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The 10 Bodypart Target Training Series: How To Build King-Sized Boulder Shoulders!
Many trainers possess weak points such as underdeveloped posterior delts, lack of separation among all three heads, etc. Do not fear; this article will provide you with the know-how to build some great boulder shoulders! Learn more.
We've all heard the sayings: a shoulder to rely on, shoulder the load, and sometimes it feels like you have the world on your shoulders. The shoulder region makes up a vital portion of our overall physique.
Viewed from the front, side and back, the deltoid and trapezius muscles are essential not only to a well-balanced look, but also facilitate many other functions which synergistically work to produce results in other areas. Strong, well-built delts and traps go a long way in regard to making the entire body look strong and balanced.
Shoulders make you look broad and strong. When we think of shoulders who comes to mind, Dennis Wolf, Marcus Ruhl, Jay Cutler, and Dennis James? When we think of these athletes we think of one thing: they are wide! Building proportionate delts and traps should be the goal of any trainer looking to build the ultimate physique.
One can often look at the shoulders as an integral piece of the infamous "X-frame" puzzle. If you were to draw diagonal lines from delt to calf, you would create the much sought after "X" physique.
With developed delts and traps, a conditioned midsection, and well-built calves, this dream can become reality. Toney Freeman is the go-to bodybuilder when is comes to X frames - and Toney is no slouch in the shoulders department.
The entire shoulder area is also essential in many, if not most bodybuilding poses. Viewed from any angle the front, middle, and rear delts must be equally developed in order to create the "complete look" along with nicely built traps.
Many trainers possess weak points such as underdeveloped posterior delts, overdeveloped anterior delts, and the lack of separation among all three heads. Do not fear; this article will provide you with the know-how to build some great boulder shoulders!
With a muscle group as complex as the deltoid region it can get a bit confusing as to which deltoid head does what. With so many angles to choose from let's take a look at how they work.
Anterior Deltoid: Originating from the collar bone and attaching to the humerus, the anterior (front) deltoid head raises the arm away to the front of the body. This deltoid head is heavily utilized in many pressing movements.
Lateral Deltoid: Also originating from the collar bone and inserting into the humerus, the lateral (middle) deltoid head abducts the arm out to the side and away from the body. This head gives the upper body its wide look when developed properly.
Posterior Deltoid: Originating on the scapula and inserting on the humerus, the posterior (rear) deltoid head moves the arm away and back from the body. The posterior head is strongly utilized in back movements such as pulls and rows.
Trapezius: The trapezius muscle is quite different in its anatomy. This seemingly simple muscle group has multiple functions.
This is a long, trapezoid-shaped muscle that runs along the upper section of the spinal cord, originating at the base of the skull and attaching in the middle of the lower back. The traps function includes scapular elevation (shrugging up), scapular adduction (bringing the shoulder blades together) and scapular depression (pulling the shoulder blades down).
Now that you know a little about anatomy and function, let's delve into what makes outstanding shoulders. The movements and routines presented are designed to get the most out of each trip to the gym. Remember to always use good form and not to use too much weight to compromise your safety.
Mainly working the anterior and lateral heads the military press can't be beat. Take a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and start with the bar just under chin level and press up without locking your elbows. Return to the start position. This should be one fluid motion without a long pause at the top of the movement.
For dumbbell presses start with the dumbbells on either side of your head with your elbows flared to the sides. Make sure not to start the movement too high; start the dumbbells almost touching your shoulders. Press overhead simultaneously bringing the weights closer together at the top just short of locking your joints.
DO NOT clang the weights at the top of the movement - this will cause a shock to the shoulder joints. Return to the start and repeat.
Quick hit: A great alternative, and one in which requires less stability on your part, is the Smith machine press. This machine allows for a greater amount of weight to be used due to the reduction of ancillary muscles required. Also, it allows for ease of racking and un-racking the weight.
To target the lateral head of the deltoid complex side laterals do the trick. When performing dumbbell side lateral raises (seated or standing) start with the dumbbells slightly in front of your thighs with a slight bend in your elbows.
Here's the tricky part: you will not perform these as every other trainer has taught in the past (the ole "pour the pitcher of water" technique). You will bring the dumbbells out with the pinky in the up position the entire time.
This is a Charles Glass style lateral raise. The thumb will be pointing down the entire time with no twisting. This isolates the lateral deltoid head to an extreme extent so use light enough weight to perform it properly. Return the weight the same way and repeat.
For cable side laterals stand next to the cable apparatus and grip a "D" handle with your distant hand (the one away from the cable machine). Start with the handle in front of you so your arm crosses your body with a slight bend at the elbow and raise the weight up and out until you are parallel to the floor. Pause and squeeze at the top and lower the weight slowly in the same manner. Performing for each side counts as one set.
Quick hit: A good change of pace would be to perform leaning 1-arm laterals. Grip a dumbbell in one hand and grab a fixed upright in another. With your feet against the upright lean out to your side until your non-working arm is straight. Now the dumbbell is hanging at an angle from your body. Raise the dumbbell as you would the 2-arm version until your arm is parallel to the floor.
You will notice that you actually are a little higher than shoulder level as with normal laterals. This will activate more deltoid fibers and isolate one side at a time enabling you to use slightly more weight.
For the posterior heads bent dumbbell lateral raises can be performed standing or seated. Be sure when performing these to bend over at the hips parallel to the floor as you would a Romanian deadlift and not the waist.
Grip two dumbbells of moderate weight and begin the movement with a slight bend at the elbow and raise the weight up and out to the sides. Come parallel to the floor and return to the starting position without clanging the weight together. Try not to raise the weight up and back too much; this will transfer the load to the back muscles.
Quick hit: For a slight change and massive pump in the posterior delts try cable rear laterals. Stand in a cable crossover station and grip the cables (which should be set at shoulder level) with the opposite hands - grip the right cable with your left hand and the left cable with your right hand.
This position should have your arms crossed in front of you. Take one step back so your arms and the cables can clear your body. Uncross your arms with a slight bend at the elbow and pull the weight back as in the bent over version. Squeeze your deltoids and slowly return the weight.
To ultimately get that overall roundness to the deltoids, especially the lateral heads, wide-grip upright rows are the perfect choice.
Grasp a barbell with an overhand grip a few inches outside of shoulder width in front of your thighs. Pull the weight up along your upper body with elbows out until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Squeeze the delts at the top and return to the start.
With cable upright rows simply attach a long bar to a low cable pulley and perform the same hand placement and movement as above. Utilizing the cables will give the muscle constant tension especially the squeeze at the top for a maximum contraction.
Quick hit: For those who have shoulder problems or find upright rows a bit uncomfortable and still want to reap the benefits of this movement, try some dumbbell upright rows. Hold the dumbbells in front of your thighs and pull the weight up as with barbell upright rows. The difference will be the freedom of arm movement which will alleviate some stress from the shoulder area.
Used often as a great finishing movement for the anterior and lateral deltoid heads are front raises. Hold a barbell with an overhand grip about shoulder width in front of your thighs.
With a slight bend at the elbows raise the bar in front of you at the shoulder joint only until it is approximately eye level. Return the bar slowly to the start position.
For dumbbell front raises hold two dumbbells by your side with thumbs forward as if you were about to curl. Raise the weights out in front of you at the shoulder joint only without twisting. Once you have reached eye level return to start.
Quick hit: If your gym is busy and the weights are at times hard to get to or are being used another way to do front raises is with a weight plate. Plate raises are a convenient alternate to the barbell or dumbbells.
Grasp a weight that you can comfortably handle for your allotted reps as if you were holding a steering wheel. Make sure your grip is slightly on the underside of the plate so you can somewhat cradle it when you raise it. Raise and lower the plate as with dumbbell front raises.
The granddaddy of trapezius movements is the barbell shrug. Grasp a barbell at shoulder width with an overhand grip against your thighs. Shrug up with your entire shoulder girdle reaching up to your ears and squeeze and slowly lower the weight back down.
Important note: DO NOT rotate the shoulder during this movement. It is simply an up and down movement. Do not circle the shoulders forward or back; this can cause injury.
Some trainers find dumbbell shrugs to be more comfortable and functional. Whereas a barbell is in front of you and can sometimes tip you forward, dumbbells are lifted from your sides and help with balance. Grasp a pair of dumbbells by your side as if you were going to curl and shrug them straight up and squeeze. Return the weight back to start and repeat.
Quick hit: If your flexibility calls for it, a variation of the barbell shrug could prove to be beneficial. The behind-the-back shrug is a great alternative to the traditional movements.
Stand grasping the bar with an overhand grip behind your hamstrings and glutes. Shrug the weight up as in a barbell shrug and squeeze. Your range of motion may be a bit limited, so be careful and maintain strict form.
Brad Borland has a Master's degree in kinesiology, and is a strength and conditioning specialist, university lecturer, military veteran, and cancer survivor.


