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Leo is exhibiting one of the favorite typical male responses to such a situation.
You know given his line of work, it might not be such a bad thing if Toggle meets his pop. Maybe they could make up for lost time with a father & son project, sort of like Randy California and his dad with Spirit. Leo's dad could bring in some studio work, probably not with Mötley, but maybe he knows somebody.
What if it was the Sex Pistols? Rotten's got blond hair.
Pretty much has to be Bill Ward, then. (Although the guy he REALLY looks like is Roger Taylor from Queen …)
>> typical male responses
So many situations in this world would be better if the dudes at the center of the action would just step off and go take a nap.
Agreed! The world would be a much better place is everyone opted to take a good, long nap before thye made any kind of decisions!
I just think Leo's Mom is looking for an excuse not to do the flowers.
Maybe the Dad was Ray Sawyer from Dr Hook. He had the eyepatch at least.
More family resemblance with Pirates of the Caribbean …
I feel the same way about Black Sabbath, and none of them are my father. ;-)
I LOVE that Spirit song! I played the album with this track so many times, and I'd do it again if I had the setup. I still have the record, original vinyl.
Leo's mom subscribes to the theory that, if you remember the seventies and eighties, you didn't have a good time.
Me too.
Actually, Ed Cassidy, the shaven-headed drummer, was the step-father of Randy California (nee Wolf). I'm not sure I ever heard anything about Randy's biological dad.
Black Sabbath? …gasp… Ozzy??!?
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Writing a Bee Book Without Being a Bee Person
Hannah Nordhaus is not a bee person.
That's the first thing the Boulder, Co.- based environmental journalist will say if you ask her about her new book, "The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America," which was released this week.
"I've always loved honey, but I was never all that interested in bees," Nordhaus said on the phone. The author is traveling the country on a promotional tour for her book. "I actually used to be quite afraid of them."
So why this book on bees? Why did she write a narrative of the life and times of a beekeeper if she wasn't particularly interested in the subject?
That's easy, Nordhaus says: the book is really the story of the beekeeper. The millions and millions (and millions) of bees just pop in when needed.
"The Beekeeper's Lament" is ultimately the story of an unusual, quirky and quixotic man and his increasingly uncommon job as a beekeeper in modern North America. That man is John Miller, a traveling beekeeper and frequent driver of bright yellow Corvettes.
"I didn't want this to be a bee book," Nordhaus said. "I wanted it to be a character study."
Miller is the unlikely star of Nordhaus's book. In Nordhaus's hands, he becomes a flawed, Messiah-like spokesman for his fading job and his increasingly dying bees. It's surprising to learn that beekeepers across the country regularly pack up their hives in semi-trucks and drive thousands of miles to California, where almond blossoms in February prove ample nourishment for hungry bees.
And it's not just honey consumption that Miller is concerned about. In her book, Nordhaus explains how the exhausting work of men like Miller forms the backbone of a surprising variety of American foodstuffs.
"There's this invisible ecology and economy around beekeeping," Nordhaus said. "Pollination is this invisible process and so is the creation of crops that bee keepers help facilitate."
Bees aren't the final source of human nourishment. A quote often falsely attributed to Albert Einstein says that if bees die, mankind will die within four years.
The bees are dying already, and thanks to the mysterious colony collapse disorder, they are dying in huge numbers. But their death won't kill off the human race.
The resulting, post-bee world will just be a little less tasty, Nordhaus says. Almonds, cherries, cranberries, apples and other crops would die out, limiting diets and changing the environment.
Colony collapse disorder received a lot of press attention in the last few years, but Nordhaus says that that attention has been good for Miller and other beekeepers.
"Colony collapse disorder has been disastrous, but it's also been some of the best P.R. for people like John," she said. "It made people aware how hard it is to keep bees, how bees are really fragile, how beekeepers aren't doing well."
Plus, all the publicity has made the public more willing and eager to want to help beekeepers, Nordhaus said.
Nordhaus is done with bees, she said. She's an accidental bee expert, and probably the "only bee writer in the universe who doesn't have a hive."
But she says that she wants to stick to the formula that led her to follow Miller around as she wrote her first book.
"I'd like to find someone like John who's interested in something as hidden as beekeeping," Nordhaus said. "To have that character you can get behind and believe in and who doesn't bore you is great."

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The University of Alabama men's and women's cross country teams travel to the SEC Championships slated to take place this Friday, November 1. Hosted by the University of Florida at the Mark Bostick Golf Course, the men's will race in the 8k at 8 a.m. Central Time (CT), while the women's 6k is slated to begin at 9 a.m. CT.
The Alabama women's team moved up one slot and is ranked fourth in the USTFCCCA South Regional rankings, released October 21. The men fell one spot to 12th in the South Region.
After a first-place finish at the Crimson Classic on October 18, the women's cross country team has won three of four races entered this season. They enter the SEC Championships with wins at the Samford Dual, the Iowa Black and Gold Invitational and the Crimson Classic, coupled with a top-10 finish at the competitive Paul Short Invitational.
Through four meets in the 2013 season, sophomore Katelyn Greenleaf has been the top finisher for the women's cross country team three times. The native of St. Petersburg, Fla. has also been a runner-up finisher overall in three separate races as well (Samford Dual, Iowa Black & Gold and the Crimson Classic). Greenleaf has the 17th fastest 6-kilometer time in the SEC, coupled with the seventh-fastest 4k time in the conference.
Alabama cross country teams have won a total of five Southeastern Conference team titles (three men's titles, two women's team titles) and produced 12 SEC individual champions (eight men, four women). The Crimson Tide has won men's team titles in 1973, 2008 and 2009 while the Tide women won team crowns in 1986 and 1987. The great David Kimani won SEC men's titles for Alabama in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Other Tide individual men's winners were Robert Peete (1959-60), Steve Bolt (1976), German Beltran (1988) and Emmanuel Bor (2007). For the women, Evelyn Adiru won the individual title in 1985 and 1987 before Carole Trepanier took the title in 1988.
Alabama posted a pair of 11th place team finishes at the 2012 SEC Cross Country Championships in Nashville, Tenn. (hosted by Vanderbilt University). The men's team was paced by a 56th place finish by freshman Robbie Farnham-Rose while the women's team was led by freshman Katelyn Greenleaf's 20th place showing.
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Do we really need a "war" against dog poop?
In the annals of Gotham's crimefighting superheroes, Abby Weissman might not go down as one of the all-time greatest.
But at least he will be noted for capturing a dog pooping on camera and, far more important, that doggie's caretaker not picking it up.
Faster than a speeding bullet, he posted it on Facebook:
In the post, Weissman fires a first blow in his quest for justice, and calls upon others to join in fighting the scourge of canine caretakers who don't pick up after their charges — by submitting photos and videos of scofflaws caught in the act to his block association's Facebook page.
Weissman is president of the South Oxford Street Block Association in New York's Fort Greene neighborhood.
The association started a "Dog Walkers Hall of Shame" campaign July 30, after his home security camera captured a dog walker, busy with her cell phone, walking away from the mess the dog had just deposited on the sidewalk in front of his house.
Weissman hopes a little public humiliation will be more effective than the seldom enforced "pooper scooper" law, and its $250 fines.
