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Shut down the spur roads.
That's the message one environmental group is trying to get to the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon after one of its members stumbled upon a redwood tree on a spur road off Peavine Road and another along the Smith River from whose sides burls had been carved out and stolen.
"So far, most media attention has been focused on burl removal from ancient redwoods in Redwood national and state parks in Humboldt and Del Norte counties in California," Steve Pedery, the conservation director with Oregon Wild, wrote to forest officials earlier this month. "Forest Service lands also contain many centuries-old redwoods, and these trees are now also subject to this same destruction."
Burls are the gnarled mounds that bulge from the sides of the older redwoods to propagate new trees. And they're highly prized among wood carvers — the vast majority of whom would never cut one out of an ancient tree.
Whomever carved out the burl from a relatively younger tree in Curry County was so deep in the woods they even had to cut down neighboring trees to get their vehicle out.
"This confirmed our fear that they'd start looking at Forest Service land where there is less of a law enforcement presence," Pedery said.
Tina Lanier, district ranger with the Gold Beach Forest Service office, was unable to be reached this week.
If the spur roads can be closed — with gates, felled trees or boulders — it might provide a deterrent to vandals. The roads, he said, could easily be turned into hiking paths or allowed to grow over.
California redwoods have recently been in the news after burl thieves carved enormous chunks out of the trees. Investigators visited wood-carving artists in the county to see if they'd purchased burls or heard anything regarding the vandalism. Their work has led to the arrest of two people in connection with those crimes.
"California really stepped up," Pedery said. "They closed some roads at night, and investigative teams are taking casts of some of the carnage."
Carnage is the right word, forest officials agree.
The bulbous burls occupy a great deal of the base of a tree, and cutting them out prevents them from cloning trees that can be thousands of years old.
Redwood trees in California are protected under national and state park regulations in addition to state recreation area rules. The U.S. Forest Service, which oversees the bulk of the land in Curry County, doesn't have the financial wherewithal to pursue the criminals.
"It may be time for the forest service to do a more exhaustive survey of where the redwoods are," Pedery said, noting that the burls stolen this month were taken from trees in the northernmost reaches of redwood territory. "These trees don't have any statutory protection other than the forest service."
Trust the buyer
News of the California burl poaching has gone worldwide, said Dave Jenkins, owner of YMT Woodworks in Harbor.
"They're saying, 'Oh, look at these people — the (methamphetamine users)," Jenkins said. "A methhead doesn't have the energy to cut a 10-foot burl off a tree. If they have a chainsaw big enough, they're going to sell it to buy drugs.
"And some guy that's 65 years old? He didn't go out and cut a burl out of a tree. He cut that when he was 40 and it's been sitting around."
Jenkins said he relies on people he knows in the industry to get his wood, or goes through suppliers that deal in exotic woods. Where they get their wood, however, is tough to say, he said.
Usually local sellers are those who have been in the logging industry for decades, cut down a tree on their property or are selling common, local woods such as myrtle, cedar and maple. And redwood is still milled in California.
"I bet they were in the logging industry and knew that burl was there for the last 12 years," he said of the burl cut from the tree on the Winchuck. "That's how I look at it."
Most woodworkers will ask where a seller's wood came from.
"It's tough," Jenkins said. "They come in selling redwood, I'm going to ask him where they got it. Solicitors: 'You got a catalog? Got a card? Any samples?' They say 'no,' I'm not going to buy from him. I'm going to call the cops."
Vandalism on the rise?
In California, trees are located in state and national parks and in national recreation areas, providing additional protections. The trees at the end of Peavine Road and in another grove on the North Bank Chetco Road are merely under the protection of the forest service.
The old spur roads, while overgrown in many places, are easy enough to access — and criminals know their activity can be hidden from tourists driving the main roads to see the redwoods.
"We feel this kind of vandalism is not just more likely to occur because some redwood trees with burls are on forest service lands, but there might also be an increased risk because forest service lands don't carry the same general public awareness and identity redwoods do on the more often identified and publicly-known redwood national and state parks," Pedery said.
He fears the vandalism could spread, as well.
"Coast redwoods (here) represent a particularly ecologically significant resource," because they are on the northern- and eastern-most edge of the species' range, he wrote. "(If the range) were affected by any aspect of climate change, one might expect any changes in these areas to be seen in these Forest Service lands first."
If the spur road off Peavine Road is closed, it would also protect a striated lily that only grows in the wet forests of Northern California and Southern Oregon. There are seven of those plants in one spot on that road.
"The Forest Service should not wait to see if there will be more damage before taking necessary action and preventive measures," Pedery wrote.
After gating the roads, and when money becomes available, Pedery's organization suggests the forest service survey the trees, block the spur roads and then encourage other legal, recreational uses in the forest.
"We need to increase the public awareness and enjoyment of them," Pedery said of the majestic trees. "Unfortunately, redwoods are a long way from most population centers."
Anyone with information regarding the vandalism of the trees and theft of the burls is urged to call the U.S. Forest Service in Gold Beach at 541-247-3600.


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Sept. 28, 2011
Arizona (0-8-1) at Colorado (3-5-1, 0-1-0)
Friday, Sept. 30 • 4:00 p.m. MST
Boulder, Colo. • Prentup Field
Arizona (0-8-1) at Utah (5-4-1, 1-0-0)
Sunday, Oct. 2 • 1:00 p.m. MST
Salt Lake City, Utah • Ute Field
TUCSON, Ariz. -University of Arizona Wildcat women's soccer squad heads on the road for the second straight week, for a pair of matches at Colorado and Utah. Arizona will face the Buffaloes on Friday, September 30 at 4 p.m. on Prentup Field. Sunday, the Wildcats will face Utah at 1 p.m. on Ute Field.
Last Time Out: Last week, Arizona opened the Pac-12 Conference Schedule at No. 1 Stanford, losing 7-0 to the Cardinal. Juniors Renae Cuellar and Kirstyn Magyar, and sophomore Ana-Maria Montoyaled the Cats with two shot attempts apiece.
In the match, sophomore Lorena Aragon saw her first action of the 2011 season, relieving senior GK Ashley Jettin the second half and grabbing three saves.
Noting the Buffaloes: Colorado (3-5-1, 0-1-0) opened its schedule as one of the newest members of the Pac-12 Conference Oregon State, losing 2-0 to the Beavers. Goalkeeper Annie Brunner had a one save and one goal against, and the Beavers out-shot the Buffaloes 17-11.
Noting the Utes: Pac-12 newcomer Utah (5-4-1, 1-0-0) opened the conference slate at Oregon last weekend, topping the Ducks 2-0. Both goals were scored in the second half, one by Harley Spier in the 49th, and the other by Leslie Muirhead in the 56th.
About the Cats: Arizona enters the 2011 season with eight returning starters and high expectations following a 5-13-2 campaign a season ago ... The Wildcats return players with 234 combined starts in their collegiate careers ... Forward Renae Cuellar, who scored six goals and had three assists in the first six games of 2010, returns after missing the final 14 matches due to a knee injury ... Senior goalkeeper Ashley Jettreturns after playing every minute in goal over the course of the final 18 matches last season ... Several of the UA's seven freshmen could make their collegiate debuts this weekend.
Welcome to the Show: This season, four freshmen made their collegiate debuts at Arizona. LeeAndra Smith earned a start in her first career game against San Diego State, while Julia Glanz and Emily Lai made appearances as reserves. Glanz made her first collegiate start two days later against Pepperdine, and Desiree Bramlette saw her first action as a Wildcat off the bench against the Waves. Against Pepperdine, Lai and Glanz each registered their first shot attempts. At Brigham Young, Brie DeFelicecame off the bench and recorded one on-goal shot attempt.
Head Coach Lisa Oyen: Lisa Oyenenters her second full season as head coach of the Arizona women's soccer program. In her two seasons at the helm, Oyen has provided stability to the program that is seeking its first winning season 2005. She has improved talent, depth and skill on the roster, and revitalized the Wildcats' recruiting efforts. Her 2010 team - her first full year in charge - was hit hard by injury and illness, but showed its toughness and resilience in a 5-13-2 campaign. Oyen served as a co-interim head coach for the final seven games of 2009, before being named the head coach after the season. She has a career coaching record of 6-19-2 counting all 27 games she has been a head coach or co-interim head coach. Prior to becoming a head coach, she served as an assistant at the school for seven seasons.
