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Last night, Adonis "Superman" Stevenson fought Chad Dawson in Montreal for the WBC light heavyweight title. The fight was over after 75 seconds and a single jaw-dropping punch.
Stevenson, a 35-year-old raised near Montreal, nearly decapitated Dawson with a left that got by his guard and connected with his temple, sending Dawson to the mat. He was able to get up, but referee Richard Griffin called the fight when Dawson was unable to stand without leaning, almost comically, against the ropes. It was the first meaningful punch of the night, as it seemed like the two fighters were still feeling each other out. Dawson, 30, connected two punches on the night, while Stevenson connected three.
Everyone knew Stevenson had power. Stevenson, an ex-pimp, is 21-1 with 18 wins by knockout, 10 of which have come in the first round. He lost to Darnell Boone three years ago, but has knocked eight straight opponents since. He avenged his Boone loss by knocking him out in the sixth round in March. Stevenson's a knockout artist, but he's also a super middleweight. Some, including Dawson, openly wondered if Stevenson would be as dangerous against bigger, stronger men. We didn't have to wait long to find out.
Dawson, 31-3, has long been one of the best fighters in the world, but he's now been knocked out his last two fights. It's unclear right now if he can fight competitively again, or if he will. Stevenson, however, mentioned a future fight with near-quinquagenarian light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins or Andre Ward, who knocked out Dawson last September. But the way Stevenson's been wrecking people lately, we doubt he'll have opponents lining up for a fight.
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The tuck rule could disappear from NFL games if owners approve a proposal from the competition committee to dump it.
The owners, who meet next week in Phoenix, also will consider a change to instant replay rules allowing for a video review even when a coach makes an illegal challenge.
Under the tuck rule, if a passer is in the act of bringing the ball down into his body rather than throwing it and loses control, it is ruled an incomplete pass. The proposal under consideration would make it a fumble.
Competition Committee co-chairman Rich McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons, noted the controversial history of the tuck rule Thursday. He said the change has full support from on-field officials, particularly now that all turnovers are automatically reviewed.
"What is happening is a great majority of these plays are appropriately called fumbles," McKay said on a conference call. "Then officials go into replay and look at it, and under the rule if the tuck had not been completed (the call) has to be reversed from ... a fumble. They think they can call it and can understand when a passer has lost control of the ball, so we felt more comfortable proposing the rule."
The rule was among the NFL's most obscure until it became infamous during the 2001 playoffs in New England, when Tom Brady apparently lost a fumble late in a game against Oakland. Initially ruled a fumble, it was reversed under the tuck rule, the Patriots kept the ball and eventually beat the Raiders.
Replay also plays a key role in another potential rule change.
Last Thanksgiving, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz challenged what officials ruled was an 81-yard scoring run by Houston's Justin Forsett. Because all scoring plays are reviewed, Schwartz was not allowed to throw the red flag, and by doing so he negated use of replay. Forsett clearly had been down by contact earlier in the run, but the touchdown stood and the Texans went on to win in overtime.
McKay called the way the rule stood "an anomaly."
The proposal will ensure the play is reviewed and the right call is made, but the coach making the illegal challenge will draw a 15-yard penalty. Forbidden challenges occur when a team is out of timeouts; has used up its challenges; in the final two minutes of a half; in overtime; or on scoring plays or turnovers.
Should a coach challenge in the final two minutes of halves or in OT, he will lose a timeout as well as have his team penalized 15 yards.
Three player safety rule changes will be proposed:
- Initiating contact with the crown of the helmet would be a foul if a tackler or a runner does it when both players are outside the tackle box. Incidental contact with the crown of the helmet would not be a penalty.
"This is pure and simple a player safety rule," McKay said. "The time has come we need to address the situation. You can't duck your head and deliver a forcible blow with your helmet."
Doing so will result in a 15-yard penalty.
"We're looking for the obvious fouls on this one," he added. "We realize this is a major change for players and coaches."
- No longer could offensive players make a low block when facing their own end zone and they are inside the tackle box. That will prohibit so-called peel-back blocks anywhere on the field.
- Teams couldn't line up more than six players on either side of the snapper for field goals and extra points. And teammates couldn't be pushed through gaps in the protection on those kicks.
"Teams will still have opportunities to overload and affect a kick and still potentially block those kicks," said Rams coach Jeff Fisher, another co-chairman of the committee.
Next season, players will be required to wear knee and thigh pads. Ray Anderson, who as the league's executive vice president of football operations will oversee enforcement, said the NFL will be vigorous in ensuring players use them, beginning in the preseason.
Many players, particularly in skill positions, have fought the extra padding, saying it slows them down.
Anderson said the league office will be more proactive in making sure fields are suitable for games. He did not cite specifics, but the Washington Redskins were heavily criticized for the condition of their field for their wild-card game against Seattle. Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year, and Seahawks defensive end Chris Clemons both hurt their knees during that game.
One other proposal will allow teams to keep players on the physically unable to perform list through Week 11 instead of Week 9.
McKay added that scoring in 2012 was the highest since 1965 at 45.5 points per game and fourth highest in league history.

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An angel just donated 105 big boxes of crystal, fine art and antique glass to a Stockton thrift store that supports charity. The glass is worth perhaps $45,000 retail.
An angel just donated 105 big boxes of crystal, fine art and antique glass to a Stockton thrift store that supports charity. The glass is worth perhaps $45,000 retail.
The Assistance League of Stockton has put some of this windfall on sale at its store at 1232 E. Harding Way. So good is the collection - elegant Heisey crystal, Waterford, Lalique - that they are saving most of it to boost the opening of their expanded store next year.
"Probably we've never gotten another donation that big," said Jermaine Case, a thrift store volunteer.
Forty-five thousand dollars buys a lot of charity. I tracked down the glass angel. Publicity shy Larry Brown lives amid a gleaming glass menagerie in a south Stockton home.
"I really don't have anybody to leave it to," said Brown, 75, a retired warehouseman. "I thought the kids could use it a lot more, and it would be a better thing to do."
Brown and his friend Jim Smith were lounging around a small family room. Fine glass of every hue sparkled from glass cabinets. Tastefully arranged glass objects covered the tables.
Brown lives and breathes glass, Smith said.
"It's more than a passion and a love affair," said Smith. "It's his life. You could be dying and on the way to the hospital, and if he saw a yard sale, he'd stop. That's the God's truth."
Brown rises at 5 a.m., the early bird seeking the glass worm. He canvasses antique stores, yard sales, estate sales and flea markets, seven days a week.
In the afternoon, he returns to these haunts to see if shop owners have put out anything new. He may even do a third, evening circuit.
"The first thing he says when you come in the house: 'C'mere and let me show you what I bought!' Smith said.
A self-taught connoisseur with a library of books about glass, Brown augments his pension by buying undervalued gems and reselling them at craft fairs.
Where others saw a $5 glass knickknack, Brown recognized circa-1790-1825 whale oil lamps worth $2,000.
Among his personal collection, he most prizes floral vases and "peachblow glass": ornate 19th century art glass, bluish white, violet or pink, with ruffled rims and peach-colored linings.
The delicacy of his acquisitions seems incongruous with his working-class background, which included a hitch in the Navy. And with his humor, which can be salty.
(When asked if he saw action in the Navy, Brown replies, "I was in the battle of the Barcelona whorehouse.")
"Well, you do different things in your life," Brown mused. "You have murderers in your life that have become priests."
Brown grew up in poverty. "My father was a coal miner in Pennsylvania, and, of course, sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't. I did have shoes, but they had holes in the soles."
But, he added - as if seeing the glass half full - "We were some of the wealthiest people on the street, because my dad didn't drink."
His early circumstances factored in to his generous donation: The Assistance League helps poor children.
Brown's boyhood conversion to glass was literally a religious experience. It occurred in a wooden church, Bethel Congregational Church, in Nanticoke, Pa.
"In the back of the church, they had the most beautiful window you ever did see," Brown said. "Those sun shining through those beautiful reds and blues and greens."
Though known in local antiquarian circles, Brown is largely invisible to the greater Stockton community. He prefers it that way.
Among his first words to me were, "I don't want to be in the paper" (he reconsidered). He refused to be photographed. He did not want his neighborhood specified, fearing thieves.
Brown has plans to quit selling glass. His finale will be the Oct. 6 Lodi Street Faire. Look for his booth on the corner by the Lodi chamber, he said.
As for his collection, "I shall buy more," he proclaimed, befitting a lifelong love. "As long as I can, I will buy it. When I'm dead, we'll see what happens."
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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Ratan Tata is a reticent man. He is 74 and retires this month as chairman after guiding his group to be the country's number one, $ 100 billion, in revenues. He commands respect not only from his 450,000 employees but from the entire global business community. He is courteous and complains rarely. But earlier this month he spoke out in anguish. "Government inaction is driving investment away from the country," he said, and this was forcing groups like the Tatas to seek opportunities abroad where you don't have "a seven or eight year wait to get clearance for a steel plant." The finance minister, P. Chidambaram, echoed this view, reminding us that over 100 mega projects had been stuck for years because of a lack of approvals. Clearly, this failure of the government is greatly responsible for bringing India's economy to its knees.
Not only CEOs but ordinary Indians have been voicing the same complaint for years. Why should it take 12 years to build a road or 10 years to get justice in our country? Our public debate is filled with talk of corruption, about the right to information, of democratic answerability but almost no one speaks about the need for quick decision making or enhancing the capacity of our weak, soft, and 'flailing' state. No amount of CAG's disclosures or ranting about the Lokpal will improve the state's ability to act or strengthen our crumbling institutions. Is our obsession with accountability and transparency making us forget that the state was, in fact, created for collective action?
Accountability is, of course, important. Over the past decade, campaigns by activists supported by intellectuals have brought significant gains, such as the Right to Information Act. The pressure exerted by Anna Hazare's movement backed by the media have raised awareness of corruption in high places and even helped in the arrest of powerful people. We are rightly proud of these achievements which have strengthened our democracy. But these laudable steps have not significantly improved services of the state to the citizen. Cases are still stuck in the courts; roads are built at a snail's pace; police will delay registering an FIR unless influence or money is exchanged; it takes 117 approvals and 7-10 years to build a power plant. The list goes on.
Oddly enough, the push for democratic accountability may have weakened our already feeble state. The average official, always faint hearted and timid, is now even more afraid of putting his pen to paper. This is the other side of our fight against corruption. The modern democratic state has to balance the ability to deliver services on time with accountability to the people. Other democracies have also faced this problem of balance but they have found a way to cope by reforming their institutions. All institutions, in fact, must aim for a balance between accountability and action. A company could not survive if the CEO spent the whole day listening to shareholders. A school would not be effective if its principal spent his time only listening to parents. Already scorned as a "nation of talkers and not doers", India needs to shift its focus to action.
There is a great deal to be hopeful about India's future. It is stable, open, and amazingly tolerant. Its economic reforms have put it on a promising path of rapid growth. It is breeding outstanding companies which are more innovative than most in Asia. Its middle class is growing rapidly and its poor will benefit from a more effective welfare system based on cash transfers. But India's soft underbelly is a soft, weak state, whose institutions of governance—the bureaucracy, the judiciary and the police--are in desperate need of reform. This is one of the reasons why its economy has hit a wall as it approaches the $ 2 trillion GDP mark.


