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Sometimes known as the "birthplace of democracy" Athens is an ideal place for many liberal arts students to study abroad. The Athens program takes place at the College Year in Athens and has a wide array of courses available that focus on both ancient and modern day Greece and Mediterranean cultures. Many courses will involve on-site teaching around Athens and Greece connecting the coursework with the wealth of historical sites, monuments, landscape and art present in that region of the world. The Academic Center is the heart of the program where the classrooms, library, student lounge and many other program services are located.
Students study at the College Year in Athens Academic center located in the heart of Athens. Art History, History, Politics and Classical Studies, majors will find a wide variety of courses to enrich their degrees. Other humanities majors should also investigate the Athens program including Environmental Science, Anthropology, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy. The curriculum covers three academic areas: Ancient Greek Studies, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, and European and East Mediterranean Studies. It is possible to take courses from all three academic areas. Prior to course selection, please read the extensive course selection instructions available on the College Year in Athens website.
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Students are highly encouraged to take Modern Greek Language classes while studying on the Athens program. Modern Greek coursework ranges from the beginning levels of Greek through the advanced levels of Greek. More course information is available on the College Year in Athens semester courses website.
Students live in apartments with four or five other students. The apartment buildings are located in the Lolonaki and Pangrati areas of Athens, approximately ten to twenty minutes away from the Academic Center. Each apartment is fully furnished including kitchenware, and some bedding. Students must bring towels, sheets and pillow cases. Mid-day meals are provided on weekdays except on holidays. There are dining facilities available on the ground floor of the College Year in Athens Academic Center. Most students prepare their own breakfasts and dinners, and there is access to stores and markets in the neighborhoods around the apartments. The apartment buildings also house Athenians which increases the potential for interaction with local Greeks.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Catriona McGinn have a new baby boy
People love celebrity babies, so we hope you're glad to hear Franklin & Bash star Mark-Paul Gosselaar is celebrating the birth of his third. By now dad's probably outgrown all the Bayside High jokes.
Mark-Paul's wife Catriona McGinn gave birth to another son Monday, when Dekker Edward Gosselaar was born. "We are overjoyed with the new addition to our family. We are madly in love with our little boy," his dad told People. "He is healthy and just perfect — all we could ask for."
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What's your character like? What's her heritage? What type of story is it (ex., dystopian)? Does she love/hate her name? What does she look like?
These kinds of questions are importantly when determining the name of a character.Adam Amedeo Avi Connor Dmitri Enjolras Leo Milo RonanArtemis Cicely Elisabeth Evangeline Mirabelle Ophelia Rosalie Titania
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She has shoulder length wavy black hair, she is tall and skinny, she is pretty, she has pale skin, and hazel eyes.
She is rude, grumpy, secretive and very independent. Sometimes she will do the odd act of kindness. She is not the protagonist but is a main character. I would call her Ro most of the time but she would be adressed as her normal name sometimes. She is 18 years old.


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If Sushi Typhoon ever stops making movies, I will be seriously and eternally heartbroken. That may sound sad, but it's the truth. The trailer for cult icon Tak Sakaguchi's "Yakuza Weapon" was more than enough to keep yours truly squealing with glee well into the summer, though apparently others feel that we all need a bit more Tak Sakaguchi in our cinematic diet. Behold the trailer for director Yudai Yamaguchi's "Dead Ball", a "Battlefield Baseball"-style actioner that seems to be in tune with what Sushi Typhoon does best. In other words, prepare yourself for cheap gore, cornball action, evil Nazis, and some scantily-clad Japanese ladies. It's all in the name of mindless entertainment, of course.
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When he was a child, baseball prodigy Jubei Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) accidentally caused the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch. Having sworn off the game for life because of the incident, Jubei is now 17 and the most cold-blooded juvenile delinquent in Japan. Sent to a reformatory for a killing spree, Jubei learns that his estranged brother had died there earlier from a mysterious illness. In order to fulfill his brother's last wishes, Jubei reluctantly joins the prison baseball team when they take on the Black Dahlias, a sexy squad of killer high school girls who are determined to slaughter every last man on Jubei's team! But the prison officials have plans of their own for Jubei, including an alliance with a squadron of uniformed Nazi officers! Suddenly, Jubei finds himself not only fighting to win the game, but also to save his own life!
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It's kind of amazing to me that I can write about this fairly calmly now. Time really does take the edge off.
As much as the whole thing disgusts me, after reading a lot of stories here on SI, I wonder if it isn't a little better, in a way. This was purely about sex. There was no emotional connection or romantic entanglement. I don't in ANY WAY mean to minimize the awfulness of what he did but sometimes I think it could have been worse.
He did start a relationship of sorts with one whore, who he saw exclusively for a long time. He's admitted to having some affection for her, but he always paid her, and he knows it wasn't real. He's acknowledged that while at the time he thought she cared about him, he will never know if those feelings were real because he was paying her to do what he wanted.
So in a way, he was having an emotional relationship with me all that time, and a sexual one with them. Does that make it better or easier? Obviously I don't trust him and we are in therapy separately and together. We have some good days, as I posted about this morning.
I should add that he was tested for everything under the sun and came up clean - I saw a hardcopy of the doctor's report.
As I said, this seems to be a somewhat unusual situation - buy if anyone has similar experiences, or advice or thoughts, I'd like to hear.
I should add that he was tested for everything under the sun and came up clean - I saw a hardcopy of the doctor's report.
Just fyi....men can't be tested for HPV, so he wasn't tested for everything.
If you want them to quit stabbing you in the back, then you need to quit handing them the knife.
In my H situation he had a kind of A because he ran out of money and she was giving it away for free, but as she wanted a 'proper' A he told her he loved her to get into her pants instead. For me, the last one has been far harder to come to terms with than the whores who he only saw for 15 minutes at a time because I thought he really did feel something for her ( he didn't). I've never wanted to know much about the prostitutes, they were just faceless, masturbatory tools.
IMHO, and this is just me, I believe a man has to have very serious issues, be very seriously broken, to go with prostitutes, and that has got to be fixed otherwise it will happen again.
My H was also clean and so was I. I actually thought that was extraordinary, but my doctor told me that sex workers are very clean these days. I just think he was very lucky.
We're 16 months out, H is hugely remorseful and was from the beginning, and, more to the point, he's dealing the reason he did this (replicating child sex abuse).
I think we're going to be OK, the trust is gradually returning, although like most of us on here, it's a case of being a bit more wary. It's certainly possible to get through this, disgusting as it is.
D Day 11 November 2012
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He cheated with whores
Does that make it better or easier?
For some maybe, but for me it is more of a deal breaker than an EA or EA/PA with only one.
Many try to quantify the "pain" or whether it is easier to deal with one type of cheating over the other and that is pointless IMO. However, my XH cheated with prostitutes, more than he could ever hope to count. My current H had an A with the one woman, a woman from his past. He cheated on his first wife with this very same woman. Quite different circumstances from my first M, and certainly just as painful, if not more so, to deal with.
However, pain aside, I had to decide whether the situation was something I could live with, forgive, and move on from while staying married to that person. I divorced my first H and I know it was the right decision. How do you trust somebody who lives that kind of lifestyle in secret? You don't. (Just my perspective, of course).
My current H, on the other hand showed immediate and extreme remorse for his A and I felt I had good reason to believe it would not happen again so based on this I decided to forgive him and we are still together, more than 7 years later.
I see someone just bumped this thread in JFO but, wanted to post it here as well to make sure you see it. There are many of us here that know what you are going thru.
Obviously I don't trust him at all right now and he knows it.
I will say that while this was going on, things with us weren't perfect but there was a lot of good. Without that I wouldn't even be trying.
I think for me it's a little easier knowing that it was more of a mechanical thing than an emotional one. Of course it won't be like that for everyone.
I'll go over to JFO and see what's going on there.


