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|Dose-volume effects in rat thoracolumbar spinal cord: the effects of nonuniform dose distribution.
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|PMID: 17707274 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|PURPOSE: To investigate dose-volume effects in rat spinal cord irradiated with nonuniform dose distributions and to assess regional differences in radiosensitivity. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A total of 106 rats divided into three groups were irradiated with (192)Ir gamma-rays at a high dose rate. The groups were irradiated with one, two, or six catheters distributed around the thoracolumbar spinal cord to create different dose distributions. After irradiation, the animals were tested for motor function for 9 months. The response was defined as motor dysfunction and WM or nerve root necrosis. Dose-response data were analyzed with a probit analysis as function of the dose level at a percentage of the volume (D(%)) and with different normal tissue complication probability models. Additionally, the histologic responses of the individual dose voxels were analyzed after registration with the histologic sections. RESULTS: The probit analysis at D(24) (24% of the volume) gave the best fit results. In addition, the Lyman Kutcher Burman model and the relative seriality model showed acceptable fits, with volume parameters of 0.17 and 0.53, respectively. The histology-based analysis revealed a lower radiosensitivity for the dorsal (50% isoeffective dose [ED(50)] = 32.3) and lateral WM (ED(50) = 33.7 Gy) compared with the dorsal (ED(50) = 25.9 Gy) and ventral nerve roots (ED(50) = 24.1 Gy). CONCLUSIONS: For this nonuniform irradiation, the spinal cord did not show typical serial behavior. No migration terms were needed for an acceptable fit of the dose-response curves. A higher radiosensitivity for the lumbar nerve roots than for the thoracic WM was found.
|Mariëlle E P Philippens; Lucas A M Pop; Andries G Visser; Albert J van der Kogel
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|Title: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Volume: 69 ISSN: 0360-3016 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. Publication Date: 2007 Sep
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As you know, I maintain a blog about investing in the stock market for Inc.com. The methodology is based on a sound, academic approach developed by Nobel-
prize winners and refined by financial industry pioneers over the years. In other words, it's got a lot of brain power behind it.
I'm happy to report that all that brain power has paid off. As the world stock markets have suffered horribly over the past weeks, I've not lost a single night's rest from worrying about my own portfolio.
Why? Has my Nobel-prize winning methodology hedged me against the recent world market declines? No. Does it have a secret formula for avoiding Wall Street's crumbling fortunes? No. Do I stand to inherit a trust fund? Sadly, no.
Just like many of you, I've watched my portfolio drop 30 percent, 40 percent, even 50 percent at times. However, not only have I felt fine during these crazy
market days, I'm even kind of happy about it.
No, don't call the looney bin and don't hate me because I'm beautifully at peace. Instead, let me share with you why I feel the way I do. My investing method, in place since March 1998, has some basic characteristics that turn adversity into advantage. These advantages rely on the same core asset: time.
Most people think that the best way to create a robust portfolio is to start out with lots of money ("it takes money to make money") or great knowledge ("In Cramer We Trust") but I know different. I know that if you have time on your side, the path to wealth is relatively straightforward.
First, I am a long-term stock market investor. This means that I've given myself decades to reap the accumulated rewards of the stock market. I started in 1998 when I was 28 years old. I'll continue to be 100% invested in the stock market until I'm in my 60s -- more than two decades from now. During the course of time, the crazy days of 2008 will seem like a distant memory. And frankly, I like a cheap stock market. The truth is, ever since I started my portfolio in 1998, stocks have always been to damn expensive relative to the value of the companies that issue them. I'm happy that P/E ratios have dropped considerably. As a long term investor, I look forward to 8 to 10 percent annual returns again.
Second, because I have a long-term time horizon, I'm a buyer, not a seller. So each month, I buy exactly the same dollars worth of stock. In a cheaper market, my dollars go farther. These days, every month feels like a great sale. I buy while everyone else hides and my ongoing stock purchasing strategy is being well rewarded.
Take these two together, and I'm a happy camper, investing-wise. I've got the markets right where I want them.
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Create Jobs for USA — Starbucks
Edelman and Starbucks, Jan. 1, 2013
Summary: 2013 Silver Anvil Award Winner — Community Relations — Business Products
Charged with driving awareness and donations for Create Jobs for USA, Edelman activated a hyper-local storytelling plan, putting a face to the economic crisis and those benefitting from the initiative, and leveraging significant program milestones and coverage cycles to highlight Create Jobs for USA on the national stage. Among the results: more than $15 million raised in one year, leading to approximately $105 million in financing; more than 5,000 jobs created or retained; three like-minded businesses contributed funding and resources to Create Jobs for USA; and more than 3,600 media placements generating more than 1 billion media impressions of the program and loan recipients.
"Community Relations" includes programs that aim to improve relations with, or seek to win the support or cooperation of, people or organizations in communities in which the sponsoring organization has an interest, need or opportunity.
Full Text: SITUATION ANALYSIS
In September 2011, the U.S. economic situation was dire — the country's credit rating had been downgraded, Congress was deadlocked over the debt-ceiling crisis, consumer confidence was low and unemployment was high. Starbucks chief executive officer Howard Schultz announced he was discontinuing political contributions, while also making a commitment that Starbucks would accelerate hiring of U.S. employees, calling for other company leaders to do the same. Media and consumer reaction to these bold statements was overwhelming, and Starbucks had the opportunity to leverage this groundswell of support to make a positive impact on the jobs crisis. Its solution was to develop the Create Jobs for USA program, teaming up with a trusted nonprofit, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), to distribute funding to community lenders around the country so they could make loans to community businesses committed to creating and retaining jobs.
Through audience and conversation analysis, Starbucks identified several stakeholder audiences in the U.S. with which to engage and rally over the course of the campaign:
Desktop research demonstrated that unemployment rates were continuing to climb, and gridlock in Washington continued to worsen. Starbucks introduced Create Jobs for USA to immediately respond to this escalating crisis. The challenge was to build upon initial success of the program — more than $1 million raised in two weeks — and keep Create Jobs for USA relevant and top-of-mind for the full year campaign.
Edelman used Create Jobs for USA consumer research from Edelman Berland, as well as a media audit, which revealed that customers needed to feel connected to the program through meaningful donations, and media needed real-life examples and new angles to keep coverage of the economic crisis fresh.
To guarantee a successful campaign, Starbucks needed to:
Engage in and spark DIALOGUE on the jobs crisis, positioning Create Jobs for USA as one way to take action:
Lead by example and cultivate SUPPORT from other like-minded companies to amplify program successes:
Create moments of personal CONNECTION:
A phased approach for introducing a pipeline of new products, sharing program milestones and highlighting stories of real-life recipients allowed Starbucks to maintain stakeholder engagement and establish dialogue and meaningful connections throughout the year-long campaign.
Program Launch (November 2011):
Regular Momentum Announcements (November 2011; February, April, June, September, November 2012):
Significant News — First Company Supporters, East Liverpool (April, June 2012):
Spring Communicty Campaign (April 2012):
Real-Life Stories (ongoing):
Transition Momentum to Create Jobs
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Two Edelman practice groups were engaged.
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One type of coverage is known as full tort coverage. The other type of coverage is known as limited tort coverage.
The choice of limited tort coverage or full tort coverage is presented to car owners at the time of the purchase or renewal of their car-insurance policy. If you want limited tort coverage you are required to sign a form electing this type of coverage. If you do not sign the form electing limited tort coverage, you are automatically given full tort coverage.
Many people are not aware that the type of car-insurance coverage they select can have a great impact upon them. Instead, they often select the limited tort coverage merely because it is cheaper than the full tort coverage.
The difference between the two is actually quite simple. Under either type of coverage, the insured is entitled to recover financial compensation for economic loss sustained as a result of a car accident caused by another person. Economic loss includes items such as medical expenses, property damage loss, wage loss, and other out-of-pocket expenses.
However, if you select limited tort coverage you may be barred from recovering financial compensation for non-economic losses, such as pain and suffering.
On the other hand, if you have selected full tort coverage, you retain the right to recover financial compensation for all non-economic losses, including pain and suffering.
There are exceptions to the general rule that people with limited tort coverage cannot recover non-economic losses, such as pain and suffering. The primary exception is that such a person can recover non-economic losses if he has suffered a serious injury. A serious injury is defined as one that results in death, a serious impairment of a bodily function, or a permanent disfigurement.
While there is little guidance in the law as to what qualifies as a serious impairment of a bodily function, this standard appears to require an injury that has a long-term impact upon the person's life.
For example, if a limited-tort-insured person is in a car accident and suffers back pain that persists, but does not seriously impair a bodily function, he may not be able to recover financial compensation for pain and suffering. This example emphasizes the importance of giving consideration to all factors when selecting the type of insurance coverage, rather than merely considering the lesser cost of the limited tort coverage.
Lastly, it must be noted that there are some additional exceptions which allow a limited-tort-insured person to recover financial compensation for non-economic losses, such as pain and suffering. Therefore, if you have limited tort coverage and suffer an injury because of the fault of another person, you should obtain legal advice before deciding that you cannot make a claim for your pain and suffering.
Coyle is an attorney with the Buzgon Davis Law Offices, 525 S. Eighth St., Lebanon. His column appears the first Tuesday of each month.


