of state employees has had a domino effect on private business. Every day brings new reports of cutbacks, closures and layoffs, especially in the retail and service sectors. All this highlights the underlying structural problems with the Russian economy and Putin’s reluctance to address them. In February, Putin gathered his top economic advisers, plus former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, to discuss potential reforms in state administration, law enforcement and the pension system (Russian men retire at 60; women at 55). Including Kudrin at this meeting hinted a possible renewed focus on the domestic front, even a possible turn in a liberal direction. Yet no concrete proposals emerged, and rather than clean up government, Putin signed a law on Mar. 10 reducing penalties for corruption. Neither the domestic consumer nor the foreign investor are about to come riding to the rescue of the Russian economy. But in trying to preserve his system of state capitalism and central control, Putin is busy spending the country’s hard currency reserves, which have decreased from $490 billion to $360 billion over the past year. And new demands keep pouring in: $50 billion has been allocated from the emergency reserve fund to plug Russia’s 2015 budget deficit, with additional payments likely required in 2016; Rosneft, the major oil producer, wants $21 billion, and Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas production company, just asked for $3.2 billion. The entire banking sector also remains fragile. Meanwhile, Crimea requires significant resources. And no one has yet volunteered to pay the considerable debts of Russia’s regional governments, largely ignored in the Kremlin’s anti-crisis planning. In this sea of red ink, the only possible salvation is an increase in energy prices. When and how fast this can occur, however, remains anyone’s guess. Putin most likely can survive this economic downturn — he still faces no real political opposition. But without any fundamental structural reforms, he will arrive at the same stagnant (albeit smaller) economy that Russia started with before this crisis. There is also one last bill to be paid: Ukraine. The fighting in eastern Ukraine may have diminished, but the final implementation of the Minsk II accord is a long way off. Kiev seems in no hurry to decentralize power to the regions and again start transferring state salaries and pensions to Donetsk and Lugansk. The payments have been suspended as long as these territories are outside the control of the Ukrainian government. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov now demands that the West consider sanctions on Ukraine for failing to implement Minsk II. One can appreciate his apprehension, however, because if Kiev won’t pay for eastern Ukraine, Moscow will have to. That means paying for a sitting army and separate regimes in both enclaves — neither of which has shown much interest in governing. Putin can pursue the path of negotiations while probing for other weaknesses, among the nations that issued the sanctions, for example, or inside the European Union. Yet without any new dramatic foreign policy successes, Russia will increasingly be defined by its underperforming economy. This growing sense of economic unease is reflected in national opinion polls. In a recently announced survey, 82 percent of all Russians viewed inflation as the No. 1 problem facing the country. Some 55 percent indicated that the Russian government was not doing enough to address inflation and falling incomes. The annexation of Crimea clearly distracted people from their economic problems. The “liberation” of Debaltseve did not. Putin can no longer push his domestic challenges to the side. Instead, they are increasingly becoming his greatest source of vulnerability. The author always has been writing articles critical of Russia. I have a suggestion for you Mr. Pomeranz, why don’t you focus on the sea of problems we face right here in the good old US of A???????????? Retiring at 60 is only a dream for most American workers, many of whom work well after 65. The exception of course are federal employees and many state employees who often retire at 55 and even earlier. This is because they accumulate retirement pensions that are 40% greater than private citizens, coupled with over twice the years of service. Sanctions should be ratcheted up without too much noise and remain in full force until Putin is removed from office, hopefully by Russians. Russians need to feel the pain so as to influence Putin’s standing but there should be a promise of rebuilding relationships once there is a change of leadership. Also we need to send weapons to Ukraine. There should be a condition that artillery not be used so that citizen’s would not be impacted so badly. Ukraine has that responsibility to its non combat citizens The US and Russian economies are structured completely differently. For one thing, the US economy is by far more diversified, hence less affected by fluctuating gas prices. The size of Russia’s economy is similar to that of Italy or Brazil, so comparing the economies is quite difficult. Larger economies can have larger debt to GDP ratios. Typical anti-Russian article propaganda article. No doubt they are going through tough times but these stories are so one