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Highlights: Enjoy a walk along the Great Wall and a cycle along Xi'an's city walls, ponder Tibetan spirituality in Buddhist temples and monasteries, get up close and personal with pandas at a breeding centre in Sichuan, cruise the mighty Yangtze River on a luxury riverboat, gain more cultural insight with an expert local guide
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As summer temperatures rise, it's imparative for parents to be aware of how warm the interior of a car get and not risk their children's health by leaving kids in the vehicle.
The California Highway Patrol conducted a demonstration this week about how quickly temps rise in a parked car.
Using a device to measure the interior temperature of a vehicle versus the exterior temperature, and the difference was alarming. One reading was taken after 10 minutes and the second was taken after 15 minutes. With an outdoor temp of about 84 degrees, the interior of the car was 25 degrees hotter, according to CHP officer Erica Elias.
State law prohibits kids 6 or younger from being left inside a car unless they are supervised by someone age 12 or older if conditions present a significant risk or the keys are in the ignition, according to Elias.
Patch's "Ask A Cop" feature last month explained that.
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Greenville residents should never have to worry about their firefighters not being strong enough to carry them out of a burning home.
Greenville Firefighter Greg Green recently competed in and won his seventh gold medal in a row at the 2013 Texas Firefighter Olympics.
Green took first place in the 198 pound division with a 545 pound squat, a 430 pound bench press and a dead lift of 605 pounds.
Although he took home the gold medal, this was not Green's personal best at the competition. Green currently holds the bench press, dead lift and total record with 455 pounds, 630 pounds and 1,655 pounds, respectively.
The Garland native said he has been weightlifting on and off since high school, and has found ways to stay physically fit, including playing soccer and baseball at Garland and as a member of the Marine Corps Rugby Team while serving in Japan.
Heart attacks are the number one cause of deaths for firefighters, according to a study from the United States Fire Administration. Green said he keeps healthy to avoid that statistic.
"Fighting a fire in the middle of the night, coming out of a dead sleep is very hard on the body," he said.
Another reason Green lifts is because he is the spokesperson for his online supplement company, Lockout Supplements.
"I own Lockout Supplements, so I have to look the part and live the part," he said.
Since Green is a firefighter, and works 24-hour shifts, he has a different workout regiment than most powerlifters.
"I do a two-day on, one-day off split with two muscle groups, large and small," he said, adding he has a revolving workout that included back and triceps one day, chest and biceps the next and legs and shoulders last. "It's how I've been doing it for seven years."
Green has worked for the Greenville Fire Department for nearly a year, and said the experience has been enjoyable.
"It's been good. It's been an easy transition for me," he said. "It's a lot more laid back than others."
Many powerlifters have a favorite workout, one they feel they are able to really excel at.
Green said his is deadlifting.
"Dead lift is my favorite workout," he said, adding that bench press and squat suits do not help when deadlifting. "It's just you and the weight. It's a true lift."
Green has won 18 gold medals at the Firefighter Games in powerlifting and softball in his seven years competing in the Texas Firefighter Olympics.


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SIX fire engines were needed to tackle a large fire in Widnes.
The fire broke out around 4.45pm on Thursday, at the back of Widnes Rugby Union club, Heath Road in Widnes, near to the trainline.
The St Marie's building was 'well alight' within minutes although it took around two hours to get the flames under control.
The road was closed at the junction with Prescott Road while the railway line between Widnes and Hough Green was heavily affected by smoke.
Firefighters from Widnes, Runcorn, Warrington and Stockton Heath were on site as flames have broken through the roof.
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Twins activate Plouffe, send Nishioka to Triple-A
Third baseman returns from bruised thumb, starts against Tigers
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins activated third baseman Trevor Plouffe from the 15-day disabled list on Monday, and optioned second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka to Triple-A Rochester to make room for him on the roster.
Plouffe was back in the lineup against the Tigers, starting at third base and batting seventh Monday night. He went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Minnesota's 9-3 victory. He was on the DL, retroactive to July 21, with a bruised thumb after being jammed by a pitch against the Royals on July 20.
"It's good to be back," Plouffe said. "I missed a lot of time. It kind of snuck up on me. I didn't realize I missed three weeks, but watching those games when the team was on the road made me really miss being in there."
Plouffe went on a rehab assignment with Rochester over the weekend, going 0-for-8 with a walk in two games. But more importantly, he said his thumb held up just fine and shouldn't be an issue moving forward.
"Everything was good -- no problems," Plouffe said. "The biggest thing was testing the thumb out and getting the timing back. I didn't get any hits, but hit the ball hard yesterday and felt like I was having good at-bats and seeing the ball well."
Plouffe has been a pleasant surprise, as he's hitting .259/.330/.525 with 19 homers in 74 games entering Monday's game against the Tigers.
