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Energy Contracts Make Kansas a Leader in Savings
Although beset by budget woes like every other state, Kansas is benefiting today from an energy efficiency program it began three years ago. Through energy savings performance contracts, Kansas is saving millions on its energy bills after increasing the energy efficiency of its buildings.
Already in place in many states, Kansas began work to put energy savings performance contracts in place in 2000 with the passage of "enabling legislation" by the Kansas Legislature (KSA 75-37,125). In addition, the state implemented a program to pre-quality energy service companies (ESCOs) to bid for work on state facilities. These companies finance efficiency improvements to state facilities and pay for the projects with energy savings. After the projects are paid off and terms of the contracts are complete, the state continues to reap the savings from improved efficiency in its buildings.
In addition to qualifying ESCOs, Kansas established low interest bond financing available to state agencies through the Facility Conservation Improvement Program and the Kansas Development Finance Authority.
This summer, Kansas released information on its first series of energy savings performance contracts, and the numbers are good news for the hard-pressed budget for the state of Kansas. Projects under way today involve buildings with a combined floor area of more than 20 million square feet. They yield an estimated annual savings on Kansas' energy bills of more than $7.1 million and will pay for themselves in energy savings—simple payback—of 10.8 years. Half of the floor area (square feet) in buildings owned by the state will soon be covered by an energy savings performance contract.
Results from Energy Service Performance Contracts for Kansas Facilities* |
Project costs | $77,861,749 |
Estimated annual savings | $7,192,832 |
Simple payback | 10.8 years |
Total square feet of building floor area involved | 20,853,152 |
*These results include eight projects under construction and nine projects in final negotiations as of September 1, 2003.
Projects under construction include:
- Hutchinson Correctional Facility
- Kansas Neurological Institute
- Kansas School for the Blind
- Kansas State University - Campus
- Kansas State University - Housing
- Pittsburg State University
- University of Kansas - Campus
- University of Kansas Medical Center
As in other states, DOE's Rebuild America has led the charge for performance contracting. For details, see its local partnership called Rebuild Kansas. The Kansas Corporation Commission was key to moving the process forward and documenting savings, and DOE's State Energy Program supports the KCC's involvement in these projects. This documentation is important because it shows state leaders that efficiency saves the state its cash reserves. For more details, see Rebuild Kansas' database of building projects.


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Read a bit about DLTK's Grow With Me Craft Concept to get some ideas on how this basic craft idea can be used with different materials to make it appropriate for everyone from ages 2 thru 82!
Tip 1: Include the message "You make my feathers flutter!"
Tip 2: Glue the heart animal paper craft to the front of a folded over piece of construction paper or a doily to make a cute Valentine's Day card.
Tip 3: Purchase fancy paper from the scrapbooking store and print the B&W version onto this for an extra fancy Heart Animal.
Tip 4: Scotch tape a straw or popsicle stick to the bottom to make a puppet.
Tip 5: Glue a small piece of sandpaper on the back to make a felt board character.
Tip 6: Cut construction paper into 4 inch wide strips
as long as you can make them. Tape two together to make even longer.
Measure around child's head to make a construction paper 'crown'.
Glue Heart Animal to front of the crown to make a Valentine's Day hat.
Glue the beak heart under the eyes.
Glue the heart feet lying on their side at the bottom of the body.
Glue the heart wings, upside down at a slight angle to either side of the body.
Glue the thin heart comb to the top of the head.
Glue the large colorful heart feathers onto the back of the body.
Option for mass-producing - young children: Print out the B&W template. Trace the pieces onto stiff cardboard (back of paper pads works well) or margarine/ice cream container lids. Cut out to make permanent templates. Allow the children to trace these permanent templates onto different colors of construction paper to make their animal
Option for mass-producing - older children:
Omit the templates. Let the children cut out heart shapes in various
sizes from colored construction paper (show them how to fold paper in half
and then cut to make a perfectly symmetrical heart). Let the children
create their own animals by putting together hearts of different sizes (you
can pre-make a few example animals to give them some inspiration).
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US losing its competitive edge due to high costs of higher education: OECD
(Read article summary)The lack of financial assistance to offset rising costs of US universities is a major reason, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The US is losing its competitive edge over other countries when it comes to the percentage of the population with higher education degrees, and much of that has to do with the rising cost of a university education, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The rate of enrollment of US students in higher education is now lower than most other OECD countries, said Andreas Schleicher, the head of indicators and analysis at the OECD, in a briefing with reporters Monday. The rising costs of the American education system and the lack of financial assistance to offset the increase are major factors.
"Many industrialized countries have moved beyond the US. A decade before, we were the benchmark of success," Mr. Schleicher said.
While the US still boasts the largest percentage of people with college degrees (26 percent), the rate at which other countries are catching up is evident once the population is broken down into age cohorts, as shown in the OECD's 2011 "Education at a Glance" report, released Monday.
The most stark indicator comes from an examination of two age brackets: 25-34 and 55-64. Among industrialized countries, one-third of people with higher education between the ages of 55 and 64 hail from the United States. In the 25-34 age cohort, that percentage drops to one out of every five people.
The number of countries from which the growing pool of highly educated people draws from is also expanding, Schleicher said. Twelve percent of college graduates come from China, but that jumps to 18 percent when looking at the 25-34 bracket.
"If you look across age groups, the US is quite alone in that young people are not better educated than people in the labor market," he said.


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This work was supported by the International Science Linkages program established under the Australian Government's innovation statement Backing Australia's Ability, the Cancer Council South Australia, and NHMRC Project Grant ID511303.
Immunotargeting of Functional Nanoparticles for MRI detection of Apoptotic Tumor Cells†
Article first published online: 4 NOV 2008
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800998
Copyright © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Additional Information
How to Cite
Thierry, B., Al-Ejeh, F., Brown, M. P., Majewski, P. and Griesser, H. J. (2009), Immunotargeting of Functional Nanoparticles for MRI detection of Apoptotic Tumor Cells. Adv. Mater., 21: 541–545. doi: 10.1002/adma.200800998
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 4 NOV 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 7 JUL 2008
- Manuscript Received: 11 APR 2008
Funded by
- Cancer Council South Australia
- NHMRC Project. Grant Number: ID511303
- Abstract
- References
- Cited By
- Apoptosis;
- Immunotargeting;
- Biointerfaces;
- Nanoparticles;
- Nanotechnology
Hybrid MRI nanoprobes, immunotargeted to the La ribonucleoprotein, which becomes available for binding in the cytoplasm of post-apoptotic permeable cells, are designed for the improved detection of apoptotic tumor cells. The high level of specificity achieved through the use of an optimal polyethyleneglycol interlayer makes them excellent candidates for the in vivo detection of intratumoral apoptosis.