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- People and guns involved in denied and completed handgun salesM A Wright
University of California Davis, 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Inj Prev 11:247-50. 2005..The authors hypothesize that handguns involved in a denied purchase would more closely resemble those used in crime compared with handguns sold...
- Gun suicide by young people in California: descriptive epidemiology and gun ownershipMona A Wright
Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95817, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:619-22. 2008..The gun used was most often owned by the victim or a family member living in the victim's household. Prevention efforts should focus on gun ownership and accessibility...
- Factors affecting a recently purchased handgun's risk for use in crime under circumstances that suggest gun traffickingMona A Wright
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
J Urban Health 87:352-64. 2010..09, 95% CI 3.39 to 4.94). These findings persisted in multivariate analyses. Our findings suggest specific strategies for intervention to prevent gun violence...
- Felonious or violent criminal activity that prohibits gun ownership among prior purchasers of handguns: incidence and risk factorsMona A Wright
Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
J Trauma 69:948-55. 2010..Federal law prohibits firearm possession by felons and certain others. Little is known about criminal activity resulting in new ineligibility to possess firearms among persons who have previously purchased them...
- Criminal activity and assault-type handguns: a study of young adultsG J Wintemute
Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA
Ann Emerg Med 32:44-50. 1998..We studied a population of young adults who legally purchased handguns to determine whether an association exists between the purchase of an assault-type handgun and prior or subsequent criminal activity...
- Prior misdemeanor convictions as a risk factor for later violent and firearm-related criminal activity among authorized purchasers of handgunsG J Wintemute
Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis, USA
JAMA 280:2083-7. 1998..Under current federal law, many persons with prior convictions for misdemeanor offenses pass criminal records background checks and legally purchase handguns...
- Subsequent criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns: risk factors and effectiveness of denying handgun purchaseG J Wintemute
Violence Prevention Research Program, UC Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
JAMA 285:1019-26. 2001..Some states prohibit the purchase of handguns by persons convicted of selected misdemeanor crimes, but most do not. California has denied handgun purchases by violent misdemeanants since 1991; the effectiveness of these policies is unknown...
- Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimesG J Wintemute
Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Inj Prev 11:357-63. 2005..To determine the retailer and community level factors associated with frequent and disproportionate sales of handguns that are later used in violent and firearm related crimes (VFC handguns)...
- Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injuryK M Grassel
Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Inj Prev 9:48-52. 2003..To determine the association between mortality from violent or firearm related injury and previous handgun purchase...


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FPE-TV has uploaded video footage of David Davidson of Boston's REVOCATION showing you how to play "Dismantle The Dictator" from the band's second full-length album, "Existence Is Futile"."Existence Is Futile" sold around 440 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 148 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. "Existence Is Futile" was released on September 29 in North America and October 5 internationally via Relapse Records. The follow-up to "Empire Of The Obscene" was recorded at Damage Studios in Southbridge, Massachusetts with engineer Pete Rutchko. "Existence Is Futile" track listing: 01. Enter The Hall
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- Fresh blueberries require inspection for insect infestation. Please see "Kashrut Instructions" below for instructions on checking for insect infestation.
- 16 lasagna noodles
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Blueberry Lasagna:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large pan of boiling, salted water cook lasagna noodles until they are done. Drain and rinse under cold water. Return the noodles to the pot and add enough cold water to cover the noodles.
- Wash and drain berries. In a large bowl combine the ricotta cheese, eggs and vanilla. Stir in the berries. Set aside.
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- Crunchy Oat Topping: In a medium bowl, use your hands to mix together all ingredients until coarse crumbs form. Spread the topping evenly over the berries in each pan.
- Bake 45 minutes or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and let lasagna set 15 to 20 minutes in the pan before cutting into squares. Place a piece of the lasagna square on the plate and spoon some hazelnut sauce over the top.
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INFESTATION: Cultivated blueberries, the type most commonly found in the supermarket, are generally insect-free. Still they should be placed in a strainer or colander and washed thoroughly under running water. Wild uncultivated blueberries, typically found in mountainous areas, require special inspection due to the prevalence of the 'blueberry maggot' (worm). Each berry should be individually inspected for holes or other indications of worms.
- Cultivated blueberries should be placed in a strainer or colander and washed thoroughly under running water.
- Wild blueberries must be carefully examined after washing. Spread them on a white cloth or a sheet of freezer paper and look for holes or other indications of worms.
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Although the practice of yoga has been around for centuries, it has taken Americans quite some time to fully embrace it. In the past decade, however, yoga studios have popped up in almost every neighborhood of the country, urging us all to get in touch with our inner yogi.
Yoga's rapid ascension into the ranks of pop culture, while good for us physically and mentally, has also been met with rising prices. This isn't so exciting for those with tight budgets. If you take a yoga class one to two times a week, you could be creating a $100–200 dent in your wallet each month—that's money you could use in other spending categories!
The good news is that yoga is one of the many complete mind-and-body exercises that can adapted to a home workout for little to no cost. Using these tips, you can transform your apartment into a relaxing and peaceful yoga studio and save money:
Choose the Right Space
In order to achieve maximum balance during your yoga practice, your apartment floor should be hard. If possible, a natural hardwood floor would be best, as it brings a feeling of nature's beauty into your studio. If your only room choice has carpeted flooring, the space will still work fine. Just be sure to use your yoga mat.
The lighting within the space is also important. Try to unleash as much natural light as possible, as many yoga practitioners find that sunlight helps to energize them.
With that in mind, you should select a room or space that features hard floors and plenty of windows. If you don't have a spare bedroom, use the room that works best, whether that's your living room or your bedroom. Fortunately, you don't need much space.
Remove the Clutter
In order to relax and focus on your breathing, it's important that the mind not be distracted by other material objects in the room. For that reason, you'll want to de-clutter. As an everyday rule, be sure to keep your apartment neat and tidy.
Of course, you may still need to move furniture around to have room for your yoga mat. Even if it's just for an hour of your routine, try to clear the space in your apartment around your designated studio.
Push any furniture to the side, and make sure you have enough room to do all of the positions in your practice. If you prefer to incorporate inverted positions (in which you may place your feet or legs against the wall), clear the space on the walls as well.
Create Your Atmosphere
Because your yoga studio is within your apartment, you have control over everything that interacts with your senses—from sight to smell to sound. Make the most of this unique advantage by altering the atmosphere in your apartment when it comes time to achieve a little Zen.
You could burn essential oils designed to promote relaxation or unleash energy. Additionally, you may use temperature to find your inner peace. If you can, aim to get the temperature within your apartment between 75-85 degrees, which will allow your muscles to become fully stretched and open up the body.
Lastly, listening to music during your practice may help you focus, so play some music to suit your type of practice and mood. Try relaxing instrumental music if you want to calm your mind and body with a slower Ashtanga practice.
Or perhaps your favorite pop or rock band is what you need if you're attempting power yoga or a rapid Vinyasa flow practice. You can even shut off Pandora, Spotify, whatever and select instead pure silence. This helps many focus on more challenging poses. Flying crow anyone?
Get the Right Equipment
At the very minimum, you will need a yoga mat and, if you are new to yoga, some instructional videos or websites. Yoga mats are intentionally made thin and are meant to be placed on a hard surface as both of these factors help you maintain balance during difficult poses. You can find a mat online or in sporting goods stores.
Until you've become a master yogi, you can use the help of DVDs to get your routine started or try many of the online subscriptions, both of which are very affordable. Some practitioners also like to have a mirror in their studio so they can inspect and adjust their posture.
The great thing about yoga is that the equipment is very apartment friendly and mats and blocks can easily be stored under a bed or in a closet. If you do want to use a mirror, make it a decorative element in your space. That way, it'll help you during yoga time and look awesome!
Using the space within your apartment to perform yoga at home is the best way to avoid the cost and trouble of getting to the yoga studio, while also being able to enhance the aspects of your routine that give you the most satisfaction, relaxation and peace of mind.