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Puzzle of the Day - Pets Picnic
Today's puzzle of the day goes, once again, to the animal lovers. To be more precise, cute animal lovers are the only ones truly able to appreciate it. Made by Sunsout, Pets Picnic is a large piece jigsaw puzzle with a finished size of 18" X 24". Once you assemble its 300 pieces you will discover an amazingly fun and relaxing animal world that is at the same time incredibly human. Of course, you might have already figured that out from the jigsaw puzzle's title. The picnic is a human invention, while pets are not human. This is a position easy to criticize, as the difference between pets and animals can be seen to lie in their degree of human friendliness, or perhaps even humanity. But enough with the intellectual debates, and let us get back to the puzzle. It features man's best friends, gathered together around everything you need for a picnic. The picnic basket is guarded by one of the funniest looking dogs in the world, a West Highland White Terrier, surrounded by his friends. Two rabbits and a cat with another four furry little pets and a couple of other fellows complete the picture, waiting for you to be discovered. This is the sort of picnic that you can't enjoy alone, and we recommend you to try it only if you're accompanied by your family. Only then will you be able to taste the pleasures that this very special picnic has to offer. Expect happiness and a very peaceful state of mind.


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It's been nine years since Sharon Fichman of Toronto was touted as Canada's biggest tennis star since Carling Bassett.
Fichman won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior title in in 2003 at age 13, but has since not lived up to the lofty expectations that many had for her. After turning pro in 2007, Fichman has struggled to win on the minor league Challenger pro tennis circuit.
But Fichman has established a level of consistency in 2012, winning two tournaments to go along with five runner-up finishes and two semifinal berths for her best year as a pro to date.
Fichman improved from a low ranking of 239 on July 9 to her current world ranking of 153 by playing at a high level, defeating higher-ranking opponents and boosting her confidence. She has compiled a 42-26 record in 2012 to add to her career total of 198 wins and 127 losses.
"My results this year have made me feel that I can compete every day and do well. The Challenger circuit is tough, as each girl knows that every win or loss can make the difference between continuing a career in tennis or doing something else," Fichman said after finishing as runner-up to fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal at the Tevlin Challenger in Toronto Nov. 5.
"It was my goal when I turned pro to be ranked among the top 50 to 100 best players in the world, and I still think that it will happen."
Known for her strong backhand ground strokes and quickness at the net, Fichman's mental approach of fighting for every point has suited her well.
Her main handicap is her size, at 5-3, according to former pro tennis great Tracy Austin, who has seen Fichman compete at several Roger Cup tournaments.
"I think if Sharon had been from my era [1979-85], in which short players like myself, Chris Evert and Amanda Coetzer [at 5-2] all had great careers, her results would have been better. The pro circuit has many more tall players today, like Maria Sharapova [6-2], who has a great serve and a long reach at the net than was the case in the past," Austin said in a phone interview.
"That of course does not mean that a short player can't have a career in pro tennis. Justine Henin at 5-5 was a great champion, and Dominika Cibulkova at 5-3 is ranked No. 15 in 2012, so it can be done. But it's rare for a short player to beat a tall player consistently, especially at the net, where a tall player's reach can end a point," Austin said.
"I am aware that a tall player has an edge, but I play the angles well and like to think that my quickness on the court means I can be more nimble than some players, so I can pull out victories by working hard on every point," Fichman said.
Her speed has carried the day at her tournaments in 2012. Fichman won the $50,000 Waterloo Challenger in July by defeating five opponents in straight sets, including Julia Glushko of Israel 6-3, 6-2 in the title match.
She won her second title this year in August in Romania by defeating five opponents, including Romanian Patricia Marie 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in the final.
Fichman, who turned 22 on Dec. 3, was born in Toronto two years after her parents immigrated to Canada from Israel in 1988. Her parents arrived in Israel from Romania in 1983.
She started playing tennis at age five, following her brother Thomas, who was a top Canadian player in the 14-and-under age category.
In 2005, Fichman became the youngest athlete, at age 14, to win a gold medal at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. Fichman is also the first Jewish player to be selected to the Canadian national Fed Cup team (2005-present) since Vicki Berner of Vancouver played from 1963 to 1967.
To learn more about Fichman, go to www.tenniscanada.com.


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Library Behavior
These rules apply to all patrons of the library regardless of age.
1. Show mutual respect for everyone in the library.
2. Allow others to use the library in peace. Loud, boisterous behavior is not acceptable.
3. Treat library materials and other library property with care.
4. Neither the library nor its staff is responsible for patrons' personal belongings left unattended.
5. Patrons having "oversized bags" may be asked to check these bags in a staff allocated space upon entering the building.
6. Cell phone use is limited to the front lobby, hall and family room.
7. Appropriate attire, including shirts and shoes, must be worn at all times.
8. Eating and drinking is limited to the designated area. Smoking and the use of illegal drugs are prohibited.
9. No animals are allowed, except service animals.
10. Use of skateboards, rollerblades and bicycles in the courtyard, on the front steps or in the library building is prohibited.
11.Possession and/or threat of use of any dangerous weapon or facsimile of any dangerous weapon is prohibited in the library building and grounds. This includes, but is not limited to any gun, projectile firing weapon or device, knife, dagger, switchblade or folding knife in excess of four inches.
12. Violations of rules for library behavior could result in the patron(s) being asked to leave, police being called, and/or patron being barred from the library.
Children in the Library
1, Parents or legal guardians are always responsible for the well-being and safety of their children.
2. Children under third grade (eight years old) shall, at all times, be attended and adequately supervised by a responsible person over 16 years old while in the Library.
3. Children in third grade and at least eight years old may use the library unattended, subject to other rules and regulations in effect at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library.
4. The Dorothy Alling Memorial Library assumes no responsibility for children of any age left unattended at the library. Parents or legal guardians assume all liability for damage done by their children to the library facility.
5. The library staff is particularly concerned about children who may be unattended when the library closes. In order to ensure the child's safety after the library closes, a staff member will determine if the child is aware of a pick-up schedule. If not, the child will be invited to make a phone call to make immediate arrangements to get safely home. If no arrangement can be made or a ride does not arrive within 20 minutes after closing and the child is under 12 years old, a staff member will call the Williston Police who will plan for the child to be safely cared for.
6. If the Library must close unexpectedly (e.g. due to extreme weather or power outage after sunset) all children will be asked to notify their parents. Staff will wait with children for 20 minutes after parents have been notified. After 20 minutes, a staff member will call the Williston Police to plan for the care of any remaining children under 12 years of age.