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This spring the Flinn Gallery presents Spaces of Uncertainty, featuring the works of painter Valeri Larko and photographer Linda Kuehne. Immersing themselves, and by extension the viewer, in landscapes of derelict graffiti-covered buildings, shuttered storefronts, and desolate terrains vagues, the artists' meticulously crafted images expose the unexpected pathos and poetic beauty of these marginal areas. In our highly programmed built environments, where every space must fulfill a designated purpose, these obsolete structures and vacant lots are mostly overlooked or ignored as they await redevelopment.
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We’re counting down to our annual FBS Summit, assembling a fantastic agenda that helps to educate, engage, and foster meaningful dialogue with our client-partners. Today is the first of a few blogs I’ll share with some information about what’s to come in July.
If you haven’t already registered or checked out the site, the 2018 Summit theme is Together We Lead The Way, unique in that it is both aspirational and inspirational.
At the Summit, FBS and MLS leadership will share current, real, live-initiatives born from shared vision, common goals, and true collaboration. Attendees will hear about and see what’s happening right now, understanding how by working together, we have tremendous power to deliver future-focused solutions for our industry and consumers.
Kicking off some announcements of speakers and agenda topics today, I’m proud to share that we’ll have ARMLS CEO, Matt Consalvo and Metro MLS CEO, Chris Carrillo in attendance. Matt and Chris are longstanding, valued FBS client-partners who beautifully demonstrate collaborative spirit and industry leadership. Their recently announced joint venture, as described on their marketing site OurMLSDNA.com, perfectly exemplifies the Summit theme of leading the way together. Through collaboration, they discovered that they share both business and cultural “DNA”. Through an innovative joint venture, they plan to maximize the value of that shared DNA to benefit each other, brokers, agents, and consumers alike.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Matt and Chris and as you would expect, it was a super-lively, fun, and informative call. They may or may not have used a Milli Vanilli analogy – you decide.
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). Cash Money's head honcho teamed up with Rick Ross for a joint mixtape, The H: The Lost Album Vol. 1.
"This a project me and Stunna did in two or three days," Ross said in a video announcing the DJ Khaled hosted project.
"We did 40 songs in less than 10 days," Birdman added. The music was recorded back in 2008 and will feature "11 fresh ones."
"[We'd] go to the studio, bang out five, six, seven records, go shoot us some s--t, jump in the Rolls Royce and swerve," Ross reminisced. "We did so much music, and we've just been sitting on it. Stunna just hit me like, 'Man lets go feed the streets with that.'"
Linking with Ross is one of two releases the New Orleans native has in the works. Earlier in the month, he confirmed that a new Big Tymers album (minus Fresh, but plus Lil Wanye and Drake) is in the works.
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Mitsubishi Motors UK has unveiled a new and more powerful version of the Lancer Evolution IX supercar. A development of the FQ-340, the new FQ-360 features a 366bhp version of Mitsubishi's 2.0-litre turbo engine.
reaffirms the Evo's reputation as the everyday supercar, offering pace and practicality at an affordable price'.
The FQ-360 has been developed by engineers from Mitsubishi UK's motor sport and performance division, Ralliart, which was also responsible for the limited edition FQ-400. Launched in 2004, the FQ-400 was the fastest-ever production Mitsubishi and the new FQ-360 shares some of its key components.
Mitsubishi's engineers sought to improve the performance of the 1997cc 4-cylinder 4G63 twin-scroll turbo engine with the introduction of a high pressure fuel pump and a high-flow catalytic converter, both of which were employed in the FQ-400. The Engine Control Unit (ECU) has been fully reprogrammed to create a car that delivers 366bhp at 6887rpm and 492 Nm of torque at a lowly 3200rpm.
The torque output is the key to this car's character. The peak output is over 10 Nm more than the FQ-400 produced and is delivered 2200rpm lower down the rev range. "We've worked hard to optimise the FQ-360's driveability," says Paul Brigden, general manager, Ralliart. "We wanted to deliver the best possible driving experience, rather than concentrating on a headline-grabbing power output."
The FQ-360 will sprint from zero to 60 mph in an estimated 4.1sec, en-route to 160mph.
Subtle exterior enhancements differentiate the FQ-360 from the rest of the Lancer Evolution range and improve its aerodynamic efficiency at high speed. One of the most obvious changes is the introduction of a carbon fibre front lip spoiler, which is attached to the front apron and provides additional downforce. At the rear, a carbon fibre 'sharks tooth' rear vortex generator helps to reduce aerodynamic lift.
Keen 'Evo spotters' will also note the introduction of a bespoke set of alloy wheels. Developed by Speedline, they mimic the five-spoke design of Mitsubishi's tarmac-spec rally car and are not available as an aftermarket option. The new alloys are shod with Yokohama 17-inch tyres, which are shared with the rest of the Lancer Evolution range.
Available to order now, priced at £35,504 and making its debut at the British Motor Show, first deliveries of the FQ-360 are expected in September.


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To achieve disease-inducible expression of recombinant anti-inflammatory proteins in order to allow autoregulation of drug dose by natural homeostatic mechanisms.
We compared a disease-inducible, two component expression system (C3-Tat/HIV) with the constitutive cytomegalovirus (i.e. CMV) promoter in the polyarticular collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model. DBA/I mice were immunized with bovine type II collagen and boostered on day 22. On day 22, mice without any clinical signs of arthritis were selected and 10e7 PFU of the adenoviral vectors (Ad5.CMV-Luc, Ad5.CMV-IL-1Ra, or Ad5.C3-Tat/HIV-IL-1Ra) that contained either luciferase (Luc) or the human IL-1Ra gene under control of one of the two promoters were used to transfect the synovial lining of both knees. The injected knee joints and ipsilateral paws were then scored for signs of arthritis and at the end histology was taken.
Inducible promoter-driven IL-1Ra expression resulted in significantly improved inhibition of CIA than did CMV-driven IL-1Ra production. Moreover, overexpression of IL-1Ra in the knee joints also prevented CIA in the ipsilateral paws.
Our data demonstrate the feasibility of an inducible expression system for producing a transgene for treatment of arthritis; and show that this system is more effective than strong, constitutive transgene expression for preventing collagen-induced arthritis in mice.
This study was financially supported by the Dutch Arthritis Association (941) and the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (902-27-218).