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April 1Pfc. Dustin M. Sekula, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on April 2 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Pfc. Dustin M. Sekula, 18, of Edinburg, Texas, died April 1, due to injuries sustained from enemy fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Associated Press ~ EDINBURG, Texas -- A South Texas soldier who turned down a college scholarship because he was joining the U.S. Marine Corps was killed in Iraq just three months after he was deployed. Pfc. Dustin Sekula, 18, was killed Thursday by enemy fire in the Al Anbar province, which includes Fallujah and Ramadi in the hostile Sunni Triangle, according to his family and military reports. Sekula was the first person from Hidalgo County to die in the Iraq war, according to The (McAllen) Monitor's Saturday edition. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Family members were notified of his death Thursday night, said Robert Robinson, the family's pastor at Trinity Worship Center in Pharr. On Friday, American flags were at half-staff at his Edinburg home and at Edinburg North High School, where he graduated at the top of his class last spring. Sekula's grades earned him an agriculture scholarship, but his Future Farmers of America teacher Dan de la Vina recalled Sekula saying, "Give it to somebody that needs it." He knew he was enlisting in the Marines and his college bills would be paid for after his tour of duty, de la Vina said. Before Sekula left for boot camp in June, he was active in his church, working with his parents in the children's church program. He talked with the children at the church about being a Marine before he left for Iraq, Robinson said. "The kids let him know they prayed for him every Sunday," he said. Friends said Sekula, who was active in FFA while in school, was skilled at ranching and loved roping steers. He would use his lunch period to practice roping on a fake steer, they said. "I just wish he was still here to do it," said Kyle Lambert, 17, a close friend who had classes with Sekula. Sekula is survived by his parents, Dan and Lisa Sekula, older sister Danielle and younger brother Derek. |
April 4Lance Cpl. Aric J. Barr, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on April 5 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Lance Cpl. Aric J. Barr, 22, of Allegheny, Pa, died April 4, due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. |
April 4Pfc Geoffery S. Morris, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on April 5 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Pfc. Geoffery S. Morris, 19, of Gurnee, Ill, died April 4, due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. CAMP PENDLETON, California, Associated Press ~ A 19-year-old Marine from Illinois who was based at Camp Pendleton has been killed while deployed in Iraq, the Marine Corps announced Monday. Pfc. Geoffrey S. Morris of Gurnee, Ill., died Sunday in the Anbar province of Iraq. Morris' death was "due to enemy action," according to a statement from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Officials did not provide details. Anbar, which is where the city of Fallujah is located, has been a hot spot for violence in recent weeks. Last week, four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah and mobs mutilated their corpses. On Monday, U.S. troops sealed off the city, west of Baghdad. Some 1,200 Marines and two battalions of Iraqi security forces were poised to launch an operation aimed at pacifying the city, one of the most violent places in the Sunni Triangle. Morris joined the Marine Corps on June 16, 2003. He was a machine gunner assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. His personal awards include the National Defense Service Medal |
April 4Cpl. Tyler R. Fey, USMCCpl. Tyler R. Fey, 22, of Eden Prairie, Minn., who was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed Sunday in an attack in Anbar province. "He was a kind and sweet kid. He was proud of his decision to be in the service and serve as a combat engineer," said his cousin, Char Loving. He enlisted in the Marines on Sept. 19, 2000, shortly after graduating from Holy Angels Academy in Richfield, Minn. It was his second tour in Iraq. He was scheduled to return to the United States in August. His personal awards include the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sun Newspapers -- An Eden Prairie family is mourning the loss of their younger son – a casualty of the year-old war in Iraq. Cpl. Tyler Richard Fey, 22, died at 3:27 a.m. (Iraqi time) Sunday, April 4, of injuries sustained from hostile fire in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Fey, son of Richard and Cheryl Fey, enlisted in the Marines in 2000, shortly after his graduation from the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield. Second Lt. Robert Shuford, a Marine spokesman from Fey's base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., said the Department of Defense has not released specific details of the manner or circumstances of Fey's death. Fey had been assigned to 1st Combat Engineers Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Pendleton. Shuford said the duties assigned to this unit often included building and demolition, including, at varying times, clearing buildings and obstacles and reconstructing them. Soldiers such as Fey, he said, are trained in carpentry, demolitions, and the specialized skills of urban warfare. They also can be utilized as infantry soldiers. "Combat engineers do it all," Shuford said. Anbar Province extends west from Baghdad to the Jordanian border. It includes the city of Fallujah. Fallujah has been one center of insurgent efforts to remove the U.S.-led coalition forces that are occupying Iraq. In the days following Fey's death, his family has chosen to grieve in private, said Char Loving, of Golden Valley, a cousin of Tyler's father, Richard Fey. Fey's brother, Ryan, 25, a medical student at the University of Minnesota, was summoned home from a vacation when news of Fey's death reached Eden Prairie. Cheryl Zahn, who has lived next door to the Fey family for 18 years, said uniformed Marines arrived about 9 a.m. April 5 to inform the family of Fey's death, but no one was home. The Marines returned, she said, at about the time Richard Fey returned home. "As a matter of fact," she said, "he was talking to us [Zahn and her husband, Gerald] when the Marines got here." When the news of Fey's death traveled through the close-knit neighborhood, neighbors began bringing food to the family. Zahn said a group of neighborhood boys got together to rake the Fey's yard. Zahn remembered that, in Fey's boyhood, about 75 percent of the children in the neighborhood were boys; one of her sons, Brian, was Tyler's age. "As a mother of boys," she said, "I can't imagine what they're going through. The war really hits hard when it hits right next door." The neighborhood boys, including Tyler, always made a point of playing on the same city baseball team that Gerald Zahn coached. "Our back yard," Zahn recalled, "was always the lot where they played baseball together, until they got too big and hit the balls in the street, and we had to put a stop to it." Zahn said she last saw Fey when he was home on leave around the Christmas holidays. He showed pictures of Iraq, she said, but talked little about his combat experiences. He mentioned something about taking a shower in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces, she said, but did not indicate whether he might have been directly involved in Saddam's capture. "We will certainly miss Tyler," she said. "He was a sweety. He always had a smile on his face, his eyes would sparkle, and he looked so handsome in his dress blues." Loving said family and friends will remember Fey as a sweet, polite young man who loved snowboarding and hunting. Fey was just a few months shy of his 19th birthday when he joined the Marines. "He was very proud of his decision to enlist," Loving said. According to Jill Reilly, president of Holy Angels, staff members learned of his death April 6. School was not in session last week, so no students were around for the announcement. "I remember him as a quiet and polite person," Reilly said. School officials were busy last week talking with Fey's classmates and some members of his family to determine how the school can address the tragedy. "This week, there's almost nobody at the school," she said. "We will have a plan in place for students when they come back." This year's seniors would have been located in a different building than Fey during his senior year, Reilly said, so they're not likely to have known him through school. Some might have known him from outside activities, however. She plans on working with his family to determine the best and most respectful way to honor his memory in the school setting, Reilly said. "Since 9/11, the war in Iraq is clearly on students' minds," she said. "It's part of their thought process and part of the faith process." Over the nine years she has worked for the Academy of Holy Angels, Reilly said, she is not aware of any other students dying in combat. She didn't know whether there were any such losses prior to her tenure at the school. The school served only girls until 1972. Fey's funeral Mass was scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, at Pax Christi Catholic Community, Eden Prairie. A private prayer service was planned at Holy Angels. Zahn said the neighbors and friends of the Fey family are respecting their privacy and allowing them to grieve with their relatives. "Right now, they've got family here," she said. "It's when everything is overwith that they'll need our support. People go home, and they go on with their lives. That's when the neighbors will let them know we're here for them." |


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Web Words
For those of you who are lost by the terminology of the Web, here is a page that defines some of the basic terms that you will find necessary for life on the Web.
