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Tim Kennedy made Wednesday night about his performance in front of the troops at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and said after his first round knockout victory over Rafael Natal that he wasn't in the business of calling anybody out after the win.
He did promise, however, that his next call out would come via Twitter or Facebook -- the exact same way he called out Natal to help their fight come together for the UFC Fight for the Troops card.
Well, Kennedy didn't waste any time on Thursday fresh off his win to take aim at the most called out man in the history of the UFC -- Michael Bisping. The battle tested Brit is currently on the shelf mending his eye after suffering a second injury for a detached retina after having the same ailment earlier this year.
Hey @bisping you should keep your one good eye on me and get the other one healthy. ;-)— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) November 7, 2013
Bisping isn't expected to come back for at least three to six months, but Kennedy still wanted to take a shot at him, and it wasn't the first time either.
A few years ago while still in Strikeforce, Kennedy launched a campaign to fight Bisping after he beat Jorge Rivera at UFC 127 in Australia. For weeks leading up to their fight, Rivera along with his sponsor Ranger Up (who also have been a major supporter of Kennedy's for years) made a series of videos poking fun at the British middleweight unrelentingly. Bisping didn't take too kindly to the videos and he ended up enraged during the fight and was accused of actually spitting on Rivera's corner after winning the bout.
Kennedy's never forgotten that moment and he spoke about facing Bisping just before his fight on Wednesday hoping that could potentially be a fight he could land in the future. Kennedy says if Bisping was rattled by Rivera's trash talk, just wait until he sees what the former Army Ranger can put together for their fight.
"We made a video and he ended up spitting on our entire corner. He threatened to kill Matt Finney's family (one of Rivera's coaches). He illegally kneed Jorge Rivera in the head on the ground and that was a PG rated trash talking. It's a whole new level if I get to fight him ever. It's not like 'oh we're going to make fun of where you're from and how you talk and how you order things like a hamburger (and call it) a meat biscuit," Kennedy told FOX Sports.
"I'll have to wear a titanium groin protector, I'll have to walk in there like the Three Stooges with my hands in front of my eyes just so he doesn't poke me. I've got to protect myself from headbutts and other things he'd try to do. It would get real."
His Twitter jabs on Thursday were just the latest attempts from Kennedy to goad Bisping into a fight, and he's not likely to let up any time soon. Given his high profile win in the main event of the UFC Fight for the Troops card on Wednesday, Kennedy could definitely get the promotion interested in the fight with his continued barbs aimed directly at Bisping.
Kennedy doesn't even really care where the fight takes place, how the fight takes place or if he has to accept the bout on short notice. As long as Bisping's name is on the other side of the contract, Kennedy will sign. It's not a deep down desire Kennedy has to smash the outspoken Brit -- it's a desire he's carrying around sign for anyone to see.
"I don't know about this deep down inside thing at all, it's very, very, very shallow," Kennedy said. "If they said 'hey do you want to fight Bisping? Yes!'. 'Hey do you want to fight Bisping on this card? Yes!'. If you had to wear an eye patch and he had to wear and eye patch? Would you fight him with testosterone? Not me, but him, yes whatever. Not deep, very shallow, I'd fight him on a call."


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Selene Gallio first became a member of prestigious Hellfire Club after the Dark Phoenix Saga when the Black Queen position became vacant in the Inner Circle. Selene quickly came in to fill in the void and as such has often been referred to as the Black Queen. Selene then tried to make her own Inner Circle after Shaw's apparent death but they turn on her and the attempt fails. However when Sebastian Shaw returns and restores order to the Hellfire Club, Selene is once again named the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. After some time, the majority of senior members are no longer a part of the Club and so Selene takes control and makes an Inner Circle of her own. Its members include Blackheart, Daimon Hellstorm and Sunspot but her reign is short-lived. So Shaw once again takes over the Hellfire Club, this time as the Lord Imperial, and Selene remains the Black Queen even though she is kept trapped beneath the Club's Headquarters. Selene has since escaped and now is no longer affiliated with the Club, she was last seen with her groom, Wither.
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Loudoun officers uncover chop shop in Vint Hill
Gordon Kerr, 59, was charged with five counts of possession of a vehicle with an altered identification. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals after an investigation into an operation in the 6500 block of Vint Hill Road, where Kerr allegedly had been dismantling stolen cars and altering them for resale, according to a search warrant filed in Fauquier County Circuit Court.
Police recovered four Corvettes, a Ford van and a 2012 Dodge Ram truck.
It started on Feb. 6 when Kerr rented a storage unit in Purcellville to house what appeared to be a 1997 Corvette, using the name "Gordon Verr," according to the search warrant.
The unit had 24-hour access by way of a gate code. While employees were performing routine gate code checks, they found that Kerr's was not working correctly.
After failed attempts to notify him, employees at the storage unit contacted the Purcellville Police Department.
The vehicle identification number (VIN) was checked, and came up as reportedly stolen seven years ago from Michigan. Purcellville Police asked for help from Loudoun investigators.
On Feb. 12, with search warrant in hand, Det. Chris Staub of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office examined the corvette.
The VIN stated that the car was green, but Staub was looking at a red Corvette. After examination, Staub deduced that the red paint was the factory color, and the body was not a 1997 model.
