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With his mix of charm and fearlessness, Australian wildlife expert Steve Irwin became a star with his show `The Crocodile Hunter.'
Photo By Handout/Getty ImagesAnimal enthusiast Steve Irwin died in a freak accident when a stingray's barb pieced his heart.
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Australian Steve Irwin, famous for his TV show "The Crocodile Hunter," holds his month-old son, Robert, in front of a 13-foot crocodile in an image from television during a croc feeding, Friday Jan. 2, 2004, at his Australian Zoo reptile park in Brisbane, Australia. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via APTN) TV OUT AUSTRALIA OUT
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Rest in peace, Crocodile Hunter. Justin Lyons, the cameraman and "right-hand man" for the late Steve Irwin, spoke out for the first time on the tragic 2006 death of the Crocodile Hunter star. Lyons appeared on Australian morning show Studio 10 on Sunday, March 9, and recounted Irwin's final moments after he was fatally attacked by a stingray.
"It was shocking. It was probably always going to be something weird with Steve," Lyons explained the Animal Planet star's death. "I mean, a crocodile or a shark, he was so good with animals, nothing was going to get him. We thought he was going to live forever, but it would always be a crazy silly accident, and as it turns out that's exactly what it was."
Irwin and Lyons were filming off the coast of Australia, and trying to get a final shot of the stingray swimming away when the attack occurred.
"All of a sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail, hundreds of strikes in a few seconds," Lyons recalls. "It probably thought that Steve's shadow was a tiger shark, which feeds on them very regularly . . . I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away, I didn't even know it had caused any damage. It wasn't until I panned the camera back, that Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood, that I realized something had gone wrong."
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Lyons denied previous reports that the stingray's barb came out during the attack. "It didn't come out. Steve didn't pull it out," he explained. "It's a jagged, sharp barb and it went through his chest like a hot knife through butter."
The cameraman said his partner, 44, was in "extraordinary pain," but he never gave up hope trying to save him.
"They've got venom on their barb, so, I'm sure, it was excruciatingly painful. He had an extraordinary threshold for pain, so I knew that when he was in pain it must have been painful," Lyons explained. "He obviously didn't know that it had punctured his heart, but he knew it had punctured his lung -- he was having trouble breathing. Even if we'd been able to get him into an emergency ward at that moment, we probably wouldn't have been able to say him, because the damage to his heart was massive."
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Lyons performed CPR on Irwin for "over an hour," but said medics pronounced him dead "within 10 seconds of looking at him."
"I was saying to him things like, 'Think of your kids, Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on,'" Lyons recalled. "And he just sort of calmly looked up at me and said, 'I'm dying,' and that was the last thing he said."
Irwin is survived by wife Terri Irwin and kids Bindi, now 15, and Robert, now 10. The late Crocodile Hunter's family visited Good Morning America on March 6, and discussed how they are continuing Steve's legacy. "I'm so excited to be carrying on in dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come," Bindi said of working with SeaWorld's Generations Nature initiative.
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just checked broadband options in my new area in new jersey
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cable through comcast:
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max speed: 1.5Mb/sec
dynanic IP. even their business plan is "quasi dyanmic" whatever that
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ADSL 79.95/mo with 5 static IP's
DSL 159.95/mo with a static IP and 144 kb/s up/down speeds
unfortunately, the entire area code (!) of 609 can't get line based DSL.
pfaw! they're probably running crossbar switches...
the best option is wireless DSL, which goes at 1.1Mb/sec for $99.95/mo.
unfortunately, the installation cost is $762 (which can be split if i
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i will never again complain about DSL prices in davis. :(
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The Nexus 7 is a great buy but the lack of external storage is a deal breaker for me.
I'm getting one pretty soon too, and I'm hoping that this isn't the case for very light usage. I already have a laptop where I do most of my work. I've been wanting to get a tablet for the simpler of tasks like email, web browsing, reading etc. I'm hoping that the limited storage won't be that much of an issue.
A few people have mentioned you can use USB OTG for storage, is that the case? Storage not so much of an issue then.
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the uv light kills the bacteria; have you tried antibiotics from your doc ?
I was thinking of using a sunbed for my acne. I was wondering how often a week and for a how long i should go.
the uv light kills the bacteria; have you tried antibiotics from your doc ?
It won't as such kill the bacteria, just temporarily. So basically it'll dry up the skin and all the oil (sebum) and kill whats there. But acne is a long term thing so sunbeds will somewhat halt it but it will still come back if the sebum gland is still being stimulated (acne).
Suggest you go to doctor mate.
I've been on every anti-biotic apart from accutane. Also i have used many creams.
Yes, i know. It also dries your skin out.
Have you tried Zynert?
Did you have topical or oral treatment in the past?
I don't find sunbeds really help the acne itself, but rather darken the skin so marks and red spots are less visible.


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Holding out hope
Danny Jackman tells Chris Burton that Gillingham are hoping to end a frustrating season on a high.
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Last season Gillingham ended the season in eighth spot in League Two, with only goal difference denying them a shot at the play-offs.
Twelve months on and there is a serious case of déjà vu at Priestfield, with the club once again finding themselves on the outside of the promotion party looking in.
They sit ninth in the fourth tier standings at present, four points adrift of the top seven with only six left to play for.
There is every chance that inconsistencies will once again end up costing the Gills dear and prevent them from acquiring an invitation to the play-offs.
Danny Jackman admits there is a feeling of what might have been at the Kent-based club, with it easy to look back now and curse missed opportunities.