Common Internet words
Avalon City words
3-D is the illusion of a 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional surface. Essentially, this is the basis of virtual reality. Much of Avalon City's graphics are three-dimensional images.
The main form of communication and the primary use of the Internet is e-mail. Electronic mail, or e-mail, is a simple tool for exchanging brief text messages between individuals or among a larger audience. List Servers and digests are special forums that address larger audiences, typically a specific group with common interests. For more information take a look at the
Information Page on E-mail
E-mail software that is commonly used for the Macintosh.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP is the protocol or way computers talk to each other that allows the user to copy a file from one computer to another. It is a widely used Internet tool.
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
An ISP is the company who gives you your Internet access. Whether you go through America On Line (AOL), CompuServe, Prodigy, Delphi, Netcom, or a local service provider, you have to have an ISP in order to get Internet access.
Netscape Communications Corp. is the hottest company on the Web. You are most likely using a Netscape Web browser to view this page. Netscape also sells products for Web servers, the computers that "serve" these pages for you. For more information, visit
Search Engines
Search Engines are like automated Yellow Pages or directories.
is the most popular. One can link to many other engines from Yahoo! and find one that suits your taste. Search engines make the Web navigable.
Virtual reality modelinglanguage is the standard for creating actual 3-D spaces on the Web. It is the up-and-coming medium for Web authoring and browsing, as soon as all the bugs are worked out.
Web Pages
Web pages are the individual pages that are loaded into the browser. This is one page. As you click on the links, the browser will load up the next page. Web pages are saved as ASCII text and have the extension .html or .htm.
Web Server
The Web server is the computer on the Web that holds the Web pages and images on its hard drive. Your browser will request the file and the server will send it. You browser then displays the page.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is part of the Internet. The World Wide Web is actually a protocol that the server sends the browser. The Web, as it is sometimes called, is capable of displaying video, images, formatted text, and layout. Upcoming projects are allowing browsers to run virtual reality and small applications. Other names for the Web are W3, WWW, and mistakenly, the Internet.
Avalon City Terminology
Small digital creatures that live between the bits of data. They are the keepers of the directories and databases. They are mischievous and prone to practical jokes. Some still cling to the traditional 2-bit names, although they have been upgraded to 64-bit and are now capable of organic life-form names.
Digital Realty
Commercial and noncommercial virtual real estate. Avalon City Digital Realty is the company that offers the real estate here at Avalon City. For more information check out
Avalon City Digital Realty.
A link is any word or image that connects the page you are currently viewing to another page, program, or image. Generally, links are highlighted or underlined and your mouse pointer will change to a hand icon when you are over them.
The Avalon City levels are descriptions of how many links away a page is from the Avalon City home page. Each level has its own offerings of digital real estate.
Models are 3-D rendering objects. When an artist creates a 3-D object or image on a computer, they build geometrically defined models which the computer records as a 3-D object. These objects can be viewed from all sides. 3-D images are created by taking "pictures" from virtual camera angles in the rendered space.
Renderings are 3-D objects and spaces that the computer creates using sets of geometric rules to define the space and all the objects in it. You can move around this "space" using your computer screen as your "eyes" and take pictures from your point of view.
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I need to share some thoughts about the state of green – honestly and freely. …keep reading
this and that
How do you define architecture? What is it? What isn't it? What distinguishes it from mere buildings?
take my ball and go home
I was reminded last week through a local newspaper article about a sense of absolutes (i.e. my way or the highway) when it comes to new development projects in architecture. For someone who believes in absolutes, I try to find balance when it comes to my position on most issues.
today…a bit of yesterday…hopefully a tomorrow
at times architects must visit existing buildings to investigate, measure, study and ponder before starting their work…. …keep reading
risk…any takers?
First of all, what comes to mind when you hear the word risk? When we say risk, do we all define it the same? Is some risk ok, or better yet a good thing? …keep reading…
inconvenient architecture
If you watch the video below of Inconvenient Space, you should find Maziar Behrooz very engaging and his talk entertaining yet poignant all the same. …keep reading…
renovation alchemy
It seems nowadays my role as an architect is more of an alchemist. …keep reading


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Keeping track of the 2014 films I've seen and how much I liked them.
- Selma
- Boyhood
- Under the Skin
- Snowpiercer
- Nightcrawler
- (500) Days of Summer
- Adventureland
- Alice in Wonderland
- Amadeus
- Anatomy of a Murder
Blu-Ray Collection
Between my wife and I, we are accumulating quite the collection.
- Gravity
- Before Midnight
- 12 Years a Slave
- Spring Breakers
- Nebraska
2013 As It Happens!
Keeping track of the 2013 films I've watched as I watch them so as to make end of the year…
- The Third Man
- Miss Julie
- Miracle in Milan
- Two Cents Worth of Hope
- The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
Need to see all of these. Can we just download them into my brain?
- Seven Samurai
- The Lady Vanishes
- The 400 Blows
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
My Criterions
Here's a thorough and up-to-date list of all the Criterion discs that my wife and I own.
Additional Criterion titles…
- The Grey
- Zero Dark Thirty
- The Master
- Moonrise Kingdom
- 21 Jump Street
Release and Seen In 2012
Movies I saw this year that were also released this year (film festivals don't count). It's more or less ordered…
- How to Steal a Million
- F for Fake
- Wet Hot American Summer
- Mystery Team
- Airplane!
Double Bills
If I ran a movie theater, I'd show an awesome double feature each week!
- Mulholland Drive
- Atonement
- The Apartment
- The Grey
- What's Up, Doc?
Cinematic Life Reviews
Films I've reviewed on my blog www.thiscinematiclife.com
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Pulp Fiction
- The Shining
- Vertigo
- 8½
This Cinematic Life Poll
The 16 films that made up the top 3 greatest films in the poll we did over at This Cinematic…
- Black Swan
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Drive
- Beginners
- The Descendants
Classics of the Early Aughts II
An evolving sequel to the other Classics of the Early Aughts.
- Almost Famous
- Y tu mamá también
- Donnie Darko
- Mulholland Drive
- The Royal Tenenbaums
Classics of the Early Aughts
25 great films from the first decade of the 2000s (in chronological order)
- Chinatown
- Heat
- Collateral
- The Long Goodbye
- The Big Lebowski
Los Angeles
Movies that make me love that city even more! So what if they're all crime films?!?


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Will we have to say goodbye to Bruce? A new report claims that he's trying to rid himself of Hollywood in every way, and that includes reality TV.
Less than a month ago, we watched Bruce Jenner announce his separation from Kris Jenner on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. A month from now we may not even see him on the reality TV show, as a report claims that he is quitting his family's show.
Bruce Jenner Quitting 'KUWTK?'
If E! decides to pick up KUWTK for another season, Bruce will not be returning, sources connected to the Kardashians and the network tell TMZ. The reality TV dad is on this current season of the show, and he is still reluctantly shooting another season, but then he's reportedly done for good.