"At this point the inconsistencies in the information pointed to a re-vinned vehicle," wrote Staub in the affidavit.
The false VIN was crudely engraved in the frame rail.
Investigators took the Corvette to a General Motors dealer, where they found after-market performance parts had been added which were consistent with those used in racing.
They were able to internally access the true VIN, which had been reported as stolen in Maryland more than four years ago.
Kerr had cut the VIN plate from the dashboard of the 1997 Corvette – the donor vehicle.
Race slips list driver "Gordon Verr" as entering several times with a 1999 Corvette within the last two years.
Staub found that Kerr, who had addresses in Maryland and Gainesville, Va., tried to sell vehicles to a dealership in Maryland, but was denied.
Searching for Gordon Verr came up dry, but searching for Gordon Kerr produced valuable information, including a photo and a history of fraud by selling salvage vehicles and possessing vehicles with altered VIN numbers.
Storage unit management were able to identify Kerr when they were shown his photo.
Throughout all this, the 1997's VIN was traced back to Linda Peters of Stamford, Conn.
The 1997 vehicle was still listed under her name, and she had a number of other Corvettes and collector vehicles registered to her.
Staub was able to contact Peters' daughter who said that Peters had wrecked the Corvette, and listed it on Ebay for parts.
Staub informed the Virginia State Police of their investigation, and law officers cast their net for Kerr.
U.S. Marshals caught up to Kerr on April 2. When they arrested him, he was driving a re-vinned 2011 Ford Conversion van, according to the search warrant.
Upon searching the Vint Hill property, Staub found parts consistent with the Corvette.
Agent Mike Jones with the Virginia State Police said that Kerr had been re-vinning vehicles since 1993, and had cases pending in Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, Manassas and Loudoun counties as well as in Maryland.
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The state/county needs to hire more investigators. Not shocking this is happening in this area. I just interviewed someone that claimed they were getting paid $1000/week under the table…This is the 12th person that made that claim in a little over 2 years. Bussinesses are not reporting correct $$$ and neither are some or all of their employees.
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Cocaine (which is white) is a very popular item on the streets, much like Eminem (who is also white). Em has sold millions of records, fast; his sophomore album, The Marshall Mathers LP, sold 1.76 million copies during its first week of sales! The snow on the streets is going as fast Em's records sell.
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MESA, Ariz. Lou Piniella's offseason started in recovery mode.
After winning back-to-back division titles in his first two seasons as manager of the Chicago Cubs, his team was swept out of the playoffs in the first round both times.
The Cubs won an NL-best 97 games last season, only to be ushered out of the postseason quickly by the Los Angeles Dodgers – just as the Arizona Diamondbacks had done to them a year earlier.
"I wasn't expecting what we got and I don't think anybody was," Piniella said Friday as Cubs pitchers and catchers reported for spring training.
"I felt like I was run over by a Mack Truck, I'll be honest with you. Never once did I feel what happened to us would happen."
Piniella decided he'd have to make some changes – general manager Jim Hendry made plenty on the roster during the offseason – that might help his team get past the first round. If of course, they make it back.
He became a student. He began reading, especially writings of other successful coaches, most notably his Tampa neighbor, Tony Dungy, the former coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who won a Super Bowl after the 2006 season.
"I learned a lot. I'm 0-6 in postseason," Piniella said of his stint with the Cubs. "There is room for improvement there for me. Jim has tinkered with our roster. He's done his job. Now I got to do mine and the players have to do theirs. ...
"My disposition is last year we had a darn good baseball team. We just need to figure out how to stay longer," Piniella said. "I'm going to do things a little differently than I did last year as far as getting ourselves more prepared. The manager has a responsibility."
High on his list, Piniella said, is getting his regulars more rest, especially since the Cubs still play a home schedule heavy with day games.
The Cubs have added a new right fielder in Milton Bradley, a utility infielder in Aaron Miles and a backup center fielder in Joey Gathright. They restocked their pitching staff with Aaron Heilman, Kevin Gregg and Luis Vizcaino. Paul Bako is the new backup catcher to last year's rookie of the year, Geovany Soto.
Among those no longer around are solid clubhouse personalities and effective performers like Mark DeRosa and Kerry Wood.
One thing the Cubs won't have to deal with is talk about the 100th anniversary of their last World Series champion? Why? Cause it's now going on 101.
" You give yourselves enough chances, sooner or later you break the barn door down and you get it done and that's what we have to do," Piniella said. "We didn't make the changes with this ballclub because we didn't have a good ball club. We're just trying to get better."
One new look the Cubs could have by opening day is in the executive suite where Tom Ricketts – longtime fan of the team – could complete a purchase of the team from Tribune Co. by opening day.


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Happy Birthday Leona, & a happy birthday to Paul.
It was so nice of Leona to have Nikitta & the guy with the big hair (forgot his name lol) from her XF year at her birthday party.
I was also one of the lucky people to meet Leona at Cardiff Labyrinth tour. I spoke to Nicola, who said to get as many fans as possible and meet at the back of the venue, and she took us backstage to meet Leona, I was with Andy from London, Valentina & Vicky & Eric from the official forum. It was such a surprise and Leona took time with everyone.
Excited about this new thing with Leona/Maloy. Can't believe we are in April & tour month.
