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• The Eagles are tickled with what they have seen from rookie DE Brandon Graham so far. Graham showed some pressure in the team's preseason debut but a few times just missed on notching sacks. He acknowledged that he overran the Jaguars' quarterbacks a few times and needed to use his countermoves more. Yet, the expectations for Graham remain sky-high, and the first-round pick has been absolutely wrecking practice on a consistent basis, giving the offensive linemen fits. The team can't hold him back much longer, and he's expected to earn a starting spot at some point this season.
• It's going to be tough, we hear, for Willie Parker to make the Redskins. He's running fourth on the team's RB depth chart behind Clinton Portis, Larry Johnson and Ryan Torain and adds no special-teams value. Parker also hasn't impressed enough as a runner, receiver or pass blocker to date.
• The question right now for the Cowboys is what to do with OL Robert Brewster? The third-round pick last year has struggled badly so far, after missing all of last season with injury. He struggled in the Cowboys' preseason loss, going against the Raiders' second- and third-team defensive linemen, and right now is fighting to hold on to a roster spot. Brewster appears way too slow to be a left tackle and might have trouble making it as a guard.
• Cowboys OLB Victor Butler has continued to impress and almost certainly will have an expanded role this season. He was used sparingly as a nickel rusher as a rookie and flashed early but faded a little bit down the stretch with more reps. The thinking is that Butler is much better-prepared to handle a bigger role now, giving a breather to either Anthony Spencer or DeMarcus Ware, as a pass-rush specialist
• The light appears to have gone on for Lions DE Cliff Avril. He flashed as a rookie but struggled last season, and many have pegged this as a make-or-break season for him. If Avril continues to play as well as he has in camp, he is on his way to a fine season. The DL additions the team has made no doubt have helped Avril, but he also has shown a better determination and work ethic this year.
• The Vikings appear to be in great shape at middle linebacker. Not only has E.J. Henderson's recovery gone better than anyone ever could have imagined, but Jasper Brinkley also has impressed after an up-and-down rookie season. Both men are fighting for playing time, but defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said Henderson will start if he's deemed fully healthy. It's a nice problem to have.
• Word is the Bears continue to be frustrated by third-year DT Marcus Harrison, who continues to be outplayed by Anthony Adams despite being three inches bigger and four years younger than Adams. "They still don't know if he has what it takes mentally," said one team insider of Harrison, who has missed practice time in training camp with heat-related problems. "They've given him every opportunity, but so far he has failed to deliver."
• While new Bears offensive line coach Mike Tice has seen improvement in OLT Chris Williams, we hear he'd still like for the former first-round draft pick to show more aggressiveness.
• Packers TE Jermichael Finley, who has made a concerted effort to become more mature, can't say enough about the positive influence provided by veteran WR Donald Driver, who signed a two-year contract extension in early August. "He's helped me a lot, showing me the ropes," Finley recently told PFW at the Packers' training camp. "He's always so happy and just loves to play. He's been here for 12 years and still plays the game like he's 13 years old."
• The Falcons decided to keep WR Harry Douglas out of their first preseason game, but head coach Mike Smith has said they plan for him to "possibly play" in the second preseason game. While players and coaches say Douglas has looked good in practice, the team is still being cautious with him as he returns from an ACL tear, which he suffered in training camp last year.
• Jimmy Clausen was listed as the third quarterback on the Panthers' depth chart heading into their preseason opener, but he entered the game before No. 2 QB Hunter Cantwell. While there is still technically a competition going on between the two players, sources say it's inevitable that Clausen, a second-round pick this year, will pass Cantwell, who signed with Carolina as an undrafted free agent in 2009, on the depth chart in the near future, regardless of the order in which they enter preseason games.
• Some position battles are close to being settled in Tampa Bay, and Jeremy Zuttah looks like the clear front-runner in the left guard competition. Zuttah has been getting almost all of the reps with the first-team offense, and Keydrick Vincent will have to outplay him in the preseason to move ahead. Still, Zuttah will need to show he can clear some running lanes during preseason games to secure the job.
• It's not clear when Saints WR Robert Meachem will return to practice, but he recently said he's a month and a half ahead of schedule in his rehabilitation from the toe surgery he underwent in May.
• We hear the Cardinals are pleased with the way Deuce Lutui has been rounding into shape after flirting with 400 pounds at the start of training camp. But it's a different story with second-year pro Herman Johnson, another Cardinal offensive lineman with weight issues. "They were hoping he would get the message (as far as watching his weight), but he has really struggled at right tackle in pass protection," one team insider said of Johnson, whom the team's Web site generously lists at 6-7, 360.
• The best guess, according to our Rams sources, is that the knee injury suffered in practice by SS James Butler could keep him out up to a month. "Starting the regular-season opener might be pushing it," said one team insider. "But the Rams wouldn't be losing a whole lot if Craig Dahl, who knows (head coach Steve) Spagnuolo's system well, starts in Butler's place."
• It appears Niners head coach Mike Singletary is in no rush to anoint either David Baas or Tony Wragge as the undisputed replacement for C Eric Heitmann, who we hear could miss the season opener and possibly a few more games after suffering a fractured fibula. "I just think that it's one of those things that you have to evaluate," Singletary said.