After being in the Kardashian spotlight for so long, Bruce reportedly really wants to slow things down. He allegedly wants to focus on golfing, flying helicopters and riding motorcycles, and most importantly spending time with his kids, TMZ says. Bruce has only recently strengthened his relationship with Brandon and Brody Jenner, and he reportedly wants to make that his first priority.
However, in response to this report, Kris told Entertainment Tonight, "We film together every day. Bruce had a speech on [the] east coast, so he was gone for 24 hours…We start filming season 10 in January, including Bruce." (Notice how she didn't say anything about what's happening after season 10?)
Bruce Jenner Becoming A Woman?
After deciding to split from Kris, we've seen more and more that Bruce is doing things for himself. Not only may he be quitting his popular reality show, but a source also told HollywoodLife.com exclusively that the separation has given him the freedom to make some more personal changes in his life.
"Bruce looks back at his past fondly, but he is doing what he is doing with his facial surgeries and other changes because he is interested in his future," the source said. "And that future is to be as close to a woman as possible. It's embarrassing to the family, he knows that, but he has to live his life, not Kris's life anymore."
Whatever Bruce wants to do with his life is up to him. He managed to stay sane after spending more time in that Calabasas mansion than anyone, so who are we to criticize his life decisions? That said, we will miss him on Keeping Up.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Let us know!
– Andrew Gruttadaro
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- Bruce Jenner Tells Lamar Odom: 'I'll Do What I Want To My Body'
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Posted at 12:55 AM on February 22, 2014
It is insane, he needs to get some 5 days a week of therapy sessions. He is about to destroy everything he loves , for what ,so he can become a 65 year old grandmother with no grand kids to visit. His children while wanting to support him will probably not be able to follow through . It is like he is killing there father and expect them to accept him as this new old lady. I'm sure it is making everyone wish they could wake up and this horrifying nightmare that Bruce has injected into his family would be over. Bruce is 65 , does he really have to be an old woman for the rest of his life. It won't turn out well, he will alienate all of his children. The whole thing is selfish and uncomfortable. My prayers go out to all his family that God gives them strength and shows them the way to get through this. It is truly a sad story that they have lost their Dad and it was their Dad's choice to do this to them.
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SUNBURY — The new Northumberland County controller is looking forward to taking on the new position in January. Christopher Grayson spoke with WKOK today about his victory over incumbent Tony Phillips on Tuesday and says he feels great about the outcome.
Grayson said, "Emotionally for me, in my heart, to see the look on the faces of my family and my friends and supporters that were involved with this, to see how happy and proud they were to be part of this, was an even better feeling. Obviously you are in this to win, but to see how everybody else felt was a great feeling."
We asked Grayson about the salary cuts, knowing the controller's salary was the only one that wasn't cut by Commissioner's Vinny Clausi and Stephen Bridy. He said, "Right now I don't have much of an opinion on that and I don't know what the commissioners intentions are for the future. We just have to wait and see."
Grayson said he will devote all his energy to being controller, despite owning his own store in Mount Carmel. He said, "Without a doubt, from the beginning, I have felt that this position was going to be a full-time position and that's where I will be. I will not be here in my store anymore. I will not be involved in the day to day operations."
Grayson said he plans on getting involved in the county in the weeks ahead by meeting with the commissioners to help transition into his new job. (Ali Stevens)
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INDIANAPOLIS - A thoughtful Hoosier is helping lift the spirits of disabled and terminally ill Hoosier veterans by making their wishes come true.
"It shows them that they're not forgotten," said David Hall, who founded the Disabled Veterans Wish Foundation . "Well every time we grant a wish it's veteran's day. I mean, it's a gratitude we like to show them, that we appreciate their service."
Hall, who served in the National Guard, is spreading the word about the organization he founded in 2010 -- The Disabled Veterans Wish Foundation.
The Disabled Veterans Wish Foundation is set up much like well-known organizations that grant wishes to children.
Hall's adult son, who suffered from kidney disease as a child, was granted a wish.
So when Hall's friend Randy, a veteran, was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Hall knew a wish would lift Randy's spirits.
"I asked Randy if he would like a wish, and he thought a family and friends get-together," Hall said.
A letter from randy expressed just how much he enjoyed the party.
"And it was a great feeling to me because… seeing his emotions... just overwhelming," Hall said.
That was the first wish Hall granted. The applicants keep coming, and, using funds from donations, Hall keeps granting wishes.
"I get big hugs from them. I see tears from them," Hall said. "You know, a 94-year-old WWII veteran that received a wheelchair that was donated, he had tears from his eyes. It means a lot to them."
WWII vet Louie got a new lift chair. Army veteran Don got a new fishing boat. Veteran Frank enjoyed a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
Haskill, a WWII vet, wished for a 32-inch flat screen color TV to replace his small black and white one.
Donna Smallwood, who helps Hall fulfill wishes, made the delivery to Haskill. He passed away two days later.
"He was really happy and although he only got to see it, watch it a couple of days, it did make his heart grow," Smallwood said.
Hall hopes to expand the Disabled Veterans Wish Foundation across the nation to make even more wishes come true.
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Cranberries, apples, walnuts and sage flavor a delicious stuffing in tender acorn squash.
Serves 6
Ingredients |
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion |
2 cloves of garlic, minced |
1 tablespoon Ellyndale Organics™ Extra Virgin Olive Oil* |
2 cups cooked rice, barley or NOW Real Food® Organic Quinoa* |
2/3 cup dried cranberries, soaked in hot water and drained |
2/3 cup chopped sweet potato or carrot, steamed until just tender |
1/2 cup grated peeled apple |
1/2 cup NOW Real Food® Walnut Pieces* |
2 tablespoons chopped parsley |
1 teaspoon dried sage |
Sea salt, to taste |
Ground pepper, to taste |
3 acorn squash |
1 cup vegetable stock |
2 tablespoons Ellyndale Organics™ Extra Virgin Olive Oil* |
- In a small pan, sauté onion and garlic in 1 Tbsp. olive oil over medium heat until soft but not browned.
- Place in a large bowl and add rice, cranberries, sweet potato, apple, walnuts, parsley, and sage.
- Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Slice acorn squashes in half, and scrape out seeds and strings.
- Place squash halves, face down, in large casserole or roasting pan and fill with 1/2 inch of vegetable stock, then bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove, reserve any remaining stock, and place face side up in pan.
- Fill each cavity with about 1/2 to 2/3 cup stuffing.
- Drizzle with 2 Tbsp. olive oil and any remaining stock, and cover tightly with foil.
- Bake until squashes are cooked and slightly soft to the touch; about 30 minutes.
- Remove the foil for the last 5 minutes of baking.
Per Serving (382 g-wt.):
390 calories (120 from fat)
14 g total fat
1.5 g saturated fat
7 g protein
66 g total carbohydrate (12 g dietary fiber, 12 g sugar)
0 mg cholesterol
250 mg sodium
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Comparison website Compare the Market, infamous for its meerkat salesman, has been fined $10,200 by the ACCC for false claims in its advertising that it "compare[s] more health funds than anywhere else".
Between March and May this year, Compare the Market filled household letterboxes in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria with pamphlets stating "we now compare more health funds than any other website in Australia". It also made similar false claims on its website and in television infomercials.