A run of one win in seven has arrived at just the wrong time for the Gills and they are now clinging to the hope that favours from elsewhere will see them gatecrash the end of season shake-up.
Jackman told Sky Sports' Chris Burton: "It's been frustrating. We have had a bit of a dip again at a bad time, one win in seven, but we are still in there so that shows that other teams must be feeling it as well a little bit.
"Just when we have started to get a few good wins together, we have managed to slip up and let it get away from us a little bit. When we have done that, we have been losing and not picking up the odd points which would help us to keep going. It's been frustrating, a bit stop-start with us, and we haven't really had a great run through the whole season. But we are still in and around there. It's going to be tough but we will see what happens in the next few games.
"It was hard to take last year to miss out on goal difference. We don't want to do that again. It's not in our own hands, we need teams to slip up. At this club we never do things easy and we have proved that again."
Relying on others is hardly ideal, but Jackman admits the Gills cannot afford to get too caught up in the exploits of their rivals.
He said: "If we slip up then it's gone anyway, so we have not to concentrate on ourselves. If teams slip up, we will be there to hopefuly take our chance. We can't change results elsewhere, we have to just concentrate on ourselves. We will be keeping an eye on other fixtures as well, of course."
Momentum could be key at this stage, though, and were Gillingham to sneak in to the play-off pack they would have to be considered strong contenders to go all the way.
Jackman said: "I think Crewe have been on a great run of late and I always thought that if they did get in and we didn't, that perhaps they would be the favourites to go up. The team with momentum normally goes all the way through. But that can be us, I don't see why it can't be. It's a big game against Swindon so hopefully we can get a result and a good performance."
If they do miss out, it will be a case of back to drawing board for Andy Hessenthaler and his troops, but Jackman insists the club are building towards a brighter future.
He said: "Since I have come back they have strengthened the club, the squad with some very good players. It's just been frustrating that in the last couple of years we haven't managed to get in the play-offs, which is a big disappointment for a club like us. None of us want to be in this league, we want to be in the league above and playing against some really good teams up there. That's where we feel we should be, but it's not quite happened yet.
"We have got a lot of experience and a lot of good players, players that have come from higher leagues. It's just about trying to get the right winning mentality. Once we get that, I think we will be okay."
While still hoping that the season will get considerably better for him and the Gills, Jackman admits that if the campaign were to end now he would look back on it fondly from a personal point of view.
He said: "The season has gone well for me. Since coming back I have had two tough years injury-wise and form-wise but it's finally gone right for me this year, which is nice. But you want the team to be doing well as well. Although we are doing okay, it would be nice if we were where we deserve to be towards the top three.
"You tend to become a forgotten man if you don't play for a long time, people write you off as past it and not being able to do it anymore. But deep down you know you are confident that you can get back if you get a run of games and get back fit and be injury free. That's what I've done this year and it's nice to be playing week in, week out and showing that I can still do it and that I am still a good player."
Jackman is currently in his second spell at Priestfield and admits that he considers himself to be in the best place for his career heading forward.
He said: "It's a good club and it's somewhere that I have been for a long time now. I know what the club is all about, I know what the fans expect and I know what it means to people down here. They love their football and so do I, so if we can all come together and move in the right direction there is no reason why we can't have success again."


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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal appeared Tuesday at a VFW hall here, surrounded by cheering veterans, as he admitted misstating his record of service in Vietnam.
The callers flooding the state's Veterans of Foreign Wars office were hardly as forgiving. Some threatened to revoke membership in the VFW because it set the stage for his news conference.
"It's the first time we've ever seen the phones lit up like this," said Ronald Rusakiewicz, the group's state adjutant. "And the majority of these people are steaming."
Mr. Blumenthal, the Senate hopeful once considered a surefire win for the Democrats, was responding to a report in the New York Times that he had exaggerated combat experience in Vietnam. Republican opponents seized on his sudden vulnerability with hopes of narrowing what has been a strong lead.
Former Rep. Rob Simmons, a Vietnam veteran and former Central Intelligence Agency officer, immediately sought to capitalize on the new focus on military service in the race.
Mr. Simmons's campaign, for example, bought Google advertisements that appeared when users searched for Mr. Blumenthal's name. They said: "Dick Blumenthal Lied About Serving in Vietnam. Support Simmons, He Earned 2 Bronze Stars!"
The other Republican opponent, Linda McMahon, was until last year the chief executive of Stamford, Conn.-based World Wresting Entertainment. She also sometimes appeared in its staged wrestling programs.
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A Rasmussen poll of likely Connecticut voters, released earlier this month, showed Mr. Blumenthal leading both Ms. McMahon and Mr. Simmons. Mr. Blumenthal held a 52% to 39% edge on Ms. McMahon and a 55% to 32% advantage against Mr. Simmons, according to the poll.
To make gains, opponents are counting on voters such as James Goldstein. "I personally would not vote for him," said Mr. Goldstein, a Vietnam veteran himself. "If he lied about his service, what makes me think he would be honest in the Senate?"
But contacted later in the day, the 64-year-old Milford resident was reconsidering, saying, "I still back the work he's done as our attorney general, and that's enough for me to keep supporting him in his run for the Senate."
Indeed, Mr. Blumenthal could survive what would likely be a crippling setback for other politicians, in part because of his nearly two decades in the public eye as attorney general and his popularity in the state, said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in Hamden, Conn.
