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A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is interrupted. Oxygen cannot get to the heart muscle, causing tissue damage or tissue death.
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About heart attacks. American Heart Association website. Available at:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/AboutHeartAttacks/About-Heart-Attacks_UCM_002038_Article.jsp. Accessed August 7, 2012.
ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated June 7, 2012. Accessed August 7, 2012.
What is a heart attack? National Heart Lung and Blood Institute website. Available at:
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Birth Place: Goose Creek, Texas, USA
Born: 06/29/1944
Birth Place: Goose Creek, Texas, USA
Gary Busey was born in the east coast Texas town of Goose Creek (now Baytown) on June 29, 1944 and grew up in Tulsa, OK, where his father worked in construction. A born entertainer, Busey's first outlet was music, and he constructed a drum set out of oatmeal canisters before driving his family truly crazy with a set of Ludwigs. He also sang at the Christian camp where he spent summers and broadened his interests to include acting after he was mesmerized by a matinee of Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah" (1949). As a teen, Busey cultivated an athletic build while working on local ranches and excelled at football, landing an athletic scholarship to Pittsburg State University in Kansas.... Continue Bio >>
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IBM is accelerating its Linux on Power initiative with a new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware applications geared for the growing number of clients embracing big data, analytics and next generation Java applications in an open cloud environment.
The new PowerLinux 7R4 server, built on the same Power Systems platform running IBM's Watson cognitive computing solution, can provide clients the performance required for the new business-critical and data-intensive workloads increasingly deployed in Linux environments. IBM is expanding the portfolio of software for Power Systems with the availability of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and EnterpriseDB database software, each optimized for Linux on Power.
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Galaxy will be looking to make
Major League Soccer history in 2013.
Los Angeles became just the third club to earn back-to-back MLS Cup titles
after claiming its fourth championship in 2011 and following it up with more
silverware in 2012.
But with a new season on the horizon, the Galaxy will try to accomplish what
D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo could not in 1998 and 2008, respectively:
Win a third successive league title.
The bulk of the team remains unchanged from last season, save for a couple of
major pieces.
The biggest component missing is undoubtedly David Beckham. The English
superstar brought his tenure in L.A. to a close by announcing that MLS Cup
would be his final match with the Galaxy. He was able to make it a Hollywood
ending as he put an exclamation point on an influential five-and-a-half-year
stint with the club with a virtuoso performance in the title match, which Los
Angeles won, 3-1.
Edson Buddle also departed, getting dealt to the Colorado Rapids in exchange
for allocation money and a first-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. It was
Buddle's second stint with the Galaxy, but he was unable to match the glowing
success he endured the first time around as he was overshadowed by Robbie
Keane in 2012.
Last term marked Keane's first full season with the club, and the offseason
appeared to pay major dividends. The Irishman led the Galaxy in scoring in
2012 with 16 goals, but his nine assists displayed his ability to set up his
fellow attackers.
It will be interesting to see how Keane is able to perform in the coming
season without the supreme service that Beckham provides on crosses and set-
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of Landon Donovan at the start of the season.
In the midst of an extended leave of absence to recuperate from a lengthy MLS
and U.S. national team season, Donovan announced recently that he will return
to training with his Galaxy teammates at the end of March.
"After a series of collaborative discussions between Landon, his
representative and our key club leaders, we have agreed to allow Landon to
remain on an extended leave of absence and return to training with the team
during the final week of March," Galaxy General Manager and Head Coach Bruce
Arena said. "We understand this arrangement is not ideal, but we are confident
it will allow Landon the time he needs to be both mentally and physically
prepared for the upcoming season. We remain focused on our preparation for the
start of the 2013 season and look forward to Landon rejoining us next month."
It could be a pivotal absence for the Galaxy, but the organization is well-
aware that no silverware is handed out in the first two months of the season.
Just look to their 2012 campaign as proof.
2012 in Review: The Galaxy epitomized the cliche "It's not how you start but
how you finish." Los Angeles began the season with a 3-8-2 record through its
first 13 league games, a stunningly slow start from the 2011 MLS Cup
champions. But the team's experience ultimately kicked in and the Galaxy
righted the ship to comfortably finish the regular season fourth in the
Western Conference with 54 points, 11 points clear of the fifth-place
Vancouver Whitecaps and 15 points clear of sixth-place FC Dallas. Los Angeles
hit its stride at the right time and got past the Whitecaps, the San Jose
Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC in the playoffs to seal a rematch of the
2011 MLS Cup against the Houston Dynamo. The Galaxy fell behind just before
halftime in the title match but stormed back to repeat as champions in a 3-1
win, sending Beckham in story book fashion.
Additions: Colin Clark (M), Carlo Cudicini (GK).
Losses: Chad Barrett (F), David Beckham (M), Edson Buddle (F), Christian
Wilhelmsson (M).