sided and being posted on a daily and weekly basis. The US is $18 trillion in debt and keep raising the debt ceiling but I don’t see too many stories on that – and that’s a WAY more serious problem. I have an idea, how about posting a positive story about Russia for once. There’s lots of positive stories out there. We don’t need to keep demonizing Putin all the time. It’s getting really old. Another article that is just blatant propaganda. The comment by Thoma re the Russian people removing Putin just shows how the anti Putin propaganda is working in the US. The Russian people trust him more than any other leader for an awful long time. But more importantly do they really believe that removing Putin would change the stance of the real power behind the throne in Russia anymore than in America. Figure heads are figure heads the world over. Russia is in decline. Largest country in the world by area, and their economy is now smaller than Italy’s. The GDP per capita in Russia has slipped to a level below that of Czech Republic or Slovenia. This is a according to World Bank 2014 data. Investors are pulling out. I hope Western readers review the comments. If you do, then can see the Putin propaganda machine at work. It’s fascinating to me to see the posts below. English speaking Russians must be a growth industry in Russia at the moment. Too bad for them though. Russia was on such a good track, painful yes, but they were heading toward freedom, representative government, and codification of all the inalienable rights we in the West take for granted. Imagine now the carnage and pain the Russian people will endure to undue all the bad acts of Putin and his corrupt oligarchs. It just makes you sad for the Russian people, very sad. Military adventurism is costly. All those soldiers want to eat but produce nothing. And the low oil price hurts countries that produce little to export except oil and gas. Russia’s GDP is the smallest of the four BRIC developing nations, smaller even than Italy’s. The Soviets were not defeated in war, they just collapsed because they built up the military and neglected the economy. Trained by the Soviets, Putin repeats the same mistakes.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Top 10 Best Overnight Treatments For Healthy Hair! If every weekend you have been doing something for your hair to get some effective results and still have not, it’s time to rethink your hair care techniques. Do you have rough hair? dry hair? or dull hair? Not to worry. We will be sharing few effective hair treatment overnight for healthy hair. The hair treatments are used to infuse life into your strands and give shiny and soft hair. While there are some of the treatments you can easily make in your kitchen and there are others that you can buy online. They all are super-duper effective. So why are you still waiting? Try all these hair treatments by yourself and say a very good morning to your luscious locks. Top 10 Best Overnight Treatments For Healthy Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr 1. Coconut Oil And Honey For Silky Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr If you are looking for silky hair, use a mix of coconut oil and honey on hair. Add 5 to 6 Tablespoon of natural honey and add 6-7 tablespoon of oil. Heat the mixture in a pan and blend it till it gets lukewarm. Now apply the mixture on your scalp and your split ends before going to bed. Cover your head with a shower cap to avoid sticking honey to your bed sheet. Wash off the mixture and feel the softness of your silky hair. 2. Overnight Coconut Oil Massage Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr For damaged and dry hair, an overnight hair oil treatment is a must. Remember your mum giving you hot coconut oil massage at night to bring life to hair. Take little amount of coconut oil and heat a bit. Massage your favourite hair and leave it overnight. Wash your hair with lukewarm water. This way you are giving the gift of moisture to your hair. Repeat the process twice in a week to see effective results. 3. Overnight Hair Mask Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr There are various sulphate-free products in the market. For an overnight hair treatment for frizz-free hair, get a sulphate free hair mask. The hair masque offers hair repair for extremely dry hair. The masque is fortified with palm oils, tropical acai and hyaluronic acid gives deep conditioning to your hair treatment overnight. 4. Overnight Solution for Dandruff Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr In winters, dandruff could be a problem creator and really embarrassing. Fortunately, you would be glad to know that you will not have to work hard. Simply use an anti dandruff oil or lotion before going to bed. It cleans your hair and leaves it healthy and removes dandruff. With regular use, your hair tends to get softer. Isn’t it a win-win situation for all. 5. Amazing Conditioner with Coconut Milk and Argan Oil Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Argan oil is well known as a blessing for hair conditioning and it gets better when mixed with coconut milk. The mixture infuses into your hair and leaves it radiating. This is a perfect overnight treatment to nourish your hair and keep them soft and silky. 