"Anytime any position opened up—senator, governor, or pope—Blumenthal was always mentioned. Yet, this was the first time he's actually gone for it," Mr. Carroll said.
Mr. Blumenthal's campaign played up initiatives like a special office tasked with aiding veterans that he launched as attorney general. He appeared on stage at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post here with members of different veterans groups, including the Marine Corps League. They spoke of his commitment to their issues, denied that he ever presented himself as having served in Vietnam and shouted "ooh-rah!" and "a real Marine is here" as Mr. Blumenthal took the stage.
Richard DiFederico, state commander of Connecticut Veterans of Foreign Wars, said he was disappointed that Mr. Blumenthal didn't issue an outright apology. He said the VFW venue was chosen because the West Hartford mayor asked the organization to let the space be used. Mayor Scott Slifka denied making such a request, saying he simply put the campaign in touch with the VFW post.
It's unlikely that a serious Democratic threat to Mr. Blumenthal will emerge before the state party's nominating convention Friday night, party members said. Right now, he faces only token. Democratic elected officials issued statements of support Tuesday. Party activists interviewed Tuesday said they give him the benefit of the doubt. They also said Mr. Blumenthal did nothing to make them think he had served in Vietnam.
Joseph DaSilva, a Danbury attorney and member of the state Democratic party's governing body called a new primary challenge to Mr. Blumenthal "quixotic."
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In Carroll County, the unemployment rate for October 2009 is projected at 12.5 percent, a slight increase from the September rate of 12.4 percent. Carroll's rate in October 2008 stood at 7.1 percent,, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Carroll County Fiscal Court has authorized issuance of $110 million in taxable industrial building revenue bonds on behalf of North American Stainless.
The bonds will be issued through the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to finance the cost of the latest planned expansion of the NAS industrial facility near Ghent.
Carroll County Fiscal Court has awarded contracts for seven area watershed projects totaling nearly $600,000.
During the fiscal court's Nov. 24 meeting, Carroll County Judge-Executive Harold "Shorty" Tomlinson reported that the bids were accepted on Nov. 16.
The holiday celebration moves into high gear Saturday with three Christmas events — A Christmas Carroll, Carroll County Public Library crafts and the Holiday English Tea at General Butler State Resort Park.
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Organized by the Carrollton Main Street Program, this annual event will be held in downtown Carrollton on Dec. 5 from 11-4 p.m.
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Members sought for facilities committee The Trimble County Board of Education is in the process of developing the District Facility Planning Committee. This committee is responsible for developing a five-year facility plan for the Trimble County School District. Community and business leaders interested in being on the committee should contact Sandy Ward at the board office, (5
Carroll County schools will begin a new automated solution to manage teacher absences and substitute placement after the first of the year.
Schools' Chief Financial Officer Jon Conrad told Carroll County Board of Education members about the new program, called AESOP, during the Nov. 19 meeting.
"AESOP is a program for automatic contact of substitutes to fill absences, and a way to keep up with payroll," Conrad said. "We've spent a lot of time getting it set up so we can implement it right after Christmas break."
The Trimble Banner An emergency medical situation with an inmate at Carroll County Regional Detention Center last week may cost Trimble County Fiscal Court $100,000 or more. Calvin Sturgill, 45, in inmate at the jail on Clay Street in Carrollton, was taken to the emergency room at Carroll County Memorial Hospital after becoming ill Monday, Nov. 9, according to Carroll County Jail
A Carrollton couple was killed in an early morning collision Saturday, Nov. 21, on state Hwy. 36 at Hampton Lane, just past the Trimble County line.
Benjamin Edwards, 30, of Carrollton was driving a Chevy S-10 pickup truck eastbound on 36 at about 2:19 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a Ford passenger car driven by Kelly Strausbaugh, 30, also of Carrollton, according to a Kentucky State Police news release.
The truck went over an embankment and caught fire after coming to rest on the north side of the roadway, the release said.
The Trimble Banner Recent damage to the ancient stone wall surrounding Bedford Cemetery is being repaired, with the costs being covered by LG&E. Tom Crutcher, general manager of LG&E's Trimble generating station, said Steve Land of Milton was hired to make repairs to damage caused by a truck making a de
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Hooded oriole at hummingbird feeder. Photo by Beth, Redwood City, CA
I have a question for you and/or your readers: What kind of bird is now eating at our hummingbird feeder? I searched the Internet for information, and saw birds that look similar, but none that seem to be exactly like the one visiting our hummingbird feeder. I am attaching a photo of the bird here. I live in Redwood City, California.
Beth, Redwood City, Calif.
Your visitor looks to be a hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus). These birds eat insects, small fruit, nectar from flowers, and the visit hummer feeders to sip nectar with the other birds. Over 50 different bird species have been spotted freeloading at hummingbirds feeders from time to time. Nothing like a little free junk food to start the day. /Gary
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NASA's top climate scientist has accused the Bush administration of trying to stop him from speaking out after he called for swift cuts in emissions of the greenhouse gases linked to global warming in a recent lecture.
James Hansen, director of the US space agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said that officials at NASA headquarters had ordered the public affairs staff to review his forthcoming lectures, papers, postings on the Goddard website and requests for media interviews, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
"They feel their job is to be this censor of information going out to the public," said Hansen, who told the paper he would ignore the restrictions.
Dean Acosta, deputy assistant administrator for public affairs at NASA, denied that there was any effort to silence Hansen. "That's not the way we operate here at NASA," Acosta said. "We promote openness and we speak with the facts."
