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The Parker County Sheriff's Office was still searching Thursday evening for a man who allegedly fled deputies Wednesday evening and prompted a late night, several hour manhunt near Tin Top Road.
Billy Wade, 46 or 47 years old, is being sought on a felony warrant, spokesperson Dep. Danie Huffman said Thursday.
Further information, including a description of the suspect, the nature of the charge and when and where the pursuit began, was unavailable from the sheriff's office Thursday.
Wayne Montgomery, who lives about a quarter mile down Montgomery Lane off of Tin Top Road, said he saw pickup trucks speeding in the normally quiet neighborhood.
Law enforcement, a helicopter and a second aircraft appeared to search the area at the end of his street, Montgomery said.
A city police officer told him the man at large may have a pistol, Montgomery said.
Myrtis Vititow, who lives in the 3800 block of Tin Top Road, said he saw two law enforcement vehicles, including a Weatherford police vehicle, parked across the road on his vacant lot late Wednesday night and didn't know what they were doing.
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The Parker County Sheriff's Office was still searching Thursday evening for a man who allegedly fled deputies Wednesday evening and prompted a late night, several hour manhunt near Tin Top Road.
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County treasurer dies of apparent heart attack
The death of Parker County Treasurer Jim Thorp came suddenly Tuesday. Thorp, 50, died of an apparent heart attack early Tuesday afternoon after walking into Tri Cities Urgent Care Clinic in Willow Park with chest pains where he collapsed, staff at the treasurer's office have confirmed.
Brock ISD enters lawsuit
At least one Parker County school is waging war against the state in response to a cut in public school financing.
Brock ISD board members recently approved a resolution with the Equity Center to file a lawsuit against the state's inequitable public school finance plan.
City denies WLL request
Within the same hour, the Weatherford City Council approved the 2011-12 budget and turned down a request from the Weatherford Little League for the city to take out a $500,000 loan.
Commissioners raise tax rate
Despite a packed courtroom and the protests of more than 20 residents, Parker County commissioners gave final approval Monday night to a $35,692,247 general fund budget for fiscal 2012 that bumps the current tax rate up two cents — from 24 cents/$100 assessed valuation to 26 cents per $100 valuation — while preserving generous health care benefits for county employees.
The budget is up from last year's $34,518,166, a 3.4 percent increase.
Our town is tops
Historical homes, horses and the proximity to Fort Worth and Dallas are all listed as reasons why Weatherford made the cut as one of the top 25 places to retire in the United States.
History of neglect
The half-brother of Kamden Bailey — the 1-year-old, law enforcement claims, was killed by his mother's boyfriend last week — was removed from his mother's custody in 2008 due to neglect, court records show.
Severely injured wreck victim loses home to fire
Millsap resident Amanda "Mandy" Kiles-Williams has been in the intensive care unit fighting for her life since a head-on collision Thursday that crushed her car and left her severely injured.
Nobody had told her as of Monday, but Kiles-Williams lost everything she owned Saturday in a fire that destroyed the home she shared with her brother and 16-year-old son.
Putting in their two cents worth
With 15 days until the budget filing deadline, county commissioners finally chose a direction Thursday, voting to proceed with Judge Mark Riley's proposed general fund budget as a working document, with the exception of employee health care benefits, which are still in flux.
The $35.6 million proposed general fund budget — up from $34.8 million last year — operates with a tax rate of 26 cents per $100 property valuation, up from 24 cents this year. The rate is the effective rate, which means it will generate the same amount of revenue for the county as last year when applied to this year's lower property valuations.
Area man charged in stabbing
A 33-year-old man was booked into the Parker County jail Tuesday on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after an alleged May stabbing.
Plat office cut
County commissioners, looking for $2 million in cuts to the 2011-12 budget, abolished the platting office in a 3-2 vote Tuesday, recovering the $74,000 salary of the office's one employee as a first step.
Judge Mark Riley and commissioners John Roth and Dusty Renfro voted in favor of the cut; commissioners George Conley and Craig Peacock voted against it.
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Global climate change, competition for use of cropland, population growth, and aging farmers all raise serious questions about our nation's ability to feed itself over time. Moreover, the relationship between health and diet makes it essential that we focus on access to healthful, nutritious, and fresh food. The panel, resulting from the Developing Sustainable Foodsheds Conference in July 2009, will discuss issues related to the development of foodsheds in the United States.
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In the 75th anniversary of the Twin Lakes Library System, various events and activities were hosted to celebrate Patron Appreciation Month this week.
Library staff and patrons stopped by on Throwback Thursday to get creative in the 1930s-themed photo booth.
The celebration continues with a book sale at 10 a.m. Friday to support the planning of the Georgia Literary Festival held in November. Paperback books will be on sale for 50 cents and hardcover books for $1.
A ceremony will also take place at 3 p.m. Friday to dedicate the Children's Theater to Youth Services Coordinator Anne Moore as she retires after 34 years.
For more information about the library events, call the Mary Vinson Memorial Library at (478) 452-0677.
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Jossi Wells just wants you to know he's got his pipe legs back. "I got my pipe legs back which I haven't had for a while and threw my thing and won it," said the young Kiwi (17), who got better and better as the event went on.
"This is exactly what I wanted to do. I have been thinking about it all week. I didn't know if it would let me win it because I know Simon (Dumont) just kills it, but unfortunately, Simon kind of messed up today which let me on top. I am super stoked." Jossi's winning run had a lot of amplitude, and he started it off with a big 540, into a 900, 900, 720 to switch 900.
Following behind Jossi was France's Xavier Bertoni who has really been coming on strong on the North American scene. His best trick was his first where he dropped in with a big switch 720. He followed that up with a 540, 540, and then back-to-back 900s.
In third place was East Coast native Colby West who was coming off a bronze medal performance at the 2008 Winter X Games. Colby's run was technically difficult, but he lost momentum as he went down the pipe. Colby started off with a big 900 to 540 to 720, to switch 720 to 1080 to switch 540.
Justin Dorey skied really well in the qualifying where he was getting some pretty monstrous hits, but he hit the deck on his third hit of the super final and had to settle for fourth.
Unexpectedly, SuperPipe Master Simon Dumont did not advance to the super final. According to judge Evan Raps, Simon threw down the best run of the day in qualifying when he boosted a huge 1260 on the first hit. Dumont struggled later in the competition, which probably had a lot to do with a separated right shoulder that is still bothering him.


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Original recipe yields 12 stuffed potatoes
- Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two. Mash in a bowl with 1/2 teaspoon salt until no lumps remain. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion, green pepper, and garlic in the hot skillet until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 10 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high, and stir in the ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly and no longer pink. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, cumin, pepper, tomato paste, and vinegar until the tomato paste has dissolved. Scrape into a mixing bowl, and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Line a baking sheet with plastic wrap or waxed paper, and set aside. Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl, and set aside. Pour the bread crumbs and flour into separate, shallow dishes, and set aside.
