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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) Freshman Nick Stauskas scored 22 points in his first start and No. 3 Michigan survived a late run to beat Bradley 74-66 on Saturday.
Stauskas started for Matt Vogrich and delivered early with eight first-half points to help the Wolverines (7-0) hold onto a narrow halftime lead, 34-30.
Walt Lemon Jr. led Bradley (5-2) on a late run to close to 70-65 with half a minute to play. But the Braves were force to foul and the Wolverines held on to win.
Trey Burke added 16 in the Wolverines' first trip to Bradley since 1997. Glenn Robinson III scored 13 and Jordan Morgan scored 10 and pulled down 10 rebounds.
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In the past, getting a mortgage with excellent credit was a cake walk. It got even easier in the early part of the decade when lenders would finance anyone with a pulse. Good credit, bad credit or excellent credit; all could get mortgage loans. Lenders were counting on real estate appreciation to cover any defaults, so traditional lending guidelines went right out the window.
Now the chickens are coming home to roost, as mortgage default rates have soared to all time highs. That has lenders questioning the wisdom of getting so fast and loose with the rules. Sadly for those with good to excellent credit scores, lenders have not restricted their focus to traditional problem borrowers when reevaluating their lending policies. Even those in the upper end of the credit scoring strata have been caught up in the net.
What can you if you're one of those with excellent credit that's had problems finding a mortgage or other loan? There are some simple step you can take to ensure you'll not only be considered, but actually get the best loan.
1) Number one on your to do list of things to do to get the best mortgage or any other loan should be getting a copy of your credit report. Without this vital report you'll not know the state of your credit. Knowing your credit score is the absolute first step you should take before you get a loan. This way you can negotiate from a position of strength, and you can be sure the loan you get is appropriate for your excellent credit rating.
2) The second thing to do to make sure you get the best loan is to raise your credit score as high as possible. Often a jump of only a few points, even if you have good to excellent credit, can get you a significantly better loan.
3) After you have taken these steps, you want to focus on choosing the proper lender. Find a lender that specializes in servicing only borrowers with excellent credit. Many lenders originate mortgages and other loans for borrowers with credit that falls a bit short of excellent. That means that borrowers with excellent credit subsidize some of the costs associated with those borrowers, either directly or indirectly.
If you follow these three steps, you'll have the best chance of getting not only the lowest interest rate, but the best fee structure, and the shortest processing time.

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Jeep Wrangler JK Junkyard Axle Swap - Part 2
A Sterling rear
When it comes to upgrading the rear axle in your Jeep Wrangler JK, there is no shortage of aftermarket options. Virtually all aftermarket rear axles come with suspension brackets, brakes, and even appropriations for tone rings, so everything can function as the factory intended. While we are grateful that these options exist, the biggest drawback to these "bolt-in" axles is that they come at a hefty price.
Last month, we took you through the process of building our junkyard-sourced high-pinion Dana 60 front axle, which we plucked from under a '02 Ford Super Duty. This month, we are moving out back to install the Sterling 10.5 inch rear axle that we grabbed from under the same wrecked F-350. Using a '07 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited as our builder-base, we have some leeway when it comes to what the Jeep will actually require to function normally (well, mostly normal).
Since most late-model Sterling 10.5 inch rear axles were fit with an 8-on-170 metric bolt pattern, it makes them less desirable to most eight-lug axle builders. With our front axle sharing the same metric bolt pattern, this is no concern for us. Just as with the 14-bolt rear axle, the Sterling 10.5 rear is plentiful and cheap. Given both the Sterling and 14-bolt can be had in a full-float configuration; each is perfect for supporting the often-portly Unlimited JK platform.
Speaking of the 14-bolt, it was actually our first choice when we originally laid out the idea for the swap. This wasn't due to a major strength difference between the two full-float rear axles, but more to the fact that Torq Motorsports (torqaxle.com) actually offers a kit that allows you to fit the 14-bolt with tone rings. Ultimately, we decided that the Sterling was still a better low-buck option for guys looking to place 1-ton axles under a JK on the cheap. But, there is a catch.
Going with the Sterling 10.5 axle meant we would not have rear tone rings. Despite an individual working on a conversion to outfit the Sterling rear with tone rings that could work with the stock JK sensors, it wasn't finished in time for the article. This means we will have a few lights on the dash and no stability control or ABS. For our '07, this isn't a big deal. Since we fit the front with custom unit bearings from Currie, we have a working speedometer and no check engine light.
To some, this will be a deal breaker. On the '12-current models, running without sensors isn't an option. We will break down how everything works and fit under the JK in next month's issue, but for now, we're going to focus on getting the full-float rear axle bolted in place. To see the details you missed in a previous article, be sure to check us out on the web at fourwheeler.com.
Our donor axle came under a '02 Ford Super Duty. The WMS of our Sterling 10.5 axle is 68¾ inches, roughly three inches wider than the stock JK rear axle. By comparison, a 14-bolt rear axle can range from 63-73 inches. Finding the right width for the JK can take a bit of work. Once the stock spring and shock mounts were torched off of the axle, we cleaned the axletubes with a grinder. With both axles set on jackstands, we measure the correct placement of the axle brackets.
For axle brackets, we went with Currie Enterprises complete JK axle bracket kit. The Currie bracket kit offers a range of shock, track bar, and control arm mounting holes. The 3⁄16-inch steel set was easily adapted to the axle and burned in using a Miller MIG welder. Since our Jeep is equipped with an EVO Manufacturing EVO-Lever rear suspension, we didn't need some of the included brackets.
The full-float hub is what makes this swap worth the trouble. While the Unlimited JK may start off a modest 4,300 pounds, it doesn't take much for it to add on serious weight. Since the Sterling's full-float hub is designed to take the weight and abuse of a heavy 1-ton truck, it should have no trouble supporting the JK. Since it's equipped with the same metric 8-on-170 bolt pattern as our front axle, no machining or wheel adapters are needed.