Acosta said that government scientists were free to discuss scientific findings but that policy statements should be left to policy makers and appointed spokesmen. "This is not about any individual or any issue like global warming," he said. "It's about coordination."
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Hansen has been issuing about the long-term threat of greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, and has had run-ins with various US politicians.
He said that "efforts to quiet him" had begun in a series of calls after a lecture he gave on December 6, 2005, at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. In this talk he said that significant emission cuts could be achieved with existing technologies, but that without leadership by the US, climate change would eventually leave the Earth "a different planet".
US administration policy is to use voluntary measures to slow, but not reverse, the growth of emissions.
"After that speech and the release of data by Dr Hansen on December 15 showing that 2005 was probably the warmest year in at least a century, officials at the headquarters of the space agency repeatedly phoned public affairs officers, who relayed the warning to Dr Hansen that there would be 'dire consequences' if such statements continued, those officers and Dr Hansen said in interviews," the Times reported.
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If you don't know who Jo Rosen is in the Parkinson's community, you should. She knows more than any neurologist I've ever spoken to. She knows it from all angels too. Her Mother had Parkinson's disease. Two years after she married, her husband got Parkinson's disease. Right there and then Jo made a pact with God. She decided she wanted to learn everything that there is to know about Parkinson's, and all the insight and information she had, she would share with the world.
True to her word, Jo and her late husband, Alan, founded Parkinson's Resource Organization. Jo has devoted her life to this non-profit organization helping PWP and their families. She is in the trenches. Going to people's homes, talking endlessly about practical matters. She focuses on the psycho-social aspect of Parkinson's and has organized monthly meeting from Palm Springs to Los Angeles & Orange County.
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BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 17, 2010 When it officially opened its doors in June, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at the National Naval Medical Center here set out to provide a new level of care for warfighters suffering traumatic brain injuries and psychological disorders.
Six months later, as it continues to build staff to reach full operational capability, the center is making a difference in the lives of servicemembers struggling to deal with the unseen, signature wounds of war with hopes they can continue their military service.
"Our vision is to be an instrument of hope, healing, discovery and learning," said Navy Capt. Thomas Beeman, a reservist recalled to active duty to lend his civilian health care administration expertise to help stand up the facility. "We are living out that vision and trying to meet those needs."
The $65 million center, a gift from the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, features the most advanced equipment and facilities available to diagnose and treat TBI and other psychological disorders. Among its offerings is $10 million in imaging equipment that enables health care providers and researchers the rare ability to see inside the brain to formulate diagnoses and treatment plans.
State-of-the-art medicine is just one aspect of the center's holistic, multidisciplinary approach to treating TBI, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and other combat-related psychological stressors.
"We try to take care of the spiritual, the physical and the emotional, psychological health of the people we serve," said Beeman, the center's deputy commander. "Our mission is to return as many warriors back to active duty as possible, or at least to get them in the right place and at the right spot so they can enjoy healthy and holistic lives."
A playground just behind the facility hints at the center's family-centered focus, which Dr. James Kelly, a neurologist serving as the center's director, called critical to patients' long-term recovery.
"This isn't just for individual servicemembers in uniform. It's for their whole family," he said. "That's been the concept of operations from the very beginning."
The new, 72,000-square-foot center is one of six created under the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. Located on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center, and directly across the street from the National Institutes of Health, it provides unprecedented opportunity for collaboration and information-sharing. That supports all of the center's missions: not just providing clinical care to servicemembers and their families, but also expanding the body of research about TBI and psychological disorders and sharing it with the broader medical community.
"This is not just one place that a handful of people come through and get excellent care," Kelly said. "This is actually an opportunity for all of us to learn together and to learn from one another and to share that information nationwide. … So everybody will benefit."
Marine Corps Sgt. Tim Brooks, assigned to the Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force at Indianhead, Md., was among the first servicemembers to receive treatment at the new facility. Serving in Iraq from September 2004 to May 2006 with just a seven-month break between deployments, Brooks experienced what he refers to as four "incidents" –- a rocket attack and three improvised-explosive-device attacks.
During his third deployment in Iraq, in 2007, Brooks started noticing signs that something wasn't right. Pounding headaches wouldn't go away. His short-term memory had slipped. Sometimes he simply would forget where he'd put a pen. But during other, more troubling times, he'd forget where he was.
"I thought it was stress," Brooks said. He tried to hide his problems from his fellow Marines, and sometimes even from himself. His family noticed changes and pressed him to get help, he said, but he worried about the impact on his Marine Corps career –- or on his civilian job prospects if the Marine Corps discharged him.
Brooks finally relented and consulted a psychologist and psychiatrist and started getting treatment for mild TBI, post-traumatic stress and depression.
But his care took a major step forward with the opening of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, he said. No longer did he have to wait for months for an appointment for an MRI and travel to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to get it. "Here, they give you an MRI in the morning, and you have the results in the afternoon," he said. "They work hard to get answers here, and explain to you what they're doing, and why."
Brooks developed a comfort level with the staff that enabled him to open up and discuss his issues and problems. He talked about his dissolving marriage and his new role as a single father to a 19-month-old son. Now, Brooks remains attached to his unit and looks forward to the opportunity to pass lessons learned during three combat deployments to younger Marines.
Leaving the Corps was never in his plans –- TBI or no TBI, he said. "There's a lot of tradition and the brotherhood of the Marine Corps," he said. "You just don't see that in the civilian world."