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This was the scene above the Ausable River in Keene Valley in the Adirondack State Park in New York. I shot this with my Nikon D 7100; Nikkor Zoom Lens (18-200mm.), with an ISO of 200; F 18; and 1/8th second exposure. The camera was mounted to a Gitzo Tripod and Arca-Swiss Head. I thought the colors reflected an artist's palette.
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change charge based on bullet manufacturer?
I tried a search on this using a few different wording and came up emtpy.
Backstory: New to relaoding and haven't loaded my first round yet. As you know, it's slim pickings in regards to component availability.
At this point I'm just waiting on my powder to arrive and I'm all set to go. I'll be loading 9mm to start and once I figure out what I'm doing, I'll be limited to 500 rounds as that's the max number of bullets I have right now.
So here is my question: If I get my recipe figured out for 9mm and I run out of bullets, I'll need to buy more. As long as I get the same weight bullet, would I need to redo my recipe? Testing a new powder charge?
I know the powder charge changes based on bullet weight and powder manufacturer. What I'm asking is what if just the bullet maker changes, all else remaining the same?
Hope I've provided the correct information and if I need to restate something, please let me know.
You will need to keep an eye on seating depth. Even bullets with the same weight can have a different shape and that can change how far down in the case the seating stem will push them. If the base of the bullet is farther down in the case you will get higher pressure readings, esp with a small case like a 9mm and fast burning pistol powders. Take it slow,be careful, double check everything and enjoy.
One I get a few recipes under my belt and components are easier to come buy, i'll be able to buy the exact ingredients to match an "already known" recipe.
Now if only my damn powder would get here. LOL
Any change in component requires a new load be worked up. Back off 10% and work up, looking for pressure signs
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All but the powder will be here by early next week. Midway is showing my powder in stock now (Ordered a few weeks back)...hopefully it'll ship soon.
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Anything you change is going to require a change in the recipe. I loaded my first run of .45ACP with 185gr copper SWC. 4.6gr of Bullseye. Next I decided to make some cheaper rounds and bought some lead in the same weight and still SWC. Those require 5.3gr of Bullseye. I decided to write everything about the load down. In the future, I might get some more of a bullet that I had already loaded and that will save some steps of having to rework the load.
The other thing that I found out is to got with 10 rounds laoded at one recipe and make 10 rounds while moving up on the load chart. That way you're not making up a bunch of rounds that don't work right. Just because it is in the book doesn't mean they will cycle your gun. Especially at the lower end. I run my .45ACP in a SA Loaded 1911 and I imagine that I would need a lighter slide to make the lower charged rounds work.
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I had liposuction about 7 years ago. I honestly didn't have that much fat to be suctioned, I just wanted my stomache and legs to look a little better. Now, it seems that no matter what I do and I exercise alot, my legs continually look worse. It makes me sick and depressed! I will never be able to wear shorts that come over my knees. I am just in my 40's and I can only imagine what I will look like when I get into my 50's! I just cant help but wonder if lipo ruined the structure of my ski
Does Liposuction Damage the Area Underneath the Skin and Cause Cellulite and Less Resilience?
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Liposuction Should Be Safe For Skin and Soft Tissue Structure
Without an examination it is difficult to answer your question.
Cellulite describes the dimpled appearance of skin caused by fat deposits that are just below the surface of the skin. The skin surface changes seen in cellulite are caused by fat deposits that push and distort the fibrous connective matrix beneath the skin; these fibrous septae pull on the undersurface of the skin, while fat pushes on the undersurface of the skin, leading to the characteristic surface contour irregularities. As the amount of fat between these septae increases the appearance may worsen.
Liposuction is not designed to treat cellulite, it is a contouring procedure designed to remove excess subcutaneous fat. Liposuction should be performed in the deepest layer of fat away from the skin; the superficial fat is only suctioned if additional thinning or contouring is necessary. Proper use of a post-op compression garment should aid in contouring during the healing phase. Since liposuction is only a contouring procedure, the better the skin elasticity of the patient, the better the result should be. Therefore, younger patients with good skin tone should generally have better results and post-op recontouring, compared with middle-aged or elderly patients who have more skin laxity.
Moderate to severe weight gain results in skin stretching, thinning, the occurrence of stretch marks, and the loss of elasticity. Using a similar thought process -- removing subcutaneous fat should therefore decrease the stress and stretch on the overlying skin, and should actually help to maintain better skin elasticity.
So it is unlikely, when properly performed, that liposuction would ruin the skin structure. If you have further questions, consult a plastic surgeon to discuss your concerns.
Best wishes, Ken Dembny
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Stuck In The Mud
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"Come on Melissa-Hiccup-I can take you home." My boyfriend Drake said to me as he looked down my shirt. Everyone always asked why I was still with him, and to be honest I had no idea.
I (Melissa) thought I loved him. But a week into our relationship things, changed. My best friend, Annie, noticed it right away. She saw how I cringed everytime a guy touched me, how I flinched when Drake touched, and how I avoided him at all cost when we walking down the halls of your high school.
I tucked my brown hair behind my ear and looked at the floor with my green eyes. "Sure." I whispered. Even in his druken state he roughly grabbed my hair, but made it look like a intimate gesture.
"Speak up when I talk to you." He hissed in my ear.
"Sure." I said a little louder. To be honest I thought a gorgeous guy like Drake would never notice me, the girl next door. That's why I haven't broken up with him, becasue I still thought he was too good for me. He roughly pushed my lower back forward.
I mean sure the kissing and making out was good, sometimes. Most of the time I often woke up with bruises all over my body and furiously tried to cover them up. My parents were never home, they didn't know what was happening. The only person that really knew was Annie.
"Where are you going Melissa?" I heard her sweet voice ask me from behind. I turned and noticed the scared glance she gave Drake. "Drake are you sure you're safe to drive?" She asked.
"I'm fine." He hissed, pinching me to support him.
"He's okay Ann, nothing bad." I confirmed, but my eyes silently pleaded her to help me, not to let me go home with this monster. She saw my pleading and balled up her tiny fists.
"Nate!" She called from where he was sitting on the couch, watching football. While you could hear music blasting in the basement from the party. He looked at her, flinging his dark hair out of his blue eyes. "Can you take these two home? I don't think Drake should be driving, can you drive? You haven't had anything to drink." Without waiting for a reply she hugged me goodbye. "He won't do anything with Nate around." She whispered in my ear. If Drake did anything with Nate she would hear about it, since they were brother and sister. I smiled and said goodbye.
"Can we drive my car so I don't have to pick it up tomorrow? I can get my parents to drive you home, or Annie can pick you up." I asked him as we walked out the door, all the while Drake still roughly holding me.
"Sure." Nate shrugged his broad shoulders. I smiled and thanked him.
We all hopped into my silver car. Drake in the back, much to his displeasure, Nate driving, and me shotgun.
Soon we got to Drake's house. "I'walk you to your door." I said and followed him to his car. Hoping Nate didn't notice my shoulders stiffen.
"Why does she know?" Drake hissed with a smile, knowing Nate was watching.
"What?" I asked confused.
"Don't fucking act innocent. Annie know, I can see it." He held my hand roughly. There's another bruise.
"She figured it out, I didn't say anything." He glared at me, squeezing my hand, almost causing me to flinch.
"We will talk tomorrow." He kissed my cheek, almost nicely and left me, I walked back to my car massaging my hand carefully.
"Everything ok?" Nate asked, worry clouding his eyes. I nodded and cranked up the radio, not allowing any further conversation. Nate sent me look, that I pretended not to see.
A couple minutes later I felt us going on a bumpy road. "Where are we going?" I asked looking at Nate,
"Shortcut." He said, clearly he was a guy of few words. Soon we stopped.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"We're stuck." He tried to get out of it. "I'll call Annie." He turned down the music while he called her. I stared out the window, marveling at the gorgeous view of the green hills and mountains. "She'll be here in a couple of minutes, she has to get everyone out of the house before she leaves." I nodded and sighed.
For a while it was just a comfortable silence, until finally he spoke. "Why?" He asked suddenly turning to look at me.