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Yes, it's true: Jenna Elfman and I totally locked lips. And yes, it's also true that I made out with Scary Spice. Jealous? Well, you shouldn't be! Now EVERYONE can give those famous lips a little pucker action.
Zazzle.com is partnering with The Humane Society of the United States to release a line of custom made postage stamps, called Sealed with a Kiss. The Sealed With A Kiss line will feature stamps with the lip prints of celebrities like Melanie Brown, Jeri Ryan, Jenna Elfman, Joe Hahn, Josh Henderson, and a special paw print from Benji, the movie-star dog.
Each sheet will include 20 "kiss" stamps from the celebrity of your choice. Or, if you want a lip-locking orgy, you can purchase a special edition sheet with a collage of kisses from each of the participating celebrities. Since the Humane Society is part of Zazzle's Community Giving program, 20 percent of the purchase price for all featured products sold will help the HSUS!
So head on over to Zazzle.com and grab some lip stamps before Valentines Day. Because if you're like me this year, those famous glossy lips might be the only ones you have on that wretched holiday. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a pillow to go cry into.


text: I discovered this little mishap while scouting out a cover spotlight for next week. I love manipulating photos, so I don't really have a problem when I see two stock images on different covers, except in cases of much overused imagery, and as long as it's not the exact same cover. It's actually more interesting to me to compare the usage of the photo and see which works best. I vote for The Mermaid's Mirror. I love the hazy, magical glow around the figure, and the pearl-like beads floating around her. I think it all works exceptionally well with the ocean background. What do you think?


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All you wanna do is have some fun? Maybe Country USA is the answer, which will feature Sheryl Crow in 2013.
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You know what they say, the early bird gets ... Sheryl Crow?
The rocker is among this year's headliners at Country USA June 25-29 in Oshkosh. Just so happens she's working on her first country album and released a teaser track this week titled "Woman in the White House.''
With all the blanks filled in for the lineup of next year's fest, Country USA is offering discounted $49 tickets for all five days until Nov. 16 at www.countryusaoshkosh.com. They'll go up on Nov. 17, and the same ticket at the gates will be $200. ...


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Nov. 18, 2007
Junior guard Adris DeLeon provided a much-needed scoring punch with 22 points, but Washington had its own scoring punch in the first half as the Huskies recorded an 82-68 non-conference men's basketball victory over Eastern Washington Sunday (Nov. 18) at Bank of America Arena in Seatle, Wash.
DeLeon scored 16 second-half points to pull the Eagles to within 15 in the second half. That and 10-straight EWU points by Gary Gibson helped pull the Eagles to within 14 points, but Jon Brockman hit a pair of huge baskets down the stretch to help the Huskies survive.
"We had to re-capture our heart and our toughness a little bit, and I thought we did that in the second half," said Eagle head coach Kirk Earlywine. "That made me happier."
DeLeon had 22 points, five assists and a pair of steals. Gibson chipped in 13 points and Matthew Brunell added 11. DeLeon, Gibson and Brunell were all playing in just their fourth NCAA Division I game.
"Some of our ball screens hurt them a little bit," said the first-year EWU head coach of EWU's second-half comeback. "We made better decisions off of those ball screens. Adris made really good decisions with the ball and got shots for his teammates. He did that early in the game today but we missed them."
"He has to continue to make the right decisions and trust his teammates," Earlywine added. "When he drives it in there and gets stopped he can't go crazy -- he has to get it out to guys that are open at the arc. He did a better job with that."
Brockman, Washington's 6-foot-7, 255-pound All-America candidate, led all scorers with 26 points. He made 13-of-19 shots from the floor and had eight rebounds.
"He's a load down there," Earlywine added. "We knew that going into the game, and I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to do anything to stop or slow him down. For the most part we didn't, but there are a bunch of people who can't do a lot with him either. So we are not alone."
The Eagles were out-rebounded 38-28 as they allowed the Huskies to grab 17 offensive rebounds. Washington made 51 percent of their shots in the game, including 58 percent in the first half. Eastern made just 34 percent in the first half but improved to 54 percent after intermission.
"No matter what happens on the offensive end of the floor for us, we still have to be competitive defensively and with our block-out," Earlywine said. "Our block-out was awful, and we don't have the size and athletic ability to not block out. We can't run to the front of the rim and think we are going to turn it into a run and jumping contest. We are not going to win an athletic contest against teams like Washington. We have to throw our bodies on them."
Eastern fell behind early 24-11, then found itself down 45-27 at halftime.
"We were certainly better and more competitive in the second half than we were in the first," said Earlywine. "I thought we got overwhelmed a little bit in the first half with Washington's length and quickness. They did a good job of pressuring us out of what we wanted to do offensively."
Washington led by as many as 24 at 62-38 before DeLeon took over. He scored eight-straight EWU points to pull the Eagles to within 64-49 with 8:11 to play.
A 7-0 run by the Huskies helped Washington regain a 22-point lead, then it was Gibson's turn to take over. He scored the first 10 points in a 12-0 run as the Huskies went scoreless for 2 1/2 minutes. Brunell's basket with 3:40 to play cut the lead to 71-61.
Despite Brunell's three-pointer that pulled EWU to within nine with 2:05 left, Brockman hit a pair of baskets in an 11-7 Washington run to end the game.
The Eagles are now 1-3 heading into this week's Carr's/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska. Eastern will take on Virginia Tech on Nov. 21, then play games on Nov. 23 and 24 in the eight-team tourney.
Washington, meanwhile, heads to New York City -- the hometown of DeLeon -- to play in the NIT Season Tip-Off Finals on Nov. 21 and 23. The Huskies are now 3-0.


