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FORGET about the Blue-Penny-museum, when you want to see the most famous stamp on earth !!!I certainly did not come to Mauritius in order to see that famous stamp, but as collecting stamps used to be one of my favorite hobbies of my childhood I was glad to hear that there is a letter with the famous "Blue-Mauritius stamp" shown in the Blue Penny-museum in Port Louis and that is why I went there and I was totally disappointed, because they show all sorts of exhibits, BUT the famous stamp is shown in a dark room that is lighted only for a few minutes at lunchtime each day.
Photography is also totally forbidden in that museum !!!
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Hoyer: Gonzalez will be 'a monster' at Fenway Park
Padres general manager Jed Hoyer met with reporters here in Florida regarding the trade. Here are a few of his comments:
"We had a number of teams that were interested. Probably talked to seven or eight teams over the last couple of weeks. It got a lot more active over the last week. I'd say there were three teams that were heavily involved. And one of the big variables was some of the teams that were involved were going to go away or could go away because they were going to sign free agents."
On making the deal: "The knowledge was a big thing. Boston was clearly the most aggressive team in pursuing Adrian, and we really liked this package of players. From a talent standpoint this was clearly the best package that we had. But the knowledge of the prospects also had a lot to do with it. (Padres assistant GM) Jason McCloud was the (Red Sox) scouting director when all three of these guys were drafted. I know all three of these players. Perhaps the biggest anxiety you have in any trade is the unknown. You don't know the player, you don't know the personality, you don't know the toughness. All of that is taken out of the equation in this trade for us.
"We know these guys. We know they have a great make-up, so that is a huge variable we don't have to worry about. It lets you sleep a lot better at night knowing that ultimately their talent will take them as far as they're going to go, but we know their mental toughness, their make-up is going to be topnotch. That's a big problem when you make trades. You don't usually have that knowledge."
On Gonzalez playing at Fenway: "He's going to be unbelievable in Fenway Park. He hit so many fly balls the other way, so many times it just died kind of helplessly before the warning track in Petco Park, so I think he's going to be a monster at Fenway Park. They've got themselves a great player. A player we certainly wish we could have kept. But I think Red Sox fans will certainly enjoy watching him play for a long time."
On Casey Kelly: "It is so hard to find affordable starting pitching in our market. (We're) getting a guy that we feel can be in our rotation for a long time. I think he's an excellent fit for Petco Park. So the deal was never going to get done without Kelly's inclusion.
In Boston, Theo Epstein broadly hinted that the sides have an understanding of what it would take for a contract extension. To be more specific, the extension will be for seven years and $154 million according to sources.
For luxury tax reasons, the deal is not expected to be announced until after Opening Day. The delay also will give the Red Sox a chance to make sure Gonzalez is fully healthy.
To be sure, they would not have made the trade without knowing Gonzalez would be in Boston long term. It's not guaranteed but there obviously is an understanding.
One of the other teams in the mix was the White Sox.

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This black and white creation made of zibeline has black flowers cascading down the side. Designed by Jacques Zehnder, Paris.
Queen Silvia in the gown without the black flowers.
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A review (and rant) By JJ Webb
Played on Xbox360: There are few things in life I like as much as superheroes, video games, movies, and my girlfriend. When you add two together, it makes for a rather entertaining evening of me yelling at said girlfriend to backup to get away from the cops and informing her she has a three star wanted level (as she sweetly screams back that she does not drive in real life, so what gives me the right to think she would know how to in a video game).
When you add another combination of them together it is often, in the video game world, a very hit and miss scenario. I can only recall twice in my gaming memory the times where I started to feel like the superhero represented on the box. The first time was Spider-Man 2, where web-swinging has still never felt better. The next time was the mind-blowing feeling of actually being Batman in Arkham Asylum, only to then be perfected and made into one of my favourite games ever in Arkham City.
Mixed feelings about a new game in the Arkham universe coming out but not being made by Rocksteady hit me like a bag of things less cliche than bricks, but effective, all the same. I was excited to play more in this universe, and with the bag of tricks Rocksteady was hopefully leaving with WB Games and with the thought that Jesus or any other powerful deity still loves us, I was feeling optimistic. With the game being out for more than a week now, I have had more than enough time to dwell on it, and my thoughts turned into an opinion…"amazing"!
Arkham Origins is set five years prior to the events of Arkham Asylum. That's right. Our beloved and often misunderstood playboy turned cowl donning crime fighter is just now getting his teeth cut in the streets of Gotham. We are lead to believe Batman has only been at it for maybe a couple of years, and he is still more or less a legend of Gotham, and not fully realized as the bat fact that he is in later years. With this younger Bruce comes the loss of one of my favourite voice actors, Kevin Conroy. I was very bitter at first, but as I progressed, I started to give some props to this voice actor, and realized he was doing a rather good job at it.
There are other minor changes noticable right away, like the lack of Oracle in constant and helpful communication with Bats, and in her place, Alfred. Also, the intro cut scene that shows Batman getting into the Batwing is pants tightening, and a cool way to show you what will be used as a fast travel tool.
The story somewhat rushes in on you, but all you really need to know is that there is a breakout at Blackgate prison, it's Christmas Eve, Black Mask is a douche and hires assassins to kill you in one night, Riddler is still only important enough to leave crap absolutely everywhere, and Alfred is pissed you will miss the ham he has been making.
I can see why WB Games could feel the need to rush you into the game and cut the set up short, but these are some characters that have been with me through all of my childhood Saturdays, and I couldn't help miss a little more back story visually stimulating me to help feed the feeling of purpose for this story. That said, I do appreciate that they don't act like I have never played an Arkham game before, and it felt right at home jumping in and getting up to all of my bat antics…bantics…batics, there we go.
I had some minor trouble at the start getting use to the slightly faster combat, and the games first boss fight with Killer Croc had me down to some pretty low health. Once I got over that, however, I was hitting those high 40-50x hit combos in no time. The combat feels as good as ever, and the animations are top notch. The different boss fights all feel pretty good, and all have a unique element to them, which is good, as the games villains roster goes fairly deep.
It was when I got to the opened up city of Gotham, itself that I started to feel a little less comfortable. The city looks great, especially with the time being Christmas Eve and Gotham covered with snow fall reminds me of some of my favorite Christmas episodes of the animated series. Where it falls is in the exploration of it all. It somehow felt clunky and not nearly as fluid as roaming around in Arkham City was. Several times I would have Batman clipping walls, not grappling anywhere near where he should have been, and occasionally, even falling through the map.
