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Your Oct. 22 editorial ("A bullet's high costs") rightly praised the series by Bill Malinowski and Amanda Milkovitz "The Cost of a Bullet." However, I'm afraid neither the series nor the editorial connected the dots sufficiently. Ironically, one need read no further than that day's paper to find examples of questionable decision making, misspent public funds, and intransigent political leadership.
A front-page article ("Push under way to reopen city pool") described Mayor Angel Taveras stubbornly standing by his decision to close the Davey Lopes pool, citing low attendance. The mayor stated that it costs $45,000 to run the pool for seven weeks. It's sadly ironic that this is fairly close to the annual cost of incarcerating one prisoner in minimum security at the Adult Correctional Institutions ($46,222, as reported in the ACI's "Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Population Report"). How can the mayor, a child of the city, not get this?
In another page 1 article entitled "Adult club's license suspended, not revoked, for violations," Public Safety Commissioner Steve Paré said: "I am extremely disappointed" about the club's hiring of a 14-year-pld "dancer." He called it "outrageous," and, of course, he's correct. But also outrageous are the lame remarks and action taken by the city's Board of Licenses. This board reeks of cronyism at best, and at worst, though no smoking gun is evident, a stench leaks under the door of the board's chambers.
The third relevant piece on page 5 ("Health association considers gun violence") quotes various stakeholders, but the most salient point came from Teny Gross, director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-violence: "[T]he national figure of 300 million private firearms in private hands ... makes no sense for the richest country in the world."
Indeed. But my friend doesn't say nearly enough. This national model for curbing violence, by intervening early to stem retaliatory violence between gang members, has suffered from a general lack of support, leading to its staff of street workers being decimated (16 at its height to today's 4).
What's conspicuously absent in all of these pieces is any roadmap for change. Courageous action is needed, some sort of master plan that focuses on government (especially the police, prosecution, and courts) changing its priorities.
Change is long overdue. As a 40-year veteran of policing, I challenge Providence's mayor, the City Council, judiciary, legislature, attorney general and governor to take the following steps:
•Expand, rather than reduce, drug treatment alternative programs focusing on treatment and education in lieu of enforcement and incarceration. Rhode Island needs less, not more, incarceration of low-level drug offenders. To do otherwise is a waste and counter-productive to community needs.
•Create cold case squads of police and prosecutors to bring murderers to justice. Sometimes fiction reminds us of our obvious failures. In the crime writer Michael Connelly's book "The Closers," a Los Angeles police commander says: "A city that forgets its murder victims is a city lost."
•Provide more funding for the state's crime lab. There is a paucity of staff and technology with respect to the state's ability to process crime scene evidence (especially DNA). This makes no sense.
•Dismantle the Providence Board of Licenses. I appeared before the same body 10 years ago, for the same reason Commissioner Paré did recently. Some of these clubs are incubators of violence and the abuse of children. They should be closed, not merely shuttered for a few weeks. An entire new body should be appointed, including at least two members from public safety.
•Restore funding to the Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-violence. The city desperately needs street workers, who like the police, are a front line of defense in preventing even greater violence.
•Bring the police department back to full strength, but not until it creates a real community policing model. Unfortunately, the Providence Police Department, like many around the country, has practiced a faux type of community policing, where the chief and commanders make efforts to connect to neighborhood leaders, but the cops who respond to calls do policing in the same old way — failing to develop relationships of trust in the neighborhoods.
Einstein's well-known definition of insanity is in play here (doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result). It's high time for substantive change.
Andy Rosenzweig retired as a lieutenant from the New York Police Department, was the chief investigator for the New York County district attorney, and was a deputy chief in both the Providence and Hartford police departments.
Editor's note: This has been corrected for phrasing errors in two places.


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Santana was formed in 1966 by Carlos Santana as the Santana Blues Band. Although their debut album had already been recorded, Santana toured nationally before its release, making, in 1969, a stop at the transcendent music festival Woodstock. Their performance was recognized as one of highlights of the show, and the album Santana was released later the same year. It went on to achieve double platinum status and sat on the top albums chart for two years. Their follow up, 1970's Abraxas, was also a big success. It topped the Billboard 200 for the first six weeks after its release and eventually went platinum. It featured the hit singles "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va." Overall, Santana had five platinum ranked albums in the late 1960s and 1970s, with others including 1971's Santana III, 1972's Caravanserai and 1977's Moonflower.
Entering the 1980s, changing music tastes saw the band's album sales drop. They has minor successes with 1979's Marathon, 1981's Zebop and 1982's Shango, but albums after that failed to reach even gold certification. Santana remained popular live in concert, but found they could not sell records. The release of the 1999 album Supernatural changed all that. The album was very popular, selling over 25 million copies worldwide. The Grammy Award winning album included collaborations between Santana and multiple artists, such as Dave Matthews, Eric Clapton and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. It contained popular songs like "Smooth," "Maria Maria," and "Love of My Life." Thomas helped Santana on "Smooth," which spent 12 weeks as the #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. Santana found their ticket back to commercial success and have retained their popularity ever since. The group currently has a new album in production.
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Best known for her jewelry and Bauhaus-inspired clothing, New York designer Caitlin Mocuin opened her very own retail store after the success of her pop-up store last spring. The store, named Mocuin, provides a different kind of shopping experience for customers by encouraging patrons to explore the various clusters of objects that reside on tables, floors and window sills around the store.
People are told to be grownups when they enter a store—they are told not to touch anything. Mocuin's alternative store design is meant to facilitate peoples' curious instincts. Caitlin Mocuin hopes that this will inspire customers to think of objects in new ways; a cup can be more than a cup, it can be a piece of art.
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The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air. Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will always follow him. Drawn into the investigation, Stefan assumes the worst: This is the work of a vampire. And the more he learns, the more he becomes convinced that the killer is someone close to himand that he can never outrun his past.
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There were plenty of reasons the world was somewhat surprised to hear the announcement of World of Tanks heading to the Xbox 360, not least MS' much documented certification process which may keep standards high, but often at the cost of lengthy delays of time and resources.
Speaking to Polygon at PAX Australia this weekend, CEO of Wargaming Victor Kislyi hopes to change that with World of Tanks: "One of the biggest challenges with Microsoft was the frequency of updates because the QA process and certification process takes an extremely long time. Totally unacceptable for a meaningful free-to-play. We are working with them to do quicker updates."