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FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (headquartered in Nishinomiya, Japan, President : Mr. Yukio Furuno) will be exhibiting at the 99th American Meteorological Society annual meeting from January 6th to 10th in Phoenix, Arizona (USA) and will be introducing 2 Weather Radars including a new Radar model.
The AMS annual meeting is an international event held annually in the United States promoting the latest technologies and progress in the field of meteorology, water and climate. Thousands of people attend the show each year, including meteorologists, engineers and researchers to debate and advance new technologies and solutions.
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>> As scandal flares up back home, President Trump is in France to warm up relations with French President Emmanuel Macron, and try to change the subject. But Trump's problems followed him across the Atlantic, as he was asked to explain why his son met with a Russian lawyer under the assumption she had damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
>> Were you misled by your team in not knowing about this meeting?>> As far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man.>> The president downplaying his son's rendezvous, which was framed in an email to Donald Trump Jr. as part of Russia's support for Mr Trump, to which Don Jr. replied I love it.
>> Most people would have taken that meeting. It's called opposition research or even research into your opponent.>> Whether that's true is a question likely taken up by investigators at the Justice Department and Senate Judiciary Committee who now wants Donald Trump Jr to testify under oath before Congress possibly as early as next week.
The President told Reuters, Wednesday, he only found out about his son's meeting just days ago. Still the investigators are likely to probe the timeline of Donald Jr.'s Russian connection and what followed. Just three hours after Trump Jr. confirmed the meeting in an email on June 7th, Trump took the stage in New York promising dirt on Hillary.
>> I am going to give a major speech on probably Monday of next week, and we're gonna be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the Clinton's. I think you're gonna find it very informative and very, very interesting.>> But after his son's meeting on June 9th, which was apparently a dud, Trumps promised bombshell speech on Clinton was cancelled.
Amid all of these questions of coincidence or coordination a chance to change the scenery the trip designed to improve relations between the two countries after Iraqi start with very public disagreements over the past climate accord. The US President who pulled America out of the accord last month, on Thursday coarsely suggested that could change.
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Black Sabbath fans can breath a collective sigh of relief. The band is back with their original lineup (minus Bill Ward) and new album 13, and they are making it count.
The only real break from the heavy churning come by way of “Zeitgeist” which almost feels like “Planet Caravan” part two. Black Sabbath pulls no punches with 13. This album hold it’s own next to their first eight records.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccine for anyone 6 months of age and older as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Because children younger than 6 months are too young to be vaccinated, the people who care for them should be vaccinated instead. The flu shot given during pregnancy has been shown to protect both the mother and her baby (up to 6 months old) from flu.
Because young children’s immune systems are not as well developed as an adult’s, they are particularly vulnerable to bacterial and viral infections. Flu vaccines are recommended every year because the type of flu virus in circulation changes every year. Other vaccines provide long-term, perhaps even lifetime protection against a variety of illnesses.
Thanks to vaccines, a number of diseases are becoming very rare in the United States. In December 2014, however, a large outbreak of measles started in California when at least 40 people who visited or worked at Disneyland in Orange County contracted measles. The outbreak also spread to at least half a dozen other states.
“Since that outbreak of measles last year, I have seen parents become more willing to vaccinate their children, which is a positive change,” Dr. Peela observes.
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Pertussis (“whooping cough”) – Violent coughing spells can go for weeks, causing difficulty with eating, drinking or breathing and leading to major complications such as pneumonia, convulsions and encephalopathy (a brain disorder).
Polio – Polio attacks the nervous system. Symptoms can range from flu-like symptoms to total paralysis. Before the polio vaccine became available in 1955, polio killed tens of thousands and left many more paralyzed. The U.S. has not had a reported case of polio since 1979, but Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria still have frequent outbreaks. The greatest risk factor for polio is not being vaccinated.
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B – Both of these viruses cause liver disease, which may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) or liver cancer.
Rubella (German Measles) – Generally a mild disease that causes a fever, swollen glands in the back of the neck and a rash on the face and neck, rubella presents the greatest risk to unborn babies. If a woman gets rubella early in pregnancy, there is an 80 percent chance the baby will be born deaf or blind, with a damaged heart or brain.


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Adorn your bedroom with this leaping dolphin bedding set. You can experience the grace and beauty of this adorable creature. Adorable dolphins dancing on the crystal blue ocean print give our 3D cotton bedding set an elegant design. It is perfect for creating an underwater feel in your home. Getting close contact with nature, fully enjoy the charm of nature with this 3D bedding set. The set will make your room look more presentable and beautiful.
Love it! Looks so nice and the quality is great! Exactly what I wanted. It's a fantastic set for the price and really spruced up my bedroom.The color is pretty, it does keep me warm.
It is much softer and comfortable than I expected. Very nice fabric and print, it's super soft and comfortable. Besides,fast delivery and the service is quiet good.
Very pleased with this comforter set. It is lovely and warm without feeling too bulky or heavy.The feel of the fabric is soft and like microfiber. Would buy it again.
I really like this set. 3D looks real. It’s really as same as the picture. Besides, the quality of this set is nice, the color is bright. I am beyond satisfied and highly recommended this set.
Does this flat sheet have the pattern on it or is it solid color?

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Our founder Ray Corona is awarding an annual scholarship of $1,000 to a Latinx or LGBTQ senior graduating from Mariner High School.
Donate today to invest in the future leaders of our community!
Nuestro fundador Ray Corona a donado una beca anual de $1,000 a un estudiante Latinx/Latina/Latino o LGBT que se gradúe de la preparatoria Mariner High School en Everett, WA.
Apoya esta causa e invierte en el futuro de nuestra comunidad.
When making your donation, write in “Mariner” as the designation.
Escribe la palabra “Mariner” para designar tu donación a esta beca.
Prepare written responses for the following questions.
What are your post secondary plans? How will your career have an impact on the greater community?
How do you feel your Latinx/Latino/Latina, LGBTQ or both experiences have shape you to become the person you are today?
Check your email or phone. We will notify the winner by June 10th, 2019.

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-Leaguers, I often remind you to take my opinion of your favorite programs with a grain of salt. I am but a deeply opinionated and intellectually bankrupt blogger trying to find television programming which appeals to my own particular brand of amusement. Keep in mind, I still giggle and clap when someone turns the key for me on one of those wind-up cymbal monkeys.
With that warning, I've been watching a lot of Sci-Fi Channel's original series "Ghost Hunters".
It's October, our spookiest month, and I feel I can ponder the supernatural a bit. "Ghost Hunters" is all about attempting to debunk ghostly evidence while simultaneously creeping you out. Honestly, The League is not one to believe much in ghosts, flying saucers, the Loch Ness Monster or most traffic laws. I confess that I do believe in El Chupacabra. Too much damn evidence.
If you have basic cable and a free Saturday afternoon, you really can't miss all the programs which bring us re-enactments of mysterious visitations, hauntings and horror. You may have seen one of the programs such as "Most Haunted", "Secrets of Area 51", "World's Scariest Places" or "Bigfootville". Basic cable has a made a mint out of promising to present compelling evidence of the mysteries of our childhood, but the programs never really deliver. After all, it seems unlikely at best that if someone WERE to capture video footage of The Yeti of Norman, Oklahoma, the first place you might stumble across it would be on a Saturday afternoon rerun of a two-year-old one hour basic cable show.
But, what the heck... I like "Ghost Hunters." Mostly, I like the fact that two blue collar dudes have parlayed their otherwise cynical nature and problem solving skills into a successful Ghost Hunting business (whose services may be, I think, available pro bono). Each weekend these gentlemen jump in the car with some friends and go videotape old, creepy houses. But I DO think they try to be skeptical, and I do believe them when they see something they can't explain (I've seen things I can't explain, such as Jamie's ability to put away a 1 lb. bag of Skittles).
As you may know, The League is currently jobless, and we think Ghost Hunting may be the next exciting career opportunity we should explore. Jamie has already declined to join me in my investigations, stating, "You know, I don't believe in ghosts, but there's no way in hell I'm sitting in a dark house all night waiting to see if something jumps out at me." So, looks like I'd be flying solo if I were to pursue this to its logical conclusion. That's where Mel comes in. Mel with a flashlight strapped to his head.
-Today I assembled my new front porch decoration. I have named it: Jim Deadman.
Jim Deadman is my latest version of The Great Pumpkin. I took one of the artificial Jack O' Lanterns from Target, drilled a hole in the head, put an eyelet in the porch roof and attached string. I attached two "skeleton hand" gloves to a beige bed sheet and then suspended those from some eyelets. All of this creates a nice "ghostly" motion for Jim Deadman and allows Jim to sway in the breeze. Unfortunately, I was trying to be careful and removed the bulb from Jim's artificial head, and in the process of replacing the bulb, I dropped it. So. I need to go buy Jim's head a new bulb.
Home-made decoration construction tip #1: Zip ties. Everything can be solved with zip ties.
-I decided to go out and hang Jim Deadman today as the weather finally broke. It's cool outside. It feels like Fall. I am inclined to put on jeans tomorrow. And maybe take a shower if Jamie is lucky. I have not lived somewhere that has Fall in a few years. I plan to enjoy it.
It was so nice out, in fact, that Jamie and I sat on our upstairs patio and ate dinner. I tell you, Leaguers, you cannot go wrong with an upstairs patio. Add an upstairs patio to your home today.
-I spoke with an old pal from years gone by. Some of you WW Warriors may remember Shauna C. from the checkout line at K-Mart circa 1991. I remember Shauna as a mean dancer and the person who pointed out that a McDonald's cone is less than a dollar (circa 1994). Anyhoo, Shauna has landed on her feet in sunny LA and is doing quite well for herself as a bit of a writer.
You know, normally The League loathes hearing success stories about people with whom he once shared a cafeteria. After all, The League is currently unemployed and hasn't bothered to shave in a week (we've decided that The League's outward appearance must match the grimness of his career prospects). So it's nice to hear a success story about someone to whom you don't want to immediately respond "That @$$hole? His own plane?"
Those sorts of conversations inevitably end with the League standing on a cliff overlooking the pounding surf, staring into an empty bottle of wood grain alcohol while contemplating the injustices of being born into this meaningless existence.
Then you hear one of the good ones did well for themself and it's punch and pie all over again. Good for Shauna C. Hopefully she'll be willing to spend her hard-earned monies funding my ghost investigations.
-This evening I cracked open my first Halloween movie, finally attached the DVD player to the TV and enjoyed. In a fit of Elvira love, spawned by my post from earlier this week, I watched my recently purchased copy of "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark". It was nostalgia and my memory of Elvira's final dance number that got me through the movie. In some ways, the movie was a lot funnier now than when I was 13 and watching it for the first time, but in many ways... well, if you want to borrow it, you know who you can call.
-Also, I watched an Elvira hosted original version of "Little Shop of Horrors". I've been a fan of the film musical starring Ellen Greene, Rick Moranis and Steve Martin since the mid-80's (Ellen Greene as Audrey probably deserves her very own DITMTLOD). However, this was the black and white original, which I'd never seen.
Film legend has it that the entire movie was filmed in two days for a few thousand dollars, but is probably just as famous for including a very young Jack Nicholson in one of his first roles (he plays the masochist part you may recal Bill Murray took on in the musical). It's worth noting that the movie is actually pretty funny in parts, and certainly never seems concerned with being taken seriously. I'm not sure if the characters were each given business and a base personality by Roger Corman (the film's director and producer), or what happened, but in a lot of ways, the film almost reads like the actors were entertaining themselves as much as trying to get the film made.
Occasionally, Elvira pops up in the movie (it's a menu selection before you start the movie), and while her comments are welcome, the technology isn't as seamless as it should be to make this work.
-You may note a lack of Halloween Contest this year. Sorry about that. I'm a little pre-occupied. Maybe next year.
-Hope all Leaguers are doing well.