Since 2013, 63 "pooper scooper" violations have been issued in Brooklyn, DNAInfo reports. An officer must witness the incident to issue a summons, according to the Department of Sanitation.
Weissman, like any good superhero, seemed to take a great deal of pride in catching the scofflaw, at least on video. "We always wanted a photo or video or someone actually letting their dog shit and purposefully leaving it there. Here it is, thanks to Dropcam."
I'm all for owners taking responsibility for what their dogs drop, and all for laws enforcing that. And I'm fine with fines.
I'm just not so sure we have to view it all in terms of a "war," and I question whether all the high tech weapons being seized upon — like hidden cameras, and sending dog poop to laboratories to see if its DNA can be matched to a particular dog — are a bit of an over-reaction, better used on terrorists than people who don't pick up dog poop.
I have a problem with public "shaming," too — whether it's being used on deadbeat dads, the customers of prostitutes, or those who fail to pick up dog waste. It reminds me of those stocks and pillories we used to punish wrongdoers in colonial times. I'd like to think we've become a little more civilized since then. And I'd like to think we're smart enough to realize people who engage in shameful behavior often don't have a huge sense of shame in the first place.
Most of all I'm puzzled about how we let something with such a simple solution become so huge, and gobble up so much time, money and technology. How much is being wasted sending dog waste through the mail for analysis in laboratories? How many hours did Weissman spend watching video to pinpoint the culprit who pooped in front of his house?
Sometimes I think our species is prone to escalating anything that can possibly escalated.
Perhaps a psychologist could explain that to me.
In the meantime, can't we all just pick it up?
Posted by John Woestendiek August 13th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
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Fecal responsibility: Boulder looks at DNA testing to track down poop scofflaws
Boulder City Councilwoman Mary Young wants to know how feasible it would be to require DNA samples from dogs, and create a registry so that, through DNA analysis, poop left on city trails could be traced to dog owners.
She's not suggesting every dog in Boulder be tested (yet) — just the estimated 35,000 with so-called "green tags" that allow them to romp off-leash on some of the city's trails and greenspaces.
Young has asked that the issue be discussed at tonight's City Council meeting, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. (Yes, it happens to be an April Fools Day meeting, but nobody's joking here.)
I would hope Boulder looks not just at whether it can be done (it can), but at whether it should be — that city leaders consider, in addition to the price tag of such a venture, the ethics and implications and utter goofiness of it.
There's a lot of dog-related technology I don't like (click the banner at the top of this page for one example) and poop-detection technology is near the top of the list.
Not just because of its Orwellian overtones, not just because it's heavy-handed, dictatorial, silly, creepy, intrusive and expensive. It's also because technology, unleashed, has a habit of oozing beyond the boundaries of its originally intended purpose — DNA-testing of dog poop being just such a case — and spreading into ever scarier realms.
The day could still come when your tossed cigarette butt, un-recycled soda can or expectorated phlegm could be traced back to you, which, come to think of it, might be a better use of DNA technology than that being offered by the dog poop sleuths.
Declaring war on poop, and bringing out technology's big guns, is overkill. Especially when the real solution can be achieved by simply bending over and picking up what your dog leaves behind.
In case you haven't been following our posts on this issue, here's how it works:
Deciding unscooped dog poop is simply intolerable, homeowners associations, apartment complexes or government entities sign up with a company called PooPrints, which sends them the supplies needed for residents to take swabs from the cheeks of their dogs. Those are sent to Tennessee, and a doggie DNA registry is created.
After that, any pile of poop that is found can be gathered, packaged and sent to a lab in Tennessee, where it can be unpackaged and tested and, by comparing DNA markers, matched to an individual dog, assuming that dog's DNA is in the registry.
The company lets management know who the poopetrator was, and the owner is fined $100 or so — or, if a repeat offender, perhaps told they and/or their dog should move somewhere else. Thereby a community is made safe from scofflaws, as well as, say, a grandmother whose back might have been hurting too much one day to pick up every last dropping left by her Shih Tzu.
Here in my current home state, North Carolina, apartment complexes in Winston-Salem and Wilmington are among the growing number of property management companies and government entities turning to PooPrints.
Yes, dog poop can be hazardous to our health, and harmful to the environment.
So can the feces of all the non-domesticated animals we live among, but don't feel compelled to prosecute for pooping.
So, too, can the dumpage of corporate entities, like the thousands of tons of coal ash spilled into the Dan River by Duke Energy, coating 70 miles of the river with toxic sludge.
That's a little harder to pick up after, and, I'd suggest, at least as deserving of society's consternation and oversight and vigilance as dog poop — even if punishing the culprit won't make them change their ways. (Big companies, unlike the average dog owner, can hire lawyers to avoid fines, and, if unsuccessful, they just pass the costs along to their customers.)
Finding clean sources of energy — that's a use of technology I like. Using DNA to solve murders (and clear the wrongly convicted) seems a good use, too.
But gathering, packaging and mailing dog poop so technicians in Tennessee can comb through it and test it, by comparison, seems a silly use of our technological muscles.
In Colorado, Boulder officials say dog waste on public trails is one of the most common complaints the city receives, so it's not surprising that they'd turn to a company that claims to have the solution.
Eric Mayer, director of business development for BioPet Vet Lab in Knoxville, Tenn., said the company's PooPrint service is used by private property management companies in 45 states and in Canada. Franchises are popping up all over, like Burger Kings.
So far, the company doesn't have contracts with any municipalities, but officials have been in talks with a half dozen different local governments. He said he expects to sign the first municipal PooPrints contract with Ipswich, Mass., sometime this year.
Maybe, if poop detection continues to catch on, it would be good for the economy. Maybe, you too could have a fulfilling career as a dog poop laboratory technician.
But there are far better ways to spend our time and money, and far bigger problems more deserving of our rage. Between all the emotion, and all the technology, we seem to forget that we can simply …
Pick it up!
(Top photo, fake poop question mark, from Big Mouth Toys; bottom photo, sludge from the Dan River spill, courtesy of Dan River Basin Association)
Posted by John Woestendiek April 1st, 2014 under Muttsblog.
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How to keep dogs out of tree wells — NOT!
Here's a handy tip to keep dogs from doing their business in those sidewalk tree wells — one that works better than bricks, better than fences, and is all but guaranteed to keep those disease-carrying beasts from tainting our otherwise pristine urban tree life:
Take cuttings from thorny plants, like rose bushes, and spread them around the tree.
It may sound like a tip from Satan's Helpful Household Hints (not a real book, to our knowledge). But it's actually the advice offered by a Baltimore neighborhood association bedeviled by dog poop that's not getting picked up.
The advice came in the January newsletter of the Fells Prospect Community Association.
"… You can make it clear that you don't want pets approaching by planting thorny plants (roses, bayberry), or covering your tree pit with pine cones or cuttings from thorny plants that are uncomfortable for dogs to walk on. A sign will also encourage some people to move their dog to the next house."
Of course moving on to the next house isn't really the answer — is it? — unless dog and walker keep doing so until they are outside the boundaries of Fells Prospect, a neighborhood near Fells Point and Butcher Hill. Even then, the problem isn't over. It has just moved somewhere else.
