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New York, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2011 – On the upcoming installment of the HBO Sports digital series Ring Life, two of the world's premier fighters -- both of whom possess a perfect record and are slated to meet in a highly anticipated showdown on HBO's World Championship Boxing® on Jan. 29 -- will be featured in separate profiles: Ring Life presents the compelling backstories of undefeated junior welterweights Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley on all the digital media platforms that distribute the series.
Alexander, from St. Louis, MO, and Bradley out of Palm Springs, CA, both of whom hold titles in the ultra-competitive 140-pound division. These two rising American stars will be facing off in a unification showdown in the Pontiac Silverdome on Jan. 29.
Intimate, honest and compelling, Ring Life, narrated by Jim Lampley, the accomplished host for HBO's World Championship Boxing, chronicles the lives of up-and-coming and inspirational fighters as they define the spirit of boxing; balancing jobs, family life, training, expectations and the pursuit of their dreams. Front and center in these fighters' lives, Ring Life presents a chapter on each fighter that delves inside their hearts and minds to discover what drives them in the ring and beyond, in the ultra competitive sport of professional boxing.
Starting Jan. 11, Ring Life is available across HBO Digital Media platforms including HBO.com www.hbo.com/boxing. Ring Life is also be available on HBO's YouTube Channel, iPad and iPhone applications, and as free podcasts via Apple's iTunes Music Store. Additionally it can been seen at www.myspace.com/hbo and www.dailymotion.com/hbo. Then on Jan. 17, Ring Life will be offered on HBO On Demand to subscribers 24 hours a day well as on affiliate Free on Demand services and affiliate on-line platforms.
Timothy Bradley's Ring Life can be viewed at:
Devon Alexander's Ring Life can be viewed at:
The series received a 2010 Sports Emmy® nomination for "Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming – Short Format," and was also nominated for a Sports Emmy in 2009 for "Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming."
Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley are scheduled to fight on the Jan. 29th season premiere of HBO's World Championship Boxing series from Pontiac, MI (10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT).
Question: are you guys truly amped for this fight? Or is the network making a bigger deal of it than it should be made of? I don't know, I'm not gettin the tingle for this one...yet....I guess I feel like we can make a big deal of the winner, IF the fight is a barnburner.
Absolutely NOT am I liking this bout! Tim Bradley is superhyped -- a real Long Tall Paul Williams's green shortie. His best weapon is a severe head butt, he's supertight from llifting weights like a weight lifter. He's not improving as a fighter. Alexander "The Great" is good and improving. Neither fighter is ready for BIG, BIG TIME, Yet! Enough said! Holla!
Yeah, I feel it is jumping a gun to overhype this one. More tests, more seasoning needed. Bradley is what Bradley is...Devon will grow...but he cannot be life and death with Kotelnick, and then next be mentioned as superstar in the making.
Looks like we aren't alone....
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Kentucky's suicide death rate is the 16th highest in the nation. In order to raise awareness about suicide prevention in our region, The Barren River Area Suicide Prevention Council was formed, by volunteers from different community agencies.
The council declares September 8, 2004 as Barren River Area Suicide Awareness Day in conjunction with National Suicide Awareness Week (September 5-11) and World Suicide Day, September 10, 2004.
A candlelight ceremony at the downtown Fountain Square Park is open to the public. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Kentuckians 15-34 years old. At the candlelight ceremony help will be available for anyone that is concerned for a family member or that wants to help themselves.
An average of 500 Kentuckians are lost to suicide each year. And Kentucky spends the 44th lowest amount of money on mental health in the nation.
There are some ways you can help:
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An artist, it appears, will be painting Old Town during the Sundance Film Festival.
But it will not be Banksy, the famous graffiti artist who left his mark during Sundance in 2010.
A City Hall panel recently endorsed the idea of allowing an artist to paint a piece on a wall along upper Swede Alley. A mural depicting the history of Park City once had been featured on the wall. The mural fell into disrepair, leading to Park City officials ordering it be painted over approximately four years ago. The wall has been blank since then. It is located close to the Brew Pub parking lot.
The Public Art Advisory Board discussed the idea of allowing an artist to put an image on the wall at a recent meeting. Sharon Bauman, a City Hall staffer who works closely with the panel, called the piece under consideration a "graffiti-type installation." The piece, though, will be created by an artist whose works are sold at a Main Street gallery, Gallery MAR. Bob Kollar, a member of the panel, said "street art" seemed to be a more appropriate term than graffiti.
Bauman said the artist does not intend to maintain the artwork. The panel wondered whether an artist could be selected to create a piece at the location annually.
The Park City Council as early as mid-November is expected to consider the endorsement by the Public Art Advisory Board. Bauman said she plans to confer with other City Hall staffers about the idea of allowing the artwork during the heavily regulated period of the film festival.
Maren Mullin, the gallery owner, was not in attendance. She said in an interview the artist's name is Amy Ringholz, and the piece that would be painted onto the wall would be in conjunction with a Ringholz show on Jan. 17. Sundance opens the night before.
Mullin said the piece would not include advertising for the gallery. The artist will create the work free of charge, Mullin said.
"It's a wonderful gift from one of our top artists" in the West, Mullin said.
The piece would highlight local wildlife, she said.
Mayor Dana Williams and the Park City Council on Thursday night received an update about the piece.
"Can we contact Banksy," Williams said lightheartedly.


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This last Friday, Noper and I squared off in a semi-final round of Layer Tennis. It was a hard-fought battle, and I was told the voting was close, but ultimately I was bested by the illustration styles of Bucharest. Worse things have happened. Congrats to Mr. Noper, and may he have the best of luck encountering Mig Reyes this Friday in the finals. It'll be one to watch for sure.
It was an interesting match, as Noper and I had hardly talked prior to to Friday, it was all truly spontaneous. He had also asked that we tried to keep the match visual, as we agreed that his lack of english would put him at a disadvantage. This resulted in what I thought was a really nice visual narrative with both of us constantly building off of each other in distinctly different ways. Overall I had a blast, and I can only hope I get to enter the Layer Tennis arena again one day. Big thanks to Coudal, Frank, and Noper for making this an awesome season.


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To any given voter, the behavior of other voters is likely to seem random, beyond another voter's influence. In much the way that a winner blames success on skill, and the loser blames failure on bad luck, all the reasons in the world are attributed to a voter's own behavior, while the voting behavior of others is likely to blamed on advertising, image, and short-term self-interest.
These lead to a relationship of hopelessness between the voter and the voting body. Rather than being a relationship of empowerment, the voter to voting body relationship takes on the character of fish to ocean.
The vote either goes with the majority, or its significance is relegated to historical records.
The hopelessness of the candidate is that of the voter, albeit greatly magnified. Predict where the vote will be - the wild, random, irrational, self-serving, multivariable vote - and take that position before it's too late. In the TV era and beyond, a person's height, weight, eye color, hair style, personality, religion and lifestyle also come into account, above and beyond their professional values or political abilities, and the good candidates are left projecting that naive, superficial demeanor on behalf of a profound (unchecked) internal confidence that they will be the "best" candidate when elected, and concern that if they weren't projecting that image to succeed then some lesser candidate would.
But the person that wins, beyond having the right aesthetic qualifications, TV ads, and talk show appearances, is the one willing to side with the majority of the majority of the majority of the majority, recursively one step deeper than all the other tall, handsome, lively, and religious candidates.
Go where the vote goes, or get left behind.
At least until the election ends. In any case, the votes before and after are felt to be random, with every voter blaming all positions but their own on ignorance and whim, with every voter assuming their own position to be founded on incontrovertible, self-evident reason.


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The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks will battle each other in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2. Many will tune in to see what is expected to be a well-played game, but a lot will watch mainly for the commercials. And while there are expected to be some funny ones from Budweiser, Chevrolet, and other companies, there will also be plenty of trailers for highly anticipated movies, according to a Jan. 24 report from Variety.