6. Overnight Olive Oil Mask Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Olive oil needs no introduction. It makes an amazing mask foray hair treatment overnight. Adding an egg yolk and little bit of aloe vera makes this mask more effective for bringing back the lost shine to frizzy and dull hair. We all want well-hydrated hair and coat of this mixture on your hair evenly. Cover your head with the shower cap to prevent moisture from drying off. Do this atlas once a week for the best results. 7. Pumpkin and Honey For Lustrous Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr You might be thinking what sort of combination is that. Right?But pumpkin and honey together make an amazing hair mask that can be used while sleeping. Mash honey and pumpkin together and apply to your scalp. Shampoo your hair next morning. The moisturising treatment leaves your hair lustrous and soft. 8. Overnight Hair Fall Treatment With Rosemary And Castor Oil Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Are you tired of constant hair fall? Fight the hair falls with regular use of actor oil and rosemary oil mixture. Take 4-5 drops of rosemary oil and one cup of castor. Shake well and use regularly. You will not only notice the decrease in hair fall but also the quality of your hair will improve drastically. 9. Overnight Deep Conditioning With Yogurt Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Yogurt is an amazing conditioner and perfect product to make your hair hydrated and smooth. When you mix sunflower seed oil and coconut oil, it also makes hair smooth and shiny. Try a hair mask using unsweetened yogurt, banana and avocado for restoring the natural shine and rejuvenating the damaged hair. 10. Overnight Avocado Treatment Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Avocado is the best secret for soft locks, glossy and healthy hair. This homemade product for dry and rough hair bring back life into your locks. Avocado mixed with olive oil is an affection mixture for split ends. Use it twice in a week to see the results all by yourself. Apart from creams, honey or yogurt one of the most effective hair treatment overnight comes from oils. We present to you best oil overnight treatments based on your hair types. Best Oil for Hair Treatment Overnight 1. Rosemary Oil for Thin Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr The oil naturally stimulates the follicles and prevents the hair loss and helps hair follicles grow. It has anti-aging properties, protective compounds and many nutrients that help translate the unhealthy hair to keep young and healthy. Rosemary oil nourishes and hydrate the regenerative cells and tissues for strong and long hair. Massage your scalp with rosemary oil once a week for strong hair. 2. Avocado Oil for Course Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Avocado is quite rich in proteins and that’s exactly what our hair need. It helps in softening of course hair. With Vitamin D, A and E and high amino acids, the oil helps in repairing the crevices of the course hair and further strengthen strands to protect from the further damage. The course hair is softened and can be managed well with this oil. Try this oil every alternate night to see an early effect. 3. Hemp Seed Oil for Thick Hair Facebook Twitter Google+ Digg Pinterest reddit VKontakte StumbleUpon Tumblr Thick hair is hard to manage and not really easy to keep hydrated. Hemp seed is rich invitamin Eand fatty acids. Hemp seed oil helps in deep conditioning the thick hair and give more nourishment and flexibility to split ends. The oil allows the hair to feel thick and straightens it from the roots. Hemp seed oil is not available easily but if you get it, Thank God for a natural savior. Finally, the ultimate hair oil that is eligible for all types of hair is Argan oil. It is one of the rare oils but definitely worth each penny. The oil is perfect for hair treatment overnight with its high vitamin E content which helps in stimulating cell growth. The oil also encourages hair development in a healthy manner by increasing the elasticity and prevents the breakage. The oil is composed of almost 80% of fatty acid especially unsaturated such as Palmitic, Oleic, Stearic and Linoleic acids. These acids work very hard to tame the frizziness and add shine to the split and dry ends. Highly recommended for all hair types and especially for hair treatment overnight. Simple warmth oil and massage gently onto your scalp. Leave it overnight and wash it next. Try this oil twice a week to see the results within few days. Do you still feel you need to go for the hair salon to get some hair spa? when everything is available in your kitchen. 1 Response Thanks for the great info! I use coconut oil and Aloe with a cap(r Saran wrap!) and wrap my hair in a warm towel.. then I sleep in the cap…next day my hair is amazingly soft and it stays healthy looking, but I am going to add the honey! I also grow my own Aloe Vera plants and make my own face and hair masks and face creams. I swear by Aloe!! Plus I love that it’s natural. 