- Once the potatoes and beef have cooled, form the potato balls: grab a handful of mashed potatoes, and split into two equal portions. Form each piece into a small bowl shape, and fill with the ground beef mixture. Place the two halves together, seal the edges, and smooth to make a round ball. Gently roll the ball in the flour to coat and shake off the excess flour. Dip into the beaten egg, then gently roll in bread crumbs. Gently toss between your hands so any bread crumbs that haven't stuck can fall away. Place the breaded potato balls onto the prepared baking sheet while breading the rest. Refrigerate 2 to 4 hours, or freeze for later use.
- To cook, heat the oil for frying in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cook the potato balls in the hot oil in batches, using tongs to roll the balls around as they cook to ensure even browning, until crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes per batch. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate before serving.
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Really good recipe, kids loved it :)
Every Cuban restaurant in my area has stuffed potato balls, and this one really tastes authentic. There definitely was a preparation learning curve for me as far as stuffing the potatoes. When I finished, I had left over bread crumbs, beef filling, and too many eggs. I used a mashed potato scoop, cut the potatoes in half, stuffed one side with the meat, added the other side and squeezed it into a ball. My potato balls needed more meat stuffing, and next time, I will add filling to each half, and then press together to seal the potato balls. Also, in the future, I will start with 2 eggs, and 1 cup of bread crumbs; you always can add more if necessary. On the positive side, they tasted wonderful, and I definitely will make again. I made these 3 days ago, froze them, defrosted today, deep fried this evening, and they turned out great. One thing the recipe doesn't mention is hot sauce, and these potato balls always are served with hot sauce on the side, so be sure to put your favorite hot sauce on the table. Thanks alu1977, these are the real deal!
I followed the directions completely. Needed more salt in both the potato mixture as well as the meat. Also to get the crumbly soft meat thats in the ones I'm used to I will cook the meet like I do for coney sauce in water then add the onion pepper mixture. These were very labor intensive but well worth it. YEA Dont have to order them online or make a trip to Florida! Thanks
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
- Calories
- 380 cal
- 19%
- Fat
- 15.8 g
- 24%
- Carbs
- 45.3 g
- 15%
- Protein
- 14.3 g
- 29%
- Cholesterol
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Canine otitis externa is a common problem, with a reported prevalence of 10% to 20%.1 The most challenging of these cases often involve the gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa because of its unpredictable antimicrobial sensitivity profile.2 In dogs, P. aeruginosa can be cultured from about 0.4% of normal ears and 20% of otitic ears and is frequently found in chronic, recurrent cases
of otitis.3,4 Ears infected with Pseudomonas species are generally painful and often have extensive ulceration of the epithelial lining of the ear canal.4 Treatment typically involves general ear cleansing and may require antimicrobial sensitivity testing to identify the specific
topical antibiotic that may be effective. Treating these ears can be frustrating because of changing susceptibility profiles.
The organism can become resistant to all available antibiotics or may become susceptible only to expensive or difficult-to-obtain
antibiotics. A product that can inactivate isolates with multiple antibiotic resistances would be useful for treating this
We designed a study to evaluate Sanova cleanser (Alcide Corporation) for in vivo efficacy against naturally occurring P. aeruginosa otitis in dogs. Sanova is a USDA-approved antimicrobial solution for use in food processing. The two-part solution consists
of a base solution of 2,400 ppm sodium chlorite and an activator solution of 1.2% citric acid. When the liquids are mixed,
bioactive chlorine compounds, including chlorine gas and chlorine dioxide, are formed in the solution. These compounds are
bactericidal. In unpublished in vitro studies, this cleanser has been shown to effectively destroy isolates of P. aeruginosa and Pseudomonas vulgaris within 15 seconds of contact.5 For this prospective study, we evaluated the effect of this cleanser on objective quantitative culture results and subjective
clinical scores.
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We took ear swab samples from the juncture of the horizontal and vertical canals and prepared heat-fixed impression smears
on glass slides. We stained the slides with Gram's stain and examined them microscopically for the exclusive presence of large,
gram-negative rods consistent with Pseudomonas species.6 We then used sterile swabs to collect samples of the ear exudates from the juncture of the horizontal and vertical canals
for bacterial culture and antimicrobial sensitivity testing. The swabs were sent in transport media to a commercial laboratory
for bacterial culture and sensitivity testing by using standard disk diffusion techniques and a standard battery of antibiotics.
The presence of other organisms identified on cytology or culture resulted in the patient's being excluded from the study.
All patients had been treated unsuccessfully with oral antibiotics, ear cleansers, or topical antibiotic and corticosteroid
preparations before referral to the specialty dermatology clinic. These treatments were stopped at least 48 hours before enrollment
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West St. Louis County Muslims have seen their share of hate crimes and discrimination in the years since 9/11.
In 2003, the , located on Weidman Road in front of Queeny Park, had its collection box broken into multiple times. Weeks later that same year, on two separate occasions, the Hindu Temple located less than a mile away from that Mosque was firebombed after the perpetrators mistook it for the Mosque.
Last year, a Muslim woman was refused service at the Mattress Firm store in Manchester because she did not uncover her face, after a manager told her "she needed to show her face for service," according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
And earlier this year, the , located inside the Daar Ul Islam Mosque, after the
On Wednesday morning, which may include the August 6 burning of a Joplin, MO mosque.
The FBI is still investigating whether or not that fire was arson, but religious leaders here are already speaking out against what they believe is a trend of hate crimes against religious minorities that occur near election time.
"Usually the year of election, this rhetoric (against Islam) goes up," said Ghazala Hayat, of the , during the press conference.
On Aug. 10, for example, U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill), said in a town hall meeting that Muslim Americans were a "real threat that is much more at home now than it was after 9/11."
Other recent events against Muslims in America include:
- On July 4, the Mosque located in the outskirts of Joplin caught on fire in an attempted arson attack. The Mosque later burned to the grown on Aug. 6in a fire that the FBI continues to investigate.
- On Aug. 12, an acid bomb was thrown at a Muslim school in Lombard, Illinois.
- Also on Aug. 12, vandals shot paintballs at a Mosque in Oklahoma City.
- On Aug. 11, a man was arrested for firing with an air rifle while worshipers celebrated a ramadan prayer in Morton Grove, Ill.
- On Aug. 10, pig parts were thrown at the site of a future mosque in Ontario, Calif. (Islam forbids Muslims from eating pork.)
