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Essential Eye Care for Diabetes
Spotlight on Type 2 Diabetes
People with diabetes are at a higher risk for conditions that cause vision loss or blindness than other people, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). If you have diabetes, you can take steps to reduce your risk for vision loss or blindness.
Diabetes can cause the following eye disorders.
Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the retina, the light sensitive area at the back of the eye. The damage is caused by changes in the blood vessels that supply the cells of the retina with oxygen and nutrition. In the first stage of retinopathy, called background or nonproliferative retinopathy, the blood vessels develop small balloon-like swellings called microaneurysms and leak fluid and blood, or become clogged. When these changes happen to enough of the blood vessels, the cells of the retina are deprived of their blood supply. In response to the lack of blood, new blood vessels grow. These new blood vessels are abnormal, fragile and leak blood. The result is loss of vision or blindness. This phase is called proliferative retinopathy. Usually, diabetic retinopathy progresses from nonproliferative to proliferative over a period of years. Most often, there are no symptoms of diabetic retinopathy. In some cases mild-to-severe blurring, seeing "strings," "cobwebs" or specks floating in your visual field, or vision loss may be symptoms. Retinopathy can be treated with photocoagulation, laser treatment that stops blood leakage and shrinks blood vessels.
Your retina can be badly damaged before you notice any change in vision, and most people with nonproliferative retinopathy have no symptoms, the ADA says. Even with proliferative retinopathy, people sometimes have no symptoms until it's too late to treat the condition. That's why it's crucial for people with diabetes to see an eye care professional every year for eye examinations.
Related Video: Top 5 Rules to Live By with Diabetes
Diabetes can lead to glaucoma. Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve is damaged, leading to vision loss. It is caused by a poorly understood group of diseases. Most, but not all, of these diseases cause an increase in intraocular pressure, or pressure inside the eye ball. People with diabetes are about 40 percent more likely to suffer from glaucoma than people without diabetes, according to the ADA. The longer a person has diabetes, the greater the risk for glaucoma. The risk for glaucoma also increases with age. Usually, the damage to the optic nerve that occurs with glaucoma does not cause symptoms. High intraocular pressure can be treated with medicine, usually eye drops, to prevent damage to the optic nerve.
A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye. People who have diabetes are 60 percent more likely to develop this condition than people who don't. People with diabetes are also more likely to develop cataracts at a younger age, the ADA says. Cataracts in someone with diabetes tend to progress more quickly than in someone without diabetes. Symptoms of a cataract are blurry vision and glare from oncoming headlights at night. If cataracts are severe enough to interfere with vision, they can be treated by surgery.
Steps to take
The longer you have diabetes, the more likely you are to have eye disease. The following steps can help you preserve your sight:
Keep your blood sugar levels under tight control. People who keep these levels closer to normal are less likely to have retinopathy.
Control high blood pressure, which can make eye problems worse. Ideally your blood pressure should be 130/80 or lower.
If you smoke, quit. Smoking is a risk factor for macular degeneration.
- Get a regular eye dilated eye exam at least once a year, even if you don't have vision problems. The exam should be by a doctor experienced in the care of people with diabetes.
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Banks to Have Different Credit Growth Limits: A Basis to Cut Interest Rates?
Vietnam banks were unprecedentedly assigned different annual credit growth targets in 2012, and experts said that will create a basis for trimming down interest rates, the local online newspaper Saigon Dau Tu reported.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on February 13 issued Directive No. 01/CT-NHNN, in which it announced credit growth limits for four different groups of credit institutions. Specifically, the central bank set maximum credit growth rate at 15 percent for Group 1 (healthy banks), 15 percent for Group 2 (moderately healthy banks), 8 percent for Group 3 (unhealthy banks) and 0 percent for Group 4 (weak banks).
Group-4 banks are allocated 0 percent credit growth and thus unlikely to race to attract deposits while tSTC in groups 1 and 2 which are mostly strong and branded lenders will not raise interest rates to draw depositors, either, said an unnamed bank leader, adding that this will create a basis for lowering interest rates in the future.
However, many said that interest rates in the near future remain unpredictable, as real estate loans stay high, funding imbalance still persists and interbank debts have not been resolved. These issues can only end when the central bank supports small banks in handling bad loans and restructuring their activities.
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we were at horse power on Fri oct 19th, we booked a table inside the restaurant for 6. Our waitress was the worse ever I have encountered. She wouldn't come and ask if we wanted anything to drink, forgot my food, half my meal was wrong. didn't come back to see if we needed anything. I was disgusted with the service and the food. However 1 waitress named Charmaine took over and she made a horrible night into a good night. She took care of our food bill, got us drinks finally and was very understanding and pleasant to deal with. If I ever go there again I will make sure that I have Charmaine as a waitress she is the only one worth while. They are lucky to have her there as a waitress!! and we were lucky to have her fix our night for us. Thank you Charmaine
- Order: chicken stripes, sweet potatoe fries
- I will never again visit the Horsepower Grill...
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I will never again visit the Horsepower Grill! We got there around 5pm on Feb. 5. It wasn't very busy and at first we had two waitresses come to our table and ask us if we wanted something to drink. We gave our order to the first waitress and told the second waitress that some already took our order. She apparently wasn't pleased with that and rolled her eyes and said okay, whatever. When we finally got our drinks from waitress #1 who had disappeared for a while, I was disgusted to see that the wine I ordered was in a glass with lipstick on it. We finally flagged the waitress back and she said oh, that's really gross. She said I'll get you a new one and I'm going to tell my manager. She was back in two seconds and didn't go back to the bar which leaves me to believe all she did was dump the same wine from the dirty glass into another glass. We never heard boo from any manager which leaves me to believe that she lied about that too. When we got our food, it was just so so. When I got near the end of my food, I then noticed a hair on my plate. I guess washing the dishes is not high on their priority list. Thank goodness I didn't need to use the washroom, I can only imagine what they would be like. From now on, I will stick to Montana's.
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Rayman Legends: Vita Version Released Missing 28 Levels
Today is the much anticipated North American release of Rayman Legends, a side-scroller from Ubisoft. The game has received critical acclaim even before its release. Its quickly gaining recognition as one of the best side-scrolling games in existence. Regardless of the gameplay, Rayman's nostalgic vibe draws in a broad range of gamers. The graphics look crisp, the gameplay seems action packed. So what is the issue with Rayman Legends? So far every thing looks good except for the fact that those who purchased the version for PS Vita are finding out that its missing 28 levels that you find on the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.
This would not be an issue if Ubisoft had not previously stated that the handheld version of Rayman Legends would contain all of the original content. In fact, it was originally stated that the Vita version would have exclusive features that would not be found on the three major consoles. At this time, no one is sure why this omission has occurred. Was it purposeful? If so, why were we not informed that the PS Vita version would be missing levels.
The game hinges around finding creatures, Teensies, that keep track of how far along you've come through Rayman Legends. The error on PS Vita lowers this total, changing the length and difficulty of the game. It's not a matter of whether the omission was intended. It's a case of why this information was nonexistent to the consumer. The omission of 28 levels is something that should have turned up at some point in the game's development. Hopefully Ubisoft releases a statement soon or its likely that there will be a plethora of disappointed customers.
Whether or not this issue is resolved, Rayman Legends is worth buying...just stick to PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii U if you don't want to lose 28 levels of gameplay.


