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If you stay to work through it, and he cheats again, a part of you will die forever
I laugh at almost everything and everyone. I am a bad speller - and don't give a F*CK!
I noticed in an earlier post that you said he started calling you and getting suspicous when you weren't home "on time" when the man starts getting suspicous of your behavior that is usually a good sign that he is trying to deflect attention off of his own. I know you are pretty much convinced of his cheating already but I just thought that if you needed to confront him that you would need as much logic as possible to be on your side so he can't try to write it off as hormones. Good luck, and I'm so sorry :/
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Hazel Rose Gray May 9th, 2013
I am 100% sure he's cheating on you. If I were you I'd empty the bank account, pack a moving truck and start driving those 600 miles to my family. I stayed with a cheater and he only kept doing it, just got smarter about covering it up.
Wife to Rick, mom to Dustin Lee (10), Summer Nicolai (3) and Neve Victoria born 5/10/13
I'm going to say what nobody else has said, if you even expect your DH is cheating tell your OB/GYN or midwife immedately so they can test for STDs. Some STDs can be harmful to your baby, so you want to be sure to treat ASAP when one is found.
If you have to kick your DH out of the exam room to talk to your Dr, do so. But you need to be tested. Oh and don't DTD with your DH with out a condom. who know's what he is bringing home.
Get yourself to counseling ASAP if you want to try to make this work, but know that it takes 2 people to make a relationship work so counseling will only work if he is willing to work at it.
DS chose his birthday 6/27/2011
BFing, BWing, NUCBing, working mommy to my Munchkie Bug.
I agree with PP, men are suspicious when they are GUILTY. Get tested for STDs asap. Obviously stop having sex with him.
Also, I would hang those bras up in the doorway so that he sees them all day every day. Just to bug the shit out of him.
I would also start saving all your money so you can get the hell out of there.
Number 1 - DS 9/14/09
Number 2 - DD 5/25/13
I wouldn't DTD with him anyways.
Happy Momma to Charlie (8/09) and Brandon (05/13) ( . ) ( . )
Wait so was he cheating?And why the hell were someone elses bras in with your childs clothes anyways?Why is he doing HER laundry in YOUR machine.Well if he is cheating that isn't the only thing he was doing in your house.Wow.That's disturbing.I would never trust a man again if he violated the trust that much.Cheating is one thing but bringing her into your family house.Where you cook his meals,take care of your child,where he pretends like he isn't doing anything and that he loves you.I would hate him with a passion.Kissing someone else in the same bed he kisses you,among other things.It would horrify and enrage me.
Me (33) married to R (40)
I agree with the theory that some chick must have changed out of the sports bras and into a regular one.... and just didn't keep track of the sports bras.
He could also be calling you when you're on your way home to see how far you are so that he can make sure things are clear before you get home.
I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Please be careful! If at all possible, start saving your own money on the side in case you really do decide you want out of the marriage.
( . )( . ) Diamond
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He knew it would be hard. He knew it would take time. He said so right in the beginning.
When the Sixers hired Brett Brown as their new head coach over the summer, he was enthusiastic. He's generally enthusiastic. But he was also pretty open about the task ahead. His words tend to be unvarnished, and they were on that first day in front of the media.
"It was important, and I'm extremely grateful for the owners to take a step back," Brown said at the time. "It's a reflection on what they think in that it's going to take time. They really do have a tolerance and patience. And for as much as it was about security for me, it's going to take time. It sends a message to the marketplace that they are in it for real."
He used other descriptions for the job -- "dangerous" and "hard" and "exciting" among them. But "time" was the word that came up the most. That was the central theme.
It made sense. The Sixers had just overhauled their front office and installed Sam Hinkie as president and general manager. They traded away Jrue Holiday on draft night in exchange for Nerlens Noel and future picks. They cleared cap space. They selected a new point guard in Michael Carter-Williams. They even came up with a new slogan: "Together We Build." They did everything but hand out hammers and shovels to underscore the message that the team was being stripped to the foundation and reconstructed.
It was part of the reason why, before the season began, the Vegas oddsmakers put the Sixers win total at over/under 16.5. A lot of people predicted the Sixers would go under. A lot of people were wrong.
The Sixers have 15 wins through 46 games. That has a lot to do with Brown and his system.
The overriding belief going into the year was that the Sixers would tank – however subtly or, perhaps, not – in order to acquire more ping pong balls and better position themselves for the upcoming 2014 draft. A draft, it should be noted, that has been frequently and widely described as loaded.
Given the roster the Sixers have used this season -- a roster that has featured the likes of Brandon Davies, Lorenzo Brown and Dewayne Dedmon -- it seemed as though the franchise wanted to do exactly that: tank. After all, Brown mentioned in his opening press conference that the Sixers' ownership was willing to take a step back. What's unfolded so far has been something else -- something north of tanking (but south of true relevance).
Here's the thing about tanking: You can only do so much. You can select players that aren't top-tier and give them sneakers and uniforms and send them onto the court, but you can't tell them to lose. You can't tell the coach to lose, either.
The Sixers have lost 31 games, but that's not nearly as many defeats as some people anticipated at this point. Part of that is owed to the fact that they play in the Atlantic Division (which is awful) and the Eastern Conference (also awful). But part of that is because Brown's guys overachieve on certain nights -- like Tuesday evening when they beat the Celtics in Boston on a crazy, last-second shot by Evan Turner.
They are 24th in the league in defensive rating. They are 29th in offensive rating. Those aren't good rankings. Doesn't matter. It also doesn't matter that the Sixers – who average 99.6 possessions per 48 minutes – play at the fastest pace in the NBA. That should favor the other team. That should really favor the other team -– as in almost all the time. Somehow, it hasn't favored the other team as often as you'd expect. So how have the Sixers managed to win 15 games given all that?
Early in the season, Brown said the Sixers would "want to go" and "get out in the open court" and "run." The tank proponents were happy to hear that, because the math holds that playing at pace will hurt a bad team. (The more offensive opportunities in a game, the less likely it is that random/fluke plays will impact the outcome.)
Zach Lowe, Grantland.com's excellent basketball scribe, recently did a Q&A with Brown, during which the writer asked the head coach about pace as a tanking mechanism. Essentially, Lowe asked why the pace hasn't sped up the tanking process. Brown rejected the idea. He said he thinks the Sixers have a better chance to win when they play fast.
It was a curious reply -- but so far he's been right. So far, they've played better than the math or the system or the personnel should allow. So far, they've been better than anyone anticipated. Anyone, maybe, but Brown.

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Article Date: 4/1/2009
Although patient visits for contact lens (CL) wear declined about 5% in 2008 from 2007, the CL market continued to see areas of growth and an extension of certain trends, revealing its strength in challenging times.
