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Chiselled cheek bones, abs of steel, piercing eyes and gelled hair. No, I am not talking about Calvin Klein models. Creatures of the night, fangs, skin pale white and ice cold. No, I am not talking about Lady Gaga. I am talking about the most desirable fantastical creature in today's society, Vampires. Vampires are creatures of great beauty, emotion and romance…. Well, the ones we know today are.
"Teenage fan girls, have totally changed the concept/image of vampires. Vampires don't sparkle. Society's obsession is a bit overrated because of the misconception."
Traditional vampires slept in coffins, couldn't walk in the sun, lived in dilapidated mansions and had no superpowers. From Bram Stokes' Dracula to the latest in the Twilight Saga, vampire culture has seduced fiction lovers all over the world. The main victims of this craze are teenagers. So what is it about vampire culture that is so compelling to teenagers? Are they simply lusting after what they can't have? Eternal youth and beauty is something humans can only wish for. Do they delight in reading about the sexual tension between star crossed lovers? The forbidden relationships and desire for true love make vampire culture alluring. Or is it simply their yearning to be invincible? Vampires live a mysterious and dangerous lifestyle.
"Vampires have become recognizable with our generation."
To answer this question, I have studied four influential texts in vampire culture, The Vampire Diaries (TV show produced by Kevin Williamson), Interview with A Vampire (novel written by Anne Rice), Vampire Academy (Novel series written by Richelle Mead), and of course, the Twilight Saga (film and novel series written by Stephanie Meyer).
Eternal youth is an idea that is highly compelling to teens who feel that they never want to grow old and leave their adolescence behind. Traditionally in vampire culture, when a human is changed into a vampire, they remain the same age that they were turned for the rest of their existence. Vampires do not age physically, although the extent of their existence allows them to be far more knowledgeable than their physicality would suggest. Another positive of this eternal beauty is the indestructibility of their bodies. For example, any scratch or wound will not become a scar. They are immune to any form of physical change.
"It's cool not growing old, I like being the eternal stud." Damon Salvatore revels in the fact that he will always have sex appeal. This is exactly what seduces teenagers into the lifestyle of vampires… they are eternally gorgeous. Our society is obsessed with anti-ageing creams and ways to look younger. This obsession is not just with older people but has caught on to younger people aswell. Ageing is a major concern in today's society and we often find comfort in the idea of immortality. Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries is not only a sex symbol, but also an icon for eternal beauty. He has been 19 for over 100 years and hasn't aged a day.
"I'm the world's best predator, aren't I? Everything about me invites you in - my voice, my face, even my smell. As if I need any of that." In this quote Edward makes it clear to Bella that his physicality is a natural asset to his predatory nature. In Twilight, when a human becomes a vampire, all of their imperfections are perfected. This is almost a form of natural selection, I suppose. Their beauty is an adaption to help them survive, to hunt. Everything about Edward is alluring, and don't we know it. Hormonal teenage girls are only too willing to look past the fact that he is a dangerous monster. I think this also relates to consumerism in the world today. We are naturally drawn to things that are visually appealing, and that desire overrides the potential danger/consequences in what we seek.
"You will never grow old. You will never die."
"It means something else too, doesn't it? I shall never grow up."
In Interview with a Vampire, Claudia is turned when she is just a little girl. As with tradition of vampires, she stops physically developing, although her mind has not. Technically, she is an old woman in a pre-pubescent little girl's body. Creepy, I know. Throughout the story we are compelled to sympathize for Claudia as she mourns her lack of physical maturity. In this conversation between Louis and Claudia, readers are persuaded to see a negative side, or a consequence of this evidently glamorous lifestyle. Claudia's desire to change her physicality drives her to become a vengeful character who despises Lestat for turning her into a vampire. This hate almost leads her to self-destruction. The media in society today has captured a natural affinity with the supernatural and capitalized this obsession. Vampire culture is highly appealing to teenagers as it flaunts the idea of being able to be young forever.
Sexual tension is a recurring theme that captures and engages the hearts of vampire culture fans. The romance associated with these TV shows, novels and films lures and entices teenagers.
"Juliet had it easy, she never had to kill Romeo." The confliction of romantic choices between main characters plays a huge role in making vampire culture so enchanting. This is a quote from Vampire Academy where Rose is sent to kill her one true love, after he has become a monster and a threat to her loved ones. The final book in the series, Last Sacrifice, is the heartbreaking story of being torn between love and selflessness. Richelle Mead has captured the hearts of her readers and kept them on edge. I personally love reading these sorts of stories and have quite often become emotional when reading about these tragic romances.
"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." This is one of the most recognisable quotes from Twilight, both the novel and the film. It pretty well sums up the precarious relationships that we are faced with in stories related to vampire culture. The love interest in these tales is more often than not, human. These female characters seem to adjust almost instantaneously to the idea of being in love with a monster. This quote from Edward, suggests that their relationship would be almost impossible, as he is the predator and she is the prey. In less poetic terms, it would be like a human resisting chocolate… hard, right? Many readers and viewers are interested to see how and if, the relationship will progress. There is always a moment of anticipation as the responder waits for the vampire, in this case Edward, to lose control of himself.
"About three things I was certain - First, Edward was a vampire, second, there was a part of him - I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood, third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." This is a quote from Bella early in the first twilight novel, when Bella realises that her love for Edward is more important than the fact that he is killer. Here we are taken into the heart of Bella, an ordinary girl from a broken home. Everything about her seems normal, except her taste in men. Bella is taken by Edward's charm and grace from the very first moment she lays eyes on him. Their relationship takes off when Edward expresses his unusual desire to protect her. Mostly from himself. In this line Bella decides to take the risk and put her safety on the line for the one she loves. Some responders would argue that Bella is a weak character in the way that she is ignorant to the potential danger she is putting herself in. How many people in real life would choose to love a killer, a potential threat to themselves? We are selfish beings and the safety of our lives is often more important that the safety of our hearts
"You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours. Sleep my only love." What girl's heart wouldn't melt at that? Bella's did, after all, she's only human. This is a classic example of why teenagers, girls in particular, are so infatuated with the idea of vampire culture. The romance that is advertised in these novels, television shows and movies draws in responders who believe in true love. Edward is poetic and is the poster boy for the perfect man. Vampires don't exist, so is there such thing as the perfect man?
"If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you. I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hair feels like silk between my fingers. I'd dream about the smoothness of your skin and the fierceness of your lips when we kiss. Without dreams, I have to be content with my own imagination-which is almost as good. I can picture all those things perfectly." This is a quote from Dimitri from Vampire Academy. Throughout the Vampire Academy series, Rose and Dimitri's undying and unconditional love for each other, despite the obstacles they face, is what makes the series so fantastic. The relationship between Dimitri and Rose is a lot more dangerous and conflicted than the Bella-Edward relationship we see in Twilight.