Even if every single resident of Fells Prospect adopted a tree well, nurturing it and the tree it contained (be it a live one or a dead one), even if they filled said well with thorns, lead paint chips, discarded hypodermic needles and perhaps a few strands of barbed wire, that's all — other than some canine and human casualties — that would be achieved.
This is a hardly a new issue. In big and densely packed cities, there are few options when it comes to dogs relieving themselves. Everything is so paved over that a tiny patch of turf or dirt surrounding a tree is the only place for dogs to go. So dogs go there. Responsible dog owners, at least, pick it up. But some dog owners, like some community association officials, are thoughtless and uncaring.
So the tired old battle wages on — escalating to levels that could involve bloodshed — when, if everyone would just pick up their dog's feces, it could finally shut the whiners up, or at least most of them.
Setting booby traps that puncture and maim is not the answer.
It's generally accepted that the best route is education, perhaps along with some enforcement of the law that threatens $1,000 fines for unscooped poop.
It's generally true that a tree well that is well-maintained, with a healthy tree, and some flowers around it, will be avoided, if not by the dog, at least by their walker. Ace and I always tried to steer around those when we lived in Baltimore. Sure, we'd come across dog poop on the sidewalk from time to time — just as we'd come across rats, both dead and alive, dirty needles and used condoms, and once in my backyard, a buried handgun.
Baltimore has bigger problems than dog poop. That's not to say unscooped dog poop shouldn't be addressed, only that it makes sense to do so with some perspective, in a reasonable matter that doesn't involve installing weapons of mass destruction.
Alisa Peters, owner of You Silly Dog, was one of those that expressed concern about the community association's advice: "It's going to be uncomfortable and/or painful for the dog," she told the Baltimore Sun. "Why are we punishing the dog? It's not the dog's fault."
Veterinarian Gregory Burbelo, owner of the Boston Street Animal Hospital, which advertises in the newsletter, told The Sun he plans to ask the association to retract its comments.
"It's sort of trickery," he said. "It hurts the dog but doesn't serve as a warning to the owner to keep the dog out." While a dog may have a fair chance avoiding a thorny bush planted in a tree well, sharp clippings spread across the ground could go unseen and lead to injuries.
Officials of the Fells Prospect Community Association declined to comment to The Sun, including Phyllis Fung, who co-founded Cut the Crap Baltimore last year to combat dog waste in the neighborhood. She's the association's secretary.
Making the issue even more thorny is the fact that residents don't own the sidewalks, or the tree wells within those sidewalks, so they lack the right to install booby traps in the first place.
Worse yet, any such traps could injure not just dogs whose owners are scofflaws, but those belonging to law-abiding, poop-scooping owners as well.
"We're ignoring the fact that we're attempting to punish 100 percent of the animals for the issues of 10 percent of owners who are irresponsible," dog owner and neighborhood resident John Lam told the newspaper.
"I'm hoping people will ignore [the suggestions]. There are are a lot of homeowners who think they own their tree pits and don't realize they're in the public right-of-way. I have a big concern that people will start putting stuff in the tree pits to hurt dogs."
(Top photo by Gail Langellotto; graphic from Cut the Crap Baltimore)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 10th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: advice, animals, baltimore, booby trap, city, clippings, community association, dog poop, dogs, feces, fells prospect, hazards, inhumane, living, newsletter, pets, pine cones, poop, scoop, sidewalks, solutions, suggestion, thorns, thorny, tip, urban
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Pooparazzi: Anne Hathaway's revenge
Actress Anne Hathaway and her chocolate lab, Esmerelda, teamed up to leave a gift on the windshield of a photographer that was dogging the duo as they tried to enjoy an afternoon walk.
The Huffington Post reported that the "Les Misérables" star was walking her dog on the day after Christmas and found herself being followed by a man with a camera.
When Esmerelda pooped, Hathaway dutifully scooped it up in a yellow plastic bag, and knotted the top.
Then, the website reports, she placed the bag on the windshield of the unidentified photographer's car and walked away.
Posted by John Woestendiek December 30th, 2013 under Muttsblog.
Tags: actress, animals, anne hathaway, bag, car, dog, dogs, entertainment, esmerelda, les miserables, movies, paparazzi, paparazzo, pets, photographer, poop, pooparazzi, scoop, waste, windshield
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Much ado about poo in Spain
There might not be any town as intent — you might even say obsessed — with wiping out dog poop as Brunete, Spain.
First, officials in the town on the outskirts of Madrid launched a social awareness campaign, aimed at encouraging pet owners to pick up after their dogs.
Part of it included a remote control pile of poop on wheels, which approached citizens bearing the message "Don't leave me, pick me up!"
"The amount of dog poo on our streets dropped considerably as a result," a town spokesman is quoted as saying in this article.
When "volume" started rising again, the town opted for a sneakier approach — though it, too, has an in-your-face element.
In February of this year, officials in the town of 10,100 assigned 20 volunteers to patrol the streets in search of dog owners who don't pick up after their dogs.
Upon seeing an offense, the undercover volunteers approach the owners and strike up a casual conversation — not mentioning the poop, just feigning interest in the dog and asking about its name and breed.
Once the dog walker departs, the volunteer would pick up the dog poop and put it in a box. Then, using the town's database of registered dogs, they find out the address of the dog walker. Then they'd deliver the surprise package by hand to the pet owner's home, along with an official warning.
If that weren't embarassing enough, they film the reunions between dog owners and their dog's poop.
Brunete Town Hall estimates the program has reduced the amount of unpicked up dog waste by 70 percent.
Officials aren't sure whether it's the threat of the fine, receiving a package of poop, or getting humiliated on camera that's doing the trick, but they say the program seems to be working.
Posted by John Woestendiek June 7th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, brunete, campaign, clean up, control, deliver, dog, dog owners, dog poop, dog walkers, dogs, feces, fines, home, pets, pick-up, pile, poo, poop, remote, scoop, sidewalks, spain, streets, town, warnings, waste
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Whose poop is it, anyway?
When are you responsible for picking up the poop of someone else's dog?
Apparently, in San Francisco, when it ends up on your roof.
When a building manager complained to the city's health department that dog feces was piling up on top of the pet-free residential building — and that she suspected it was being left there by a dog from an adjoining pet-friendly building — an inspector came to investigate.
A week later, a "Notice of Violation" letter arrived in the mail — not to the offending dog's owner, or even to the adjacent bulding, but to the manager who had complained. The notice declared her rooftop a public nuisance and threatened a $163 fine if the waste was not immediately removed.
The tale was told in the Bay Citizen, and reprinted yesterday in The New York Times, by columnist Scott James, who knows the manager, a fellow writer named Diane Archer who also lives in the building.
Before contacting the city, Archer — based on another resident having witnessed a dog crossing over from the roof next door — complained to the neighboring building's owner. When it continued to be an issue, she went to the police, who sent her to the Department of Public Health.
On Jan. 13, Irene Sanchez, a health department investigator, toured the roof, took notes, and promised action — and, to Archer's surprise, that action was against her, or at least her pet-free building.
Sanchez, noting she never saw the dog in question, said she had no choice. Even though Archer's building had been victimized, it was responsible for cleaning up the mess. A health department spokeswoman, said that, unfair as it may seem, "someone has to clean it up" — and whether it's poop or graffiti, the building owner bears that responsibility in San Francisco.