If you're concerned about the Sterling's stock axleshafts, don't be; 35-spline 1½-inch shafts were used from the factory. While the 14-bolt also has 1½-inch shafts, they only have a 30-spline count.
The aftermarket is a bit less supportive for the Sterling than the 14-bolt, but we had no trouble finding a set of 5.38 gears for our 10.5-inch rear axle. One interesting thing we found is that despite the 10.5 having a larger differential bearing set over the Sterling 10.25, the ring-and-pinions, along with the differential carriers, are interchangeable.
One upgrade that we couldn't be without was a locker. With our JK seeing plenty of on-road time, we wanted something that would be unnoticeable on the street, but 100-percent effective in the dirt. This balance was achieved by installing an ARB Air Locker. ARB uses a patented two-piece case design with forged internal gears. While on the street, the locker works as an open diff, but when engaged, it becomes an ultra-strong full-carrier spool.
A major plus of the late-model Sterling axle is that it comes with disc brakes. We were able to reuse our aftermarket brake lines and the stock JK e-brake cables were easily adapted.
The Sterling in stock form is more than up to running our much larger than stock tires, and we're excited to get the entire 1-ton package complete. Another bonus of the Sterling over the 14-bolt is that the Sterling offers 1¼-inch more ground clearance. That might not sound like much, but it's enough to make a difference off-road.


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We giggled and laughed. We dropped our wool on the wrong side of the fence
and some of us got very tangled up! And we all had so much fun!
The amount of hearts exceeded my expectations.
We created 105 woolly, fluffy hearts!
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Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) Program Celebrates 20 Years, Care Improved for Hundreds of Thousands
Monday, Oct. 28, 2013
Megan Moriarty
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LEAWOOD, Kan. — Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®), a widely adopted training program credited with saving the lives of thousands of mothers and babies across the globe since its launch, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.
ALSO is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary training program that prepares healthcare professionals to handle emergencies that can arise during pregnancy and childbirth. Through hands-on training, caregivers learn team-based approaches to mitigate several situations that can pose serious harm to mother and child, including postpartum hemorrhaging, shoulder dystocia and pre-eclampsia.
"When emergencies arise during pregnancy and childbirth, the potential consequences are especially tragic because there are two lives on the line," said David Gregory, MD, chair of the ALSO advisory board. "But with proper clinical training, caregivers can usually mitigate the danger."
Jim Damos, MD, began working in 1991 on the outline of the program that would become ALSO while he was a staff member in the family medicine department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In 1993, the American Academy of Family Physicians purchased the copyright to the program and its course materials, and began working to spread the training throughout the country and internationally.
To date, the ALSO program has been administered in 63 countries, training more than 80,000 health professionals. In the United States, nearly 70,000 caregivers have been trained, nearly two-thirds of whom were family medicine residents. Documented outcomes in numerous countries support the impact of the training. For example, in one hospital in Tanzania, after all healthcare professionals received the training the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage was reduced by 50 percent.
"What began with a single doctor in the Midwest has spread across the world and touched hundreds of thousands of lives," said Gregory.
For more information on ALSO, visit the ALSO website.
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Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents 136,700 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the largest medical society devoted solely to primary care. Family physicians conduct approximately one in five office visits -- that's 192 million visits annually or 48 percent more than the next most visited medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America's underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family medicine's cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care. To learn more about the specialty of family medicine, the AAFP's positions on issues and clinical care, and for downloadable multi-media highlighting family medicine, visit www.aafp.org/media. For information about health care, health conditions and wellness, please visit the AAFP's award-winning consumer website, www.familydoctor.org(familydoctor.org).
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As many as five international friendlies played in South Africa in advance of the 2010 World Cup were apparently manipulated, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Citing a leaked FIFA investigative report and other related documents, the newspaper reported that up to 12 matches may have been targeted for fixing. None of those in question were part of the World Cup.
According to the Times, it is "probable" that the matches were fixed so that gamblers could win by making bets based on the knowledge of the fixed results.
The investigation is ongoing, a FIFA spokesperson told the Times.
One of the five matches that appeared to be manipulated, the Times learned, was the pre-World Cup friendly between Guatemala and South Africa. The host nation won the match 5-0, with two of the goals coming on questionable handballs that resulted in penalty kicks. The other four matches were not named.
FIFA has not accused anyone of match fixing at this point, according to the report, but referee Ibrahim Chaibou of Niger is at the center of the investigation after making a large deposit in advance of the South Africa-Guatemala game.
Chaibou told the Times in a phone interview that FIFA had not contacted him since his retirement in 2011, and that he has never fixed a match. But he declined to answer any questions about money he may have received in South Africa. He also denied to the Times any contact with Wilson Raj Perumal, an international gambler who's called himself "the world's most prolific match fixer." FIFA has listed him as the suspected mastermind of the South Africa scheme, the Times reported.
Chaibou was also the referee of a 2011 friendly between Nigeria and Argentina that ended with a controversial handball call that resulted in a penalty kick at eight minutes into injury time. The penalty was converted for a meaningless fifth goal in the game that Nigeria won 4-1. However, an ESPN FC report at the time said a huge amount of money had been wagered in Asian gambling markets on a fifth goal being scored.
The news comes at an awkward time for FIFA with the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil less than two weeks away.
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"Gangster Squad" boasts about as good a cast as you could hope for: Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Anthony Mackie, Michael Pena and Giovanni Ribisi. Surely you can find a few names on that list that will pique your interest in this true-crime actioner set in post-WW II Los Angeles about the LAPD's war with East Coast gangster Mickey Cohen.
Penn stars as Cohen, the boxer-turned-gangster who made his bones in NYC before being sent west to take over the City of Angels. Brolin, Gosling and Nolte are the cos who head up a secret team of police working on the gray fringes of the law, doing whatever they can to keep Cohen and his men at bay.
And in true noir fashion, Stone appears to play the femme fatale, a gangster's girlfriend who catches Gosling's eye. If Stone and Gosling keep falling into bed together, people are gonna talk.
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Based on the book by Paul Lieberman, the screenplay was adapted by Will Beal for director Ruben Fleischer, of "Zombieland" fame.