Ah, now here is where it all really began. It being the games numerous amount of glitches. Yes, indeed. Gotham city has been plagued by something more annoying than the Riddler's data packs, or its silly attempt at a fun and competitive multiplayer mode (more on that later). It is riddled (figure that one out, Enigma) with bugs. Some of these range from the previously stated falling through the map, to a thug I was not able to finish off because of the God-like powers he was given from being clipped inside a car. I tested this car later to see if I could be granted this ambrosia like gift, but a Penguin thug shot me right in between the ears and my sonar was never the same again. On top of this, the game froze on me around fifteen times. But the three licks it took you to get to the center of this, is nothing compared to the game breaking glitch that was layed on me (like my girlfriend was once we resolved our Grand Theft Auto argument).
Apparently there is a chance for your save file to get corrupted, and since the game saves everything to one file, it doesn't take the worlds greatest detective to realize that you're boned. What this meant for me was that my 94% completion with the story, and my 55% done with EVERY OTHER DAMN THING THERE IS in this game, was gone. And yes, I'm aware that I should always have a backup, but a game ending glitch like this should NEVER happen with a released product, let alone one as huge as a Batman release. A patch is suppose to come out to fix these problems, but I doubt that will be enough for me to feel the need to go back over everything, and finish this game to its fullest, like I have with the others.
Don't get me wrong, I was having fun, and the story was getting better the further I got into it. Once the Joker was revealed, I felt everything had upped the ante. Even though once again missing fan favourite, Mark Hamill didn't stop this character from being awesome, as other fan favourite, Troy Baker does such an amazing job at the voice, I could hardly tell.
Some of the new additions to the series are really cool, too. The crime scenes being the first one that comes to mind. It's pretty bad-ass going into detective mode and literally getting to see the crime in question play out in front of you as you discover more clues. It's additions like this that shape the feel of Batman, as he has always been, and should always be so much more than a brawler, and getting a taste of feeling like an amazing detective is a great direction to lean towards. Having the real bat cave as a sort of HQ is pretty sweet, and it even has a training ground in it that lets you access the different challenge maps, that I thought was neat. You can also have conversations with Alfred here that range from comedic to somewhat emotional, and was a nice touch.
The game also has a not-so-great addition in the form of it being like every other game out there and adding a multiplayer. Unique! Not that there is anything wrong with primarily known single player titles delving into multiplayer. I actually thought Mass Effect 3 did a good job with its version. This version feels lacking, and I got bored of it after only a few matches. It's a 3vs 3vs 2 gametype where three people play as Bane thugs, three as Joker thugs, and two as Batman and Robin. I guess the multiplayer takes place sometime in the future where a Robin exists. Playing as one of the thugs becomes a very Gears of War like shooter that isn't anything special, and playing as one of the heroes tasks you with working together to take down the thugs enough times to fill up a bat meter. It all comes across as a great idea, but the execution is lacking and didn't keep me interested enough to stop playing other awesome online games like GTA Online. There are cool elements, like getting to customize each of your thugs, and buying more loot in a similar fashion to Mass Effect 3's system. None of this was enough to make this a desirable online game, however, and I forgot about it right away.
Many times throuhout the game I kept wondering about why the hell it was called Arkham Origins. It doesn't take place in Arkham, and is in no way an origins story. The only thing I could justify was that it was referring to Joker's origin, as that is something we get to see, and is actually a rather cool moment in the game where you get to take control of the Joker and play through his messed up, albeit happy mind.
Seeing some of these characters five years before we saw them last can be interesting, but it never focuses long enough on an individual to reach anything too exciting. Seeing captain Gordon and an upright Barbara is cool, but the rogues gallery is so full, that you sometimes only get one mission to deal with them, and some happen so early on that I was left with an "oh, guess that's it" feeling.
With that said, there is tons do to, from the various challenge maps, to the Dark Knight challenges while playing the story, to the case files, and most wanted list where you get to track down some of the random baddies they threw in. Suffice to say, there is enough to keep the completionist, like myself, occupied (you know, if you're lucky enough to not have the gods take a digital crap on your save file). None of it feels as good as it did in Arkham City, and even after the patch fixes the bugs and problems abound in this game, I will probably replay that long before I experience this Christmas Eve in Batman's shoes again.


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Seriously. Half a star? Not Bhaji on the Beach. I am seriously suspicious of people who have a grand total of one review and for that review they give 1 star or below. Especially when others give it 5 stars. I've eaten in many many South Indian restaurants including Rasa Samudra - owned by one of Jamie Oliver's mates: Daz. Bhaji on the Beach, even on its worst off day would not deserve 1 or half a star. In all seriousness I'd give it 4, but I gave it 5 to bump up its averages. We tried the lamb dosa, the Avial and the Prawn Balchoo. All were way above average. I usually travel all the way to Terry Hills for a decent curry (Urban Tadkha), but I'd be very happy to return to Bhajis. Service - excellent - friendly and efficient. Food did take a few minutes to arrive - but I want my food fresh, not out of a bain marie. I'm sure Bhajis don't really care about good or bad reviews, as the place was full of repeat customers.
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The new Twilight Turtle Tunes (T3) features three modes, which you can rotate through by pressing the turtle-shell-shaped button. Turn the T3 on by locating the on/off switch on the turtle's belly then press the shell-shaped button.
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Why in the world do we need Kirk back in the 24th century? If not for the Nexus, he would've most likely been dead by the TNG era anyway. And it's not like there's any dearth of 23rd-century fiction featuring the character.
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IMO the Sharnerverse was close enough to the mainline continuity that it can be seen as part of it if one so chooses. They just never ever talk about him in the other books.
You could perhaps make a (tenuous) case for that where the first two trilogies are concerned, but the Totality trilogy is incompatible with the main novel continuity in a number of respects: Bajor hasn't yet joined the Federation as of 2378,
's Romulan-aid mission lasts over a year, and Admiral Janeway is alive during the time frame when she was dead in the main novel continuity.
I think that initially the idea was to approach it as you suggest, to leave it ambiguous whether they could fit or not, but by the time of Totality the decision had been made just to let each series go its own way. And as
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For that matter, the Shatnerverse version of the Mirror Universe's origin is incompatible with "In a Mirror, Darkly." The Shatnerverse version is that the MU began to form after First Contact, growing out of a human-Vulcan military alliance formed to defend against the Borg threat which Cochrane had learned of. IaMD established that history had already diverged much earlier than that -- the Empire had existed in some form for centuries, most classic literature other than Shakespeare was different, and Cochrane and his people slaughtered the Vulcans who made first contact.