"why what?" I asked confused.
"Why are you still with that dirt bag?" He asked turning off the music to listen to my answer. I sighed and shrugged my shoulder. Looking out the window, trying to avoid the conversation. "That's not a answer Mel, give me one good reason." Now I was just getting mad.
"It's none of your business!" I snapped at him and got out of the car, sitting on my hood I tried to calm down. Soon I felt a door shut.
"Mel, please just one reason." Nate asked, sitting next to me.
"He's a sweet guy." I said. Nate snorted and stood up again.
"That's a load of bullshit!" He yelled, I flinched backing away from him. "See, you just flinched from me, your friend. I know what he's doing to you, I know you can do better." He said quietly. I looked up at him, his gorgeous body.
"But I can't!" I yelled standing up. "We both know that! He's the best I can get! Can't you see that?" I asked. "I'm just the girl next door, nothing else, he's the best I will ever get. No one loves a girl like me. I can't get the attention of any guy! Then Drake asks me out. Sure it went wrong, but it's better than being alone!" I yelled at him, fully aware of the tears clouding my vision.
"That's not true! He beats you Mel, no girl deserves that. You deserve so much more! You're beautiful, why can't you see that? I see the way that dirt bag looks at you! He think's you just something he can play around with! He's a worthless scum bag! You're scared of him,and every guy becasue of him!" He tried to reason with me. I shook my head trying to deny it. "Don't deny it Mel, I see the way he treat's you, all the bruises on you--" He broke off, my head snapped up.
"That's none of your business!" I screamed at him. "Leave it be Nate." I said and sat down, exhausted all of a sudden.
"I can't! That's the problem! I can't watch the girl I love get hurt, when she doesn't deserve it! When she's beautiful inside and out, then dates a scum bag, who treats her like crap! I don't want to ignore it! Every fucking day I want to beat him sensless! Every single day, becasue I see your face, your bruises, your pain! It kills me every second of every day, knowing I can't do anything!" He yelled.
"BUT YOU CAN!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "If you love me so much then why do you let me go through this?" I asked, all the tears that I kept in streaming down my face, like a waterfall. I sobbed and collapsed on my hood. "You can Nate, this is what I'm talking about, no one loves me enough to stop it. I'm helpless against him." I sobbed into my knees. Soon I felt myself lifted like I was a feather and Nate cuddled me.
"I have Mel, I've talked to him, pleaded with him everyday to stop, but he doesn't, he's trying to torture me." He kissed my head, I looked up in surprise.
"You have?" He nodded. I hugged him, silently thanking him. He nuzzled my hair, placing a soft kiss on my cheek. "What are we going to do?" I asked looking up at him.
"We are going to gather the baseball team, because they all love you, and finally stop this, for good." He said firmly.
I looked up at him and before I could stop myself, kissed him. Surprisingly he kissed me back. Finally we pulled back and gathered our breath. "Promise?" I asked, hoping that this was finally my way out of my misery. He nodded.
"Promise." He smiled at me. "So should we go home now? I'm sleeping over, I don't trust him."
"But I thought we were stuck." I said confused.
"Nope I just really wanted to talk to you." He said and gave me a quick peak. Lifting me up and placing me in the car. While he dorve us home.
The next day he kept his promise, him and the whole baseball team, confronted him and made him stop. From then on, I never saw his face again. Together me and Nate battled the rest of our lives, with the freedom I deserved.
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An outpouring of love and support for the family of 4-year-old Breann Creer filled the parking lot of Ontario's Citizens Business Bank Arena, where hundreds of people affiliated with motorcycle clubs from across Southern California gathered for a car wash fundraiser on Saturday.
Breann, of Rancho Cucamonga, was killed Tuesday when the motorcycle she was riding on collided with a tractor-trailer on Sixth Street, west of Hermosa Avenue, in Rancho Cucamonga. The tractor-trailer was traveling east on Sixth Street when it attempted to make a U-turn and struck the motorcycle. Breann died at the scene, according to the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office.
In sweltering heat on Saturday, throngs of bikers clad in black leather vests, their backs emblazoned with motorcycle club names — the Devils Disciples, Fallen Riders Foundation, E-Legal Riders, the Five Star Generals — congregated, purchasing raffle tickets, tasty treats from food trucks and joining in the celebration of a young girl's life taken far too soon and helping to raise money for her burial.
"This really touched a lot of people. Everybody is really feeling for the family," said Kimberly Salazar of Colton, who along with husband Pete helped organize the event.
The couple are members of the nonprofit Fallen Riders Foundation, whose purpose is to assist families of motorcycle riders who are injured or killed in motorcycle accidents.
Police said the boyfriend of Breann's mother was driving the motorcycle when the collision occurred and was seriously injured. His condition was not immediately known Saturday.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, people needing a car wash and wishing to donate to Breann's family dropped by the arena parking lot, where a cacophony of revving motorcycle engines and hoots and hollers from people getting sprayed with hoses for some cool relief filled the parking lot. "Star Wars" fans got their money's worth as people dressed in Stormtrooper, Sandpeople and Jawa costumes paraded through the parking lot.
Motorcycle clubs from as far north as Ventura and as far south as San Diego came to Ontario for the event. Ontario firefighters dropped by throughout the day to provide water to visitors.
Steve Sellner, who runs the Facebook page Biker Down Alerts, helped the Salazars and others organize the event at lightning speed.
From the time news spread of the accident Tuesday through midday Friday, the motorcycle community secured a DJ, food truck vendors and, most importantly, authorization to use the arena parking lot from the city of Ontario and arena management.
"We had almost everything together within a 24-hour period," Sellner said.
He said he started making calls about 5 p.m. Tuesday, and about the same time the next day most everything was set up.
"I got about four hours sleep that day," Sellner said.
Salazar said she and her husband know Ontario Mayor Paul Leon and his wife, who gave them their blessing to hold the event in Ontario. She took the initiative to call the arena's general manager, Steve Eckerson, and ask permission to use the parking lot, which would be big enough to accommodate the anticipated large turnout.
"He called us back within two hours and said, 'Yes,'" Salazar said, adding that Eckerson did not charge for use of the parking lot.
Breann's mother, Tabitha Creer, was at the fundraiser. Wearing a white memorial shirt for her daughter and a pink bandana tied around her leg, she sought shade under a small tree on the sidewalk outside the arena. She declined to comment.
Deputies from the sheriff's Rancho Cucamonga station are investigating the accident. It was unknown Saturday if the driver of the tractor-trailer, whose name and the company he works for have not been disclosed, will face criminal charges.
"None of that's going to be determined until the investigation is complete," sheriff's Cpl. Randy Naquin said,
The investigation can take two weeks to a month to complete, he said.


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Robert Goodrick is New Westminster's secret butcher.
Behind an unmarked black door on Clarkson Street, in a warren of rooms and coolers above Sherlock's The British Store, Goodrick grinds out 700 pounds of sausage a week, dry cures 300 to 400 pounds of bacon, prepares meat pies and carves up sides of pork and quarters of beef for clients like independent meat shops, restaurants, pubs and private clubs.
But with fear stalking the supermarket meat counters because of the ever-expanding recall of beef products suspected of e-coli contamination, Goodrick isn't sure how much longer he can operate in relative anonymity as consumers look for alternate sources for their meat, ones they can trust.
Goodrick is an old-school British butcher, schooled and trained in the European method of cutting and preparing meat. With his hands, and natural ingredients that don't include fillers, chemicals and cultures.
It's hard, slow work. He wears a chain mail glove on his left hand to protect it from his razor-sharp blades. His thick, gnarled fingers can peel the hide off a pork quarter.
Curing that pork into bacon takes salt, spices, cold air and time—up to three or four weeks compared to the 24 hours a commercial meat processor can take to create bacon using a rote list of chemicals and additives.
"It's the old way of doing things," says Goodrick. "If only things slowed down and were done properly, there'd be no e-coli problem."