Teenagers who have been misled about the realities of romance by society look to these types of media as an example of what true love is supposed to be like. Unfortunately, it's not always like the movies.
Humanity is what separates humans from vampires. Fans of this culture are encouraged to support the idea that vampires aren't the monsters they are perceived or try to be. Some vampire characters in vampire culture are more in touch with their humanity than others, and some have more respect for the lives of humans. Responders to vampire culture are strongly urged to sympathise for these creatures who fight their morality and suppress their humanity. The war that vampires have within themselves tempts responders to feel for them and believe that deep down they are good.
"I'm lost. Metaphorically, existentially" Throughout the entire series of Vampire Diaries, despite his recklessness and evident lack of respect for human life, Damon struggles with his own humanity. When we first meet Damon in season 1 of Vampire Diaries he is portrayed as a sadistic monster. Only when he realises that in order to get to Elena's heart, he needs to get in touch with a more emotional part of himself, he reveals a side of himself that no one has seen before. His humanity. In this quote he is talking to a human victim before he kills her. He admits that he has lost himself and questions the worth of his existence.
"I am not human, and I miss it. I miss it more than anything in the world. That's my secret. But there is only so much hurt one man can take." This is the secret that drives Damon throughout the series. Despite his desire to turn off his humanity and relish in his predatory nature, he struggles to convince himself that he doesn't care. In Vampire Diaries, Damon talks about how vampires "flip the switch", in other words, they shut off their humanity. They block out all of their human aspects and feelings, becoming monsters. How many people in the world today would "flip the switch" if they could? How many would leave all the pain, suffering and loss behind if they could? Damon is such a captivating character because people can relate to the confliction he has with his emotions. This is such a powerful quote and it makes responders empathize with vampires. Do they all secretly just want to be human?
"Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for life." In Interview with a Vampire, Louis is disgusted with what he has become and tells the story of how he hated himself for a very, very, long time. Unlike Lesat, Louis holds human life in high regard and does not delight in taking another person's life. Louis suffers from the typical bloodlust of vampires, but decides to feed only on animals. This decision persuades responders to takes sides with Louis and see him as the good guy, despite what he is. Teenagers find comfort in seeing that even beings who are portrayed as invincible, still have the same day to day battles.
The mysterious and dangerous lifestyle of vampires portrayed in vampire culture is a tempting and ideal lifestyle for teens and seduces teenage responders. The Salvatore brothers from The Vampire Diaries are an impeccable example of "bad boys". With dark skinny jeans, leather jackets, sports cars and a mansion fit for a royal family, Damon and Stefan are the ultimate of bad boys. It is not just that vampires have the physical appearance of rebellious, tortured sex gods; they generally keep to themselves and their natural methods of survival are unquestionably against human standards.
"What if I'm not a superhero? What if I'm the bad guy" This is a quote from Edward in the first Twilight movie, where Bella is on the verge of figuring out his secret. Bella suggests theories of kryptonite and toxic waste, where Edward suggests the idea that he is not the good guy. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) is a teenage heart throb and his flawless physicality leads us to be in disbelief of the idea that he could be anything but the good guy. Bella appears to think the same way. As the story progresses, Bella is often the one to reassure Edward that he is not the monster he believes he is.
"She is a different person! She`s a vampire. We are predatory species, we enjoy the hunt, the feed and the kill and when the guilt gets too bad we switch off our humanity and we revel in it." In the latest season of The Vampire Diaries, Elena struggles to adjust to her new "life" as a vampire. As a human, she was compassionate and selfless, now she is fighting the urge to give in to her blood lust. Vampires are killers. They hunt. They feed. They kill. That is their nature. This is a quote from Damon as he confronts Elena. Like most female characters in vampire culture, fans and responders often become frustrated with the ignorance of these somewhat "helpless" characters. Fans are persuaded to feel excited by Elena's new rebellious character. She's not the boring, whiny human that she was before. She's a bad ass. Unlike Bella in Twilight, Elena doesn't have any desire to become a vampire. Bella on the other hand, has a distinct urge to become a monster like her beloved.
"As if you could outrun me. As if you could fight me off. I'm designed to kill…" Edward is dangerous. And he knows it. Unlike some other characters in vampire culture, Edward does not delight in the fact that he is a threat to those around him. There is no pride in what he is capable of. Edwards resistance to Bella is fascinating because in most stories in vampire culture, the vampire is infatuated and tempted by the human. In Twilight it seems to be the other way around. As the viewer, we know that Edward is only trying to initiate a sense of fear in Bella, although he desperately wants to be with her. The dangerous lifestyle associated with vampire cultures seduces and tempts teenage responders.
Vampire culture has become a highly accessible obsession for teens in today's society. Forms of media such as TV shows, books and movies have all captured this modern craze and capitalized its popularity. Characteristics and features of vampires have progressed over the years from creepy creatures of the night to sports car driving, sex symbols. This obsession in society is deeply rooted from what is valued in our world today e.g beauty, power and wealth. Characters from today's popular vampire culture such as Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore and Edward Cullen, have supported the progressive themes in vampire culture today and symbolise what a vampire is now, compared to the original vampire, Dracula. Vampire Diaries, Interview with A Vampire, Twilight and Vampire Academy are texts that I have studied to answer the question, why is vampire culture so compelling to teenagers? It is clear that teens have been sucked in by the beauty, romance, emotion and mystery associated with vampire culture.
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This is the questions all writers, who really want to write as a career face, why live a life of writing? Why call it that? By this it means when you are writing is this something you love to do? In every person or writers' life they can all point to a passion, something that they love doing something that makes them want to do this for the rest of their lives. In fact this is what they do "for a living." On the other hand, do you write as a passion and hope that it will be come something you want to make a career on? Would being a writer make you happy, even if it meant less money?
Writing grows with the writer and as a writer matures so does their writing. This can lead to more money in the long term where not only does the writer live off of what they write, they love the process of making a living by writing. There is no challenge that a writer can not face that they can not overcome when they live with writing and make it their passion. This is not to suggest that all writers will grow but to say that the writers who love what they do and love the art of writing will make an effort to improve their passion for writing and will allow where they write to grow with them. If they write blogs or online articles, writers who are living this life will seek to improve themselves over time.