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New Release concerts can be rather strange affairs. Preaching to the converted, audiences made up not just of fans and friends, but also family. Listeners from 9 to 90 and all points in between. Alex Krienke, as lead singer with the family friendly Sunny Skies and the Metal friendly Killerz has naturally picked up a wide-ranging fan base. Thankfully though the music at Bonn Harmonie by his band AJK was as eclectic as the audience.
Ladies first though and Alex had found an excellent support act in the shapely shape of Cologne’s Nadine Kraemer who together with keyboard man Kolja Pfeiffer made up Johna and provided a very laid back start to the evening. Nadine has toured Canada and the USA and supported the likes of Barclay James Harvest and Jennifer Rush. Her songs, all in English, sound as good as any I’ve heard from similar songstresses on the Island itself. You couldn’t get much simpler than just a voice, a guitar and an electric piano, and in fact when the piano joined in, her compositions actually sounded sparser than when it was just Nadine and her acoustic.
There is a lot of competition where female singer/songwriters are concerned and a lot of them following in the footsteps of Nadine’s heroines like Heather Nova and Jewel. Nadine does have a voice that commands silence when she sings though, not to mention obedience when she asks us to sing the ‘Do,do, do’s’ on ‘Giving Up’. In short, if you see the name ‘Johna’ on on a concert poster anytime you’re in for a whale of a time (couldn’t resist that pun, sorry!).
The stage is bare again and Nadine’s velvety vocals have left a mellow atmosphere in the auditorium. The lights dim and there’s a slight swish of the backstage curtain. In the courtyard backstage I catch a glimpse of Alex Krienke caught in the cold air between warm dressing room and warm concert hall. He makes for a rather lonely figure in the cold blue light.
Krienke isn’t lonely for long though. One step onto the stage and there is thunderous applause. Aside from a small warm up gig this is AJK’s first time before a live audience, and they start a bit hesitantly with ‘Crossroads’ from the disc that is being presented here tonight. Being their first release you would be forgiven for thinking this would be a 45 minute set and goodnight – you would however be very wrong indeed. When I grab the set-list for a photo later I count 23 songs.
There is in fact a lot of new material on offer that is even newer than the new disc, if you follow. Indeed I was pleased to hear from Alex later that there is already a lot of material ready for the next disc already – at this rate I’m wondering if the next release could be a double album.
The set started, to my ears anyway, rather like the CD. Good but somehow hesitant. This had the positive effect during the evening though of allowing me to actually hear a band grow together over the course of a single concert. Certainly, by the halfway mark, the tracks from ‘What’s good for you’ were sounding fresher and punchier than evidenced on the new CD as I’d hoped/guessed they would in my Interview. I’d like to have heard ‘Holiday in Cambodia’ later in the set when things were more settled rather than so early on as it’s a favourite of mine from the CD, but overall no complaints in a fine evening of music. Finely crafted songs too. What wife or girlfriend couldn’t resist having a song written and dedicated to them with a line like “You’re unique in an ordinary world”. Yes, ‘Unique’ has Freddie Mercury written all over it but I think if Freddie had sung it you would have sworn he had written it as well.
The title track ‘Whats Good For You’ bops along in fine Sergeant Pepper style even without the horn section. ‘Hold On’ swung nicely too but I would have loved for it to carry a bit more of the vintage Max Raabe style swagger – here a horn section certainly would have been welcome. Maybe next time and with a bigger budget?
All in all then a rockier sound than on the disc. Anyone hoping for/expecting some metal went home disappointed though, as Krienke countered for such a request with a smile and a wink- “Wir spielen kein Rock – zu Primitiv!” It certainly wasn’t for the lack of Metal experience, guitarist Andreas Ballnus plays in the Band of ex-Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno. Tonight though he was playing much more in the mode of Brian May and I can well understand Alex when he said in our interview that he loves the sound Ballnus brings to the band – he manages to give the Jazz, Blues and Swing a slight Rock edge yet still keeps it melodic. A fine balancing act. Perfect for the bands sound in fact and he seemingly even brought along his own fan club judging by the calls from the audience. When it came to the simpler numbers like ‘The Day I stopped Loving You’ and ‘Think of You’ Krienke showed his skills as a pianist and had me wondering why he never sat down at a Sunny Skies show. Now, with AJK, I found myself wishing he would stand up and leave the piano for a while. Maybe alternative song arrangements could be found for a couple of numbers that allowed this.
The last third of the show really showed how much promise there is in this band though. Lots of smiles and enjoyment of the music onstage as much as off. I love their take on ‘Revolution Calling’ and the jazzy re-working of UFO’s classic ‘Doctor, Doctor’ is an indication of the imaginative and intelligent music that these guys can bring to future releases.
AJK have the imagination and musicianship to be up there with the best that Bonn/Cologne has to offer musically. It’s early days yet but when they get their refreshing style and sound played in they will be a must see. Certainly Alex Krienke’s friendly and unassuming stage presence is strong, the Band is a very capable one, and the music is intelligent and enjoyable. There are live shows penciled in already for next year and on the evidence of this release party AJK will be grabbing attention from local music fans, not to mention the music industry, very soon.
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Underdog features interviews with successful entrepreneurs and executives worldwide.
1) Finding something you have passion for so you can use that energy to make a real difference and generate a solid income for you and your family, 2) being in a position that allows you to maximize personal growth and to use that role to help elevate and enable success in others, 3) building a personal brand (reputation) that stands for high performance, and 4) being an outstanding person.
1) The five people you spend the most time with will disproportionately impact who you become. Always be mindful of who you surround yourself with as these people will shape you and ideally enable you to be even better.
2) I feel strongly that you have to embrace the idea of putting yourself in situations where you have vulnerability and risk in order to truly grow. The fearless person is well-aware of that reality and it becomes a compass, not an obstacle. If you accept that life is a journey, you should assume it will often be hard. This is how you build grit and resiliency into your life management skill-set, which you will need over time as your scope of personal and professional responsibilities expands. If you dedicate yourself to the process of pushing your boundaries consistently, you will evolve as a person and generally have a more fulfilled life.
3) You have the power to choose to be happy. Making that deliberate decision each day will change what happens. Yes, you get to decide the weather at your life picnic most of the time, and thus happiness is almost always about creating options, rather than a byproduct of what actually occurs.
As you go through life, your concept of success changes a lot. Depending on your influences, you often start with a narrower notion of what is possible. In my case, I honestly never really thought about it; I just assumed that if I plowed ahead and was purposeful, I would become the best version of myself professionally and personally, as a manager, husband, father, and citizen. I remain a work-in-process.