Disney will be the one studio to show the most trailers. The Aaron Paul action flick, "Need for Speed," and the comic book sequel, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," are two that will run, while "Muppets Most Wanted" will have a tie-in with Toyota.
One of the studio's upcoming summer releases, "Guardians of the Galaxy," will not get a spot, according to a tweet from the film's director, James Gunn.
Paramount will premiere Michael Bay's "Transformers: Age of Extinction" during the big game, while Sony will release a new trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." Lionsgate will run a pregame ad for the Kevin Costner football drama, "Draft Day."
Even though Fox is airing the Super Bowl, 20th Century Fox has yet to purchase spots for its two tentpoles, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."


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Hey baby they're playin' our song
The one we used to hear when we used to get along
Hey baby they're playin' our song
Let's get back together that's where we belong
It's the one with the pretty melody
It's the one that made you fall in love with me
It made us feel so groovy
We fell in love, just like in the movies
Hey baby they're playin' our song
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Pleasant memories are comin' back to me
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I am trying to develop an application using OL. In my code I am using base maps of google , yahoo etc. For this I am including the link in the script,this means that I am connecting to respective server(google,yahoo) etc every time through internet connection(I think this is what including the links in scripts mean). But sometimes when I select Yahoo maps , it takes a lot of time to load and in some cases it doesn't load at all. So for a better response time my idea is to use caching concept and store these maps in my memory using cookies etc.... But I donno whether Its possible to do this or not.So will this caching concept work?
Are there any other better ways to get good response time with loading of maps???? or How can I load maps better? Your suggestion are much valuable.


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Drunk dad arrested after hitting daughter during domestic dispute
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WICHITA, Kansas -- Wichita police are investigating a domestic dispute that happened Monday in the 3200 block of South Clifton.
According to police, a man and a woman were arguing.
During the argument, the 13-year-old girl went to inquire what was going on.
That's when police say her father, who was upset and intoxicated, began to hit the girl.
"He was rather aggressive with her. She was thrown to the ground a couple different times as well as choked," said Lt. Doug Nolte, Wichita Police Department.
The mother attempted to get the father off the child.
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'Oblivious Signal' are a metal rock band from Deerfield Beach Fl who first came together in 2008 and brought their unique sound to the Orlando area at Winter Park's The Haven on Saturday February 15th, as one of the opening acts for Chicago based 'URN.' I was lucky enough to sit down with 'Oblivious Signal's' lead singer, Cristina Feliciano for the interview (attached to the right).
Before the show the band members were busy mingling with a European label rep; they discussed getting started (as a "made" band) and compared the strategies of getting established both here and over there. Cristina, a graduate of Full Sail University's Entertainment Business program, was a well of knowledge.
Then, at 9:15, 'Voices' started playing to a distracted audience, who were soon redirected to the performer on stage having a breakdown, which put an end to their set.
Ahead of schedule, at ten sharp, 'Oblivious Signal' began their set to a now fairly crowded venue.
Cristina riled up the crowd during breaks with a lot of crowd interaction and movement, all over the stage. She used the full range of her voice in a way very different from other metal acts, never staying in one pitch for too long.
Mid-act Cristina invited everyone present to attend the upcoming shoot for the video of their song 'Crash' , in Fort Lauderdale, the third week of March. Please contact them via their website for additional information.
All in all, between their parley with the instruments and precisely delivered vocals, 'Oblivious Signal' warmed the crowd UP.
In an exclusive post-show interview, Christina spoke for the band saying that they appreciated the fan turn out, interaction and can't wait to come back.


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Apparently, via ND while cleaning his gun.
Pregnant Woman Accidentally Shot, Killed By Husband - Central Florida News 13
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Apparently, via ND while cleaning his gun.
Pregnant Woman Accidentally Shot, Killed By Husband - Central Florida News 13
Four rules! There are just FOUR rules!
My wife showed me this this morning. Her response........"looks like he broke at least 3 of the 4 rules!"
......either that, or it wasn't the accident they're reporting. :blink:
Sometimes an accident isn't.
Let's all list rules this moron broke I'll start.... He didn't make sure the room was clear.
so why do people keep shooting themselves while "cleaning"? (other then being stupid) I can see an accidental discharge while holstering, or drawing, maybe while loading. But while cleaning? Isn't that the part where you take the gun appart and the bullets will fall out if you didn't take them out ahead of time?
Seems more people are accidentally shot with "unloaded" guns than with loaded guns.
Hmmm.....never understood the point of an unloaded firearm!
Why is it that alot of these scenarios are kinda hard for me to believe? Just too stupid for me I guess. I'm thinking there would have been only one bullet fired if it was an accident, and placing one's hand in the way accidentally to make it look like an accident is well---not so accidental. Again---way too stupid. I say if it is eventually determined to be an accident---lock this guy up anyway for being too stupid. It is very sad to think though.
I have heard that story a million times over.
I'd bet $1000 he was cleaning a striker fired gun (glock, kahr, etc), had his left hand on the takedown lever, left palm over the muzzle, and pulled the trigger to get the slide off.
I'm left wondering if it was an accident at all...
struck me weird when they said, "he admitted to accidentally shooting his wife."
Do you really think he would admit to intentionally shooting his wife?
But who am I to say anything, I live 25 miles from the guy who shot & killed his wife while using his gun to install his satellite dish last month! (to my dismay, they totally let him off the hook chalking it up to a tragic accident instead of sending a message by charging for gross negligence or reckless endangerment. While the utmost in tragic, sometimes you just have to send a message that you can't use a gun in place of an electric drill. I feel there was no accountability for the loss of life, in that case! JMO)
Stupidity Kills!


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by Dante Alighieri
Inferno Inferno Canto XXIII (the Eighth Circle, Fifth Pouch: the Barrators; Sixth Pouch: the Hypocrites) Summary
- Our heroes rush away silently.
- Even in his fear, Dante pulls a metaphor out of the bag, comparing the demons to Aesop's fable about a mouse and a treacherous frog.
- After conveying this juicy little literary tidbit, Dante voices his fear to Virgil. He's scared that the demons will be angry (which they will be) and will come after them (that too).
- Dante's so scared, his hair curls up. Literally.
- Dante suggests that they hide since he hears the demons coming.
- Virgil agrees in an overdone poetic way. He suggests going down that steep bank over there.
- Just then, the shadow of the approaching danger looms on the horizon. The demons are coming.
- Virgil snatches Dante up like a mother rescuing her child from a fire and runs like nobody's business to the edge of cliff. Taking a seat, he proceeds to slide down with much flailing and screaming and butt burning.
- Dante has the presence of mind to make a metaphor. Virgil's sliding down the slope is like water running on the down cycle of a mill wheel. In other words, it's really fast.
- Just as they touch bottom, the demons appear at the top, roaring their rage to the world because they can't cross the border to the next pouch.
- That's that.
- Dante and Virgil find the next group of sinners, a bunch of men walking around in circles and dressed in really tacky gold cloaks. And the cloaks are really heavy too, because they're lined with lead on the inside.
- Dante asks Virgil to keep his eyes peeled for someone they know.
- A gaudily-dressed sinner overhears, recognizes Dante's Tuscan accent, and shouts at them to stop!
- So Dante and Virgil join the circle of sinners to talk to the two who are interested.
- The two sinners confer among themselves: why is that guy alive and how come he doesn't have to wear these fashion atrocities like we do? (Turn to Dante.) So… what's your name?
- Dante answers shortly: Yes, I'm Tuscan and yes, I'm alive. So what else is new? But who are you? And what kind of punishment is this?
- They tell Dante that they're condemned to walk around (very slowly) with these ridiculously heavy cloaks on because they are Jovial Friars (hypocrites) whose selfishness screwed up the region of Gardingo.
- Dante is about to berate them, but stops because he just noticed something crucified.
- It's another giant, naked sinner who is crucified to the ground, writhing and sighing.