Filling up the Stat Sheet: Despite playing just six of 20 games, Cuellar posted team-leading figures in most of the major stat categories: goals (6), points (15) and shot percentage (.231). Cuellar didn't achieve the team lead in these categories by a small margin either; despite missing 14 games, her six goals doubled the number two goal-scorer on the squad, her 15 points were nine more than her closest competition and her .231 shot percentage was 55 points higher than the second highest percentage. Her one game-winning goal and three assists tied for the most on the team.
Jetting into the Record Books: Senior goalkeeper Ashley Jett recorded 104 saves in 2010, the most in the Pac-10. Arizona has had a rich history at her position; since 2001, seven UA goalkeepers have led the Pac-10 in saves. Her 104 saves are the second most in the conference since UA's Chelsea McIntyrestopped 109 shots on goal in 2006. For the 2011 season, Jett is second in the conference in saves with 44 and an average of 4.89 per game.
Up Next: Next week, the Wildcats return to Murphey Field at Mulcahy Stadium for its first two conference home matches, hosting Oregon on Friday, October 7 at 7 p.m., and Oregon State on Sunday, October 9 at noon.
For complete results from the event and continued coverage of Arizona Wildcat women's soccer, visit ArizonaWildcats.com.

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Review by Alfonso Cevola.
There are stories that are meant to be true and stories that are intended to stir one's enthusiasm. In reading Sergio Esposito's highly engaging Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy, how can you not want to have your very own Neapolitan family? While some of the anecdotes may not be the gospel truth, the book follows in the tradition of the Neapolitan, who are known as the story tellers of Italy. An extra pinch of salt, one more clove of garlic, and what does it matter, when the tales transport you to an Italy that is so full of gusto?
Much more than a memoir or a wine book, this is a rambling jaunt through place and memory from Sergio Esposito, the founder of the Italian Wine Merchant in New York. It reads like an archetypical Southern Italian emigrant's journey. Sergio, in his short time on earth, has harnessed the energy of a history that is bigger than one family. It is the story of countless Italian families who came from an almost impossible chasm in society to the promise of the New World.
Personality-driven books can sometimes sound like a laundry list of memories that seem important only to the raconteur. But Sergio's stories take on a transformational tone, no doubt due to the power of the story, but also the skill of his co-author, Justine Van Der Leun. It takes a special artistry to draw his stories out so skillfully.
When he tells you about his mother and his childhood and his Naples, it reads like a story from 100 years ago, but is as fresh as the vegetables from the family garden. I have been absorbing this book for a month or so. It digested well; in fact, it seems that some of his memories and mine have merged.
I, too, wanted my mom to be this sensual life-force from whence all things spring. Sergio's mother represents all our moms and sisters and aunts, in the sense that the story is bigger than one person. But the way he frames her life, it's like reading from a book of ancient southern Italian history, which is strong with the cult of the female, from Aphrodite to Diana to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It oozes from the soil of Campania.
At one point, Sergio word-tangos with his fantasy of winemaker Enrico Scavino's daughter, Enrica. I remember her as a young child. So to hear him (a married man) refer to her with a lusty gleam in his tone put me a little off balance. But then, I remembered we were in the middle of one man's story of his life, his passion and maybe a little unrequited longing. The beauty of a woman can often bring a man to reveal furtive infatuations. Not a mortal sin, just a human tendency to fall for the ever-present beauty and charms of Italy and her creations.
A master sommelier once told me that he thought there were only about 100 jobs in the wine industry worth having. Sergio has one of them, no doubt, with his freedom to travel for extended periods of time, gathering wine and friends and stories. Storytellers like Sergio are vital, for they go out into the world and do what most of us cannot: have experiences worth telling stories about.
Sergio understands we are dealing with more than mere mortals in the chronicle of Italy and her wine.
After all, wine was created by the gods, so it would only be fitting that modern-day deities redefine the role of the fermented juice. And whether he focuses on an eccentric prince who makes an unlikely white wine near Rome or a cantankerous winemaker in Montalcino who is absolute with regards to his superiority in making Brunello, Sergio delivers the visceral side of an earthbound divinity.
Other modern-day giants, from Bartolo Mascarello to Josko Gravner, are unmasked and left to dazzle us with their light and their inspiration. In that mode, Sergio takes on the respectful mantle of reminiscence in the manner of a younger Burton Anderson or Victor Hazan.
Like another personality in the book, Lou Iacucci, a predecessor from the 1980's whom he never met, Sergio has helped to place Italian wine among the great wines of the world. His Italian Wine Merchant store in NY is a rocking momentum machine, bringing many of the great Italian wines into the American experience.
And just as Sergio and his family stepped onto this soil with hopes and dreams, so now he ushers many wines and winemakers across the threshold of a dog-eat-dog world of commerce and competition into his cozy little kitchen with warm colors and familiars aromas and a comfort in being Italian and ready for whatever the world has in store.
This book reads like it was written by an older man in his 60s. So how is it this young man, barely 40, has produced such a tome? Beginners luck, or tales well spun from the tradition of his Naples? Either way, he is true to his roots, mixing favola with the tavola and laying out a great spread of Italian joy.
Sergio Esposito, Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy, Broadway 2008, $16.47, (Hardcover).
Alfonso Cevola is the Italian Wine Director for the Glazer's family of companies, based out of Dallas, Texas. Alfonso is a Certified Specialist in Wine and a Special Contributor to the Dallas Morning News, The Well Fed Network and The Sommelier Journal. His wine blog is On the Wine Trail in Italy, posting every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
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While ad pages overall were still down 4% for the first half of the year, a strong showing in Q2 helped bring revenue up 1.2% in 2010 compared to the first six months of 2009.
The market showed strength is six of the 12 categories PIB tracks. Revenue and pages in Q2 grew for Automotive, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Toiletries and Cosmetics, Home Furnishings and Supplies, Technology and Food and Food Products. The beleaguered Auto segment was up 28% in pages and 41% in rare-card revenue.
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Musician Ted Leo Perks Up With Jameson and Emergen-C
"I've been vegetarian since 1988 and a vegan since 1998, and after all that, you hit a certain point where the idea of a veggie burger is really not appealing to you anymore."
For vegan musician Ted Leo, eating well while touring isn't much of a problem. "If you want to find something in your immediate locality, you just go on Google Maps and type in 'vegan' or 'vegetarian' and see what comes up," he says. "I actually eat a little better on the road than I do at home. Lots of vegetables and a grain or two, and since I'm not doing the cooking and the portion control is up to someone else, it's just great." A veteran of Coney Island's annual Siren Music Festival — he played in 2003, D.J.'d in '08, and is headlining this Saturday's lineup — Leo doesn't always find much luck there once he gets offstage. "It's not easy to get vegan boardwalk food," he says. "Pizza, frozen custard, funnel cakes — it's pretty rare that you're going to get a hot-dog place that also has veggie dogs." Find out what he's eaten lately in this week's edition of the New York Diet.
Friday, July 9
For breakfast, I had a glass of hot drip coffee poured over ice, and an approximately one-by-one-by-half-inch chocolate-chip-cookie bar piece from the freezer — I was at my parents' house in Bloomfield, New Jersey, for a wake and a funeral. My mom made the cookie and she assured me it was vegan. It was actually pretty good — she does a decent job.
I was in Manhattan later that day and I had a medium actually iced coffee from the Roasting Plant on Greenwich Avenue.
I was back at my parents' in New Jersey for lunch, where I had half of a leftover half of a spinach burrito from the night before — essentially a quarter of a burrito. Then I had a shot of Jameson. Then I had an afternoon wake to go to, and between the afternoon and evening wakes I had one slice of cheese-less pizza from a place called Vinnie's in Bloomfield with a lot of veggies on top.
Later that night, I had three glasses of some cheap-looking Sauvignon Blanc that I thought would be crappy and was actually pretty good, and a handful of Old Dutch–brand hard pretzels with some hummus. I had another shot of Jameson before I went to bed.
