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I am at complete Confusion. History: The tank has been established for years containing fish that is over 8 years old and I have not changed cleaning habits. A few new fish were introduced here and there in the past few years. I have a healthy looking tank, then one fish will start to swim vertically then swim in a cork screw, a day later is dead stuck in the plants. Days weeks go by and all looks ok, then suddenly another fish will go into the same cycle. This has been going on for a while just one fish at a time. My question is &%$#@*^!! It must be a parasite or bacteria correct? What should I treat the tank with? My Next step is I am down to four fish; I will toss all filters and plastic plants out and treat the tank, moving the water with a water pump.Starting new with filters and decor. Comments/Questions |
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- Posted by nature_freak none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 22:21
Swim bladder infection. They fill and empty this bladder with air to maintain equilibrium and swimming depth. Not a bad idea, clean and disinfect aquarium. Keep quarantine tank for new additions in future. |
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Thanks nature_freak, I went on fishyfarmacy.com and will treat the tank. -Rusty |
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State-owned power utility Eskom has, throughout the first quarter of this year, continued to warn that electricity supply remains tight.
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Somehow, South Africa has to find a way to deal with what could be a 6 TWh to 9 TWh electricity supply shortfall over the coming two years – a deficit equal to a 1 000 MW power station. In fact, Eskom has explained that 9 TWh is equivalent to what the city of Cape...
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Big business in South Africa indicated on Tuesday that it was giving priority attention to programmes that could help offset an anticipated electricity supply shortfall that was expected to emerge again during the course of next year.
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A key intervention aimed at alleviating South Africa's electricity supply constraints is an aggressive investment and capacity expansion programme by State-owned power utility Eskom.
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Altoona resident Robert Sessamen has invented something that may bring him and the local VA Clinic some needed funds.
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A local WWII veteran shares the emotions of that conflict.
Andrew Scherzinger has a rich history of service in the military and in present day civilian life in Altoona, PA.
These are the 9 men honored by the Bridge of Freedom. All 9 were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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I have seen some pics on TV of downed trees and a lot of debris from trees and other plant material. There seems to be quite a few signs down on the roads. They were showing aerial pics of the MK and while crowds were light the park seemed OK.
Hopefully, all the members will keep the families who have lost loved ones and/or lost their homes in their thoughts and prayers. I am quite familiar with the Naples area as we used to visit from 1975 to 1999. I have been to Punta Gorda many times. What a tragedy! That area has a lot of older folks who have nowhere to go now.


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I have a weird thing that's happened a few times these past two summers when I wash my kids' tennis whites. My washer is a 10+ year old Maytag top loader that (other than this issue I'm going to describe) has never given me problems. I wash on warm/cold using powdered Tide and nothing else. The laundry emerges from the machine with yellow spots in places. Not pale yellow under the arms or around the collars, but fairly bright yellow in what looks like random spots.
Soaking in Oxy and washing again fades the yellow but the spots don't quite go away. I thought it might be stains from sunblock somehow getting set in the wash but then I washed some of my nephew's whites, and he hadn't worn sunblock, and the same thing happened. Any ideas? |
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This weird problem has been around awhile, along with mysterious little holes in cotton shirts. I think we decided it was probably not just one cause, but probably any number of things. Sunscreen, as you mentioned. Maybe moisturizers, chemicals on car seats, or even chemicals or oils left in the cloth from the processing and manufacturing. Some spots appear before the clothes were ever worn! If you figure it out please let everyone here know. We will appreciate it. |
I was getting some yellow-orangish spots on clothes that I figured out was from whatever it is that they use to "glue" on the "felt" strips on the dryer drum. I have since stopped using a real hot setting on the dryer (it's a gas dryer) and the spots have stopped. Are your spots on things that you have run through the dryer? |
Yellow spotting on whites can be a phenomenon of using chlorine bleach. It's pretty well documented from what I can google. Did you by chance maybe use it in the wash water? I know I have bleached canvas sneakers in the wash machine and came out with yellow polka dots on otherwise just muddy shoes. |
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[580] A Comparative Histopathological Evaluation between Subgroups of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Yaqiong Li, Zhiyan Liu, Takashi Ozaki, Emiko Taniguchi, Ichiro Mori, Kennichi Kakudo. Wakayama Medical University, Japan
Background: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is commonly considered as a well-defined clinicopathological entity. Its diagnosis and treatment have changed little over the last few decades. We herein describe a subsection of HT characterized histologically by dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, stromal fibrosis, large numbers of IgG4-positive plasma cells, and serologically by elevated IgG4 titer. These cases seem to represent a distinct form of HT and have close relationship with IgG4-related sclerosing disease.
Design: 114 cases of surgical samples from patients with HT were involved in this study. Immunostaining of IgG4 and IgG was performed on paraffin sections and the histopathological characterisitics of these cases were evaluated.
Results: On the basis of immunohistochemistry of IgG4 and IgG4/IgG ratio, the 114 patients with HT were divided into two groups: IgG4 thyroiditis (33 cases) [figure1A] and non-IgG4 thyroiditis (81 cases).
Histopathologically, IgG4 thyroiditis [figure1B] showed higher grade of stromal fibrosis, lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and follicular cell degeneration than non-IgG4 thyroiditis. In addition, before operation, serum IgG4 concentrations were significantly higher in IgG4 thyroiditis than non-IgG4 thyroiditis. After operation, the serum IgG4 levels of patients with IgG4 thyroiditis decreased significantly. Furthermore, IgG4 thyroiditis and non-IgG4 thyroiditis present different clinical features, with IgG4 thyroiditis being more closely associated with rapid progress, subclinical hypothyroidism, higher levels of circulating antibodies, and more diffuse low echogenicity. No other organs were found to be involved by IgG4-related sclerosing disease in this patients' series.
Conclusions: Hashimoto's thyroiditis can be subclassified into two groups, in regard of IgG4-positive plasma cell population: IgG4 thyroiditis and non-IgG4 thyroiditis. IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltrate is a marker of fibrotic variant of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which shows atrophy of follicles and stromal fibrosis, resulting in subclinical hypothyroidism more. New insights into HT with special reference of IgG4-positive plasma cells offer a novel way of viewing this well-defined disease.
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This past Tuesday Antonio Tedesco and I held our second Open Angel Forum in Philly at Morgan Lewis. Time will tell whether some of the companies get funded or not, but we feel it again went really well.
Each of the seven companies demoed for five minutes and then had five minutes for questions. Before and after they had a chance to mingle with a room full of awesome angel investors from the area. Many of the angels from last time were there, and there were a bunch of new folks as well.
Compared to the previous companies, more of this batch had strong Philly connections. We didn't plan for that result, but welcome it as one of our primary goals is to increase the number of great startups forming and thriving in the Philly area.
We kept the company list confidential until the event. Here were the companies (in the order they presented):
Instinct (NYC, prev in Philly) - virtual music teacher in your browser.
They help you learn real songs in minutes via interactive lessons that detect the pitch from what you play in real-time. Killer demo. http://getinstinct.com/
Tadpoles (Philly) - connecting parents with their childcare providers.
They're already in 40 day cares where teachers can take pictures and videos of the children to share with parents. http://www.tadpoles.com/
Cloudmine (Philly, Dreamit) - back-end APIs for mobile developers.
They have APIs for mobile devs to offload common server tasks like user management and data storage. Popular at PennApps last weekend. https://cloudmine.me/
Card Gnome (Boulder, founder from Philly) - custom printed greeting cards.
They maintain a curated community of quality greeting card designers and then can print and send custom cards on demand. Already 1000s of great cards. http://www.cardgnome.com/
Inhabi (Philly) - apartments find renters.
They allow renters to submit a detailed application of what they want and then they match up landlords with those renters. Pilots in Boise, Portland and Philly. http://inhabi.com/
NoWait (Pittsburgh) - wait list management for casual dining restaurants.
They have an iPad/iPhone system for restaurants that don't take reservations to manage their seating via text message. In use by a bunch of restaurants already. http://nowaitapp.com/
Let's Gift It (NYC, Dreamit) - group gift giving plugin.