To live a life of writing is something that really defines a passion a joy that all writers seem to share. Writing a blog is a natural extension of this. It is a part of writing, and should be a part of what every writer does to improve their goals and the passion they have for their work. Writing is something that writers live and are passionate about and that should be enjoyed. Of course publishing is all a part of writing, it is not the end as some might say, but it is a new beginning. I in fact say I publish on my blog every day, and it seems to grow with me. I suspect that like writing, publishing grows with the writer. That growth will help others see that you as a writer are more mature, but are also willing to grow as a writer.
So living a life of writing simply means the goal in your life is to write full-time and if your passion is writing then you focus your energies on writing. In my case I love writing, but I also love teaching, and in this way writing allows one to teach others, to show them the passion of writing and of publishing. It is a journey that every writer need to do, and needs to live. Enjoy your journey with living a life of writing. It is the best thing in the world.

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J.G.'s Tarentum Station Grille won't move from site, owner pledges
According to its owner, J.G.'s Tarentum Station Grille isn't going anywhere.
John Greco said his restaurant, which is housed in Tarentum's historic train station, will be in the building for the next 20 years regardless of who buys it.
"We signed a 20-year lease with the borough in January," Greco said. "We're now paying $1,000 per month in rent, too."
The borough recently announced its plans to subdivide the block the station sits on in order to separate it from the two adjacent parking lots and put the building up for auction.
"I plan on buying the building from the borough," Greco said. "I want everyone to know, if anyone decides to go up against me at the auction (and wins) they'll be stuck with me for 20 years anyway. We're going to be there for a long, long time."
The borough announced plans last fall to put the building up for auction. Council said they're likely to start the bidding for Tarentum's most famous landmark at $150,000.
Borough Manager Bill Rossey confirmed that Greco's 20-year lease will come with the building.
"They'll have to honor the lease. It goes with the building," he said.
There will also be a clause in any sales agreement that mandates the building be used only as something that will accommodate the public, Rossey said.
"We don't want it to be a warehouse or something," he said. "We want it to be something in the middle of town that people can enjoy."
Tarentum will keep the parking lots to the left and right of the building, Rossey said.
Once surveyors are done subdividing the block, it will be sent to Allegheny County for approval. Then, the borough will move forward with auction planning.
Part of the reason Tarentum wanted to sell the building is what council members perceived as Greco's insufficient rent, which was $500 per month.
"The reason it was $500 for all those years was because the borough was trying to allow me to recoup the money I put into the building," Greco said. "I put so much money into the building, they wanted to help."
The restaurant's lease guarantees it'll be open for so long that a new generation will be in charge by the time it's up, Greco said.
"My son will be running it by then," Greco joked. "I'm 59 now, so by then I'll be on a golf course in Florida."
R.A. Monti is a freelance writer for Trib Total Media.
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School Associate Dean and Professor Nelson Miller recently published his 10th book. The Faithful Lawyer: Flourishing from Law Study to Practice has footnotes and quotations from the Bible, each linked to the practice of law. The book has 24 law practice vignettes that illustrate how faith can be applied in the practice of law. The Faithful Lawyer: Flourishing from Study to Practice is published by Bridge Publishing Group and is available to purchase at bridgepublishinggroup.com and amazon.com.
"Law studies and law practice present psychological, emotional, ethical and other challenges that test the faith of law students and lawyers," said Miller. "The book shows students and attorneys how closely the study and practice of law are to faith and how traditional forms of faith can guide and support law students and lawyers in professional development."
Miller, who resides in Grand Haven, Mich. has been employed by Cooley Law School for eight years and previously practiced civil litigation for 16 years. He argued cases before the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Court of Appeals and United States Court of Appeals and has filed briefs in the United States Supreme Court. Miller provides pro bono legal services to individuals in need and advises nonprofit organizations. He was recently awarded the John W. Cummiskey Award for pro bono service by State Bar of Michigan.
Miller has published books ranging from the practice of tort law to the teaching of law. In addition to his other books, he has had several legal works published including: casebooks, book chapters, book reviews and articles on legal education, law practice, torts, civil procedure, professional responsibility, damages, international law, constitutional law, university law, bioethics and law history and philosophy. He has given presentations at national conferences on legal education and pro bono service.
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The Twins still have an exclusive window to negotiate with their free agents, though they haven't used that time to talk with slugger Jason Kubel yet. The right fielder and designated hitter is unconcerned.
"They have until five days after the (World) Series," Kubel said Wednesday from his home in California. "If I hadn't heard anything by then, I'd be shocked. This is all normal as far as what I'm told."
Kubel, one of four Twins set to become unrestricted free agents, batted .273 with 12 home runs and 58 runs batted in in a season limited to 99 games by a severe sprain on the top of his left foot. Before being injured May 30 at Detroit, he was batting .310 with 30 RBIs. He had only five homers but was on pace for a career high in doubles with 14.
Despite returning after a long stint on the disabled list, Kubel never recovered, ultimately ending the season back on the DL.
"After the injury, it definitely was frustrating," he said. "The delay was frustrating; I thought I was OK. But things happen for a reason, so we'll see."
Kubel, 29, has been resting the foot for more than a month and said he's close to resuming his standard offseason routine. He just built a batting cage on his property and is eager to get into it.
"The foot feels fine," he said. "We'll see how it goes."
A lifelong Twin, Kubel has a .271 career batting average and .459 slugging percentage in seven seasons. His best year came in 2009, the team's last in the Metrodome, when he hit 28 homers and drove in 103 runs.
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Foul (money) ball: Tony La Russa isn't necessarily a fan of the Moneyball concept.
The Cardinals manager was asked Wednesday about David Freese swinging at the first pitch after walks in Game 5, and La Russa launched into an indictment of on-base percentage, one of the key statistics around which Oakland general manager Billy Beane built some of his teams.
Michael Lewis turned Beane's story into the best-selling book "Moneyball," and it's now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt as the A's general manager.
"On-base percentage is one of the most dangerous concepts of the last seven, eight years," La Russa said, "because it forces some executives and coaches and players to think that it's all about getting on base by drawing walks, and the fact is the guys that have the best on-base percentage are really dangerous hitters whenever they get a pitch in the strike zone."
La Russa said the question people should ask in the case of Freese is not whether he should have swung at the first pitch - and consequently, risk falling behind in the count - but whether the first pitch was a good one at which to swing.
"If he didn't get a good pitch to hit, that was bad execution and we should coach him better," La Russa said. "The pitch he had was a real good pitch to hit. He just hit a fly ball to center."
As for the film, which is playing in theaters around St. Louis?
"I'm going to see it tonight," La Russa said, though nobody was quite sure if he was sincere.
Cubs hire Padres execs: General manager Jed Hoyer and assistant Jason McLeod are leaving the San Diego Padres to accept similar positions in the Chicago Cubs' front office.
Because Hoyer was still under contract, the Cubs have agreed to send the Padres a player to be named as compensation.