OUTLOOK: The Galaxy look quite content to implement the same formula that
netted them a championship last season. With Donovan set to miss the beginning
of the season, a slow start seems inevitable. But there is an undeniable level
of quality within the Los Angeles squad and the team should qualify for the
postseason with ease. And having gone through two straight title runs, the
Galaxy's experience tells you that they will know how to turn it on when it
matters most. They could very well make MLS history this year with the
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Rookie David Wilson returned a kickoff 97 yards for one touchdown, ran for two more scores and piled up 327 all-purpose yards and Eli Manning threw four touchdown passes to lead the New York Giants to s 52-27 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
The win allowed the Giants (8-5) to maintain their one-game lead in the NFC East over Washington and Dallas. The loss all but ended the playoff hopes of Drew Brees and the Saints (5-8). The win also ended the Giants' three-game losing streak against the Saints, who turned the ball over four times in losing their third straight.
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Birth Place: Suffolk, England, GB
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Birth Place: Suffolk, England, GB
Jack Davenport was born on March 1, 1973 in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom to actors Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport. Even though his parents were in the entertainment industry, Davenport came from a long line of British movers and shakers. His great-great uncle was politician and "London Evening Standard" publisher Sir William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook; his maternal great-grandfather was British diplomat John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby; and his maternal grandmother was Lady Penelope Aiken, an English socialite and Member of the Order of the British Empire. The future star spent much of his youth on a farm run by his parents, and was later sent to boarding school following the... Continue Bio >>
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- One of the most well-known non-profits in the world is paying some disabled employees less than minimum wage. The National Federation of the Blind is urging a boycott of Goodwill in hopes it hopes it will convince the organization to stop this practice, a practice that is perfectly legal under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The FLSA contains a little known provision that allows certain organizations to pay employees with disabilities less than minimum wage, in some cases just over $1 an hour. The National Federation of the Blind has been trying to change that provision for years with no success. Now, they're going after Goodwill in hopes that other non-profits will follow suit.
"This is simply unfair, discriminatory, and immoral," said Anil Lewis with the National Federation of the Blind.
The organization filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained Goodwill's certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor that authorizes special minimum wage rates for workers with disabilities.
"The thing that's so very frustrating for me is that the reason this whole law exists is because people don't believe that blind people and people with other disabilities have the capacity to participate in the workforce," said Lewis.
According to the documents, a deaf employee at a Goodwill location in Hinesville, Georgia makes just $1.44 an hour.
"The irony is that the CEO of Goodwill industries is a blind person. He has benefited from our particular efforts in touting to the world that blind people have capacity to the tune of making over $500,000 a year," said Lewis. "I don't know how he reconciles paying other people with disabilities less than minimum wage. To me, that is hypocrisy."
On Friday, Lewis and a few of his colleagues drove down to Goodwill's headquarters in Rockville to try to talk to CEO Jim Gibbons. They walked out a few minutes later after being told to call and make an appointment."
"We have attempted to have a meeting and unfortunately, I don't know why, they have chosen not to meet with us. Many people say that maybe they have something to hide. Maybe they're afraid that our argument is too strong. I don't know what the reason is. Maybe you (9NEWS Now) can get an answer for us," said Lewis.
Goodwill declined 9NEWS Now's request for an interview, but they did release the following statement:
"Goodwill supports changes in the FLSA so long as the right of people with disabilities to maintain employment of their choice is preserved. Across the U.S., 79% of people with disabilities are not working today. The Special Minimum Wage Certificate is an important resource to employ individuals with significant disabilities. The Certificate enables Goodwill and thousands of other employers to provide opportunities for people with severe disabilities who otherwise might not be part of the workforce.
Goodwill's network of 165 local, autonomous, community-based organizations in the United States and Canada employ a total of 105,000 team members, 30,000 of whom have a disability. Our data shows that 64 Goodwill organizations report employing people with significant disabilities under the Special Minimum Wage Certificate. These 64 Goodwills employ approximately 7,300 employees with significant disabilities under the Special Minimum Wage Certificate, with the average hourly wage of $7.47."
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Imagine getting rewarded at school for lying.
It's an idea that might seem far-fetched to you and I, but at the Perse School in England, it's reportedly sort of a way of life.
According to BBC.com, Ed Elliott, the man in charge at the Perse School in Cambridge has "told his pupils they could escape punishment if they could explain themselves in 10 seconds."
Elliott reportedly told BBC that "out-and-out falseness" isn't accepted, but that "white lies" just might work.
Perse is an independent school that educates students aged three to 18.
"It's a great lesson in life to talk your way out of a tight corner in a very short period of time," Elliott told BBC.
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Man-made solar energy harvesting systems that mimick nature's photosynthesis.