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We have represented numerous financial institutions over the years. All of our shareholders were practicing with a prominent local real estate and banking law firm during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. These were terrible years for the banking and real estate industries in Texas, but our clients’ needs for legal help gave us all substantial experience that many lawyers may never be able to obtain. We hope those days never return, but we take pride in the work that we did to help our clients through those difficult times.
Since then, the banking industry has changed dramatically. There are fewer lenders, and more mega-lenders. Lenders are tolerating less lending risk, and making fewer loans. Still, certain things remain true. Lenders still get sued, sometimes just for being involved in a deal and being a convenient target, i.e. a “deep pocket.” In some cases, the prudent action is to settle for the cost of defense and be done, but in other cases it may be more in the lender’s long-term interest to stand its ground. By doing this, the lender may discourage others from bringing the lender into a suit just out of the hope for an early payday. Deciding which course of action is more prudent should be made with the advice of experienced counsel.
Borrowers still default on loans, despite the most careful underwriting and due diligence. We have substantial experience in bringing suit to enforce notes and documents that secure payment of notes. We fully understand and appreciate that the usual goal in this type of action is to collect, not to make a point. We will periodically evaluate each suit and help you determine whether it is cost-effective to continue with the suit.
We have even represented banks against other banks. These types of cases often involve a dispute over which bank’s lien has priority in certain collateral, although a recent case put two lenders at odds over which was responsible for a series of hot checks written by a commercial customer. Our experience and careful research can put you in the best position to protect your institution’s rights.
We often represent borrowers, as well. In these instances, we try to make sure that the lender is following the terms of the loan documents and applicable law. Some of our recent cases have involved mortgage lending, an area in which lender/servicer mistakes are common. Let us evaluate your case objectively to determine whether you have a valid defense against a lender’s action or a possible claim back against the lender.


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A new study indicates HMO enrollment in New England has declined over the past year. HealthLeaders-Interstudy (here’s hoping the new company gets a new name shortly)’s just-released New England Health Plan Analysis indicates that all states save New Hampshire experienced a drop in HMO participation.
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office have the Medicare Drug Program’s costs over the next ten years at $849 billion. This is a rather substantial increase over the initial projections of some $400 billion, which were for the ten years ending 2014. Nonetheless, this does represent an increase of over $100 billion from the last CBO estimate, published less than a month ago.
“CBO’s projection does not include anticipated savings, which could make the actual cost lower than the Bush administration’s cost estimate of $724 billion over 10 years (Fram, AP/Detroit News, 3/5).
There have been some rumors about possibility flexibility on the part of the Administration on the program, but any “flexibility’ in terms of cutting benefits and therefore costs may well be offset by the financial support CMS may have to provide to private insurers willing to participate in the Medicare Drug card program.
These private insurers are justifiably worried about the possibility of adverse selection. The program is voluntary, so logically, only those recipients that would actually gain financially from the program would sign up. This isn’t insurance, it is a guaranteed money loser.
That being the case, one wonders how and why private companies would sign up to lose money. My sense is they are being offered stop-loss assurances from CMS; or if not explicit protection, some other form of risk avoidance.
–party “most responsible for prescription drug costs” – respondents overwhelmingly voted for the treating physician, a significant change over last year.
The full survey will be available this month.


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At East Woods we are proud of our graduating students. To help our students make a successful transition to their next school we work carefully with families to determine which secondary school is the best match for each child. The Head of School, with support of the Head of Upper School, is directly involved in the secondary school application process. In the early fall, they meet with each student to help him or her identify a list of potential schools to investigate. Student profiles and recommendations are prepared, school forms are completed, and the children are aided in their writing and interviewing skills.
Confident and kind, motivated and compassionate, East Woods graduates become leaders. These leaders will have a competitive edge for the future. Rooted in a tradition of academic excellence, East Woods School promotes and supports a well-rounded education. Through strong academics, and a rigorous course of study, children are taught how to think not what to think. They possess self-confidence, an insatiable curiosity about the world around them, and a strong interest in constantly growing and learning. East Woods provides students with the advantages they need to succeed in high school, college and beyond.


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Replacing the old department on Castle Street, the new A&E has been completely re-equipped and incorporates major treatment rooms for patients with major injuries; a separate minor injuries unit; a resuscitation unit with six bays; two X-ray facilities; a patient cleaning room for treating patients at risk of chemical contamination; and superior staff facilities.
This 14-bedded unit has been equipped with the latest technology, including pendant systems which supply oxygen and monitoring equipment over each patient’s bed leaving easy access for medical and nursing staff to the patient.
The control point for the whole ward is the central desk which monitors each of the patients in each of the rooms. Some of the rooms have en-suite toilets and showers.
This 40-bed ward is located on the first floor and has excellent links to the A&E department and the main radiology unit.
The ward admits medical emergency patients from the A&E department for assessment, treatment and subsequent transfer to specialist wards.
Again, this is a spacious, well-designed ward with a combination of single, four and six-bed rooms - a far cry from the current Victorian wards in the old Infirmary buildings.
This unit houses 80 beds, including up to eight for patients with head injuries.
There are eight general orthopaedic consultants at GRI, supported by almost 100 nursing staff, three ward clerks, nine physiotherapists and occupational therapists, and seven domestic staff.
This unit houses six dedicated theatres, 80 beds for plastic surgery and 15 beds for patients with burns and outpatient facilities.
The unit now accommodates patients from Canniesburn Hospital and the old part of GRI – services were transferred in April 2003.


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It began shortly after ten p.m. last night.
A Los Angeles Police Department helicopter started circling above my neighborhood. It happens from time to time, and usually it doesn’t go on for too long.
By 3:15 a.m., however, the constant noise and erratic spotlight shining down from above as the chopper made its endless loops became a bit tiresome even for someone as famously calm, good-natured and even-tempered as myself.
There has to be a reason for this, I figured. They’re after someone.
But after five straight hours of window-rattling, house-shaking whup-whup-whup-whup and unnatural shafts of light shooting through trees and onto rooftops, cars and driveways, my patience had worn thin. I picked up the phone and called the LAPD’s Topanga Station to hopefully find out what the hell was going on.
The officer who answered was, to his credit, friendly and apologetic as he explained.
A man with a gun?! I wondered, confused.
Given the supposed gang presence just east and northeast of me, I was both surprised that ‘a man with a gun’ was such an unusual occurrence that it warrants five hours of searching by air and a little unsure whether this was a good or a bad thing.
But it turns out, the officer added, it was just two juveniles with BB guns, and the whole operation should be wrapping up now, and sorry it woke you up.
No, I just thanked him for the information and said good night, relieved that the end was nigh.
…And then the circling and noise and lights continued for another half-hour.
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Feet crunching leaves on the cracked driveway, a small woman with slurring lips lays the death of her kid in a trash bag from the convenience store that she walks to barefoot Saturday afternoons after the word of God. Lovers with a dead goat in their hands watch her from across the bend and she gives them a glance. Tomorrow, she will bring fodder to the farmhouse crypt wearing bare hearts and a dinosaur cap from Universal as a child.
splintered shovel. Crust crunches with every critter’s eye blink at each ring of the church bell down Horseshoe Bend Road.
Clucking, malady, chars her heavy ears and a wasted throat. If a god exists now, never where the goats would graze with their infirmity, conking like a wasp and bluebird disappearing at eventide.
Grit in the children’s eyes for their dead brother stood her up with blood on each leg.