They integrate with retail Web sites to help them enable group gift giving. Their first customer is 1-800-Flowers. http://letsgift.it/
Let me know if you want an intro to any of these companies!
Given a second successful event, we are definitely planning to hold this event twice a year from now on. The next one should be around March of next year. Watch my Twitter stream for updates.
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Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.
But a federal spokesman questions whether the state is legally entitled to emergency dollars.
"This is not the intent of the law,'' said Russ Knocke, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA.
The governor, in a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Arizona is collecting documentation from state, tribal, county and local governments "to prepare an official request for an Emergency Declaration from the federal government.''
Napolitano's move comes a month after she used her own powers to declare a state of emergency in Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pima and Yuma counties.
That declaration, coupled with the approval of her Emergency Council, freed up $1.5 million for those counties to fight crime associated with illegal immigration, such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, car theft and fraudulent ID cards. But even Napolitano admitted those funds provide only temporary relief.
Knocke said FEMA will review any request the state eventually files. But he suggested the governor's request for federal disaster aid dollars is inappropriate. Congress approved the emergency aid statutes to provide immediate relief from a disaster that already has occurred and where cash is needed to make repairs, he said.
But Pati Urias, a spokeswoman for the governor, said the administration believes the problem does qualify under federal law, even though it is not a hurricane or other natural disaster.
"The federal government has lost operational control of the border between Arizona and Mexico,'' Urias said. "When one state accounts for about half of all the illegal immigrants caught coming to the United States, that's a problem worthy of an emergency declaration.''
Urias said the problem became exacerbated once federal immigration officers increased enforcement in California and Texas.
"Arizona became the place to sneak into the country illegally, since the crackdown did not deal with the entire border, only selected portions of it,'' she said.
The state's anticipated request — and FEMA's eventual decision — will again place the embattled agency in the spotlight. It already is under fire for what many have called an inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina, resulting in the resignation of its director Michael Brown.
Cam Hunter, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, said the amount to be sought from Washington will depend on how much the counties and their law enforcement say they need.
The state had hoped to have that figure compiled by now. But Napolitano said that efforts to accept evacuees from Hurricane Katrina put the border emergency issue on the back burner.
Now Napolitano is looking at the middle of November to file the new federal aid request.
Napolitano has repeatedly blasted the federal government, saying that the problems are because federal agencies failed to meet their responsibility to secure the border. That, she wrote to FEMA, has had a "pronounced effect'' on border counties.
"Hundreds of immigrants have died, violent criminal activity has increased,'' the governor wrote. She also said "repeated trespasses to real property have damaged vegetation, wildlife and livestock.''


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Crossing Over
By Aaron Hicklin
Illustration by Lisel Ashlock
Jonathan Galassi is what you would call an old-school kind of guy. For a start, he is president and publisher of one of those venerable publishing houses -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux -- that still prints books; for another, he is a translator of the work of the abstruse Italian poet, Eugenio Montale, a volume of whose works you will find on a coffee table in Galassi's book-lined office (there's also a framed Western Union telegram from Robert Frost, dated August 27, 1929). Galassi, himself, is a poet, working in the trenches of his noble and antique art. His latest collection, Left-handed, draws on his late reconciliation with his homosexuality—a familiar, if waning, subject made fresh and acute by Galassi's ruminations on love, regret, and mortality.
It's a late February day, and Galassi, 62, is feeling reflective. "My first love was in high school and was probably the most intense, deepest love I've ever felt," says the poet, who divorced his wife of 36 years in 2011, after struggling with his competing desires for the sanctuary of married life and the imperative of his sexuality. "If I'd had the courage to actually experience physical love with a man, I may have had a very different life."
Divided into three sections that broadly catalog Galassi's idealized-but-conflicted youth, his happy-but-conflicted marriage, and his liberating-but-conflicted actualization, the cumulative effect of Left-handed, like all great poetry, is intimate in its particulars, but universal in its sweep. The story of gay liberation, after all, is the story of repression giving way to expression, and Left-handed charts that voyage with elegance, tenderness, and, oftentimes, wit. In "Freedom" he writes, "They can cancel every flight/ as long as I get to watch you/ read your brief./ They can run out of chicken/ stuffed with shrimp if I/ can slurp my soup with you/ and sit through the worst/ movies ever made with my/ hand where it doesn't belong." It's an evocative poem—that slurp is tangible—but the joy of Galassi's newfound sexual freedom is undercut with trepidation. Another poem, "Radical Hope," concludes, "The landslide has happened/ the bridge is unsound;/ there's no backing up now/ no turning around."
The landslide that swept Galassi away from his previous life -- or swept his previous life away from him -- turns out to have been neither quick nor painless. He found himself falling in love with a younger man in 2005, a crisis that stirred up boyhood memories and brought his marriage and family (he has two daughters) into conflict with his secret yearnings. The crisis was foreshadowed in North Street, Galassi's previous volume of poems, published in 2000. Reading it, you hear the whispers of what was to come. In one poem, "False Memory," the tendrils of an old crush reach across time: "I have this power: I can conjure you,/ I can put you here. But what I can't/ do is find the buttonhole, the tear/ that opens on the universe next door./ The dream is what it is, not what I want."
How you respond to his new poems will depend on your perspective, but, reading them, I was reminded of David Leavitt's 1986 novel, The Lost Language of Cranes. In it, a wife has to deal with the revelation that both her son and her husband are gay, and her impotence to change the facts is heartbreaking.
One of Galassi's own authors, Michael Cunningham, explored similar territory in his 2010 novel, By Nightfall, in which a man falls in love with his wife's much younger brother (Cunningham has said any similarities are coincidental). "Some people think I was planning this all my life," Galassi says. "No, you wake up one morning and you realize you are feeling things you shouldn't be feeling, but they don't fit into the life you are leading, so what do you do with that? Some people might believe you should bury them, but once you acknowledge them, once you let them in, you can't bury them—that would be death."
In an age when Modern Family is the most-watched show in America, and Neil Patrick Harris and Ellen DeGeneres among the most-popular entertainers, it takes a stretch of the imagination to recall a time when homosexuality was categorized as a mental illness. For Galassi, the son of a small-town lawyer in Plympton, Mass., that was the world he grew up in. "I'm 62 now, so when I made the life choices that I made, it was the mid-'70s, a very different time," he says. "For one thing, this was The Boys in the Band era, and the image of the neurotic, self-punishing gay person was not a very attractive role to aspire to."
Like many boys sent to boarding school, Galassi's education at Phillips Exeter Academy in the 1960s was underpinned by the tumultuous stirrings of love and desire that he learned to repress. "It's a stage of love that's often very pure and true, and it's selfless and idealizing, and I had that experience, definitely," he says. He fell in love with a boy who resembled his father; the two still talk. "He's not gay, but I think he was in love with me, too," he says. "Actually, I do feel regret about that. I regret that we weren't able to fully love each other, because that might have opened me up to what I really needed, helped me see that there was a solution."


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More retailers are requesting consumer-size bags of Peruvian sweet onions, but that doesn't mean bulk cartons are no longer relevant.
"We have been selling more and more film bags. I think retail really likes that uniform package across the growing region," said Brian Kastick, president and general manager for Oso Sweet Onions, Charleston, W. Va.
Oso Sweet Onions offers 3-, 4- and 5-pound bags, and Kastick said he thinks they are gaining in popularity for several reasons, including ease of handling for retail store employees.
"It's easier to ring them up correctly at the cash register, and they are a value-added item for consumers with the recipes and other information on the bag.
"We have seen an increase in the consumer pack," said Ralph Diaz, import and export sales manager for DeBruyn Produce Co., Zeeland, Mich.
Diaz said he thinks a main reason for the higher demand for bags is the more unified packaging.
"When you're running a 2- or 3-pound bag, you get a more uniform onion than, per se, in a 40-pound carton," he said.
Another important reason the bags are becoming more popular is the ability to use them as marketing tools and as markers for traceability.
"The back of the bag has the bar code and the food safety and lot info," Kastick said. "It's nice for the consumer because of the recipes and website info, but also because of the food safety assurance they give," he said.
John Shuman, president of Shuman Produce, Reidsville, Ga., agrees that the bags offer the opportunity for marketing and brand recognition.
