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Roger suffers defeat in Dubai final
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Roger was defeated in straight sets by Novak Djokovic in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships today.
"I had a tough start and a tough end but Novak played a solid tournament all the way through and deserved to win," Roger said. "It was a tough end for me but still a great tournament."
Roger faced a strong Djokovic right from the start and was clearly dominated in the first set. It looked better in set number two as he broke the Serb to take a 3-1 lead. But unfortunately he had to constantly battle with problems with his timing and rhythm, losing 20 of the following 25 points and eventually the match.
Date: 26.02.2011, Source: RF Official
Roger reaches Dubai final
Roger has reached the final of the tournament in Dubai thanks to a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Richard Gasquet today.
Roger had no problems in the first set, playing aggressively and not facing too much resistance from the Frenchman. But he fell back 3-5 in the second as Gasquet made more of a fight of the encounter. And then Roger once again did what we love him for - raise the pressure and take the lead - as he secured the last four games and thus the match.
"I was very happy about my performance from the start," reflected Federer. "I felt I was hitting the ball well. He's a great talent. He's one of the guys I really enjoy playing the most on tour. I thought tonight I played the right way. Obviously should have gone or could have gone three sets, but I was able to avoid that. Then he had a bit of a slump towards the end, which I was able to take advantage of."
Roger will now face Novak Djokovic in Saturday's final, in a replay of their Australian Open semi-final in January. The defeat is Roger's only one so far this season, Djokovic is yet to loose a match.
Date: 25.02.2011, Source: RF Official & ATP
Federer reveals his blacklist
Roger Federer loves a variety of sports, but it seems that ping pong is the only one he allows himself to play due to risk of injury. Speaking after his quarter-final win at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Federer said that skiing, soccer and squash were all on his banned list. Even the more pedestrian sport of golf is blacklisted.
"To be quite honest, I do miss [skiing]. I used to do it up until a few years ago," Federer said. "Last time I skied was in 2008 when I had mono. Came back after the Australian Open, went skiing, and next day I got ill again. So I was like, Okay, it's a sign for me. No more skiing. That's a pity, but okay, we'll do that.
"Soccer I haven't played much either. I remember when I had the groin issue in Wimbledon. Then I went to Gstaad and I really couldn't move well. I mean, I won the doubles with Safin and stuff. But I went to play soccer that whole week as well and couldn't move at the end. So it was just so silly of me. I did the same with squash as well."
Federer said that he recently played a round of golf, but even that took its toll on his body. "I played a round of golf with my parents. It was my mom's birthday the other week here, and I went to play on the Emirates Golf Course. It was nice to do, but the same thing again. Next thing you know, your back hurts just a little bit.
"You just don't want to do it, because my body is accustomed to play tennis right now. Honestly, I can wait for many more years until I can do all those sports really well. I actually do miss it to do all those things a bit more often. I can play ping pong. I can do that. It's a pity [I can't play the other sports] but, look, I'll be able to enjoy them much more when I'm done."
Federer is chasing a fifth title in Dubai. He plays Frenchman Richard Gasquet in Friday's semi-finals, with the winner to play either Novak Djokovic or Tomas Berdych in the final.
Date: 25.02.2011, Source: ATP
Federer marches towards Dubai final
Top seed Roger Federer continued his steady progress at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as he reached the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.
The Swiss has been largely untroubled in his pursuit of a fifth title in Dubai this week and, despite dropping serve for the first time in the tournament, dispatched the No. 43-ranked Stakhovsky in 72 minutes. He saved eight of the nine break points he faced and capitalised on three of the nine chances he created.
"I try not to waste any energy," said Federer of his run through. "Most important thing is to come through. Doesn't matter if it's three times 7 6 in a row to get to the semi. At the end of the day, you want to give yourself chances to win the trophy, and that's what I'm doing. I think I didn't have any let's say completely easy matches here. I've always had to be very focused."
The 29-year-old Federer has a 28-3 record in Dubai after winning three successive titles from 2003-2005, reaching the final in 2006, and lifting the trophy again in 2007. He is chasing his 68th tour-level title this week and his second of the season after triumphing in Doha (d. Davydenko) in the first week; he followed with a semi-final showing at the Australian Open.
Federer: I'm not RoboCop
Roger Federer admitted allowing his mind to wander in his comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win over Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Wednesday night. The top seed and World No. 2 was asked during his post-match press conference whether it sometimes is hard to remain 100 percent focused when he is headed towards a routine win.
"Sometimes [my concentration] wanders," Federer said. "Sometimes if you have a song in your mind, sometimes you're thinking of what's going to happen tomorrow, what's the plan for tonight. All those things happen. We're human at the end of the day. We're not a machine and go from like point to point like RoboCop.
"It's like we have our fun, and sometimes it's hard when the mind starts wandering. I realised today at one point I served the first point of one of the games and I was not even focused. I knew I was going to hit it down the T, but no, you know, not that full concentration I needed. And then I told myself: Okay, concentrate, please. So sometimes you have to remind yourself, because time goes by in between. You want to keep the intensity high, but at the same time you want to relax. It's a habit you get.
"By now obviously I'm an expert at it. I know how it works. But still, after playing so much tennis, I still have to remind myself to focus on each point, and then you break it down to each shot and so forth. So it sounds like it's hard, but you get the hang of it."
One reporter cheekily asked Federer if, during the match, he thought about what he would have for supper.
"Um, maybe. I don't know," Federer said. "You think of many things. You can imagine how many points I've played, so I've had a lot of time to think out there."
Roger reaches Dubai quarters
Roger had no difficulties against Spaniard Marcel Granollers in Dubai today, winning 6-3 6-4 with a flurry of spectacular winners to reach the quarter-finals.
Roger dominated the opening set and went up early in the second before the 53rd-ranked Granollers narrowed the gap to 5-4. Our champ then hit several forehand winners and sealed the win when Granollers hit a return long.
Roger's next opponent will be Sergiy Stakhovsky (ATP 43) of Ukraine.
Federer cruises past Devvarman
Playing his first match since a semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open three weeks ago, World No. 2 Roger Federer breezed through his first-round match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Indian Somdev Devvarman.
In his first meeting with recent Johannesburg finalist Devvarman, Federer broke serve three times from seven opportunities and saved both break points he faced to wrap up victory in 75 minutes in front of a packed centre court at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
"Roger is my idol, one of the greatest players ever," said Devvarman, who played a Top 10 player for the first time in his career. "I think he serves really well. I think it's very underrated how good his serve is. Because he does that, I feel like he puts a lot pressure on you when you're serving. It's not like he has too many weaknesses to exploit, so when he feels like he's on a roll, it's really tough to stop him."
Reflecting on the match, Federer said, "I've had some tough ones over the years here actually in the early round. That's why I don't judge my first rounds too harshly or whatever. It's about coming through and giving yourself a second chance the next day and then kind of move on in the draw. All in all, I think the result is fair. I was able to play aggressive and serve well when I had to, and it was a decent match."
Federer is chasing his fifth title at the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tennis tournament. The Swiss has a 26-3 match record at the event, after winning three successive titles from 2003-2005, reaching the final in 2006 and triumphing again in 2007.
Next up for Federer is Spaniard Marcel Granollers, who capitalised on four of 13 break points to cruise past Dmitry Tursunov 6-1, 6-3 in 72 minutes.
Federer relaxed and ready for Dubai title tilt
Roger Federer, the top seed at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, is refreshed and ready ahead of his first ATP World Tour tournament since his Australian Open semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic last month.
"I didn't spend much time thinking about the match against Novak," admitted Federer on Sunday. "I generally thought about the first month, how it had gone. I came out of the Australian Open feeling good mentally and physically.
"There was huge hype as [Rafael] Nadal went for the 'Rafa Slam'. Novak, Andy [Murray] and Rafa played well, but the changing of the guard [in world tennis] doesn't happen over three days. Just because a top player doesn't play well, don't jump to conclusions that it's the end.
"I think I am playing well. If I wasn't, then it might be different. If I lost in Doha and early at the Australian Open, then you could ask some questions, but I had a strong end to last year and was one of the best players. I am happy with where my game is at ahead of this swing of hard-court tournaments.
The Swiss superstar, who has spent the past seven days training in Dubai, continues to plan his schedule 18 months in advance. "I have never thought of stopping.
"On vacation, I always talk about my plans and they are always one-and-a-half years ahead of time. Towards the end of vacations I get hungry again to comeback. I am already thinking of the [London 2012] Olympics and also what tournaments to play beyond that."
Federer turns 30 in August, a prospect he "can't believe. I was playing juniors not so long ago. As players, years go by as extremely quick due to the travelling and scheduling. [But] if you enjoy playing then it isn't a problem.
"The challenge for me over the past year has been to stay healthy. I have been able to accomplish that. I don't have to think about what I need to do to lead a healthy life. Now I can focus on my fitness, my tennis, practise and schedule. I pretty much have the same schedule each year and I still get excited returning to tournaments."
The World No. 2, a four-time former champion in Dubai, also confessed that he remains the same person, nearly eight years after he won his first Grand Slam championship in July 2003 at Wimbledon, despite all the fame that has come with his success.
"In the beginning, I felt uncomfortable on red carpets, wearing suits and giving acceptance speeches. But you learn to do the photo shoots and speeches. I think I've been able to stay the normal Roger that I am, but I have adjusted to the fame and status."
Ljubicic salutes Federer and Nadal
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World No. 15 Ivan Ljubicic believes that while a changing of the guard in tennis will come eventually, for now Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain the undisputed top players in the game.
In explaining their dominance, Ljubicic highlighted their absolute consistency when they step on court. "When they play, they play absolutely their best, and it's really difficult to beat them. It makes a difference at the end of the day that they never give up on a single point. They are always in great shape when they have to be in the big tournaments. They are able to compete everyday and really give their absolute best when they are on the court, which I don't think was always the case with past champions.
"I always felt with Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi they had two or three tournaments where they were not good at all and they would lose first round. That's not happening with these two guys. That's why they've been up there for such a long time, because it's really difficult to win one single game against them."
Nike 'Clash of the Champions' event
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Roger, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be facing off in Nike's "Clash of the Champions' on March 8 at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon (USA).
The event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., will feature Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams playing a singles set, followed by a mixed doubles set and concluding with a men's singles set between Roger and Rafa.
A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will benefit each of the four athletes' charitable foundations, in Roger's case the Roger Federer Foundation.
Tickets for this special showcase go on sale Friday, February 4 and can be purchased at:
www.MatthewKnightArena.com.