Goodrick's been carving meat since he left school at 13 years old. He served an apprenticeship, studied for three years to become certified as an inspector, then worked on ships out of Southampton, England for a stretch. That's when he met his wife, a Canadian.
After running successful shops in Kerrisdale and North Vancouver, he became disenchanted with the business aspect. All the paperwork took him away from the pork.
He took a job in a smokehouse in Langley to re-forge his connection with the meat but it wasn't an ideal match for his talents. So when an opportunity presented itself to work the knives and blocks again without the day-to-day worries of a storefront, he seized it.
That was almost three years ago.
Many of his old clients have stuck by him. Others find him based on his reputation alone, and a product menu that includes such specialty items as Guinness sausage, bundnerfleisch, landjaeger, tongue loaf, head cheese and stuffed pillow o' pork.
"What I do is a dying art," says Goodrick. And because of mass production where speed and profit trump safety, consumers are becoming more susceptible to disease and contamination from poorly handled meat.
"We create our own problems," says Goodrick. "If we get back to basics, we alleviate a lot of the problems."


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Dillon trade could benefit Dallas
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But it was New England that stepped up to the plate and picked up the Bengals' all-time leading rusher. It's true that by not making a deal for Dillon the Cowboys failed to fill a need with a proven player but, if things shake out, they could be sitting pretty on draft day.
Now that the Patriots, who have the 21st pick in the opening round, have satisfied their need for a feature back, the Cowboys could have a shot to draft Steven Jackson out of Oregon State. Jackson is widely considered the top tailback available and was not expected to get past New England's pick. Since the Cowboys will be on the clock immediately following the Pats, Jackson could wind up in Dallas.
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 2)
The State Department indicated today that it believes that Israel will cooperate fully in the investigation of Jonathan Pollard, the Navy civilian counterterrorism expert charged with selling classified information to Israel.
The Department's deputy spokesman, Charles Redman, stressed that "circumstances have changed" since Friday when he expressed "dismay" that Israel had "not yet provided the full and prompt cooperation we asked."
But since then, Redman noted, Israel's Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, apologized yesterday for Israel's espionage in the U.S. "to the extent that it did take place" and promised to uncover the facts in the case. Redman also noted that Secretary of State George Shultz yesterday welcomed the Israeli apology, calling it "an excellent statement."
Redman would not discuss the two specific demands made on Friday — U.S. access to two Israeli diplomats recalled the day after Pollard was arrested outside the Israel Embassy on November 21, and return of any stolen documents.
But he noted that Shultz said, "We have been assured that the Israelis will provide us with access to the individuals who are knowlegeable about the case and that Israel will give us a full report on the extent of whatever activity their investigation reveals to have taken place."
He also pointed to Shultz's statement that "for our part, we will work closely with Israeli authorities so that both countries can expeditiously get to the bottom of this case and see that justice is done."
Redman would not confirm speculation that the statements by Peres and Shultz were worked out by the two officials during a telephone conversation between them early yesterday. He would only say that the U.S. and Israel are always in close contact with each other.


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SWEETWATER, Fla. - Two women were arrested after stealing the Christmas display from their neighbors' yard, police said.
Sweetwater police said Guadalupe Valdes, 18, and two friends stole the ornaments Tuesday.
According to the arrest form, the trio went into the victim's front yard and started unplugging some inflatable holiday decorations and pulling the stakes out of the ground. Police said the thieves took four decorations, valued at $410, and left.
Surveillance video showed the three people grabbing decorations from Omar Sanchez's front yard.
"Who would steal ornaments from another family?" Sanchez said. "My family is fortunate to actually have these, and I have pity for her family, but it doesn't mean that she could go around stealing. It's not right."
Police said the trio set up the stolen decorations in their own yard just one block away.
"They'll be on Santa's naughty list," Sanchez said. "They broke the law, and Santa's not going to like that."
Valdes is charged with third-degree grand theft. She faced a judge Friday and was issued pretrial release.
The third person seen in the video, a man, has not been arrested. Police said they know who the suspect is, and they hope to take him into custody soon.
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U.S Open Andy Murray was stunned by sixth seed Milos Raonic in a three-set thriller in the semifinal of the Japan Open on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Canadian lost the second set on a tie break after taking the first with surprising ease. But he surged back in the decider for a 6-3, (5)6-7, 7-6(4) victory, knocking out the defending champion in the process.
Raonic will face home favorite Kei Nishikori in Sunday's final.
Eighth seed Nishikori, in contrast, took just one hour to knock out Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus.
The local star converted four of his six break points to secure a 6-2, 6-2 win.
This will be the first encounter between Nishikori and Raonic on the ATP tour.
Neither has won such a big event. The prize money is $1.3 million.


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Eva Sippl is a licensed natural health practitioner ("Heilpraktiker", licensed in Germany), a polarity therapist, and reiki master. Eva made kombucha for years at home for her own enjoyment. She discovered on a visit to her home country in 2007 that kombuchas made in Germany are also brewed with herbal teas. This inspired Eva to combine her passion for kombucha with her knowledge of herbal healing properties.
After conducting extensive research on the herbal approach to kombucha brewing, Eva then decided to add some green tea to the herbal brew to ensure the culture's health. She started to create different recipes in her kitchen and gave them to her friends to try. People loved them and were so excited about the idea of integrating herbal teas into the kombucha brew that Eva decided to rent a brewing facility in Portland, Oregon and bring them into stores to sell.
Eva shows her commitment to support the health of the planet and the people populating it by using only the finest organic and wild harvested ingredients. Pacific Botanicals, and Frontier Coop, the suppliers for all the herbs and teas used in her products, have been a long-time leader in sustainable and responsible sourcing. The sugar used in the brewing process is 100% certified organic and fair trade.
Eva's Herbucha has been growing steadily and more and more stores are stocking their shelves with her 7 amazing flavors.


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BRADFORD, GEORGE D., President of the First National Bank, Waverly, Ill., is so identified with the commercial life of the State of Illinois that it would almost appear as if the man were created for the very position in the mercantile and banking field which he so ably fills. He was born in Bond County, Ill., January 23, 1858, the son of Owen J. and Mary A. (Hunter) Bradford, natives respectively of Maryland and Illinois, and both of whom are now deceased. At the time of his parents' death George D. Bradford was a mere infant, and but for the tender care of an elder brother his frail hold on life would have been lost altogether. But fate had not decreed that this strong personality should be lost to the world, so the youth thrived and grew. His education was secured in the public schools of Bond County, with a term at Blackburn University, Carlinville. It did not take the lad long to discover that a commercial career was best suited to his talents, and when he was barely twenty-one he had acquired a partnership in a large mercantile establishment, of which he was the active manager. For the past twenty-six years his success has been remarkable, his name being now connected with seven large mercantile houses, viz: Bradford & Weise, Waverly, Ill.; Bradford & White, Vandalia, Ill.; Bradford & Murdock, Virden, Ill.; Bradford & Buchanan, Sumner, Ill.; Weise & Bradford, Greenville, Ill.; Weise, Bradford & Co., Pocahontas, Ill., and The Weise-Bradford Co., Tuscola, Ill. The above stores are known as the "Star Stores."
In association with his partner, W. V. Weise, the Waverly Star Store, which was started in 1889 under their management, has grown to be the largest in their line of business of any house in the county, outside of the city of Jacksonville. In 1898 Mr. Bradford assisted in the organization of the First State Bank of Waverly, which, in 1903, was changed to a National Bank whose capital was increased to $50,000, and whose business under his able presidency is steadily increasing in volume. Since 1898 he has also been President of the Waverly Building and Loan Association.
On June 1, 1880, Mr. Bradford was married to Nellie, daughter of William Elliott Wilson, a prominent hotel manager, who conducted the "St. Charles," at New Orleans, La., and who, at the time of his decease, was the efficient chief clerk at the "Southern", St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are the parents of five children: Bessie, who graduated in 1905 from the Chicago College of Music; Nellie, a student at Oberlin College, Ohio; George, Owen, Mildred and Guy Wilson, who remain at home. In his political affiliations Mr. Bradford is a Democrat.