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SAN DIEGO — For nearly a decade the debate continued over whether Sgt. Rafael Peralta deserved the Medal of Honor for combat bravery.
SAN DIEGO — For nearly a decade the debate continued over whether Sgt. Rafael Peralta deserved the Medal of Honor for combat bravery.
Conflicting physical and medical evidence was at the center of the dispute involving the Marine from San Diego, who was killed in Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004.
One thing, however, remained constant: Marines who were with Peralta that violent day have insisted, repeatedly and emotionally, that he saved their lives by smothering an enemy grenade.
But now, the day after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel supported the decision of his two predecessors to deny the nation's highest medal for bravery to Peralta, a news story has suggested that the story about him saving lives by smothering a grenade is not true.
In a story published Saturday, The Washington Post quoted two Marines, Davi Allen and Reggie Brown, as saying the story is not true despite their insistence for years that it was. They were quoted as indicating they could no longer support a falsehood even if it was meant to honor a fallen buddy.
"Two former Marines who were with Peralta in the house when he was shot said the story was concocted spontaneously" in the minutes after the firefight, possibly out of remorse that Peralta had been killed by friendly fire as Marines burst into a house to clear away barricaded insurgents, according to the Post story.
But two other Marines, Nicholas Jones and Robert Reynolds, told the newspaper the story was true and they had seen Peralta smother the grenade as he lay mortally wounded.
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Times was given an email from another Marine, Steve Sebby, in which he hotly disputed the idea that Marines concocted a false statement:
"I can say with absolute certainty that no one in that platoon was forced to write anything. … We were all still adrenaline filled. There would have been no time to organize a false testimony amongst so many Marines. The injured Marines even wrote statements long after the rest of the platoon having no contact with us in between."
Peralta, he said, "did save the lives of the Marines around him."
On Friday, Hagel said that after an exhaustive review, including an examination from Department of Defense personnel not previously involved in the case, he had concluded that the case does not meet the standards for a Medal of Honor. Although denied that honor, Peralta was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
"The 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' standard, although high, is necessary to preserve the prestige and integrity of the" Medal of Honor, Hagel wrote to Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine. Hunter had petitioned Hagel to award the Medal of Honor to Peralta based on new information about the condition of Peralta's rifle and body armor after the grenade blast.
But Hagel, a combat veteran of Vietnam, did not find the information sufficient to overturn the decision of Leon Panetta and Robert Gates. Much of Hagel's decision, like his predecessors', was based on a medical finding that Peralta was killed when struck in the head by a rifle round and that any movement on the floor was the involuntary spasm of a lifeless body.
There is no indication that Hagel was aware of The Washington Post story as it was being reported and written about the assertions of Allen and Brown that they felt honor-bound to no longer lie about what happened during the firefight.
Peralta, who was 25 when he died, is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. An immigrant from Mexico, he enlisted on the day he received his green card. He wrote letters to his younger brother Ricardo, urging him to have pride in their adopted country. Ricardo later enlisted in the Marine Corps and deployed to Afghanistan.
Peralta's mother, Rosa, lives in Chula Vista, Calif., in a home purchased with her son's military death benefit.