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2008 Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
Courtesy Peter Morse
For 2008 Jet Fuel are pleased to announce they will be back with an even better program. The road team will focus on such high profile events as the Tour de Leelanau, Tour de Toona, Rochester Omnium, The Welland Race, and Univest GP. The team will start the season at the Tour de Taiwan (UCI 2.2), March 9-16. The eight day race ends at the Taipei International Bike Show.
Team sponsors have returned for another year. Louis Garneau will provide bikes, and clothing, Spinergy the wheels, the team will ride Octto components, and MCOR is back with their generous support.
The team adds two riders to the roster this year. Derrick StJohn, Ontario Criterium Champion, is on board. Returning to Jet Fuel after a stint with Ital Pasta is Thorben Wieditz. Both riders had wins last year and will strengthen the squad immensely.
For updates from the race in Taiwan, other news on the team, full rosters and all sponsors, check www.jetfuelcycling.blogspot.com.
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Mustad Swift nail
Designed for thinner shoes
The Mustad Swift® nail is developed through a close collaboration with farriers specialized in racing disciplines. Swift meets the specific needs currently expressed by racing professionals. It has a very slim shank, especially appropriate for thin hoof walls. The short neck is ideal for thin shoes.
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Gold Rush - For nearly 2 centuries, the hope of gold has lured people to the hills of Northern California. No one was captivated more than Clyde Hamilton, a greedy gold prospector who loved to gamble. Clyde made too many bets with the wrong crowd and now he's missing. You've been tipped off to where he stashed his gold... but so has the mob. Find it first!
Prison Break - The year is 1955. You've been wrongfully accused of a crime and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Your new home is a cell that once belonged to an inmate who disappeared without a trace. Some claim he escaped, while others swear he was murdered by the warden. Nobody knows what happened... can you escape before you suffer the same fate?
The Heist - Your world-class espionage outfit has landed you inside a prestigious art museum. A recently stolen masterpiece is presumed hidden within the office of the museum's egotistical curator, Vincent Hahn. With the help of your intelligence agent on the outside, you have 1 hour to find your way into Hahn's office, recover the painting, and slip away before Hahn returns.
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Osnabrück has gone down in history as a city of peace for its role in the Treaty of Westphalia. But Osnabrück is much more than that. It's also a city of many layers, with something new to discover at every turn. Connoisseurs, for example, are spoilt for choice by the exceptional gourmet restaurants and regional specialities on offer here.
Osnabrück had survived the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War almost completely unscathed, and so, together with neighbouring Münster, it was selected by the weary war parties as the venue for their peace agreement. This is commemorated in the Friedenssaal (Hall of Peace) inside the late-Gothic town hall, dating from 1512, with 42 portraits representing the peace congress envoys and leaders at the time of the negotiations. Upstairs a model depicts the city as it was in 1633, while an exhibition called Destruction and Reconstruction looks back to a different war and explores how Osnabrück was raised from the rubble of World War II.
Similarly, the Felix Nussbaum House aims to ensure the atrocities of the past are not forgotten. This spectacular museum, designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind, presents the life and works of locally born Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Even the museum's distinctive, almost discomforting architecture encourages visitors to stop and reflect on Nussbaum's fate. The building is situated in the heart of the city centre together with the Cultural History Museum. Its location makes a good starting point for a stroll through the old quarter, which is dominated by six important churches. And to see the day out in style, you could carry on to la vie for dinner. At the helm of this relaxed yet refined restaurant is head chef Thomas Bühner – a master at combining flavours who has been elevated to the culinary pantheon with four Gault Millau toques.
It is apt that this city of peace should be the birthplace of Erich Maria Remarque, who gave the world the timeless anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front. In recognition of this, Osnabrück's biannual peace prize is named after the author. There is one place just outside Osnabrück that evokes memories of events much further back in time. Evidence suggests that the Kalkriese Museum and Park marks the site of the Battle of Varus, better known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which was fought in the year 9 AD. In 1989 work began on the systematic excavation of the site, and a great many coins, weapons and other Roman military artefacts were unearthed, as well as the remains of ramparts. The site is now home to the Battle of Varus Museum and Park, which were completed in 2001 when a striking 40-metre tall viewing tower was added to the exhibition building. Visitors to the parkland still have the chance to see archaeological digs in progress, and in odd-numbered years the hugely popular Romans and Teutons festival brings history to life. It's also possible to delve back in time at the Museum of Industrial Culture, which explores the coal-mining heritage of Osnabrück and the surrounding area. A glass elevator takes you 30 metres below ground to a re-opened historical tunnel.
But this rich heritage does not mean Osnabrück is stuck in the past – far from it! It doesn't take long to discover this is a modern city in every way, offering an abundance of shopping opportunities, live music, comedy, markets, festivals and events. The regularly changing modern art exhibitions in the Kunsthalle Osnabrück receive great acclaim at home and abroad. Or for an exciting day out, explore the stunning scenery of UNESCO Global Geopark Terra.vita, part of the UNESCO network of geoparks. Further proof, if proof were needed, that Osnabrück lives on more than just memories, and is a city in the here and now.
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PARIS - France's foreign minister raised the prospect Thursday of sending "defensive weapons" to Syrian rebels, saying his country will ask the European Union to consider lifting its arms embargo on the Middle East nation.
The civil war in Syria, which began as an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, has killed more than 36,000 Syrians since March 2011, according to anti-Assad activists. The fighting and floods of refugees seeking safety have also spilled over into several of Syria's neighbors, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the EU's arms embargo is preventing Syrian rebels from fully defending themselves.
"We must not militarize the conflict ... but it's obviously unacceptable that there are liberated zones and they're bombed" by Assad's regime, Fabius said in an interview with RTL radio. "We have to find a good balance."
"The question of defensive arms will be raised," he said, without providing details about such arms. "This cannot be done without coordination between Europeans."
The topic of Syria is sure to be on the agenda at the EU foreign ministers meeting Monday in Brussels.