Saturday, July 10
I am a pretty hard-core non-believer atheist, but this being a big family thing I decided to be part of the community and I took communion at the mass. So the first thing in my mouth was a communion wafer and a sip of wine. I don't really care — I don't believe in hell so I don't think I'm going there for doing this — but taking the communion, I thought it would be an appreciated gesture to be a part of the rest of the family and do that with them. After the internment, I had a grande iced coffee at a Starbucks and one of those really expensive granola bars that they sell there. I was about to get on a plane, so I knew I had to have something in my stomach.
I had a cup of ice water on the plane from Newark to Columbus, Ohio. In Columbus, I had a veggie burger. I've been vegetarian since 1988 and a vegan since 1998, and after all that, you hit a certain point where the idea of a veggie burger is really not appealing to you anymore. It's been a good ten years since I ate veggie burgers with any consistency. This particular one was made of rice, black beans, and beets, and that sounded appealing to me, and I went for it and it was really good. With the burger I had a Samuel Smith's lager.
At sound check at the venue, I had a Jameson. I took a nap and when I woke up I had a post-nap PBR. For the two days before I hadn't been getting a lot of sleep and had all this funeral stuff to deal with, so I was pretty tired that night, and over the course of the next few hours I had two cans of Red Bull, two shots of Patron Silver, and an Emergen-C mixed with a shot of Jameson. It's a really good, quick pick-me-up: mix, say, two fingers of Jameson, a packet of Emergen-C, and a dash of hot sauce. You're best off doing the orange or tangerine flavors; anything else doesn't work so well. It's not the tastiest thing in the world, but it gets the job done. And then at 2:40 a.m., before I went to bed, I had another beer.
Sunday, July 11
I started my day with an Optimum Rebound energy bar and a shot of hot sauce in warm water. That capsaicin gets your metabolism going.
When we got to this festival in Louisville, I had two cups of some kind of beer that came out of one of those kegs that's through, like, a plastic cooler, so I have no idea what it was. It was backstage beer.
I had a small bowl of some veggies in tomato sauce over yellow rice, which was advertised as a vegetarian curry. I know what curry tastes like, and this literally contained no curry at all. It was yellow rice, chunks of tomato, some corn, probably some previously frozen cut green beans, and it cost me $6. I'm still a little angry about that, especially because that was my one real meal of the day. Along with that, I had another no-name beer.
Monday, July 12
We were driving back to New York, so the day started with us leaving Louisville at 9 a.m. I had a Bragg's apple-cider-vinegar drink — I'd never seen their drinks before, so I thought maybe I'd try something new. It was a little disappointing. I like vinegar, it's not that I have anything against vinegar, but this being advertised as "ginger spice" flavor I'd expect it to taste like a little more than watered-down vinegar.
I had some fixin's from Whole Foods that I'd bought in Louisville to eat later on on the road, and at about 1 p.m. somewhere north of Charleston, West Virginia, I made a big sandwich out of them. There was some smoked-Cheddar-flavored Sheese — that's a non-dairy cheese — and some romaine lettuce, some baby spinach, some tomatoes, oil, and vinegar. It was like a sub.
I got back to New York, at which point I had two slices of Tofurky and another shot of Jameson.
Tuesday, July 13
We were at the WNYC studios in Soho that afternoon, and James, our guitar player who lives in Greenpoint, brought me a vegan Cubano sandwich from Boneshakers. It was great — with a Cubano, it's really about the pickles.
That night I went back to my parents' house to tie up some loose ends there and I ate some rice and vegetable concoction of my mom's with a green salad and a Cooper's Sparkling Ale that I found in the back of the refrigerator.
Wednesday, July 14
I started the day at Bagels on the Square, where I got an everything bagel with olive tofutti, lettuce, and tomato.
And then I didn't eat anything until about 8 p.m. when I made this dish for my wife and myself of gemelli with shallots and portobello mushrooms that I cooked risotto style. That was my treat, because after these few days of running around eating crap I was like, "Yay, I can finally cook!" The process is a little more labor-intensive than usual pasta — you start it off with a minimal amount of water and you keep adding water and white wine. Meanwhile, in another pan you're doing up some onions and some sliced portobello and oil and you eventually add them to the pasta. What I usually do is take it out, put some Italian parsley leaves on top, and serve it with some broccoli rabe — I blanched it and then sautéed it. We had a vinho verde with that — the perfect summer humidity cutter.


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This 2-part 21-minute presentation tells you just how to allow large amounts of money to come to you, not only in in the form of a winning lottery ticket, but also through any avenue where your expectation has raised your set point so that you are a match to what you want.
Abraham (Source Energy translated by Esther Hicks), responds to a question from a man who wants to know how to win the Lottery by giving a step-by-step guide to focusing and refining your thoughts in order to attract financial abundance.
Abraham: Winning The Lottery? Pt. 1 of 2 – Esther & Jerry Hicks
Abraham: Winning The Lottery? Pt. 2 of 2 – Esther & Jerry Hicks
Esther & Jerry Hicks have been creating and distributing the Abraham material for nearly 25 years, and are the authors of numerous audio recordings, videos, and books based on the Teachings of Abraham.
Esther explains that Abraham (no relation to the Biblical figure) is analogous to her "Inner Being" or "Soul", and that she has learned to translate impulses from this non-physical energy using her own vocabulary. Esther doesn't prefer to use the word "channeling" to describe her process, but understands if others do.
Find out more at the Abraham-Hicks website and listen to the free audio download entitled "Introduction To Abraham".


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You know about #PawPawty from my #Pawty Behind the Scenes, FrugalDougal article, now read all about the great individuals that helps to bring #PawPawty to your (virtual) front door. The #PawPawty team, guided by @FrugalDougal, includes @JavatheCat, @GeorgetheDuck, @FergustheDog and @Snick_the_Dog, and they help with menu preparation, barktending, DJ and sekurity assignments, respectively. This team of happy-go-lucky #pawty planners put their hearts and souls in to each and every #PawPawty, helping to make them special so we can have a Twitterin' great time. Lets find out "how dey do dat?"
Java explained that the creation of the Jaba Jazz Bar & eCafe´was the combined master minds of @MizzBassie, @Jazzydacat and herself. "We are the Ja (Java) Ba (Bassie) Jazz (Jazzy) Bar & eCafe´!" "Our first menu was for a special event, June 2009. #Chickfest was an event that MizzB planned, I assisted her by doing a menu site and included products to be sold on Zazzle for charity," said Java. The first main #PawPawty Java worked on was Woodstock, August 2009. "At first the menus were just a guideline for the barktenders to use to tweet from. As time went on we added more art to them and finally pictures of the food being offered…and because pals were spending more time looking at the menus we had the donate widget at the top of each page, it has become a tool to tweet about!"
George got involved with scheduling the barktenders for #PawPawty by volunteering. "I was talking with Java to learn about the history of barktending at #PawPawty and how much it helps. At the first #PawPawties there were no barktenders, later they decided to include them and have a donation link on the menu, with the barktenders directing anipals to the menu and planting the donation seed." Having the barktenders work in this manner keeps the donation link in front of anipals at the #pawpawty and donations came in quicker. Barktenders create excitement about the menu items, encouraging all of the #pawty goers to partake in the scrumptious goodies that Java so lovingly creates. Clearly, menu planning and barktending are pretty important jobs. I have personally tried nearly every #PawPawty menu item, so I can say, "Yummy!"
Fergus has been involved in #PawPawty right from the beginning. For the first #PawPawty, Fergus and @CosmoHavanese helped Frugal Dougal select music. "We were learning how to use Blip together. It was nowhere near as organized as we are now! For the next #PawPawty Dougal asked if I could line up DJs, and Cosmo helped put together a Blip DJ guide. At the beginning it was dangerous for anipals to Blip a song because they'd get a message from me asking if they'd be interested in helping!" said Fergus. Fergus now keeps a DJ Master List with potential DJ names on it. Over the last year, they've had 45 anipals help with DJing. "I love helping out with #PawPawty and the anipal charities. The DJs are important to #PawPawty," said Fergus, "because we set the party spirit. What kind of party would it be without music?" DJing is a great way for anipals to contribute towards #PawPawty, Fergus said, "By giving up some time to play some great tunes, you can help our charities by making #PawPawty a fun place to be, which brings in more anipals and helps us raise more money." Fergus is very proud of all of the DJs and glad to be a part of such a wonderful team.