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The strange and delightful story of Achmed Alkaissy, the last remaining employee of Iraq's American embassy.
11:00 PM, Nov 23, 2003 • By ERIC PFEIFFER
DURING THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, D.C., could have blended in more easily on the streets of Baghdad than in the nation's capital.
Beneath its front door stacks of old newspapers piled on top of each other in deteriorating layers that ended in a pile of gray mush. The sign outside advertising "Iraq Interests Section" had begun to rust over. Weeds ran rampant over its grounds and the building was without power. The phrase, "The name of this chamber is Peace" once inscribed upon the second floor fireplace had faded beyond recognition. As U.S. forces began the liberation of Iraq, the embassy was abandoned and all but one of its employees deported.
The man left behind is Achmed Alkaissy, a U.S. citizen since 1986 and assistant to the former Iraqi ambassador. A 41-year-old with a background in economics, Alkaissy speaks with ease about the affairs of the two countries he has called home. He is a man of seemingly divided loyalties: Dual citizenship, son of a Shiite mother and Sunni father, supportive of Iraq's liberation but skeptical of its implementation. Having served in the embassy since the mid-'80s, he has seen his career and Iraq's U.S. representation threatened during the 1991 Gulf War and then again with this year's overthrow of Saddam Hussein. He has outlasted both.
ARRIVING AT THE EMBASSY I found him emerging from a side entrance with two State Department employees in tow. They had arrived with five maintenance workers who were beginning to clean the grounds as Alkaissy and the State employees discussed getting the embassy re-opened for business.
Alkaissy led me inside the building, which was still without power. We navigated through the darkness up a short flight of stairs that led into the ballroom. Rays of light seeped in through its dust-covered windows partially illuminating the surroundings. Two small couches had been pulled in to the middle of the room. He sat down on one and I took the other.
Dressed in a blue T-shirt, black jeans, and an Oakland Raiders cap, Alkaissy set a pack of Dunhill cigarettes on the coffee table separating the couches and began smoking immediately.
For the last seven months he's been the sole contact for 300,000 Iraqi citizens living in the United States, attempting to manage the embassy's affairs from the confines of his Alexandria home. "I couldn't do anything," he says. "I didn't have authorization from the State Department. The Iraqi community wants passports. These people have visas that need to be renewed and I can't help them. They can't return to their families and they can't establish themselves here. They are stuck."
State has arranged for three Iraqi diplomats to serve in the embassy when it re-opens. Two of the diplomats will come from Iraqi embassies in Algeria and Vietnam, the third will be from Baghdad. Alkaissy has brokered an agreement with the Algerian government to sponsor Iraq's embassy until its assets are no longer frozen.
He was visited in late August by Ahmad Chalabi, then serving as president of the Iraqi governing council. "Chalabi is a very nice gentleman. He's very open-minded," Alkaissy explains. "He understood our needs. One of his objectives is to rush to open the place. He promised he would do something and I'm sure he is doing it."
During his visit, Chalabi and Alkaissi took down the portraits of Saddam Hussein which had lined the embassy's walls. The portraits remained in the ballroom, stacked face down, as we sat and talked. The largest, standing more than four feet tall, leaned against a wall, looking out over the room's expanse. Alkaissi laughed, "This is one of the newer ones. They'll probably want it for a museum somewhere."
Behind the portraits sits the embassy library which hosts a grand, oak bookshelf over 10-feet wide and containing hundreds of books inscribed in Arabic behind a glass case. Every volume is Baath party literature. "I'm tired of all this." He says. "No one ever read these." Still, the ghosts of Saddam lurk everywhere. A clock stopped at 11:27 p.m. hangs over the ballroom doorway, marking the time Achmed and his colleagues closed down the embassy.
HAVING LIVED IN AMERICA for two decades enjoying its freedoms and culture, Alkaissy is upset by the media's coverage of his native country's transition from oppression to liberty. "Democracy is not going to the 7-Eleven and buying a Coke and chips. Democracy needs to have a process. People there elaborate on democracy in a different way than we do here in America." He becomes agitated as we discuss critics of U.S. foreign policy, who insist Iraq is stable enough for sovereignty. "Even in America, the full democratic process was being understood in the late '60s. We're talking over 200 years. Now in Iraq, we're looking at a couple of months. It cannot be given like this. It has to be step by step."


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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Teemu Selanne scored the winner with 4:23 to play as Anaheim rallied for a 4-2 win over Chicago in a battle between the two powerhouses of the Western Conference.
Bobby Ryan had tied the game just over a minute before the Selanne goal while Peter Holland and Sheldon Souray also scored for the Ducks, who have won seven of their last eight to move three points back of Chicago for the top spot in the Western Conference. Jonas Hiller posted 22 saves and also had an assist in the win.
Jonathan Toews and Nick Leddy both scored for the Blackhawks, who had won three straight following a two-game skid that had snapped their 24-game point streak to open the season. Corey Crawford gave up three goals on 25 shots.
Trailing by a goal, the Ducks tied the game with 5:27 to play after Ryan knocked home a rebound off Ryan Getzlaf's right-wing shot on a rush.
Just over a minute later, Selanne tied the game after taking a pass from Getzlaf and beating Crawford with a wrister down low for his seventh of the season.
Souray iced the win with an empty-netter in the final minute.
"It's always big when you win, especially like this kind of game," said Selanne. "I don't think we played that well. I was a little disappointed. But it was a good win again. The third period has been our best period the whole season, and we gained two again."
Anaheim got the first goal of the game as Luca Sbisa's one-timer from the slot went wide, but it bounced off the backboards and came out to the left where Holland slammed it home 1:24 in.
Chicago, though, scored while shorthanded at the 3:52 mark of the first as Toews blocked a shot and went the other way. Skating down the right wing, he cut to the front and tucked it in past the right pad of Hiller for his 15th goal of the season.
The Blackhawks made it a 2-1 game on the power play in the second period as Leddy's slap shot from the high slot found the back of the net for his fourth goal of the year at the 11:54 mark.