Around next Valentine's Day, the environment will get just a little more love from Scania. In February 2016, the Swedish truck maker will begin testing the Gävle Electric Road project in which electric trucks will be powered via conductive power that will be transferred between overhead power lines and the trucks themselves. The "electric road" isn't a very long one – about 1.3 miles – but it's being touted as a major step forward as part of the Swedish government's efforts to remove fossil fuels from the country's truck fleet by 2030.
The government is spending about SEK 77 million ($9.2 million) while private companies are footing the bill for another $5.7 million for the project, which will run along European Highway 16 between the Port of Gävle and Storvik. Siemens developed the technology that lets the electricity be transferred between the overhead lines and the pantograph power collector mounted on the frame behind the cab. The company has been testing some trucks at its plant near Berlin since 2013.
Perhaps there's something in the water in Sweden when it comes to large-vehicle charging. Last year, Volvo said it wouldbuild a section of road about a quarter-mile long that would employ inductive charging to recharge the batteries of diesel hybrid city buses as the pass over the road. You can read Scania's press release below.
Scania to test electrically powered trucks in real-life conditionsIn February 2016, Scania will start testing electric trucks on the electric road which will become a reality as the Swedish Transport Administration has now approved support for the Gävle Electric Road project. The project will demonstrate and evaluate conductive technology, which involves electrical transmission through overhead lines above vehicles equipped with a pantograph power collector.
The investment in the Gävle Electric Road project is in line with the Government's goal of an energy-efficient and fossil-free vehicle fleet by 2030 and will help to strengthen Sweden's competitiveness. The project consists of about SEK 77 million in public financing combined with about SEK 48 million in co-financing from the business community and the Gävleborg region.
Scania's trucks will operate goods transport services on a two-kilometre test route, which is being built between the Port of Gävle and Storvik along European highway 16. The trucks are equipped with an electric hybrid powertrain developed by Scania.
Power to the trucks is transferred from overhead lines through a pantograph power collector mounted on the frame behind the cab. This technology has been developed by Siemens, which since 2013 has conducted trials of electrified trucks together with Scania at its research facility outside Berlin.
The possibility of operating heavy trucks using electricity in this way means that the truck's flexibility to perform transport tasks using electricity and as a regular hybrid truck is maintained, while up to 80-90 percent of the fossil fuel emissions disappear. Operating costs will be low as much less energy is required due to the efficiency of the electric engine, while electricity is a cheaper source of energy than diesel.
"The potential fuel savings though electrification are considerable and the technology can become a cornerstone for fossil-free road transport services. Electric roads are also a way to develop more eco-friendly transport services by using the existing road network," says Nils-Gunnar Vågstedt, who is responsible for Scania's research in this field.
The demonstration facility for conductive technology is part of the Electric Roads Project, which is one of the largest innovation procurement projects currently under way in Europe. In cooperation with the Swedish Transport Administration, the Swedish Energy Agency and VINNOVA, industry and academia will demonstrate and evaluate electric roads as a possible method for reducing the use of fossil energy in the transport system.
Participants in the Gävle Electric Roads project include Gävleborg Region, Siemens and Scania as well as Boliden, SSAB, Sandvik, Stora Enso, Ernst Express, Midroc Elektro, Sandviken Energi, the Port of Gävle, Gävle Energi and the Stockholm School of Economics. The Swedish Transport Administration, the Swedish National Electrical Safety Board and the Swedish Transport Agency have also collaborated closely with the project.
Scania is also participating in another research initiative as part of the Electric Roads Project, where induction technology will be tested in city bus services. A Scania city bus featuring an electric hybrid powertrain will go into daily operation in Södertälje starting in June 2016. There will be a charging station at one of the bus stops where the bus will be able to refill with enough energy in just six-seven minutes to complete the entire journey.


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IMDb 'Jane Doe' Case: Actress Lied About Her Age, Used Fake Passport, Court Papers Claim
IMDB and Amazon move to dismiss suit brought by actress who sued because her real age was revealed
Tim Kenneally | November 30, 2012 @ 3:13 PM
Actress Huong "Junie" Hoang's protracted legal battle against IMDb and Amazon has has taken another dramatic turn, with both defendants moving to have the complaint dismissed with prejudice — and IMDb claiming that Hoang, who sued IMDb for revealing her true age, had lied about her age in order to appear younger. Twice.
In IMDb's motion for summary judgment, filed in U.S. District Court in western Washington on Thursday, IMDb claims that Huong provided a false date of birth when she signed up for IMDb, claiming to be seven years younger than she actually was.
Several years later, the motion says, she contacted IMDb and asked the company to remove that birth date — and replace it with one that would make her seem even younger.
After IMDb asked for proof that its published birth date was incorrect, Hoang demanded that the company investigate its records — at which point it did, eventually uncovering her true date of birth through a third-party public-records database.
Also read: IMDb "Jane Doe" Case Gets a Court Date
"Hoang now seeks to hold IMDb liable for publishing the truth," IMDb says in its motion. "Yet none of these events would have occurred if Hoang had not first provided IMDb with a false birth date, and then insisted that IMDb investigate its own files for proof of her birth date."
IMDb also claims that Hoang — a native of Vietnam — used a fake passport to provide a false date of birth to the company.
Also read: IMDb/Amazon "Jane Doe" Case: Judge Dismisses Fraud Claims, Denies Deadline Extension
Hoang sued IMDb anonymously in October 2011 for publishing her correct date of birth. The actress claimed that the publication of her birth date — which revealed her to be 40 at the time — would hurt her chances of finding acting jobs. She later added Amazon, which owns IMDb, to her suit, claiming that the former had helped the latter obtain her date of birth.
A judge later compelled her to reveal her name if she wanted the case to go forward.
Hoang is seeking $1 million from the companies.
Also read: IMDb "Jane Doe" Plaintiff Reveals Her Real Name (Video)
IMDb is seeking the dismissal under the claim that Hoang has "unclean hands" in the suit, due to the alleged deceptions about her age. The company also says that the court should dismiss Hoang's breach of contract claim, because she "cannot — as a matter of law — prove that IMDb.com breached breached any provision of its Subscriber Agreement or she incurred any economic loss because of IMDb.com's actions."
In its own motion for summary judgment, Amazon says it has no part in Hoang's contract with IMDb, and thus she cannot prove a breach-of-contract claim against Amazon. (The company maintains that its only involvement was to process her credit-card payment when she signed up for the subscription service IMDbPro. It denies having anything to do with the uncovering or publication of Hoang's true age.)
Amazon further asks that Hoang's claim under the Consumer Protection Act should be tossed, because she cannot prove that the company had engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice.
Amazon's motion also says that its motion should be granted "for the reasons articulated in IMDb's motion."
Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

