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It is no secret that residents throughout the Central Valley were unhappy with the original draft of the State Water Board's flow proposal, which intended to dedicate 35 percent of unimpaired river flow for fish and wildlife beneficial uses.
The City of Turlock is reaching out to residents for input on how housing funds are dispersed, including low-income loans and rehabilitation projects.
A lawsuit settlement stipulating the Turlock City Council consider two environment-based motions resulted in the adoption of a right to farm ordinance and a rejection of a resolution requiring energy-efficiency reports for large-scale building projects.
U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) joined House colleagues in launching the American Sikh Congressional Caucus. Representatives David Valadao (CA-21) and Judy Chu (CA-32) will co-chair the new caucus, which will educate Members of Congress and the general public about Sikh issues in support of the American Sikh community.
Members of the California State Assembly met Monday at the State Capitol to pass a resolution acknowledging the Armenian Genocide and honoring the memory of those who were lost.
Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Turlock residents could head to the polls to elect city officials based on districts instead of the current at-large elections in use.
The development group for the anticipated Ten Pin Fun Center is getting a refund of a little more than $400,000 from the city because of rezoning at the W. Monte Vista Avenue and Crowell Road site.
Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) and residents of Turlock came together Thursday to informally discuss pressing issues affecting citizens at a Town Hall meeting hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Items discussed included Olsen's 2013 legislative measures to protect students and veterans, as well as the need for job stability and Governor Jerry Brown's proposal to hydrofrack in California.
Wednesday night marked the one year anniversary of when the Parks and Recreation Commission first heard a proposal from the members of the Turlock Rotary Club regarding their interests in establishing a bocce ball court in Crane Park. Since then, little progress has been made in the matter.
It's been six years since Turlock native and television personality Narsai David has attempted to place a 9-foot bronze statue of Queen Shamiram on Turlock grounds. Since then, David has been met with confusing mixed messages by California State University, Stanislaus about placing the statue on its campus, and has found little ground for placing the statue anywhere else in Turlock.
What may be considered normal advertisement to some local business owners may actually be a city code violation. Many businesses don't realize that there are a large percentage of signs throughout the City of Turlock that are or will soon be considered illegal, including sign spinners, flags and banners.
Those wishing to pursue legal action to stop the California High-Speed Railway's progression will soon have their day in court, as the state preemptively sued everyone. The lawsuit, titled "High-Speed Rail Authority v. All Persons Interested," allows all parties who oppose the project a chance to voice their concerns in court at one time. The California Attorney General's Office will represent the rail authority in court.
The task of catching law-breakers could be getting greener here in Turlock if the City Council approves a grant application seeking environmental-friendly vehicles.
As a dairyman, Representative David Valadao (R-Hanford) knows more than his fair share about the decline of dairy industries in California. In response to the crisis, the Central Valley native's first piece of legislation would allow California to join the Federal Milk Marketing Order system while continuing its state quota system.
Stories of hardship shared through tears were heard alongside shouts to enforce current immigration laws at Tuesday's listening session hosted by the Congregations Building Communities association and attended by U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) and Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina).
Locals protesting the establishment of a new Taco Bell in Turlock will meet before the City Council on Tuesday as the members will determine if the process to establish the fast food chain near Pitman High School will continue.
At the behest of Stanislaus Council of Governments Board Chairman Vito Chiesa the regional transportation agency opted to support Turlock's initiative to approve a half-cent city wide road tax on the November ballot despite previous tension leading Turlock to consider abandoning support of the county's own future road tax initiative.
Students used to walking to the park after school and purchasing an ice cream from vendors on bikes - affectionately referred to as the "palatero men" in Latin culture - may have to either walk further or find a new place to buy their sweet treat as the City of Turlock is taking steps to enforce its municipal code as it relates to vendors.
Assembly Republican Leader-Elect Kristin Olsen announced that Assembly Bill 948 passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week. If passed, this bill will reform the 2001 Senate Bill 740, or Charter School Facility Grant Program, in order to make more schools eligible for financial support for facilities.
The first shovels of dirt were turned over Friday for the new Stanislaus County Public Safety Center.
Water has long been an agricultural and political issue in California but this week state Republicans and Democrats came together to craft a bipartisan water bond that will allocate $7.545 billion to protecting and conserving state water resources.
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Microsoft Announces The Release Of Office 15 Technical Preview
Today Microsoft announced the release of Office 15 technical preview to its select partners & customers. Office 15 is the codename for the next generation of the Microsoft Office products and services that will hit public beta this summer. Microsoft is touting this as the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division.
Read more at Microsoft News
Windows Phone App of the Week: Custom Lock Screen Lets You Get Creative With Bing Search Images
Custom Lock Screen is a remarkably well-named app that lets users search through Bing or private images to create custom backgrounds for the Windows Phone lock screen. Users can choose between preset templates and backgrounds, then add elements. Elements are rectangles or ellipses that contain images the user chooses from Bing or from their own collections. Text can be added, and different text colors and fonts are available. Users can also play around with transparency and share their finished product on twitpic.
Custom Lock Screen is available now on the Windows Phone Marketplace for $0.99, though there is a limited free trial version.
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For Developers: Microsoft Advertising pubCenter Expands To Cover 7 New Countries
Microsoft Advertising has announced the expansion of pubCenter to 7 new countries around the world which will enable Windows Phone developers in said countries to begin earning revenue from in-app advertising. The new countries that are added to the list are India, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Hong Kong, Denmark
Read more at Microsoft Advertising
Kinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine (video)
YouTube user programming4fun has come up with using Microsoft's Kinect beta SDK and a Windows Phone handset. The system, pictured above, basically consists of a Kinect and a 3D engine; the former tracks the position of a viewer and automatically adjusts the image projected by the latter, creating the illusion of a 3D landscape. In this case, that landscape happened to feature a holographic helicopter, which could be controlled using a phone's accelerometer and a Windows Phone 7 app (apparently called HoloController). Watch it in action, after the break.
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Sensor Support in Windows 8
Microsoft has detailed the sensors support that's coming in Windows 8. Windows 8 will support wide range of sensors that our modern smartphones support such as Gyroscope, accelerometer, light sensor, etc,. Microsoft designed sensor support such that Windows 8 should use them at the system level, to adapt the PC to the environment while preserving battery life.
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Need a texting app? Go Heywire!
HeyWire (see website) is a cross-platform app that enables users to text each other for free from the US and 45 other countries. It sends SMS over any internet connection from iOS, Android, "dumb phones," and now, Windows Phone.
"We are very excited to provide the only free texting app in the Microsoft Marketplace — a platform that Gartner predicts will capture the number two smartphone spot by 2015," said HeyWire founder and CEO Meredith Flynn-Ripley. "This was an important service for our company to bring to consumers, which continues HeyWire's mission to facilitate free global communications amongst groups of friends. Now, WP7 users can send and receive text messages with friends on multiple devices, quickly and easily."
HeyWire not only lets you connect across mobile platforms, but Twitter as well. It has a simple, straight-forward user interface and can be downloaded for free here.