"We have to keep working and keep doing the right things," said Toews. "We had a couple of breakdowns. Next thing you know, we are down a goal. We played good enough to win but made a few mistakes in the last five minutes and they made us pay for it."
It was the first shorthanded goal that Anaheim has allowed this season ...
Selanne's goal was the 1,425th point of his career, tying him with Bryan
Trottier for 15th on the NHL leaders list ... Anaheim hosts Detroit for the
first of two games on Friday ... Chicago has off until Monday when it will
host Los Angeles.
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
NFL players have a very short shelf life to make significant amounts of money so it's tough to fault anyone who has outperformed a contract when they go knocking on the door to ask for more.
Pete Mackanin will remain interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have reportedly retained restricted free agent forward Kyle Singler with a five-year contract extension.
The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran forward Brad Richards a one-year contract on Wednesday.


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Analy High School's Gordon Allen is not usually at a loss for words.
The prize-winning debater recently took seventh place in the National Forensic League annual tournament in Kansas City, beating out 221 award-winning debaters from across the country.
But when asked why he participates on the school debate team, Allen, who will be a senior at Analy in the fall, takes an atypical pause.
"I guess, first and foremost, I do debate because I'm good at it. It's not to be boastful, but it's just what makes sense to me -- people enjoy what they are good at," he said.
Allen, 17 and a stellar student, is good at it because it piques his intellectual curiosity.
"I do debate because it allows me to express myself and make discussions of the type that are generally not made in conversation," he said. "It allows me to really engage a claim and a person on a level that no other activity does."
A competitive debater since his freshman year at Analy, Allen has excelled in the discipline as few others have, according to his coach, Lynette Williamson.
He was the only student from the North Bay to earn a spot in the national competition.
"He is very adaptable," she said of his debating style. "He has his preferences, but he realizes that the world demands that you adapt to your audience."
Allen excels in the Lincoln-Douglas category of debate and typically spends hours studying sometimes arcane academic journals, formulating arguments and counter-arguments for esoteric questions of philosophy and reason.


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The Frazier, in collaboration with the Royal Armouries (Britain's oldest museum), holds in trust one of the greatest collections of arms, armor and related historical artifacts in the world.
Presenting the finest in contemporary art and craft of Kentucky, the Museum has 4 exhibition galleries, a permanent collection and an education department. Our gallery shop features work from over 300 artists, including textiles, jewelry, ceramics, glass, wood and metal. The Museum is located on historic
Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection. Its extensive collection spans 6,000 years, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art.
The Louisville Science Center encourages people of all ages to enjoy science, mathematics, and technology in a stimulating and engaging environment that is educational as well as entertaining.
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Standing Out
Each year, the U.S. Army and its NHRA partners honor some of the most courageous U.S. Army Soldiers by inviting them to enjoy a special day at the racetrack at select motorsports events.
Chosen for their exceptional bravery and service, U.S. Army Racing Soldier Heroes get a true racing experience during their day at the track. Heroes watch the competition from the pit, meet U.S. Army Racing teams, and get special recognition for exhibiting strength like no other in service of their country.
"My experience as a Soldier Hero at Bristol Motor Speedway was awesome. I was treated with respect and everyone was very kind to me. Getting to tour the pits with the Army team was just phenomenal. They showed me all the inner workings of the car and how everything went during a pit stop. Getting to sit in the pit row and watch the race was just awesome - I had a front row seat to all the action. I'm thankful for the experience the Army gave me for my service to my country and I hope all Soldiers get a chance to live an experience like this one day."
SSG Kevin Manning
Purple Heart Recipient
"Being honored as a Soldier Hero at the Carolinas Nationals was one experience I will never forget. The day started out with lunch with Tony Schumacher, where I was introduced and was able to tell my Army story to him and his crew. After Tony won the race I was escorted to the finish line and was one of the first to tell him congratulations. I got to ride on the back of an Army truck down the drag strip with Tony, waving at the fans. Once we arrived at Victory Lane, Tony and I went to the main stage together where he was presented with his trophy. The day was great and I felt that my service was appreciated by all those involved with that special day. Tony Schumacher is a great guy and appreciates the men and women he represents in the U.S. Army."
SFC Michael Gainey
Bronze Star with Valor Device Recipient
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Ranger Tab
Parachute Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Army Commendation Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
|Circle K NHRA Winternationals
Pomona, CA
February 5-8
|11B Infantry
|SFC Cody W Harrington
Bronze Star with Valor
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
|CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals
Phoenix, AZ
February 20-22
|19D Cavalry Scout
|CPT Justin S. Patton
Bronze Star Medal 1 OLC
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Accommodation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
|Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville, FL
March 12-15
|19 Armor Officer
|SSG Casey Grant
Purple HeartÂ
Army Commendation Medal X 3
Army Achievement Medal X 2
Combat Infantry Badge
Expert Infantry Badge
|NHRA 4-Wide Nationals
Charlotte, NC
March 27-29
|11B Infantry
|SFC Shane L McDougal
Bronze Star X2
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal X 3
Army Achievement Medal X 3
Combat Action Badge
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Las Vegas, NV
April 10-12
|19K Armor Crewman
|SFC Javier Zungia
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Good Conduct Medal X 4
|O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals
Houston, TX
April 24-26
|11B Infantry
|SSG Artimus R. Quick
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Certificate of Achievement x5
NATO Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal x 2
Army Achievement Medal x 3
Army Overseas Ribbon x 3
Army Accommodation Medal
Volunteer Service Ribbon
|Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
Commerce, GA
May 15-17
|13D Field Artillery
|CPT Daniel Ball
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
NATO Service Ribbon
|NHRA Kansas Nationals
Topeka, KS
May 22-24
|15 Aviation Officer
|SSG Nicholas Schultz
Bronze Star
Combat Action Badge
Army Commendation Medal
Drivers Badge
Army Achievement Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
|Toyota NHRA SummerNationals
Englishtown, NJ
June 4-7
|88M Motor Transport Operator
|SSG Timothy Turner
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal w/ Valor