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The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen recalled 23 spray-on products Friday saying there was a risk they could catch fire on one's skin, after reports of five people being burned in the US and Canada.
Energizer Holdings said it was recalling its popular continuous spray sunscreen "due to a potential risk of product igniting on the skin if contact is made with a source of ignition before the product is completely dry."
It cited a likely problem with the size of the spray valve opening that allows more of the volatile product to be sprayed on the skin than usual.
"As a result, the product is taking longer to dry on the skin than is typical with other continuous sprays.
"If a consumer comes into contact with a flame or spark prior to complete drying of the product on the skin, there is a potential for the product to ignite."
The four incidents reported in the United States and one in Canada involved the use of the company's Banana Boat UltraMist Sport SPF 30 and 50 products.
St. Louis, Missouri-based Energizer said it is voluntarily removing the products from retail outlets, and notifying stores to stop selling them.
It warned that anyone using spray-on sun care products should not apply them while smoking or in proximity to flames or sparks.
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Children Services helps fill gap when parent is missingWritten by Joel Sensenig | Managing Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
The following is the third and final installment in a series about Lucas County Children Services in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 8 election.
When birth parents are either not around or not able to teach their children how to live independently and self-sufficiently, Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) is there.
The agency, through its Independent Living Program, foster parenting and educational services outreach, tries to fill in the gap when parents are missing.
The Independent Living Program is meant to help youth ages 15 and a half to 18 years old emancipate themselves from LCCS care.
"We provide them with a caseworker, who works with them in different areas: education, housing, budgeting, cooking, housekeeping, and legal issues," said Amy Galvan, supervisor of the Independent Living Program. "We help prepare them to live independently, as our parents taught us, if you were under the custody of your parents. We want them to be able to be self-sufficient when they leave our care."
While Galvan works with youth in the few years before they legally become adults, Patricia Harrelson coordinates efforts to give younger children the tools they need to be successful in their teen years. Harrelson, manager of policies and improvement initiatives at LCCS, is in charge of all the agency's educational policies and procedures, managing the staff of education specialists and monitoring the schooling needs of children in foster homes.
Because many of the youth under custody of LCCS are facing socialization challenges in the form of emotional disturbances and behavioral difficulties, specialized attention is needed, Harrelson said.
Currently, 23 children receive tutoring contracted through an outside agency because they do not qualify for free tutoring, which is always sought first, Harrelson said. Those students able to achieve a 2.7 GPA or better get incentives (such as $10 gift cards to Meijer), which are made possible through donations from the community.
"We try to take those donations and do those things to help our kids, because they are often academically behind," Harrelson said. "Not always, and I don't want to give that impression, because we do have honor kids in foster care, we have kids that do very well."
Galvan said financial incentives are also a big component of the Independent Living mission, as the teens are able to put away money they can use after being emancipated from children services. These cash incentives for the 85-100 teens typically in the program at any one time are funded through the children services levy.
"Our kids can walk away with a significant amount of money to help them live independently," Galvan said. "It can help with housing, books if they go to college, car or transportation — whatever they need to live independently."
Leaving LCCS with $2,000 is not unheard of for youth who have been with the program several years, Galvan said.
While LCCS is taking a pseudo-parenting role in preparing youth for life outside "the nest," officials realize there are limitations to what they can accomplish.
"We're not like a parent in that they can't come back home," Harrelson said. "So we have to do everything we can before that launch date or post-emancipation date of age 21. A lot of times those kids don't have anywhere to go once they leave us."
"We really work on building a strong support system for when they leave our care. We focus on four areas: education, housing, support system and employment. These are four areas we really want to have a plan for them when they leave," Galvan said.
Harrelson said public schools in the county have been instrumental in helping the children get the services they need, from making sure immunizations are given to helping keep youth from getting suspended, which has been a problem in the past. LCCS caseworkers routinely go visit schools to check with counselors and teachers to monitor how the students are acclimating to their educational settings.
Many of the children LCCS sees go through its system are at a sizeable disadvantage when compared to their peers, Harrelson said.
"Educationally, our kids our generally behind," she said. "Many come in unprepared even for a preschool or kindergarten type of environment — colors, shapes, letters, numbers. We have a lot of kids who haven't had good educational opportunities previously. We have to get them a good solid exposure to an educational environment.
"We have kids who have repeated grades by the time we get to them, so they're older and larger than classmates and a grade behind kids they should be with socially. They struggle with that emotionally. The number one thing our children deal with is trauma. Trauma from significant neglect, trauma from physical and sexual abuse, and that type of trauma comes out in classrooms, in schools, in structured environments, in foster homes."
While the barriers can seem rather large, Harrelson is quick to mention that she is consistently amazed at what children in LCCS custody can do.
"While the public needs to see that we deal with barriers, we also see kids, when given the right opportunities, when given the right support, are amazingly resilient kids who respond well to the supports that we can offer them, the schools can offer them and this community can offer them," she said.
As an example, Galvan said that of 17 recent graduates emancipated from LCCS care, 10 of them are going to college. LCCS teams up with University of Toledo and Owens Community College to show the youth that higher education can be in their future, by organizing campus tours and going over grant and education funding options. Also helping those who further their schooling is the Ohio Education Training Voucher, which entitles every teen leaving children services care to $5,000 to use for college.
Harrelson, who has worked in the child welfare field since 1992, said LCCS and other agencies are changing the way they address the educational needs of children under court-ordered custody.
"People are paying a lot more attention to the impact of chronic neglect of children," she said. "When I first started in caseworking, a lot of times we knew about sexual and physical abuse and a little bit about neglect. What we know now is that a lot of the children that we have are not just victims of sexual and physical abuse but of chronic neglect. Part of combatting that is keeping kids in their home school district."
Harrelson said foster parents, regardless of where they live, are encouraged to consider driving their foster children to the school they have been attending in an attempt to maintain that educational connection.
Galvan said she has seen a more hands-on approach to handling the educational process, mentioning the GIFT (Gaining Independence for Teens) program, which is training foster parents undergo to help teens with life skills such as banking or budgeting.
"We've really enhanced our foster parent training and the training and interaction with the kids," Galvan said. "Our caseworkers are required to see the kids at least twice monthly, but they see them way more than that." O


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — He doesn't know when the next vote may come, but U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said in an interview this week that he isn't giving up on his quest to broaden gun buyer background checks.
The Democrat and lifelong gun owner, who famously fired a rifle in a 2010 campaign TV ad, said he continues to seek needed supporters for expanding background checks to all transactions at gun shows and online. The proposal he co-sponsored with Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., needed at least 60 votes to advance in April but fell short, 54-46.
"I'm hoping there are Republicans who will change their minds," Manchin told The Associated Press.
Background checks are meant to prevent criminals and the seriously mentally ill from purchasing firearms, but are mandated only for sales handled by licensed gun dealers. Among its provisions, the Manchin-Toomey proposal would exempt non-commercial transactions such as sales between friends and relatives.
"If you're a law-abiding gun owner, you want to know who's behind the gun at a gun show. You want to know who wants to buy your gun online," Manchin said. He added, "If we could save just one life from a criminal, a known criminal, or from someone who is mentally deranged."