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The ________ Girls
Four . . . shall we say, mature . . . women share a spacious home in Miami, wearing beautiful clothes and making the most of their golden years. We should all be so lucky.
By: Susan McDonald
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How well do you remember '80s TV? Sure, you remember wishing Sam and Diane would get together, and you remember laughing as them Duke boys left Boss Hogg in The General Lee's dust, but do you remember the name of the TV show that started Leonardo DiCaprio's career? Do you remember the title of the show that urged us all to "be careful out there?" If so, this is the quiz for you!
The right title can make or break a new show. Would "Saved By The Bell" have been such a teen hit if the show had stuck with its original title "When The Bell Rings?" Probably not. The original title "Oil" would certainly have helped explain how everyone on the show made their fortunes, but would have failed to convey the glitz, glamour, and drama that was implied when execs renamed their show "Dynasty." A good title can convey the tone of the show, help to explain the premise, and even introduce the characters.
However, some titles are more memorable than others, and some are hard to place when incomplete. We've pulled together a list of some of the greatest TV shows the decade of shoulder pads and leg warmers had to offer and removed part of the title. Can you choose the correct answer and complete the titles of these classic shows? Let's find out!
Four . . . shall we say, mature . . . women share a spacious home in Miami, wearing beautiful clothes and making the most of their golden years. We should all be so lucky.
When two orphaned boys from Harlem are adopted by a wealthy New York businessman, what could go wrong? It will always be known as the show that gave us, "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
This sitcom featured a girl with a funny name and her foster dad. The actress had an unusual name as well - Soleil Moon Frye. Some episodes were only 15 minutes long, to accommodate delays caused by NBC football coverage.
Long-suffering Ed Bundy and his hot-to-trot wife, Peg, have their hands full raising two teenage children. Kelly is clueless, Bud is funny, and the neighbors should probably just move.
Bo and Luke are just a couple of good ol' boys trying to have a good time while staying within the limits of their probation for selling moonshine. It's not easy, with Boss Hogg watching their every move, but Uncle Jesse is always there to lend a hand.
We first met the Seaver family in 1985, when it was just Jason, Maggie and their three children. Later another baby came along, and by the time the series ended, we'd gotten an early look at the young Leonardo DiCaprio.
Ditzy Chrissy and practical Janet need a roommate. Enter Jack, an impoverished culinary student who must pretend to be gay to pass muster with their strait-laced landlord, Mr. Roper. Misunderstandings ensue.
Little Joe Cartwright of "Bonanza" is now an angel who's been placed on probation. He partners with a human buddy to help people solve a wide variety of problems in one of the feel-good dramas of the 1980s.
Larry is pretty psyched about having his own apartment for the first time, when his heretofore-unknown cousin Balki arrives from Mypos and moves right in. Now Larry is in charge of teaching Balki about the United States, and Balki is in charge of all things dance-related.
A family is what you make it. When Danny Tanner's wife dies, he enlists his friend Joey and brother-in-law Jesse, both single, to move in and help with his three young daughters. Expect lots of warm, fuzzy moments.
Each week, Captain Stubing, Doc, Gopher, Isaac and Julie welcome a new group of passengers aboard the Pacific Princess. By the end of their cruise, some passengers have found new romance, while others have patched up old conflicts, but everyone leaves happy.
Hello, Johnny Depp! He starred in this police procedural that found a group of cops who look young enough to pass for teenagers, enabling them to go undercover in high schools and colleges to investigate crimes involving drugs, child abuse and other issues.
Take a group of academically gifted high school students in Manhattan. Add one out-of-work actor turned history teacher. Stir and serve for five funny and charming seasons.
Judge Harry Anderson dispenses justice in a New York City courtroom when he's not performing magic or listening to Mel Torme. His sidekicks include public defender Christine, prosecutor Dan, and bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus Shannon, appropriately nicknamed Bull.
Andy Travis has his hands full, trying to turn around a failing radio station by switching from easy listening to a rock format with the help of a couple of cool DJs, a clueless newsman, a gorgeous receptionist and a sleazy salesman. No one will ever forget the Thanksgiving episode, in which Mr. Carlson planned and executed an ill-advised giveaway. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
Jessica Fletcher writes mysteries and solves them too. You wouldn't think there would be so much crime in tiny Cabot Cove, Maine, but there were enough evil goings-ons to last twelve seasons.
Who didn't fall in love with Neil Patrick Harris as Doogie Howser, a child prodigy who begins practicing medicine at age 14? As the show's open tells us, he can prescribe drugs, but he can't buy beer.
In this case, blues refers not to a type of music, but rather to the uniforms of the cops at the Hill Street precinct. Under the leadership of Captain Furillo, a large contingent of officers hits the streets every day, always with the admonition to "be careful out there."
There's nothing like a Southern belle to politely put you in your place while serving sweet tea and biscuits. Julia Sugarbaker and her fellow belles run an interior design firm in Atlanta while helping each other with their personal problems.
Its real name is St. Eligius, but the somewhat crumbling hospital in South Boston is nicknamed St. Elsewhere because of its less-than-prestigious status in the medical world. But the doctors and nurses were dedicated to their profession. In addition to being a medical procedural, the show tackles topical issues, such as AIDS, breast cancer, eating disorders and suicide.
One day you're just an ordinary teacher, and the next day you're a reluctant superhero. Things might have gone more smoothly if Ralph hadn't lost the instruction booklet for his spiffy red-and-black suit, making it necessary for him to learn to operate it by trial and error.
Mrs. Garrett is more than a housemother to the girls at Eastland boarding school in upstate New York. She dispenses life lessons by the ton as the show tackles issues such as sex, bigotry, peer pressure and drugs. And don't forget that George Clooney prettied up the screen in a few episodes.
Who needs socks when you've got a t-shirt, jacket and white linen pants? Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs set fashion trends while fighting crime in this police procedural that ran from 1984 until 1990.
It's role reversal time when a responsible, down-to-earth kid named Ricky moves in with the father he's never met. Throw in a grandfather and cast of supporting characters, and you've got the makings of a five-year series.
If you're ready to spread your wings and move away from your parents, it's probably best to go farther than the other half of Mom and Dad's duplex. Sara and Jackie learn that lesson when their cartoonist father refuses to back out of their lives, but he does have an impressive array of college sweatshirts.
A chance encounter at a Washington, D.C., train station leads single mom Amanda King into an unlikely career as a secret government agent, a job she must hide from her mother and two sons. She works with an agent, codenamed Scarecrow, and eventually they fall in love and marry, but that's a secret too.
Kevin Arnold looks back at the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he was growing up in a suburban middle-class family with his parents and two older siblings. Kevin leans on his best friend Paul and girlfriend Winnie as he navigates the ups and downs of the 'tween and teen years.
When divorced advertising executive Angela needs a live-in housekeeper, she makes an unorthodox choice. Enter Tony Micelli, who recently retired from a baseball career because of an injury and wants to take his daughter Samantha out of New York City. Hilarity ensues.
Don't you hate it when your trip through time goes awry and you're stuck in another period? That's the dilemma of Sam Beckett in this science fiction series. Now he has to work with his friend Al, who appears as a hologram from the present time, to alter various events he encounters in an effort to get back home.
Former hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton have settled down to raise a family in Columbus, Ohio, but that doesn't mean they've given up on their liberal views. This causes frequent clashes with their ultra-capitalist Republican son, Alex, played by Michael J. Fox. The Keatons' other children, Mallory, Jennifer, and eventually baby Andy, are less controversial, but Alex kicks up enough dust for everyone.
Richie Cunningham and his family are the centerpiece of this eleven-season sitcom, but it's soon clear that the breakout character is biker, ladies man, and all-around cool guy Arthur Fonzarelli. Set in the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s, the show brings back a seemingly simpler time, filled with school, dating, and hanging out at the drive-in.
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The divide between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and William Ackman is getting deeper.
A regulatory filing Thursday shows that Icahn holds a 12.98 percent stake in nutritional supplement distributor Herbalife Inc. and intends to have discussions with its management on business and strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including the possibility of going private.
Herbalife has become part a long-running feud between the two activist investors that led to a shouting match on live television last month. The two Wall Street titans traded barbs on CNBC about an old investment deal that ultimately led to a fight over Ackman's position on Herbalife.
Hedge fund manager Ackman said in December that he believes Herbalife is pyramid scheme and he took a short position in the stock. Short-sellers make money when the stock they're betting against declines.
Icahn has said publicly that it was no secret that he neither liked nor respected Ackman and didn't like how he had approached his short position in Herbalife, which he said was "getting a room full of people to bad mouth the company."
He has previously refused to comment on whether he held a position in Herbalife, but many speculated that Icahn bought a stake in a move against his old adversary. He joins another investor, Dan Loeb of Third Point LLC, who previously disclosed an 8.2 percent stake in Herbalife.
Herbalife shares have had a wild ride in the past few months, as it became a flashpoint for a number of high-profile investors. Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn, another prominent Wall Street figure, raised concerns about Herbalife's business in May. And shares dropped sharply following Ackman's comments in December.
The company has disputed Ackman's characterizations, meeting with analysts and investors in January to detail how its business operates and who its customers are. Ackman replied that Herbalife "distorted, mischaracterized, and outright ignored large portions" of his presentation.
Representatives from Icahn's firm, Icahn Capital Management and Ackman's firm, Pershing Square Capital Management, did not immediately comment on Icahn's Herbalife stake.
In an emailed response, a spokeswoman for Herbalife said, "We welcome all parties who see the same value in Herbalife that we do."
Herbalife soared $8.18, or 21.4 percent to $46.22 in Thursday after-hours trading following news of Icahn's holdings.


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Use Social Media to market for free
During this recession it's more important than ever to get whatever you can for free. At Fluidesign, we have recently started offering a service called Online Reputation Management. We become your company's eyes and ears online, monitoring all social media channels for chatter – good or bad – about your brand. We then proactively address issues and give you a bird's eye view of customer sentiment. We also create an online presence for you to use when blasting our product announcements and press releases.
But, if you can't afford an agency like Fluidesign, here's a do-it-yourself guide to manage your brand and get free marketing through social media.
1. Get online identities. This may sound obvious, but I'm constantly amazed at how many companies aren't yet embracing social media. Sign up for Twitter. Get a Facebook Group going. Create a company page on LinkedIn. Depending on your industry, get a MySpace page. There are also countless industry-specific online identities.
2. Create a blog. Wordpress is quick, easy, and free (we can help you with customization if necessary). Publish content often (quality over quantity, however) to gain an audience.
3. Link the identities together. Install the Twitter App on Facebook so updating your Twitter status automatically updates your Facebook one.
4. Encourage key employees to set up their own Twitter accounts and link them to their own Facebook statuses.
5. Sign up for Twitterfeed and link your blog(s) to it. Encourage key employees to do the same. Then, when anyone posts a new blog entry, this service automatically updates the associated Twitter accounts, and if the Twitter accounts are linked to Facebook, those Facebook statuses get updated automatically. Done right, your message gets blasted to thousands (or tens of thousands) instantly.
6. Use Twitter's search to routinely monitor what people are saying about your company and your products/services.
7. Be responsive – if your customers/fans take the time to write something about your brand, take the time to respond. The more responsive you are – even with negative issues – the higher your company's reputation will be. Studies show that when customers have a problem if they get a response from the company quickly they actually become more satisfied with the brand than if they had never had an issue to begin with.
The above tips represent a crash course in online reputation management and using social media to blast out blog posts, press releases, product announcements, and really anything your company has to say. Remember, in order to stay relevant, you need to push content out often, and respond quickly to what others are talking about. Do it right, and your social media presence will quickly become more relevant with greater ROI than anything offline.