This data comes from Health Products Research (HPR), an in-Ventiv Health Company in Somerset, N.J., that conducts marketing research and analysis for the medical-products, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. In this case, HPR gathers surveys from optometrists, ophthalmologists and retail eyecare locations, and tallies their reported patient visits for CL care to analyze trends and calculate market share at the manufacturer and brand levels.
Data for 2008 revealed these findings:
As CL data has shown for the past few years now, patient visits for silicone hydrogel (SiHy) CLs once again increased. Specifically, total patient visits for silicone hydrogel (SiHy) CLs grew 8.2% from 2007 to 2008. Although this number is considerably less than the 23% year-over-year increase this category showed in 2007, considering that the overall market contracted by 5.1%, this is a real sign of vigor for this CL category. (See "Silicone Hydrogel Use By Year," below.)
"The trend for the last five years is that an increasingly higher proportion of patient visits are for SiHy lenses," says Molly Thompson, an associate director of client solutions at HPR who tracks the data monthly and regularly converses with CL companies. In fact, 46% of patient visits were for SiHy CLs in 2008.
Greg DeNaeyer, O.D., a CL specialist in Columbus, Ohio, credits SiHy CLs for a "paradigm shift" in CL fitting. "The silicone hydrogels have increased oxygen permeability, which we [optometrists] think is healthier for the cornea," he says. "What's definitely been proven is that they are not any safer for continuous wear, but what we found out — which nobody anticipated — is that after fitting these lenses, SiHy [CLs] are significantly more comfortable for patients who are dry."
In 2008, patient visits for extended wear schedule CLs declined about 11%, while patient visits for daily wear schedule CLs grew almost 5% — a trend continued from the 2007 HPR data. (See "Wear Schedule By Year," below.)
"A lot of us will prescribe a daily wear [CL] just for safety issues," says optometrist Pam Miller of Highland, Calif. "I personally have never been a fan of extended wear lenses, and when I have had patients who wear their lenses extended wear, it typically will be a three-night maximum [situation], and I will explain why." The side effects of early extended wear in the 1970s never left her memory, she says.
Optometrist Susan Kovacich, an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Optometry, says her practice bucks this trend, as she sees a lot of college students. "Patients want to not have to fiddle with their lenses, especially if they're in college," she says. "Improved SiHy materials actually make continuous wear an acceptable option for these patients."
HPR data revealed that patients in 2008 continued moving from traditional and quarterly replacement schedules into shorter replacement schedules. Weekly or bi-weekly disposables held the lion's share of patient visits — around 64% — just slightly lower than in 2007. Almost a quarter of all patient visits in 2008 were for monthly planned replacement lenses, a slight increase compared with 2007.
Patient visits for the one-day disposable modality increased by 23.2% over the previous year, now comprising 6% of overall patient visits. A similar strong growth rate was seen in 2007. (See "Modality By Year," below.)
"I think there are three reasons for this continuing growth. First, I think we're playing catch up with the European and Asian markets, which fit more one-day disposable lenses than we do and by a large margin," says Dr. DeNaeyer. "Second, I think practitioners are realizing that people intolerant to contact lens wear as a result of dryness or allergies are able to achieve success with one-day daily disposables and as a result, are offering them to these patients. Finally, I think practitioners have been successful in marketing these lenses to part-time wearers, who, due to their part-time wear, don't want to get involved with solutions."
The more demanding a patient's vision needs, the more loyal the patient — or so HPR's data indicated. Actual patient visits for toric lenses declined 1.8% in 2008, but this decline was less than that for spherical lenses. Patient visits for multifocal CLs reflected a net gain over 2007 of almost 15%. (See "Lens Type By Year," below).
The strong growth in multifocal CLs also seems to be reflected in the age-specific data breakdowns: Although all age groups showed a decline in actual patient visits, those among patients age 40 and older declined only 0.4%. (See "Patient Visits By Age Group," below.)
Ms. Thompson posits that the economy may be affecting 18- to 25-year-old patients, disproportionately — patient visits for this group declined nearly 12% — whereas technological developments may be sustaining fits for toric lenses and driving increased CL patient volume for multifocal lenses.
Optometrist Milton M. Hom, a private practitioner in Azusa, Calif., concurs. "Multifocals are a growing segment of the practice," he says. " … Torics are growing because of the increased modalities, such as silicone hydrogels and the use of low cylinders (-0.75 cyl)."
Dr. DeNaeyer says that improved bifocal soft lens designs have been a lure for presbyopes in his practice. "In the last couple of years, some of the newer multifocal designs have been very successful, and because of that and the aging population, multifocal is a niche design that has the potential to increase volume," he says. (See "Specialty CL Fits Held Their Own," below.)
Now, that you know where the growth areas were in 2008, here are some tips on how to capitalize on this data in your own practice.
► Educate patients about the importance of complying with regular exams. "To give yourself an excellent chance of achieving compliance with regular exams, educate patients that because their ocular needs and prescriptions may change, stockpiling CLs isn't a good idea," says Dr.Miller. "This instills in them the importance of regular exams, which should increase your patient visits for CLs. We reinforce continuation of care by pre-appointing all our patients, allowing us to monitor our patients' needs and health."
► Encourage the SiHy CL switch. "Educate HEMA patients whose parameters are available in SiHy CLs that you have the ability to fit them in a lens that transmits more oxygen, which is healthier for their cornea," says Dr. Kovacich. "Even if the patient's eyes look healthy, always present this option. If he hears about SiHy technology elsewhere, you risk losing the patient, regardless of whether he's interested in making the switch."
► Explain to patients the significance of wear schedules. "Educate the patient that the modality you've prescribed is constructed of a material that requires adherence to the wear schedule and that by not adhering to the schedule, he puts himself at risk for infection," says optometrist Thomas G. Quinn, of Athens, Ohio. "You want to explain that two-week replacement lenses, for instance, do not have the level of deposit resistance needed to wear them longer than two-weeks."
► Promote one-day disposable CLs. "Ask patients about their lifestyle to see whether they could benefit from these lenses, and educate them that they won't need lens care solutions, as they'll be placing a fresh lens on their eye every day," says Dr. DeNaeyer. "Some practitioners have been reluctant to market these lenses because of their cost differential from other lenses. If you're one of these practitioners, realize that cost isn't always a barrier to patients, such as sports enthusiasts, who understand and appreciate the benefits these lenses offer."
► Offer multifocal CLs to all your presbyopic patients. "Ask your presbyopic patients whether they'd like to see well both in the distance and near without spectacles. Most will say they would. If the patient is wearing monovision contact lenses, ask him whether he'd like to have better distance vision. Again, most would say they would," says Dr. Hom. "Also, keep in mind that anyone who's wearing an older multifocal contact lens is perfect for the newer multifocals. It's a no brainer. The success rate for this lens is just off the charts."