Manchin's resolve is reflected in a TV ad that's aired over the past week. It responds to one from the National Rifle Association targeting him that ran earlier this month. With both appearing on West Virginia stations, each side estimated spending $100,000.
Again sporting a rifle in his ad, Manchin touts his lifetime NRA membership and defends his stance as pro-Second Amendment. He urges viewers to call the NRA in support of expanded background checks. Also invoking Manchin's 2010 campaign spot, the NRA's ad argues that the former governor has since changed his position on guns and calls for constituents to phone his office.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said his group continues to object to broadening a system it believes suffers from "gaping holes." Arulanandam said 23 states submit little or no information to the existing system.
"The promise of an instant check to the American people has not been fulfilled. It's incomplete as we speak," he said Wednesday. He added, "make sure all the necessary information is contained within the system first… What has to be done first is fixing the system."
The NRA had repeatedly endorsed Manchin and he previously earned top grades in its scoring system throughout his political career. Willing to amend his stalled proposal to address gun lobby concerns, Manchin said he kept the NRA in the loop as he and Toomey developed their measure and felt blindsided by its opposition.
Arulanandam said the NRA does not comment on whether it meets with elected officials or others, adding that "to imply any meeting implies consensus is disingenuous." Arulanandam labeled as "a flat-out lie" Manchin's allegation that the NRA was neutral on the Manchin-Toomey proposal until pressured by other gun rights groups. "Whoever is making that allegation does not know what they're talking about," the NRA spokesman said.
Manchin, meanwhile, objects to the NRA ad's allegation that he's "working with President Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg," with viewers told to call on Manchin to "reject the Obama-Bloomberg gun control agenda."
"I have no contact with them. I never had contact with them. I've never worked with them on this," Manchin said. "They know the president and Bloomberg are polarizing figures."
Obama is decidedly unpopular in West Virginia. Arulanandam said the NRA is referring to Obama and Bloomberg's stated support of the Manchin-Toomey proposal. Asked about the absence of an NRA ad targeting Toomey — Manchin alleges the NRA is showing partisan bias— Arulanandam cites Manchin's numerous appearances on cable TV news shows and other media venues.
"Sen. Manchin is the one who's injecting partisan politics into this," Arulanandam said.
Manchin says in his ad, "I don't walk in lockstep with the NRA's Washington leadership, this administration, or any special interest group." Manchin told AP he's singling out the group's top leaders on purpose.
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BROWSING THE WEB ONE DAY, I discovered something that caught my eye, a film project that aimed to gather footage of every country on earth on one calendar day.
The trailers from their film events prior pulled together beautiful imagery of our planet along with stories about the human condition, stories capable of illustrating the overwhelming similarities between people everywhere. What was captured was a snapshot of the stories that occur every day on earth, but this kind of showcase was only possible through the communication and unification of like-minded individuals, hoping to sift through their lives and find their main story of the day.
In Cuenca, Ecuador, the Creative Arts class incorporated One Day on Earth into its studies of cinematic storytelling, film analysis, and student production. When the date of 11.11.11 came around, students walked the streets of downtown, equipped with cameras and looking for stories about social issues they connected with. It was an enjoyable event to take part in, the second one conducted by One Day on Earth.
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NYC/LA, 19 NOV 2012 – The world's largest annual media collaboration event, which brings together filmmakers, over 100 nonprofits, and the United Nations, is confirmed for December 12, 2012 (12.12.12). One Day on Earth, a grassroots online community of filmmakers, aid workers, educators, and everyday inspired media creators has held worldwide filming events on both 10.10.10 and 11.11.11, making this December 12th the end of a trilogy of films.
The global collaborations result in a feature length documentary and a shared archive of diverse media, detailing both the joys and struggles of everyday life. The past two events yielded a combined 7,000 hours of footage in over 90 languages and created a growing online community that now has 30,000 members. The worldwide community has also been activated to distribute the final film, including the production of screening events in over 160 countries, breaking a world record for movie premieres.
To ensure participation from every country in the world, One Day on Earth has distributed over 1,000 cameras to more than 153 countries. Working closely with the United Nations, the project's organizers intend to send 400 additional cameras prior to 12.12.12.
Knowing my students would again be interested in participating in 12.12.12, I wanted to see what more we could do to engage with this kind of project, especially since the newMedia Lab instructs them on powerful use of online media. Executive producer Brandon Litman was receptive to my emails about a TGS/ODOE collaboration, and we soon created a micro outreach project for TGS students in connection to the upcoming 12.12.12 filming event.
Starting December 6th until the filming event on the 12th, students are writing to their friends around the world, letting them know about One Day on Earth and inspiring them to participate. By only activating those meaningful connections they have in a personal and engaging way, they will succeed in spreading the word without adding to the cacophony of inane sharing online. Instead, they will be activating two of the main functions of social media: sharing and creating relationships.
One way the students are engaging their contacts to consider filming is by addressing the subject matter of the footage for 12.12.12:
Diving deeper into specific thematic suggestions this year, the event organizers have asked two simple questions: What do you have? What do you need? "We're hoping that by asking these two simple questions, we will trigger incredibly diverse responses in what it is to be alive today, and springboard to a much bigger conversation," said Kyle Ruddick, Founder and Director of One Day on Earth. "The questions are extremely powerful from a storytelling perspective, which we will be excited to share in the final film and archive."
The first One Day on Earth film was initially shared via a record-breaking worldwide screening event last April. However, 12.12.12 will also be the Video on Demand (VOD) and digital distribution launch day for the first film. The film is also available worldwide via DVD on the project's website: www.OneDayOnEarth.org.
By reaching out for One Day on Earth and tracking their methods and results, students are slowly seeing the reach of the student body grow to cover a large portion of the planet. The data accumulated from this micro outreach project will be processed and visualized in the coming month to help answer the question: how global is THINK Global School?
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One Day on Earth began in September 2008 as a new media project to create a unique video time capsule, a global online community and a feature-length film—all from participant footage captured during the 24-hour period of October 10, 2010 (10.10.10). The project has since grown into an annual media event. One Day on Earth works closely with Vimeo, the popular video platform, dozens of non-profits and NGOs to document important social issues. In 2011, The One Day on Earth Foundation, a was created to help grow collaborative media events. The full press kit, including the trailer and additional material can be viewed and downloaded here.


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Keene Valley Students, some still too young to vote, actively promoted political party platform awareness for a public discussion on the issues surrounding the 2012 presidential candidates on Nov. 1 at Keene Valley Central School.
Six senior students, each with a party community member, held the forum, representing the Democratic, Republican, Green, Socialism and Liberation, and the Constitutional party.
"This is not a debate but an educational forum," said Brad Hurlburt, KCS Social studied teacher said.
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For the democratic party, senior Hannah McCabe was joined by Phyliss Buchanon.
For the Republican Party, KCS senior Jeffrey Bruha was joined by Republican Assembly Candidate for Warren County Dan Stec.
For the Green Party, KCS senior Sam Balzac was joined by Green Party member Steve Ruzbacki.
For the Socialism and Liberation, KCS senior Jack Van Wie was joined by Ray Losso.
For the Libertarian party senior Victoria Patenaude was joined by Monique Weston.
For the Constitution, KCS senior Athena Pepe was joined by Arlene Geibe.