"Through our colorful and engaging consumer bags, Shuman Produce presents a consistent product image all year long," he said.
There will still be a need for bulk cartons, grower-shippers say, and most companies will still offer them to customers.
Marty Kamer, vice president of Keystone Fruit Marketing, Inc., Greencastle, Pa., says that both kinds of displays can include usage tips, recipes, and nutrition details.
"Nothing says 'buy me' like big, prominent bulk and consumer bag displays," Kamer said. "End caps, stand-alones, value-added product offerings, multi-size strategies and consumer bagged displays offer consumers multiple buying options and ensure sales lift."
Others agree that both are still relevant.
Diaz has seen both packing options utilize recipe cards and other information for consumers.
"Sweet Onion Trading Co. has a really nice, high-graphic bag," he said, noting that his company packs for them on occasion.


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Former National Archives Employee Pleads Guilty to Selling Sound Recordings Donated to the Archives
At Least 955 Sound Recordings Donated to the National Archives
Were Seized From the Defendant's Home
Greenbelt, Maryland - Leslie Charles Waffen, age 66, of Rockville, Maryland, who had been employed at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for over 40 years, pleaded guilty today to embezzling government property in connection with an eight year scheme to sell items on eBay that he stole from the National Archives.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Inspector General Paul Brachfeld of the National Archives and Records Administration - Office of Inspector General; and Postal Inspector in Charge Daniel S. Cortez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service - Washington Division.
"This is the second case prosecuted in Maryland this year involving the theft of historically significant items owned by the government, " said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. "This case is especially egregious because the defendant was a high-ranking government employee who violated his obligation to protect historical records that belong to the National Archives and Records Administration. These items were entrusted to the National Archives to be used by all citizens, not to be auctioned for personal profit to the highest bidder."
According to Waffen's plea agreement, Waffen was employed by NARA from 1969 to June 3, 2010. He served as Chief of the Motion Picture, Sounds and Video Recording Branch of the Special Media Archives Services Division from 2005 to June 3, 2010.
In 1975 and 1976, Waffen processed a donation made to NARA by a radio engineer at CBS, NBC and the Mutual Radio Networks of more than 3,000 individual original sound recordings. Each recording was given a unique NARA item number.
On September 28, 2010, Waffen sold an original master copy of a Babe Ruth voice recording, which captures Ruth hunting on December 10, 1937, on eBay for $34.74. Law enforcement agents recovered the recording from the buyer. NARA item number 2172 was visible on a paper sleeve containing the recording. The recording was one of the items donated to NARA and processed by Waffen in 1975 and 1976. Waffen sold additional items belonging to NARA on eBay on September 17 and 29, 2010, and October 13, 2010.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Waffen's home on October 26, 2010 and seized 6,153 individual sound recording items. At least 955 of these sound recording items, worth at least $30,000, belonged to NARA. Agents also seized documentary evidence that showed that between at least August 2, 2001 and October 26, 2010, Waffen sold a number of additional sound recording items belonging to NARA.
As part of his plea agreement, Waffen has agreed to forfeit at least 955 sound recordings seized from his home and pay restitution for the full amount of the loss.
Waffen faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte has scheduled sentencing for March 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended NARA OIG and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorney Arun G. Rao, who is prosecuting the case.


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Textiles: Carnegie Fabrics Inside Track Collection
Forget the races; Carnegie's got the Inside Track. The new upholstery collection is inspired by Manhattan's High Line Park and the transformation of unused railroads into beautiful and functional pieces of art. The fabrics present the unique contrast between nature and industry, offering five, durable fabric patterns (Pullman shown) in 44 colorways.www.carnegiefabrics.com


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The Art of Fight Choreography in Film
A Fight Choreographer or a Fight Coordinator is a very technical job and usually assist a Stunt Coordinator with fight scenes. there background usually are expo fighters, trainers, black-belts in various disciplines. These highly train people have years of training spending thousands and hours and dollars on there given profession. They usually train the actors, stunt performers months before a shoot so that they can get the choreography down. During pre-production they film various choreography of the scene so that the director can get view it and get a feel of what the scene will look like.
Pictured in the photos in this blog are Stunt Coordinator TJ White and Fight Choreographer Kelly Carter putting together a MMA fight scene for Director Dean Karr and his music video "Truth" for the band Seether.
Kelly Carter also has a back ground in AIS and Strength and Conditioning training, and MMA. TJ felt he was the right choice to not only over see the choreography but to stretch the talent and athletes before, during and after the fight scene. Do the time constraints of filming a music video, TJ and Kelly spent most of the early part of the day rehearsing scenes. The had three different fights, one with two girls, one with a little person and guy playing Santa, and the 3rd being to 230+ pound MMA fighters.
What do you look for in a Stunt Rigging Company? Price? Or Safety ?
There are many stunt rigging companies out there in the film industry. Some of them have large resumes and spotless safety records and some don't. To add there is also companies that have the most up to date technology and equipment and with that there is the same amount that are not up to par with stunt rigger standards. In this case it is best to have a qualified Stunt Coordinator pick which stunt rigging company to use. A reputable coordinator will know exactly what equipment will fit your needs and which stunt riggers will give you peace of mind.
It is always important to choose the right stunt coordinator to find your rigging company because some stunt riggers are better for certain action sequences than others. This also allows the stunt coordinator to work within the producers budget. Most of the time when it comes to stunt rigging and stunt equipment you have to fabricate one of a kind items for a specific shot. Stunt equipment companies are always testing and designing new equipment that they can create new and exciting ways to make stunts look amazing on film. In this case the stunt coordinator's experience and knowledge in efficiency will keep the budget in check as a result of the equipment now only being limited to this specialized stunt that was created to fit the producer or director's vision.
Following the lifeline of a stunt rigger would start off like many other stunt professions and that is as an intern to qualified Stunt Coordinators and Stunt Supervising Riggers. Here they will gain the experience they will need to one day become a qualified stunt rigger on set. It takes a lot of sweat, tears, and years for that rigger to even be compensated as a professional stunt rigger. This is just like any upcoming stuntman or stuntwoman that has to pay their dues in training for stunt driving, fights, or falls. These specialized stunt professionals take there jobs very serious. Essentially the responsibility of safety lies on the stunt riggers who are liable for the livelihoods of actors and musicians who literally hang from the Rigger's life lines to get the right shot.
So to answer the question of, What do you look for in a Stunt Rigging Company? Is it price or safety? You have to do the research on who is going to get the job done safely for the best price. Just because the price is lower than other companies out there does not mean that that company is the safest to use. There is something to be said that you can't put a price on life, but what you can do is find a qualified coordinator to do the leg work for you and deliver you the best product.
Rob Dyrdek (Pro Skater / TV Personality) Jumps Chevy Sonic on Fantasy Factory in MTV
Mike Ryan, Stunt Coordinator and owner of Picture Vehicles Unlimited is proud to announce that skate board champ and TV show host of Fantasy Factory, Rob Dyrdek will complete the first spiral jump seen in public since the mid 1970's.
Stuntman and friend James Smith and I studied the history and met with some of the folks that invented and performed the jumps in the '70's, including the one in the 1973 James Bond movie, "The man with the Golden Gun". Rob wanted to do it and he let Elia at Jem Special Effects know about it. Elia told me and then Rob got Chevy involved.
Elia Popov and his crew at Jem Special Effects prepped the hero and test car, provided by sponsor and host, Chevrolet. The Picture Vehicles Unlimited stunt fabrication crew built the ramps and together, James Smith and I have completed 8 jumps into boxes and James landed one onto the catch ramp last
Chris Brown and Justin Bieber Creating Big Stunts for Riveting Entertainment
It has been a busy year for Riveting Entertainment , producing some of the most dynamic award winning videos of the year. CEO and Executive Producer
Andrew Listermann has teamed with Director Colin Tilley to create high concept music videos. With the ever changing economics of the music industry and the budget crunches for music videos. It takes creative directors, producers and production companies to acheive high concept videos on limited budgets now. Taking this into consideration Artist, Labels, and Management companies understand that Music videos are one of the best ways to get exposure for their music. So you see more than ever an abundance of music videos being filmed currently for the internet.