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U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin will not seek re-election in 2014, the Iowa Democrat said Saturday.Harkin will wrap up four decades in Washington upon his retirement, as he served for a decade as a member of Congress representing the state's now-defunct 5th district before getting elected to the Senate in 1984. It was then, in the midst of the Reagan landslide, that the liberal Harkin easily defeated Republican Sen. Roger Jepsen. He fought back a couple of serious challenges to his seat before earning a breather in 2008, when he defeated Republican Christopher Reed in a landslide.
The 73-year-old Harkin told the Associated Press in an interview, "It's just time to step aside," noting that by the time he would finish a sixth term, he would be 81.
Harkin said the move also would allow a new generation of Democrats to seek higher office.
Harkin also briefly ran for president in 1992, losing in the Democratic primaries to Bill Clinton.
Harkin's retirement could easily open the floodgates for very competitive primaries on both sides of the Senate battle. It is conceivable that all four House members could engage in the open Senate seat, though much of the Senate discussion on the Democratic side has focused on fourth-term Rep. Bruce Braley, who represents the northeastern part of the state.
Republicans, meanwhile, could have a classic establishment-versus-teabagger battle royale on their hands, as the perpetually entertaining darling of the far Right, Rep. Steve King, was mulling a bid even before Harkin's retirement. The NRSC and RNC, one must assume, will be begging veteran Rep. Tom Latham (who represents Des Moines) to make a bid. It is pretty hard to see, however, how Latham could cobble together a majority of the Republican primary vote against King.
Harkin becomes the third Senate retiree in recent weeks, joining Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.


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China: Gay rights activists in Macau demand domestic violence bill includes gay couples
11:20 AM — Gay rights activists in Macau have delivered a letter to the government headquarters, demanding same-sex couples to be re-introduced into the domestic violence bill.
5th November 2014
US: Anti-discrimination bill could be dead after Republicans win Senate 4
4:02 PM — The Employment Non-Discrimination Act could be dead, after Republicans gained control of the Senate in yesterday's midterm elections.
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Uganda: Anti-homosexuality bill to be reintroduced in parliament 13
1:06 PM — The author of Uganda's anti-gay law has given notice that he will reintroduce the bill during this parliamentary session.
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US: California bill outlawing trans and gay panic defenses headed to governor 8
5:21 PM — A California bill looking to ban gay and transgender "panic" defenses in court is headed to the governor.
19th August 2014
Cuba: Mariela Castro casts first ever vote against government over LGBT protections 1
11:42 AM — Mariela Castro - the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro - has cast the first ever recorded vote against a government bill, over a lack of LGBT protections.
1st August 2014
Uganda: Court strikes down 'illegally passed' anti-gay law 15
11:55 AM — Uganda's notorious anti-gay law has been struck down by a court, who ruled that it was passed illegally.
29th July 2014
US: Michigan Democrat introduces law that will ban gay conversion therapy 2
2:58 PM — Democratic State Representative Adam Zemke of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has sponsored legislation outlawing conversion therapies in the state of Michigan.
11th July 2014
Australia: Newly-elected Senator to introduce same-sex marriage bill 5
11:59 AM — An Australian Senator will reportedly introduce a same-sex marriage bill as a priority, shortly after taking office.
5th July 2014
US: California gender recognition law comes into effect 2
12:37 PM — A new California law which makes it easier for trans people to change their legal name and gender has come into effect.
30th June 2014
US: House bill to include LGBT representatives on Veterans Committee
5:39 PM — A House bill has been introduced that would include LGBT representatives on the National Veterans Advisory Committee.
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Bill proposed to deny US entry to LGBT rights violators 3
4:11 PM — A bill has been introduced which would block LGBT rights violators from entering the US.
16th June 2014
US: Pittsburgh Mayor presides over 19 same-sex weddings
2:28 PM — The mayor of the city of Pittsburgh officiated at the weddings of 19 couples at the weekend.
US: Senate bill proposes creation of an LGBT rights envoy 2
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11th June 2014
US: New York Assembly set to vote on 'gay cure' ban for minors 5
11:25 AM — The New York State Assembly is set to vote today on a proposed ban on therapy to 'cure' homosexuality in minors.
1st June 2014
Israel: Gay surrogacy bill gains cabinet approval
5:35 PM — Israel's surrogacy bill has gained the approval of the cabinet, overcoming a hurdle and becoming one step closer to law.
8th May 2014
US: California Assembly votes to revamp birth certificates for same-sex parents 3
9:14 PM — California's State Assembly has passed a bill which will revamp birth certificates, allowing them to reflect same-sex parents as well as straight ones.
16th April 2014
US: Louisiana House votes to keep unconstitutional sodomy law 5
7:14 PM — The Louisiana House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted to keep a sodomy law in the state's penal code.
14th April 2014
Chile: Pastor blames deadly forest fire on same-sex unions bill 29
10:22 PM — A Chilean pastor has blamed forest fires near the city of Valparaíso on the discussion of a bill which would allow for same-sex civil unions.
12th April 2014
US: Illinois House rejects bill to ban gay conversion therapy 9
10:00 PM — The Illinois House of Representatives has rejected a bill which would ban gay conversion therapy.