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Ensconced in one of the world’s greatest stadia – the Sydney Cricket Ground – is their iconic museum dedicated to displaying the unique sporting history of its grounds. And pride of place in the middle is the quirky Lego construction by now 14-year-old Curtis Glassford of Wentworth Falls. The Kindlehill student spent more than a year building the Sydney Cricket Ground Members’ Stand at Moore Park for a school project, sourcing 17,000 Lego bricks from around the world at a cost of $4500. “We could have paid for a membership with the money,” Dad, Sean, of Wentworth Falls told the Gazette earlier this year. Madeleine Lindsell from the Museum confirmed the Trust had acquired the piece for a year on loan and had custom made a plinth and perspex lid for it. The exhibit was seen by thousands of visitors during the recent Sydney Test against India and proved especially popular on rainy days when play was shut down and with younger visitors. “It has been popular, particularly with children … it’s at eye level and they are Lego fanatics themselves,” Ms Lindsell said. Explaining the decision to take the unique piece, she said: “We saw a picture of it and thought ‘Wow, that’s a good effort’. It took three hours to pack it and another few hours to transport from their Blue Mountains home in its custom made frame and with a specialist art mover. A plaque on the plinth quotes his interview with the Gazette last year. Mother Simone Glassford said the family was hosted on Jane McGrath day and Curtis got to meet Sydney Trust members, as well as current and former Test players. “It’s pretty special and they really honoured him on Jane McGrath day,” she said. “It was quite amazing … fantastic. Curtis was met by several of the SCG management, players, and also had a long chat about his work with Jenny Morrison, the Prime Minister’s wife. He was also part of the chairman’s (of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust) opening speech, highlighting that kids in the next generation are not all screen junkies and will go on to great things.” Curtis has been building Lego since he was three. With a special interest in maths, Curtis got the plans for the hallowed stand, then built it to scale. It is 40cm high, 90cm deep and 130cm wide, and includes seats, a bar with beer taps, toilets and small collectible Lego figurines. “I think the whole getting to go to the cricket .. meet a few amazing people, just the whole experience,” Curtis said. “It looks really beautiful in its casing. They are talking about if they want to keep it.” The Kindlehill student spent more than a year building the Sydney Cricket Ground Members’ Stand at Moore Park for a school project, sourcing 17,000 Lego bricks from around the world at a cost of $4500. Madeleine Lindsell from the Museum confirmed the Trust had acquired the piece for a year on loan and had custom made a plinth and perspex lid for it. The exhibit was seen by thousands of visitors during the recent Sydney Test against India and proved especially popular on rainy days when play was shut down and with younger visitors. “It has been popular, particularly with children … it’s at eye level and they are Lego fanatics themselves,” Ms Lindsell said. Explaining the decision to take the unique piece, she said: “We saw a picture of it and thought ‘Wow, that’s a good effort’. It took three hours to pack it and another few hours to transport from their Blue Mountains home in its custom made frame and with a specialist art mover. A plaque on the plinth quotes his interview with the Gazette last year. Mother Simone Glassford said the family was hosted on Jane McGrath day and Curtis got to meet Sydney Trust members, as well as current and former Test players. “It’s pretty special and they really honoured him on Jane McGrath day,” she said. “It was quite amazing … fantastic. Curtis was met by several of the SCG management, players, and also had a long chat about his work with Jenny Morrison, the Prime Minister’s wife. He was also part of the chairman’s (of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust) opening speech, highlighting that kids in the next generation are not all screen junkies and will go on to great things.” Curtis has been building Lego since he was three. With a special interest in maths, Curtis got the plans for the hallowed stand, then built it to scale. It is 40cm high, 90cm deep and 130cm wide, and includes seats, a bar with beer taps, toilets and small collectible Lego figurines. “I think the whole getting to go to the cricket .. meet a few amazing people, just the whole experience,” Curtis said. “It looks really beautiful in its casing. They are talking about if they want to keep it.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
New Amazon Listing Shows Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime For India If you’ve been into handsets, especially Android-based, then you’ll have heard of the manufacturer Xiaomi. Xiaomi is a Chinese manufacturer that was founded back in 2010 but only recently started to bring their devices outside of China to resellers in other parts of the world such as India. One of their latest devices is known as the Redmi 2, a midrange handset that released into markets but didn’t quite hit the mark Xiaomi was hoping for in areas like India. For the price of the smartphone, the competition was stiff which the Chinese OEM decided to release a more enhanced version of the smartphone, the Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime. Today we’re learning that the smartphone has been listed on Amazon for India, but information