Among Western nations, France has been at the forefront of the struggle, and on Tuesday quickly recognized a new opposition coalition formed Sunday as the Syrian people's sole representative. It was the first Western nation to do so.
France has already been funneling aid, some through cloak and dagger means, to Syrian rebels, but expects to turn that over to the new coalition.
Russia, meanwhile, still opposes assistance to the Syrian opposition.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, speaking at a briefing Thursday, said foreign help to those fighting Assad's government would represent a "gross violation" of basic principles of international law. He cited a 1970 U.N. document saying that no country should help or finance military action aimed at the violent overthrow of a foreign government.
The Russian comments came before those from Fabius, who did not mention that Russia has consistently vetoed Security Council resolutions trying to step up the pressure against the Assad regime.
In Turkey, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu recognized the broad-based Syrian National Coalition on Thursday, according to the Anadolu news agency.
The president of the new opposition coalition, the 52-year-old preacher-turned activist Mouaz al-Khatib, is to visit Paris and meet with President Francois Hollande on Saturday.
A French diplomatic official said Thursday that France sees quick recognition as a primary way to assure success for the opposition.
"There won't be many other occasions like this," said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and asked not to be named. "We have a collective responsibility, to the Syrians and ourselves, to make this live."
President Barack Obama is holding back full recognition, saying Wednesday that the U.S. isn't considering sending weapons to the opposition because of concerns the arms might end up in the hands of extremists.
Israeli tanks struck a Syrian artillery launcher Monday after a stray mortar shell flew into Israel-held territory, the first direct clash between the neighbors since the Syrian uprising began. The confrontation fueled new fears that the Syrian civil war could drag Israel into the violence, with grave consequences for the region.


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Here's your Bulgarian starter for ten:
Аз съм вегетарианец. Не консумирам никакво червено и пилешко месо, също риба или морска храна.
That's Bulgarian for: "I am a vegetarian. I do not eat any meat, poultry, fish or seafood."
And here's a bunch of other words and short phrases that will help you share your vegetarian dietary requirements while travelling in Bulgaria.
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iRobot and InTouch Health have partnered to create the Remote Presence Virtual+Independent Telemedicine Assistant (RP-VITA) through which a doctor in a remote location can conduct patient care as if he or she is in the room.
"The RP-VITA raises the bar for overseeing patient care remotely and allows me to proactively control a situation as if I were there," said Dr. Jason Knight, director of the Children's Hospital of Orange County California Transport Program and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine, in an interview. Knight has tested the device and led RP-VITA's clinical validation process at CHOC. The robot -- the most sophisticated of its kind, according to Timothy Wright, InTouch Health's vice president of corporate and market strategy -- was born out of a development collaboration between the two companies in July 2011.
iRobot -- known for its development of consumer robotic devices like a robotic vacuum called the Roomba that cleans the floor on its own -- provided navigation capabilities that allow the robot to move autonomously based on its Ava mobile robotic platform. InTouch Health provided RP-VITA's remote presence technologies and video-based user interface that allows doctors to feel as if they are actually present in the room with patients. The company, which works on a range of telemedicine solutions, also integrated hospital diagnostic implements such as electronic stethoscopes, otoscopes, and ultrasound equipment into the robot to allow for remote examination.
While robots have been used in hospital telemedicine programs before, Wright told us that RP-VITA was designed to take ease of use and sophistication to a new level to help doctors provide better patient care under increased demand for their time and attention. "There are no other robots like this on the market," he said. "It supports is a growing trend in telemedicine to help extend a physician's reach."
To date, devices that allow doctors to remotely interact with patients have been operated by a joystick, Wright said. However, "we believe that in order to expand physician adoption, we need to make our robots easy for them to use," he said. To facilitate this, InTouch promoted the use of an iPad to navigate RP-VITA, which makes it relatively simple for someone even without technical skills or manual dexterity to use, Wright said. Via this navigation, RP-VITA can travel on wheels around a hospital at a maximum forward speed of 3.36 mph, rolling through corridors and into patient rooms.
One of its key features -- advanced obstacle detection avoidance sensors that include laser range finders -- allow the robot to keep out of the way of obstacles in its path and maneuver around them, allowing for a safe journey through busy hospital hallways. The robot also creates a digital map of an environment that it can access for future use, labeling rooms, controlling navigation speeds for certain areas, and marking zones where the robot should not travel, Wright said.


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- sugars10g
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They conceived and released a few models based on this astounding design, and the main one was the Himmelschüssel (that you can translate by 'primrose' but means exactly 'key to heaven'). This guitar is not only rare because it's the first of the only 13 ever built, but for being issued from some designer's fantasy gone wild on the drawing board, and not being ridiculous once built! How many smart ideas in experimental guitar design went wrong? This design was actually made possible by the new technology of carbon fiber that arose in the early 80s - in this case combined with mahogany.
This model was built for a famous German blues guitarist, and I always wonder why do people want new instruments to play old music! Look at all the demos on YouTube for high tech guitars like the Teuffel, the XOX or the Backlund, the players always go for old rock blues riffs and scales! Do Franck Zappa, Robert Fripp or Adrian Belew have no legacy?
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French actress Delphine Chaneac is worth the price of admission as the genetic creation Dren in "Splice," but it wasn't an easy shoot.
She gamely shaved her head for the part, used so much prosthetic glue that she's now severely allergic to it and endured a rigorous, brisk shoot for the low budget independent film -- all in freezing Toronto. But Chaneac doesn't complain much at all.
Except for the tail.
"That wasn't my favorite part," she tells PopcornBiz of Dren's lethal and long appendage. "But no problem. I knew from the beginning it was all part of being this creature. I knew the deal."
But she admits she would find it funny to see a member of the crew following her and moving her tail with fishing string as she walked on stage. "I used to think, that's so strange."
There were a lot of those moments shooting "Splice" which opens Friday. "When you have blue socks on for special effects, a long, blue tail and high heels and you're on the set, well, sometimes you feel ridiculous," says Chaneac.