• We hear it could be a couple more weeks before the Seahawks can count on any contributions on the offensive line from veteran free-agent addition Chester Pitts, who is still on the mend from microfracture knee surgery. Pitts reportedly attracted interest from four teams (Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Denver) before settling on Seattle.
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when the Prince George's County Police Department (PGPD) laid a fellow officer to rest at Woodstream Church in Mitchellville.
Police Officer First Class Adrian Morris, who was posthumously promoted at Tuesday's funeral, .
According to PGPD, Morris, 23, will be remembered for "his enthusiasm and devotion to his family, career, community and fellow police officers."
"In the time that Adrian was with the Prince George's County Police Department, he made a lasting impression on our agency; not only with his co-workers, but with the community as well," PGPD Chief Mark Magaw said Tuesday at the funeral. "His loss has left us with a tremendous void."
County Executive Rushern Baker also thanked POFC Morris for his dedication and service to Prince George's County resident.
"You will be missed," Baker said, "and when we look up into the sky at night, we will see your star shining ever so brightly."
After the funeral, Morris' body travelled a route around the county to his final resting place, including passing by his former district office. PGPD Spokeswoman Julie Parker tweeted that many residents, county firefighters, officers from other agencies paid their respects by standing along the route, saluting Morris.
"Cars lined up on Rt 202, recording funeral procession. Some stand at intersections w/hands over hearts," Parker tweeted.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he grew up in Laurel and worked for District 6. Although had only been an officer for 2.5 years, he had been involved with the police as an Explorer since he was a teen. Morris is survived by his mother, father, brother and fiancé.
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Standard & Poor's rating services downgraded Illinois' credit rating today to A-, with a negative outlook, making it the lowest rating of all 50 states.
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford blamed the negative rating on inaction on the public pension system by Gov. Pat Quinn and the general assembly, at a press conference today. Illinois has a $96 billion pension deficit.
Rutherford pointed out numerous instances in which the state had set a deadline to address pension reform and did not meet the deadline, which was followed by a downgrade in the state's credit rating.
"Every time a deadline is set and nothing happens substantively, there is a negative action by rating agencies, Rutherford said.
Rutherford explained that the poor credit rating affects the state the same as a poor credit rating would affect an individual.
"If you went out to borrow 500 dollars, because you have such bad credit, it will cost 95 dollars more in interest than better rated states," Rutherford said.
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Rutherford said state leaders need to cut the budget and address pension reform.
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Whether taking , Amtrak, or flying out of one of several nearby airports, travelers are using Twitter, Facebook and text messages with increasing frequency. Social media helps people assess everything from how accurate are arrival and departure times, the cleanliness of train cabins, and what plans are in the works for fare hikes.
A recent visit to the CT Metro North Rail Commuters Facebook page revealed lots of good advice and several curious, if somewhat unappetizing, tidbits (see post about vomit on Metro North seats). Another recent post on the FB page took Metro North's Quiet Cars to task. Essentially, the user said that it's not fair for those who don't want to feel like they're sitting in an office to be relegated to a separate car.
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Alas, that was not going to happen.
Across from me three co-workers were sitting together. And they were having three separate, but very loud, conversations on three different cell phones. For some reason, these three, who by all appearances were pretty tech-savvy, seemed to have forgotten it's not necessary to shout into a cellphone.
I tried not to glare, popped in my ear buds for some Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Cohen and Stephan Eicher and wondered whether this was something to tweet about, post about, or just forget about. I chose the latter – until it came time to write this column. When I got home I searched on Facebook for pages devoted to Amtrak and the quiet car.
My search was not fruitful. There is a "Being Quiet in the Amtrak Quiet Car" page. Ostensibly this page will be "dedicated to those who use the Amtrak quiet car and are actually quiet." By the number of people – 1 - who 'Like' the page, I'd say people either don't like being quiet in the quiet car. The "I Love the Quiet Car" Facebook page is more promising with 72 members.
For those who travel I-95 or the Merritt Parkway or any of the other asphalt tributaries, Twitter seems the best social media tool. You can even follow your local representative to get up to date information—see@senatorduff and @tonyhwang for examples.
But if it's complaining you want to do, the 88 people who "Like" the "Merritt Parkway - Stay Right or Get the Hell Out of My Way!" seem to have cornered the market on highway complaint Facebook pages.
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A grammatical category indicating the sex, or lack of sex, of nouns and pronouns. The three genders are masculine, feminine, and neuter. He is a masculine pronoun; she is a feminine pronoun; it is a neuter pronoun. Nouns are classified by gender according to the gender of the pronoun that can substitute for them. In English, gender is directly indicated only by pronouns.


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With polls showing dwindling support for Proposition 37 just days before the Nov. 6 election, Whole Foods Market is ramping up its support for the ballot measure, which seeks to require food manufacturers to label genetically modified food (or GMOs - genetically modified organisms).