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"When I heard about this press conference today, I wanted to be here in person to register the ACLU's anger and dismay about the escalating violence against Muslims in our own community and across America," said Brenda Jones, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, during the press conference. "I am here to declare that there are no second-class citizens in America and it is not open season on Muslims."
Moving forward
Kirkwood resident Faizan Syed, executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in St. Louis, organized the press conference at the mosque in West County. Not only did he want to denounce the recent violence against Muslims, but also show the resilience of the community, he said.
Syed, who has been to Joplin to help the community after the mosque's burning, said Muslims there were full of resolve and dedication and they will rebuild the mosque. A fundraising campaign has already raised nearly $400,000 for the rebuilding.
"The person who tried to burn down the Mosque on July 4th, he tried to make it a symbol that the Muslim community is unwelcome in Joplin, Missouri," Syed said. "But because of the rebuilding effort and support across the country and the world, we have shown a bigger symbol, a greater symbol that the people of America and the world support what's right, they support what's just and they will not allow hatred to govern them or hatred to rule them."
Meanwhile, there is a $10,000 reward offered by CAIR and a $15,000 reward by the FBI for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of a July 4 attack on the Joplin mosque or for more information in this latest fire.
You can check clips from Wednesday's press conference in the video section of this article.


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The beautiful city of San Francisco is much the same as last year – and the San Francisco LinuxWorld looks much the same, with many of the same exhibitors and guests. I'm even starting to recognize some of the show staff. From what I've seen so far, this show could almost be last year's show, except for one thing. I have only been here for half a day, and I've heard one term more already than I heard it at all the other LinuxWorlds I've ever attended. That term is power consumption. I'm not talking about power management – like how long your computer can operate on its battery. I'm talking about the problem of reducing power consumption, as in using less to save money. Most people generally believe it is better to conserve energy, but such things never used to get much notice from major IT vendors. The talk used to be about reliability and getting the maximum capacity for the minimum expense. More recent arguments have centered on saving floor space and lowering maintenance overhead. Since when did IT get so interested in the environment? A combination of forces certainly helped bring this issue into focus. Rising energy costs have certainly played a role, but maybe there is something else going on.
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Rather than spread the news in an interview or through a press release, Girls creator Lena Dunham took to her Instagram account to announce the return date for her acclaimed HBO dramedy. Along with the phrase "We're comin' right back #GIRLS," Dunham posted a selfie photo that reads "1/12/14 10 p.m. EST" scrawled (possibly in lipstick) on a mirror.
Cringe Your Way Through the Biggest WTF Moments of Girls' Season Two
The show's third season has been highly anticipated for months, partially due to shake-ups within the cast. Christopher Abbott (who played Marnie's on-again, off-again love interest, Charlie) left the series back in April following creative struggles with Dunham. Michael Zegen (Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead) signed on back in June and – perhaps in response to criticism of the show's almost entirely white cast – Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black) will join the season as well. "I will be the first black woman to be on Girls," Brooks said in an interview with Ebony, "so that's exciting for me."
Despite its many controversies, Girls has earned consistently strong reviews in its first two seasons. The series earned five Emmy nominations at this year's ceremony, including nods for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (for Dunham) and Outstanding Comedy Series.
Though the show won't be back on TV until January, HBO recently gave fans a taste of the third season with this promotional teaser.
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Where is the pencil sharpener located? It is in the copy room near the Service Desk on the first floor of the library.
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Can books be renewed? Yes; you may renew items online through your PTS Library Catalog account, but they must be renewed before the actual due date.
If I cannot locate a book that should be on the shelf, how do I proceed? Alert library staff at the Service Desk, giving them as much information as possible. A trace will be put on the book and you will be notified when it is located.
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BEDFORD — The Floyd Central softball team picked up a win in the opening game of the Bedford North Lawrence Tournament with a 6-3 result over Edgewood (3-1) on Friday.
The Highlanders scored five of their six runs in the first inning of the contest, thanks to five straight hits with two outs.
"Everybody hit in the first inning, and any time that happens, it's got to be a lift," Floyd coach Joe Witten said. "So it was good after the long road trip, getting off the bus and competing like that was great."
Katelin Dreher led the Floyd Central offense with a 2-for-3 performance with a double, a run scored and two RBIs. Also for the Highlanders, Taylor McClure also was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, while Samantha Feather was 2-for-2 with a run scored and a walk.
Floyd Central pitcher Morgan Harper got her first win of the season on the mound, while teammate Caroline Cato recorded a save.
"We didn't quite finish as strong as we wanted to, but we got enough runs to win," Witten said.
Floyd Central (3-0) returns to Bedford today to face Eastern Greene at 11:45 a.m.
• Jeff falls to Scottsburg: Jeffersonville lost a dual meet to host Scottsburg at the Westwood Golf Course on Friday, 161-192.
For the Red Devils, Zack Lovan's 39 paced the team. Jordan Lacy added a 46, Kyle Mayrose hit a 53 and Dillon Willis shot a 54 for Jeff.
Scottsburg's Luke Taylor was the best golfer on the course with a 1-over-par 36. The Warriors' Tyler Alexander hit a 41, while teammates Justin Wright and Ben Gaffney each shot 42.
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Phil Pohl sits one step away from a big-league roster.
A 2008 Cooperstown graduate, Pohl was recently promoted to the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland A's.
But it appears Pohl's stay in Triple-A could be a short one. He was promoted April 13 after Sacramento placed No. 1 catcher Stephen Vogt on the seven-day disabled list. Vogt has played in the major leagues in each of the last two seasons and is on the Oakland's 40-man roster.
Pohl, 23, has appeared in three games as a catcher for the River Cats. Through Tuesday's games he was batting .273 after going 3-for-11, and had two doubles and four RBIs.
In his first Triple-A game Sunday, Pohl went 1-for-4 with three strikeouts. The hit was a two-run double off of Robert Carson in the sixth inning of Sacramento's 8-2 victory.
Before his promotion, Pohl played for the Beloit Snappers, Oakland's mid-level Class A squad. He played in five games for the Snappers, going 2-for-16 with one run scored and one RBI.
Pohl is in his third professional season since being drafted by the A's in the 28th round of the 2012 draft.
Last season, Pohl hit nine home runs for Stockton, Oakland's highest Class A affiliate.
Overall in the minors, Pohl has hit .246 with 12 home runs.
Pohl earned Daily Star Player of the Year honors in 2007 and 2008. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 44th round of the 2008 draft but opted to attend Clemson University.
Pohl hit 15 home runs and had 113 RBIs over four seasons with Clemson (2009-12).


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Adrian Kriesi is pilot at Global Ballooning. He joined us, as a pilot, 3 years ago.