Army Commendation Medal 5 OLC
Army Achievement Medal 1 OLC
|NHRA New England Nationals
Epping, NH
June 12-14
|13F Fire Support Specialist
|SFC Mark Johnson
Bronze Star Meritorious
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
|NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol, TN
June 19-21
|31B Military Police
|SSG Travis Ross
Bronze Star Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Master Driver
Combat Action Badge
|Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
Norwalk, OH
July 2-5
|12V Concrete and Asphalt Equipment Operator
|SSG Timothy Nosser
Meritorious Service Medal
Aviation Badge
Army Drivers Badge
Meritorious Unit Award
AGCM x 3
ACM x 2
ICM x 2
OSR x 2
Certificate of Achievement x 3
|Route 66 NHRA Nationals
Chicago, IL
July 10-12
Purple Heart x 2
Army Commendation Medal x 3
Army Achievement Medal x 3
NATO Award
Humanitarion Serves Medal
Good Conduct Medal x 4
|Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Denver, CO
July 24-26
|11B Infantry
|SFC David Miller
Browns Star Medal
ARCOM 2nd OLC
AAM 3rd OLC
Combat Action Badge
Expert Marksmanship Badge
|NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Sonoma, CA
July 31-Aug 2
|91X Maintenance Supervisor
|SSG Zachary Dispennette
Bronze Star with Valor device
Army Commendation Medal x6
Army Achievement Medal x3
Meritorious Unit Citation
Army Good Conduct Medal x3
|NHRA Northwest Nationals
Seattle, WA
August 7-9
|13B Cannon Crewmember
|SSG Joe Carey
Combat Infantryman Badge
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
|Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Brainerd, MN
August 20-23
|35M Human Intelligence Collector
| SSG Mark Allen Brunette
Combat Infantryman Badge
Expert Infantryman Badge
Army Commendation Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Iraq/Afganistan Campaign Medal
|Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis, IN
September 2-7
|11B Infantry
|SSG David J. Lewis
|NHRA Carolina Nationals
Charlotte, NC
September 18-20
|11B Infantry
| SSG Justin Waynick
Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal Combat Medic Badge Army Commendation Medal x3 Army Achievement Medal x7
|AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
St. Louis, MO
September 25-27
| SSG Jason Saad
Bronze Star with Valor Army Commendation Medal 4th Award Army Achievement Medal 6th Award Army Good Conduct Medal 2nd Award Combat Action Badge
|NHRA Keystone Nationals
Reading, PA
October 1-4
| SSG Vicente Barrientos
Purple Heart Army Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal Navy Achievement Medals x2 Combat Action Ribbon
|AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals
Dallas, TX
October 15-18
|12N Engineer
| SSG Benjamin Hewitt
Combat Infantryman Badge Expert Infantryman Badge Ari Assault Badge
Army Commendation Medal x3 Army Achievement Award x7
|NHRA Toyota Nationals
Las Vegas, NV
October 29 - November 1
| SFC Shawn Castro
Bronze Star Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
|Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
Pomona, CA
November 12-15
| SSG Christopher Hellesvig
ARCOM x2
AAM x2
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Find & Scan Wireless Networks from the Command Line in Mac OS X
A long hidden airport command line utility buried deep in Mac OS X can be used to scan for and find available wireless networks. This powerful tool is very helpful for network admins and systems administrators, but it's handy for the average user to help discover nearby wi-fi routers as well.
To use this tool to find nearby wifi networks, the first thing you'll want to do is create a symbolic link from the airport utility to /usr/sbin for easy access.
Launch the Terminal and type the following command:
sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport
The above command must appear on a single line to work properly. Enter the administrator password to create the symbolic link, which functions as an alias would in the Finder. Now you can use the airport command without the lengthy path to access it.
How to Scan for Wireless Networks from Terminal in Mac OS X
Now, to scan for and find all wireless networks within range, type the following:
airport -s
The list returned will show all available wifi networks and their router name (SSID), the router address (BSSID), signal strength (RSSI), channel, and security types used by the network.
This basically works like a command line wi-fi stumbler, revealing the available wireless networks that are within range.
By watching the output of airport -s and the RSSI strength, you could use the airport command line tool in a similar fashion to the Wi-Fi Diagnostics utility to optimize a wireless connection.
You can also get much of the same detailed information from the Wi-Fi menu by holding the Option key on click, although that will only show you details of one access point at a time.
Alternatively, Mac users can turn to the Wi-Fi scanner tool native to OS X to stumble for nearby wireless networks entirely in the GUI. The output will be the same for either the Wireless Diagnostics app approach, or the command line approach offered here.


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Just to let you know, the darkroom is still closing at the end of Sept but in the meanwhile you can still come and print and not pay anything but the monthly fee.
Here's the deal.
"Did you have some negs that you always wanted to print but never got around to joining up? Well for the final months make use of the space at discounted rates! We will be offering two months of final membership (July 15th to Aug 15 OR Aug 15th to Sept 15th) for only $95 per month and new members don't have to pay the start-up fee!! Get a key and print your heart out for 30 days, any time for one fee. This is WAY cheaper then taking your stuff to a lab. Stock-up on prints of those old awesome negs before you have to start paying per print, and someone else to do it. Tell your friends!!"


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Articles tagged "Jim Harbaugh"
Final 2014 Intelligence Index: Patriots NFL's Smartest Team; Redskins Dumbest
Smart, well-coached teams win games and win fans money. Dumb, poorly coached teams lose games and lose fans money. Dumb coaches also get canned at the end of the season. New England ended the year No. 1 on the Intelligence Index; Washington finished dead last.
49ers DT Ray McDonald Says "Truth Will Come Out"
The 49ers defensive tackle is the first NFL player to be arrested on domestic violence charges since the league instituted its automatic 6-game ban for such instances.
FOX And NFL Will Show Players' Body Temperatures At Super Bowl
Because glowing footballs are out of the question.
Video: FN Football Show Featuring Larry Johnson & Rob Gronkowski
Larry Johnson has a rap sheet for domestic assault. Let's put him in a strip club. Sounds like a great idea.
Aaron Rodgers, Andy Reid and Richard Sherman React to NFL Week 2
Aaron Rodgers didn't feel well before shredding Washington for 480 yards and four touchdowns and rapper Macklemore says "We stomped the 49ers." At least he didn't say "We didn't start the fire".
Helpless in Seattle: Jim Harbaugh's Colin Kaepernick Decision Haunts 49ers
Colin Kaepernick has been labeled the NFL's next Superman. But Seattle is his Kryptonite. His 49ers are now 0-2 against the Seahawks after he turned in the worst passing performance of 2013 Sunday night (20.1 passer rating).
Public Lust and Point Spreads: San Francisco Sexy Factor Hurt Bettors
The undervalued San Francisco 49ers were the NFL's best bet with Alex Smith at quarterback. Then Jim Harbaugh inserted sexy younger model Colin Kaepernick. The betting public fell in love and began acting irrationally.
