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Meet the Team 17 February 2001
ALTRINCHAM FC Pen Pictures 2000-2001 team
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Photograph by Cliff Hase |
Left to right, back row: Shaun Goodwin, Leroy Chambers, Stuart Scheuber, Gary Talbot, Kevin Ellison, Mark Maddox, Danny Adams.
Centre row: Joey Dunn, Vic Green, Scott Wilson, Jason Gallagher, Carl Furlong, Stuart Coburn, Eddie Turkington, Richard Landon, Phil Power, J Smith, Tony Murphy.
Front row: Barry Crowe, Steve Porter, George Heslop (company secretary), Mark Ward (player-manager), Gerry Berman (chairman), Stuart Quinn, Steve Hawes.
Altrincham FC
Player Profiles Season 2000-2001
Bernard Taylor Manager | Graham Heathcote Coach |
The Goalkeepers | |
Born: 5/5/75 Stuart missed two thirds of last season due to injury but has come back as good as ever. Supporter's 'Player of the year' in season (98-99). Originally signed from Trafford F. C. in March 1997 after playing a major part in their promotion to the UniBond 1st Division and played a major part in Altrincham's return to the Conference with 23 clean sheets in all competitions. Previously played for Maine Road and Irlam Town. |
Sponsored by: | Evolution Ltd |
The Defence. | |
Terry Bowker
Central defender who, this season, has played for Bamber
Bridge, Castleton Gabriels and Altrincham. Won the Man of the match
award against Hucknall Town on 20th February 2001 |
Born: 15/6/80 Former Tranmere Rovers player who was dogged by injury last season. Made little impact on the first team due to injuries, had a short spell on loan at Winsford United. Hoping to make an impression this season. January 2001 Transferred to Droylsden |
Sponsored by | Theo Lengeveld |
Born: 12/1/80 Born in Liverpool, Adam joined Everton as a schoolboy and progressed through the ranks to eventually make his 1st team debut against Derby County during the 98/99 season. Unfortunately Adam, a centre-half broke a cheekbone playing for the reserves soon after and never re-established himself. A member of Everton's successful FA Youth Cup winning side in 1998.Released at the end of the 1999-2000 season and joins Altrincham for the coming season. |
Born: 25/3/72 Jason signed from Hyde United as a right back but spent most of the last two seasons on the right side of midfield. Pacey and hard working, Jason always impresses with his commitment and stamina Started his career with Marine before playing for Ternia (Belgium), Witton Albion, Northwich Victoria, Runcorn and Caernarfon. |
Sponsored by: | Gary Warrington and Andy Boyers |
BORN: Young Center-half signed from Kendal Town in September. Previously had a brief spell at Ashton United. Has filled in well following the injuries to Mark Maddox and Eddie Turkington. Transferred to St Helens Town March 2001 |
Mark MADDOX
Born: 11/3/73 Originally signed in August 1996 from Sunday League football, after starting his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers. Joined Barrow at the start of 1998/99 season but rejoined the 'Robins' in December 1998 after being unable to establish himself in the Barrow 1st team. A consistent and reliable defender at centre back. Currently Altrincham's longest serving player |
Sponsored by: | The 3 Amigos |
Steve Morgan
Born: I 9/09/68, Oldham. Height: 5I I ins. Weight: 11st 8lbs The vastly experienced Steve Morgan (Over 400 league appearances 21 goals in 14 years) made his debut for Altrincham on 22 November 2000 in the UniBond League Cup match verses Hyde United. Hull City released Steve at the end of last season and he joined Halifax Town on a short-term contract in late September. Injuries have dogged his career but he brings a wealth of experience and no little ability. League Career Details Blackpool - Apprentice 01 /08/86. League Apps, 13 5. League Subs, 9. League Goals, 10 Plymouth Argyle - Transfer 01 /07/90. League Apps, 120. League Subs, I . League Goals, 6 Coventry City - Transfer 01 /07/93. League Apps, 65. League Subs, 3. League Goals, 2 Bristol Rovers - Loan 0 I /03/96. League Apps, 5. League Subs, 0. League Goals, 0 Wigan Athletic - Transfer 01 /07/96. League Apps, 3 I . League Subs, 5. League Goals, 2 Bury - Loan 01 /09/97. League Apps, 5. League Subs, 0. League Goals, 0 Burnley - Transfer 01 /08/98. League Apps, 17. League Subs, 0. League Goals, 0 January 2001 Released |
Born: Former Liverpool trainee signed in the close season on a season's contract. Left back , |
Born: 3/2/78 Signed for Altrincham when surprisingly released by Leigh RMI in October 2000. Started his career at Tranmere Rovers before transferring to Rotherham United in August 1997. Also had spells at Marine and Barrow. Scored both Altrincham goals in their 4-2 defeat at Hyde United. |
Born: 6/10/70 Tall, commanding, no nonsense centre-back, who was signed from local rivals, Winsford towards the end of the promotion season and slotted in immediately. Club captain. Previously played for Rhyl, Barnton, Wilmslow Albion and Witton Albion. January 2001 transferred to Northwich Victoria for a fee of Ł2,500 |
Sponsored by: | Derek Wilshaw |
EDDIE TURKINGTON Born: 15/5/78
Former Liverpool trainee originally signed last close season from Nationwide 1st Division Stockport County but never played for the first team. A promising defender of which much is expected. Spent most of last season at Leigh RMI, playing a full part in their promotion to the Football Conference. November 2000 Contract terminated going to Droylsden |
The Midfield | |
Born: Young local reserve team player who has broken into the first team through consistent performances. |
Born: 17/7/78 Started his career at Sheffield United as a central midfield player, where he made 1+3 League appearances. Subsequently went initially, on loan and eventually joining Doncaster Rovers where he made another 8+2 League appearances. On his release joined Hull City, making 18+1 League appearances. Released and spotted playing Sunday football and invited to Moss Lane for trials. Now attracting interest from Football League clubs |
Sponsored by: | Ian Harwood |
Promising youngster who, with impressive performances, has forced his way from the reserves into selection for the first team. |
Born: 3/4/81 Young midfielder, released by Stoke City at the end of last season. Impressed in the pre season games and hopes to continue his football education at Moss Lane under the guidence of Mark Ward. |
Paul Walsham
Paul is a young midfielder acquired from Tranmere Rover's youth side in summer 2000 |
Born: 10/10/62 In his second spell at Moss Lane, this time as player/manager. Mark made a dramatic impact in his first spell with Altrincham, helping to kick start their push for the Conference. He brings to midfield the class and vision that has been seen throughout his football career, playing for the likes of Everton, Northwich Victoria, Oldham Athletic, West Ham United, Manchester City, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic. Last season he played an intregal part in Leigh RMI's promotion to the Conference and hopes to repeat this with Altrincham. The man's enthusiasm for the game is infectious and sets the highest standards of fitness for himself and the players, even in his 39th year! Services as manager terminated March 25 2001 |
Sponsored by: | Stan & Isobel Riley |
The Forwards | |
LEROY CHAMBERS Born: 25/2/74
Sheffield based Leroy started his career with local club Sheffield Wednesday. Altrincham's top goalscorer in their promotion season but had a lean time in the Conference scoring only once for the 'Robins' and once for Kettering, whilst on loan. Signed originally from Macclesfield at the start of the 1998/99 season, Leroy is a fast bustling striker. Prior to Macclesfield he played for Boston United and Chester City, making 21 Football League appearances. January 2001 On loan to Frickley Athletic |
He spoke to Robins Review "I came to Alty because it is one of the non-league's biggest names, and because I recognised the ambition of the club. It really wants to go places, and I genuinely think that I can go back into the league with Altrincham. I spoke to Paul Power, who I'd been teamed with at Macc, and the fact that he was here meant that I didn't have to think for long before signing. I did not have to come out of the League, but did so because this club is geared to do even better than Macclesfield have done." The soft-spoken 25-year-old began his career at Sheffield Wednesday, a two year apprenticeship followed by three years as a pro before being taken to Chester by Kevin Ratcliffe. "I played 40 League games in two seasons for Chester but we had a really young side and I probably didn't have the experience to make the right impact, so I was released. Boston manager Greg Fee is a great friend of mine, and he invited me to York Street where I could put myself in the shop window, which is what I did for 18 months." Any Alty fan who happened into the bar after Tuesday night's game against Worksop could have been forgiven for thinking that Leroy numbers the Tigers amongst his former clubs. In fact, Robins Review can reveal that a Worksop director remarked: "We had Leroy on trial a couple of seasons ago but our manager didn't want to sign him, and we'd be regretting it ever since!" Leroy's winning goal for Boston at Moss Lane last September was almost his last action for the Pilgrims, as Sammy McIlroy swooped to thought a host of Conference clubs clamouring for Chambers' signature. The