Both teams said they will hold news conferences after the World Series. The Padres will announce Monday that Josh Byrnes will replace Hoyer as general manager. The Cubs will introduce Hoyer as GM and McLeod as senior vice president of scouting and player development at a date to be determined.
Yankees talk Sabathia: The New York Yankees have made no secret that retaining CC Sabathia is their top offseason priority, so it's no surprise the way to do so took center stage during the organizational meetings in Tampa.
Sabathia has an opt-out clause in his seven-year, $161 million deal that he has until three days after the conclusion of the World Series to exercise, something the organization expects and hopes to avoid by extending the left-hander.


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New Zealand nursery selling Cymbidium, Odontoglossum, Zygopetulum, Cattleya, Australian Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, Oncidium, Sarcochilus worldwide.
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Oregon wholesale blueberry nursery selling highbush, rabbiteye and half-high blueberries as well as other decorative and fruit-bearing vacciniums.
Specializing in traditional culinary and medicinal herbs and scented geraniums, this North Carolina nursery also offers wildflowers, natives, and other perennials and shrubs.
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Pakistan militants prepare for war in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — Militants in Pakistan's most populous province are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based civil war in neighboring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw in 16 months, according to analysts and a senior militant.
In the past two years the number of Punjab-based militants deploying to regions bordering on Afghanistan has tripled and is now in the thousands, says analyst Mansur Mehsud. He runs the FATA Institute, an Islamabad-based think tank studying the mix of militant groups that operate in Pakistan's tribal belt running along much of the 1,600-mile Afghan-Pakistan border.
Mehsud, himself from South Waziristan where militants also hide out, says more than 150 militant groups operate in the tribal regions, mostly in mountainous, heavily forested North Waziristan.
Dotted with hideouts, it is there that Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is thought by the United States to be hiding, and where Afghanistan says many of its enemies have found sanctuary.
While militants from Punjab province have long sought refuge and training in the tribal regions, they were fewer in number and confined their hostility to Pakistan's neighbor and foe, India.
All that is changing, analysts said.
"Before, they were keeping a low profile. But just in the last two or three years hundreds have been coming from Punjab," said Mehsud. "Everyone knows that when NATO and the American troops leave Afghanistan there will be fighting between Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns."
And the Punjabi militants will side with the Afghan Taliban, who are mostly Pashtun, Afghanistan's dominant ethnic group and the majority ethnic group in Pakistan's northwest region that borders Afghanistan.
Like many in the Taliban, the Punjabi militants share a radical and regressive interpretation of Islam.
"We will go to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban as we have done in the past," said a senior member of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant Sunni Muslim group, who goes by a nom de guerre, Ahmed Zia Siddiqui.
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I want to thank everyone who helped with the petitions and those who signed them. Your efforts in helping me qualify for the ballot were greatly appreciated. I am now on the ballot for the November 4th general election. Please remember to like me on Facebook.
I am Carol Castagnero, the Democratic candidate for Florida State House District 39. After conducting my survey, I found the top 3 concerns of the people were jobs, healthcare and education. I will focus on these, plus issues which will benefit the economy, health safety and the well being of Floridians. We must move in the direction of putting people, mainly children, first; not greed and special interests.
NOTE: FCAT is not gone. Only the test is and it has been replaced with one costing two hundred forty million dollars. The punishment of holding children back and denying diplomas will continue. Other states do not use this practice. When elected I will elimainate this painful exercise.
I did ask a Korea and Vietnam veteran what he thought of our government and the direction the country is going. He stated; "I fear for my grandchildren, great grandchildren and young people, because they will never know freedoms we experienced". You can change his fears by voting for me, sending grandmacarol.us to everyone you know and liking me on Facebook.
A vote for Carol Castagnero is a vote for our future generations, and for going back to focusing on the United States Constitution.
Thank you for your time and concern.
Carol Castagnero
Attention Polk County voters
To the voters of Polk County, especially the 137,808 registered Democrats. I did not give permission to the Polk County Democratic Party to place my name on their handouts supporting their choices for the amendments and the 1% surtax. When I found this was being done, I insisted they remove my name from their literature. The only responsibility they had was to acquaint the people with Democratic candidates and not have voters thinking I supported their agenda of what and who to vote for. I have never supported raising taxes for anything, since most of the taxpayers' money is used for special interests. This practice must be stopped. Please take time to know your candidates' views before casting your vote.
Thank you,
Carol Castagnero for FL House District 39.
Thoughts from a veteran
During my petition drive I met a person whose cap displayed the words Korea and Vietnam. I then asked if he wouldn't mind answering a question. He said "No, go right ahead". I asked him what he thought about our government and the direction he thought our country was going. He stated that he feared for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all the young people today because they will never experience the freedoms that you and I enjoyed. He made a very good point and when elected I will ensure that our freedoms are not further infringed upon.
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If anyone would like to assist me in passing out information concerning my candidacy, please contact me at 863-858-1740. With your help I will be elected as your state representative for Florida House District 39. Please let me know of your concerns which need to be addressed to improve the quality of life for Floridians.
During my petition drive people were asked to give me their top five concerns. I will be continuing this survey for the next 2 months, and the results will be published in September. Your input in this survey will be greatly appreciated.
To learn more about me, watch me speaking at the Polk County County Commission Meetings. You can also watch me speaking at the Lakeland City Commission meetings. Search for Carol Castagnero. Lakeland City Commission meets the first and third Mondays of the month.
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I, Carol Castagnero, a candidate for Florida State House, District 39, a retired teacher who has been and is an advocate for children and people, who did seek in the State of Florida public office for the past 12 years.
If you are a voter in Florida House District 39, please fill out my petition and share it with others, saving me the $1,700 filing fee. Also list five Florida issues you feel need to be addressed.
Don't be fooled: FCAT is not going away, just a change in its name. The effects on the students will remain the same. Students will still be terrorized and punished by being held back and denied a diploma. Other states do not use this practice. Instead, the test results are used to correct the weaknesses of the teachers and children.
We must join other states in achieving this goal of preparing students to become functional and productive adults, not test takers. This Florida objective must not continue, but instead it must encompass allowing the learning process of our children to develop. They need your help as well as mine.
If you wish to achieve this task, please fill out my petition, list your five issues and assist me on my campaign. I do not accept monetary contributions; just help me get elected. Also, I will be collecting the petitions and issues at libraries, sport fields in your community. Just look for my petition collector and me.
If possible please return the issues and petitions in an envelope.
Thank you for your time.
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BRENHAM, Texas A trauma-level downgrade at Scott & White in Brenham could mean changes in where severely injured patients end up.