With such a big concept and dangerous stunts, Riveting Entertainment called T Minus Productions and Stunt Coordinator TJ White to assist in designing and over seeing all of the action for Chris Brown Featuring Justin Beiber's music video "Next to You". TJ stated, "This was a very big concept with dangerous stunts, Working with Andrew and Colin, I knew i had to get the very best stunt crew to pull off these gags. "
TJ White has worked with some of the biggest artist in the business, Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, P-Diddy, Foo Fighters, JLo and Britney Spears to name a few. TJ, a 2nd Generation stunt coordinator, brought in his stunt driving dad Terry James and Tammie Baird to stunt double Shannon Elizabeth for the car hit and Chris Carnel for Stunt safety. TJ stated, "Car hits are one of the most dangerous stunts out there right now in the business. One misstep, slip, miss timing, or not using an experienced stunt driver could be catastrophic."
T Minus Productions has worked with Riveting Entertainment many times and continues to build a stong relationship as both companies expand their creative expertise in the industry.
T Minus Teams up with the Z-Crane for filming action scenes
TJ White from T – Minus Productions teams up with Ross Jordon and Jim Zahnd from Z-Crane to bring high octane filming to the screen. 2nd Unit Director TJ White did a camera test with the Z-Crane to see if it was the equipment he will need to direct his upcoming project.
The Z-Crane is a high speed, gyro-stabilized, remote controlled camera crane that is attached to a Mercedes ML55 that can film 360 degrees around the vehicle at a high rates of speed. This is used in everything from high speed car chases to details beauty shots in commercials.
Z – Crane Stunt driver Ross Jordon has worked on films like Miami Vice, Deja Vu, Live Free or Die Hard and Wanted. Stunt Driver Jim Zahnd has worked on commercials for Cadillac, Nissan,Lady Gaga "Judas", Acura and Mercedes.
T-Minus Rocks JLo's 'Papi' Video & Fiat Commercial
T-Minus Productions wrapped an energetic, stunt filled weekend in Downtown LA for JLo's 'Papi' video and Fiat Commercial directed by Paul Hunter and produced by Jil Hardin and Pretty Bird Productions.
Congrats to the stunt team who: repelled down a 10-story building, landed a hang-glider on 4th & Spring, jumped a dirt-bike over a flaming overturned car, stunt drove a Fiat down crowded sidewalks, jumped through glass windows, had skate boarders ollie 15 stairs, performed countless fights, jumps, high falls and tackles. What did this stunt team not do for this video?
Stunt Driver Mike Ryan ("Size Matters") even wrecked an armored truck into a fruit stand! Phew… what a weekend!
JLo's music videos are always large and packed with awe dropping visuals. The video 'Papi' along with the Fiat commercial are just another reason why JLo always comes out on top.
Check out all the action below in JLo's Papi video and Fiat commercial
Fiat 500 Commercial Feature Jlo
Ne-Yo "Beautiful Monster" Video with Stunt Fighting and Wire Flying in Los Angeles
Fresh from an experience riding Velocity Stunts' high-speed winches as a performer, Stunt Coordinator TJ White hired Velocity Stunts to assist him in realizing Director Wayne Isham's vision for a fight sequence in Neyo's latest music video "Beautiful Monster".
TJ, a veteran of music videos could see that the simplicity of Velocity's computer performer flying system was perfectly matched to add big value to the stunts on the Neyo video and asked Dave Lane of Velocity to join him on his latest project.
Wayne's fight sequence had an ambitious component of performer flying calling for three performers to be flown in 2D. Two of the performers were flown simultaneously and in total there were seven separate wire stunts in the fight covering distances of up to 100 feet.
A compressed production schedule required a one day turnaround start to finish! TJ and Dave developed a plan with three main components: organization, people and equipment. Velocity provided the latest in computer controlled high-speed winches along with a support stunt rigging package, cranes were provided by Monster Picture cranes. The stunt rigging crew was comprised of a talented, experienced and diverse group: from Velocity.
With scheduling help from First Assistant Director Todd Burrows, the plan came together and the team quickly and efficiently installed two 2D vector performer flying rigs, programmed and choreographed the seven flight paths, bag tested and completed rehearsals just in time for shooting.
The shooting included two cast/dancers performing their own stunts and stunt performer Sammy Valdivia performing the more aggressive sequences. Wayne Isham was very happy with how well the performer flying dovetailed with the fight choreography. Wayne, Todd, and TJ kept a fast shooting pace with Dave and the Velocity wire team seamlessly keeping pace.
Twenty four hours after starting the shift, the shooting was done and a hyper fast strike of the rig was completed to wrap the set.
Britney Spears, Music Videos, Stunts and T Minus Productions
Feature Film "Huff" calls T Minus Productions to Direct Action Scenes
T Minus Productions ended 2011 with a bang!
Indy thriller Huff (starring Charlie O'Connell and Clint Howard) called in T-Minus Productions' TJ White to Co-Produce, Stunt Coordinator, and Direct 2nd Unit and Action Sequences. TJ paired up with his old pals from Filth to Ashes – director Paul Morrell and producer Terry James.
Principal photography wrapped before the holidays. The film is now in post-production.
Check out the Huff site for more info: www.HUFFmovie.com
HUFF PLOT: In this dark, allegorical adaptation of The Three Little Pigs, Virgil "Huff" Huffington (Charlie O'Connell) is an abusive stepfather to three teenage girls. On the verge of making a big score and running away with his sexy mistress (Natasha Alam), Huff's wife gives his stash of money to her daughters and sends them away to seek better lives. What follows is a violent and bloody pursuit as Huff attempts to find the girls and recover his money


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Here at theScore we've been keeping track of the social media chatter regarding certain trade targets. What we've done is identify several key targets across the league, as well as players who have been traded, and tracked how many people are talking about them.
In the above graph, check out the spike in Andrei Kostitsyn once his trade was announced. It's crazy how things can blow up when the Andrei Kostitsyns of the world get traded. Now we wait and see what the numbers will be like if a big name swaps places.
You'll note some interesting details about these players:
All the chatter started to trend upwards at 10:00AM, before then it had been relatively dormant. The social media buzz didn't pick up until six hours out from the deadline.
What's more, of all of those players Kostitsyn was the only one to be traded. He hadn't been discussed at all relative to the other players in this graph leading up to his trade, yet once he was swapped he's had at least double the reach than any other top player. Since game time yesterday at 8PM until noon today, there have been over 6,000 total tweets mentioning his name.
Nash's chatter has been gradually trending upwards since 8 AM, and has been increasing steadily as we progress towards the deadline. As the big name out there people are becoming more and more active online to find out whether or not he'll be moved.
Even Luke Schenn, who hasn't been mentioned in any specific trade rumors has been mentioned over 1,000 times and reached over 250,000 twitter users by virtue of playing for the Leafs. It's crazy what a fanbase can do for increasing a player's number of mentions. Compare that to the likes of Ott or Brown who have been mentioned in specific rumors for days and, while they have reached a greater number of users, they haven't been mentioned nearly as many times.
For those wondering how we gathered this data:
To get the data for these infographics we used Sysomos (http://www.sysomos.com) a leading social media monitoring tool.


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Florida Heritage Month 2014
For the past eleven years, between March 15 through April 15, set aside as Florida Heritage Month, the Department of State has encouraged citizens to gain a better understanding and appreciation of Florida's history and culture. The offices of Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner have planned this month-long tribute to heighten awareness of our state's rich cultural heritage. In 2013, Florida reached a significant milestone, the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de León's arrival on Florida's east coast. Building on the success of Viva Florida 500, the Florida Department of State is committed to continuing its work with partners statewide to promote cultural and historical experiences through a multi-year campaign, Viva Florida, which will highlight 12,000 years of Florida's people, places and cultural achievements.
This year's Florida Heritage Month theme is "The Sites and Sounds of Florida," which commemorates the many great places that make Florida special and the important people and cultures that have defined them. Please join us as we celebrate and honor the achievements of Floridians past and present for their outstanding talents, and excellence in preserving Florida's heritage and cultural arts. Please join us in celebrating the many historical sites, museums, libraries, and the visual and performing arts, which flourish in our state.