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Windows Phone App of the Week: Craigslist Gets a Windows Phone Makeover
Craigslist Mobile looks to be an easy, fast way to browse through Craigslist in that unique, Windows Phone style. In the app, you can bookmark certain categories, which will allow you to receive real-time updates about new postings in those categories. There is also a separate favorites list where you can add individual postings, for easy access. The Craigslist Mobile app is available now from the windows Phone Marketplace for $1.29.
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Windows Phone Tip: Create, edit, or delete a Group
Groups help you cut through social networking clutter to stay in touch with the people who matter most—family, friends from the block, your bowling league. When you create a Group, it shows up at the top of your contact list. Tap it, and you'll see the Group members' Live Tiles and social networking updates, along with options for group email, texting, and chat.
Read more on how you can create, edit or delete a group. Its as easy as 1,2,3..
Microsoft Announces Visual Studio Achievements Beta
Microsoft today announced a new program called Visual Studio Achievements. Using Visual Studio Achievements Extension, achievements are unlocked based on your activity. Your code is analyzed on a background thread each time you compile.
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A software engineer's glory so often goes unnoticed. Attention seems to come either when there are bugs or when the final project ships. But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code–and all the heroics it took to write it. With Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents are recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges.
Read more on this here. Download the extension here. Blogger Rahul Mathur has even developed an app to check your achievements through Windows Phone app. Download it here.
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Try a Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone free for 40 days
If you're keen to get your hands on the gorgeous Nokia Lumia 800, but would like the freedom to test it out for a while before making it your main handset, then the new Love Me Keep Me campaign could be the ideal solution, as it lets you try out the new Nokia Windows Phone for free for more than a month.
The Love Me Keep Me campaign is giving you the chance to give it a 40-day test-drive and then claim a full refund at the end if you're not fully satisfied with what the handset has to offer. Great deal right?
To qualify for the Love Me Keep Me campaign, all you have to do is buy a new Nokia Lumia 800 and then register your purchase within 10 days of the date on your receipt. You can then use your Nokia Windows Phone for up to 40 days and if you're not satisfied you can return the phone for a full refund.
For full details on the Nokia Lumia 800 Love Me Keep Me campaign, check out the official Love Me Keep Me website. And this great offer is valid until 29 February 2012, so act fast if you want to grab yourself the fantastic Nokia Windows Phone and give it a full trial before making it your main handset.
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By Palwasha Saaim - November 28, 2012 | Tickers: HTWR, SSH, THOR
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, heart failure is no longer just a disease--it is becoming an epidemic. Today, it is the leading cause of hospitalization in the US and the leading source of health care spending. I happen to have found the right stock to wager on in this multi-billion dollar industry.
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is classified into four classes. Class I and II are more »
Why Passport Capital Likes Thoratec
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According to John Burbank, "2012 will be a seminal one for Thoratec." This medical device manufacturer's main product is HeartMate II (HM II), a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD). HM II has received its FDA approval for both bridge-to-transplant (BTT) and destination therapy (DT) indications. Thoratec Corp (NASDAQ: THOR) also distributes other short-term circulatory support systems (PVAD, IVAD, and BVAD) and has an extracorporeal short-term circulatory support system called CentriMag more »
J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Schedule: Day One
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The 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicks off with a full day of presentations from companies that range from global pharmaceutical leaders to small cap novel pharmaceutical developers and health technology manufacturers. The majority of the presentations will be available through live webcasts with archived replay offered later in the day.
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If you have the time and means of transportation, get yourself to Baton Rouge next Monday, July 7th.
Stephen Sabludowsky over at Bayou Buzz is leading an anti-pay raise march on the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge on Monday July 7, 2008, the day before the deadline for PBJ to veto the pay raise.
From Bayou Buzz:
"will initiate a peaceful rally on the Capitol steps prior to the day the bill becomes law. It is the democratic way to let the people know that we mean business and we want this legislation vetoed. The Governor needs to see live bodies demanding change, not simply emails and phone calls. We will need the help of organizations, of individuals and yes, you--who feel left out in the cold by our Governor and by the legislature. It is time for Louisiana to take our state back from the power brokers seeking power for their own person gain while the people go broke. If you want to help in a large or small way, contact me and let us begin to become Citizen Can."
Website Central La. Politics will soon provide a link to the rally in the near future.
Hopefully, the days of letting the good ole boy network do what they want and get away with it seem to be finally over.
Jeff Croere puts it better than I could:
I doubt that our legislators realized that their push for a 124% increase in salary would lead to an awakening of the sleeping giant, the voters of Louisiana.
Never before had Louisiana voters, long accustomed to political shenanigans reacted with such fury to an action of the Legislature.
This issue struck a responsive chord for a number of reasons. The pay raise was too large and it came at a time that the "regular" people were suffering. Citizens cannot vote themselves a pay raise and neither should politicians.
A recall petition is available here.
This site provides the petition (in pdf format) and recall rules as well as quotes of Jindal regarding his stance on the pay raise
A recall petition would require verifiable signatures from well over 900,000 registered Louisiana voters. This can be done, folks.
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. Obama issues warning to Karzai
The president threatens to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan if Kabul doesn't sign a security pact giving the military a legal basis for staying in the country.
2. Feared riot police unit disbanded in Ukraine
The Berkut, whose name means "golden eagle," are blamed for violent attacks on protesters during the country's recent political turmoil.
3. Few women want Army combat jobs
A Pentagon survey shows that soldiers of both genders are nervous about females entering battle.
4. How 'El Chapo' eluded capture for 13 years
The AP learns that Mexico's most powerful drug cartel leader employed the latest high-tech communications gadgetry and sophisticated counterespionage tools.
5. Glimmer of hope in child obesity battle
U.S. researchers find that obesity among children ages 2 to 5 has decreased - to 8 percent, from 14 percent a decade ago, a 43 percent drop.


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This will be quick, but here I am in a small town on the Algarve Coast called Lagos
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On Monday morning, we began the journey back to Lagos. We left the hotel at 7:00 AM and made a stop in Ikere- Ekiti, Ondo State. There we visited with Mr. Oke, his wife and their daughter.
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... a whole lot of other traffic around and none of the local guys were stopping at all.
As we drove through some of the villages we were bowled over by the friendliness of the locals. They definitely didn't see a lot of white guys in this neck of the woods and the mere fact we were visiting their country was enough to elicit big smiles and waves and hearty cries of "WELCOME
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London Scottish director of rugby Simon Amor has warned his men they will have to repeat the defensive heroics they produced at Newcastle Falcons before Christmas when Bedford Blues visit tomorrow.
The Exiles have made four changes from the side that claimed a bonus point in the 12-9 defeat at Newcastle before Christmas, with Miles Mantella replacing Dave McCall on the left wing and Jamie Stevenson getting a start at scrum half.
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I know some of you mixed martial arts (MMA) fans are into extreme sports, so here is today's (Oct. 9, 2012) live video feed of Felix Baumgartner's space jump, which is exactly what it sounds like.
Fly to the edge of space, look down, jump out.
Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement.
The live video stream should be underway shortly, as the weather has been a deciding factor in today's start time. We'll know, soon enough, if Red Bull truly does give you winnnnnnnnngs.