result was a Third Division championship medal, but that did not prevent him moving to Moss Lane where he is certainly enjoying life. "I just want to do my best for the fans and the club. They've all been so good to me and I think that we have the quality to reward the supporters with the success they deserve. Even when we had our bad start I knew we'd come through it because of the calibre of players we've got here. It just took time to gel. If anything has changed since the start of the season, it's that we're playing more as a team than individuals, which was part of the problem early on. We are more organised now, with every player knowing his job. Now it is up to me and the rest of the lads to put what we've been told in training into practice on the pitch. Although I'm quite pleased with the seven goals I got so far, I did have more in the bag by this time for Boston last season, although I was taking penalties then!" Frequently reminded of "that" goal he scored for Boston, Leroy can also offer an objective view at why he has never been on the losing side, against the Robins. "The fact is that everyone raises their game against Alty. It's almost automatic. I was no different, and that also partially explains why we started badly. With so many faces, not only did we have to gel together, but most of us didn't realise just how badly everyone wants to beat us until we put ourselves in their shoes." |
Born: 1984 |
KEVIN ELLISON Born: 23/2/79 A sensational season in the Conference for the man with the 'thunderbolt left foot', starting his Altrincham career with five goals in his first five games. Kevin is a left-sided 21-year-old striker signed from League of Wales's side Conwy Town prior to the start of last season. Formerly had short spells at Southport and Chorley. Has had a trial at Everton, Wigan Athletic and last season, Manchester City. Now back to full fitness after Achilles problem, marking his return with a goal against Frickley on New Year's day February 2001 Transferred to Leicester City |
Born: 31/10/73 Well-traveled striker who has signed non-contract forms from Conference side Chester till the end of the season. Played over 130 league games for Preston, Man City, Swindon, Cambridge, Carlisle, Orient and Chester, had trials at Exeter the previous summer before joining Barrow and then Chester |
CARL FURLONG Born: 18/10/76
A bustling forward with good control and a nice touch .Formerly with Wigan Athletic and had brief spells with Droylsden, Knowsley United, Conwy United and Netherfield Kendal, before linking up with the Robins pre-season. Carl immediately impressed everyone in the pre-season matches and is now starting to realize his potential. November 2000 Contract terminated probably going to Droylsden |
ALEX HAY Born 14/10/81
Signed for Tranmere as a trainee. Young striker currently on loan to Altrincham. Returned to Tranmere December 2000 |
RICHARD LANDON Born: 22/3/70
Signed at the beginning of last season after playing for Macclesfield Town in Nationwide Division two and was soon labeled 'Super Sub' due to his ability to come off the bench and score late, usually crucial goals. Started his career at Atherstone United before moving on to Stratford Town and Bedworth United. His prolific scoring record brought him to the attention of Plymouth Argyle who paid Bedworth Ł30,000 for his services in January 1994. Played 21 full league games and 9 as substitute, scoring 12 goals, Moved to Stockport County in August 1995. Due to injury he only managed 7 league games, with 6 substitute appearances for County, scoring 4 goals. Had a successful loan period at Macclesfield, which resulted in a permanent move. In all Richard made 16 full and 15 substitute appearances for 'Macc' scoring 9 goals. January 2001 On loan to Droylsden, then to Vauxhall Motors |
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Born: Former Stockport reserve player who has been playing for Caernarfon. Made his debut against Ashton United in the League cup at Moss Lane. Transferred |
Born: 23 year old winger, signed after his impressive performance for Mossley against Altrincham in the FA Cup. Scored on his debut in the 1-1 draw with Leek Town. Previous clubs include Wilmslow Albion, Mossley and Cheadle Town. Signed for Mossley in April 1996 & August 2000. Mossley Player of the Month for August 2000 |
Born: 25/7/67 Highly respected striker in non-league circles, Phil has had a distinguished career, most notably with Macclesfield for whom he won two Conference titles, the FA Trophy and promotion to Division Two of the Nationwide League. Phil signed for Altrincham in July 1998 notching some important goals in Altrincham's UniBond Premier League campaign. Last season was not at his best due to a hernia. Started his career at Northwich and has played with distinction for a number of Northwest sides, notably Crewe Alexandra, Stalybridge and Chorley. February 2001 Transferred to Radcliffe Borough |
his career at Northwich, winning the first of his two FA Trophy winners
medals In1984 he was the youngest ever player to appear in an F.A. Trophy
final when he came on as substitute after only thirty minutes. Northwich
went on to win the final against Bangor City 2-1 in a replay at the
Victoria Ground, Stoke
In that same season he also won a Cheshire senior Cup winner's medal. He moved to Witton Albion, and then Crewe Alexandra where he played thirty league games. He then moved to Horwich R.M.I. before joining Silema Wanderers in Malta. He returned to play for Chorley and went on a weeks trial to Bournemouth where he scored in a 2-1 win against Hereford United. The day before his proposed Ł60,000 move to Bournemouth Phil unfortunately broke his leg. It took him two years to recover and he resumed with Barrow before joining Stalybridge in 1992. He joined Macclesfield in October 1993. |
Stuart Quinn Born: 11
Made his Altrincham debut last season against Hereford United, after impressing in the reserves. Former Liverpool trainee. On being released by Liverpool he joined Southport and played on non-contract terms at Droylsden. After his brief spell at Moss Lane Stuart spent the remainder of last season at Leigh RMI. Transferred |
Eric Seekie at the bottom of the rainbow. Eric is a reserve team player., who was promoted on December 6 2000 as a and was brought on in the second half in the match against Marine | |
Otis THOMAS
Age 17 |
Scott Wilson
Scott is a young hard working midfielder who spent a month on loan at Moss Lane last season whilst with Rochdale. He joined the club after being released at the end of last season. Transferred to Radcliffe Borough |
Gerard Leonard
A French man who has played for Le Havre and Montpelier, played his first game at Frickley in February 2001 |
Rod Thornley Signed
March 2001
Thornley moves up a Division Bottom club Congleton Town showed there is still honesty in football when they kept their word to leading goalscorer Rod Thornley and released him without a fee to join Altrincham. They had promised the player when he signed for the 'Bears' that if a higher ranking club came in for him they would let him go and were true to their word although given Congleton's precarious position they could have perhaps been forgiven had they reneged on the agreement. Congleton are understood to have a sell on clause as their only 'fee'. |
Paul Edwards
Signed from Doncaster Rovers and Knutsford March 2001 |


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New school a huge winBy: | Posted: Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 10:29 am The Airdrie City View was thrilled to be present at the announcement of a new kindergarten to Grade 4 school in Cooper�s Crossing in Airdrie on Dec. 18. Although we are concerned about the fact no firm completion date has been set, this community could not have received a better Christmas present than 600 desperately needed new spaces for young children to learn and grow. Some say this announcement should have been made in May 2011 when three other schools were announced for Airdrie because the need was prevalent even then. That would mean construction would already be underway. An estimated three years is a long time to wait for a new school when children are packed tightly into classrooms. However, we say better late than never and we commend Rocky View Schools board of trustees past and present who have worked tirelessly to ensure the need for school space in Airdrie was front-and-centre on the Province�s to-do list. Although there was no petition that spurred this announcement, we also congratulate the Council of School Councils, which was instrumental in convincing the Province to announce the three schools that are now under construction and are scheduled to open in 2014. Merry Christmas, Airdrie this is the best present we could have asked for. Comments
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SOUTH DAKOTA (CNN) — They were 17-year-old high school students driving to a party at a gravel pit. Perhaps they took a wrong turn; perhaps there was foul play. For 42 years, authorities have had no idea how Cheryl Miller and Pamela Jackson disappeared.
Now there may finally be answers.
A car, which appears to be theirs, was spotted in a creek just half a mile from the girls' intended destination near Beresford, South Dakota, back in 1971, reported CNN affiliate KTIV-TV in Sioux City, Iowa. The license plate and hubcap match the car they were in when they vanished.