On why World of Tanks decided to release on Xbox despite the well publicised issues, Kislyi said that it was "the right time and the right place" to do so, saying that "circumstances shaped the ecosystem of the moment". "We, the developers, have to be creative, to experiment, to risk to create new kinds of experience."
As to whether the work that Wargaming does with Microsoft will lead to changes for other developers, Kislyi remains cautiously optimistic: "We will see, there is a lot of work on the technically (sic) side and on the administrative side which should resolve in the acceptable quality of the product, including updates of the product including speed and rates. So we will see."
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Woodland and Yolo County for that matter, has a serious problem with people that allow their dogs to roam and wander off leash. I have seen so many dogs cruising through parks and subdivisions completely unsupervised,
And now here is where I disagree with Mrs. Wilson. Blame the irresponsible owner ... not the breed. I have had pit bulls since I was a small child. A loving, loyal and family oriented breed, pit bulls like all dogs, need a loving nurturing environment with a firm and loving hand to raise them. I have "pitties" and chihuahuas and other mixed dogs that all get along and are quite lovely. They are wonderful with children and are great ambassadors for the species of dog, let alone their own breed.
Please do not let some neglected, poorly raised animals sour the picture for all. Unfortunately, Woodland has some unsavory folks with pitties that have very bad manners, and heaven knows what they have done to them to encourage such behavior. It is not something that automatically happens with this breed, it is encouraged and it is taught.( Think of Michael Vick.) I have been involved with animal rescue for over 20 years and have seen it all. People need to take responsibility for all dogs.
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1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain.
2. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add mushrooms and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in leek and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add greens, radicchio, and salt and cook until just warm, about 1 minute (add a bit of water if pan starts to scorch).
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Transportation funding and infrastructure development and maintenance have moved back to the top of the list for many state leaders in large part due to the road damage caused by the increase in oil and gas production in Texas. A good example of the level of attention transportation issues have drawn was Governor Perry's State of the State address, which called for the end of diverting transportation funds for unrelated state expenses and suggested using $1.7 billion of the Rainy Day Fund for transportation.
Identifying additional funding sources for the maintenance of our state and local roadways is essential. The increase in the state's population and traffic combined with the increase in heavy vehicles traveling our roadways makes our current funding system insufficient, and our roads are rapidly deteriorating.
While the State of Texas is reaping a multi-billion dollar boom from severance taxes and royalties, the need for good county roads has been mostly ignored by the state and the amount has remained unchanged since 1954.
Since 1991, Texans have paid a 20-cent-per-gallon state tax. Five cents goes to help pay for public education and the remainder, about $2.2 billion annually, helps finance the state's transportation system. The gas tax is bringing in less money for road maintenance and construction because more fuel-efficient cars are on the roadways. The county portion of the 2012 gas tax collections is $7.3 million , which is divided among all 254 counties.
Counties have limited authority to raise funding for road construction and maintenance. Although it seems the county has many options, counties receive only a small portion from limited funding sources, which include vehicle registration fees, overweight vehicle fees, vehicle sales tax, a few optional fees and road and bridge tax.
Over the last couple of years, the Legislature has offered some revenue-generating proposals that include raising the gas tax, making all drivers pay the same fee to register their cars and raising the registration fee. Should any of these revenue-generating proposals pass, increasing funding to counties would be at the Legislature's discretion.
To date, a number of bills pertaining to transportation issues have been filed. Listed below are a few of the bills counties are watching:
Uses for the state highway fund (Fund 6) HB 106 by Larson – requiring money in the state highway fund to only be used for improving the state highway system and removing DPS as an allowable expenditure from the state highway fund.HB 479 by Harper-Brown – requiring the comptroller to deposit a certain amount of the funds generated from the motor vehicle sales tax in the general revenue fund, with the remaining amount credited to the state highway fund.HB 514 by Harper-Brown – cutting back diversions from the state highway fund by first eliminating in FY 2013 all diversions to the foundation school fund. Also beginning in FY 2013, diversion percentages are decreased from the highway fund to the state general fund beginning at 25 percent and decreasing 5 percent each year until 2018 when 100 percent of funds are dedicated to the state highway fund.HB 782 by Phillips/HJR 68 by Phillips/SB 287 by Nichols/SJR 20 by Nichols – dedicating the 6.25 percent motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund incrementally over the next 10 years. The amount dedicated to the fund would increase by 10 percent each year until 100 percent is dedicated. These funds would be dedicated to pay off bonds and increase the maintenance budget.HB 1105 by Harper-Brown – dedicating the remaining 75 percent of the unclaimed refunds of taxes paid on motor fuel used in motorboats to the state highway fund.HJR 22 by Pickett – capping the amount of motor fuel tax and registration fee revenue that can be used for any purpose other than right-of-way, construction and maintenance of roads and eliminating the use of net revenue from these fees and taxes used for the payment of principle and interest on certain county road and district bonds.
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HB 563 by Guillen/ HJR 63 by Guillen – allowing two or more counties that contain a portion of shale formation to create a shale transportation district to plan, coordinate and provide financial assistance for road projects by issuing bonds from severance taxes. The Texas Department of Transportation will have oversight and final determination over the shale transportation district.HB 777 by White – allowing timber, wood chips or woody biomass haulers an increase in the maximum allowable gross load carried on any tandem axle of the vehicle to 44,000 pounds.HB 1336 by Keffer – creating the Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program, which is partly funded by $1.4 billion from the Rainy Day Fund, for transportation infrastructure projects including construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of transportation infrastructure intended to alleviate damage caused by the exploration, development or production of oil and gas. The program will be administered by the Texas Department of Transportation, which will make available grants for state and county roads affected in areas of increased energy production. Consideration will be based on a couple of factors including proportionality to the number of oil and gas well completions performed in that county during the previous two years.SB 300 by Uresti – establishing the transportation infrastructure grant program in the state general revenue fund to be used only to administer a program to make grants to counties for transportation infrastructure projects and directing the comptroller to transfer a portion of state funds received from oil production taxes to the new transportation infrastructure fund.


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The Department of Psychology is located in Lorton Hall, a recently renovated building near the center of the TU campus. The building contains faculty offices, classrooms, offices for graduate students on assistantships, research space, study areas, and clinical training space.