► Embrace the new toric lens designs. "The toric designs have significantly improved over the last few years, so give them a try, and particularly on those patients who were unsuccessful in the older designs," says Dr. DeNaeyer. "Educate these patients that they may not experience the problems of the past with the new designs because of better technology. And, offer these lenses to patients you previously thought you'd never fit. These lenses don't just improve these patients quality of life, they also offer higher fitting and material fees."
While 2008 may have been the beginning of doom and gloom for several markets as the result of the economic downturn, the CL market managed to grow in several areas, as HPR-reported patient visits revealed. This is a huge ray of light for you, the eyecare practitioner. Now, it's up to you to use this data to increase your patient visits for CLs and increase revenue for 2009. OM
If you would like to become a participant in HPR's Vision Care panel, please visit www.rxsurvey.com/enroll.
When the economy goes south, wallets and pocket books slam shut, testing the strength of several markets. This began to occur between 2007 and 2008 with the credit crisis. Although the contact lens (CL) market was not immune, it revealed itself as resilient with continued increases in sales.
Based on publicly available data and industry sources who closely follow the CL market in the United States and abroad, my colleagues and I estimate that the U.S. CL market grew roughly 4% to 5% between 2007 and 2008 at the manufacturer level. Through the first nine months of 2008, the domestic CL market actually grew closer to 6%. But with sales decreasing nearly 10% in October (a period of time when the whole world seemed to shut down and the severity of the worldwide credit crisis was fully realized) and rising 2% to 3% in the combined November/December period, growth for the full year fell to 4% to 5% — approximately two points below the 6% domestic market growth recorded in 2007.
Worldwide, CL sales grew approximately 7% to 8% between 2007 and 2008 to nearly $5.2 billion. At least several points of this growth were due to the weak U.S. dollar. (A weak U.S. dollar adds to sales totals for U.S.-based manufacturers when sales in foreign currencies, such as the Euro and Yen, are translated back into U.S. dollars).
Excluding the impact of currency movements, my colleagues and I estimate the worldwide CL market likely grew roughly 4% to 5% between 2007 and 2008 — in line with the United States — but one to two points below last year's worldwide constant currency market growth.
Using the same publicly available data and CL industry contacts, the year 2007 to 2008 revealed daily disposable and |silicone hydrogel (SiHy) lenses as the primary growth drivers both in the United States and Worldwide.
Outside the United States, daily disposable CLs accounted for a little more than one-third of soft CL sales, according to our estimates. Use of this modality is highest in countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark (40% to 50% plus market penetration in these countries, according to independent industry sources). Why? Different fitting philosophies exist in a number of these markets, while more meticulous attention to hygiene and greater concern about CL-disinfecting — especially in warmer climates — also play a role.
Overall, we believe the daily disposable CL category likely grew 10% or slightly higher in 2008 on a worldwide basis — a nice premium to the 7% to 8% we estimate the total worldwide CL market grew for the year 2007 to 2008.
Daily disposable CL use in the United States continued to grow rapidly for the year 2007 to 2008, with sales increasing roughly 20% in 2008 to more than $200 million (at the manufacturer level), according to our estimates.
In fact, my colleagues and I estimate that daily disposable CLs now account for nearly 12% of the U.S. CL market — up from 10% in 2007 — continuing what has now been a threeyear trend of gaining one- to two points of market share annually. The reasons my colleagues and I believe daily disposable CL use has picked up in the United States in recent years:
► The highly publicized lens care solution recalls in recent years involving both fusarium and acanthamoeba keratitis cases has lingered in the minds of patients, making them leery of the extended-wear option.
► CL manufacturers have begun to offer more competitive price points in the last few years, making this option only slightly more expensive than two-week or monthly disposable options after factoring in CL solution costs.
► CL manufacturers have launched several new daily disposable options through the last few years that provide either improved comfort (through the addition of "moisture retaining" properties) or vision (including both aspheric and toric options), thus expanding the range of patients who can potentially choose this modality.
While daily disposable growth in the U.S. likely outpaced that of the SiHy family of spherical, toric and multifocal products for the first time since 2003, we estimate SiHy market growth remained healthy nonetheless, up roughly 15% to 20% in dollars for the year 2007 to 2008.
In all, my colleagues and I believe domestic SiHy CL sales totaled just under $1 billion in 2008 vs. approximately $850 million in 2007.
Interestingly, my colleagues and I began to see a subtle shift away from two-week replacement schedule CLs toward monthly replacement schedule CLs. We believe this is due to the increased recognition on the practitioner's part that poor patient compliance with two-week disposable schedules and higher price points with monthly disposable products can create greater profit potential for the monthly segment of the market. Still, the two-week replacement schedule CL continues to dominate in the U.S. market and will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. This is because the two-week replacement schedule CL comprises 60% of the U.S. market, while the monthly replacement schedule CL comprises about 20% of the market.
We estimate the U.S. spherical SiHy lens sales grew roughly 11% to $739 million in 2008, with this lens type accounting for nearly 75% of the entire domestic SiHy CL category during the year.
My colleagues and I believe toric SiHy CL sales in the United States increased approximately 40% to $225 million between 2007 and 2008, with nearly 50% of domestic toric CL revenues now coming from SiHy products vs. less than 10% in 2005. The reasons for this rapid movement? We believe greater understanding and willingness to use SiHy products on the part of doctors has combined with high-quality products launched from the leading CL manufacturers in recent years to drive this rapid adoption.
U.S. sales of multifocal SiHy CLs rose roughly 30% to nearly $30 million in 2008. We believe this growth is due to the prevalence of baby boomers and improvements in technology.
We estimate that the penetration rates for SiHy products across all categories increased to just under 50% between 2007 and 2008 in the U.S. vs. nearly 45% last year. My colleagues and I believe the reasons for this growing penetration include:
1. Improved oxygen transmissibility, and, thus, reduced hypoxia-related stress to the cornea.
2. Anecdotal reports of improved comfort (especially at end of day) vs. standard hydrogel lenses.
3. Higher price points at which these CLs sell, which we believe contributes to the increased marketing focus both the practitioner, and CL manufacturers place on these lenses vs. standard hydrogel lenses.
Outside the U.S. market, SiHy CL use varies widely, making market size difficult to estimate. Still, independent market research suggests that the SiHy CL penetration rates in Canada, Australia and New Zealand are similar to those seen in the United States. Meanwhile, market data reveal that practitioners in Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and Spain continued to fit fewer patients in SiHy CLs, given their preference for daily disposable CLs.
Because of the current state of the economy, predicting future growth and trends for the year 2008 to 2009 is extremely difficult. But, if my colleagues and I were forced to venture a best guess at this point, we'd feel comfortable assuming domestic market growth in 2009 will potentially land somewhere between the 5% to 6% range seen during all of 2008 and the flat-to-down 1% range seen through the final three months of 2008.