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Islamist Democracy Is For Real
The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas can't be written off as easily anymore
Two thinkers expert in Islam, neither anybody's idea of a dove, have published articles recently suggesting that political Islam and democracy—democracy loosely defined—are compatible, and that from a Western perspective the movements in much of the post-Arab Spring world that combine the two (and are frequently illiberal) are preferable to the rule-by-strongman of the past. In Egypt, for example, the Muslim Brotherhood—the largest party in the parliament and quite possibly the party whose nominee will be president, unless the military steps in—will likely not do things that are in the best interests of the United States or Israel, to say nothing of Egyptian Christians and Egyptian women. Yet, both argue, this new reality is better than the old one—and it's not like we really have a choice.
"Democracy will not set down roots in Arab countries in transition without including mainstream Islamist groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Ennahda in Tunisia, or Islah in Yemen," argues Olivier Roy. He adds:
In Egypt, for example, the Muslim Brotherhood cannot cede its conviction that Islam is all-encompassing. Yet it risks losing popular support unless it can also reconcile Islam with good governance and human rights. … Israel is still unpopular and anti-Western xenophobia has visibly grown, but Islamist movements will need more than these old issues to sustain their rise to power.
And Reuel Marc Gerecht perceives democracy's moderating effect:
Muslims cannot be dragged dictatorially to an embrace of secularism and all the liberal values that spring from it. They have to arrive voluntarily, organically, at this understanding.
Slavery is de facto no longer permitted in Islam—even though it's authorized by the Quran—because Muslims successfully grafted European ethics onto Islamic mores. (British warships also helped stop the trade.) Individualism, the most insidious of Western exports, has now penetrated deeply into Muslim societies. The Muslim Brotherhood, for example, recognizes a woman's equality inside the voting booth.
He concludes: "Dictatorship nostalgia, on the other hand, will take us right back to the cul-de-sac where Osama bin Laden was born."
And then you read about the foreign minister of Turkey—whose government represents the best approximation of Islamist democracy in the world—meeting with the leader of Hamas. Prior to the Arab Spring (of which Prime Minister Erdogan, of Turkey, has been something of an outside hero), it's hard to envision this happening. Doesn't Hamas logically fit into their paradigm?
Um, except for one of their top officials insisting the group would never make permanent peace with Israel. So, I guess let's stand by for now.
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SWilliams pits age against young Wimbledon rivals
WIMBLEDON, England Judging by results this year, Serena Williams shouldn't be considered the favorite among the four remaining women at Wimbledon.
She's won fewer matches in 2012 than any of the other three semifinalists, has just the third-highest ranking among them and is by far the oldest of the group.
But when it comes to crunch time in a Grand Slam tournament, there's usually no one better.
Williams is two wins away from her 14th major title, while the other three semifinalists have one Grand Slam victory among them. Two of them - Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber - have never been in a major final.
Of the 20 previous Grand Slam semifinals Williams has played in, she won 17.
So while Williams still has to get past Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka on Thursday, there's no question who her rivals view as the player to beat.
"Serena is just great champion. When she's on fire, I really don't want her on my part of the draw. That's for sure," said the third-ranked Radwanska. "I think she's still in shape. She's still looking good on court. She's playing still a good tennis, running like (she's) 18 years old."
Williams is 30 now, actually, and is bidding to become the first woman at least that age to win a major title since Martina Navratilova won at Wimbledon in 1990 at the age of 33. The second-oldest remaining woman is Kerber at 24, while Azarenka is 22 and Radwanska 23.
But with age comes experience, and Williams has more of that than the other three combined. In fact, she has more career titles (41), more wins at Wimbledon (65) and more wins at Grand Slams (216) than the other three combined.
Williams, though, was quick to point out that momentum also plays a part, and that Azarenka has an edge in that department. The Belarusian started the year with a 26-match winning streak that included her first Grand Slam title in Australia.
"She's had a better year than I have," Williams said. "She's been so successful already, like I said, winning a Grand Slam. Going against a player like that, I feel like she almost has an advantage, I guess. So that makes me really relaxed and I can just kind of hit."
She did that emphatically in her quarterfinal against Petra Kvitova, eliminating the defending champion in straight sets underneath the roof on Centre Court on Tuesday to send a clear message that she's back to her best.
Williams has won her last five matches against Azarenka, including in the final in Madrid on clay this year when the Belarusian was ranked No. 1. Azarenka is well aware of her history against the American.
"History? I don't know. I lost to her most of the times," Azarenka said. "Obviously she's a great fighter. She never gives up. You always see that, no matter what the score is, she will go for her shots. She has a huge serve, which we all know. Every player that played against her felt that."


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Singles--Jonathon Wolf (S) def. Kurtis Brown 6-0, 6-0; Eric Saekow (S) def. Jake Hubbert 6-0, 6-0; Jonathon Spores def. Travis Griffith 6-1, 6-1; Arthur Sand def. Jacob Greene 6-0, 6-3. Doubles--Nick McIntosh-Keaton Urling-Ehinger (S) def. Kris Davies-Owen Ell 6-1, 6-1; Kurtis Hushagen-Jack Lund (S) def. TJ Moen-Trent Tingelstad 6-1, 6-1; Davis Crouch-Bristan Kelley (S) def. Andrew Hougan-Ben Crawford 6-1, 6-0. Records--Stanwood 9-1 league, 12-1 overall. Marysville Pilchuck 0-9, 1-11.