Snickers volunteered to start the official #PawPawty sekurity team in June 2009, and throughout the summer of that year helped create a fully functioning sekurity team. "Bail" (also known as #PawPawty donations to the monthly charity) was instituted in October 2009, and "it hasn't been the same since!" Some anipals come to #PawPawty with the intention of getting "arrested" and placed in "jail" so that tweets go out asking for "bail" to be made, directing anipals to the #PawPawaty donation site. Once the "bail" is made the "jailed" anipal then returns to #PawPawty and continues to #pawty up a storm! The sekurity team is very important. "They greet new #pawty goers, encouraging the optional "cover charge" donation. They make sure no one puts the 'bitey' on anyone else, keep #pawty from getting so rowdy that the neighbors complain, and put the snarly face on to chase off spammers, oh, and haz a good time!" said Snickers. Sekurity officers are very friendly and if you are new to a #pawpawty they will answer your questions and help you mix and mingle with #pawty anipals, ensuring you have a great time.
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December 16, 2013, 11:44 am
South Wales Police is appealing for information to locate wanted man Brian Anthony Ward.
He absconded during a trial at Newport Crown Court on 14th November where he appeared charged with a historic sexual offence.
The court found him guilty and a warrant was issued for his immediate arrest.
Anyone who may have seen Brian Ward, who is 57 years-old from Pontyclun, is urged to contact Porth CID via South Wales Police's non emergency 101 number or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Contact Crimestoppers anonymously with information about crime
- Talk to a Crimestoppers call agent anonymously by calling 0800 555 111.
- Fill out a form online by clicking this link.
101 – The police non-emergency number
101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland – when it's less urgent than a 999 call.
Find out more information about 101 by following this link.
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Abbylin H. Sellers, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of political science. Her areas of teaching emphasis are American politics and public policy, specifically American government, U.S. political institutions (the constitutional presidency and war powers; Congress and the legislative process), state and local politics, welfare policy, and 20th century Communism. Her primary research interests include welfare policy, such as the institutionalization of welfare in the 1930s, the 1996 welfare reform legislation, and the 2005 welfare reform reauthorization legislation as well as federalism and political behavior. Sellers' research on welfare reform examines the effects of the caseload reduction credit on federal and state level welfare work requirements, unintended consequences in policy making, and policy implementation and evaluation. Her research on political behavior focuses on descriptive representation and how it affects political participation, efficacy, and trust. Sellers serves as the department's Practicum Director and Pi Sigma Alpha faculty adviser.
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CATEGORY: Tupelo Stories
HED: Tupelo pins fairgrounds future on Memphis developer
By Philip Moulden
Daily Journal
If Tupelo obtains the services of Henry Turley to head development of the old fairgrounds area, the city won't have bought a plan but a planner.
Turley, 57, has been recommended by the city's Fairgrounds Advisory Committee to guide the proposed $66 million project. The city council is expected to act on the recommendation next month.
What Turley would immediately bring to the table is not a vision for the 50-acre downtown tract, but a philosophy, a track record, a demand for quality, and a passion for linking people with their history, heritage, and each other. An urban conscience, if you will.
Hailed as one of the first, and best, of the "new urbanists," the Memphis native has carved a trail of successes, both in resurrecting downtown derelicts and creating old-town new towns.
He's turned vacant downtown office buildings into thriving apartments and condominiums and created enclaves of residential tranquility a hop, skip and jump from the bustle of midtown.
Memphis' Harbor Town, South Bluffs, the old Shrine building, the old Businessmen's Club, the old Cotton Exchange, even his Parking Can Be Fun, are results of a desire to make living immensely more livable.
That's why backers believe Turley can stamp on the "old fairgrounds" – a tract that now spreads on both sides of East Main Street from the existing downtown to U.S. Highway 45 – a new city face for the 21st Century.
The city council this month tentatively agreed to spend almost $23 million to see it happen. Planners expect at least another $44 million in private investment on the site.
Tupelo vision
So what's the blueprint for Tupelo's fairgrounds?
Well … none. Yet.
Clearly it won't be a replica of Harbor Town or other of Turley's Memphis projects.
"I think what Henry is good at, he's far above average in creating a vision, just imagining what it can be and figuring out how to get there," said Frank Ricks, partner in Looney Ricks Kiss Architects Inc. of Memphis, a firm that has done new urban projects throughout the country and works closely with Turley.
Looney Ricks Kiss will be part of the Tupelo team.
Ricks said Turley has great skill in grasping the soul of a community and translating it into an integrated design.
"He's good at scheming, dreaming up what these things would be," Ricks said.
At the same time, Turley remains keenly aware of the need for an "economic engine," knowing if a project doesn't work financially it's useless, Ricks said.
Turley sees his fairgrounds role as "a for-profit partner and adviser with the fairgrounds group." The city's proposed contract with the Henry Turley Company would pay 17.4 percent of land sales revenues, plus a 6 percent real estate commission to the developer.
Something different
The fairgrounds will be different, Turley agreed. Not because of his desire to broaden a portfolio, but because the goal here is different.
The site, the city, the citizens demand not a Memphis transplant but a vibrant creation, supporters concur.
"The worst thing you can do is import things from somewhere else. You can import ideas … but not projects," Ricks said.
Surveys have shown residents want more dining and entertainment facilities as well as family-oriented entertainment, and sports, education and civic programs.
For its part, the city plans to build a new city hall, a convention center and automobile museum.
"The (downtown) is a place where the town's history is shared as well as a place where geography is shared," Turley said. "So far we've had good luck with getting people downtown."
Who and where
Turley works comfortably behind a half-moon table in a glassed-in penthouse office atop one of his projects, the old Cotton Exchange building at Memphis' Union and Front streets.
The wall behind him reflects his past and passions – a jumble of pictures, posters, editorial cartoons and awards.
He attended the University of Tennessee as a liberal arts major on an agriculture scholarship, then returned to Memphis and joined a property management company. In 1977, he faced a choice of becoming president of the company or going to work for himself.
He chose himself.
At the time downtown Memphis was deteriorating. And to Turley, downtowns hold the glue that binds a city's many parts, reflecting the history and heritage that define who its people are.
"I guess I thought it was important to do … and I kind of felt an obligation to do so," he said of downtown revitalization efforts. "I couldn't see wasting a perfectly good city."
He started with the Shrine building about 20 years ago, turning the virtually abandoned office structure into apartments. Other buildings followed.
It wasn't easy. Lenders weren't interested and government officials, though recognizing the need, faced constituencies telling them downtown was a waste.
But it worked.
Tough enough
It won't be easy in Tupelo either.
Until now, Turley has worked almost exclusively in Memphis. He's had calls from near and far asking, but until visiting Tupelo regularly declined.
There, Turley said he was immediately impressed with the people – fairgrounds committee members, the mayor, businessmen and others – and their hard-core commitment to do something special downtown.
They seemed "tough enough, dedicated enough to withstand the sort of pressure they're going to get … it'll be more than they know they're going to get now," Turley said.
Experience assures him that fairgrounds redevelopment backers will be second-guessed and criticized for their effort, he said.
"I was impressed that he (Mayor Glenn McCullough) wanted to get something done and seemed to really have a sense of urgency about it…," Turley said. "Then I liked the vitality of your economy.
"I see it as a real joint venture with the city, with my providing ways to implement their vision," Turley said. "It needs to be a collective (citywide) vision … because I think downtown is owned by everyone."
Making it fit
While the fairgrounds development will have residential areas – city planners foresee at least 40 condos, townhouses and homes initially – there won't be enough to sustain the needed commercial and civic activity. That means whatever is built, it must draw people to the area, Turley said.
Any plan also must meld with and strengthen the existing downtown area as well as the entire city, he said. It cannot compete with mushrooming Barnes Crossing commercialism, nor can it become a residential enclave such as Turley's famed Harbor Town.
"In Tupelo, it's about building something for the next century…," Turley said. "They want its development to be excellent. A statement of what the city can be."
Therein lies his strength, supporters believe. Turley has an innate ability to see how things fit together, how to forge comfortable places for people to be, special places that draw on the traditions and spirit of a community, Ricks said.
"He's a developer but he's sort of a self-made urban designer," Ricks said. "He's great at seeing how things fit together. Since that's what we like to do as architects and designers, it's gratifying working with Henry."