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Thats all. Game finished - Hertha Berlin 2, 1. FC Köln 1.
Second Half ended - Hertha Berlin 2, 1. FC Köln 1.
Julian Schieber - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
Jorge Meré - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in defence.
Marcel Risse - 1. FC Köln - receive yellow card.
Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - receive yellow card.
Mathew Leckie - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Julian Schieber.
Missed chance. Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Missed chance. Julian Schieber - Hertha Berlin - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Mathew Leckie with a cross.
Missed chance. Frederik Sörensen - 1. FC Köln - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Marcel Risse with a cross after corner.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Niklas Stark.
Missed chance. Simon Terodde - 1. FC Köln - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Jonas Hector with a cross.
Missed chance. Marcel Risse - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left.
Delay in match Niklas Stark - Hertha Berlin - - injury.
Niklas Stark - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
Yuya Osako - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in defence.
New attacking attempt. Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Ondrej Duda.
Shot blocked. Leonardo Bittencourt - 1. FC Köln - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Shot blocked. Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Marcel Risse with a cross.
Shot blocked. Marvin Plattenhardt - Hertha Berlin - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution - Hertha Berlin. Julian Schieber for Salomon Kalou.
Substitution - 1. FC Köln. Simon Terodde for Christian Clemens.
Vladimir Darida - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in attack.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Karim Rekik.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Marvin Plattenhardt.
Dominique Heintz - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in defence.
Missed chance. Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - shot with left foot from the centre of the box goes high after corner.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Per Skjelbred.
Shot blocked. Marcel Risse - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Leonardo Bittencourt.
Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in attack.
Karim Rekik - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
Shot blocked. Marcel Risse - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution - 1. FC Köln. Marcel Risse for Claudio Pizarro.
Substitution - Hertha Berlin. Ondrej Duda for Vedad Ibisevic.
Missed chance. Christian Clemens - 1. FC Köln - shot with left foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Claudio Pizarro.
New attacking attempt. Mathew Leckie - Hertha Berlin - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Valentino Lazaro with a cross.
Missed chance. Christian Clemens - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high from a free kick.
Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in attack.
Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Hertha Berlin 2, 1. FC Köln 1. Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Marvin Plattenhardt.
Jorge Meré - 1. FC Köln - receive yellow card for a foul.
Vladimir Darida - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
Goal! Hertha Berlin 1, 1. FC Köln 1. Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal.
Offside - 1. FC Köln. Frederik Sörensen with a pass, however Yuya Osako is in offside.
Missed chance. Mathew Leckie - Hertha Berlin - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Davie Selke.
Substitution - Hertha Berlin. Mathew Leckie for Mitchell Weiser.
Second Half starts Hertha Berlin 0, 1. FC Köln 1.
First Half ended - Hertha Berlin 0, 1. FC Köln 1.
Offside - 1. FC Köln. Christian Clemens with a pass, however Jhon Córdoba is in offside.
Corner - Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Jorge Meré.
Corner - 1. FC Köln. Conceded by Vladimir Darida.
Jhon Córdoba - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in defence.
Corner - Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Frederik Sörensen.
Missed chance. Vladimir Darida - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Salomon Kalou.
Christian Clemens - 1. FC Köln - receive yellow card for a foul.
Marvin Plattenhardt - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick on the left wing.
Shot blocked. Davie Selke - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Valentino Lazaro.
Goal! Hertha Berlin 0, 1. FC Köln 1. Leonardo Bittencourt - 1. FC Köln - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Jhon Córdoba with a head.
Valentino Lazaro - Hertha Berlin - won a free kick in defence.
New attacking attempt. Mitchell Weiser - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner - Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Timo Horn.
Shot blocked. Vladimir Darida - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Valentino Lazaro.
Substitution - 1. FC Köln. Jhon Córdoba for Simon Zoller - injury.
Delay in match Simon Zoller - 1. FC Köln - - injury.
Yuya Osako - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick on the right wing.
Corner - Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Dominique Heintz.
Shot blocked. Vedad Ibisevic - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Leonardo Bittencourt - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in attack.
Offside - Hertha Berlin. Vedad Ibisevic with a pass, however Salomon Kalou is in offside.
New attacking attempt. Yuya Osako - 1. FC Köln - header inside of six yard box - left side is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
Offside - 1. FC Köln. Dominique Heintz with a pass, however Claudio Pizarro is in offside.
Leonardo Bittencourt - 1. FC Köln - won a free kick in defence.
New attacking attempt. Salomon Kalou - Hertha Berlin - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Davie Selke with a cross.


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With snow and bitterly cold temperatures being forecast for Croydon next week, the council has released maps of the roads that will be gritted if the forecast stays the same.
Approximately 30 per cent of the borough's roads are salted - gritting to you and me - and these roads cover about 240km.
The council says they have been chosen because they are the most important ones to keep traffic moving.
When will snow fall where you live?
Typical criteria for selecting these roads includes 'A' or 'B' roads, main bus routes, approaches to railway stations, approaches to fire, police and ambulance stations and streets with steep gradients.
When temperatures remain below zero for an extended period or in event of heavy snowfall, the council gives priority to the roads on the primary gritting routes.
There are four priority routes (about 70km worth of roads) that are treated first, and only once the council is content these are clear will the remaining nine routes be covered.
Before the road becomes icy or snow starts to fall the salt is spread on the road surface, known as precautionary salting.
It can take the council’s gritters about two hours to spread salt on the priority routes, depending on traffic.
The aim is to treat the network before sub-zero or snowy weather is forecast to arrive, in which salting will normally start at either 5am or 7pm.
This can’t be done when sudden changes in the weather are experienced but an immediate response may be called for when this occurs.
If the time of salt spreading coincides with peak rush-hour traffic periods, gritters may become delayed in traffic and can get stuck along with other road users they are there to help.
How much salt is used?
Salt is spread at 10 grams per square metre when frost is forecast but can be spread at up to 40 grams per square metre for a forecast of snow.
The council has fitted electronic tracking devices to all of its salting vehicles as well as technology that allows them to see just how much salt has been put down at any location.
It has asked residents to get in touch via email or by phone on 020 8763 1649 if they believe their road is on one of the priority lists and has not been treated.
Is salting the roads effective?
Salt lowers the freezing point of water but is not as effective on top of ice or snow.
It needs traffic moving over it to be most effective.
Prolonged and heavy downfalls of snow will naturally affect the effectiveness of grit salt and it becomes diluted as it dissolves rendering it less effective.
The council has 3,549 tonnes of salt at hand.
It says with careful planning this should see us through to the spring.
In the case of prolonged severe weather across the UK then there will be the danger of stocks running low and difficulties with getting new supplies delivered.
The council has 577 salt bins that are all repaired and filled at the start of each winter.
These bins have been placed at locations where drivers or pedestrians may need to put down salt in an emergency.
For this reason residents are not to take salt away for use on their private driveways as this could be extremely dangerous for other people if the bins are empty when the salt is needed.
If you are aware of an empty salt bin then you should email or phone the council.
Motorists are warned to take extreme care when temperatures drop below minus six degrees celsius as there is a risk that salt will become less effective because the melted snow and ice may refreeze.