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I'll Meet You Halfway....That's Better Than No Way. #BB19
Last night on the CBS show we finally got to see the OTEV competition that was played last Saturday. I guess horror week is over, because the backyard was tricked out like a barnyard leaking toxic waste.
And OTEV had a whiney baby voice that was going to be very difficult to listen to, but of course that soon changed.
Because with a few eyebrow twists and some rather elaborate special efficts, OTEV went evil and started spewing green "vomit" over the house guests kneeling in front of him.
(Someone backstage is a classic Stern fan, right? Because Pig Vomit....)
So I guess we are officially out of ideas, right? Because despite the green baby vomit, this OTEV competition just didn't have the pizzazz that it usually does, perhaps since there were only five players instead of the usual six. And aside from Alex, the usual competitive spirit just wasn't there.
Sure Big Mark won, but he was huffing and puffing just trying to move around out there. He doesn't do any cardio, apparently. Jessica later said that she pulled a groin muscle in the first round and I think she had to see a doctor, so that probably held her back a little. She said that there was so much riding on the competition that her energy worked against her. Jessica almost won though, due to Mark taking his own sweet time out there. Can you imagine Mark's DR tears if Jessica had pushed past him in the last second, leaving Mark and Elena on the block together? Torrents of tissues in the Diary Room, for sure.
It would have been fun to see Jason compete in something so physical. And Christmas, too, obviously. But I guess there is no need to cry over spilled vomit. Or something like that.
Yesterday afternoon, I turned on the feeds to find Josh addressing America, holding a press conference live from the HoH Suite. Believe it or not, we haven't had many house guests do this over the years. Christmas addresses the cameras frequently, but it is more like a staff meeting than a chat with live feeders, because she discusses things that need to get done at her gym and even addresses employees by name. Yesterday she was welcoming "Chris" to the team and explained to us (in a rather patronizing manner) that she likes to "hire from within" and then the cameras got tired of the self-promotion and shifted away just as Christmas was about to delegate activities to keep Chris busy.
But Josh isn't concerned with his shampoo inventory back at home, or social media messages about the upcoming sale on keratin conditioners, he just wants to talk about this game.
Josh: I don't have any power next week, so I have to use my power wisely now. I'm seeing people so differently after this week.
Josh: I see the pictures on the wall downstairs differently, too. Elena, you're in black and white for me. Mark, you're in black and white for me. You're done.
Josh: Raven is also black and white for me. And Whistle-Nut is playing with fire right now, trying to work with Mark.
Josh: Look at him out there, having a full blown conversation with Mark right now. I still have Whistle-Nut's back, don't get me wrong, but he's playing with fire talking to Mark after what Mark has said about me.
Josh: I can't tell this to the others....I can only share this with you, America. I need to talk to someone about this, to stay sane.
Josh: My plan now is to stick with Christmas and Paul HARD. And I plan to have a conversation with Paul to let him know this.
And seconds later the cameras take us to the chess board, where Mark and Jason are pretending to focus on playing chess, while they talk in low tones about Your Boy Paul. These two have been connected quietly the whole season, if you don't know. It was their plan to help each other out with information, while keeping up appearances that they aren't very close. But the days of keeping that quiet may be ending soon.
Mark: Some of these people would be like lost puppies without Paul in this game. Once Paul is gone we could just pick them off one-by-one.
Jason: Yeah, but how do we get that motherfucker out? He knows how to win every one of these competitions, and he was on the damn block almost every week last year and still made it to the end.
Mark: Christmas, Josh, Raven and Matt are like puppies following Paul around. We would have you, Alex, Cody, Elena and me. That should be enough votes. But do you think Alex would go for that? I know she likes Paul...
(I like the use of negative space in this picture.)
Jason, deep in thought: Alex....she's a shit stirrer so.....yeah. She is a shit stirrer.
I mean, the sign says it: Alliance.
Some new loud sounds were blasted over the intercom, surely related to the HoH competition on Thursday. This time it was the sound of catcalling on a construction site, but without the sounds of construction.
You know, like the "hey baby" type of thing.
Mark tried to open the safe deposit boxes using a key that was found by someone weeks ago in one of the boxes. Jillian hid the key on top of the safe deposit units before getting yelled at by Production.
And today was no different for Big Mark. He spent a few minutes fiddling with the boxes before Production told him to STOP THAT.
Jason came in the HoH room to go over the new sound they just heard, adding it to the mental list they have of the various noise interruptions and the order they heard them. Paul has a little song he made up, and Kevin has his own method, using initials to remember the order. I heard Kevin explain it to Christmas but I forgot it already---there was a "DJ MC" in there, I think.
Also, the very first sound was a baby crying, with an angry man saying to "shut that kid up". Raven insisted that it was a pig, not a baby, due to the OTEV competition, but Paul just let her think that, and tell Matt that it was a pig. So if that is a factor in the competition, perhaps we will see the results of the Pig vs. Baby debate tonight, live on CBS.
Alex wanted to watch Jason play chess, but she wants to learn his thought process behind each chess move. Obviously he can't play a real chess match thinking out loud like that, but that would be a great way for all of us to learn about chess. I've tried to learn chess lots of times over the years, but I just can't find the time to focus on it.
But let's just face it....I really wanted to be sure you saw Alex's PETTY hat. I have trouble understanding what she says sometimes on the live feeds because she jumbles and mumbles her words up much of the time, but she is a little spitfire and we need to appreciate her while we can.
The live feeds were down for a few hours in the early evening last night for the Halfway Party. They had it last year on a Wednesday night too, so there must be something to the timing of that on the Production schedule. Last year when the live feeds returned after the party, they had been drinking and at least one person was visibly inebriated.
But as BBAD began, it didn't look like anyone had been drinking much, if at all. I'm guessing that the alcohol provided was extremely limited, due to the lethal mix of muscles and rage that exists in the house right now. They just can't take the risk, I don't think.
Christmas was talking to Josh about her reservations about Paul. She watched his season last summer and saw how he operated with people who considered him an ally in the game.
Josh: You mean with Victor? Yeah....
(There are numerous examples last year of Paul working against Victor behind his back, while professing 'Friendship" to his face. Paul also joined Paulie in mocking Victor constantly behind his back, particularly after Victor returned to the game after the Battle Back.)
Josh doesn't think Kevin really has Paul's back 100% , but Christmas claims to know otherwise. After telling Josh to put this information "in the vault", she told him that in the hammock Kevin indicated that his final six included Paul, Jason, Christmas, Josh and Alex.
Josh announced that before yesterday's big blowup, he still wanted to evict Elena, but after the way Jessica and Cody behaved towards him, he is happy to see Jessica's ass hit the door.
(I hope Julie Chen can share that info with Jessica, since she probably won't be on the Jury. I'd like to see how Jessica handles that information----will she be contrite and show some regret? Or will she maintain her tough exterior and say more negative things about Josh?)
Christmas told Josh that we still haven't seen Crazy Christmas yet, and she can't wait to unleash her full powers. Josh would like to see that, he says.
Big Mark is ready to shake some things up in that house, so we should all send him some good energy for the HoH competition tonight. He and Cody had a game conversation while pretending not to have a game conversation.
Cody, whispering: Kevin, Jason, Alex and Paul are gunning for you.
Mark drank water through his sippy cup, slurping loudly and then making that "bottom of the cup" dry straw sound.
Cody: Does that shock you?
Mark: NOPE. Or Elena, either.
Cody: You want me to tell Elena that?
Mark: NOPE. I'm not telling her shit anymore. ***slurp slurp***
(NOTE: We all KNEW that Kevin trying to make a deal with Cody could come back and haunt everyone in his group. And Mark knows Elena is Team Paul, so he is smart enough to keep her from knowing anything about his true plans.)
Cody: He offered me FIVE weeks of safety though? I was like, okay Kevin, that sounds good, sure.
Mark: Or he just wanted protection from you in case you win HoH this week, because you have a good chance at that.
Cody: Yeah, I thought about that too. You have a good chance to win HoH, too.
Mark: If you or I win HoH....fuck dude. We can reform this house.
The BBAD Director likes to shift the camera view back and forth, sometimes with just a second or two of flashed footage to keep up with the conversations happening in the house.
We see Paul now in the HoH room with Christmas and Josh, talking crap about Matt and what they think are his true intentions. They don't trust the things he says, and they don't think that Raven knows much about his true plans. She constantly runs her mouth so if he told her anything, it would get blurted out immediately.
Josh said that Matt wasn't a big Paul fan, either, and Paul says he can definitely sense that.
Josh: Like the other night, at the table he made a sarcastic comment that we were all on Paul's time now.
(I'm sure the ENTIRE TABLE felt the same way though, except maybe Josh.)
Paul: Then we all agree....the order is Cody, then Matt, then Elena. Once Matt is gone, Raven is going to need to latch on to somebody....
Christmas: That's her WHOLE game!
Paul:....so we can use her for a few weeks to follow orders.
We see a flash of the downstairs area, where the Halfway Party cake and pizza boxes are still laying out on the table, and Raven is shrieking and squealing, as usual.
Apparently Matt shoved Raven's face in a piece of cake. Kevin later said that he didn't think it was appropriate for a 32 year old man to do this to a young girl.
Raven: DON'T YOU TOUCH MY FUCKIN' ICE CREAM!
On that classy comment, the cameras went back up to the HoH room.
But the cameras shifted right back downstairs as Raven and Matt ate out of the same bowl.
Raven: Carbonara pasta...so good.
The cameras gave us a close up of a huge tub of pasta. They have this same menu every year. That pasta will eventually dry up in the fridge and get thrown out, because only a few of the house guests like to eat leftovers. It's just the way it works out every year.
Upstairs Jason is talking about something that obviously occurred at the Halfway Party. Something that we will never see, unless Production decides to really stick it to Matt, of course.
Jason: ....and he said that I should kiss him on the lips while he had his make-up on. I might take one for the team because if that motherfucker kisses me on the mouth he is getting knocked the fuck out. I'm laughing right now, but I'm not kidding.
The cameras flash down to Matt in the kitchen, licking his lips as usual.
Later in the evening, Paul told Alex that Matt is "fucking weird" because he's been asking Paul a lot of questions about "his season". Um.....I'm not saying Matt isn't fucking weird, but I thought BB18 was Paul's favorite topic to talk about. Alex said that she thinks Matt only watched You Tube clips of Dr. Will and other iconic BB moments, and doesn't really know much about the game.
After they ate their pasta, Matt and Raven grabbed a big bag of snacks and took them up the stairs, where the HoH crew stopped talking trash about them just as they came in the room.