The Elvis factor
Turley is ardent about playing the Elvis card wherever possible – "Elvis is big" – but not enthusiastic about a development concept that would form a huge guitar from streets and landscaping. Too esoteric, he suggested.
Any plan must also deal with some apparent conflicts, either through design or attitude changes.
Among key elements of the development proposal is construction of a museum to house the vintage car collection of Tupelo native and broadcast magnate Frank Spain. Supporters also want a hotel on site.
But local officials want the museum and hotel to be in the heart of the development while Spain and one interested hotel group apparently want their projects much closer to U.S. 45.
Best in show
A 135-acre inspiration rising from what was a field of cottonwoods, Harbor Town sits between the Wolf and Mississippi rivers in view of the Memphis Pyramid and downtown. It is probable the work for which Turley is most noted.
Single family homes valued at $400,000 or more sit next to homes valued at $150,000 or less, both a stone's throw from condominiums and moderately priced apartments. Lots are small … most homes have gardens but little yard.
Most also reflect deep South influences – New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, whatever – but there is no set style. There is, however, a set feeling: Intimacy.
Balconies abound and sidewalks run throughout. Turley's designs encourage neighborly encounters.
A town square, across from a Montessori school, offers a grocery store – run by Turley's mother – a book store eatery, a combined pizza parlor and movie rental outlet, a dry cleaner's and other small shops and offices. They're within easy walking distance of all homes.
Walking, in fact, is what the development is about – walking and talking to neighbors, walking to the school, walking along or fishing in area ponds, walking to various parks.
Turley's not big on cars. They're there, of course. Necessary.
But garages are mostly in the rear of the homes, condos and apartments. Alleys have been reintroduced, not only so cars can be hidden but to re-establish "the domains of children."
Streets are narrow, reducing and slowing traffic. Narrow streets also make financial sense to Turley.
"You don't give land to cars. They can't pay," he said of the cost of land.
"Cars (in our society) get a better deal on streets and a better deal at homes than you get. Now you know that's not right."
Turley admits that for a developer, the easier path is repetition and concedes Harbor Towns aren't for everybody.
But he scorns the sprawling suburbias that crawl like kudzu across the nation's landscape and their myriad of cookie-cutter homes cloaked by two-car facades.
"(You) end up with what we are building everywhere, the way we're building America, which is pretty sorry, really," he said.
"We've got people (in Harbor Town) who are saying, 'This is a better way of living.' Well, what's so damn mysterious about that?"
Little big things
Little escapes Turley's mind and it's often the little things that set his work apart. Attention to detail makes Harbor Town and South Bluffs eye-pleasing rather than eye popping.
Flagstone rather than concrete is used to line drainage catches flowing into Harbor Town's ponds; gravel paths wind through trees along waters in its commons areas; an intricate catfish weather vane sits unobtrusively atop a park cupola near the Wolf River.
In mimicry Turley loves, nearby homes also sport river-related weather vanes.
In South Bluffs, carved from 35 acres of old rail yard, cobblestones and bricks enhance street design. Grassy commons form medians and corner fountains replicate a downtown historical fixture.
And everywhere he builds, Martin houses rise from curbside and building top.
There is a purpose, besides attracting pretty birds. Martins eat mosquitoes.
"People complained about mosquitoes on the river. We thought that was a good way to deal with it," Turley said.
Neighbors have followed the lead.
In fact, Turley believes the surest way of getting people to do good things is to provide good examples.
"We set an example that people will follow. What really counts is what they do," Turley said.
For instance, he doesn't blame renters for run-down apartments, or tenants for run-down neighborhoods.
"They will treat the property about like you (owners) do," he said.
"It isn't cheap," Turley admits of the special touches that grace his developments. "But people are willing to pay for quality."


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While some companies are slimming down with the tough economic times, others are finding ways to diversify their offerings to meet their financial needs. This time around, Albatron is following XFX and Gainward and will no longer be an NVIDIA exclusive partner.
To start things off with ATI, Albatron's first offering is the Radeon HD 4890-1G. The card is strictly a reference design with an 850 MHz core, 800 Stream Processors, 1GB of GDDR5, and should be prices just under $250. Albatron plans on expanding their line of ATI cards with more lower end Radeon HD 4000 GPU's soon.


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New open access journal, PeerJ
"PeerJ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. Initially, it will be publishing Research Articles in the Biological and Medical Sciences. It will aim for rapid decision making and will publish articles as soon as they are ready… PeerJ operates a 'Lifetime Membership' model. Unlike many Open Access publications which charge authors per publication, PeerJ […]
Low health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured
Low health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured, even when employed full-time with health insurance benefits. Knowing this poses significant challenges for policy makers and librarians alike as we move to implement the Affordable Care Act.
Researchers and information literacy
Discussion of the SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information literacy as applied to research, and how the research process would benefit from librarian input at the beginning, prior to gathering information.
Home visitation, depression and health literacy
Depressed parents' health literacy skills can improve through home visitation per a recent study using open access public data.
Who can and should have access to research?
Argument for #openaccess to publicly-funded research promptly in the hopes of saving or improving lives.
Critical health literacy: a review and critical analysis
Discussion of recent research article on the strengths and weaknesses of health literacy as a topic.
Helping young cancer patients cope: Re-Mission video game
A video game has been developed to help young people cope with the challenges of fighting cancer, and the research indicates that it does make a difference.
LIFT Forum: FURTHeR: Searching the University's Data Resources for Clinical Cohorts
Our March LIFT Forum is on "FURTHeR: Searching the University's Data Resources for Clinical Cohorts," Wed, 3/7/12, 12:30 – 1:30 pm in HSEB 1730. Join us!
New report on youth and digital media
Recent Harvard study looks at the information-seeking behaviors of youth ages 18 and under, finding that context and demographics also play a critical role.
NCBI Workshops
Today is the first in a two-day series of workshops emphasizing different sets of NCBI resources. Each session uses specific examples to highlight important features of the resources and tools under study and to demonstrate how to accomplish common tasks. Schedule Monday, February 27, 2012: 9:00-11:30AM — Sequences, Genomes and Maps 1:00-3:30PM — Proteins, Domains […]


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Watching "Only Lovers Left Alive" is like pulling out a used book and smelling its old musk as you flip through its pages. It is like watching the needle as it touches down upon the grooves of a vinyl record and hearing the sounds that were recorded onto it long ago now hitting your ears and setting off a wave of emotions within you. It is like reading a book written before your time whose words are just as relevant as the day they were written. Or maybe "Only Lovers Left Alive" is the cranky old man who decries anything new and refuses to change.
Let's go back to the old books for a minute though. Old books are what I found myself flipping through after the screening of "Only Lovers Left Alive" that I attended. Well, some of the books I looked through were new, but mostly I was drawn to those written before I was born. These were books, some fiction, but mostly non, that had stood the test of time. There were truths to these works, these thoughts turned into words on the page, that could not be denied to me. So too are there truths in "Only Lovers Left Alive".
"Only Lovers Left Alive" is the "old soul" of cinema. It may technically be a new movie, but it feels like a film straight from the past. I wouldn't say that this film goes too far back in its age, but more to around the time of the late 80s or early 90s which is the time in which I believe its director, Jim Jarmusch, was in his movie-making prime. "Only Lovers Left Alive" has the same relaxed and comical nature that the classic Jim Jarmusch films all have.
It is not just the movie itself which is an old soul, but the characters in it as well. At least, the main character of Adam, played by Tom Hiddleston, certainly is. Adam is the kind of person that would put his head down and sigh at the mere mention of anything new. He is a man who wishes he was living in the past. The thing is that Adam has lived in the past. You see, Adam is practically immortal. He is, after all, a vampire.
Adam is a vampire who has grown so tired of the world in its modern state that he is on the verge of finally exiting it by ending his life. Perhaps the only hope left for him lies in his wife, Eve, played by Tilda Swinton. Adam and Eve, the first lovers, and in Adam's mind, the last. Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston have an excellent chemistry in this movie that makes them highly believable as ages-old lovers. Eve is, for the most part, upbeat, but Adam is pure brood. Tom Hiddleston here is what would be the perfect portrayal of Dream or Morpheus or whichever name you wish to call him from the series of comics written by Neil Gaiman known as "The Sandman". Tom Hiddleston has, like the rest of the movie, that 80s and early 90s alternative rock, goth, and grunge vibe that is so infused in those comics.