This suggests U.S. market growth in the 2% to 3% range for the year 2008 to 2009. We base these predictions on the following:
► Slower growth is expected to largely result from the current mounting job losses in the United States, which translates to fewer insured patients showing up for exams and potentially into consumers who might decide to stretch the life of their lenses beyond their prescribed disposal schedule.
► Offsetting these pressures, we believe the market can still grow slightly as pricing has remained rational and relatively flat to up slightly across the industry in recent years and as CL manufacturers plan several product launches for this year (See "In The Pipeline," below.)
Considering so many other markets are fighting for survival, my colleagues and I believe the resiliency of the CL market is a testament to currently available products. In other words, we believe that if a patient likes his CLs, and he doesn't want to have to wear spectacles, he'll keep buying them regardless of the state of the economy. Consumers place a great deal of value on products that improve their quality of life, and CLs are one of those products. We believe this has insulated the CL market a bit when compared with other markets.
Although in the past, several wearers have obtained their lenses from retailers, as opposed to their practitioners, a weak economy encourages even more of this behavior. As a result, it's more important than ever that optometric practices distinguish themselves from CL retailers to increase the likelihood of CL purchases at the practice.
"You need to communicate to the patient the benefits of obtaining their lenses from you instead of from the retailers. These benefits include convenience — since the patient is already at your practice — personalized service and competitive pricing," says optometrist Thomas G. Quinn, of Athens Ohio. "We have a handout we give to all our contact lens patients that briefly outlines why they should get their supply from us, and I'm happy to say it's enabled us to garner healthy sales." OM
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Six weeks after President Bush won re-election, the future looked good for Republican Rick O'Donnell.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez had confided that he was going to run for governor, and O'Donnell looked like the heir apparent for Beauprez's congressional seat representing parts of Jefferson, Adams and Arapahoe counties.
But on Tuesday night, O'Donnell lost big to Democrat Ed Perlmutter, 54.8 percent to 42.2 percent - a spread of more than 14,000 votes.
The defeat of O'Donnell, considered a young, rising star in GOP politics, stems in part from a national trend that hurt Republicans nationwide. But his loss can also be blamed on his own missteps, political analysts said Tuesday.
"He made some critical errors early on," said Democratic political operative Jim Merlino, who ran the campaign of Peggy Lamm, one of Perlmutter's primary opponents.
"There's a hesitation factor if you're inexperienced. A lot of winning in politics is about timing," he said of O'Donnell, who worked for Gov. Bill Owens but never held elected office.
It was a stunning turn of events for O'Donnell, a person so organized that he "doesn't go to the restroom without a game plan," according to Sean Duffy, Owens' former deputy chief of staff.
One of the most fatal blows to his campaign was self-inflicted. Democrats succeeded in goading O'Donnell to release to the media an essay he wrote 11 years ago in which he labeled Social Security un-American and called for its abolishment. Copies of the essay, which appeared in American Citizen, a publication of Newt Gingrich's Progress and Freedom Foundation, were nowhere to be found, but O'Donnell ended up releasing it to the media with hopes of inoculating himself from attacks during the general election.
"We had suspicions that it existed, but we did not have it," said Kate Bedingfield, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "He obliged and turned it over."
Going into the general election, the race was one of the most closely watched in the nation because the district is split almost evenly among Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters.
But Perlmutter steadily gained the lead, analysts said, by beating O'Donnell to the punch early and often - defining him as a radical supporter of an unpopular president. In the end, Perlmutter and his allies ran at least five TV commercials on the Social Security essay.
GOP consultant Katy Atkinson said the DCCC jumped into the fray early with negative commercials and O'Donnell didn't fight back until the views of voters had hardened.
"When push comes to shove, that's what a race for an open seat is all about: who gets to define the candidates," she said.
Scott Chase, Perlmutter's spokesman, said Perlmutter felt he was the one who was vulnerable exiting a divisive Democratic primary with his campaign funds depleted. O'Donnell, on the other hand, ran unopposed in the primary and amassed a million-dollar-plus war chest.
"But we still knocked him on his heels," Chase said.
And there was no room for error.
"The God's honest truth is that we cannot overcome the president's approval rating and the top of the ticket for the governor's seat," said O'Donnell's campaign manager, K.C. Jones. "We're campaign managers, but we're not miracle workers."
The Perlmutter camp was aided by a team rooted in Colorado politics, while Jones was from Texas and O'Donnell's spokesman, Jonathan Tee, was from Los Angeles. The locals hit on a winning issue when they caught O'Donnell on the wrong side of a controversial low-level radioactive waste site in Adams County.
"There's a lot to be said about knowing your turf and knowing the district like the back of your hand," said Danielle Radovich Piper, Perlmutter's campaign manager, who also served as Perlmutter's chief of staff when he was a state senator.
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Kotaku is one of the biggest and best gaming sites on the planet and we're immensely proud to announce that they've awarded Hustle Kings the 'Best Downloadable Sports Game of the Year' award. We're incredibly happy and so naturally wish to thank everyone over at Kotaku.com!
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To be honest, after a few weeks, this just passed and seemed normal to me. One thing, if you are going to be using the same tool for quite a while, you can just maximize the "picture" window. Then, you can press a key to bring the other windows back on top. I think it's F12, but can't look it up right this sec.


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Arena seats changed for comfortPublished 11:14am Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Spectators at Fergus Falls' new community ice arena might be able to sit a little easier after a change order approved by the city council on Monday.
The council approved a change order that will install nine rows of spectator seats in the main viewing area instead of 10, allowing for backrests to be installed on the seats later if an interested group raises the money. The cost of changing the plan will be offset by some cost-saving change orders, City Engineer Dan Edwards told the council.
"Right now we have just bench seating," Edwards explained, and once the concrete for the seating is poured for a 10-row configuration, backrests would never be able to be installed. The backrest configuration was considered during the planning phase of the project but was scrapped amid cost and capacity concerns.
"What's happened since then is through some change orders and additional fundraising, we've added on the expanded heated observation area on the west end of the rink," Edwards explained. "This expanded area has allowed for additional bleacher seating, and that additional seating would offset the loss of one row of seating in the general stand area."
Though losing the 10th row loses about 100 seats, Edwards said that the approximately 140 new seats in the observation area will make up for the loss. The extra 40 seats also brings the rink's capacity up to approximately 1,150 spectators, right around what the Fairgrounds Ice Arena has. However, the fairgrounds rink has more seating capacity, while the new arena will have more standing room.
Edwards also reported that work has been coming along well, with workers finding alternate ways to continue work on rainy days. Though he said at the beginning of June that work is about a week behind schedule, Edwards said that it is now hard to estimate exactly where the project is on schedule, but he believes it's close enough to its goal that it will open before the fall hockey season.