and details are a still scarce on when consumers will actually be able to purchase the device. First of all, if you’re unfamiliar with the Xiaomi Redmi 2, this smartphone contains a 4.7-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280×720. Cracking open the handset, you’ll find that the Xiaomi Redmi 2 is running a Qualcomm SnapDragon 410 quad-core 1.2GHz processor with Adreno 306 as its GPU. Located on the rear of this handset is an 8-megapixel camera while the front face holds a 2-megapixel camera. Running off a 2200mAH lithium-polymer battery, it’s a bit of a surprise that the operating system is currently running Android 4.4.4 KitKat rather than jumping onto the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. Lastly, there is 1 GB of RAM and only 8 GB of internal storage. Now when it comes to the enhanced version of this handset, known as the Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime, most of the specifications are the exact same. The only difference comes with the RAM and internal storage of the smartphone. Instead of 1GB of RAM, consumers will be receiving 2GB of RAM while the storage has been bumped up from 8GB to 16GB. By increasing the RAM and internal storage, Xiaomi will be able to hold up against some of the other smartphones priced similarly. As of right now, the Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime was discovered as a listing for India’s Amazon domain where details on availability and pricing are unavailable. Currently, only a list of specifications is given for the handset so we’re forced into waiting for Xiaomi to make an official release announcement. Because Xiaomi is starting to breach into other markets around the world, it would be interesting to see just how well the Prime edition of the handset will do compared to other devices within the same price range. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The 2015 BMW X4's odd design may narrow its appeal, but it holds up the BMW reputation for excellent handling, and its dashboard electronics include the widest range of connected features in the business. The usefulness of connected features outweighs their hodgepodge organization in the 2014 BMW X5 xDrive35i, and the mediocre fuel economy might be a price worth paying for the excellent driving dynamics. The 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe requires real skill to enjoy the extent of its capabilities, but its performance is exhilarating, while advanced cabin electronics help the driver under more sedate driving conditions.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Metal Score Project Delete this if the idea has been stated elsewhere. The idea is to transcribe a selection of high quality death and black metal songs, preferably ones with complex chord variations (Close to a World Below? Obscura? Battle's Clarion?), onto musical scores and have them be played out, note for note, either by synthesizer or a few solo instrumentalists. The idea is to turn smart people onto metal when they would otherwise be disgusted by such a "noisy" and chaotic artform. I've met too many people that said, "oh well if only there wasn't growling or blastbeats". This would be a non-profit project, one that would require the dedication of a few musically literate individuals. I'm a little sketchy in the sheet music department, but how hard could it be to learn? I fully realize that in doing this, it'd be taking away what made the metal releases great which is why this project is in no way an attempt to create a new genre of music, just a good way to demonstrate and explore metal's ambitious and pensive musical properties. This program looks amazing. I'll try to track it down on bittorrent, I suppose, but right now I'm using a computer that can only boot in safe mode which means no sound or midi. 300 dollars for a computer program, for a product that doesn't even physically exist. I suppose one day if they find a way to simulate sensory experiences for all 5 senses, software developers will have their career set for life. Crack v2.0, comes with more realistic, burning plastic smoke taste! But yeah, the MIDI controller should be no problem, but I never had any intention of actually playing the songs in real time on a keyboard. I feel as though repairing the wing of an F-16 fighter jet would be less difficult, for lack of a better metaphor. I haven't done any scorewriting myself yet, but I do know that there's an alternative to programs like Finale or Sibelius. LilyPond, definitely not as user friendly as those proprietary softwares, but it gets the work done and the result is like very high quality music engraving. If you're familiar with LaTeX, LilyPond is like its equivalent for score writing. At the end of the day, I guess it doesn't really matter what you decide do write them with, but it's an option that you could look into. Guitar Pro automatically transcribes tabs to scores, also it plays the entire song on midi instrument imitations, but it sounds like shit from what I know.Close to a World Below would be interesting, At the Gates - Primal Breath? MIDI controllers are not that much more helpful than knowing the hotkeys. I would save your money. I don't think metal is complex/specialized enough to need notation yet, but I guess it would be an interesting project for