The timing is especially poignant. Pamela Jackson's father died last week at the age of 102. His funeral was Saturday. The car was found Monday.
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges said the vehicle, discovered in an embankment in Brule Creek, will be processed for forensic evidence.
It's unknown what's inside.
It's caked in mud, which must be peeled off layer by layer, KTIV reported.
Dry weather had depleted the creek of enough water that it became easy to see the car, the station said.
A fisherman spotted the 1960 Studebaker Lark, according to CNN affiliate KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Removing the car from the creek could take days, KSFY said.
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Six years ago, state prison inmate David Lykken was charged in the case. But the charges were dropped after a confession he gave turned out to be false, KSFY reported.


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ST. PAUL, MN (AP) - Climate change activists are rallying in St. Paul to urge President Barack Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The group 350 MN organized the protest Wednesday before Obama's visit to Union Depot. Activists are protesting how the upsurge in trains transporting crude oil, primarily from North Dakota, is snarling passenger train service.
The demonstrators also protested the expanded use of Canadian tar sands oil.
Organizer Kate Jacobson says the protesters want Obama to support mass transit to reduce the need for oil.
About two dozen people took part in the rally.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Minnesota to announce a competition to encourage job creation and restore infrastructure.
The White House says Obama's will visit St. Paul's Union Depot on Wednesday as part of his "Year of Action."
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, who represents St. Paul, says Obama will use his visit to Union Depot to talk about the importance of investing in transit and infrastructure. She notes that the building has deteriorated since train service ceased in the early 1970s. But the restored depot is now on its way to becoming a regional transportation hub for buses, light rail and Amtrak.
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline plan to rally outside to urge Obama to reject the pipeline and the expanded use of Canadian tar sands oil.
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Kevin Garnett may have 'no life at all' but he sure has plenty of game | 05.13.12 at 1:06 am ET |
Kevin Garnett isn't doing much partying these days.
When you're 35 (36 on May 19) and supposedly on your final legs and teammates like Paul Pierce say their going to ride you till "the wheels fall off," there's nothing much to do but get your body rested and ready to wreak havoc on the opposition in the playoffs.
'I have no life at this point," Garnett said after Saturday's 92-91 win over Philadelphia in Game 1 Saturday night. "I go home, get treatment, come back in here, study tape, film. No life at all. This is what it is.'
That treatment is the typical stuff plus keeping that achy hip flexor loose so it doesn't tighten up in close games like Game 1 against Philadelphia.
KG did it again in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, going for 29 points and 11 rebounds in 38 minutes, including all 12 in the fourth quarter as the Celtics came back from the dead three times in the win Saturday night at TD Garden.
'You guys gotta understand that were playing a very good team, very young," Garnett said of the Sixers, whom he beat up just like he did the Hawks in Round 1. "I thought for the most part those guys hit us in the mouth in the first quarter, I'm not gunna lie. But as the game went on it went good, second half was more of a defensive mind. At the same time, still punching back if you will. We put some stops together and closed the game."
Did Garnett feel fortunate that the Celtics were down just five in the first half, when he scored 14 of Boston's 42 points?
'To be honest I didn't even know what we were down I don't even look at the score," Garnett said. "No disrespect for the game or anything like that, I go off the crowd, I go off the adrenaline, the emotion. For the most part I like the feel of the game. I really feel like we have better basketball in us. I'm sure as the series goes on we will have no other choice but to get better. Whatever is asked of me is what I am going to do. I don't really pay attention to the minutes.'
Garnett was the monster and feeding him was Rajon Rondo, especially late when Garnett hit a key three-point play to help the Celtics to an 86-84 lead with 2:52 left, a lead they would not relinquish.
'Swag was aggressive, man," Garnett said. "I thought second half he did a lot better job looking for his shot. He has a lot of confidence. Hes been really really working on his game. He did a good job of balancing out trying to get Paul one, trying to get myself one."
Sixers coach Doug Collins said his team did what they could against Garnett.
"I don't know what else we could have done," Collins said. "He made a lot of tough shots. He hits those long jump shots. We are not going to run out at him or get a hand in his face but ya know all of a sudden you start running around and doing al that you free up Paul Pierce and all these other guys. I mean you have to pick your poison.
"Kevin is playing great. I mean he is playing great. He's hitting all these shots. He's fading shots off the glass. I mean he's playing as well as I've ever seen him play. My hat's off to him. But I don't think there was anything we did poorly with him. I just think that some times you get trumped."
Just 35 seconds after his three-point play, his jumper put the Celtics up, 88-84. Garnett showed he still has plenty of game even if he has no life.
'When we win I'm having a lot of fun," Garnett said. "When we lose it's a tough day.'
Doc Rivers: "Philly is Atlanta on steroids-if it's a track meet that's bad for us' | 05.12.12 at 7:26 pm ET |
Doc Rivers: "Philly is Atlanta on steroids. If it's a track meet, that's bad for us."
There, in a nutshell, is the series plan for the Celtics. Doc Rivers said it on Friday at the team's practice. He reiterated it Saturday, an hour before Game 1 with the quote above.
Make sure you don't let one of the most athletic teams in the NBA get their groove on in transition.
There are two things they do extremely well. They defend and they don't turn the ball over.
"I think what people keep forgetting is they're not a good defensive team, they're a great defensive team," Rivers said. "They're going to try to make us struggle scoring and we're going to try and make them struggle scoring. If the game is 50-50, and close and competitive, I don't know why that's ugly. I've always argued against that. I guess 121-120 is more exciting. I think being competitive is more exciting."
Many have speculated this will be one ugly series, with both teams clamping down on defense.
"It depends," Rivers said. "I don't know what ugly is. If we win, I don't think that's ugly at all. So, whatever you want to call ugly, if winning is part of it, I'm all for it."
When the Sixers beat the Bulls in Game 6 Thursday night, about hour before the Celtics advanced, the cannons went off inside Wells Fargo Center, firing confetti all over the place.
"I was telling our guys, they were excited," Rivers said. "They should be. They had to get over that hump. Being a No. 8 seed beating a No. 1 seed is big, it is a big deal. We look at the tape, we look at everything. They were excited. We were relieved. It's amazing the two different [reactions].
"When the clock went off for us, guys were like, 'Oh my gosh. Let's go to bed.' That's kind of how we felt. You could almost say they have the emotional advantage in that because they were so high for their win. We have to match that."
So, for the first time since 2002, when the Celtics eliminated the defending Eastern Conference champs, the Celtics and Sixers meet in the playoffs. Remember the last time? Game 5 of the best-of-5 at the Garden, the Celtics ran Allen Iverson and the Sixers off the court by 30 points. Rivers says he can appreciate the history between the two legendary NBA franchises.
"I can," Rivers acknowledged. "I remember the ones with Dr. J. [Julius Erving]and [Larry Bird] and all that. Anytime you're around Tommy [Tommy Heinsohn] and you mention Philadelphia, the hatred comes out. I think with Tommy, of all the teams, this is the team he wants to beat the most all the team. Regular season games, when you talk to Tommy on the plane, this is his target team. I'm sure he'll be nice and calm covering the series."
Doc Rivers: Next series will be 'a challenge because of bodies' | 05.11.12 at 4:38 pm ET |
WALTHAM — Celtics coach Doc Rivers did not sound optimistic that he would have Paul Pierce and Ray Allen anywhere near full strength when Boston opens its best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series Saturday night at TD Garden against the 76ers. The Celtics, who moved on to Round 2 with an 83-80 win over the Hawks Thursday night at home, did not have full practice Friday, instead opting for a light shootaround followed by more intensive film session on Philadelphia.
"It's a challenge because of bodies," Rivers said before Saturday's film session and light shootaround. "The Sixers are pretty healthy, we're not so that's the challenge. Ray is struggling today, Paul is struggling today. That's a challenge. The only advantage we have is we don't have to get on a plane. Our guy can sleep in their beds tonight and tomorrow night and get some rest."
Both Pierce and Allen sat out Friday's walkthrough, following a shootaround. Pressed as to whether Pierce or Allen were closer to being ready for Game 1, Rivers sounded an ominous tone.
"I don't [know]," he said. "I'm concerned with both, to be honest. I don't even want to give a percentage."
Pierce is dealing with a sprained MCL in his left knee, suffered last Sunday before Game 4 against Atlanta. Allen reported feeling no improvement from stiffness and soreness from bone spurs in his left ankle.