With all of this, the actress says she didn't even think about the oddness of her love scene with Adrien Brody, who plays the scientist/father figure who helped create her. Kinda gross, but very distracting. "I didn't want to think about it too much because I would lose confidence."
Further director Vincenzo Natali laid the scene out very dryly.
"He came to us and said, 'Okay you have to be like this, fall on your back, make two turns,'" says Chaneac. "It was so precise and very technical."
It was only afterward that it struck her as odd.
"After that, I thought it's weird," says Chaneac. "It's a relationship with a girl and father, so that's strange. But at the same time, she doesn't have his DNA."
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(CNN) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will go to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on Thursday to attend a memorial service for the victims of last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Monday.
Obama, along with all the living former presidents, will be in Texas celebrating the opening of the George W. Bush Museum and Library in Dallas. He'll also attend a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee while in Texas.
I disagree with the President's policies and the manner in which he demagogues those who disagree with him.
That being said, as a Texan, than you Mr. President for paying your respects.
@ PJ. I never said you had to live near West to support them did I? How many people do you personally know from West? I know quite a few myself and i even helped put a buddy and his family up in a hotel since their house was destroyed. The people in West are focused on gettting their lives back on track. They arent waiting for the president to grace them with his presence. Get over yourself.
Who cares if he goes or not. He needs to roll up his sleeves and help the survivors, not stand around and run his mouth. But hey, his family is fine so it's all good. Not like he really cares about you or anything....


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Everyone has their favorite part of a bake sale -- typically the eating part, we're guessing -- but let's give it up for the pre-purchase chitchat between potential customer and proud baker.
Few things are sweeter than two strangers talking sugary shop and oven temperature, and even sweeter than that? When strangers come together to help out via their talents and good hearts.
Eat My Blog, an annual bake sale which has raised funds for the LA Regional Food Bank, is a gathering together of local food writers and food makers. Those foodians bake their best stuff -- cake pops, s'mores, pudding-filled cupcakes, rosemary-lemon-almond-basil cookies -- and then sell 'em to help out.
Local news from across Southern California
This year's sale heads for Coolhaus in Pasadena on Saturday, Nov. 23, and the beneficiary? The Philippine Red Cross and people impacted by Typhoon Haiyan.
Bloggers and sites set to show or represent? Donut Snob, Bake Lab, Le Bon Garcon, and Let Me Eat Cake. Goodies sold in past years have included Black Forest Brownies, green tea Oreos, gingerbread bundt cakes, and dulce de lechie Rice Krispie treats.
Expect some truly dessert-forward selections; after all, we're dealing with some of the cutting-edge-iest of food lovers around town, and people who know their way around a rolling pin (not to mention keyboard).
It's a day out filled with bakerly chitchat, which is dang adorable, yes. But Eat My Blog has become one of the region's most notable themed food fundraisers.
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$3,200 surprise: Couple get fired by architect
If Ron and Sharon Soltau could summarize their complaint on a t-shirt, it would be this: "We spent $3,200 on an architect, and all we got were some plans for a house we couldn't imagine building."
Snappy it's not, but as the basis for debate, it's loaded: Namely, can your architect fire you for asking him to design what you hired him to design?
The Soltaus moved here from Houston last year and bought a lot at Wintergreen. They had a clear idea of the house they wanted to build: It would be one floor with a finished basement and an unfinished attic. In the basement– which, because of the property's slope, would be at ground level on one side of the house– they wanted two guest bedrooms and a garage. They interviewed 12 architects and settled on Robert Boucheron.
Both sides agree that the Soltaus were explicit about what they wanted; Ron had even drawn a proposed layout. They also specified a cap of $6,000 for Boucheron's services. On February 10 they signed a contract, in which Boucheron promised to deliver programming and site analysis, schematic design and development, construction drawings, and specifications.
Boucheron showed the Soltaus his initial plans on February 17– plans that were very different from what they'd asked him to design. He had moved the garage to the main level, which they agreed would be acceptable. But he had also moved the bedrooms to the attic, and that was problematic.
The Soltaus agreed that it might work, but objected to the roofline. To avoid sloping walls, the roof would have to be steeper than seemed appealing to them, and they asked Boucheron to revise it. He agreed, and they met again on February 24– with the same result: Putting the bedrooms in the attic still meant a roofline they didn't like, and again Boucheron agreed to adjust it.
On March 2, they considered the latest roofline, and again objected. On March 10 they met with Boucheron's assistant, Richard Ronan, rejected the latest revision, and asked that the bedrooms simply be put where they'd originally intended– in the walkout basement.
Boucheron's response was to write the Soltaus on March 16, "As we discussed by telephone last week, the 'not to exceed' fee means that we cannot continue revising the schematic design, beyond the several versions we have shown you. We have stopped work on this project, and will be glad to send the electronic file to the architect of your choice. You are welcome to keep the paper copies we gave you."
Well, at least they got that much. Considering they'd already paid $3,200, however, they weren't very happy. They complained to the Better Business Bureau, but when Boucheron declined to respond, there was nothing further the BBB could do. The Soltaus found another architect, who designed the house they'd wanted from the beginning.
Getting Boucheron to respond to my repeated requests for comment was like pulling teeth– teeth that have been embedded in concrete, buried beneath the ocean floor, and covered with the wreck of the Titanic.
At first, all he would say was that his refusal to put the guest rooms in the basement was "based on professional judgment." I pushed for details, but he refused. Finally he said his "professional judgment" was "based on degrees from Harvard and Yale, and years of working in New York."
I kept pushing, and he finally divulged three reasons. First, he didn't think the architectural review board in Wintergreen would welcome a house with bedrooms in the basement (yet the Soltaus claim the design, basement bedrooms and all, passed the board "with flying colors").
Second, he thought groundwater might be a problem (apparently the board isn't worried). And third, he didn't think the bedrooms would get enough natural light. Soltau counters that because Boucheron's design called for recessed dormer windows, the rooms will get more natural light in the walkout basement than they would have in the attic.