text: AMD Socket AM2NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / nForce 430Dual DDR2 800/667/5331 x PCI Express x16 + 1 x PCI Express x1 + 2 x PCIDual VGA: DVI-D and D-Sub 8-channel HD Audio2 x 1394a ports Shop Modal header Valuable uATX Solution on AM2 Platform Digital Home Motherboard: M2N-VM DH Digital HomeThe rise of digital home is just like a tsunami that is poinsed to take over the PC industry. To enjoy the digitalized convinience, you need the ASUS Digital Home series motherboard, a system that is designed solely for this purpose. ASUS Digital Home series motherbaord enables users to control the computer at a distance away, setup wireless network to enjoy wireless Skype phone, charge mobile devices even when the PC is turned off, and backup the database automatically. Enjoy the comfort of digital home you deserve. Industry Standard Supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / SempronThe motherboard supports AMD socket AM2 single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64 FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache, which is based on 64-bit architecture. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology. AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology M2N-VM DH supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology, which monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and frequency for a cool and quiet environment. Digital Home features Asus DH Remote™ It's finally here, the convenient remote controller for your PC! Introducing DH Remote™, a convenient PC remote controller that gives users unprecedented control over their PCs from the comfort of their couches. With the touch of a button, users can quickly power their PCs on/off, put the computer into suspend mode, and turn the computer noise down. Moreover, revolutionary ASUS technology allows users to run wireless devices such as Skype and wireless AP while the computer is still sleeping. Of course the remote gives you all of the features of a more traditional remote as well, such as volume control, play, pause, fast-forward or rewind. Users can also customize the buttons to suit specific needs. Have DH Remote™ in your hand and do more with your PC at a distance away! ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Why buy wireless AP off the store when you can have it on board? WiFi AP Solo allows a new level of versatility for your PC, enabling it to create a complete wireless home network in either AP or wireless client mode. Users will be able to play LAN games, connect to the Internet, access and share printers, and use Skype from anywhere within range. WiFi-AP Solo can provide these functions even when the PC is in sleep mode, so users can use Skype as a true replacement for tradition long distance telephone service. WiFi-AP Solo is an on-board feature, which means that user will save the extra WiFi AP cost. ASUS MP3-In™ Turn your mp3 player into a stereo system! You can turn off your PC, and still use your computer speakers for any of your portable music players. Better sound quality without further stereo equipment cost. ASUS EZ DIY CrashFree BIOS 2 The CrashFree BIOS2 feature now includes the BIOS auto-recovery function in a support CD. Users can reboot their system through the support CD when a bootable disk is not available, and go through the simple BIOS auto-recovery process. ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to pay for an optional ROM. Other features Native DDR2 800 Support To attain top performance, ASUS engineers successfully unleashed the true potential of DDR2 memory. Native DDR2 800 maximizes system performance by eliminating the bottleneck when overclocking both the CPU and memory, providing great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. Fanless Design ASUS Motherboard's fanless concept is specifically created to provide a cool environment without all the baggage. ASUS has devoted special efforts to address the thermal issues across the motherboard, and most notably the areas that reside the CPU, power, and chipset. The heat sinks and strategic board layout are tailor made to dissipate heat in the most efficient manner. Interface PCI Express Architecture PCI Express is the latest I/O interconnect technology that will replace the existing PCI. With a bus bandwidth 4 times higher than that of AGP 8X interface, PCI Express x16 bus performs much better than AGP 8X in applications such as 3D gaming. PCI Express x1 also outperforms PCI interface with its exceptional high bandwidth up to 500MB/s. DVI-D on board DVI (Digital Visual Interface) provides high visual quality of digital display devices such as LCD monitor. The interface supports only DVI-D, but is compatible with DVI-I connector. Gigbit LAN NVIDIA Gb LAN controller delivers transfer speeds up to ten times faster than conventional 10/100 Ethernet connections. Gigabit LAN is the networking standard for the early future and is ideal for handling large amounts of data such as video, audio, and voice. IEEE 1394a IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio / video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other PC portable devices. SATA on the Go The motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. 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"Homeland" star Claire Danes and her actor husband Hugh Dancy welcomed their first child, son Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy, on Monday Dec. 17, according to People.
The couple tell the magazine that they are looking forward to "getting to know our new Dancy" over the holiday break.
The birth caps a successful professional year for Danes, 33, who won an Emmy for her leading role as CIA agent Carrie Matheson on the hit Showtime series, and last week was nominated for both a Screen Actor's Guild Award and Golden Globe for her portrayal.
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Nashville, Tenn. --- The Tennessee State University 2012 volleyball schedule has been released.
The Tigers will play a total of 30 regular season matches, including three tournaments and nine home contests. TSU will match up with schools from leagues across the country including Conference USA, Mountain West, SWAC, MEAC, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Gulf South, Southland and Sunbelt and Southern Conference.
"The schedule will be very competitive," said head coach Kathy Roulhac. "We have added teams like The University of Portland, UNLV and Idaho State. This level of competition will ensure that we will be ready to compete with our conference teams. Also we will be starting on the road as we did in 2011 which I feel is good because it's good preparation on how to win on the road. We only have nine home matches because the conference changed to divisions but we will protect our turf. Any team coming into Tiger land better be ready for a fight!!!"
To open the 2012 season, Tennessee State will compete in the ISTAP Invitational (Aug. 24-25) hosted by Alabama State in Montgomery, Ala. Opponents that the Tigers are slated to face include, Southeastern Louisiana, Stetson, Jacksonville State and Alabama State.
The following weekend, TSU will make the trip to Oregon to participate in Portland University's Tournament, Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The Tigers will see action against Idaho State, UNLV and host Portland.
The Tigers wrap up their early tournament action, Sept. 7-8, at the second annual KSU Owls Classic. The two-day event, hosted by Kennesaw State, will feature North Carolina Central, Chattanooga, Troy, TSU and Kennesaw State.
Following tournament action, TSU will remain on the road and open Ohio Valley Conference play with matches against Eastern Illinois (9/21), Morehead State (9/22) and Belmont (9/25).
On Saturday, Sept. 29, TSU will embark on a four-match home stand, beginning with the return game from EIU. In the next four contests, the Tigers will face Tennessee Tech (10/5), Jacksonville State (10/6) before returning to the road at UT Martin (10/12) and Southeast Missouri (10/16).
The Tigers will take a break from OVC action with a home match against Memphis in Kean Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The weekend, however, marks the return of league play as TSU hits the road to face Jacksonville State (10/19) and Tennessee Tech (10/20).
As the regular season winds down, TSU will play five matches in front of the Tiger fans. The home stand includes matches versus Murray State (10/26), Austin Peay (10/27), Morehead State (11/2), Eastern Kentucky (11/3) and Belmont (11/7). The Tigers will play one non-conference road game during that span at Alabama A&M on Oct. 30.
Tennessee State will conclude the 2012 regular season on the road at SIU Edwardsville on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament will take place, Nov. 15-19, and will be hosted by the number one seed.


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SafeMax All-in-One Car Seat
The Platinum SafeMax all-in-one car seat is fashioned with premium materials and delightful details like temperature-regulating fabric that balances your child's body temperature, and buckle pockets that help protect against hot buckle burns.
Trusted by Millions of Families for Nearly a Century
Made in USA with US & Global Components
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Expiration: 10 years
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The first rollover tested car seat...
A powerhouse of protection, the SafeMax all-in-one car seat combines innovative features like an integrated steel frame, SafeZone headrest, and rollover-testing to create a new spin on car seat safety. This all-in-one seat can be used rear-facing, forward-facing and as a belt-positioning booster, covering a wide spectrum of seating options. All SafeMax car seats have been tested above and beyond industry standards and undergo Evenflo's rigorous dynamic rollover test. Additionally, SafeMax car seats include Parentlink Premier service perks like an extended warranty, and free live video installation support.
Product Details
Child Specs (5-120lbs)
- Weight: 5 – 40 lbs (2.3 to 18 kg)
- Height: 19 - 40 inches (48 - 101.6 cm)
- Fit: Top of child's head is at least 1 inch below the top of the child restraint seat back.
- Weight: 22 - 65 lbs. (10 - 29.4 kg.)
- Height: 28 - 50 in. (71 - 127 cm.)
- Age: At least two years of age
- Fit: Top of child's ears are at or below the top of child restraint.
- Weight: 40 - 120 lbs. (18 - 54.4 kg.)
- Height: 44 - 57 in. (112 - 145 cm.)
- Age: At least 4 years of age
- Fit: The top of the child's ears are at or below the top of the child restraint seat back.
Product & Shipping Specs
- Dimensions: 26" H x 22.5" W x 19.75" D
- Product Weight: 25.3 lbs.
- Package Width: 20.875 in.
- Package Weight: 25 lbs
- Package Depth: 20.875 in.
- Package Height: 27.625 in.
Safety Testing
At Evenflo, we continue to go above and beyond government testing standards for car seats.
- Rollover Tested: Evenflo is leading the industry with the development of a dynamic rollover test.
- Side Impact Tested:Meets Evenflo's proprietary side impact standards.
- Designed and tested for structural integrity at energy levels approximately 2X the federal crash test standard.
- FMVSS 213: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for Child Restraint Systems
- FMVSS 302: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for Flammability of Interior Materials
- Certified For Use In Aircraft: When used with the internal 5-point harness this restraint meets FAA Inversion requirements for airplane use.
Use & Care
Use & Care
Read all instructions and warnings on the product, product labels, and instruction manuals before use. Consult your vehicle owner's manual to determine proper placement of child restraint in your vehicle and familiarize yourself with your vehicle's components.
Cleaning Instructions
- DO NOT lubricate or immerse in water any part of this child restraint, unless rinsing is permitted
- Plastic and metal parts may be wiped clean with mild soap and water and dried with a soft cloth. Do not use abrasive cleaners or solvents.
- Take care not to damage any labels.
- The harness can be wiped clean with mild soap and water. Allow harness to air dry.
- Machine wash the seat pad separately in cold water, delicate cycle. Tumble dry 10 to 15 minutes on low heat.
- Periodically inspect and clean the restraint's crotch buckle of food, liquids, and other debris to ensure proper latching. Place the buckle in a cup of warm water and gently agitate the buckle back and forth. Press the red button several times while the buckle is in the water. Do not submerge the harness strap. To avoid damage to the buckle, do not clean the buckle with soap or detergents and do not use a lubricant.
Features & Benefits
Extended Use
3 modes in one seat, accommodates children from 5 - 120 lbs – Rear Facing, Forward-Facing Harness and Belt-Positioning Booster
SafeZone™ Headrest
4 layers of premium materials designed to absorb and dissipate crash forces, providing advanced protection where your child needs it most
SureSafe™ Installation
For a quick, secure installation, SureSafe™ includes easy to use connectors and a set of LATCH guides– which improves proper installation by 2X (compared to standard latch installations)PLAY VIDEO
Expanded Zone of Protection (e³)
3 layers of energy-absorbing foam provide superior protection and reduces side impact crash forces up to 50%
No Rethread Harness
Easy-to-slide harness straps enable proper fit during each ride and as child grows – without uninstalling the car seat
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5-point Harness
5-point harness holds child's body securely
120 lbs. Booster Mode Weight Rating
5 headrest positions accommodate a growing child
Removable Cupholders
Two built-in cup holders are removable and dishwasher safe – keep drinks and snacks within reach
Remove for easy cleaning
Buckle Pockets
Small storage pockets on the side of seat make buckles easy to find. Pockets keep metal tongues out of the sun to protect from buckle burns
Belt Guides
Belt guides properly position the vehicle belt over your child's shoulder for an accurate fit in booster mode
Rollover Tested
Testing above and beyond industry standards including the simulation of a roof-to-ground contact incident, and impact responsible for the majority of injuries in a rollover event.
Pull and tilt
Central, front access to harness adjuster provides an easy way to adjust child's harness for an accurate, snug fit
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Integrated Steel Frame
The integrated steel frame provides strength to absorb crash forces
Evenflo SafeMax™ All-in-One Car Seat Product Tour
Evenflo continues to redefine industry standards with the FIRST ROLLOVER-TESTED Car Seat. The Platinum SafeMax™ All-In-One Car Seat offers exclusive impact-absorbing headrest technology, as well as an integrated steel frame. SafeMax™ allows your family to travel with peace of mind and provides extended safety from birth to harness booster mode (5-120 lbs.).