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Cybercrime in Russia
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Cybercrime is a growing problem for the international community. The lack of attention given to cybercrime currently can be attributed to the priority given to "cyber" as a military domain. Over the past decade, cybercrime has caused companies around the world to lose millions, if not billions, of dollars. These criminal acts are unlikely to diminish in the future. This can be attributed to the many decentralized, yet organized, groups of technologically skilled individuals that operate internationally. These organizations are considered to be the primary sources of spyware and malware globally. Groups within Russia and China are believed to be the source of over 50 percent of these types of malicious software and code. Russia, specifically, has played host to a number cyber criminal groups. The Russian Business Network (RBN) is one of the most well-known cybercrime groups internationally. Organizations like the RBN are able to thrive because of the poor economic conditions in the countries in which they operate, their lack of hierarchical organization, and the international nature of the technology they use.
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One of the most well-known and prominent cybercrime organizations in Russia is the Russian Business Network (RBN). A Newsweek article describes the group as a shadowy cyberstructure reported to have sold hacking tools and software for accessing U.S. government systems. Although it disappeared after increased pressure from U.S. and Russian law enforcement, evidence has come to light hinting at the group simply redefining its operations and working off of servers in several countries around the world. The group has been able to host websites for criminal organizations that want to carry out their own attacks or sell malware, spyware, and botnets to others with similar goals. It has also made most of its money from spam, child porn, online casinos, phishing scams, fake anti-spyware and anti-virus, and Internet pharmacies. The technology and international nature of computer networks has allowed organizations like the RBN to adapt, relocate, and survive. It doesn't hurt that they operate in countries in which they have ties to powerful government officials who turn a blind eye to and oftentimes profit from their illegal activities.
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There are a number of potential solutions to this international cybercrime problem. One of the greatest hindrances to deterring global cybercrime is the lack of international law governing the actions states must take against criminal organizations operating within their borders. Without discussions and actions taken by the international community on cybercrime, groups like the RBN will continue to operate in countries that are not held responsible for their actions. Some effort has been made on the part of the Russian government to facilitate dialogue between its law enforcement agencies and those in the United States. They have been working together to target organizations responsible for selling malware and spyware online, but this cooperation must be strengthened in the future. Lastly, countries like Russia must hold their officials accountable when they choose to associate with groups like the RBN. Corruption is a problem that Russia has faced throughout its long and tumultuous history. With these prescriptions in mind, Russia will likely become more willing to deter and remove criminal organizations in the future as it becomes more internationally engaged on and domestically aware of the international legal implications of global cybercrime.
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Ivan Eland: DEA's New Database
Recorded: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on Doug Stephan's Good Day radio show to talk about the DEA and their tactics of accessing data from civilians' phone calls. According to Eland, this is an example of one agency borrowing tactics from another in violation of the Constitution.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Democracy, Law Enforcement, Terrorism and National Crises
Ivan Eland: Is Obama the Worst President Ever?
Recorded: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book Recarving Rushmore which ranks all of the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty, talks about President Barack Obama and his ranking. Obama ranks near the bottom, but it was an early 20th century president that takes the title of "Worst President" in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. Eland spoke with Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network.
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Ivan Eland Speaks on Recarving Rushmore at LPAC 2014
Recorded: Friday, September 19, 2014
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland speaks on Americas Presidents at the 2014 Liberty Political Action Conference .
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Ivan Eland on RT Discussing National Security and the US Constitution
Recorded: Friday, June 7, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, appeared on RT Television with analysis of warrantless monitoring of internet and telephones by the federal government.
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Ivan Eland on U.S. Foreign Policy Amid Federal Cuts
Recorded: Monday, April 22, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, discusses the use of drones in surveillance and war. Is this the future of U.S. policy? Are the ways the U.S. is using drones unconstitutional?
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Ivan Eland on Obama Breaking War Powers Act
Recorded: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Ivan Eland, Director, Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, talks to Russia Today about Obama disregarding the War Powers Act since entering Lybia over 60 days ago.
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Ivan Eland on Henry Paulsons Accusation
Recorded: Monday, February 1, 2010
Originally aired on 2/1/10 on Russia Today. Senior Fellow Ivan Eland comments on former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's allegation that Russia attempted to undermine the American economy shortly before the global recession.
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What President Obama Should Learn from His Predecessors
Recorded: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology has a strong history of providing outstanding training environments for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists. Many of our trainees have gone on to positions at prestigious educational or commercial institutions. The following list provides information about alumni who have trained in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
|Anastasiia Aleksandrova
Mentor: Brenda Rongish, PhD
My research project is concerned with the early stages of heart development in avian embryos. A comprehension of the processes that occur during heart formation is necessary for understanding the basis of various forms of congenital heart disease. I am interested in the forces that drive the formation of the endocardial (inner) layer of the forming heart. We are trying to understand and compare the roles of active cell migration and global tissue displacements in this process. Also, I am working on preparing the position-fate maps of endocardial cells along with several extracellular matrix molecules that play important roles in cardiac development.
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Research Project : Neural Crest in Mammalian Development. My research project focuses on induction of Neural Crest Cells and the role of an orphan nuclear receptor GCNF in the process. Neural Crest Cells are a transient population of multipotent and migratory cells that give rise to numerous derivatives in the vertebrate body. These cells provide an excellent model to study cell induction, migration and differentiation in the developing embryo. Neural Crest abnormalities in any of these events lead to various congenital abnormalities. Understanding the role of neural crest cells is inevitable to understand the cause and nature of these congenital defects.
I would also be working on the role of a mediator subunit during embryonic development.
|Naomi Butler
Mentor: Paul Trainor, PhD
Using a retinoid-deficient mouse line (called Trex), I will study retinoic acid's contribution to organogenesis - most specifically, on the digestive system and enteric nervous system.
|Raul Diaz
Mentor: Paul Trainor, PhD
I am interested in the evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton. In Paul Trainor's lab we are looking at the role of miRNA/Dicer's role in fine tuning the development of craniofacial structures in mice (and other vertebrates) and the effect this has on neural crest cells and their derivatives.
|Mina Farahbakhsh
Mentor: Peggy Petroff, PhD
|Ashleigh Fritz
Mentor: Matt Gibson, PhD
Bilaterian animals exhibit an incredible diversity of appendage forms. While the molecular pathways governing the development of these structures have been well characterized in both vertebrates and arthropods, very little is known about embryonic appendage development in pre-bilaterian groups. To explore the mechanisms of appendage development in an early-branching metazoan, we are investigating tentacle development in Nematostella vectensis, an emerging cnidarian model species. Our experiments will address the cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to this process. Ultimately, our results will provide direct insight into the ancient mechanisms linking patterned gene expression to epithelial morphogenesis and growth control during embryonic development of appendage structures.