His duties are: Flying passengers over Melbourne
What I like most about my job: Discovering different parts of the world & different cultures.
What is the most enjoyable part of your job? Sharing the flight with thrilled passengers.
Describe yourself in three words: Swiss, but easy going :)
How many times have you been ballooning? 2600 flights
In which locations have you flown over? France, Swiss alps, Mexico, Egypt, Melbourne
If you could chose one place in the world to fly over in a hot air balloon where would it be? Hard to tell. There are plenty of beautiful regions around the world.


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U.S. Rep. Mark S. Critz, D-Johnstown, has been inducted into The Knight of the Honorable Order of St. Michael by the Army Aviation Association of America Inc.
Critz received the honor for promoting and supporting the Army Aviation community.
In December 2011, Critz and Rep. Mo Brooks of Alaska formed the bipartisan Congressional Army Aviation Caucus to provide a forum among members of Congress, staff and the Army to discuss and advance policies that support Army Aviation.
Established in 1957, the Army Aviation Association of America has served as the professional cohesive force that has held the Army Aviation community together, creating a forum for aviators to exchange ideas and share experiences. It has more than 66 chapters and 14,700 members worldwide.
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Written in a humorous and encouraging style, this text shows how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions, presented as mysteries to be solved. Engaging research examples lead the reader through a series of six steps, from identifying a researchable problem to stating a hypothesis, identifying independent and dependent variables, and selecting and interpreting appropriate statistical tests. All techniques are demonstrated both manually and with the help of SPSS software. The book provides students and others who may need to read and interpret statistically based research with the essential knowledge and skills needed to make decisions based on data.
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By Tim Graham
AccuScore is my favorite sports forecaster. Its system is analytical and thorough, formulating predictions through computer simulations. AccuScore runs the data 10,000 times and comes up with a percentage likelihood that something may take place.
AccuScore has been previewing the divisions and has a favorable prospectus for the Buffalo Bills in the AFC East.
The Bills averaged 8.3 victories in AccuScore's simulations, won the AFC East 8.7 percent of the time and made the playoffs 31.2 percent of the time.
The playoff percentage might not sound all that wonderful, but it's the sixth-highest in the conference; six teams make the postseason.
Close behind the Bills were the New York Jets at 8.1 wins, a 7.4 percent likelihood of winning the division and a 28.2 percent likelihood of getting into the tournament.
As you could imagine, the New England Patriots were the clear favorites. They averaged 11.3 victories, won the division in 79.5 percent of the simulations and went to the playoffs in 91.8 percent.
AccuScore's computers had the Miami Dolphins at the bottom, but not too far behind the Bills. The Dolphins averaged 7.4 wins. But that nine-tenths of a victory makes a big difference when it comes to the Dolphins' likelihood of winning the AFC East (4.4 percent) or going to the playoffs (18.2 percent).


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Remember Me launch trailer aims to mesmerize you
Capcom has released the official launch trailer for memory-pinching sci-fi adventure Remember Me for your viewing pleasure. Set during the year 2084, Remember Me casts players in the role of Nilin, a memory hunter who finds herself on the run after her former employer, MEMORIZE, wipes her memory....
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Pre-order Remember Me and get an exclusive comic
Dark Horse Comics has announced today that customers who pre-order Remember Me through GameStop will receive an exclusive comic with an original game-related story and a preview of the upcoming Remember Me artbook. The Dark Horse site has this to say about the news, " As Capcom gears up for t...
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Remember Me art book available for pre-order
Dark Horse Comics has announced that an art book for the forthcoming game Remember Me from Dontnod Entertainment and Capcom is now available for pre-order. The Dark Horse official site describes what fans can look forward to in the new art book which retails at $39.99 and includes 184 pages of artw...
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Remember Me's protagonist is female, and some publishers didn't like that
Capcom's cyberpunk adventure Remember Me will star Nilin, an amnesiac heroine in search of lost memories, when it launches this June. And we're lucky to see it: a Penny Arcade interview reveals that publishers weren't fond of Nilin in the game's early development stages. Creative Director Jean-Max ...
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Remember Me release date announced
Capcom's highly anticipated game Remember Me has finally gotten a release date for the U.S. & U.K. The publisher is happy to reveal that the memory-hacking action title will be hitting the western shore on June 4, while our friends in the U.K. will get it on June 7. To accompany this great a...
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TGS 2012: Remember Me Combo Lab gameplay trailer
Capcom showcased its upcoming adventure title Remember Me at the Tokyo Game Show this week, and has produced a gameplay video offering a walkthrough of the title's Combo Lab for your viewing pleasure. Developed by Dontnod, Remember Me is a new IP that takes place in a dystopian Neo-Paris in...
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Gamescom 2012: Remember Me was originally a Sony project
Remember Me developer Dontnod has revealed that the futuristic actioner was originally a Sony-backed project before the electronics giant decided to give it the chop last year. The game was originally unveiled at Gamescom 2011 under the title of Adrift before being snapped up by Japanese giant Ca...
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Gamescom 2012: Remember Me trailer
Capcom has lifted the lid on the official announcement trailer for futuristic actioner Remember Me following its unveiling at Gamescom earlier today. Check it out below. Remember Me is scheduled to ship in May 2013 for PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360. ...
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While cancer and heart disease have long been at the top of health concerns for Americans, Alzheimer's has been on the increase every year — and it now ranks as the most expensive malady in the U.S.
A study by the nonprofit RAND Corporation found that the biggest cost of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia is not drugs but other medical treatment.
The study estimates that more than 4 million Americans suffer from dementia. When costs for everything from drugs to nursing homes are totaled, it amounts to $109 billion per year, according to the RAND report.
What worries government officials is the increasing expense dementia is placing on Medicare and health care insurers.
"Most people have understood the enormous toll in terms of human suffering and cost," but the new comparisons to heart disease and cancer may surprise some, said Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the Institute on Aging, told USA Today.
The most worrisome part of the report is the trend it portends, with an aging population and fewer younger people "able to take on the informal caregiving role," Hodes said. "The best hope to change this apparent future is to find a way to intervene" and prevent Alzheimer's or change its course once it develops, he said.
Clearly the nation needs a concentrated effort to better treat dementia and attempt to lessen its impact from both a health and monetary standpoint. Current treatments only temporarily ease symptoms and don't slow the disease.