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The only suspension that thinks for you.
The only suspension that thinks for you.
Firm When You Want It... Plush When You Need It
Forks and shocks should always make you faster—never slow you down with energy-sucking suspension bob. That's why we created Brain—ingenious technology that keeps your fork and shock firm when the trail is smooth, then automatically turns your bike plush the moment your tires meet rocks and roots. This is suspension made smart. It's also suspension that's propelled generations of racers to Olympic, World Championship and World Cup racing glory.
Hardtail Efficient. Full-Suspension Control.
The Brain is a clever inertia-valve that knows the difference between you hammering the pedals and the trail hammering you.
Stand up and sprint: your Brain-equipped suspension stays firm, transferring every ounce of effort into speed. Start hitting roots and rocks, and the Brain inertia valve reacts to the terrain forces by opening up, allowing oil to flow and freeing your suspension to soak up the hits…giving you more control and, yup, more speed.
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Brain technology helps us create the most efficient pedaling full-suspension and hardtail bikes possible. On that score, it's unrivaled. Evolution, however, never takes a coffee break. Riders want both a firm platform for sprints and a more supple feel. Our Position-Sensitive forks and Brain 2.0 rear shocks deliver both.
With our Position-Sensitive Brain forks, the first 25 millimeters of suspension travel is now free floating—like a conventional fork—then the Brain's inertia valve kicks in. End result? Our new Brain-equipped forks continue to provide the best possible platform when you are pounding the pedals, yet they are also smoother on small bumps and chatter, giving you more traction, control—and speed—on both climbs and descents.
We mounted the latest generation Brain shock closer to the axle, making it responsive to the smallest of bumps. We also reduced oil turbulence for consistent suspension performance, no matter how big and fast the hits come. Next, we ditched the Brain's original floating piston for a bladder system that yields even smoother action.
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Fridays, when I was growing up, were for doing the Stroll, shopping after school with my mother, going Downtown then walking home along the river. In fact, those strolls might not have ever taken place if it wasn't for the first few between mother and dad, who walked very slowly, sharing a paper sack of deluxe mixed nuts, heavy on the pecans, with an extra pound in pocket to be delivered later to my grandma. She often times walked with the young couple, maybe a half-block behind, as if invisible, unannounced, and trailing.
I always looked forward to these retail adventures, where anything could happen, but most likely, it would be all about the shoe.
Now it's a commonly known fact that I love shoes.
Shoes, however, do not particularly love me. I've had rheumatoid arthritis since the early days and after a surgery, have a pinned toe on my right foot. The derring-do of early womanhood with high, high, heels has been tempered to low and fabulous. But one only has to spend a few moments shopping the incredible online shoe sites to see that there's a plethora of wonderfulness out there for those of us on the low-stroll.
In fact, needing some new party sandals, I found what I thought was the perfect pair on the Kenneth Cole site, shiny, textured quasi-gladiators, with some kind of comfort tech soles that just cried out buybuybuyME! But when I went to Cart and tried to: BAM! Not in my size! OH! What a piercing blow! So instantaneous, so final, so unlike those few moments when you are actually sitting in a Shoe Store and the associate disappears into the back room to check and see. At least, while you're sitting there in your tubular, glorious peddies, the moment is still alive, it can still happen. And your toes, they wiggle.
So, with this in mind, I hot-footed it uptown aways to see if hope was still an option — there's a Cole store on Michigan Ave and I ran up State Street, crossed the river, cut through the new (and fabulous) garden just north of Trump Tower, come out through the Wrigley Company arch on Michigan Ave and burst into Kenneth Cole paradise.
They didn't have it either.
But they did have the will to make a sale. And they got on the phone. And moments later, speaking to Biscayne Bay FL, Aventura (wave!) the deed was done. Online handshakes landline via brick and mortar and happiness ensues!
But not in hand! Perhaps a consolation prize was in order, going up aways, dressing the "top layer" for the summer socials:
Maybe a little cocktail dress for that wedding, that musical, that dinner date: a shiny twill and polished cotton number from Club Monaco with the most intriguing appliqued grosgrain ribbon darts. The zippers, black front and back, are applied on the right side of the dress and although I wouldn't unzip the back one, one could naughtify the front as needed, according to the function one was attending, or even how late you were into that wedding reception…
I walked home along the river, seeing my shoes everywhere I looked.
Everything was shiny, reflective, metallic and textured. The Trump Tower was filled with a panorama of the skyscrapers on the south side of the river, rippling in the late afternoon sun.
I dreamt about the shoes that looked like the river that reflected in the walls and towers and eyes.
And now in Chicago, via Florida, via Cole and some really nice, nice people, my shoes
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Buffalo Chip Campground, SD (July 1, 2011)- The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® is proud to announce the partnership they have embarked upon with the Limpnickie Lot to showcase the next generation of motorcycle builders.
This year the Limpnickie Lot will be featured at The Buffalo Chip®, near the West Gate (where the large Buffalo Sculpture is located) in the free area. They will be creating their own FREE Limpnickie village complete with over 20 Limpnickie Lot motorcycle builders and a skateboard ramp. The Limpnickie Lot brings with it two great Cycle Source Magazine events to Chip, The Cycle Source Free Night Time Chopper Show will take place on Friday August 12th, which is free to enter and features prizes from Legends Air and 10 classes to enter. The fifth annual Cycle Source Black Hills Run will start and end at The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® this year with a host of great destinations throughout the Black Hills. The ride will take place on Tuesday, August 9th at noon.
Rod Woodruff said "We have watched what Chris and Taber have created over the last few years and feel like the Buffalo Chip is the perfect place for them to realize their fullest potential in Sturgis. We see this as a long-term partnership that will round out the world class attractions that the Buffalo Chip already offers."
"This new free area of the facility will be a combination of the laid back Limpnickie attitude and the world-class destination of the Chip." Said co-owner of the Limpnickie Lot Chris Callen.
The Limpnickie Lot took the motorcycle industry by storm in March of 2008 during Daytona Bike Week when the original 11 Limpnickie Lot members took over the parking lot in front of the Stone Edge Skatepark. It was the first time young builders and small parts manufactures had joined together in an effort that would combine their passion for custom motorcycles and their cultural identifiers like skateboarding, punk rock and metal music. They had a successful week that changed the face of motorcycling and finally gave the rising next generation of motorcycle builders a united voice. "We wanted to have our own kind of rally and found other like minded next generation builders who shared our common interests. It has blown up over the last few years and we are really stoked to be at The Buffalo Chip this year." Said co-owner of the Limpnickie Lot, Taber Nash.
The Limpnickie Lot addition is the crown on an already packed 30 Years Strong Celebration at the Legendary Buffalo Chip. This year the Sturgis Buffalo Chip will feature Charlie Brechtel, Edgar Winter, Alice Cooper, Pop Evil, Bachman Turner, Styx, Williams and Ree, Sweet Cyanide, Buckcherry, Def Leppard, Toby Keith, Poison, Lukas Nelson, Greg Allman, Lynrd Skynrd, Jeff Bridges and Friends, Saving Abel, Puddle of Mudd, Tesla and George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
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A 47-year-old Hugh Jackman fan has been arrested in New York for approaching the movie star armed with an electric razor.
Police officers arrested Katherine Thurston after she approached the "Les Miserables" star at his gym on Saturday morning and threw the razor at him.
Reports suggest she professed her love for the Australian actor before fleeing the gym. Cops
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Jackman has revealed Thurston has been following him and his family for some time.
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Thurston has been charged with fourth-degree stalking.


