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Today's Song: Fabio 'When Somebody Loves Somebody'
With the return of Dallas and tomorrow's release of Rock of Ages, it's a so-bad-it's-at-least-worth-enduring kinda week. So apropos only of that, here's a hilariously awful song from I-can't-believe-it-is-Fabio's 1993 album After Dark. Over an 808-based Skinemaximal sound that makes Paula Abdul's "Rush Rush" sound like real hood shit, Fabio mumbles, "It's strange how I feel! Everything seems so unreal." I empathize. The hook goes, "When somebody loves somebody desperately, everything comes out so natural." Affection: the greatest laxative of all.
I don't know where the image embedded in the video above comes from (whether it was included in the CD booklet or what), but I think it's hilarious that it says, "Music speaks for me when I cannot put my feelings into words." Uh, dude? Your music is putting your feelings into words. Really silly garbage words!


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TheRedQueen wrote:I just wondered about the equipment and if they'd make exceptions for someone with a disability for some reason...just like you'd accept that the dog was protection trained, so okay it'll behave a certain way. John has to use a scooter...and I'd have him test Sawyer, as that's HIS dog. But honestly, he uses a short leash because anything else wraps around the back of the scooter...and John cannot PHYSICALLY get the leash untangled...and will get annoyed if he can't get Sawyer loose (which would completely change Sawyer's behavior...)
Just picking your brain!
(FYI...for normal use, he uses a short leash, and if Sawyer needs to move out away from him, he takes the leash off the arm of the scooter and lets Sawyer go with the leash draped on his back...essentially "off-leash).
That's a great point, Erin....there is a specific REASON that John has to use a short leash...and, in my opinion, a much better reason than why Cy or Nisha would lunge after gunfire...

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Mini Mansions | 11/04/12
San Fernando trio Mini Mansions will be coming to the UK and Europe this April and May as main support to Foster The People. If you've listened to their self-titled debut, you'll know why this is something to be excited about.
In 2009, Michael Shuman melded heads and locked arms with longtime friends Tyler Parkford and Zach Dawes in a dusty room in the San Fernando Valley. Here, they began a collaborative séance out of which birthed Mini Mansions. Though their triangle is usually confined to piano, bass, and a cocktail drum kit, the LA-based trio generates a Technicolor spectrum of sound drawn from the baroque, gothic, psychedelic and cinematic realms. Rekords Rekords' founder Josh Homme (who Michael plays with in Queens Of The Stone Age) describes the band's kaleidoscopic sound as "genuinely psychedelic with huge hooks... After listening to Mini Mansions just once, you won't be able to get it out of your head".
Full dates are as follows:
- Apr 25th - UK: Manchester Academy - sold out
- Apr 27th - UK: London - Brixton Academy - sold out
- Apr 28th - UK: London - Brixton Academy - sold out
- Apr 29th - UK: London - Brixton Academy - sold out
- May 1st - Germany: Cologne - E-Werk
- May 2nd - Germany: Berlin - Columbiahalle
- May 4th - France: Paris - Bataclan - sold out
- May 5th - France: Paris - Bataclan - sold out
- May 6th - Belgium: Brussels – AB - sold out
Here's a video for Mini Mansions' version of Blondie's "Heart Of Glass", directed by Tyler Parkford:


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Mike Shanahan fired as Redskins coach | News
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Mike Shanahan has been fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins, the team announced Monday morning.
A tweet from the organization at 9:45 a.m. said "they have relieved Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan of his duties with the team."
Shanahan met with members of the media at 10 a.m. to give a final statement with the organization.
The head coach thanked owner Dan Snyder for the opportunity, along with his players and fans.
The team was forced to overcome serious salary cap restrictions in Shanahan's first few seasons, but he said he felt after the first two seasons that the team was headed in the right direction.
"We're better off today than we were four years ago," Shanahan said on his four-season tenure.
General Manager Bruce Allen addressed the media at 2 p.m.
The decision to fire Shanahan was "nearly 99 percent" after the Dallas game and the search for the team's next head coach is already underway, Allen said.
"It's really an open list" of candidates, Allen said, adding that both professional and collegiate coaches would be considered.
Allen also noted a shift of power within the Redskins front office, where Shanahan previously had final say on players and coaches.
"The control will be mine, and it will be working with our personnel department," Allen said.
On the Washington Redskins twitter page, RGIII is quoted saying, "Coach Shanahan has taught me a lot in just 2 years....I want to thank him for drafting me to the Washington Redskins and giving me a chance to live out my dream. I also want to thank Kyle [Shanahan] and Matt [LaFleur] for working so hard with me, day-in and day-out. I wish all 3 the best in the future. Looking forward to a new year and building with this team to where I know we can be."
Owner Dan Snyder issued the followed statement on Shanahan's firing:
"Redskins fans deserve a better result. We thank Mike for his efforts on behalf of the Redskins. We will focus on what it takes to build a winning team, and my pledge to this organization and to this community is to continue to commit the resources and talent necessary to put this team back in the playoffs."
In a press release, Redskins also said the following assistants also will not be retained:
- Keith Burns
- Larry Coyer
- Richmond Flowers
- Matt LaFleur
- Mike McDaniel
- Kyle Shanahan
- Bob Slowik
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Approval Letter for the Use of Vitravene Injection for the Local Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Retinitis
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attention: Mark W. Lotz, R.Ph.
Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs
2292 Faraday Avenue
Calsbad, California 92008
Dear Mr. Lotz:
Please refer to your new drug application (NDA) dated April 6, 1998, received April 9, 1998, and submitted under section 505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for Vitravene Injection (fomivirsen sodium intravitreal injectable), 6.6 mg.
We acknowledge receipt of your submissions dated March 24, 30 and 31, April 23 and 30, May 8 (two) and 18, June 3, 23 and 29, July 1, 17, 29, 30 (two) and 31, and August 4, 7 (two), 12, 14, 25 and 26, 1998.
This new drug application provides for the use of Vitravene Injection for the local treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who are intolerant of or have a contraindication to other treatment(s) for CMV retinitis.
We have completed the review of this application, as amended, and have concluded that adequate information has been presented to demonstrate that the drug product is safe and effective for use as recommended in the enclosed labeling text. Accordingly, the application is approved effective on the date of this letter.
The final printed labeling (FPL) must be indentical in content to the draft labeling submitted August 26, 1998. Marketing the product with FPL that is not identical to the approved labeling text may render the product misbranded and an unapproved new drug.
Please submit 30 copies of the FPL (package insert, immediate container and carton labels) as soon as it is available, in no case more than 30 days after it is printed. Please individually mount ten of the copies on heavy-weight paper or similar material. For administrative purposes, this submission should be designated "FPL for approved NDA 20-961." Approval of this submission by FDA is not required before the labeling is used.
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Validation of the regulatory methods has not been completed. At the present time, it is the policy of the Center not to withhold approval because the methods are being validated. Nevertheless, we expect your continued cooperation to resolve any problems that may be identified.
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YORK, PA – The 2013 season will begin a new era for the York College Field Hockey squad. New head coach Carly Zinn brings an exceptional level of enthusiasm and excitement to the Spartan squad. She has jumped in with two feet into crafting her program into a highly competitive program.
Zinn has come in and made a significant impact on the team since her arrival in August.
"I was coming into the job without any expectations of the athletes who are here," says Zinn. "I didn't have any preconceived notions about them as players. I told them that they might be asked to play different positions. I told the kids they all have clean slates with me, and what you do moving forward will determine your own personal path and, in effect, the level of success that we will have this year. The main thing for me is that they work hard and trust me as a coach. I will put them in the best position for the team and I have their best interest in mind."
Zinn will build this year's squad around a small but solid group of returners from last year's 10-8 team. She returns a trio of double-digit scorers as Kailey Brewer (Hartly, Del./Smyrna), Holly Martin (Hanover, Pa./South Western), and Jillian Brezgel (Herndon, Pa./Line Mountain) will lead the Spartan attack. Brewer finished last year with 19 points on eight goals and three assists en route to earning second team All-Capital Athletic Conference honors. Martin recorded 11 points on four goals and three assists while Brezgel contributed ten points on four goals and two assists.
"I feel good about our ability to score led by Kailey," said Zinn. "She is an experienced player who has proven she can find the back of the cage."
The midfield is an area where Zinn is still looking for the right combinations during the early stages of the season. Junior Katie Petrillo (Howell, N.J./Freehold Township) headlines a very small group of returning midfielders for the Spartans. Petrillo tallied seven points on two goals and three assists last year.
"The midfield is the one area where we are continuing to move players around to find the right combinations. I am confident we have the players on the roster to implement what we want to do."
Defensively, Zinn will count on juniors Alyssa Martin (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) and Nancy Saylor (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) to provide leadership and steady play.
"I feel good about where we are defensively but we very well could move some people around to find that right combination. They do a good job of communicating and playing together."
The goaltending will be handled by sophomore Abby Baker (Baltimore, Md./Mercy). Baker started her freshman year in a reserve role but earned the starting role midway through the year and blossomed for the Green and White. She started ten games, played 694 minutes as she allowed just 14 goals for a 1.41 goals against average. She boasted a .818 save percentage and went 5-4 with three shutouts.
"Abby has been very good in the preseason. She communicates with her teammates and isn't afraid to take charge," says Zinn.
The adjustment to being a head coach has gone smoothly for the one-time Dickinson assistant.
"It's been a good transition. I feel that I was extremely well prepared by my former head coach Caitlin Williams (Dickinson College Head Coach). I talked to her every night of preseason for about an hour. She is a great mentor. She helped walk me through a number of different scenarios with my team. She has helped me stay focus with the team and has really helped prepare me for all the things I am now facing as a head coach."
Zinn has been happy with the leadership on the team. It's a leadership that helped ease the transition to the new coaching staff.
"The leadership on this team speaks for itself," states the first year head coach. "We didn't need to spend any time on team building or bonding. It is already a close group of kids. That says a lot about our leadership. All of our seniors have given us good leadership in their own different ways. I am starting to see the juniors emerge a little bit more and that is a great sign for us."
Zinn's expectation for the Spartans in 2013 is actually pretty simple.
"I want us to prepare to win each and every day. I want us to work hard, to mentally prepare ourselves and have an expectation of success in all that we do. I promised the players that I will do my best to prepare them for each game and that preparation will pay off in us winning some close games that we may have lost in the past."
The Spartans open up on Friday, August 30 when they host Randolph-Macon College in a non-conference contest. Game time is set for 4:00 pm in York.
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
June 2014
Understanding How Sooty Snow Does Dirty Work
Scientists sight better simulations of soot's sway on Arctic climate warming
Soot, a.k.a. black carbon, is finding its way to snow-covered peaks and glaciers around the world. Primarily the result of particulate emissions from burning fossil fuels, such as coal-fired power plants and diesel engines, soot has an impact on the regional and global climate. In the Arctic, soot increases ice and snow melt, causing a series of events that are heating up the climate. Enlarge Image.
Results: No one but a Grinch enjoys black snow—it has no redeeming qualities. Yet scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory trained their sights on soot to understand its undesirable effects on the Arctic environment. Using global climate model simulations, they evaluated soot's effects in Northern China and the Arctic against measurements over the region. PNNL and a University of Michigan collaborator found key model parameters that correctly spot soot buildup and melt-away in a complex seasonal and latitudinal dependence swing. Their study will help the climate modeling community better understand soot's great influence on regional and global climate.
Why It Matters: Soot, a.k.a. black carbon, may have a greater impact on the fast-retreating Arctic snow pack and glaciers than any other human-caused climate-warming agent. Soot is black, and black draws and holds heat from the sun. Soot from combustion of fossil fuels, such as diesel and coal, as well as forest fires and other organic burning, travels through the atmosphere and falls on snow and glacier ice pack. Like a dark blanket, it heats up the snow and ice and also reduces the amount of the sun's rays normally reflected back into space from bright, white snow. It's a one-two punch for the world's store of ice and snow. This study helps researchers understand how black carbon's impacts are registered and reproduced in climate models, providing valuable information in predicting the future of the Arctic climate.
Methods: The research team led by Dr. Yun Qian at PNNL evaluated the simulated black carbon on snow against measurements collected from multiple field campaigns over the Arctic and Northern China. They conducted a series of sensitivity experiments using the newly improved Community Atmosphere Model version 5 (CAM5) to examine the impact of several key parameters. They looked at the impact of snow aging, and the melt-water scavenging efficiency parameters on black carbon's concentration and radiative forcing in the model. They also compared the uncertainty (the range of possible answers), resulting from the black carbon deposition, with the uncertainty related to how snow-aging and melt-water scavenging is treated for black carbon in the model.
The sensitivity simulations in CAM5 indicated that the melt-water scavenging efficiency parameter plays an important role in regulating black carbon concentrations in the Arctic through the post-depositional enrichment, which not only drastically changes the amplitude but also shifts the seasonal cycle of the black carbon in snow concentration and its radiative forcing in the Arctic. They found that the improvements of black carbon transport and deposition in CAM5 have a stronger influence on black carbon in snow than perturbations of the two snow model parameters over Northern China.
What's Next? Scientists are planning research that will explore the limitations of simulating black carbon in snow that were highlighted in this study, including in situ observations and laboratory studies with a focus on snow aging and melt-water scavenging of black carbon.
Sponsor: The U.S. Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research program supported this research as part of the Earth System Modeling Program.
Research Team: Yun Qian, Hailong Wang, Rudong Zhang, and Phil Rasch, PNNL; Mark G. Flanner, University of Michigan.
Research Area: Climate & Earth Systems Science
Reference: Qian Y, H Wang, R Zhang, M Flanner, and PJ Rasch. 2014. "A Sensitivity Study on Modeling the Black Carbon in Snow and its Radiative Forcing over the Arctic and Northern China." Environmental Research Letters 9:064001. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064001