NFL Offseason: Good News And Bad News For NFC West
Once upon a time seven wins was good enough to win the NFC West. Today the rough-and-tumble NFC West is one of the sexiest divisions in football. Pro Football Guru Russell Baxter gives us the statistical highs and lows.
Alex Smith: The Best Quarterback Who Ever Got Benched
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith will soon head to the Kansas City Chiefs, and with the move ends the saga of the most bizarre and statistically inexplicable benching in the history of the NFL.
- Quality Stats Super Bowl Breakdown: Patriots vs Seahawks
- Super Bowl XLIX Prop Bets: Full List
- Super Bowl 49 Game Capsule: Patriots @ Seahawks
- Awesome: Must-see Super Bowl Hall of Shame Infographic
- Referee Bill Vinovich Gets The Nod For Super Bowl 49 -- Balls
- 2014 NFL Divisional Playoffs Most-Watched Evah!
- CHFF's Pat Imig Talks Stan Kroenke & The Rams on Sportsnet 590 Toronto
- NFL 2014 Playoff Seeds and Schedule
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- Vegas Win Totals For Each NFL Team


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November 25, 2015
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- A published report in Knoxville says the cleanup of Energy Department facilities in Oak Ridge is going to take longer and cost more than previously expected.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports in this morning's editions that the wrecking of more than 200 old buildings at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant is now expected to begin around 2010 and take about 15 years to complete.
The reported cost is between 4 billion dollars and 8 billion dollars.
The massive demolition project is known as Integrated Facility Disposition Project.
Energy Department Oak Ridge manager Gerald Boyd says the department will ask cleanup contractors to take part in a workshop early next year.
Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Yeah I posted those except for those promos, the gas station one, and the caress one.
Yep the tagged pictures are the ones I posted during the season.Originally Posted by rashad
"How do you feel about marriage and commitment?" - Britney Spears
"I feel that...I feel that love is love...love has...I don't believe in marriage. I believe you can get married." - Kevin Federline
Huh? I think I just got stupider...
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Yeah, I remember that...thanks for that, I dont think I ever thanked you!Originally Posted by r0guish
I Know I Already Asked this Question, but Rashad do you have the pictures of the Zodiac? and the Seven Deadly Sins? and the Wonderbra Photoshoots. if so I would be most appreciative if you could post them
Please and Thank You
rashad, i was thinking about one.... you told that you must to post every photos with tagged..
but so you will not post every portfolios of models when every show showed with untagged and HQ pictures? like a 1500x2000 size of pixels?
Does anyone have these pictures? :
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May I ask if someone can post any of Kahlen's HQ photoshot?
I've got some of them from rashad before, but I think I did missed some of them...
Thanks in advance =)
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Coffelt appeals ruling striking her from V.I. General Election ballot
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ST. THOMAS - Gubernatorial hopeful Soraya Diase Coffelt and her running mate, John Canegata, are appealing a federal ruling to keep them off the ballot in the November election.
In May, Elections Supervisor Caroline Fawkes disqualified Coffelt and Canegata from running in the General Election because Canegata is a registered Republican and Coffelt is not affiliated with any political party.
Coffelt, Canegata and a voter, Ronald Charles, filed a lawsuit in District Court on May 30.
According to the lawsuit, Canegata did not want to be a no-party candidate because he also is running to retain his state chairman position within the Republican Party in a race he would have had to give up if he switched political parties.
District Judge Wilma Lewis conducted two hearings on the matter in June. After the first, she granted a temporary restraining order in the matter while considering whether to grant a permanent injunction.
On Monday, Lewis issued an opinion that upheld Fawkes' original decision to disqualify the Coffelt-Canegata ticket.
The judge said the plain language of the law does not address whether a registered member of a political party can run as an independent candidate.
"However, the court finds that the Supervisor of Elections' conclusion that registered and enrolled party members may not run as independent candidates in the General Election is worthy of respect because of its persuasive value. The court further finds that the Supervisor of Elections' interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions does not violate either the Revised Organic Act or the United States Constitution," Lewis said.
Lewis denied Coffelt's motion for a permanent injunction, and entered a judgement in favor of the defendants.
Coffelt responded by filing an appeal in the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.
"We'll be asking for expedited appeal and requesting that the court stay this decision, meaning that we can go forward and campaign while this decision is pending," Coffelt told The Daily News on Wednesday.
"John and I have had an overwhelming amount of phone calls and even people stopping us on the street just telling us to fight it and not to give up, and we're not going to," she said.
Canegata still is on the primary election ballot for his Republican state chairman race.
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"You're as tempting and savage as Marcellus Shale."
Not necessarily a lyric you'd find in a Beatles tune, but the newest album from psychedelic indie rockers Dr. Dog references the infamous source of natural gas named for the Central New York village.
The band hails from Pennsylvania (where hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, has become increasingly divisive) so it makes sense that they've formed an opinion on the issue. But we have to wonder — what Central New York namesake will enter the national consciousness next? (Besides Adult World?)
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Greenwell Springs is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The zip code for this area is 70739. In the 1850s, Robert W. Greenwell purchased land in the area of what is now known as the community of Greenwell Springs. Greenwell began developing the area into a rural resort. The resort was built around 10 medicinal springs. Despite the springs being in close proximity to each other, each spring was said to have very different and distinct mineral properties from the others. It was believed that this indicated the springs each came from different levels beneath the ground. The resort area became known as the Greenwell Springs Hotel, and was used during the American Civil War as a headquarters and staging area by Confederate General John Breckinridge. Prior to the Battle of Baton Rouge in April 1862, Breckinridge's forces marched west to attack Union forces that had occupied the city. After the battle, Confederate forces retreated back to the Greenwell Springs Hotel and used it was a hospital for wounded troops. Both Union and Confederate troops were buried on the grounds of the hotel in unmarked graves. During the war, Robert W. Greenwell joined the Confederate Army, and served as a Captain. He was the commander of the East Baton Rouge Guards which was then Company F, 3rd Louisiana Cavalry, during the Battle of Port Hudson. After the war, most of the resort village known as Greenwell Springs, as well as the Greenwell Springs Hotel, was torn down. The lumber from these buildings was used to help rebuild structures in Baton Rouge that had been damaged or destroyed during the war. In 1910, a new Greenwell Springs Hotel was built on the site of the old hotel. A new springhouse was built at the same time as the new hotel. A short time after construction was completed, the springs stopped flowing. The loss of the springs was believed to be because the mouths of the springs were opened too wide which resulted in a loss of water pressure. With the absence of the springs, the new hotel soon lost appeal and was closed down. In 1920, the Greenwell Springs Hotel burned down. The State of Louisiana later bought the property to use as a tuberculosis hospital and eventually as a mental hospital known as Greenwell Springs Hospital. It was during this time that the springs began to flow again. In April 2005, the unincorporated community of Greenwell Springs became part of the territory of the newly formed incorporated city known as Central City. It is the home of former Louisiana State Senator Gaston Gerald, a farmer/rancher in East Baton Rouge and Washington parishes. Current State Representative Clif Richardson resides there. (more on Wikipedia)


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Wilfork fine with his surroundings
Just like he is in that picture, Vince Wilfork will be front and center for the Patriots defensive line this season. Richard Seymour's gone. Ty Warren's out for the year. And at positions where depth is paramount, New England looks, on the surface, to be pretty thin.