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Beal's weight is heavier than expected, I saw a lot of 260-265 estimates on him. Miller is less than people thought at 237. His problem is he's got 3-4 OLB game in a 4-3 OLB body. That'll be interesting to see what happens with him.
FRG is the most logical poster on this board. You guys just don\'t like where the logical conclusions take you.
so I see Beal is 6'2 268. is that good or bad?
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Jasper-based nonprofit empowers impoverished communities in Honduras
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Over the past decade, Michael Franklin has watched hopelessness pervade an entire generation of Hondurans.
"More or less, the gangs have taken over the country," said Franklin, a founding member and programs director for the Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network, which is based in Jasper. "Kids are being recruited into gangs every day because there is just no other option.
Dresses bring smiles to the faces of children
Shades Mountain Women's Club in Birmingham, Alabama brings smiles to young girls in rural village of Limon, Honduras. Kathy, from the women's club who make dresses from throw away materials begin sending their dresses to Honduras last year. When team leader Lou Altman worked in Limon she asked the "clinic mom" Corina to identify some young girls in the village who needed dresses. Pictured below is the results. Thanks ladies of the Shades Mountain Women's Club.
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The most recent edition of the CHIMESTIMES, a newsletter published by a small group of people dedicated to supporting the medical clinic in Ciriboya, Honduras is now out.
Two important announcements: 1. We will be showing the film "Revolutionary Medicine" at the Sol Collective. It describes the building of the medical clinic in Ciriboya.
Date: Wednesday, May 7th Time: 7:00 pm
Place: The Sol Collective 2574 21st St (just off Broadway)
2. We have just received a list of needed building materials for the birthing and surgery centers located next to the medical clinic. We will send this list out separately and will be asking for your help to make these centers a reality for the people in the region. Hope to see you at the movie. As always, if you no longer wish to receive our emails just let us know.
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The Alabama Honduras Medical Education Network (AHMEN) is compiling and organizing our contact lists. The link below will open a form which will enable us to gather your current contact information, and to ask your opinion on key issues about our work in Honduras. We would like to know about your interests, your skills and your experience. All information you share with us is for AHMEN use only and will not be shared. The questionnaire will take but a few moment to complete. Upon completion simply click the SUBMIT button at the bottom. Your responses will be added to a database that will assist us to better serve the poor of Honduras. Feel free to leave any responses unanswered. Thank you.
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The Steelers should consider using TE Saunders as a receiving threat to create mismatches with opposing defenses. Yes, I know that he is a rookie, and I am not sure how well he knows the offense. However, the Patriots used their 2 rookie TE's, Gronkowski and Hernandez, quite effectively last year. That Pats offensive attack continued this past Monday night when the Pats' TE's carved up Miami's defense.
Linebackers are generally not fast enough to cover athletic tight ends, and defensive backs are generally not strong enough to out-muscle those tight ends to gain position or win jump balls. Using athletic tight ends more in the passing game is a trend in the NFL. This can also be seen with players like Antonio Gates, Jermichael Finley, Vernon Davis and Jimmy Graham.
I do not know a heck of alot about Saunders except what I have read in online articles, blogs and scouting reports. I understand that he has a good combination of size, strength, speed and athleticism (although some question whether he has the speed to be a deep threat over the middle). I also understand that the Steelers have alot of receiving threats, including a good and deep WR corps, and one of the best all-around TE's in the league in Heath Miller. As such, it may be difficult to get Saunders alot of playing time or targets. But they should give Saunders a chance.
I am NOT suggesting that the Steelers should bench Miller in favor of Saunders. I am simply wondering if there is a way to incorporate both of them in some formations and plays, particularly in passing situations. Please let me know what you think.


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Housing on an industrial estate is not suitable, say councillors.
Panther Shop Investments Ltd applied for outline planning permission to demolish industrial units near The Roothings, Heybridge, to make way for 44 houses.
The company's agent, Designed Images, said the units "are in an extremely poor state of repair" and only two are currently occupied.
But Maldon District Council's central area planning committee refused permission for the development.
They agreed with the opinions of planning officers that there was not enough information to justify losing the employment site, the new residents would be subjected to unacceptable noise levels as the site is within an industrial area and there is a flooding risk.
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BERWYN, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers should have plenty of time to deal with pension reform and other major issues during a shortened lame duck session.
Legislators are scheduled to return to Springfield next week. Quinn has said he wants them to approve a fix for the state's estimated $95 billion pension crisis before new lawmakers are sworn in Jan. 9. Other issues that could be on the agenda are a gambling expansion, allowing gay marriage and a bill to let illegal immigrants have driver's licenses.
Legislative leaders in the House and Senate have canceled some of the days lawmakers had been scheduled to meet.
Speaking at an unrelated event yesterday, Quinn said he talked with the leaders Monday and believes there will still be "ample time" to get things done.
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The Bear will not quit! The Bear will not die! Encouraged by what I saw of the defense last week against the southern branch, we move forward. This week our stadium floweth over with Beaver. All season long I've tried to look past the same ol' same ol' and give you a glimpse into food scenes of our PAC-12 brethren. However, that changes this week because I found this:
Sad faces indeed. So, their food scene sucks. What about the rest of Corvallis? What can we draw from that quiet little haven to the north?
To The WIKI!!
A 2003 study, released once every 10 years, listed Benton County (of which Corvallis makes up the majority of the population) as the least religious county per capita in the United States.
Those goddamn dirty, unkempt BEAVERS!
This is 'Murica. We believe in god, in the right to Bear arms, and the right to use those arms to punch beavers in the mouth! Or at least poke them with our fingers.
What did you think that link was for, pervo? THIS IS A FAMILY SITE!!!
I feel like we only have one choice here!
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"I'm gonna rise up, I'm gonna kick a little ass, Gonna kick some ass in the USA, Gonna climb a mountain, Gonna sew a flag, Gonna fly on an Eagle, I'm gonna kick some butt, I'm gonna drive a big truck, I'm gonna rule this world, Gonna kick some ass, Gonna rise up, Kick a little ass, ROCK, FLAG AND EAGLE!"
So maybe we will return to our roots this week and cook us up some of that pinko beaver! Those godless heathens! And nothing is more 'murican than a good ol' chili cook-off.
Beaver Chili
4 lbs Meat from back straps and both rear quarters cut into cubes
Yellow Onion (diced)
Red Bell Pepper (diced) 1/2- bunch of celery (diced)
2-28 oz cans of diced tomatoes in juice
1-14 oz can tomato sauce
1 Bottle Red Wine
3 tablespoons butter
Chili Powder
In large put melt butter and add diced beaver meat and salt, brown meat, add onions, bell pepper, celery and continue browning until vegetables begin to wilt. Add chili power (i use a lot probably 6 tablespoons) and a couple of table spoons of cumin. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce and bottle of wine. Simmer for 4 hours and remove lid for 30 minutes. Garnish chili with red onions and sliced jalapeno.
Recipe via: http://exoticbbq.com/beaver-chili/#sthash.Gl7SwWQx.dpuf
Serving Suggestion: Whiskey. Good ol' 'Murican Whiskey! Dealer's choice.