"Yeah, I expect to play," Pierce said. "I feel like I can play [Saturday]. I'm just getting the treatments. I'm dealing with a sprained knee, getting as much ice as possible. It's probably not going to heal until the season is over so I'm just doing the necessary steps that I can to make sure I don't overdo it or put myself in a position where I could really hurt my career, moving forward, being at the age at I'm at. But I'm confident with the way it feels that I'm capable of going out there.
"It really doesn't bother me when I walk around or jump straight up. It's more if I turn the turn the knee in a certain position, I reaggravate it. I don't have any problem getting up and down the court. It's just that certain parts of the game where you get in the lane or physicality of the game, to where you're turning the knee. That's why I'm wearing two knee braces just to kind of prevent that."
Allen did not sound nearly as optimistic and stayed away from promising he'll be a go for Game 1.
"It's no better," Allen said, comparing Friday's feeling to Thursday. "I got treatment on it so I'll stay off it for the rest of the day and get rest."
Asked if he was a gametime decision for Saturday's Game 1 against Philadelphia, Allen said, "Yep, just see how I feel. I won't say worse but it's basically the same from where I felt [Thursday]."
Allen described his ankle as "sore and achy" and acknowledged that he was frustrated with the injury. He shot 1-for-7 in Game 6 against the Hawks.
"It just was unstable. I didn't have that maneuverability out there on the floor," Allen said. "Once I'm out there I do what I can to help the team."
Asked if he would be better served by sitting out a game and getting rest, Allen said he wasn't sure.
"That's a hard question to answer," he said. "This whole week and a half I've been so day to day and I've had some great days and now I'm back to where I was two weeks ago."
Why Doc Rivers is looking to make life easier for Kevin Garnett | 05.03.12 at 2:54 pm ET |
WALTHAM — The Celtics spent most of their 75-minute practice session Thursday working on half-court set offense.
Well, two reasons.
If indeed Ray Allen is healthy enough to return, then they're going to need his jump shot and Doc Rivers wants his team to remember how to get him his shots. But secondly, and maybe more importantly, with or without Allen, the Celtics need to do a better job of freeing up space for Kevin Garnett, who has had precious little of it in the first two games against the Hawks.
If Allen can play, that will help Garnett. But if he can't the Celtics need to find another scorer besides Paul Pierce to help out so both Atlanta guards aren't doubling down in the paint and guarding Garnett.
"We just need a scorer," Rivers said before Thursday's practice. "We have to space the floor. They're killing us with their help [defense]. They just decided without Ray on the floor, they're just going to swarm everybody and you're going to have to find someone."
Rivers said he's not worried about Garnett's jumper. He's more alarmed that he has made just 13-of-32 field goal attempts in the first two games. There has to be help for KG going forward.
"We have to," Rivers said. "The jumper is going to come. I'm not worried about that. But we have to establish him more. We have to get bodies off of him. They're bumping him around, knocking him around. We have to do a better job as a staff, do a better job of trying to get bodies off of him and giving him some room.
"Our spacing is horrendous for him. Clearly without Ray, they're using both guards to just sit in the paint. And we have to do a better of creating space. It's tough when you have two guys they're just not guarding. That makes it difficult on Kevin. It reminds me of Perk and Rondo early on, and that was a big and guard. Now, it's two guards [they're using] and they're quick, and they can poke and jab at the ball. We have to figure out something because we have to get something down low."
WALTHAM, Mass. — Doc Rivers has been around way too long to get over overly excited – let alone ahead of himself – when players tell him they're optimistic they can play.
But still Rivers was pleased Thursday when Ray Allen showed up, announcing that his left ankle felt good enough to allow him to practice as the team prepares for Game 3 against the Hawks on Friday at the Garden.
"[Friday] matters a lot more. I thought you said he said he was definitely playing," Rivers said. "That would be great news. He's going to practice but it's going to be under my watch. He told me [Wednesday] he was going to practice and I told him, 'we'll see.' Really, I don't even know what to do. Honest to God. Eddie and our doctors have all talked. We don't know the answer. We don't know if practicing is a good idea or not. If he practices today but doesn't play [Friday], I'm going to be upset at myself."
Allen took part in the full 75-minute Celtics practice Thursday, which was mostly comprised of half-court sets. Allen tried working out before Game 2 and had a bad setback that kept him from playing in Game 2 Tuesday.
"He biked [Wednesday], I guess that is good. I think he has a better shot but we'll find that out," Rivers said. "He wants to do more today so we'll see. We did that the other day and it didn't work so we have to maybe limit Ray from Ray. He's such a creature of habit, and I actually thought that may hurt him for any chance of him to play. Obviously, it reacted that poorly after just the workout he did, it's probably good he didn't play, at the end of the day.
"He's a tough one because he's such a creature of habit. He does his workouts the night before every game and does his two hours of shooting and then before the game does his hour of shooting. That's a lot of work. We have to figure out a way of allowing him to try to do some of it but not doing so much where when he finishes he can't play because I'd rather take 10 minutes of him on the floor than nothing, if that's what it comes to."
Allen sounded as optimistic as he has since missing the final 11 games of the regular season with the left ankle injury and the first two playoff games.
"Last couple of days, I've been in a really good place so I'm optimistic," Allen said before Thursday's practice. "If I'm sitting here [Friday] feeling good, that's a different story. I am optimistic about practicing today so that's definitely a great step for me moving forward. Read the rest of this entry »
Doc Rivers has the back of Rajon Rondo | 04.29.12 at 11:12 pm ET |
Just before Rajon Rondo left the court in disgrace Sunday night after being ejected for chest bumping (not in a good way) official Marc Davis, he stopped and pleaded his case to his coach.
Doc Rivers stood there and listened briefly before Rondo was ushered to the locker room by team security. Apparently, it struck a chord with Rivers, who was once in Rondo's shoes, playing a pair of heated playoff series against the Celtics back in 1986 and '88.
Despite replays showing Rondo clearly bumped Davis with 40 seconds remaining before getting ejected, the Celtics coach came to the defense of his star point guard after Sunday night's 83-74 loss to the Hawks in Game 1.
'He's in the game, right?" Rivers answered when asked about Rondo's reaction to the foul call on Brandon Bass, who raked Josh Smith in the face on a loose ball scramble. "So, when you're in the game, I didn't know there's a rule the guy only involved in the play is the only one who can argue the call. As a coach, I'm not in the play, either. I argue calls vehemently.
"They're all 10 competitors. You're standing right there, you see what you see, you have a right to argue just as much as anybody else. I think it's great. I think it's getting your guys' back on your team.'
Fast Break: LeBron James, Heat bury the Celtics | 05.11.11 at 9:49 pm ET |
A pair of 3-pointers, a fast break dunk off a steal and a driving layup by LeBron James in the final 2:10 capped a 16-0 run that gave the Heat a 97-87 victory Wednesday night and ended the Celtics season after five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Nenad Krstic scored the C's final points of the season, with 4:28 remaining, giving the Celtics an 87-81 lead. But James broke an 87-87 tie with 2:10 remaining, and then buried a go-ahead trey with 40 seconds left after Jeff Green mishandled a poor Paul Pierce pass. After a timeout, Delonte West turned the ball over and James put the game — and the C's season — away with a dunk and a layup seconds later.
James finished with 33 points, and Dwyane Wade had 34 for the Heat. Ray Allen led the Celtics with 18 points.
Paul Pierce's early foul trouble: With the Celtics leading by three and James cruising for a breakaway dunk, Pierce committed a truly ill-advised foul just 5:40 into the game. Not only that, but it was Pierce's second personal, forcing coach Doc Rivers to give him an early hook before bringing him back for the second quarter. Pierce then picked up his third foul late in the second quarter and missed the final 1:44 of the half. He never got into a rhythm and couldn't provide any physicality on the defensive end.
Dwyane Wade's monster first half: While the rest of his teammates made just 6-of-24 first-half shots (25 percent), Wade buried 9-of-12 from the field and 5-of-9 from the free-throw line for 23 points before the break. While the Celtics shot 52.9 percent for the opening 24 minutes, the Heat trailed by only two points (49-47) at the half — thanks to Wade and the Heat's 23-14 advantage in free-throw attempts. Wade had 15 foul shots in all, and overall, the Heat totaled free throws 38 to the Celtics' 20.