But as Monique recounted in her notebook this morning, Wilfork looks at it differently.
"Changes happen all the time around sports, not just football," Wilfork said. "Around sports, every year is different. So this year's different. I don't have Seymour. I don't have Ty right now. It's going to be different. Nothing is going to be easy. [The players here] know exactly what they need to do to play on this team. We have 100 percent faith in these guys."
Last year, losing Seymour caused a trickle-down effect depth-wise, forcing the Patriots to shorten their rotation. Warren and Wilfork were carrying a heavy load, wound up getting hurt late in the year, and the wear-and-tear became apparent in the playoff loss to Baltimore.
That's why the Patriots' ability to rotate five or six linemen might be essential in making up for the absence of Warren and Seymour, using fresh legs to cover up. New England lists, left-to-right, Gerard Warren, Wilfork, and Mike Wright as starters on the unofficial depth chart, with Myron Pryor, Ron Brace, and Damione Lewis behind them, respectively.
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I've tried the bike path (from cambridge to lexington), but there are a LOT of places where it crosses streets with car traffic and has stop signs (in addition to the congested pedestrian traffic). Is there anything near the greater boston area that has at least a 20-mile stretch with almost no stops?
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On Halloween, boo to you, too
Have you heard about the ghost cows in the village, and the long-dead owner who some people still hear calling his herd? Or about the retired steamboat captain who built a home the shape of his ship, with a bell that allegedly can still be heard on foggy nights?
Energy Board recommends line-drying—A meditative, energy-saving habit
Laura Ellison, who has been air drying her laundry since she was 22, doesn't see her energy-saving act as a sacrifice. Stringing clothes on lines that zigzag her living room in front of a wood stove is a relaxing, almost spiritual experience.
Village a comfortable bicultural fit
When Enshané Nomoto was looking for a place to settle near her new job last year, she got an obscure recommendation from a classmate she hardly knew to visit Yellow Springs. She didn't know what to expect. She and her husband, Yukio, were looking for a place that was progressive…
October sun brings fall Street Fair to life
Warm-weather seekers from the surrounding region surged into Yellow Springs for Saturday's fall Street Fair. Kids went straight for the young fuzzy alpacas and the sand and henna art fundraiser for the Yellow Springs High School class of 2012, while others took an interest in hand-made jewelry, shea butter products and bonzai plantings. And […]
Eddie to be honored at 14th Art Stroll
n was in 1996 that long-time village shopkeeper and painter Eddie Eckenrode helped organize the first Art Stroll. So it seems only fitting that this fall's Art Stroll be held in honor of him.
Window on clinic closing
It has been over a year since the Yellow Springs Family Health Center operated by Wright State University Physicians left Yellow Springs; the clinic has not been able to secure the funds needed to rebuild a medical center.
Tour to focus on the creative process
For the last seven years, the annual October Studio Tour has flooded the town with art buyers, boosting the local tourist economy and supporting its artists.
Autumn harvest
The farmers markets are still happening every Thursday, 2 to 6 p.m at the South Town Market in the General Dollar parking lot and Saturday from 7 am until noon at the Kings Yard and the Corner Cone parking lots with plenty of autumn produce.
Why they're dahlias, dahlink, dahlias
Several Yellow Springers devoted themselves to their dahlia patches this year and produced some breathtaking flowers. Even if these dahlias didn't win ribbons, they certainly won hearts.
AUM to hold forum to aid understanding
The recent controversy over locating an Islamic center in downtown Manhattan weighs heavily on Antioch University Midwest Professor Jim Malarkey, an anthropologist who spent eight years living in Islamic countries. To Malarkey, the controversy reflects an unfortunate American tendency to fear those we don't understand.


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The announcement marks what feels like one of the longest console generations to date, arriving six years, four months, nine days and 18 hours after the North American launch of the PlayStation 3. In fact, the time between the PlayStation 2 and 3's launch was six years, eight months and seven days.
In contrast, the time between the original Xbox and Xbox 360 was a mere four years and one day. If the next Xbox launches later this year, it will have been nearly eight years since the Xbox 360's launch in November of 2005.
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Second annual World MRSA Day to pay tribute to those affected by antibiotic-defying bacterium that sickens, kills thousands around the world
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- No one needs to explain to the people who have experienced it the danger posed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the antibiotic-defying bacterium commonly known as MRSA.
In 2005, about 94,360 people developed serious MRSA infections, most of which occurred in hospitals and in other health-care settings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 19,000 patients died from MRSA.
A number of MRSA survivors and their families and friends will be on hand to share their experiences with MRSA at the second annual World MRSA Day kickoff event at Loyola University Chicago. The event, held in conjunction with World MRSA Awareness Month in October, will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1, in the Simpson Room at Loyola University Chicagoâs Lake Shore Campus, 1032 West Sheridan Road, Chicago.
"We have a fantastic event planned this year with organizations, students, health officials, infectious disease specialists, legislators and MRSA infection survivors and family members along with the community coming together from across the country to raise awareness for MRSA," said Jeanine Thomas, a MRSA infection survivor and founder of World MRSA Day and MRSA Survivors Network.
The World MRSA Day kickoff event will be broadcasted live, starting at 10 a.m. at www.worldmrsaday.org. The event is free and open to the public. Other events will be held throughout October in the U.S., United Kingdom and Canada.