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Canucks have concerns on defence
Vancouver Canucks' Alex Burrows, from left, Mason Raymond, Alexander Edler and Dan Hamhuis celebrate Edler's goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday April 20, 2013.
Photograph by: Darryl Dyck , THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — It wasn't the big shot or the right-handedness that the Vancouver Canucks missed most after Sami Salo left as a free agent last summer. And it sure wasn't his medical record. What the Canucks missed was Salo's reliability, poise and ability to calm those around him.
Exhibit A is Alex Edler. The National Hockey League team's most talented defenceman, shepherded by Salo in Vancouver, was erratic for most of the 48-game season as he adjusted to new blue-line partners and the periodic switch to the right side from his natural position on the left.
Without Salo to lean on, Edler looked less sure of himself and made a lot of mistakes.
That's partly why another Western Conference coach, when asked during the season for his thumbnail assessment of the Canucks, said he really liked the team when its forwards controlled the puck but thought Vancouver vulnerable when its defence had it and was pressed. To some degree, every NHL team has the same issue.
But Edler's risk, given his importance to the Canucks and the minutes he logs, was noteworthy. So was the risk involved with Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa, who was having a good season until a groin injury in late February took him out of the lineup for seven games.
Edler and Bieksa were partners for the second half of the season, mostly because Dan Hamhuis and Jason Garrison were so good together the coaching staff left them alone.
As the Canucks prepare to open the Stanley Cup playoffs Wednesday against the San Jose Sharks, there remains the question about Vancouver's defence and its ability to safely pass the puck while under pressure.
Edler, however, has been much better the last three weeks — more confident and more physical. And Bieksa, thrown back into the lineup Saturday in Edmonton after missing another five games, has been inching back toward his form of the first month.
The defence also has been bolstered by the steady play of 20-year-old call-up Frankie Corrado, a right-sided rookie who has done well enough in three games to push veteran Keith Ballard off the third pairing.
The Canucks defence suddenly looks a lot less vulnerable than it did a month ago.
"I think our defence is extremely strong," Garrison said after Monday's practice. "There's a lot of guys who can play a lot of roles and have a lot of experience. As a group, we expect a lot from ourselves.
"I think the pressure (on the forecheck) is going to be a step up from regular season, but the guys in here know what to expect. We've got to make sure we get back to the puck first and make plays. The game plan doesn't change."
When the Canucks went to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago, the defence was Hamhuis-Bieksa, Edler-Salo and Aaron Rome-Christian Ehrhoff. For Game 1 against the Sharks, it's likely to be Hamhuis-Garrison, Edler-Bieksa and Andrew Alberts-Corrado.
It may not be quite as good as it was two years ago, but it's close. "Those two (Hamhuis and Garrison) have had a great season together," Bieksa said. "They found some very good chemistry and they're playing some good hockey for us. The other four of us have to elevate our game to match theirs.
"I felt really good to start the season, and then something happened and I broke down. But I'm feeling good again, though, and I'm trying to get my game back. Health-wise, I feel like I'm back. There's no excuses come playoff time. We need everybody's best. And we need my best."
Even without the puck-carrying Ehrhoff, who left the Canucks for a retirement contract from the Buffalo Sabres in 2011, Vancouver continues to have one of the most active and productive defence corps in the NHL.
Edler and Garrison scored eight goals each and Vancouver's 28 goals from the blue-line were second in the NHL to the Montreal Canadiens' 29.
"I've got confidence in our group," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. "We're almost as healthy on the back end as we have been. Frankie coming in gives us a little more depth as far as right-handed personnel on the defence. So I like our blue-line."
Vigneault thinks Edler has elevated his game. So does Edler. "I think I've been a bit better here at the end and that's obviously good for me and the team," Edler said. "I just feel like I've been doing everything a little better lately and being more intense. That's helping me, too."
TANEV ON THE MEND: Steady defenceman Chris Tanev, who has missed 10 games with a sprained ankle, was still in a walking boot Monday. When Vigneault saw him outside the dressing room, he bellowed: "C'mon, Tanny, stop milking it!" Tanev could return during the first round.


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Three Farms, One Town, One Storm—Bigelow Interview
Written onDecember 01 , 2011
Below is an excerpt from Devon Karn's extended interview with Jim and Rachel Bigelow of the Bigelow Farm. Read Devon's full article here.
DK: What was it like when the flood came through?
Jim Bigelow: My grandparents bought the farm in 1921, right before the flood of 1927. Dennis was telling stories about how my dad said they weren't able to do anything with that field down there for five years after the flood of '27.
That used to be a schoolhouse over there. (He points past his lower field to a brick building across the river, next to the Perley Farm.) My grandmother was a schoolteacher. The '27 flood came up to the bottom of the windows, and this time it got to the top of the windows. Of course things have changed since then. The interstate was put in over the river and I think the bridge changes the flood pattern, and that's why it totally wiped out Perley's.
(As a side note, Duke Perley bought the schoolhouse a few years ago and had just finished renovating it before the flood ruined his work.)
When Irene came through, it cut us off from everything. The road didn't open until over a month later. We had six fields flooded. It was a rainy day, so we didn't have any cows in the pastures. Everybody stayed inside.
Rachel Bigelow: The water was down to normal by the next morning. It went so fast.
Jim: I don't really know [what it will take to get the fields back]. We talked to UVM and sent soil samples, and they're ok. They said there were slight amounts of petroleum, but it could be petroleum or it could just be organic matter. It was so slight they couldn't really tell. Then there's the matter of removing the sand, basically. They haven't said anything one way or the other. They're talking like 'till it in,' but it's too deep.
DK: After the water started going down, what did you do?
Jim: We went down and helped the neighbor dig mud out of his living room. People who had houses were frantically trying to get stuff cleaned up. You couldn't even walk down on our flats, so we weren't worried about trying to clean up our fields. It was at least a week before we could do anything down there. You still can't drive on them and the cows can't go down there, it's still too wet in the green parts. The sand is hard so you can drive around on that.
Rachel: The vegetables were high enough and weren't affected, but we were cut off from the farmers' market for two weeks.
Jim: The vocational school in Randolph was here doing riverbed cleanup recently, 125 kids picking up trash and tires. The wood is still too heavy to pick up. A lot of junk. Everything's trashed. We found a backpack that was still in one piece, but it had been sitting in swamp water.
DK: Do you think of the river differently now?
Rachel: No. It looks pretty much the same. It floods a little every year anyway. That's what makes this good agricultural land.
Jim: But everything in moderation.
DK: Do you think you'll be ok?
Dennis Bigelow: I think the economy is more of a kick in the pants right now. It's been so twisted.
Rachel: Milk prices have been really up and down. A few years ago they were really, really low, and that kind of put us behind.
Jim: The price is up right now but it will probably go back down. Fuel prices are always high. Seed prices are high.
DK: What's been the mood on the street?
Jim: Despair.
Rachel: The people in the yellow house moved away, they're not coming back. Same with the other house. They're not coming back either. I think those are the people that are really the most affected.
Photo by Elizabeth Ferry


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Over four days, the squads work on new skills, hone their safety technique, come together as a team and compete in three competitions with routines learned at camp.
With just a few NCAA Division III colleges in attendance, the Hope squad, participated in camp competitions in Division II. This very competitive division included two DII universities that were top-six finalists in last year's College Cheerleading National Championships.
Hope earned a second place trophy in the Cheer competition and a third place trophy in the Sideline competition. In the Fight Song competition, Division II was combined with Division I (non-BCS) which included 18-time and current Division I national champion Morehead State University. Even with this stiffer competition, Hope gained a fourth place finish.
In addition to their impressive showing in the competition, the Hope cheerleaders tied for the Leadership Trophy in their division with Indiana Wesleyan University. This award is voted on by the other squads in that division for the squad which they would like to be a member of, and which made everyone's camp experience more enjoyable.
With two-thirds of the women on Hope's squad being newcomers, coaches Anne Stolz and Wes Wooley are even more encouraged by this successful camp experience as a positive kickoff to the 2008-09 season.


