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As Ivory Coast heads for civil war, thousands seek safety in Liberia.
TOETOWN, Liberia — As gun battles between Ivory Coast's rival armed forces intensify, throngs of refugees are fleeing the fighting for the relative safety of neighboring Liberia.
About 90,000 Ivorians have crossed into eastern Liberia, according to U.N. refugee experts, who expect that number to swell to 500,000 if Ivory Coast slides back into civil war.
Members of Ivory Coast's Forces Nouvelles, who are loyal to presidential contender Alassane Ouattara, have closed a bridge here that connects the country to Liberia, forcing the masses of Ivorian refugees fleeing their country to wade the river or climb through the bush.
"Why should there be refugees? We are protecting the people. We are fighting for freedom in Ivory Coast," says Commander Angelou, a slight man in a red beret and army fatigues, who along with 10 other rebels is armed with an AK-47. "The trouble is not between civilians and the army, no, it's between army and army."
Angelou and his men crossed into Toetown last week to deliver a message — whoever crossed the border from Liberia back in Ivory Coast territory now held by the rebels would be executed. The rebels took the town of Toulepleu — 7 miles into Ivory Coast — last week and are taking smaller towns along the border as they move south.
"It is different when you are dealing with men who have Kalashnikovs and no shoes."~Tom Mtasi, head of United Nations field office
So far none of the Ivory Coast refugees have tested his bluff.
"When you are dealing with a military which is straight and has protocol, it is different from when you are dealing with men who have Kalashnikovs and no shoes," said Tom Mtasi, the head of the United Nations field office here.
The conflict over Ivory Coast's disputed elections is threatening to reignite civil war, sending a massive influx of refugees into Liberia. Fighting has broken out across Ivory Coast between the army loyal to the defiant incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, and the Forces Nouvelles, the former rebels who support the internationally recognized election winner, Alassane Outarra, a former International Monetary Fund official.
The political standoff began when the U.N., the African Union and Ivory Coast's electoral commission recognized Outtara as the winner of the Nov. 28 presidential election. Gbagbo has refused to cede power, using the military to blockade Outarra and his cabinet in a hotel in Ivory Coast's largest city, Abidjan.
More than 400 people have died in post-election unrest. Another 500,000 people have fled their homes and are displaced inside Ivory Coast, according to U.N. figures.
"We just don't see a negotiated settlement short of war," said Gilles Yabi, West Africa project director of the International Crisis Group. "It's hard to see how Liberia would not suffer politically and economically."
Many fear the violence will destabilize Liberia, which is still recovering from its long-running civil war that ended in 2003. Already Liberian border villages are struggling to accommodate the newcomers. The capture of Toulepleu caused another 2,000 Ivorians to cross over into Liberia overnight last week.
In response to the presence of the armed Ivorian Force Nouvelles nearby, the Liberian president's office sent 20 members of the emergency response unit, the only armed police unit in Liberia since a massive postwar disarmament campaign, to the border in Toetown. Some say Liberian security forces are severely outgunned.
"We know that in case of any cross border activity, our security alone will not be able to sustain the violence," said Kamara Mohamed Marandos, head the International Organization for Migration in Liberia.
Ivory Coast warlords have recruited Liberians to cross into Ivory Coast to fight, according to Innovations for Poverty Action, a Monrovia-based nonprofit that works with Liberian ex-combatants. Observers say fighters are also coming from Liberia's Movement for Democracy, a group of 2,000 militiamen active in Liberia's civil war that has operated from Ivorian territory for years.
Three days of gunfire sent Dennis Kula, 44, and his family on a two-day trek through the bush and across the Cavalla River into Liberia. Kula's 7-year-old son, Nyoneo, was lost along the way, but Kula said he would not go back until the fighting has ended.
"I will pray but I can't go back," he said. "I'm too afraid."


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NEW ORLEANS (CNN/WWL) — A typo leads to the release of a New Orleans inmate.
The man served just three months of his 33 month sentence.
It happens to most of us every day; we make typos on our computer keyboards. But for most of us those typos couldn't put someone's life on the line.
"This would be enough to scare anybody," Mary Claire Landry, the executive director of the New Orleans Family Justice Center, told CNN affiliate WWL-TV.
Last week, 30-year-old Isaiah Spencer pled guilty as charged to Second Degree Battery and False Imprisonment for beating up his ex-girlfriend, so badly that she had to have her spleen removed.
The arrest warrant shows the victim told Spencer she didn't want to have sex with him that night.
So he punched her on her left side, kicked her there and then stomped on her back.
She said she quote 'became paralyzed" and couldn't move and was in indescribable pain.
Spencer took her phone and wouldn't let her call for help until the next morning.
Mary Claire Landry heads up the Family Justice Center and has worked with the victim in this case.
"The majority of cases are misdemeanor cases, which means they're in the municipal court. They're not really in the Criminal District Court and so, this is a felony case, which means it's a very serious situation," Landry told WWL-TV.
These court records show an error in one number allowed spencer out of jail just hours after the victim took the witness stand against him.
Spencer's plea shows he was sentenced to 33 months in jail with credit for time served, but the sentencing sheet shows a sentence of just three months.
"It's a horrendous error," Landry said.