Whole Foods Market Co-CEO Walter Robb appeared Thursday at the Mill Valley Whole Foods on Miller Avenue, the site of the grocery store he started in 1992 before working his way up the Whole Foods hierarchy, to show support for Prop. 37. Robb, who has a home in San Rafael, bought Jerry's Meats and Deli in the Miller Ave. location and sold the market to the Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods in 1992.
Whole Foods officials formally announced the company's support for Prop. 37 in September. But as the election approaches, additional signage is going up at its stores and employees throughout the state have been trained on GMOs and the ballot measure, Robb said.
Robb told Patch that it's unclear if Prop. 37's passage would create a financial burden for Whole Foods, but nevertheless he said the company is "enthusiastically" supporting it because the company's major priorities include "transparency" and "customers' right to know."
That issue - the alleged cost of labeling foods containing genetically altered ingredients and manufacturers passing on those costs to consumers - has been a central argument by 37's opponents. Food giants like Monsanto, DuPoint, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg have raised $44 million for No on Prop. 37 to pay for TV advertising making that case, while the Yes on 37 campaign has raised roughly $7 million, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Despite the uphill fundraising battle, Whole Foods has been working in partnership with the Yes on 37 campaign and helped start the Non GMO Project, Robb said.
He said Whole Foods carries 5,000 products that are verified by the Non-GMO Project and encourages other food makers to get verified. The USDA National Organic Standards also prohibit the use of GMOs, Robb said, meaning the company's 365 Everyday Value organic products and other organic items are also GMO free. For Non-GMO month in October, Whole Foods had a three-day sale on Non-GMO Project verified items.
Prop. 37 will require manufacturers to spend some cash to change their labels, but Robb argued they won't have to make the modification until 2014, which should provide plenty of time to adjust and may come at a time when they would already update labels.
Some have questioned the claim of increased costs. An analysis by the LA Times' opinion staff concluded that the labeling wouldn't result in significant increases in food costs. "After all, food companies regularly change their labels in one way or another," the Times said.
Whole Foods has put the bulk of its Yes on 37 efforts into social media and also has some radio ads that will become more prevalent in the days before the election.
To date, it hasn't been enough to sway public opinion. A recent poll by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University School of Public Policy revealed 39.1 percent of likely California voters support the Prop. 37, according to the LA Times. The poll also found that 50.5 percent oppose the labeling and 10.5 percent are undecided.
GMOs are created by gene splicing techniques. Opponents argue it creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial and viral genes. GMO labeling is mandatory is almost 50 countries in the world.
According to the nonprofit Non GMO Project, "high-risk crops" that are .
Prop. 37 will create a national standard for Non-GMO products, said Robb, who isn't the only Marin grocery leader to take a stance supporting Prop. 37.
Mark Squire, owner of Fairfax's Good Earth Natural Foods, had a heavy hand in the creation of the Non-GMO Project and sits on its board.
"I've been kind of a foodie activist my whole life. This is a huge opportunity for the people to take the power back from these corporations," Squire told the San Anselmo Town Council recently. "It's a law that just requires them to put it on a label. I think they feel very threatened because they know people won't want to eat it if they know what they are eating."
Fairfax's Good Earth Natural Foods also participated in non-GMO month, with specials, shelf tags, displays and educational materials to help shoppers identify Non-GMO Project verified options.
Support for Prop. 37 appears strong in Ross Valley, as Yes on 37 signs are in no short supply and local groups, including Sustainable Fairfax and San Anselmo's Quality of Life Commission have endorsed Prop. 37.
The Fairfax Town Council audience erupted into applause and cheers Aug. 1 after the council adopted a resolution in support of Prop. 37.
The San Anselmo council didn't take a stance on Prop. 37 because they have an agreement to not make political endorsements.
Genetically modified food is created by "the introduction of foreign genes in a violent way into other species," Squire told the San Anselmo council at its Oct. 9 meeting. "There is a lot of misinformation going around that somehow it's the same kind of technology we've been doing for centuries."
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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Re-buy.
They are four R's in Janine Perez's world of environmental education. She wants her friends and neighbors to memorize the list as they set out to spring clean and stay green.
Two years ago, the Oak Forest resident took the lead on a crusade that has connected her work life with her personal life. Her interest was piqued by 'O' — Oprah Winfrey.
"On her show one day, she actually said, 'It's really great that everybody is making these changes in their homes and writing me about it. But what are you doing about it?' " Perez said.
"After she said that, it still took me about six months to say, 'OK, I'm going to start a group in my town, noticing that half the people had recycling bins at the curbside.' I thought we could spread the word and educate people on how important it is to be more eco-friendly."
Perez blasted an email to moms she knew through her own children and their school activities and asked them to join in her effort to Go Green. Today, she serves as the chairwoman on the Oak Forest Green Steps Commission and works as an independent distributor of Shaklee's alternative cleaning products line through her stay-at-home business, Naturally Inspired.
And she recites the four R's.
Reduce: Think less is best here. Purchase fewer items that will end up becoming waste. Get rid of plastic bags. Take a re-useable bag to the grocery store.
Reuse: Hand down clothing items. And find new uses for old containers.
Recycle: Simple Buy items tagged with recyclable numbers. Toss them in the collection bin at the end of the week.