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- A Votre Sante
13016 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
A Votre Sante, Italian for "to your health," serves up a variety of dishes using fresh and healthy ingredients. The…More cuisine includes Mediterranean, Mexican and American style dishes. Ingredients used include many organic vegetables, Sonoma free range chicken with no hormones or antibiotics, free range beef and naturally and sustainably raised salmon with no additives. For pasta dishes, organic wheat free brown rice pasta can be substituted. A selection of vegan dishes include a falafel platter, stir-fried vegetables, blackened tofu and lo mein with asparagus and shiitake mushrooms. Breakfast, served until 3pm, offers organic porridge, egg scrambles, omelets, Southwest-inspired dishes and organic pancakes. The walls of the restaurant feature the works of a different local artist every month.
- Bandera
11700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Although not technically located in Brentwood, this restaurant boasts a casual sophistication that residents can…More learn to appreciate.
Bandera has been around since 1996, so if you're new to the area, you'd do well to check out this Brentwood mainstay.
- Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers
11660 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
San Francisco's Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers has opened several outposts in the Southland, and this outlet on San…More Vicente waves the Frisco flag in Brentwood. Thick juicy beef burgers built Barney's reputation, and they continue to be a big draw for both SF refugees and appreciative Angelenos. The signature curly fries make many friends as well. Salad, chicken and veggieburger specialites are available for the beef- adverse. Beer and wine are also offered. Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers is good for lunch and dinner and the kids.
- Bel Air Bar & Grill
662 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Bel Air Bar & Grill is tucked away from the road on Sepulveda Boulevard. The restaurant serves contemporary America…More cuisine. Guests can sit indoors or at the outdoor patio in the romantic atmosphere. The kitchen serves up dishes such as seared ahi tuna, grilled salmon and rack of lamb for lunch and dinner. If you're looking to grab a morning coffee or a pastry to-go, stop in at the Bar & Grill Express located next to the Chevron station.
- Belwood Bakery
11625 Barrington Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Belwood Bakery is located in Barrington Court near Barrington Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard. Belwood Bakery is popular…More with the Brentwood population for its fresh breads, cookies, cakes, danishes, muffins, croissants, tarts, cakes, cupcakes, eclairs, macaroons, brownies and other baked goods. Belwood Bakery also serves sandwiches, salads and quiches as well as smoothies, coffee, tea and iced coffee drinks. Thursday through Sunday Belwood Bakery features specialities such as coffee cakes and beignets as well. There is limited seating inside the bakery but patio seating outside. Orders available to-go.
- Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge
148 S Barrington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge is located on Barrington Avenue near Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood Village. Brentwood…More Restaurant and Lounge is open for dinner and late night drinks, with an extensive wine and cocktail selection. The menu at Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge includes steaks, burgers, pasta, chicken and fish dishes and more. There is a late night happy hour featured Tuesday through Saturday after 10pm.
Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge has a "speak-easy" ambiance during dinner, but transforms to a club-like atmosphere after 10pm. It is open until 2am, Tuesday through Saturday and valet parking is available.
- BRÜ Haus
11831 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
BRÜ Haus serves German food with American flare.
This bar and grill serves up burgers, veal and pork…More brockwursts, burgers and salads. Wash it all down with an assortment of imported and domestic craft beers.
Located near Cabo Cantina and Q's on Wilshire, this new addition to the neighborhood is a welcomed addition to the area.
- Cafe Rivva
11677 San Vicente Blvd Ste 300, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Cafe Rivva is an organic vegetarian and vegan restaurant which sources its ingredients from local farmers and…More distributors. Menu items include veggie burgers, freshly prepared salads, sandwiches and wraps, freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, teas and shakes. Take-out is offered and all cups and to-go containers are biodegradable and recyclable.
- Chang's
11726 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Chang's restaurant has been serving up Chinese, Cantonese and Mandarin food to Brentwood residents since the 1980s.…More With an extensive menu and a spacious dining room, Chang's is a great place for large groups. There also is an outdoor patio right on San Vicente Avenue for people watching.
Parking is free with validation in the lot behind the building. The restaurant is available to rent for private parties and Chang's will also cater private parties outside of the restaurant.
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If you're looking to conduct your own pilgrimage – along a route filled with the beautiful countryside and rustic villages of Northern Spain – start here, at the Camino de Santiago. In this eight-day trip, you'll complete the last 100km of the pilgrimage route to Santiago and receive a "compostela" certificate when you're finished to prove your accomplishment. Refuel with tasty Spanish food and take the time to stop and smell the flowers – it's active but at a slower, more picturesque pace.
Highlights: Walk through small villages and towns, enjoy hearty and well-cooked Spanish food, complete the last 100km of the pilgrim's trail and complete your pilgrim's pass, walk into the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
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Encounter the beauty of Catalonia's countryside and its rustic towns on this compact and active bike trip. Designed for the weekend cyclist, this itinerary is challenging enough to get the heart pumping but comfortable enough that you can still appreciate the crystal-clear streams, ancient walled cities, and stunning Mediterranean coastlines of the Pyrenees. Journey across volcanic landscape to ancient towns where you can recharge with culinary delicacies before winding down on the beaches of the Costa Brava. Experience the beauty of Catalonia and cycle through its heart!
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UPDATE: New principals named, central office staff restructured
- Last Updated on 01:52 PM 07/24/12
- BY Paula I. Bryant
New principals were named to fill vacancies at three county schools, and central office staff underwent a restructuring Monday evening when the Halifax County School Board went behind closed doors in Halifax for a five-hour marathon session.
When they emerged, Faye O. Bruce was named new principal of Halifax County Middle School, Kevin Neal was announced the new principal at Sinai Elementary, and Catherine Tuck Glass was tapped principal at Scottsburg Elementary.
Bruce, a resident of Halifax County who has served as principal at Park View Middle School in Mecklenburg County for the past three years, will replace Beverly Crowder who has been named Director of Student Services, a newly created position at Central Office in Halifax.
Bruce has been employed for the past 29 years with the Mecklenburg County School system having taught at Chase City Elementary for 19 years and serving as assistant principal at Bluestone High School for seven years before being named principal at Park View Middle School three years ago.
She is a graduate of Halifax County High School and received her bachelor's degree in education from St. Paul's College and a master's degree from Longwood.
Neal, an assistant principal at Halifax County High School, will be the new principal of Sinai Elementary replacing veteran Principal Mike Wilborne who retired this year after working over 39 years in the school system.
Prior to working at the high school, Neal served as an assistant principal at South Boston Elementary.
Glass, a former South Boston Elementary School teacher and former principal of Halifax Elementary School, replaces retiring Scottsburg Elementary Principal Barbara B. Tune.
Glass was reared in South Boston.
All of the principals, recommended by Superintendent Dr. Merle Herndon, received unanimous approval from the eight school board members.
In addition to announcing new principals, school board members voted 7 to 1 to rehire 14 local area network (LAN) managers.
When school board members passed the budget this spring, they eliminated 13 classified positions.