All members of the six parties represented on the New York State ballot for president an opportunity to equally talk about five talking points that the six students in Brad Hurlburt's Government Class selected after listening to the three presidential debates between President Barak Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.
"One of the goals of the evening was to continue to have the Republican and Democratic party represented but to also let people be informed about the perspectives of the four additional parties that are fielding a candidate on the NYS ballot," Hurlburt said.
The students began the forum by introducing the core values and platforms of each political party they were representing. The students followed their introductions with five talking points: climate change, civil liberties, war on terror, world economy, and social issues such as the party's position on Roe vs. Wade and race equality.
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This blog has been silent for awhile now thanks to personal shit (and a little good old fashioned negro laziness) that the team had to deal with. I had planned some grand and glorious return talking about fuck the Mayans or something equally trivial, but then another gun-toting fucking idiot decided to go on a rampage up in Newtown, Connecticut killing a bunch of innocent children before killing himself (which he should have fucking done in the first place).
I talked about an analogous asshole in an earlier post on this site and how the dumbshits quickly ramped up the gun control vs. firearms for freedom debate. Predictably, with this latest tragedy, it's happened again.
My personal opinion remains that assholes with guns are the problem more than the guns themselves, but it can't be ignored that having guns makes it a lot easier for despicable fucks to turn their personal bad day into a community massacre.
I've fired a gun on a few occasions and the thing that always shocked the shit out of me is how immediate it is. Before you even think it really, that slug is leaving the chamber and stuck in the wall (yes, I'm a bad shot). That immediacy is disturbing as hell and explains a lot of the accidents that happen. Most of the people I know who love guns make up some bullshit about personal protection or freedom from government tyranny, but let's be real: It's not about protecting yourself because you probably live in a gated community. It's also not about freedom because as those cultist fucks in Waco proved, if the government wants to steamroll your ass, you can fire all the shots you want, you're still getting your shit shut down.
The truth is that people like to see shit explode. They like to hold something in their hand that can blow the fuck out of an object from half a football field away. They do it for the KABLOOEY and the way it makes their dicks a little hard. Women I've known who shoot tend to be a lot more philosophical about it. They see it as empowering because they know what a bunch of slavering lecherous wretches we men generally are with our delusions of conquest and badassery.
I honestly don't know if clamping down on access to weapons is the way out of asshole-ultraviolence because assholes are creative and always find a way. 9/11 was pulled off by some assholes using decidedly low-tech means and an eerily similar attack in China just hours after the Connecticut rampage by a knife wielding douchebag demonstrates that assholes will stop at nothing once they feel like they have something to prove. Compound this with the fact that we're not very far from shut-in dorks being able to make assault rifles in their basements using publicly distributed plans and 3D printers and you get the feeling the genie is out of the bottle.
What I do know is that our KABLOOEY culture glorifies this shit in every piece of entertainment that we have and our news media turns these pathetic cowards into icons of assholery by reporting every single piece of minutiae about their lives (as Morgan Freeman may or may not have pointed out).
In situations like this, solutions are not cut and dried. While it's clear we need to do something to change the supply side, the main thing we have to attack is the demand side. We need to deal with the asshole problem. The best thing you can do is go out and find your unfriendly neighborhood asshole and say hello, shake their hand and ask them how they're feeling. Apologize to them if you overlooked them or did them wrong. The act of kindness you show them today could hopefully keep them from going over the edge tomorrow.
Sincere condolences to the families of all who lost loved ones and everyone around the world who's suffering under the yoke of senseless violence.
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The reading list this Tuesday morning is still showing signs of Amazon-Hachette infestation, but recent anti-nuisance treatments are having a positive effect.
The treated reading list includes an overview of epaper in consumer electronics, a recent survey of media use and ownership in the UK, a survey of ebook subscription services, and more.
- Amazon and the Myth of Perfect Pricing (The Passive Voice)
- E-paper displays in consumer electronics (Printed Electronics World)
- I've been blogging for 8 freaking years. (I Love Charts — Medium)
- Jeff Bezos Writes Open Letter To The World's Children As Disney Dispute Escalates (Ebook Bargains UK Blog)
- Ofcom: six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults (The Guardian)
- See? Amazon *Does* Think Books Are Special Snowflakes! ( The Heart of the Matter)
- William Ockham Fisking Michael Pietsch (A Newbie's Guide to Publishing)
- Which Subscription Service is Best for Self-Published Authors: Kindle Unlimited, Scribd or Oyster? (Mediashift | PBS)


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Cruz Pedregon's role with his drag racing team sounds much like the old phrase of chief cook and bottle washer.
As the driver, crew chief and team owner, Pedregon does a little bit of everything for the Snap-On Tools Toyota team. Despite the heavy workload, the two-time NHRA champion is coming into this weekend's Ford Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway as the one of top drivers in the Funny Car class.
"It's very fulfilling, but I've had the same role since 2010," said Pedregon, a 32-time national event winner. "I've had different guys titled crew chief. It's not that I want all the credit, but there has been a lot of concern when we lose guys to other teams that the car is going to change direction or will fall off performance-wise.
"I've tried to tell them that I make the calls and nothing is going to change, that we're going to keep on keeping on. There is a lot of work, a lot of hours, but it's very gratifying. I didn't ask for this position, but I'm having the time of my life."
Up until the last race at Englishtown, N.J., the 49-year-old driver and former ESPN analyst also had the NHRA Mello Yello points lead. He scored early wins at Las Vegas and Houston, and rode that momentum into his current third-place in the stadnings.
"I do believe in momentum in that our car seems to perform well no matter which part of the country we're in, whether it's sea-level conditions or we're up in altitude," he said. "The hot tracks and the cooler tracks, they all take a different set-up. "We've maintained that performance throughout the process. I wouldn't say we've hit our stride, but we've had our good races. At Englishtown, I feel like it was our best performance in 3-4 races even though we came out of there with a second-round loss."
Pedregon, whose championships came 16 years apart in 1992 and 2008, said the pair of early victories takes a lot of pressure off himself and has everyone on the team motivated.
"It's really a confidence-builder. That allows you to not be so careful and it gives you a little more pep in your step," he said. "The car, as a result, benefits from that. We go into these races now knowing we can win. My guys are pretty excited and the bonus checks don't hurt either. Wins are definitely get-well medicine."
It appears to be shaping up to be another down-to-the-wire battle for the Funny Car championship. There have already been five different Funny Car drivers with the points lead through the first nine races.
As for how he will race at Bristol, Pedregon, who won his first drag race driving a 1953 Kenworth truck, explained the team is still experimenting with new parts and pieces.
"We're not in championship mode at this point in time," he said. "We are trying different things and putting new twists and wrinkles into the system so we can enter the Countdown with the best race car we can possibly race. Whether it's a new clutch set-up, a new blower, every once in a while I have to remind the guys, especially the younger guys who want to stay the same as we've been doing it, that some of these cars are catching up to us and why not make changes which can put us a little ahead of these guys.
"But, we have a good group of guys, a good mixture of young guys and veterans. When it comes to making that first qualifying run on Friday, these guys have their heads down and are in attack mode."
So far, the aggressive strategy has worked. He commented the only first-round loss of the season at Topeka was the result of a broken piston. It wasn't something they were experimenting with, just a broken part.
Now comes Bristol, which sits at higher altitude than most tracks, and a place victory has eluded him. He has reached the final round only once, in a 2007 loss to John Force.