Tuesday, March 18
Florida Heritage Awards
Mission San Luis
5:30 - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, March 19
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
Heritage Week Reception
906 East Park Avenue in Tallahassee
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Sandstone that has been converted into a solid quartz rock. Quartzites are usually white; they fracture smoothly and break up into rubble under frost action. Sandstone may be converted to quartzite by precipitation of silica from waters below the Earth's surface; such rocks are called orthoquartzites, whereas those produced by recrystallization (metamorphism) are metaquartzites. Because they weather slowly, they tend to project as hills or mountain masses. Many prominent ridges in the Appalachian Mountains are composed of quartzite. Pure quartzites are a source of silica for metallurgical purposes and for the manufacture of silica brick. Quartzite is also quarried for paving and roofing materials.
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Karen E. Adams, M.D.
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adolescent OB/GYN Care, Women's Midlife Care, Gynecology
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"Hearing that I made a difference for a patient is one of the most fulfilling aspects of what I do."
Dr. Adams has a broad-based practice that focuses on normal obstetrical care and office gynecology. Her research interests include medical education in her role as residency program director, and medical ethics as a Clinical Consultant for the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care. Although she does not perform gynecologic surgery, Dr. Adams enjoys meeting new obstetrical patients and welcoming back women she has cared for over almost 20 years of practice. She is completing a soon-to-be-published book entitled Dr. Karen Adams Talks to Moms: Guiding our Daughters Through Puberty and Beyond, with the permission of her 21-year-old daughter who has overcome her mortification that her mom talked about sex to her sophomore health class.
After growing up in a small town outside of Houston, Texas and attending medical school in Houston, Dr. Adams came to OHSU for residency and never looked back. In her spare time, Dr. Adams stays active with yoga, Zumba and biking. On weekends and days off she can be found testing cupcake recipes for Prescription Cupcake, her dream bakery that she plans to sink all her retirement savings into. Traveling to semi-exotic locales also ranks high on her list.
From adolescence through perimenopause and menopause, Dr. Adams is passionate about helping her patients reach their health goals at any age.
"During childbirth, I try to stay out of the way as much as possible and allow the birth to proceed unhindered. But when I need it, I am grateful for the top-notch training, technology, and support at OHSU that allows us to deliver babies in a safe and healthy way."
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M.D., University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, USA, 1988
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 1992
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996
Certification in Medical Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle, 1998


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Part organic, part sensual and completely captivating, the Love Magazine 'Fawnicate' editorial is comprised of an artistic photoshoot that is as thought-provoking as it is visually stimulating. From a glittering skull-like mask to a twisting body clad in nothing but red lacy lingerie, the images may be slightly disturbing, but they are undeniably striking as well.
The Love Magazine 'Fawnicate' editorial was shot by photography duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for the eighth issue of the publication. Starring Malgosia Bela, Mariacarla Boscono, Saskia De Brauw, Justus Eisfeld, Oliver Greenall, Kristen McMenamy, Kate Moss, Julia Nobis, Rosie Tapner and Guinevere Van, it is a star-studded photoshoot. Styled by Katie Grand, the Love Magazine 'Fawnicate' editorial belongs on the wall of an art gallery, not necessarily in the pages of a magazine.


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UBC Rising Stars in Probability, Nano Structures Receive US Sloan Fellowships
February 22, 2010
Two UBC Science researchers have received 2010 Sloan Research Fellowships, a US-based award that recognizes North America's outstanding early career scientists, mathematicians and economists.
Joshua Folk, an expert in the physics of nano structures, and Omer Angel, an expert in probability, are among seven Canadians awarded the fellowship this year.
The New York-based Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded $50,000 each to 118 outstanding young researchers from 56 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Fellows are conducting research in physics, chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics and neuroscience.
Folk, an assistant professor with Physics and Astronomy, holds a Canada Research Chair and leads UBC's quantum devices group. He completed his PhD at Stanford University in 2003 and was awarded a Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Angel, an assistant professor with the Department of Math, received his PhD from the Weizmann Institute under the supervision of Itai Benjamini and Oded Schramm. His research interests include probability theory, percolation, random graphs, random walks, particle processes and scaling limits.
The Sloan Foundation was founded in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., then-President and CEO of General Motors.
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FreeSpeech for 10-06-10
Outdoor burning ban is lifted. That's great. Just when the weather cools down and we can turn off the air conditioning and open the windows. Guess we will have to hold our breath until the ban goes back into effect. Why can't you just be a good neighbor and bag it and take it to the recycling center?
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Nothing lowers the quality of life in a town more than that angry, thumping, heartbeat noise that is popular with a few idiots and their "pimped" cars. I'm trying to have a nice evening on my back porch and suddenly it feels like there's an earthquake or explosion somewhere. It's a LOUD bass noise. I can't believe this is acceptable in Peachtree City. Then I realize the source of the noise and I can't help but feel like I live in some sort of ghetto. Low quality living. I don't know where these individuals come from, but I think it's time we silence the blaster tubes in their cars. Extremely loud noises are universally unacceptable. I should not have to tolerate sonic assault. It is a violation and these youngsters should be taught what is and isn't appropriate and considerate in a civilized society. I am asking, as a citizen of Peachtree City, that the police please step up enforcement of the noise ordinances. Toughen the penalties if necessary. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. If you live near Ga. Highway 74, Peachtree Parkway, Robinson, Crosstown, or Hwy. 54, you definitely know what I'm talking about. Let's find a solution to this growing problem. This is the #1 quality of life issue in Peachtree City, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for reading my rant.
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I was sorry to hear the PTC Council is still considering a ban on gas carts. I use the paths for walking and for my electric cart and have for seven years, and during that time I have very seldom encountered a gas cart. I don't believe there are that many here. The carts are not that loud and the smell of fumes lasts only a few seconds as they pass. They certainly do not pollute the the air as much as the numerous semi-trucks that travel Hwy. 54 through town day and night. I also don't recall any of the council members saying they would ban gas carts before the last election. To do it now would be unfair and an abuse of power. What next, will they mandate hybrid autos for all citizens in the city? We are all hunkered down now waiting to see what the federal government will do to us next. We shouldn't have to worry about our City Council in the same way.
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Thought I'd seen it all until I saw a bicyclist on Hwy. 54 in the middle of town, texting while driving a bicycle through town. I was behind him for a while and thought he was either drunk or impaired, but when I pulled up beside him, he was texting. This is just the greatest country in the world: you can ride down a major highway and text on your phone at the same time.
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I'd be delighted to share the road with cyclists. Is your bicycle licensed and are you paying insurance to drive it on the road? If not, hop on the cart path and quit blocking traffic on Hwy. 74 and 54 and endangering the public on Peachtree Parkway north and south.
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Aren't bicyclists adorable in their brightly colored "Sesame Street" Speedo outfits? They look so manly and feminine.
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I have no problem with sharing the road with bicyclists. Although if I am going to share the road with them, I think it should be mandatory that they have their bicycles inspected yearly, pay taxes on them and have them properly licensed to use the roadways.
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Bicyclists on Peachtree Parkway north and south and on Hwy. 54 and Hwy. 74. Why not let golf carts travel on these roads also? They are more visible and provide more protection than on a bicycle and can travel just as fast or faster than a bicycle.
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Seen on the golf cart path: a blue stretch golf cart with five or six little children under 5 years old, and the Mommy (or babysitter) driving with one hand and talking on the cellphone with the other. May I ask why is it so important that you talk on the phone and jeopardize the lives of those small children? You are really a sad person.
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Someone keeps building sidewalks. These sidewalks start nowhere and end nowhere. There seems to be no logic to their location or purpose. It is the Fayetteville city planners or the county. Spend our money wisely, and this is not it. Let's look at Whitney Street. The potholes are not deep but they can rattle your teeth and might burst a tire. City Council does not seem too concerned right now, but next year is an election year for some. Let's see if anything happens then.