Scott James, the columnist, said he had no trouble finding the suspect — Jane, a 50-pound, shepherd mix who appaprently was sneaking up to the roof. Jane belongs to the girlfriend of a resident of the adjoining building.
The job of cleaning up after Jane fell to Archer, the original complainant, who scooped each pile up with a plastic sack and disposed of it.
Posted by John Woestendiek February 11th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, cities, clean, courtesy, dog, etiquette, feces, health, law, neighbors, pets, pick-up, poop, responsibility, roof, rooftop, san francisco, scoop, waste
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Dog poop: Do I need to draw you a picture?
"All Over Albany" has noticed that dog poop is, well, all over Albany — and they've fashioned a helpful flow chart to help address the (fecal) matter.
(Click on the illegible version above to be taken to the full size chart. Then come back, for this isn't just an upstate New York issue, but a national, nay, global one.)
At my park in Baltimore, and probably your's, it seems that, when the snow and cold arrive, the manners of some otherwise responsible dog owners depart.
Whether it's because people don't want to traipse throught the snow to scoop it up, or because it's just so darned cold, there are a lot more lingering dog droppings to be seen, and stepped in.
In a perfect world, those not scooping would be the ones stepping in it — but it never seems to work out that way.
And while, granted, solidly frozen poopage won't despoil your footwear, neglected droppings, amid continued freeze and thaw, can come back to haunt us.
"We've thought a lot about this issue," Alloveralbany.com reported in a piece last month. "And we finally came to the conclusion that winter somehow impairs the ability of some people to make good decisions about whether they should pick up their dog's poop.
"So, we're here to help. We've constructed a flow chart to assist citizens of the Capital Region in their decision-making process on the all important question: 'It's winter. My dog has pooped. What now?'"
Posted by John Woestendiek January 29th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: albany, all over albany, animals, civility, cold, dog, dog poop, dog poop flow chart, dogs, feces, flow chart, freezing, frozen, ice, manners, pet owners, pets, pick up the poop, pick-up, poop, poopsicle, responsible, scoop, shit, snow, turd, waste, weather, winter, wintry
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As hard as it is to believe, golf season is here for many of us! New seasons bring new equipment for some. At the very least it should mean we are all trying out a few new clubs here and…
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Opening Statement:
"I am very proud of our guys and how hard they played. We put ourselves in a position to win. Give Notre Dame a lot of credit. That 53-yard field goal was pretty impressive. I thought it was out of his range. Really proud of our guys effort. Really close in a lot of things. We only had the ball for two minutes in the first quarter. We had a couple of opportunities in that first drive. The biggest thing that hurt us in the game was we did not have enough opportunities, not enough plays offensively. That had a lot to do with them sustaining drives and executing. Going back and looking at it and reflecting on it, one thing I know is we have a really good football team. We finished up the first third of the season and I think we are in good shape. I know that we are a lot better football team because of the schedule we just played. We are really close in a lot of things. We just did not get enough opportunities. We have got to get (the opponent) off the field more. After going back and looking at it that hurt us. Only having the ball two minutes in the first quarter was a big factor in the game because we had come off such a great game the week before so that slowed the tempo, It was a story of third downs. We just didn't covert on third down. The turnovers were obviously the difference in the game. Going back and looking at the film we missed two critical interceptions. One that would have been an interception for a touchdown. It was a game we were very close in. Obviously, we played a very big, physical football team. Really proud of our guys and how hard they played. I don't know if you guys watched the extra points, but you can always tell a lot about a team on how they rush after they just got scored on. I have never had a team that rushes harder or competes harder than this team does. Our guys have a great attitude and a great spirit. Now we start conference play back. Our focus is the conference, the Pac-12 South, and the Pac-12 Championship. Obviously, all our focus is on Colorado.
"Going back and reflecting on that game, I thought Damarious Randall was really a bright spot. He really played very well and that is exciting. Lloyd Carrington had his best game of the season. I thought Davon Coleman had his best game of the season. There were a lot of personal bests in that game. Obviously guys like Jaelen (Strong) and Marion (Grice) did a very good job. We have got to be able to run the ball. They did such a great job of stuffing that. We were very close on a lot of throws. Really proud of our guys. Our guys have a great energy about them. We are excited about this week. In the Pac-12 anyone can beat you. You have got to prepare. Coach Mac (MacIntyre) has done a great job with the Colorado program. They have got playmakers. They have as good of a receiver as you are going to play against. He has his team playing hard."
On what he has learned about his team during this tough four-game stretch:
"I feel good about where we are at. Obviously, we wanted to be 5-0, but we were close to 4-1. That would have been nice for our fans. It was just an incredible turn out down in Dallas. We have got a good football team. We have a lot better football team than we had at this time last year. We are making some mental errors. On defense, we have really struggled to develop. We had a lot of inexperience at the Free Safety position. That position has really gotten better. Both Laiu (Moeakiola) and Damarious (Randall) have played well. Damarious really played well the last game. I think at the linebacker position, we have been one guy short and that has hurt us. Jaxon (Hood) could of played. He wasn't 100 percent. He wanted to play but we didn't let him. I think we are better at every position. We have got a legitimate shot to be in this thing. We have to take it one week at the time. We have to go beat Colorado and go on to the next one. This is a competitive league and there is a lot of parity. There is no doubt our goals are in our reach. I do think we have the talent. We have to continue to get better every week and get things corrected. We have an offense that can score points and you have got to have that to win this league. We have got guys playing at a really high level on defense. As a unit, we have to get those things corrected. I have got a lot of confidence offensively where were at. Special teams has got to continue to get better. We had some miscommunications and alignment issues. We did a pretty good job on kickoff coverage. We need to be a lot more aggressive in the kicking game. The kicking game is the number one thing that will determine our success. We have to improve defensively to get to the level where we want to be. We are not far from that. I feel good about our team. We have been somewhat healthy to this point. Our guys have a great spirit. There are a lot of simple things that we need to work on. We gave up way too many yards in the passing game. We spent a lot of time on the run defense. I do think we have improved greatly there. We are just making too many mistakes. We are not going to play anybody the rest of the way that are going to run the ball any better than the teams we just played."
On his impressions of the Wide Receivers so far this season:
"I think Cameron (Smith) has a lot of potential. Obviously, still a young guy and still trying to figure things out. Kevin (Ozier) has been a steady force for us. He continues to be the leader of that group. Jaelen is getting better every week. Believe it or not fundamentally, he could be a lot better. I love his attitude. I thought the play of the game was when we fumbled the ball on the hitch screen. That was a very critical point in the game and we had just not done that (this season). I think Jaelen (Strong) is playing at a high level, now we have to get other people playing at a higher level. The key is that everybody is improving and getting better. We were just barely off on some of the throws. You have to give them credit they had a great plan. We have got to get Marion (Grice) and especially D.J. (Foster) more opportunities. I didn't think they got as many opportunities as they needed to have."