Josh: Well, I can't get into it AT ALL with Cody anymore. But that doesn't mean somebody else can't....
I want to point out Orwell's poll at the bottom of the screen. Clearly Matt and Raven are favorites of the control room, but not the sort of favorites that are positively viewed. More like favorite targets, actually.
But now that Matt is in the room, Paul shifts his smack talk to the next best topic, Mark.
Paul: It is crucial that we win HoH this week. Mark and Elena have been staying up talking until 4:00 AM in the morning. And then sleeping in all day together, too.
Raven did look extra rough last night, so maybe they did have a few beers. I haven't been keeping up with my Raven Snack Watch but I promise to do better in the future.
Here's an Orwell Poll for you:
Does Raven look like:
a) Ten miles of bad road
b) Rode hard and hung up wet
Just kidding. I know that's mean. More mean than usual, I really mean. Sorry. Sort of.
Because Paul was talking shit about Elena, the cameras shifted downstairs where she was using a curling iron on her hair while Alex did her after-shower routine. Elena has been obsessing about her planned look for the Thursday live show.
And Orwell's poll now is about Jason. I think the choice in the middle ended up winning at over 60%. And that poll is pretty accurate, I think. BBAD has a lot of Paul fans watching, though, so there's that. I'd like to see Jason win an HoH, actually, to see what he's willing to do in there.
I took this picture not to force you to see Matt lick his G.D. lips AGAIN, but because the scrolling caption grabbed my attention.
Yep. Matt was wearing makeup.
I think Orwell should let one of us take over the scroll for an hour or so. That is a contest I would actually participate in....I'm usually not much of a joiner..
Kevin says that Jessica is going home, everyone knows that, but he's not going to let somebody (Paul) tell him that he can't say goodbye to her. He later made this comment to Paul directly though, probably greasing the skids in case Paul spots him having unauthorized conversations with Jessica.
Kevin knows. And he knows how to play people, too.
Kevin is wondering if Jason wants the green waders that Kevin wore to host the OTEV competition. (There isn't really much hosting to do for that comp, since OTEV is a big loudmouth.)
Kevin: You can actually wear them in a pond, right?
Jason: Well, yes, but I won't be walking in any ponds in them.
Kevin says he can get the cast to sign them, and then maybe "hang them on a wall somewhere".
(And yes, Raven DOES look like Raggedy Ann tonight. Thank you, live tweeter.)
Kevin is miffed that he doesn't have many pieces of competition clothing to take home.
Kevin: I didn't get to keep any outfits...did you? Other than your tutu?
Jason: I got a pair of pants..some shorts....
Kevin: What pants? What shorts? Oh....them. What about the Weather Guy outfit...I got that.
Jason: I didn't get the shirt back...or maybe they cut the sleeves off? No, I didn't get the shirt back.
(Jason Thunder & Kevin Lightening.)
Orwell is clearly biased, per the Kevin tweet in the above picture.
Elena came in the room to ask Kevin if he liked the center part in her hair. He said he thinks she looks like a TV news woman from the 70's. Elena complains about the condition of her hair, how thin it is, and it keeps falling out.
Elena, leaving the room: FUCK MY LIFE.
Kevin, tired of the conversation topic: No...slashtag FUCK ME.
Kevin later told Elena that her biggest asset was her face, and she should pull her hair back so the TV audience can see it, or maybe pull it up. (She's the one who keeps saying that she wants to work in the entertainment industry.)
Elena thinks Mark's big toe is terrifyingly big. Kevin said both he and Josh were like giants in there.
Orwell is quick with the polls, isn't he?
Mark has been sleeping in the Have Not room to "keep Elena company". They may think what they are doing is private in there, but it definitely is not. Sorry Mark's Grandma and Grandpa.
I didn't mention that Paul's nose ring has been infected and he's had to soak his right nostril in salt water to heal it. I think he had the same issue last summer, too.
I used to have a belly piercing, but never any facial stuff like that. The piercing guy told me that he would pierce my eyebrow area for half price because he thought it would look pretty on me.
Me: Thanks, but I can't really do that because of my job.
Piercing Guy, with 14 separate facial piercings: I feel sorry for you, man.
Um...no need for pity, dude. That job bought me two houses and allows me to sit on my ass and watch the live feeds now like a ...well, like a teenager with facial piercings.
Josh found an ant in the salad bowl and freaked out about it.
Jason: It's good protein Josh! One ant won't hurt you.
Josh had some salad, after all, and a slice of what appears to be deep dish pizza.
Christmas has breast implants. She said that before she got them, her front was as flat as her back.
Elena, of course, had breast reduction surgery about a year ago, I think. I heard her say that she went to a tailgate party with bloody bandages still wrapped around her last fall. She and Christmas say they want to send each other before and after pictures when they get home.
I think Elena's doctor might have been a half-price deal, actually. It just doesn't seem like he did everything he could as far as cantilevering everything, but of course I haven't seen the "before" pictures. And since I have no idea what it is like to be in Elena's (shadowy) shoes, I should not be commenting on this topic.
***DID WE HAVE A WALL SHOUTER THIS WEEK***
This twitter person apparently threatened to visit the backyard to yell "Evict Raven"before the sirens went off and everyone went inside, but we don't have proof of this.
Someone alerted CBS to the threats, so maybe that is why they locked the backyard down. FYI, whoever tries to warn Production should also copy Allison Grodner's twitter account, to make sure the info is received timely.
And this is what the tweeter said about giving it a try.
But when I saw this tweet, it kind of made me doubt the claims. Because, newbie.
Cameron Heard was Rob Cesternino's guest on last night's RHAP episode.
Spoiler Alert: Cameron is a delight. And very, very cute, and quick with the witty banter.
And he had on a Heisenberg T-shirt, so we should add some bonus points for that choice. Rob had to drag this information out of him, but Production required Cameron to wear those glasses. And Cameron is aware that at least one contestant on a prior season was required to wear glasses, too.
Not that there is anything wrong with wearing glasses, of course, but on Big Brother it can make you a target due to the Nerd Factor.
Plus his apartment looks clean, he has a good job, a Vitamix blender....his girlfriend should actually be happy that he didn't make it to the Big Show, because I think Cameron could have ended up being America's Heartthrob.
Admittedly, I was a little wasted last night, watching this live, but with his camera placement, I could easily imagine sitting across a table from Cameron, maybe having a few beers and some laughs. And then maybe some kissing. So we missed out on Cameron this year. Just saying.
***AND***
Rob has hired one of the RHAP live feed correspondents to podcast full-time now, and he has his own podcast called The Taryn Show. There have only been 4 episodes so far, but it appears that Taryn is going to focus on interviewing reality-adjacent people about their lives, rather than specifically about the reality shows they have appeared on or worked to produce.
I highly recommend Taryn's interview with Audrey Middleton. I learned a lot about Audrey that I didn't know, and came away with a new understanding of who she is and why she acted the way she did on BB17. I might even watch an episode or two of Sequester someday, after listening to this podcast.
I also loved Taryn's interview with Ian Terry, who has grown up to become a very responsible, articulate adult. I learned about what it was like to have so much attention at a young age, and Ian also spoke about what he did with his BB earnings, and how winning all of that money impacted his life.
Ian also spoke about writing that BIG CHECK to the IRS, so you know I liked hearing about that horrific experience. (And what Ian said lined up pretty nicely with what I already told you guys about the tax results of winning Big Brother.)
***ONE MORE THING, WHILE WE'RE HERE***
This is the time in the season where things with the fans get UGLY every year. The game gets nastier, and so does our conduct as a whole. I actually wrote a piece about this yesterday, but I knew it was going to be controversial so I deleted it. But CiCi asked me a question about the topic in the comments yesterday, so I am posting it here since it kind of summarizes what I wanted to say originally.
Basically let's just try and be understanding of these people, who are brave enough to put themselves through this painful process. You can't say how you would behave in their shoes if you've never tried it...just ask Audrey Middleton.
***AND ABOUT THE TITLE***
Sometimes the title of the post just pops into my head when I finish writing, and I try to go with that impluse most of the time. The title today comes from an old Partridge Family song that I haven't heard in at least 30 years. Does that show still play somewhere, maybe on TV Land?
David Cassidy was THE SHIT on this show. I really wanted to grow up and marry him someday because his hair and his voice were so groovy. David has fallen on some hard times, with addiction and lack of entertainment career options and all. I'm pretty sure that I could get him if I wanted him now...I think he lives in Fort Lauderdale. I could be his 7th wife...or whatever number he's up to now.
So watching this makes me sad. It's bittersweet, getting older and realizing that other people are getting older, too. I think the guy in the audience who is making eyes with Laurie Partridge (part of the plot of this episode of the show) is Rob Morrow from Northern Exposure fame, but I checked his IMDB page and it doesn't go back further than the 80's. It's probably a lucky break for Rob, actually. Just saying.
It's kind of a beautiful pop song --someone should cover it.. I don't know which of the Partridges are responsible for the string instruments in the background, but I don't think we are supposed to notice that part. I know I never did, until now.
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It feels like the weather took a turn this week, as temperatures plummeted towards the lower end of the thermometer. On the bright side, that means it's the perfect excuse to wrap up warm and get some decent gaming in this weekend!
I think it was one of the busiest weeks we've had for the reviews, partly due to Dr Steve's Game Clinic featuring six games and TSA's new comic reviews!
For the previews, we started the week with a look at that Resident Evil 2 1-shot demo. Steve was hooked, saying "I just want to be able to play the whole game, damn it!", while Nick was similarly full of praise for Mortal Kombat 11 after going hands on at the gameplay reveal this week.
Elsewhere, Tef took the time to visit the Caspian desert in Metro: Exodus, saying the open world design is the perfect change for the series, while for the Second Episode of Life is Strange 2, he says that the suspense is starting to build and he can't wait for the next episode. He also returned to the excellent puzzle platforming of Octahedron, now that it's come to Nintendo Switch.
Last up, Adrian delved into the Greek mythology behind Assassin's Creed Odyssey, while What We Played featured Resident Evil 2, Destiny 2 & Mortal Kombat 11.
Left Alive Has A New Trailer, But Is It Better Than A Nice Cup of Tea?
tactical20 has got to a 'stupidly' difficult bit of Mario Bros U Deluxe.
MrYd finished Episode 3 of The Walking Dead, polished off a bit more of Odyssey, and of course, lot's of Firewall.
Crazy_Del had a busy week getting up to 97.5% completion for RDR2, and hopes to bag the plat for that and Firewall this weekend.
TSBonyman's PSVR got plenty of use this week with The Persistence, Ultrawings, and Kona making appearances.
Just Cause 4, and AC Odyssey's DLC were what kept JR. busy this week, although he found the uproar surrounding the later disappointing.
Andrewww broke out the PSVR again with the kids to play Moss, and also found time to finish HZD.
Eldave0 called the Resident Evil 2 demo "amazing", Resident Evil 7 "still amazing", and the Resident Evil 2 board game "super amazing". I get the impression he's a bit of a Resident Evil fan!
Enjoy your chilly weekends and I'll see you again soon!