In fact, Compare the Market compares a third of the private health insurance funds in the market, with 12 out of a possible 36 health funds listed on its website. The ACCC found there are two other websites that compare more policies, including the government-operated privatehealth.gov.au, which compares over 35,000 policies from all health funds.
In announcing the fine, ACCC commissioner Sarah Court said comparison websites "are a current ACCC priority area as it is critical that consumers are able to make informed purchasing decisions".
"The infringement notice was issued in relation to the letterbox pamphlet as the ACCC had reasonable grounds to believe that Compare The Market had made a false or misleading representation about the performance characteristics or benefits of its health insurance comparison service, in contravention of the Australian Consumer Law."
It's not the first time health insurance comparison websites have found themselves in hot water with the ACCC. A CHOICE investigation found Compare the Market's competitor iSelect was forced into a court-enforceable undertaking by the ACCC in 2007 to cease claiming that it compares all insurance policies. Then in 2011, iSelect again gave a court enforceable undertaking, this time as part of a court-ordered mediation with BUPA, to stop claiming that it compares "most" or a "wide range" of health insurance products. iSelect has only nine health finds listed on its website for comparison.
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The CHOICE investigation found Compare the Market compares several of its sister organisation insurance brands on its website. Compare the market is owned by Budget Holdings Limited (BHL) who in turn owns insurance giant Auto and General encompassing car insurer Budget Direct. And Budget Direct, along with several other Auto and General insurance brands are listed on the Compare the Market website.
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Taliban 'should join Afghanistan peace process'
The Taliban should engage in the political process if they want a role in Afghanistan's future, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Speaking in the country during a one-day visit to UK troops, he said he wanted to see a political as well as a security solution to the conflict.
He said the Taliban must know they need to give up their arms.
But he emphasised that the peace process "must be Afghan-owned; it must be Afghan-led".
At a joint press conference in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Mr Cameron stressed that the country's future was in the hands of the Afghan people.
In Helmand, the signs of a combat mission drawing gradually to a close are visible in many places on this Armed Forces Day.
Today, just 13 British bases are left in Helmand, out of 137 last year. While some 8,000 UK troops remain, there will be just over 5,000 by the end of this year.
Little wonder then, that Nato commanders from many of the allied nations are trying to focus political leaders' thoughts on the legacy they will leave here.
Serving on the Nato mission in Afghanistan is now less about the fight than helping local Afghan forces do their jobs. But there are widespread fears that the Taliban will be emboldened yet further in its attacks.
As Nato losses fall, the Afghan forces face a rising casualty toll - concentrating minds on what those forces still need, from continuing help with medical evacuation to supply chain systems and air support.
The challenge now is to ensure western support for Afghanistan continues after 2014, and that promises made in earlier days are kept.
They're keen that political leaders focus again on Afghanistan, and Operation Resolute Support, Nato's plans for what happens after 2014.
The end of the combat mission is in sight. Yet Afghans say their Nato allies mustn't walk away at that point, but stay to help them on the road to peace - hard and winding though it remains.
"I believe that the Taliban, watching all this progress, are beginning to realise that they are not going to secure a role in Afghanistan's future through terror and violence but by giving up their arms and engaging in a political process.
"But let me make absolutely clear this peace process is for Afghanistan to determine.
"It must be Afghan-owned; it must be Afghan-led. There is no other agenda that Britain has, that America has, that any country in the West has - no other agenda other than your stability, your security and your prosperity, that is why we wish this peace process well, but it must be your peace process, not anybody else's."
President Karzai said violent attacks by Taliban, like the one on the presidential palace several days ago, would not deter Afghans from seeking peace.
"We have had them killing the Afghan people but we still ask for peace. This was peanuts, comparatively speaking. Quite an irrelevant attack.
"We are more concerned when they attack the Afghan civilians; we are more concerned when they attack Afghan schools and children. I wish they would spend all their time attacking the presidential palace and leave the rest of the country alone."
The incident came just days after representatives of the Taliban opened an office in Qatar's capital, ostensibly for starting negotiations about a peace process. The US also announced it would begin formal talks to be followed by the direct Afghan talks.
Tactical hindsightMr Cameron spoke after comments came the most senior British soldier in Afghanistan, Gen Nick Carter, said the Taliban should have been invited to the negotiating table in 2002, soon after they were removed from power.
Gen Carter told the Guardian it would have been easier to find a political solution when the Taliban were "on the run" in 2002.
"I think that at that stage, if we had been very prescient, we might have spotted that a final political solution to what started in 2001, from our perspective, would have involved getting all Afghans to sit at the table and talk about their future.
"The problems that we have been encountering over the period since then are essentially political problems, and political problems are only ever solved by people talking to each other."
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff said, on Saturday, that it was easy to make comments with hindsight.
"I think to say 'did we miss a trick' will be for the historians to judge.
"The fact is... the military has been there deployed in their request as part of the International Security Assistance Force for over a decade, as part of a UN and a Nato mandate, and with many other nations we have set the conditions for politics to play a part.
"And so really I think the general's remarks are in the context of politics now playing a part in the future of Afghanistan."


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So I've done some experimenting with game saves and I think I've reverse-engineered the post-1.10-patch Gavelkind algorithm. At least almost entirely, and most importantly it's developed to the point where I can legitimately plan my successions. So I thought I'd share. The current beta/upcoming patch only makes one little change which I'll also address.
Please keep in mind I'm not reading code, I'm looking at game results and trying to decipher the algorithm that produced it, so it's really easy to mix up causation with correlation. Plus what I describe below is explaining about 95% of what I see in succession results but not all of it so I know I'm missing something. So don't gripe if this algorithm doesn't always predict every detail of every succession. It's very close though; the only place it sometimes misses the mark is when it comes to who gets what independent counties. I'll try to be clear distinguishing what I know from what I suspect. Along the way I'll note where I think the algorithm could use some improvement. Also:
***TL; DR below***
Here's roughly how it works, if you want the details:
* Greater (non-holding) titles - Emperor, King, and Duke - are distributed first. They appear to be distributed by title class (empires then kingships then duchies) and in inheritance order starting with the primary title. So if you have two sons and your only greater titles are the King of England and the Duke of Jorvik, your first son will be a King with no duchies, and the second will be Duke of Jorvik.
This distribution mechanism has been a bit problematic so far. The titles of Emperor and King do not come with land - at least, not until the current beta patch, which I'll address shortly - but Duchy titles also come with all the lesser titles owned within their borders. The best duchies typically contain the best counties and all their holdings, especially in the early game, and we've been seeing those prime properties (usually including the Capital) commonly passed on to pretender-level heirs instead of the primary heir.
* Within each class I believe they are distributed in order of maximum combined possible holdings. For instance: The Duchy of Mercia has four counties, each with 4 maximum holdings, for a total of 16. The Duchy of Lancaster has four counties, three with 4 max holdings and one with 3, for a total of 15. Thus if upon death you own those two duchies and their counties and have two sons, the eldest would inherit Mercia and its counties and the youngest would inherit Lancaster and its counties.