Happy 'Murica and GO BEARS!


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Using free to remove freedom
To the Editor:
Have you ever read about how pet suppliers catch monkeys in the wild to sell without harming them? They take a bottle with a round end and a narrow neck and secure it to a tree limb. Then they place food in the round bottom of the bottle that monkeys really like. When the monkey sees the food in the bottom of the glass bottle, he reaches in through the narrow neck and grabs hold of it. When the monkey tries to remove his hand with the food in it, the narrow neck of the bottle will not allow his hand to pass through.
All the monkey has to do remain free in his jungle, is to let go of the free food, and his freedom will continue, but he just can't seem to let go, and he ends up in a pet store, with a price tag on his leg. He now sits in a cage, put there by the inventors of the "free stuff"... dreaming of the time when he was free to make his own choices, and supply his own stuff in a prosperous, free environment.
Radar and sonar are not the only things from nature our government is using to accomplish their objective of the ultimate control. Once that objective is accomplished... your vote will no longer be needed, and the "free stuff" will become a method that is no longer necessary.
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Report: Titans CB Hood out for season
Titans CB Rod Hood sustained a season-ending knee injury in a workout Friday, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported on its @tnsports Twitter feed Monday.
Report: Titans MLB Tulloch signs RFA tender
Titans MLB Stephen Tulloch signed his one-year, $2.521 million restricted free-agent tender on Monday, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported via its @tnsports Twitter feed.
Reports: Titans' McRath suspended four games
Titans OLB Gerald McRath will be suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
Titans QB Young cited for assault
Titans QB Vince Young received a Class C assault citation following an incident at a strip club near Dallas Sunday morning.
Webster bolsters Titans' front office
The addition of Ruston Webster to the Titans' front office gives the club another seasoned evaluator, one with much experience scouting collegiate talent.
Rested Ringer readying for more work
Titans RB Javon Ringer, who's in line for more work this season as the Titans seek to reduce Chris Johnson's workload after a 358-carry, 50-catch effort in 2009, needs only to think back to his senior year at ...
Titans' undrafted RBs off to solid start
Titans' stadium, practice facility largely spared by flood
LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans, sustained little damage after torrential weekend rains in Nashville caused the Cumberland River to flood over its banks and into the stadium.
2010 draft choices by team: Titans
Here are the players who were chosen by the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 NFL draft.
WR Williams another talented target for Titans' Young
Remember when the Titans' passing game lacked weapons? That's no longer the case.
Morgan a good fit for Titans
Georgia Tech DE Derrick Morgan will be in a position to succeed from the start with the Titans.
Titans, DT Brown agree to multi-year contract
The Titans and DT Tony Brown have agreed on a multi-year contract, the club announced Thursday.
Titans counting on '09 draft class
Much will be expected from the Titans' 2009 draft class this season.
Titans agree to terms with Simms
QB Chris Simms will have a second stint with the Titans after reaching an agreement with the team Monday.
New approach helped Kern succeed with Titans
A change of scenery might have been just what Titans P Brett Kern needed to turn around his career.
The Tennessee Titans have decided to keep Martin on the physically-unable-to-perform list for the rest of the season after the rookie practiced with the team the past three weeks.||||||| Martin was the Titans' sixth-round draft selection out of Oklahoma State. The 6-foot, 207-pound safety struggled with injuries during the offseason and started the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list. Coach Mike Munchak said Monday it's been hard to get a feel for Martin who had been limited even the past couple of weeks.


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I need to send a csv file to a company from data gathered using various stored procedures on our db. There will be a monthly full export of all records and a weekly export of new/updated records.
What is the best way to go about this? Should i write a web service with two methods and set up two windows scheduled task to run the web service? Is it better to get MS SQLServer to export the data as a csv file or get .net to build the csv itself?
Any help/guidance/ideas greatly appreciated.
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Are they picking up or do you need to deliver?
Anyhow, in terms of generating the CSV files, Sql Server's SSIS should work if you are just executing SQL statements to get the data. If the data is a bit more complex check out FileHelpers to handle CSV generation. I don't see much of a need for a web service here unless that is how they want to grab the files.
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Guest Star: "I Finally Came Face-To-Face With BMF Kingpin Big Meech"
Monday, Sep 13, 2010 3:50PM
[BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Family author Mara Shalhoup recalls her multiple attempts and final encounter with legendary kingpin Big Meech.]
When you hear the letters "BMF," you're probably hit with visions of $100 bills raining onto the heads of strippers, or Maybachs and Bentleys lined up like military tanks, or bricks of cocaine stacked waist-high and 10-deep, or Rick Ross huffing, "I think I'm Big Meech." For me, it's a bit different. I see not bricks but court documents stacked to dizzying heights -- enough to fill my (admittedly small) living room. I see faces lined up in rows of police mug shots, along with the faces of victims of random violence -- and the faces of those who mourn the loss of the imprisoned and the dead. And I see Big Meech, not as Rick Ross or club-goers once saw him, but as a man trapped behind a plexiglass partition.
In early 2008, I finally came face-to-face with Black Mafia Family co-founder Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory. By the time I made the trek to the Michigan jail where Meech was housed, I'd written extensively about him and his crew: how they employed 500 couriers, managers and distributors in a dozen states; how they moved at least a quarter of a billion dollars in truckloads of coke; how they enjoyed the kind of notoriety that's only earned by dropping $50,000 on a single night's worth of champagne. I'd spent countless days and nights pouring over photos and videos of the kingpin, trying to grasp his swagger and sway, his confidence and command, his ability to draw in rappers and moguls and a coterie of men and women who worshipped him. I'd been trying for years to meet with him, but prior to that jailhouse visit I'd glimpsed him in person just once. It was in a federal courtroom in Detroit, where he stood before a small audience (basically his parents and me) and pleaded guilty to the most serious charge lodged against him.
Months later, in the moment before we formally met at the St. Clair County jail, I was nervous as hell. A deputy led me down an insanely long, fluorescent-lit hallway. I could see Meech there behind the plexiglass partition long before I could get a read on him. I didn't know what to expect. Walking down the hallway, I began to fear that Meech would ask me who I thought I was, writing all those newspaper stories about him over the years. I was worried he'd try to coerce me into sugarcoating BMF's story for the book I was writing. And I was a little suspicious of why he finally agreed to meet me. When I reached my side of the partition, I was relieved to find that Meech was smiling. The meeting went better than planned. Within a few minutes of chatting about my articles and the court case and his acclimation to lockup, some surprising things about the inmate and his empire became clear. Aside from where he sat, Meech was not unlike any number of ambitious entrepreneurs who wanted something bad enough to put everything on the line. And as with so many successful enterprises that aimed their sights too high, BMF was destined to fail.
Mara Shalhoup is the author of BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Family and editor-in- chief of Atlanta newsweekly Creative Loafing.


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North Carolina legislators have passed the state's yearly budget totaling nearly $21 billion.
The Senate and House adopted the plan Wednesday. The budget next goes to Gov. Pat McCrory for his approval.