Like Brooks, Air Force Maj. Nathan Green tried to deny the changes after a rocket attack just outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in April 2008. It was exactly two weeks before his tour in Iraq was to be over, and he had gone to the embassy post office to mail some personal items home. Just as he was leaving the building, the incoming fire threw him to the ground, unconscious.
Green quickly regained consciousness, not knowing what had happened. He wiggled his fingers and toes and, thinking everything was fine, walked away in a daze. He later realized that both of his ears were bleeding, a condition that would require four surgeries over the next year.
What Green didn't initially realize, but that his comrades at the embassy's personal security coordination cell did, was that his speech was slurred and his responses had slowed. "My unit said I was out of it," he said.
"That was the hardest thing for me to come to grips with: all the impacts this had on me. I was in denial for about a year and simply couldn't accept myself," he said. "I tried everything to compensate for it."
He spent 12 hours doing a project that normally would have taken four. It exhausted him and wreaked havoc with his home life. "You feel you are drowning," he said.
Green was the third patient to be admitted to the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, earning him the nickname, "003."
Unlike previous hospitals where he'd received treatment for his mild TBI, the center provided a comprehensive program. No longer did he have to bounce among different doctors in different facilities, "all starting from square one every time I'd see them" and treating just one aspect of his condition but not the others, he said.
"The biggest improvement at this facility is the integration," he said. "Here, you walk in the door and they review your case. They identify what tests you need and do them, and the doctors all talk with each other about the test results. This is a huge change. I feel like they are real advocates for me."
Green has seen slight improvement since coming under the center's care, but still suffers from moderate vertigo. He's hopeful his condition will continue to improve, but said he's come to the difficult decision not to return to the Air Force.
"I knew that I was never going to be able to meet the standards, and I just wasn't going to let myself off the hook," he said. "Knowing I couldn't be the leader I need to be wasn't fair to me and wasn't fair to my troops."
While coming to terms with his decision, Green said, he's thankful for the new lease on life he's received through the National Intrepid Center of Excellence.
"It's shown me that there is hope out there and allowed me to accept who I am and move on," he said. "This is not the end. For me, this is a new beginning."
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Non-chemical Controls – The following are various controls that can be undertaken to reduce the presence of mosquitoes, either by elimination of breeding places or destruction of the adults or larvae. Alone, these methods won't eliminate your mosquito problem. However, using an integrated approach of combining several of these methods, you should see some results in reduction of mosquito annoyance.
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Chemical controls – If chemical controls are to be considered for the management of mosquitoes, be sure to consult with professionals. Applying chemicals for the control of mosquitoes is a very sensitive issue, especially because of their association with water. It is best to secure the services of a state certified and licensed pesticide applicator to use the proper chemicals and techniques. For more information on pesticides and licensing, contact the Board of Pesticides Control (207-287-2731). Before applying any material to water, such as the growth regulator methoprene or the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti), for the control of larvae, contact the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP---207-287-7844) to get the needed permits. For management recommendations contact the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pest Management Office (207-581-3880).
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The same song but with a wife instead of a hen!
I had a little wife, the prettiest ever seen;
She washed up the dishes, and kept the house clean.
She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
And always got home in less than an hour.
She baked me my bread, she brewed me my ale;
She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.


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As you might have heard, at the MySQL Conference this earlier this week we announced our launch of Drizzle support services. We added Drizzle to the list of database servers that is covered under our MySQL support contracts. This includes MySQL, Percona Server, Amazon RDS, MariaDB, and the XtraBackup and Maatkit tools.
We've been advocates of the Drizzle project for a long time. I've blogged several times about the investments that Drizzle developers are making in the project's technical and social assets: a clean codebase and an engaged community. I think Drizzle has a lot of things right to make a long-term play at producing a really good database server.
Now that Drizzle is GA, it would be downright strange if we didn't offer commercial support for it. We welcome current and prospective Drizzle users to contact us about Drizzle support (and consulting) contracts. As always, we will do our best to give objective advice about its merits. And you can watch this blog for much more technical content on Drizzle.


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The Magdalene Before Her Conversion (Madeleine avant sa conversion )
Apart from Jesus, Mary Magdalene is the only individual in Tissot's series accorded more than one study, or portrait—an exception that announces her importance, not only to the narrative itself but also to the artist. As scholars have suggested, Tissot appears to have modeled the Magdalene's features after his late mistress, Mrs. Kathleen Newton, who had died of tuberculosis in 1882. Like many in the nineteenth century, the painter was particularly interested in the occult, and he had attended séances in hopes of establishing contact with the spirit of his deceased beloved.
In the image depicting her before her conversion, Mary Magdalene appears dressed in a colorful striped garment and adorned with jewels, her gaze directed unabashedly toward the viewer. Tissot's commentary provides a brief biography of her unhappy marriage to a harsh and unyielding Pharisee and her subsequent unfaithfulness.
In The Repentant Magdalene, she now wears the veil of a penitent. Her eyes are humbly lowered, avoiding the gaze of the viewer, and her long hair is pulled back in accordance with Jewish custom.
This text refers to these objects: ' 00.159.155; 00.159.154
- Portfolio/Series: The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ (La Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ)
- Artist: James Tissot, French, 1836-1902
- Medium: Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
- Place Made: France
- Dates: 1886-1894
- Dimensions: Image: 11 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (28.1 x 14 cm) Sheet: 11 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (28.1 x 14 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"
- Collections:European Art
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
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- Accession Number: 00.159.154
- Credit Line: Purchased by public subscription
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Magdalene Before Her Conversion (Madeleine avant sa conversion ), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (28.1 x 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.154
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'How many strokes does it take to get to the center of ' an orgasm?
