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SAN DIEGO - Facing one of its more hostile environments of the year, the Fresno State volleyball team (7-8, 1-2) dropped its first conference road match of the season to San Diego State (7-6, 2-1) Thursday night at Peterson Gym.
The MW preseason favorite Aztecs won the first and second sets - 25-19, 25-18 - while the `Dogs bounced back with a 25-19 victory in the third set. Fresno State appeared in control of the fourth set with its 20-16 edge, but the Aztecs ended the period with a 9-1 run in the 25-21 finale.
Senior outside hitter Korrin Wild topped the Bulldogs in kills (17), points (18), aces (1) and hitting (.306) for the eighth, seventh, fifth and third times this season, respectively.
The conference leader in points this week also turned in her season bests in kills and points in a non-five-set match, and her nine digs left her just shy of her sixth double-double of 2013 and 34th career-wise.
En route to her fifth straight +10-kill effort, senior outside hitter Marissa Brand trailed just behind in kills (16) and hitting (.262) and added an ace.
Freshman libero Maggie Eppright came up with 16 digs, and junior setter Christina Lee posted 35 assists.
The `Dogs utilized their complete 13-person active roster for the first time in 2013 as two players made their season debuts - senior right side hitter Megan Callahan and freshman setter Brooke Legaux - who entered the match in the second set and played the final three periods.
The Mission Viejo, Calif,. native Legaux ended with seven assists and three digs in her first collegiate action.
Team-wise, the returning MW co-champion Aztecs sported edges in kills (56-51), hitting (.261-.181), assists (52-47), aces (5-2), digs (56-48) and blocks (11-6).
The SDSU offense had three players with +10 kills - Summer Nash (14, .216), Emily Harris (12, .500) and Michelle Waber (10, .143).
Other Aztec category leaders included MW Preseason Player of the Year Johnna Fouch (28 assists), Courtney Vaccarello (10 digs), Emily Harris (8 blocks, 16 points) and Kaja Sandberg (2 aces).
In set 1, after SDSU jumped out to a 6-1 lead and forced FS to call a timeout, the Bulldogs clawed their way back into the match with three-point runs pulling them within 8-5, 14-10 and then 16-14. After an ace by Brand on the last stretch, the Aztecs answered with a three-point spurt to go up, 20-15. Wild's fifth of six kills in the set and another by Holly Franks tightened the score to 20-17, but SDSU eventually pulled away to a 25-19 advantage and .423 hitting mark for the set.
In set 2, a pair of blocks from Franks and Molly Pearson helped the `Dogs own seven leads through 7-6. However, the Aztecs came back with a six-point streak fueled by five kills by Nash and Steel and a Fouch ace to move ahead, 12-7. Another 7-3 run extended SDSU's lead to 19-10, before a 5-1 FS response that included two of Wild's five kills in the set narrowed the score to 23-17. SDSU used a pair of kills by Harris to soon end the set, 25-18, and stake a .382 hitting clip in the stanza (while the `Dogs improved to.265 in the period).
In set 3, a three-point run that included a Wild ace and one of Brand's six kills in the set put FS up, 10-8. The `Dogs continued to hold 1-3 point leads through 22-19 when kills by Franks and Murdock and an Aztec error gave Fresno State the 25-19 win. Fresno State held SDSU to a .100 mark for the set - its lowest of the match.
In set 4, a five-point Bulldog run behind Wild's serving pushed FS ahead, 11-5, and forced an early Aztec timeout. After Fresno State went up, 13-6, on a Brand kill and SDSU hitting error, the Aztecs answered with a 19-8 run to end the match with the Dog's final points on two kills by Brand, another by Franks and Wild, and a Franks and Katie Pearson block.
Looking ahead, Fresno State wraps up its first MW road trip of the year at UNLV with a 7 p.m. match Saturday, October 5.
The Rebels (8-5, 3-0) edged San Jose State, 3-1, Thursday night, and in prior weeks topped MW rival SDSU (3-1) and Nevada (3-0).
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Chapter 28 Summary
How It All Goes Down
Snape's Worst Memory
- Fudge signs a new Educational Decree making Professor Umbridge Head of Hogwarts.
- Everyone in school knows that Dumbledore took on a whole office-full of important people and still escaped.
- Ernie Macmillan insists that Dumbledore will be back soon.
- Apparently, the office of the Headmaster itself has sealed itself against Professor Umbridge.
- Hermione sputters, "Oh, I expect she really fancied herself sitting up there in the Head's office [...] Lording it over all the other teachers, the stupid puffed-up, power-crazy old —" (28.3).
- Draco Malfoy warns Hermione not to finish that sentence.
- He takes points from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
- Ernie Macmillan protests that prefects can't take points from other prefects.
- But Draco is no longer just a prefect; now he is a member of the newly formed Inquisitorial Squad.
- The Inquisitorial Squad can do whatever it likes.
- With Dumbledore having left the school, Fred and George have now decided that it's time for a bit of real mayhem. They won't say what, though.
- Filch calls Harry into Professor Umbridge's office.
- He is all for the new Head of Hogwarts – he thinks she'll be harsher with the students than Dumbledore was.