Judge Arthur Hunter signed off on the sentence, as did his minute clerk, and that's how it was entered into the system.
A spokesman for Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman says it was a legal release from their standpoint because that's how it was entered into the system.
"She thinks she's gonna be safe for 33 months. She agreed to that. You know. She was in the court for that and you know, to then have that be mistaken," Landry said.
In their short, three-month relationship, court records also show, Spencer gave the victim a black eye and tried to choke her.
While Judge Arthur Hunter signed a protective order to keep spencer away from the woman.
It's little consolation until he's back behind bars.
"For some of these cases, it really could put the victim at very serious risk. And so, we just have to make sure these kinds of errors don't happen in the future," Landry explained.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Jason Dufner doesn't have the same set of skills as Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, though his career has shared the same path -- from a memorable collapse at a major championship to redemption in pretty short order.
"Maybe looking back 10, 15 years from now, I'll feel disappointment that I let this one get away if I never get another chance," Dufner said that day.
Yes. And when he least expected it.
Bjorn appeared to have the 2003 British Open wrapped up until it took him three shots to get out of a pot bunker next to the 16th green and he finished one behind Ben Curtis. Bjorn didn't get another look at a major until the same course -- Royal St. George's -- eight years later. He finished fourth.
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text: IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!! His Royal Highness joined the world today at 4:24 pm EST. He was 8 pounds 6 ounces at birth! Kensington Palace says that the Duchess and the baby are doing well and that Prince William, who made a brief statement of "We could not be happier" after witnessing the birth of his son, was by Kate's side throughout the entire day. The entire country is celebrating the birth of the new heir to the throne! London landmarks are illuminated in blue with some pronouncing "It's A Boy" in letters large enough for the city to see! At Buckingham Palace, where the official proclamation of the baby's birth was set in a gold frame atop an easel (as is customary), people are joyous and excited. Many are coming to lay flowers or teddy bears and other gifts at the gate, waving flags, and singing "Happy Birthday"! Kate will remain in the hospital overnight for observation and to settle into motherhood a bit. I am unsure as to where they will live once they leave the hospital but an apartment in Kensington Palace is undergoing renovations so Will and Kate and the baby can move in later this year. Stay tuned. I'll have more news to come!! July 22, 2013 - 7 a.m. - Kate is in labor!!! She went to St. Mary's Hospital at about 1 a.m. eastern standard time in the US this morning. She's been in the hospital just about six hours now and palace officials are confirming that things are progressing as normal. Prince William is at the hospital with Kate and it is expected that Kate's mom and sister will be joining her as well. STAY TUNED! It is going to be ANYTIME now!!! SO EXCITED! The announcement of the birth of the royal baby will be steeped in tradition but with a modern twist. When the baby is born, someone from Kensington Palace will hand an envelope over to a member of the royal family to take to Buckingham Palace. Then a formal proclamation on palace notepaper, signed by royal doctors will be placed in a frame and set on an easel just to the side of the front gate's behind the iron railings of Buckingham Palace. The proclamation will likely only reveal the weight of the baby and that the baby is healthy. With the birth of the royal baby also comes a traditional 41 gun salute, notification of several world leaders by the Palace, and the verbal announcement by town criers. Also, in a rather untraditional manner that has really only evolved of late, the birth will likely be announced on the Palace's website and I am sure via Twitter as well. IT'S ALMOST TIME!!!!!So rumors are SWIRLING that the royal couple purposely released a due date (third hand) that was meant to throw the media off to allow them some actual privacy. However, Camilla (who is not my favorite Brit, I have to admit) said in an impromptu speech at an event this week that she and Prince Charles are anxiously awaiting the phone call and hope to hear news "by the end of the week". THAT IS A GREAT INDICATION (totally unscripted) that gives us all an idea of when the actual expected due date is. Of course, with babies, due dates are estimated AND unpredictable (my guy was induced four days after his actual due date). So we will just keep waiting anxiously! Also, forgot to mention, and I think these will become very valuable and are also a great keepsake, the Royal Mint has created a silver "lucky" penny to be gifted to 2,013 new moms in Britain who give birth the same day as the Duchess. AWESOME! The coins will be gifted in a blue or pink pouch with a teddy bear note that says "solid sterling silver good luck penny." For those not giving birth that day or just wishing to partake in the commemorative festivities, the Royal Mint has "lucky" pennies for sale too! SO CUTE!!!! July 13, 2013: Kate is due ANY DAY NOW!!! TODAY is actually her due date (rumored). We all await anxiously for news. The royal baby will be here and the world is waiting! Just this past week Buckingham Palace announced the royal baby's title (although we are still waiting for a name!). The baby will be known as His or Her Royal Highness Prince or Princess of Cambridge. It was just earlier this year that the Queen issues a royal decree allowing any and all of Prince William's children to be called Prince or Princess. The media frenzy in London is in full effect. Members of the media have been staked out for days waiting to catch a glimpse of Duchess Kate arriving at St. Mary's Hospital in the Paddington section of London. Rumors on Thursday swirled about Kate going into labor but that turned out not to be true. CHECK BACK HERE as I will also post as soon as I hear as well! Will & Kate could take the traditional route of not revealing the baby's name immediately (with the birth of several past royal babies, the public waited weeks and months for a name to be revealed) or they may buck tradition and let the world welcome their baby by name right away. I am very anxious to know what name they have chosen. I will be delighted with Diana if it is a girl. It would be an emotional and honorable nod to the late Princess. Will has to return to his duties for the Royal Air Force at their home in Anglesey, wales on Monday so he is keeping a helicopter on wait at the home so he can rush back if Kate goes into labor. Hopefully she will give birth this weekend and Will can be by her side. When is the royal baby coming? I CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER!!!! |


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The Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - Paducah; home to The National Quilt Museum, Dippin' Dots and Western & Lourdes Hospitals. Enjoy a day on the greens at Drake Creek Golf Club or take a tour at one of the many area wineries including "The Purple Toad". Enjoy the hotel's "Sports Court" or have a day of family fun at Venture River or an evening of gambling fun at Harrah's Casino on the river. The historic downtown and riverfront are just minutes away; enjoyment at The Land Between The Lakes including Kentucky and Barkley Lakes is just minutes down the Interstate. Feast on great food at Patti's 1800's Settlement and many other area restaurants. Jump-start your day with hot & healthy choices like eggs, sausage, oatmeal & favorites including fresh fruit & yogurt. Located at Exit #4 off of I-24. At the Fairfield Inn & Suites Paducah, youre our #1 priority. We promise youll be satisfied, or well make it right. Thats our commitment to you. Ask us about The Fairfield 100% Guarantee.