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BDP-83 Hardware FAQ
BDP-83 FAQGeneral | Features | Performance | Hardware | Component Output | Firmware | Picture | Audio | 24hz Output | Source Direct | Media Files | Networking | UPnP/DLNA | Region Coding | Problems | Calibration
Questions frequently asked at AVSForum about the BDP-83.
What chip does the player use for deinterlacing and scaling?
The Anchor Bay ABT2010.
How much internal memory does the player have?
1GB, as required by Profile 2.0.
Does the player have a memory card slot?
No, but a USB adapter for memory cards works.
What are the USB specifications?
See the manual (Media File Playback / Playback from a USB Drive). The player has two USB ports, one in the front and one in back.
What are the IR connector specifications?
See the manual (Installation / Custom Installation / External IR (Infrared Remote) Installation). The IR input on the rear panel outputs +5 VDC on the tip for an accessory device: it is a 3 pin jack. OPPO will provide an adapter cable to 2 pin to connect to a standard IR block upon request, or make your own:Wire up a cable with 3 pin plug using ring and sleeve only (do not connect tip) and the rear IR port will work fine (ring, or intermediate terminal, is +).
This is the same configuration as the DirecTV HR21 Pro rear IR port.
How loud is the fan?
Comments from early users:
- What fan?
- Ditto.
- Double ditto. No noise.
- The fan does not run most of the time. During playback I never hear it, but I have the player in a cabinet behind doors. If the player has been running a while I hear the fan when the tray is ejected and the cabinet doors are open. It runs for a short time when a new disc begins playing but then goes silent again.
- I have my OPPO sitting on top of the cabinet, in the open, just 10 feet away, and I never hear the fan, even after hours of use, except for brief instances when the fan control logic is resetting itself -- e.g. during new disc initial loading.
- With decent ventilation, whether enclosed in a cabinet or out in the open, the fan should be a non-issue for everyone.
- The Oppo meets my requirements for quiet operation during playback.
- I have the BDP-83 installed in probably the worst possible ventilation scenario (which is sad for an HVAC engineer, but still true -- I keep telling myself it's to provide a test case rather than admitting that I haven't taken the time to improve on my cabinet). I also have three temperature sensors on the player: one at the intake underneath, one at the fan discharge, and one sitting inside the case next to the drive (the component that is most heat sensitive).
- I can get the fan to run, but it involves ambient temperatures inside the player of around 105F or 110F and discharge air temperatures of up to 125F. I do not hear the fan, though, even when I open the cabinet door while it is running. Ambient noise (particularly my HD DVR cable box) drown out the fan itself.
- Mine sets on top of my Integra combi player and has 5 inches of clearance on top and is open to the sides and back; I never hear the fan and I never notice a heat issue.
- The Oppo BDP-83 includes a fan. If I didn't tell you that you would likely never know. There simply isn't fan noise during playback. I have my Oppo sitting out in the open about 10 feet from where I sit. The only time you ever hear the fan is when the fan control logic resets itself briefly, as for example during the loading of a disc. I kid you not, some of the Beta testers have taken to mounting a mirror behind their Oppo so they can even tell when, if ever, the fan is spinning.
- I have mine on top of my Onkyo 605, and I never hear it kick on. I feel fan noise is really a non-issue for most folks.
- I have been able to hear my fan come on at times, and once or twice, only during a quiet scene, was able to hear it from my sitting position watching a movie. This was only during 1 or 2 movies in particular, and only during a very quiet scene. The other times I've heard it was only when a disc was not playing, but perhaps afterwards, when removing the disc when I was up close.
Is the remote backlit?
Do the remote codes conflict with those for older OPPO players?
See the manual (Installation / Remote Control / Setting the Remote Code) and (Device Setup / Remote Control Code). You can set the remote so that it either does or does not control other OPPO Digital players. There is a 3-way switch inside the battery compartment. Code set 1 is the same as used for the other players. If you use code set 2 or 3 the BDP-83 will not obey the other remotes and its remote will not control the other players. Note that the physical switch setting on the remote must match the Setup value. See Why did my remote stop working when I changed the code set?.
Does the player have two HDMI outputs?
No, just the one.
Is a rack mount available for the player?
Yes, see:
- Middle Atlantic Products part # RSH4A2M OPPO BDP83(2RU, 14 inches deep; consider the -C clamp option which holds the player securely in the shelf)
- (others?).
Are codes for other remotes available?
- Logitech has the BDP-83 in its Harmony database.
- Universal Electronics JP1.
- Alternative Remote Codes (Alt. Code) available from DVD Manufacturers Toshiba, Marantz, Philips and Magnavox. Enable Alt. Code under Device Setup/Remote Control Code (note: this will disable all other remote control commands, including those from the BDP-83 remote. Use the buttons on the front panel to change the Remote Control Code back to original setting if no Alt. Code is found to be compatible. Alternatively, you can follow the first steps outlined in [[1]Why did my remote stop working when I changed the code set?]).
- (others?).
How do I use the alternate code sets on my Logitech/Harmony remote?
Set the remote switch in the OPPO remote's battery compartment to 2 or 3 and follow Harmony's instructions, as posted on AVSForum:We are sorry you have been experiencing this difficulty. As we suggested, you should be able to confirm the commands from the original remote. This will request 3 to 6 keypresses, and will not require you to learn the entire codeset. To do this, please follow these steps:
If there is a "remote address" you should be able to select or view this on the receiver itself without contacting OPPO. We almost certainly already have the codes in our database and you should not need to provide these. The easiest way to is to try following the steps provided above. Again, it should only require 3-6 keypresses.
- Log in to your account using the Logitech Harmony Remote Software.
- Connect your Harmony remote to the USB cable.
- Click on the "Devices" tab, then beside the device, click on "Settings".
- Select "Confirm Infrared Commands" and click "Next".
- You will be asked for some button presses. Point your original remote to the bottom end of the Harmony, and from 2-5 cm away, press each button as the software asks for it. The computer screen will blink (refresh) once the key is detected, and you will see the message "Key detected." Once the software has found the best set of codes, you will get confirmation. You may need to answer some set up questions, just click "Next" to go through and make any changes needed.
- Update your remote to test this with your activities.
Does OPPO publish the remote code values?
Yes, as an Excel .xls spreadsheet: OPPO BDP-83 Remote Control Codes. All three code sets are shown and the last tab has large-scale images of the remote, front and back.
Is there an RS232 interface?
Yes, as an option for $89 extra. A new backpanel and daughter board are required for RS232 support. OPPO provides an RS-232 Control Protocol document.
The primary benefit to RS232 control is that it allows the player to send feedback to the device that's controlling it. This would allow you to do things like have the control system dim the lights when a movie starts playing and turn them back up when the movie is paused or stopped, or display current track, elapsed time, etc. on a touch-panel controller (potentially useful if the player is in an equipment closet).
Based on the RS232 documentation for the DV-983H, there are also additional commands, like direct access to the various fast forward speeds.
To use RS232 control, you would need a remote control that is able to do RS232, such as AMX, Crestron, RTI, some of the higher end Prontos, URC, etc. These will usually have a remote that uses RF communication with a controller box that then sends out IR, RS232, and other types of signals to the equipment being controlled.
Most typical universal remotes like the Logitech Harmony don't have support for RS232 control of devices.
Are there any Hi-Resolution pictures of the unit?
- OPPO provides some on the images tab of the BDP-83's product page.
- SRemick (an AVSForum member) took several of his EAP unit (inside & out).


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