- Completely unexpectedly, Professor Umbridge offers Harry something to drink.
- He finally accepts some tea.
- But Harry only pretends to sip it.
- Professor Umbridge begins to ask him questions: where is Dumbledore? Where is Sirius Black?
- Harry keeps saying he doesn't know.
- There is a sudden, loud boom.
- One floor down, there is a huge fireworks display going off.
- Both Professor Umbridge and Filch look utterly shocked.
- When Professor Umbridge tries to stun one of the fireworks, it explodes.
- Harry finds Fred and George laughing so hard they're wiping tears away.
- Professor McGonagall and the other teachers all take up a form of passive resistance.
- They call on Professor Umbridge to clear their classrooms every time a firework appears.
- As Professor Flitwick says, "I could have got rid of the sparklers myself, of course, but I wasn't sure whether or not I had the authority" (28.100).
- Fred and George get tons of orders for their enchanted fireworks.
- That night, Harry manages to get through the door in his dream.
- There are rows and rows of glass spheres.
- Before he gets to his destination, the BANG! of a firework wakes him up.
- The next day, Cho tries to tell Harry that Marietta is a lovely person really.
- Harry isn't buying it, the two of them fight yet again, and it looks like things are over between Harry and Cho.
- Harry goes to his Occlumency lesson with Professor Snape, where Harry finds him pulling memories out of his head and putting them in a Pensieve.
- Draco interrupts them with a message that Professor Umbridge needs Professor Snape.
- Professor Snape tells Harry to come back tomorrow.
- Harry lingers in Professor Snape's office, though.
- He wants to get a glimpse at the memories in Professor Snape's Pensieve, the ones that he didn't want Harry to see.
- Harry sees his father, Sirius, Lupin, and Wormtail (a.k.a. Peter Pettigrew, the traitor who will eventually sell out James and Lily Potter to Voldemort) taking their Charms OWL with Professor Flitwick.
- James Potter is playing with a golden Snitch and boasting about his marks on his OWLs.
- The group sits down under a tree.
- There's nothing to do.
- That is, until Sirius and James see "Snivellus" (28.216). It's Professor Snape at age 15.
- Sirius and James stand up and stalk towards him.
- Lupin stays under the tree reading while Wormtail looks on at the scene eagerly.
- Sirius and James ambush Snape and cast Impedimenta: he struggles, but it's like he's tied by invisible ropes.
- They laugh at him and bully him.
- Just then, someone shouts, "Leave him ALONE!" (28.234).
- It's Lily Evans, Harry's mother.
- She tells James that he's "an arrogant, bullying toerag" (28.242) who should let Snape go.
- While James's back is turned, Snape throws a spell at James.
- James retaliates by hanging Snape upside down in the air, "his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny, pallid legs and a pair of greying underpants" (28.247).
- The crowd that has gathered cheers and laughs.
- Lily draws her wand and threatens to curse Sirius and James if they don't knock it off.
- As soon as Snape is free, he shouts, "I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!" (28.256).
- James tries to make Snape apologize to Lily, but Lily turns on James: "You're as bad as he is [...] Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can [...] You make me SICK" (28.260-2). Lily stalks off.
- James doesn't get what's wrong with Lily.
- James is frustrated with Lily, so he goes back to torturing Snape.
- This time, he plans to take Snape's underwear off.
- But Harry doesn't get to see what happens next because someone is pulling him out of the Pensieve.
- It's Professor Snape.
- He is so angry that he shakes Harry before sending Harry out of his office for good.
- Professor Snape throws a jar of cockroaches behind him.
- Harry feels appalled not because of Snape's violence, but because he knows what it's like to be bullied, and it looks like his father was an arrogant jerk.
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Jan. 26, 2000
Upcoming Event: Saturday, Jan. 29 Cardinal Open 7:00 p.m. Participants: Stanford (1-2), California (4-0), UCSB (0-2)
2000 Cardinal Open: The Stanford men's gymnastics team will host the annual Cardinal Open on Saturday, Jan. 29 at Burhnam Pavilion. The 15h-ranked Cardinal will take on eighth-ranked California and 20th-ranked UC Santa Barbara in the three-way meet. At last year's Cardinal Open, Stanford came out on top by holding off the Golden Bears by a 215.15-to-213.40 score. The Cardinal took top honors in three -- Floor Exercise, 36.55, Rings, 36.00, and Vault, 36.15 -- of the six events while Jason Blitz took first place on the high bar (9.350) and Craig Nesbitt was the top gymnast on the parallel bars (9.450). Alexander Nissen of Cal was the all-around champion at last season's Cardinal Open after posting a score of 54.950, with Stanford's Jason Katsampes and Adam Berkenbile finishing second with a 53.150 total.
Cal Has Our Number: The Cardinal and Golden Bears have gone head-to-head in the early part of the 2000 season with California eclipsing Stanford in each event. The first meeting came in a three-way meet, which included UC Santa Barbara, at California on January 14. Cal tallied a team score of 221.4, higher than Stanford's 214.4 and UCSB's 203.25. The second meeting between Bay Area rivals took place at Stanford on January 22, where the host Cardinal fell once again by a score of 222.7-to-215.6.