text: Tagged: menu home position Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) Author Posts March 2, 2012 at 10:20 am #9881 stefanoromaParticipant Hi, my problem is simple, i need In homepage: – put a menu in a left sidebar – eliminate the top menu In portfolio category: – put a menu in a top – eliminate the sidebar menu Logically i put a left sidebar menu in home, but i don't know how make desappear the menu from the top… Some help? Tks March 2, 2012 at 7:26 pm #66143 DudeModerator Hey! the easiest solution is to hide the menu. Open up css/custom.css (or use the quick css field) and add following code: .home .main_menu{ display: none; } Regards, Peter March 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm #66144 stefanoromaParticipant tks! March 14, 2012 at 7:42 pm #66145 DevinModerator Glad Dude was able to get it solved for you! Author Posts Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic '[How] Menu lateral in home, and menu top in portfolio' is closed to new replies.


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The birthday dress Mike Edwin Miller bought Feb. 26, 1994, for his firstborn daughter still hangs in a closet, covered by a Target plastic shopping bag for protection against the elements.
"I planned a party for her and bought it in a clothing store on University somewhere," Miller said as he showed me the little dress, with three multicolored hearts embroidered diagonally across the chest on the beige top. "I thought she would look cute in it."
Myeka Miller Coppage would have turned 3 on March 2. She never got to wear the dress. Two days after Miller bought it for her, members of the Tre 6-0 Crips gang firebombed the stucco triplex in the 300 block of St. Paul's Lawson Avenue, where Myeka lived with her five older half-siblings and her mother.
Five perished in the inferno, including Myeka. The lone survivor and intended target, 17-year-old gang member Andre Coppage, was reportedly babysitting the kids while their mother, Terri Coppage, went to play bingo.
The gang thought -- wrongly -- that Andre was snitching to cops about what he saw and knew about the slaying of a rival gang member a few weeks earlier. The firebombing was payback, a message to shut up or else. More than four years later, two gang leaders were convicted of federal drug conspiracy charges that included the murders as overt acts. They are serving life prison sentences. A then-13-year-old gang member suspected of taking part in the firebombing served 10 years in a federal juvenile facility.
For Miller, who until now has never spoken publicly about his loss, "it's as if it happened last night."
"I was devastated," said Miller, a career chemical-dependency health counselor and program director. "It's on my mind every day. To me, there is no such thing as closure."
The horror of the way those five innocents died shocked the conscience of cops and a Twin Cities community then grappling with an unprecedented surge in gang-related killings and violence, on both sides of the river.
"That's the only fire that really sticks out in my mind," said retired 30-year veteran St. Paul firefighter Capt. Dennis Cusick, who helped find four of the dead children inside the gutted home. "For years, I had nightmares about it."
Cusick and Paul Munger were among the scores of firefighters who responded to the two-alarm fire that night. Munger, captain of Ladder 18 at Fire Station 18, and his crew were instructed to use the 35-foot extension ladder to punch a table-sized hole through the roof to allow the intense heat inside to ventilate out.
Meanwhile, Cusick, working overtime that night with Engine 23 though he was from Engine 24, was asked to conduct a secondary search of the second floor, where the children would likely be.
"Most of the fire was out by the time we came," Munger said. "That first crew took a beating, and we were coming to provide some relief."
The powerful incendiary had burned a large hole through the front porch, forcing firefighters to tear down a door to get in. A fire hose leading to the second floor had been charred by the flames.
"I was shocked at how much gas they used," Munger recalled last week.
As he canvassed the damage, he thought, whoever did this wanted to kill everyone inside.
The second floor was a haze of smoke, steam and soot. The floor was covered in about a foot of debris from burned furniture and insulation and the family's belongings.Cusick thought he saw a coat hanging from a bathroom doorknob. He wiped the soot from his mask and then saw it: the burned, skeletal remains of a child whose arm appeared to be reaching for the doorknob.
A second child was found inside the bathroom.
Cusick found a third behind a washer and dryer.
A fourth, later identified as Myeka, was found lying in debris just below the front second-floor window.
Assistant Fire Chief Warren Schaub told Munger that the area was a crime scene and to secure it and possibly assist in finding the body of the fifth child. Munger and his crew spent about 30 minutes extinguishing spot fires close to the child victims without disturbing the area too much.
Then he stepped on something spongy. He cleared off the area with a hose and saw a human spine sticking out from the debris.
Munger remembers more the smell he had not experienced in more than two decades as a firefighter.
"It was the smell ... of cooked flesh," Munger said. "Not burnt, cooked. I can still smell it. That is probably the most vivid, lingering memory I have of that night."
Miller, who is not the father of the other five children, had an on-again-off-again common-law relationship with their mother, he said. He was at his Bloomington apartment watching TV when the call came that night from the children's sobbing maternal grandmother.
"Michael, they are all gone," she cried.
"What do you mean they are all gone?"
"They died in a fire."
He had a friend drive him to several St. Paul emergency rooms in search of his daughter. No children are here, he was told. He went to the police station, where a detective filled him in on the gruesome details.
He withdrew emotionally. TV broadcast the scene of the fire for several days. He refused to talk with the reporters who showed up at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center in Minneapolis, where he worked at the time. He recalls one following him into the bathroom during the funeral service.
"I felt that by talking I would be killing her again, over and over again," he said. "And I felt guilty because I had thought of keeping her with me that week up to the birthday party. If I had done that, I think she would be alive today."
A recovering drug addict now sober more than 20 years, Miller said he resisted the temptation to relapse or to exact revenge.
"I would drive over to where those people hung out," he said. "But I chose not to do anything about it. I went home and prayed that God would one day take care of them."
He said he did not know how deep Andre Coppage was into the gang lifestyle until after the fire.
"I had told him that nothing good would come out of it," he said. "I told him two things would happen: either death or the penitentiary."
Miller has lost contact with Andre and Terri Coppage. But, he said, "I would like to find out how she is doing."
He has a 12-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter from another relationship.
"They know that they had a sister who died in a fire," he said.
He broke down and cried when he learned of the recent fire that killed five children in North Minneapolis.
"It was almost like a 'Twilight Zone' moment because there were so many similarities, down to the duplex," he said.
He is thinking about attending the funeral service 11 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh Temple, 1201 W. Broadway in Minneapolis and reaching out to the children's father, Troy Lewis.
"Since I know something about what he is going through, perhaps I could help him in some way," he said.
Miller placed the little dress back inside the shopping bag. He then pulled out a small framed picture of Myeka standing in front of him as he tries to help her walk.
"These are the only two things I have left of my daughter," he said.
Rubén Rosario can be reached at 651-228-5454 or email@example.com. Follow him at twitter.com/nycrican.
Earlier Ruben Rosario columns about the Coppage fire, can be found here and here.