McFarlin Library, a two-minute walk from Lorton Hall, contains more than three million items and more than 6,000 periodical subscriptions. The library's catalogue is computerized and is accessible from terminals across campus. Computer searches of the major information databases in psychology are available to students at no charge.
Students in psychology are strongly encouraged to become computer literate. Major computer application suites and statistical packages (e.g., SPSS) are available for word processing, data analyses, test interpretation, and other tasks. The university has several computer labs with a variety of hardware configurations and software packages for student use. Visiting scholars and professionals often join the graduate faculty in presenting special courses, workshops, and seminars. Each year, a number of colloquium speakers offer opinions, ideas, and research on topics of current interest in psychology.
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Anyone use an angled grab bar next to their toilet? Looks pretty institutional, right? I think we need it but in most ways, I'm managing to keep the institutional looking ADA kind of hidden. Looks like this one will be out in the open.
For those who bought this, any regrets? Any other options you might have looked at such as a straight bar (maybe 18 inch) installed at an angle i.e. with one end lower than the other instead of this angled one below? |
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Just after I posted the above, I found another post here on aging in place and grab bars. I think the Pickens brand there looks decent and not so clunky. Wish I would have known about signature hardware earlier. Funny how they don't show up on google "grab bar" searches. Well at least I hadn't pulled the trigger on the bar next to the toilet. I like the one below much better though it seems a bit long. |
- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 13:40
I think it was the ADA bathroom thread on here where there are some nice looking grab bars. They blend in decently well. One was a TP holder grab bar for next to the toilet if I remember correctly. |
elphaba, I like the 1st one you posted. The reason that the 2nd one doesn't look so "chuncky" is because it is longer - so the length to the diameter ratio is different. This is a guess. But the 2 contacts vs 3 contacts tells me that the one with 3 contacts is longer. From what I have noticed is that grab bars are pretty standard in diameter. I think months ago I saw that there was a web site with different sized diameter bars. But that was atypical in my searches. I bought 2 Kohler grab bars, 1 for my bathtub, and the other for use as my towel bar. They are in polished stainless. They are very pretty in my opinion. Not fancy shaped, just a pretty shinny chrome color in stainless. |
- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 2:31
I like the longer one. I can tell ya I'd have loved to have had something like that yrs back when I broke my knee cap. That was pure H to sit down and to get up. with the longer one you have some room to move your hand up and use it to help pull yourself up. |
elphaba, I misread your statement about the "chunkiness" with regards to the bars. I think Desertsteph has good point about the length. Good luck in your search. |
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It's been a great year for grapes growing in my greenhouse,
so thought rather than just give them away to friends, family, harvest festivals and dinners at the local village hall, thought I'd have a go out making some vino!
A good friend lent me his 1970s winemaking book but got really bogged down with some serious chemistry lessons and glamourous kitch photoss of models posing with bell jars!
- therefore googled 'winemaking' and got some really simple answer to help me gett going as well as tips from friends.
The grapes are crushed in fermenting bin with sugar and yeast so next stage is into bell jars with fermentation locks. However would be keen to know how long I leave mixture in fermenting bin before siphoning off...
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Second round of artists announced:
Chris Isaak, Mark Lanegan, Devil Makes Three, Boz Scaggs, Father John Misty, Calexico, Whispertown, Richard Thompson, The Waterboys (!), First Aid Kit.
Marc Cohn, Steve Martin/Edie Brickell, Billy Bragg, Felice Brothers, and Conor Oberst are also listed on Pollstar. Taj Mahal Trio is in Napa Friday and Hurray For The Riff Raff have a night show in Oakland on Friday, too.


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I here google ****ing alot about fraudlent clicks, kicking out good webmasters for no reason and keeping all the money they earned, but I've yet to receive even 1 penny back on my adwords account. Now if google adsense is so rampant with fraudulent clicks, where the heck is my refund on my adwords account?
You aren't as likely to see a post saying "Wow, Google is great, they just sent me a check for $xxxx.xx" Those who are no longer with AdSense are no longer bound by the TOS, so they are more likely to speak freely of their experiences with it.
As for refunds on AdWords account, you might want to ask that question in the AdWords forum and you will get a better response.
If anything, that type of fraudulent clicking is more likely to occur on SERPs (where the advertiser's ads will be easier to find).
As for the allegation that Google is "kicking out good webmasters for no reason and keeping all the money they earned," I agree with Jenstar. It's hard to draw a statistically valid conclusion from a small number of complaints--anonymous complaints, at that--on Webmaster World.
Hard to totally agree. Except Google, who knows! Considering the posts here, this pitfall could turn out worse.
First, no one expects to see such a post. It totally against Google's TOS. I hope that no one would make such a try after see your post.
Second, do you really think that Google would first send out 4-digit check and then announce you would be booted? No way!
Anyone who is earning 4 figures should know better than to state those specifics, and I was in no way encouraging people to do that. But that is precisely why you won't see it on these boards.
That actually isn't what I said, but now that you bring it up, that scenario probably will happen where someone has earned money for several months, received checks, and then is suspended for "fraudulent clicks/impressions".
I wish no anyone would "misread" your message. You know it would be impossible but you set this kind of scenario in your post to respond other's post!? Reasonable?
I also think a lot of webmasters are happy with the program.
I stated the scenario because Commission King said he was hearing a lot about AdSense fraud. I simply stated why AdSense fruad & fraudulent clicks would seem to be a widespread problem when reading through the AdSense forum, because of all the people stating they have received the fraudulent clicks/impressions email. I can see why AdWords advertisers could be worried about the financial cost of AdSense fraud, but I don't feel it is as big of a problem as some would believe.
As with any program, those who have a problem with it for wahtever reason are going to be much more vocal about their dissatisfaction than those who are happily making money. If AdSense was two-teir, we'd probably hear much more from people saying how great it is ;)
I doubt that the actual situation would be worse than what you simply counted the claims from different boards/forums. Not everyone did that.
As what I said in other threads, I do feel great with Adsense, with the current payout rate and earning that is just an extra "gift" adding to our normal operation.
But meantime, I do have a little worry for Adsense program after I saw some "targeted" posts here.
Of course, it would be great for me (as publisher/webmaster) as an extra revenue source. But sorry, I have not heard any direct positive comment from the advertisers except that "we have opted out the Adsense ...".
Compared with SE ads, I already heard too many "human efforts" being added to sites targeting those content-based ads. This does worry me a little bit and just makes it harder for advertiers to establish confidence to this brand new program.