- Fra Catalano (apparently one of the Jovial Friar's names) tells the gape-mouthed Dante that that's Caiaphas, the priest who came up with the idea to crucify Jesus alone, instead of all the Jews. The crucifixion idea sort of backfired, and he has to bear the pain of any passing traffic running over him.
- That's not all. Catalano tells our heroes that the same punishment afflicts Caiaphas's family members and friends.
- Virgil is amazed at the sight of Caiaphas.
- Then he asks the Friars if there's a way to get out of here without calling the demons back.
- Good news. There is indeed a bridge close by. It's broken, but that doesn't matter. There's enough rubble heaped on the sides and bottom to make passage possible, if not easy.
- So, Virgil has one of those mysteriously quiet contemplative moments and shows his displeasure: the demons lied to him about the broken bridge.
- At which point one of the Friars fires back with something akin to "You actually trusted them? Don't you know demons are liars?"
- Virgil leaves in a rage, with Dante dogging his steps.
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A great week of music in Central Iowa continues Friday with highlight shows from Trampled Under Foot, Bob Pace & The Dangerous Band, Doctor Murdock, and Aaron Watson. Here are the details.
Award-winning Kansas City blues band Trampled Under Foot will play Forte (formerly All Play) in Des Moines on Friday night at 9 p.m. TUF won the International Blues Challenge in 2008 with guitarist Nick Schnebelen also taking home the Albert King Award for most promising guitarist. That was just the beginning for he band. In the next few years, Trampled Under Foot would go on to rack up two Blues Blast Music Awards for "Band of the Year", two Pitch Music Awards for "Best Blues Band", three Blues Music Award nominations, and an Independent Music Award nomination, just to name a few of their accolades. The band's most recent album, 2013's Badlands, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues chart, the iTunes Blues chart, and the Amazon Blues chart. Tickets for the all ages show at Forte are $15, and they may be purchased at the door or online through MidwesTix. Check out the band in the nearby video. Rumor has it that singer Danielle Schnebelen will be starting a solo project soon, so this might be your last chance to see TUF for a while. Don't miss it!
Gas Lamp in Des Moines will have two shows Friday night. From 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Iowa Rock and Roll and Blues Hall of Famer Bob Pace brings The Dangerous Band to the Gas Lamp stage for the venue's weekly Work Release Party. Pace and his band will have Iowa Blues Hall of Famer (and Pace's partner when the duo won the Iowa Blues Challenge a few years back) Steve George sitting in for the show. The early show has a $5 cover and offers free food while it lasts.
The 9 p.m. late show features Ames Alternative rockers Doctor Murdock. The band released its debut album A Man from Earth on Mercury in January through Nova Labs. Des Moines funky folk rock band GoodcaT will open the show. The late show has also has a $5 cover.
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Bank Of America Stops Issuing Notices Of Default In Non-Judicial States
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If a mortgage slave falls behind, and the bank doesn't make a sound, can Shiller still hear it?
If a mortgage slave falls behind, and the bank doesn't make a sound, can Shiller still hear it?
Beautiful prose.
Love this sentence. Structure...word choice....just fabulous.
candidate for ZH comment of the year
Picturing a house collapsing next to a deaf and dumb Ben Bernanke wearing a trenchcoat and sipping a latte.
It's stuff like this that makes ZH extra-special. Kudos!
+1. Well done, indeed. It's nice to open up an article, and find a gem at the top of the comments.
Is a NOD an initial notice to deliquent homeowners or is it the final leg in foreclosure? Sorry for the ignorant question.
It's snowing in NYC. I'm sure that the price being above $13 is to blame.
BAC has already restarted that machine in California with auctions at the courthouse steps in earnest. Full speed ahead.
It's all good.
Banks and mortgagees won't have to prove they ever recorded title properly, because it's an extra burden and all, once CONgress & The Prez weigh in.
I'm sure this crisis won't and hasn't been papered over, just like every other crisis in Amerika is not and won't be - by manipulation of statistics, the printing of fiat, lying and other tactics employed (no pun intended) by politicians and central bankers.
Speaking of employed:New study shows that under-employment may be as high as 53% for Americans
+1 on the papering over.
Not surprised at 53% under-employment. Pretty much matches my micro-local anecdotal stats, including 2 in my household.
cant wait to see the Ambac news...........please hurry
De fault, de fraud, de vest, de test.
The perfect storm comes but it has so many damn dimensions that it's hard to grasp while watching dancing on stars or ice or whatever the latest dis-traction de jour is.
You can stay free and clear in your house till you cannot.
they very concept of home-ownership was a fraud at launch point of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Capitalization on purpose).
Admiralty law, study up on it. It's what "rules" america and probably most of us through convoluted treaties going back hundreds if not thousands of years.
No, its not getting worse. the homeowners stop paying their mortgages and they stay in their homes happily ever after. they can go out to buy iphone 5 and Ipad 2.
How many McMansion monkeys we got out there? The hood wants to know.
Recovery costs for mortgages originated 2005-2008 have got to be closing rapidly on 0. Perhaps Skank of America sees an advantage in letting everything rot in limbo for a few years. After all, they have access to the printing press.
lets all buy the friggin dip....
this a buy for ipads right? more people living mortgage free
In very parallel news, stay tuned for a blockbuster release on the Ambac-JPM lawsuit escalation.
Yes please. And Tyler, could you be sure to include the words "anal rape" in the passage where JP Morgan is concerned? As a personal favor.
Thank you.
'Sans lubricant,' as well.
Right. I forgot. Apologies, brother Truth.
Please also include the words, "Sans lubricant."
So in review, "Anal rape sans lubricant."
'Sans lubricant'
It's all good.
6 string:
NOD = notice of default, first step in nonjudicial foreclosure.
So it begs the question, why did they stop the NOD process in non-judicial states? I would've expected the opposite. Is it stopped indefinitely?
There are several reasons...the first is that if they knowingly foreclose with erroneous, incomplete or fraudlulent documentation, then the foreclosed party has a cause of action for actual and punitive damages, way more than the bank loses on a foreclosure. And, it's very easy to prove. There are literally thousands upon thousands of these situations. Lawyers will take theses cases on contingency because they are fairly straightforard and juicy, kind of like a whiplash victim in a car accident. Secondly, the bank has liability to the investor if the documents prove to be incomplete or erroneous. This invites lawsuits from the investors. Lastly, if the process for securitization was not followed, which can be determined by following the trail of endorsements, substantial tax liabilities may have been incurred. So, banks have a choice, bite the bullet and keep their mouths shut or potentially get fucked 3 ways. They are finally getting their due...it's about time.
Well since you begged and I wanted to know myself, See this
Then this
excellent reply. the rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper.
this really puts an entirely new perspective on the mortgage fiasco. the massive drop in foreclosures will no doubt be paraded as good news over the next several months. when July comes though the foreclosure numbers will probably break monthly all-time records if she is right about the TILA change proposed by the Fed.
wow, the implications of this are tremendous.
why haven't they stopped NODs in judicial states then too?
Good Question. Perhaps when the Foreclosure goes to court the Banks cannot
be sued since it was the Judge who had ruled on the proceeding.
That is the only explanation I can come up with as well. Somehow the judges' decisions provide them legal cover.
NOD is the first step. Then Notice of trustee sale. Problem is even when a NOTS is recorded the banks often don't do the actual trustee sale. So the question begs, has the NOTS process been halted as well?
If the NOD has not been filed then no NTS will be filed. If an NOD exists, then the bank may chose whether or not to file the NTS.
This is bullish for apples!
Buy apples!
Good thing you can eat them.
I susbscribe to Foreclosureradar.com and am closely following a few California markets (foothills, Sacto, NorthBay). I've drawn two conclusions from the data: 1) auctions (notices of trustee's sales) are almost always "back to beny", meaning that the banks credit bid to buy the home for their REO department; and 2) the subsequent re-sale by REO is almost always at a lower price --- usually 20% or more lower---than the auction bid.