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Q: Multiple Spinners with OnItemSelectedListener Issue I have an activity that contains two spinners and implements OnItemSelectedListener. To find out what item was selected I use a switch. When an items gets selected I have a simple toast come up to tell the user what was selected. The problem is when the activity is created a toast comes up and says what item was selected. I only want the toast to show when a user selects something besides the default item, the one that is shown when the activity is created. Here is my code below
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    SpinnerAdapterTexts sat = new SpinnerAdapterTexts();

    final Spinner spin = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinner);
    ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAd = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.row,R.id.type,sat.getType());
    spin.setAdapter(arrayAd);
    spin.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

    final Spinner spinService = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.spinnerService);
    ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAd2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.row,R.id.type, sat.getServices());
    spinService.setAdapter(arrayAd2);
    spinService.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

}

@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos ,
        long id) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub@

    switch(parent.getId()) {
        case R.id.spinner:
            selectedType = parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString();

            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),  selectedType + " was selected", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            break;
        case R.id.spinnerService:
            selectedType = parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString();

            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),  selectedType + " was selected", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            break;
    }

    selectedType = parent.getItemAtPosition(pos).toString();
    Log.e("TAG",  selectedType);

}

@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

A: then do this
int count;
protected void onCreate(){
    count=0;
    //your codes
}
//then before toast
if(count==0){
    count=1;
    Toast(the user selection);
}

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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance
Grantee Profile: Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance
Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance members celebrate in April after the first City Council hearing on a Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights
"I thank Bread & Roses for their generous support, which we will use to keep fighting for our rights to win respect, dignity, equality, and identity through our domestic workers' bill of rights."
—Maria del Carmen Diaz
Domestic workers have been excluded from nearly all the landmark federal laws protecting workers' rights. There is no minimum wage for domestic work, nor any guarantee of time-and-a-half pay for overtime. Housekeepers, nannies, and caregivers don't have a right to unionize. But in recent decades, domestic workers across the country have organized to win victories that make their work safer and their lives richer. Now, a new organization, the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance (PDWA), joins the national fight.
PDWA members at a press conference outside City Hall
"We represent the 16,000 domestic workers in Philadelphia," says Maria del Carmen Diaz, a member of PDWA. The worker-led organization launched as a joint project of Philadelphia Jobs with Justice and the National Domestic Workers Alliance late last summer after a yearlong discernment process. They received a grant from Bread & Roses' Immigration Justice Fund this spring.
Nicole Kligerman, director of PDWA, explains their strategy: "We're bringing together women workers across language, race, and immigration status and fighting for a domestic workers' bill of rights that will expand worker protections. We're pushing a big campaign in city hall, but we're also building community and developing leaders among domestic workers who are by nature of their work isolated."
The majority of domestic workers are women of color, and many are immigrants. Diaz is one of 15 workers on the organizing committee. "On behalf of all of us, I thank Bread & Roses for their generous support, which we will use to keep fighting for our rights to win respect, dignity, equality, and identity through our domestic workers' bill of rights."
This entry was posted in news and tagged grantee profile, immigration justice, Immigration Justice Fund, Maria del Carmen Diaz, Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance on June 18, 2019 by Bread Roses.


I've got an Integral 512GB USB 3 external drive attached to my Toshiba laptop and have been using it to backup my CAD designs for the architectural firm I work for. It's a good little drive but can't cope with copying large file sizes so where possible I have been trying to keep the file size down to something manageable. The other problem I had with this drive was that reading from USB – which is how the drive is powered also – was incredibly slow so I would spend ages waiting for things to copy and that was why I didn't notice the problem occurring. The problem was that the drive itself was so painfully slow that when the platters went it took ages to spot. I'm not sure if I banged it, set it down too hard or it got damaged in transit but somewhere along the lines something has happened to the heads. Then it hit me; this was a solid-state drive so there is no moving parts in it so what was causing the problem. The upshot is I don't know what the problem is but I now have a drive that is filled with 5.5GB of drawings and CAD files that I need. Can you help me get those files back?
Bought a Platinum 103406 750GB external drive online for use with my Apple Mac and was chuffed when it arrived because it looked the business. Compact and sleek I thought I had made a good purchase and was looking forward to getting a whole host of stuff from CD to the drive so that I could keep it and use it as part of my home media system. I connected it up to my Mac (had to be OS X 10.3.9 or higher) and the Mac picked it up. So I set about the task of copying the files from CD to the drive after having formatted it. It took me several hours of opening and closing cases but at the end I had a nice new shiny external drive full of all my all time favourite tracks along with artwork and song sheets. My problem is however when I disconnected the drive from Mac and took it to my friend's house it would not register on his Mac. They're both the same operating system and update number so I don't understand why they don't work. The drive appears on the desktop but it not accessible and says that the drive has been formatted. I contacted the seller online who says he will happily exchange the drive for me but I've now disposed of all the old CDs so I need to get the contents of the drive copied somehow.


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Daily flights to Cape Town are back with Virgin Atlantic
Richard Branson recently announced the return of direct Virgin Atlantic flights between London and Cape Town from November this year. For now, flights will run until the end of the peak tourist season.
"Who wouldn't want to come to Cape Town? It's the most special place in the world," Branson said. "The challenge for us now is to try and get it so we can come 12 months of the year."
Flights from London Heathrow to Cape Town will depart at 4 pm, arriving at 6 am the following morning with the return flights departing Cape Town at 7.50 am arriving back at London Heathrow at 5.45 pm. Economy return flights start from £711 on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
"We're incredibly excited to return to the fabulous city of Cape Town with daily services from November," commented Juha Jarvinen, Virgin's Chief Commercial Officer. "Although a little later than we'd have liked due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the move reflects the fact that travel is recovering and global demand for holidays to sunny, premium destinations is returning at pace."
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Gerald Levert (* 13. Juli 1966 in Cleveland; † 10. November 2006 in Newbury Township, Ohio) war ein US-amerikanischer R&B-Sänger.