Artificial photosynthesis would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide. To get there, however, scientists need a far better understanding of how Nature does it, starting with the harvesting of sunlight and the transporting of this energy to electrochemical reaction centers. [1]
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HyperSolar Envisions Solar Powered Hydrogen "Farms" - Essentially mimicking the natural process of photosynthesis, Hypersolar's nanoscale solar device with protective plastic coating enables the production of hydrogen in hostile environments including sea water, wastewater or stormwater runoff. That gives the system a leg up on conventional hydrogen systems, which require purified water. (CleanTechnica; May 26, 2012)
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MIT Researchers Find a Way to Make Solar Panels from Grass Clippings - A paper published in Scientific Reports describes an improved method for making electricity-producing "biophotovoltaics" without the sophisticated laboratory equipment previously needed. Researchers said custom-designed chemicals could be mixed with green plants, even grass clippings, to create a photovoltaic material by harnessing photosynthesis. (CNET; February 2, 2012)
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Atom-Thick Coating Helps Researchers Achieve Artificial Photosynthesis - By growing layers of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide on a semiconductor surface, researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have managed to create solar cells that can ultimately extract hydrogen from water under the direct action of sunlight, just like leaves do their natural photosynthesis. (Green Optimistic; May 11, 2011)
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Scientists find natural photovoltaic cell in hornet, and copy it - The oriental hornet is more active during the day, and tends to become even more active as the temperature rises. And now scientists have discovered the reason: the hornets are solar powered. It turns out that the distinctive yellow stripe on the hornet's abdomen is actually full of tiny protrusions that gather sunlight and harness it for energy. (GizMag; December 6, 2010)
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Plant-Mimicking Solar Cells Can Self-Assemble - Scientists at MIT have created a breakthrough solution to one of the biggest problems facing solar cells by mimicking the world's best harvesters of solar energy: plants. Over time, sunlight breaks down the materials in solar cells, leading to a gradual degradation of devices aiming to harvest the energy in that light. Plants don't have this problem. (EcoGeek; Sept. 7, 2010)
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Breakthrough in using sunlight to split water - A team of MIT researchers has managed to mimic the photosynthetic process in plants by engineering M13, a simple and harmless virus, to help splitting water into its two atomic components - hydrogen and oxygen - using sunlight. The virus acts as the chlorophyl by capturing light, then transfers the energy down its length, acting like a wire. (GizMag; Apr. 16, 2010)
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Inexpensive Highly Efficient Electrochemical Solar Cells Possible - Professor Marsan at the Universite du Quebec has developed an electrochemical solar cell technology that is cheaper, and more stable than others to date. And it has bio-mimicry attributes, using some of the dynamics of photosynthesis. (ScienceDaily; Apr. 12, 2010)
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Engineers Develop Carbon-Capturing Photosynthetic Frog Foam - Engineers from the University of Cincinnati have devised a way to capture and remove CO2 out of the air and then convert it into biofuel building blocks. The engineers have created an artificial photosynthetic material made from foam injected with frog enzymes, which combined with the power of the sun, converts CO2 into oxygen and sugar. (Inhabitat; March 30, 2010)
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Drawing inspiration from Mother Nature in designing an 'artifical leaf' - A group of Chinese scientists has presented a design strategy based on the chemistry and biology of natural leaves that could lead to working prototypes of an artificial leaf that captures solar energy and uses it efficiently to change water into hydrogen fuel. (GizMag; March 26, 2010)
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Scientists grow solar cell components in tobacco plants - Over billions of years, plants have evolved very efficient sunlight-collecting systems. Now, scientists are trying to harness the finely tuned systems in tobacco plants in order to use them as the building blocks of solar cells, leading to the production of inexpensive, biodegradable solar cells. (PhysOrg; Jan. 29, 2010)
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Gasoline from carbon dioxide is not science fiction - Researchers from UMCS in Poland are teaming up with Wrotkow Power of Lublin to test their method of converting CO2 emissions from the power plant into low-cost, high-octane fuel, using a chemical process that resembles part of the photosynthesis cycle. (PESWiki; July 7, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)
- Converting light into energy with 'artificial leaf' one step closer - As an efficient, natural means of capturing solar energy, photosynthesis is hard to beat. But it's also proving extremely difficult to duplicate. Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have built a light-harvesting antenna using the chlorophyll of the alga Spirulina, bring them half way towards creating an artificial leaf. (GizMag; July 1, 2009)
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Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel - Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are now in the process of a major breakthrough towards artificial photosynthesis, banking on cobalt oxide that can effectively carry out the crucial photosynthetic reaction of splitting water molecules to develop fuels. (Alt. Energy; Mar. 17, 2009)
- Monash team learns from nature to split water - The breakthrough could revolutionise the renewable energy industry by making hydrogen – touted as the clean, green fuel of the future – cheaper and easier to produce on a commercial scale. (Slashdot) (Monash University; Aug. 17, 2008)
- Photosynthesis Imitation > Researchers Find New Details Following the Path of Solar Energy During Photosynthesis - Graham Fleming of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley, is the leader of an ongoing effort to discover how plants are able to transfer energy through a network of pigment-protein complexes with nearly 100-percent efficiency. (PhysOrg; Apr. 25, 2008)
- Could photosynthesis have a key role in future energy supply? - If we can understand exactly how plants capture and store solar energy, we could mimic the natural process to design solar panels with better energy conversion rates and also develop a clean, efficient means of producing hydrogen fuel; as well as develop better crops for biofuels. (PhysOrg; July 24, 2007)
- Quantum secrets of photosynthesis revealed - Through photosynthesis, green plants and cyanobacteria are able to transfer sunlight energy to molecular reaction centers for conversion into chemical energy with nearly 100-percent efficiency. Speed is the key - the transfer of the solar energy takes place almost instantaneously so little energy is wasted as heat. How photosynthesis achieves this near instantaneous energy transfer is a long-standing mystery that may have finally been solved. (PhysOrg; Apr. 12, 2007)
- Quantum secrets of photosynthesis revealed - Through photosynthesis, green plants and cyanobacteria are able to transfer sunlight energy to molecular reaction centers for conversion into chemical energy with nearly 100-percent efficiency. Speed is the key - the transfer of the solar energy takes place almost instantaneously so little energy is wasted as heat. How photosynthesis achieves this near instantaneous energy transfer is a long-standing mystery that may have finally been solved. (PhysOrg; Apr. 12, 2007)
- Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power - A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth. (PhysOrg; Sept. 1, 2006)
- Solaronix - Development of dye sensitized nanocristalline titanium oxide solar photovoltaic cells imitating natural photosynthesis. This new solar cells is based on the mechanism of a regenerative photoelectrochemical process. The active layer consists of a highly porous nanocrystalline titanium oxide (nc-TiO2) deposited on a transparent electrically conducting substrate.