The hospital announced its Brenham campus would downgrade from a level 3 to a level 4. The downgrade comes with several changes. Among them, the hospital will no longer have an on-call ER trauma surgeon. Patients with more severe injuries will be transported to the nearest level 3 or level 2 hospital, currently in Bryan-College Station.
"Anytime that a community downgrades to a lower health care service, I think it's an unfortunate thing," said Washington County ER Director, Kevin Deramus.
Deramus said there is a bright side for the Brazos Valley region as a whole. In this case, it's in Bryan, where St. Joseph Hospital recently upgraded to a level 2 trauma center.
"We now have a trauma center that can take any type of trauma patient, where as before, we couldn't do that," said Deramus.
Deramus said overall, the downgrade isn't such a bad thing.
"Is that unfortunate for us, here locally? Maybe a little. But most significant trauma patients didn't go to that hospital anyway," said Deramus.
Deramus said he doesn't expect to see a huge increase in the number of transported patients, but only time will tell.
In a statement, Scott & White officials said the reasons for the changes were "multi-factorial, and reflect the changing landscape of medicine across our community, state and nation."
Hospital officials said the vast majority of patients will still be able to receive care at the Brenham hospital.
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Ten days after the Sony Playstation Network was compromised by hackers with over 10 million credit cards possibly stolen along with millions of users personal information, Sony finally decided it was time to apologize.
Kaz Hirai along with Shinji Hasejima, senior VP and chief information officer, and Shiro Kambe, senior VP of corporate communications at Sony bowed on stage in Japan in front of the media as a form of apology.
Discussing the attack against Sony's PSN, Kaz Hira commented:
"This criminal act against our network had a significant impact not only on our consumers, but our entire industry."
"These illegal attacks obviously highlight the widespread problem with cyber-security. We take the security of our consumers' information very seriously and are committed to helping our consumers protect their personal data. In addition, the organization has worked around the clock to bring these services back online, and are doing so only after we had verified increased levels of security across our networks."
Sony will be relocating it's data center from San Diego to a more secure location and implementing stricter security measures such as automated software management, increased data encryption and enhanced ability to detect intrusions. They will also be adding a new chief information security officer. The PS3 will also receive a software update that will require users to change their current username and password which will be restricted to the PS3 system that the account was created on or via validated email.
According to Sony's playstation blog, Sony has already begun restoring some services of the PSN and Qriocity services this week which will include the following:
- Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems
-This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
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- Access to account management and password reset
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In addition, Sony will have a "welcome back" appreciation program for it's users by offering free downloadable playstation content. Also, all existing PSN customers will be given 30 days free access to the PSN Plus services. Lastly, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity subscribers will get 30 days of free service and will be limited to countries where it is available.
Source: Sony executive Kaz Hirai apologizes for PlayStation Network outage | VentureBeat.


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I heard the reason Supermans I and II didn't have novelizations and comic adaptions was because Mario Puzo, who wrote the screenplay for the first Superman movie, had a clause in his contract that said his screenplay couldn't be adapted to other literary forms, with him being an author and all, thus the reason why the Elliot S Maggin books The Last Son of Krypton and Miracle Monday have Christopher Reeve photos on the covers and pics from the film.
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God's Word is the only foundation for the work of the Gospel. As Lenski and others once said, the Church is built upon one thing only - the Word of God.
The Word, preached and taught, brings the Gospel to people. The Word conveys the Savior to us. We call the Word a Means of Grace because God grants forgiveness only through the Word (visible and invisible, the Word and Sacraments).
When the Word is correctly taught, the positive affirmations are not left to hover in the air without contrasting them with the negatives (rejections).
If the Word is efficacious, then Reformed doctrine is wrong. Fuller be damned.
If the papacy is the Antichrist, a Roman Catholic bishop cannot march in a religious service with the faculty of Bethany Lutheran Seminary. A Roman Catholic archbishop (gay or straight) cannot teach the Word at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Those who arrange, cover up, and explain away such monstrous behavior must be disciplined or expelled.
If Holy Communion an expression of doctrinal unity, open communion is nothing less than a repudiation of Lutheran doctrine.
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197X: Gloria Ann Taylor - "Love Is A Hurting Thing"
Just like vintage psych-rock, disco has its share of marginalized outsiders, regional indies, vanity press hopefuls, and talented nobodies. However, unlike psych, which has been exhaustively picked-over, reassessed, curated and reissued by generations of collectors, disco remains a relatively unspoiled frontier. Other than Arthur Russell, it's hard to think of an obscure disco artist who has gotten posthumous due recently. And Russell had so many credentials beyond his disco sides that it almost feels as if he shouldn't count.
So allow me to nominate producer Walter Whisenhunt and his wife, vocalist Gloria Taylor, for critical reassessment. Whisenhunt was a producer who worked with James Brown in the 1960s, and Taylor was an expressive soul singer whose voice was likened to Dolly Parton early in her career. They released a handful of tracks in the 60s and 70s, mostly Northern Soul 45s on imprints such as Silver Fox and SSS International (both owned and operated by mad genius Shelby S. Singleton), with just a few making it onto the majors. One such record was a gorgeous, haunting, deep-soul side entitled "World That's Not Real," released in 1973 on Columbia and failing to ignite any further major label interest. The track is serious goosebumps material:
Sensing that the majors were not going to foster their talent, Whisenhunt started his own label, calling it Selector Sound, and started getting serious about making disco music. This resulted in one of the most amazing slabs of vinyl you will never be able to afford, a limited promo pressing of a 12" entitled Deep Inside You, featuring a generic cover (with no year), credited to "Gloria Ann Taylor and Walter Whisenhunt's Orchestra." The disc features three stellar cuts, transposing the reverb-soaked, melismatic otherness of "World That's Not Real" into the realm of hedonistic club music. The centerpiece is the seven-minute tour de force "Love Is A Hurting Thing." I could talk for hours about the off-kilter, ravishing beauty of this track, but it's best to just listen to it in its entirety and commence your own obsession.
Whisenhunt released another fantastically odd disco single with the long-winded title "I Am Saluting You For Your Love (And Understanding Ways)", a track which does not feature Gloria, on an imprint bearing his own name. Again, the year of this release is unknown, so it's hard to speculate whether this is evidence that the relationship ended. So much is unknown. I'll leave it to a future archivist with greater resources at his disposal to locate the heirs to the Whisenhunt estate, sort out the mysteries, and release a 180 gram audiophile double-gatefold vinyl reissue of all the tracks plus more from the archives. Usually I would be worried that having answers to questions would somehow dispel the power of this kind of music, but "Love Is A Hurting Thing" is powerful beyond any enigmas which may surround it.