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Tennis court
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Bike trail
Hiking trail
Putt putt golf
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Sports court onsite
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Carson Center
Market House Theatre
Harrah's Casino
Cinemark Theatre
Bluegrass Downs
Kentucky Oaks Mall
Maiden Alley Cinema
Shawnee National Forest
Tunnel Hill State Rail Trail
National Quilt Museum
Paducah Railroad Museum
River Discovery Center
Superman Museum
Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum
River Heritage Museum
Murray State University
Fort Massac State Park
Dippin Dots
Harrah's Metropolis Casino
The PAPA Gallery
Seamens Church Institute
West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Shawnee College
Lourdes Hospital
Tennessee Valley Authority
US Coast Guard
VA Clinic Paducah
Western Baptist Hospital
Nashville International Airport
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· Check out time is 11:00 AM
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· 82 rooms.
· 6 suites.
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Lean NPI Implementation: Before and After
On-demand Web Seminar
There are currently no dates scheduled for this event. However a recording of a previous session is available as an on-demand web seminar.
View This On-Demand Web Seminar NowOverview
In this final part of our Lean NPI webinar series we will see how adopting a Lean NPI business process has improved and enhanced the operation of a real-life PCB design and EMS service provider.
Optimum Design Associates have been working closely with Mentor Graphics to study their existing business process model for product design and hand-off to manufacture. During this study, areas of the process were identified where changes could be implemented. These changes would align Optimum's NPI process with the Best Practice Lean NPI model we saw in part one of the webinar series.
The webinar itself will be presented by Optimum's President, Nick Barbin, who has kindly offered to share the experiences encountered during the transition to a Lean NPI business process.
What You Will Learn
- The development of the Lean NPI process model at Optimum
- Using ODB++ as a key element in achieving Lean NPI
- How to use concurrent DFM during PCB design
- The management of Valor NPI Engineering Rule Files (ERF)
- Tracking and measurement of the improvements resulting from adopting Lean NPI
- Future enhancements to the Lean NPI process at Optimum as part of continuous improvement
About the Presenters
Nick Barbin
Mr. Barbin is President and co-founder of Optimum Design Associates. He is an accomplished PCB designer with more than two decades of experience. He is a winner of the PCB Design West Top Gun contest and member of the Top Gun Hall of Fame.
James Dowding
James Dowding is the Technical Marketing Engineer for the Valor DFM Division of Mentor Graphics. James has 25 years' electronics industry experience as a PCB Design Engineer working for various PCB design service providers, manufacturers, and electronic product development companies, including Nokia. James is an accomplished PCB design authority and over the span of his career has been instrumental in developing PCB design and quality processes, manufacturing data hand-off procedures and design for manufacture (DFM) system management. More recently James has specialised in DFM and Lean New Product Introduction (NPI) Best Practices
Who Should Attend
- PCB designers
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What do I need to watch and hear this web seminar?
Mentor Graphics' web seminars are delivered using Adobe Connect. You will be able to login to the seminar room 15 minutes prior to the start time on the day of the presentation. You can hear the audio using your computer's speakers via VoIP (Voice over IP) and background music will play prior to the beginning of the presentation.
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This week we learned that Peter Andre is planning on writing an erotic novel for men. So many jokes, so little time.
Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend has a funny name, but that's not as funny as him fretting over buying her a wedding ring. Oh, the japes!
We'll also be calling the stars, telling Chuck D he's great, asking Misha B to namecheck cricket in her new single and playing some great Scottish stuff from Zed Penguin.
Releases shown: Kasabian - Switchblade Smiles (out now); Misha B - Homerun (out now); Public Enemy - I Shall Not be Moved (from Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on no Stamp - out now); King Charles and Mumford and Sons - Brightest Lights (out now); Zed Penguin - Heathens (from Red Tulip, Yellow Tulip EP, out July 28) .