The plan was written by Republicans, who said they acted responsibly by fully funding state pensions, the state health insurance plan, and Medicaid. Democrats are focusing their criticism on the half-billion dollars in tax cuts over the next two years. They argue that the cuts benefit the wealthy and big corporations. Opponents also cite cuts to public education, saying the state's schools will be pushed to the bottom of the national average in terms of per student spending and teacher pay.
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On Sunday, North Carolina's legislative leaders have come to an agreement on a balanced $20.6 billion state budget.
In an announcement from members of the House and Senate, the budget is said to protect the state's long term economic health. It will do this with an increase in spending but a decrease in taxes for all in North Carolina.
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I have powerpoint presentation and I am trying to do a movie /avi/on mac. I tried option make a movie and I created mov file but whole presentation wasn't same. I had firt music and than presentation without music. Can anybody help me in this case.
You can use the tool PowerPoint to AVI.
This tool can convert your PowerPoint to AVI format.
PPT to Video converter:
Output:AVI,MP4,MPEG, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MOV, VOB, DV, etc.
Support PowerPoint 2007
Retain original elements including music, flash, movie clips, etc.
Detailed info: http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/ppt-to-video/
E.M. Free PowerPoint Video Converter can help u convert PowerPoint to avi, easy-to-use, freeware, no time limited, but only work on Windows, hope this info can help u.
I tried through several tools to converter PowerPoint to video, and found Moyea PPT to Video converter performs best.
you should try it.
program info: http://snipurl.com/ppt-video
You all did not read the request correctly. The request was for a solution on the Mac, all suggestions where for PC
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You all did not read the request correctly. The request was for a solution on the Mac, all suggestions where for PC
Good observation, but do you really think those spammers are going to read your reply?
first for OS windows i found nice program Presentation to Video Converter (by geovid.com) nice and easy to use device =)))
For MacOS i didn't know too =((
here link to download and more about:http://geovid.com/Presentation_to_Video_Converter/
if you want to found something for mac here link too :http://www.macvide.com/
I hope i help !=0))
no, that doesn't help. i'm looking for the same thing FOR MAC and MAC only. does anyone know anything that will convert ppt to a video file and keep the animations in it??
When there is animation you can use snapz pro X. You can download a trial version from here http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/
Run through the powerpoint in fullscreen while recording the screen using this tool.
You can try E.M. PowerPoint Video Converter, meet all your needs. It can quickly converts PowerPoint to video, audio and images, such as avi, flv, 3gp, swf, mkv, mpeg2 ts, DVD, mp4, mov, mp3...
Also, you can google some other software。
This site can help you use PowerPoint can convert PowerPoint file to AVI, 3GP, 3G2, MP4, WMV and so on.
seriously, people, out of all the responses there were no more than 2 or 3 that actually were useful.
I am having the same issue as the OP, and the Snapz Pro idea was actually very, very good.
I'll try that.
Thanks, JosieNJ
You can make the movie out of power point ... see these instructions:
Well, besides E.M. PowerPoint video converter there are a lot of free PowerPoint to video converters at:
There are also some free ways to convert pps to avi, just go and convert your presentation to avi video.
demi wrote:
E.M. Free PowerPoint Video Converter can help u convert PowerPoint to avi, easy-to-use, freeware, no time limited, but only work on Windows, hope this info can help u.
If you're running Leopard on OSX then simply open the .ppt file with Keynote (it should automatically open when you double-click). Then just export the file to whichever you want... a quicktime file (avi) is the first option.
Worked for me.
try that...
above answers did not solve the problem for me, this did.
And for those of you who are wondering: yes it's for mac.
What to do:
first make ppt make a movie out of your presentation
then open the .mov file with the program above.
convert to your wishes, e.g. to .avi
upload for example to youtube, and done you are.
Thank you all for your help but I swiftly found that changing a powerpoint file to a movie was simple - the 'save as' function performed beautifully


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Holding Court: Pressure will be turned up in this 1 vs. 2 showdownJanuary 11, 2013 12:00 AM
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The 1 vs. 2 showdown tonight between New Castle and North Allegheny will have a lot of pressing defense, but also a plethora of 3-point shots.
New Castle, the Post-Gazette's No. 1-ranked WPIAL Class AAAA team, plays at No. 2 North Allegheny tonight in what figures to be one of the best games of the season. Both teams are 11-0 and like to play pressure, full-court defense the entire game. But both love to shoot 3-pointers.
It wouldn't be surprising to see 25 to 30 3-pointers made in this game and perhaps 50 attempted.
Over the past seven games against WPIAL teams, North Allegheny has averaged 30 3-point attempts. It attempted at least 31 3-pointers in five of those games and made an average of 10 per game, with a high of 14 against Seneca Valley. Only once in those seven games was it held below 11 baskets from beyond the arc.
New Castle, on the other hand, made 14 3-pointers against Shaler Tuesday night. New Castle averages 22 3-point attempts a game and nine makes. For the season, New Castle is shooting 42 percent (103 of 247) from 3-point range.
But the difference in the game could come down to which team handles defensive pressure the best.
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A junior big man at Connellsville is starting to open some eyes.
Trent Bauer is a 6-foot-10 center who is a "double-double" player now, averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds a game. Bauer has improved his game greatly in the past year after missing much of his sophomore season because of a concussion.
"You can just see him developing, and it is exciting," Connellsville coach Dan Bosnic said. "He's doing a much better job of finishing."
A few colleges expressed interest in Bauer last summer.
"If you look at his size and growth in the past year, and, if he continues developing, I would hope he would get some college interest," Bosnic said. "He just needs to continue to develop, and I think that might happen."
Keeping their balance
The Seton-LaSalle girls are the No. 2 scoring team in the WPIAL, averaging 71 points a game heading into the game Thursday night against Steel Valley. But talk about a balanced scoring attack, Seton-LaSalle has four players averaging between 11 and 13 points a game.
Naje Gibson entered the week averaging 13.8 points. Nicolete Newman was next at 12.8, Cassidy Walsh at 11.9 and Natalie Piagessi at 11.3.
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• Through Wednesday, Vincentian was the only school in the WPIAL that has undefeated boys and girls teams. The boys are 10-0 and lead the WPIAL in scoring (82.6 points a game). The girls were 11-0 heading into the Thursday night game against Eden Christian.
• Clairton football star Tyler Boyd said he plans to join the Bears' basketball team in another week or so. Boyd helped Clairton win WPIAL and PIAA football titles, then played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl all-star game in San Antonio Saturday. Boyd said he wanted to take a week or two off before playing basketball.
• The Cornell boys were in the WPIAL Class A championship game last year, but the Raiders are 3-8 this season, 0-2 in section play. Monessen was in the Class AA final last season, but is 3-8 this year. Monessen, though, played a tough non-section schedule, and is e 2-0 in section play.mobilehome - hsbasketball
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Could Genetics Help Us Understand Mass Killers?
Wayne Carver, the state's chief medical examiner, asked geneticists at the University of Connecticut to join the investigation into the Dec. 14 killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. A retired FBI profiler said in response, "I think it's great to consider if there's something here that would help people understand this behavior."