Durante Dialogue: Sophomore David Durante (Garwood, CA) finished in third place in last weekend's dual meet with California. Durante tallied a score of 53.450, with a high score of 9.200 in the parallel bars, in the six events. He trailed all-around champion Tal Moscovitz of Cal, who compiled a score of 55.875, and second place gymnast Cody Moore of Cal (54.000). Durante scored the following marks: Floor Exercise - 8.900, Pommel Horse - 8.950, Rings - 8.400, Vault - 9.000, Parallel Bars - 9.200, High Bars - 9.000.
National Rankings: The Cardinal slipped to No. 15 in the latest installment of the GymInfo national rankings released on January 24. The rankings are based on teams' highest combined score of the season. Stanford posted its highest total of the season with a 215.600 in last week's dual match versus California. In individual events, Stanford is tied with Umass for seventh in rings with a score of 36.950 and No. 12 in parallel bars with a 36.550 score. The Cardinal also rank No. 14 in pommel horse (36.50), No. 16 in the high bar (35.150), No. 17 in vault (36.350) and No. 18 in floor exercise (35.550). Stanford had been ranked No. 12 in the previous set of GymInfo rankings.


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Dr. Mehmet Oz examined the safety of a controversial new food additive called Sweetmyx and revealed anti-aging hair care tips on the April 23 episode of the Dr. Oz Show.
Sweetmyx is a new sweetener that's not artificial, but isn't natural, either. And it could soon be used in a wide variety of food products, including sodas, energy drinks, candy, cakes, cookies and doughnuts.
Sweetmyx is a "sweet taste enhancer" that's supposed to boost the sweet flavor of food and drinks without the extra calories of sugar, but there are lingering questions about its safety. "You'll be hooked on their products and will never suspect a thing," said Dr. Oz.
PepsiCo and Senomyx, the makers of Sweetmyx, are banking on the product as sales of diet sodas have plummeted for the ninth straight year due to concerns over the safety of artificial sweeteners.
Not Approved By FDA But Will Hit Stores Soon
Sweetmyx has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration, but has been labeled "safe" due to a technical loophole.
"Under current law, a company can, and in this instance did, independently determine that an ingredient is Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) for particular use without notifying the FDA," the FDA said in a statement to the Dr. Oz Show.
Bruce Bradley, a former Big Food marketer turned food advocate, is concerned because there has been little information shared with the public about Sweetmyx. Bradley, author of Fat Profits, said S617 is the main ingredient in Sweetmyx, and so far, it appears to be artificial.
S617 works by binding to your taste buds and triggering a sweet taste. Dr. Oz is concerned that the S617 in Sweetmyx could enhance your taste buds so much that you become addicted to foods containing it.
Critics say it's alarming that Sweetmyx will soon be available to the public with very little involvement from the FDA. "Sweetmyx is yet another troubling example of how big food and beverage companies approach the issue of food and health," said Bradley.
"Excessive consumption, which drives higher corporate profits, is the heart of Big Food's business model. To achieve this goal, more and more minimally tested additives are being introduced into our food supply with questionable concern for the long-term health consequences for consumers."
Dr. Oz Reveals Anti-Aging Hair Care Tips
On a separate segment, Dr. Oz's guest was hairstylist Rodney Cutler. Rodney said hair loses luster and volume as we age, but we can take steps to minimize hair loss and damage:
- Use protein-infused hair products. Cutler said protein restores and reinforces your hair to minimize breakage.
- Use a boar brush. The boar brush is a smoothing brush that gently detangles hair without damaging it.
- Moisturize hair with argan oil. Chronic hair coloring leads to dry, damaged hair, but applying argan oil to wet hair after showering can restore moisture and shine.
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It�s only logical: if you buy an iPhone app and accidentally erase it, or buy a new iPhone, you can download it again. But currently you do not have the same flexibility with iTunes music and Apple is looking to change that. The move would allow downloads to iPads, iPhones and iPods linked to the same iTunes account, Bloomberg claimed, adding that it would also put Apple a step closer to offering universal access to content centrally stored on the Internet.
In other iTunes news CNN reports that Apple is in talks with record labels to improve the quality of song downloads available from the iTunes Music Store, making them available in a 24-bit high-fidelity format instead of the now standard 16-bit compressed format. This would certainly be good news for audiophiles looking to experience music the way it's supposed to sound, but such a move will require big changes in hardware and software to happen.
Many PCs and most portable devices do not support the high-fidelity audio format and getting the whole industry on board won't be an easy job considering the majority of people can't really tell - or don't care enough about - the difference between compressed and high fidelity audio. Then again, Apple has pushed for better quality before and led other major changes in the music industry like the elimination of DRM. Maybe high fidelity audio will give iPods a new lease of life.


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Petite Purls
Posted By Laura on March 22, 2011
I recently discovered Petite Purls which is a fantastic website filled with free baby and children patterns. And they have just released this season's addition which is full of fantastic goodies. I can see my needles being rather busy.
I particularly love Cloverfield and can see one of these on the horizon for Niamhy. As is Nova. I've got a thing about knit-style dresses just now. Chompers is a particularly cute pair of trousers and Flora is such a versatile cardigan that Niamh would wear over and over.