Another trend I am seeing is postponements of existing trustee's sale without the borrower's request or bankruptcy. For example, I know of one borrower who filed BK in 2008 (Chapter 7) in which the bank had permission to foreclose as early as mid-2009. We are now in 2011 and the bank still hasn't foreclosed because it keeps continuing the trustee's sale. I know the owner and he is still living in the garage while the property is listed as a short sale. The listing broker told me last week that she submitted a short sale offer in August and hasn't heard anything from the bank.
This is a perfect example of shadow inventory and the behavior of a zombie bank. Buyers in this market are fools.
They are stopping notices, because too many people are fighting the foreclosures now. So they are willing to let people stay in their homes until July, when people can't fight a foreclosure anymore, once the laws take affect of the changes in TILA. The federal reserve changed our laws and rights and come July, there will be no more suing banks against fraud or foreclosures, unless the mortgage is completely paid off.
The banks are getting smart, stop all foreclosures now and in July issue the notices and start the foreclosure proceedings, then there is nothing a homeowner can do about it.
The changes to the TILA only apply to borrowers attempting to rescind pursuant to that statute. But even now most courts will not approve rescision without proof of borrower's ability to tender, so the upcoming change will not have much impact on the average person facing and fighting foreclosure. Most of the challenges to foreclosure currently being litigated in courts around the country arise from defective or fraudulent transfers of the note and mortgage and not from TILA violations.
It's getting awefully close to pitchfork time.
This is all scary shit but letting.it draw out slowly over several years has not been a bad strategy. Bankers have always said a problem delayed is a problem solved and that is their strategy in a nutshell.
Does anyone have a list of which states are affected?
It was here on ZH months ago that I learned, and was later reminded, that Geithner extended "infinite" (his own word) taxpayer guarantees to all Fannie/Freddie liabities on these loans. With $5.5 trillion of liabilities, this has the potential to create economic armaggedon.In other words, WE must bear the cost of this catastrophe!
I have yet to see a reason why this wouldn't happen. I think we, as Americans, have far too much faith in government and in politicians to solve all the world's problems, especially since the blame for much of this can be laid at their feet for their failed policies in the first place!
Tyler, the article doesn't say BAC has stopped sending NOD. It says BAC stopped, and has since started again.
I wonder what happens to all those NOD they issued over the past several years in non-judicial states, many (if not all) of which were signed by "robosigners" .
I wonder what happens to all those NOD they issued over the past several years in non-judicial states, many (if not all) of which were signed by "robosigners" .
They are resubmitting documentation
Just read that 29 states use non-judicial foreclosures or a combination of judicial and non-judicial.


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We can all agree that animal rescue is a highly desirable and necessary thing. It's unfortunate but sometimes people can't keep a pet and its fantastic that there are shetlers and rescue groups that are capable and happy to take them and find them a new loving home. But, what happens when rescue goes wrong? How can it go wrong? Why does it go wrong?
Recently, the American Shetland Sheepdog Association had its annual dog show, a huge event where breeders from not only around the country, but around the world attend to compete for the prize of Best In Specialty Show, or even an honorable mention by the judge. During that time, one breeder hired a pet sitter to care for one of her dogs that was not attending with her. This poor dogs name is Piper. As sometimes happens, Piper escaped from her pet sitter and got lost. She was later turned in to a local animal shelter. Since Piper was microchipped this seems like the ideal thing to have happened right? She is now safe and sound, and since she is microchipped they can find her owner and get her back home where she is loved and adored. Unfortunatley Pipers escapade doesn't end there.
A they were required by law to do, the shelter then attempted to contact the person the microchip was registered to, Pipers Veterinarian. They did this on Good Friday and unfortunately the veterinarian was closed. After 3 days since her owner had not been located and nobody had come to claim Piper she was placed with the local breed specific rescue. This is entirely legal for the shelter to do, and it allows them more space to take in other unwanted or lost pets.
In the meantime, Pipers owner has returned home from her week of showing to find her beloved pet has gone missing. After finding that she was taken to the animal shelter she contacted them to find that Piper had been placed with the local breed rescue. This is where things get hinky and a little out of wack. Piper's owner, after calling the breed rescue to attempt to claim her dog and get her back was refused. Why? Because Pipers owner, apparently, does not in fact own Piper anymore. After supplying proof of ownership in the form of pedigrees, veterinary records, and even offering to pay for a DNA test to prove lineage, The AKC had Pipers parents DNA on file and can prove who Piper is and who she is owned by, she was still refused.
While this does not happen in every case, nor in fact in most cases, it has become a general mentality amongst those who participate in rescue that all breeders are bad, that even owners who don't spay or neuter their pets are bad regardless of if they breed or not and that they should no longer be allowed to have those animals or ever have animals again.
The danger of working in a bad situation all the time is that, even if you come across something that is just a coincidence, and not infact one of those horrible situations you are used to, that you already have your blinders on, you can't see, or refuse to see more than your experience is telling you.
It is common practice amongst breeders that quite a few of the good ones also participate in rescue, this provides them with a balance to counter all the constantly negative they come across while working for rescue. Perhaps it is time to start presuring the rescue world to work with breeders instead of against them. If a rescue person is there when puppies are born, raised, and sold they might see all the work that goes into finding appropriate and good, lasting homes for those puppies, or kittens.
While Pipers case is not the norm, and is very unfortunate, it is cases like these that raise so much publicity that it can damage the reputations of people who do not deserve to have their reputations tarnished or ruined. Let us all work together instead of constantly butting our heads. We are humans, not goats, and this is not how we resolve our issues.
When Rescue Goes Wrong
We can all agree that animal rescue is a highly desirable and necessary thing. It's unfortunate but sometimes people can't keep a pet and its fantastic that there are shetlers and rescue groups that are capable and happy to take them and find them a new loving home. But, what happens when rescue goes wrong? How can it go wrong? Why does it go wrong?


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Legion seeks community's help for leads in solving post's break-in
Published: Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 4:18 p.m.
LAKE HELEN -- American Legion Post 127 in Lake Helen was robbed Dec. 17. Members showed up for a special meeting to honor longtime post member Gus Hoffman when they discovered the break-in. So far, no one has been charged and post members are asking the community for help.
Post Commander Ed Kent said when he arrived for the Dec. 17 meeting he found a screen and window broken on the exterior kitchen door. As he went inside, an interior double door was also broken and the cash box inside the post was open. What was unusual is the cash box was opened with a key. Whoever opened the box left the key behind in the lock. Unfortunately, the damage and the key were the only things left behind, $150 inside the box was gone.
Money in the box was member-donated money that goes to charity, scholarships and building costs. "We don't have much money," said Kent. "Fortunately, we had already moved some cash out of that box." After discovering the break-in, Kent checked on who had keys to the cash box. Only two keys were known. A post member at the building pulled his key out of his pocket. The other key, Kent discovered, had belonged to the post's past commander, Rodney Everett, who died a few months prior. The key had not been returned to the post after Everett's death and post members forgot Everett had the key.
Kent said the Lake Helen Police Department told him they investigated a customer who came into a gas station near the post on the night of Dec. 16. The customer had a large amount of cash. Kent wondered if it was the post's money, but no arrests were made. As far as he knew the police had no suspects.
Lynn McNeely, administrative assistant at the Lake Helen Police Department, said Thursday that she could not discuss the open investigation.
American Legion Post 127 is funded by its members. Besides the missing $150, members are out the money to repair the broken door screen, window and door locks. If anyone has information on the robbery, call Ed Kent at 407-330-0910 or contact the Lake Helen Police Department.
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'Most apps require up to 2 minutes of learning time for every exercise learned. This is well outside even a focused adult's attention span and discourages people from exercising. A shorter learning curve means lower barrier to entry and equates a more productive workout,' says Misato Alexandre, an iOS developer for Fitwirr.