"It's always fun to race there, but it's a challenge with the altitude in the Eastern Tennessee hills," he said. "It's a great track, coupled with the heat and altitude, makes it a little more challenging than other places to race. But, we look forward to it. You're going to see some good racing and some points-switching. I'm looking forward to getting busy and getting the show on the road."


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Harbor Bridge project still a decade away
CORPUS CHRISTI - There one day will be a tall, new, saltwater-resistant Harbor Bridge, but it won't be this decade and it may cost a lot more than current estimates, ranging from $400 million to $800 million.
During a public meeting Tuesday, Texas Department of Transportation engineers told a group of about 75 residents and city, industry and government officials that the existing bridge is nearing the end of its useful life and must be replaced.
For almost a decade, city and county planners, state and federal officials and residents collectively have wrung their hands about what to do with the 52-year-old structure.
The department launched plans for a new the Harbor Bridge project in 2005 after a 2003 study showed the bridge needed an overhaul or a replacement to remain a safe way to connect the two ends of U.S. Highway 181 — a vital byway in a growing South Texas transportation network.
Funding cuts and the nation's mammoth recession delayed it until last year, when officials from the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Safety decided to pick it back up.
The project is in the Environmental Impact Statement phase, usually an emotional — but crucial — step during which an agency gathers input, data and feedback from the public to determine the effects of a proposed project on its surroundings.
That phase, alone could run for four to five years, said Victor Vourcus, the department's Harbor Bridge project engineer.
Once that is done, the department will begin applying for permits and other approvals, developing construction plans and preparing to break ground, a ceremony that may be as far off as 2020, said the department's District Engineer John Casey.
Casey acknowledged that as the years pass, the $400 million to $800 million cost surely will rise, although he did not venture a guess as to how high they may go.
However, Casey said the project is set to receive about $50 million in federal funds each year for the next 10 years.
In the meantime, the three-span, cantilever truss bridge that cost about $10 million to build in the 1950s has become a $3 million to $5 million-a-year maintenance burden that is too steep and too narrow, Vourcus said.
Workers are doing an estimated $29 million in repairs, including installing new weight-bearing gusset plates, he said, but the work is intended only to delay — not reverse — the inevitability that, in about 20 years, the bridge will be unfit.
"If you've driven bridge you know what it looks like — very steep grades going up and down," Vourcus said. "That doesn't meet current designs."
Several in the crowd mumbled and exchanged knowing nods when Vourcus mentioned the bridge has no shoulders, an obvious safety issue for motorists who have no place to pull over after a fender-bender or stalled engine.
Aside from traffic safety concerns, the bridge's 138-foot clearance above the water line also keeps taller ships — and their deeper holds — out of the channel, Casey said.
There are four alternatives for the new bridge and planners have assigned them according to four categories based on considerations of cost, safety, connectivity to existing streets, ease of maintenance and hurricane evacuation models, Vourcus said.
Some models have the bridge joining with downtown roads, others place it at the junction of I-37 and the Crosstown Expressway.
No matter which alternative is chosen, the new bridge will be built of saltwater-resistant materials, may include a bike and pedestrian lane and will rise 205 feet above the ship channel.
That new height will help fulfill one of the department's key missions statewide: driving economic development.
"In today's climate, newer ships are bigger and taller, and the current bridge is a limiting factor," Vourcus said.
Port of Corpus Christi officials now eye the deepening of the Panama Canal as an opportunity to receive larger ships and have been clear that a new bridge must be capable of letting them pass, he said.
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Update 6-24-2014
Got my latest CT scan results yesterday. The growth of the tumor has stopped but there is little sign of shrinkage. One doctor thinks this is the best we can hope for, the head guy a bit more positive that we should go another three rounds of chemo and reassess. Problem is, the only other chemo treatment for this cancer now believed to be pancreatic) has less of a success rate. Besides the growth stopping, there are a few other details that tip me toward the positive. One, the delay in my chemo means that the CT doesn't register at least one full week of additional work by the drugs. Two, my ability to eat greater amounts and to be able to digest more fibrous foods indicates the stricture in my stomach is enlarging, which points to shrinkage in the tumor. This area is not able to be seen clearly on a CT scan, so no one can say for sure, but the change is so dramatic that I don't see how it can be otherwise. Biggest day to day issue is fatigue, but I'm doing what I can. I need a t-shirt that says "It ain't over till it's over."
But still pushing ahead on all fronts on LIM. I now have 12 pages finished except for color, still looking for penciller, and moving ahead on Book six synopsis (well, actually, I've finished three additional pages of that except for coloring as well, but decided I needed to focus more on getting Book 5 wrapped up.)


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Children of the Adirondacks are rich in wild lands, clean waters and recreational opportunity. Despite the privilege of growing up in close proximity to a vast amount of natural treasures, many children suffer from a severe disadvantage: they are wealthy in resources, but poor in access.
One would think that since these children live in communities surrounded by an incredible wilderness landscape, they would readily enjoy world-class adventure travel opportunities. Yet, many resident youth lack the necessary skills, education and equipment to fully enjoy the recreational assets available in their own backyard.
The woods and waters of the Adirondacks have hosted the world through two Winter Olympics competitions, the Goodwill Games and three years of ESPN's Great Outdoor Games.
Throughout the year, an estimated 12 to 15 million visitors travel to the region to challenge whitewater on the mighty Hudson River; backpack along the 132-mile Northville Placid Trail; ski, snowshoe or dogsled along numerous trails and old, logging roads; or hunt and fish among the nearly 3 million acres of state Forest Preserve lands.
Paddlers come from across the country to compete in the annual Adirondack Canoe Classic, a 90-mile race that follows a historic canoe route through the heart of the park, while others flock to the High Peaks seeking the coveted title of '46er, after climbing the 46 summits over 4,000 feet in elevation.
Along the fabled Ausable River, flyfishermen pay homage to the feisty brown trout and acrobatic rainbows, while others seek the remote recesses of over 10,000 ponds is search of native brook and lake trout.
Anglers stalk trout along some 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, while the "fish factory" at Lake Champlain continues to draw professional bass anglers to tournaments, where national records are continually established by both the quality and quantity of bass taken.
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Indeed, the home team played like the group with something to play for in this contest. Although the Crimson outhit Dartmouth, nine to six, the Big Green took advantage of three Harvard errors to score a run in each of the second through fifth innings for the 4-2 victory.
"We didn't play defense very well, and there were opportunities with runners in scoring position that we didn't execute," Kregel said. "We didn't handle the ball well and hit when we needed to."
The Crimson took an early 1-0 lead when junior catcher Ethan Ferreira, junior left fielder Jack Colton, and sophomore third baseman Mitch Klug started the top of the second inning with three straight hits.
But defensive miscues led to unearned runs scored by Dartmouth in the bottom halves of the second, third, and fifth innings to go along with another run in the fourth. And though Harvard had at least one hit in every inning but the third, the group could only muster two runs of support for sophomore starter Sean Poppen.
The 6'3" right-hander, who leads the team with 57.1 innings pitched for the season, threw five innings of five-hit ball and only allowed one earned run in the loss.
"In baseball, it's a crazy thing how you can have that many hits and only scratch across two runs," Bailey said. "It all comes down to the timely hits with runners on base and in scoring position. We tended to…get one guy on and then not advance him any further."