Re-buy: "Instead of going to the furniture store and purchasing a brand new table or furniture set, go on Craig's List or go to Napervillegaragesales.com, or other places like that where you can re-buy someone else's things," Perez said. "They couldn't use it any more. It's just as nice, and you're saving a tree."
Green Steps: A Link to Klusacek's Past
Fellow Shaklee rep Jodi Klusacek teamed up with Perez almost from the beginning of the Oak Forest Green Steps Commission. Now, Klusacek serves in an unofficial capacity as the commission's business officer and serves her past, too.
"For me, it started when I was a kid in school," Klusacek said. "We had 'Hootie the Hoot Owl' and, 'Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute.' I just bought into that. I just did. I'm a nature lover, and I love God's beauty that He created. I always was recycling when I was a kid. One of my best friends—they actually used a lot of cans—and I bought them a can crusher to start recycling. That was in the '70s."
The Oak Forest Green Steps Commission meets once a month. Members kick around a number of ideas. Then, they focus on putting the best to work. One example is the Dream Machine Recycle Rally that is under way in Arbor Park School District 145.
Students in the district are collecting plastic bottles and aluminum cans and bringing them to school on a daily basis as part of a nation-wide contest sponsored by Pepsi Co. and Waste Management.
Standings are updated regularly online. As of Monday, Oak Forest ranked 56th out of about 250 teams competing nationwide. The contest runs through April 30.
"On my day to pick up, I'll go when they're coming in on the bus. And I pick up from the first- and second-grade school. You'll have little, short kids about this high," Perez said holding her palm open at her waist. "And they're carrying garbage bags full of cans and bottles that are taller than they are. The kids are so excited."
To help with cleaning projects around the house, Perez and Klusacek recommend Basic H2, an organic super-cleaning concentrate produced by Shaklee. A 16-ounce bottle makes 48 gallons of cleaner. And the cleaner can be used to deal with a number of dirty messes.
For information or to switch to safer cleaning products, check out some of the following:
Janine Perez: 1-708-337-0484; http://naturallyinspired.myshaklee.com/us/en/category.php?main_cat=HomeCare&
Shaklee: www.shaklee.com; 1-800-SHAKLEE.
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As we continue to learn the importance of nutrition for a patient's long-term health, veterinary technicians must equip themselves
with the knowledge to serve the nutritional needs of their patients. This entails, in part, knowing how to properly assess
hospitalized patients for signs of existing malnutrition and being able to intervene before malnutrition develops. Let's explore
how to assess the need for nutritional support and create a plan to support and speed the patient's recovery.
Stressed vs. unstressed starvation
Simply put, any fasting animal will adapt by altering its metabolism. These alterations preserve energy reserves and conserve
endogenous protein. Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins can all be used as sources of energy. But the metabolism of a healthy
fasting animal is very different than the metabolism of an injured or ill fasting animal. A healthy animal will first use
carbohydrates and fat stores as fuel. In critically ill or injured animals, protein catabolism is actually accelerated (also
known as a hypermetabolic response to injury). When 25 percent to 30 percent of body protein is consumed, cardiac failure,
respiratory failure, or infections secondary to immunosuppression can lead to death.
A healthy fasting animal will make metabolic adaptations over the course of days or even weeks. These adaptations are aimed
at decreasing demands for glucose to fuel tissues that use it either exclusively or preferentially for energy production.
Some tissues of the body can only use glucose as fuel. The glucose reserves are used up in the first 24 to 72 hours of a fast.
Some tissues can use fat as fuel. Other tissues use glucose but will then switch over to other fuel sources, such as ketone
bodies (keto-adapt).
A critically ill animal cannot keto-adapt. Therefore, when the body starts breaking down endogenous protein for energy, it
is really the animal's muscle and eventually its organs that are compromised. In a fasting, critically ill patient, it is
the lack of amino acids rather than the lack of calories that is likely to be life-threatening.
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With vigor, this is the second Java Dave's that Bruce and Mindy Baldwin have opened in Edmond. The first, at 9 S. Broadway is where the room feels cozy. The couple has taken over the small stand-alone building that used to house Emerald City just in front of 1409 E. Danforth in early 2011. Pick up muffins, bagels, drip coffee, teas and smoothies – all easy breakfast stuff, says Mindy.
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Peterson and Jajtner Turn in Top-Five Finishes on Day 1 at House of Champions Invitational
Friday, December 01, 2006Dave Peterson (Schererville, Ind./Highland H.S.) earned a runner-up finish and Adam Jajtner (Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington H.S.) posted a fourth place result for Valparaiso on the opening day of the House of Champions Invitational held in Indianapolis, Ind. on Friday evening.
Peterson finished runner-up in the 200 individual medley, the day's third event. The senior touched the wall in 1:58.33, a little more than two seconds behind the event champion.
Jajtner finished fourth in the 500 freestyle with a season's best time of 4:51.21. Valpo's school record holder in the event, he was less than a half of a second out of third place.