Really, was wondering approximately how many times you typically move in & out before climaxing?
Count next time & respond anonymously.
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It depends really. I remember one girlfriend where I simply touched my d*** to her puss and she orgasmed. I also remember one girl that took A LOT of sex and clit stimulation for her to FINALLY orgasm. There is no set number, because no girl is the same. However I've only had 2 girls actually orgasm strictly from me stroking in and out alone. The other girls required me to stimulate them almost throughout the sex. I'm actually quite certain judging from trying to finger 5 of them to an orgasm that many girls don't even have a G-spot. I hope that helped.
.... Is it destracting to have to stimulate them & have regular intercourse? Also , how do you support you body if you are using your hands on as well.. Actually, I alway wondered how guys keep themselves propped up while using there hands on girls, when they are lying on top of them.
Well obviously you need to work out to hold your body up with one arm effectively. However having to stimulate a girl is just something well expected lol. Most guys know girls need that kind of stimulation to get full pleasure. Despite girls can do it on their own it's just like a handjob for guys. It feels better being stimulated from a hand not of your own body lol. The difference is very obvious. Again I hope this helped.
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I don't have a girlfriend to try it on right now...would you like to volunteer for me for the sake of the experiment?
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That was not the question. :-)
"That was not the question w sin response to Camilus - these comment box' are unpredictable - enough to complain about, were this site not for free. :-)
I'm not doing this... but I would guess about 1000.
A 1000? nobody likes a show off. I'm not gonna count either though I can't do two things at once
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Lol then must be doing something wrong
No, about 20-30 min... climax 2-3 times over a couple of hours 3rd one is hard to get. Probably the reason why I can't climax during the cowgirl, or a blow job..
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i works at spencers and we actually sell a ring that goes around his member and counts thrusts
just a heads up lol
Seriously? ha, ha. I guess that is like those pacers you hook up to count how many step you take throughout the day. Oh, well good.... At least I a not the only one who wants to know.
i know what you mean! I've never had sex either and I was wondering about that too :)
Ha, ha. Funny, how no one seems to know. :-)
Yea...i mean I can imagine it depends on the girl. and the guy. but they should be able to tell like what the "average" is, shouldnt they?
That's what I'm saying. Just an idea - like even for the 'most' or the 'least' amount. ;)
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Matthew StollakAssociate Professor of Business Administration
B.A., Michigan State University
M.M.H.S., Brandeis University
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Programs: Business Administration
Matthew J. Stollak, Ph.D., SPHR is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. He teaches courses in Compensation, Collective Bargaining, Human Resource Management, Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, and Business Statistics. His articles have been published in HR News, Employee Assistance Quarterly, and Small Group Research. He has also contributed a book chapter to a book of Human Resource Management readings and was the lead author of a toolkit on working with student human resource management organizations.
His academic interests include the impact of spirituality on job satisfaction, absenteeism, and stress at work, examining difference in perceptions of students and employers upon graduation, and measuring the effectiveness of employee assistance programs He is active within the Society for Human Resource Management, serving at the local, regional, and national level. He currently serves as a member of the SHRM HR Games Advisory Team, as the North Central Region HR Games Coordinator, as the Wisconsin State SHRM Foundation Director, as the President-Elect to the Green Bay Area SHRM Chapter, and as Student Chapter Advisor to the St. Norbert College SHRM Chapter. His students have been to the National HR Games Championship 3 times, including winning the National Championship in 2003.
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'The Monuments Men' premieres first trailer online
If you're a fan of George Clooney, Matt Damon and artwork, you're going to love "The Monuments Men." The first trailer premiered on Thursday and brings viewers on a daring journey of art and war.
The Clooney directed film is based on the book "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History" by Robert M. Edsel.
Trailer Addict describes the storyline as, "A crew of art historians and museum curators who unite to recover renowned works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them."
The film co-stars Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jean Dujardin and John Goodman.
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This is the second of two mandatory meetings for 2Ls and 3Ls who will be applying for judicial clerkships. UT Law Judicial Clerkship Advisors will discuss the clerkship application process in detail including application deadlines and the two online systems students will be using to apply for clerkships. R
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Join us this Wednesday March 6, 2013 at 6:00PM for PILA's first Potluck of the semester. Two clinical professors Bill Allison and Jeana Lungwitz will be our guests for the evening (Professor Ariel Dulitzky may also join). This will be a great opportunity to learn more about some really great clinics. Get excited! We look forward to seeing you there!
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UAD-2 Sonnox EQ
A new platform for Sonnox
18 months ago, UAD opened up a Software Development Kit to allow existing plug-in manufacturers to port versions of its plug-ins to the UAD platform. Some observers were surprised at the move, partly as UAD's reputation has been forged on building high-quality software emulations of classic hardware, and partly because they couldn't understand why software manufacturers would want to make their plug-ins available for a rival platform.
To date, Brainworx, SPL and Sonnox have signed up to be a part of this new alliance and the first plug-in to make the successful transition is the Sonnox EQ. Perhaps 'transition' is the wrong word; after all, this plug-in continues to be available natively, direct from Sonnox themselves. So, what's in this for UAD? What's in it for Sonnox? And, most importantly, what's in it for you?