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PHILADELPHIA — LW Mattias Ritola said he did not mean to hit Islanders F Matt Moulson from behind or hit him with an elbow in the back of the head.
No matter. The NHL on Thursday suspended Ritola for two games for the check during Wednesday's second period. Moulson, whose head bounced off the glass at Nassau Coliseum, crumpled to the ice but stayed in the game.
"I feel bad about it," said Ritola, 23, who will forfeit $5,555.92 to the Players Emergency Assistance Fund and is eligible to play Monday against the Bruins. "I feel like he turned exactly when I got there. I didn't mean to hurt him at all."
"He's trying to win a job in the NHL, and every shift is important to him," GM Steve Yzerman said. "He's never been suspended before. He's never gotten a major penalty. He's not an overly physical kind of player."
The five-minute charging penalty was Ritola's first penalty of the season. Yzerman and Ritola explained all that on a conference call to league disciplinarian Colin Campbell, though Yzerman said after he first watched the replay he believed Ritola would be suspended for two games.
Coach Guy Boucher called the punishment fair.
"That's a big thing, hitting guys from behind," Ritola said. "I'm going to keep that in mind and won't do it again."
SURPRISE SCRATCH: D Randy Jones, one of the Lightning's best penalty killers, was a late scratch against the Flyers on Thursday with a lower-body injury. Jones skated in warmups but had been limping slightly.
UGLY INCIDENT: W Dana Tyrell had no doubt Flyers D Andrej Meszaros targeted his knees with a third-period hit.
"A dirty hit," Tyrell called it.
The play occurred with 3:23 left in the period. Meszaros, a former Lightning, submarined Tyrell and got two minutes for clipping (going for the knees) and two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct for throwing his stick into the penalty box,
"I went to hit the guy, and I don't know," Meszaros said. "The referee called it, so I don't care. I mean, I don't think it was a penalty."
HELENIUS UPDATE: Assistant GM Tom Kurvers said Finnish goalie prospect Riku Helenius was contrite about being stopped by police in Sweden with a blood-alcohol level of .03 percent.
Sweden assumes a driver is impaired at .02.
"It's an error made by a young man," said Kurvers, who met with Helenius in Sweden, where he plays for Sodertalje. "Sometimes bad things happen to people and they turn into good turning points in their lives."
Helenius, 21, drafted 15th overall in 2006, was pulled over on the way to practice, Kurvers said, though it is not clear if he was arrested.
"He acknowledged the error and apologized properly and publicly and to his team," Kurvers said. "He's ready to move forward. … We're sticking with him."
ODDS AND ENDS: D Matt Smaby was scratched after aggravating an ankle sprain in a recent practice, Boucher said. … D Victor Hedman played despite a left shoulder injury from a check from Islanders C Zenon Konopka. … C James Wright and D Matt Roy were called up from AHL Norfolk. Both played.


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Replay: Would God allow his people to continue in disobedience for a long time?
Three years ago, I wrote a post called "God would not allow it." In this post, I try to answer this question: If the church should not be so institutional, then would God allow it to go on like that for so long?
Often, when I talk to people about how my understanding of church has changed from institutionally-focused to people-focused, I get one of several responses: 1) "Everybody knows the church is about people" – although their actions and priorities demonstrate otherwise, 2) "I don't understand the difference" – which is a huge problem, 3) "If God did not want the church to become an institution, then he would not have allowed it to exist as an institution for so long" – ummmm… well, okay, I guess I need to deal with this answer.
If God did not intend for the church to be institutionally- and organizationally-focused, is it valid to claim that God would not allow it to exist in that state for as long as it has?
In Exodus 12, God commands the children of Israel to celebrate the Passover every year at a specific time, in a specific way. In Leviticus 23:5, the command to keep the Passover is repeated. In Number 9, the command to keep the Passover is repeated again. In Deuteronomy 16, Moses repeats the command to keep the Passover for the fourth time – this must be very important.
In Joshua 5, after crossing the Jordan River, the children of Israel celebrate the Passover for the first time in the Promised Land. But, the Passover is not mentioned again until 2 Chronicles (also 2 Kings).
In 2 Chronicles 34:8-15, we learn that in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign over Judah (around 620 BC), workers discovered the Book of the Law while restoring the temple. After reading the Law, Josiah decided to observe Passover. Specifically, Scripture tells us:
Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month… No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 35:1, 18)
(Note: In 2 Chronicles 30:1-3, we read that Hezekiah attempted to keep the Passover as God prescribed, but he kept in on the wrong date.)
Saul began reigning over the combined kingdom of Israel sometime around 1047 BC. According to 2 Chronicles 35:18, there had not been a Passover since before the kings – before King Saul. Thus, the children of Israel had not obeyed God in keeping the Passover for over 400 years. (By the way, some scholars suggest that judges ruled Israel for up to 400 years. Thus, Israel did not keep the Passover as God prescribed for 400 – 800 years.)
Saul did not keep the Passover as prescribed. David did not keep the Passover as prescribed – even though David was a man after God's own heart. Solomon – the wisest of all of the kings – did not keep the Passover as God prescribed. The prophets – Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, most of the "minor prophets" who lived before Josiah – did not warn the kings or the people about failing to keep the Passover.
Would God allow his children to go so long without obeying him in a manner which he specifically prescribed?
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God lavishes his love and grace upon us every day. He is committed to us and our welfare in spite of what we do or don't do, including the development of a complex institution that we like to call "church." It's just a religious club, no more significant (in terms of obedience or disobedience) in God's eyes than joining the Republican party or the Rotary Club or any other manmade organization. We have the freedom to engage in many such things, but as Paul points out "not everything is beneficial" (1 Cor. 612). Church as we've known it for the past 2,000 years bears little resemblance to the simple biblical pattern of loving God and loving others. Is God going to bring down fire from heaven because many of those He loves attend a religious club three times a week, even insisting that those who don't do so are under God's wrath? No. We're free to do whatever we want to do without fear of retribution, if you take Paul's words at face value.
"Would God allow his children to go so long without obeying him in a manner which he specifically prescribed?"
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Distributed Intrusion Detection of Byzantine Attacks in Wireless Networks with Random Linear Network Coding
Network Coding (NC) can be applied to achieve the maximal information flow in a network. In energy-constraint wireless networks such as wireless sensor networks, applying NC can further reduce the number of wireless transmissions and hence prolong the life time of sensor nodes. In this paper, a distributed algorithm is developed to effectively detect, locate, and isolate the Byzantine attackers in a wireless ad hoc network with Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC). To the best of the authors' knowledge, their work is the first to address the problem of Byzantine failures in a wireless network with RLNC.
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VALLEJO — Right-hander Kyle DeVore allowed just one run over seven innings as the San Rafael Pacifics downed the Vallejo Admirals 9-5 in a Pacific Association minor-league game at Wilson Park on Saturday.
Johnny Woodard led the Pacifics with three hits, including a fifth-inning home run which was his fourth of the season. Danny Gonzalez added a two-run double to the offense and Darrick Hales and Zack Pace each had an RBI.
The six-game series concludes at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday.
5K9 races
The debut of the 5K9 Walk Run series will take place Aug. 4 at the Marin Center Fairgrounds and Lagoon Park in San Rafael. Participants can choose to run/walk either the 3.1-mile or 1-mile race, both with or without their dogs. A portion of all proceeds from the race go to the Petco Foundation. For more information or to register for a race, visit www.5K9walkrun,com.


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David Kennedy shares the surprising (and surprisingly kind) methods he uses to stem inner-city crime.
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- David Kennedy: author of "Don't Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America," and director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
Crime — and the fear of crime — shapes American life. It shapes our perception about what areas are safe, who is dangerous, where we should live.
So who's to blame for criminal behavior?