Biografie
Gerald Levert stammte aus einer sehr musikalischen Familie. Sein Vater, Eddie Levert, war der Leadsänger der 1970er-Jahre-Soulgruppe The O'Jays. Gerald Levert sang mit seinem Bruder Sean Levert und Marc Gordon in dem R&B-Trio LeVert. Er war auch Teil von LSG, einer R&B-Gruppe, bestehend aus Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill und ihm selbst.

Levert verstarb im Schlaf an einer tödlichen Mischung aus Schmerzmitteln sowie einem Beruhigungsmittel. Dies ergab die Autopsie des nur 40 Jahre alt gewordenen Künstlers. In seinem Körper wurden Spuren von Vicodin, Percocet und Darvocet in Verbindung mit dem Beruhigungsmittel Xanax gefunden. Der Grund für die Einnahme dieser Medikamente war eine OP-Nachwirkung, denn seit einer Operation an seiner Schulter im Jahre 2005 plagten ihn ständig Schmerzen, die er ohne medizinische Anweisung zu lindern versuchte. Außerdem litt er an panischen Angstzuständen, weshalb man wohl auch den Wirkstoff von Xanax in seinem Blut fand. Die Autopsie offenbarte zudem eine Lungenentzündung. Er hinterließ vier Kinder.

Diskografie

Alben

Singles

Weitere Singles
 1995: Answering Service (The Heavy D Remixes)
 1995: Pic-a-Nic (Sir Jinx feat. Gerald Levert)
 1998: Iz It Still Good? (Something's on Your Mind) (Yo Yo feat. Gerald Levert)
 2001: I Believe I Can Fly (Yolanda Adams feat. Gerald Levert)
 2002: Ain't It Funny (Bootleg Mixes)

Quellen

Weblinks

Contemporary-R&B-Sänger
Musiker (Vereinigte Staaten)
Grammy-Preisträger
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1966
Gestorben 2006
Mann

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A profile of the creator and choreographer of iCandy. Nannette is lovingly known as CRAZY by her cast. She has intense passion for her shows so even though her dancers need an interpreter when learning her dance moves, she builds a great team around her and always gets the job done no matter the cost!