2004: Converge - "Last Light"
Boston's finest group of earth-scorchers named their 2006 album No Heroes because they felt that there were more cowards than noble, admirable people nowadays; they especially felt that hardcore music had turned into the land of sheep who wouldn't dare raise their voices and express a different opinion than the majority.
During the 90s, when Converge first emerged, hardcore bands took hard stances concerning their ideas, be it straight edge, veganism, animal rights, religion, liberty, and so forth. They would dedicate their entire oeuvre to these subjects because they believed fervently in them. They would play benefits for the causes of their choice and talk about them incessantly in interviews and between songs to the point of being accused of "preaching."
Converge are not really known to have a particular cause they defend in their lyrics. The band members are straight edge but they hardly mention it; in fact, you can't really tell what their lives and beliefs are from a cursory listen. Reading their lyrics about sorrow, regret, and broken feelings brings to mind themes that are more common in emotionally based bands, yet a song like "Last Light" shows that, while their politics are personal, they certainly take a stand that tries to reach the listener and get him or her involved in what they are saying: to be honest and sensible with yourself and have that honesty rule your world to make it better; to accept love as an anchor; to live life the best you can and to confront negativity, never to wallow in it.
This is why they are a hardcore band and the reason the crowds sing along with Jacob Bannon, pointing their fingers, blood curdling over their vocal chords. It's the most basic of causes that they defend, the cause of one self.
1991: Pixies - "Trompe Le Monde"
Somehow I've been a latecomer to my required duty as a college educated white guy to love the Pixies. But in the last year I sucked it up, bought all their records, and decided there was definitely something to this humble four-piece band that just happened to invent 90s music with their first two albums. And yes, these two albums are definitely my favorites. Surfer Rosa is the epitome of rocking out with reckless abandon and the first side of Doolittle is packed with anthemic tracks that weasel their way into your brain for the rest of your life… dun dun dun. Though the band's next two albums aren't as fondly remembered, I'm here to tell you (because I'm sure you've been waiting for my opinion for the last 20 years) that they still kick serious amounts of ass, probably more ass than most bands besides the Pixies could handle.
There are some really amazing songs on these records, my favorite of which is the title track from 1991's Trompe le Monde. "Trompe le Monde" is the sound of a band rallying, coming together one last time to finish off their legacy with real purpose and strength. It might also be the most jam-packed two minutes of music outside of a Wire song. There are tempo pushes, epic choruses, and even some guitar tapping thrown in for good measure all without ever blurring together or ever obscuring Black Francis' brilliant vocal melody. I've read plenty of criticism claiming the album was was written essentially as a Black Francis solo LP, and that sounds pretty accurate, but it doesn't matter in the slightest because on Trompe le Monde the Pixies are all fully invested again, and there isn't a whole lot than can stand in their way when these four put their mind to it.
May 27th, 2001: The Mountain Goats - "Eugene Sue"
In March of 2011, John Darnielle auctioned a tape on ebay dated "5/27/01" and labeled "FRENETIQUES Demos." One song, "Eugene Sue," was recorded on the tape. (John Darnielle writes that "it is the only Mountain Goats song known to feature a whistling outro.") The auction was held for the benefit of Doctors Without Borders in the wake of the earthquake in Japan; it sold for $3,500.00. One performance, one recording, one tape, one song, one sale.
For nearly a year, the song existed, privately, somewhere in Seattle. Early on, I remember hearing something about a listening party; I was spending a lot of time on the internet then. I resigned myself to the belief that I would never hear "Eugene Sue," which was difficult for me as I was certain that I had heard and would hear every single Mountain Goats song ever recorded, ever: especially the rare ones. (No, no. Of course I haven't, and I won't, but I've pushed those elusive, never-to-be-heard song-names out of my memory.) Maybe it is just a coincidence that this song would appear on the frénétiques demo(s), which translates to frantic, which translates all of us who have latched on, as we have, to The Mountain Goats (we know who we are). Part therapist, part provider: John Darnielle tells us, through all the shit, that we're special in our smallness, that we can survive this; and he gives us unique, hand-numbered (or colored) objects to hold us along the way. We're only enabled, by no fault of John's, when our need to love something is transformed into our need to possess it.
In June of 2011, I attended a Mountain Goats show in Portland with a friend. While he was away, buying beer, I was listening in on the conversation happening one seat ahead of me. It was the woman, the winner of the tape, and she was talking about the song, that song I thought I would never hear, to those sitting beside her. They asked her if they could hear it. (Of course she had it recorded to her cell phone.) She lead them away to a quieter place. I wanted to ask her for a fix, for a quick listen, but that desire crashed into a different, newer sort of thought: what if some things are better left unheard? The internet had already given me all the Mountain Goats data I could ever need, and certainly more than John Darnielle would want me to have. So I sat there, quietly, and ignored the impulse to ask, or to follow, or to regret. They returned, talking about it, and I sipped my own beer a little faster.
"When you call down curses on the God that made you, you play hide and seek with trouble. Yes, but trouble's gonna find you, too."
On December 21st, 2011, a video of a tape recorder playing "Eugene Sue" was uploaded to YouTube. I immediately ripped it to an MP3.
1981: This Heat - Deceit
Deceit. There's nothing like it. Released right in the blurred grey-area of one decade turning over into the next, much like Spiderland or Kid A, it took elements of the previous generation and transmuted them into something completely original. This Heat's second and final album has a sort of "nothing is sacred" approach to their recording; noise rock, prog, African polyrhythm, The Declaration of Independence, tape collage, lullabies, nuclear holocaust, and so on. Even their previous material is not safe when opening apocalyptic lullaby "Sleep" is mutilated and resurrected as "Shrink Wrap" halfway through the album (a practice recreated on Amnesiac with "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" as the Frankenstein's monster made from "True Love Waits.")
It would take many times the space I'm allotted to attempt to describe the inventiveness and originality behind all of Deceit, so I'll try my best to concentrate on one of the peak moments (and my personal favorite) "Makeshift Swahili." This song comes after the middle section's focus on pop ("S. P.Q. R.") with rare glimpses of hope ("Cenotaph"), and considering everything opens with a lullaby that is reestablished on "Shrink Wrap" the whole first half of the album acts as a strange dream that is abruptly dissipated. That surreal imagery and lack of a logical structure creates a vivid dream; however when you come to "Radio Prague," the sound collage intro to "Swahili," the performance breaks into deadly serious reality.