archival purposes. Just make sure you don't suck at aural dictation, so we don't get a situation like what happened with "The Real Book", where half the songs contain blatant errors because the kids at Berklee who did the transcriptions didn't know what the fuck they were doing. If you want to actually buy the program, Guitar Pro is only $50. However, Finale has superior sounding virtual instruments. Guitar Pro might be a good start to this project. I'm definitely not looking for quality virtual sound, simple MIDI effects will work fine, as long as every note that the stringed instruments are playing are represented at equal volume, all with the same effect so it sounds as if it's all being played on one big keyboard. The broad range of tones all being played at once will all be heard, even by people who claim that even the best metal is just noise, people that have no experience to the genre but are still drawn to ambient and classical. I have no doubt that the final product will be something that resembles ambient. I did this one just for starters, hopefully i can work on more complicated pieces of music Somewhat of a rough draft The rhythms need work, and at times certain melodies are obscured, though you probably realized it yourself. However, good initiative in actually doing it. I'd give it another go over before working on anything else personally. Your orchestration of this however, does certainly lend credence to the idea that this piece might actually go very well into non-metal instrumentation.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
How can remove/uninstall the Norton Antivirus trial that was loaded into my new Toshiba Vista laptop by Toshiba, but was never activated or used by me? There’s no uninstall program in add or remove programs. Isn’t that tricky of Norton? They want to make it as hard as they can for you to remove their program. Especially if you don’t want/need it! Fortunately there is a relatively painless way to remove the program. Norton does give you a way to remove it’s programs from your computer. Basically it’s an uninstaller but they don’t include it with the program. Weird huh? You can download the uninstaller here. Then just run it and follow the prompt and Norton will be gone!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
July 26, 2004 Outfoxed and Glick Julie came over this weekend and we all watched “Outfoxed.” It’s got some pretty amazing moments, and it pulls some of the worst biased FOX activities all together. However, you can just watch about 10 minutes of Fox News and come to the same conclusions if you’re paying attention. The most dramatic portion of the film was when O’Reilly (the wanker) had Jeremy Glick on his show. A 9/11 family member after having lost his father, O’Reilly proceeded to verbally abuse the boy because Glick took him to task for using the memory of his father and so many others. And also because O’Reilly simply disagreed with him. Well, if you want to read about it, here’s Lawrence Lessig’s recent appeal to O’Reilly to come to his senses, as O’Reilly continues to plumb the depths of conservative media inanity: Isn't it horrifying? The way he treated Glick in person was bad enough. But if I hadn't read Al Franken's book, I would never have been prepared for O'Reilly's ever-morphing description of the encounter afterwards. "A child with a history of chronic lying should be seen by a counselor, child-guidance clinic or a mental-health professional. Chronic liars often have had difficulty establishing a true conscience that can clearly differentiate between right and wrong. These children also may be crying out for help because of disturbances in their family life or outside the home." An intervention would be nice. Let's start with those "Fox and Friends" drones. Musing on "O'Reilly-like behavior" -- I think I have a new phrase to express the particular combination of belligerence, arrogance, ignorance, and distortion that Fox espouses onscreen and, sadly, encourages in its viewers. We'll start seeing this pop up on drug warning labels and in drug commercials. And on TVs tuned to Fox. "WARNING: May induce O'Reilly-like behavior. Symptoms may include sputtering, cutting people off, telling people to 'shut up' shouting, an inability to separate fact from fiction, facial blotchiness, and a fear of other people's views."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Some of nature's courtship rituals are elaborate, others rather discrete. For instance the male woodcock -- an odd-looking, fist-sized bird with an outlandish 2-inch-long bill -- performs his ceremony under the cover of darkness. It's called the "Sky Dance." The woodcock is normally a reclusive bird, it's cryptic coloration blending perfectly with the leafy forest floor. During courtship, however, the male woodcock attempts to become obvious to a female. It's April and the stage is set. The curtain goes up at dusk, and although the Sky Dance is rated X, general audiences are admitted. Sky Dance could be playing in your back yard, yet you may be unaware. The show starts at 20 minutes after sunset when, to a woodcock, the light is a romantic "just so.'' Don't worry about finding a seat. Sky Dance has been playing for eons, yet the theaters remain nearly audience-free. Woodcock prefer a clear, calm, warm evening for