Nishioka, meanwhile, struggled in three games with the Twins after being recalled from Rochester on Aug. 5, when Minnesota traded third baseman Danny Valencia to Boston.
Nishioka went 0-for-12 while committing three errors over a three-game series in Cleveland.
"I think he just came up here, and whether it's trying too hard or getting too excited is anybody's guess, but I think we all saw the performance on the field wasn't very good," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He didn't make the plays he was supposed to, missed the spots he was supposed to be on relays, and those are all the things that he needs to continue to work on and see what happens. But his three days out on the field weren't very good, and I think Nishi knows that more than anyone."
Day after injuring shoulder, Span out of lineup
MINNEAPOLIS -- After injuring his right shoulder attempting to make a diving catch in Sunday's game against the Rays, center field Denard Span was held out of the lineup against the Tigers on Monday.
Span injured his collarbone while landing awkwardly trying to catch a sinking liner, but said that he was happy that the X-ray results taken on his shoulder came back negative because he initially feared the worst.
"I heard a little pop," Span said. "That's what scared me initially when I heard it pop when I landed. But thank God, I went and got the X-rays and everything was negative. I'm just day to day. I woke up this morning feeling somewhat better than yesterday. The range of motion was better. So I guess today and next couple days, get treatment on it and monitor how I'm feeling each day."
Span added that he's set to get a massage and visit a chiropractor on Tuesday, and that it should give him a better feel for how long he'll be out. But he's optimistic he'll be able to avoid the disabled list.
"The next couple days we'll be doing some more treatment on it," said Span, who was replaced in center by Ben Revere on Monday. "They've got me on anti-inflammatories and I'll be seeing a masseuse and all that, so I think by tomorrow, I'll know more, and the trainers will know more, about where I'm at."
MRI shows no new damage to Capps' rotator cuff
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins closer Matt Capps underwent an MRI exam on his right shoulder on Monday, and it showed no new damage to his rotator cuff.
Capps has been on the disabled list since July 27 with right rotator cuff irritation and has yet to throw a baseball since then.
Capps indicated on Sunday that he'd like to begin playing catch on Wednesday if his MRI exam revealed no new issues.
But there's no timetable for Capps to begin throwing, as he'll continue to keep working on strengthening his shoulder, according to Twins doctors.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In the 1960s "Batman" series, Mr. Freeze, played by Otto Preminger, blasted Robin and Batman with his freeze gun. It was great fun.
But when the herpes simplex 1 virus blasts its DNA into your cells (with more pressure than a car tire), the resulting cold sore is not very amusing, especially when you have to face the world with it playing a starring role on your lip.
Around 60 percent of folks in North America between the ages of 14 and 49 carry the cold-sore virus, and the sores do come and go (there's no known cure).
Seems that when your immune system has to fight off other infections, it's less able to suppress this one, and you get a flare.
Your best protection is to keep your immune system strong.
Get plenty of vitamin D-3 (1,000-2,000 IU a day), and get your blood levels checked so you can adjust the dose to what you need.
Take probiotics so that gut bacteria help you fight the good fight.
Enjoy regular physical activity (10,000 steps a day) and eat an anti-inflammatory diet that avoids the Five Food Felons (added sugars and sugar syrups, any grain that's not 100 percent whole, all trans and most saturated fats).
For treatment of flares, tune in to clues that one's coming (burning or tingling at the future site), and act fast to cut it short. Use antiviral cream containing docosanol or acyclovir, or a combination of 5 percent acyclovir and 1 percent hydrocortisone. There also are antiviral pills.
And concealing patches or medical makeup can make you feel less conspicuous as the sore heals.
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Loren Amelang is a pioneer in C++ programming, and his homebrewed live/work space is a monument to sustainable geekery, says Fair Companies.
The entire south side of his home is covered in solar capture devices: 1600 watts of photovoltaic power, solar hot water panels, a sunroom/greenhouse and a solar hot air collector.
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'Tis the season to be jolly.
That thought, expressed in the Christmas carol "Deck The Halls," certainly has not been evident in my experience this year.
Whether it is the reality of our current economic times or the stress of finding the perfect gift, customer service has seemed to fall by the wayside.
Certainly I cannot claim that The Daily Star has always had the most stellar reputation in this area, but each phone call, e-mail or inquiry gives us the opportunity for better service than the last.
My team knows I expect phones to be answered by the third ring with a pleasant identifying greeting, and voice mails are to be returned in a timely manner.
We have standards that run throughout our organization as benchmarks to provide the service our clients should expect and _ quite frankly _ what we should provide.
I know the concept is basic, yet my experience over the last few weeks has left me wondering, why does customer service no longer seem to be a focal point?
Standing in line at a store while waiting to check out, I was behind a woman toting an armful of items.
We started talking about the clerk behind the counter. His sheer rudeness was shocking. Knowing the owners of the shop, I knew this was not how they wanted their business represented.