In other individual events held on the opening day of competition, Quinn Bobel (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek H.S.) finished 11th diving on the three-meter board with a score of 134.70. Kyle Verage (Hubertus, Wis./Marquette H.S.) turned in the Crusaders' top finish in the 50 freestyle, placing 19th with a time of 23.20 seconds, a season's best.
Valpo's 200 freestyle relay finished fifth with a time of 1:35.47, while the 400 medley earned the same place with a time of 3:39.29.
As a team, Valpo is in fifth place with 100 points after day one while Ball State leads the field with 292 points. The Crusaders will return to the pool at 9 a.m. CST on Saturday morning for the final day of action.
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After officially throwing his support behind Warren in her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Scott Brown Wednesday, Patrick answered brief questions from Somerville Patch about his position on the Green Line extension.
The governor affirmed his support of the transportation project.
"I want the project to happen … and it's obligated [to happen]," he said.
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Some public officials have argued it's important to begin construction on the project while Patrick is still in office.
Rep. Michael Capuano is one of them. Speaking to the in January, the congressman said that whoever replaces Patrick as governor may have a different set of priorities that could put the Green Line project in jeopardy. Patrick's second term in office ends in 2015.
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FX Photo Studio update brings new effects, preset sharing [give-away]
FX Photo Studio for iPhone, a photography app dedicated to photo filters, recieved an update today that includes 10 new photo effects and the ability to share your presets.
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- 10 new photo effects
- Flower camera selection option added (for iphone4)
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With 181 photo filters and the ability to overlap them, FX Photo Studio is the app for adding effects to your photos. The good folks at MacPhun LLC have given us a few promo codes to hand out to you, our awesome readers. All you need to do is let us know how many photos you have sitting in your Camera Roll waiting to be edited with FX Photo Studio. The contest begins now and ends Saturday, December 17 at 4:00p EST.
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50 or so pics on my camera roll. This would give me another reason to get shutter happy.
I have about 128 photos that I need to edit. Many are of my son and my niece in all the theme parks. I have a boy I'm waiting to be born and I will use my iPhone 4 to take pictures while my brother in Law will use his DSLR.
I would love this so I can edit the pictures I take of my newborn to quickly post on Facebook and MMS to my family in Texas and New York.
48! Please give me a promo code now so I can edit them all! Thanks
There are quite a lot of photos in my Camera Roll. I want to edit some pictures I just took last week from my trip.
35 in the Roll, but 400+ showing in the Library. Once I sync images to my PC, I move them to appropriate folders and then re-sync. The Roll only contains new images that haven't been moved/edited.
Thanks in advance if I am selected for one of the promo codes!
I have 752 pics on my camera roll. This app could keep me busy for a while!
- My son was born 7 short months ago and obviously I've been busy taking pics of everything from him sleeping to jumping in thr walker to spitting out green beans. Life is good. I could use this app to make these memories even more memorable.
I had more than 2000 pics of my puppy in my camera roll waiting to be edited with FX Photo Studio!
I have 492. Give or take 5-10 videos. When I win, it's gonna be a looooong winter.
Saturday, December 17 as in ... which calendar? Dec 17 is Friday in the Gregorian calendar, at least this year.
- Lost some due to iOS 3.1.3 problem, with unstable behavior. Now iOS 4.1 working good!
I'm having 103 photos sitting in my library and waiting for me to edit them with FX Photo Studio!!
over 300 pictures waiting for effect goodness.
32 pictures exactly.
674...is that too many? :-)
Camera roll = 210, Photo Library = 126
Looking forward to trying out some cool filter action with FX Photo Studio!
I have 49 photos waiting!
484 - they all need editing!!
130 pictures on my phone..
I got 170 pics in my camera roll and I want them edit with this gorgeous app. thanks!
~100 that I would edit with this app. ;)
I've only got 16, but that's because I just cleared out my Camera Roll last week when I downloaded Instagram and Hipstamatic for the first time. Overall, I've got 1842 in my Photos though. I've just started using photo apps and would love to use the FX Photo Studio for iPhone app.
461 photos.
I have 83 in my camera roll and 402 in my library from my 3GS. My fiancee has about 50 on her camera roll too.
At the moment, I have 409 photos. Most need some sort of pick-me-up fix before they'll ever see the light of day. A free promo code would help. :)
We have 4 iPhone 4's in my house with one coming in as a Xmas gift (that's a secret) we each have over 700 photos in our camera roll n this would be a great app for all us to edit our memories
- Seriously.
I have 161 pics in my camera roll. I guess by the contest end I will have about 181. Hmmm, If I win, I'll apply different filters to all my pics :D
325 and growin daily!
309 in the roll, and 2,867 total in all albums. I would love to dress up some pics of my daughter.
I have 487 in my camera roll. This would be awesome to make wallpapers with pics of my kids.
I have 206 pics right now, that's sure to go up
Only about 127, but I can take more!
342 love my iPhone camera.
55 pics. This would be a fun way to process them.
I have 1811 pics in my iPhone, so I am pretty close to Leanna:) Anyways, even if you don't get the promo code, you can get FX Photo Studio for only $0,99. This is for the weekend only and don't forget to share your shots or effect mixes afterwards. Cheers.
1,494. I've eyed this app for a while... Just not sure if I was going to purchase it or not.