- Dyesol - Dye Solar Cell (DSC), based on artificial photosynthesis is based on the concept of a dye analogous to chlorophyll absorbing light and thus generating electrons which enter the conduction band of a high surface area semiconductor film and further move through an external circuit, thus converting light into 'green' power. This is a two-step photovoltaic process, unlike the one step process of conventional PV. It is a photoelectrochemical cell: charge separation occurs on interface between a wide bandgap semiconductor (e.g. titania TiO2) and an electrolyte.
- New Technology enables scientists to track molecular energy transfer in photosynthesis - Scientists have been able to follow the flow of excitation energy in both time and space in a molecular complex using a new technique called two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. This technique has already been used to make a surprise finding about the process of photosynthesis. (PhysOrg; March 31, 2005)
- Berkley Group Emulating Photosynthesis - Nature is 97% efficient in converting sunlight to energy. University group receives govt. funding to pursue a process that mimics nature.
- Photosynthesis Drives Solar Cell - Researchers have harnessed the light harvesting molecules of spinach and bacteria to make solar cells that could one day be sprayed on many surfaces. (MIT Technology Review; Aug. 31, 2004)
- Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power - A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth. (PhysOrg; Sept. 1, 2006)
- New Technology enables scientists to track molecular energy transfer in photosynthesis - Scientists have been able to follow the flow of excitation energy in both time and space in a molecular complex using a new technique called two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. This technique has already been used to make a surprise finding about the process of photosynthesis. (PhysOrg; March 31, 2005)
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Chester, PA (Sports Network) - Graham Zusi scored a goal and assisted on two
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The Union's Sebastien Le Toux enjoyed a successful return to his old club by
putting the hosts ahead after 17 minutes.
But Sporting gradually began to get the better of the play and Zusi pulled his
side level shortly before halftime.
Zusi led MLS in assists last term, and he collected two in the second half,
first setting up Oriol Rosell's go-ahead goal in the 66th minute before having
a hand in Claudio Bieler's 83rd-minute tally which put the game out of reach.
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just 17 minutes when he brought down Keon Daniel's floated ball and beat
goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen from close range.
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Sporting took charge of the contest after the break and a free kick from Zusi
in the 66th minute led to the second goal.
The ball was swung into the area and Rosell beat the onrushing MacMath to it,
nodding the ball beyond the stranded goalkeeper.
Bieler then sealed the win seven minutes from time when Zusi played a ball to
the back post for Chance Myers, who set up Bieler for a first-time strike that
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I have received many requests to share about Baron Christopher de Graffenried after he returned to Switzerland. It is a pleasure to tell you about the baron once he left New Bern. Please remember the baron left New Bern in hopes of getting help for the survivors of the Indian attack and it was his plan to return to New Bern.
Baron de Graffenried�s life after New Bern started with him traveling to New York seeking funds along the way to assist those in New Bern. Funding no assistance in the northeast he then traveled to England to see Queen Anne as she had promised to help him whenever he needed it.
The baron planned to explain the conditions in New Bern ask her help with additional money and supplies for the people who traveled with him from England in 1710. The baron�s timing was bad as Queen Anne was on her deathbed when he arrived. The supporters of the new king were among those who objected to the friendship of Queen Anne and Baron de Graffenried so there was no additional help to be found in England for New Bern.
The baron felt he did not have any other choice than return to Switzerland to ask his father once again for his inheritance from his mother. I have no doubt that many in New Bern felt he deserted them as communications were very, very slow in those days. You should remember the baron�s son, Christopher VI, remained in New Bern for several years taking care of the baron�s business matters as well as paying on his father�s debts after his father returned to Europe.
When Christopher V returned to Switzerland the situation with his father was no better than what lead to the baron�s first leaving home after returning from boarding school. Remember the baron�s mother died when the baron was young and he was sent to a strict boarding school after his father remarried where he remained for seven years.