*Musical note: the Scotch Snap technically consists of a stressed (ie on the beat) sixteenth note, or semiquaver, followed by a dotted eighth note or quaver. Usually dotted rythms have the longer note first; it is that reversal of expectation that makes the snap so distinctive. It is a key rhythmic signature of Scottish traditional music.
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Rising Food Prices Are high food prices here to stay? By Sarah Glazer
Global food prices reached record highs early this year, sending millions around the world into poverty and contributing to starvation in East Africa. Many blame the government-subsidized growth in the. . . .
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Could That Seed in a Jar Save Mankind?
A few years ago, Israeli scientists took University of Minnesota agricultural economist Philip G. Pardey on a drive around Israel to see some plants. But not just any plants. The unimpressive, weedy-looking plants were the wild wheat from which our biblical ancestors made their bread.
Those ancient plants may be all that stands between a fungal disease that threatens 90 percent of the world's wheat crop and the survival of millions of people if the disease jumps to other continents. A fungus called stem rust regularly devastated wheat crops throughout the world until the late 1960s, when a resistant wheat variety was found. Then in 1999, a strain of stem rust in Uganda — Ug99 — was found to have overcome that resistance.
But many of the wild, biblical wheat varieties are resistant to Ug99, according to Pardey. And it would be "really valuable" if someone could figure out which variety has the gene that is resistant to the disease, he says.
For scientists at the Kew Millennium Seed Bank in West Sussex, south of London, the search is a race against time. Although seed banks exist around the world, Kew is collaborating with more than 50 countries worldwide on the largest-ever effort to collect and conserve wild plant species.
As part of a 10-year program, Kew researchers first hope to save the wild relatives of 16 major food crops — including staples like rice, wheat and sweet potatoes. Then the scientists will help breeders find valuable traits — such as resistance to drought and disease — that can be bred into conventional crops.
Kew plans to preserve seeds for up to hundreds of years, depending on the species, in its modern, glass and concrete building that functions like a time capsule. The seeds can be protected in a vault designed to withstand earthquakes and nuclear accidents, and the building has state-of-the-art facilities for seed-drying and cold storage.
But Kew's secret weapon is the old-fashioned Mason jar, complete with orange rubber ring. After extensive testing, the jars were found to keep seeds the driest.
To preserve the seeds of heirloom plant varieties in danger of disappearing, Kew's scientists train farmers and home gardeners around the world to save seeds in Mason jars with a bit of charcoal or rice to keep them dry.
"We want to get away from the idea that a seed bank is just for saving seeds long into the future," says Kew International Projects Coordinator Kate Gold. Kew is part of a broad international effort to save indigenous vegetables in places like sub-Saharan Africa. As diets shift toward processed, Western foods, traditional recipes for nutritious, local vegetables are being lost, along with the habit of growing them.
"If you walk into a grocery store in Dakar [Senegal] or Abidjan [Ivory Coast] you find very few local products; you'll find boxed milk from Belgium and rice from Thailand," says Danielle Nierenberg, an expert on livestock and sustainable agriculture at the Worldwatch Institute, who has documented efforts to reclaim locally grown foods in 25 sub-Saharan countries. "Indigenous vegetables have been long ignored by research institutes, consumers and farmers because they're considered poor people's foods — or even weeds — so people have lost their taste for them."
Yet such vegetables often are an important source of micronutrients like Vitamin A, zinc and iron. In school gardening projects, young Africans are re-discovering the tastes of their grandparents by learning to make traditional recipes, according to the institute, which promotes sustainable development.
Kew often finds plants in danger of disappearing by talking to community members who remember eating them. In western Kenya, for instance, Kew researchers discovered 50 plants whose existence and preparation were known only to village elders.
In Zambia, horticulturalist Mary O. Abukutsa-Onyango of Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture, has reintroduced farmers to vegetables that can survive in the marginal, arid soils of Kenya's lowlands. Many of the approximately 200 indigenous plants used by Kenyans in the past now "are either unknown or extinct," she laments.
Kew scientists also hope to find plants that are resilient to climate change, such as a wild rice relative that flowers at night when it is cooler. If future temperatures rise even a few degrees, rice yields would drop by 30 to 40 percent. But if night-flowering characteristics were incorporated into farmed rice, millions of tons could be saved.
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Still, seed-savers like those at Kew are "real heroes" to Jonathan A. Foley, a climate scientist and director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. Since agriculture began 10,000 years ago, thousands of crops have been lost. In fact, only 12 species contribute 80 percent of humans' total dietary intake today, compared to the more than 7,000 that were used at some point in history.
"Throwing away the knowledge of previous generations is a huge loss to civilization," says Foley. "Who knows when the seeds might be valuable [in resisting] climate change or the next disease?"
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[1] Brendan I. Koemer, "Red Menace," Wired, Feb. 22, 2010, www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_ug99_fungus/.
[2] "State of the World 2011," Worldwatch Institute, www.worldwatch.org/sow11.
[3] Ibid., p. 34.
[4] Zareen Bharucha and Jule Pretty, "The Roles and Values of Wild Foods in Agriculture," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2010, pp. 2913–2926, http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1554/2913.full.pdf.