The clerk could not be bothered and was huffing and slamming items on the counter because the computerized register had not logged a sale price properly.
I commented to the woman in front of me that it wasn't a big deal to correct the problem, and she nodded in agreement.
The customer checking out had an appalled look as the clerk continued his tantrum. You could tell that she was biting back a response, and I must say, she was far more tolerant and patient with the clerk's tirade than I might have been.


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NORMAN — In less than a week, the first of three presidential debates will be hosted. Here are some questions that we would like to hear asked and then answered by both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Their answers are important to anyone voting in less than six weeks.
On the last day of September 2016, what will be the national debt if you are elected? Our current national debt is about $16 trillion.
What will be the rate of economic growth (percentage of increase in gross domestic product) each year during your term of office?
If you are elected, what will be the total deficit spending each year in your four-year term as president?
What do you consider to be the normal unemployment rate in America, and when will you achieve that goal?
The total cost of health care in America is about $2.5 trillion each year. What will that total cost be — minus inflation — each year for your four years in office?
We are reportedly facing a fiscal cliff on Jan. 1, 2013. If there was no election, what actions would you take right now as president to avoid that reported calamity? ...
Those are some of the questions that, in our view, Americans want answered.
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"Karma" is one of those ideas that most God-fearing Christians don't believe in.
It's the idea of "What goes around comes around," or "You reap what you sow."
To a degree, I've found that karma is a very real thing. I've seen it happen too often.
My family, for example, has what I like to call "bad service karma." Basically, if it involves any aspect of the service industry — restaurants, hospitals or general contracting — a curse looms large over my family. And though I have tried to ignore it for years, I feel as though their bad service karma has been passed along to me.
How the bad service karma began, I don't know. It has stuck with me and my family like stink on a monkey or like a cobweb on your hand. (You shake it and shake it, but it refuses to come off.)
Recently, the wife decided our carpets needed cleaning. She found a Huntsville company online and called them for an estimate.
Mr. Carpet Cleaning Man showed up one day, provided an estimate and we agreed he would come back in a few days to do the job. So far, so good.
So, Mr. Carpet Cleaning Man shows up on the decided day, and after a few pleasantries, he begins his work. Things quickly began to run off the rails, however.
He first brought this giant machine in through the front door that resembled a floor waxer. I wasn't aware a floor waxer could be used on carpet, but I went with it.
"I hope this thing's gonna work," he said. "Had one blow up on me yesterday."
It was then and there I could see it was going to be a long morning.
He sprayed some solution on the carpet in one room of the house.
"Will it hurt animals?" I asked.
"Nah," he said. "This stuff's so safe even I could drink it, but I haven't done it."
After the carpet in one room is thoroughly soaked, he then plugs in his giant machine. Almost immediately, a fireball shot forth from the outlet, and rooms on that side of the house went dark.
"Well, that's strange," he said. "Think it could be the outlet?"
Considering my house is less than 10 years old, I was willing to bet the cause of the fireball and resulting outage was his Soviet-era floor machine, the cord to which was wrapped several times in aging electrical tape.
After flipping the breaker and restoring power, he continued to look at the cord's socket with a perplexed look.
"I'm gonna try this one more time," he said, looking around for another outlet. "If it happens again, we'll think of something else."
He again plugged in the machine, and the same result happened. Only this time there was a fireball and a nice streak of soot that still stains the outlet cover. A reminder of the experience.
After the second time, I informed him there would be no third time and that I wasn't willing to let him burn my house down in an effort to clean the carpets.
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The following was written by Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol R. Johnson:
November kicks off School Choice season in the Boston Public Schools. Over the next month we will be welcoming parents to a series of school showcases to help them explore their options for next year. Additionally, between now and early January every Boston Public School will host at least three open houses to help parents and students can find a school that offers the right fit. You can see the full list at here.
We created these opportunities because we are proud of what every school has to offer. More than eight times as many 8th grade students are enrolled in Algebra today than just four years ago, and thanks to our partners, 14,000 more students have access to weekly arts and music today than three years ago. We have raised the graduation rate to its highest level ever and since 2006 we have prevented more than six high schools' worth of students from dropping out.
Our students and families have noticed and expressed support for these changes. In our school survey this year, 94 percent of parents told us they believe their child's school is a good place to learn.
Thanks to Mayor Menino's advocacy for new legislation and increased resources, our 11 Turnaround Schools schools are improving even faster than the district average. The number of families listing these schools as a first choice has jumped 44 percent. Today, we are putting these successful improvement lessons into practice in nearly two dozen other schools that are currently not showing as much growth and performance as we would like.
As we continue to improve quality across our city, we must also reflect on what parents have told us about the school choice process itself.