About 6% of Australian births are to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander parent and there is a clear disparity in birth outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians. Some issues affecting birth outcomes are similar nationally whilst others will be more particular to certain areas.
This paper will highlight important areas that may facilitate improved care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
A key component of improving pregnancy outcomes is early and ongoing engagement in antenatal care, which is facilitated by the provision of culturally appropriate and evidence based care relevant to the local community. The majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live in urban or inner regional areas and receive healthcare through mainstream services and it is important therefore for all practitioners to be aware of how to optimise care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
In 2011, there were 17 621 births registered in Australia where one or both parents identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (6% of all births registered). For 31% of these births, both parents identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; for 42% the mother only, and for 27% the father only was Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.1 This article focuses on the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during pregnancy, but it is important to remember pregnancies where the father is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may have similar issues in terms of perinatal outcomes. There is a disproportionate burden of adverse perinatal outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and their babies, including increased maternal mortality2 (four times that of other women), pre-term birth (13.5% versus 8.0%), low birth weight (LBW; 12.0% versus 6.0%) and perinatal deaths (17.1% versus 8.8% per 1,000 births).3 All healthcare professionals need to be aware of this disparity and have a role in optimising the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women to aid in 'closing the gap'4 in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other peoples.
The reasons behind the sobering disparity are varied and complex. It is imperative that a person's health be considered in the context of their social, emotional, spiritual and cultural wellbeing, and that of their community. Having at least a rudimentary understanding of the history and politics that have shaped the lives and health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people helps to place some health behaviours into context. For example, the policy of forcibly removing children from Aboriginal families until the 1960s known as the Stolen Generations5 may still engender distrust of the 'system' in Aboriginal mothers.
It is also important to realise that Aboriginal communities across Australia are not a homogenous group. They vary in their cultural beliefs and practices, language, historical events and geography from the urban setting to remote communities. Most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live in inner regional or urban areas and 33% live in capital cities.6 Healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is delivered mainly through mainstream services and not through dedicated Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, and is therefore a concern for healthcare providers across all settings.
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience healthy pregnancies. The women having babies are generally younger and, on average, have more children during their reproductive life than non-Indigenous women.1 Aboriginal culture has many strengths that can provide a positive influence, such as a supportive extended family network and kinship, connection to country, and active cultural practices in language, art and music. It informs a more holistic view of wellbeing.7 For women who experience adverse events in their pregnancies, the reasons are diverse and occur throughout the life course (Figure 1).
This article aims to give an update on pregnancy care and the steps general practitioners (GPs) can take to provide best practice care in a culturally appropriate manner. Some aspects of culturally competent care presented here are not new but given the persisting disparity in pregnancy outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous women and the continual addition of overseas-trained doctors to the primary care workforce it is important this topic be addressed on a regular basis. It is timely this occurs now with the release of Module 1 of the National Guidelines for Antenatal Care,8 which are discussed in this article.
Significant improvements in health will be made by tackling the underlying social determinants. Many frontline clinicians feel it is beyond their scope to deal with these issues, but having an understanding of some of these concepts will lead to greater empathy in the interactions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Clinicians also have the opportunity, by being leaders in their communities, to support and even advocate for policy changes at local, state and national levels.
The Department of Health recently published Clinical Practice Guidelines in Antenatal Care.8 Chapter 3 deals with antenatal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and the following discussion draws on elements from this guideline.
Fundamental to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women is to engage them in antenatal care. This allows the opportunity to screen for and manage a number of conditions and complications, as well as undertake health promotion activities and risk reduction strategies. Without engagement, opportunities to make a difference are limited. Improving uptake of antenatal care may be achieved through consideration or implementation of the point described below.
Cultural competence is essential for effective communication and cultural security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. It involves reflecting on one's own cultural practices, attitudes and beliefs, and acknowledging differences between one's own cultural experience and that of patients from other cultures. A number of tools and training programs have been developed and can be accessed to aid in this (Appendix A).
A number of programs have been implemented around the country to improve the delivery of antenatal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Evaluations have shown their success in improving uptake of care earlier in the pregnancies, for the duration of the pregnancy and often post-natally, which allows other opportunistic healthcare interventions, such as family planning, cervical screening and improving breastfeeding rates.9 This shows that if services cater for their needs, women will utilise them. However, not all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have access to these programs and many still rely on mainstream services such as GPs and public hospital clinics. Hence, it is important that mainstream services embed cultural competence into their quality improvement cycle (Appendix B).
Improve the woman's experience of antenatal care by taking time to establish rapport and trust (eg. continuity of carer), ensuring her privacy and confidentiality, having some knowledge about the community she is from and endeavouring to have flexible scheduling of appointments. Ideally a nominated person within a practice should be able to ensure the woman is receiving appropriate care from other healthcare team members and to assist to coordinate services if required.
Where available, assistance from Aboriginal health workers, community workers or Aboriginal liaison officers should be sought as they can facilitate understanding between the woman and her healthcare provider and provide assistance for attending appointments and coordinating care. This may be particularly important where English is not the woman's first language.
For the most part, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have the same requirements in antenatal care as other women. However, there are some specific clinical issues that require special consideration. These issues are covered in the following section.
Rates of teenage pregnancies are higher in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities than other communities.1 However, these pregnancies, as with non-Indigenous teenage pregnancies, have higher rates of complication, such as preterm births.11 They also often require higher levels of social support and parenting preparation. It is also important to address contraception and family planning post-natally.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience higher rates of domestic violence.14 It is important, therefore, to be aware of culturally appropriate services available in the local area and refer patients to these services as required.
Rates of pre-existing medical conditions, such as ischaemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus and renal disease, are higher among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age, compared with other women.15 The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is also higher in certain communities, particularly across Northern Australia, which is not usually seen in the non-Indigenous pregnant population.16 Women with RHD may need echocardiograms and cardiology review.
The safety of current medications in pregnancy should be confirmed.
There are lower rates of folate supplementation in pre-conception and early pregnancy17 and, as access to fresh fruits and vegetables is often limited in many communities, folate deficiency may be more pronounced. Other micronutrient deficiencies include iron and iodine. Cost of supplementation may be an issue in some areas, but supplementation may be freely available in others.
A high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are either underweight or overweight during pregnancy.18 Assessing weight, height and BMI at the booking visit will enable discussion of appropriate weight gain in pregnancy. Weight should be assessed regularly throughout the pregnancy.
Safe exercise during pregnancy should be discussed.
Syphilis is diagnosed more in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population,19 but as it is a universal screening test in antenatal care, it should be detected and treated in most cases (if the woman is engaged in antenatal care). In areas of high prevalence, consideration should be given to repeat screening in the third trimester.
Chlamydia screening is recommended for all pregnant women under the age of 25 years, regardless of Indigenous status. For women over the age of 25 years it should be performed as a screening test only if there are high community prevalence rates.8 It is important, therefore, for clinicians to be aware of prevalence rates in their local areas of work.
Gonorrhoea screening should be performed only if the woman comes from a community with high prevalence.
Hepatitis C prevalence is higher in the incarcerated population.20 Screening should be offered if the woman or her partner has ever been incarcerated.
There are higher rates of smoking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.3 Reducing this has the potential to make a significant impact on some of the adverse pregnancy outcomes seen in this population. There is currently no evidence of effectiveness for any particular interventions to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to quit smoking in pregnancy.23 Clinicians may be reticent to ask women about smoking in pregnancy and women's knowledge of the risks of smoking in pregnancy may be limited.23 During pregnancy women should be asked about smoking and the barriers they may encounter when trying to quit. The benefits of quitting should be discussed and cessation advice provided. It is also important that the healthcare team provides support and discusses ways in which the family may support the woman in quitting. There is significant work occurring in this area nationally (Appendix C).
It is important for clinicians to be aware that rates of intrauterine growth restriction,3 low birth weight and pre-term births are higher in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women than in other women.
As healthcare professionals providing care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in pregnancy, we have the potential to improve not only the experience and outcomes of the mothers and their babies but, in the longer term, perhaps also improve the adult health of the babies. Fundamental improvements are needed in the social determinants of health, but as clinicians we can make changes to improve engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women into antenatal care, which is essential for providing ongoing optimal clinical care.
Queensland Health Cultural Safety Module. Available at www.health.qld.gov.au/ atsihealth/documents/cultural_ capability.pdf [Accessed 27 November 2013].
Cultural Respect Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2004-2009. Australian Health Minister's Advisory Council, March 2004. Available at www.health.gov.au/ internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-oatsih- pubs-crf.htm/$FILE/Cultural_Respect_Framework.pdf [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Bittoun R, Femia G. Smoking cessation in pregnancy. Obstet Med 2010;3:90–93. Abstract available at www.obmed.rsmjournals.com/cgi/ content/abstract/3/3/90 [Accessed 27 November 2013].
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Births, Australia, 2011. Available at www.abs.gov.au/ ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3301.0~2011~ Main+Features~Births [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Sullivan EA, Hall B, King JF. Maternal Deaths in Australia 2003–2005. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Perinatal Statistics Unit, Maternal Deaths Series no 3, 2008;Cat PER 42. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/ WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10737421514 [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Li Z, Reki R, Hilder L, Sullivan EA. Australia's Mothers and Babies 2010. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Perinatal Statistics Series no. 27. Cat no PER 57. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/ WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129542372 [Accessed 17 December 2013].
The Close The Gap Steering Committee. CTG Shadow Report 2013. Available at www.oxfam.org.au/ explore/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap [Accessed 27 November 2013].
National Sorry Day Committee (2013). The History of the Stolen Generations. Available at www.nsdc.org.au [Accessed 27 November 2013].
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2011. Available at www.abs.gov.au/ ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001 [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Kingsley J, Townsend M, Henderson-Wilson C, et al. Developing an Exploratory Framework Linking Australian Aboriginal Peoples'Connection to Country and Concepts of Wellbeing. Int J Envron Res Public Health 2013;10:678–98.
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (2012) Clinical Practice Guidelines: Antenatal Care – Module 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra. Available at www.health.gov.au/antenatal [Accessed 27 November 2013].
NSW Health (2006). NSW Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Strategy Evaluation. Available at www.health.nsw.gov.au/ pubs/2006/pdf/evaluation_maternal.pdf [Accessed 27 November 2013].
Hunt J. Trying to make a difference. Improving Pregnancy Outcomes, Care and Services for Australian Indigenous Women. PhD Thesis. School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 2003.
National Health and Medical Research Council. Clinical Practice Guidelines: Depression and related disorders in the perinatal period. Available at www.beyondblue.org.au/ resources/health-professionals/clinical-practice-guidelines/ perinatal-clinical-practice-guidelines [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Campbell A, Hayes B, Buckby B. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's experience when interacting with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: a brief note. Aust J Rural Health 2008;16:124–31.
Al-Yaman F, Van Doeland M, Wallis M. Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Cat no. IHW17, 2006. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/ WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx? id=6442458606 [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Australian Bureau of Statistics. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Australia 2004–2005. Canberra, AIHW 2006 Available at www.abs.gov.au/ ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4715.0/ [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Gray C, Thomson N. Review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians. Australian Health Infonet. Available at www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/ chronic-conditions/cvd/reviews/ our-review-rhd [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Maxwell SJ, Brameld KJ, Bower C et al. Baseline investigation of folate status in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal West Australians prior to the introduction of mandatory fortification. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2013;53:26–31.
Burns J, Thomson N. Overweight and obesity – a major problem for Indigenous Australians. Aust Indig Health Bull 2006. Available at www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/ key-resources/bibliography?page=7&q=&q_exact=&q_ author=&q_keyword=&sorter=author-ASC&health_topic=26&year_ start=1840&year_end=2013&lid=13774 [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Kirby Institute. Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: annual surveillance report 2013. Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia. Available at www.ashm.org.au/ images/Media/ATSIP2013.pdf [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Department of Health and Ageing, Australia. Third National Hepatitis C Strategy 2010–2013. Available at www.health.gov.au/ internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-national- strategies-2010-hcv/$File/hcv.pdf [Accessed 11 December 2013].
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (yet to be published – released for public consultation) Clinical Practice Guidelines: Antenatal Care – Module 2. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.
McDonald HM, Brocklehurst P, Gordon A. Antibiotics for treating bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007 Issue 1. Art. No.:CD000262. DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD000262.pub3.
Passey ME, Bryant J, Hall AE, Sanson-Fisher RW. How will we close the gap in smoking rates for pregnant Indigenous women? Med J Aust 2013;199:39–41.
Wallace C, Burns L, Gilmour S, et al. Substance use, psychological distress and violence among pregnant and breastfeeding women. Aust NZ J Public Health 2007;31:51–56.
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Millibars
Millibars to Pascals
Millibars to Pascals Conversion
Enter the pressure in millibars below to get the value converted to pascals.
Millibar Value:
Results in Pascals:
1 mbar = 100 Pa
Do you want to convert pascals to millibars?
How to Convert Millibars to Pascals
To convert a millibar measurement to a pascal measurement, multiply the pressure by the conversion ratio. One millibar is equal to 100 pascals, so use this simple formula to convert:
pascals = millibars × 100
The pressure in pascals is equal to the millibars multiplied by 100.
For example, here's how to convert 5 millibars to pascals using the formula above.
5 mbar = (5 × 100) = 500 Pa
Millibars and pascals are both units used to measure pressure. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure.
One millibar is equal to one-thousandth of a bar, which is defined as the pressure of one newton per square meter. One millibar is also equal to one hectopascal.
The millibar is a non-SI metric unit for pressure. In the metric system, "milli" is the prefix for 10-3. Millibars can be abbreviated as mbar, for example 1 millibar can be written as 1 mbar.
Pascals
The pascal is defined as the pressure of one newton per square meter.
The pascal is the SI derived unit for pressure in the metric system. Pascals can be abbreviated as Pa, for example 1 pascal can be written as 1 Pa.
Pascals can be expressed using the formula:
1 Pa = 1 Nm2
Pressure in pascals is equal to the force in newtons divided by the area in square meters.
Millibar to Pascal Conversion Table
Millibar measurements converted to pascals
1 mbar 100 Pa
10 mbar 1,000 Pa
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Support & coordinate the development of local In-Vitro Diagnostics Market with a strategic focus on: identifying, and accessing business opportunities especially for POCT franchise and in combination with other CDD product franchise through a solid, marketing & financial 'feasibility study' based on the recommendations from the various business partners within Clinical Diagnostics Division (CDD).
Main responsibilities include: establish country-specific but also division-specific business plans managed in concert with regional business leaders and matrix functional owners, managing local distributors, achieving market success and improving customer satisfaction.
Another main activity is to establish and introduce a systemic approach to improve the effectiveness & efficiency on managing Salesforce.com, pricing concept, Distributor Management systems such as Securi Mate. Further, this person will introduce a financial based 'monitoring system' for the Distributors, setting priorities for products based on financial systems like NPV-calculations and monitor the implementation of Marketing Plans by Quarters/Years/STRAP.
Support new product introduction. Support optimizing price and value proposition to the market and channel partners from financial perspective and model a tracking mechanism to monitor progresses.
Provide accurate finance information system including insights into the market dynamics and business background to stakeholders.
Monitoring Distributor Activities; Sales tracking, order placements, Sales funnel/sales leads, Due Diligence based on Securi Mate; Sales & promotional activities, monitoring complaints cases.
Actively assist in developing a 'go-direct' market strategy for CDD (a hybrid-model).
Develops and maintains sales operating plan for territory that includes opportunity map, target accounts, forecast, sales strategies and tactics, resource requirements and strategic plan.
Key point of contact for business partners POCT of Samsung Brand.
Develop relationships with selected customers and distributors.
Supporting Communication Activities (in English) of the Marketers with region & global. Freeing up resources of the existing marketers & CDD commercial head in Korea through Marketing, Sales & Administrative & Project Management related supporting activities.
Market Entry Preparations for POC Market of Samsung brand.
Expanding POC Market by proper distributor management.
Close coordination & communication functions with RAQA teams as means of time-to-market timelines & resource management activities prior to market entry for POC.
Prepare economic value studies of existing products.
Commercial Marketing skills are of greater value than the 'scientific' & 'technical' skills.
Clear strength of financial models like NPV, ROI, Costs Calculations, GM-Calculations, etc.
University degree in Management, Marketing or finance is preferred.
2-3 years commercial, financial, marketing related experience of preference.
Excellent command in English in verbal and written.
This is a job for somebody being 'hungry, angry but still constructive'! Everything else can be learnt on the job!