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Except on Earth, where a handful of cadets were able to black out the planet from a single location in Lisbon. While I could easily see someone like Robert Picard having his own fusion generator, most people on Earth apparently don't.
I'd see that as a global software attack rather than proof of any sort of a centralized power system. No doubt networking in the future is extensive enough that with suitable commands (especially ones coming from systems designed to prevent such commands from ever being issued), one could shut down everything from continental ZPE reactors to pocket replicators, wrist communicators and UT implants.
..the only time we directly heard of someone being "out of work" was Picard's not son.
Which I'd in turn see more as a case of work being highly unusual, hence being out of work despite not
to be being even more rare and exotic.
An unemployment rate of 98% would be the desired state of affairs, save for the boredom angle which people would fight with hobbies such as terraforming.
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Police charged a South Side man with two felonies and several
misdemeanors after he collided with a police car Friday night,
injuring the police officer.
Michael Gonzalez, 39, of the 1300 block of West 32nd Street, was driving his 2003 Cadillac DeVille over the speed limit when he passed a police officer monitoring traffic on South Halsted Street, police said.
According to police, the speeding Gonzalez declined to pull over as instructed. Instead, he entered the bike lane and fled down 26th Street.
Gonzalez hit a squad car and then drove into a building on the corner of 26th and Halsted, police said.
The police officer suffered minor injuries in the accident.
Gonzalez failed a field sobriety test and refused a breathalizer test, police said.
Police charged him with aggravated DUI and aggravated fleeing/bodily injury, both felonies.
Police also charged him with transport of alcohol, reckless driving, improper traffic lane usage, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, driving on a suspended license, failure to reduce speed, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
A judge set bond at $125,000.


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Obama Spars With Lawmakers on Egypt Aid
Plans to Keep Sending Warplanes to New Junta
The Obama Administration's decision to ignore last week's Egyptian coup seems to be a lot harder to swallow for Congressmen as the new junta moves to escalate its arrest of political rivals.
Senator John McCain (R – AZ) was among the first to criticize continuing the aid, but has now been joined by Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D – MI), who urged the administration to suspend aid until the junta schedules its promised elections.
The White House has ruled out doing that, insisting that American "interests" are served best by keeping the aid flowing to the military irrespective of America's own laws, which oblige the US to suspend aid in the event of a coup.
Instead, the administration says there are "no plans" to alter any of its substantial aid packages to Egypt's military, and still intends to deliver four new F-16 fighter jets to the military in the next few weeks.
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7 Responses to "Obama Spars With Lawmakers on Egypt Aid"
Dear congress: Impeach him or STFU.
And what exactly does Egypt need all this aid for according to Obama? What do they do with it?
It mostly goes to the Egyptian military. Like all foreign aid, its just abribe that gives the CIA and state department to run their country.
As the administration already knows, the Congress is impotent, as a result of their own doing, btw. There have been so many times in the past 20 years that Congress could have – should have – flexed their prerogatives and stopped the Executive Branch from doing things they shouldn't have been able to do. But, Congress always tends to look at things from the perspective that, well, one day, he/she might be sitting at 1600 and well, they wouldn't want to curtail their own power.
So, what you get is what we've got. And because there is so much partisanship, the Congress doesn't usually have the collective power to accomplish anything.
Right, and what does the military do with all that money? It's not like they're fighting a perennial war against someone.
Idk, I guess they get tanks and guns and stuff teargas and riot control gear in case democracy beaks out. .
Juan Cole reports that accusations of U.S medlling in the internal affairs of Egypt are all mush.


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Glad to see a fellow West Virginian on here! You're not too far from me. Topix may be the way to go to find some interesting accounts, but my god, you'll have to wade through a lot of idiots to get it. I tried it once and my thread ended up being trashed. You may have better luck. See ya around!@


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Alabama has been hit with the first U.S. outbreak of a foreign form of the virus that causes the childhood illness called hand, foot and mouth disease this winter, according to state health officials.
That's causing more and tougher cases of the disease, including infections in adults and some hospitalizations, said Mary McIntyre, an infectious disease specialist at the Alabama Department of Public Health.
People are more vulnerable because they've never been exposed to it, McIntyre said. Even adults who likely had hand, foot and mouth as a child and have been resistant in the past are more vulnerable to the new strain.
"From a population standpoint, we really don't have any immunity to this virus," McIntyre said. "That's why it's going to continue to spread."
She said there have been at least 37 cases reported in Alabama, including some hospitalizations, but a total number isn't available. The oldest person was in the mid-50s.
Hand, foot and mouth — which is not related to the animal illness called hoof-and-mouth — is common in children younger than 5, who usually get fevers and small blisters on the hand, feet or in their mouth and throat. It's easily spread through contact, even by those who have very mild or no symptoms, and there is no treatment.
In most cases, the disease runs its course in a couple of days, but young children run the risk of dehydration and adults who catch it may be at risk from dangerously high fever. It can rarely cause lethal problems in children younger than 2, including paralysis and neurological damage, but there have been no reports of those arising in this outbreak, McIntyre said.
Officials are urging residents to keep their children home if they have even mild symptoms — and do the same for themselves — to prevent it from spreading further.
"If the children are sick or the adults are sick, they don't need to go to work; kids don't need to go to school," McIntyre said.