At that time, school board discussions centered on eliminating all of the LAN manager positions as suggested in the school efficiency study, but board members said they were bombarded with phone calls from concerned parents, teachers and others who urged them to retain the needed computer positions.
Walter Potts cast the lone dissenting vote saying he was not opposed to rehiring the LAN managers, but noted his uncertainty over where the money will come from to pay these employees since it was not included in the budget when it was passed earlier this year.
Also during the marathon closed-door session, school board members acted on the recommendations of Superintendent Herndon when they approved reorganizing Central Office as suggested in the efficiency study.
Jeff Davis was named Supervisor of Special Education Services replacing Nancy H. Leonard who resigned at the end of the school year to accept a position as assistant superintendent of Charlotte County schools.
Davis returns to Halifax County after previously serving as principal of Park View High School in South Hill.
Under the new structure, Davis and Supervisor of Alternative Education Joan Bowers will report to former Halifax County Middle School Principal Crowder, who was named Director of Student Services, a newly created position at Central Office.
Crowder, along with Director of Elementary Education/Professional Development Linda Owen and Director of Secondary Education and Accountability Frosty Owens, will report to Executive Director for Administration Valdivia Marshall.
Owen's position now includes professional development responsibilities, while accountability duties were added to Owens' position and title.
Marshall answers directly to the superintendent with the school board at the head overseeing all central office staff, according to the organizational chart approved Monday evening.
Newly hired Director of Finance Jay Camp will oversee Director of Operations and Maintenance Larry Roller and Director of Transportation Dave Guill as well as a yet to be announced Supervisor of School Food Services.
Reporting directly to Superintendent Herndon are principals who will oversee assistant administrators, teachers and other professional personnel.
The new organizational chart will be presented to school personnel during a leadership conference slated for Aug. 1, Herndon said.
In other action Monday evening, school board members voted to pay two bills totaling almost $20,000, one for $4,861.29 to Halifax County attorney Jeremy Carroll for negotiation fees involving the landfill gas contract at South Boston Elementary School that fell through, and another for $14,555 to K12 Virtual Schools for services rendered in the 2010-11 school year.
The K12 Virtual Schools contract has been terminated and is no longer used by the county school system to assist home-schooled students, but an overdue bill from the 2010-11 school year remains unpaid, Herndon explained.
Concerning the legal fees charged by the county attorney, Trustee Roger Long said school board members were under the impression the county attorney was under retainer with the county, when in fact, he was not.
Carroll charged the schools $170 per hour for 38 hours for time spent reviewing the contract between the school system and the Town of South Boston concerning the landfill gas project.
The school decided last month not to partner with the Town of South Boston in its landfill gas self-generation project since South Boston Elementary School will not realize any savings from the project.
The school board had considered partnering with the Town of South Boston in a landfill gas self-generation agreement approved by a 5-3 vote in April.
ED-6 school board trustee Fay Satterfield, ED-1 trustee Phyllis Smith and ED-7 trustee R. K. "Dick" Stoneman opposed the partnership when the April vote was taken.
Essentially, the agreement between the school and town would have made the gas generated at the former South Boston landfill available to South Boston Elementary School for generation of energy, thermal and/or electricity.
The initial terms of the agreement were for 15 years with the school being granted the option to extend the agreement for an additional period of five years following the expiration of the initial terms, provided that the gas flow from the landfill would be sufficient to permit the buyer to continue generation of energy at the renewable energy facility.
But Roller told school board members earlier this month the 15 to 20 percent energy reduction figures originally presented would not be met, and based on energy consumption data, energy costs would actually increase within the first year with proposed operator fees.
When contacted by the school superintendent, Carroll reduced his original charges of $6,476.29 for reviewing the contract to $4,861.29, a bill school board members approved paying Monday evening.
Also during the lengthy school board meeting Monday, members deleted a portion of the Code of Student Conduct dealing with cell phone regulations that reads, "Cell phones are not to be kept on a student's person."
In its place, they added, "Cell phones should not be visible at any time during the school day."
Also approved was an administrative and supervisory evaluation that Superintendent Herndon plans to use to establish a framework that describes the skills and knowledge needed by administrators and supervisors.
The new document spells out what is expected of principals, associate and assistant principals, central office administrators and supervisors as well as the business and operations administrator/supervisor.
"I believe in no smoke and mirrors. Everything is transparent, and that's how we'll have the best principals and administrators," Herndon said of the working document to be officially introduced in August.
Since evaluations are a key part of her job as superintendent, Herndon said she wants "no secrets," and the evaluation document adopted Monday evening will ensure all school system employees are fairly evaluated, she said.
The new evaluation instrument will be posted on the county school system's website and will be presented to all principals Aug. 1.
Accountability and expectations are spelled out in the document, Herndon said, "so there will be no secrets, no surprises."
She also informed school board members she plans to spend 20 percent of her working week in the individual schools.
"I want to be out in the school buildings on Thursdays," she said.
Once evaluations are complete, should personnel show a need for improvement in a particular area, it will be noted on the evaluation, Herndon said. The individual will be given a 45- to 90-day time period to make the needed improvements.
Also Monday evening, school board members voted to require anyone who has a Halifax Public Schools email account or who uses school computers to sign a computer acceptable use plan agreeing to abide by guidelines outlined in the agreement.
Herndon wants to require signatures of students, teachers, administrators and all other school personnel who use school computers on an annual basis.
"It's been a while since the last time signatures were required," she said, noting the last agreements she could find dated back to 2007.
School board members also approved a Gaggle student email account pilot project for fifth through 12th grade English classes that will give students their own email address policed and fire-wall protected.
With this account, users can create and store files and documents.
To access the Gaggle accounts, all is required will be Internet access.
The free service eliminates the need for jump drives and primarily will be used for English class assignments in preparation for SOL testing, she said explaining the pilot project.
In other action, about a dozen junked vehicles are headed to Cycle Systems for disposal after school board members unanimously agreed to remove the eyesores from school properties.
"We've harvested all we can from these vehicles," Herndon said, adding, "These vehicles give new meaning to 'used vehicles.'"
Trustees classified the vehicles parked in the bus maintenance lot and at the high school field as junk, and they will be stripped of all usable parts before being sold for salvage.
In a final action, school board members voted to cover any unanticipated VRS costs for the new school superintendent.
School board members also held another closed-door session Tuesday evening beginning at 6:30 when they met with legal counsel to discuss additional personnel issues.


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The latest announcement by the Postmaster General requires a little background. Neither the Postmaster General, nor anyone else, can unilaterally enforce a switch to five-day delivery without Congressional approval.