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HT: Byzantine Texas OCA-DNYNJ) - The following interview regarding the recent Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs of North and Central America, which convened in New York City on 25-28 May, was conducted with His Grace, +Michael (Bishop of New York and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey) on Wednesday, 2 June 2010. Question: Your Grace, we appreciate you taking time out of your extremely full schedule to share some of your observations, thoughts and reflections following the historic Assembly of Hierarchs that concluded just last week in New York City. Bishop Michael: To begin with, I have to say what an incredible experience it was for me, just newly consecrated, to be privileged to be a part of this first Episcopal Assembly. To be there ... to walk among giants ... the great leaders of the Orthodox Churches in this country and in Canada and in Mexico. To see fifty-six bishops gathered together in the same room for the same purpose, was just awesome. As I … [Read more...]
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Equilibriate your cellular telephone promotion in a integrated media strategy. Cellular Telephone advertising only is not going to take your brand to another degree. Neither will direct mail or internet marketing only. You have to create a multi-channel strategy which works in harmony together to essentially tell the narrative of your brand. Should you are feeling your cell marketing strategy is acting on its own, now's the time to bring it into your bigger marketing strategy.
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The season for giving is here and our community is taking that to heart. Donations are pouring in for six families who were left with nothing after a fire ripped through their apartment complex. The fire broke out Wednesday night at the Crown Villa apartments on King George Boulevard. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause.
"It's definitely a surreal feeling and experience to watch those things go away, knowing there's nothing you can do about it. It's just gone," said Doug McGarity.
Doug McGarity was only able to save a few items but thanks to a firefighter some irreplaceable pictures were saved.
"He saw some pictures that [my wife] had taken, mounted on the wall of our grandchildren, and thought you know somebody is going to want this and got it out and brought it to us," said McGarity.
While some personal keepsakes will be lost forever, the community is chipping in some necessities. A local restaurant, Rachael's 1190, is spearheading the effort to collect donations for these victims.
"It's been absolutely amazing. We've been inundated with all kinds of donations, clothing, bedding, toys, microwaves, televisions. It has been really incredible," said Rachael Aldinger.
One of the donators says his heart went out to the families when he heard about the fire.
"People lose their possessions and we have so much as a society anytime we can give back we should take the opportunity to do so," said Timothy Hall.
McGarity said through this hardship he is reminded about what he shared with his family on Thanksgiving.
"I was grateful for our faith, family that you are all here, I'm thankful for a home. That particular structure is gone but the faith and family is intact and there will be another home," said McGarity.
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Another example of poor quality research. I found an article I will post here. I am going to highlight and number certain parts of this article I would find laughable if it weren't such a serious dig at our intelligence and a sneaky way to keep people in the pockets of doctors and drug companies.
I will have rebuttals at the bottom. What is nice in this article; there are a few honest researchers out there who question the methods and findings of this French study. I will italicize their thoughts.
This study and article is such a good example of how we are conditioned to believe the false "truths" drug companies put out and doctors and researchers willingly regurgitate to any audience they can get.
Here is where the media steps in to make a few more bucks. They put out the advertisement and campaign against whatever they are told and get paid premiums for the full page drug ads that can "treat" these ailments. I have written and shared articles about this before; if you are interested there will be links at the bottom.
No Cancer Benefit From Vitamin B, Omega-3 Supplements in Heart Patients
MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a history of heart disease1 will most likely not reduce their risk for developing cancer by taking vitamin B and/or omega-3 fatty acid supplements, a new French analysis suggests.
"In the population we studied, we found no beneficial effects of either B vitamins or omega-3 fatty acids taken over five years on cancer occurrence or cancer-related death," noted study author Valentina Andreeva, who is with the nutritional epidemiology research unit at the University of Paris XIII in Bobigny, France.
Andreeva and her colleagues report their findings in the Feb. 13 online edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
To explore the protective potential of B vitamins and fatty acid supplements, the authors did a secondary analysis of data that had been collected in a previous study involving almost 2,000 French men and 500 women.
All were between 45 and 80 years of age, and all had experienced cardiac trouble (heart attack, unstable angina or ischemic stroke) in the year leading up to the start of the study.
In turn, the participants were divided into one of four different groups that consumed a daily supplement regimen involving various types of vitamin B and omega-3 fatty acids2 at "relatively low supplementation doses3."
By the end of the original five-year study, 7 percent of the participants had gone on to develop some form of cancer, and just over 2 percent ultimately died of cancer. The vast majority of cancer cases (including prostate, lung, bladder and colorectal cancer) and deaths occurred among men (81 percent and 83 percent, respectively).
The team unearthed no evidence that any form of vitamin B or omega-3 fatty acid supplement improved cancer outcomes in any way.4
The investigators noted that there were some indications that cancer risk might have actually gone up, specifically among women taking vitamin B and/or omega-3 fatty acid supplementation.5 However, the authors stressed that this observation was based on too few cases to substantiate a firm conclusion, and called for further research involving a larger pool of participants.
"The results of our study suggest that individuals should exercise caution when deciding to take dietary supplements6, especially over a long period of time and without a physician's advice,"7 advised Andreeva. "Such supplements constitute active substances and might have adverse effects in some populations. To be on the safe side, individuals should strive to achieve dietary recommendations via healthy, balanced diets.8"
Joseph Su, the Washington, D.C.-based program director of the division of cancer control and population science within the U.S. National Cancer Institute's epidemiology and genomics research program, said that nothing about the findings struck him as surprising.9
"So far, study findings have been very inconsistent," he noted. "But most supplement studies, if anything, have shown no beneficial effect whatsoever. Just like this one.10 So, I don't think there's anything that can really back up the idea that these supplements can prevent cancer."
However, Vicky Stevens, strategic director of laboratory services at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, expressed some reservations about the French analysis.
"Compared with other trials, they used much lower levels of supplements," she noted. "From the B-vitamin point of view, dramatically lower. So, it could be argued that they just weren't using high enough levels of supplements to see any effects," Stevens suggested.
"And they used a natural form of folate [vitamin B supplement], whereas other trials use a synthetic form," Stevens added. "But the real problem in being able to evaluate the effects they do see is that they don't have enough people. And it's not really a long enough follow-up period to really see an effect of these supplements on cancer onset. Five years isn't really enough. It can take 10 or 20 years in most cases. So, what they may be seeing is an effect on preexisting abnormalities, but not the impact on cancer onset itself."
Duffy MacKay, a naturopathic doctor and vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the Council for Responsible Nutrition in Washington, D.C., agreed.
"When you look at an intervention like this, you're definitely not looking at the role of the supplements at preventing tumors, because the tumors likely started well before the trial," he noted. "So really what the trial is about is giving vitamin B and omega 3 and seeing if they altered the outcome, the progression, of these cancers," MacKay explained.
"And with that you have to realize that cancer is a very complex multi-factorial disease," MacKay stressed. "And two supplements would never be expected to be a successful treatment on their own. I would say, however, that proper nutrition is one of your best allies in terms of wellness, period. And while no one ever claimed these were cancer drugs, if you will, supplements make sense, cancer or no cancer."
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1. a history of heart disease – if they had a history of heart disease I am interested in what drugs they have taken or take for their conditions. Drugs like statins for example.