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LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan's whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment.
Lohan's lawyer and publicist did not return messages seeking comment about the actress' decision to quickly leave a rehab facility that a state official said is not licensed to perform the type of restrictive in-patient treatment a judge sentenced her to undergo.
The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday evening that a prosecutor said Lohan was apparently in violation of her probation after spending only a few minutes at Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach.
Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Terry White did not return phone and email messages about Lohan's case, but said after a court hearing earlier in the day that he was "completely blindsided" by Lohan's decision to check into Morningside. He had previously vetted and approved a different facility, he said.
Lohan's attorney Mark Heller assured Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney at the hearing that Lohan was getting settled in at the center and got the judge's tentative approval for the actress to remain at the center while White investigated its credentials.
"My client is ensconced in the bosom of that facility right now," Heller argued after a prosecutor objected to Lohan's choice of rehab facilities. "She's in rehab right now. Nothing bad is going to happen."
Dabney said during the morning hearing that based on the letter from Morningside, it appeared to meet the requirements of Lohan's sentence in the case filed after the actress crashed her car in June while on the way to a film shoot. Dabney agreed that Lohan should remain at Morningside.
Hours after the hearing, Millicent Tidwell, acting deputy director of licensing and certification for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs said Morningside is not licensed to perform residential in-patient rehab or addiction treatment and lacked the appropriate license to provide residential treatment or recovery programs.
The facility is certified to provide outpatient services and operates sober living houses, which do not require licenses, Tidwell said.
Lohan's sentence in a misdemeanor driving case requires her to serve 90 days in a lockdown rehab facility. Her choice of Morningside rankled White, who was given until May 10 to conduct his own investigation of the facility to make sure it complied with the terms of Lohan's sentence.
Morningside Recovery disputed that it was unlicensed and its director wrote in a statement that it has a 6,300-square-foot facility that provides drug and alcohol treatment.
"We have successfully treated thousands of patients through our program, many of which have been ordered to us by state and federal courts," Morningside's CEO Mary Helen Beatificato wrote in a statement. "Our clinical team is highly specialized in the treatment of substance abuse and more importantly, the psychiatric illnesses which often accompany individuals suffering" from chemical dependency issues.
In a letter presented to Dabney on Thursday, Beatificato stated that Morningside was not a hospital-style rehab.
She wrote that Lohan would not receive day passes from Morningside's programs, would undergo six hours of group counseling a day and be accompanied daily by a sober living coach. She would undergo three hours of individual counseling a week, the letter stated.
The letter did not state where Lohan would live while at Morningside. If Lohan stayed at a sober-living house, the actress could not legally receive treatment while she was at the home.
"While Morningside does not provide its treatment in a hospital-like setting, it does provide the structure and security necessary to ensure Ms. Lohan's compliance with treatment goals, and, more importantly, court ordered conditions," Beatificato said.
Tidwell said her agency was considering enforcement action against Morningside based on Heller's statements, but she declined to elaborate. The agency is pursuing a case against Morningside because it continues to offer residential drug and alcohol treatment programs without a license, and a trial on the issue is scheduled for December.
Lohan pleaded no contest in March to reckless driving and lying to police who were investigating the June accident involving the actress along the Pacific Coast Highway.
The "Liz & Dick" star also was found in violation of her probation in a 2011 necklace theft and sentenced to 180 days behind bars, but her jail term can be avoided if she complies with the full terms of her sentence, which include community labor and 18 months of psychological therapy.
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I am sure that the new light source must be UV in that Michael related that it is not "hot". Additionally Azo (according to the Kodak spectral sensitivity curve on the material) exposes entirely in the 360-410 nm UV band. This is near band UV or A band in the three band method of classification. This light probably still in the visible spectrum (at least the upper 410nm band would be) that focus shift would not be a consideration.
This new light source is probably useable only on Azo, unless a secondary light source is incorporated into the system.
The "new" Durst 5X7 enlarger which is useable on both Pt-Pd and Azo is designed for UV output. This enlarger is scheduled for 3-03 release. And, once again, useable only for the materials noted.


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Fonte scored her third goal of the season
Oct. 20, 2013
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -
The University of Nevada soccer team closed out a two-match road trip with a 2-1 loss to San Diego State Sunday afternoon at the SDSU Sports Deck.
With the loss, Nevada drops to (4-9-3, 2-5 MW) on the season, while San Diego State improves to (8-6-2, 6-1 MW).
"I'm proud of the team today for a valiant effort," head coach Dr. Melissa Price said. "We scored first on a great goal by Chris from Daisha going end line. We were well prepared and had some breakaway chances to win the game. We might have fallen short in the final minutes, which is disappointing, but overall we battled and that will be an important experience as we push to qualify for the Mountain West tournament."
Wolf Pack midfielder Chrisalyn Fonte scored her third goal of the season in the 12th minute to give Nevada an early 1-0 lead. Daisha-Jones Oglesby supplied the assist for her team leading fourth helper on the year. Two minutes later, the Wolf Pack committed a foul in its own penalty box that led to a penalty kick for the Aztecs. Victoria Barba scored on the penalty kick to even the score at 1-1.