In the end, Boucheron said, "If you were their guest, would you want to stay in the basement? I wouldn't." But if that's his opinion of bedrooms in basements, why did he take the job? I asked that question– via telephone, email, and fax– but never got an answer.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer or write her at Box 4553, Charlottesville 22905.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A preliminary internal report on the Justice Department investigation into the authors of the Bush administration's so-called "torture memos" does not call for criminal prosecutions, but indicates the government might urge state bar associations to take sanctions against the memo writers, according to two government sources familiar with the report.
John Yoo is among the former Bush administration lawyers under scrutiny.
The draft, which now goes to Attorney General Eric Holder for approval or revisions, is expected to be finalized in the coming days.
Sources familiar with the report said investigators for the Justice Department's ethics unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility, has focused heavily on internal communications involving former Office of Legal Counsel lawyers John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury.
The three attorneys were top officials who provided legal guidance, including permissible interrogation procedures to the CIA and other executive branch agencies. Guidance written by Bybee and Yoo in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks allowed for harsh interrogations techniques which later were withdrawn. The draft report is said to be critical of Yoo and Bybee in particular.
A statement late Tuesday by Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, who received an update from the Justice Department Monday night, appeared to confirm information that Bradbury's role may not be as strongly criticized.
"While we are disappointed to learn that DOJ [Department of Justice] allowed Steven Bradbury to participate in OLC's 'review and response' to the report -- despite the fact that he played a leading role in drafting the memos under review -- we look forward to the prompt completion of this report," the senators said.
The Justice Department update, which was in the form of a letter to the senators, appeared to signal what government sources acknowledged -- that the most likely sanctions against Bybee and Yoo would be potential disciplinary action by state bar associations that could suspend or revoke a law license.
"Department policy usually requires referral of OPR's misconduct findings to the subject's state bar disciplinary authority," said the letter from Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich to the lawmakers.
Although the letter said it's too early to promise the full report will be made public, it is likely to be released in the near future Justice Department sources said Tuesday.
The letter to the Democratic lawmakers said, "OPR will provide a final report to the attorney general and deputy attorney general. After any additional review they deem appropriate, the department will determine what disclosures should be made."
Durbin and Whitehouse, in their statement, responded by saying, "We are pleased by the strong implication in the letter that ... the pledge to release the report will be honored."
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Step 1. Design & build a fleet of OccuCopters
Step 2. ????
Step 3. Freedom!
There is a clear and urgent need for citizen-controlled aerial observation devices. Such devices would greatly extend the reach of citizen journalism, make it easier to obtain high-resolution photos for more accurate and openly verifiable crowd estimates, to better document (and even help to deter) incidents of police brutality, and much more.
An increasingly wide variety of commercial UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicle) already exist, many of which are capable of streaming video. However the price of such devices currently remains prohibitively high, and deters their use in situations where the UAV may be damaged, either accidentally (due to the challenges of navigating an urban environment) or intentionally (by police or others who might wish to go unobserved). For these devices to become truly useful, it is essential that more affordable, DIY options be made available. Designing an easily-replicable sub-$200 OccuCopter would be a significant breakthrough.
Noisebridge's OccuCopter / OccuBlimp project is a global collaboration, open to all who wish to contribute. There is a great deal of prior art on this topic, as the subject of R/C (radio-controlled) helicopters, n-copters, blimps and planes is far from new. It is our hope however that this specific project work towards the immediate goal of completing a range of currently implementable designs, then fabricating them,and helping to get them out into the streets where they are needed. We need to take citizen journalism into the air, and we need to do so now. Will you help?
Next Steps
Feel free to create an account here on the Noisebridge wiki and start editing and adding to this page as needed!
Also, there are multiple forum discussions currently taking place regarding this project, in a variety of splintered places: private email lists, public email lists, Twitter and elsewhere. While such separation may be necessary in certain cases (for privacy, or efficiency of small-team collaboration) better integration and sharing of research is also needed. Coming up with a good solution for where and how to plan and collaborate regarding this project should therefore likely be the first priority. (Obviously, a wiki is a crap place for discussion, unfortunately.) Suggestions, anyone?
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Welcome to Caddo Lake Cabins!
A note to our guests: we have adopted more comprehensive sanitizing procedures and now block out days between guests
for sanitation purposes. We hope you will join us in keeping everyone safe while at Caddo Lake.
Welcome to Caddo Lake Cabins on Caddo Lake, Texas, where birdsong, cypress trees draped in Spanish moss, and quiet charm make the perfect atmosphere for a most relaxing getaway. Our 4 guest houses– Caddo Cabin, Cypress View, Slough View, Heart's Cottage— offer affordable, clean, carefree lodging and a welcome retreat from the fast pace of everyday life. We provide everything you need to enjoy your time here, so you can paddle leisurely through the water lilies, fish, bird watch, or just relax on a screen porch with a good book, all in your own time. Our goal is to have you feel as though you were stepping into your own cabin on Caddo Lake, ready and waiting for you to use and enjoy. Each guest house has it's own personality, so pick the one that suits you best: large or small, quiet, or in the middle of the activity. Rates for each cabin are listed on the Rates Page.
We are located in Uncertain, Texas (Map), just minutes away from the historic cities of Jefferson and Marshall, and only 45 minutes from the casinos of Shreveport, Louisiana. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, and Big Cypress Bayou and the sloughs and channels that make up Caddo Lake cover over 30,000 acres in both Texas and Louisiana. Hauntingly beautiful, quiet and unspoiled, Caddo Lake is rich in its diversity of plants and wildlife.
While we provide WiFi for all our accomodations, please be aware that cell phone services at Caddo are not as reliable as those in more urban areas, and connectivity may be elusive, depending on your carrier. Verizon is the most reliable here. This is due to geography, the height of the trees, and lack of cell towers for service.
Guided tours of the lake and its backwaters are a wonderful way to discover the unique beauty that is Caddo. If you choose to explore Caddo on your own, you may bring your own boat, or use a local rental.
If you have questions, please check our Questions? page, drop us an email, or just give us a call.
We are not affiliated with the Caddo Lake State Park (click to connect).