2. various types of vitamin B and omega-3 fatty acids – what types? Were they synthetic or natural and organic?
3. relatively low supplementation doses – HELLO!! This is enough for me to want to pull my hair out. Here is a study being touted as news while the study only obviously confirmed what the "researcher" wanted the outcome to be! If you had a headache and were told to take 2 aspirin (or whatever), would you only take a half of one or would you take 2? If the headache is bad enough, you take a little more.
When a certain drug is not working for someone the doctor usually UPs the dose to make it more effective. Yet these researchers used "relatively low supplementation doses" in a study to find the effects of vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation?! Why on earth wouldn't you up the dose to see when the supplements did have an effect, just like they do with prescription drugs? Oh, that's right, if these were found to be beneficial at saving lives, they would lose their business.
4. The team unearthed no evidence that any form of vitamin B or omega-3 fatty acid supplement improved cancer outcomes in any way. – Based on the fact that they used very small doses of these important and beneficial nutrients, it seems they did not want to pursue this in a proper way to obtain nothing but the truth.
5. cancer risk might have actually gone up, specifically among women taking vitamin B and/or omega-3 fatty acid supplementation. – Here they go again with scare tactics. I have written about the "dangers" of women taking supplements. Again I also have to ask, what kind of prescription drugs were they people on or taking or had taken and what kind of supplements did the researchers use? Were there clinical tests that showed those supplements worked or were safe? What if the tumors or cancer already existed? How can they be sure it was the supplements that increased cancer risk? They can't, but it gets a few brownie points in there with the drug companies.
6. exercise caution when deciding to take dietary supplements – Out of context of this article I would agree with this statement. You want to make sure that you are taking a high quality supplement with a track record of effectiveness, in-house and third party research and quality control tests. NEVER take synthetic or GMO-laced vitamins or supplements, and don't take every new miracle supplement that comes out. Do your research first.
That being said, in the context of this article this guy is saying that you should err on the side of NOT taking any supplements. This concept is just wrong. The nutritional value of our food has decreased dramatically in the last few decades. GMO crops and the pesticides used to treat them have leached the nutrients out of the soil. Plants get their nutrients from the soil. We need all the help we can get.
7. especially over a long period of time and without a physician's advice – If you have major underlying medical issues that would be effected by certain nutrients, like vitamin K if you are taking anti-clotting medication. This is when you want to bring your supplements to your doctor and talk about it. Make sure you have a doctor you can trust who understands how the,body works without needing to prescribe drugs to "fix" problems.
As for long term use. People benefit from long term use. Shaklee did a landmark study on people to took multiple Shaklee supplements for a long period of time compared to those who took another brand or none at all. The Shaklee users had markedly better health.
8. To be on the safe side, individuals should strive to achieve dietary recommendations via healthy, balanced diets. – This is the ideal way to get your nutrition. The problem is with the quality of food. Most food is not as nutritious as it used to be when our grandparents were growing up. The introduction of GM (genetically modified) foods has depleted the nutrients in the soil. When food is genetically modified things are done to the plant which blocks our bodies from using certain nutrients in the food.
This is why taking supplements as close to organic food as possible is very important.
9. nothing about the findings struck him as surprising – Why would they? They expect to find one thing and make sure they do.
10. "But most supplement studies, if anything, have shown no beneficial effect whatsoever. Just like this one…" – ??? What a bunch of nonsense! What about the Shaklee Landmark Study? It proved a person taking multiple Shaklee supplements had markedly BETTER health than those who took another brand or nothing at all. If they do not propagate these lies, the truth may get out that wise, high quality supplementation benefits your health.
11. American Cancer Society – Might as well call them a going concern. They operate as though they will never cure anything. The constantly need more money. Their assets are large and their administrative costs are something to be scrutinized. Read Is The American Cancer Society A Fraud – Cancer Research A Scam? to learn more.
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What do you think of all the drug ads plastered around us? Does it make you feel safer if the FDA approves a drug? How do you feel about the news you hear concerning supplements? Are you more likely to believe the news or do your own research?
How many people do you know who experience bad side effects from their prescriptions? How many people do you know with more than one daily or weekly prescription?
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It's time to tighten your belt - while at the same time re-evaluating your options in regard to the school transportation supplier community. The U.S. economic downturn is deepening, and recovery could be slower than expected. Another terrorist attack - forever a possibility - would only delay progress toward a healthy business climate. In the meantime, there's much to be done. School transportation will likely be forced to take its share of spending cuts. Local and state tax revenue is going to fall well short of estimates, requiring school boards to find ways to reduce costs while at the same time maintaining educational standards. School transportation, like all of the so-called ancillary services, will be a tempting area for school boards to pare the budget. What can be done? Like I said, belts will need to be tightened. However, there are ways of reducing spending without compromising your ability to procure the equipment that you need. You might want to re-evaluate your relationships with your vendors. Now is a great time to pursue new supplier relationships, ones that could cushion your budget for years to come. When cost-cutting is necessary, managers need to look at the entire budget. You know better than I do where reasonable cuts can be made. We all need to beware of false economies and short-term thinking. When making cuts, look beyond the horizon to see how these reductions will impact the operation six months or even two years from now. Ask your staff for help. They can provide money-saving ideas that might never occur to a manager. Offer a reward for the best suggestion, even if it saves only a few dollars a day or week. Make sure that every submission is acknowledged, even those that come from deep right field. The primary objective is to find money-saving strategies, but the secondary goal should be to impress upon the staff that controlling costs is critical. Volunteerism is in vogue again. You might want to ask your staff if they might each be willing to volunteer a couple of hours each week to help with the nuts and bolts of the operation. For example, routine tasks such as bus washing could be turned into a volunteer event, with snacks and beverages offered to those who are willing to donate their time. Consider the tough sell Your staff probably deserves more than they're being paid. You probably do, too. But these are not normal times, and sacrifices are being made throughout the nation as we fight a war in Afghanistan and battle terrorism on the home front. Although cutting wages would be unacceptable, you might want to look at freezing wages or adopting a policy of granting only cost-of-living salary increases. That's a tough sell, I know. For those of you who work with labor unions, it's an even tougher sell. But these are not normal times. Check the business section of your daily newspaper. Every day, companies are slashing jobs, closing plants and hunkering down for hard times. If we can't ask employees for concessions now, when can we ask for them? There's a notion that employees are entitled to pay increases merely for staying on the job year after year. That's simply not true. We need to make sure that everyone understands that pay increases are earned with hard work, improved performance and greater value to the organization. With unemployment rates on the rise and driver applicants more plentiful, this may be a good time to reinforce to the staff that extraordinary times require extraordinary effort. Let them know that employees who rise to the challenge will not be forgotten when the economy improves. Remember, too, that safety is the top priority in school transportation. Maintaining a high level of safety and security may require small sacrifices on the part of all of us. Is that too much to ask?
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Police investigating a shooting onboard a nuclear submarine docked at Southampton were so alarmed by the crew's binge drinking that the chief constable was told and he contacted military authorities, an inquest heard today.
Detective Superintendent Tony Harris interviewed the crew aboard HMS Astute following the shooting of Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux by Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, who was 76% above the drink-drive limit.