San Diego State kept the Wolf Pack defense busy in the second half, recording 19 shots in the final period. The Nevada defense withstood the San Diego State attack with multiple clearances and saves by Wolf Pack goalkeeper Kelsey Quintos. With just under a minute left in regulation, Aztecs forward Kelsey Booth put in a shot past Quintos to give San Diego State the 2-1 win. The Aztecs had 33 shots in the game to five for Nevada. Quintos had eight saves in the game.
The Wolf Pack will return home next week for a pair of home games, taking on Wyoming on Friday night and Air Force Sunday afternoon.
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Buffalo Bills claim LB Merriman off waivers
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Having the NFL's worst record has at least one perk: It gave the winless Buffalo Bills the opportunity to claim Shawne Merriman off of waivers to improve their porous defense.
The move was made Wednesday, a day after Merriman was placed on 24-hour waivers by San Diego.
Buffalo (0-7) had the first option on acquiring the one-time feared pass rusher because it has the NFL's worst record. Waived players are awarded to the worst team that submits a claim.
The move was made by first-year general manager Buddy Nix, who is familiar with Merriman. Nix previously worked in the Chargers' front office when they drafted the outside linebacker with the 12th pick in 2005. Merriman won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award in '05.
It's unclear when the 26-year-old Merriman will join the Bills, who play Chicago (4-3) at Toronto on Sunday.
"We think Shawne can help our defense," Nix said in a statement released by the team. "He has been an impact player in a 3-4 defense, and we feel this is a good opportunity to make our team better."
To make room on the roster, the Bills placed offensive tackle Cornell Green on injured reserve. Green had started the first five games at right tackle before sustaining a knee injury.
Nicknamed "Lights Out," Merriman had previously been regarded as one of the NFL's most feared players. He's a three-time Pro Bowl selection. In 60 career games, he has 43 1/2 sacks - but only four in his past three seasons.
Injuries and both on- and off-field controversies combined to end Merriman's tenure in San Diego. The decision to waive him came three weeks ago, when San Diego placed him on the injured reserve list because of a calf injury. Merriman went on the list with a "minor-injury designation," meaning he was to be released once healthy. In claiming Merriman, the Bills pick up what's left of the player's one-year $3.27 million contract.
Despite the Bills' numerous needs after getting off to their worst start in 26 years, the decision to claim Merriman is an eye-opener. Nix previously said he was not interested in adding high-profile players, and instead was focused on rebuilding through the draft.
Of course, Merriman can serve as a one-year quick fix to bolster a defense that's both porous against the run and having difficulty generating a pass rush. Buffalo ranks last in the NFL, allowing nearly 189 yards rushing per game - and has already allowed 200 or more yards rushing four times this season.
The Bills have also managed 11 sacks, failing to replace their leading pass rusher, Aaron Schobel, who was released in August after he couldn't make up his mind on retirement. The lack of a pass rush has hurt the team's defense, which has only one interception after finishing second in the NFL with 28 in 2009.
Merriman's numbers have plummeted, too.
He missed most of the 2008 season after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery, and had only four sacks last year while attempting to find his hard-hitting form.


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Brian Roy Haas was born in Kansas City, MO, March 18 1974. After a brief run through Kansas, his parents, Steve and Nancy settled in Tulsa OK by the time Brian was four. It was this new close proximity to Paula Haas, Steve's mother, and Brian's grandmother, that led to Brian starting piano lessons at age 5. Paula Haas had been a nationally touring jazz organist/pianist and was one of the most hired and respected musicians and music teachers in the Tulsa region. She had often noticed that Brian would clap along with music and beat on pots and pans in time. She recommended piano lessons to Steve and Nancy and Brian's parents agreed. At first, it was a struggle to get the hot headed young Brian to sit still and focus. But gradually, the power of the wooden spoon (which Nancy wielded with prowess) and the young lad's own curiousity won out. The method of instruction was called the Suzuki method. This style of teaching classical music comes from Asia and stresses ear training over learning from written music. This was fine with Brian, who always had bad eyes and found learning by ear much easier than reading all those spidery little notes. From the beginning, learning this music by ear seemed natural and sometimes fun to Brian who immediately began winning every local and regional competition he entered.
Nancy always used a notebook at lessons to write down the entire piano lesson almost verbatim. This allowed her and Brian to actively practice information from the lesson during the next week of at home practice. Nancy's concept of piano lessons was that they were a way to teach Brian discipline. During the early years, Nancy sat by and practiced with Brian each and every day. She would sit at the right elbow or left elbow; always with the notebook out, making sure real improvement was happening. The wooden spoon made sure that Brian didn't get tired or sloppy. These early years (age 5-15) saw Brian practicing piano about an hour a day, every day, except for Christmas Day and his birthday. If Nancy couldn't be there in person to listen to the practice session, the only way the practice counted as "real", was if it was taped and carefully reviewed later by Nancy. Says Brian, "I remember mom coming home from errands and listening to my entire one hour practice session while she cooked food in the kitchen, this happened all the time!".