On how the Defensive Line will play against a more pass-oriented team:
"Going through last year and going through this year has been totally different. Not only the caliber of teams, but the style that they play. We have had strong play from those guys. I feel like Gannon (Conway) and Will (Sutton) have played very consistent. Obviously, he (Will Sutton) is drawing protections towards him. Davon (Coleman) made some plays last week. We have got some hits on the quarterback, but we have got to get to him more. Obviously, Colorado isn't the caliber rushing attack that we have played against. Their coach has done a great job. He is a very good football coach, but yes we should see a lot more production from them. We have come very close to getting sacks, but I think the teams we have played have done a great job getting the ball out. We have probably dropped off from last year in our coverage. Some of it is technique and some of it is calls. I thought one of the great things (Notre Dame's) offense had was the Tight End. He was very physical and could push off. He did a great job blocking as well. We start conference play and we have to up that productivity."
On Damarious Randall:
"I am really proud of him. He was a little flustered at times. Our leaders coached him and it was nice how they brought him in. He didn't just play average, he played really good. That is as good as I have ever had a Free Safety play in the first game for me. He did some great things. He made some tackles. He made a big time tackle on a return that could have gone to the house. He made a lot of tackles all over the field in the run game. He did a great job in one-on-one coverage. If we can take our Free Safety and be able to match him up with people one-on-one it really helps us schematically. I really didn't think he was ready. Marcus Ball getting hurt and him getting hurt set us back defensively. He is a long way from arriving but I have great confidence that that position is really going to be elevated as we move forward."
On Colorado:
"They are playing a lot better defensively. Their defensive coordinator has done a great job with their defense and varying what there doing and being sound in what there doing. That was probably their biggest weakness last year was their defense. They have got some playmakers. Their wide receiver went for 75 against Oregon. They had six or seven big plays against Oregon. Two big-play touchdowns. They were actually beating Oregon in the first quarter. They have got their guys playing with a spirit. They are playing hard. Special teams is the most improved on their team. Our deal is treating it like any other week. I do like where I guys are. Our guys know we have a very good football team. I think our guys know we can win this thing. To do it, it is a single elimination tournament now. You control your own destiny and all you have to do is go win every week."
On the challenges of facing Colorado:
"Obviously, the caliber of teams we have been playing and where they're at right now is a little different. Guys think that this will not be as big a challenge and you can't do that. You have got to bring it because they can definitely beat you. There is not anybody in the Pac-12 that can't beat anyone. There is great parity in this league. The danger is not taking a team seriously. What happens in a game like this is you go out there and slop around. It ends up beating you down the road or it can beat you then. Then panic sets in. You guys remember the Colorado game last year. It was a little stressful at halftime. We can't overlook anybody."
On Notre Dame's size up front:
"I think that Stanford and Notre Dame's offensive line are two of the best in the country. The one thing about Notre Dame's defensive line was their size. That is a factor. The bigger factor in that is what they are doing. We knew coming in that was there strength. Notre Dame was stronger then what we faced in Stanford. That Tight End was a big factor in the game."
On the offensive line and sacks given up vs. Notre Dame:
"We got sacked four times on drop back passes and three of those came in the late drives. After watching our offensive line, Kody (Koebensky), Jamil (Douglas), and Vi (Teofilo) will tell you that those boys were pretty big. I thought our guys battled well. You are going to have games like that. The reality is that Notre Dame's defensive line is a lot better than the one we played the week before. That's not knocking USC's defensive line, but they are not that defensive line. You are not going to play against bigger or better people than that. I don't think they took a step back, I think they battled. We can't come out of a game with 55 yards rushing and be successful. We were having success on the perimeter and in the third quarter we started moving the ball, we just did not have enough opportunities. We played against a very good team and they won that battle up front. We have been pretty good at being innovative about how to create a run game. We did that last week. Notre Dame's defense is better than USC's. We didn't get it done last game."


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Beauty Salon 'Ghost Face In The Mirror' Prank (With BONUS Real-Life Backwards Crawling Creepy Girl)
WARNING: F-bombs and other choice words.
This is a prank from some beauty parlor where patrons see a ghost face in the mirror in front of them (an actual person behind a two-way mirror) when they're getting their hair did. Plus there's a scary movie playing on the TV. Then, the real kicker -- the demon girl actually comes out and starts backwards-crawling around the place. I -- wow -- I would have stabbed her with a pair of scissors and demanded a free blowout for exorcising the salon.
Hit the jump for the video, it's pretty good.
Thanks to Tamy, who agrees this is exactly why you never go to a salon that was built on top of a burned down church.


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Ellie Walker-Arnott 11 January 2012 - 4:42pm
The six shortlisted authors for the 'Arabic Booker', the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2012, have been announced
Novels by Jabbour Douaihy, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Rabee Jaber, Nasser Iraq, Bashir Mufti and Habib Selmi have been shortlisted out of 101 submissions from 15 countries across the Arab world.
This year's prize is likely to attract increased attention in light of the recent struggles in the Arab world. Syrian writer and critic Georges Tarabichi, the 2012 chair of judges (pictured), said: "[the prize] takes place in exceptional circumstances, with many Arab uprisings against despotic regimes which have been entrenched in most regions of the Arab world for long decades".
Since the first prize was awarded five years ago, the award has become a leading cultural event and is respected for its commitment to Arabic independence, integrity and freedom of speech. As an English translation of the winning novel is guaranteed for the winner, the prize also aims to bring contemporary Arab voices to an international audience, which is especially important during these times of immense change in the Arab world.
With themes ranging from exile and questions of personal identity to social and political upheaval, much of the fiction submitted "paints a picture of the stifling conditions prevalent before the explosion of uprisings" said Tarabichi. "In these novels the authors' show an innovative use of new styles to describe the social and historical variety of the Arab world, as well as giving premonitions of the current peoples' movements, displayed by the concentration on corruption and tyranny formerly prevalent in the Arab world."
The winner of the prize will be announced in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 27 March 2012.
Full Shortlist:
The Vagrant by Jabbour Douaihy
Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge by Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
The Druze of Belgrade by Rabee Jaber
The Unemployed by Nasser Iraq
The Women of al-Basatin by Habib Selmi


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Richard Joseph Seigler
Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 239 lbs.
Born: October 19, 1980 in Las Vegas, NV
High School: Chaparral
College: Oregon St. (school history) (Seigler college stats)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 4th round (127th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.
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What do you hope to see in tonights debate? What questions would you ask if you had the chance?
Or, if you see this during/after the debate what do/did you think?
Mommy to a boy(5 ½) and a girl(2)
I do not spew profanities. I enunciate them clearly, like a fucking lady :)
Noah Alexander 7/19/09, Joshua Riley 2/26/13
Romney has a smirk on his face because he's trying really hard to not laugh at the crap spewing out of Obama's mouth.
So how would you explain it when he has it looking at Ann or listening to his fellow republicans speaking?
lol the shit eating grin of a man watching obama spew BS, as he's cooking up his own BS to spew back
it's amazing people think these two are different. They're both awful choices *sigh*
This is already like the 3rd time Romney is bringing up anecdotes of people he's met in the middle class...
"This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man."
- Polonius in Hamlet
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I do not spew profanities. I enunciate them clearly, like a fucking lady :)


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First step on the road to fame. Peter Noone as Len Fairclough's son in Coronation Street.
The way Peter Noone went chasing his ambitions there was a danger all his future would be behind him.
Pop singer at 15. (They let me join the group because me father said he'd be guarantor for all the equipment. Guitars, amplifiers - they were all on H.P. All on the 'drip'.") There were hit records at 16, then hit after hit so that now he has sold 50 million single records.