|Brianne Guillford
Mentor: Douglas Wright, PhD
Research Project Diabetic neuropathy is one of the principle chronic complications of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus and currently affects more than half of diabetic patients. Sensory loss, including both chronic numbness and sensitivity to pain or touch, develops in the majority of affected patients. The mechanisms that lead to painful or insensate symptoms in diabetic neuropathy are poorly understood. Oxidative stress is one of many variables that have been implicated as a critical feature in diabetic neuropathy. The goal of my current project is to characterize oxidative stress in painful and insensate neuropathy and determine if antioxidants have differential effects in mouse models that vary in their oxidative stress levels.
|Anna Groover
Mentor: Douglas Wright, PhD
Research: Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic pain disorder affecting approximately 10 million people in the United States, primarily women. It is characterized by widespread pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, abnormal tenderness and even psychological distress. While a lot is known about the symptoms of Fibromyalgia, not a lot is known about the causes or mechanisms of the disorder. The goal of my research is to look at causative factors, such as sleep deprivation, diet, aging and stress/anxiety, to determine how they affect the development and modulation of pain associated with the syndrome. I also want to look at molecular modulators, like stress kinases, which increase the pain behavior associated with Fibromyalgia.
|Caleb Grote
Mentor: Douglas Wright, PhD
Diabetic neuropathy is a devastating complication of diabetes and is associated with profound loss of distal limb sensation and/or pain, causing significant decline in the quality of life for patients. Currently investigated mechanisms of diabetic neuropathy have mainly focused on neuronal injury associated with hyperglycemia, however these lines of research have yielded poor clinical treatments thus far. Interestingly, the loss of neuronal insulin signaling as a potential contributing mechanism to diabetic neuropathy is poorly understood. However, insulin is known to be essential for proper neuronal function and has potent neurotrophic qualities. My research focuses on elucidating the role that altered neuronal insulin signaling may play in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy, which may potentially highlight new avenues for therapeutic intervention in patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy.
|Natalie Katz
Mentor: Doug Wright, PhD
Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from diabetes, and 60-70% of those individuals will experience some sort of damage to their nervous system. Of those individuals, up to 30% experience pain in relation to diabetic peripheral neuropathy. My project is to investigate a novel enzyme that has recently been identified to be involved in pain signaling pathways. Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) cleaves AMP into adenosine, and adenosine has well known analgesic effects. Our hypothesis is that diabetes inhibits the function and/or expression of this enzyme, thereby contributing to altered pain states resulting in increased pain sensation. Our goal is to show that this signaling pathway is disrupted in diabetes and to develop ways to stimulate the pathway to alleviate pain sensation in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
|Stefanie Kennon-McGill
Mentor: Dianne Durham, PhD
I am currently studying the neural correlates of tinnitus. Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a common condition affecting many older individuals as well as military personnel. Although it affects many people worldwide, the causes of tinnitus are not yet well known. It is widely believed that when the peripheral auditory system is damaged, deafferentation occurs in the central auditory structures, leading to an imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory input. This imbalance may cause a change in spontaneous neural activity and thus cause the perception of tinnitus. My research focuses on the spontaneous neural activity specifically in the inferior colliculus following acoustic damage to the auditory system.
|Xuanying Li
Mentor: Susan Abmayr, PhD
|Caitlin Linscheid
Mentor: Peggy Petroff, PhD
We are interested in the ways that the maternal immune system identifies and responds to the fetus during pregnancy. Specifically, our work seeks to identify and characterize different fetal antigens that are present in the placenta during pregnancy and to determine how maternal T-cells respond to these fetal antigens. This work has important implications for better understanding the behavior of the maternal immune system during different pregnancy complications. We are also interested in the potential impact of this work on developing better transplantation models, with reductions in graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease and enhanced graft-versus-leukemia and graft-versus-tumor effects
|Xing Ma
Mentor: Ting Xie, PhD
I am working on the mechanisms of maintaining the germline stem cells in the niche in the Drosophila ovary. Specifically, I am interested in how DNA damage impairs the self-renewal capacity of the stem cell and how the stem cell niche recognizes stem cells with DNA damage and eliminates those damaged stem cells to maintain tissue homeostasis.
|Christopher Neal
Mentor: Dianne Durham, PhD
|Angela Pierce
Mentor: Julie Christianson, PhD
There is an adverse effect of stress and pain when such events occur during a critical neurodevelopmental period in neonates induced by the circumstances of being a NICU inpatient with long-term sequelae such as altered processing of nociception later in life. So far there has been no investigation into the effects of neonatal maternal separation on the peripheral nervous system. My project will investigate the long-term effects of neonatal anxiety on peripheral afferents innervating the pelvic viscera such as through examination of changes in the TRP family of receptor proteins in dorsal root ganglion afferents. Ultimately this study is meant to provide a more thorough understanding about the impact and mechanisms of early life experiences in the development of functional bowel disorders to facilitate prevention and treatment for these patients.
|Sally Salah
Mentor: Katherine Swenson-Fields, PhD
Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common disorders caused by mutations in a single gene. It affects about 500,000 people in the United States. The autosomal dominant form of the disease (ADPKD) is the most common. ADPKD is characterized by fluid-filled cysts that develop within the kidneys and grow steadily over decades leading to both massive enlargement and gross distortion of the kidney. The goal of my research is to examine the effects of non-canonical WNT signaling on the expansion and proliferation of ADPKD cysts. In addition, I am interested in elucidating the signaling pathways by which WNT5a promotes cell proliferation.
|Sandipto Sarkar
Mentor: Sushanta Banerjee, PhD
|Su Wang
Mentor: Ting Xie, PhD
|Bryce Warren
Mentor: Peggy Petroff, PhD
|Kristin Watt
Mentor: Paul Trainor, PhD
|Nathan Wilson
Mentor: Irfan Saadi, PhD
|Min Yao
Mentor: Ting Xie, PhD
My research focus is on understanding the conserved molecular mechanisms which determine germline stem cell fate. By using both mouse male germline stem cells and Drosophila female germline stem cells as models, I work to understand the conserved function governing stem cell fate. Specially, I am focusing on a conserved RNA-binding protein Nanos and its function in germline cells. I have developed in vitro cultured mouse germline stem cells and proved their function by in vivo transplantation. At the same time, other lab members have established a Drosophila germline stem cell culture system. I am now studying Nanos interaction protein partners and its regulation of RNA targets through those cell lines. I verify those functions by fly genetics and mouse germline stem cell transplantation and genetics approaches, and try to understand the conserved role of Nanos gene.
|Yi Zhou
Mentor:Ting Xie, PhD
My research interests are mainly focused on Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) metabolism, regulation and pathology of RPE-associated diseases like diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, etc.. Using the mouse as a model system, we use both genetic and molecular tools to undercover the mechanism of functions of important proteins in the visual cycle. We are also interested in the morphogenesis of the RPE, especially on the ciliary body region and also the signaling pathways governing the morphogenesis process.