The character of Adam and the movie "Only Lovers Left Alive" are both old souls. Like the old works of literature or music or movies that have stood the test of time, the themes of "Only Lovers Left Alive" are still relevant. The style of the movie is still cool. The thoughts of Adam are still relate-able. Like Adam, "Only Lovers Left Alive" may not tread too much new ground, but there is something to its old-fashioned heart.
"Only Lovers Left Alive" proves that not all old things need to be updated. Some things that were fine in the past are still just as fine now and as long as more works of art like this are made, those things will never die. Vampires, in a sense, are immortal and so are the styles and themes of the classic works of art. More importantly, the existence of this movie and the crowd that came out to see it at the screening I went to, prove that Adam is not alone. The lovers are still out there and will always have a place in this world.


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On June 17, 2013, the PromaxBDA conference kicked off with an Elite Party thrown by 99 Tigers, Univision and Oishi Creative. Guests took an elevator to the 15th floor Perch Restaurant in downtown LA to enjoy cocktails, tasty food offerings, and mingling galore. Then, without notice, a time portal from the future opened and everyone's lives changed forever. Technotronic Jamface, the world's most futuristic band from the future, stepped through the portal and made attendees hear and feel things they'd never heard or felt before. The band, consisting of Microphone …Continue Reading
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As few as 3,200 tigers are left in the wild, endangered by illegal trade and deforestation.
Leo diCaprio and the World Wildlife Fund have launched a global campaign, Save the Tigers, to turn this around. Leo's pledged $1 million to help build political, financial and public support to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.
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Jaguars no longer want Tebow
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tim Tebow won't be playing for his hometown team.
The Jacksonville Jaguars made it clear Thursday that they have no plans to pursue the popular and polarizing New York Jets backup quarterback.
The Jets are likely to release the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and Jacksonville native during the offseason, and many believed Tebow would land with the Jaguars.
But new general manager David Caldwell nixed that idea at his introductory news conference.
"I can't imagine a scenario in which he'll be a Jacksonville Jaguar — even if he's released," Caldwell said.
And Caldwell won't get any pushback from his new owner.
Shad Khan, who made a run at Tebow last year, said it was Caldwell's call.
"It's not my decision," Khan said. "I want to do whatever to help this team win. Who the players are is really the general manager's and coaches' — it's a football-side operation decision. It's really not my decision."
What has changed for Khan in the 10 months since he wanted Tebow?
"I'm telling them to take a look at Tebow and they're saying, 'We're going to go in a different direction,'" Khan said. "That's the difference."
Tebow starred at nearby Florida, helping the team win two national championship, and created buzz that he would be a huge hit with the Jaguars. He would sell tickets and merchandise, many said, and bring the small-market franchise national recognition and Super Bowl rings.
Despite all the hype, the Jaguars passed on drafting Tebow in 2010 because former general manager Gene Smith didn't view him as a franchise quarterback.
But after Khan took over last year and the Denver Broncos started quietly shopping Tebow, Khan told Smith to look into acquiring the left-hander.
The Jaguars increased their offer several times. By the end of negotiations, Jacksonville had offered a fourth-round pick and agreed to pay $3 million of the $5 million in advance salary the Broncos had already paid Tebow. The money the Jaguars offered was better than the little more than $2.5 million the Jets agreed to pay, and the draft pick was nine spots higher than New York's fourth-round selection.
But it never really got down to the details.
The Broncos told the Jaguars they were allowing Tebow to choose between the teams, and the Jaguars believe Tebow picked the Jets because he felt he would have a better chance to compete for the quarterback job with Mark Sanchez than Blaine Gabbert and Chad Henne.
Still, the Jets failed to find a way to effectively use Tebow this season.
Apparently, the Jaguars don't want to try now, either.
"We plan to address the quarterback situation, obviously," Caldwell said. "Blaine is the second-youngest quarterback in the NFL, but we're going to have open competition. Whether it's through draft or through free agency, we'll bring in some more people to compete at the quarterback position. We're going to let the best player win that position."
Harbaugh sticking with Akers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — David Akers is keeping his job as San Francisco's starting kicker. For now, anyway.
Jim Harbaugh made the announcement after practice Thursday, two days ahead of the 49ers' NFC divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers (12-5) at Candlestick Park.
"Suffice it to say we feel confident in David giving us the best chance to win," Harbaugh said.
The 49ers (11-4-1) signed Billy Cundiff on Jan. 1 to compete with Akers, a 15-year veteran who has struggled this season while making only 29 of 42 field-goal attempts. Akers revealed last week he underwent double hernia surgery last February, then re-aggravated the area when he slipped on the field during practice.
Akers understood why Cundiff was brought in but made it clear he wants to remain the kicker.
Cundiff, who missed a potential tying 32-yarder that might have kept Baltimore and Harbaugh's big brother, John, from reaching the Super Bowl last season, will remain on the roster.
Harbaugh said he isn't likely to be among the active players Saturday.
Eagles interview Lovie Smith
PHILADELPHIA — Lovie Smith interviewed with the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday as the team continued its search to replace Andy Reid, who was fired after a 4-12 finish.
Smith is the seventh candidate to meet with owner Jeffrey Lurie, general manager Howie Roseman and president Don Smolenski. The Eagles haven't announced who they plan to interview next, but they received permission to speak to three assistant coaches.
Indianapolis offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and Cincinnati offensive coordinator Jay Gruden are on the list.
Smith was the second former head coach to meet with the Eagles, joining Atlanta defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. Smith was fired last Monday after going 81-63 in nine seasons with Chicago. Nolan was 18-37 in 3½ seasons with San Francisco.
Gruden interviews for Arizona job
TEMPE, Ariz. — Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden is the latest to interview for the vacant head coaching job with the Arizona Cardinals.
Gruden, younger brother of former Oakland and Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden, said his interview Thursday at Cardinals headquarters was his first for a head coaching job with any NFL team. He said he may interview with the Philadelphia Eagles next week.
The Cardinals also have interviewed their defensive coordinator, Ray Horton, and Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.
Although the Cardinals have not confirmed it, Steelers President Art Rooney II told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Todd Haley interviewed for the Arizona job Wednesday. Haley was offensive coordinator of the Cardinals' 2008 Super Bowl team before becoming head coach at Kansas City.
2-14 Jaguars fire Mularkey
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The more Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan watched his team play, the more he realized one thing.
"We needed a rebuild from the ground up," Khan said.
So the Jaguars fired coach Mike Mularkey on Thursday after just one season, the worst in franchise history. The move came 10 days after Khan fired general manager Gene Smith.
Mularkey, who went 2-14 this season, became the eighth head coach fired since the end of the regular season. He looked like he would be one and done when Khan parted ways with Smith last week and gave Mularkey's assistants permission to seek other jobs. Even though Khan ultimately hired Mularkey, Smith directed the coaching search last January that started and ended with the former Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator.
Steelers cut Rainey after arrest
PITTSBURGH — Rookie running back Chris Rainey has run out of chances with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers cut the troubled 24-year-old following his arrest on a battery charge in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday, the latest in a series of off-the-field incidents that have threatened his career.
Gainesville police officers charged Rainey with a single count of misdemeanor simple battery after an altercation with his girlfriend. Police said in a news release the two were arguing over Rainey's cell phone. When his girlfriend got into a vehicle, the former Florida Gator tried to pull her out.
Witnesses told detectives that Rainey slapped his girlfriend across the face and then chased her when she ran away with his phone in her purse.
The Steelers, who selected Rainey in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, waived him shortly after being made aware of his arrest.


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When you try to fart and shit accidently comes out...OOPS!
Shit dude we got to go i SHARTED my pants...
από emma 17 Ιανουάριος 2004
When you fart and by accident take a small shit in your pants. Usally wet shit. Not cool to do in peoples dorm rooms.
Zach walks to Bathroom...
Zach: O shit.. Ben i need a new pair of bokers
Ben: What the fuck
Zach: Yea, i sharted
Zach: O shit.. Ben i need a new pair of bokers
Ben: What the fuck
Zach: Yea, i sharted
από BJ 27 Σεπτέμβριος 2004
when a man or woman thinks they are gonna release a quiet fluffy little toot and BAM! a loud wet sound followed by a big juicy pile of shit in your favorite underware. FUCK! you just shit your pants!!