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So has some of you know I got a 258 that I converted over to fuel injection using a F.A.S.T system. Well been having lots of problems getting it tuned just right. I'm almost to the point where I purposely blow it up and drop the 350 I have sitting into the jeep. I need help finding a ported vacuum to hook up the hei distributor. And timing advance on what I should run. Cuz I can't seem to get those right. Any help please. Tired of burning **** up and fixing over and over and not getting anywhere. Cell is 907-371-6913
Call fast and talk with them. Ill look into ported vacum.
Most hei vac cans provide 20-23 degrees of advance with a static of say 10 plus mech adv of say 12 your at 42-45 total whereas 28-32 is max. Hei vac with stock profile cams runs best with manifold vac. Some Small rv type cams like ported a little better. The real gains with vac. Advance is in mileage so you can run without it. So, set timing at stock spec. With adv.Disconnected ,snug dist. Rev motor to 2200 rpm or so and check timing at this rpm. This number minus your static number is your mechanical advance. Now with the engine running apply vac. To the vac. Adv. and check it again at idle. This number minus your static number is the amount of vac. Adv. you have. So add static,mech and vac. And what do you have.
As a side note a dial back timing light is best in this situation.
Adjustable vac advance pots are available at most parts stores as well as hei mech. Adv. weights to tailor your mech adv. as well.
Read more: http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f2/258...#ixzz3WZVtDXak
"The most important concept to understand is that lean mixtures, such as at idle and steady highway cruise, take longer to burn than rich mixtures; idle in particular, as idle mixture is affected by exhaust gas dilution. This requires that lean mixtures have "the fire lit" earlier in the compression cycle (spark timing advanced), allowing more burn time so that peak cylinder pressure is reached just after TDC for peak efficiency and reduced exhaust gas temperature (wasted combustion energy). Rich mixtures, on the other hand, burn faster than lean mixtures, so they need to have "the fire lit" later in the compression cycle (spark timing retarded slightly) so maximum cylinder pressure is still achieved at the same point after TDC as with the lean mixture, for maximum efficiency.
The centrifugal advance system in a distributor advances spark timing purely as a function of engine rpm (irrespective of engine load or operating conditions), with the amount of advance and the rate at which it comes in determined by the weights and springs on top of the autocam mechanism. The amount of advance added by the distributor, combined with initial static timing, is "total timing" (i.e., the 34-36 degrees at high rpm that most SBC's like). Vacuum advance has absolutely nothing to do with total timing or performance, as when the throttle is opened, manifold vacuum drops essentially to zero, and the vacuum advance drops out entirely; it has no part in the "total timing" equation.
At idle, the engine needs additional spark advance in order to fire that lean, diluted mixture earlier in order to develop maximum cylinder pressure at the proper point, so the vacuum advance can (connected to manifold vacuum, not "ported" vacuum - more on that aberration later) is activated by the high manifold vacuum, and adds about 15 degrees of spark advance, on top of the initial static timing setting (i.e., if your static timing is at 10 degrees, at idle it's actually around 25 degrees with the vacuum advance connected). The same thing occurs at steady-state highway cruise; the mixture is lean, takes longer to burn, the load on the engine is low, the manifold vacuum is high, so the vacuum advance is again deployed, and if you had a timing light set up so you could see the balancer as you were going down the highway, you'd see about 50 degrees advance (10 degrees initial, 20-25 degrees from the centrifugal advance, and 15 degrees from the vacuum advance) at steady-state cruise (it only takes about 40 horsepower to cruise at 50mph).
When you accelerate, the mixture is instantly enriched (by the accelerator pump, power valve, etc.), burns faster, doesn't need the additional spark advance, and when the throttle plates open, manifold vacuum drops, and the vacuum advance can returns to zero, retarding the spark timing back to what is provided by the initial static timing plus the centrifugal advance provided by the distributor at that engine rpm; the vacuum advance doesn't come back into play until you back off the gas and manifold vacuum increases again as you return to steady-state cruise, when the mixture again becomes lean.
The key difference is that centrifugal advance (in the distributor autocam via weights and springs) is purely rpm-sensitive; nothing changes it except changes in rpm. Vacuum advance, on the other hand, responds to engine load and rapidly-changing operating conditions, providing the correct degree of spark advance at any point in time based on engine load, to deal with both lean and rich mixture conditions. By today's terms, this was a relatively crude mechanical system, but it did a good job of optimizing engine efficiency, throttle response, fuel economy, and idle cooling, with absolutely ZERO effect on wide-open throttle performance, as vacuum advance is inoperative under wide-open throttle conditions. In modern cars with computerized engine controllers, all those sensors and the controller change both mixture and spark timing 50 to 100 times per second, and we don't even HAVE a distributor any more - it's all electronic.
Now, to the widely-misunderstood manifold-vs.-ported vacuum aberration. After 30-40 years of controlling vacuum advance with full manifold vacuum, along came emissions requirements, years before catalytic converter technology had been developed, and all manner of crude band-aid systems were developed to try and reduce hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust stream. One of these band-aids was "ported spark", which moved the vacuum pickup orifice in the carburetor venturi from below the throttle plate (where it was exposed to full manifold vacuum at idle) to above the throttle plate, where it saw no manifold vacuum at all at idle. This meant the vacuum advance was inoperative at idle (retarding spark timing from its optimum value), and these applications also had VERY low initial static timing (usually 4 degrees or less, and some actually were set at 2 degrees AFTER TDC). This was done in order to increase exhaust gas temperature (due to "lighting the fire late") to improve the effectiveness of the "afterburning" of hydrocarbons by the air injected into the exhaust manifolds by the A.I.R. system; as a result, these engines ran like crap, and an enormous amount of wasted heat energy was transferred through the exhaust port walls into the coolant, causing them to run hot at idle - cylinder pressure fell off, engine temperatures went up, combustion efficiency went down the drain, and fuel economy went down with it.
If you look at the centrifugal advance calibrations for these "ported spark, late-timed" engines, you'll see that instead of having 20 degrees of advance, they had up to 34 degrees of advance in the distributor, in order to get back to the 34-36 degrees "total timing" at high rpm wide-open throttle to get some of the performance back. The vacuum advance still worked at steady-state highway cruise (lean mixture = low emissions), but it was inoperative at idle, which caused all manner of problems - "ported vacuum" was strictly an early, pre-converter crude emissions strategy, and nothing more.
What about the Harry high-school non-vacuum advance polished billet "whizbang" distributors you see in the Summit and Jeg's catalogs? They're JUNK on a street-driven car, but some people keep buying them because they're "race car" parts, so they must be "good for my car" - they're NOT. "Race cars" run at wide-open throttle, rich mixture, full load, and high rpm all the time, so they don't need a system (vacuum advance) to deal with the full range of driving conditions encountered in street operation. Anyone driving a street-driven car without manifold-connected vacuum advance is sacrificing idle cooling, throttle response, engine efficiency, and fuel economy, probably because they don't understand what vacuum advance is, how it works, and what it's for - there are lots of long-time experienced "mechanics" who don't understand the principles and operation of vacuum advance either, so they're not alone.
Vacuum advance calibrations are different between stock engines and modified engines, especially if you have a lot of cam and have relatively low manifold vacuum at idle. Most stock vacuum advance cans aren't fully-deployed until they see about 15" Hg. Manifold vacuum, so those cans don't work very well on a modified engine; with less than 15" Hg. at a rough idle, the stock can will "dither" in and out in response to the rapidly-changing manifold vacuum, constantly varying the amount of vacuum advance, which creates an unstable idle. Modified engines with more cam that generate less than 15" Hg. of vacuum at idle need a vacuum advance can that's fully-deployed at least 1", preferably 2" of vacuum less than idle vacuum level so idle advance is solid and stable; the Echlin #VC-1810 advance can (about $10 at NAPA) provides the same amount of advance as the stock can (15 degrees), but is fully-deployed at only 8" of vacuum, so there is no variation in idle timing even with a stout cam.
Krash - I agree with Cory on plugging the vacuum advance until you get the other issues worked out. I've run with mine plugged for a long period of time with no ill effects except not so good highway gas mileage. I have a friend who went Howell FI on his 258 and it works very well.
Cory - thanks for posting the manifesto on vacuum timing advance. My odd fire 225 Buick V6 runs ported vacuum (well, it would if I didn't have it plugged). I've researched it quite a bit but have not seen it explained quite the way that you did. Vacuum advance at low engine load/highway cruising is pretty straightforward and makes perfect sense to me. I don't quite get the need for advance at idle - I guess I've assumed that the mixture needed to be rich at idle (like at starting) so you would not want the vacuum advance at idle. So, ported vacuum would be best. Apparently I was wrong about that. I did find out that there is a very large selection of vacuum advance canisters for the HEI distributor. You can take your pick on the amount of advance and the amount of vacuum to pull it all in.
You only want ported if you are running smog crap to raise engine temp. If no cat/A.I.R/etc. than you want manifold vac to spark a little earlier for lean idle/cruise mixes.
After market systems can be a pain in the beginning but gets easier
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Check out this shocking video from Martin Bashir's program on MSNBC earlier today. Democratic Party strategist Karen Finney calls Herman Cain "a black man who knows his place." Unbelievable:
So, what is Cain's "place"? Rocket scientist; computer systems analyst; successful businessman; turnaround artist; wealthy CEO; President of the National Restaurant Association; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; radio talk show host; popular speaker to conservative groups and advocate for free markets; and now, finally, contender for the Republican presidential nomination. That is one hell of a "place." Can you imagine a more myopic comment?
You might think Karen Finney is just some fringe MSNBC character, but this is how her Politio bio describes her:
A leading democratic strategist, MSNBC Political Analyst and columnist for The Hill, Karen Finney works with political and corporate clients in the United States and globally in the areas of political and communication strategy, message development, crisis communications, branding, and public affairs.
Finney bills herself as an African-American. She should be deeply ashamed of herself. One wonders: if Karen Finney represents the Democratic Party–and she does–why on earth would any African-American ever vote for a Democrat?