Fortunately, the rate of infections with hospital-acquired MRSA in the U.S. has declined 28 percent in recent years, according to a recent study by the CDC, which surveyed hospitals in nine metropolitan areas between 2005 and 2008. The decline is attributed to beefed-up screenings and prevention efforts taken by medical centers.
Loyola was among the first hospitals in the nation to initiate several aggressive strategies to detect and reduce MRSA infection. Active screening and surveillance have been used successfully in the neonatal unit and in the intensive care unit. The testing involves DNA analysis of a nasal swab sample at the time of admission. Results are returned within two hours. The decision to move to universal hospital screening for all inpatients grew out of the significant reduction in infection seen in these two areas.
However, the number of community-associated cases of MRSA infection is rising in the United States, said Dr. Jorge Parada, director of the infection control program at Loyola University Health System. Currently, between 5 to 10 percent of people are infected, and it is not known when that number will plateau.
"If we were dealing with something that virtually nobody had, then it wouldn"t be a big deal,â said Parada, who will give a slide presentation and perform a MRSA screening demonstration at the kickoff event. â"he problem with the MRSA epidemic in the community is you don't know when you're going to touch something that somebody with MRSA touched."
To interview Reimer, Parada or any other Loyola MRSA expert, call Perry Drake in media relations, (708) 216-7940. Cell: (708) 441-7736. For more information on the World MRSA Day kickoff event, e-mail email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com, go to http://worldmrsaday.org/ or call (630) 325-4354.


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Isolation, amplification, and detection of DNA and RNA sequences in "molecular diagnostic" devices is at the forefront of modern diagnostic medicine. Such technologies offer unprecedented sensitivity and specificity in the detection of biomarkers for infectious disease, cancer, and other chronic illnesses. These devices are typically very expensive, large, and require a modern laboratory and trained technicians to operate. These limitations severely restrict the use of molecular diagnostic tools in the developing world.
DFA is building on our ability to perform autonomous fluid operations such as filtration, mixing, splitting, capture, and wash on paper-based microfluidic devices to enable access to molecular diagnostic technology on an extremely inexpensive, disposable device platform. We believe our approach represents a fundamental shift in the field of nucleic acid detection and will significantly increase diagnostic capability in the developing world.
DFA is currently developing a nucleic acid amplification-based paper-microfluidic device for early infant diagnosis of HIV under a Saving Lives at Birth grant. Prior platform development included a DARPA-funded effort to identify E. coli and a DTRA-funded effort with Harvard University focused on Brucella abortus. DFA is also pursuing opportunities to develop a disposable diagnostic kit to identify Ebola in the earliest stages of infection and another kit to identify Hepatitis C which currently affects 150 million people globally.
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...sister-in-law of the bride Zeidy Sluciak. The groom's parents are of the late William R. Farrally of Soldotna, and Betty Whittenberg and stepfather Robert Whittenberg of Soldotna. He is a member of IBEW in Anchorage, and also has an associate's...
...education psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2006. Farrally is the daughter of William Farrally and Betty Whittenberg and step-daughter of Robert Whittenberg of Soldotna. · Soldotna resident David Ryan Hinshaw received a bachelor...
...state. The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup was a large temporary boon to our economy, too. Would we really want to repeat that disaster to our fisheries for the jobs and money? Betty Whittenberg Soldotna
...methylbenzene, toluene, phenol and naphthalene as well as heavy metals such as chromium, lead, nickel and zinc, almost universally present in produced water. Now that's a waste stream to get tougher on. Betty Whittenberg, Soldotna
...Vote "Yes" on Proposition 4 if you want to put our more stringent state water quality regulations back in place to protect Alaska's rivers, fisheries and clean water dependent businesses and wild foods. Betty Whittenberg Soldotna
I would like to encourage residents from the Kenai Peninsula to contact their legislator to urge them to table House Bill 77. Alaskans need a chance to review and agree with any changes that DNR or Governor Parnell has made regarding amendments requested by Senator Micciche. Senator Giessel scheduled a public hearing before the Senate Resources Committee on March 12. All meetings up to now have been held without any public or apparently Senate knowledge of any fixes by the Parnell administration to this bill.
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text: Known for lavish galas, luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton had other plans for the celebration of its small goods collection's 100th anniversary. With some help from creative consultancy Chameleon Visual, British artist Billie Achilleos received the commission for "Maroquinaris Zoologicae," a miniature zoo full of small mammals, birds, reptiles, crustaceans, even insects, all pieced together with Louis Vuitton wallets, purses, belts, and accessories. In all, this amazing assembly consisted of 29 caricatures. They went on display at the famous Parisian taxidermy store Deyrolle back in October, right next to some of their real-life counterparts, enlivening the conversations between party goers as the store hosted the 100th year celebration. Recently included as part of the holiday display in Louis Vuitton Omotesando, the exhibit will be on a world tour again for the duration of next year.


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PORT PRESTON, TEXAS. Port Preston, an abandoned community in Refugio County, was founded in either 1837 or 1838 by Stuart Perry, who claimed to have sailed for Texas in 1834 with emigrants from England and Ireland ready to establish a colony. For some reason he went instead to New Orleans, where he was in the brokerage and banking business during the Texas Revolution. He advanced large sums of money to support the Texans and shortly after the battle of San Jacinto traveled to the new republic to establish Port Preston at the north end of Mission Bay. The townsite was platted on land that had been granted to Robert Patrick Hern, whose title apparently was contested. Maria De Bar, of New York, seems to have been the financial backer of the Port Preston project. Once in Refugio County, Perry deeded several lots and constructed at least one concrete building. On January 26, 1839, Port Preston was incorporated. Thereafter, however, the town made little headway. In the early 1840s Perry sold his interest in the townsite to John H. Norton; no further record of the community has been found.
Hobart Huson, Refugio: A Comprehensive History of Refugio County from Aboriginal Times to 1953 (2 vols., Woodsboro, Texas: Rooke Foundation, 1953, 1955).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Hobart Huson, "PORT PRESTON, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvp75), accessed November 27, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Photos: Rangers get their rings, but can't cut it when it counts against White Sox
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Chicago SS Alexei Ramirez makes an over the shoulder catch of Mitch Moreland's bid for a base hit next to Chicago 2B Gordon Beckham in the bottom of the ninth in Chicago's 4-3 win during the Texas Rangers vs. Chicago White Sox major league baseball game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday, April 7, 2012.
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