I don't think you can opt out of AdSense per se; I think you have to opt out of content ads altogether (i.e., AdSense and "content partner" ads on large news/entertainment/portal sites).
Still, that's a technicality. If you haven't seen any positive comments, you must have missed the thread titled "Search ads vs. content ads: a case history" at:
I did read that case before and I did not intend to respond that thread because it would be a little meaningless. Now that it was referred here again, I just add my comment here.
I think you missed something if you had read that case carefully, at least you only referred the numbers but not referred when and there the data came from.
First, "Greer started seeing more clickthroughs on Impact Engine when Google added Content-Targeted Advertising earlier this year.". So, the data were based on earlier content-targeted advertising results. I could clearly tell it was before Google launched Adsense program in later June.
When Google first kicked off content-targeted advertising earlier this year (in March?), only limited large portals were qualified for that. Not our site, probably yours too. I have not seen Google updated that case since Adsense went live. If you would have an opportunity to talk with Mr. Greer, probably he would have different story to tell you, considering so many "creative sites" plus even two-digit CTR.
Also, please notice that you could not find single "Adsense" world in that case, probably due to the above reason.
I hope that Google could update/edit some Adsense-related cases to help advertisers to establish confidence!
Check the discussion about it and the link here:
So there! actual info from an actual advertiser :)
1) Please don't shout.
2) Unless you're the moderator, don't tell me what I can or can't refer to in a discussion of AdSense.
3) The case history is relevant to any discussion of "search only ads" vs. "search plus content ads," since AdSense ads are content ads and advertisers can't choose between large corporate partners and AdSense partners when deciding whether to use content ads.
I'm sure they will, but give 'em time: it's early days yet.
Only allow you to post, prohibit me from shouting?
I just hope everyone could take a little time after seeing any post. Think again whether it would make sense!
but back to the original topic starter, a number of adwords advertisers are reularly credited if/when fraud is discovered.
suppose thats the reason that ALL logs should be kept for accounting purposes, and issues raised with the relevant advertising house.


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Buh-bye Maternity Leave…we had some good times.
Posted on | March 14, 2012 | No Comments
My maternity leave ended 2 weeks ago. Apparently everyone in the world knew this and I suddenly found myself swamped with work. It's great, but not so much for this here li'l blog.
Many posts half written and ALMOST ready to go up.
In the meantime here is some happy interneting for you:
Congrats to Brie at 269 Days who is now a mom as of Monday. Can't wait to see a drawing of the little one! (In a few months is just fine…really it is.)
Hilarious notes written by kids. No seriously. Like ha-ha funny. (I also posted this to my facebook page.)
I don't use 'em lately, but when I did I wish I'd known this: 50 ways to re-use dryer sheets.
An article on children and established artists drawing autism. Truly inspiring work.
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Name | Peter Arndt |
Status | Unknown |
Age | 39 |
Occupation | Real estate developer |
Residence | New Rochelle, NY, U.S. |
Family | Jessica Arndt - Wife Sharon - Mother-in-law |
First appearance | "Blue Code" |
Last appearance | "Many Happy Returns" |
Peter Arndt was Jessica Arndt's husband.
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Arndt was born on April 2, 1971, in Philadelphia. ("Many Happy Returns")
John Reese met with Jessica at an airport and noticed an engagement ring on her finger. Jessica revealed that she was engaged to Peter. Reese commented that he was a lucky guy. ("Mission Creep")
Peter and Jessica eventually married. While at a bar in New York, he unknowingly met with Reese while waiting for Jessica. Excited to hear that Reese was from the same hometown as his wife, Peter waited for Jessica to arrive, but Reese left before he could "introduce" her to him. ("Blue Code")
Jessica mentions that her marriage with Peter is fine when talking with Reese on the phone, while he is on a mission in Morocco. ("Matsya Nyaya")
This was revealed to be false however, as Peter was abusive to Jessica as he frequently twisted her wrists and hit her. This abuse would cause Jessica's social security number to appear repeatedly on the Machine's irrelevant list. ("Ghosts") Eventually, Peter accidentally pushed Jessica over, causing blunt force trauma to her head, killing her. Rather than call 911, he staged a car accident which later was determined to have caused her death. ("Many Happy Returns").
In February, Peter would continue about his life but with a brace for his leg. One night, he came home to find Reese watching his wedding video, suspecting he was an employee of a loan shark he owed a large sum of money. Realizing he was of importance to Jessica seeking to hurt him, he grabbed a fireplace poker and tried in vain to fight Reese.
It is strongly implied that Reese either killed him, or took him across the border to Mexico and framed him for drug running, as no corpse was found. ("Many Happy Returns")
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- Peter and Jessica's full address was 28 Muir Place, New Rochelle, NY, 10801. ("Many Happy Returns")


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- Alice Shaw has this ability. (1961)
- The Croatian also has this ability. (Faces, Part 1)
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Alice Shaw has the ability to affect weather conditions for miles around her location and can target specific weather effects, such as lightning strikes, in her immediate vicinity. She has stopped rain showers, caused snow to fall in the desert, created violent sandstorms, and created severe thunderstorms. She can aim lightning from her thunderstorms at targets of her choice. Alice's ability seems to manifest unintentionally depending on her mood. Both sandstorms and thunderstorms have formed in response to her feelings of rage and fear. She notes that when she was once angry at her father, a hailstorm demolished his car. She may also have the ability to levitate using the wind, as evidenced when Angela follows her up a flight of a stairs and into a large clearing, yet she is no where to be seen. (1961)
Alice gets scared, creating powerful winds...
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(1961)Angered, Alice creates lighting, trying to hit Angela...
- In Out of Time, Bob shows Nathan a newspaper clipping from the Miami Bugle entitled Snow Falls in Miami. The article further illustrates that this occurred throughout parts of central Florida. Bob tells Nathan that the headline could have read Tsunami Wipes Out Eastern Seaboard, implying that the snow may have been due to weather control. It has yet to be specified whether it was due to someone controlling the weather, or who that person may have been.
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I step out of home early on Sunday mornings. Sunday is the time to buy vegetables from a nearby farmer's market. And at 6 am it seems rather early. But I have to make myself useful to mom.
I somehow manage to get out of bed, slip into flip flops and reach the front porch. I dust my two-wheeler, roll a big jute bag and try the automatic ignition (that mostly fails. I was supposed to recharge the battery).