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Making Alive Choices
"What life choice feels the most alive or 'juicy' for me right now?"
I often ask myself this question. It is particularly useful for breaking out of ruts or stale routines.
On this particular evening, I was driving to the beach to exercise, as I often do at that time. As I drove the familiar route, I suddenly realized that I felt chilled and hungry, and bored with my usual routine. But I had no idea what the most alive choice would be. In fact, I felt like just going home and eating soup (which is sometimes the most alive choice!).
But I felt restless, so I just drove my car until I felt like stopping. I stopped in front of a favorite restaurant, and the little table in the window was available, so I went in. As I sat and ate the delicious food, I read the paper and saw that two of my favorite authors were speaking together that night. Pema Chodron (author of "When Things Fall Apart") and Jack Kornfield (author of "After the Ecstasy, the Laundry") were hosting a benefit for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and I'd forgotten to get tickets.
I felt resigned to missing the event, as it had already started, so I went to a neighborhood bookstore. As I walked down the aisle, I noticed a book on the floor and bent down to pick it up. It was one of Pema Chodron's!
Now my most alive choice felt clear. I needed to go to this event.
As soon as I had this thought, the "practical" part of me began speaking. This "practical" part of me loves to find reasons things won't work and to state them emphatically:
"Oh, it's too late now, the event has already started."
"It's probably sold out anyway."
"You'll never find parking."
I've learned to ignore those messages and proceed anyway. This ignoring is a crucial part of finding my alive choices and having serendipitous adventures. I've learned that the "practical" part of me doesn't "know" how things will be. In fact, most of its messages are based on the past, fear or someone else's experience. It's so tempting to listen to why it won't work and just do something safe and familiar. Often, the most alive choice feels a bit risky in some way.
As I drove to the event, I began to feel quite elated and very alive at the prospect of a fresh adventure. This was what I needed. It was exercise of a different kind.
Twenty minutes later, I was still searching for parking and feeling frustrated. So I decided that if a parking spot didn't open up in the next five minutes, I would do something else. Four minutes later, a car pulled out. As I went into the center where the event was being held, I was over an hour late, so the only person in the large lobby was a kind-looking man sitting at the table with books and tapes. I asked him where I could buy a ticket, and he replied, smiling, "Oh, here, just use mine."
I thanked him profusely and went in to find my seat. I told the woman next to me that I knew it would be over soon, and she said, "Don't worry, you haven't missed much at all. There was some kind of computer glitch, and we all waited over an hour for it to even start."(Take that, "practical" voice!)
I heard such wise, tender, funny words that night. I heard exactly what I needed to fill my soul.
As I exited the event, I stopped by the book table to buy books and tapes and to make a donation to Spirit Rock. The kind man who had given me his ticket told me I looked familiar. I explained that he'd given me his ticket to get in. He grinned and asked, "Are you…SARK?" I said rather shyly that I was, and he exclaimed, "Oh, I just love it! Isn't this just like something that would happen in your books?"
We laughed together about serendipity and how it works. (His name is Colin –- thank you, dear Colin.)
Then I walked over to the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral and walked beneath the moonlight, which led me to swing on the swings at the park across the street, which led me to have tea at the Fairmont Hotel while listening to violin music.
My most alive choice had been made, and it led me to other alive choices. I felt refreshed, renewed and reminded that serendipitous adventures can occur anytime. We just need to choose them.
Are you making the most alive choices? Why, or why not?
Yours in splendor, Susan (aka SARK)
For more information on how to optimize your life, visit PlanetSARK.com
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9 responses to Making Alive Choices
I love these stories. It really gets me thinking and listening to my own inner guidance system. Thank you for sharing.
It's like being Alice in Wonderland and following the rabbit hole.
Digging it.
I love anything that talks about serendipitious adventures. Great post. Love it. I am now inspired to find my most alive choice today — and everyday. Thank you.
Thank you for your inspiring words, they mean so much
What a wonderful adventure life is!
Lord above, this is the BEST story ever!!! Love to you SARK!
Wow! So Cool! So good as to share information with us!
This is so amazing to me that I have read it 3 times since yesterday, to simply remind myself of how extraordinary life can be when making simple alive choices!
Love this story. Isn't it true when we just go with the flow (the inner flow that is) things just get better and better? Trust trust trust in ourselves. That's all we need.


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Q&A Quickie: Celeb Photog Karl Giant, Serving Jersey Glamour
When salon owner Anthony Lombardi of Style Network's Jerseylicious had the idea for a photo book on the Garden State, the obvious choice for a collaborator was image maker Karl Giant — a celebrity photographer, makeup artist, and music video director whose biggest clients include Beyonce, Tyra Banks, Kim Kardashian, and Wendy Williams. Giant chatted with us about the inspiration for and creation of The Glamour State: 225 Years of Stylish Innovation.
Gay.net: New Jersey often gets a bad rap. What were your goals in shooting the new photo book The Glamour State: 225 Years of Stylish Innovation?
Karl Giant: The goal was to shine a light on all the amazing things created there. Did you know that the light bulb, the motion picture projector, and glitter were all invented in New Jersey? The first baseball game was played in New Jersey? The longest boardwalk in the world is in New Jersey?
What does New Jersey mean to you?
I was blown away by all the innovations created in New Jersey. My whole existence as an an artist would not exist without light, the camera, and, of course, glitter!
As seen on Jerseylicious and hashed out on StyleNetwork.com, you and Anthony Lombardi clashed on this project. Are you both cool with each other now and pleased with the finished product?
I will give you my polite Christian lady from Connecticut response: Yes, at the end of the day we have mutual respect for each other. As for the book, we are both happy with how it came out.
If you can handle clients like Tyra Banks, Wendy Williams, and Beyonce, you can certainly handle Anthony. How do you manage such powerful women with such big personalities?
We have the same goals: To make amazing images that are outside of the box.
After years of directing music videos for other artists, you recently released your own party jam, "Turning It." Was that always a dream?
Yes, I came to NYC to be a pop star, I learned from the best, so why not? And I have lots more in store!
The Glamour State: 225 Years of Stylish Innovation is now available on Amazon and through Anthony Lombardi's website. Find Karl Giant on Facebook and his website.