Gertrude: "Hey Kayla, I think there was just a terrorist attack!"
Kayla: "No, I sharted."
Gertrude: "Oh ok."
Kayla: "No, I sharted."
Gertrude: "Oh ok."
από Brier and Justine 20 Ιούνιος 2006
When shit comes out instead of a fart... This can have rather disasterous concequences...
"Dude, we gotta go!"
"Why man? Jordan started hitting on me!"
"Coz I just sharted!!!"
"Why man? Jordan started hitting on me!"
"Coz I just sharted!!!"
από Phil MiHole 3 Μάρτιος 2004
when you try to fart, but, accidently, you make an ass out of yourself and shit in your pants
Gary: dude, what the fuck is that smell........OHHH no way dude, you just SHARTED!!!!!!!!!
από but lick 11 Απρίλιος 2005
When you think you have to fart but instead you shit your pants
Man I really have to fart! OH SHIT I SHARTED
από MidnightT 21 Μάρτιος 2006
i thought i had to fart. but i accidentally shited thence i "sharted"
από Harry Hardcastle 26 Ιανουάριος 2009


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When I open up Active Directory Users and Computers from my workstation, I receive an error:
Naming information cannot be located because:
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
Contact your system administrator to verify that your domain
is properly configured and is currently online.
If I log in to my workstation as somebody else, it works. If I log into a different workstation using my account, it works.
All the workstations in question are running Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit) or Windows Server 2008. The domain controller in question is running Windows Small Business Server 2008.
Everything else (that I tried) in the Remote Server Administration Tools runs just fine.
Any thoughts?
Edit: I just tried reinstalling RSAT. No such luck.


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CEDICT has been discontinued
The CEDICT project was started by Paul Denisowski in 1997 with the aim to provide a complete Chinese to English dictionary with pronunciation in pinyin for the Chinese characters.
To install just unzip the file to
MDBG CC-CEDICT is a continuation of the CEDICT project.
CEDICT for Apple Dictionary based on CC-CEDICT project.
Adapted to Apple Dictionary by Yuri Yuriev.
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What's New
Version 1.2:
- Added pinyin with tone marks (Pinyin to Unicode Converter (C) 2002 Konrad Mitchell Lawson)
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Robotics seem to be newest, coolest class for kids, and if you live in the Gainesville, FL area, you're in luck, because there are several organizations offering Kids Robotics classes this spring!
The Home Resource Center of Gainesville offers robotics classes for kids aged 7-18 as well as a Robotics Junior class for kids aged 4-7. Classes begin in March and April, and run for 4 weeks.
Artisan Education offers robotics for young programmers aged 7-10. New classes start in May and run for 4 weeks.
Young Minds Create offers a kids robotics program for ages 7-10. New programs starting late spring.
The Cade Museum offers a 3 hour LEGO Robotics Class in June for ages 9 and up.
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In case you're wondering (all 3 of you that read this blog) – this blog is not going to be another wedding blog. I promise. I do still want to share my Bali photos with you, but after that, we've got to move on. Cool?
So back to the blog. Over the past year, it's become clear that I need a creative outlet for my photography and to share the things that inspire me. That's the foundation of this blog. But given how life has evolved over the past three months, I also want to share my experience starting a new business and open up the road ahead to those that want to tag along.
So that said, here's the latest on the biz:
– My travel guide concept (for phones/tablets) is solidified and the business plan is in the works
– I'm looking for a developer (know anyone?)
– I'm looking for investors (email me if you're interested)
– I'm looking for writers in San Francisco, Chicago and Portland/Seattle (know anyone?)
– I'll be sending out a survey after Thanksgiving to collect more market info on my demographic (please respond!)
And in the mean time, expect to see some new posts on the things that are rocking my world right now. There are many.


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In all, the latest numbers are similar to what we've seen for previous iPhones, and iSuppli believes this is because Apple is targeting the same budget. The 3GS was estimated to cost $179 in materials, but considering features like the upgraded screen, the new A4 processor ($10.75), a gyroscope ($2.60) and other additions, the iPhone 4's extra $8.5 seems perfectly reasonable.
At retail, the iPhone 4 costs $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) when paired with a two-year data plan from AT&T, or $499 and $599 for unsubsidized units. Steve Jobs has called it the most successful product launch in Apple's history, with 1.7 million units shipped in three days. By comparison, the company sold 1 million 3GS' in the same timeframe.


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Telefónica has required Telstra notary to fit both signed the contract for Telstra antennas Movistar use until 2014. As reported in Five Days, the new rates of Telstra, as the Infinite, intensive use HSPA + coverage without Telstra has communicated prior to Movistar.
The terms of the contract signed between the two operators are not public, so it is unclear what the dispute. It has to do with Telstra's new rates saturate Movistar HSPA + network without Telstra advised of this situation prior to Telefónica, something that would be required by contract.
The case is serious enough that Telefonica has even threatened to break the agreement with Telstra that allows Telstra customers have coverage under the Movistar network where Telstra does not have antennas.
The issue has come to the CMT and is expected to take precautionary measures in the coming weeks
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BYU Mormons Destroy Oklahoma Football Season, Ruin Quarterback Sam Bradford's Shoulder
The mean football playing Mormons of BYU should have much guilt in their heart, as they cheated #3 Oklahoma Sooners in a disgraceful game yesterday, 14 -13.
All through the game, it was obvious that the BYU players did not have a true sense of morality in their souls. They constantly cheated, sneaking offsides and lobbing hurtful curses to the hard-working Sooners linemen.
Is is all but obvious that the refs were paid off and fans of polygamy, as their eyes continued to wander across the red-headed legions of BYU cheer girls sprinkled throughout the stands.
When all their cheap shots and unsportsman like conduct was just not enough, the Mormons decided to do the unthinkable; ruin the season of a proper Heisman Trophy quarterback.
From the depths of the backfield, prowled a sable menace known as Coleby Clawson. In efforts to ensure the superior Sooners did not win the game, Clawson dared to pommel the noble Sam Bradford into the ground.
Immediately, Bradford's blessed throwing arm was injured by the works of darkness. Officials say it is a bad spring and he will be out all season. With two of their leaders out for a good portion of the season (TE being the other), the Sooners lost heart and did not even feel like beating the Mormons with a miracle field goal or perhaps a divine Hail Mary pass that sailed upon heavenly winds into the hands of a waiting receiver.
Rest assured, that this is only a test for the Sooners and the time will come for them to take their rightful place as winners. The Bringham Young University team should have great shame in their collective 20th ranked heart
I wish I sat upon the poll board, because I would vote to have BYU ranked dead last or kicked to division 2 for such cheap shots and foul play. What a horrible game and this "victory" should have a giant asterisk next to it for all time.
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Judy A. Totts | The Gazette
MEDINA — Like a teenager in a growth spurt who suddenly discovers his shirt sleeves are two inches too short, Hospice of Medina County is outgrowing its current home at The Inn at Medina.
Administrative and clinical functions staff, housed in rented space on North Court Street, feel the pinch, too.
The organization, started 30 years ago, has seen a 53 percent increase in the number of patients and their families served in Medina County and the surrounding area, and Pat Stropko-O'Leary, executive director of Hospice of Medina County, said she anticipates even greater growth as baby boomers enter their senior years.
In addition, many patients have no one to assume the role of caregiver, and the traditional home-care model for hospice may not be feasible. Thirty percent of patients who enter the hospice program with less than two weeks to live often have more acute pain and symptom management needs that require higher levels of care, she said.
To meet its growing needs, Hospice has purchased 8 acres at the corner of state Route 18 and Windfall Road in Granger Township. Matrix, an architectural firm specializing in hospice design, assessed the group's current and future needs and determined the financial feasibility of expanding services.
The 30,000-square-foot building, estimated to cost $10 million, will operate 24/7 to provide end-of-life care with 12 private patient rooms, an acute care center, bereavement center, offices for clinical and administrative staff, and areas to serve the needs of families, staff and volunteers.
"We're in the silent phase of fundraising at the moment,†Stropko-O'Leary said. "We've just started our capital campaign, 'Building the Circle of Care.' â€
The facility at The Inn at Medina has served the organization well for the past five years, Stropko-O'Leary said, but the group had to look at building its own facility. She added projections predict hospice will outgrow the current arrangement within the next three years.