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Segura homers in Brewers' 4-3 win over Phillies
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- Jean Segura homered and Jonathan Lucroy hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the sixth inning, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. Domonic Brown hit his NL-leading 19th home run, and had a two-run double in the eighth to account for all of the Phillies' runs. Tyler Thornburg (1-0) pitched two innings of scoreless relief to earn his first major-league victory. A top prospect for the Brewers coming into the season, he joined the team Wednesday despite going 0-7 with a 6.75 ERA in 12 starts for Triple-A Nashville. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his fourth save in four chances. With the score tied 1-1, the Brewers strung together four consecutive hits in the sixth off Kyle Kendrick (6-4) to score two runs and take the lead for good.
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- Mindy McCready is found dead at her home in Arkansas
- The gunshot wound appears to be self-inflicted, sheriff's office says
- She had long struggled with addiction and mental illness
- McCready burst onto the scene in 1996 with her album "10,000 Angels"
Country music star Mindy McCready was found dead Sunday at her home in Arkansas from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the local sheriff's office said in a statement. She was 37.
Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a report of gunshots fired Sunday afternoon and found McCready's body on the front porch, the statement read.
McCready leaves behind two boys, one of whom is 10 months old. The infant's father, record producer David Wilson, died of an apparent suicide last month.
The singer struggled with addiction and mental illness, often publicly. She appeared in an episode of "Celebrity Rehab" three years ago with Dr. Drew Pinsky, who said he contacted her last month after her boyfriend's death.
"When I heard she was struggling, I did reach out to her and urged her to go to take care of herself, get in a facility if she felt she needed," said Pinsky, who hosts his own program on CNN's sister network HLN.
"Her biggest fear was the stigma of doing so and what people would think if she, God forbid, took care of herself. And this to me is the most distressing part of this story. She is a lovely woman, we have lost her, and it didn't have to go down like this."
McCready burst onto the music scene in 1996 with her debut album "10,000 Angels," and the chart-topping hit "Guys Do It All the Time."
In the past few years, McCready waged a public battle for custody of her elder son, Zander. She took the boy from her mother, who had custody, and fled with him to her home in Arkansas, saying she had concerns over his safety.
A judge ordered authorities to pick up the boy, who was 5 at the time, and days later authorities found McCready hiding with Zander in a closet at her home.
Country music stars expressed their condolences Sunday on hearing news of McCready's death.
"I grew up listening to Mindy McCready ... so sad for her family tonight. Many prayers are going out to them," tweeted singer Carrie Underwood.
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Ruling follows national trend underscoring fact it is not illegal to film the police
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Michael Allison, the 41-year old Illinois mechanic who faced life in jail for recording police officers, has had all charges against him dropped after a state judge ruled that his First Amendment rights had been violated, following a trend of similar rulings across the country that underscore the fact that it is not illegal to film cops.
Allison was the victim of a vendetta that was being pursued by the state despite the fact that every other case brought against citizens for filming cops had collapsed. A judge slapped Allison with five separate 15-year sentences for "eavesdropping," four of which involved Allison filming police officers during a dispute over cars he was working on at his home in Bridgeport, and another related to Allison bringing a tape recorder to trial after he was told there would be no official transcript of proceedings.
"A statute intended to prevent unwarranted intrusions into a citizen's privacy cannot be used as a shield for public officials who cannot assert a comparable right of privacy in their public duties," wrote Circuit Court Judge David Frankland. "Such action impedes the free flow of information concerning public officials and violates the First Amendment right to gather such information."
The "eavesdropping" charge was also dismissed by Frankland as completely inappropriate.
"Judge Frankland ruled that Allison had a First Amendment right to record the police officers and court employees. And while a ban on recording devices in the courtroom might be justified, he said, the eavesdropping charge was inappropriate," reports Reason. "As applied in this case, Frankland said, the eavesdropping law "includes conduct that is unrelated to the statute's purpose and is not rationally related to the evil the legislation sought to prohibit. For example, a defendant recording his case in a courtroom has nothing to do with an intrusion into a citizen's privacy but with distraction."
Frankland's decision followed a First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling which found that, "The filming of government officials engaged in their duties in a public place, including police officers performing their responsibilities, fits comfortably within these principles [of protected First Amendment activity]."
Indeed, every similar case nationwide has concluded in all charges being dropped against the defendent. It is not illegal to film police officers in public. And yet cops up and down the country are still using intimidation tactics against citizens by threatening them with arrest for using a video camera.
Despite the clear legal precedent of such cases being thrown out, the state was determined to incarcerate Allison and throw away the key, even sending an assistant from the Attorney General's Office to speak against him during a hearing.
Perhaps there needs to be a national activist day solely devoted to filming police officers in public to get the message across that documenting the performance of public servants is a completely natural and lawful expression of the First Amendment.
Let's call it "Film a Cop Day" – a reminder that the First Amendment is more powerful than the threats and intimidation that victims of a law being enforced that isn't even on the books have had to endure repeatedly for years on end.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
This article was posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 12:18 pm