Rondo's health: At one point in the fourth quarter, both Rondo and Jermaine O'Neal were receiving back treatment on the sidelines. And how could you forget Rondo was already dealing with a dislocated left elbow that left him at 50-50 prior to the game? He did not play in the fourth quarter, finishing with six points and three assists, despite a valiant effort. O'Neal also missed the final quarter, totaling just three points and two boards.
Careless turnovers: Garnett and Pierce combined for seven turnovers, and the Celtics committed 17 in all — the majority of them seemingly unforced. Down 3-1 and on the road, the C's couldn't afford to give the Heat that many extra opportunities.
Getting KG involved early: The Heat crowd may have arrived late, as usual, but Garnett showed up right from the opening tip. He attacked the paint and scored nine of the Celtics' first 13 points, finishing the first quarter with 12 points, five rebounds and two steals to help the C's grab a 24-16 before the Heat and their fans even knew what hit them. Considering Garnett's Game 3 success (28 points, 18 rebounds) and Game 4 failure (7 points on 1-of-10 shooting), the Celtics needed Garnett to set the tone. Unfortunately, he scored three points the rest of the way.
Ray Allen gets open looks: After struggling to find space and making only 11-of-30 shots in Games 2-4, Allen got free from Wade and made 6-of-12 from the field in Game 5, including 5-of-10 shooting on some pretty wide open looks from beyond the arc (not to mention a huge four-point play). His 11 first-half points helped pick up some of the slack left by Pierce's relative absence.
Nenad Krstic and the bench (yup, you read that right): At the end of the third quarter, Krstic buried a long baseline jumper that put the Celtics up 73-71 heading into the final 12 minutes of play. Krstic finished with eight points as the Celtics' bench outscored the Heat's 33-12. Krstic, Jeff Green (9 points), Delonte West (10 points) and even Glen Davis (6 points) each scored at least six points on the night.
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Visits to emergency rooms are up more than 25 percent in just the last decade, according to a new report by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More people using the emergency room means longer wait time - up to nearly an hour, and with more people getting their primary care in ERs, it means hospitals are having trouble dealing with real emergencies.
Some point to a lack of primary care physicians - and even a shrinking number of hospital emergency departments.
Today Where We Live, a look inside these numbers and what they mean for the health care industry.
Join the conversation! Add your suggestions, questions and comments below.
Emergency Room Visits
I live in West Hartford and I would never go to Hartford hospital or St
Francis emergency rooms if I can help it. You will sit and wait for hours
to get seen. A few years ago a family member was assaulted and brought to
Hartford hospital. The treatment and care was horrible. When I asked when
my family member would be able to get a room I was threatened with arrest.
We left and my family member saw his PCP the next day.
The few times I have needed emergency room since then, I have gone or taken
individuals to Dempsey. We had another family member waiting at
Manchester memorial for hours to be seen for what they had diagnosed as an
ear infection a few days earlier. We took her out of there and brought her
to Dempsey where she was seen immediately and diagnosed with a neck injury.
City hospitals have some serious issues in how they conduct business.
Dempsey is a facility that needs to be kept open.
Peter Kurimay
Emergency Department Overcrowding
I am the past president and current government affairs chairperson of the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. I have several comments to make concerning ED crowding. First and foremost, I would like to dispel misinformation concerning the causes of ED crowding and delays. Certain sources would like the public to believe that the reason for crowding is the extensive use of emergency departments for primary care. This is simply not the case. The primary cause of crowding and delays is the practice of boarding admitted patients in the emergency department long after they have ceased to be emergency patients. These inpatients, who should be upstairs in a room or a secondary inpatient holding area, instead remain for hours (sometimes days in the case of adolescent psychiatric patients) in the rooms and hallways of the emergency department where they compete with newly arrived emergency patients for space and personnel time. In Connecticut, ACEP has made solving the crowding problem its top priority for several years. We have hit a brick wall. The Department of Public Health not only refuses to force hospitals to get boarders out of the emergency department, they refuse to even use the term "boarders."
We readily concur that a large portion of our business concerns conditions that are not "true emergencies." We are fine with that. The great majority of these cases can be taken care of in a short amount of time following which the patient is discharged and we go on to the next case. If we have more acutely injured or ill patients, we tend to them first and the low acuity case waits in the waiting room. Making sure that "the emergency room only gets used for true emergencies" is not a valid goal. We have a very high overhead to staff and equip our ED's, and there are not enough "true emergencies" to provide the revenue necessary to keep the doors open. We actually rely on non-emergent cases to keep us busy and provide revenue to pay the bills so we can be ready for the patients who are in dire need of emergency medical treatment.
Phil Brewer, MD
Government Relations Chair and Past President, COnnecticut COllege of Emergency Physicians


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By Monica Wendel - New York is a city that knows no boundaries, a city that many call home. Hipsters throw parties in deserted Brooklyn warehouses, the richest people in the world use Barnes & Noble as a personal library, and last year even an otter took over prime real estate in the Bronx River. Recently, the Upper East Side of Manhattan became another home of sorts for high quality espresso machines, as Nespresso chose that location to open its only coffee bar in the nation. After all, there's no better place for a coffee bar than in a city that never sleeps!
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Last year at this time, we were proud to tell you the tourism industry in Kenya was at an all time high. More than 100,000 tourists a year were traveling to this African country, going on safari, visiting sustainable coffee plantations and bringing more than $900 million a year in revenue to a country haunted by its controversial past.
The controversy stems in part from racial hostilities that developed around the turn of the century during the British occupation. This was somewhat overcome during the later half of the 20th century when Kenya's government worked in conjunction with its Tourism Federation to change the image of an impoverished nation plagued by political turmoil and ethnic violence, and create a Kenya with welcoming people and stability.
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By Nicole Jones - Like most of you, I made some New Year's resolutions earlier this month. I'm not sure that I'll make much progress reducing my debt, and unfortunately my jeans will probably fit the same come swim-suit season, but there's one resolution that I can stick to - supporting Fair Trade and buying organically grown coffee whenever I can.
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But the easygoing-off-the-field, hard-to-block-on-the-field Mebane is a big reason – literally – why the Seahawks are 6-1 as they prepare for Monday night's game against the Rams in St. Louis. The defense ranks No. 2 in the league in average yards allowed and No. 6 in average rushing yards allowed. A lot of those stops start with the 6-foot-1, 311-pound Mebane.
Through the first seven games of his seventh NFL season, Mebane's statistics would tell you he's had a modest impact: 18 tackles, one quarterback hit, a fumble recovery. Look again, and look deeper.
"It's such a steady factor that maybe we don't point it out, but he's played great football," Carroll said. "The inside of our defense is really solid against the run in the things we're asking them to do, and he's the pillar of all that. So he's doing great."
One of the best things about Mebane is that consistency Carroll stressed. In the past 2½ seasons, no interior lineman in the NFC have more tackles than Mebane, and his 130 combined stops are tied for third in the league since the start of the 2011 season behind the Cleveland Browns' Ahtyba Rubin (150) and the Cincinnati Bengals' Domata Peko (138).
Mebane also has 13 sacks since being a third-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. None this season, so far, but Mebane has done the dirty work that has allowed others to get to the quarterback.
So, what's it like to try to block someone with Mebane's combination of size, power and explosive quickness? Who would know better than
"Brandon is a heckuva player," Unger said through one of those glad-he's-on-my-team smiles. "I have to go against him a bunch in practice. A little less during the season, but during training camp it's pretty serious.
"He's a smart guy; a physical nose guard who knows where the ball is going. I can't block him in practice. So …"
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(Grades 6-8)
This innovative program is designed to help middle school youth explore what it takes to get their first paying job. This interactive experience, combining CD and activity guide formats with activities presented in the context of a movie set, helps youth recognize their learning styles and personal qualities.
Helpers both in and out of the classroom will enjoy using the guide with the CD to incorporate workforce skills in their work with youth. Activities reinforce and extend learning with emphasis on personal qualities. Working with others, and thinking skills. Youth create their own work plan by applying what they learned to get their first job and attaining future career goals. All activities and skill areas support the national SCANS workforce skills and educational standards.
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This project is designed to explore a topic of their own design. Usually the project selected is one that is not included in existing project material in the North Dakota 4-H program or one where you need to challenge yourself to specialize or create more depth in learning in a project area.
The "Do Your Own Thing" project allows you to outline your areas of interest and plan the activities you wish to conduct over the course of the project year. Completing this project means that you're responsible for selecting a topic, deciding upon goals, obtaining resources and designing a way to evaluate accomplishment of goals.