Under the current system, a parent arriving at a Family Resource Center to register their young child faces a list of nearly 30 schools that vary from schools right around the corner to others many miles away. Even though 86 percent of parents request a school within one mile of their home as a top choice, our sprawling three-zone system has resulted in a web of school assignments that can be confusing and unpredictable.
Each year we ask parents to tell us what they thought about the school choice experience. This past year, one parent said "I am 50 yards away from a great school and I think it would be wrong to have to go to another school, when I live so close to this one."
Another parent commented that while she was "very impressed with almost every school I saw, I found the process somewhat overwhelming and daunting."
Another sentiment we heard often in this survey is that "this should not be so complicated," with another parent adding "friends are being separated from attending the same schools" and still another pointed out that "it is impossible to visit all the schools" from a list that is nearly 30 schools long.
The Mayor has called on us to address these parents' concerns. He asked our community to create a new system that helps children access quality choices, closer to home. The 27-member External Advisory Committee on School Choice has heard from more than 4,000 voices this year in its effort to help us build something better and is asking BPS to draw from the very best of the many ideas we have received from the community.
We are committed to answering this call. While no school choice plan can address every concern, we know we can achieve a better balance. The system we have today was created nearly 25 years ago, for a different time, with very different schools, and a less diverse community.
While we have plenty of work to do to ensure a quality classroom for every child, with input and ideas from across the city, we will create a new school choice system that makes sense for today's children. This will help us build strong school communities that serve our city and our families well today and into the future. We hope all our city's families will be actively involved in this important discussion and decision.


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The Redskins are in the playoffs and everyone else is home for the rest of the holidays. Surprised? So are we.
Reid's time in Philadelphia comes to an end
The Eagles announced the end of Andy Reid's 14-year tenure of head coach on Monday morning.
Giants rout Eagles in Reid's expected finale
Eli Manning threw five TD passes in the Giants' 42-7 win over Philadelphia on Sunday in what might have been Andy Reid's final game as the Eagles' coach.
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The Eagles moved Mychal Kendricks to the weak side once the wide-9 was scrapped, and he has played better.
Wednesday's 60-second rant: Vick can resurrect career once more
Michael Vick's Eagles career could end after Sunday's start. But bank on it: His career will begin somewhere else as a starter in 2013.
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The Eagles signed DT Antonio Dixon to a two-year contract and placed QB Nick Foles on injured reserve.
Eagles QB Foles has broken hand, won't play
Eagles QB Nick Foles broke his hand in Sunday's loss to the Redskins and will not play in the team's season finale against the Giants.
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The Giants can't win the NFC East. But the Redskins and Cowboys both have a shot to claim the division, and they both could make the postseason.
Redskins beat Eagles, extend win streak to six
Robert Griffin III threw two touchdown passes and the Redskins held on to beat the Eagles 27-20 Sunday for their sixth straight win.
Asomugha's options: Redo deal or be cut
CB Nnamdi Asomugha could return next season, but not at the massive salary he's scheduled to make.
The greatest sack season ever
Two players are chasing Michael Strahan's sack record this season. However, neither is having a better year than Reggie White did in 1987.
Eagles sign TE Moore
The Eagles signed TE Evan Moore to the active roster, the team announced Thursday.
Key matchup: Eagles QB Nick Foles vs. Redskins pass defense
In Thursday's key matchup, we take a look at the Redskins' key battle with the Eagles in Philadelphia.
Eagles place TE Harbor on I.R.
The Eagles placed TE Clay Harbor on injured reserve, the team announced Tuesday.
Pa. prosecutor: Steroids found in Garrett Reid's room
An investigation into the fatal heroin overdose of Garrett Reid, the oldest son of Andy Reid, revealed there were steroids in his room the day he died.
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Jackson left the Eagles' game against Carolina on Monday with an injury.||||||| Jackson did not return after suffering a sternum injury in the first quarter. X-rays were negative.
Jackson caught three passes for 100 yards, including a 77-yard TD in Monday's 28-13 loss to New Orleans.||||||| Jackson is on pace to set a career high with 74 receptions and 1,248 yards.
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WIPO and the World Trade Organization organize jointly a two-week colloquium for teachers of intellectual property (IP) from developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
Course Basics
- Venue - Geneva, Switzerland
- Date - June 16-27
- Language - English
- 2012 Colloquium - research papers
- Online registration (closes March 30, 2014)
- Overview of International Law and Policy in IP
- IP and Economic Development
- Copyright, the Current International Landscape: Legal, Policy and Development Dimensions
- Copyright Flexibility
- Trademarks and Industrial Designs, the Current International Landscape: Legal, Policy and Development Dimensions
- Geographical Indications, the Current International Landscape, Legal, Policy and Development Dimensions
- Patents, the Current International Landscape, Legal, Policy and Development Dimensions
- IP and Public Health: The Current International Landscape
- Options and Strategies under the Trade Related Aspects of IP Rights Agreement (TRIPS) for Access to Medicines: The Current State of Play of Implementation
- WTO Dispute Settlement and the TRIPS Agreement
- Protection of Plant Varieties in International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- IP and Competition Policy
- IP and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: The Current International Landscape and Future Directions
- Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Recent Developments in the WTO
- IP, Electronic Commerce, Internet Domain Name Disputes and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre
- IP and Transfer of Technology and Licensing
- Enforcement of IP: Legal, Policy and Development Dimensions
- IP and Climate Change
- Primary Sources, Information Resources and Research Themes in the Field of IP
- IP Teaching Methodologies
- Visit to WIPO and WTO Libraries and Meeting with WIPO and WTO Officials
The colloquium takes place at WIPO and WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland in June/July of each year.