All in all, a feast for the eyes and a problem for the bank account. Whoops. If you get a chance, look through some of the back issues. There are some real gems in there.


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In addition to the Annual Used Book Sale, the Friends of the
Bolivar County Library System also operate a Used Book Sale Room in Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library year round. The room features hardbacks and paperbacks
of popular fiction titles, as well as children's books, cookbooks, non-fiction on a variety of topics, and popular magazines. The room also occasionally
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A layer of clouds overnight will likely keep lows from dropping much. Expect morning lows between 30°-35°. Conversely, a northerly wind undercutting varying amounts of cloud cover Monday will keep daytime highs in check. Top temps tomorrow will be between 40°-46°.
Here's the latest on a very weak weather system that will race through the Ohio Valley Monday night.
With not much moisture, a dry northerly wind, and the best lift along the Ohio River, there's a very slim chance that the Indy metro area will see flurries and/or any snow showers. Chances are better for Columbus/Bloomington, but not higher than 20-30 perc ent. Seymour & Bedford (being closer to the best moisture/lift) have a 50/50 shot of a light dusting Monday night.
For now, the best timing for any white stuff appears to be 10pm Monday – 3am Tuesday.
Notice FutureTrak 13 showing quick clearing on Tuesday in the wake of this disturbance. Make no mistake, the air mass overheard will be chilly…as evident of the unseasonably cold highs in the 30s despite a bright sky.
The Tuesday through Wednesday morning time frame will be the coldest of next week. Air mass modification quickly occurs after midweek, and highs near 50° Thursday afternoon. Next weekend looks unseasonably mild, but a tradeoff will be shower chances on Saturday.
It does appear that the month of December will begin on a rather mild note. Long range ensemble/analog data suggests the wait for true winter cold will be until the second-half of the month. Below is the 500mb (half-way up the atmosphere) height anomalies via the GFS & ECMWF models. Positive anomalies typically correspond with warmer than normal conditions, and this is for the 8-10 day period that ends on December 5th (next Wednesday).
The GFS ensemble temperature mean departure for December 3 (next Monday) indicates potential of temperatures being 10°-15° above normal.
"If" these long range indicators verify, it's "possible" that 60° warmth might return to Central Indiana. Stay tuned.
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Does your age have anything to do with having Incompetent Cervix?
I lost my son at 5 months 3 days I was 23 weeks. This was my first born child I am 38 years old. My husband and I plan to try again but I don't want to have the same outcome. My doctor has assured me that a permanent Cercloge will help me to go my full term. I need some answers thanks!
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Your age as nothing to do with an incompetent cervix. Your cervix just opens up prematurely (usually when the baby starts getting close to 1 lb, as they put pressure on the cervix, and if it's weak it opens up) I lost my daughter this year, July 27th at 20 weeks due to the same thing, she was also my first. I will be having a cerclage the next time we are pregnant. I am 32 years old. So sorry for the loss of your son. I know it's really hard to imagine we make it half way through pregnancy and lose our children. Google incompetent cervix and you will find lots of resources on it. Wishing you all the best in the future, so sorry you have to go through this.posted 12/07/2012 by mpak
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West Coast Swing Dancing
Friday, January 10, 2014
My mother is a dance teacher. She has owned and operated her own studio for the past ten years and has been dancing competitively and professionally for the past thirty. When I was younger I did not appreciate the world that she was trying to introduce me to � dancing was only ever something I felt obligated to do, not something that I enjoyed. I have a beginner�s knowledge of Salsa, Samba, Rumba, Cha Cha, Jive, Waltz, and East Coast Swing... but not West Coast Swing. NEVER West Coast Swing.
When you�re a kid and you are still formulating your views on the world, mostly without information to support these views, it is easy to think of West Coast Swing as �country� dancing because commonly it was paired with country music. I wasn�t aware that West Coast Swing is one of the most diverse and fun dances I�d ever encounter.
Growing up, I did not like West Coast Swing. Dare I say I hated it? Never would I ever participate in such a droll dance!
Towards the end of my highschool career I took a class or two with a girlfriend and we had a pretty great time together. My eyes were opened to the potential of the dance but still, dancing was NOT what I wanted to do � that was my sister�s thing and I was all about doing things differently back then.
Back in October I decided to jump back into it. Technically, I�m a natural dancer. I pick things up quickly and when I don�t, I obsess until I am able to complete the step perfectly. Because of this, my mother felt I would fit well in the Intermediate/Advanced program. She was right, although I still beat myself up a lot when I don�t immediately understand something she�s telling the class. I get frustrated easily especially when the perception of me, the teacher�s daughter, is that I should be better (because apparently a dance teacher�s daughter never has any other aspirations than dancing... huh?).
Last night was our first time back together as a class after the Christmas holidays. All of the familiar faces had returned and we were blessed with a few new faces as well. I had hoped, naively so, that perhaps the class might revert to an easier state to allow for the newer dancers to catch up, but no such luck. Instead we were learning how to do complex tucks and turns that end in super awesome leans. The leans are practically lunges (but graceful, sexy lunges) and my right knee felt like it might give out. I�m going to have to do some exercises to strengthen the joint and the muscles around it if I want to be able to keep up in this class.