All individualized learning plans need to be approved by a parent or other adult 4-H leader. The success of the project depends on your initiative. This project provides an opportunity, not a "Catch all." You complete a project plan for each project you take. Exhibit areas may be limited.
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Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.
Yes, Sarah drinks. Drinks as though she has to, no matter what happens. Big trouble for anybody. And little Sarah is only 15.
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Born Innocent was a television movie which was first aired under the NBC World Premiere Movie umbrella on September 10, 1974. Highly publicized and controversial, Born Innocent was the highest-rated television movie to air in the United States in 1974. The movie dealt with the physical, psychological and sexual abuse of a teenage girl, and included graphic content never before seen on American television at that time.
The movie starred Linda Blair (fresh off her success with The Exorcist) as a teenage runaway, who was eventually sentenced to do time in a juvenile detention center, which doubled as a reform school for the girls. Blair's character, Christine Parker, came from an abusive home. Her father (played by Richard Jaeckel) beat her, which caused Chris to run away many times. Her mother (Kim Hunter) was unfeeling, sitting in her recliner, watching television and smoking cigarettes all day. While the movie has a morality play tone, showing the harsh effects of the detention center on a young girl, it also blames society for Christine's downfall, as her social worker does not find out that her parents caused her to run away, and then had her sent off to reform school when she told others.
Original Airdate: Tuesday September 10, 1974 on NBC (National Broadcasting Company)
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One scene in particular that gained the movie infamy was the rape of Blair's character in the communal showers by a girl gang led by lesbian Denny (Janit Baldwin) with a plunger handle; this scene had the distinction of being the first all-female rape scene aired on American television. This scene was not glossed over in promotional spots for the movie; Linda Blair's screams as she was being attacked were aired in the promos, with the announcer intoning, "She was born innocent, but that was fourteen years ago!"
The scene drew much outcry on its first airing and was eventually pulled from the movie entirely when it was blamed for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, committed by some of her peers with a glass soda pop bottle. The California Supreme Court would declare the film was not obscene, and that the network which broadcast it was not liable for the actions of the persons who committed the crime. Olivia N. v. National Broadcasting Company, 126 Cal. App.3d 488 (1981).
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★ Graffiti artists caught out by their handiwork
Being hand-drawn, each piece is different, even when the same design is drawn by the same person, so Jain's system identifies key points in the design that remain more-or-less consistent. And since a gang's graffiti often incorporates its name or other identifying words, he uses crowdsourcing to identify those words, asking the human workers of Amazon's Mechanical Turk service to decipher any text in the images.
When using both text and image features to assess a piece of graffiti, the system correctly names the gang or individual about 65 per cent of the time. Michael O'Grady, who researches graffiti detection at the University of Huddersfield, UK, says this means it is only really good enough for filtering images down to a manageable level for a human to examine. "I'd want it up around 85 per cent," he says.
In the gay ghettos of the Seventies and early Eighties, poppers were always at the center of the action. On any given night at, say, the Anvil in Manhattan, a large percentage of the men on the dance floor would have poppers in hand, and many of the rest would be helping to pass the bottles around. Some disco clubs would even add to the general euphoria by occasionally spraying the dance floor with poppers fumes.
Michael Rumaker, in his classic book A day and a Night at the Baths, describes the tubs as "permeated with that particularly inert, greasy odor of poppers. Wherever you went, the musky chemical smell of it was constantly in your nostrils." He found himself heading to the single, small window, in order to gasp a few breaths of "something other than the cold, kerosene smell of amyl."
★ Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police
During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police.
YouTube user latajacakamera — or "flying camera" in Polish — uploaded the amazing video that the drone effortlessly captured as it hovered over teargas-filled streets.
In another video, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) floats in front of a formation of police in riot gear as they rush towards demonstrators. None of them appear to notice.
★ 101 Year Old Inventor Of LSD Asked Steve Jobs How Dropping Acid Helped Him Create The Mac
Steve Jobs had a life-long fixation on LSD, and often ended up asking potential Apple employees during interviews how many times they had dropped acid to throw them off guard. Steve Jobs personally considered doing LSD to be one of the formative experiences in his life, and was insistent that others should do it, too.
With such a famous advocate working for free, it's not a surprise that the man who invented LSD eventually contacted Steve Jobs. What is surprising, though, is how long he waited to get in touch… until he was 101 years old!
★ Vandal renames Avenue J station 'Avenue Jew'
A vandal altered a sign at a subway station in a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn to make it read "Avenue Jew," according to Assemblyman Dov Hikind. A subway rider saw the graffiti, photographed it, and contacted Hikind's office.
The photo shows the letters "e" and "w" in blue spray paintin at the end of the "J" in the Avenue J sign. The station is located at the intersection of Avenue J and East 16th Street.
Police removed the sign and are investigating it as a possible bias incident, according to a news release from Hikind's office. But the NYPD has not confirmed that information.
★ Paul A. Laduke, Schaumburg Christian School Teacher, Charged With Masturbating During Class
A teacher at Schaumburg Christian School has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child after allegedly masturbating while students were in his classroom.
Paul A. Laduke, 75, allegedly told police he had been "masturbating while fantasizing about various students for the past 10 years," according to the Chicago Tribune.
Schaumburg police told Fox Chicago that a student spotted Laduke "engaged in what appeared to be inappropriate lewd conduct while seated at his podium" on Nov. 11. That student informed a teacher and Laduke, described by his family as a "strict Christian," was fired the same day.
★ Facebook users hit by hardcore porn, violence and animal abuse images
Explicit and violent images have flooded the newsfeeds of many Facebook users in the last 24 hours or so.
The content, which includes explicit hardcore porn images, photoshopped photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber in sexual situations, pictures of extreme violence and even a photograph of an abused dog, have been distributed via the site – seemingly without the knowledge of users.
★ Divorcing couple ordered to hand over Facebook and dating site passwords
Do you, Facebook user, take your privacy, as stated in Terms of Service, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, through scams and through flirtations with high school sweethearts, in viral malware and in health, to love and to shield your adulterous licentiousness, till death do you
Forget about it. The courts have no compunction about parting us from our supposed privacy, regardless of what social media privacy terms of service seem to promise us vis-a-vis confidentiality.
That was made evident in the case of Stephen and Courtney Gallion, a Connecticut couple who've been ordered to turn over their social networking passwords in their impending divorce.
★ John Lennon's Tooth Sells for More Than $31,000 at Auction
The tooth fairy's rates have dramatically increased in the last 40+ years, especially when the bounty is a Beatle's molar. John Lennon's tooth fetched £19,000 (about $31,200) at auction in England Saturday.
The tooth had been in the family of Lennon's former housekeeper. Lennon gave it to Dot Jarlett to dispose of sometime between 1964 and 1968, but then he suggested she keep the tooth to give to her daughter, who was a big Beatles fan.
★ 'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89
Bil Keane's "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author thought, because the American public needed the consistency.
Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89 at his longtime home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix. His comic strip is featured in nearly 1,500 newspapers across the country.
★ Jerry Sandusky Ice Cream Out Soon at Penn State?
The Penn State Creamery is renowned for its ice cream. It makes about 100 different flavors, some of which are named after famous Penn Staters.
One of those flavors – the Sandusky Blitz – was named in honor of disgraced former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who is facing felony charges for allegedly sexually abusing young boys. While it reportedly has not been served for several years, it was still listed on the creamery's website on Sunday and described as a banana flavored ice cream with chocolate covered peanuts and a caramel swirl.
It has since been pulled down from the site.
While it sounds delicious, who would take their kids out for ice cream and buy a flavor named after an alleged child molester?
Too creepy.
★ Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones
Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of users in a targeted area.
★ A Different Kind of Secret Code
Researchers have invented a new form of secret messaging using bacteria that make glowing proteins only under certain conditions. In addition to being useful to spies, the new technique could also allow companies to encode secret identifiers into crops, seeds, or other living commodities.
Crowdsourcing began as a legitimate tool to leverage the wisdom of the crowds to solve complex business and scientific challenges. Unfortunately, these very same techniques are increasingly being adopted by the criminal underground for nefarious purposes.
★ Police arrest man for child pornography after tipoff from burglars
But the young people who stole the CDs were in for a surprise. When they began putting the discs into their computer, they discovered that some of them contained pornographic images of children, the statement said.