The first big turning point came sometime during Brian's 15th year. Nancy informed Brian that ten years was enough, and she wasn't going to monitor piano practice anymore, or make him take lessons. Brian was elated! He immediately stopped playing classical music and taking classical lessons and started studying blues, jazz and pop music with a local Tulsa area working musician. Says Brian, "Classical competitions always made my nervous and I always forgot big sections of pieces; I won them because I would just improvise a bit in the style of the composer until I remembered where I was in the music. I would just fake my way through!". Brian remembers Jazz and Blues seeming like impossible giants at age 15 and there was another problem....."I couldn't read music!", remembers Brian, "All the jazz chord charts seemed amorphous and all the suzuki method ear based learning had left me without any ability to sight read music; I knew music theory and always made As on my theory tests, but I couldn't really put the theory to use when the page was in front of me. I was always asking my new teacher if he had these new tunes on cd or tape and that I would work on it at home; he got suspicious and made me learn to read music!". This was a confusing time for Brian, but at age 15 he started gigging out with this older musician/teacher at country clubs and dinner parties. This first taste of professional "jazz" gigging never left Brian's mouth!
Insecurity quickly won out; all it took was a few negative comments from older players and listeners to frighten the confused 15 year old back into the world of classical music. Brian started studying the classics again with Dr. Roger Price, a professor of piano and composition at the University of Tulsa. "Roger saw my potential for making a living playing classical music and he took me under his wing," says Brian. "Suddenly the world of classical music seemed romantic and fun to me again. Jazz had felt that way until I tried to play it, but the open endedness of it scared me at the time." Now 16, Brian began practicing and studying the classics with the fervor needed to win the big competitions. He kept a practicing diary and averaged 8-12 hours of daily practice from age 16-20. It was during this time with Dr. Price that Brian began composing daily. "My favorite thing to do on the piano was always just improvising. As a kid, the wooden spoon would keep my focused on the Beethoven or Chopin, but after the allotted hour, I would improvise until I felt satisfied and have fantasies of doing the improvisations in front of lots of people! Improvising always felt simple and natural and much easier than playing other people's music, but I didn't know it was valid as music until Dr. Price's encouragement." Dr. Price informed Brian that many of the greatest compositions of the repertoire were just improvisations that the composer would remember and write down; Dr. Price encouraged this method for Brian's own composing and suddenly the floodgates opened.
At age 16, Brian won the regional concerto competition and was suddenly doing 9 nights in a row playing Beethoveen's 2nd Piano Concerto with the Tulsa Philharmonic in front of thousands of people. "This was the first time I got an inkling of what it might have been like to play classical music for a living....I was extremely nervous and scared....I had a bad diet during this time in my life and was already prone to nervousness (Dr. Pepper all day long); but playing in front of that many people had me literally shaking. Some of the performances turned into full on free jazz explorations as I forgot huge sections of the piano part. This led (3 years later) to the formation of the award winning jazz combo The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey......During those 3 years before jacob fred started, I practiced way too much and got a bad back and healed it with yoga and breath and decided I better focus on jazz if I wanted to live. So here I am! (I wrote all the other stuff up top too but couldn't keep up the act!) thanks for reading this whoever you are!- **Brian Haas**


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While a few of his former teammates were competing for gold, silver and bronze, Sean Busby was rounding out a set hardly any Olympian can dream of.
NEW YORK - The dinosaurs are ready to roar across America again - but they're sporting a new look.
"Walking with Dinosaurs, the Arena Spectacular" is coming back to the U.S.
Up from the icy ground adjacent to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Soldotna, a building has grown.
My wife and I and another couple were all cranked up and ready to go king salmon fishing out of Homer Monday morning, but an ill wind blew, and our trip was cancelled.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - In 1960, Simon Bouie - a black student at Allen University - was arrested for the only time in his life while leading a sit-in aimed at integrating a lunch counter in South Carolina.
MADRID (AP) - The train in Spain is more popular than the plane.
The National Statistics Institute said Thursday that more people travelled domestically by high-speed train than by plane in January for the first time since monthly records began.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Alaska Electric Light & Power Inc. has purchased a piece of equipment - a long-range receiver that mounts to a helicopter - that will make avalanche rescues faster, more efficient and less dangerous for rescue workers.
SUNRIVER, Ore. (AP) - "What did you think about ice skating?" I asked my daughter Lucy.
"Eh. It was OK," she replied, distracted by her reading.
Before we moved to Alaska, my family and I lived two years in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP), where I conducted research on African leopards.
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Is there any way to add to Ampache the ability to playback audio files directly from a web browser without the need to use a local media player? Or do you have any other server-side music streaming program to recommend, with such capability?
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Blind people in São Carlos, a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, have had their lives made easier when they are out and about their city. The municipality has hooked up with Grupo Criar, a company specialized in traffic systems, to design the Busalert app to make it easier and more efficient to use the city's bus network.
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Linearization is a linear approximation of a nonlinear system that is valid in a small region around the operating point.
For example, suppose that the nonlinear function is . Linearizing this nonlinear function about the operating point x=1, y=1 results in a linear function .
Near the operating point, is a good approximation to . Away from the operating point, the approximation is poor.
The next figure shows a possible region of good approximation for the linearization of . The actual region of validity depends on the nonlinear model.
Extending the concept of linearization to dynamic systems, you can write continuous-time nonlinear differential equations in this form:
In these equations, x(t) represents the system states, u(t) represents the inputs to the system, and y(t) represents the outputs of the system.