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Johansen's DeCSS soon reached every corner of the
globe, thanks to the Internet, and prompted a host of
legal battles. In the end, Norwegian judges ruled his
actions legal, but U.S. judges ruled the distribution of
the software illegal. Nevertheless, anybody who wants to
make a copy of a DVD can now do so easily, much to the
dismay of the entertainment industry. It is not clear
whether such copying is done legally under copyright
law, but no individuals have been prosecuted for making
copies for their own use.
With manufacturers about to unveil a new generation
of DVD players and discs, moviemakers now see a rare
opportunity to get the horse back into the barn and lock
the door tight. So, this past July, two entertainment
companies joined with six electronics manufacturers and
chip makers to announce the creation of the Advanced
Access Content System (AACS), the copy protection scheme
designed to keep future generations safe from pirated
DVDs. The specification was due by year-end 2004, and
products incorporating it are slated to appear by
year-end 2005.
Backers of the protection method are betting that
AACS technology will finally thwart unauthorized copying
of DVDs while allowing consumers to distribute movies
legitimately over networks within their homes, play them
on a variety of devices (standard televisions, portable
movie players, and laptop computers), and store them on
home media servers. "We wouldn't be investing our time
otherwise," says Michael Ripley, the chairman of the
AACS alliance's technical working group.
But critics of the technology say it is bound to fail
in achieving its most important objective—blocking
wholesale pirating of DVDs—and it may irritate consumers
if the promised in-home distribution isn't quickly
forthcoming and easy to use. The AACS project "doesn't
make very much sense," says Seth Schoen, staff
technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in
San Francisco. "The commercial copyright infringers in
Southeast Asia that burn billions of counterfeit discs
will not be deterred by this." AACS
Goal: To
develop a specification for copy protection of
next-generation DVDs why it's a loser: It won't deter
commercial copyright infringers
AACS License Administrator
Number of
people: Not available
Budget: Not
Efforts that bring
together industries with competing
interests are challenging at the least and have often
broken down acrimoniously. Witness the failure of the
Secure Digital Music Initiative, an attempt to bring
watermarking technology to digital music. Also keep in
mind the different goals the entertainment and
electronics industries certainly have. Movie moguls
would prefer to make all copying impossible. You want
two copies of a movie? Buy two. By contrast, electronics
firms would prefer relatively unrestricted copying,
because being able to move videos you already own to new
devices (such as media servers or handheld players)
helps drive sales of those devices.
"Any of these [electronics and entertainment]
consortiums runs the risk of collapsing under its own
weight," Michael McGuire, research director of the media
team for GartnerG2, in San Jose, Calif., told IEEE
The AACS group was founded by IBM, Intel, Microsoft,
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric), Sony, Toshiba, Disney,
and Warner Bros. Studios. The alliance is optimistic,
says Panasonic representative Richard Doherty. "So far,
it's going very well, though discussions are spirited at
times," he adds.
"We are confident that AACS technology will be part
of the next generation of content on optical media,"
declares AACS's Ripley, who is a senior staff engineer
at Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif.
The key to the spirit of compromise is an agreement
that the AACS specification will allow consumers to move
the data on an optical disc to the various devices they
own, including video servers and portable video players,
either directly or via a home network. In all the
scenarios developed by the AACS alliance, that data
would exist on the disc in encrypted form. It would stay
encrypted when transferred to other devices and would be
decrypted by those devices. The details of this
portability have not been announced, but the
technological underpinnings are expected to be included
when the first version of the copy protection
specification is released.
Once products do ship, potential crackers—including
teens in basements, academics, and large-scale
pirates—will undoubtedly tackle this new encryption
challenge. Some details of the specification were
apparently still under discussion as this article went
to press, including where on the disc the encryption
codes will be physically stored.


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Profile: North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory
The second time proved to be the charm for Pat McCrory.
McCrory, a Republican and a former Charlotte mayor, narrowly lost to Bev Perdue in his 2008 gubernatorial bid. This time around, however, he had the wind at his back as he faced off against Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.
The state's economy, while improved in recent months, still languishes with 9.6% unemployment. And after scoring big wins in the state legislature and delivering the state to President Obama in 2008, North Carolina's Democratic Party was reeling.
A former North Carolina Democratic Party staffer filed a defamation suit in June against the state party after alleging that he was sexually harassed by the former executive director. Perdue's approval rating fell lower than any sitting governor in the nation earlier this year, and she chose not to even stand for re-election.
McCrory raised more than $11.5 million for the election cycle compared to Dalton's $3.9 million, which allowed McCrory to run a robust television campaign. Big-name Republicans, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, also came to the Tar Heel State to vouch for McCrory, who served on George W. Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2003 to 2006.
McCrory, 56, who served as a member of the Charlotte city council from 1989-1995 then as the city's mayor from 1995 to 2009, was able to break a string of bad luck for former Charlotte mayors who have tried to make the leap from the Queen City to statewide office. As mayor, he also served as chair of a national association of Republican mayors.
McCrory graduated from Catawba College in 1978 and worked as a manager at Duke Energy; he has continued to work as an energy and economic development consultant. He lives in Charlotte with his wife, Ann.


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A mayor of Oakland cannot fear criticism — it's a tough job that requires an open mind and thick skin. This newspaper recently published an editorial criticizing my job performance thus far, and I welcome this opportunity to discuss where we are on the issues that they and the people I represent care about most.
When I became mayor we faced a global recession, a shrinking police force and rising crime. Less than three years later, we've grown our economy by supporting local businesses and reviving major development projects to create jobs. As we've grown the city's budget, I used that growth to hire police officers and we have begun to reduce crime.
My highest priority is public safety. I worked with the council to secure ongoing funds to hire more police officers. We graduated 74 new officers this year with more already in training to bring us to 700 — building toward my goal of 900 officers.
We hired Chief Bill Bratton to help develop the plan for reorganizing the Oakland Police Department to be more effective and accountable. After just four months, crime is trending down, including home burglaries.
We reduced homicides by more than 25 percent year-to-date, in part by implementing Ceasefire, a nationally-proven violence reduction strategy.
I forged partnerships with federal and state law enforcement to help us take violent criminals and illegal guns off our streets. With strong community partnership, police caught the accused killers of 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine. We will spare no resource to catch and punish those who would harm our children.
As a mother, I am committed to building a city where all children are safe and have the opportunity to thrive. That's part of why I am working hard to rebuild Oakland's economy, focusing on game-changing projects and creating jobs for residents.
After decades of delay, we will break ground Friday at the Army base site, creating jobs and improving port competitiveness.
My work promoting Oakland internationally helped obtain $1.5 billion in foreign investment to build parks, retail space and 3,100 homes along the Brooklyn Basin waterfront.
We secured the world's third-largest privately held real estate firm to help develop Coliseum City, a world-class destination coming to East Oakland.
These projects and others in the pipeline will create thousands of jobs, revitalize neighborhoods and boost revenues to fund public safety and other services.
I cut budgets at City Hall, negotiated with police officers to contribute to their pensions, and reduced other pension costs. Looking forward, I set aside $10 million to fund rising health care costs and made major headway paying down internal debt.
I refinanced an expensive, closed police and fire pension system to reduce our overall debt and lower our interest rate.
As a result, Oakland's overall economy is the strongest its been in years: We have a $38 million reserve and maintained our credit ratings through the recession.
All major revenues are rising, with exciting growth in our restaurant and entertainment districts. This stability and growth will help us tackle our upcoming challenges.
Our work is far from done but we face challenges head-on and welcome the opinions and contributions of all Oaklanders.
During this historic renaissance, I will fight for an equitable future in which we all rise together in our shared commitment to this city we love.
Jean Quan is mayor of Oakland.