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The Sydney Harbour Bridge will be closed for up to three weekends in January to replace the pavement for the first time in 80 years.
NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay says resurfacing works will close the bridge over the weekend of 13-16 January, between 10pm Friday and 5am Monday.
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By smoke on Jul 28, 2001 12:04 AM
I have a faking radiosity tutorial but not sure whether it 's correct or not (written from my experience) Please check it out and have some comments for me
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By Koztah3d on Jul 29, 2001 10:36 AM
If you're talking bout that 'scene with no light'...that's vertex paint..boring and somewhat useless..
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I have 2 sample files on cg page. One is faking radiosty sample file and another is what you mentioned, Vertex paint.
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Problem with vertex paint is that you need a LOT of vertices to make the shadows and lighting look good even on flat surfaces, and you can't really animate it...well, you can try but...
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Rihanna stepped on Karrueche's toes by showing up to the same Los Angeles nightclub on Jan. 24, showing no regard for the aspiring model by wearing a jaw-dropping dress with no bra. Read on for all the EXCLUSIVE details!
Rihanna is certainly Unapologetic when it comes to Karrueche Tran! The "Diamonds" singer intentionally partied at Playhouse in Los Angeles on Jan. 24 after getting word Chris Brown's ex-lover would be in the building, HollywoodLife.com is EXCLUSIVELY reporting.
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"She club hopped last night and yea, she knew the other bi**h was suppose to be at Playhouse but she didn't care and she wanted to shut the club down and that's just what she did.
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Rihanna made the kids apologize for showing up when when she arrived to the club sporting a sexy, black see-through dress and get this — she wasn't wearing a bra!
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Posted at 7:31 PM on January 25, 2013
My thoughts on this: Rihanna revealed more than what's under her clothes with this stunt. It revealed that contrary to what she may lead others to think, she pays more attention to and is more bothered by the happenings in Karrueche's life than Karrueche is of hers. I think that it was petty of her and her crew to show up at that club? What was she trying to prove; that's she's the epitome of #thuglife? Thugs don't throw shade, they fire bullets, and are not concerned with ppl who are beneath them. For her to show up like that just proves that Karrueche influences at least some of her thoughts to lead her into pulling a stunt like this. Her next fragrance should be called Insecurity cause she reeks of it. She may have millions in the bank and all she sees are $signs, but she is mentally and emotional in poverty.
Posted at 7:48 PM on January 25, 2013
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Posted at 8:23 PM on January 25, 2013
@Word –
Rihanna showed up because she wanted to – and good that she did. There's NOTHING wrong with her showing up at the club. And yes, she and Karrueche are rivals and they both care…
It's called life and the ups and downs that come with it. They have to live it to learn it. We all made mistakes and learned… We live and learn every day… All people don't learn at the same pace…
Emotions can be a beast for us all…
Young people don't typically make the wisest choices.
Rihanna is NOT mentally and emotionally in poverty. She's young and most young people haven't fully found themselves. Heck, some old folks haven't yet found themselves.
Posted at 10:31 PM on January 25, 2013
@sandra Renee
"Rihanna showed up because she wanted to" : " yes, she and Kareueche are rivals they both care" – contradicting statements on your part. Which is which?
"There's NOTHING wrong with her showing up at the club : "Young ppl don't typically make the wisest choices" – contradicting statements on your part. Which is which?
If you want to argue the matter, be consistent in your rationale.
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Posted at 9:11 AM on January 26, 2013
@Word – Hi –
Actually, all of my statements are truth and NOT contradictions either… It's a matter of comprehension, which obviously you didn't do.
You can show up because you want to AND you can care at the same time…
And generally speaking – Young people typically don't make the best choices. That does NOT mean that Rihanna was wrong to show up at the club. In fact, I believe that that was a good choice. Young people certainly make those, too.
My comments are wise consistent, and reasonable – for those who comprehend in the context in which stated…
Posted at 9:50 AM on January 26, 2013
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Posted at 8:28 PM on January 25, 2013
That is totally wrong an insecure woman wouldn't go there but a secure woman would. Why should she not go the club KT owns the club hell no did she not went to the same club RIH was at the other day with C. milan in tow. I am sure as soon as she reached the club the papz must have said RIH is in there. You need to get your facts straight before you start writing these long a** essays making these #KAEFANATICS think they got one up. PLEEEASEEE RIHANNA is a SUPERSTAR and can go anywhere she feels fit.
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Posted at 8:31 PM on January 25, 2013
BTW after your girl KT left the club where RIH was she went to the studio and took a pic of her shoes to pretend like she was there with CB and you are calling RIH insecure, what does that say about your girl KT. Next time do some more research before you come up here writing S***. NAVY FOR LIFE!!!!
Posted at 11:00 PM on January 25, 2013
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Posted at 9:56 PM on January 25, 2013
so now showing up to a club and dressing how she wanna dress is her way of thinking about karrueche. rih has a busier schedule than karrueche. when does she have time to think about karrueche. if you ask me karrueche is the wanna be. dats y she doing nude poses for a free magazine and doing interviews. she tryn to roll with the big dogs but shes just a lil puppy
Posted at 11:12 PM on January 25, 2013
Rihanna posts half naked pics on IG ( free access to all) and an almost daily basis. Rihanna sat down and cried for Chris on national TV. What's the difference btw Rihanna and Karrueche with that in mind? Oh, right, cause Rihanna has money and fame what she does is acceptable. It's sad that a vast majority think that Rihanna is the only one who deserves to be happy. Who deserves to make a success story out of their lives. Rihanna's career started small. Karrueche's career is small now, that does not mean it will remain that way no matter what you may think/hope.