Five right now. I move them to different folders. I just wish iOS allowed for full res photos to be moved back to the iPhone.
I am a wannabe model and this would be one step closer to the real thing.
269 photos in my camera roll
Around 70 in my camera roll. This looks like a fun app to edit them.
I have 103 in my camera roll, 110 in my library plus hundreds more on my computer. I love taking pictures and love editing even more!
I have about 127
1,591 on my camera roll, photography is one thing I'd consider a "primary use" for my iPhone 4
Camera roll, 18. Photo library, 605. My birthday, today. Thanks!
I have absolutely none since I won't be getting my iPod Touch until Christmas morning. I would imagine that number will increase significantly after it gets up and running!
I already have FX Photo Studio, so I recuse myself from this contest. But I should say that I did win that promo code from Leanna at the end of last Wednesday's iPad Live! Another great reason for everyone to get on the chatroom and participate.
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A former Port Jefferson Station resident and employee at the Long Island Head Injury Association, a Commack nonprofit that assists survivors of traumatic brain injuries, pleaded guilty last month to nearly 50 felony charges. According to court records online, Benjamin Achampong pleaded guilty in December after being arrested last April, when he was extradited from Georgia – where he was facing 16 identity theft charges for reportedly using stolen credit cards – to face charges in Suffolk County Court. Achampong stole the identity of individuals who were disabled with brain injuries to file false tax returns, and also cashed checks in their name. The charges include: two counts of first degree identity theft; 20 counts of second degree identity theft; 20 counts of first degree offering a false instrument for filing and second degree grand larceny.
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An Islip teen was arrested for threats on a social media site to blow up the Kings Park High School gym, according to police. Steven S. Taggart, 16, was charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident a misdemeanor, and was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday. According to Newsday, Taggart admitted posting on Twitter that he was preparing to blow up "The Kingdome", a nickname for the Kings Park gym. Taggart entered a plea of not guilty to the felony charge of falsely reporting an incident on school grounds. He is being charged as an adult. Taggart is expected back in court on Feb. 15.
A Nassau County man was arrested Friday in connection with an incident that took place in Melville and left a Suffolk County police officer with minor injuries. Robert Stein, 54, whose last known address is 1944 Prospect Ave., East Meadow, but who told police he is homeless, is charged with second degree assault of a police officer, first degree reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an incident with injury, two counts of petit larceny and three counts of third degree unlawfully fleeing a police officer. Police on patrol at the Park and Ride off exit 49 of the Long Island Expressway noticed a vehicle that was wanted in connection with prior petit larcenies of gasoline. Police said after an officer approached the vehicle, the driver suddenly drove forward, hitting the officer with the side view mirror and the officer's gun belt got caught on the mirror. The man allegedly continued driving with the officer caught on the vehicle for approximately 200 yards before the officer was able to free himself. The driver then fled the scene in his vehicle, followed by Kergaravat, and was pursued into Nassau County where he was eventually apprehended after driving down a dead end street, East 2nd Street in Mineola. McAleavey was treated at Huntington Hospital for lacerations and contusions. Stein will be held overnight at the Second Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday.
The Capital One Bank on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park was robbed Friday afternoon by a man who threatened use of a gun, according to police. Police say the incident occurred at 422 Hillside Ave. at about at 5:25 p.m. After the man approached a teller and presented a robbery demand note, the teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash to the thief who then fled on foot, according to police. There were five employees and three customers present in the bank at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported. The subject is described as 30 years of age, 5'9" tall, thin build with a light complexion.
Miguel Velasquez, 20, of Northport was arrested Wednesday night and charged with second degree assault with intent to injure after he allegedly stabbed a man inside NorthSport Athletic Facility following a dispute. Northport Police responded to NorthSport for a report of a fight with a stabbing around 11:18 p.m. In an interview with police, the victim said that he was playing soccer and his shift was over so he went to the recreational area to get a drink where he noticed Velasquez arguing with another person before the stabbing occurred. Velasquez fled the scene and was arrested by police at a different location.
Locust Valley
Nassau police charged the driver of a cement truck with manslaughter in connection with the horrific school bus crash in Locust Valley last July that left one man dead. Raymond Ragen, 44, of Mineola, was charged Tuesday with driving while under the influence of drugs when he barreled into a Long Island Rail Road bridge July 23 and careened into an oncoming school bus. Driver Jorge Guevara was pronounced dead at the scene after a cement truck smashed head-on into the bus he was driving in the oncoming lane, police said. A six-month investigation determined through toxicology reports that Ragen was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash, police said Wednesday. The accident occurred on Oyster Bay Road near Matinecock Court. The mixing compartment was knocked from the truck as the vehicle collided with the bus in the westbound lane. The bus was transporting the children from a day camp in the area. Ragen is charged with second-degree manslaughter, five counts of assault, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, reckless endangerment, driving while ability impaired by drugs in a commercial vehicle, aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, various vehicular assault, reckless driving and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, police said.