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Is it true when they say the baby will come When You Least Expect it? (like your water breaking)& Its usually in the middle of the night?
Yup Haha. Idk when the most common time for water to break is though. Not everyone's water breaks on their own.
My water broke at 3 am and I had just gone to the bathroom. I thought I hadn't gotten all the pee out and was peeing myself until 1 minute later when the contractions started.
My first broke when I was at work for about an hour in the morning. My second broke at 6:39am while sleeping. The rush of fluid woke me up
DS did. My water broke a little bit (the doctor explained it like a ziploc bag with water sloshing over the sides) at my baby shower on my best friend's leather couch. I had litterally JUST said it would suck if my water broke right now. With LO, they had to break my water but I finally dialted to a 5 after a month of being at a 3 after watching the movie what to expect when your expecting.
Lol yea my fam keeps telln me just relax if you keep thinking bout it she not going to come when you want her to. She just going to come out tge blue! Lol but its hard not to think bout it when every pain i think omg is it time. Lol
I went into labor both times in the middle of the night. My water didn't ever break on it's own though, both times it had to be broken when I was 9cm dilated.
I hope. I have so much energy right now! I'm 40w1d. i swear it needs to happen before i go insaaaaaaaaaane.
Not always. Atleast not for me. I knew both times I was going to go into labor.
Yep! I was 10 days overdue and 5 hours away from starting the pitocin, and my water broke at 2am in bed :)
I had no contractions, I wasn't dilated hours beforehand, I thought I would NEVER go into labor on my own.
I didn't even end up needing the pitocin!
I wonder if ill go into labor at work. I'm working until labor starts lol.
Yep. I was at the hair salon with my mom waiting for her highlights to be finished so we could go shopping. She was taking me to get new comfy clothes for the hospital. I was 37 weeks and definitely not expecting it lol.
Oh it was at 1pm.
apparently mine broke i did not know when" i was induced and they proceeded to break my water & thats when i found out they were already broken.??? Im not sure when it happened but anyways yeh "
Quoting Will☮Creedence:" Yep! I was 10 days overdue and 5 hours away from starting the pitocin, and my water broke at 2am in bed ... [snip!] ... I wasn't dilated hours beforehand, I thought I would NEVER go into labor on my own. I didn't even end up needing the pitocin!"
that is how i feel haha. glad you did! gives me some hope! i don't want to be induced :p
Yup! My water broke while I was getting a pedicure lol


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November 28, 2015
Chattanooga (AP) -- Local officials in Southeastern Tennessee are in on the conversation as state authorities discuss moving more freight by rail.
McMinn County Mayor John Gentry says rural areas are going to get the traffic one way or the other. Gentry says if it's safer to move freight by railroad, he's all for it.
TDOT environment and planning Chief Ed Cole says officials are trying to anticipate truck traffic on the interstates and says state and local governments can no longer plan separately.
Records show as much as 40 percent of interstate traffic in some rural parts of Tennessee is trucks. Truck traffic statewide is expected to increase by 73 percent from 1998 to 2020.
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News from the Kauffman Foundation today indicates that one unintended, but perhaps not unexpected, result of a recovering economy is that entrepreneurship is falling.
According to a just-released study from Kauffman, as more Americans went back to work last year, fewer of them opted to launch startups of their own.
Here's more from Kauffman:
As the unemployment rate fell in 2012, another economic indicator dropped too: the overall business creation rate.
According to the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity released today, the 2012 rate declined slightly from 0.32 percent of American adults per month starting businesses in 2011 to 0.30 percent in 2012.
That translates to approximately 514,000 new business owners per month in 2012 compared to 543,000 the year before. The 2012 business creation rate is slightly higher than pre-recessionary and long-term levels.
To read the full report, visit: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneurial-activity-declines-as-jobs-rise-in-2012-according-to-kauffman-report.aspx
"It's likely not a coincidence that the number of new businesses created dropped when the economy improved last year. While a stronger economy is good for business growth, it also means the unemployed find jobs instead of starting firms," said Dane Stangler, director of research at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which conducts the annual study. "During the Great Recession when the labor market was at its weakest, business creation rates rose to record highs. The 2012 rates are a return to longer-term levels."


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Ethiopia Says It Impounds Newspaper on National Security Grounds
By William Davison
July 24 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia's government blocked the distribution of a newspaper that featured front-page news about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's health and Muslim protests for national security reasons, Justice Minister Berhanu Hailu said.
Authorities impounded last week's edition of the Feteh newspaper after prosecutors invoked a 2008 law that permits them to seize a publication that may present a "clear and present grave danger to the national security," according to the Ethiopian Law Network website.
"It's under investigation," Berhanu said today in a phone interview from the capital, Addis Ababa. "It's based on unfounded facts."
Ethiopia's government has been criticized by the U.S. and United Nations, for using restrictive laws including counterterrorism legislation to stifle dissenting politicians, journalists and others.
Meles is recovering from an unspecified illness and will be back in a "few days," the government said July 19. Opposition groups including the U.S.-based Ethiopian National Transitional Council have said he's seriously ill and may have died, without saying how they got the information.
Addis-based Feteh is awaiting a Federal High Court ruling deciding if the edition will be barred from distribution under Article 42 of the Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation, deputy editor Hailemeskel Beshewamyelhu said today by telephone.
"The ban on Feteh's latest issue illustrates the depth of repression in Ethiopia today, and authorities' determination to suppress independent coverage of the prime minister," Tom Rhodes, the Committee to Protect Journalist's consultant for East Africa, said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.
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Nas' Illmatic Featured on VIBE's Greatest Albums Since '93' List
Another day, another debate. That's the creed on which VIBE's first-ever "List Issue" was created. And in case we haven't got you up in arms or nodding in agreement to our list of the Greatest Musical Geniuses of the past two decades, here's another list to give the squinty eye. For the 50 Greatest Albums, we itemized the crème de la crème of the past 20 years—from usual suspects to sleepers across genres. We pressed play, assessed the questionable projects and sipped the classics with a teaspoon of nostalgia, giving flawless albums slot boosts. Those that proved groundbreaking ranked higher, and those with skippable tracks dropped low. Through the raucous debates, the body of work always spoke loudest...
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Illmatic - Stillmatic - Distant Relatives w/ Damian Marley; Nasir Jones has continued an epic saga that will not be countered by the slickest rival to arrive. All the unmentioned works are not mentioned merely for the preservation of time, space and your own thoughts and/or feelings, but the living legacy of the Escobar status is slight to be reckoned with and honor and respect have already been earned by Dr. Jones.