Fitwirr's workout are designed to be home friendly so you can do them whenever it's convenient for you and you don't need any special equipment to perform the exercises. With this new women of all ages can spend less time meaning and more time pursuing personal fitness goals with exercises that make the greatest impact by presenting each one with visual instructions and images that show the correct movements necessary to perform them as well as providing a series of arrows and pointers.
'We want to provide instant recognition of posture and key movements with minimal assistance. Our users need a workout that is easy to follow, yet highly focused and result oriented.' Alexandre said.
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School has a lot of history
people driving or walking down Valley Street today, the
area on the western junction with Bank Street is an insignificant
parking lot - but this downtown area of Willimantic has
witnessed a great deal of history. Older residents will
recall that it was, from 1928 until 1956 the site of the
Willimantic Trade School. Prior to 1928, the large brick
building which housed the trade school was built as the
Turner Silk Mill, and operated as such between 1888 until
1917. The vacant mill then housed several diverse industries
and companies between 1918 until 1926.
land in question was owned by Thomas W. Cunningham, who
made his fortune in 19th century Willimantic as the proprietor
of a number of saloons and bars which slaked the thirsts
of mill workers. He opened Willimantic's first grog shop
on Main Street in 1825, selling rum, gin brandy, cider,
Albany ale, Madeira wine and metheglen at three and five
cents a drink. Cunningham died in 1886, and in his will
he bequeathed the meadow behind Main Street - thus Meadow
Street - to the borough of Willimantic if they would develop
it into a public park. The borough declined the offer, as
the borough fathers realized much more could be made from
Cunningham's prime location through city taxes. The land
was sold privately to silk manufacturer Arthur Turner in
1887. Two years later a large four story brick-built silk
mill, 130 foot by 100 foot, was completed and ready to weave
silk cloth. Turner was the son of Arthur W. Turner, who
had built a silk manufacturing community at Turnerville
in Hebron on the North Pond, which is known today as Amston
silk mill prospered on Cunningham's old meadow for a generation.
It survived the financial panic of 1894, and continued production
until 1915. The company went into receivership, and the
mills extensive silk weaving machine was purchased by a
Canadian silk manufacturer and shipped to Montreal in 1917.The
extensive mill building housed several companies during
the subsequent decade, including an electric cable manufacturer.
But in 1927, Windham Selectmen the appropriated $10,000
to convert the old silk mill into the Willimantic Trade
School to provide vocational training to students 14 years
of age and upwards. Connecticut's first trade school was
instituted in Putnam in 1913, and the Willimantic school
was the eighth to be established in the state. However,
its funding was no easy task. Windham has a long record
of conservatism regarding fiscal matters as the battles
of the building of the town hall (1896), footbridge (1906),
trade school (1927), and the new middle school (1994) have
Zenko the current Assistant Director of the Windham Regional
Vocational-Technical School, prepared a detailed history
of the Willimantic Trade School from 1928 until 1978.
Zenko's research reveals that the final cost of alterations
to the old Turner Silk Mill came to almost $20,000 - double
the estimated coat. Some financial wizardry was performed
with the budgets and the town subsequently claimed that
the costs came to $17,000 -
but the defenders of the school reminded its many critics
of its long term benefits to the city in increased trade.
Also the school's supporters argued that a pool of skilled
workers may attract new industry to the city.
was a resounding success
Willimantic Trade School opened in September 1928, as a
building-trades facility under the directorship of Otto
Nyffler. A masonry department was located in the mill
basement, the first floor housed a carpentry department,
and the second floor was converted into plumbing and painting
departments. Electrical and drafting departments were installed
on the third floor, along with a classroom.
the students studied and trained for 44 hours each week,
and enjoyed a two week vacation in the summer. School hours
were from 8 am. to noon and 1-5 P.m. Monday through Friday,
and 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.
school's first year, 1928- 29 was reported as a resounding
success. There were 102 students enrolled in that year -
72 from Willimantic and 30 from adjacent towns. Nyffler
organized a school "Inspection Night" on May 7,
1929 and an estimated 1,500 people toured the new trade
school facility located in the city's historic Turner Silk
taking the tour, guests were invited to a concert held by
the trade school's band conducted by Charles Wheeler
in the second floor carpentry facility.
Trade School students had to complete 4,800 clock hours
of instruction to earn their trade apprentice certificate.
Evening classes commenced in December 1928. Full-time students
were also involved in music and athletic pastimes, and director
Otto Nyffler established an athletic field on land owned
by him in the Ridges district of Mansfield next to the Willimantic
River. Basketball and baseball teams were also established.
The basketball team played their games in the Center
Street Armory and the YMCA building on Valley Street
school's band was particularly popular. A.E. Lyman and N.C.
Wheeler were the bands first directors, and rehearsals were
held every Wednesday afternoon. By 1929,
almost 25 percent of the school's entire enrollment were
playing in its band. Concerts were held in the local community
and in April, 1932 the band made its debut on the radio
when it played a half-hour concert transmitted live by Storrs
radio station WCAC.
Wall Street stock market had crashed just one year after
the opening of the Willimantic Trade School, and the resultant
Depression hit its operation. During the early 1930s, the
school was criticized by this local Chamber of Commerce
and labor organizations for siphoning business away from
established tradesmen and companies. It was claimed that
some of the high unemployment rates among builders was caused
by the low labor costs of trade school students. The school's
trade was build and new construction always comes to a stop
during economic downturns. At the root of the criticism,
was the trade school labor used in building local realtor
Zepherin Coutu's new house at 55 Summit St. in 1931.
The Willimantic
Trade School's director was furious
that his students should come under such an attack, and
he responded in a letter published in the Chronicle in October,
1933. Nyffler while insisting that his school lived up to
the spirit of the NRA, also strongly defended the overall
role of trade schools. He believed that they were helping
boys turn away from hoodlumism that was sweeping the
country, and helping them to apply their knowledge and skills
to earn a living, instead of having to turn to the "jimmy"
or radical politics.
brought transition to Willimantic School
1933, the Willimantic Trade School was receiving federal
aid from New Deal programs to help alleviate the miseries;
caused by local unemployment and the deepening national
economic depression.
school's curriculum was expanded to conduct classes in all
aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering for the
unemployed - m any under the auspices of local companies
such as American Thread. Workers from the regional Civilian
Conservation Camps based at Hampton and Union also came
to Willimantic to study at the trade school. Between October
1936 and February 1937, free courses were offered to all
CCC members of Camp Fernow in Eastford.
late 1934, the school board had appointed a committee to
study the feasibility of opening a machine shop and automobile
repair department. This came to fruition in the summer of
1936, when the state Department of Education allocated $40,000
to the Willimantic Trade School to complete the project.
began immediately on the old silk mill and an automobile
repair shop was installed in the basement, and the carpentry
department was relocated there from the first floor. The
vacant space on the first floor was turned into a machine
shop, and the two new departments came into operation in
January 1937. Eighteen students were enrolled in the automobile
division, and 21 students were enrolled in the new machine
shop. By the late 1930s, the school's diversification led
to the elimination of the painting, plumbing and masonry
programs. Students focused less on the practical and more
upon the academic side of training, and began studying trade
sciences, mathematics, economics, hygiene, sketching, drafting,
and blueprint reading.
foundations laid down in the
Willimantic Trade School during the Depression era became
useful during the war years, as the booming American economy
demanded skilled machinists, mechanics and welders. The
economy was expanding in the years before the bombing of
Pearl Harbor, and Willimantic introduced special 200-hour
welding and machinist courses in 1940 to meet the growing
demand for skilled workers. The 1940s saw the transition
of the Willimantic Trade School into the Windham
Regional Vocation al-Technical School, which be came more
commonly known by the name Windham Tech. The current
assistant director of WRITS, Bill Zinc has explained
that the years between 1944 and 1947 were transitional,.