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Thursday, April 30, 2009
He changed my life!
I bet you are wondering ... why in the world are they standing in front of IHOP? Well ... here is the story.
April 30, 2005 ... I moved from my apartment in Provo, UT to move back in with my parents. I had been cleaning, packing, and was quite cranky. What single, 24 year old, moving back in with the parents wouldn't be cranky? I just finished my first semester at LDS business college where I was studying Interior Design and was moving home until I heard back from Martha Stewart Magazine in NY as a possible internship for the summer. Things were looking really promising, and I was just waiting for that phone call to move to NY. I got home around 4 pm and my parents talked me into going to dinner with them for my nephew Jacob's birthday. We went to Highland, UT where my sister lived, and when they asked Jacob where he wanted to go to dinner for his birthday, he said IHOP!We all cringed, but decided to go anyway!
Meanwhile, Adam moved to live with his Brother Sean, and Sister-in-Law Sara's house for the summer in Highland, Utah. Sara invited him to go to dinner with her family that evening. They went to a nice Italian restaurant in American Fork, Utah ... but it was over an hour wait. They decided to ask Sara's grandpa where he wanted to go for dinner ... and he said he wanted pancakes. The only place close enough for pancakes was IHOP ... and so they went there.
When I walked into IHOP with my family ... Adam was already sitting down with his group. I saw him and thought ... MAN he is SERIOUSLY HOT! Little did I know ... he was thinking I wasn't too bad looking either. They sat my family at a table that was parallel to his table. My back was facing Adam and he and his brother were checking me out.
Throughout dinner I was making louder than normal comments trying to hint that I was single and available in conversation ... hoping that he would overhear. Little did I know that Sara's brother-in-law was listening intently to the conversation the entire time. Adam decided he needed to find some way to ask me out. He mentioned buying me a drink ... but obviously we weren't at a bar. Then his brother mentioned buying my family's dinner. He was a poor starving college student and couldn't do that but did mention picking up at least my dinner. Little did everyone know that Sara's father was listening the whole time. He finally got fed up with the ideas, and quietly stood up and walked over to my dad. He said ... you don't know me, but I sure would LOVE to purchase your family's dinner, if your daughter would be willing to go out with this young man.
WOW ... I don't think either Adam and I have ever seen each others faces so red! We were so embarrassed ... but flattered at the same time! The two tables talked for a minute or two ... he got my phone number ... and it was history from there.
We only dated 5 weeks and were engaged. Then were married 2 1/2 months later. It was fast, but so right! We had both been in and out of serious relationships ... so we both knew when it was right. We have been so blissfully happy since that day. I am so grateful for the Gardner family and their willingness to buy my dinner ... go out on a limb ... and take a chance. I don't know where I would be without Adam. Love you babe!
16 comments:
Wow! What a CRAZY love story!!!!! LOL! that is way too cute that it all happened that way! Thanks for sharing it with us! I may just have to recommend IHOP to all my single friends! ;)
- April 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Chris & Paige Evans said...
That really is a great story Mandy. It should be turned into a movie!
- April 30, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Sarah said...
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- April 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- Sarah said...
What a neat story! I met my husband on May 16, 2004 and we were engaged on August 1, 2004. Everybody thought we were crazy, but we just kept telling them, "when it's the right person, you just know". We didn't want to waste a minute of our life together. We were married in June of 2005 and I am now happily four months pregnant with our first child!
Happy Anniversary to you,
- April 30, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Christy Marshall said...
That is a wonderful story of how you met. It was meant to be.
- April 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Kirsten Sue said...
That is the best story and I now have a greater appreciation for IHOP.
- April 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Leslie said...
That is really a fun story! What a great beginning to a fairy tale of a romance. Congratulations! You truly are blessed.
- April 30, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Love it - how great!!!
Happy trails
Nicky from Canada
- May 1, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- Devonne said...
You guys were just meant to be!
- May 1, 2009 at 8:40 AM
I think I <3 Sara's dad!!! When it's right...it's right. Congratulations~! (and now I feel like pancakes. LOL!)
- May 1, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Josh said...
Hey it's Josh, Kirsten's husband from our honeymoon cruise. You guys look like you're doing awesome. I remember bits and pieces of that story from our dinner table. Funny to find you guys again in the world this way.
- May 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Amy said...
just clicked over from a link of the ck blog. Just wanted to say hi... because that is a seriously crazy story, how fun!
- May 2, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- Robby said...
Love your story. My husband and I met and married in 4 months...and you are right....when you have the right person...you just know it!!! We have been married for 19 years on the 5th of May. Poo poooo to all the people that said it wouldn't last. He was a gift from God and still is. xxxRobby
- May 3, 2009 at 12:26 AM
That is such a sweet love story!
- May 4, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Teri said...
That is such a great story! Congrats.
- May 12, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Melinda said...
Wow, what a sweet love story!
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What to Expect at Apple's WWDC
Fresh off its $3 billion deal to buy headphone maker and streaming-music service Beats Electronics, Apple takes the stage Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.
The annual gathering of Apple's developers – starting with the keynote speech at 10 a.m. local time – offers the company an opportunity to strengthen ties with 5,000 faithful and build excitement for future products.
There's more anticipation than usual because Chief Executive Tim Cook has promised that Apple will enter new product categories this year. Apple's Internet services chief Eddy Cue heightened expectations last week, saying the company's product pipeline is the best he's seen in 25 years.
Apple has been riding a wave of momentum in recent weeks from a combination of strong quarterly earnings, a 7-for-1 stock split that takes effect Monday, and plans to repurchase additional billions in shares. Apple shares are trading at its highest levels in more than a year.
In recent years, the WWDC keynote has been a showcase for updates to Apple's two software platforms – iOS for the iPhone and iPad and OS X for Macs. The conference's focus tends to be on software rather than new hardware products.
The Journal will be live blogging the keynote here. Meantime, what can we expect?
iOS 8
Apple is expected to unveil the next version of its mobile operating system. The prior version, iOS 7 released last year, brought a minimalist look to Apple's mobile software with a stark redesign spearheaded by Apple design chief Jony Ive.
This time around, the changes are expected to be more incremental in terms of look and feel. There are expectations of improvements to its much-maligned maps applications and new features for iTunes.
The biggest addition may be a new application called Healthbook, designed to track and monitor fitness and health information.
While iOS may not be getting a major refresh, Apple's personal-computer operating system is a different story. According to people familiar with the matter, Ive has been working on a makeover for OS X, using some of the same design concepts introduced in iOS 7.
This suggests that OS X 10.10, which will replace the current OS X Mavericks, will also adopt a more minimalist look with flatter, sharper-edged icons for applications. With Mavericks, Apple started making its newest computer software a free update after years of charging users for the latest version.
New Hardware?
Apple is working on new hardware products such as a set-top box, a smartwatch and a larger iPhone. But don't expect to hear about those Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
If there is a hardware announcement, it could be aimed at stirring excitement among Apple die-hards. For example, Apple unveiled the Mac Pro at last year's WWDC. But a desktop computer starting at $3,000 without a monitor or keyboard isn't anyone's idea of a mainstream product.
Connected Home?
It may be a few months before we get a new iPhone, but WWDC should bring announcements on ways to extend the iPhone's functionality. One interesting turn may be using your iPhone as a remote control for a connected home.
Last week, the Financial Times reported that Apple has been discussing "smart home" applications with device makers. The vision is to use an iPhone or iPad to control smart thermostats, appliances, and security systems in homes.
It appears to be the next front in the battle between iOS and Google's Android operating system. Google has positioned itself in the segment with its $3.2 billion acquisition of smart-home device manufacturer Nest Labs.
Related: Dan Gallagher joins MoneyBeat.