As I drive I see a guy taking a leak on the street. He also manages to speak on his cell phone at the same time. What can I say - it is not a pretty sight. I need to keep an eye on the random buffaloes and stray dogs on the road. I stifle a yawn.
It feels warm already although it is only few minutes past 6 am. I see paper boys hustling about on their bicycles. I see delivery guys carrying open cases of milk packets. I see the old folks walking, military like. I try to take a whiff of the air. It feels stuffy. I remember as a kid (during one of those hated early morning walks) the smell of fresh morning air. Unfortunately, that is a thing of the past. Now, the air is always thick, a combination of rising dust, pollution and gas. I park my vehicle at a "No Parking" zone. One of the rare times when you are sure there wont be towing activity of any kind.
I am a noob at bargaining - I don't even try. I can already see vegetable vendors relishing the sight of me. A few extra rupees that I "giveaway" without putting up a fight. Later at home, I am (always) told - "Those 5 extra rupees could have gotten me half a bag of assorted leafy greens." And those 5 rupees over time would become big enough to buy a quarter kilogram of chicken meat. You know, the conversation amplifies like that in magnitude. I have learnt to just nod, accept my flaws and promise to try the next time.
I also have to go to a designated store to get some eggs. Apparently the eggs are the "biggest" here. Don't ask me why they would be "biggest" only there. That's what I am told to do. Never question the middle class counsel. They are almost always true.
The few trips I made to India from USA, I never stayed long enough to understand how much I had become sensitive to the environment in India. But now, after months of living in India, even after all the traffic and heat and dirt and open sewages and power cuts and a million other things that affect me on an everyday basis, this feels like home.
Allow me to explain a bit later. But first some more insights (or rather jogging up memories of those who have already experienced the Indian lifestyle).
A service provider will never guarantee you his services even if you pay the dues and even if you pay him a tip. He will rather fix it for you if you abuse him, verbally. And after all that verbal exchange, if you offer him tea, he will happily sit and talk with you about local politics and how the petrol and food prices are affecting everyone. Yes, Indians are full of contradictions like that.
A service technician will come (minimum of ) 4 hours later to the appointment time. And that after a swamping him with phone calls where he will tell you "baaju mein hoon madam" (I am almost there by the side of your home) and yet he has not even stepped out of wherever he exists. You rage, grumble and get angry and upset at his audacity to lie at your face, blatantly. And when he does show up, it's probably close to dinner time.
And where in the world would you find unified hatred against queue system. Jumping the lines is so common in India it exasperates me. No matter where you go, right from a 5 star restaurant to the local movie ticket counter, people always want to get ahead of you.
So does this still feel like home? Strangely, yes.
The first month I was upset. I was really really upset here. I couldn't get half my errands done here. I found everything ugly, disoriented and chaotic. My moods got so uncontrollable as if I was PMSing. I was constantly grumbling. I would look at the homeless people and children begging at the traffic lights, tugging at my jeans, prostrating at my feet - they would do anything to get a currency note from me. I would look around and find people going about their normal routine.
Why aren't any one of us concerned? I would think to myself. Why are we so insensitive?
And yet I forget this is where I was born and brought up. That I lived in the exact same circumstances and I didn't feel necessarily this upset then. So why this change now in my belief system? And why now after months, I have become insensitive as well.
I have no clear answer to this. But what I believe happened is I made peace with a lot of things here. Indians have heard so many false promises before that they have sort of moulded themselves to fit in this confusing grid of Indian life. Those who are rich live a rich lifestyle, those who are middle class go as far as their reach can go, and those who are poor, well, they don't have the privilege of making a choice.
The first thing I learnt after a confusing first month was to let go things that are not in my control and stop getting upset about random stuff. The second thing, if anything can be outsourced (i.e delegated), I do so immediately. There is always labor, ready to fix things for you, at a nominal price. Third, if I want to have fun, I really can have fun. It takes time and planning but it is possible.
And last, but the best part, you are in the proximity of your family and loved ones. There is nothing more calming and fulfilling than that in this world.
I use my smartphone less, I spend more time with family, I hardly watch TV, I celebrate every Indian festival, I debate local politics and government policies. I feel special because I have a decent lifestyle, I have a congenial workplace, I have delicious food, I can read Indian magazines and newspapers, I can have pickles, papad and breakfast food anytime of the day, I can talk about all things Indian without trying hard to explain. Ridiculous but true. In a way, I feel humbled, privileged and accomplished. And it feels good. Because this is what feels like home, smells like home and looks like home from the time you were born and lived here.
Of course, it is not love all the time. There is nothing romantic about poverty, corruption, scandals and other prevailing issues in India. Yes, we have an overwhelming number of problems here - something I wouldn't have acknowledged years ago, when I hadn't stayed outside of India. I think living in USA for half a decade has given me a fresh set of eyes; to take a hard look at the problems here and really focus on where I can provide value.
This is home. This is where the heart is. And this is what will matter.


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Ah, I think we all got fooled here. Why isn't the staff doing anything about this??!
wpolyak wrote:I scanned the QR code in the calendar and its saying I wave to wait till April... this is Aril now. Calendar Fail
Try reading what it says. If need-be use Google Translate for the non-english portion.
well... darn it all... if there i'll take a hint by PM, even if it is fake. otherwise it would just be too boring
mistamoose wrote:Bunnies Ogling Carrots is sold out. http://moofi.woot.com/moofi/robots.txt
I think everyone who claims to have got one so far might be lying- no one has posted a copy of a receipt and that link is to a old Bunnies Ogling Carrots because it says it sold out at 4 something in the afternoon... and I know a couple of years ago they did a choose your own adventure game- that old link might be to what http://feature.woot.com/secret-april.html goes to
Hints anyone? Please PM me.
TheRizz wrote:Try reading what it says. If need-be use Google Translate for the non-english portion.
Love it.
i got it, now you find it out. tehee
I clicked the read more and got nothing different Did that half hour ago LOL
the non english is "red herring"
Roy33sakic wrote:People, people. Look at the sellout times and such. This isn't from today lol.
Ok I see it but what was the clue to get us there?
bag is on kids woot....