Christopher V was invited to live with his sister and her family where he found most satisfactory welcome and very comfortable living quarters when returning to his homeland.
A few years later Anton finally agreed to build his son a house as he continued in refusing to give the baron his inheritance from his mother. The new house is said to have been built �a shot� from Worb Castle. How they would find the shot I cannot understand, but the house was built approximately a quarter of a mile from Worb Castle. It is located on knoll in a beautiful growth of trees. The view from the terrace is breathtaking as you look towards the snowcapped Alps. The baron�s new home was named Neuschloss Worb and was where the baron lived the remainder of his life in pleasant comfort.
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Who will win Dancing With the Stars Season 16?
Well, the last time we updated this story, in early April, we finally accepted our pre-season pick to win it all — Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold — would probably not win it all. After three weeks, we were ready to accept a more obvious choice would probably win. As in, one of the four couples who'd been topping the leaderboard from the beginning:
- Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy
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Now it's early May and nothing has changed. We still think that's the final four, with season-long Leaderboard toppers Zendaya and Kellie probably battling it out as the final two, unless Jacoby can make the classic football player move of sneaking in for a "surprise" win (ahem, Donald Driver!).
Aly Raisman defintiely wins the gold medal "Most Improved," but we don't see her edging out leading ladies Zendaya and Kellie. Zendaya's strength — aside from her lovely dancing — are her fans. She arguably has the biggest fanbase of the competition, but some DWTS viewers have cited her previous dance experience as an unfair advantage. And then there's Kellie, whose country charm has won over viewers week-after-week. But this week, Kellie and Derek were in jeopardy, which could mean her charm is wearing off. Then again, this is Derek's final season (or do he says), and Derek's fan could ralley for Team Pickler in the finals.
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ssliger...nice! we also drew that area (party of 5), its our 3rd time in the last 8 years. so im guessing that our luck will run out soon with the drawing odds that low. my wife and a friend of mine have gotten good deer, like the ones you posted, but we are still lookin for the BIG BOYS. two years ago we chased a group of 12 bucks for 5 days trying to get shots at 2 of the bucks. these 2 where in the 185-195 class. tall heavy and wide, with well above normal tine length for that area. never did get shots on either one, but my wife took a very nice 27" 4x4 out of the group. it was the 3rd or 4th biggest buck in the group. not sure if the big boys survived the last 2 winters or last season, but if they did, they will be dandy's if they havent started down hill.
3 of us will also be hunting with bows for the first time down there...it will be interesting to say the least. i see your location is laramie, but your pic looks like house in the presidential streets of rock springs. we are all from the RS area, pm me if you are interested scouting trips when you come to town. we spend a lot of time down south during the summer, so im sure i could help out a little....probably wont show you our "honey holes" LOL but i can give you some good advise! ha ha ha.
one piece of advise is to get away from hunters....i.e. get to the places that dont always look like the best places. those two giants we pushed for a week were next to the highway that everyone blew right past trying to get to the "good places". not kidding, everyday we spotted the "2" they were no more than 800yrds off the highway, tucked up in some dry creek bed overhangs. just too many eyes and too wide open to get in for a shot. not one tree, juniper or large buck brush around them, just sagebrush and gullies.
well, good luck and maybe we'll see you this summer.....if not maybe in sept for the archery season. if i can figure out how to post a pick ill post one of my wifes deer.


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June 23 through 29 is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Lightning Safety Week.
"This year so far there have been, across the U.S., seven fatalities due to lightning," says Kim Hylander, a spokeswoman with Prince William County Fire and Rescue.
On average 54 people die and hundreds of others are seriously hurt every year by lightning, she says.
Now that summertime is here, people are spending more time outdoors. So the question of how to protect your family, your kids and yourself is top of mind.
The most important thing is when you hear thunder to immediately seek shelter indoors, Hylander says.
If you can hear thunder, Hylander says, you are close enough to get hit by lightning. But lightning often comes before the rain, so take cover when the skies start to darken.
During the storm, stay away from anything that puts you in direct contact with electricity.
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Stay away from doors and windows. Also avoid water since it conducts electricity, she says.
Even when the rain stops and the skies turn blue — it still might not be not safe to head back out. Lightning often strikes outside of the area where it rained heavily,
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Summary:The Stones, a New England family, have their annual holiday gathering. The eldest son brings his girlfriend home to meet his parents, brothers and sisters. The bohemian Stones greet their visitor--a high-powered, controlling New Yorker--with a mix of awkwardness, confusion and hostility. Before the holiday is over, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed, and the family Stone will come together through its extraordinary capacity for love.


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Cy's Favorite Alum: Gary Lynch
"Gary Lynch is family to our program. I first met Gary in the spring of 1995 when we had our first coaches clinic under Dan McCarney. Mac helped change the culture on how Iowa State football was viewed in the state, and Porkie Lynch was right there at the very root of that campaign. He was out there with his folks barbecuing in the middle of the night to make sure that our event was going to be a first-class event. He hasn't changed since then in his commitment and his focus on success in our football program."