Author David Kennedy has thought a lot about the thorny problem of crime and why many more young black men are murdered every year than white men. He has spent decades creating new, unorthodox ways of stemming crime — methods that have transformed cities from Pittsburgh to San Francisco to Chicago to Washington.
Stumbling into the Study of Crime
Kennedy didn't expect to spend his career studying policing and reducing crime. "It happened really by accident," he remembers. "I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to do fancy journalism for The New Yorker, or something like that." But working at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, "I fell in with a group of scholars there who were interested in policing. … It was the early days of the crack epidemic. A lot of the most interesting stories in policing were around these issues of crack markets and violence."
So Kennedy started visiting these crack markets, trips that gave him his first contact with what he calls "horrifically dangerous" neighborhoods. While writing about policing, he became captivated by the neighborhoods themselves.
"When I first started walking into these neighborhoods, what I saw was the guns and the violence and the fear and the street shrines to the dead," he remembers. "More than crack as a drug, what hurt these neighborhoods was crack markets." He found that drug addiction and use were not nearly as harmful to the community as the actual public sale of drugs.
Countering Stereotypes
Kennedy argues that the sale of crack in specific markets — often to people who lived outside the neighborhood — caused already-suffering communities to be torn apart by violent fights over territory.
"What destroys neighborhoods are these market dynamics," he says. "And we outsiders are really to blame for all of that."
Through his study of drug market neighborhoods, Kennedy has shattered traditional stereotypes — like the assumption that everyone in a drug market neighborhood is trading in narcotics. When he first visited High Point, N.C., local police were convinced that hundreds of individuals in the community were selling drugs. But when Kennedy's team investigated, they found only 16 drug dealers in the area.
Wrong too, he argues, is the belief that individuals are afraid to report drug deals and known dealers to law enforcement. "They're not scared," Kennedy corrects. "What they are is angry. … These are neighborhoods where people get stopped, their doors are kicked in. People feel like the police can't tell the difference between the 16 [drug dealers] and everybody else — and a lot of times, they can't. They feel oppressed and intruded upon." It is this anger, and not fear, that keeps communities from reaching out to law enforcement for help.
Changing a Neighborhood's Response to Crime
How did Kennedy convince the 16 drug dealers in High Point to stop dealing? By understanding the odds of the drug trade. Drug dealers sell, Kennedy argues, because know they won't get caught — most of the time. Out of every sale of cocaine, for example, an individual will be apprehended, sentenced and imprisoned only one out of 15,000 times. To many dealers, the low odds of being caught make selling drugs worth the risk.
But in High Point, Kennedy and his team were able to flip those insurmountable odds. First, High Point police researched the market comprehensively and found a prosecutable drug case against each individual drug dealer. Next, law enforcement reached out to members of the community and apologized for their past record of aggressive policing. They set up a meeting for residents to confront the drug dealers and ask them to stop harming the community. After these appeals, professionals talked to the dealers about stopping their trade.
Lastly, the police chief confronted each dealer and flipped the odds of the drug trade by saying, "I'm not going to arrest you. Instead I'm going to hang this case over your head … you go back at it, and we will pick you up within the hour."
If any known dealer continued their activities, they would be arrested — not 1 in 15,000 times, but the first time.
But in the end, community itself is the most powerful antidote to a drug market, Kennedy argues. When law enforcement officials allow neighbors to respond to drug deals and crime, instead of attacking the community from the outside, the effect is overwhelming.
As Kennedy notes, "Both in real life and in theory, [the judgment of your] mom today trumps the feds 18 months from now."


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Mistrial declared due to juror's sick husband
Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:05:52 GMT —
A trial for criminally negligent homicide ended abruptly on Tuesday morning.
The trial for Juan Carlos Garcia started on Monday before Judge Elia Cornejo-Lopez in the 404th State District Court.
Garcia is accused of running over and killing former U.S. Marine Eduardo Polanco, who was jogging near Los Fresnos back on March 2012.
The trial was supposed to continue on Tuesday morning but one of the jurors called in saying her husband was in the emergency room with a heart condition.
Cameron County District Attorney TMs Office investigators were sent to confirm.
Without alternate jurors, Judge Cornejo-Lopez said the trial could not continue.
Judge Cornejo-Lopez declared a mistrial and said a new jury would need to be selected at a later date.


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MUMBAI: Only Much Louder, the organiser of music festival
NH7, has launched a mobile festival guide app called Festivapp.
It is currently available as a free download on the iTunes
App Store and the Google Play Store.
The app allows one to discover a cultural, literary, music
or film festival/event in India and attend them.
app includes a festival wall which offers a stream of updates
being posted from that specific event. These updates include
organiser announcements, updates from their friends, and
event related updates syndicated from social networking
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By weight, the most significant portion of a construction and demolition materials stream is almost always made up of metal, wood and aggregates such as concrete, asphalt or brick. After separating and processing these materials into new products, recyclers of construction and demolition materials report that end markets are relatively easy to find.
While the plastics portion of a mixed C&D materials stream may be insignificant in terms of weight, the volume occupied by plastics material also is difficult for recyclers to ignore.
"When you look at it by weight, it's easy to turn a blind eye to plastic, because there is not that much of it," says Matt Heaton, general manager of Evergreen Recycling, a Las Vegas-based company that recycles C&D materials as well as commercially generated recyclables. "But when you look at our operations and what we're doing and the volume of space that the plastics take up, you are going to have to deal with it whether you like it or not, because it is everywhere."
Historically, Heaton says that many C&D recyclers operated like transfer stations, in that they recovered construction and demolition materials that were easily separated and for which they had end markets. The remaining material, including plastics, was sent to a landfill.
As downstream separation technology advanced, C&D recyclers began hand picking plastic from their C&D material streams often because it caused particular hassles to their downstream sorting technology, particularly with plastic film or tarps. Recently, however, in light of the increased attention being paid to sustainability, and specifically to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards, recyclers of construction and demolition materials are not only separating and recovering plastics from their material streams, but they are actively pursuing a demand for their plastic products.
Recyclers indicate that there are several types of plastic materials produced by construction and demolition activities. The most common materials are plastic film, plastic buckets, corrugated pipe, rolled pipe and vinyl siding, according to Terry Gillis, general manager of Tacoma, Wash.-based Recovery1.
While recyclers have begun developing a number of end markets for plastics derived from the construction and demolition materials stream, some of these plastics still pose problems when introduced into a system that incorporates mechanical separation.
"I see film plastic as the biggest troublemaker," says Jay Edmonds, sales engineer for Krause Manufacturing, Bellingham, Wash. "It is large enough and flexible enough to blind screens and trommels. It can wrap on disc screens, trommels, finger screens and head pulleys when making a right-angle turn. Also, its bulk/length may cause it to be stretched the entire distance of the sort line and still not be off the infeed belt."
Because of the difficulties plastics can cause for a downstream separation system, they are frequently manually separated from the material stream before they are mechanically processed, if they are at all.
"Much of it is extremely large," says Gillis of the plastic material that enters his facility. "Sheets can be 50 feet by 50 feet and pipes can be 24 inches in diameter by 10 to 20 feet long." He adds, "Most of the plastic is extracted with excavators before the sort line, but some is extracted off the sort line."
Cal King, general manager of Chicago-based Recycling Systems Inc. (RSI), a recycler of commercial and C&D materials, says personnel at his facility are asked to look for plastics at the initial point of sorting. "They separate out the recyclable plastics such as milk and pop crates and large drums from those that are unsalvageable," he says.
For many C&D recyclers, hand-pick stations may serve as the only means of sorting for plastics materials, while mechanical equipment may be used to process and prepare the plastics for sale into their end markets.
"As far as plastics sorting goes, it's primarily all by hand," Heaton says. "We use screens for fine grain separation and then we bale and granulate some materials," he adds.
After C&D recyclers have separated, sorted and/or processed the plastics coming into their facilities, they can turn their attention toward finding a demand for the recovered plastic grades.