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Review: Buffett keeps faith with fans on 'This One's for You' tour
The video opening to Jimmy Buffett's July 23 concert at First Niagara Pavilion showed parking-lot photos as if on the displays of cellphones and digital cameras that then morphed into images on the pages of a scrapbook.
That might have been the point of the "This One's for You" tour: To steal from one of the man's recordings, "These moments we're left with, may you always remember," and the Parrothead faithful do. Where else, when you look out on the crowd, do you see a sea of smiles? And the one's who aren't grinning from ear to ear? That's because they're singing along. Or cha-cha'ing down the row.
Some highlights? Breaking out "School Boy Heart" seemed a popular choice, an "audible" on the set list, Buffett called it. The Internet boards say Buffett hadn't played that in concert since 2012. "Bama Breeze" had strangers swaying together like long-lost kin. And the late-in-the-concert inclusion of "One Particular Harbour" had some in the crowd dancing in a mosh-pit-like fervor, as they knew the night was winding down and, like the performers, they were putting their all into the home stretch.
The Coral Reefer Band was sharp as always, and Mac McAnally got to show why he's been named musician of the year six times by the Country Music Association with a scorching rendition of the Duane Allman instrumental "Little Martha." Judging from the number of people with cellphones out, the video's probably available on a YouTube channel near you.
Adding to the memory-making feel of the evening was a new member of the band, guitarist Peter Mayer's son Brendan. The youngest Mayer got to share a couple of lead guitar lines with his dad, filled in on percussion and got a moment in the spotlight with the song "Something to Say," a breezy summer anthem sort of song he wrote with Reefer drummer Roger Guth. Buffett stepped back and picked up a tambourine for that one.
The crowd ranged in age from 5 to at least the 70s, a span Buffett noted during the final encore.
"Thanks for raising your kids on this music. ... Kids, thanks for bringing Mom and Dad to the show." With the weather a little cooler, the promised storms skipping the Burgettstown area and a music-filled night with family and friends, it was, indeed, a "Lovely Cruise."
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It would seem El Paso has found The Cure.
Or maybe that's the other way around.
It's been 37 years since Robert Smith -- he of the teased raven's hair, smudged red lipstick and black eye makeup -- formed the gloomy, doomy British band; 34 since their first album came out; and 30 since the dancey "The Walk" accelerated a string of hit singles ("Just Like Heaven," "Lovesong," "Boys Don't Cry") and albums ("Pornography," "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me") that made them the darlings of goth rock.
But the iconic British band has never played in El Paso before.
Fans from as far away as southern Mexico no doubt will be in love Thursday when the venerable group brings its "Group Circle Tour" to UTEP's Don Haskins Center at 8 p.m.
More than 4,000 of the 7,000 ticket for the show were sold out within a couple of days of going on sale Aug. 30, a rarity for the El Paso area.
By Sept 9, promoters had begun selling restricted-view seating. More tickets could be released by the time the band hits the stage, according to Jorge Vazquez, director of UTEP's Special Events office.
"I think The Cure is one of those what you'd now call classic acts that everybody wants to see," Vazquez said.
"There are certain names ... that trigger that, 'Oh my God, this is going to be huge' kind of thing. This is definitely one of those."
It's not only a rare local appearance for the latest incarnation of the band -- which includes former David Bowie/Tin Machine guitarist Reeves Gabrels and longtime or returning members Roger O'Donnell (keyboards), Simon Gallup (bass) and Jason Cooper (drums).
It's a rare non-festival appearance for the band, which played only 19 dates in 2012. The El Paso show is one of a handful in the United States planned this for year, a one-off sandwiched between a Tuesday stop in Monterrey, Mexico, and an Oct. 12 performance at the Austin City Limits Festival. They're also playing Saturday at the Austin festival.
Their last announced date is Nov. 3 at the Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans.
The "Great Circle" tour started in April in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, and continued in July with sets in South Korea, Japan and Hawaii. The Cure also headlined a Montreal festival Aug. 2 and Chicago's Lollapalooza on Aug. 4.
Vazquez said the Cure show has been in the works for about a year, when he first started talking to Austin's C3 Presents, which puts on the Austin City Limits Festival and is bringing the Cure here.
He had a feeling the show would be big, and not just because the band's music has been used frequently in movies and TV shows or because Adele covered "Lovesong" on her blockbuster "21" album.
"We work among students who are 18 to 25 years old, and all of them are super-excited to go," Vazquez said, noting that the band's longevity has given it "cross-generational" appeal.
"Their music, because of the generation in which they were introduced, was able to trickle down to the younger demos," he said. "The parents and older siblings were listening to that; now, the younger generation knows exactly who the Cure are."
That hasn't been lost on the band, which doesn't have a recording contract and hasn't released an album of new material since 2008's "4:13 Dream."
"It's been across the board spanning the Cure's 30-year history," guitarist Gabrels told the Berklee College of Music's alumni website last year, his first in the band.
"We've gone very deep into their catalogue, including some B-sides they haven't played live before," he added. "When I checked out album by album, at least a couple of songs on every album went into the mainstream consciousness. The audience is just amazing to see, probably 12-year-olds to people into their 60s, all singing along."
Veteran area promoter and longtime Cure fan Bobbie Welch, who is part-owner of Tricky Falls nightclub, tried for years to book the Cure in this area.
She said the band's appeal is due in large part to Smith, its lead singer, guitarist and chief songwriter "with his mopey but yet somehow uplifting lyrics, you know, 'I'm depressed but there's hope for the future' kind of thing."
"He does kind of capture, for me, and I turned on to them when I was young, that dissonance and angst from being young and a little bit different," Welch said. "It was all the goth girl thing for me. He's the grandpappy of goth."
Smith, 54, always has worn his heart on his sleeve, taking the Cure through dark periods, poppy periods and, now, one that appears reflective and celebratory without being overly nostalgic.
"I can't see our career arc any more. I've got absolutely no idea," he told England's NME magazine last year. "We haven't signed to anyone since the last album came out and the contract was up. I'm not even signed as a writer.
"To be really honest, if we're gonna do something it has to be really good."
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Who: The Cure.
When: 8 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Don Haskins Center, UTEP.
How much: $24.25, $34.25, $44.25, $54.25 and $64.25, plus service charges, at the UTEP Ticket Center and through Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000 and ticketmaster.com.
Information: 747-5234, utepspecialevents.com.


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Assisted by T-Pain and Polow Da Don, Keri Hilson opens the remix with "I shot the sheriff, but wait till I shoot this bitc*es down."
Hilson, whose album "In A Perfect World" hits stores this month even goes as far as saying "them other chicks ain't even worth talkin about" after seemingly calling out Beyonce and Ciara !
Singing "I ain't tryin' to start no mess there's just something on my chest that I need to get off," Hilson, not mentioning names, says "Your vision cloudy if you think you the best. You can dance, she can sing, but need to move it 'to the left'."
Seemingly talking about Beyonce, who made reference to retiring and having children in a few years, Keri Hilson says "She need to go have some babies. She need to sit down she fading."
While Beyonce and Ciara seem to be the ideal candidates for this "on blast production," other R&B and pop divas like Amerie, Mya, Christina Milian, Kelly Rowland and possibly Keyshia Cole get pushed to the side when Hilson says "Them other chicks ain't worth my time to talk about."
Could this be the beginning of some R&B female drama and a battle of the divas?
Hilson seems more than happy to oblige anyone who is willing to take her on as she ends her remix by saying "Go head tell these folks how long I been writing your songs... I been putting you on... check the credits hoe!" "If you want me you can find me in Decatur hoe."
Listen to "Turnin' Me Off" here.


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You'll want to hit the replay button again and again!
Hey M Girls!
Obsessed with 1D? Us too. That's why we've been playing this new clip from their live tour DVD over and over again. Check it out below:
"Up All Night -- The Live Tour" will be out on DVD this Monday!
Let's dish: -Are you going to buy One Direction's live tour DVD? What did you think of the quick clip?


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By donating at the Oakfield Community Blood Drive being held this Thursday, May 8, you will help to support one or more graduating seniors in earning a scholarship.
The drive is held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oakfield High School and is sponsored by the Oakfield Lions Club.
For an appointment, call Karen Bovee at (920) 933-5176.