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After a 4.5 percent pay cut this past year for ALL Fayette County Board of Education employees, and a one-time "bonus" check of 1 percent of that back this year, many in the schools have found they are not being treated equally. The teachers were given a step-raise that gives them a raise for the years that they have served in the field. That is great and they deserve it, but what about the staff that work so hard to support the schools and the teachers? Although the board gave the teachers step raises, they did not give that step raise to staff positions or parapro teachers. Considering that HR only gives one year of credit for two years of work in any field and the 4.5 percent pay cut that everyone took, why are they left out? Some employes have 14 years of more experience in their field and are only given credit for six. To add insult to injury, they may have worked in the school system for four or more years, which would normally give them two steps, and have NEVER gotten a raise. Is this fair? Some of the full-time parapro teachers make so little that they have to go and get free meals at school just to feed their kids. For being the "best" school system in Georgia, are we really making it worthwhile for the good people to work for the FCBOE? How good do we want to be if Clayton County pays better?
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I have been living in a rental house for a little over two months that is found to have a mold problem. My health has suffered, and I was blessed to quickly find another place to live to get my children and me out of this unhealthy environment. I am a teacher in Fayette County and a single mother who is temporarily handicapped due to complications with a knee replacement surgery and a subsequent surgery six weeks later. Teachers get paid once a month, and my ability to move is limited. One of my coworkers caught me in an emotional state a couple days ago. I shared my plight with her. As a result, she has organized people (some of whom I do not know) to show up at my house on Saturday morning at 9 to help me move. I just wanted to let someone know that there are some seriously wonderful people in in Fayette County.
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I just returned from the members-only presale at the Friends of the Library book sale. When I got there at the opening time, an obvious book dealer was already indiscriminately grabbing handfuls of books and filling large boxes with them. He filled box after box as he grabbed books from under people's noses. I was very offended that he was taking so many books away while I was looking at them. While I understand that the library benefits from huge sales, I think a dealer should only be allowed to shop after the rest of us have had a chance. A book dealer should not be allowed to shop before members and the general public. Even if the dealer has bought a membership in order to snag a lot of books, he should still not be allowed to make his huge purchase until the afternoon of the regular book sale day. We members are book-lovers who eagerly anticipate the book sales to find books by favorite authors. This man was only interested in taking what books he could grab and then selling them in order to make money for himself. He really took my joy out of the anticipated book sale.
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Why do road workers in Fayetteville decide to paint lines and arrows during school rush hour traffic on the main road through Fayetteville. Why not do this at night during non-busy hours. What is the road department and/or DOT thinking? Oh, maybe they aren't.
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Although it was recently reported that Peachtree City and Tyrone have some of the lowest violent crime rates in the Atlanta area, we need to take off our rose-colored glasses and look at how crime has continually increased here over the years. We should all ask our sheriff to start the ball rolling to make these thugs not want to go to jail for free room and board and basketball. If our inmates were treated like those in Maricopa County, Ariz., and had to wear pink jumpsuits, work on chain gangs, give up smoking, coffee and unrestricted TV, that might just be a deterrent. Ask the sheriff to make the inmates clean up these blighted and foreclosed homes to help better our community. If he did this, he would be as popular as Sheriff Joe Arpaio who has been reelected an unprecedented five times. Take note, Sheriff Hannah.
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Why do we need a gate at Kenwood Park? There are plenty of Clayton County kids in our schools; why not the parks too?
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When I go to my son's honor roll awards event I prefer not to have 40 minutes of black history month presentations forced on me. Let's keep on task and honor those students that have worked hard for good grades. Inman Elementary, I'm looking at you.
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I am an American. I am also a Muslim and the mother of a young man who was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center nine years ago. This loss has been made even more painful by the attitudes of a growing number of Americans toward people of my faith. Please, please, try to understand that the great majority of Muslims are very much like you. We too want to see our children and grandchildren grow up in a safe and peaceful world. Do not judge an entire population by actions of the fanatic few. Anti-Islamic rantings, such as several published recently in this newspaper, are adding to the prejudice and misunderstanding that hurts us all. I thank those voices that have spoken out in defense of reason and tolerance. I wish I felt courageous enough to sign my name.
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The Tyrone mayor has been trying to get the council to hire a part-time code enforcement officer. After reading the minutes of the last council meeting, I can only surmise the reason a part-time code enforcement officer is not hired is because Mayor pro tem Furr stated, "In these economic times, we ought not to be too hard on the towns' businesses." As a taxpayer of Tyrone, I expect the council members including Mayor pro tem Furr to enforce the town ordinances in good and bad economic times. To do otherwise is a violation of her oath of office and she and any other council member that refuses to enforce the town ordinances should be removed from office.
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How hard would it be for the owners or operators of Marnelle in Fayetteville to enforce safety laws? If you're going to post speed limit signs in the community, then find a way to put some actions behind the signs. Also, how many arrests have to made for driving without an operator's license before you can remove them completely? One kid has been hit in the community. Will it take a kid being killed before someone enforces the law?
Obama pays respects to last U.S. World War I vet
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced, unscheduled trip to pay their respects to the family of Frank Buckles at his funeral ceremony at Arlington today.
It's a shame that Speaker of the House Boehner declined the request for our last link to World War One to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda. He probably needed the space for a fundraiser.
Kudos to our President and Vice President for doing the right thing.
the Farrelly brothers have announced they will be filming The Three Stooges here in Georgia. The stooges will be announced in the next 3 weeks. Filming starts in April. I could not make this up.
Are they going to go with Curly or Shemp? Shemp was actually first, then Curly, then Shemp again after Curly had a stroke. I wonder what third stooge it will be???? Thanks for the info
it's going to be moelarrycurly, of course.
Legalize Shemp!!!!
I am like, you know, way amazed that I have not received an invitation to audition("They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me, and all I have to do is act naturally....").
Did anyone hear shots fired around 2:20 am Tuesday morning around Old Senoia Rd? Almost sounded like someone hammering...continued for 10 to 15 minutes. Called Police and they said they received over 25 calls but it was Sheriff's jurisdiction. Called Sheriff's office and they had no idea what I was talking about.
it was Woody woodpecker marking his territory for his Woodette. Love this time of year, dont you?
Haaa-haa-ha-ha-haaa, Haaa-haa-ha-ha-haaa, Haaa haa ha ha
with a blue stripe just a while ago. Thought at first glance it was PTC PD, but up close it said Federal Protective Service Police-Homeland Security. Then a 2nd SUV not marked but with a dashboard sign that reads U.S. Police....something or other parked behind it. There's a sight you don't see every day. 3 agents standing in the parking lot having a confab.
Spy, are your papers in order? Oh no wait, the SANY shebang is going on next Monday. I got it. Nice to know they're looking out for us at the lake, too. Just a little more impressive than those PD atv's.
Perhaps they have been doing a facility security survey at the FAA Facility--that's one of the things FPS does.
facility security survey. Glad you got my point.
I'll take care of it. Got to be stealthy about it though. :)
no camo. These 3 have eyes in the back of their heads. And big gold badges on their belts.
The somalis should be taken out. Now we have arrested 13 of them. Big damn deal. Just shoot them instead of feeding and housing them, You will never get my sympathy for the animals of somalia. Its called simple pay back. And the big question is why did those people go sailing through those waters knowing what was about to happen. Did they think they were not going to have a problem. Their stupidity cost them their lives. Pretty sad.
We give everyone a trial if some idiot doesn't perform murder on a prisoner!
As to why the four Americans were sailing in that area, they were missionaries, distributing Bibles to people who can not read them nor want them!
Then they can go home to the country club and over tea every day talk about saving the Muslims, etc.
Real reason they were in that particular area: one of the Muslim countries they wanted to distribute Bibles and tracks in was IN THAT area!
People such as these people (missionaries) have been traveling to Central America for over 200 years building Christian Churches---as soon as the church is built and they leave----the church is burned!
over and over.
I think the kind of mission work mentioned in the Bible included "Living" there permanently most of the time! Dropping off a Bible is useless to anyone except the dropper!
pirates killed the 4 Americans on their yacht. According to news reports after the shootings the US Navy captured some of the pirates. Perhaps those captured pirates will participate in a "deep sea dive". After that, it should open season for hunting on the open waters off of Somalia.