Several factors may affect whether C&D recyclers are able to sell loads of recovered plastics to secondary processors or into end markets. These factors involve the type of plastic, contamination levels, facility location and price.
Recyclers indicate that HDPE (high-density polyethylene), LDPE (low-density polyethylene) and PVC (polyvinyl chloride) are the easiest grades of plastic to find markets for, though PVC can pose difficulties if it has already been installed in a plumbing system. "We can find a market for cuttings from PVC installations. I can get PVC recycled, but if it's ever been installed or there is any question that it might have been installed, because of its common use with sewer line, it's essentially impossible to sell it," says Heaton.
RSI's King says HDPE is the easiest to hand pick and consolidate into a saleable load to be used in the production of plastic lumber or as a cell liner for landfills. "Although there is a large volume of other types of plastic, their contaminated condition, labels and markings make them unsaleable to our end markets," he says of most other plastics.
Because of the rugged conditions present in a construction and demolition environment, at times the plastic recovered by recyclers is so contaminated that it is difficult to find markets for some materials. "There is really no reasonable end market in Minnesota for plastics," says Jason Haus of Dem-Con Cos., a C&D recycler based in Shakopee, Minn. "We have a couple of outlets, but the material must be extremely clean and like new, otherwise it will be rejected. Any dirt on the material would cause rejection and the only way to supply that type of [consuming] facility would be source separation, which has always been a challenge in our marketplace."
While Haus points to difficulty in finding end markets in the Midwest, on the West Coast, Heaton has found a California secondary processor that will accept mixed-plastic loads, even though the material is not clean.
"The real answer to how much you need to clean it up; it's a matter of specification to your buyer," says Heaton. He provides this example: "Where I am, I might have a product that would sell for $100 per ton if it was cleaned up beyond the point that I'm capable of cleaning it up. I can turn around and sell that product for $40 per ton and it will be accepted and at some other point in the transportation process it will be cleaned up."
Heaton says his location near the Pacific coast may give him an advantage as he sells flexible and rigid mixed loads of plastic as source material to a secondary processor in California, who ultimately exports the cleaned plastic materials.
"It's rare that you find secondary processing occurring with the U.S. with our labor rates," Heaton notes. "That's something that has occurred since the market crash. I'm finding a lot more willingness out of the domestic markets. I believe that's ultimately because we had so many middlemen working in the equation that the ultimate end consumers were in the U.S. more than we realized, and they lost their material streams when everything went screwy, for lack of a better term."
A final factor that may affect markets for recovered plastic is the price for material that C&D recyclers can attract from buyers. "When the dollar value is higher for the recycled plastics, it has a much greater effect on how much is pulled from the materials stream," says Tim Griffing, system engineer for Continental Biomass Industries Inc., Newton, N.H. "When the value is low like it has been in the last year, the initiative for pulling these plastics is also low. Recovery is driven by the market and what [recyclers] can retrieve for baling it."
While Griffing indicates that price is the most important determinant as to whether plastics are recycled, that may not be the case for long. With the emerging trend of construction projects seeking to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification building standards, more attention is being paid to using recycled-content building materials and recycling all materials resulting from construction activities, including plastics.
"Although plastic is still a small percent of the materials we recycle, it has been increasing," says King. "At our facility in only the last two years, our plastic recycling has increased by 250 percent. The USGBC (United States Green Building Council) LEED initiative has made plastic recovery economically viable for us and has forced the industry to increase and improve the plastics recovery infrastructure."
As technology continues to develop and contractors adopt more sustainable business practices that support recycling and the use of recycled-content materials, Heaton is optimistic that recyclers of C&D material will continue to derive more value from their plastics material as they put more effort into finding end markets. "I think you could chase LEED certification and not recycle plastic but you'd be explaining it forever," he says. "If you have to apply labor to something to clean it out of your stream, you have to at least look for a market for it, because you are already putting the sort labor on it."


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Planning on Breast Aug with Lift, If I Get Silicone, How Will They Make Them the Same Size?
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The Management Of Asymmetry In Patients Having Breat Augmentation With Breast Lift
Correction of asymmetry can be accomplished with a variety of surgical approaches. In some cases, saline implants can be differentially filled to correct asymmetry. In other cases, different sized silicone implants can be utilized. Finally, small amounts of breast tissue can be removed to adjust breast size and shape.
It's important to realize that no two patients are ever exactly alike and for this reason, the approach to asymmetry needs to be individualized. When silicone implants are used and minor asymmetry is present, small adjustments can be made by removing small amounts of breast tissue.
It's important to realize that symmetry is one of the primary goals of cosmetic breast surgery. If you're concerned about this symmetry, it's important to discuss the issue with your plastic surgeon. Your surgeon should be able to formulate a treatment plan that addresses your anatomic findings and achieves your aesthetic goals.
Symmetry after breast lift and augmentation
It really does not matter whether you have silicone gel or saline breast implants however the fact that saline implants can cause rippling causes most patients to choose the silicone implant. Please discuss this with your plastic surgeon.
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Choosing Silicone over Saline shouldn't matter when a Breast Lift is involved.
When a breast lift is done, there is usually more involved than just elevating the breast gland in position, especially when an implant is involved. In order to achieve an aesthetically ideal result some tissue is removed in order to "sculpt" the breast over the implant. Although the removal is usually very minimal, different amounts can be taken away as needed. Therefore, unless the assymetry is extreme, one doesn't need to (and, in fact, shouldn't have to) adjust the volume of the implants from one side to the other in order to correct the assymetry and you can choose whatever implant type you're comfortable with.
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Asymmetric breasts in augmentation mastopexy
One major problem with augmentation and asymmetry is the inability to measure exact volumes of the breast before and after surgery. External sizers or internal sizers at the time of surgery are very inexact and potentially misleading. One of the advantages of the saline-filled breast implant is that the volume can be adjusted by up to 10% without overfilling and this can offset the volume needs from one side to the other without varying the width of the implant. Silicone gel-filled implants do not allow for adjusting volume and a larger implant on one side will also have a wider width which is not good for symmetry.
In general, if a lift is truly needed then it shouldn't be much additional surgery to remove a small amount of tissue from the breast of the larger side although the knowledge of how much to remove is also quite subjective. Down the line, it is better to equalize the tissue of the breasts rather than do it with different size implants as the breasts will age and change with hormones or weight more equally with equal volume. Fat grafting is still not a well established and known to be risk-free option for cosmetic breast adjustment.
Breast symmetry and breast surgery
Either a different sized implant could be used, or an amount of breast tissue equal to the difference in size of your breasts can be removed from the larger breast. Either option would be useful to return you to better symmetry.
Your surgeon can use different size implants, reduce the larger breast or a combination of the two to improve symmetry. No procedure will allow them to be perfectly symmetric but much closer in size. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.
Silicone implants and asymmetry
Silicone implants are not adjustable and are available in 20-50cc increments depending on the size and manufacturer. You may have a small amount of post op asymmetry. There are several ways to determine how much asymmetry you have. Silicone bra inserts are available in your plastic surgeons office to help you decide on implant size. You can also use the "Rice Test" at home. These two methods may help your surgeon get you close. In surgery, your plastic surgeon can use a sizer (placed under the breast temporarily) to help him or her decide the correct choice of implant.
Correcting asymmetry with different sized implants.
Different size implants can be used to correct asymmetry. Fat grafting is another option. A breast reduction on the smaller breast is also an option. An exam is necessary to determine which procedure can help you meet you goal.
Correction of asymmetry during lift augment
The two ways to correct asymmetry in this case is to put in different size implants or to remove some breast tissue from the larger side. I have found that when performing a breast lift and augmentation at the same time the results are much better when some breast tissue is removed from the lower part of the breast. The breasts will always be different from one another, (they are sisters, not twins), so if you have the same size implants in each breast then you at least are assured that it is not the implant size that is causing the difference and modifications can be made to the actual amount of breast tissue.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.