The nice thing about these portable AC units is that you can just have a small hole or 2 through a wall for them to work instead of putting in a window where someone could remove and get into your house. Plus you can put it closer to you if you like it cold. TT: Added to indicate product related post.
jinanwow wrote:Here you go. http://moofi.woot.com/moofi/robots.txt
Lol I think comments are being deleted so people continue asking for PMs
Nah, part 4 of the story's at wine woot.
Slydon wrote:i'd like a pm too
LOL! April Fools!!
thekeithster wrote:bag is on kids woot....
I don't think woot would have you choose between spongebob and dora anything to get a Bunnies Ogling Carrots
it's on moofi and it's sold out... alas.. it doesn't pop up on my woot page, I had to get my iphone and do the app thing
Oddly enough, I'm having a weird issue with my PM's. It tells me I have 7 (new even), then they're gone... So - error? Spam? Someone decided they don't want to talk to me anymore?
All sold out now. Finally, you guys got the hang of it.
csip27 wrote:Lol I think comments are being deleted so people continue asking for PMs
Yep... Cause if not the pages wouldn't go from 7 to 6 to 7 to 6.... LOL
I would also not be opposed to a PM hint.
This unit should do a fine job in a small space!
where is this qr code and calendar youre all talking about?
maui wrote:This unit should do a fine job in a small space!
that's what she said.
There were only 500 moofi Bunnies Ogling Carrots..any others floating out there?
lalaclassic wrote:Yep... Cause if not the pages wouldn't go from 7 to 6 to 7 to 6.... LOL
...haha, I noticed that too on "7" and "6". ha
Oh darn, people are saying it's sold out. I guess I should just give up and go away. Thanks for the info without any proof!
dachshund51288 wrote:There were only 500 moofi Bunnies Ogling Carrots..any others floating out there?
forget the moofi link.. It's over a year old..
HINT? From: Matt Rutledge, Founder and CEO of Woot (firstname.lastname@example.com) Date: Sun, Apr. 1 at 8:00 AM
PM a hint please
That's an old sale someone posted to be obnoxious.
elpepe wrote:where is this qr code and calendar youre all talking about?
Woot sold 2012 calendars last year and early this year during woot offs. They have QR codes for a story
I can't find it anywhere!!!
I'm stumped PM me if you know
I'd like a PM
First year I succumbed to the draw of staying up with the hopes of something awesome.. the portable AC is not it.
If anything, I'm pretty sure 8AM is the hint
I'd like a PM hint.. but something tells me no one is PMing hints, just a user ran april fools joke
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Brighton, Sussex.
GV. Entrance to Conference Hall and crowd outside. GV. Pan, queue waiting to get in, pan to entrance. SCU. Mr & Mrs Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin (Nye) Bevan. SV. Towards Harold Wilson arriving. SV. Anthony Greenwood arriving at entrance. SV. Dr Edith Sommerskill alighting from taxi with husband. SV. Emmanuel Shinwell arriving. SV. Sidney Silverman arriving. SV. Tom Driberg, MP for Maldon, arriving. SV. Sir Leslie Plummer arrives. SV. Ted Hill arrives. SCU. Bill Carron standing on pavement. GV. Delegates still going in, pan to entrance. GTV. Empty Brighton promenade showing pier.


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Claim No. K-423198 | ) | ORDER ON AGREEMENT OF PARTIES |
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Claimant, John A. Herrin,- Pro Se, and by
- Kenneth W. Trapp, D.C.
Employer, Callen Construction Co., Inc., by- None
Department of Labor and Industries, by- The Attorney General, per
- Dennis J. Beemer, Assistant,
- Gary W. McGuire and Sherry Silver, Paralegals, and
- Dale E. Becker, Legal Intern
This is an appeal filed by the claimant on November 21, 1989 from an order of the Department of Labor and Industries dated November 1, 1989, affirming an order dated July 25, 1989, which provided the claim had been reopened on January 28, 1989 for authorized treatment, the record revealed treatment was no longer necessary, there was no permanent partial disability, and the claim was closed. Reversed and remanded.
Pursuant to RCW 51.52.104 and RCW 51.52.106, this matter is before the Board for review and decision on a timely Petition for Review filed by the claimant to a Proposed Decision and Order issued on January 28, 1991 in which the appeal was dismissed.
The Board has reviewed the record of proceedings and finds that the Proposed Decision and Order contains an error of law. The Proposed [2] Decision and Order states a dismissal of the appeal occurred at a hearing held on December 28, 1990 and the Proposed Decision and Order issued on January 28, 1991 was a ministerial act. It further states that even though a signed stipulation of the parties, designed to form the basis of an Order on Agreement of Parties was received on December 31, 1990 at the Board offices, it could be given no force and effect.
The law is clear that an industrial appeals judge does not render a final judgment or a final decision and order. Only the Board has such authority under the statute. RCW 51.52.020. Rosales v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 40 Wn. App. 712, 700 P.2d 748 (1985). The action which occurred on December 28, 1990 at the hearing was not determinative of the appeal except to form the basis in the record for the Proposed Decision and Order issued thereafter. The appeal could not have been dismissed by the judge at the hearing and it could not be dismissed by the Proposed Decision and Order except by formal adoption by the Board of that Proposed Decision and Order. That formal adoption has not occurred. RCW 51.52.104.
After negotiations at a conference held upon due and proper notice, the parties apparently reached an agreement and a means of settling the appeal. The Assistant Attorney General drafted a stipulation, signed it, and sent it to Mr. Herrin. The industrial appeals judge required that the stipulation be returned, signed by Mr. Herrin, before December 28, 1990. Otherwise Mr. Herrin would be expected to appear and proceed with the presentation of witnesses in support of his appeal. Though Mr. Herrin technically may have failed to abide by our industrial appeals [3] judge's directions to return the signed stipulation by December 28, he did return it on December 31, signed and prior to the issuance of the Proposed Decision and Order. The interests of the parties and justice would have been better served had our industrial appeals judge immediately drafted an Order on Agreement of Parties based upon that stipulation. instead, unnecessary delay has occurred and the Proposed Decision and Order must be vacated.