The skeletal remains of a person were found in Lattingtown Monday. A female walking her dog in the sand at the end of Sheep Lane at 3 p.m. found the remains of what is believed to be a female about 20-30 years old, Nassau County Police said. The Homicide Squad called the case an undetermined homicide. A gold necklace with a pig charm was recovered at the scene. Police recovered 90 percent of the remains Monday and the last 10 percent Tuesday after digging below the spot where the body was located. Cops have appealed to the public for help in identifying the victim.


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July 30, 2014
STAUNTON --February is national Black History Month, but for students at Mary Baldwin College, February is just the start of the celebration.
Students will celebrate Black History through March.
To kick off the celebration, students held a tea and learned about interpretive dance. Other events in the coming weeks include a poetry slam and gospel music. It's all in an effort to celebrate diversity on campus.
One volunteer said she wants students to remember their heritage.
"Without knowing your past, you can't have a future. That's always good to keep that in perspective. Black History month events allow people to do that," said Jennifer Oliver-Patterson, a volunteer.
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Mick Jagger, it seems, cannot sit still. Seated behind a console at the Power Station in New York, Jagger is fidgeting with strips of paper that have the song titles for his new solo album written on them. Over and over, he rearranges them, in search of the ideal sequence. Then, once the master tapes are cued up and clicked on, he's out of his chair — tail shaking, lip-syncing, playing air guitar, even winking. For someone so notoriously blase offstage, this guy seems pretty keyed up.
Why is Mick Jagger so excited? Mainly because his first solo LP, tentatively dubbed She's the Boss, is due out soon, and it's the forty-one-year-old singer's boldest attempt yet to establish an artistic identity for himself apart from the Rolling Stones. Jagger's previous attempts at acting and screenwriting have been flops, and his general lack of interest was all too noticeable during the promotion of the Stones' last studio LP, Undercover, which sold disappointingly. But with the active encouragement of the Stones' new label, Columbia, Mick says he finally started thinking about his solo debut.
"Atlantic would just say, 'Okay, we have another Stones album,' and then wait eighteen months," he explained. "Whereas CBS would say, 'Hey, Mick, you know, we want you to do two solo albums.' So I thought, 'Wow, they really want me to do it. Okay, I will.'"
Of course, it's not just his record that's fueling his good mood these days: he's an involved father to his three daughters, Karis, 13 (by singer Marsha Hunt); Jade, 13 (by Bianca Jagger); and the infant Elizabeth Scarlett (by Jerry Hall). He and Jerry tend to the sprout, but the eldest two have been dispatched to British boarding school. "New York is a terrible place to bring up kids," he mourns.
Right now, though, his album is foremost in his thoughts, and justifiably so: while its raucous, unhinged spirit is certainly reminiscent of the Stones' work, its sound is more aggressively contemporary, from the rhythm-section fury of "Just Another Night" and "Running Out of Luck" to the wild wit of "She's the Boss" and "Lucky in Love." The album is further proof that Jagger, unlike most forty-plus performers, can stake out contemporary musical territory without embarrassing himself.
In our two sessions, Jagger proved a surprisingly appealing Stepping Out subject. He is, of course, the most written-about living performer in the history of rock & roll, and is quite adroit at deflecting overly pungent inquiries. He can be gracious (he shakes your hand when he meets you . . .) and brusque (. . . but not when he says goodbye). It is, after all, business — something Mick Jagger is very good at.
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So I heard that Paul McCartney wanted to play on your record — on a track ["Hard Woman"] that already featured Pete Townshend.
Well, I was doing some overdubs with Peter in London, and Paul was working on Broad Street. Actually, it was this disco thing he was working on.
The disco version of "No More Lonely Nights"?
Yeah, which I haven't heard since.
You're a lucky man.
[Laughs] I've got to be careful you don't get me bitchy, because if I get bitchy, it's all going to come out. [Pause] Yeah, Paul kind of . . . but I'd done all the tracks by then.
He came in with a bottle of cognac or something?
It was my birthday, that's why! It was really nice. Paul has always been very polite and nice to me. He said, "I've never done a disco mix before," and I kind of very patronizingly said, "Oh, well, wow." [Laughs] I mean it's true, I was doing them in 1978: "Miss You," with Bob Clearmountain.
Of course, he was doing solo records in 1970. Why a solo record now? What made the timing right?
I had just finished doing the Stones album, and it hadn't come out; I'd just done a bunch of videos; and I just wrote a bunch of songs very quickly when I was in the Caribbean. So I did some demos, and the demos kind of worked well.
Traditionally, solo albums by people who are still in groups have been born of frustration.
It wasn't from any great frustration. I was, you know, feeling in the mood for it, and I thought, "Stop talking about the solo record you might do one day." I didn't think about it too much, to be honest. I just went ahead and did it.
When did you let the rest of the band know that you were planning to do it?
As soon as I was planning on doing it. They knew contractually that CBS had said, "We want you to do this," and I said, "Well, do you mind if I take this time out?" For instance, Bill [Wyman] has done like four solo albums, and Ronnie [Wood] has done a lot of solo projects. And Keith [Richards], he's done, maybe not very many records, but he did the [New Barbarians] tour with Ronnie.