Might want to wait a little for a few more facts as to the cause of the deaths.
Invasions by troops don't always end up as well as they did before! We can't swap four of ours for thirteen of theirs! They go straight to heaven anyway. Hope it is exactly the way you guessed.
Are you in favor of invading Somalia harbor and free all those people as soon as they are exactly located? (several score or is it hundreds of prisoners there.)
This story changes nearly every day about the pirates and the American missionaries distributing Bibles.
Last I heard: Two pirates came aboard Navy ship to negotiate. The negotiator who was helicoptered in and the Navy decided to put those two in the brig instead of telling them they could go back when negotiations failed.
When the U.S. Navy ship (person unknown) told the pirates on the Quest to send someone else they could negotiate with, apparently the pirates squabbled among the 13 of them, shot off a rifle grenade which missed at that distance; then someone said the heard gunshots aboard the yacht (Quest), and the 15 Seals (commando es they called them) raided the yacht.
No one has yet published what then happened when the Seals went aboard killing two pirates. They found the hostages shot and dying.
I hope our new policy about pirates is to attack at too great of risk to hostages is not true!
If so, I would suggest that we invade the 30-40 high-jacked boats they have docked and any nearby threats--dropped maybe by parachute or stealth, and free all 4-500 hostages at once.
Yes, some hostages may die in that situation----but it appears now with so many of the pirates on a boat, we have no way to get to them before deaths occur.
Of course, we may get a totally different explanation tomorrow as to what happened.
The 13-15 pirates are currently on the USS Enterprise carrier in the brig.
They will never be free again until killed. However we can't lose so many Americans per attack as happened here. 4/13 ratio isn't good.
I think it would be a terrible shame if the pirates stole more anchor chain then they could swim with.
on Hwy 85 south of Fayetteville? Was by there the other day, and wow, it doesn't seem to fit in with anything in the area.
As I live S. of there and will pass it often, I'm more interested in what they will charge for gas than what their awning looks like. I'm sure it had to pass muster with local planners.
As these unprecedented govt. revolutions play out overseas, we all should be concerned about the price of gas. And the availability.
And I do agree, that red cover is hideous. I sure hope the lighting isn't as glaring as that color is. Really drowns out the understatedness of the Chick fil A next door. I can hear the cow now, "No mor gas!"
about the horrible red awning.
especially when compared to Quicktrip, etc. I make it a point of not shopping at places like that. I remember this coming up in the paper a few months back, and there was a LOT of discussion on the height of this thing. Looks like the concerns some had were worthy. Oh well, what's done is done.
"They" decided in their little private caucus where they can hide from the voters(and campaign donors) what their true intentions are that the Sunday Alcohol Sales bill doesn't have majority support amongst the brain-dead Senate Repubs, and to not bring the bill forward.
It's really nice as a lying politician to be able to hide and get cover from the voters by having a "caucus" so every member can go back to their constituents on either side of the issue and claim "I was with you on this." Instead of a simple up-or-down vote, the Senate Repubs have yet again shown the dangers of having a one-party state government and of closed government.
Even Casey Cagle said this was unprecedented in shutting-out the Dems and everyone else from having input on what bills advance to the floor or not. It just shows you how the fundies lack the courage and conviction to come out and publicly vote YES or NO on a rather simple issue. They don't have the guts to face the voters and all the small businesses with their so-called "principles" and this is the only way for them to weasel out of having to vote.
This issue is such small potatoes. We have a president that is hell bent on bankrupting our country and you guys are up in arms about this? There are much bigger problems than this, and the democrat leadership in the U.S. are the main cause.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! What a bunch of bovine manure. Perhaps our esteemed Republican State Senator could elaborate on this and maybe even tell us how he voted. How about it, sport? Please tell us why - as adults - we don't have a say in the matter!
See what happens when you flee the country and leave the nutless in charge?
I'm packing as we speak. Flying to DTW and then home on Friday. BTW, I thought you were the responsible adult for the week. How did you let this happen? ;-)
You don't wanna stay there long--it was 72 degrees hr this pm! On the Sunday thingy, guess I got distracted and thought there were actually some adults in charge in theSenate--damn--I hate to be wrong!
here in Fayette County. Because of this simply gorgeous weather, there is now one less Pyrus calleryana AKA Bradford Pear tree in the world. I'm now free of those wretched thingys. Time to celebrate!!!!
Are you going to call for a coffee to celebrate the marvelous weather?
Would this coming Friday (25) work? I believe we did the last one in Fayetteville so this one should be at PTC.
I am a working stiff, Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to whenever PM, so it would not work for me, but it would work for many others I suppose.
You know, one day we are going to be retired like roundabout.
Anyways, I'm traveling on Saturday so that's out for me. How about the following Saturday (March 5)?
March 5th would be fine.
Hey Gang,
Let's move this back one week if possible as "hutch" is in Savannah this weekend. Is March 12 doable?
Will someone pls tell me what this "work" stuff is all about?
It goes like this; I goes to work so I can get paid which allows the boss to spend the money. It really is quite simple you see. ;-)
I have to go to work so this, (_!_) doesn't get kicked out into the street. I really did not want to be the one that had to tell you.
Oh, many apologies--after 42 yrs with the same employer and being completely retired for more than 10 yrs, I've sorta lost touch! In the greater scheme of things, that means I can pretty much handle a coffee call most any day. I do have some things to do on a routine, like the Fitness Center from 9-11am M-W-F.
Great day.
Yes, a wonderful day.
You haven't seen anything bad about trees unless you have some of those sweet gum trees.
The nastiest, filthiest mess in all seasons! Ruins driveways, also.
If it wasn't for the seed pods it wouldn't be that bad of tree. The Bradford pear that I dispatched yesterday was one of three that I planted just over 20 years ago. Bad idea.
It's ridiculous they can't even get the local jurisdictions a CHOICE in this matter.
I do not think that the sale should be state managed. If a locality wants to impose a ban, then fine. Now the funny thing is why this is being managed by the state when it fits much easier in the preceps of interstate commerce than some things that are federally controlled. We are a people of strange contradictions.
Has to do with religion wedge!
The "normal" legislative flow is to introduce a bill, assign it to a committee, and if it is voted out of a committee it goes to the entire legislature for an up or down vote.
This flow was sabotaged by the democracy-hating Fundamentalist faction within the Republican party. They demanded...and got....a closed door caucus of just Republicans together. 17 Fundie Republicans demanded that the legislation NOT be subject to an up/down vote, even though the bill was successfully voted out of committee. The spineless Republican leadership acquiesced to the democracy-hating Fundamentalist faction, in the interests of "party unity".
Bottom line: Georgia remains one of 3 states in the USA with no Sunday package sales. No up/down vote for the legislation.
Georgia Republicans like legislatin' their own morality for all of us.
Says he doesn't believe government should lead by referendum, which sounds nice except he's using that excuse to try and get cover from the fact that his fundie ideals are very inconsistent with the citizens he represents and his only argument is some fundie nonsense against liberty and people/local government having the right to make the choice themselves.
Always NOT amazing at all that big-talking Repubs who always run on "limited government" do a 180 the moment they get elected and have a chance to dictate to the masses.
Nuk, perhaps we can find a way to allow him to spend more time in Sharpsburg after next election cycle. Shame on him and all the other self-serving politicos who refuse to allow citizens to choose.
Whatever. How about letting each county or city decide and let them decide how to decide? Could be referendum, could be city council or county commission vote. Could be just beer and wine. Could be liquor. Just get the state out of the way.
What you have now is a law saying no one has the right to decide anything on Sunday sales and it applies to every single county in the state. That doesn't make any sense.
If it were to come up, "Mitch" would have to be against a U.S. constitutional amendment to outlaw drinking alcohol again, wouldn't he?
These few woods would again be full of moonshiners!
Didn't Randall used to close eyes on stills until a complaint came in from a friend? Just like he did on the courthouse crew (bunch).
about an hour ago. Sure fills out a pair of jeans nicely, don't he? I was checking out the eye candy. Oops, no, that's just wrong. He was checking out the candy. Or something like that. Oh never mind, I'm just gonna go watch those football players today. Don't care who wins, as long as it isn't Ben the pig.