The claimant and the Department have requested that based on the record and a written stipulation, the Board enter an order resolving the issues presented by this appeal. The Board finds that the agreement conforms to the law and the facts of the case and concludes that a final Decision and Order should be entered. The Proposed Decision and Order of January 28, 1991 is vacated. The Department order of November 1, 1989 is reversed and the claim is remanded to the Department to issue an order reimbursing Kenneth W. Trapp, D.C. for chiropractic services rendered to John A. Herrin from July 26, 1989 through April 24, 1990 in the amount of $412.80 and to reimburse Joseph Sueno, M.D., for treatment rendered to John A. Herrin in the amount of $272.00, and to thereupon close the claim without further time loss compensation or permanent partial disability. [4]
It is so ORDERED.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1991.
SARA T. HARMONChairperson
FRANK E. FENNERTY, JR.Member


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More rain, day two. Augie boehm, wearing a needlepoint belt adorned with card iconography (kings and queens, hearts and clubs), is standing at the front of the room, as he does for the first 45 minutes of every morning, running through hands from the day before and fielding the occasional question. Raffaela Schirmer, the highly cultured widow of the classical music publisher, wants to know whether a certain play would be wrongheaded; Augie tells her no.
Melissa Hubner, Augie's new bride (and maker of his marvelous belt), describes a killer play she'd made the day before. I naïvely ask if it was luck. "Luck?" she asks, removing her red sunglasses. "Hell, no. A zillion dollars' worth of lessons, marrying your instructor—that's not luck. That's a lot to do for bridge."
The players resume their playing. The Hiegel table instantly falls quiet. A notably hard gust of rain lures Richard out of his brown study. "I didn't know it rained like this in Venice," he says, staring out of the tent. "I thought everything was gentle. Gentle rain, gentle sunshine."
If you're going to be trapped in Venice in the rain, though, you could do far worse than to stay at the Cipriani. The place is a rare combination of sprawling and manageable, relaxed and luxe; over the last half-century, everyone from Richard Nixon to Jennifer Lopez has contrived to swing through. It sits on the Giudecca island, across the lagoon from Piazza San Marco, and nearly all of the rooms face the water in some way (room No. 401, the favorite of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, might possibly have the most exquisite view, a 360-degree wraparound—at $1,550 per night). Its grounds are fun to wander, even in the rain and the chill, encompassing a private vineyard, granaries, and several first-class restaurants (including Cip's Club, which sits flush against the water). The gym and spa are state-of-the-art. On an especially nasty day, I opt for a treatment in which I'm slathered in oil, wrapped in towels, and propped aloft on a "zero gravity" bed. Perhaps most unusually, the hotel boasts the only Olympic pool in Venice; it also happens to be heated, meaning one can swim in it, as I did, no matter how uncooperative the elements.
Rusconi, an elegant man of 80 and a third-generation hotelier (during World War II, his father was arrested by the SS for harboring an antifascist poet in his hotel), joins us for dinner, regaling us with stories about famous clients, long deceased. "Diana Vreeland," he says at one point, referring to the fabled editor of Vogue, "got very angry when she wasn't admitted into the dining room of the Grand Hotel in Rome."
What was the problem?
"Her dining companion, a young male model. He wasn't dressed formally enough. His shirt had ruffles of some kind. A fluffy situation."
And Venice, it goes without saying, beguiles no matter what time of year and no matter how alta the acqua. The added benefit of seeing the city with this crowd, though, is that Bob Guthrie, the head of Save Venice, dedicates one of the afternoons to giving the group a tour of the structures and paintings his organization has helped to restore. The day he takes us around, it's pouring rain, naturally, but he breezes right along, reeling off facts and figures. We wind things up at the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli; the group spent around $3 million to desalinate its limestone walls. Pool instructs us all to take one final step back and admire it, then breaks into applause. It's harder for the rest of us to do the same—we are holding umbrellas. But not her. She has spent the entire afternoon in a chic navy blue hooded slicker. Never once has she reached for her umbrella, no matter how hard the rain.
Thursday night, our final evening. We have our gala dinner at I Granai della Repubblica, a warm and soaring space with mirrors and candles marching along the walls—a Venetian version of Hogwarts. At each of our place settings, a Carnivale mask awaits; the bouquets are rose and anthurium, a native Hawaiian plant that looks, appropriately enough, like a cluster of aces.
After a four-course meal, Augie stands up and announces the winners of the tournament: the Guthries. Rusconi's son presents them with a vase of Murano glass. They accept it graciously, happily, though one imagines that their house must already be cluttered with dozens. Then a traditional quartet of Venetian musicians, all dressed as gondoliers, serenade individual members of the group—particularly Augie and Melissa, who've just been blessed in a wedding ceremony by a prominent local priest. We finish up the evening at the bar adjoining Fortuny restaurant, with Augie at the piano, singing a medley of bridge-themed parodies from Bridge to Broadway, which he produced and directed two years ago at the summer nationals of the American Contract Bridge League. (The finest number: "Overbidder," sung to the tune of "Old Man River.")
As we leave, I chat with the Hiegels. Though they finished second, they seem in fine spirits. "We were just in the museum—which was it?" Chris asks.
"Ca' Rezzonico," Richard says.
"Yes, yes. And there was a painting of a very voluptuous woman about to drive a spike through—"
"—a man's ear," Richard finishes.


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47 Ronin
Found in the forest as a preteen and raised as a servant, Kai (Keanu Reeves) is a mystery to the household he serves in Feudal Japan. Lord Asano (Min Tanaka) took pity on Kai but others in his service hate and fear him, thinking he's a demon. Many years later, Lord Asano is hosting the leaders of all the territories in Japan for a tournament involving their samurai. Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) is one of the leaders bringing his champion to compete. He's also bringing a witch who serves him named Mizuki (Rinko Kikuchi) that is capable of incredible feats of magic. Lord Kira has designs on taking over Lord Asano's territory with help from his witch. At the tournament, the leader of all of Japan, Shogun Tsunayoshi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) is in attendance. Lord Asano's samurai is bewitched by Mizuki and is unable to fight. Kai puts on the fighters' armor and faces off against Lord Kira's fighter, a giant who wears solid silver armor. Had no one come out to face Kira's man, Lord Asano would have been shamed. Kai is holding his own against the giant but gets hit so hard his helmet flies off. Lord Asano is shamed and Kai is beaten severely by the other samurai, who are led by Kuranosuke Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada). That evening, Lord Asano is bewitched by Muzuki into thinking his daughter Mika (Kou Shibasaki) is being raped by Kira. Lord Asano cuts Kira with a sword. When the spell is broken, Asano sees that Kira is alone and Mika wasn't in the room at all. Shogun Tsunayoshi rules Asano will be allowed to commit ritual suicide so he may retain his honor. After Asano's death, Tsunayoshi orders Mika and Kira to marry, after she observes one year of mourning for her father, to maintain the peace between the two territories. He also decrees Oishi and all his samurai to be without a master, known as ronin, ordered not to seek retribution for their master's death and to be banished from the territory. Kira orders Oishi to be thrown in a pit to break his spirit and Kai to be sold into slavery. After a year, Oishi is released from the pit. He returns to his village and enlists his son Chikara (Jin Akanishi) to find his former soldiers while he hunts for Kai. He plans on ignoring the Shogun's orders and take revenge on Kira for the death of his master.