The colloquium is a multidisciplinary activity, open to lawyers, economists, university teachers and researchers working in the field.
Applicants must have an advanced degree and teaching experience in IP law or international law/economics/management with a specialization in IP.
An ongoing role in policy analysis or advice with respect to WIPO or WTO discussions or negotiations, as well as an established track record in research and publication in the field of IP is also desirable. An excellent knowledge of English is required.
Twenty-two places are available for applicants from developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The organizers cover their travel, accommodation and subsistence costs. An additional five places are available for applicants from developed countries who participate at their own expense.
Applicants should identify a specific topical IP policy or legal issue that is currently under active debate or review in the applicant's country or region, on which they would be ready to make a short presentation and prepare a paper for subsequent publication. A one-page summary of this presentation must accompany the Application Form which should be submitted by March.
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Luther Seminary annually presents the award to individuals who have heroically served in their community with the hope that such recognition will inspire others to similar ministry to improve the world around them.
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ONEONTA — Oneonta police arrested three men Tuesday night and charged them with possession of illegal drugs worth an estimated $8,000.
According to an Oneonta Police Department news release, at approximately 8:30 p.m.,a patrol division responded to a reported fight at 40 Maple St. The fight had ended before the police arrived, but an investigation indicated that the altercation may have been drug-related.
The patrol and detective division found a large quantity of drugs, cash, and a firearm resulting in the arrest on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree of Terell S. Hardy, 37, and Jose M. Gonzalez, 20, from the Bronx, and David A. Kohls, 21, of Oneonta.
The Class B felony charges could result in up to nine years in prison.
Seized were the following items, police said:
• 409 bags of heroin and packaging material with a street value of approximately $8000;
• $2,992 in cash;
• 5.8 Grams of marijuana;
• A .22 Ruger Rifle;
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One thing you can say about Oklahoma's U.S. senators — they don't particularly give a hang about what anyone thinks of them.
Sen. Tom Coburn told voters he wasn't going to Washington to "bring back the bacon," but to try to restore fiscal sanity to our national government. He has nearly gone hoarse in the attempt. Only now are people beginning to really listen.
Similarly, Sen. Jim Inhofe couldn't care less what the prevailing thought is regarding climate change.
He has been swimming against the rushing stream for years in his fight against it. Likewise, people are finally beginning to listen.
Before opening Inhofe's book on the subject, The Greatest Hoax — How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, I had some preconceived ideas of how his presentation would be laid out. I thought it would be based on his private thoughts on the matter.
Instead, what I found was some eye-opening evidence. His first target is the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the body responsible for much of the global warming hysteria. The IPCC's studies are assembled by scientists. Inhofe says journalists never take the time to read the report, only its summary.
The problem is the summary is written by bureaucrats, not scientists. Chapter 8 of a 1996 IPCC report, written by scientists, says, "No study to date has positively attributed all or part (of the climate change observed) to anthropogenic causes." Anthropogenic is a fancy way of saying "human." Yet the Summary for Policymakers retooled the findings to say, "The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate."
Inhofe says Dr. Michael Mann's claims that temperatures in the Northern hemisphere remained relatively stable over 900 years and then spiked upward in the twentieth century have been totally debunked by other scientists who have examined his research.
Michael Crichton, Inhofe says, was more than a fiction writer. He was a scientist and a medical doctor who held degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He was a visiting lecturer in physical anthropology at Cambridge University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute. Dr. Crichton set out to write a frightening book on global warming and, after extensively researching the subject, completely changed its tone. State of Fear instead lavishes attention on the political scare tactics and flimsy science that make up the movement.
Crichton, you might remember, publicly said climate change alarmist Al Gore was wrong.
And speaking of Gore, Inhofe relates an incident in which he pointedly asked the former vice president if he was willing to do what his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, asked of its patrons. In other words, would Al Gore change the way he lives?
Inhofe says Gore's eventual answer was, "No."
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I write about video games: the industry and the culture.
This is my first video review of a game, so I'm still fine-tuning things a bit.