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Monday-Thursday: 6:30am - 10:00pm
Friday: 6:30am - 6:00pm
Saturday: 7:30am - 6:00pm
Sunday: 7:30am - 10:00pm
Monday - Thursday: 6:30am - 9:30pm
Friday: 6:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday: 12:30pm - 5:30pm
Sunday: 7:30am - 9:30pm
Throughout the day, the JCCNV swimming pool has a minimum of one open lap lane available. If you need to share that lane, "circle swimming" is enforced, that procedure is posted on the pool deck. Our pool schedule lists open swim times and how many lanes are in use during that specific time. Please note: special events and unscheduled programs can cause a change to the daily pool schedule. The JCCNV makes every attempt to limit those events that affect our schedule. If you would like announcements of those special events or unscheduled programs, please provide your e-mail to Teo Albu, Aquatics Director.
Locker rooms include showers, wall mounted hair dryers, sinks and bathroom stalls. Entrance to the men and women's locker rooms are accessed through the corridor outside the Cardiovascular Fitness Center and well as off the Aquatics Center. A family changing room with showers and restroom facilities is located on the pool deck. Lockers are available for use by patrons. Patrons may bring their own locks, as they are not provided by the J, but they must be removed by the end of each day unless the locker is rented.
Annual Fee:
Long locker: $100
Long locker code: #564
Short locker: $50
Short locker code: #563
For information about renting a locker, please contact Matt Alvin, 703.537.3050
The JCCNV Aquatics Center is home to the USS JCC Waves Swim and also rents lanes to area swim teams who need practice time during the off-season. Group, private and adapted swim lessons are offered for all ages year-round. Family Swim Time is offered every Sunday from 11:30am-12:30pm. Looking for a fun place to hold your child's birthday party? Pool parties are offered on Sundays!
Pool Description: The swimming pool is a six-lane, 25-meter pool with a graduated depth from 3.5' to 8'. A permanent, handicapped access ramp provides 0' to 3.5' depth access for use by individuals in wheelchairs, small children and others with special needs. First aid and resuscitation equipment are located within the aquatics staff office. A storage area houses training, safety, and rescue equipment.
For information about classes, rentals and pool parties, please contact Teo Albu, Aquatics Director and HFA Associate Director, at 703.537.3053.
The Fitness Center has all you need for complete cardio and fitness training seven days a week. The Fitness Center is filled with Life Fitness and Precor cardio equipment and has overhead video screens with cable TV and music choices. Much of the cardio equipment has attached video monitors and in 2012 all cardio equipment will have attached video screens. For weight training, Cybex selectorized weight machines and free weights are available and wall-to-ceiling mirrors help you watch your form to avoid injury and to ensure the best results. A mirrored stretch area available.
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The JCCNV gymnasium is available for rental on an hourly basis. Please contact Matt Alvin for rates and available time slots at 703.537.3050.
Locker rooms include showers, wall mounted hair dryers, sinks, and bathroom stalls. Entrance to the men and women's locker rooms are accessed through the corridor outside the Cardiovascular Fitness Center and well as off the Aquatics Center. A family changing room with showers and restroom facilities is located on the pool deck. Lockers are available for use by patrons. Patrons may bring their own locks, as they are not provided by the J, but they must be removed by the end of each day unless the locker is rented.
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Story highlights
- Jason Day wins World Cup of Golf in Melbourne
- Edges Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two strokes
- Leads Australia to team title with Adam Scott
- Filipino-Australian Day lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan
Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Instead he completed an emotional double victory Sunday in Melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with Adam Scott to lead Australia to team honors.
After finishing with a final round 70 for 10-under at Royal Melbourne, Day said his Filipino mother Dening and his sisters had been in this thoughts throughout the event.
They were in the gallery to watch the 24-year-old hold off Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two shots in a tense final round.
"I am just happy that she is here and I get to hug her," he said.
"It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week, just to be up there with my mum and support her," he added.
Day lost his grandmother, an uncle and six cousins in the November 8 tragedy and he said that both he and World No.2 Scott would assist with the relief program.
"We will definitely be giving some money or raising money and trying to raise awareness to what has really happened over there.
"To have that lead going into Sunday with all that stuff going on, to finally finish off and hit a great shot into 18 like I did and to win like that was a very big move in my golfing career."
Scott, who has won the Australia PGA and Australia Masters title in the past month, continued his superb form by taking third in the individual standings.
Their combined score left them 10 shots clear of the United States in the team category, Australia's first success for 24 years in the annual competition.
Bjorn, who led after two rounds and trailed Day by just one shot heading into the last day, paid tribute to the winner.
"I couldn't be happier for Jason. He has gone through a rough time of late and for him to even be here is a big thing and then to go and go and win the golf tournament, and for him to also win the team event, is fantastic," he said.
Scott will head to the Australian Open in Sydney this week, bidding a triple of the three main tournaments held in his country, only the second man in history to achieve the feat if he does emerge the winner.
Day will also be competing at Royal Sydney.


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Chilly Billy — Hot Mess of the Day
Names: Chilly Billy
Location: Baltimore, MD
Occupation: Guest Services at Best Western.
Hobbies: I mean, it's pretty obvious. Not much time for anything else.
6 Things He Can't Live Without: Ploppy, Sweepy, Cuddles, Tristan, Sorbet and Creamy (His 6 favorites.)
Skills: 2010 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Curling, professional waddler, teacher, friend.
His Motto: "I only have ice for you."
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Families across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes will gather at area cemeteries today through the weekend to pay tribute to loved ones who have died.
Families across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes will gather at area cemeteries today through the weekend to pay tribute to loved ones who have died.
Church celebrations for today's All Saints' Day fall on or around the actual day. The observance honors both official saints and others who have lived good lives. Saturday is All Souls' Day when believers pray that souls in purgatory make it to heaven.
Though its origins lie with the Catholic Church, other Christian denominations mark the holiday by reading the names of congregation members who have died over the past year.
In the Mass that precedes the blessings, the pastoral staff will urge parishioners to pray not only for the good who have died but those who may not have lived a good life.
"Death is such a difficult thing for us to deal with. It seems like it robs us of life. (The celebration) helps people who suffer from the grief of loss to be reminded that death is not the end. There is hope for us beyond the grave," said the Rev. Glenn LeCompte, the director of the office of worship for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.
The most distinctive feature of the All Saints' Day Mass is the nature of the prayer, LeCompte said.
"The prayers talk about through Christ we have victory over death and hope beyond the grave," he said.
Family members and close friends visited the cemeteries this past week, some to clean the tombs in preparation for the celebrations.
Tombs at the Catholic church cemeteries are adorned with new silk flowers, gleaming white and smelling of bleach.
At St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery, Clarence Leonard and his power washer were back Wednesday for a third consecutive day. Leonard voluntarily cleans graves that don't appear to receive much attention. Leonard will clean about 70 graves this year.
"A lot of these people don't have family anymore and their tombs get real nasty and dirty, so I come here and wash them every once in a while," Leonard said.
Leonard started cleaning off the unwashed graves shortly after he retired several years ago. He'd been cleaning his mother and father's tombs and noticed dirt and grime amassing on top of the tombs.
"I came to clean my mom and daddy's out one day and I saw how the tombs next to them were so dirty. So I cleaned them, and the next time I cleaned some more and I just kept going. If it's dirty I always try to clean it," Leonard said.
Thibodaux native Barbara Chiasson cleans the graves of her family members three times a year — Christmas, birthdays and All Saints Day.
"We honor the saints that are in heaven. We remember the dead and we pray for them," Chiasson said.
On Wednesday, Chiasson was out at St. Joseph Cemetery freshening up the flowers by the grave of her sister, Selma Ledet. Chiasson has perpetual care for her sister's grave, a service offered by churches to keep the graves clean. She doesn't have that for her mother and father's double tomb in Labadieville.
"My husband and I paint that thing every five years. If you put a good coat of paint on it, it usually lasts about five years," she said.
Chiasson said she remembers her sister every day, especially her "bubbly" personality.
"Whenever you see her, she would laugh and always have something good to say. She wasn't going to die, she was going to go on forever and ever," Chiasson said.
Ledet couldn't have children of her own so she treated Chiasson's children as if they were her own.
"She spoiled my children and my grandkids. She vied for them like they were her own. She was something else," Chiasson said.
Ledet is buried with her husband, James Ledet. Chiasson said her sister worked for James, taking care of his first wife after she got sick. Selma befriended James before the two got married.
"Her husband was 32 years older than her. I always asked her why she married him," Chiasson laughed. "They had a beautiful life together."
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ja_batte.