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COLLEGE STATION — For the first time since the 2011 season, someone other than Johnny Manziel will start at quarterback Saturday for Texas A&M.The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner is suspended for the first half of the Aggies' season opener against Rice (noon, ESPN), meaning that a former Tarrant County high school standout will take the field with the Aggies' first-team offense: Matt Joeckel, a junior from Arlington High School, or Kenny Hill, a freshman from Southlake Carroll.A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has not announced a starter and called the backup quarterback situation "an ongoing competition" during Tuesday's news conference. The lingering question is whether A&M coaches, who can turn to Manziel in the second half, are willing to waste the opportunity to redshirt Hill — an incoming freshman — if he does not project to see much playing time beyond Saturday's contest at Kyle Field.Joeckel, a fourth-year junior, redshirted in 2010 and is the lone quarterback on the A&M roster other than Manziel who has thrown a pass in a college game. Joeckel (6-foot-4, 234 pounds) completed 5 of 11 passes for 42 yards as Manziel's backup last season.But he is a pocket passer, recruited by former coach Mike Sherman, and Hill is a dual threat signed by Sumlin. Hill, last year's Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year, has impressed coaches with the way he's run A&M's spread offense in fall drills."He's a talented guy, a dual-threat guy," said offensive coordinator Clarence McKinney. "The operation of our offense is pretty similar to what he's already done in high school."By playing against Rice, Hill (6-1, 215) would not be allowed to redshirt this season and could exhaust a season's worth of eligibility in the first half of a game that seventh-ranked A&M is favored to win by a large margin. But Sumlin said he does not plan to redshirt many of his highest-rated freshmen signees, estimating that as many as 15 could play against the Owls."I didn't bring them here to stand next to me on the sideline," Sumlin said. "The best players play, whether you've been here five years or five days."That approach could open the door to immediate playing time for Hill. Or Sumlin could lean on Joeckel's edge in experience and have him start. Either way, Manziel — suspended for the game's first half because of an inadvertent NCAA rules violation regarding autographs he signed — is expected to take over in the third quarter.A&M running back Ben Malena, a senior who rushed for 808 yards and eight touchdowns last season, said the Aggies will be comfortable working with either backup."Both of the guys seized their opportunities in fall camp. Both of them are smart quarterbacks," Malena said. "It's not something we worry about."Center Mike Matthews said: "I'm confident in the quarterbacks we have. We know the backup quarterbacks are putting in the time and effort."Sumlin indicated he is comfortable with a game-time decision, if necessary."For a lot of people, things are rigid all the time. You know what's going to happen," Sumlin said. "As a coach, I can't tell you how many times we've gone into games with players and had to make game-time decisions. We're working a plan.… We don't have any hidden agendas."But the Aggies do have a Heisman Trophy winner, suited up and ready, regardless of which backup takes the first snap against Rice.
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Remember way back in 2009? The Packers were in a search for a defensive coordinator. It became apparent that, at the top of that list, was a certain Gregg Williams.
Yeah, that Gregg Williams.
Williams signed with the Saints, the Packers "settled" for Dom Capers, and the rest is history.
With the recent events of bounty hunting initiated by Williams with the Saints (and other teams), Ted Thompson was lucky it played out that way. The Saints face severe penalties across the board: hefty fines, suspensions, forfeiture of draft picks...yikes.
But Thompson hasn't just been lucky. He has also been good. Not just "good" in talent evaluation and roster management. But "good" in the sense of moral fiber. It's this very sense of by-the-book thinking that the Saints GM, Mickey Loomis, did not employ. The NFL reportedly warned Loomis of suspicion of bounty hunting years ago. Loomis agreed to clean it up.
It never happened.
I'm not suggesting that Thompson would not have hired Williams as the defensive coordinator. He was just lucky the opportunity never presented itself. What I am suggesting is that Thompson would have put a prompt end to illegal activity...because he's good.
Thompson does things "the right way". He won't bend the rules or blur the lines. A great example of this is the "tag and trade" possibility that occurred with Matt Flynn. Obviously, we can only speculate as to the reasons why he didn't take the chance. But Thompson carries a reputation of a "law-abiding General Manager". He just wouldn't do it, because it's not in the spirit of the rules. Even though it is to the potential detriment of the franchise (moving up several spots with a draft pick), Thompson would not stray from his convictions.
It can be boringly beautiful to have a GM who doesn't stir the pot or take big risks. Sure, "slow and steady wins the race" is not as newsworthy as "win at all costs". But maybe, just maybe, nice guys really can finish first.
We Packer fans can be thankful that we have a GM running this franchise who is not only lucky (in the case of not being "allowed" to hire Williams), but also "good" - in the true sense of the word.


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My fandom is more of a recent addition to the cycling world. Yet I'm truly passionate about catching pretty much any race I can these days. And now the month of July has become a sacred month for me. My TV will be on Versus all month long and likely won't be changed except when there is an Oakland A's game on or Breaking Bad is on. Other than that, it will be wall-to-wall TdF in my household throughout the duration of Le Tour.
And this is in spite of the fact that I pretty much know how the TdF will end before it even starts. How many other sports can you say that about right now? Golf used to be that way with Tiger. Tennis with Roger Federer a year or two ago. But that's about it. No other athlete is in the midst of such a dominant stretch in their respective sport as Alberto Contador is in cycling. The way that he just won the Giro in May was like he was riding on a motorcycle while everyone else was handed a tricycle.
Thing is, it is stealing all the fun away from this July for me. It's not just because of Alberto's greatness. It's because a big part of me wonders if Contador should even be racing in France in July 2011. And for that I can't blame AC and his tainted beef but the CAS, the Spanish Cycling Federation and bureaucracy in general. Look I love to watch a great athlete dominate a sport in his prime. It's part of what makes sports fun in finding someone who is that fantasy giant who can crush all others. But there is such a cloud hanging over Contador that once he picks up yellow in France, and I could theoretically imagine it happening quickly, what I consider to be my favorite month of the year now will suddenly be rendered a non-event. You just know that Bert will have that jersey and no matter what you think about him, there has to be a little part of you that will be wondering if he is somehow getting away with something. You just can't accept greatness for what it is any more, especially because of all the scandal that has come to light in cycling. Granted, cycling does more to embrace testings and protocols more than anyone, including razing poor Mark Cavendish from his slumber the other day.
But the pure joy and enjoyment of the sport won't be there for me simply because a final ruling has yet to be released for AC. It's inexcusable in light of the fact that if cycling wants to be taken seriously, they need to also be timely and expedite crucial verdicts like this one.
Instead, cycling's last spectacle. It's biggest prize will be shrouded with doubt. Stories about Contador's next Tour victory will almost always include phrases, "Despite the cloud of suspicion surrounding Contador," and "Contador won the Tour despite the final verdict not coming down on his potential suspension." And it's not good for the sport. It's not good for Contador. It's not good for the fans.
Any way, like an addict, I'll be there in July waiting for my fix. I know that it's unhealthy. I know that it will ultimately hurt me. But I can't stop myself. Even if the result is already decided and the suspension is undecided. Let the suffering begin.