Lake Tours
The best way to see Caddo Lake is by boat.There are several tour operators on Caddo, but the one we recommend is Caddo Outback Tours .


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Dec 5th 2010
This Week in Tech 277
Throw Momma In The Tube
Peering dispute, Wikileaks, Chrome app store, auto-complete censorship, demon torrents, a new nutritious series of tubes, and more.
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turbo420 wrote:My two cents:
I am a Christian, I also believe in evolution to an extent, with one problem. If each feature of nature is created out of genetic defects that give an advantage spaced across billions of years, how did the eye form? Merely one mutation would give no advantage. More over, the eye doesn't function without nearly all of the extremely complicated pieces intact. So why would a species carry a genetic trait that gave no advantage, and why would this trait be more prominent? It is hard to swallow that something that did not give an advantage would be preferred for billions of years through breeding until all the eye was able to be formed through just the right combination of genetic defects. Also, the jump between sea creatures that were only able to tell light and dark to the eye that can find edges, contrast, color, movement, and works dependently with parts of the brain is a little hard to explain without accepting that God handles these things as he sees fit.
That is a valid, rational argument, and I commend you for thinking it out logically.
My guess is this. A mutated creature will not necessarily die unless its mutation severely impairs its ability to survive (or it gets unlucky and a shark chomps it up =D). As long as mutations are positive or not too harmful, theoretically over billions of years we could advance a lot.
Following this line of thinking, perhaps something resembling an eye formed in a creature, and slowly became functional over thousands of generations.
It certainly does present an interesting question which I can't say I have the answer to.


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Younger to lead Girl Scouts' panel discussion
Teresa Younger, president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, will be the emcee for Girl Scouts of Connecticut's State of Girls Speaker Series panel discussion at Fairfield University Wednesday, Sept. 10.
This is the fourth in a series of discussions across the state sponsored by First Niagara Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable foundation funded by First Niagara Bank.
Younger, who took office at the Ms. Foundation for Women June 16, is a former two-term board president of Girl Scouts of Connecticut. She has been on the front lines of some of the most important battles for women's health, safety and economic security. She most recently served as the executive director of the Connecticut General Assembly's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women.
A speaker, advocate and activist, she has been recognized with numerous awards for her commitment to civil rights and liberties, including in 2013: Liberty Bank's Willard M. McRae Community Diversity Award, the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Education and Empowerment Honoree and Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Breakfast Badge Award.
"I'm proud to be a part of this important discussion regarding the state of girls today," Younger said. "As the research indicates, we all have unfinished business when it comes to the current and future state of our girls. It's important to engage all local communities in ways in which we can provide girls the support they need while building their courage and confidence."
The speaker series will focus on a report recently released by the Girl Scout Research Institute entitled "The State of Girls: Unfinished Business." While overall, there is good news for girls, about 30 percent of girls reported some sort of bullying or aggression from their peers. A panel of experts will discuss this research as well as community solutions that can be implemented to help move the needle and finish the job for girls' empowerment. In addition, newly released data about the state of girls in Connecticut will be shared and discussed.
"We are delighted that Teresa Younger will be a part of this important conversation," said Mary Barneby, CEO, Girl Scouts of Connecticut. "She has advocated tirelessly for the rights of girls and women throughout the country. We're looking forward to hearing her thoughts on how we can help our girls change the world."
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As the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 3-year old, Biracial son, Alex focuses on the challenges of being a parent in a bad economy and the issues that confront interracial families. Alex has been featured on Sirius/XM Radio's "Raw Dog Comedy," NBC's EVB Live, ComedyTime TV, RT TV America and NYC-TV and in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com. In 2011, he won the 12th Annual Gilda's Club (Northern NJ) Laugh-Off.
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Obama is hoping to court retirees, a key voting bloc in a swing state that will be up for grabs in November.
At Century Village he was applauded for the signature domestic policy of his term, health care reform – and said that his Republican challenger Mitt Romney would gut the law and turn Medicare into a voucher program.
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The president will spend the night in Manalapan, then head to campaign events in Fort Myers and Orlando on Friday.
Before Obama's Florida appearances on Thursday, the White House announced the acceleration of dredging projects at five ports on the East Coast, including the Port of Miami. The goal is to deepen the port to ready it for larger ships that will come through a widened Panama Canal in 2014.
Jacksonville would also benefit from the ports expansion plan.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that accelerating such projects was a recommendation from the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. But Obama's Republican rival, Mitt Romney, has criticized him for not meeting with the jobs council for six months.
With the 2012 election just months away, polls have shown Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Romney in a dead heat in the state, which has struggled with an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, above the national average, and a still-recovering housing market.
As he frequently mentions in campaign speeches, Obama told his audience at Century Village that he is not a perfect president – but he said he fights every day for them.
He wrapped up his speech by saying that if they still believe in him and are willing to knock on doors and make phone calls, "I promise you, we will win Florida, we will win this election, and together we will finish what we started and remind the world why America is the greatest nation on Earth!"
Obama's trip comes on the heels of First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to Orlando and Miami earlier this month. Obama was also in Miami last month for two separate fundraisers.
Romney also visited Florida last month.
Obama frequently took on a breezy tone in his speech to supporters in West Palm Beach. He joked about what he said would be predictable attack ads against him in the coming months, urging seniors to hit the mute button when they come on television.
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He added that he won't look good in the ads, either.
"You know, my face is all distorted. One eye's all droopy. I'm looking all grim," Obama said.


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Surfacing for a moment
Reading Matticus prompted me to post this – yes, it's been a bit, especially for someone who was trying to post almost every day. I am ok, and hope to be back to speed in another couple of weeks. Maudlin details follow.
To reiterate, I had surgery. I had a neck problem – a couple of disks were bad, arthritis had decayed the sides of the vertebra facing them, that sort of thing. The surgeon came in from the front of my neck, shoved aside the soft tissue, and did some grinding and replacing. A couple of ancillary issues in there, and I was done. I came home the next day as the procedure went quite well and I was doing better than expected. Better than expected is a relative term. I wasn't talking like the Godfather. I could swallow semisolids the next day with only some pain. But I still had had some stuff done to the spine (neck), and all the muscles in there had been severely bruised, and put simply I've been a lot less than 100%, physically.