Posted at 7:27 PM on January 25, 2013
@ meme,Temps Duncan & her multiply personality's really ain't no match for us as she's on here quoting that i dont have a life always hating on Rihoe blah blah blah but yet she is doing the exact same if anything more then any of us on these blogs.
They/she make me laugh wanna dish it out but yet cannot handle it when you speak back to them, like she/they owns this god damn site i will say what i want while on this pc and would do the exact same regardless if it was face to face
lame *ss bytches wanna be on her hating on a female purely cus she has no fame status
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Posted at 8:34 PM on January 25, 2013
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Posted at 7:30 PM on January 25, 2013
RIH walked up in there liked she own a ho. She just letting a b**** know where she stands why shouldn't she go KT owns the club HELL NO. SHUT UP and go read a book you finally stopped trying to spell her name ILLITERATE. She knows that #BASIC chick be trying to throw shade but I am almost sure she didn't say anything to Rih while she was there..
Posted at 7:18 PM on January 25, 2013
People said rihanna isn't even threatened or worried about kae…omg this shows everything…rihanna just showed everyone that she is worried and threatened by kerreuche tran or she wouldn't have KT on her mind every second to follow her to the club…omg…hahaha..this is too much…actions speaks louder than words…
Posted at 7:14 PM on January 25, 2013
Ha! That's exactly what she used to do when Chris and Kae was together! Following them around and partying at the same club. The girl has millions but she's so insecure that she still feels like she has to prove a point of 'not caring.' Ma, if you really don't care then why you still on the girls' case?? P.S, RIHANNA SEEMS REAL LONELY, LIKE SHE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL AMERICAN FRIENDS IN LA..
Posted at 7:29 PM on January 25, 2013
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Posted at 7:12 PM on January 25, 2013
You know what temp? If a girl ain't threatened by another girl then she would not stoop so low as to follow another girl to a club just to throw shades at her….@sandra: your girl desperate and dehydrated much?lol…omg rihanna really made more of a fool to herself…lol. I told you KT is a THREAT to rihannahoe and her navy fans…haha…KT got her own personal stalker: a celebrity RIHANNA…haha…and rihanna don't even got a stalker and she's famous…lol. how sad is that?hahaha.
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Posted at 8:30 PM on January 25, 2013
@nia –
Rihanna is not a hoe, according to a friend of a friend of Karrueche's – on April 1, 2011, he posted and said that Karrueche is a ho who has been with numerous males…
And Rihanna is NOT pathetic either. Nor is she stupid – stupid people don't make millions…
Does she have insecurities? Yes, we all do…
And if you believe that Karrueche isn't worried…then you are believing a LIE!
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@ MEME you got that right!!!! She may have millions in the bank, a hot singing career, a 12 million dollar mansion, and a professional staff to help with her daily schedule, but she don't have Chris all to herself!
**** Paragraph 2 Section 1 of the custody agreement states that RIRI gets Chris every 1st and 3rd weekend and all major holidays, KAE gets him on the 2nd and 4th weekend, and the summer time!I Think they are going to submit some changes to the court, because RIRI is getting ready to go on tour.
RIRI is the main squeeze!!!!!!!!!Right(side eye). Thats a major step down from 4 years ago. OMG ….she and KAY have the SAME position! "Sharing the community di*K!! Ladies no fighting, you will all get your turn!!-LOL
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Rihanna you got the body, flaunt it girl! Do your thing and enjoy life to the fullest as long as you're not hurting anyone. And if Chris or Kae happened to be there you strut your stuff and party like it's 1999…lol! U R beautiful, just do you and don't stress the small stuff (kae).
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@Sandra…I just feel bad because (obviously) there are three diehard Kae fans who have to talk about Rihanna on every single blog I read that is from HL. Why? Does Kae own that club? When you go club hopping, that means you go to different spots to party. Rihanna probably already was planning on going there and when she heard Kae was there, she was like, who the f&*$ cares? Really…it's not throwing shade to go to a club in Cali with your friends…keep trying lady and get your digs in while Kae is still in the news. I give it another month or two tops.


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Doing Good: Intro from Rotary International.
June Newsletter (253 KB) This is the Rotary Foundation District 5340 June Newsletter.
Club Qualification List for 2013-14 Check this list to find out which clubs in District 5340 are qualified or not. Click on a club name on the list for instructions on how to achieve the qualification.
May Foundation Newsletter (336 KB) Here is the newsletter on The Rotary Foundation for May.
DDF Allocations for 2012-13 (104 KB) This report shows how our District Designated Funds have been distributed for this year.
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In case you don't know me too well, I was diagnosed with a little ditty called bi-polar 2 a few years back. The 2 means that it's a milder more user friendly version of the manic depressive fun most people associate with the disorder. I also had some other crap wrong too, but was told I was in "partial" remission and was released from therapy with a hand shake and a kick out the door. I've been mostly dandy too until recently, what with all of the cancer and death staring me in the face crap.