- ISU Head Coach Paul Rhoads
For Gary Lynch, a longtime friend of Iowa State Athletics, supporting the Cyclones has become a way of life. But it isn't just about the games, it's the friendships built over the years with coaches and administrators that he really cherishes. Since 1981, Lynch has seen occasional encounters with Paul Rhoads, Dan McCarney and Johnny Orr, among others, blossom into friendships.
This year, the Iowa State Athletics Department recognizes the loyal and outstanding support from Lynch by naming Gary the recipient of the 2013 Cy's Favorite Alum award. Since 1955, the Iowa State University Athletics Department has recognized the loyalty and accomplishments of a graduate or friend of Cyclone Athletics.
"Gary Lynch's passion for our athletics program is second to none," Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard said. "He bleeds Cardinal and Gold and is always willing to do whatever we need him to do to help our program. Gary truly represents all of the values that we look for in Cy's Favorite Alum."
Lynch has a passion for helping others and Iowa State has been a recipient of his giving nature. Gary has been a long-standing supporter of the Cyclone Gridiron Club and the golf tournaments the club hosts each year. Gary is at home next to the barbeque. During the preseason, Lynch is a lineman's best friend, providing hearty meals for the football team on numerous occasions.
Lynch and his family first became season ticket holders in 1981 and he's never regretted the investment into the Cyclone programs. He is a football, men's and women's basketball and wrestling season ticket holder. He has Jack Trice Club seats for football, attends many away games and travels to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championships in Kansas City.
His giving doesn't stop there as he also has supported camps for all of the sports in which he is a season ticket holder.
Since 1973, Gary has been the President of Lynch Livestock, Inc., which employs 500 people in 12 states and engages in various agricultural business, from pork production to processing plants.
For the past 17 years, Gary and his family have supported charity events and individuals through the Lynch Family Foundation. The foundation has raised and given over $1.5 million to the communities of people in need.
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Despite increasing fuel costs and harsh winter weather conditions, UPS reported today that first quarter revenue—at $12.58 billion—was up 7.3 percent year-over-year.
Quarterly operating profit—at $1.43 billion—was up 21 percent, and net income at $885 million was up 66 percent. Earnings per share of $0.88 were 21 percent ahead of last year and ahead of Wall Street estimates of $0.85 per share.
Average daily volume of 15.0 million packages was up 0.2 percent. Quarterly package volume at 957 million was up 1.8 percent. Average revenue per piece of $10.76 was up 5.2 percent.
Total U.S. domestic package average revenue per piece at $9.30 was up 5.0 percent, with total average U.S. domestic package volume at 12,669 was down 0.5 percent, with Next Day Air down 0.9 percent and Deferred and Ground down 0.3 percent and up 0.6 percent, respectively, on a daily basis. Total International Package volume growth on a daily basis at 2,288 on average per day were up 4.0 percent, with domestic international up 2.1 percent and international export up 7.2 percent.
"Despite the obstacles we faced with civil unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, skyrocketing fuel costs, and some of the worst weather conditions in years, so far, the global economic recovery has been resilient, yet the risks are greater than they were three months ago," said UPS Chairman and CEO Scott Davis on a conference call with analysts and the media today.
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In keeping with the company's focus on yield management, Kuehn said that increases in base rates served as the key driver on that front as the company gets its prices back in line with the value they provide.
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We are coping reasonably well with the loss of our dog. Thank you all so much for your kind words and sympathy. It really means a lot. We have found that distracting ourselves -- with soccer games, ice cream cones, and plans for summer (tomorrow is the last day of school) -- is helping. In the interests of moving forward, I pose the following. I would love your input.
I want my children to have a sense of what money is worth, of how long it takes to save. I want them to value the things they hope to own and to appreciate the hard work it takes to earn and save enough to buy something expensive. You want a skateboard? You have to show me that you are physically skilled enough to ride it by first learning to ride your bike without training wheels. That will earn you half the purchase price. Then you have to save up your own money to pay for the other half. (In the long-term interest of preserving your brains and bones, I will spring for the protective gear.)
This, of course, begs the question of where "your own money" is supposed to come from. Right now, it's all idiosyncratic. They have piggy banks, into which we have made a habit of depositing random change lying around the house. If you find a quarter under the sofa, and you report with glee, "look what I found, Mama!" you will be met with "go put it in your piggy bank, quick! before you lose it!"
Recalling my own first bank account, which we opened when I was about five or six, I decided it was time for the kids to have accounts too. I vividly remember my father teaching me the mysteries of the dusty pink paper sleeves that could turn into rolls of pennies. We spent considerable time rolling $2 worth, and that was my opening deposit.
So I went to the bank and got coin roll sleeves a few months ago, and the kids and I broke into the piggy banks. It took us about two hours to roll $34 from Son's bank and $25 from Daughter's. We went to the bank and opened the accounts. They did not get the cunning pink folder I had gotten, printed with a tiny grid, on which to record deposits and withdrawals. But, being 21st century children, they can check their accounts online.
In the two months since their accounts were opened, however, the savings process has largely consisted of random found coins dropped gleefully into the piggy banks. When Son checked his last week, he discovered that it contained about $6.