There are three exceptions. First, for each kingdom, the de jure capital county and its associated duchy title (if it exists) will be handed down to its inheriting king. Any non-capital counties owned within the de jure duchy will NOT be given to the inheriting King at this point - they will be distributed as independent counties later in the process.
Second, as of the beta patch the county containing the actual capital you hold will also be set aside for the primary heir if it isn't the de jure capital. Please note the primary heir WILL NOT get the duchy title associated with the actual capital, if it exists and isn't the duchy title of the de jure capital already given to the heir. Once this happens, then all your remaining duchies will be handed out in order of max holdings, and then independent counties will be distributed.
Third, if you are a king and have a secondary heir who is already a Duke vassal in your kingdom, that vassal duchy will be treated the same as an inherited duchy by the algorithm. Meaning, that heir will not get another duchy via inheritance until every other heir gets one and the line for a second wraps back around to his inheritance position.
Also note: the algorithm appears to use the combined max holdings of all a duchy's de jure counties even when you do not actually own all the counties in a duchy. For instance, in the above example imagine you held only three of four counties in Mercia instead of all four. Your first heir would still get the Duchy of Mercia and those three counties while the second gets all four counties of Lancaster, even though the max number of holdings being passed along is now 12 and 15, respectively. I think they'd get more balanced results by using "max holdings of counties owned in duchy" instead of "max holdings in each de jure duchy", or better yet the sum of the two, since both seem appropriate measures of property value but in different and complementary ways.
* Once all the heirs have one greater title each, the inheritance order wraps. The primary heir gets the next title, the second heir gets the next one, etc., until all the greater titles are given out.
* Independent county-level ("lesser") titles are handed out next, and they're handed out quite differently.
First, they're only handed out to the primary heir and all the secondary heirs who do not own or inherit duchies, with one exception we'll look into shortly. Please note: own or inherit. Meaning, if you are a king and have a secondary heir who is already a Duke vassal in your kingdom, he is not any more eligible to inherit independent counties than heirs who inherit their duchies. Thus if you want to guide your succession in a way the algorithm doesn't favor, you can do so by granting duke titles before death; you can rest assured that if the recipients aren't your primary heir they won't get much (often none) of the remaining inheritance.
Once the algorithm determines who is eligible, it goes through a set list of counties (always in the same order, organized by duchy, which themselves are ordered geographically - in England, roughly NE to SW) and hands the counties out, one by one, to the qualified heir with the lowest value of independent counties already inherited, ties going to the oldest. In this case, the value of independent counties is not compared strictly by max number of holdings; that's not a granular-enough metric to compare individual counties. I believe the algorithm uses the total tax value of each province or something very strongly correlated with it. It keeps a running tally, and as each county comes up on the list to be given out, the algorithm gives it to the heir with the lowest total tax value accumulated so far. Kings start with the value of their de jure capital as part of their tally.
This is complex, I know. So here's an example to chew on:
Let's say you are the King of England, you have four sons, the Duchies of Essex, Mercia and Lancaster and all their counties, plus the three counties of Northumberland for which no duchy has been created (Northumberland, Dunham, and Cumberland). Your capital is in the county of Lancaster even though the de jure capital is in Middlesex (in Essex, so you own that too). In addition you're running the new Beta patch. And you die. Here's what should happen:
The first son gets the Kingdom of England.
The Duchy of Essex title, plus the de jure and actual capital counties of Middlesex and Lancaster, respectively, are now given to the first son as inheriting King. The remaining three Essex counties will be handed out as if they were independent and the primary heir will be in the mix for those as well.
The second son gets the Duchy of Mercia (16 max holdings).
The third son gets the Duchy of Lancaster, minus the capital of Lancaster (15 max holdings de jure).
The six independent counties - three from Essex, three from Northumberland - will now be split between the primary heir and the duchy-less fourth son. The set order for those six counties to be given out is Northumberland - Dunham - Cumberland - Bedford - Essex - Northampton.
The King starts with the tax value of Middlesex in his tally. So the algorithm gives the first county, Northumberland, to the youngest since the youngest has the smallest tally to start out. Still, Northumberland isn't as valuable as Middlesex so the youngest also gets the next county (Dunham). Now the youngest has a higher property value tally so Cumberland goes to the eldest. The rest go in alternate order.
So the new King will also get Cumberland and Essex to go with Middlesex, Lancaster, his kingship and his duchy title. The youngest will get Northumberland, Dunham, Bedford, and Northampton.
See? That was EASY. Pffffft.
* The only exception to this process can be caused by a rule that applies to kings (perhaps emperors?): whoever inherits a kingship will not be qualified to inherit independent counties outside their de jure territory. This rule also appears to be the binding one when it comes into conflict with the "if your secondary heir gets a duchy, he gets no independent counties" rule.
The way the game handles this is by processing the independent counties in groups, sorted by de jure kingship, primary kingship first. And inheriting Kings are removed from the list of eligible heirs when the groups outside their kingdom are processed.
For example: imagine the King of England has two sons and holds one duchy in Essex, with all its four counties including the capital in Middlesex, plus the Duchy of Mercia and its four counties, plus six more English counties, and the three counties of Lothian in Scotland (but no duchy).
When he dies:
The first son gets the Kingship plus the duchy of Essex plus the county of Middlesex (the actual and de jure capital and its associated duchy).
The second son receives the Duchy of Mercia and its four counties.
Since the only eligible heir of the remaining 9 English counties (three from Essex, six independent) is the King since the second son got a duchy, the King gets all nine.
Then the three independent counties from Scotland are processed. Since the King of England cannot inherit these counties all three must go to the second son even though he already has a duchy.
So in the end the King gets the Kingdom, the Duchy of Essex and its counties, plus the six English independents. The second son gets the Duchy of Mercia and the three Scottish counties.
One more twist: what happens if before death the King creates the Duchy of Lothian? As opposed to independent counties, duchies are NOT given out with preference to kingdom and thus kings ARE allowed to inherit duchies from outside their kingdom; that restriction is ONLY for independent counties (why? beats me). Since the Duchy of Lothian ranks lower than Mercia in the number of max holdings, it would go after Mercia - i.e., to the King, since there's more duchies than inheritors and the duchy handout process jumps back up to the primary heir when it reaches the end of the eligible heir list.
(EDIT: there used to be a lot more written here...but it has been fixed with the beta patch, so nevermind)
- With the new beta patch, the King inheritor will always get the capital county, plus the de jure capital and its duchy, if you own them.
- If you have as many duchies as eligible heirs, each son will end up with a duchy and its counties. The primary heir will get the kingship if you own it and the independent counties. If the primary heir is also an inheritor king, he only gets independent counties within the kingdom, and independent counties outside the kingdom will be distributed among the other heirs.
- If you have more duchies than heirs, same as above, and the extra duchies will be given out roughly in inheritance order.
- If you have fewer duchies than heirs, things get more complicated. Independent counties within the kingdom will be divided between the primary heir and any secondary heirs that both (a) did not inherit duchies and (b) did not already own duchies as vassals of the deceased King. Independent counties from outside the kingdom will be split only among the secondary heirs that have no duchies.