"The organizational, jurisdictional, philosophical
and curriculum changes made at the state level in the 1940s
led to the demise of the trade school concept in Connecticut
Education." Otto Muffler retired in 1946, and his successor,
John D. Clark, guided the school into the modern era, bringing
it more into line with the state's comprehensive public
high school education. Students subsequently graduated with
a trade certificate and a high school diploma.
quickly realized that the old Turner Silk Mill was becoming
out-of-date and overcrowded. It was time for a move. But
that move would not occur until 1956.
student remembers trade school fondly
from surrounding towns were allowed to apply to the Willimantic
Trade School, now known as the Windham Regional Vocational-Technical
School. In 1951, 13-year-old Joe Calmer arrived to
study and train in carpentry at the Willimantic Trade School.
He left the Hall Memorial School in, Willington, and arrived
for his first day at the Bank Street building in September,
1951, with four other students from Willington
recalls that the old Turner silk mill was of typical robust
structure, with oil-soaked floors and that it had no canteen.
The machine and automotive shops were located in the building's
basement, classrooms were on the first floor, carpentry
and electrical shops were on the second floor, and drafting,
science and math classes were an the third floor.
carpentry class had around 17 students. Their long-serving
carpentry instructor was George Jay, who had been at the
Willimantic Trade School
since its 1928 opening.
a loyal New York Yankee fan, was a keen baseball player
and a member of the Windham Tech baseball team. They played
their regular games on Recreation Park in Willimantic. However,
Joe recalled the athletic fields down in the Ridges section
of Mansfield, across the railroad lines and
adjacent to the Willimantic River. The fields, donated by
the Trade School's first director, Otto Muffler,
were still in partial use during the 1950s. The site was
accessed via Mansfield's Old-Kent Road, off Route 32, and
past the site of the old Ridges fabric shop which has coincidentally
relocated to Bank Street in Willimantic, across from the
old trade school. The area around the school's old athletic
fields is today occupied by the Ridges housing development,
but the actual fields, although overgrown, can still be
seen. Joe recalls that student piled into the back of an
old truck, or into the school's old blue bus and went down
to the "Ridges fields" for recreation and exercises.
Elmer's course of study included studying the academic and
practical basics of carpentry, which included actual house
building on site. Two weeks were spent in class and the
next two weeks were spent on the job. Along with the other
carpentry students, he built houses in North Windham and
at Andover Lake, and did house repairs in Staffordsville.
In 1954, the carpentry students demolished two large 19th
century Victorian houses located on High Street in Willimantic,
to create a parking lot for the Willimantic, to create a
parking lot for the Willimantic State Teacher's College.
Joe recalls how well-built those houses were, and the high
quality wood and stone used in their construction.
Calmer looks back with affection to his Willimantic Trade
School years. The graduating Class of 1955 attended a ceremony
held at the Willimantic State Teacher's College, and the
students and teachers then attended a graduation party at
the Shell Chateau Restaurant. Joe recalls the carpentry
class ring, which was inscribed with the motto, "He
who hath a trade hath an estate." After Joe's graduation,
future Windham Tech students would study in a brand new
facility located on nearby Birch Street.
Tech gets a brand-new home
1950, Windham Techs director John Clark. organized a committee
to secure public and political support to build a new facility
in Willimantic. The 1888 Turner Silk Mill was far too small
for the school's growing enrollments and expanding programs.
Many will recognize the names in Clark's committee -- Jim
Currier, Arthur Roy, Foreman Bergeron, Ralph Crosswise,
Roger Paul us, George Champlain, Ted Sol, Harry Chambers,
Willis Ridgeway, William Sweeney, The Rev. Robert Armstrong,
and John Roy.
was a powerful and influential group, and in the spring
of 1951, the General Assembly appropriated $1.5 million
for the new Willimantic school. Ground for the new school
was broken in a ceremony that took place in front
of 200 people in a field at the north end of Birch Street
on Oct. 21, 1954. Gov.
John Lodge and University of Connecticut President Albert
Jorgensen were invited to witness the ground-breaking
but had to decline. Robert Mackey, the State Commissioner
of Public Works, turned over the first shovel of dirt. The
Rev. Ben Steering of St. Paul's Episcopal Church gave invocation,
and the Rev. Roland Gillette of St. Mary's blessed the grounds.
O'Brien, the director of special services for the
State Department of Education, addressed the group and announced
the new school would accommodate 400 students, double the
number currently enrolled in the Bank Street school. Windham
First Selectman Ralph Crosthwaite praised the roles of state
Sen. Andre Defroster; and state Representatives Walter King
and Lester Shear in securing the new school for Willimantic.
Mayor Foreman Bergeron spoke and stressed that it was important
that the new school be built in Willimantic, the educational
center of eastern Connecticut. Ruth Russ, the school's secretary
since 1928, was presented with a bouquet of flowers by carpentry
instructor George Jay, as groundbreaking day was her birthday,
The group then retired to the Nathan Hale Hotel to partake
in a celebratory dinner.
new facility was designed by architect Joseph Della Villa
of New Haven, and its construction was completed by the
Felix Buzz Co. of Torrington. Building work commenced in
early 1955, and by May 1956, Windham Tech students were
transferring equipment from the old Bank School facility
into the new Birch Street School. The new school's gym hosted
graduation exercises on June 20. The school officially opened
on September 1956 and dedicated in a ceremony on Oct. 14,
new building consisted of two large wings. The main building
was two stories high and contained offices and classrooms
where students practiced engineering drawing. There
were also classes for Licensed Practical Nurses, for which
courses commenced in the 1957-1958 academic year. One wing
housed radio and television repair rooms, electrical, machine
carpentry and automotive repair shops. The student enrollment
was 280, of which 125 were freshmen. Practical and academic
education was equally distributed. Off-the-job classroom
education included English, social studies, driver education,
math, science and blueprint reading. The school year was
200 days long, and students attended between 8 a.m. and
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Filed under Contests, Entertainment, Girls, Giveaways, Holiday Gift Ideas & Gift Guide 2011, Kids & Teen, Kids/Teen, Product Review, Rafflecopter, Shop, Toys & Games, Toys and Games
Teacup Piggies Play Set is so cute to own piglet as a pet. This playset includes a teacup piggy, a teacup, feeding bottle, birth certificate, & bow. It is voice activated. Your little kid can snort her nose and giggle with different vocal sounds oinking, drinking.
Teacup Piggies are six inch miniature versions of real Teacup Pigs. They speak over 20 phrases and each piggy comes with its very own teacup, accessories, and birth certificate.
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Sugihara, K; Delai, M; Szendro, I; Guillaume-Gentil, O; Vörös, J; Zambelli, T (2012). Simultaneous OWLS and EIS monitoring of supported lipid bilayers with the pore forming peptide melittin. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 161(1):600-606.
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A simultaneous optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement was carried out for the investigation of a supported lipid bilayer and its interactions with a pore-forming peptide, melittin. It was achieved only after the optimization of the ITO coating on the waveguide to increase the electrical sensitivity and the functionalization of the waveguide with a polyelectrolyte to form a lipid bilayer over the ITO surface. The combined system enabled monitoring of melittin pore activities in a wider range of melittin concentrations than either technique alone (1 μg/ml < Cmelittin < 200 μg/ml). Furthermore, it provided unique information that could not be obtained by the individual methods, such as a better identification of the melittin-pore formation and an insight about the correlation between the total pore area vs. adsorbed amount of melittin.
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The most-traveled pope in history, John Paul II left his mark on the Catholic Church and non-believers worldwide. Elected to the papacy in 1978, Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and only Pole. He was 58, the youngest pope in 125 years. John Paul II was born Karol Józef Wojtyla on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. He died on April 2, 2005, at the age of 84, at his Vatican City residence.
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A group of football fans from Bristol are touring all 92 league clubs in the country in just 92 hours.
They set off from Plymouth Argyle's Home Park stadium this morning, and have already visited Yeovil Town and both Bristol clubs.
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Large and Small Stingray Leather
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Alzheimer's Disease Health Center
Late-Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary
Oct. 14, 2009 -- Patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease or other age-related dementias often suffer unnecessarily near the end of life probably because their condition is not recognized as fatal, researchers say.