Given that he now has desires for spending...squishies, and skateboards, and Club Penguin memberships...I feel that we need to come up with some kind of system for his gaining pocket money that is more reliable than collecting whatever coins happen to roll under the arm chair and annually depositing birthday money from grandparents.
I remember getting an allowance for a little while as a very young child. $1 per week. Maybe this lasted a few months or a year. But I am certain that I didn't have any money to speak of until I started babysitting at age 11 (fifty cents an hour that first summer, as I was a young and in-training sitter). I want something more systematic than that for my kids. But I also want it to be a process that is not just about handing them money. How is that any different than me just buying them the stuff they want? I want it to be about earning the money they get.
But the question is: what exactly can a four and six year old do to earn money? I can think of three methods.
Option One
One experiment involved a daily incentive system for behavior modification: we went through a horrible phase of whining, so I tied lack of whining to earning financial rewards. 25 cents for a day of no whining at all; 10 cents for a day with only one lapse in self-control. Within a week, the whining had all but stopped completely.
In some ways, I like this allowance method for small children. We set a goal (say, sleep in your own bed all night long or remember not to respond to antagonism with more antagonism), and each day they have a tangible way to monitor their progress at reaching that goal. Each evening at bedtime, we review the day and discuss WHY they've earned what they've earned, so I feel like they are learning to be more purposeful and self-conscious about their behavior. At their ages, it helps them remember the goal better to have a daily accounting of their successes and failures, rather than a once-a-week review.
But spun another way, I am bribing them with money for good behavior. Which, of course, sounds ridiculous.
So I feel conflicted about whether this is the best plan or not.
Option Two
I've considered setting a weekly opening allowance, say $2, and then fining them for certain infractions (fighting in the back seat of the car? Lose a nickle...) or charging them for certain privileges (you get 30 minutes of computer time per day; want more? it costs 15 cents per half-hour...). This has the merit of providing a new week-long math problem that supports learning money counting, as well as getting them to think about what they value more--another half-hour on the computer or that big purchase they are saving for.
Down sides to this plan? I'm not sure, since I haven't tried it yet.
Option Three
I know many people tie allowance to family chores. You do your daily/weekly jobs satisfactorily, you get your allowance on Saturday. If you forget to take out the trash, for example, you get docked some amount.
On principle, I think I'd rather not do this. I want them to understand that it's simply part of being in a family that everyone has to help clean up messes, weed the garden, put away dirty dishes, or take out the trash. We have a few weekly and daily chores assigned to each person, and a check chart we use to assess how well we're doing at keeping up with them. I wouldn't object to a long-term goal (say, two whole weeks of getting all your daily check marks = a family ice cream party), but it won't be money. No one pays me to do laundry; it's just part of the job description. I think cleaning up after themselves, and learning how to do things like clean a bathroom or water the plants, should be similarly part of their jobs. (I'm open to counter-arguments on this one, though.)
What do you do in your family? Do your kids get an allowance? Starting at what ages? Is allowance tied to any particular responsibilities on their part? Are there chores that are just part of family expectations, unrelated to spending money? Are your kids required to save a certain proportion of their allowance, or can they do with it as they will? I'd love to know what works for you.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
To Allowance or Not to Allowance
We are coping reasonably well with the loss of our dog. Thank you all so much for your kind words and sympathy. It really means a lot. We have found that distracting ourselves -- with soccer games, ice cream cones, and plans for summer (tomorrow is the last day of school) -- is helping. In the interests of moving forward, I pose the following. I would love your input.
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Here's what we do, and our kids are 6 and 12. Warning, it's long:
Allowance starts in kindergarten and comes on Saturday. We have a Google spreadsheet that tracks, because we don't always deal out physical cash to the oldest each week. Youngest gets $3 a week, and he can decide how much he wants to put into the envelope we take to the credit union, but some must go. He usually decides $1 or $2, but he is currently still flush with birthday money so has cash in his wallet. Oldest gets $10 a week, and has three envelopes: charity, bank, friend. $1 a week goes into charity, $2 each into bank and friend (which is for chipping in on birthday presents for friends).
Allowance is your share of the household money. It is not tied to anything, though I may ask if your room is clean before I hand you cash, just as I may ask if you have practiced your flute before I let you use the iPad. However, part of being in our household is doing your share. This starts young, with folding washcloths and napkins, emptying the utensil basket, and swiffering.
So far that is working for us, but our kids are pretty agreeable and our household is fairly regimented. Others may find it too regimented, or be unable to wait for the s-l-o-w pace of getting some chores done in a household more pressed for time.
- June 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Mrs F with 4 said...
We started of with $1 per week, (at age 4, I think) given in quarters. Half into 'save' and half into 'spend'.
I don't pay for good behaviour, as that's just part of life; nor do I pay for regular chores. There are two reasons for that: one is that everyone living in tis house needs to contribute (do I get paid for laundry? I think not.), and secondly, I could foresee a time when I might have made a rod for my own back. Don't need money? Won't do chores.