It started when my chemo came to an end: did it work? Am I okay now? Will it come back? What if it didn't work? Up. Down. Back. Forth...no wonder I'm dizzy all of the time. And now that they've discovered the recurrence (that's fancy oncology speak for you have another tumor) I've just gotten even more swingy. I'm like a freaking yo-yo, I tell ya.
So the external beam radiation therapy is done and they're going to do this lovely new thing called brachytherapy. I dare you to google that and not freak out and have nightmares. It looks like a medieval sex torture technique.
Brachytherapy is when they put me under anesthesia (thank God) and insert what looks like a carburetor in my lady business. Then (brace yourselves ladies) they shoot all these needles out of the torture thing into...yes, into my pelvis through the dead end at the end of my lady business. Yep. Then, they do a CT scan to make sure I'm being tortured sufficiently and perform a radiation treatment through the needles. It's a special high dose of glow in the dark fun and I apparently have a groupon because they're doing this three times.
I honestly don't know what they'll do if this doesn't shrink the tumor. I don't know if they can operate again or do more chemo or what. I don't know. It better work. That's all there is to it because I don't know what else they can do. It's this thought process that has driven me into another round of bipolar fun.
One minute I'm optimistic and all is well. Then I swoop down into tears and despair only to snap someone's head off for mentioning to me that I have hair again as though I'm that oblivious. It's a vicious cycle and I'm kind of over it. As a result, I am once again practicing the life skills tools my therapist gave me to deal with myself and the world around me when I feel out of control. It seems to be working; my Xanax intake is down, but I'm still sitting. Wondering and waiting for the news. Any news.
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Is LeBron James the Most Hated Man in Sports?
Now that the NBA Finals have started, it's the time of year where usually, LeBron James puts in his worst work. At least, that's what the media would like you to believe. LBJ has come to be known as a player who folds in the clutch, when in all actuality, he shows up more often than not. As a Detroit fan, I remember him scoring 29 of his team's final 30 points to beat us. I remember the clutch shot he hit against the Orlando Magic in 2009. I'm sure Boston and Chicago fans remember what LeBron did to them in last year's finals. Yet, the media would like for u to believe that he isn't clutch. He passes too much when the game is on the line. He folds. He doesn't show up. Would we rather him force shots that damage the team, kills chemistry, and for him to completely not trust his teammates? Or would we rather him make the pass IF there is a better shot in a clutch situation? I have said this to come to this: LeBron James is the most hated man in sports for three reasons.
1. The Decision
First off, I will admit that the "Decision" was in bad taste. Never before has a NBA player held a one hour special to decide what team would be graced with his "talents". People say "Well people in Cleveland deserved better". IT IS A BUSINESS! Do NBA GMs and owners inform all players that they are about to be traded? NO! How often does a GM trade a player get to decide what team he is traded to? Besides Derek Fisher, I honestly can't think of one in recent memory. LeBron did what was best for him as a basketball player. He was not going to win a title in Cleveland. Free agents could not be lured to come there. Cleveland isn't a big market, and players wouldn't get as many endorsements as they would in a big market city. LeBron took a 2007 Cleveland team to the Finals that was full of great players like Anderson Vareajo, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson, Ira Newble, Eric Snow, Shannon Brown, Scot Pollard, David Wesley, Donyell Marshall, Larry Hughes… You know what, if I name one more player from that team, I may cry. That was the WORST team to EVER make it to the NBA Finals. THE WORST. You take LeBron off of that team, and I would be shocked if they won 10 games. But yet, him leaving those great, hall of fame players (sarcasm) that Cleveland liked to place around him leads me to my second reason why he is hated…
2. Creating a "Super-Team" in Miami
When the "Heatles" first joined, I thought of an old wrestling stable in the late 80's. They reminded me of the WWF (E) group The Mega Powers. LBJ would be Hulk Hogan. Dwyane Wade would be Randy Savage. Chris Bosh would be Miss Elizabeth. The Heat made the first TRUE super-team (I am not counting Boston because Pierce, Allen, and Garnett were all past their prime, thus not making them that super, even though they won a title). You have the best small forward, 2nd (or first in some people's eye) shooting guard in Wade and a top 10 power forward in Chris Bosh. Surround them with shooters and they shouldn't lose. LBJ didn't make it any better by semi-guaranteeing titles there (Not 1, not 2, not 3…) This team led to the super-team that was built in New York, that was attempted by the Lakers (which is funny, because fans hated the super team idea until their team was presented with the same situation) Again, LBJ did what was best for him. He was courted by the Clippers, where he would have played with a Blake Griffin who was coming off of a knee injury. He had New Jersey and Cleveland, which was pretty much going from one bad situation to another. He could have gone to New York, but the criticism there would probably have driven this man crazy. Miami made the most sense. LBJ played up to his villain role, and became a different man than he normally is. Gone were the smiles and adoration, instead replaced with boos, jeers, and the classic jokes of Black Twitter.