Junior righty Matt Timoney threw a scoreless inning in relief, and senior designated hitter Carlton Bailey, junior center fielder Mike Martin, and Klug had two hits apiece in the contest.
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As has been my custom in recent years, I spent the third Saturday of March at the Adirondack Sportsmans Dinner in Schroon Lake. The annual gathering, which is hosted annually by a group of local ministries, continues to draw a diverse group of sportsmen and women, and similar outdoor travelers from all walks of life.
Despite an initial impression that I had stumbled upon a redneck reunion, I soon realized the attendees spanned the spectrum of North Country folks ranging from loggers and carpenters to school teachers and physicians. A similarly eclectic mix could likely be found sharing similar stories in any local bar room, ball field, firehouse or at the local church following a Sunday service.
As the guests began to pile out of their old, rusted pickup trucks and similarly battered, 4WD vehicles, it was obvious that camo caps were the most common fashion accessory, while blue jeans with the faded circle of a 'chew can' on the back pocket ran a close second.
Their vehicles soon filled the parking lots, and it was obvious they all shared a common thread. I began reading bumper stickers, and it was apparent a sea of Red had flooded into a Blue state. God, guns and strong beliefs about both the NRA and the APA, were the most common theme.
They were friends and neighbors from across the North Country, and even though most of them had never met before, they shared backgrounds and participated in similar pursuits. They followed the same traditions; whether man, woman or child, and they were united by the shared commonality of enjoying an outdoor life. By the day's end, many memories were made and friendships renewed. I'm glad I was invited, it sure was a nice segue to spring.
After sharing the day with a group of old friends that I hadn't even met yet, I traveled further down the Northway to attend the annual rendezvous of the NYS Outdoor Guides Association.
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STOCKTON, CA - There's been a fatal shooting in Stockton, the city's 36th homicide this year, according to police.
The 18-year-old man was shot on Kermit Lane south of Swain Road at approximately 12:30 p.m., police learned. He was brought to a nearby Kaiser medical facility by his girlfriend and then transported to St. Joseph's Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to Officer Joe Silva.
The victim did not survive, Silva said.
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America's billionaireSeptember 23,2013When you're trapped in a city with House Republican gargoyles who don't understand math or history, much less reality, sometimes you crave a dose of grandfatherly wisdom.
Speaker John Boehner, trapped under the thumb of Tea Party anarchists, called Friday's vote to defund Obamacare and invite a government shutdown "a victory for common sense."
More like a triumph of nonsense.
The victory for common sense last week was not in Congress, but at Georgetown University. Speaking to an excited crowd of students and others Thursday night beneath soaring stained-glass windows, the 83-year-old Warren Buffett offered inspiring lessons in patriotism and compassion — traits sorely missing here as Republicans ran headlong toward a global economic cataclysm and gutted the food stamp program.
"I am sorry I'm late," Nancy Pelosi murmured sardonically, as she arrived at the Buffett event. "We were busy taking food out of the mouths of babies."
Questioned by Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America, and later students, Buffett seemed happy to be back in one of his hometowns, where, as the son of an investor from Omaha who became a congressman, he had once worked as a waterboy for the Redskins and a paperboy for Georgetown Hospital.
His taste for making money was whetted when his customers at the hospital would give him bet suggestions for the numbers racket, big in Washington in those days.
"They would tell me if there was a woman that had given birth to a baby that was, say, 8 pounds, 11 ounces," he said, or the time of the birth.
The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said he had begun investing at age 11 in 1942, a couple of months after Pearl Harbor, after spending five years saving up $120.
He even joked that he had fond thoughts of 1929 because it was when he was conceived: "My dad was a stock salesman and after the crash he didn't have anything to do."
I wrote about Buffett in 1996, when Ted Turner upbraided fellow billionaires like Buffett and Bill Gates as "ol' skinflints" for not loosening up "their wads" because they were afraid to fall off the Forbes 400 List. Back then, Buffett said he would wait until after he and his wife died, when he planned to give the bulk of his $15 billion to population control (even though, of course, every moment counts on that cause).
But then, about five years ago, Buffett said at Georgetown, he and Gates began plotting about philanthropy and now they have enrolled 115 plutocrats pledging a majority of their net worth.
"I've been dialing for dollars," he said, adding that when billionaires resist, he gives them a warning: "If I'm talking to some 70-year-old, I say, 'Do you really think your decision-making ability is going to be better when you're 95 with some blonde on your lap, or now?'"
He calls the Fed "the greatest hedge fund in history," and observed of the moment America nearly went off the cliff: "I give enormous credit to Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner and frankly, even though I didn't vote for him, President Bush."
W.'s "great insight," one worthy of Adam Smith, he said, was expressed in 10 words in September 2008: "He went out there from the White House and he said, 'If money doesn't loosen up, this sucker could go down.'"
The populist voice of the 1 percent stressed that "inequality is getting wider" and that we must figure out how to "share the bounty."
"We've got something that works and we don't want to mess that up," he said. There will be periodic recessions and the occasional panic, he noted, advising that those times are good to buy stock at "silly prices."
"It's very hard to write regulations that will keep people from acting foolishly, particularly when acting foolishly has proven very profitable over the preceding few years," he said. "Humans, they all think they're Cinderella at the ball, and they think, as the night goes along, the music gets better and the drinks flow, they all think they're going to leave at two minutes to 12 and of course there's no clocks on the wall and they're still dancing, so it will happen again."
"But," he added slyly, "buy when it happens."
He doesn't worry about keeping up with modern technology. He buys what he knows, like Coca-Cola, which he drank all evening. Evoking Ted Williams "waiting for the right pitch," he counseled that: "You don't need 20 decisions to get very rich. Four or five will probably do it over time."
Being a successful investor is not about having a high IQ, he said, "but it does take a temperament that's willing to step up and actually act. I always tell people, if they're going in the investment business and you've got a 160 IQ, sell 30 points to somebody else because you won't need it.''
Or sell some to the House Republicans.