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If you've been following BMW Motorrad's worldwide recall of over 300,000+ motorcycles, for faulty rear-wheel mounting flanges; well the recall has finally hit American shores, affecting over 43,000 units.
The basic gist of the recall is that on the affected motorcycles, the rear wheel mounting flange may crack if the rear wheel mounting bolts are over-tightened. This would cause the rear wheel to come off the motorcycle, which would of course likely result in a crash.
BMW Motorrad USA will notify possibly affected owners, and BMW dealers will replace the existing aluminum rear wheel flange with a new steel one, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 21, 2015.
Concerned owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417, and as always the NHTSA is also available at 1-888-327-4236 and safercar.gov.
You can find the full list of affected motorcycles, after the jump.


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... hey I'm a huge fan of Minotauro, lucky you Dimitri, he's a legend! I've been a huge fan of UFC and MMA for years and always wondered if any of the famous MMA fighters are into kiting. The only one I know of are the Klitschko's who box, not MMA.Dimitri M wrote:Just got this video for my son Cameron Maramenide while I was doing my demos in Florida and had the pleasure to meet the UFC fighter "Minotauro".
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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Nearly 50 Pace University student-athletes and staff members recently visited the Bedford Road School in Pleasantville, N.Y. to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday and National Read Across America Day, by reading to the elementary school students.
Pace student-athletes from a variety of teams partnered with classes to read books and discuss life as student-athletes at Pace. The Bedford Road School students were able to take a break from class and sit down with the athletes, listen to them read and pick their brains about what it's like being serious athletes and college students.
Bedford Road School students also showed off their extensive vocabularies as part of their school-wide Vocabulary Day. Each student and teacher wore a vocabulary poster showing off his or her word, and either the word's definition, or a sentence containing that word.
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Max Arciniega helps me kick-off: So You Wanna Be A Baller?
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We recently developed a series on New Futuro called So You Wanna Be A Baller?
For us, being a baller means you're achieving in whatever field you're a part of, and worked your butt off to make it happen. People who followed their passion and delivered, and who can help connect the dots as you think about your own path are vital. New Futuro believes strongly that it's important to highlight the specific steps necessary to get where you want to go. You can be a "baller" in absolutely any field, because in reality, the whole idea is about a path to success, no matter what you're passionate about.
This week I had the honor of officially kicking off the series with our first baller: actor, musician, and Latino hero Max Arciniega.
And tune in this weekend to Poco a Poco Radio, to hear our FULL interview with Max.
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December 15, 2010 § Leave a comment
Clearly, The Fat Free Elotera has played a major role in last few corn related posts. And, just when you thought she was gone… she's back. And she's doing what she does best… dancing with the crew.


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The Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney is apologizing for posting photos of himself in several compromising settings on Facebook., including wearing blackface.
Rather than release a public statement—which one would commit to if they were truly remorseful—Justin Marrus only apologized to his boss, District Attorney Charles Hynes. "He admits it was childish and inappropriate," said DA spokesman Jerry Schmetter.
In one of the three photos, Marrus and two friends, (proudly) wear fake tattoos of a swastika, on their arms under the caption "The White Trash Brothers." Another photo finds him simulating prison rape, with another man. "We think they are abhorrent, stupid, and childish," said the DA initially said, after viewing the pictures. "We're asking Mr. Marrus for full explanation of his conduct, which is totally unacceptable. And we will take appropriate action."
Despite the graphic and racially insensitive flicks Marrus (who just happens to be the son of Supreme Court Judge Alan D. Marrus) has been allowed to keep his job, and is the latest in a string of "blackface" incidents. In the last several months both a white second-grader in Colorado, and a Brigham Young University student came under fire for plastering black paint over their faces.
Click below to view the photos posted on Marrus' Facebook page.
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Note to Egypt and other new democracies: Despite being one of the world's oldest democratic republics, the United States still has trouble balancing the interests of the majority and the minority after an election.
Just look at Tuesday's informal agreement in the US Senate about the legislative blocking action known as the filibuster. The compromise will avoid a drastic rule change on the filibuster by the Democratic majority, at least for now. Republican senators had been threatening to filibuster several of President Obama's nominations for key cabinet and other positions. In response, majority leader Harry Reid had threatened to use the "nuclear option" – making a change to Senate filibuster rules by a simple majority vote that would lower the threshold required to approve executive nominations from 61 to 51 votes. In the end, the two sides hashed out an agreement that lets five of Mr. Obama's nominees to federal agencies face an up-or-down vote (no filibuster), while pushing him to withdraw two other nominations.
Fortunately, no military was needed in the streets to push the Senate to compromise on a tactic long employed by minority parties to require a supermajority vote on many bills or appointments. Instead, it will help keep the current minority (Republicans) and any future minority (probably Democrats) from deciding there is little hope in participating in the current form of democracy. Egypt's second revolution, on July 3, is a prime example of a large minority – by the millions in street protests – so fearing for its political voice that it invites a coup.
Both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate had good reasons to "cut the difference" in this agreement.
The role of the Senate itself as a deliberative body and as a check on power was at stake. Its collective power would be diluted without safeguards for minority interests. The senators also do not want their chamber to be like the House, where majority power is absolute and leaders of each side rarely talk to each other.
As Egyptians have lately discovered, democracy cannot be a winner-take-all contest defined only by election results, which the Muslim Brotherhood believed, as shown by grabs at power, lack of inclusiveness, and disregard for those outside its Islamist group. Nor can any group be excluded from politics, as the military now seems to believe, seen in its arrest of Brotherhood leaders.
"If representatives of some of the largest parties in Egypt are detained or excluded, how are dialogue and participation possible?" said US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on a trip to Cairo this week.
With proper checks and balances, government can encourage citizens to listen to each other and care about each other's interests. At a base level, this creates mutual back-scratching deals, such as the Senate filibuster deal. At a higher level, it helps people understand how to balance the competing claims of the majority with those of either individuals or minority groups.
At the highest level of democracy, citizens operate out of a shared respect for those principles that are applicable to all, such as a reverence for life and equality of opportunity.
The filibuster has been abused in the past couple of decades by both parties, especially the GOP, ending the romance of its use made famous by actor Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." As a senator, now-Vice President Joe Biden said that "the Senate is not meant to be a place of pure majoritarianism."
The filibuster is a focus now in part because of high voter frustration with Washington. Voting districts have been doctored to favor one or the other party forever. Campaign money pushes elected leaders to harden their views. Partisan think tanks treat political issues as intellectual warfare. Trust in government is near record lows.
A confrontation over the filibuster may erupt again. One way to settle the debate for good is to go through the process of seeing if the nation wants to amend the Constitution to make such a voting procedure a permanent fixture.
The Founding Fathers grappled with the limits of respecting minority interests. They agreed on having supermajorities to override a presidential veto, expel a member of Congress, approve treaties, convict in an impeachment, and propose a constitutional amendment. The Senate later added the filibuster.
Now today's generations of Americans must reconsider the issue. Getting it right might even help the Egypts of the world as they, too, try to form a more perfect union.


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