The death rate among patients with advanced dementia in a newly published study was similar to that of patients with end-stage breast cancer or heart disease, lead researcher Susan L. Mitchell, MD, of Harvard Medical School's Institute for Aging Research, tells WebMD.
One in four patients died within six months of recruitment, and slightly more than half died within 18 months.
Yet in their last months of life, Mitchell says far too many patients received burdensome medical treatments and far too few received adequate palliative treatments for pain and other common symptoms, such as shortness of breath and agitation.
The study appears in the April 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pneumonia, Fever, Eating Problems Common
Pneumonia, fever, and an eating problem were the most common complications in the final months of life, and 41% of patients had at least one aggressive treatment including hospitalization, a visit to the ER, intravenous treatment, or a feeding tube.
"There is a lack of recognition that dementia is a terminal illness and this has a big impact on the quality of care patients receive," Mitchell says. "We found that a high percentage of patients had distressing symptoms toward the end of life."
More than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's dementia, and this figure is expected to triple over the next four decades as baby boomers reach old age. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia.
In the late stages of the disease, patients are often bedridden and can no longer communicate their needs, recognize close family members, or perform basic functions like feeding themselves and going to the bathroom.
In an editorial published with the study, geriatrician and dementia researcher Greg A. Sachs, MD, of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, recalls his maternal grandmother's struggle with advanced Alzheimer's disease.
Her final months in a nursing home included repeated courses of antibiotics for infections and restraints to control her agitation. Her condition so distressed Sachs' mother that she stopped taking her children when she visited.
"My grandmother had little in the way of either comfort or company toward the end," he writes, adding that 30 years later, end-of-life care for dementia "doesn't look all that different from the treatment she received."


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This past weekend saw Colorado boxers in action beginning with the Colorado Golden Gloves Gym (Coach Bernie Aragon) taking a stellar group of amateur boxers to Hastings, Nebraska, for competition in 'Battle in the Panhandle II'.
Professional boxers Donovan 'Slick D' Estrella and Roosevelt Parker, Jr. (aka 'Black Rhino') took time from their busy schedules to make the trip showing support for that show put on by Bill Green (BG Sports Entertainment LLC) and former Colorado pro standout Isaiah Barela.
The USA Boxing National Tournament held in Spokane, Washington, had several competitors representing Colorado in the Senior Elite (no headgear) category with none making it to Finals competition but the experience definitely having those attending buckle down even harder as the fine tuning begins leading towards Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Colorado bantamweight Michael Herrera (2-3, 2 KO's) traveled to the Buffalo Thunder Casino in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Saturday night him coming up short in a bout against the undefeated Angelo Leo (4-0, 1 KO) but vowing to immediately get back in the gym as he and fiancé Nicole Pasillas look forward to the late March arrival of their first son, Eli Miguel Herrera.
ESPN Radio (1580AM) with co-hosts Fred McHenry and former George Washington High School and former Denver Broncos running back Chris Brewer continuing their pledge to promote Colorado boxing more than just 'lip service' when yesterday they had Denver native and former WBC World Lightweight Champion Stevie 'Lil But Bad' Johnston (42-6-1, 18 KO's) as their special guest.
Johnston isn't appreciated nearly enough for his contribution in placing Denver 'on the map' in boxing, him just as skilled and popular as the much larger (now deceased) former heavyweight Ron Lyle, both men proudly acknowledging Denver, Colorado, as their home.
It was especially gratifying to see Stevie out and looking fit, that smile letting everyone know he's in a comfortable place as the conversation ranged from his football days at Denver's Manual High School to his WBC World lightweight title fight held here in Denver (back in 2000 at the Pepsi Center) versus Jose Luis Castillo holding everyone's attention.
Topping off the interview were local WBC Cares representatives Stephen Blea and Raylene Carbone presenting Johnston with a framed award recognizing his achievements in the Denver boxing community.
The award was well received and Stevie Johnston appeared to relish the idea of becoming more involved in the promotion of Colorado amateur and professional boxing, him not being forgotten by those of us who well remember his stellar amateur and professional career.
Thanks to Chris Brewer and Fred McHenry (ESPN Radio 1580AM), Denver Broncos #1 fan the 'Limo Man', Steve Mestas (Airtight Boxing Promotions) and Nicole Ellerman-Romero (Hart's Corner Restaurant & Bar, 5201 W. Mississippi Ave) for their combined efforts in making Colorado boxing 'the talk of the town'.
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Cruise Critic staffers set sail every week, traveling the globe to bring you the latest cruise ship trends, port sneak peeks and onboard observations. Here's where we are this week.
(Got questions about any of the ships we're boarding or ports we are visiting? Ask us in the comments!)
Ship: Avalon Waterways' Illumination
Where: Vienna
Who: Carolyn Spencer Brown, Editor in Chief
Why There? Avalon's Illumination, which joins sister ship Avalon
Impression and fleetmate Avalon Poetry II as the three new ships of 2014, will be christened on Tuesday in Vienna.
Impression and fleetmate Avalon Poetry II as the three new ships of 2014, will be christened on Tuesday in Vienna.
We Can't Wait: We've traveled on Avalon's popular "Suite Ships" before. What distinguishes these vessels is their plentiful cabins that measure about 200 square feet - large for river boats (the bathrooms are gorgeous too). And christenings are always special; in this case, we look forward to cruising with a big Australia contingent as the ship's godmother will be Down Under's Deborah Hutton, a well-known television host and celebrity in Oz.
Since Avalon Illumination is embarking passengers in Vienna, which is relatively unusual (river lines more commonly start Danube voyages from Budapest), we're also looking forward to a three day pre-cruise stay in this storied city. We've gotten in the mood for our mini-break by watching flicks like "Before Sunrise" and Orson Welles' "The Third Man." We'll be sharing some new discoveries we uncover in Vienna, but until then, remember to check out our port profile for a most thorough review.
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Where: Greenland
Who: Sarah Schlichter, Senior Editor of Cruise Critic's sister site, IndependentTraveler.com
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We Can't Wait: The 11-night cruise will include chances to explore Norse ruins, see dramatic glaciers and visit tiny settlements like the village of Itilleq (population 130), where passengers from the ship will have the chance to face off against the locals in a friendly game of soccer!
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Dengeki Playstation (Japanese game mag) reviewed Rising.
Four reviewers; they gave it 85/90/100/90.
- Once you are able to cut enemies in whichever way you please it is groundbreaking
- Felt that rather than using the right analog stick, just hitting triangle/square is easier for getting Zandatsu (cutting an enemy to take their spines)
- The damage you take is huge, one wants to master parrying and Zandatsu as soon as possible.
- There are a lot of scenes with events taking place but there isn't much feeling of a deeper meaning [with the story].
- There's somewhat less to the game in terms of its length, but taking into consideration the amount of codec information and title gathering, it feels fine in this respect.
- On Normal, rather than by skill with parry it's possible to push your way through the game via recovery items that automatically recover you when you lose your health.
- Conversely if you want a high rank after battles considerable skill is necessary.
- Length is about 10 hours, but it seems like you can play for a long time after by collecting stuff.
- Some practice is necessary to get a hang of using the camera during blade mode.
- It's easy to overlook a part of the game by not listening to the codec communication. Save for that it's a great work
- While the Stealth act held me back, there were a great amount of challenges implemented into the acts that gave many feelings of accomplishment
- The mixture of all-out katana slashing and precise cutting is impressive, and so the game has an exquisite tempo to it.
- There are a lot of ways to approach the battlefield and enemies
- If in EASY mode beginners can feel good while playing
- Because New game plus is also very fun, perfect score.