Four degrees from Oxford
Well, before we answer these questions, let's first deal with the EQ plug-in itself. For the uninitiated, the Sonnox EQ recreates the tone-shaping capabilities from the OXF-R3 digital mixing console, originally produced in the early '90s. 'Digital' EQs don't have quite the caché of their analogue-modelled equivalents but the Sonnox EQ breaks that rule, through its flexible architecture.
"Sonnox EQ has proved itself to be a fantastic-sounding, go-to processor for a range of producers and mix engineers alike"
Type 1 represents the quintessential all-purpose EQ, with bell-shaped cut/boost curves remaining constant regardless of bandwidth setting. Type 2 echoes this movement for boosts while cut curves are tighter, allowing you to focus on sharper dips while retaining smoother peaks. Type 3 keeps smooth, broad level curves when working with small amounts of cut/boost, with peaks and troughs becoming notably sharper as gain is increased.
Finally, EQ Type 4 is optimised for mastering, with softer, subtler characteristics and the tightest gain/bandwidth relationship of the four approaches. Through this flexibility, the Sonnox EQ has proved itself to be a fantastic-sounding, go-to processor for a range of producers and mix engineers alike, as it's capable of fine-tuning and radical tone-shaping in equal measure.
What's in it for you?
All of that aside, to whom will UAD-2's adoption of this plug-in appeal? If you're an existing Sonnox and UAD user, you'll have to decide if the primary appeal - the fact that you can switch CPU load from your computer to your UAD card - is sufficiently strong to buy the same plug-in again.
"If you're a UAD card holder but don't yet possess the Sonnox EQ, a purchase will certainly prove more tempting"
If you're a UAD card holder but don't yet possess the Sonnox EQ, a purchase will certainly prove more tempting, though do be aware that the $299 price tag is only marginally cheaper (after currency conversion) than buying Sonnox's original and is more expensive if you buy two or more plug-ins direct from the Sonnox site, factoring in the percentage discounts offered on multiple purchases.
Lastly, it's worth noting that the UAD platform remains at 32-bit. By the end of the year, this will have been rectified but with the Sonnox native plug-ins already 64-bit compatible, it's another consideration.
What's not in doubt is that the Sonnox EQ is a great-sounding processor, capable of doing a wonderful job through a wide range of musical applications. It's a processor we use almost daily for production and mastering and we'd thoroughly recommend it. Only you can decide if the UAD platform represents the best way to bring it to your own productions.
MusicRadar Rating
Four EQ 'types' suitable for a variety of applications. Great, rich sound. UAD-2 processors free up your core CPU.
Expensive re-purchase for existing users.
You must decide which platform best suits your needs for this great-sounding EQ.
The popular Sonnox EQ ported to the UAD-2 platform
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The extremely occasional blog of Colleen Lindsay, professional nerd, cat herder, publishing optimist, and sartorial tragedy.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
FinePrint Literary welcomes a new client:
Michael Jasper
Michael is a seasoned writer with several published novels already under his belt, including the recent - and critically-acclaimed - Wannoshay Cycle, as well as two forthcoming titles, A Gathering of Doorways (due 9/08) and Maps and Legends (due in 2009), both being published by Prime Books. You can read more about Michael at his website or on his blog.
For those of you out there who are always looking to learn more about how publishing and agenting works, here's a piece of info for you: Michael did not come to me via a standard query letter. Instead, Michael came to me as a referral from another fine writer, Ekaterina Sedia, author of The Secret History of Moscow. (Thanks, Kat!)
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- Josephine Damian said...
Congrats to Michael! Good news abounds!
Alert the media! It's official!
Stuart Neville, my Prince of Darkness, and the writer formerly known as "Conduit," has landed an agent - and not just any agent - but literary powerhouse and legend, Nat Sobel.
His agency, Sobel Weber Associates, New York, represents a few scribes you might have heard of: James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, American Tabloid), Joseph Wambaugh (The Choirboys, The Onion Field, Hollywood Station), Pulitzer winner Richard Russo (Nobody's Fool, Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs), F.X. Toole (Rope Burns - adapted for the screen as the multi Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby - and Pound for Pound), Robert Jordan (the Wheel of Time series), Tim Dorsey (the Serge Storms series), and many more.
Oh, Nat also loves him some cats. My kind of guy.
And how did Stuart get on the Uber agent's radar? I'm going to steal a bit of Stuart's thunder and reveal to my blog peeps that Mr. Sobel scouted him on the Internet. That's right – a big name agent was scouring the online crime magazines and plucked our man from obscurity. (of course I've been singing Stuart's praises loud and clear since last fall when I first read his work in Agent Nathan's Bransford's writing contest). To those of you that don't believe agents are poking around the world wide web looking for The Next Big Thing – here's your proof. Here. Is. Your. Proof.
So do stop by and give a big shout out to the literary world's best and brightest rising star!
*shake my booty*
Having already read Stuarts's manuscript (it already holds the distinction of being only one of four books I liked well enough to finish this year) GHOSTS OF BELFAST, I can tell you it's nothing by clover ahead for this blessed son of Northern Ireland.
- May 14, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Greg van Eekhout said...
I'm a big Mike Jasper fan, so this is indeed very happy news! Congrats to Mike, and to FinePrint! May the partnership result in heaps of money for heaps of books.
- May 14, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- mroctober said...
That's terrific news. Michael is a great writer. I look forward to more of his work. I think you'll both prosper!
- May 14, 2008 at 11:34 AM
- stephanieburgis said...
That's fantastic news! Mike is such a great writer as well as a great guy.
- May 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Kelly Gay said...