The seamless transition occurs as a dreadful harbinger of a guitar riff builds to a heavy peak until the listener is pulled into the midst of the horror the album had been building towards. Accompanied by a jerky drum beat, Charles Hayward's vocals sound like a rapid barking dog. They make Genesis P. Orridge, a major influence here, sound timid in comparison. In fact, they're so raw that it can be easy to miss how clever this band was lyrically. "She says 'you're only as good/ as the words you understand'/ and you, you don't understand a word," yells Hayward before the devastating roar of "Tower of Babel/ Swahili/ it's all Greek to me." For an album that captures the anxiety of nuclear war this song focuses on why that anxiety is present. Lack of communication and misunderstanding of culture and language between countries is dangerous when mutual assured destruction is universally understood.
Powerlessness is one of the key themes of Deceit, and while other tracks evoke sadness, "Makeshift Swahili" is all rage. Hayward expresses such a fierce urge to connect throughout that makes the final screamed nonsense of "Rhubarb! Rhubarb! Rhubarb!" as pathetic as it is frightening. This Heat's radiation-soaked masterpiece is devastating and "Makeshift Swahili" acts like the heart of the blast.
2008: Red Leaf Black Bird: "Flatland" and Infinity for Posterity
"Flatland" was a simple piece of lo-fi Americana by a defunct band called Red Leaf Black Bird, but for me, there was a strange abstract quality to its catch-all melancholy. It made me think about a concept that boggled my mathematically un-formed mind: the concept that one infinity can be greater than another. If my fellow simpletons want to be amazed, scandalized, and thrilled, I recommend reading the NY Times piece that inspired these misguided musings.
In"Flatland," a girl, Kelly Nyland, sings about a landscape she's left behind. In her sweetly grating drawl, we're told of "four fucking seasons" that cannot compare to the majesty of the "sweet heat" she's left behind. Or at least that's how it seems. The song is not specific enough to be sentimental about that one place, and irrelevant to alternative experience. The line, "yeah, I've been thinking, thinking 'bout drinking" and "when I go back home, remember being so stoned, a memory for every corner I passed" describes the way memory works for most people: it's played like a record whenever certain triggers, like the needle, move across the deeply scored grooves of association. It accesses great depths, even as it moves between surface locations that seem arbitrarily related.
The concept of that much loved but bleak flatland illustrates the arbitrary nature of memory. Though places in memory may be flat and bleak, they're treasured because the view from the present gives them perspective and depth. Which brings us back to those two infinities. To me, it seemed as if the bigger infinities that the article defines as the set of real numbers were those of fathomless depth and the smaller ones were integers representing the only reference points that we have along the surface of these depths. Metaphorically speaking, it's as if we have an infinite index for the set of infinities… a phonebook for missed connections. I'm sure this math analogy is faulty, but its value to me was to make me think of memory as a paradox of flatness and depth. Memory is something we re-encounter in deep gulps, as we take a restless circuit of old, familiar places. Re-familiarization – not just de-familiarization – can be strange and haunting, as "Flatland" describes.
It seems that Red Leaf Black Bird never released their album except as a brief digital download, which I couldn't afford then. I later bought a Trevor Montgomery album instead. Montgomery, with Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors and Kelly Nyland, was one of a collective of musicians who was making this music as a side project. Even though the tunes were new, they had the lost-penny feel of everyday objects being worked into a temporary shape by restless hands.
A blogger at the time made the spot-on association with the most structurally basic, most relentlessly simple blues – songs like "House of the Rising Sun," songs of an element – like fire or a storm, constructed out of simple arpeggios. If you listen to some of Trevor Montgomery's subsequent efforts you'll hear more of that sound – but Red Leaf Black Bird, and Flatland in particular, is where the lyrics and music come together as if they were two vital co-ordinates pinpointing a dreary place, but a place where infinite depths are strangely accessible. Home, perhaps – or one of them.


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Two separate headlines make the same story here as they are intertwined but don't get too excited. Neither Tom Cruise nor Bruce Wayne are trading places. They will both make the release of M:I – Ghost Protocol a highly anticipated movie though. Why? Hit the jump!
Warner Bros. has confirmed that a 6-minute preview will accompany the IMAX version of M:I4 on December 16th. But there's a catch.. it will only be available in movies with 70mm projectors. Now, don't ask me which theaters have that setup because I have no f*ckin' idea. You'll just have to ask your local IMAX theater.
Personally, I don't plan on rushing out to see this short preview. Although the opening bank robbery from The Dark Knight was simply f*ckin' amazing… I want to go into this third and final movie (in this trilogy) as blind as possible to be blown away on July 20, 2012. Let's see if that holds up as I was only able to go about 3 weeks before caving on the teaser.
Back to Ghost Protocol, a new poster has been released and we can expect a new trailer Thursday. I'm looking forward to this movie as Mission: Impossible 3 was a great follow-up to the dreadful second film. J.J. Abrams did wonders and although he's not directing GP, he stayed on as a producer so I still have hope.
Check out this poster featuring (from left to right) Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, & Paula Patton. We also get a nice shot of the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. I wonder if Wiz is in this movie? But this is a dope ass poster and I want to see more!
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Firefighters who arrived soon after the dispatch around 9:30 p.m. found heavy smoke coming from the home's soffit and attic vents. They entered and found fire in the attic, which began to spread quickly. At one point the fire became so intense it forced fire crews to exit the structure. While battling the blaze three firefighters were positioning themselves on a lower level roof when part of it gave way, with one firefighter falling through ...


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Websites need to be sure their cookies comply with the law, said the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
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The Reno Gazette-Journal reports UNR officials issued an apology Wednesday, calling the obvious prank distasteful.
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This family-friendly Southport hotel is located by the sea, within a 10-minute walk of Southport Pier, Splash World, and Floral Hall. Southport Theatre and Little Theatre Southport are also within 15 minutes.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Best Western Royal Clifton Hotel provides a health club, a sauna, and a steam room. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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SMU will play in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Conference USA announced Monday. The Mustangs (6-6) beat Tulsa last Saturday to become bowl-eligible for the fourth straight year. Their opponent has not been determined, although … Continue reading


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|Influence of intracoronary shunt on myocardial ischemic injury during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
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|Aim. The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of intracoronary shunt during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with isolated left anterior descending coronary artery lesion. Methods. Forty patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass using the left internal mammary artery to bypass the left anterior descending coronary artery were randomly assigned to have the bypass performed with intracoronary shunt or by occlusive snaring. Potential damage from the shunt or from snaring was monitored by clinical follow-up, monitoring of cardiac enzymes (cardiac troponin I, CK, CK-MB), electrocardiography, and echocardiography before and 24 h. after the surgery. Left ventricular myocardial biopsies were performed during surgery for histopathological analysis. Results. None of the patients in this study died during or after the surgery. Duration of the anastomosis was significantly longer in the shunt group. No significant difference concerning the preoperative and postoperative CK levels between groups. The preoperative CK-MB levels of the groups were not significantly different, whereas postoperative levels was significantly lower in the shunt group. The preoperative troponin I levels of the groups were not significantly different, whereas postoperative levels was significantly higher in the snare group. Myocardial edema was significantly less in shunt group compared with snare group. There were no electrocardiographic abnormalities, severe CK-MB elevation, or hemodynamic deterioration after the operation in both groups. Conclusion. Intracoronary shunt may have beneficial effects due to the reduction of postoperative troponin I levels and myocardial edema during grafting of the left anterior descending coronary artery. However, further trials need to be performed for the documentation of their impacts precisely.