I finally feel like I�m beginning to understand the more intricate manoeuvres of the dance. Don�t get me wrong, I�m a LONG ways away from being even a remotely skilled dancer, but I�m showing promise and I�m enjoying it so I think I�m going to pursue it.
Does anyone else like to dance? If so, what�s your favourite dance?
If anyone is interested in lessons and lives in the Toronto area, here�s a link to my mother�s studio:
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Cancer Clusters of America
Is America Giving You Cancer?
- Total new Cases of Cancer in US in 2012: 1,638,910
- Environmental factors (as opposed to hereditary factors) account for an estimated 75%-80% of cancer cases and deaths in the US.
- Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease, accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths.
- 4 to 10% of deaths caused by cancer will be from occupational exposure and environmental pollutants [visual note: in bold b/c this is what leads into the following info]
Environmental and Occupational Carcinogens and the Cancers they Cause
- Bladder: paint/dyeing products, printing processes, benzidine, bet-napthylamine, arsenic, chemicals used in rubber, leather and textile industries, nitrates, chlorine
- Breast: PBDEs and DDT
- Colon: nitrates
- Kidney: nitrates
- Larynx: Asbestos, wood dust, paint fumes, chemicals used in metalworking, petroleum, plastics, and textile industries
- mesothelioma: asbestos
- leukemia: formaldehyde
- lip: sunlight
- liver: arsenic, vinyl chloride, lindane
- Lung cancer: arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, cadmium,, chrominum compounds, coal products, nickel refining, radon, soot, tars, silica, vinyl chloride, diesel exhaust, radioactive ores like uranium, lindane
- Lymphatic and hematopoietic: benzene, herbicides, insecticides, radiation, nitrates
- nasal cavity and sinus: formaldehyde, textile industry, mustard gas, nickel refining, chromium dust, leather dust, wood dust, baking, flour milling, radium
- Pancreatic cancer: DDT, nitrates
- Prostate cancer: arsenic
- rectum: Nitrates
- Skin: arsenic, coal tars paraffin, certain oils, sunlight, lindane
- Soft-tissue sarcoma: radiation
- thyroid cancer: PBDEs
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- Ultraviolet radiation: Its Always Sunny on Planet Earth
- Ultraviolet radiation comes primarily from the sun, but also includes tanning beds.
- It currently is believed that 40-50% of Americans who live to age sixty five have cancer of the skin at least one time.
- Over 1 million cases of carcinoma each year
- Skin cancer is the most prevalent of of cancer today but can readily be diagnosed by skin specialists and effectively treated in its earliest stages:
- Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, with more than 60 of these compounds known or suspected to cause cancer.
- It is estimated that more than 88 million nonsmoking Americans 3 years of age and older were exposed to SHS in 2007-2008.
- SHS contains more than 7,000 chemicals, at least 69 of which cause cancer.
- Each year, about 3,400 nonsmoking adults die of lung cancer as a result of breathing SHS.
- SHS causes an estimated 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are not current smokers
- Also look out for
- Ionization radiation comes from x-rays, gamma rays and radioactive materials.
- causes damage to DNA, which may in turn cause cancer
Consumer products: Cancer-causing potential?
- Antiperspirants, talcum powder, hair dyes, cosmetics as well as food products containing aspartame, bovine growth hormone and dyes
- Some studies suggest that these products may increase the risk of developing cancer, but more research is being conducted to determine their carcinogenic levels.
- The best advice: Limit your exposure to suspect products until more evidence is available.
At home
- If these walls could talk: Asbestos found in older buildings, increases the risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma.
- Killing you softly: couches since before 2004
- most couches before 2004 contain a flame-retardant: polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
- EPA describes PBDES as causing: "liver toxicity, thyroid toxicity and neurodevelopmental toxicity"
- PBDEs have been used in paints, plastics, foam furniture padding, textiles, rugs, curtains, televisions, building materials, airplanes and automobiles since 1965
- Today, half of the PBDEs and 95% of the PentaBDE used worldwide are consumed by the U.S. and Canada
- Studies show that the PBDE body levels in the U.S. population were at least 10 times higher than in Europe and other industrialized areas
- Household Dust contains arsenic and DDT
- about 60% of household dust comes from outside, through windows, doors, vents and on the soles of your shoes.
- DDT, an insecticide banned in the 1972, continues to be has been found in our environment, including in household dust and is projected to exist in most homes in the U.S.
- linked especially to Breast and pancreatic cancer, and more recently to testicular germ cell tumors
- Trichloroethylene, a substance used in dry cleaning, has been linked to several cancers
- air out your clothes after you bring them home
- Radon: a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas
- It is found in soil and rock, outdoors and indoors, with the highest levels in basements, where radon leaks through cracks or gaps in floors or walls.
- High levels of radon have been linked to lung cancer. These high levels can occur when radon becomes concentrated in an area and cannot dissipate.
- Radon is estimated to cause between 3% and 14% of all lung cancers, depending on the average radon level in a country.