A linearized model of this system is valid in a small region around the operating point t=t0, x(t0)=x0, u(t0)=u0, and y(t0)=g(x0,u0,t0)=y0.
To represent the linearized model, define new variables centered about the operating point:
The linearized model in terms of δx, δu, and δy is valid when the values of these variables are small:
Linearization is useful in model analysis and control design applications.
Exact linearization of the specified nonlinear Simulink® model produces linear state-space, transfer-function, or zero-pole-gain equations that you can use to:
Plot the Bode response of the Simulink model.
Evaluate loop stability margins by computing open-loop response.
Analyze and compare plant response near different operating points.
Design linear controller
Classical control system analysis and design methodologies require linear, time-invariant models. Simulink Control Design™ automatically linearizes the plant when you tune your compensator. See Choosing a Control Design Approach.
Analyze closed-loop stability.
Measure the size of resonances in frequency response by computing closed-loop linear model for control system.
Generate controllers with reduced sensitivity to parameter variations and modeling errors (requires Robust Control Toolbox™).
You can use Simulink Control Design to linearize continuous-time, discrete-time, or multirate Simulink models. The resulting linear time-invariant model is in state-space form.
Simulink Control Design uses a block-by-block approach to linearize models, instead of using full-model perturbation. This block-by-block approach individually linearizes each block in your Simulink model and combines the results to produce the linearization of the specified system.
The block-by-block linearization approach has several advantages to full-model numerical perturbation:
Most Simulink blocks have preprogrammed linearization that provides Simulink Control Design an exact linearization of each block at the operating point.
You can configure blocks to use custom linearizations without affecting your model simulation.
Simulink Control Design automatically removes nonminimal states.
Ability to specify linearization to be uncertain (requires Robust Control Toolbox)
Simulink Control Design lets you perform linear analysis of nonlinear models using a graphical user interface, functions, or blocks.
|Linearization Tool
|When to Use
|Linear Analysis Tool
Batch linearize for varying model parameter values, operating points, and I/O sets.
|Linear Analysis Plots blocks
In most cases, you should use exact linearization instead of frequency response estimation to obtaining a linear approximation of a Simulink model.
Exact linearization:
Is faster because it does not require simulation of the Simulink model.
Returns a parametric (state-space).
Frequency response estimation returns frequency response data. To create a transfer function or a state-space model from the resulting frequency response data requires an extra step using System Identification Toolbox™ to fit a model.
Use frequency response estimation:
To validate exact linearization accuracy.
When your Simulink model contains discontinuities or non-periodic event-based dynamics.
To study the impact of amplitude size on frequency response.
See Describing Function Analysis of Nonlinear Simulink ModelsDescribing Function Analysis of Nonlinear Simulink Models.
How is Simulink
linmod different from Simulink Control Design functionality
for linearizing nonlinear models?
Although both Simulink Control Design and Simulink
linmod perform
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is enhanced by a more flexible user interface and Control System Toolbox™ numerical
|Simulink Control Design Linearization
|Simulink Linearization
|Graphical-user interface
See Linearize Simulink Model at Model Operating Point.
|Flexibility in defining which portion of the model to linearize
|Yes. Lets you specify linearization I/O points at any level
of a Simulink model, either graphically or programmatically without
having to modify your model.
See Linearize at Trimmed Operating Point.
|No. Only root-level linearization I/O points, which is equivalent
to linearizing the entire model.
Requires that you add and configure additional Linearization Point blocks.
|Open-loop analysis
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signals in the model.
See Open-Loop Response of Control System for Stability Margin Analysis.
|Yes, but requires that you delete feedback signals in your model to open the loop
|Control linear model state ordering
See Ordering States in Linearized Model.
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blocks and subsystems.
See Controlling Block Linearization.
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linearization value of each block.
See Linearization Troubleshooting Overview.
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|Control of rate conversion algorithm for multirate models
Exact linearization supports most Simulink blocks.
However, Simulink blocks with strong discontinuities or event-based dynamics linearize (correctly) to zero or large (infinite) gain. Sources of event-based or discontinuous behavior exist in models that have Simulink Control Design requires special handling of models that include:
Blocks from Discontinuities library
Stateflow® charts
Triggered subsystems
Pulse width modulation (PWM) signals
For most applications, the states in your Simulink model should be at steady state. Otherwise, your linear model is only valid over a small time interval.
Choosing the right operating point for linearization is critical for obtaining an accurate linear model. The linear model is an approximation of the nonlinear model that is valid only near the operating point at which you linearize the model.
Although you specify which Simulink blocks to linearize, all blocks in the model affect the operating point.
A nonlinear model can have two very different linear approximations when you linearize about different operating points.
The linearization result for this model is shown next, with the initial condition for the integration x0 = 0.
This table summarizes the different linearization results for two different operating points.
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How to Use Twitter for Audience Development
Mature, Stable Industry Seeks Young, Mobile Audience
Audience is what journalists and public relations professionals seek. An elusive treasure to be sure. Since the dawn of the Internet, it has become a moving target.
Twitter is an opportunity to reach new audiences and old ones that have shifted from the traditional ways they once received information. It's an opportunity to move with the audience.
So what can we do to tap into that market successfully? Since Twitter is about relationships, let's take a look at it through the five stages of a relationship.
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