It's basically a condensed version of yesterday's written review which you can read in full here.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance really is, when you get down to it, a very fun game that was a blast to play and review.
Enjoy, and let me know what you think of the format. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.
You can view the YouTube version of the review here.
Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here.
It sounds like you were reading from a script or cue cards. Try to speak more naturally and fluidly. Memorize the important details and improvise on the smaller, insignificant details. Don't be afraid to add some personality either.
Regardless, the content is great.
You sounded very bored, which in turn made me very bored. In addition to Pyro's comment, I would like to say that you should try to at least sound like you care about the topic. I also noticed you haven't done anything about the mic since that "best of" video. I know I'm not sugar coating my criticism, but that's just what immediately struck me as the drawbacks of the video.
Not a bad idea, with video reviews! But yeah, just work on being more natural and it will sound great I think. Perhaps use a more loosely structured list of what you want to talk about? Then you might talk about other things that you didnt mention in the written review which will make it worthwhile to both read and watch your reviews.
I mean, alot of gaming sites do video reviews that are basically their written review and I just feel that you could do another spin with the video format, rather than just duplicating it so people who don't have the patience to read the review can get the content in some form (and probably earn some ad-money too, or whatever the reason may be).
But all in all, a good start. I sort of like the mellow tone of your delivery but it wouldn't hurt if it sounded less scripted. I know it can be hard to pull off but keep at it. : D
Nice review. There is a disconnect with the video on the screen and your dialogue. For example, when you discuss parrying and blocking or the power boost, it would help to see that on screen. I'm not put off by your mellow tone. It makes you sound impartial.
I agree with your assessment of the game, though I'm very partial toward action titles in the first place. I've been a long time Metal Gear fan, and having a Platinum-developer Metal Gear title was a dream come true; the game takes on a new life in the harder difficulties that challenge your mastery of the combat mechanics.
The level design doesn't really amount to more than a couple of set pieces, and the story's ridiculousness is something it's acutely aware of and quite comfortable with; par for the course when it comes to an action title whose focus is gameplay with little fat.
I like the video review, but if I have a critique, it's that the video didn't really seem pertinent. I don't know if it was stock footage or what, but editing the video based around your talking points would be very beneficial.
Having the Forbes card cut into your review is a bit jarring. That combined with the cue card like reading that NarcolepticPyro pointed out, made me feel like I was being lectured at instead of engaged.
Perhaps instead put the card at the start or instead show a bit of the game without commentary and then the card, with the review starting right after.
Two reviews by Adam Sessler illustrating my card point. It also shows an effective way to match what is being said with gameplay. So instead of point, point, point, point, point, we get points with more pronounced pauses that show what he's talking about though the game.
Your written content is great, looking forward to seeing your videos reach those same heights.


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The 12th Annual Latino Expo is this weekend, Sat. and Sun. 12n - 5 pm. May 5 - 6 at the East Haven High School, 35 Wheelbarrow Lane, East Haven, CT. Free Admission
There are 4 areas for you to visit.
Area I. When you walk in the building, you will see our Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity brothers. Lambda Theta Phi is celebrating its 36th year and is the oldest Latin fraternity in the country. Our brothers have been volunteering at the Latino Expos for the last 5 years. They are wonderful mentors for the young children.
This year, they will be helping you discover your innate skills sets. We will have four computers in the lobby set up for you to test yourself. This test will help define the things you love to do, what makes you proud when you do them and most of all, what careers need your skills!
You can even take it one step further and look at the careers and see if you might need some more education to be successful in those fields.
The brothers will be right there to help you manage the program if you run into problems.
The next areas you will want to visit are the Expo and the Conference. Both are downstairs. The Expo is in the Atrium Cafeteria and the Conference is in the Technology Center. In between both will be the Hot 93.7 street team! They will be mixing it up and getting everyone dancing.
Area II. In the Expo there are lots of activities and stuff to do for all ages. First, you will notice the News 8 cooking demo areas. Neil Fuentes - the Singing Chef and an East Haven resident - will be presenting 2 cooking demos each day. Neil has appeared on CT Style 30 times! He is also one of 3 national celebrities on the Food Network representing Sabra foods. Sabra will be launching webisodes featuring Neil's recipes and Neil's singing talent. Neil is also the lead singer of Sonido Libre. His 11 person Latin jazz band will be featured on Sunday from 3:45 - 4:45.
For the little children, the Hagaman Memorial Library will be sponsoring the "Reading Princess". The Princess will be reading beloved children's stories in English and Spanish. The library will be registering new borrowers, promoting the summer reading program, expanding their adult titles and introducing new magazines.
The Town of East Haven's Police department is looking for recruits. They would love to speak with everyone interested in a career in law enforcement. Returning military personnel may not know about the need in East Haven's police department and the depth of the hiring opportunities. Others will be stopping by the Police booth to sit on their Harley Davidson motorcycle and take pictures. Everyone's invited to come and get your Harley On!