lovemaking, and those are also the best conditions for viewing. According to some, at exactly 22 minutes after sunset, or when the light level reaches .05 foot-candles, the male woodcock flies to his stage. Personally, I have found the timing to be less precise, but courtship activity does begin nearly on that schedule. The stage can be any opening or field edge in typical woodcock habitat. Because woodcock feed primarily on earthworms, they prefer lowlands that are damp but not wet, in a mix of young alder, willow and aspen. A barren log landing in an eight- to 10-year-old aspen clear-cut is an ideal woodcock courtship site. Bill Marchel, Special to the Star Tribune About 20 minutes after sunset a male woodcock flys to an opening in a new growth forest. There he will perform his springtime courstship ritual, often called the Sky Dance. A few years ago I amazed a friend when I took him to see the Sky Dance in a tiny clearing among aspen trees just a stone's throw from my home near Brainerd. On previous evenings I had photographed a male woodcock that used the opening as his stage. We had arrived a bit early, and I took the time to explain to my friend the woodcock's courtship ritual and what he could expect to witness. At about 20 minutes after sunset I told my friend we needed to be quiet, that a woodcock will fly in any minute. Shortly, the plump little bird appeared, flying like a giant bat silhouetted against the darkening sky. It landed within 10 feet of us. "Do you have that bird trained?" my friend later asked. On spring evenings, when the light is right, the male woodcock will fly out of obscurity and alight at his predetermined stage. Upon arriving, the woodcock begins to call, emitting a throaty peent every three or four seconds. Each peent is preceded by a hiccup-like sound, although oddly, the strange call is inaudible to some humans. After a few peents in one direction, the bird pivots roughly 90 degrees and calls in a new direction, and so on until after a minute or so he has declared in all directions his affections to females, and warnings to other males. Then without signal, he takes flight. As he leaves his stage, the woodcock can be seen silhouetted against the western sky as it flies low, parallel to the ground for a distance before rising in wide arcs. His circles become steeper and smaller until he is hundreds of feet high. During his flight, the bird emits a musical twitter as air rushes through odd-shaped primary wing feathers. Upon reaching its peak, the sky dancer hovers momentarily before pitching toward Earth on folded wings. Slipping sideways as it tumbles down, the bird alternately dives and then checks its fall, all the while uttering a melodic tune as it plummets earthward, returning to roughly the spot where the performance began. The entire ritual is repeated again and again for about 45 minutes, at which point the act can be followed only by ear, the overhead sky being too dark to see even a silhouette. Before daybreak, when again the light is just right, the performance is repeated. During the ritual, if a male successfully attracts a female, they will mate. Subsequently, she will nest and raise the young on her own; a typical woodcock nest holds four eggs. Somehow it seems fitting a bird as secretive as a woodcock would use the cover of darkness for its spectacular display. Male woodcock begin courting in late March or early April and continue through mid-May, sometimes even into June. Among birders, few avian courtship rituals rate as highly. Bill Marchel is a wildlife photographer and outdoors columnist. He lives near Brainerd, Minn.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Genetic Programming: An Introduction (BOK) Since the early 1990s, genetic programming (GP) - a discipline whose goal is to enable the automatic generation of computer programs - has emerged as one of the most promising paradigms for fast, productive software development. GP combines biological metaphors gleaned from Darwin's theory of evolution with computer-science approaches drawn from the field of machine learning to create programs that are capable of adapting or recreating themselves for open-ended tasks. This unique introduction to GP provides a detailed overview of the subject and its antecedents, with extensive references to the published and online literature. In addition to explaining the fundamental theory and important algorithms, the text includes practical discussions covering a wealth of potential applications and real-world implementation techniques. Software professionals needing to understand and apply GP concepts will find this book an invaluable practical and theoretical guide.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Like Big Butts? Try Whootylicious.com’s New ‘Inked Booty’ Big butt-centric gonzo site Whootylicious.com has announced that it has released Inked Booty, the latest title from Creation Of Adam Productions, now on DVD and VOD. “If you love girls with tattoos and big butts then this movie is for you,” a company representative said. “Our co-directors Adam and Johnny did a fantastic job putting this together on their own, and major studios need to take a look at both of them as the future.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }

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