Despite having obtained the CDs under decidedly shady circumstances, the pair decided to report Stockard to the police.
A search warrant was served and three more computers and three laptops were taken from Stockard's home, along with several external hard drives. Police said there were thousands of pictures and movies on the CDs — more than 30 of the 50 discs had child pornography on them.
Investigators said Stockard has been downloading indecent images of children since 2004. He has admitted possessing the pornography on the CDs but has refused to say whether there is pornography on the computers, they said. Stockard was booked for possession of child pornography and posted $25,000 bail.
The two burglar suspects who reported Stockard have not been arrested.
★ Texas county police buys drone that can carry weapons
The ShadowHawk from Vanguard Defense Industries is a pilot-less helicopter remotely controlled by an operator using a game console-like, laptop size device. The drone was purchased with a $300,000 grant from DHS.
The Montgomery police says it will be used in chases of escaping criminals and tracking drug shipments.
Michael Buscher, chief executive officer of manufacturer Vanguard Defense Industries, told the Examiner that Montgomery County is the first local law enforcement agency to buy one of his units.
He said they are designed to carry weapons for local law enforcement. "The aircraft has the capability to have a number of different systems on board. Mostly, for law enforcement, we focus on what we call less lethal systems," he said, including Tazers that can send a jolt to a criminal on the ground or a gun that fires bean bags known as a "stun baton."
★ 24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook
Max is a 24 year old law student from Vienna with a flair for the interview and plenty of smarts about both technology and legal issues. In Europe there is a requirement that entities with data about individuals make it available to them if they request it. That's how Max ended up with a personalized CD from Facebook that he printed out on a stack of paper more than a thousand pages thick (see image below). Analysing it, he came to the conclusion that Facebook is engineered to break many of the requirements of European data protection. He argues that the record Facebook provided him finds them to be in flagrante delicto.
A DOLPHIN died after marine park bosses allowed a deafening rave yards from its pool.
Wildlife experts warned the banging techno at the two-day dance event would lead to stress among the ten dolphins. Animal activists even turned up to protest at Connyland marine park in Lipperswil, Switzerland.
Shadow, an eight-year-old dolphin, appeared very distressed and disoriented after the event, and was later found dead.
An activist said: "The sound levels dolphins heard were comparable to a pneumatic drill." Connyland bosses denied any wrongdoing.
★ Lush Workers Cut Wallets From the Pockets of Drunk Train Riders
In the world of crime statistics, there is a certain subsection of victim on the city subways: a reveler who, overserved during a night on the town, nods off on a train. He wakes with a flapping, precision-cut hole in his trousers and cool, thin air where his wallet used to be.
This victim shakes his head in self-disgust, joining the besotted ranks to fall prey to a brand of criminal as old and established below the streets as a twisted root.
The police, long ago, coined a name for this criminal. The lush worker.
★ 'Urine power' tests at UWE in Bristol are successful
'Regulating the flow'
The bacteria anaerobically (without oxygen) respire just like any other living organism, and this process gives off electrons.
Those electrons are then passed through an electrode and a measure of electricity is generated.
Bacteria feed on the urine, which they effectively use as a fuel to continue to breathe and give off electrons.
"Urine is chemically rich in substances favourable to the MFCs," said Dr Ieropoulos.
"Through this study… we were able to show that by miniaturisation and multiplication of the number of MFCs into a stack and regulating the flow of urine, it may be possible to look at scales of use that have the potential to produce useful levels of power, for example in a domestic or small village setting."
★ Josie From Josie And The Pussycats Is Possessed By The Devil
In the last Occult post, I showed you a story in Archie comics that seemed a bit heavy handed with the occult. Well, that was nothing, folks. In this one, Josie becomes possessed by an evil spirit… and it is disturbing as shit.
I know Archie comics became "born again" at some point in their history, but this ain't it – the rest of the issue is completely "normal". The Josie issues before and after this issue were free from overt religious messages…. so, I don't know what the f–k is going on here.
I'm no expert in Archie comics (I have, however, been reading them for four decades), so I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable than I can fill me in.
Perhaps Archie comics were slipping in "born again Christian" story lines as early as '73, but I seem to remember this happening much later (like the early eighties). Or, perhaps, the authors had just seen The Exorcist and let their enthusiasm run away with them.
★ Is an abortion based sexual fetish immoral?
One of my friends is sexually submissive and recently she encountered a man online who is to be her sexual dominant. The two of them have come to the conclusion that they are soulmates and one of the ideas that they particularly agree on is that he should be able to impregnate her and then abort the baby. He is a doctor so he would do it himself. My question is, she says that because abortion is legal… this isnt immoral. But I feel that it is premeditated murder. I mean, I am pro-choice: accidents, rape – there are lots of reasons to abort. But she is PLANNING to get pregnant for the sole reason to kill the child. And not just once… they want to do this thing over and over again. He says, "I will let you keep the baby just long enough to let you get attached to it and then I will take it from you." UGH. Am I the only one that thinks this is INSANE?! I mean, sure abortion is legal.. but premeditated PLANNED abortion?!? How in the world can I express to her how wrong this is? Help!!
★ Ultrasound of patient's testicles reveals startling image of a man in agony
Doctors at a Canadian hospital found a shocking image staring right back at them as they were scanning the testicles of a 45-year-old paraplegic man. The image of one of the testicles, shown above, looks like a man's face grimaced in agony.
"It was very ghoulish, like a man screaming in pain," Dr. Naji Touma of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario told The Toronto Star. "His mouth was open and it looked like one eye was gouged out."
In July, an Apple employee was reported to have lost a prototype version of the later to be announced iPhone 4S with Siri, an improved camera, and the dual-core A5 processor. Following the loss of the prototype device, Apple apparently also visited the home of the device's purported finder and offered him cash for the return of the phone. Apple security officials reportedly posed as police officers in their search of this prototype iPhone, and the San Francisco Police Department have been said to be investigating the situation.
Embarrassing Bodies – Large Labia (Video)
Yikes! The Donner Cut
Judge William Adams beats daughter for using the internet [Video]
2004: Aransas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams took a belt to his own teenage daughter as punishment for using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time. She has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led her to a passion for technology, which was strictly forbidden by her father's backwards views. The judge's wife was emotionally abused herself and was severely manipulated into assisting the beating and should not be blamed for any content in this video. The judge's wife has since left the marriage due to the abuse, which continues to this day, and has sincerely apologized and repented for her part and for allowing such a thing, long before this video was even revealed to exist.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) detected signs of a nuclear chain reaction at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, raising the risk of increased radiation emissions as trace amounts of radioactive Xenon gas isotopes were discovered at the wrecked plant's reactor No 2, officials said.
★ DMX — Mopping Up Messes at Waffle House
The rapper adds, "The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up."
★ Steven Tyler Says He Wasn't Drunk Or High When He Fell In Shower
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler said that the Paraguay shower fall that knocked his teeth out and cut his face was caused by food poisoning not a drug relapse, in a TV interview Thursday.
The veteran rocker, who has spoken openly about his drug and alcohol problems in the past, told NBC's "Today" show that he blacked out in an Asuncion hotel shower because he was suffering "Montezuma's revenge" not because he had fallen off the wagon.
"Quite frankly I just passed out," he said during a phone interview from Buenos Aires. "I was on the shower and I got nauseous and I started to get sick and I fell on my face, passed out, and woke up with the water running over me wondering where the hell I was."
★ Man claims prostitute turned into a donkey
A MAN caught having sex with a donkey told a court the beast was actually a prostitute who turned into an animal overnight.
Thanks Cat
★ Cheat Sheet: What's Happened to the Big Players in the Financial Crisis
Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately.
So here's a quick refresher on what's happened to some of the main players, whose behavior, whether merely reckless or downright deliberate, helped cause or worsen the meltdown. This list isn't exhaustive — feel welcome to add to it.
Some enterprising drug dealers are helping copper thieves cut out the middleman. They're accepting copper pipe as legal tender in exchange for crack cocaine.
"Whether it's a copper aluminum coil or insulation, it can be sold at night to bootleggers who are open from 9 o'clock at night to 3 in the morning," scrapyard owner Van Kono told Local 10 in Miami, Florida.
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Saiwai-ku Kawasaki is south of Tokyo where the radiation measurements were taken on May 10th 2011. If radiation levels can reach measurements this high here what are people living just outside the exclusion zone such as in Fukushima city being exposed to?