I also don't fine them pocket money, unless, say, they have broken something (accidentally or on purpose!) belonging to someone else, in which case they have to pay, at least partly, to replace it.
The allowance is just simply that: a no-strings allowance for them to spend as they choose. I've always tried to help them spend it wisely (REALLY? You want to buy THAT with your allowance? Are you SURE?) and it seems to be working fine, so far. The habit of spend AND save seems to be quite firmly established in the two older children (9 and 6), so far, at least.
Incidentally, they voluntarily do the same with birthday money: put half (or more!) to save and half to spend.
And finally (!), I rarely buy toys for the children, unless it's something particular for birthday or Christmas. I will contribute to something 'special' they are saving to buy themselves, though. BUT - even though we haunt the library on a weekly basis - I buy books like there is no tomorrow. Sometimes they CHOOSE to spend their allowance on books (hurray!), but it's something I am happy, nay, delighted, to buy for them.
- June 16, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- AnnetteK said...
My son earns money by the job, with no particular set allowance. If he has a week where he doesn't do his jobs he earns nothing. If he does lots of extra jobs he earns more.
He doesn't earn anything for good behavior, but he has had to pay fines for bad behavior.
He may start getting an allowance as he gets older, but for now he likes to earn his money by the job so I'm leaving it alone.
- June 16, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Issas Crazy World said...
I actually give allowance just to give allowance. To teach them about money. To make them have to think about what they buy. So they learn, I suppose. My oldest pays me for her iTouch apps with it and they will both pay me back for a toy or candy or something at Target. I don't take it away if they mis-behave. That's not a consequence I'm willing to use.
They also have chores each day/week. The two are separate in my mind. I figure being a part of our family means they need to help out. I do on occasion pay for extra stuff. Or you know...the random dollar for entertaining their brother while I finish work. that kind of stuff.
ps. I'm so sorry to hear about your pup.
- June 16, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- texasholly said...
My boys get their age in $ as an allowance. It is not attached to tasks, but there are certain tasks that they are expected to do because they belong to our family. Of that money, $1 goes to savings and $1 goes to giving each week. So in actuality, my 9 year old gets $7 worth of spending cash each week.
I highly recommend letting them have spending money because it completely eliminates them asking for me to buy them things...I just ask back if they have the money and they want to spend it.
Two of my kids spend pretty freely and one is a saver.
Either way, they are learning a lot about money management that will help them in the future.
- June 16, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- A Modern Mother said...
I pay 10p a snail! They earned about £5 this year...
Great post -- have not thought about allowance yet.
- June 17, 2010 at 2:03 AM
- Jb said...
Loaded questions!
We also think the kids should do chores as part of being a member of the household. But you could pay them for chores that are more of a challenge.
One thing I would advise, based on my own failures in this area, is to keep it simple. You don't want to make it difficult for yourself to keep track of your system.
Also, you might want to have some kind of rule about the money that comes to them as a gift...because when they have money given to them all the time, then motivation becomes a big problem.
Good luck! I wish I had done better on this subject myself!
- June 17, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- Lisa said...
This is what we do (4 and 6 yos):
There are certain chores that are done because one is part of the family. These chores include picking up ones toys, helping mom set the table, cleaning ones pee up off the bathroom floor, etc.). There is no money paid for these chores.
I have a chart of extra chores that one can do for money. This includes things like taking out the trash, vacuuming, sorting and folding laundry, cleaning windows, weeding). Each chore has a payment amount, which differs with the chore, but it is all up on the chart. I sometimes ask the child to do the chore and then pay, or sometimes the child volunteers, if there is something he really wants money for.
As the children get older, my intention is to add to the list of chores one doesn't get paid for, while also adding more difficult (and thus more lucrative) chores to the for-money list.
- June 17, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Suburban Kamikaze said...
In our house we find that a combination of systems works just as well as any individual system, none of which actually works.
But good luck to you,
- June 18, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Annah said...
I like Option #2, with the fining method.
- June 18, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- MommyTime said...
There are so many good ideas here that I feel like I need to mull it over and talk about it at length with Husband.
Many thanks for taking so much time, so many of you, to put out all these great strategies!
- June 23, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Best Kept Secrets said...
I think the second one sounds good. I liked the first one at first but as you pointed out then they will feel entitled to monies for being good and when they don't get it become huge brats.
I was given $5 if I mowed the lawn or washed the car and .25 for every shirt of my dad's I ironed.
- June 24, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Keely said...
Hm, food for thought. My own kid is still too young, but when my brother and I were children we got a weekly allowance. It was tied to a chore list. I don't personally see it as paying for them to do chores - I see it as giving them responsibility, a "job", for which you are ultimately rewarded. Sure, you could argue that there are less tangible rewards already attached (sense of accomplishment, nice clean room, whatever), but that seems a bit obscure for younger children. Paying them to do chores a) teaches them how to do those things and b)gets them done so you don't have to.
(For big things, my parents always promised to ante up half if we saved the first half. Within reason of course.)
- June 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Keely said...
Ugh, and that comment was like "follow the ever changing pronoun". Sorry.
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