Before he was 21 he had signed a contract with a film company for one million dollars, and on his 21st birthday he made a night of it by getting married.
Recently he was the subject of This Is Your Life. It's as well he has been busy; he is only 24 now. It could have been a very short programme.
He used to be Herman of Herman and The Hermits fame. The name went because he had a horror of still being a Herman in middle age. "It'd be daft," he says.
He is open about his past. "I was a right little maniac." He said it as he sat hand in hand with his French wife Mireille who is two years older than him. Her English is fractured, but the missing words are covered by smiles. One word she has picked up is her husband's use of "me." "I vonder vair I should put me coat?" she asks.
His features are still impish. When he talks about his wild expensive days, before meeting Mireille, it seems slightly incongruous that Herman, who was then even more imp-like and innocent looking, was rushing round and being the right little horror that he says he was. He might have taken part in the wild life, but it doesn't all seem to have been for real.
There is a nice line he comes out with when he mentions his involvement with "groupie" girls in New York. "I didn't know they were 'groupies.' I thought they liked me." He says it was something that was inevitable. Just a phase that he had to go through. "It was expensive - you wouldn't believe how expensive - but in the end it made me grow up so fast it wasn't true.
"Wnenever I see a young kid now with a big hit record I know just what he's going to do. I know, I've done it. "I was 17 and they kept throwing money at me..."
And Peter Noone admits that, innocent-looking or not, money fascinates him. Even now he faithfully fills in his football pools coupon each week. "We came from a very all-right area of Manchester. The sort of area where kids get a bike each Christmas. But I wanted to make money."
While he was at music college he appeared on Granada Television carol-singing. "And they paid me! Later the same guy came round the college again and I appeared in a series. And they gave me more money. Then I got the part of Len Fairclough's son, Stanley, in Coronation Street and they really paid me a lot of money. And I thought: 'that's it. I'll be an actor.'
"But for two years no work came in. So to make money I'd sell programmes at Old Trafford and on Saturday nights I'd sell newspapers - the pink and the green."
He became a pop singer when he joined a local youth club. When bookings came in, he became Peter Novack and The Heartbeats. "But that sounded very corny. A touch of the gold lamč jackets. So then I chose Herman because it sounded like a joke."
His first record was I'm Into Something Good. The wild days for Peter Noone had begun. They began with cars. "The money came in and I had to have a car. Or rather cars."
He bought a Jaguar, then a Cadillac, then a Chevrolet, then a Rolls-Royce. Now he drives a Volvo. "It suits me and Mireille. A very reliable car. I've had all the flash ones. I'm lucky I've done it."
"Those days," he says, I didn't have a thought in my head except that I should look the part. I'd come straight from school into the world of big spenders.
"That's why I drank. I thought the more you drank the more you were one of the boys. From 17 until 20 - the big money days - I regularly drank a bottle of vodka a day. I hardly drink at all now."
When his records took off in America, the group was playing dates totalling Ł4,000 a night, and flying from one venue to the next. "The Beatles went by bus, but we went by plane," he remarks.
"Two things have been on my side in this business," he says. "Luck and good health. And I needed good health the way I was going." Rather than have a permanent home, he would book hotel suites for months at a time. "When you stop and think how much money I did in for no real reason, it's incredible."
He says he doesn't regret it. "I'm pleased that I had the chance, but I'm even more pleased that I've been through it and have still got money. I was one of the lucky ones. There are others in the pop business who do in their money and go back to the factory bench. I've got my life planned now. You have one inning and me and Mireille are going to enjoy it. I've money saved now. No, I can't tell you how much. But enough to enjoy it."
The most Expensive Day Ever cost him Ł2,000. He was staying in America at the Beverly Hills Hilton. "I remember I had the suite next to the late Gulbenkian and I wondered whether to invite him in for a drink. What a flash little horror I must have been.
"That day a friend of mine, a drummer in a group, was getting married, and at the time the group didn't earn much so they couldn't afford a reception. So after the wedding I invited everyone back to the hotel. Hundreds came.
"Everybody remembers that day. I was pleased I could do it. If you saw the couple, they were so in love and everything, you would have done the same, too ..."
He bought his parents a new home - a 20-bedroomed hotel in Herne Bay, Kent. The gesture ended in a bankruptcy court when his father admitted spending Ł23,000 in the two years he had managed the hotel. His son now says: "It taught me a lot. My parents and me go our separate ways over things at the moment. I wouldn't bother doing that again unless I was there on the doorstep watching where the money was going.
"I look after my money now. When I was 20, I'd hardly anything left. I've saved more, now, that I ever had when I was playing America for the big money. But we spend still. Every time I have a break we go on holiday. "We have a wonderful life. I know it, don't tell me. But I want it to go on, so now I'm careful."
He has left the group behind him. At Christmas he was Dick Whittington in pantomime at Bristol. Soon he will tour with musicians of his own choice.
"I was looking at my gold discs," he says, "and it was like going back to another era. Ringo's got all of his on the toilet wall. I'll put mine there.
"Hit records? So much luck. I made Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter. It was made in three minutes - it sold seven million. Daft. "I want to go on being a singer, but I want it to be worthwhile. What I do I want to mean.
Marriage, he thinks, calmed him down. "The group knew it was the real thing when Mireille came on tour with us. We'd had this rule - no women were to come along. But this was different."
Mireille says: "He was a very nice, unusual boy. He is a kind, sensitive boy. He is very ... original. Yes? He is like an old man in the business. Always he thinks of security. An old head up there I think."
Peter Noone says: "We go everywhere together. We get on. She even came as my dresser while I was in pantomime.
"I know we've the good life. I know I've been lucky; I never stop knowing. Now we're holding on to what we've got."
Peter Noone (second from left) in those wild, Herman and The Hermits, top-of-the-pops days.
Noone is chosen to sing at the Royal Variety Performance.
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A study out of Stanford University seems to prove what office vending machines have known for years: that people are more likely to give into temptations–like fattening food–when their brain is hard at work on other tasks.
Stanford University professor Baba Shiv divided several dozen undergraduates into two groups. One group was asked to remember a two-digit number, the other group was asked to remember a seven-digit number. Then each person had to walk down the hall to another room, all the while remembering their number. Along the way, they were interrupted and offered a snack, either a slice of chocolate cake or a bowl of fruit salad.
Here's the crazy part: The people with two digits in their head almost always chose fruit. Those trying to remember seven digits almost always chose cake. The seven-digit students were more than twice as likely to choose the cake.
The reason, according to experts, is that the part of our brain responsible for willpower–the "prefrontal cortex"–also controls our short-term memory, as well as our ability to focus and solve abstract problems. When the brain is taxed by any one of those duties, it is less effective at the others.
That is to say, our willpower is a limited resource–like a muscle, it can give out. What's more, this study shows that our willpower muscle isn't exactly Vin Diesel's biceps or Jersey Shore's "Situation." Five digits was all it took to throw more than half of most people's willpower off course.
So, the more time you've spent, say, studying, the more likely you are to agree to visit In 'N Out burger (and order everything but the milk shake animal style). Other studies on willpower indicate that the inverse is also true: Resisting dessert at a restaurant will make it harder to prepare for an exam or a presentation later that night. Other activities that deplete your willpower reserve (and, therefore, your ability to diet) include suppressing emotional responses, restraining aggressive or sexual impulses, or trying to impress someone.