As usual absolutely no information from TEPCO or the Japanese government has been forthcoming. Just recently the Japanese government released SPEEDI computer system radiation projections 2 months after the nuclear disaster. Their reasoning for the delay was preventing panic and maintaining order was more important than notifying residents on the potential risks of staying where they
When you think of mind control, you know you dream of having furry cat ears of your own that you can control with your brainwaves. And why not? They're adorable. They're also the latest fashion in Japan.
The ears, created by a company called Neurowear, sit on top of a headband which incorporates sensors for brainwave reading. The ears spring to attention when you focus intently, and fold down when you relax your thoughts. Neurowear designed them to act like a natural body part.
It may not be a shiny gold inverted-V that clips to your shirt (or if you're Ferengi, inside one of your capacious earlobes) but a new underwater translator could soon allow divers to make sense of dolphin sounds, and here's the shocker: even speak back in crude dolphin-ese.
Science fiction often obsesses over how we'd chat with aliens, but we take for granted the fact that we can't even comment about the weather to our fellow nonhuman Planet Earth-ers. Sure, we can teach a few words or tricks, and there's certainly the body language angle—when my dog paws at the door, I know he's not commenting on the off-white paint job or contemporary architecture—but as two-way head-to-heads go, it's pretty much a one-way street.
You've heard the grim timelines: if warming continues, the Great Barrier Reef will be bleached by 2030; glaciers in the Swiss Alps, on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and in Glacier National Park will disappear in under 40 years; and Arctic ice melt will leave the North Pole bare and polar bears extinct.
The immediacy of these timelines prompts flocks of curious eco-tourists to travel to environmentally fragile areas.
Tourism is both bane and boon: it can add strain to already distressed areas, but it can also provide income, which in turn can help preserve these wonders.
Then at about 9:30 p.m. Luenser caught an amazing light show on the ground as power transformers began to explode. One by one the transformers lit-up in an unbelievable chain reaction that lasted about thirty minutes.
"It was definitely a right-place, right-time kind of moment" said Luenser as the sky glowed a brilliant blue, red and orange from the electrical flashes. "It looked like World War Three was going on below."
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the No.1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is believed to be in a state of "meltdown".
The utility company said on Thursday that most of the fuel rods are likely to have melted and fallen to the bottom of the reactor. Earlier in the day, it found that the coolant water in the reactor is at a level which would completely expose nuclear fuel rods if they were in their normal position.
The company believes the melted fuel has cooled down, judging from the reactor's surface temperature.
But it suspects the meltdown created a hole or holes in the bottom of the reactor causing water to leak into the containment vessel.
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LONDON — Burberry has decided to shutter its factory in Treorchy, Wales, because the plant is no longer commercially viable.
The factory, which has been in operation since 1939, will close on March 30. It employs some 300 workers and produces polo shirts. The company said in a statement Wednesday that it had tried to find alternatives to the closure but to no avail.
Last fall, Burberry had revealed plans to close the factory and began negotiations with the unions. Since then, actors Emma Thompson, Ioan Gruffudd and Rhys Ifans voiced their opposition to the closure. Peter Hain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's secretary of state for northern Ireland and Wales, appealed to Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts to reconsider the proposed closure. Even the Church of England, which holds a $4.9 million stake in the company, weighed in, asking Burberry for a formal explanation.
Michael Mahony, Burberry's director of commercial affairs who has been in charge of the planned closure, told WWD Wednesday that Burberry had little choice but to close the plant. During a worldwide sourcing review begun in September 2005, "We found the costs of producing the polo shirts offshore were substantially lower than the costs in Wales. In fact, they were less than half," he said.
"Obviously, no one ever wants to walk into work in the morning and close a factory employing 300 people. But we had to act upon what we'd found," Mahony added.
He said it's important for Burberry to remain in Britain, where the company employs 2,000 people. He added that Burberry had created 500 U.K. jobs in recent years. "We are a very strong British company, and we feel we represent the essence of British design," he said.
Burberry, he added, planned to keep open its two Yorkshire factories, which produce outerwear and the company's famous trenchcoats. He said the Yorkshire factories are different from Treorchy in that "the nature of the product is different: Trenchcoats are more complex, and they command a higher price point."
Mahony said the company was doing its best to cushion the impact of the closure for the Treorchy workers. Burberry has offered them "substantially enhanced" redundancy packages and provided comprehensive outplacement and training services. About 20 percent of the workforce have already found new jobs.


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Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Peeling skin can occur as a reaction to a number of inflammatory processes of the skin or damage to the skin. Burns of any degree of severity can result in peeling skin. Some types of medications, such as topical retinoids used for acne, can cause peeling skin. Adverse reactions to medications such as cancer chemotherapeutic agents can also lead to peeling skin. Any condition that results in the formation of a blister can result in peeling skin at the area of the blister. Although peeling skin is not typically associated with a rash, some skin rashes may be associated with peeling skin. Treatment is dependent upon the underlying cause.
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Athlete's Foot Athlete's foot (tinea pedis) is a skin infection caused by the ringworm fungus. Symptoms include itching, burning, cracking,...learn more »In This ArticleAthlete's Foot Article
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- How are burns classified?
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Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis) Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating of the underarms, palms, or soles of the feet. Treatment may involve over-the-counter...learn more »In This ArticleExcessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis) Article
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- What is mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome?
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- What causes Kawasaki's disease?
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- How can Kawasaki's disease cause serious complications?
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Psoriasis Psoriasis is a long-term skin condition that may cause large plaques of red, raised skin, flakes of dry skin, and skin scales....learn more »In This ArticlePsoriasis Article
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- What is psoriasis?
- What causes psoriasis?
- What does psoriasis look like? What are psoriasis symptoms and signs?
- Can psoriasis affect only my nails?
- Can psoriasis affect my joints?
- How do health-care professionals diagnose psoriasis?
- How many people have psoriasis?
- Is psoriasis curable?
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- Can I transmit the gene for psoriasis to my children?
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- What about light therapy for psoriasis?
- Where can people get more information on psoriasis?
- Is there a national psoriasis support group?
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Seborrheic Dermatitis Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic skin condition. Symptoms and signs include a red, scaling rash on the scalp, face, ears, and...learn more »In This ArticleSeborrheic Dermatitis Article
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- What is sunburn?
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- What are the symptoms of sunburn?
- What are the symptoms of severe sunburn (sun poisoning)?
- Sunburn pictures
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- What is the treatment for sunburn?
- Are there any home remedies to treat sunburn?
- Is a follow-up visit with a physician necessary?
- Who is most susceptible to sunburn?
- Can diseases cause a heightened sensitivity to UV rays?
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- What kinds of skin cancer can UV rays cause?
- How can sunburn and skin cancer be prevented?
- How do sunscreens work?
- What is SPF?
- What is the best way to apply sunscreen?
- Do sunscreens expire?
- Can antioxidants protect against sunburn?
Other Causes of Peeling Skin
- Bacterial Infections
- Blisters
- Erythroderma (Exfoliative Dermatitis)
- Fungal Infections
- Medications
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- Vitamin A Toxicity (Hypervitaminosis A)
Examples of Medications for Peeling Skin
- bacitracin - topical, Baciguent
- neomycin/bacitracin/polymyxin - topical, Mycitracin, Neosporin, Triple
- neomycin/polymyxin b/gramicidin d - ophthalmic solution, Neosporin
- silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene, SSD, SSD AF, Thermazene)
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Most of them kicked me elsewhere as well!
At least the results are getting better every year.
Only twelve?
Clearly the message has not been projected strongly enough.
These ladies are bloody philistines, not digging Fletcher's ironic, post-modern white poetry.
You have it coming Fletcher, clothes doesn't rhyme with blue… you screwed your poetry… and nothing else apparently! XD
Twelve women?
Clearly this means I have to raise my game.
Where was this comic on Thursday AM when I needed to imitate it!? (except that last panel…)
Nevermind… It worked the same last night.
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ST-Ericsson Sells GPS Business to Intel
ST-Ericsson, a joint venture of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, has sold its mobile connectivity GNSS business to Intel. ST-Ericsson, which focuses on mobile and wireless chips, announced the sale on Tuesday without naming the buyer. An Intel spokesman later said the U.S. chipmaker bought the assets. According to ST-Ericsson, the sale "represents another step in the execution of Ericsson's and ST's... read more


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