The 2008 miniseries, "LOST IN AUSTEN" is not based upon any particular Austen novel that was not written سے طرف کی the Georgian Era writer. Instead, it is the brainchild of screenwriter Guy Andrews. The latter created this fantasy-comedy, which is an adaptation of Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice". "LOST IN AUSTEN" told the story of one Amanda Price, a twenty-something career woman, who lives in Hammersmith, a suburb of London. Amanda works at a bank and shares a flat with another twenty-something named Pirhana. She dates an obtuse and slightly crude young man named Michael, with whom she has become disenchanted. Amanda is also a die-hard Jane Austen fan. And her پسندیدہ pastime is reading the author's published works - especially her پسندیدہ novel, "Pride and Prejudice".
If آپ want مزید Pride and Prejudice!
Directed سے طرف کی Robert Z. Leonard, "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" told the story of the five unmarried daughters of a 19th century English landowner and the efforts of his shrill wife to get them married before his estate is inherited سے طرف کی a distant male cousin. For years, this version of Austen's novel has been highly regarded سے طرف کی شائقین and critics alike. But ever since the advent of numerous Austen adaptations in the past 15 to 20 years, these same critics and شائقین have been incredibly harsh toward this Hollywood classic. Many have complained that the movie failed to be a faithful adaptation of the 1813 novel.
Zombies reads like graffiti, which can be ugly یا beautiful depending on your point of view. آپ see that تقسیم, الگ کریں on amazon.com, where half the reviewers give it four یا five stars, and half give it from one to three stars. Did the مصنف even like Austen? I wasn't sure. But he sure had fun taking a bite out of her.
Considering how long I have been a پرستار of Jane Austen's 1813 novel, "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" and its numerous ویژن ٹیلی and movie adaptations, I am surprised that I have never considered something about its heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and her family. Ever since I have been reading numerous مضامین about the novel and its adaptations, I have noticed that many have labeled the Bennet family as members of the middle-class یا the upper middle-class in Regency England. And it finally occurred to me that many of these شائقین were in error.
I hope آپ all enjoy Pride and Prejudice Trivia. It will be available in May 2010 on Amazon.com and in independent toy, game & book stores across the country.
During my تلاش for Pride and Prejudice sequels, I have managed to come across many websites that offer P&P fanfiction. I thought I would post my findings here for all to enjoy. The stories on these sites range anywhere from one یا two stories to hundreds of stories, so browse at your leisure.
In putting together this فہرست I have also come to the realization that some fan-fic authors have گیا کیا پوسٹ the same story on multiple sites, so آپ may run across the same stories in different areas.
I did give authors their own لنکس if they had their own webpage connected with the primary link.
If آپ know of any other websites that feature P&P fanfiction, let me know and I will update this as needed.
Becca85's فہرست of "Prequels, Sequels and Variations"
With the مقبول rise of e-books nowadays, some of the titles listed below can only be read electronically. Those will be notated سے طرف کی KINDLE appearing after the author's name.
All of the کتابیں with an asterisk (*) are کتابیں that have a recommended reading order and are ordered in the correct way.
Any note that starts with ** follows the عنوان it is referring to.
The کتابیں also have an "R" یا an "M" after every title. This corresponds with whether the novel is set in the Regency era (or somewhere around the actual time period Jane Austen set her story in) یا whether it is a modern variation. There are a small handful that I don't quite know based just on summaries.
Mr. Darcy is not only a charecter in Pride and Prejudice but he is a true lead in the book. He is a mysterious, intriguing charecter that seems to truly hit ہوم in our hearts even مزید than we can explain. But how? I've come up with a good فہرست of reasons why we can't get enough of this awesome hero.
4. We don't just love him, but we love the story. (Since JA's novels are so well written and clever, just being the hero the story makes Mr. Darcy even مزید amazing.
5. Elizabeth is in love with him. (Jane Austen's writing makes آپ want to be یا even think آپ are Elizabeth Bennet. So therefore, آپ start to fall in love with Darcy as Elizabeth does.
*You begin to wonder why all فلمیں are not six episodes long.
*The movie just keeps on getting better every time آپ watch it.
*On a حالیہ visit to a local lake, آپ were inspired to dive in and go swimming fully clothed.
*Your relatives and دوستوں no longer think that آپ are strange for asking them to call آپ "Lizzy".
*After hours of studying the dance scenes, آپ held a party and forced all your دوستوں to learn the dance steps so that آپ could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball.
Don't judge a book سے طرف کی it's cover…its عنوان may give the readers a different connotation of what this book is really about. It may give the readers an idea of discrimination, fury, preconception یا judgment, but on the contrary Pride and Prejudice is simply just the greatest love story of all time.
When I first heard that a new Pride and Prejudice film was in the works, I was both apprehensive and excited. I had seen every single film adaptation made of my پسندیدہ Jane Austen book and considered the A&E version starring Colin Firth as Mr Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennett the end-all. As a miniseries, it was able to closely follow the book and not omit any of the wonderful parts that made the novel a classic. With a movie made for the big screen, important plot twists and scenes would have to be removed to fit in the allotted time. It was with slight trepidation that I watched the new version, but I quickly found myself caught up in the breathtaking scenery and the witty repetoire between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. At first, I felt I was betraying Colin Firth سے طرف کی enjoying the new film. However, I have managed to come to terms with my love for both movies.


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Pawelek gave up 0 ER in 63 IP while striking out 132.
Even for fun, I just can't get excited by high school stats anymore.
Oy, Kellogg. Well, we were going to pop one or two of those at some point today, so a pitchability lefty is fine, I guess.
5th round sure feels like the college pitchability round with Kellogg, Duchesne, Waddell, and Jacome.
Very curious how the numbers work out for the first 2 guys in Happ/Dewees.
Why did Pawelek bust? Wasn't his stuff nasty?
Like the Killian and Wade picks in the 9th round for Colorado and Minnesota. Wade looked like a day one pick in the UCLA Regional.
Stuff wasn't never as good as his senior year in HS and he had a poor work ethic.
Wasn't that in like 06? PS2 and weren't their rumors he was hammered when it happened?
No joke, he actually broke his arm trying to jump into the pool from the second floor of his apartment complex.
Maybe Hudson won't eat Dan Vogelbach.
5.980 spent, leaving 1.5 and change for today. I guess we'll know if this is the case based on what we do in 11-15.
Really hoping they can draft/afford Cole Sands. I really like from what I've read on him. I'm predicting him in the 11th.
I have to think Sands is headed to Florida State now. If they felt he would sign, I gotta imagine that they would've popped him already. They might still pop him later and give a run at it, but the later it gets, the more unlikely it feels.
He wasn't the prospect that his brother was, but he was still an intriguing prospect. Maybe he just wants to go to college. Nothing wrong with that.
So hilariously [expletive] up that the draft has a cap for all intent and the free agency market doesn't.
Before anyone gets his thong even more in a bunch, I know why. It's just an observation.
CubinNY wrote: So hilariously [expletive] up that the draft has a cap for all intent and the free agency market doesn't.
Why is that expletived up?
Unions take care of their members before anyone else; standard practice.
Brewers first round pick, Trent Clark, ran/fell into the CF wall tonight and was down for 15 min and left on a stretcher. Apparently a head/neck injury.
Jake Kelzer, 14th Round pick out of Indiana tweeted that he is returning to school.