Add to this there are less than fun local issues. (whine warning, feel free to eject now). I live just south of Chattanooga, TN. I come from Colorado, and my wife from Kansas. We're liberals – home, we were moderates, here, we're flaming just-short-of-commies. Untrusted Yankees, with the nearest family half a continent away, working in a job which pays… decently. Except for surgery, and a couple of other money eaters. Holidays suck, because our families can't come here and we can't go there – for several years now. And annual big expenses keep eating the vacation money, so it's been a few years since we've had contact with friendly faces. sigh. Oh – we've some people we like. But they're some distance and busy and so we see them… every couple of weeks? You don't get personal interface on a visit every couple of weeks. Me, I have work for intersocial. My wife… no. And she's a yankee. And liberal (for here). So the neighborhood treats her with, well, she's worked up to tolerance after this past near-decade.
So holidays are ROUGH, and the fact I was locked down this one made it rougher. Which means I've been spending my time: a) recuperating; b) helping my wife have some human contact, which contains crying/yelling about being lonely; c) reading my regular blogs and newspapers and comics and such; and d) playing some wow, in limited doses. Not only on my priest, but also some low-level starting and a bit on some alts. The good news of that last is that I'm exploring some issues about which I want to write.
But writing in the blog – well, blogs (this is only one, though much more regular than the others) – and writing on the story and working on the other projects I've got sitting around (I may be asking for patent advice, if I can beat a couple of issues into submission – and if they win I won't), and even my karate have all kind of dropped.
I'm recuperating, folks. I'm alive, I'm coming back, but it's going to be a bit. In the meantime, be well and have fun.
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Hey, glad to see you're still around and haven't dropped off the face of the planet or anything. I wasn't taking a shot at you or anything =) (Note: "unexplained" absence).
Glad you're ok man; hope to see you back writing soon 🙂
I hope that your recovery goes well, the pain gardually recedes, and you will soon be back to your usual butt-kicking self.
Remember… "pain is weakness leaving the body!"
Oh wait, I'm sorry… I quoted that wrong… "Pain is pain! Get it off, get it off!!!!"


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New Wikileaks documents apparently reveal former Blink-182 band member Tom DeLonge reached out to the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2015 and 2016 to discuss one of his favorite subjects ... extraterrestrials, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The emails, which haven't been verified, reveal alien enthusiast DeLonge reached out to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, who has also made comments regarding alien life. It's unclear if Podesta ever responded to the emails; the Clinton campaign has said some of the leaked cache may have been altered or fabricated.
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DeLonge was one of the founders of the pop-punk band Blink-182, and sang their song "Aliens Exist," from 1999. Now estranged from the band, Rolling Stone has reported that he is working on a novel based on his research that suggests the military uses alien technology.
DeLonge didn't respond to a request for comment.
The emails, released by WikiLeaks Monday, apparently reveal Podesta is participating in a documentary DeLonge is producing.
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In another email dated Jan. 25, 2016, under the subject header "General McCasland" DeLonge reportedly writes he's been in contact with an important military official regarding alien life.
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While the Clinton campaign has not responded directly regarding the release of the DeLonge emails to Podesta, they did condemn the release of any hacked emails released by Wikileaks, and questioned their veracity.
"Donald Trump has once again cheered on Russian hacking after he willfully misrepresented at the debate that hacking may not be happening. It is chilling that long time Trump associate Roger Stone is in contact with WikiLeaks and even predicted two months ago that Podesta's emails would be next," Clinton campaign spokesman Glen Caplin said in a statement.
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You may have seen it in New York magazine or linked to on other sites—that guy in Brooklyn who built a "farm" in his backyard in an attempt to eat only what he raised for the month of August.
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Urban farmer Howard says:
Eating local is expensive and time-consuming, which is why this consumerist movement will not easily trickle down into mass society. It requires a willful abstinence from convenience and plenty, a core promise of the modern world. Our bountiful era is predicated on the division of labor: We don't sew our own clothes, we don't build our own houses — and we certainly don't farm — because we're too busy doing whatever it is we do for everyone else."
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This is from a guy who takes the Flemish Giant rabbits he purchased from Connecticut to a specialist to have them professionally knocked up, only to bring them back to his Brooklyn home and one of them dies of heatstroke within two weeks. Essentially, someone who knowingly went for the spectacular rather than the livable, and screwed up shamefully at making a farm as well as an entertaining read.
The comments on Erway's post are just as critical, if not more so.
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Family and friends said a Westlake High School graduate was among the seven people killed during a shooting rampage in Isla Vista Friday night.
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Veronika Weiss, 19, was in her first year at the University of California Santa Barbara. She was a member of the Westlake girls water polo team while in high school.
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"The first time I met her she seemed super nice, really lovely girl. Really smart, too," said Cole Cassidy, who knew Weiss.
People were taking to social media to express their grief.
"My heart goes out to the family of Veronika Weiss. Veronika was a Westlake graduate killed in yesterday's UCSB shooting. Rest in peace," wrote Chad Scott on Twitter.
The gunfire erupted just before 9:30 p.m. in the town known for rowdy parties and a raucous weekend scene. The gunman shot victims while he was inside his car, a black BMW 3 series coupe, according to witness and sheriff's department accounts.
Nine crime scene locations were confirmed across Isla Vista, but no shots were fired on the university's campus, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown. At one point, the black BMW stopped outside a popular deli before rapid gunfire sprayed into the crowd.
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The gunman -- identified by an attorney for his father as Elliot Rodger -- was later involved in at least one shootout with sheriff's deputies and died of a gunshot wound to the head, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a Saturday morning news conference. He could not confirm whether the gunshot was self-inflicted and the department had not released the identity of the gunman by Saturday afternoon.
NBC4's Reggie Kumar contributed to this report