East Haven Rotary Club members will be meeting parents with young children for their Amber alert program. The Rotary Club is bringing information about their organization and applications for new memberships.
The Lions Club of East Haven's members will be providing free eye screenings for 2 hours, Sunday, 1 - 3pm. Diabetes and other life threatening diseases have been discovered by the eye screenings the Lions Club provides. They too are looking for new members.
At 15, many Latinas have a Quinceañera. The 'Quiñci Corner of CT' will feature gowns and accessories. One lucky winner will win a dream gown. Sponsored by Fashions by Trevette, Ivette has native knowledge of all Hispanic Cultural Events and knows how to outfit the entire party.
The variety and depth of information in every booth is amazing. At the Latino Expo, you can meet with banks, financial planners, view and purchase original art including oil paintings, sip on a virgin Piña Colada, meet with CHESLA and see how a student loan is only 5.99% through the state's program vs. the Federal Parent Plus loans at 7.99%, meet with the CT Housing Finance Authority about buying a home, learn about becoming a foster parent, get insurance for you home, car, business and health, meet with dentists and learn about oral care, become a model, register to vote, apply for careers and jobs, check out the very latest in cellular products, meet with colleges and meet with recruiters from 3 different military divisions, all looking for people that want to become officers.
Area III. The Conference is offering one hour sessions with experts in their fields in a panel format. On Saturday, Starting with Healthcare at 12:40 - 1:40, Jobs at 2:10 - 3:10 and Education at 3:40 - 4:40. On Sunday, the conference begins with 2 workshops; How to Establish Credit, presented in English and Spanish by the U.S. Small Business Administration at 12:40 and 1:10. Wrapping up the two days is a panel on business. The entired conference is in English except for the Credit workshop at 1:10 on Sunday. We will be taping the sessions for playback on Public Access for all to see and learn what is provided at the Latino Expo.
Area IV. Our Cultural Stage will make people stop going to Disney to see dolls dancing and singing,"It's a Small World After All"! Who needs Epcot? Right here in CT we have so many folkloric groups from so many countries, we are rich with cross cultural experiences.
2 days of Live Music and Dance from Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Peru and Columbia, folkloric, Latin jazz, Latin rock, hip hop, reggaeton, R & B and pop has something to please everyone. Students from East Haven high school will also be showcasing their talents.
This is the largest multicultural showcase in the Northeast!
Whether you are Hispanic or not, it does not matter. You will enjoy the Latino Expo. We offer two days of information and resources you may not know you are missing. Our doors and hearts are open to everyone. It is a true, loving, diverse experience.
Mayor Maturo will be present both days of the Latino Expo and wants to meet everyone. Please bring your family and friends. Discover the 12th annual Latino Expo.
If you have aspirations but don't know how to get the resources to fulfill your goals, you can find many resources this weekend that will help you. When Hartford became the home for so many refugees from Bosnia, the new refugees came to the Latino Expo, year after year, to learn what resources are available.
Don't forget, our opening ceremony will begin on Saturday at 12n. Enjoy!


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Lee Campbell attaches insulation to steam pipes as his wife, Sandy Campbell, holds the ladder Monday in a classroom at the Animas Museum in Durango. Volunteers wrapped the pipes to reduce heat loss and improve the building's energy efficiency. The project is the result of energy efficiency assessments done through the Resource Smart Business Program in partnership with 4CORE.
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This election is an important one. I would like to explain why I believe I am the best candidate for the South Orange County Community College District board of trustees.
I am a lifelong South Orange County resident who served in the California Army National Guard, completed an associate's degree at Saddleback College, earned my bachelor's and master's degrees from the California State University system and graduated from Pepperdine University with a doctorate degree in education.
I proudly serve as a consultative school board member at Santa Margarita Catholic High School (my alma mater), chairman of the World Affairs Council of Orange County, a member of the board of directors of the Society of Educators and Scholars and a faculty member at Chapman and Brandman universities. I authored two books; one is a local history book focusing on southeast Orange County's ranch heritage. The European Union selected me as one of 18 Americans to travel to Brussels earlier this year to meet with government officials as a citizen diplomat and discuss education policy. I am a passionate and active leader in the community.
Our state public education system is in crisis and I am fearful of the direction the district's colleges are taking under the existing leadership. Based on my skills and experience, I know I am uniquely qualified to help lead the district in an era of fiscal turmoil.
In addition, I am the only candidate in this race who signed a pledge promising to reject health benefits if elected. Part-time public officials should not receive full-time benefits.
My goals for the district are to:
- Lead our community colleges despite dramatic budget challenges. I will actively work to implement a major fundraising initiative that reaches out to alumni and others in the private sector.
- Work hard to ensure student retention and success as a response to high drop-out rates. We will do this by redefining our academic counseling practices and establishing well-defined student educational plans early.