3. Skip Bayless
More than anything, the biggest reason why LBJ is hated is because of "analyst"-closeted Lebron lover, Skip Bayless. Bayless works for the ESPN show First Take. He makes it his duty to attack LBJ for EVERYONE bad basketball decision his makes and discredits the good things on the court. This is the same man who feels LBJ shouldn't be MVP because he plays with Wade. Yet, he thinks Kevin Durant should win, who also plays with Russell Westbrook. The same man who hounds LBJ for being unclutch all year, then when James hit 6 free throws in the last minute to beat Detroit, and scores 17 points to beat New Jersey, says "Well that doesn't count". The same man who calls him "The Frozen One" yet discredited LeBron late-game heroics against Boston and Chicago last year. In many fans mind, LBJ is the King sitting on a fictional throne, and I don't blame them. But I say to that, Michael Jordan was "Air" Jordan before he won a title (That wasn't a comparison of their games, just the nickname myth). LeBron James will forever be hated. All great athletes are. But over the past 2 years, LeBron James has become the most HATED man in sports. You can even make a slim case that LBJ is underrated, solely on all the hate he receives that causes fans to discredit his stats. I believe this is LeBron's year to win the title. As a NBA fan, I hope he wins it. As a Detroit Pistons fan, I hope every team in the Eastern Conference lose. Either way, in 2 months, we will either see a King crowned, or possibly the breakup of the Mega Powers. You can take that to the bank, BROTHER!
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Kane's Jamie Lingenfelter, pictured here making a tackle in the Wolves' game against Sheffield, is still the leading tackler in the state of Pennsylvania, according to MaxPreps statistics. The senior captain has 112 tackles in seven games, nine more than Nick Sully of Marian Catholic High School in Tamaqua. Lingenfelter and his teammates will try to regroup after last Friday's 7-6 loss to Curwensville and get a win against the Elk County Catholic Crusaders on Kane's Senior Recognition night.
Sarah Szymanski was the lone senior on the 2014 Kane girls' golf team. Szymanski will be honored along with seniors from the boys' golf team, cross country teams, marching band, cheerleaders and football players prior to Friday night's game with Elk County Catholic. Senior Recognition ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Paul R Miller stadium.
These three members of the Kane boys' golf team will be honored prior to Friday night's home football game. The three, from left to right, Tyler Blankenship, Trace Gordon and Justin Westerburg, completed their season two weeks ago and will be honored, along with their parents, at Senior Recognition ceremonies. At 6 p.m., senior members of the Kane golf teams, cross country teams, cheerleaders, marching band and football team will be recognized for their achievements and dedication.
Kane's Chris Udovich has had a busy fall for the Wolves. The junior is one of the Kane boys' soccer teams top offensive players and is also competing when possible for the Wolves' cross country team. Udovich is pictured here running at last weekend's Six Flags meet in New Jersey. He finished the course in a personal best time of 18:36 in 28th place. Teammate Hunter Yasurek was Kane's top finisher in 18:19, good for 22nd.
Aiden Hulings carries the ball for Kane in last night's middle school football game with Otto-Eldred. The young Wolves defeated the junior Terrors 30-0 behind rushing touchdowns by Hulings, Noah Blankenship and Jake Alcorn. The Wolves' other touchdown came on a pass from Austin Jordan to Alec English. The KMS squad is scheduled to play Redbank Valley next Wednesday in Kane.
The Kane Tornado Ponies lost 21-0 against a talented Coudersport team on Sept. 6. The Tornadoes struggled on offense against Coudersport's stingy defense. The Kane Tornado Pee Wees, however, continued their winning streak with a 12-6 victory over the Potter County team. Tornado quarterback Ricky Zampogna scored both of the team's touchdowns in the hard fought win.
There was a large turnout for the first 5K fundraiser. Eighty-one total participants ran and walked, and several kids ran the fun run at 11 a.m. The PTO had a table set up with their display and they sold PTO T-shirts and had PTO member sign-ups. They had a few tables set up from the community and the Lions Club had their wagon set up selling popcorn, snow cones and cotton candy. Overall the event was a success.
Tori Schleicher heads upfield with the ball during the Lady Wolves scrimmage with Eisenhower on Monday. Schleicher and her teammates will scrimmage Punxsutawney on Wednesday, Aug. 27 before opening their regular season on Monday, Sept. 8 at Ridgway.
Kane All Sports Boosters would like to sincerely acknowledge the community for its support during our recent Sports Awareness Day. Here are a few athletes that participated in the event. If you missed out on the new air fresheners or window clings, they will be available at upcoming games. We wish the coaches and athletes a successful, safe 2014-2015 sport season.
Kane's 150th Celebration kicked off yesterday with the playing of an Old-timers baseball game at Glenwood Park's Pat Santilli Field. The game, played under the rules of 1864, was contested by teams of former Kane Independents, Kane Legion and Kane High School baseball players. Harry Whittemore, shown getting ready to deliver a pitch here during the game, was one of the former local all-stars to take part in the game. Hundreds of fans attended the nail-biter, which ended up 9-8.


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The month of August brought about plenty of skin and tattoos to go twice around the counties. Young lassies and old grannies alike goggled over the eye candy at the The South Florida Fire Fighter Calendar release. Rod Stewart came to town and rocked a red silk blazer -- he even brought Stevie Nicks with him.
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