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Student shot off-campus
A University at Albany student was shot during an altercation that occurred off-campus around 3:30 this morning, near Hudson Ave. and Ontario St. The student's injuries are not life-threatening and the student has been released from the hospital. Police informed the university community of the incident this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 26, in a school-wide e-mail. […] [Read More]
Fuller Road re-opens
After over twenty days of construction, Fuller road is back open. The intersection connecting I-90, Central Ave. and Washington Ave. extension has undergone major construction in order to decrease traffic congestion and improve pedestrian and bicycle access throughout the intersection. [Read More]
Here are your 2012-13 SA senators
In last week's paper, we quoted a student asking, "What's SA?" Here's a quick intro. SA is the Student Association, the student government on campus. It's structured something like the US government, with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The Student Association Senate is the legislative body of the UAlbany student government. They handle a […] [Read More]
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Eleven years after the 9/11 attacks, the University was quiet and somber in remembrance of those who lost their lives on that day. But around 1:30 p.m. the scene was much less than remembrance, but instead the podium in front of the campus center was filled with various rioters and chanting. The religious group, Jeremiah […] [Read More]
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Many electric co-ops are celebrating their 75th anniversary and lines, like the one pictured here, were built 50 to 75 years ago. Replacing that aging infrastructure is the top concern of many utilities. To better understand how electric utilities are meeting challenges such as slow demand growth, the rise of distributed generation (DG) and regulatory […]Read More
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Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, welcomed U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-AK) speech on Feb. 11 announcing her Energy 20/20 White Paper at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Emerson said, "Senator Murkowski's paper is spot-on in its call for a more reliable and affordable electricity grid. Her assessment […]Read More
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On March 1, more than one hundred volunteers from Touchstone Energy (TSE) electric cooperatives across the country participated in a project to build two energy efficient Habitat for Humanity homes in Fairview, Tenn. Volunteers from 35 co-ops arrived in Nashville prior to the start of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's (NRECA) 2014 Annual Meeting […]Read More
Illinois electric co-op named 2013 Wind Cooperative of the Year
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in March recognized Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) of Virginia and Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative (RECC) of Illinois as the 2013 Wind Cooperatives of the Year. The awards were presented at the TechAdvantage 2014 Conference and Expo in Nashville, Tenn., to honor […]Read More
Overhaul of FEMA disaster funding rules needed for rural areas
Governor Pat Quinn in February delivered the keynote address at the National Journal's Natural Disaster Forum in Washington, D.C., where he discussed Illinois' preparedness and response to several major natural disasters and called for needed changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) disaster aid criteria. A tornado outbreak on Nov. 17, 2013 killed eight […]Read More
Co-ops react to grid security concern
Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), recently commented on the March 12, 2014, Wall Street Journal article regarding the physical security of the national electrical grid. "No one takes the security of our nation's electric systems more seriously than the more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives. Every […]Read More
Shelby Electric Cooperative comes to the rescue of fire department
A year ago during an oil well fire a lot of the firefighting gear of the Shelbyville Fire Department was damaged and left unusable. "We believe it was a lightening strike, during a bad rainstorm, that struck an oil battery southeast of Shelbyville setting off a fire in one of the tanks, which eventually exploded," […]Read More
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NRECA raises $120k for typhoon victims
Michael Guidry, a former NRECA board president, and Martin Lowery, NRECA executive vice president, toured parts of the Philippines devastated by last fall's Supertyphoon Haiyan. During the visit, they awarded more than $120,000 raised by the NRECA International Foundation to help 11 co-ops rebuild their leveled systems. Donations from U.S. co-ops and individuals will help […]Read More


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Pit bull lovers gathered this past Saturday to learn more about the breed they adore and donate pet food to the Herkimer County Humane Society.
The shelter's booster club held the "Pity Party" event at Dungeon Tattoo with the help of its owner, Jennifer Brough. The event had two pit bulls from the humane society for the public to meet. Besides the pet food drive, there was also a raffle and information available about pit bulls.
"It was about pit bull education," said Danyel Sommer-Everson, a member of the booster club. "We wanted people to understand the breed. There's such a misunderstood conception about pit bulls. They're not made to be aggressive."
Sommer-Everson said the shelter has several pit bulls and wanted to bring attention to how docile the pit bulls can be.
"Most of the pit bulls I know are mellow, loving dogs. It's not what people think," she said.
Some of the aggression associated with pit bulls come from backyard breeding, inbreeding and dog fighting, said Brough.
The event emphasized the importance of pet owners getting their animals spayed or neutered.
"Pit bulls got a horrible rap. I got two and they're awesome dogs," she said of her two-year-old Hazel and six-month-old Raven. Besides the two pit bulls, Brough said she also owns a malamute dog. One of her dogs was a rescue from over breeding.
Brough said about 1,800 pounds of food for the animal shelter was donated. To help get the drive going, Brough said she would take $10 off a tattoo for every 10 pounds of food brought in, up to 50 pounds.
Other events are coming up to help benefit the shelter.
The humane society will also host two murder mystery dinners this Friday and Saturday at Francesca's Banquets and Catering, 144 Main St., Ilion. Tickets are $50 per person or $90 a couple. There will be a cash bar and a silent auction. Tickets will be available at the shelter or at the door.
A food drive will also be held this weekend during the haunted hay ride at Gelston Castle Estates, sponsored by the Mohawk and Cedarville fire departments.
In November, there will be a Paws for Claus photo session for animals at Aubuchon Hardware.
Those interested in becoming a booster can contact the shelter.
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Chris Hughton has questioned the wisdom of the latest round of international friendlies wedged into a crucial phase of the Premier League season.
Norwich City trio Anthony Pilkington, Alex Tettey and Ryan Bennett have all pulled out of national squads over the past few days, but Hughton still faces an anxious wait before Scotland duo Robert Snodgrass and Russell Martin, along with the Republic's Wes Hoolahan, report back safely to Colney.
Hughton has already accepted his preparations for Fulham's pending Premier League visit to Carrow Road will suffer a degree of disruption.
"It is something we could absolutely do without," he said. "With the internationals at the weekends you know you have good recovery periods, but to squeeze a game between two league fixtures is very tough. There is not a lot of time for anyone who gets a knock on the Saturday to be ready for midweek and vice versa. What will happen is anyone who does go off and play a full game on the Wednesday night for their country is back at some stage on the Thursday and then spends Friday recovering. I think it is more the worry of injury; you would settle for them playing if they are going to be fully-fit for the Saturday.
"But there are a lot more clubs who will have far more international players away than us, so I think probably it balances out a bit, but it's certainly not a good position."
City midfielder Pilkington was poised to earn his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland before picking up a hamstring injury in the early stages of City's 0-0 draw at QPR last weekend. Hughton carved out a distinguished international career as part of the Irish set-up which saw him play in both the World Cup and the European Championship finals, and the Canaries' chief is in no doubt Pilkington can take the same step in time after finally being drafted into Giovanni Trapattoni's plans.
"I think it was overdue. He had been very much knocking on the door," said Hughton. "In fairness to Anthony I think it wasn't only about his form, but also his eligibility. There was a bit more to it than just his performances but I was really delighted for him. Just for him to be involved and to have a chance to play on a regular basis in the future is something very exciting for him.
"I think it is fair to say if you are involved in an Irish squad it is not going to be the same strength perhaps as an England or a France squad. The Irish set-up has always had to use that real good feel that you can generate within the group to try and get the best out of those players. He certainly has ability and I think he is also a good age. He is not a real young one who lacks experience and he won't let anybody down."
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Snodders has become a sort of "New Hucks", with added Work Ethic, Dave.B. We certainly don`t want him damaged.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I think the international matches just before the start of the season were even more stupid. Managers get their squads trained, fit and coached into a certain playing pattern only for them to risk injury, possibly playing out of position in some meaningless international fixture.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I agree Snodders is a key player for us so fingers crossed. I was in a box with a load of QPR fans on Saturday. They all agreed that we were by far the more accomplished side out on the pitch. It was a fair result but it shows what rubbish Redknapp talks most of the time and how he putting on a brave face having spent millions again, facing the drop -aka Portsmouth
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The only player on international duty I worry about picking up a knock is Snodders, big blow if he's not 100% for Saturday. If Hoolahan picks up a knock it may force Hoots hand to play 2 up front, not such a bad thing for Fulham at home.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Snodgrass is not starting. For us thats good. For him maybe not.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
You do have to wonder about the sense of these so called friendlies at this stage of the season. It's a money making thing for the various FAs, but can disrupt teams to whom the loss of a key player, through unnecessary injury, can be crucial
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Harry has a plan B. Obviously plan A is PL survival but if not, he is hoping that the extra income from TV will cause a rise in wages across the PL and Harry will be able to offload his recent purchases as well as those acquired by Mark Hughes. Go for it Harry just as long as we finish above you.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Snodders has become a sort of "New Hucks", with added Work Ethic, Dave.B. We certainly don`t want him damaged.