- household items with carcinogens:
- Air fresheners and moth balls contain napthalene and formaldehyde.
- Art supplies like epoxy and rubber cement glues, acrylic paints and solvents, and permanent markers
- Artificially scented Candles: Avoid artificially scented paraffin candles that produce combustion by-products, including soot. Beeswax only, with cotton wicks.
- Carpet and upholstery shampoos:
- Flea, tick and lice control: many contain lindane
At work: Cancer, Like a Boss
- Certain Industries more prone: manufacturing, mining, coal production and iron and steel founding
- Diesel exhaust is given off by trucks, buses, trains, construction and farm equipment, generators, ships and vehicles with diesel engines.
- less than 2% of chemicals manufactured or processed in the U.S. have been tested for carcinogenicity
- it has been estimated that 4% to 10% of U.S. cancers (48,000 incident cases annually) are caused by occupational exposure (maybe use near map section)
- Arsenic in the atmosphere comes from mining, smelting, burning fossil fuels and other industrial processes
Cancer Cluster Map: Correlation, sure. What about causation?
- According to the National Cancer Institute: A cancer cluster is the occurrence of a greater than expected number of cases of a particular disease within a group of people, a geographic area, or a period of time.
- With more than 100 types of cancer with various causes, it is difficult to define a cancer cluster
- A suspected cancer cluster is more likely to be a true cluster, rather than a coincidence, if it involves one or more of the following factors:
- A large number of cases of one type of cancer, rather than several different types.
- A rare type of cancer, rather than common types.
- An increased number of cases of a certain type of cancer in an age group that is not usually affected by that type of cancer.


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Jackson Hole Paper Strongly Critiques Fed
Columbia University professor Michael Woodford launched a stinging critique of the policies of the Federal Reserve and other central banks in the wake of the financial crisis, accusing them of "wishful thinking" and saying that some of the steps the Fed has taken have backfired.
Mr. Woodford is delivering one of the more closely watched — and lengthy — papers at the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole conference today. Outside of the comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke himself, few presentations here are likely to generate as much buzz among the academics and central bankers gathering here. (Read the whole paper here.)
Mr. Woodford has argued for years that central banks should make firm commitments to keep interest rates low when rates are near zero and the economy is still floundering. Such commitments, he argues, can jolt households and businesses to bring forward future spending and thus enliven the economy.
The Fed has tried to apply some of the academic's thinking in its own approach to monetary policy, but it hasn't applied all of his ideas. For instance, it has signaled it expects to keep rates low through 2014, but it hasn't committed to do so.
In a 96-page paper — the length of which central bankers are joking about behind the scenes — Mr. Woodford reviewed the impact of Fed and other central bank policies in the past few years.
He criticized the Fed for failing to make firm commitments to low rates. He said the Fed's conditional assurances of low rates, without firm commitments, depended "to a great extent on wishful thinking." He also expressed doubts about both the theories and effectiveness of the Fed's bond buying programs, known as quantitative easing, calling them at one point an awkward and potentially costly way for the Fed to achieve its goals.
Mr. Woodford has criticized the Fed before. Still, the critique was striking because it occurred in a closely-watched conference sponsored by the Fed itself.
The Fed has suggested that the low rates it anticipates are conditional on the economy's performance, not a firm commitment. The Fed might be undermining its mission by signaling that rates are likely to stay low only because the economy is expected to perform so poorly, Mr. Woodford argued. Such comments "reflect pessimism about the speed of the economy's recovery," he said, which could in turn make people less willing to spend in the present and not more willing.
He says the Fed should commit to a nominal gross domestic product target. Under such a target, the Fed wouldn't raise rates until overall economic output got back onto the path it was on before the financial crisis. Right now U.S. output of goods and services is far below the level it would be at if the recession had never happened. Under Mr. Woodford's proposal, rates would stay low until it made up lost ground, even if that entailed higher inflation for a time.
There are many counter critiques of his ideas. Some people believe the Fed stoked the housing bubble in the 2000s with promises it made to keep interest rates low. Another risk: Sparking self-feeding inflation fears with such commitments.
Mr. Bernanke has been cool to the nominal GDP idea.
The Fed has struggled for years to hone the way it communicates its plans for interest rates to the public. Economists believe that the public's expectations about the future have an immense impact on their decisions in the present and that Fed communications must therefore be carefully managed.
The Fed could be preparing for modifications of its communications strategy now. Minutes to its July 31-Aug. 1 policy meeting suggested officials are considering a firmer commitment to keep rates low even when the economy picks up steam. They are also discussing tying an open-ended bond-buying program to the economy's performance.
Mr. Woodford praised a proposal by Chicago Fed president Charles Evans for the Fed to commit to keep rates low until unemployment dropped to 7% or inflation rose to 3%. Mr. Woodford said that approach would be an "important improvement" on what the Fed is doing now, though he said it had flaws.


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I've noticed in two of my Windows 7 installs (both 64-bit) that after the last couple of updates, most application menus seem to be right-aligned instead of left as if there's not enough room to display it left-aligned (the window is 1600px wide, so plenty of room there).