- If you have heirs who are already landed Dukes and your vassals, they will not get anything from your inheritance (except possibly under the foreign independent county exception, see details above). So if you want to limit a bad son to one crappy duchy and the succession process won't give the right duchy to him, you can grant the title to him directly before you die and he usually won't get anything else.
- Among the eligible inheritors of independent counties, the system will try to distribute those counties evenly and according to total tax value (or something very similar).
- If you want to keep not only your non-de-jure capital but also its duchy and its counties, you're still probably best off not incorporating the duchy title of your capital until after succession, even with the new beta patch.
- If you want to know how any of this works in more detail, read above. Leave questions and feedback below and I'll respond periodically.


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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be back in Washington on Thursday to lobby for support for federal help to speed expansion of the region's transit network, including the subway to Westwood.
The mayor is scheduled to testify at the U.S. Capitol, and meet privately with congressional leaders, in his effort to get Washington to provide the Los Angeles region with assistance — perhaps federal help in paying interest on loans or using federal stimulus money — so that projects now expected to take 30 years could be built in 10.
Villaraigosa has said that the Los Angeles region isn't coming to Washington with its hands out, but rather offering to put up billions of its own dollars from Measure R, a half-cent sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters last year.
The program is expected to raise $40 billion for mass transit projects, including extension of the subway to Westwood and of the light-rail Gold Line to the San Gabriel Valley.
The 30-10 plan is unprecedented because it seeks to create a pool of federal money to speed construction of light rail, subway and rapid transit bus projects. The idea has gained some traction in Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation, and in April was endorsed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Under such a program, it might be possible for the nation's third-largest transportation agency to borrow federal money and pay it back with Measure R revenue or secure loan guarantees, which would allow the MTA to finance transit projects with bonds sold to investors.
Among the 12 transit projects in the 30-10 plan are the regional connector for light rail in downtown Los Angeles, the Foothill Extension of the Metro Gold Line, a Green Line extension to Los Angeles International Airport and the South Bay, the Crenshaw corridor transit project and the Orange Line Canoga Extension. The estimated cost of all the projects is about $20 billion.
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Case closed: No charges against Knowshon
Posted By Mike Klis On February 25, 2010 @ 7:53 am In General Broncos | 38 Comments
The victim in a bar-fight incident Saturday night has decided not to press charges against Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno and the Athens-Clarke County Police Department has closed its investigation on the matter.
""It was determined there was not enough for us to show probable cause to continue with the investigation and we have closed the investigation," said Hilda Sorrow, public information assistant for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
Stephen Anderson, an 18-year-old University of Georgia freshman student, filed a report Monday claiming he was knocked unconscious Saturday night by Moreno during an altercation inside the Bourbon Street Bar in Athens.
Anderson admitted to police he was drunk and had details of the fight told to him by friends. Anderson was treated at a local hospital for a concussion.
Moreno had attended the University of Georgia until he was drafted last year with the No. 12 overall pick by the Broncos. He led all NFL rookies with 947 rushing yards season. He also scored a rookie-best 9 touchdowns (7 rushing; two receiving).
Although, Moreno has been cleared, the timing of the incident couldn't have been worse. He was allowed to wear the No. 27 for the Broncos after he personally asked permission from Rosalind Williams, the mother of slain former Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, who had worn the number in 2005-06.
And then in the same week the Darrent Williams' murder trial revealed a bar fight allegedly escalated into a shooting that took his life, Moreno is involved in a bar fight.
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Mario Diaz-Balart Lies About Alex Sink's Stance on Arizona Immigration Laws
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Speaking before last night's primary election, Diaz-Balart went on Univision to say that Rick Scott, Bill McCollum and Alex Sink all support bringing Arizona-style immigration laws to Florida. As South Florida Daily Blog points out, this is a rampantly irresponsible and ignorant representation of Sink's views. Here's her take from her own website:
The law passed in Arizona does not meet Florida's needs. Our state and local police officers should not be forced to do the Federal Government's job of protecting our borders from illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration is a threat to our security and Florida must work with the federal government to fully secure Florida's coasts and borders to not only prevent illegal immigration, but to prevent drug trafficking and human smuggling. Florida's law enforcement officers should be focused on protecting Floridians from violent crime and enforcing state and local laws...Though Diaz-Balart states, "There's no difference between the three when it comes to come's to Arizona's laws." He continually stresses that Sink supports the same thing as Scott and McCollum, which is simply not true.
One has to wonder if this is an intentional campaign of misinformation on Diaz-Balart's part to scare away Hispanics who are opposed to the laws from voting Democratic in the general election.
Interestingly, the clip above starts out with Republican Senate nominee Marco Rubio's stance on the issue, which is much closer to Sink's than Scott's.
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Lancome Teint Idole Ultra 24h
421 reviews
63% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
US version: Octinoxate 3%, Aqua / Water, Cyclohexasiloxane, Alcohol Denat., Isododecane, Butylene Glycol, Acrylates/Polytrimethylsiloxymethacrylate Copolymer, Nylon-12, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Isohexadecane, Silica, Perlite, Aluminum Hydroxide, Magnesium Sulfate, Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, [May Contain Iron Oxides /Titanium Dioxide] other version: AQUA / WATER CYCLOHEXASILOXANE ALCOHOL DENAT. ISODODECANE BUTYLENE GLYCOL ACRYLATES/POLYTRIMETHYLSILOXYMETHACRYLATE COPOLYMER NYLON-12 ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE PEG-10 DIMETHICONE ISOHEXADECANE SILICA PERLITE ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE MAGNESIUM SULFATE DISODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE PARFUM / FRAGRANCE LINALOOL GERANIOL EUGENOL ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE CITRONELLOL BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL HEXYL CINNAMAL BENZYL ALCOHOL BENZYL SALICYLATE [ /- MAY CONTAIN CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 / IRON OXIDES CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDEAge: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This stuff is simply marvellous! I have combination, somewhat acne prone skin that loves to oxidize everything on my face. The coverage on this is wonderful, doesn't break up on my skin nor does it oxidize and it just makes my skin look so smooth! It also holds up excellent on my oily areas which is rare. I also really do like their extensive color selection, especially for the darker skinned ladies!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I may be reviewing a little too soon...I have had this product for less than a week. I was looking for a non-comedogenic product I could use. I went to Sephora and they did a skin ID on me and brought over 4 products that matched my skin tone and were non-comedogenic. I liked the way it made my pores and skin look burred and hid them. I did notice that it didn't give me the coverage I wanted over my healing pimples. I get hyperpigmentation and it wasn't covering well, but I kind of left it alone because I thought it was medium coverage and also because it was one of the worst breakouts I have had so I brushed it off. The consultant at Sephora finished me off with a contour powder and my color blush I have from there. After I did everything on my own the next few days I was kind of bummed out. My face color matched, but my face looked flat and ashy colored, like a weird grey hue, not obvious, but this foundation didn't quite make my skin look radiant. I used to wear a natural/dewy finish and I was willing to try all kinds of products. I normally do like matte products as well, but this made me look flat- I don't know how else to explain it. I thought I was crazy about the ashy tone but after reading other reviews they have said the same. Sigh. I think I will need to continue my hunt. Its a shame because I was wearing a $6 Maybelline Clean foundation but the color wasn't just right and it didn't come in my shade so I needed to give it up. Bummer. I would say that this rating is a 3 overall. The price is high but not bad. I am bummed it says full coverage, because it doesn't seem that to me. Again, I could see my red marks and needed to conceal. The packaging was nice and I love the pump. You can press a little or a lot and get just the right amount. This is a dry foundation so I haven't had any oil issues. It is hard to take off, and I think it has staying power. It DOES transfer...it got on my white work shirt when it rubbed my neck. I wouldn't say it provides hydration by any means, but didn't exactly dry me out. HTH!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
They have reformulated this it is not long lasting and the shades are different. The shades are not the same I have shade 140ivoire n which is the closest match for mac nc20. The shade was off it was not yellow enough. It oxidized really fast and turned peachy. It has medium coverage that covers redness and minor acne scars but doesn't blur pores or texture. This does settle into lines. I have combination skin oily t-zone and normal to dry cheeks that can also have dry peeling flakey patches. It last about 4 hours max with a good mattifying powder but with a powder on top it looks cakey and feels dry but without it doesn't dry or set it feels sticky and can transfer. Powder makes it look too matte I had to apply alot of powder because it felt sticky. It has low oil control super oil seperate and fade around the nose and cakeup around the sides of my nose and my pores were more visible. The rest of my face felt tight and looked dry.Plus it settles if you make any facial movement/ expression. If you raise you eyebrow it will settle into the forehead if you laugh it will settle into laughlines and inbetween the eyebrows....... Its like a clay mask if you move it starts to settle and crack.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I have a generous sample of this foundation, and I've been using this interchangably with Hourglass' Immaculate. I went into Sephora looking for foundations with oil control, and both do a great job, but Teint Idole looks much better on me. Less powdery with the same oil-controlling capabilities.