Welcome back you bed wetting, gotta sit down to pee, officer type Airforce puke.
Go easy on those airfocre types.
Anyways, hello from Singapore (SIN) where the local time is 0246 and forecasted high for today (Monday) is about 90.
I guess you're getting up.
If you have a chance while you are there go to the Singapore Butterfly Garden. You will never regret it, you go over on a skylift to the island.
Here's the link:
I just got up and having breakfast at the Singapore Hilton. Anyways, thanks for info. I'm here for the week so that should be doable.
That where they make those "Sling" thingys?
Singapore Slings.
Gin, Brandy, Pineapple juice and a bunch of other "seasonings."
Foamy on top.
Mostly pre-mixed nowadays from a dispenser.
I don't know about that. I just got into the hotel. Will do a little shopping tomorrow.
When I am in a warm place, I DONT RUB IT IN :-D. Me and them singapore slings get along real real nice. And her bar friend mai tai has a nice personality too. But I've learned it's best to stop at three because they begin to turn evil on you if you don't. Safe travels Cyclist! Hurry back to the rain and wintry mix.
ps. Hutch: I'm having lunch with the guy who does your taxes. You sure you don't want to take them there insults back???? :-p
Boy its been warm here in SIN. ;-) Sorry Kevin, hate to tell you this, its been close to 90 every day. After all, SIN is only 80 miles north of the equator. Afternoon rain showers do help to bring them temps down.
Went to the cruise ship in the sky. They finally finished it and what a sight from the observation deck!!!
Sorry PTC O, was not able to make the butterfly park as my team wanted to do and see other things as this was their fist time here.
At 0330, it's off to the airport to catch brand X airlines to HKG.
The former Mayor of Griffin says that our District Attorney Scott Ballard "either needs to enforce the law vigorously and/or get a job as a social worker." He praises the Sheriff's department and the City PD but criticizes Ballard and gang.
Read Letter to the Editor on "Copper thieves keep stealing" :
Geez, I thought Scotty was supposed to be tuff on crime?
I guess the crook must've been a member of DA Ballard's church...
I mean, if someone has more than an ounce of POT, it's off to the pokey they go for YEARS.
I was astonished that he won re-election after nailed as totally lying in regards to the non-existent subpoena that "forced" him to testify as a character witness to a child molesting slimeball who he just gushed over, but that's there one of dem good 'ol boys in Fayette.
Sine his re-election, Scotty's even more stupid and arrogant than ever before as witnessed by how he horribly he handled the whole "investigation" into the Judge English fiasco and how he managed to again to completely 100% lie about what existed on a recording with Judge Edwards.
Of all the local FC elected officials, Ballard is easily the worst of them all and WAY more embarrassing than even a Brown, Haddix, Imker, Smith, Maxwell, Smola, etc.
This guy is in a position of serious power and has been shown over and over to have ZERO integrity. Great job, Old Guard of Fayette!
Anyone know why it is not in the weekly paper anymore?
This is just my best guess, but it has come to my attention lately that the slogan of the paper "have your say", is only acceptable to The Citizen if they can censor it first. Just a guess.
I think it says "have your say," and then about 7-800 words describing what one can't say.
Some of the words used such as "harrassment," etc., have many meanings, but the newspaper knows what they mean precisely.
It is not necessary that we know such things as to why "anything" in this paper. No explanations are required. It was titled incorrectly anyway.
I'm a bit perplexed with UGA's football recruiting this year.
They've landed two of the best receivers in America in Malcolm Mitchell (WR) and Jay Rome (TE). They're well-stocked at Quarterback for the next 4 years with Aaron Murray and this new guy Christian LeMay. They even gave a scholarship to the best long-snapper in America.
What I don't understand, though, is with an offense that's obviously going to be pass-oriented for the next few years, six of the seven offensive linemen who have committed to UGA come from high schools that have run-oriented football programs. They've never learned how to pass-block, and now they'll have to do on-the-job training for a high profile SEC school?
All I can think of is that UGA must believe that all-world high school running back Isaiah Crowell is going to commit. I don't think this is going to happen, his mama likes those nice people at Auburn.
As the bagman at AU is being watched very closely by the FBI. :) Actually, I think it's down to UGA and bama.....in that order. And maybe it's the bama guys watching the bagman...but I digress.
As far as the OL recruits, most High Schools in Georgia run a run oriented offense. And as far as UGA, you will find that under Richt they have been very balanced in run/pass regards. Almost 50/50 run plays to pass plays.
All that said, recruiting is going VERY well this year. Better times ahead for us Dawgs.
Great googly moogly, the UGA defense got a tremendous upgrade in the past 48 hours and will likely get better. #2 State overall Ray Drew signed with the Bulldogs (after he was promised David Pollack's old number 47), and Isaiah Crowell took Auburn out of the running. Crowell now will choose between Bama and UGA this week, just like you predicted.
All-world Defensive End Jeofrey Pagan got a release from his Clemson scholarship because he says he now wants to play for Georgia. (Of course, he got a release from a Gators scholarship because he wanted to play for Clemson....)
If UGA signs Pagan and Crowell, they'll have the #3 recruiting class in the entire NCAA FBS division. Even if they don't, they'll still be #8 in the nation....not bad for a 6-7 team. Texas is #1, Bama is #2. Sorta makes up for losing Butthead Rodgers at the last minute last year....
Oh and that all-world receiver in Missisippi that the dogs wanted to make part of their all-all-world receiver corps? Singleton? He got arrested for beating the holy hell out of his 16 year old girlfriend, seems he had an arrest record under another name, too. He got an Ole Miss scholarship.
Well, Crowell made it official today, signing a letter of intent with UGA.
He's the best running back of the entire class of 2011, so UGA recruiting run-blocking tackles makes sense now.
Auburn stole the best offensive tackle from Texas today, they now have the #1 and #3 offensive tackles in America. A bit scary.
Tre Jackson reneged on Tech and signed with FSU.
Pagan flirted hard with UGA after dumping Clemson but he would have had to compete with Ray Drew for serious playing time so he opted for Alabama.
An excellent recruiting class for UGA. I'm excited about Crowell, but it's worth remembering that Caleb King was a 5-star prospect too, and he's been a bust for UGA.
I see your point about CKing. That said, I would rather take my chances with a top recruit than not.
Looks like a great overall class.
The Fayette Freethought Society will be hosting their 3rd annual Darwin Day celebration in Peachtree City. The event is free and open to the public. Join in the celebration with other science enthusiasts, view science exhibits and enjoy some Starbucks coffee and birthday cake. Barnes & Noble will be on hand with a terrific assortment of evolution-themed books for sale.
When/Where: February 12th, 2011 (7-9PM) at the PTC Starbucks (next to Stein Mart)
For more details, visit our website at www.FayetteFreethinkers.org
"This will be Darwin's 202nd birthday, to be celebrated by the GLOBAL community as a toast to the common good of all humanity....One experiences an intellectual freedom of understanding by realizing that all living things on earth have a common evolutionary history that connects us all."
Regis is retiring. We better keep an eye on roundabout. I don't know how he's going to take this.
Regis who? Some day-time soap opera?
Pretend it is 9 days ago and I walked up to you and tell you the following-
The Falcons and Patriots will be done for the season by MLK Day.
A US Congresswoman and many others would be dead or injured by MLK DAY.
You will have snow and ice on the ground outside your house for 7 of the next 10 days straight.
Jeez....enough already.
will be very visible tonight starting at 6:24p on the Northwest horizon and reach max altitude of 45 degrees at 6:29p and continues to the Southeast horizon at 6:32p. It's supposed to be almost as bright as Venus. Get out of the house and see it!!!!
Wouldn't you say we have wasted at least a TRILLION dollars on tne NASA program since 1965? Maybe would have been better spent on infrastructure and schools.
It got us cell phones and all that crap kids are wasting their lives with is about all.
We are not going up there anywhere to live in the next thousand years.
Wouldn't you say we have wasted at least a TRILLION dollars on tne NASA program since 1965?
But you know a lot of money was wastefully spent starting in the mid 60's on that war on poverty thingy. All that money spent and it yielded what?
it must be a slow day, eh?
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