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Papa, PhD Conference, September 22-23, 2011
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The editors of the recently published collection Papa, PhD: Essays on Fatherhood by Men in the Academy invite conference submissions on the rewards and challenges of being both a father and an academic. The Papa, PhD conference will be held September 22 and 23, 2011 at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, AR.
Much recent discussion about the juxtaposition of parenthood and the academy has focused on the difficulties that female professors face when they choose to become mothers. Books like Mama, PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life, edited by Caroline Grant and Elrena Evans, depict the oftentimes bleak prospects of merging the two endeavors. The Papa, PhD conference, like the interdisciplinary essay collection, welcomes the masculine voice into this lively and provocative dialogue. Join us in creating a space for male professors to describe their own experiences of balancing the demands and desires of two worlds that have changed notably throughout the past few decades: fatherhood and academia.
We encourage participants to consider the changing cultural perceptions, representations, and expectations associated with fatherhood, and to explore the impact of such changes on their identities as teachers and scholars. Increasingly, fathers are taking on a more intense role with regard to child-rearing than ever before. How do today's male academics view their participation in the parenting process? How is this changing the nature of the job? Has the evolving role of the father in contemporary society changed the job itself?
We also welcome submissions that focus on how the evolution of fatherhood is changing the face of academia. Have we seen any concrete changes on college campuses to encourage the "professor as interactive father" schemata? What is the climate like for male professors who "want it all"? Are they able to balance fatherhood and the road to tenure? What gives?
Additionally, we invite submissions on mothering and academia, as well as parenthood and professional pursuits more broadly.
Our keynote speaker for the conference will be Ralph James Savarese.
Conference Organizers
Paige Martin Reynolds, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Central Arkansas. Her areas of interest include Shakespeare, British Renaissance Drama, Performance Studies, Gender Studies, and Elizabeth I. She has authored articles published or forthcoming in SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, ANQ: American Notes and Queries, and 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era. She lives in Little Rock, AR with her husband and daughter.
Deadline: Abstracts of 400-500 words are due July 1, 2011.
Format: Abstracts must be typed, double-spaced, and paginated. Please include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Send submissions electronically to Mary Ruth Marotte at email@example.com.
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Talks begin with feds this week on delivery, storage
The Madera Irrigation District will begin talks this week with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the potential delivery, storage and return of federal water into and out of the Madera Ranch groundwater bank.
"It's really the start of a negotiation for them to participate in our water bank project," said Tommy Greci, who became MID's general manager in March. "It's the kickoff to our water banking."
MID hopes to partner with the bureau to enhance the water supply reliability and flexibility in Madera County by banking Central Valley Project water in the Madera Ranch groundwater bank that opened last year.
CVP is a federal water project that sends irrigation and municipal water from Northern California to the Central Valley through canals, aqueducts and pump plants...


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Smiles "Smiley" Face Gumballs in Assorted Colors .86"/1430 Count Bulk Case
Smile Gumballs each come printed with a happy smile on them. With several different colors and flavors, these smiles are both contagious and addictive. With 1,430 of these smaller smiles gumballs in a case, you will be able to spread the joy with your customers. The .86 inch size is large enough for most commercial gumball machines.
Red = Cherry
Green = Lime
Yellow = Lemon
Blue = Grape
Orange = Orange
White = Fruit
Size: .86 inch (7/8) / 22mm diameter
Quantity: 1430 gumballs per case
Weight: 18 pounds
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The gumballs are very hard, and the flavor only last for a few seconds. It would be nice if they were a little softer and the flavor last a little bit longer. The price is great, but wish we could get a little better quality. (Posted on 2/7/2013)
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Quick Service, Fresh Gumballs, I am happy with my smiles gumballs. (Posted on 2/5/2013)


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longest time you've kept a flame scallop healthy?
Please answer the poll. thnx in advance.
i personally havnt kept one but ive read and talked to members of my reefing club about these not surving long term in most tanks, and even feather dusters and coco worms will slowly get smaller and smaller as they starve in most tanks.
I tried them twice and they both died in about 2 months. I saw them at the lfs today and as much as I liked them, I don't have it in me to kill another one.
Very difficult to keep in a reef tank. IMO, if people stop buying them the LFS will stop selling them.
We know most LFS want our livestock to die or they will go out of business.
They are beautiful. Unfortunately i think its best if they stay in the wild. Just my 2¢
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About TCM
Pain and Injury
cupuncture is widely renowned as a treatment for
chronic pain and
pain related to accidents and injuries
, because it is very effective for these problems, but it is effective for many other conditions as well. Some other conditions acupuncture usually has great results with include:
Headaches, Asthma, Digestive Problems, Weight Loss, Cramps & other Women's Problems, Infertility, Insomnia, Fibromyalgia & Myofascial Pain, Osteoarthritis, Carpal Tunnel, Colds & Flus, Fatigue, and Smoking.
cupuncture is often used in combination with Chinese herbal medicine. Herbs are complex chemical compounds that can be highly effective if carefully prescribed. A TCM practitioner must carefully consider each case to determine which combination of herbal medicine will appropriately correct the underlying imbalance for each individual patient, rather than a set treatment for certain symptom
hinese theraputic massage, or tui na, is a combination of therapeutic massage, traction, stretches and acupressure that like acupuncture, is used to relieve pain and bring the body back into balance. It is frequently used to treat musculoskeletal pain and pain due to injuries. It is usually performed through clothing or a soft towel. «
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May 4, 2016
The Belvidere Police Department Narcotic Unit arrested Carlos Rubalcaba after a two-year investigation. In 2003, police searched a house on Maple Avenue in Belvidere.
There they found over 500 grams of cocaine and marijuana, drug paraphernalia and several hundred dollars in cash.
Wednesday, local and federal agents searched a Rockford house on Garrett Lane. Police seized over $15,000 worth of electronic equipment and household furnishings.
Two vehicles were also seized. Rubalcaba us in the Boone County Jail on a $150, 000 bail.
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Watch Castle Online
World famous mystery writer Richard Castle finds unexpected inspiration when Detective Kate Beckett questions him about a series of murders that based on his books.
Beckett and the team investigate the murder of the CEO of a toy company while Rick gets a lead on his disappearance which puts him on a dangerous path on Castle.
Kate Beckett faces the toughest case of her life when Rick vanishes after a fiery car crash moments before their wedding on the Castle season 7 premiere.
As Rick and Kate's wedding day draws near, a shocking event sends them on a wild run that threatens to ruin their day on the season finale of Castle.
When man whom Beckett was secretly watching in connection to her mother's murder is killed, she and Castle become the target of a manhunt that puts their lives at risk.
Castle and Beckett dive into the world of death defying stunts when a mysterious motorcyclist guns down and up-and-coming skateboarder on Castle.
When the body of an infamous mobster who disappeared in the 1970s is found, Castle and Beckett find one remaining witness. But since he still believes it's the '70s, they must act like his delusion is real in order to find their killer.