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Change is good if it provides benefits not achieved with a previous process or design. I don't see how the new format offers any advantages, it's just "different" with no improvements.
Another statue of Joe Paterno needs to be erected to honor this man who is unjustly being attacked by haters who want to everyone else to believe he was the one who committed the crime. Paterno did nothing wrong. Put the blame on Sandusky where it belongs.
The article states the hiker was assaulted by people who may have thought he was homeless. What??? How does a person being homeless justify being set on fire???
Let Joe Paterno respond to the accusations made against him. Oh wait, Joe is dead. How convenient for those who are dragging his good name through the mud.
I have to give Michael Westerlund credit for not blaming everyone else for his son's drug addiction, but is instead holding his son accountable for his own actions.
Take note that Joe Paterno wanted to hold a press conference to tell what he knew about the Sandusky situation, and to answer questions, but University officials ordered him to cancel it. That was Joe's problem. He had a high regard for working within the system that not only did he follow the chain of command by alerting University officials about Sandusky and what one of the assistant coaches told him he saw, but Joe also followed protocol by cancelling the press conference when requested.
if Joe Paterno is guilty of anything, he is guilty of trusting higher-ups in the Penn State University system to do the right thing.
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The author of this article, Ivey Dejesus, should show respect for my grandparents and ALL immigrants who followed the rules of this country and are proud to be known as legal immigrants by referring to those who broke the law by sneaking into the United States as ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, not undocumented immigrants.
As granny might say, that's one big whopping salamander.
Who can argue against modesty and guiding children to be moral?
The article states women currently make up 80 percent of veterinary school undergraduates. Shouldn't there be a law that ensures an equitable number of men and women in vet school? Women and people of color remain a protected class in the United States law while white males have no laws that protect them. Of course, conspirators will go on and on how white males dominate here or there, but the fact is, if you are not one of the millions of white males who are "well connected", you are at a definite disadvantage.
The article references one of the students as wearing "parent-approved" clothes. That's part of the problem right there, parents who aren't willing to have their children comply with the dress code.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on limiting state action on illegal immigration asserts the Federal Government's right to maintain jurisdiction over immigration, even though it refuses to enforce said laws. It is morally corrupt and illegal for any government body to make and establish laws without enforcing those laws when asked to do so on citizen complaint.
The Federal Government has proven to be complacent on illegal immigration enforcement making it necessary for states to step forward to do the job a corrupt federal government won't do.
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Muslims should be offended atheists aren't protesting the display of the Koran. It means the unbelievers don't consider it a real religion worthy of their disdain.
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Welcome back to yet another edition of THE Main Event Review. Before we get started I just want to say I'm very disappointed in WWE for not promoting this show more. You would think that they would want people to see it. There is some really good wrestling on this show. You wouldn't even know the show existed if I didn't review it and Michael Cole didn't mention it in passing sometimes on RAW. It really isn't going to hurt anyone to post a graphic of the Main Event at some point during Monday's broadcast. Of course they couldn't do that this week since they never announced a Main Event so let's get started and see what's going on.
The show opens with Michael Cole and The Miz at the announce table. Miz says he's going to win the Royal Rumble (yeah right) and then Cole throws it to the always fun and well done "numbers" Royal Rumble video.
After the video, Matt Striker is with Ryback and wants to know what Ryback is doing to prepare for the Rumble Match. Ryback talks about his preparation and Striker tries to be funny with an eating joke but Ryback doesn't think it is funny and Striker apologizes. Ryback says he's getting ready for the Rumble by facing Antonio Cesaro tonight. He says he's going turn Swiss Miss into Swiss Cheese. Striker didn't get it and Ryback tells him that it was a joke and he can be funny too. Nice little segment there with Ryback.
Here comes Antonio Cesaro down to the ring and we find out he'll be defending his title against The Miz on the Royal Rumble pre-show. Cesaro is quickly becoming the star of this show as this is his third Main Event in the last four week. Cesaro has a microphone when he is heading to the ring. He says he is in the Main Event again while some people are just doing commentary, an obvious shot at The Miz. He says Ryback represents everything that is wrong with America. Cesaro wanted to give the crowd a course on manners but Ryback has other ideas as his music hits and we are ready for action.
Ryback beat Antonio Cesaro via Count Out (**1/4)
This match was only about half as long as Main Events usually are but it still was an entertaining, hard hitting contest. One of the things that is great about Cesaro (and there are many) is that he is able to work any style. Put him in there with a guy like Daniel Bryan and he can give you a technical mat based match. Stick him in there with a brute like Ryback and he can work the power game too. Ryback's matches on Main Event have impressed me. They show me that he is improving in the ring and that he isn't going to be a liability in the ring in a big match situation.
This was a very even affair but Cesaro tried to get counted out after Ryback clotheslined him out of the ring but The Miz saw to it that the United States Champion didn't take the easy way out. The match continued and Cesaro got dropped with the Meathook Clothesline and fell to the floor. He decided he had enough and walked to the back giving Ryback the count out victory after 11 minutes.
When we came back from commercial they showed The Shield destroying The Rock from RAW. Then they moved to Alberto Del Rio's World Heavyweight Championship victory over The Big Show. After that they showed Show killing Zack Ryder on RAW and then Show was with Matt Striker. Striker wants to know if Show can justify his actions on RAW. Show says he doesn't have to because he is 7 feet tall and 450 lbs. He says he is the only person in WWE that deserves to be World Heavyweight Champion. Matt Striker probably peed himself during this interview but everybody pees their pants. It's the coolest. Please get that reference, people!
There's lots of talking on this show and now it is The Rhodes Scholars turn as they use big words to say they are going to win the Tag Team Championships at The Royal Rumble and that The Usos are unwashed. Nice.
Team Rhodes Scholars defeated The Usos (**1/2)
This was a nice 16 minutes tag team match. There were a few too many rest holds from Team Rhodes Scholars for my liking to make this any special. The Usos have a great offensive set and the fans seem to get behind them. Hopefully they'll get a run with the titles in 2013. Things really picked up when Jimmy Uso got the hot tag. It looked like the Usos were going to upset the number one contenders for the Tag Team Championships when Jey Uso was going for the Superfly Splash but Sandow crotched him and got the pin. Who gets beat after getting crotched?
As the show goes off the air, Cole informs us that next week on Main Event a six person, three week Intercontinental Cup begins to determine Wade Barrett's next challenger. I don't know what it is but I'm excited to see it.
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I guess the point of my statement in the opening paragraph of this column is that I really like this show and don't want to see it get cancelled. It serves a purpose even though on a week with a PPV there is 9 ½ hours of WWE TV. If they promoted it more logic would only dictate that more people would watch it.
As for this episode, there was no standout match as the Main Event was shorter than we're used to seeing. They spent a good portion of time hyping the Royal Rumble which is fine since it's this Sunday. The matches were solid so this show earns a 5.5/10.
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