Congrats, Michael and Colleen! :)
- May 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Joya said...
Looking at the comments so far, I feel like I'm the only one who didn't know about Michael Jasper's writing. Clearly, I need to check out some of his already available works!
Congrats to you both, though! :)
- May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM
- annathepiper said...
Congratulations to you both!
- May 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- PK said...
Congratulations to you both!
I'm excited to find out that sometimes the regular paths to publishing are bypassed if the right person has noticed you and your talent.
And the seven-year old hold out in my grown up self is pouting because I don't know anyone who's got enough juice with you to recommend me.
Oh well, back to the query letter salt mines then....
- May 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Georgiana said...
Congratulations to both of you. Maps and Legends looks really interesting.
- May 14, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Richard Parks said...
Congrats to Michael! Well deserved.
- May 14, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- S. E. Ward said...
Huzzah! Welcome to the pack! :)
- May 14, 2008 at 1:16 PM
- hownottowrite said...
Massive congratulations to Michael! Great signing!
- May 14, 2008 at 2:36 PM
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Posted by A Black Woman, from Queens,NY on 11/18/2007
Hey yall, I went to B.Smiths on a friday night. The food was ok, Very pricey. The seating is so tight and uncomfortable. Our waitress was a not very good. This place did remind me the south. There wasn't any southern food that I know of there. My guest thought t was an asian restaurant.. I would never go there again....Expensive for no reason at all....
Posted by Q.W. on 11/11/2007
Wonderful atmosphere. Waiter very friendly and informative. Food arrived in timely manner. Food was great. Nice crowd. Worth the price being that it's in Manhattan on Restuarant Row. Excellent host.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/28/2007
We went to B.Smith's as a group of 11 and I can't even begin to tell you what a good time we had!! I think besides the food being so wonderful, that the staff was even better!! Loved everything about the place!! I had the Swamp Thang which was fantastic and my daughter had the Southern Chicken in which she said is the best she has ever had and she knows her chicken!! Loved the greens as they were just right if you have ever had homemade ones in the south. The drinks we had were present by our waiter with such fun!! I will go back there if I ever get back to NYC!! Top Notch!!
Posted by Mrs. B. Jones on 08/30/2007
My whole family loved it which is not easy to do. (Smile) First, the Host were just great, I made resevations by phone the Host was also great. When me and my family arrived the Host again great. The settings were great " Kudos " to B. Smith. Waiter and Bus Boy were great always there when we needed them. Now the food, everyone enjoyed what they ordered even from the pre set menu. I have told everone I know about the experience and will eat there again. Keep up the good Service Mrs. B. Smith & Staff. Love,Peace & Soulful Blessing,
Posted by LD on 08/27/2007
My younger sister took me here for my birthday and upon first arriving the host was very cordial and welcoming. She seated us at a nice quiet corner table. We were a bit alarmed that there were not many people there, but that soon changed. The atmosphere was relaxing, mellow music filled the background and our waiter was GREAT. I enjoyed the Teriyaki Salmon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Kale. The salmon was cooked just right. I have to say the highlight for me was dessert, I had the Bread Pudding it was a hit. It was served with a scoop of Ice cream and a strawberry on the side. The presentation was beautiful. This bread pudding was unlike any I've ever tasted. It melted in my mouth and the warmth of the bread pudding with coolness of the ice cream went down so well. It soothed my soul. I highly recommend it! The only disappointment for the evening was my sister not seeing cornbread on the menus. Only to later find out they did have cornbread.
Posted by Anonymous on 06/13/2007
I took a meat eating friend there for his birthday. There were several vegetarian options on the menu, so I thought this place would be a good choice. First of all…that was not "soul-like" food. I asked what the most popular vegetarian item is and the waiter said the veggie ribs. Well…the veggie ribs were Gardenburger riblets (I do like them)…however, not for $20+ dollars at a restaurant. I can make that at home for $5. I was not impressed at all. My meat eating friend did like his food.
Posted by SD on 05/31/2007
I went there for dinner with my boyfriend on May 25th before a show. The location being the main reason we chose this place, but we also viewed the menu online and were looking foward to the ecclectic selections. We were not dissappointed. We split the calamari appetizer and a salad. Both were very good, but how can you really go wrong with those. I ordered the tandori shrimp, It was delicious. My date ordered the sea bass which was also great. One of the best aspects of this place is the service. I'm a registered dietitian. Therefore I have a background in cuisine and food and fine dining are one of my favorite hobbys. However, as a young couple we often don't recieve the same service as others, we have noticed. This did not occur here. The staff was attentive, my wine glass was never empty, and they seemed to anticipate our needs. All in all it was a great experience. I would definitely recommend it.


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Employees at the Super store in Moose Jaw will be taking a strike vote on Monday.
They are part of local 1400 of the United Food and Commerical Workers Union, and along with their co-workers in Alberta and Manitoba, have been without a contract since May.
Voters across Saskatchewan are also taking the strike vote, and the results will be be announced on September 18th.
UFCW workers in Manitoba voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action. Those in Alberta were 90 per cent in favour of striking.
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ATLANTA - The largest snowstorm in a decade iced the South yesterday, causing hundreds of traffic accidents and nine deaths. Business essentially closed for the day, and hundreds of airline flights were canceled, stranding 4,000 people overnight in Atlanta. Nearly 70,000 people lost electrical power.
In South Carolina, which got 4 to 6 inches of snow, Gov. Jim Hodges closed state offices and called out the National Guard.