When a Wall Street Trader is murdered the investigation is complicated when they find out the victim was a confidential informant for a US Attorney who happens to be Capt. Victoria Gates' estranged sister on Castle.
When Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Japanese ballet dancer, they realize that she may have be killed by a ninja, an now they're after Castle.
An undercover Narcotics operation goes wrong for Beckett and she ends up in a battle of wits with some of the most dangerous men of NYC's underworld on Castle.
When a woman confesses to murder, she tells the detectives details only the killer would know, but when someone else confesses with the same knowledge Castle and Beckett realize this case is more mysterious than they originally thought.


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Watch Joshua Ledet Sing Simply Red's "If You Don't Know Me By Now" in American Idol's Top 8 on April 4, 2012
It's '80s night on American Idol Season 11, but will Joshua Ledet's rendition of this classic song be enough to send him through to the next round? The choice is up to you!
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"The soul of Otis Redding is in Chicago" – 'The Ellen Show' blog
Talk about pressure.
But then again, maybe not.
Meet spoken word artist, Harold Green. A Chicago native with impeccable wit and natural charisma. Add in a love for music and art and sprinkle a bit of poetry on top, and you've been introduced to the blueprint of what 'Flowers for the Living' (or #FFTL on social media) is all about.
Green, along with his wife Charisma, an artist in her own right, combined their adoration for music and creative wordplay into an idea that would promote love and positivity on the hip-hop music scene.
Since it's inception in 2011, for two weeks each year around Valentine's Day, the duo gathers in swanky, artistic settings with a live band and covers old classics and perform original music.
But this isn't just another cover band on YouTube.
The difference: Green's thought-provoking, raw and often sensual poetry aligned to each track.
"I write these original pieces so that makes it something new and that's what I think makes it's kind of cool," Green says.


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There's almost no other way to explain it. Maybe it's that New Jersey got just creamed with snow a month or so ago that the warmth of this last weekend, February 19-21, brought attendees out of the proverbial woodwork and into the Woodworking Show in droves. Not only did they fill all the available seats in the education sessions, they made purchasing tools and accessories a near blood sport in many booths. Read more
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AWFS Fair delivers innovative tools and products
Despite what we all know are tough economic times, many tool and woodworking-product manufacturers continue to bring new and innovative tools to the market. I got to see many of these first-hand the past few days at the Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers Fair in Las Vegas, the biggest U.S. tradeshow of the year for woodworking. Over 500 manufacturers showed up to display and demonstrate their new products (and some launched in recent years), hoping to generate business with retail distributors and end users.
Categories: wood | Tags: Apollo, AWFS, CNC, Delta, Excalibur, General, General International, HVLP, laser, machines, Nova, Powermatic, QuickScrews, Rikon, Rockler, sander, SuperMax, Teknatool, Titebond, tools, woodworking
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Jet and Powermatic seeing upturn in business
Everyone knows we've been mired in a recession for two-plus years now, and it certainly has hit the woodworking sector hard. Woodworkers have cut back on buying tools and products related to our hobby and/or business. Some retail stores and Web sites have gone out of business or cut back drastically. And manufacturers have been forced to cut back either on marketing, production, or product development—or all three. But as we start to see glimpses of hope, I decided to check in with a few manufacturers to see how they're doing.
I spent the first day with the WMH Tool Group, parent company of Powermatic and Jet woodworking tools as well as Wilton metalworking products. Their office, warehouse, and distribution center is located in LaVergne, Tennessee, just southeast of Nashville. Jet recently moved into this facility, closing its longtime base of operations in Elgin, Illinois. Barry Schwaiger, director of the product lines for both Powermatic and Jet, gave me a tour of the facility and keyed me in on what tools are moving and which are not.
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Pimp Your Cabinet Saw
One of the most memorable parts of the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta last week was stumbling upon the Wood Werks Supply booth. This woodworking supply house in Columbus, Ohio, sells, among other things, Powermatic's PM2000 cabinet saw. Big deal—a lot of places sell that machine, right? But at Wood Werks, their "Powermatic Customs" program allows you to trick out your saw before they ship it. Read more


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Impression is a follow up to last year's commercial in which Waltrip finds himself at the wrong track on race day. "I must be at the wrong track," mimics Earnhardt, upon Waltrip's revelation. "I didn't know I was so good looking," says Park, again poking fun at last year's commercial in which Waltrip comes face to face with himself. Dub also plays off of Waltrip's sense of humor. Footage of Park and Earnhardt are doctored in post production, where Waltrip's mouth and voiceover are added, praising Napa's auto parts. Waltrip is featured overseeing the post process, giving it his stamp of approval to the questionable revamps.
Tom Schiller of Coppos Films (www.copposfilms.com) in Los Angeles directed the campaign, with Barbara Gold directing. The spots were edited at JefCo Creative Edit in Miami Beach by Jeff Sternberger. Manhattan Transfer/Miami provided Discreet Smoke and film transfer services with Mike Nonelle handling the final conform and compositing for the three spots. Colorist Patrick Desfayes used the Sony Vialta and Rascal for the color correction.
Andy Mendelson of Fluid in New York composed original tracks for the project and Steve Johnson of Outpost Audio handled sound design and mixing.


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Symposium to Honor the Legacy of William Apess -- December 6, 2012
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On Our Own Grounds: the Legacy of William Apess, a Pequot
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of On Our Own Ground: The Collected Works of William Apess, a Pequot, edited by Amherst College professor Barry O'Connell. Since the publication, Apess has emerged as "an intellectual beacon" (Robert Warrior, The People and the Word) for the twenty-first century, an indigenous intellectual and political visionary who is even now enabling scholars, students, tribal leaders and activists to envision strategies for revitalization, resistance and survival. We would like to take this opportunity to honor the continuing legacy of William Apess with a day-long gathering at Amherst College, at a crossroads between his birthplace of Colrain, Massachusetts and his home community of Mashantucket Pequot.
We invite papers that reflect new and emerging work on William Apess's writing, his influences, his multifaceted history, and his intellectual and political vision. Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit proposals. We also invite participants who would like to share, in a roundtable/circle format, how Apess has influenced themselves or their communities, the impact this work has had on their teaching, research, writing, activism and/or leadership. Community-based scholars are likewise encouraged to participate, with either formal papers or informal comments.
We look forward to gathering with you to celebrate the legacy of William Apess.
• To submit a proposal for a paper, please send an abstract (1 page or less) and cv by email to Lisa Brooks at email@example.com by November 15, 2012.
• To participate in the roundtable/circle, please send a brief (1-2 paragraph) summary of your work, your community or institutional affiliation, and the contribution you wish to make to the discussion. We will make our best effort to include as many voices as possible. Please send your information by email to Lisa Brooks at email@example.com by November 20, 2012.
Any questions about this call or the conference may be directed to Lisa Brooks at Amherst College.
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