- Huge satisfaction from the story
- Feels like automatic mode has undergone an ultimate evolution
- At any rate, the consecutive action is exhilarating
- While advanced level players can gain satisfaction from such play styles,the ability to play for beginners who don't do complex button presses is splendid
- I wanted a bit more technical depth to the gameplay
- Although one playthrough takes about 10 hours, there is a density and depth to the collection component and because of that there is no dissatisfaction remaining about the length


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March 21, 2000
WSU Outdoor Track & Field Remaining Schedule
|Mar. 25-26
|Stanford Invitational
|Apr. 1
|Washington, Idaho, Pullman
|Apr. 8
|Palouse Team Invite, Pullman
|Mt. SAC Multi-Events, Azusa, Calif.
|Apr. 14-16
|Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif.
|Apr. 21-22
|USA College Champ., Austin
|Apr. 28-29
|First Annual Cougar Invitational, Pullman
|May 6
|WSU Invitational, Pullman
|May 13
|Modesto Relays, Modesto
|May 13-14
|Pac-10 Multi-Events, Eugene
|May 20-21
|Pac-10 Championships, Eugene
|May 31-June 3
|NCAA Champ. Durham, NC
WSU 2000 rosters plus All results, go to www.wsucougars.com.
COUGS SET FOR STANFORD INVITE: The Washington State University men's and women's track and field are among the over 1,000 competitors at the Stanford Invitational this weekend...athletes from area high schools as well as collegiate and elite track club teams will compete in the two-day meet...the collegiate/invitational events start Saturday at Noon for field and 2:05 p.m. for running events...Sunday's competition is slated for a 9 a.m. start.
COUGAR WOMEN ALL-AMERICANS TO REDSHIRT: Three All-Americans from the Cougar women's team will be taking red-shirts for the 2000 outdoor season, WSU head coach Rick Sloan announced Tuesday, March 21.
Sophomore Whitney Evans (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), 1999 Canadian Junior hepthathlon record-holder, All-American in hep and high jump, will sit out the spring 2000 season to rehabilitate her right knee because of patella tendonitis...Evans' contributions to WSU have included: 1999 NCAAs - heptathlon (7th) and high jump (6th indoor, 4th outdoor), 1999 Pac-10 heptathlon (3rd), high jump (2nd), 1600m relay set school record time (4th, ran second leg).
Megan Maynard, a junior distance runner (Langley, Wash.) who earned All-American honors during the 1998 cross country season, has had recurring health problems and will forego the outdoor season...was 5th in 5k at the 1999 Pac-10s.
Sophomore Ellannee Richardson (Gladstone, Ore.), 1999 American Junior record-holder and All-American in the heptathlon, was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (concentrated in lower back)_in February...she has not competed since the first meet of the 2000 indoor season...Richardson's contributions to WSU have included: 1999 NCAAs - heptathlon (4th), 1999 Pac-10s - heptathlon (2nd), 200m (2nd), 100m hurdles (5th), 400m relay (1st) and 1600m relay (4th) both in school record times...she tallied 23.75 of WSU's 123 points.
ABOUT THE COUGAR COACHES: Head coach Rick Sloan is in his 27th season with the Cougar track program (sixth year as a head coach, fifth year as mentor to the combined men's and women's program)...Sloan was selected the USTCA West Region Women's Indoor Coach of the Year for 2000...he also three-peated as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Coach of the Year as the Cougar women won the team title for the second year...Sloan is joined by associate coach Debra Lombardi Farwell, assistant coaches Dr. James Li, Mark Macdonald, Kris Grimes, and Nancy Wenzel...volunteer assistant coach is Dan O'Brien.
COUGS ON TV: The FOX Sports Northwest Network will broadcast the April 1, track meet with Washington and Idaho at Pullman, on a tape-delayed basis...time and date still TBA.
COUGARS WITH NCAA QUALIFYING MARKS TO DATE: The NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships are set for May 31- June 3, at Durham, North Carolina. # = Provisional mark, * = Automatic mark.
|National Standing (not listed yet)
|* Ian Waltz
|M Shot Put
|19.13m / 62-9 1/4
|* Ian Waltz
|M Discus
|60.10m / 197-2
|# Arend Watkins
|M 110m Hurdles
|# Jeannette Martus
|W Pole Vault
|3.85m / 12-7 1/2
|# Molly Monroe
|W Javelin
|49.18m / 161-4
|# Casey Lektorich
|W Javelin
|47.36m / 155-4
COUG THROWERS RULE AT WILLIE WILLIAMS CLASSIC AT TUCSON: Ian Waltz racked up two NCAA Automatic Qualifying mark in two days...Washington State tallied eight NCAA qualifying marks at the Williams Classic Meet, with Waltz contributing two of those...Waltz, a fifth-year senior, sealed a return visit to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with an automatic qualifying throw of 197-feet, 2 inches, to win the discus...the six-time All-American won the shot put with an NCAA AQ throw of 62-9 1/4....Vinnie Pecht finished third in the discus with a throw of 178-3...the Cougar women placed first through third in the javelin as Molly Monroe threw an NCAA PQ and school record of 161-4 for the win, followed by freshman Casey Lektorich with a freshman school record mark and NCAA PQ of 155-4, and Anna Church placed third at 139-10...Bryan Jones placed second in the men's javelin with an NCAA PQ throw of 222-8...Ryan Nichols was fifth with a mark of 202-3, and Russ Milam finished sixth with a lifetime best throw of 201-2...Jeannette Martus, a junior from Livonia, Mich., cleared 12-7 1/2 for third place in the women's pole vault, equaling her school-record indoor mark and snagging an NCAA PQ...Andrea Thornton decimated her own school record in the hammer when she placed second but threw an NCAA PQ mark of 184-4...Thornton's mark of 177-11 was the school record until Saturday...Mandy Borschowa, who has not trained for a month because of illness, won the women's discus with a throw of 159-5, Becky Potter was second with a toss of 155-4, and Thornton third at 154-6...in the shot put, Potter was third (45-3 1/2), and Thornton seventh (41-4 1/4)....Arend Watkins won the men's 110m high hurdles and coasted to an NCAA PQ time of 13.74 seconds, just .02 seconds away from an AQ time...Eric Dudley placed fourth in the high hurdles with a lifetime best of 14.69, after placing second in the 400m hurdles Friday night...Demetrius Murray, recovered from the Achilles tendon problem which kept him from Friday's long jump, won the men's triple jump at 23-6 1/4...in other field events, Cougar high jumpers Chris Rushing and Ezra Gordon both cleared 6-10 3/4 for second and third places respectively...B.J. Schade finished second in the men's hammer with a throw of 191-7...Cougar highlights from the track included Alishia Booterbaugh placing second in the women's 1500m run in a time of 4:39.51, while Jaime Miller was sixth in 4:45.70, and Lisa Schaures finished eighth in 4:51.20.
|S. Higgins, Sewell
|A. Higgins, S. Higgins, Mucker, Odonkor,
|Rosenblad, R. Smith
|Abersfeller, Mucker
|Booterbaugh, Schaures
|Miller, Schaures
|G. Johnson
|100m HH
|A. Higgins, Odonkor, Rosenblad,
|R. Smith, Zapata
|400m H
|R. Smith, Wood
|400m Relay
|1600m Relay
|High Jump
|Pole Vault
|Martus, Robinett
|Long Jump
|Clinkenbeard, Rosenblad, Sewell
|Triple Jump
|Eldridge, Sewell
|Shot Put
|Potter, Thornton
|Borschowa, Potter, Thornton
|Church, Lektorich, Monroe
|Potter, Thornton
|Fitzhugh, Macias, Randall
|Hazelquist, Kamau
|No entries
|Barker, Boniface, S. Johnson
|110m HH
|Dudley, Dwyer, Watkins
|400m IH
|Dudley, Dwyer, Sommer
|400m Relay
|1600m Relay
|High Jump
|Allen, Alverson, Dwyer, Gordon, Rushing
|Pole Vault
|Boitano, Collins, Katich, Preuss
|Long Jump
|Laville, Murray
|Triple Jump
|Shot Put
|Graves, Pecht, Waltz
|Jones, Milam, Nichols