At times lush and beautiful while at other times painfully slow and dull, "47 Ronin" is a film in search of a direction. There are times when the action is spectacular and the special effects glorious. Sadly, these moments are too brief and too few to save what could have been an interesting movie.
The biggest issue with the movie is its star, Keanu Reeves. His performance, as is often the case, is wooden, lifeless and one-note. His face, even in the midst of a battle for his life, remains locked into the same blank stare that has been the defining characteristic of his acting. It works well in the "Bill and Ted" movies but not so much here. Reeves character sticks out like a sore thumb. He doesn't look the least bit Asian and the idea of Kai being a half-breed is so beat into the ground, especially early in the film, that it makes Reeves lack of ethnicity even more glaring. I have to wonder if the production couldn't have found an Asian actor to take the role and give the film a tiny bit of believability. Perhaps having Reeves attached is the only reason the production company could find financial backing to get the movie made. Whatever the reason, Reeves doesn't work at all in the part.
The story is also a big problem. It moves at a glacial pace that makes the first "Hobbit" film look like a hyperactive child. There are long sections that do very little to propel the plot forward. These scenes give the actors a chance to chew the scenery which is sadly some of the better acting in the movie. The bad guys constantly have sneers on their faces and their evil intentions are obvious from the moment they first appear on screen. The characters in general are so one dimensional it's like watching a bad Saturday morning cartoon.
The only saving grace of the movie is the special effects and the fight choreography. The scenes featuring the witch and her powers are very interesting to look at as she transforms into a flowing silk scarf and flows from one room to another. Her long braids also act like octopus tentacles and she uses them as extra hands. There are other scenes of magic that are visually interesting. The fight scenes are done with sword play, not martial arts. There are several sword fights that are scattered through the film and they are often very exciting. There are also displays of archery, silent attacks and precision knife work. These and the magical scenes are the only ones that make the film interesting at all. They are way too seldom to save the film from being a largely mind-numbingly dull experience.
"47 Ronin" is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, some disturbing images, intense sequences of action and thematic elements. There are numerous battles with most of them being pretty bloodless. There are about three beheadings, one more graphic than the others. We see one character shot with several arrows, a brief scene of a man fully engulfed in flames. There is a large mystical animal that kills several people by goring them with his horns. We also see a person commit ritual suicide but it is relatively bloodless.
The movie is based on a true story that occurred at the beginning of the 18th century. Much of what appears in "47 Ronin" is pretty close to the real story, minus Kai, the witch and the other mystical characters. This could have been an exciting action movie if the film makers had just been able to trim back the unnecessary elements and put out a movie that had some actual momentum. With those changes, perhaps the presence of Keanu Reeves might not have been such a distraction. As it is, the movie just doesn't work.
"47 Ronin" gets one guitar out of five.
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom—The remarkable life of South African revolutionary, president and world icon Nelson Mandela (Idris Elba) takes center stage. Though he had humble beginnings as a herd boy in a rural village, Mandela became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and co-founded the African National Congress Youth League. His activities eventually led to his imprisonment on Robben Island from 1964 to 1990. In 1994, Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa.
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A new study conducted by San Antonio's University Health System (UHS) found that providing walk-in physical therapy may yield promising results for patients. The year-long study tracked patients at the ExpressMed clinic at the UHS downtown campus, and a physical therapist was assigned to the clinic to treat patients who had been referred by a doctor.
Patients were seen either immediately or within three days, and the study compared 308 walk-in patients to the 1,451 patients that were seen through traditional referral patterns.
According to the report, the walk-in patients required an average of eight procedures as compared to the 14 for the patients who were seen through the traditional model. The walk-in patients reportedly also had fewer X-rays and were half as likely to undergo an MRI or CT-scan.
Amita Mehta, the lead author of the study and the director of ambulatory therapy services at the University Health System, states that "from the time they'd see the primary care physician to the time they got physical therapy, sometimes two or three months would pass," which may lead to the development of a chronic condition that is more difficult, and takes longer, to treat.
Overall, the study found providing certain patients with more immediate access to physical therapy did result in those patients needing fewer treatments and tests. In addition, the medical charges for the patients who received physical therapy were $1,500 less on average as compared with patients who did not receive such treatments.
Source: University Health System


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The Blue Water Desert Challenge in Parker, AZ, October 11-13, hosted by the Blue Water Resort & Casino, is the fifth event in the six-race 2013 Best In The Desert "American Off-Road Racing Series". Unlike all of the other Best In The Desert long distance races that are either a long loop race, or a point to point course, as is the Parker "425" or the recent General Tire "Vegas to Reno" courses, the Blue Water Desert Challenge is a 2-day multi-race format that features Best In The Desert's Car, Truck and UTV classes running both days for combined results to determine the winners.
Who's signed up so far? Only the world's best! Entries now include Class 1400 Trick Truck: Steve Sourapas, Jim Beaver, Shawn Wanzek, Steve Olliges, Jonathan & John Swift, Shawn Croll, Kyle & Curt LeDuc, Ken Losch, Jaaon Voss, Todd & Kyle Jurgensen, Troy Vest, James Horvath, Adam Lunn, Tracy Graf, Rob MacCachren, Dale Dondel, TJ Flores, Kevin Curtis, Steve Strobel, Scott Whipple, Gary Weyhrich. In class 1500: Chuck Hovey, Glen Towers, CJ Hutchins, Greg Foster, John Martensen, Luke Horschel, Victor Gruber, Sam Berri, Ray Griffith, Tim Hunt, Ben Napier, Levi Rockhill, Shelby Reid, Harley Letner, Garrick Freitas, Tom Wood, Pat Dean, Justin Lofton, Jon Walker…and the list goes on and on!!