Any thoughts as to how to switch this back to the default? Pretty much every application is affected – Adobe CS4, VS2010, Notepad.


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Chinese Firm Plans $400 Million Economic Zone in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda–China's Sichuan Wande Investment Group is planning to spend up to $400 million to set up an economic zone for Chinese firms in Uganda, as Chinese-owned enterprises continue to build their influence in the African nation, Ugandan officials said on Monday.
The company plans to open a 10-square-kilometer (3.86-square-mile) economic zone to attract Chinese manufacturers to add value to Ugandan raw materials, ranging from agricultural products to minerals, the Ugandan presidency said in a statement.
The economic zone will strengthen Beijing's presence in the continent's top coffee exporter and nascent oil producer, where several Chinese companies are already implementing multi-billion dollar projects.
"Wande Group wants [the] government of Uganda to avail them land to establish a special economic zone for Chinese industrialists," a spokeswoman for Uganda's prime minister said. Company officials couldn't be reached for immediate comment.
Yuegong Wang, the company's chief executive, concluded a week-long business trip to Kampala on Monday, where he held meetings with various government officials, including the prime minister, Amama Mbabazi over the project, the spokeswoman said.
Sichuan Wande Investment Group is already involved in the development of a city near Ghana's capital, Accra. And in March the company signed a deal with the Kenyan government to construct 55,000 housing units in Nairobi.
China's largest offshore oil producer, Cnooc, is developing Uganda's $2 billion Kingfisher oil field, while Sinohydro Group, an engineering and construction company, is constructing the $1.7 billion Karuma hydropower project. Uganda has discovered nearly 3.5 billion barrels of crude along its western border. Last year, the presidency said that Kampala would pay for Chinese-built infrastructure by using future oil revenue.
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Length of AJ Styles' contract extension
Sep 4, 2013 - by Steve Gerweck
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that AJ Styles had signed a three-month extension at the terms of his current deal before TV this past week. This contract takes him until the end of the year. Styles' signed a five year deal in September 2008, which was about to expire.
They did not give him a contract cutting his salary.


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Surya 30th Movie UpdateThursday, December 19th, 2013
Surya is currently shooting in Mumbai for his 30th movie, which is directed by Lingusamy. Surya pair up with Samantha for this untitled movie and the supporting cast of the movie are Bollywood stars like Manoj Bajpai, Vidyut Jamwal and Rajpal Yadav.
Currently a peppy number featuring Surya has been shot at a massive set of 80 lakhs worth in Borivali in Mumbai. The song was choreographed by Raja Sundaram. The first schedule in Mumbai will go for one more week and after the team will go to Goa for 10 Days of shoot there.


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First Team
Today Milan had an afternoon training session at Milanello. Coach Allegri has called up 19 players for the match against Juventus. Thiago Silva, Oddo, Zambrotta and Ronaldinho are out.
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MILANELLO – This afternoon, starting at 16.00 CET, the Rossoneri had their final training session ahead of the match against Juventus.
The team began working on the central pitch by doing the warm-up, which consisted of some running and stretching.
Coach Allegri then handed out the bibs to his men and had them work on tactics, with the game against the Bianconeri in mind. The session finished with a match amongst the squad.
Thiago Silva, Zambrotta and Ronaldinho followed personalised training programmes. Ambrosini trained with the rest of the team, while Oddo complained about a muscular problem to his left leg.
Onyewu has been the victim of a bout of fever and consequently he's not available for selection.
At the end of the session the tactician named his 19-man squad for the match against Juventus:
Abbiati, Amelia, Antonini, Bonera, Montelongo, Nesta, Papastathopoulos, Yepes, Abate, Boateng, Flamini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Strasser, Ibrahimovic, Inzaghi, Pato, Robinho.
Unavailable: Oddo, Thiago Silva, Onyewu, Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Ronaldinho.
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BANGOR-- The Mount Desert Island (MDI) Trojans and Old Town Coyotes opened the regular season on December 7th.
The same two teams will face each other in the first high school basketball tournament game at Cross Insurance Center. Game time is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Friday, February 14th.
MDI (14-4) finished as the number three seed in the final MPA class B standings.
The Trojans won their final four regular season games to lock down a trip to the quarterfinals.
MDI won both regular season meetings against Old Town, including Jon Phelps scoring 25 points to lead the Trojans to a 51-45 victory in the season opener.
Eric Hoogterp scored 24 points to lead the Coyotes to a 73-44 victory over Waterville in a preliminary round game on Wednesday evening.
Old Town (14-5) has won six straight games and seven of their last eight.
Ellsworth and Camden Hills will also play a class B quarterfinal game on Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
The Windjammers come in with a record of 15-3 and as the number two seed.
Griffin Nightingale made a three pointer with three second left to lift 10th seeded Ellsworth (10-9) to a 47-44 upset victory over Medomak Valley in a preliminary round game played on Tuesday evening.
Click here for the full class B boys tournament schedule.
The MDI girls basketball team will take on Ellsworth in the final game of the first day of the tournament. MDI won both regular season match-ups by an average of 35.5 points.