I think that the Stones didn't want it to be a shit record: "Mick, don't make a shit record, because that's going to reflect on us." And I said, "No, if it's a shit record — if I think it's shit, and CBS thinks it's shit — it won't go out."
There were stories that they were furious.
I don't think they were furious about it, because we talked about it. I talked about it with Keith, and he said, "Hey, if you want to do it, go ahead. Don't forget you're taking a chance." I said, "Well, yeah." You know, you've got to take chances in life. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Are you a chance-taking sort of guy?
Well, I think I've gotten a little bit too safe. I'm not saying the Rolling Stones are safe, but there was always Keith to fall back on, and there were a lot of safety nets.
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I missed a good bit of what's been going on around here by attending the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament in Hot Springs over the weekend. I got to see the Hilltoppers win a trip to the "Big Show." "Go Tops."
In the process, I missed the opportunity for an Oldtimers smallmouth trip on Dale Hollow Lake with Captain Johnny Rush.
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The fire that destroyed a Freedom Drive home Wednesday night was "most likely" caused by the "improper disposal of wood stove ashes or cigarettes," Canton Fire Marshal Adam B. Libros said.
Libros determined the fire was accidental.
Libros said a container of ashes and garbage containing cigarette butts were both disposed of under a front deck near a walk-in basement. Libros was unable to determine what one of those heat sources ignited, making it difficult to know which one caused the fire.
"I can't rule out one or the other," he said.
Members of the town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department spent approximately 50 minutes fighting the blaze Wednesday night, which was fully involved on their arrival. It was called in shortly after 5 p.m. and tankers from other area departments responded to the scene as backup. Canton set up a portable pond for secondary water but in the end, firefighters had enough water from an area hydrant, Chief Richard Hutchings said.
The fire was burning for some time before the homeowner was alerted by the sound of a cracking window, Libros said.
"Fortunately no injuries were reported to either the homeowners or firefighters," Libros said.
The Red Cross was able to find shelter for the couple who lived in the home. The town of Canton Social and Senior Services Department is seeking temporary housing. See this previous post.
Thursday, building official Bill Rich condemned the home.
In light of the incident, Libros offered these tips for homeowners:
- Place ashes or smoking material in a non-combustible (metal) container. Locate the container away from any structures.
- Allow the contents to cool prior to disposal.
- Ashes can remain smoldering for days.
- Install and maintain working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on each level of your home. Change batteries twice a year. Replace alarms in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.
- Have an escape plan. Know two ways out of each room in your home.
- Have a meeting place outside the home where family members can assemble to ensure everyone got out OK.
- Consider installing residential fire sprinklers in your home.


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Dolores Skowronek acknowledged that Greenfield School Board members were probably tired of her coming back to them to talk about school start times.
But it's a topic—specifically the high school's start time of 7:10 a.m.—that Skowronek is passionate about and one she vowed she would not stop addressing until changes were made.
"You have to realize you cannot alter the behavior of the population of high school students that changes every single year," Skowronek told School Board members and administrators Monday. "You can tell these kids that they need to have more personal responsibility. You can insist that they go to bed earlier. You can insist that they get up and get to school on time.
"But that will have little impact because you have no real control over what these kids or parents do outside of school. If you want to make a difference, you must focus on things that you actually have control over, like the high school start times."
Skowronek, who is now on the executive board of a national coalition called Start School Later, said she was disturbed by the high school's grade of 59.6 in student achievement on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction preliminary report card released Monday.
That grade correlates to "meets few expectations," as defined by the DPI.
Skowronek attributed the low score at least partially to the school's early start time. She said during the 2011-12 school year, there were 9,671 documented instances of first-hour tardies at the high school.
"That's 9,671 instances of students missing part of their first-hour class and 9,671 instances where first-hour classes were being disrupted by students," she said. "Classes like algebra and English, core classes that are essential to student achievement."
After months of debate, the Greenfield School Board voted not to change the district's school start times in May 2011, citing the price tag of $208,000 for the new busing routes as the chief concern for not moving forward.
"What's more important, a cost-saving policy that's not working or the health, safety and academics of our children?" Skowronek asked.
Neither administrators nor board members could address Skowronek's concerns directly because the topic was not on the agenda, but board member Cathy Walsh later asked that it be added to a future agenda.
During her brief hiatus from the board, Walsh was on a committee, along with Skowronek, that recommended to the board to change the school's start times in 2011.
"I think it's something we can't ignore … I think we need to keep talking about that," Walsh said. "Maybe we take a look at busing again and maybe we reduce busing. There could be other avenues if money is the deal, but I think it's costing us big money."


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The president of the University of Iowa says she'll push for a tuition freeze for undergraduate students as long as the Legislature approves inflationary increases in the school's budget.
According to reports Iowa President Sally Mason said on Monday that she'll back a tuition freeze for undergraduates as long as she's president.
In order for the University of Iowa to hold the line on increases, however, she says lawmakers must approve "modest inflationary increases in appropriations."
Mason is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a legislative subcommittee.
The Board of Regents has voted to keep tuition at current levels next school year for in-state undergrads at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa, but the freeze is contingent on a 2.5 percent funding increase.