The good news is that knowing this information lets you strategize:
Eat right. Studies have shown that willpower actually depletes glucose. So foods that persistently elevate your blood sugar can restore your resolve. Eat meals full of protein and complex carbohydrates like beans, spinach, and whole grains (see recipes below).
Know your limits. Food that tempt you will exhaust your brainpower, so don't keep them around the house. And while preparing for a big exam or a work presentation, don't go out to a delicious restaurant and order "just a salad." That will burn your willpower and your focus.
Keep it simple. You can strengthen the prefrontal cortex–increasing your willpower–the same way you strengthen any muscle: practice. But don't set too many goals at once. Focus on a maximum of one or two goals at a time–like "I will eat more whole grains" or "I will eat more vegetables."
Above all else, it's comforting to think that understanding the limitations of our brains–as ironic as it may seem–actually helps us overcome them. Seems the jig is up, vending machine. At least until my next deadline.
Five Recipes to Improve Your Willpower
Lentil Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage
Caraway Chicken Breasts with Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage
Quinoa with Black Beans and Cilantro
Roasted Broccoli with Raisin Vinaigrette
< Balsamic-Glazed Salmon with Spinach, Olives, and Golden Raisins
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Exploring Ubuntu's cousin for the classroom
Don't know much about history? Don't know much biology? Don't panic: Edubuntu will lead you to the wonderful world of classroom Linux.
Many Linux users have heard of an Ubuntu variant for educational environments called Edubuntu, but the descriptions in the press are often light on details. We took a close look at Edubuntu Linux and discovered a versatile distro with an interesting collection of software. Edubuntu is designed to serve three roles: • A full-fledged PC operating system, with its major focus on educational software; • A management system for schools (timetables, room plans, etc.); • A server and client for computer cabinets.
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ownCloud Forked
Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer
Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?
CoreOS Announces Distributed Storage System
The new Torus distributed storage system is available under an open source license on GitHub
Google Beats Oracle in the Android Lawsuit
Juries decides Google's use of Java APIs Was Fair Use
Linux is the Largest Software Development Project in History
But if you are not using the latest Linux kernel, your system is insecure.
Linksys Says Yes to Open Source Firmware
Home routers will give room for custom firmware but still comply with FCC rules
OwnCloud Founder Resigns
Frank Karlitschek will continue to lead the open source ownCloud project
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS released
"Xenial Xerus" comes with a new packages format and several improvements for the enterprise.
MS Visual Studio Code Editor is Available for Linux
Linux users can now download and install the Windows code editor
Open Container Initiative announces Image Format Project
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Marianna- The new Smart 911 feature allows Jackson County residents to upload personal information, like medical conditions, allergies and medications into a database. Jackson County officials said the feature would help responders be proactive, rather than reactive.
"It's about passing information along ahead of time, instead of trying to get it as you're trying to administer aid to this person and get them the assistance they need" explained Jackson County Sheriff, Lou Roberts. "And minutes- seconds can sometimes make a big difference in a person's ability to survive an event."
The new 911 operating system also has updated maps. Roberts told us the maps, in addition to Smart 911, would help increase response time. "It's going to give those responding officers or that ambulance a big opportunity to see before they get there what there getting into."
Jackson County was able to buy the $4000 system and upgrades, such as Smart 911, with the help of state funding.
"It was funded through Florida's rural county grant funding and we were fortunate to get all of the funding we requested" Jackson County 911 Coordinator, Lavon Pope explained.
Roberts said the new features made the most of the latest internet technologies available. "We're glad to have it in Jackson County" he said. "I mean, you would think it would be something you'd have in your larger metropolitan cities or California."
But Pope told us, residents had to participate in the program to receive the full benefits of Smart 911. "Go online and take advantage of it. It's for the citizens, it's for their safety" she advised.
"We think it's going to be a tremendous asset for the citizens of Jackson County" Roberts said.
Pope added that the program was simple to sign up for and safe to use thanks to heavy privacy protection. To register, visit www.smart911.com


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- Had hell indeed yawned, and were the flames soaring up to the sky through the riven shell of the earth? [10]
- The church-tower on which it had once stood erect had been struck by a German shell, but its steel rod had bent and not broken. [9]
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Welcome to Muir Specialty Pharmacy!
Whether you're a Physician looking for a pharmacy that can compound medications to meet your patients' specific needs, or a Patient looking for the best compounding pharmacy to prepare your custom medications, you've come to the right place.
Compounding is achieved through this essential triad relationship.
The single most distinguishing feature of compounding is the specific relationship that is required between the Patient, Physician and the Pharmacist.
The physician first prescribes the medication, then the pharmacist takes the necessary ingredients, compounds them, and dispenses the medicine to the patient after a thorough consultation. This enables patients to receive the type of personalized care they deserve and allows independent community pharmacists the opportunity to provide superior, patient-oriented services.
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Compounded medications are prescriptions that are written by a physician, veterinarian or other legally authorized prescriber and prepared for an individual patient. They are prepared by a pharmacist to meet an individual's unique needs as determined by the prescriber. Compounding pharmacies can also change the form of a medication´s delivery, such as from a pill to a liquid. They can eliminate known allergens, add flavorings, and personalize the dose.
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Today marks the second in our Summer Agency Series. It spotlights some of the 90 agencies in our Catholic Charities federation that, day in and day out, provide help and create hope for New Yorkers in need.
Today, let's take a look at the Kennedy Child Study Center.
In 1958 when children with developmental disabilities were often warehoused into institutions, the Archdiocese of New York established the Kennedy Child Study Center to instead provide them with learning opportunities.
One of the first programs in the nation of its kind, the Kennedy Child Study Center was initially funded by a grant from Rose F. and Joseph P. Kennedy in memory of their son, Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Sponsored by the Catholic Charities Alliance with locations in Manhattan and the Bronx, the Kennedy Child Study Center provides educational and therapeutic services for children with developmental disabilities and delays along with counseling and support services for their families.
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According to the National Lacrosse League website, the Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Philadelphia Wings 13-9 at the Wells Fargo Center in Pennsylvania on Friday night.
Shawn Evans led the Roughnecks with four assists and seven points, while Dane Dobbie notched four goals.
After a rather even first three quarters where the Wings had a slim 8-7 lead on the Roughnecks, Calgary dominated the fourth quarter by outscoring Philadelphia 6-1. Dobbie scored three of the Roughnecks goals in the final stanza--one goal even strength, one on the power play and the other came shorthanded with veteran teammate Geoff Snider in the penalty box for holding.
With the victory, the Roughnecks improve to 9-5 on the year and are firmly in second place in the National Lacrosse League's West Division.
The Roughnecks next play in Buffalo against the 8-5 Bandits on Saturday night. The game is special for the organization because it can be seen on television nationally throughout Canada on TSN2. The Roughnecks' next home game will be Saturday, April 12 against the Edmonton Rush.


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Crohn's disease has a de facto spokesperson, and according to social media, she's, well, hot.
Bethany Townsend is the woman in the colostomy bikini pics that are circulating on the Internet. In fact, according to a July 3 ABC News report, the colostomy swimsuit photos have been viewed by millions and garnered discussions in the thousands.