One of the issues a new facility will address is lack of privacy.
"At the Inn, the busier we get, the less privacy there is,†Stropko-O'Leary said. The eight-bed unit, with a nursing station and a gathering area, generally serves families well, she explained.
"They support each other. But in other instances, there can be privacy issues,†she said.
If someone gets upset or angry and needs a place to be consoled or comforted, the staff must use an empty patient room, she said.
A new facility also will be designed to provide more storage space.
"We're attentive to what we have,†Stropko-O'Leary said. "Extra equipment may get stored in a bathroom or an empty (patient) room. That's not what you want. The (current) unit isn't conducive to storage.â€
Stropko-O'Leary noted the experience at The Inn at Medina has been a positive one, allowing hospice staff to see what it's like to administer services through an inpatient unit.
"It's allowed us to ease into it,†she said, explaining that food, housekeeping and environmental services have been provided as part of the arrangement.
"It's allowed us to see what's important for patients and their families, what to address (in a facility of our own).â€
From a national health-care perspective, Stropko-O'Leary said hospice care saves Medicare about $2,300 per patient. Hospice teams comprised of doctors, nurses, chaplains and others are able to manage patient symptoms by focusing on end-of-life patient issues outside of a traditional hospital setting.
A hospice facility is a hospital in disguise, she said. It has to have all the support systems required, like oxygen and suction lines running in, and medical equipment available. But unlike a traditional medical setting, a hospice unit has to provide a homelike atmosphere.
Because the organization hopes to involve the community in upcoming fundraising efforts, it has postponed its annual golf outing to focus on the capital campaign. The outing will return in July 2010 at Weymouth Country Club.
For information about the capital campaign or golf outing, contact Stropko-O'Leary at (330) 722-4771 or (800) 700-4771, or email@example.com.
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A Week of Favorites
Jason Fry | Feb. 28, 2011 8:22 a.m.
The Mets constantly generate soap operas, most of them cringeworthy. But even if they didn't do that (as I wish they wouldn't), they're an information junkie's dream. A horde of New York-area newspapers follows their every move, as does a large spectrum of talented bloggers. The former is true of the Yankees as well – in fact, it seems safe to say that the Bronx Bombers get substantially more mainstream-media attention. But while I've never tried to quantify this, it seems like there are more Mets bloggers than Yankees bloggers. Why? I suspect it's some variant of the observation that happy families are all alike, to quote that noted baseball scribe Tolstoy.
All that attention means each day brings a steady flow of Mets stories – and a great deal of aggregation and conversation. Depending on how busy I am, I either dig deep and look for neglected angles and nuances everywhere, drop by my favorite destinations for a quick overview of the day's events, or get on with my life knowing that anything really substantive will soon light up my Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Here's a rundown of what stood out to me from a week of Mets reading:
Mets 5, Braves 4; Mets 7, Michigan 1
ESPN New York is the mainstream-media destination I never miss as a Mets fan – which in large part is true because I'm a longtime fan of Adam Rubin, formerly of the Daily News. Even a cursory look at Rubin's stories tell you he's a tireless reporter with an enviable Rolodex – there are always nuggets no one else seems to have. In the above roundup, Rubin dispenses quickly with what passes for the game story and gets to the information that matters — Chris Young's velocity — and a bit of interesting news that I hadn't read elsewhere, namely that Young has been working on his splitter with Mike Pelfrey. Rubin also won points with me because he had a roundup published hours before most of his competitors weighed in on the game. Too many of his competitors from print papers still seem shackled to print rhythms and deadlines, even though they're writing blog posts.
Mets Morning Briefing 2.26.11
Rubin also has become a very good aggregator, offering terrific rundowns of what's making the news from the other beat writers. Old-school journos may balk at referring readers to competitors, but this actually makes readers trust writers and news organizations more. Because I know Rubin will send me to a story or angle he doesn't have, I'm more likely to make him my first read — and my last, if I'm busy. My only wish is that he'd broaden his rounds to include destinations outside the print world – my other daily stop as a Mets fan is Mets Blog, which ranges farther afield aggregation-wise, in addition to offering a steady diet of its own news and features.
'Rookie' second baseman Luis Castillo makes smooth spring debut as he battles for job with Mets
Andy Martino stepped into Rubin's big shoes at the Daily News, and has done an impressive job filling them. Every beat writer and blogger wrote about embattled Met Luis Castillo last week, but Martino's stories stood out. This story had a larger sense of narrative, instead of just dropping me into a postgame setting for paint-by-numbers quotes. Through some small details, Martino makes me feel like I can see the players talking. And he does a nice job drawing the contrast between Castillo in his final years and pitcher Jenrry Mejia in his first campaigns.
Beltran, Reyes defend Luis Castillo, confused by public's perception of Mets teammate
(Aside: What editor at the Daily News keeps sticking Martino with these horrible bag-of-rocks headlines?)
Martino is at his best when he gets good and bloggy, digging into fan perceptions of players or team officials and challenging the conventional wisdom – he constructs solid arguments but keeps them grounded. Last year, he was superb in questioning why the Mets were offering up players for sacrifice on the altar of public opinion, as discussed in this column; here, he uses Twitter as a stand-in for fans' sniping at Castillo, and offers a side of the player fans either don't see or choose not to see. The brain-dead comments from Daily News readers, while painful to look at, only prove his point.
Some brief thoughts on Mets second baseman Luis Castillo and lineup construction
The Newark Star-Ledger's Andy McCullough is curious about advanced stats, and works them into his stories – an evangelical role that I'm thrilled to see a mainstream beat writer embracing. But that approach wouldn't mean anything without McCullough's bright, accessible style. My only complaint about this piece was I thought it deserved two or three times the length and explanation. But it's a great start.
Mets' Castillo keeps paying for past sins
The New York Post's Mike Vaccaro is a must-read columnist about the Mets, ferocious but well-informed. And he writes beautifully – his Castillo column begins like this: "This is nothing new, really, simply a lesson of law and leniency at least as old as the Codes of Hammurabi." That's nicely done – and Vaccaro backs up the wordsmithing with solid reporting and keen character studies, instead of turning in columns that could have been written from the couch. He kept getting saved to my Instapaper during the week, scoring with this column about the Wilpons' struggles, this one about Met-killer turned Met Willie Harris, and this one about the similarities between Wally Backman and the man who got the job he wanted.
Luis Castillo: History's Greatest Monster
Amazin' Avenue – which is part of SB Nation's blog network — is one of my favorite Mets blogs, mixing deep dives into advanced stats with consistently solid writing and occasional lampshade-on-the-head goofiness. (Disclosures: I've written for two Amazin' Avenue Annuals and recruited AA jefe Eric Simon to write for me elsewhere.) This piece, by Matthew Callan, drew me in with a great headline and kept me with a thoughtful argument and sharp writing.
R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball Family Tree
AA also includes "FanPosts," such as this one by an author identified only as Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan. It traces R.A. Dickey's knuckleball back to the pitcher who taught it to him, then to the pitcher who taught that pitcher, and so on until we're a century back and discussing how there are different lineages for different knuckleballers. Fascinating stuff that deepens my appreciation for both the pitcher in question and the game.
So what grabbed me from a week's Mets reading? There isn't one single lesson – rather, the stories and blog posts that worked did so for different reasons. That gives weight to my contention that there are a lot of niches that can be filled and techniques that can let a sportswriter stand out. Rubin won me over with superb reporting and smart aggregation. Martino drew me in with elegant story construction and bold arguments. I appreciated that McCullough was trying something new. Vaccaro got me through terrific writing and sure-handed character studies. Callan caught my eye with wit and then backed that up. And Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan brought historical knowledge to the table.
There's a lot to choose from there – and many ways to win readers.
Jason Fry is a freelance writer and media consultant in Brooklyn, N.Y. He spent more than 12 years at The Wall Street Journal Online, serving as a writer, columnist, editor and projects guy. While at WSJ.com he edited and co-wrote The Daily Fix, a daily roundup of the best sportswriting online. He blogs about the Mets at Faith and Fear in Flushing, and about the newspaper industry at Reinventing the Newsroom. Write to him at email@example.com, visit him on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter.


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Frank Hobbs finds contemporary relevance in the 18th century Discourses of painter Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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