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Man, oh, man! Has it ever been an exciting month for video game investors!
Last week, two of the biggest names in the industry, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) , both reported their financial results for the final quarter of 2018 . EA reported an 11% gain in sales year over year — but missed earnings expectations big time. Boosted by the success of Red Dead Redemption 2 ( RDR2 ) Take-Two scored an even bigger sales gain of 160%…and also missed earnings. Both companies announced guidance well below expectations, and suffered sell-offs as a result.
And yet, one week after the news, Wall Street is treating these two companies very differently indeed.
Could these guys really be responsible for torpedoing earnings at Electronic Arts and Take-Two? at Image source: Epic Games.
Let’s begin with Electronic Arts — because it’s always nice to begin on a bright note. Last week, it was revealed that EA’s new Apex Legends battle-royale-style video game rushed off to a strong start, racking up 10 million new players in its first 72 hours on the market.
And of course, all this happened before EA told investors after close of trading that its Apex Legends player count had more than doubled. In its first full week on the market, Apex Legends has already racked up 25 million players, with as many as 2 million gamers online and playing together at any given time.
This news has already spawned one additional price-target hike, with R.W. Baird raising its estimated value on already buy-rated EA to $106. As Baird noted, Apex Legends hit 25 million users nearly six times faster than the “phenom” that is Fortnite .
Now for the bad news. Despite reporting staggeringly great revenue growth last quarter, Take-Two Interactive’s Red Dead Redemption 2 is currently only at 23 million players — and already, at least one analyst is getting nervous.
This morning, BMO Capital announced it is downgrading Take-Two stock from market perform to underperform (i.e., sell). Even worse, the analyst cites RDR2 as its reason for downgrading the stock.
If Take-Two can’t keep players engaged with RDR2 (and judging from EA’s latest announcement, it appears that Apex Legends could be a big distraction), then the company could have real problems with in-game sales, which would prevent it from fully monetizing RDR2 over time.
BMO is taking a better-safe-than-sorry approach and exiting Take-Two stock before things have a chance to get any worse.
Of course, all of the above leads up to today’s main event: Activision Blizzard ‘s (NASDAQ: ATVI) Q4 earnings report, which will come out after the close of trading. Even with its stock down more than 50% over the last four months, Activision remains the heavyweight of the gaming world, with a $31.5 billion market capitalization that eclipses both EA ($30 billion) and Take-Two ($9.3 billion).
But initial indications are that Activision’s earnings news won’t be good.
Is that the right call?
Perhaps it is, but I have to say that the more Wall Street gets pessimistic about this stock (and about EA and Take-Two as well, for that matter), the more I think investors might want to take a closer look. Although valued at nearly 55 times earnings currently, Activision stock sells for only 17.5 times trailing free cash flow (and even less if you give the stock credit for its net cash position). That’s not too much of a premium to pay for the 15% projected long-term growth rate for Activision.
Investors willing to weather some “fortnites” of turbulence and own this stock for the long haul might want to take advantage of any post-earnings sell-off to pick up a few shares of Activision.
David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Electronic Arts wasn’t one of them! That’s right — they think these 10 stocks are even better buys.
Rich Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Activision Blizzard and Take-Two Interactive. The Motley Fool recommends Electronic Arts. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy .


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KITTERY, Maine — Steven and Theresa Davis of Kittery are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica Lynn Davis, to Patrick David Rice, son of Harold and Joan Rice of Downingtown, Pa.
Davis is a 1997 graduate of R.W. Traip Academy and a 2001 graduate of Bryant College, where she earned her bachelor's degree in business administration. She is employed by Liberty Mutual in Dover.
Rice is a 1992 graduate of Kingswood Regional High School and a 1996 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his bachelor's degree in business administration. He is employed by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance in Portsmouth, N.H.
A ceremony is planned for June 21, 2008, at St. Mary's Church in Dover.


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The wave of IoT is soon going to change the way we interact with devices, appliances and, of course, the surroundings. Imagine a sensor that responds to an event like an accident on road and immediately alerts the emergency department. Building the IoT-enabled infrastructure will enable new services, innovation, cost savings and most importantly, reduce human intervention in areas where the response to an acute emergency is critical. To implement IoT-enabled smart city solutions, the cities need to adopt smart city technology and establish a robust infrastructure. Unable to track local events in a city, the municipality department oftentimes faces many challenges owing to the lack of accurate information such as timely response to events and emergency.
IoT can solve complex governance issues and improve the standards of cities in a faster and efficient manner. Moreover, the cities will be able to expand the tax base, reduce the crime rate, optimize processes and even track local events like the impassable waterlogged roads caused by heavy rainfall at a faster rate. Deploying IoT on scale requires robust planning and addressing several pre-installation challenges, such as ‘how and where the sensors need to be installed?’, ‘How to develop standards for sensors?’ ‘Who should have access to data?’ ‘Which is the right entity to collaborate with for data management?’ among others.
According to Gartner research, 25 billion new devices are going to be connected by 2020 that clearly hints that today is the right time for city governments to implement IoT. The government can derive value from collaboration with private companies in protecting data and incorporating access-control and privacy policies. Besides, the collaborative approach can help the city governments in turning data collected from sensors into insightful information for better decision making to tackle the most challenging governance issues.

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As part of the initial Zune creative group, I was involved in the genesis of the overall brand direction, the user experience design, the product design, UI design as well as the web and social experiences.
The initial effort before launch was 8 months of critical thinking, user experience testing, analysis and design. We focused on the brand, the product ecosystem and overall product offerings. Our goal was to create an experience to rival that of the Apple iPod.
We were the first in this space to offer an online social music community, wi-fi files transfer between devices, a music subscription service and portable music profiles that served as calling cards that could be embedded in sites around the web; they were like business cards with your identity, your musical tastes which others could browse and that you could customize.
I was involved in two generations of the Zune MPG player and despite its inability to overtake the iPod my time was full of tremendous learnings and personal success that I am still proud of today.


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On Friday, I ceremonially handed the Timberwolves’ beat to colleague Chris Hine in a baton exchange staged for Twitter that used a Ricky Rubio bobblehead as the baton. I filed one more story Saturday that detailed young center Justin Patton’s continuing foot injuries and as of Monday, I finally, officially bequeathed the hunt for news on Jimmy Butler’s future in Minnesota and Karl-Anthony Towns’ looming contract extension to Chris.
As I go, my colleague, assistant sports editor Chris Carr, suggested I reminisce for the morning web audience about my 15 seasons covering the Wolves, from the first four in their expansion yeas long ago to my most recent stint that started when Strib sports editor Glen Crevier asked that I go back on beat.
I’ll remember his parting words from our conversation: Just do it for a couple years.
That was 2007 and 11 NBA seasons ago.
Looking back, it’s the players and coaches – and the things they said – I’ll remember more than I do the games, although there sure were a few doozies in there despite years and years of losing that only last season resulted in me covering my first playoff games in those 15 seasons. They also were the Wolves’ first such games since 2004. I’ll remember the Sunday afternoon the Wolves’ very first season and their only one at the Metrodome, when their very first coach Bill Musselman dared Golden State’s Don Nelson to double-team big Randy Breuer near the basket all afternoon and Nellie refused, all afternoon. So Musselman called the same play – Five Down – nearly every time down the floor. Breuer scored 40 points that day and the Wolves lost by 10.
The Wolves were just getting started and I saw so many, many more losses. Before they went and won 47 games and made the playoffs last season, my winning percentage in my first 14 NBA seasons on the beat was .293. That’s worse than the career winning percentage of Kurt Rambis, one of a long list of Wolves coaches I covered that includes Sidney Lowe, Jimmy Rodgers, Randy Wittman, Kevin McHale, Rick Adelman, Flip Saunders, Sam Mitchell and now Tom Thibodeau.
I remember, too, the night in Oklahoma City when Kevin Love made seven three-pointers, scored 51 points and J.J. Barea (there’s a name from the past) had a triple-double, but the Wolves lost in double overtime after Russell Westbrook scored 45 points and Kevin Durant scored 40. That was in March 2012, at the end of a 13-day road trip and eight games after Rubio’s rookie (and lockout-shortened) season -- and the Wolves’ s lingering playoff hopes -- ended with a torn ACL.
Two months earlier in L.A., Love popped free at the three-point line out of a drawn play after a timeout and made the buzzer beater that defeated the Clippers by three points after Rubio had just finished a terrible shooting night by hitting a game-tying three seconds earlier. I didn’t cover the game, but I was there the night Corey Brewer inexplicably scored 51 points and needed nearly an hour afterward to complete a random drug test. (You just can’t make that kind of stuff up.) I wasn’t in Indiana when Mo Williams set a franchise scoring record with a 52-point night that was surpassed late last season by Karl-Anthony Towns’ 56-point game.
And of course, there was the Wolves’ overtime victory over Denver on last season’s final night that sent them to the playoffs for the first time since Kevin Garnett – whose first time around with the franchise I missed, which probably says something about my sense of timing – played.
Those are but a few of many games covered. But as much as those unforgettable moments, what I’ll remember most are the people and the quotes that still ring in my ears all these years later. The Wolves played the first game in their history on a Friday night in Seattle in November 1989 and two nights later visited Portland. On the Saturday night off in Portland, I met Musselman and his staff at the downtown Marriott’s Champions sports bar -- a meeting of coach and beat writer that would almost never happen today – for an early dinner so they could watch games being played back in the East.
I never did learn that reason.
This was in another day and age of media coverage, long before Twitter and social media, back before players had personal assistants employed by their agents, back when reporters got to know players and coaches better, if even sometimes only a little bit. Those first Wolves teams played just like Musselman coached – hard – and most of the teams were players looking to find their way in the NBA after they had played for him in the CBA. They by and large were just happy to be there and I was happy to cover players just grateful to be there.
It remains one of my favorite quotes in 34 years of doing this sports reporting thing. The Wolves lost a lot in those years – and in many years long after that – so to entertain ourselves, the team’s beat writers and broadcasters invented a game. Or rather Kevin Harlan – the Wolves’ original voice now known for his national work on TNT and elsewhere – came up with a game: One of us each night would choose up with a word that the others would have to use, too, that night in their stories or broadcasts.
Or those cold winter nights when broadcast partner Tom Hanneman amused Harlan by creating on tape legendary broadcaster Bill Beek, the late, nasal, deadpan and totally fictitious voice of the Toronto Huskies who called, among many other things, in 1947 the very rain-shortened first outdoor game ever played in the NBA, at the Moose Jaw Expo Center no less. Those there that night scattered like wild ferrets when the rains came, but I’ll spare you the other messy details. The bit was brilliant, but the best part was Harlan’s uncontrollable cackling with each next episode.
If you haven’t heard the tape unearthed long ago by a bone-digging dog in North Dakota, you can still find a sample of Bill Beek’s greatness here.
Gone from the Wolves’ beat for the entire Garnett era, I returned to it 11 years ago to a changing media landscape and a team that lacked the innocence and novelty of its earliest years. That doesn’t mean it didn’t have it moments and memorable characters, European imports Ricky Rubio and Nikola Pekovic among them. Rubio came to Minnesota in 2011 after a two-year wait with uncanny court vision and imperfect English that only made him more charming, if that was possible.
It wasn’t always easy to do that if you were the Timberwolves or you just followed them, but Rubio’s charm and creativity helped. So, too, did Pekovic, who when he was healthy was both brutish and boyish. I’ll always remember a shootaround in Mexico City – one of two trips the Wolves made there to play just one game – when I heard this voice behind softly singing “I Believe I Can Fly.” I turn around and it is Pekovic singing to himself and wearing a straw hat, all ready for a vacation.
That from a guy whose biceps bulged from a tight-fitting Mickey Mouse t-shirt he often wore. Before his career ended prematurely from constant foot and ankle pain, Pekovic did an interview with a local reporter in the hallway outside the Wolves’ Target Center locker room while a group of other reporters waited down the hall to ask him if he’d play the next night.
At 6-10 and more than 300 pounds, he was told he can be anything he wants to be.
He’s long gone back home to Montenegro and now I, too, am gone from the Wolves beat, but I’ll miss so many of the people I encountered in those 15 seasons.
And I’ll always wonder how Phil Jackson won not just one, but 11 NBA titles.