The former model-turned makeup artist recently built the nerve to post pictures of her donning two colostomy bags after borrowing inspiration from others who took to the camera in the battle against the debilitating condition. It all began as an experiment as a way to see beyond the daily suffering and unleash the beauty she's always felt inside and outside.
However, after the Crohn's and Colitis UK Facebook group posted the pictures on their page, the woman's colostomy bag bikini pics went viral. As of this writing, the images of Townsend revealing a once-hidden side of her have over 190,000 "likes" and thousands of comments on Facebook and Instagram.
I felt like I finally had the confidence after three and a half years of having them [colostomy bags]. I wanted to give other girls the confidence, other guys the confidence that 'we may have these bags but it doesn't define who we are,'" the woman in the bikini pics about the colostomy bags said during a recent interview.
According to the Mayo Clinic, "Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and even malnutrition. In most cases, once diagnosed, a person must adopt lifestyle changes and work closely with their physician to manage the disease for the rest of their life.
A spokesperson from the charity that posted the pics said comments from readers are largely positive and Bethany's decision to bare her suffering brings awareness to the disease. At the same time, it provides hope to many who draw strength from the woman's colostomy bikini pictures.
Bethany has become somewhat of a celebrity by initiating a simple and endearing gesture. It was only four years ago that she was given the news she'd have to wear the bags for the rest of her life. Today, with her new-found celebrity and self-empowerment, she's on her way back to modeling and providing hope in the lives of others.


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Saturday marked the 140th Kentucky Derby. 19 horses with their riders atop, shot out of the gate for the 1.25 miles to the finish. Most folks were sipping on the Derby drink, a mint julep. Perhaps a mint julep is not your cup of tea. The next race in the triple crown is the Preakness, whose drink is a sickly sweet Black Eyed Susan. Instead, how about a great refreshing white wine from Washington State that will fit well with any equestrian theme?
Horse Heaven Hills Chardonnay, also known as H3 is a most excellent Chardonnay that is part of the Columbia Crest label. Horse Heaven Hills is in the southeastern part of Washington and is part of the larger Columbia Valley AVA. Columbia Crest is the single largest wine making facility in Washington. Wines thrive in this region due to the awesome microclimates. For example, this region has 30% more wind than the rest of the state. The grape vines love that. The wind acts as a canopy and controls the temperature in the summer. So no roasting grape vines.
If gnawing on a piece of oak is not your cup of tea and is perhaps a reason for not buying Chardonnays --- fear not, H3 Chardonnay is here to save the day! Chardonnay gets a bad rap for being known to be too oak heavy. Some folks like that, but most do not. H3 Chard is filled with citrus on the nose and even hints of spice. The first sip is a toasty smooth like butter welcome party followed by a hint of coconut and citrus. Vanilla seems to linger on the finish and with that, makes you want to pour another glass.
The best part, the price. $10-15 depending on where you buy it. Generally, Safeway and Teeter will be more expensive than Costco and Total Wine. At prices like these, when they announce "riders up", raise a glass of H3. It will please the palate and ease the sting of a losing exacta ticket...
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UA Women Head to Eugene With 12 Entries
At the final day of competition at the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round, Arizona added seven additional entries to the program's total for the finals in Eugene.
T&F In Austin For NCAA West Prelims
The No. 22 men's and No. 6 women's track and fields will compete in the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round on May 23-25.
T&F Women Take Second At Pac-12 Championshps
The No. 5 women's track and field earned a runner-up finish at the Pac-12 Championships while the men finished in seventh place.
Track Cats Seek Pac-12 Title
The Pac-12 Championships will take place on May 11-12 at USC's Cromwell Field and Katherine B. Loker Stadium.
T&F To Compete In 55th Annual Mt. SAC Relays
The No. 22 men's and No. 6 women's track and field teams will compete at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
2012 All-Pac-12
2012: Indoors, Moronta clocked a personal-best time of 6.97 in the 60-meter dash at the NAU Open, good for eighth place ... He also posted a personal-best time of 22.60 in the 200-meter sprint at the NAU Open, taking 12th place ... Outdoors, Moronta clocked a personal-best time of 10.83 in the 100 meters, taking sixth place at the UA-ASU-NAU Double Dual ... At the Pac-12 Championships, Moronta took 26th place with a time of 11.05 ... In the 200-meter dash at the Jim Click Shootout, Moronta's time of 22.56 was a personal best and good for 13th place ... At the UA-ASU-NAU Double Dual, the quartet of Moronta, Chris McSwain, Garic Wharton and Sean Delfani clocked a season-best time of 40.11 in the 4x100-meter relay, good for first place ... At the Pac-12 Championships, Moronta, McSwain, Wharton and Clifton Leake took fifth place, clocking a time of 40.77.
HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Higley High School, Moronta was the team captain and MVP his senior year ... He was the Arizona 3A State Champion in the 100 and 200 meters his senior year.
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Verizon Motorola Droid 4 available now
As expected, today Verizon has finally launched the Motorola Droid 4, which is now available for $199.99 on contract, or $549.99 off contract.
The Motorola Droid 4 is Verizon's second LTE handset to come with a sliding QWERTY keyboard (after the Samsung Stratosphere). It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), and features a 4 inch qHD Gorilla Glass display, 1GB of RAM, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 16GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.
You can go here at Verizon to buy the Droid 4.
Other LTE smartphones that are available at Verizon for $199 are: HTC Rezound, LG Spectrum, and Motorola Droid Razr 16GB (but these don't have hardware keyboards).


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Designed for the global workplace, BUPLAS is
an end-to-end communication assessment and training system that recruits for, trains, and coaches the real
skills for contact centre success.
By partnering with us, you will learn how to use customised tools with our support and quality assurance, making BUPLAS internally sustainable.
Our promise is simple - BUPLAS allows you to select and develop top performers every time.
Ensure that your hiring practices are targeted to the specific needs of the job with practical assessments and relevant benchmarking, allowing you to select the most effective candidates for your team.
The 16-minute online test screens candidates for important skills, such as grammar-awareness, vocabulary in context and listening skills.
Instantly know whether candidates proceed to the next phase of recruitment and quickly identify the best performers in your talent pool.
Cut-off scores are tailored for your business. BUPLAS hiring benchmarks are designed to evolve according to your changing recruitment needs.
Learn to identify the skills that predict success in customer service, such as repairing breakdowns in communication, speaking with comprehensible pronunciation, and providing clear explanations.
10-minute assessments select candidates who demonstrate spontaneity, clarity and confidence. These assessments can be structured as a 3-way or 1-on-1 discussion, which can conducted by you in-person or over the phone.
Email and chat require specific writing skills for accuracy, comprehension and customer connection. Select candidates who go beyond standard responses and tailor their writing to your customer's needs.
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Accurate diagnostics will also allow you to improve how your team is applying their communication skills in a call context - a key factor in achieving KPI improvement in quality assurance.
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This page will direct you to the latest news and best sites about ABC Network's Brat Camp show
About Brat Camp
On this show six families with out of control teenagers make the tough choice and decide to send their kids to Sagewalk Wilderness Therapy Camp, a boot camp-style program in the wilds of Oregon, in the desperate hope that, once it's over, they'll get back the children they once knew and loved.
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