Prior to 2006, Congress had unfairly forced the Postal Service to pay for pensions earned by employees for their service in the military. This money should have been paid by the Treasury. (In 2012, the portion of letter carriers who served in the military stood at 21 percent. The veteran population peaked in the 1980s, when half of all carriers were veterans.)
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 was passed to fix that, returning billions to the Postal Service. Because Congress decided that the bill must be budget-neutral, they concocted a scheme designed to continue the flow of postal funds into the Treasury's ledger.
In that same bill, they required the Postal Service to fork over $5.5 billion every year to pre-fund the 75 years' worth of future retiree health benefits within 10 years, a burden that no other company or agency is required to do, not even Congress. How many companies do you know that are setting aside funds for employees who will retire 75 years from now?
Because the Postal Service has been an independent agency of the government since 1971, it makes all of its money from postage sales and services. The Postal Services pays its own bills.
At the time the bill was passed, the USPS could afford it, so it wasn't a problem until the economy sank into recession. The law never took into account the problems that every business has faced since the recession began, which is reduced revenue. Yet, every year, the Postal Service has been required to hand over $5.5 billion to pad Congress's coffers and feed their budget until the USPS has handed over all of its operating capital, all of its $15 billion borrowing authority and now has "defaulted" on pre-funding retirement.
The pre-funding account already has over $45 billion in it. This is enough to take care of retiree health benefits for decades, but the USPS is not allowed to use it until 2016.
Congress created this mess when it continued to siphon off all of the money that the USPS had, and turn its collective cheek when a phony "default" resulted. The USPS money crisis has very little to do with being able to operate effectively and almost everything to do with this crippling and unnecessary pre-funding mandate. For members of Congress (not all of them) to look at the USPS financial situation and pretend they don't know what's causing it is sheer laziness and an unwillingness to do the right thing.
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By AMANDA LOVIZA VICKERY
Glasgow Daily Times
A Friday afternoon symposium proved that Barren County and Western Kentucky University have a community of individuals and organizations actively searching for a way to better the planet and lead lives that are as beneficial to future generations as they are to the present generation.
WKU-Glasgow's Greentoppers club, a group focused on sustainability and environmental awareness, hosted Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream, a five-hour workshop dedicated to "bring forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling world."
The Greentoppers, while they have had a group at WKU's main campus for several years, is a new presence on the Glasgow campus. WKU-G student Angela Briggs helped found the chapter after studying sustainability in one of her classes. Once she and a handful of other students formed the club, they started looking for ways to make an impact.
"We didn't know what we wanted to do or how we wanted to do it, but we knew we wanted to do something," Briggs said.
Greentoppers invited a group of 50 WKU students, faculty and local community members to attend Awakening the Dreamer in an effort to unite a network of people who believe in protecting the earth and fostering social justice.
"We have amazing things here in Barren County and this is the time to start something that could get big," Briggs said.
Awakening the Dreamer, created by the Pachamama Alliance, seeks to educate individuals about harsh environmental truths while simultaneously motivating them to take positive action. The alliance holds up values of indigenous tribes and tries to form a bridge between the technologically advanced world with the native world in tune with the earth. The symposium worked its way from discussing where the world is now, to where people want it to go. Sister Claire McGowan and Dr. Ron Hustedde led workshop participants in their examination of how to make a difference.
"We come as people convinced of the power of ordinary individuals and ordinary groups to make a difference," McGowan.
For the full story, see the print or e-edition of Tuesday's Glasgow Daily Times.


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Dreamflight is a UK charity that changes young lives through taking children with a serious illness or disability, without their parents, on the holiday of a lifetime to Orlando, Florida.
Established in 1987 and operating annually since, Dreamflight believes that fun and joy are just as important as medical research and equipment - especially for children who perhaps can't wait long enough for the breakthrough they need or whose illnesses and treatments have brought pain, distress and disruption to their lives.
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While I do agree lack of jobs is a big problem, the lack of motivation in people to actually try to get a job is worse. Just a few weeks ago I saw a story about manufacturing plants that had hundreds of job openings, and there are probably thousands nationwide, where the company would PAY you to learn the skills needed and you would start off, at $12-13 an hour, but no one wants physical jobs anymore because we as a society have become too lazy. I got laid off from my job where I made about $1500 a month, with multiple loans out, and because I knew I still had to pay those loans back, I got a job in a month, even though I took a job making $600 less a month, yet how many people just sit back and whine that "I can't find a job?", when the simple answer is, they aren't trying hard enough. People now won't apply to fast food and delivery and hard labor jobs like I did, because they think it is below them. The unemployment rate could easily be half of what it is right now if people would get off their ass and actually TRY to find work, like I did. I am still paying off some debt that I got into during my one month of being unemployed, but if I had treated losing my job like most of America does, I'd be in worse shape. Just my .02
@SurrealOne and @IdahoChevy91 I agree completely with what both of you are saying. We (Canadians and Americans) have gotten lazy, and a lot of us do not care if loans are paid.
Where I am going with this, is look at the manufacturing jobs, that were once jobs done in the US and Canada, that have been moved off-shore. ALL of these jobs have moved to countries that are currently growing their economies at incredible rates.
Those jobs were moved to those countries because the labour rate is very low. We, the consumer are to blame, the 1% moved the jobs off-shore, we buy their products because they are cheaper than US made, we have allowed the 1% to prosper.Ray
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I agree considering my mom works for Fannie Mae who people love to blame for a lot of the mortgage crap but when you look into it more they did what they had to do because of the government especially in the Clinton era. It's on everybody. Don't live beyond your means. I make very little money so I do very little things. I'm bout to be done with college and I will be moving home for a year to save money and then begun building my house on the farm.2009 chevy 1500 z71 4x4
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99.7% of all employer firms are small business in America.
In 2009, 660,900 small business closed, you cant blame the 1% for those job loses.
America job market is always changing, businesses has to be competitive therefore people have to adapt their skills and learn how to adapt to what is needed to employers.
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As far as jobs drying up, I worked in a very small industry, which was taken over by corporate fat cats and computers. Instead of sitting around waiting for money to fall out of the sky, I found a way to make a living with the skills I had learned in my career.
In my adult life, I have been homeless, lived in an abandoned car, eaten from a Burger King dumpster, spent 2 years in a wheel chai (that I was never supposed to be able to escape from) battled cancer and diabetes. Rather than to sit around playing "victim", I worked a job doing hard labor for minimum wage while living in abandoned vehicle in the snow.
I tried to ask for help, but I didn't get any. I had to work it out on my own. It never occurred to me to blame anyone else for my situation. I was too busy trying to pull myself up. Sometimes it meant moving half way across the country and leaving my stuff behind for a chance at a new opportunity, sometimes in towns I had never heard of.