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Halo: Celestial Hymn The Celestial Hymn exited from slipspace. The stars and planets reappeared and filled the inky backdrop of space. And, not for the first time, shipmaster Hyco Borul'ee became lost in the beauty of the heavens. The Celestial Hymn was a Cruiser class warship, armed with five plasma turrets and two laterally facing pulse cannons. Borul'ee had certainly earned his rank and this ship, due to the fact he was born into a poor and unrecognized family, and to the Elites, nobility was a key deciding factor in the social and economical castes. He had wished all of his life to be in the Covenant Navy, and now his dream was complete. He had been given this ship a few years ago, and he was growing much attached to it. He adored its ability to remain extremely maneuverable, even when under heavy fire. But, one thing troubled him; his old crew of experienced veterans had been replaced when they were called to go join the other Covenant ships assaulting the newly found Human colonies. It had been almost a year since the events at Harvest, and now the highest rank on his ship was a only a Minor Domo Borul'ee had been tasked with locating new Forerunner structures, and this new system looked very promising. Already, the Luminary was picking up many suitable areas of interest. The planet below the cruiser was covered in dense forests and some small oceans. Borul'ee was preparing to initiate entry vectors when a blip appeared on the ship's radar. He recognized the blips as Human interceptors and one Halycon class cruiser. Borul'ee cursed; he realized that the planet below must be a human colony. His cruiser lacked any Seraphs, and the human cruiser must have a MAC gun on board. He had heard stories of the MAC guns blasting through a cruiser's energy shields and gutting the whole warship. But, Borul'ee wouldn't give up without a fight. *** Tell me what you think, if this becomes popular, I'll post more of it. :)
Deleted User8/17/2008 3:37:44 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Stig 11993 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dr Acula Great, but wrong forum.[/quote] Right forum, and it's pretty decent[/quote] Ok, get off my back people.
Deleted User8/17/2008 3:36:14 AM PermalinkGood job. [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=4213151&chapter=1]Mine.[/url] [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=4424876&chapter=1]Nemero Dos.[/url] [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=4385422&chapter=1]And...[/url] First is the best, and the most canon. [Edited on 08.16.2008 7:37 PM PDT]
The Stig 119938/17/2008 3:34:58 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dr Acula Great, but wrong forum.[/quote] Right forum, and it's pretty decent [Edited on 08.16.2008 7:35 PM PDT]
GAMERG0D8/17/2008 3:33:28 AM PermalinkNice! It's means it is. Due to it's isolation. = Due to it is Isolation. That's a Grammer Error. But that dosen't Concern me. Keep at it!
Timmy2Step8/17/2008 3:25:10 AM PermalinkWell, since the response has been so good, I'll post part two (it's not finished yet, so mind any typos). Spartan II Austin 049 had been administrating a training exercise with some Marines over the planet Cardiff when a Covenant ship had exited from Slipspace. The planet was the perfect place to run such exercises, due to it's isolation from other Human colonies, but out here, the possibility of Covenant attack was very real. The Cruiser was large and majestic. For a brief moment, Austin gazed upon the ship with awe and wonder. Then, his training kicked in. Having being trained in combat since the age of six, he knew all the possible attack formations that would be useful in such an encounter. He got the Longsword class fighters into position and began the assault. He then ordered the Halycon- cruiser "Home Free" to charge its MAC cannon. MAC cannons were an ingenious device. They fired solid metal shells the size of a car at supersonic speeds using magnets, so hence the name, Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Austin knew it was one of the few human weapons that could penetrate a Covenant ship's energy shield, the advanced device that protected the entire hull from damage. It would be a few minutes until the MAC gun was ready to fire, so Austin had to hold out until then...
GAMERG0D8/17/2008 3:21:12 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dr Acula Great, but wrong forum.[/quote] We don't Care. This is one of the best Fan-Fics I've seen in a while.
dazarobbo8/17/2008 3:18:51 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dr Acula Great, but wrong forum.[/quote] Right forum. Look at the pinned topics. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11663449]The Flood Library v2[/url] [quote]The library is where you can find many works of fiction and art relating to the Flood forum, Halo, Bungie Stuff. This is user submitted, and is designed so that members works are not lost. Submit your works today because I am not going to try and find them.[/quote] : ) [Edited on 08.16.2008 7:19 PM PDT]


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Judith M. Weaver
Judith Mae Weaver, 74, of Staunton went to be with her Heavenly Father on June 29, 2013, at her residence.
Judy was a loving sister, aunt and friend to many.
She was a member of the National Secretary Association and former president of the Beta Sigma Phi Organization. Judy loved to read, write, and donate to charities.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Priscilla Weaver; and a sister, Frances Weaver Shuey.
Family members include two brothers and a sister-in-law, Philip Weaver of New Hope, and Jim and Karen Weaver of Staunton; nieces and nephews, Debbie Knott and husband, Kenny, of Kingsport, Tenn., Billy Shuey and wife, Carol, of Swoope, Janette Shipe and husband, Bobby, of Staunton, Becky Terry and husband, Ronnie, of Staunton, Meade Shuey; special friend, Christine, of Swoope; and Prissy Shuey, her niece, best friend and longtime caretaker.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in the Henry Funeral Home Chapel by Pastor Gregory Miller. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2013, in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 or to the American Cancer Society, 420 Neff Avenue, Suite 210, Harrisonburg, VA 22801.
The family would like to thank all their friends for their love and compassion at this difficult time.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.henryfuneralhome.net.


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Global Warmng: "An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate."
Learn more about global warming and climate change by visitng these web sites:
Climate Change - learn about global warming, climate change and the carbon cycle on the USA Environemental Protection Agency Kids pge.
Global Warming - Kids Page - Basic information on what global warming means, and how you can help to stop the process. Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
Global Warming is Hot Stuff - Learn about greenhouse gas, the effects and more. A good glossary of terms.
10 Tips for Helping to Fight Against Global Warming - simple ways that you can reduce the amount of energy you use each day from Scholastic.
Hole in the 'Zone - What's going on up there? What's eating the zone? EcoHealth helps figure it out.
Global Warming FAQ - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration answers the most common questions about Global Warming.
Melting Away - Temperatures are rising worldwide. That's causing weather to change. It is also affecting wildlife. National Geographic for Kids explores how nature is being changed.
Global Warming - Special Report - Time for Kids offers tips to help prevent global warming.
TUNZA for Children - Site from United Nations Environment Programme aiming to provide young people with information and tools on how to "treat Mother Earth with care" and how to Act for a better world. TUNZA for Youth offers resources for older kids.
Global Warming for Kids - A "web portal" of web sites featuring global warming topics especially for kids.
Learn more about global warming and climate change by visitng these web sites:
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