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THE future of two football clubs in Chard has been secured after planners gave the green light to changing rooms next to their pitches.
Jeslyn Zubrycki of Piscataway, a first-grade student at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, shares her story with classmates and parents during a class Publishing Party on Feb. 12. The students went through the writing process like real authors.
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In today’s mid-term elections, Democrats are likely to capture the House of Representatives, while the Republicans will maintain their Senate majority. While this potential combination of a Republican President and a split Congress may seem like gridlock, stock markets have historically fared well. It tends to constrain political overreach, resulting in a stable backdrop for markets.
Over the past two years, tax cuts have been enacted and the much-maligned Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) survived repeal and has been embraced by more Americans. With these two major initiatives settled, voters seem content to rebalance power and impose more checks on the executive branch.
A split congress would be broadly bullish for equities, as it supports the status quo.
The long term growth outlook should remain unchanged. The Republican ambitions to make individual tax cuts permanent would be unlikely to materialize. While these tax cuts may have boosted short-term growth, they would have also raised the risk of overheating the economy, resulting in more aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) rate hikes. And extending the tax cuts would have further amplified the debt burden, eventually weighing on borrowing costs.
Ending Republican Congressional control will likely result in a marginally weaker dollar. However, a pullback in the currency should keep U.S. exports more competitive and generally be supportive of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 earnings.
What Business Impact Could The New Congress Have?
A Democratic-led House may push for increasing the minimum wage, controlling drug prices and launching infrastructure spending. All three policies should be met with some support, particularly from President Trump as he looks to champion main-street issues ahead of the 2020 Presidential election.
Minimum wages have become a significant issue. Amazon recently announced an increase in its minimum wage to $15 an hour and encouraged others to follow suit. This was partly in response to criticism of its business practices from the White House and former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Amazon also promised to lobby for increasing the decade-old federal minimum wage from $7.25. Even if Congress doesn’t support an increase, high-profile political pressure and the tightest job market in almost 50 years seems to be having an effect.
Broad-based minimum wage increases would be felt most in the service economy, particularly in labor intensive sectors such as consumer discretionary and consumer staples. That could certainly pinch profitability, but it depends on a company’s ability to pass costs through to consumers.
Healthcare costs and drug pricing are likely to be scrutinized by a Democrat-led House. Escalating drug prices have also drawn criticism from the President, so there is some bipartisan support to contain increases. Across specific sectors, biotech and pharmaceutical are the most vulnerable to potential drug price controls. However, serious disruption in healthcare is unlikely as each party will constrain the other in attempting to dial back or increase existing services.
Infrastructure spending has appeal across both parties. The challenge has always been on how to best select and qualify “shovel ready projects.” Proposed solutions tend to run into conflicts as each party has different priorities on what regions and projects should be targeted. As in previous attempts, it still looks like a low probability to get a large program up and running. There may be opportunity for some small, targeted projects. Industrial and materials sectors could benefit from any uptick in spending.
As President Trump plans his 2020 re-election campaign, a potential gridlocked Congress is unlikely to deliver any notable wins to help expand on his domestic or economic agenda. Therefore, Trump will likely focus on his broad executive powers to impact trade and national security.
The obvious opponents are China and Iran. The issue with China is unfair trade and pilfering U.S. technology, while the contention with Iran is that it has cheated on its nuclear program.
While both issues demand detailed strategic solutions, Trump’s transactional style so far has been to ramp up pressure ahead of negotiations through confrontational Tweets. This helps to establish a threatening stance that inspires his base and fires up the news coverage. Given those political benefits in an election cycle, Trump has little incentive to settle quickly on either issue unless there is a growth scare. His pressure tactics will likely raise geopolitical risk and asset volatility well into next year.
Late last week, Trump announced that in a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, they discussed trade and were “moving along nicely.” Market reaction was mixed with some analysts optimistic, while others viewed it as a ploy to stoke equity markets ahead of the mid-terms. In follow up comments, Larry Kudlow, White House economic advisor, downplayed the progress. It seems like negotiations are still at the early stages of getting restarted.
Regardless of a potential Democratic majority in the House, President Trump remains an unpredictable factor for investors. Growth and markets could ultimately suffer if tension ramps up with China and Iran. Geopolitical missteps could bring about the next recession sooner than expected.


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We’re kicking off the new year by heading down to the 2017 Federation of American Hospitals’ Public Policy Conference & Business Exposition in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Come join us, as we will be in attendance from March 5 – March 7, 2017!
The FAH advocacy and policy experts are currently addressing federal issues to ensure the most effective and sound policies are implemented to ensure access to quality health care for all Americans. The debate over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, also known as ACA or Obamacare, is a growing concern in the medical world where it could leave millions without proper health care services. It is especially of a concern to both patients and hospitals alike since it is unclear whether they will replace it with a viable and comparable alternative.
With the implementation of ACA came severe several taxes and spending cuts, one of them being Medicare. It is estimated to cost U.S. Hospitals more than $400 billion if the law is repealed and those cuts remain unrestored. Consequentially, hospitals and medical centers in rural areas would not be able to provide care to patients without payments from the government and many would be forced to close down, reduce workforce, or scramble through desperate measures to reduce expenses to keep afloat.
As a medical manufacturer and supplier, AED aspires to meet with key purchasing representatives at FAH to assure them that we can be the solution to the budgeting problem that is dawning over us. AED is an American company offering products at economical prices without compromising on quality, performance, or reliability since 1985.
We are excited to showcase to GPOs and IDNs that small businesses like us can provide the quality they’re looking for at affordable prices that will help the hospitals meet their budget.