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Four Juneau ski racers have qualified to compete in the Arctic Winter Games next month, based on their results at the Alaska State Alpine Skiing Championships that just ended.
The races were held last week at Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood. The Alyeska Cup is the first of two state qualifying races for the United States Ski Association's Junior Olympics for the Western Region. Juneau's Eaglecrest Ski Area will host the second contest later this month.
The Alyeska Cup is also a qualifier for the Arctic Winter Games. Shane Kelly, Cody Weldon, Adrienne Audet and Naomi Moritz will compete at the Whitehorse games in March. Juneau Ski Club Head Coach Dan Ord says they had to make their decision now.
"It's kind of one of those things where some athletes are holding out wanting to go to Western Region; (if they) don't qualify and don't get a spot to go is the worst case scenario," Ord said. "So our athletes are quite quick to jump on the Arctic Winter Games."
Ord says Juneau racers who have participated in previous Arctic games have done well and had a geat experience.
Ord calls the Alyeska Cup a great race series for Juneau skiers. He says they battled some tough competition from the Alyeska Ski Club, which boasts four nationally ranked skiers. The annual championship races draw 11 to 19-year olds from Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.
It also was a week of heavy snowfall. Ord says the Super G races for some age groups were cancelled, and throughout the week races had to be postponed and rescheduled due to weather.
Ord says other Juneau's top skiers include J-3 Gaby Hebert, J-2 Joe Greenough, and J-1 skiers Peter Peel and Matthew VanDorr.
The Eaglecrest Cup – another qualifying race for Western Region Junior Olympics – is February 18th through 20th.
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Wisconsin Rapids
? At 1:22 p.m. Thursday, a woman reported someone stole a laptop computer from a residence along Thousand Oak Road.
? At 1:43 p.m. Thursday, a woman reported someone broke into her car in the 600 block of 10th Avenue South.
? At 8:14 p.m. Thursday, a Wisconsin Rapids woman reported a light fixture exploded in her residence in the 1800 block of Chestnut Street.
? At 1:52 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a man "freaking out" inside a home. An officer found a man placing items from the residence on the curb then throwing snow on them.
? At 3:33 p.m. Saturday, a woman reported someone stole a bag with laundry and money in it from the 700 block of Avon Street.
? At 9:10 p.m. Saturday, an officer reported standing water on Third Street, between Franklin and Apricot streets.
? At 10 p.m. Saturday, a woman reported a man wearing shorts and a T-shirt walking in the 1300 block of West Grand Avenue. He appeared confused and was staggering.
? At 10:22 p.m. Saturday, a Wisconsin Rapids woman reported a man had been at her residence saying he was donating food. He left a bag of trail mix and a half-eaten box of cookies.
? At 11:55 p.m. Saturday, officers arrested a man after a domestic disturbance.
? At 1:49 a.m. Sunday, officers arrested one person after a man reported his wife locked him out of their house.
? At 5:29 a.m. Sunday, officers arrested a man after a woman reported he broke items at her home.
? At 8:09 a.m. Sunday, a Wisconsin Rapids man reported someone stole a tablet computer, broke a door and took $7 in change from the 1300 block of Washington Street.
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? At 8:41 a.m. Wednesday, the Pittsville Fire Department and the Central Rapid Intervention Team responded to a report of a fire in the 5300 block of Third Avenue, Pittsville. The fire was confined to a heater and caused minimal damage.
? At 11:07 a.m. Wednesday, a Port Edwards officer arrested a man on a warrant along Ver Bunker Avenue, Port Edwards.
? At 5:23 p.m. Wednesday, a Nekoosa man reported an SUV in the driveway of a vacant house and a person unloading a snowmobile in the 800 block of Cranmoor Road, Nekoosa.
? At 6:02 p.m. Wednesday, a caller reported a hit-and-run crash involving a tree near the intersection of Highway 73 and Wilhorn Road, Nekoosa.
? At 7:27 p.m. Wednesday, a Nekoosa woman reported the theft of keys and a cellphone that morning in the 900 block of West Third Street, Nekoosa. An officer arrested the woman after she started walking into other people's apartments and yelling at them.
? At 8:56 p.m. Wednesday, a Babcock man reported another man's dog attacked his cats in the 1500 block of Oak Street, Babcock.
? At 2:35 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported a running board laying in a lane of traffic on Highway 13 South, village of Port Edwards.
? At 9:01 p.m. Thursday, a Nekoosa man reported there was no water at his mother's house in the 200 block of First Street, Nekoosa.
? At 12:01 a.m. Friday, deputies, with assistance from Wisconsin Rapids officers, arrested a man after deputies responded to a report of a car "buried" in a ditch, and the driver walking down the road on Highway 34, near Highway DD, Rudolph.
? At 12:09 a.m. Friday, officers arrested a man for drunken driving near the intersection of Market Street and Point Basse Avenue, Nekoosa.
? At 12:20 p.m. Saturday, a Nekoosa man reported finding two television sets on Lynn Hill Road, near Highway AA.
? At 1 p.m. Saturday, a Nekoosa woman reported finding footprints "all around" her yard in the 800 block of Market Street, Nekoosa.
? At 1:32 p.m. Saturday, a deputy arrested a woman on a warrant in the 100 block of Dellwood Lane, Nekoosa.
? At 3:26 p.m. Saturday, a Grand Rapids man reported two men and a woman stole two televisions from the 7800 block of Helke Road, Grand Rapids.
? At 4:14 p.m. Saturday, a Saratoga woman reported someone listed her home for rent on Craigslist.
? At 4:57 p.m. Saturday, a Grand Rapids woman reported smoke coming from a washer in a residence in the 4700 block of Ninth Street South, Grand Rapids, and a girl had burned her hand.
? At 6:20 p.m. Saturday, a deputy arrested a woman during a traffic stop in the 1300 block of Griffith Avenue.
? At 1:43 a.m. Sunday, a Rudolph woman reported her house full of smoke in the 1600 block of Greenfield Avenue, Rudolph. The smoke was from a burner that had been left on.