- Encourage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) career readiness by improving collaboration efforts with K-12 institutions to develop common standards for STEM occupations.
- Work to include cutting-edge technology and curricula.
- Ensure that our district always strives to lead trends in higher education. Recent accreditation issues at the Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College libraries are a reflection of poor leadership. I will never allow this.
Above all, I look forward to collaborating with students, faculty, administrators, staff members and citizens to ensure we have a district that is the best it can be.
We have major choices to make. I am neither a career politician nor backed by the political establishment. My goal is to shake up the establishment and scrutinize every taxpayer dollar we spend. I promise always to work hard for you and help our community colleges reach their full potential.
I ask for your vote. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.


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Washington State coach Mike Leach had words for his Idaho counterpart Paul Petrino after the "Battle of the Palouse" Saturday night in Pullman.
Two of them.
Petrino apparently said something to Leach during their postgame handshake at midfield, whereupon Leach responded with what might be described as the street-term antonym of "good luck."
Neither coach has elaborated on the incident, but it's reasonable to presume Petrino took issue with Leach's decision to call several defensive starters off the bench once Idaho – trailing 42-0 late in the fourth quarter – looked like it might score.
I can understand why Leach wanted to preserve the shutout, an achievement the Cougars last accomplished in 2003. But rousing his starters for a goal-line stand, after they figured they were done for the evening, was both an absurd injury risk and an example of lousy sportsmanship.
Leach doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks about him – it's among his charms, maybe the only one – so I won't bother admonishing him. To the contrary, I've got some advice.
Yo, Mike? You should study the life and times of Paul Dietzel, the former college coach and administrator who died Tuesday at 89. Dietzel is best known for leading LSU to its first national championship, in 1958, by taking advantage of NCAA rules that regulated substitution until 1964.
Some background: Free substitution was prohibited through 1941, and then
prohibited again in 1953 because many of the smaller college programs couldn't afford expanded rosters with offensive and defensive platoons. By 1958, the substitution rule was relaxed: once a quarter, a player could leave the field and return.
Teams still relied on starters to play both offense and defense, as did LSU. But instead of individually substituting here and there, Dietzel assembled a second string for offense (the "Go Team," it was called) and a third string for defense, which became known as "the Chinese Bandits."
Seems Dietzel was a devoted reader of "Terry and the Pirates," an adventure comic strip placed in the Orient before and during World War II. Dietzel considered those bandits, as portrayed in the comic strip, to be the ultimate foe: fearless, ruthless and destructive.
Dietzel referred to "Chinese Bandits" while complimenting the effort of the Tigers' defensive reserves after a game, and the nickname stuck.
The Bandits carved their niche as LSU legends against Alabama in 1958, Bear Bryant's inaugural season as the Crimson Tide coach. Facing a first-and-goal challenge at the 5-yard line, Dietzel replaced the first stringers with the Bandits. His reasoning? It was late in the first quarter, so the reserves could open the second quarter before giving way to the starters.
The Bandits made three goal-line stops, holding 'Bama to its lone score – a field goal – in what would be recalled as a turning-point victory.
When LSU, unranked in 1958 preseason polls, vaulted to No. 1 in November, a Life Magazine story on the Tigers didn't profile star halfback (and future Heisman Trophy winner) Billy Cannon. The story explored the phenomenon of the third-string players who embodied the team's gritty spirit.
Opponents averaged 0.9 yards a play against the six sophomores and five juniors on the Bandits. They scored a touchdown against Duke – after recovering a fumble 2 yards from the Blue Devils' goal line, Dietzel let them stay on the field to play offense – which was one more TD than they allowed.
At LSU in 1958, designation as a third-string defensive reserve achieved a sort of cult status. When nose guard Tommy Lott was promoted to the "Go Team" – the second-string offense – he posed a question as remarkable 45 years ago as it is today:
Can't I just stay where I am on the depth chart?
A history buff fascinated by pirates, Leach needs to know he's not the first college football coach with an offbeat pulse – or an interest in pirates.
On fall Saturdays, Dietzel ate lunch with the players before secluding himself in the coach's office, where he'd read a book until it was time to get ready for kickoff.
"I never listened to or watched football games," Dietzel once explained of his peculiar ritual. "And everybody knew I wanted to be alone."
Somewhere in that solitary zone, Dietzel came to the conclusion that football players who aren't talented enough to start can be molded into invaluable contributors with a fiercely proud identity.
When push came to shove near the goal line last Saturday, with Washington State's milestone defensive statement at stake, the Cougars' second-string defense was replaced by the first string.
Paul Dietzel, whose intellect liberated him from conventional wisdom, would've looked at the situation from another angle.
A bunch of scrubs trying to prevent the other team from spoiling a shutout?
He'd have thought: This is not a problem. This is an firstname.lastname@example.com