I apply my makeup around 8 am on most mornings, and didn't have to touch up all day. I do a NYX primer, foundation, then Essence translucent powder with NYX's matte setting spray. My makeup looked really good at 7 pm the same night.
Blends well, looks great, very buildable...I think I'm going to exchange Immaculate for this!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I have been coming back to this foundation for awhile now and I love it but I don't conisder this an HG for me. (I don't really believe in HG foundations I am tough to please in that department lol) I am shade 160 and I wear the Lancome Visionnaire 1 Minute Blue as a primer under normally. My skin is far from perfect (i have moderate acne and scarring) and this foundation offers great full coverage without looking too cakey or to mask-like.
I apply using a damp BB or my sigma F82, let it sit for 5-10 minutes and then i'll use MAC's Blot Powder on top. I only need one layer for full coverage. It applies demi-matte or dewy depening on what primer & method I use to apply it. It coveres up really well so any acne prone ladies I highly suggest this, It hasn't broken me out and it really covers without having to use much concealer. I don't find I get shiny with this at the end of the day either with this foundation. I haven't stretched it to last 24 hours but it can last me through work and drinks after without looking haggard or feeling like I need to re-apply.
As for price, I expect to shell out a little $$$ for a good foundation so price doesnt sway my opinion but paid around $45.00 at Sephora. The only things I do need to conceal are my red post-acne marks and my undereyes but if I can get great coverage like this from just a foundation, I will repurchse this again.
The only cons I have about this foundation is because it is so long wearing it feels like its hard to take off at night and I feel like with some primers it takes a loooooong time to set on my face before powder.
Notible things:
* Produt has a pump
* Product does have a floal smell that might be an issue for some people
* Has SPF 15
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is by far the worst feeling I've ever got wearing a foundation. it hardened and flaked on me, felt and lokked as if I applued a hard clay, orange toned mask on my skin. Tient Idole was my holy grail foundation, until they had re formulated it, now you could not pay me to use this stuff. Don't recommend.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I love this foundation, it's one of the only foundations that doesn't break me out! The finish is semi-matte (matte but not dull, leaves just a slight glow on my skin which I love). The coverage is medium to full and it really does last a long time on my skin without any touch ups.
However I have really struggled to match my skin tone with this foundation. I was first matched at a Lancôme counter to the shade 03, it looked nice in the department store lighting however I soon realised it oxidised and was too orange. A week later I went to a different Lancôme counter and the counter manager agreed that 03 was too dark/orange for my skin tone, she tried the next shade down which was 02 but we both agreed that was far too pink, I finally settled for another shade down 01 which was better but still not perfect, this one is slightly too pale but I can make it work with extra bronzer!
It's such a shame that I can't get a good colour match for a foundation that I really like.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love foundations with a more yellow undertone and this foundation is perfect for me. I wear the color 410 bisque W and seriously, it's the best yellow time foundation I have found! It is pretty matte when you first out it on and it does get a little dewy after a couple hours so I need to powder up especially around my nose and forehead area so that's a bummer. But if I had to compare it with other matte foundations like Mac Prolong wear or Estée Lauder double wear! I think this has a great color match for my skin and you can always powder up!! Love it :)
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I had high hopes for this foundation but it let me down. I have oily skin but the finish was way too matt for me and I ended up looking older than I am. The foundation also dries up very quickly on skin, so it's difficult to blend it or put on cream blush. It wears OK but after 8 hours I started to shine through. For this price (54 in Finland, around 72 dollars, we have ridiculous taxes here), there are better alternatives out there. The search for the HG foundation continues...
- Good coverage (medium)
- Excellent shade for my pale skin (005 beige ivoire)
- Didn't break my skin
- Finish is too matt and unnatural
- It's not easily blendable
- Feels like a mask and sometimes looks like one too
- Settles into pores making them seem huge
- It isn't worth its hefty price
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Like a lot of other reviewers, I lived EL double wear but sometimes the finish was just TOO matte/flat. With Lancôme teint idole I get the wear and coverage but with a beautiful finish!! Best of both worlds. I will forever repurchase this foundation!
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Is waterboarding effective? CIA did it 266 times on two prisoners
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The ongoing debate over the ethics and usefulness of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding received new fuel on Sunday night, with a New York Times report that two Al Qaeda suspects were subject to the method, which simulates drowning, a combined 266 times.
That number is higher than previously reported, and will no doubt cast a long shadow over President Obama's first scheduled visit to CIA headquarters today, where he will publicly address employees.
The New York Times reports that, according to a recently released May 2005 interrogation memo, Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah was subjected to waterboarding 83 times in August 2002.
Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, who has confessed to planning the September 11, 2001, attacks as well as personally beheading Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was subjected to waterboarding 183 times in March 2003.
That version of events is starkly different than the one reported by ABC News in December 2007, when former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who was involved in the interrogation of Mr. Zubaydah, claimed he had only been waterboarded once for 35 seconds.
"The next day, he told his interrogators that Allah had visited him in his cell during the night and told him to cooperate," said Kiriakou in an interview...
"From that day on, he answered every question," Kiriakou said. "The threat information he provided disrupted a number of attacks, maybe dozens of attacks."


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At the request of @caitlinkealey I've given the #congress11 hashtag the same treatment as #CCA2011 and made a quick-and-dirty network graph of those using the tag. Its a big difficult to read mess, but it looks like there are two components that hold together quite well. While the divisions aren't 100% clear, the graph seems to be roughly divided into locals and out-of-towners.
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