Those who blame the system for their woes will eventually work it out after losing their dignity in the very dumpster they climb into to find something to eat. Been there, done that.
America is a country filled with people who feel entitled to riches and security. Others are expected to pick those up who have come upon hard times. I have a friend who is from Egypt. He barely has 2 dimes to rub together. He endures people treating him as if he is a terrorist because of his accent and skin color and yet he touts America as the greatest country in the world because of the opportunities that are here for everyone. He reminds me that there are people sneaking into this country because it is still the greatest country in the world with the most opportunity anywhere.
Abdul works his own business 6 days a week running a small body shop... Sometimes days go by and he has no business, but he gets up every single day and comes to work and stays there all day hoping for a customer. Some days he makes a few dollars, some days he doesn't. But instead of playing the victim, he gets up every single day and gives it another try.
Incidentally, Abdul did a fantastic job wet sanding and refinishing my truck (pictures forthcoming) I felt compelled to design and buy business cards for him because he cant afford to buy them. Not because he did a great job on my truck, but because he comes to his shop every single day with a positive attitude and the drive to carve off a small piece of the American dream. He is willing and is trying to help himself, so I consider myself to be privilidged to help Abdul while he finds his way.
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Q: What makes clouds white? Is this a property of light or of moisture?
When clouds are white (and many are not), "it's because light from the sun is white, a combination of all the colors of the rainbow," said Michael Kaufman, professor of physics and astronomy at San Jose State University in California.
As light moves through the clouds, it is dispersed by water droplets. These are comparable to or bigger than the wavelengths of light, Kaufman said, and there are lots of droplets in the average cloud.
The result is that all the wavelengths are scattered more or less uniformly; to our eyes, no color predominates.
"Looking at a cloud from any other angle, you see a mixture of all the scattered colors, so it looks white," Kaufman said. "White light in, white light out."
This effect is called Mie scattering, he added, "and is what you get when the wavelength of light and the particles it hits are comparable in size. It also works when particles are bigger than wavelengths of light."
When light is moving through cloudless atmosphere, on the other hand, our perception of it is very wavelength-dependent. The small gas particles in the atmosphere scatter blue light about 16 times as efficiently as they scatter red light, an effect called Rayleigh scattering. That is why the sky is blue.
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All kinds of images can be captured, reviewed, stored and transmitted digitally, using a standard format called Dicom, for digital imaging and communications in medicine, said Dr. Keith Hentel, executive vice chairman of the department of radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dicom files contain not only the images but also information about the patient and how the images were acquired, along with the radiologist's annotations, Hentel said.
The viewer can manipulate Dicom data in ways as simple as making standard measurements or as complex as producing detailed three-dimensional representations of the anatomy.
The images may be printed on film or even on paper, Hentel said, but most are interpreted by radiologists electronically and stored on systems called PACS, for picture archiving and communication systems. For those without access to such systems, the Dicom files can be put on a CD-ROM along with a viewing program.
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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
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5 tbsp. butter
1 medium butternut squash, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 leek, green and white parts, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
1 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 tsp. dried sage leaves
4 cups homemade chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
1 cup apple cider
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1/2 cup heavy (whipping) cream
chopped fresh chives for garnish
1. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the squash, leeks, carrot, and celery and cook for 12 to 15 minutes, or until vegetables are soft but not browned. Stir in apples, thyme, and sage.
2. Add stock and cider and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until vegetables are tender. Let cool.
3. Working in batches, transfer the soup to a food processor or blender and purée. (May be prepared to this point 1 day ahead). Return soup to pan and season with salt and pepper. Bring soup to simmer and stir in the cream. To serve, ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with the chives.
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San Diego traded the 28th overall pick, 40th overall pick, ILB Tim Dobbins and swapped fourth-rounders with Miami in order to move up to No. 12 to select Mathews, also getting a sixth-round pick in return. It was a somewhat steep price to pay for GM A.J. Smith, but he obviously had his sights set on Mathews and was afraid the FBS rushing leader in 2009 wouldn't slip down to No. 28.
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Smith might take some flack for giving up an early second-round pick to get Mathews, but he absolutely needed to find a runner to give the offense balance, and that's just what he did. Mathews' stock had been rising lately, and Smith couldn't take the chance that he'd fall all the way to the end of the first round.
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The FCC has given its approval to another Windows Mobile smartphone, the Audiovox SMT5600. This device is available now in Europe from Orange as the SPV C500.
The SMT5600 runs Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones Second Edition on a 200 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP processor. It has 32 MB of RAM and 64 MB of ROM.
Like all smartphones that use this platform, its 2.2-inch display has a resolution of 176 by 220 pixels.
The SMT5600 includes a miniSD slot and Bluetooth short-range wireless networking. It also has a camera capable of taking VGA images.
This model is just 4.25 inches tall, 1.8 inches wide, and 0.6 inches thick (108mm by 46mm by 16mm). It weighs 3.5 ounces (100 g). This device is sometimes called the world's smallest smartphone.
Just because it has received FCC approval does not mean the SMT5600 will definitely be coming to the U.S. It was developed by High Tech Computers (HTC) of Taiwan, who may simply have gotten FCC approval for this device while it tries to persuade U.S. wireless service providers to offer it.
If a wireless carrier already has an agreement to offer a device before it gets FCC approval, the user manual submitted with the FCC filing will sometimes mention that carrier's name. This isn't the case with the SMT5600.
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Saturday, October 18, 2008The Valparaiso men's cross country team ran in its final tuneup for the Horizon League Championships on Saturday, finishing tied for eighth place at the Evansville Invitational.
The Crusaders tallied 256 points for their joint eighth-place finish. Southern Illinois took the team title with 31 points.
Senior Chris Honig (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South [Indiana]) led the way for Valpo for the fourth time in as many races this year, crossing the line in 31st position with a time of 25:34.37. Fellow senior Jim Turchyn (Batesville, Ind./Batesville) posted the fastest 8K time of his career to come home 42nd, completing the race in 25:51.93.
Sophomore Joel Hartenberger (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia) also ran a career-best time, completing the 8K in 26:21.57, good for a 70th-place showing. Freshman Tyler Toll (LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte) contributed to the Crusader team score for the second time in his career, crossing the line 80th with a time of 26:34.70, while junior David Carter (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey) rounded out Valpo's five scoring runners with a time of 26:37.93, finishing in 85th position.
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Diabetes Innovation 2012 will act as a powerful catalyst for ideas, partnerships and collaborations. It will provoke thought, innovation and action that address the cost, productivity and quality-of-life impact of diabetes on our society by bringing together all stakeholders: payers, purchasers, providers, industry, government, research, patients, consumers, technologists, developers, and funders.
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