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The Napa Farmers Market is back, and it is now situated across the Oxbow Public Market (500 First Street in Downtown Napa) parking lot. Locals always look forward to the start of the Farmers Market's season, which only opens from May to October each year.
Spring in Napa Valley is beautiful. Everything and everybody seem to have a new life, and everybody is ready to enjoy the outdoors. The Valley is bursting with energy, and it is already a busy spring. This year, late rains brought late mustard blooms, and vines are growing vigorously.
Bounty of produces showed at the opening of the Market, this past Saturday, May 3, 2014. With a mix of farms, specialty foods, and artisans, this years' market opened to a great start.
Look to visit the Market every Saturday and Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. all throughout the concluding week of October. The market offers different varieties of changing produce as different harvests become available.
Bring your own bag and enjoy a California Certified Farmers Market, dedicated to the sustainability of our local environment and economy. Support our farmers and learn about the best field-fresh and sustainable grown produce, food and artisan goods. It will be time well spent.


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In Soviet Russia: Face shoots ball
Feb 20th
Same thing happend to me.
Oct 22nd
When they do that to me, I kick them in the face. LITERALLY.
Oct 15th
Oct 15th
Thats why i hate soccer!Happens to me all the time!
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College Hockey:Hartzell stops penalty shot in OT to preserve tie between Quinnipiac and Brown
Hourihan goal in third earns tie for Brown
HAMDEN, Conn. — On Saturday night, the Brown Bears and the Quinnipiac Bobcats skated to a wild 2-2 tie. Brown's Mike Clemente made 39 saves in the effort, while QU's Eric Hartzell saved 29, including a penalty shot in overtime. Brown still remains three points back of the final home playoff spot behind both Clarkson and Quinnipiac.
"The tie keeps us in striking distance with three more games left; we could end up here in just another week," said Brown coach Brendan Whittet.
Quinnipiac jumped on the board 4:22 into the first on Scott Zurevinski's 12th of the season. After QU's John Dunbar was tackled on a breakaway by Brown's Michael Wolff, the Bobcats went on the advantage. Just 26 seconds into the power play, a shot from the right point was knocked down to Clemente's left. Zurevinski, on the doorstep, took the puck and squeezed it through Clemente's pads.
Quinnipiac bolstered its lead yet again on a power play at 14:19 of the first. Following a bench minor for too many men, Brown was short-handed again. QU's Kellen Jones broke through on right wing and threw the puck at the net. The soft wrister found Russell Goodman's stick, and he tipped it past Clemente.
QU would have gone up 3-0 if it wasn't for the save of the night from Clemente. With the Bobcats on the power play again, Goodman looked to pick up his second of the night when he tipped a one-time pass low on the left side. Clemente moved from post to post to make a diving split-save with his right leg pad.
"I thought Clemente was excellent tonight; we weren't able to capitalize on our chances, but a big part of that was his play," said QU coach Rand Pecknold.
"They had us on our heels and credit to them, but give our guys credit for their perseverance through to the third period," said Whittet.
Brown answered back with just 2:51 left in the second period on a power-play goal of its own. Just 25 seconds in, Dennis Robertson took the feed from Harry Zolnierczyk at the right point. Robertson fired the slap shot through traffic and past Hartzell for his sixth goal of the season.
Brown tied the score 3:57 into the third period thanks to Mark Hourihan's second goal of the season. After shots from Matt Wahl and Mike Juola were stopped by Hartzell, Hourihan grabbed the rebound and sent his wrister between the leg pads of Hartzell to even the score at 2-2.
With just over four minutes remaining in regulation, QU's Jeremy Langlois had a chance to put the Bobcats up. Following a two-on-one short-handed chance for Brown, Langlois picked up the rebound and rushed back up ice. Langlois, in two-on-two with Yuri Bouharevich, elected to take the puck in himself and rang one off the crossbar.
For any neutral fans attending the game, it was lucky Langlois didn't score that goal, as it allowed for one of the wildest overtimes of the season.
Just 28 seconds into overtime, Robertson had a chance to end it from the right point. Instead it was Hartzell who displayed the leather, robbing the game-winner.
Then it was Clemente's turn to show off his talents with just over three minutes left in overtime. As Dunbar had a chance to win it, Clemente flashed the leg pads again to deny the game-winner.
It was only after a hooking call to Brown's Smith that things got crazy. After a QU shot was denied by Clemente, Zolnierczyk grabbed the puck and headed up ice. Zolnierczyk was in alone, forcing Hansen to trip him. The crowd jumped to its feet after an emphatic arm motion signaled a penalty shot. Zolnierczyk rushed in straight through the slot, but was denied by Hartzell when he tried to go five-hole.
"I wanted to shoot five-hole there. I just didn't make a good shot. It kind of just flopped on me," said Zolnierczyk.
"For me it was a little nerve racking, but I guess the long story short is that he just shot it into my chest," said Hartzell.
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A newborn kidnapping has left a woman charged this week with abducting her half sister's newborn baby boy from his Wisconsin home and then leaving him out in the freezing weather at a gas station in local Iowa. A federal grand jury in Wisconsin has returned the indictment accusing Kristen Smith in the kidnapping and near-fatal endangerment of the child; the crime carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. ABC News provides the details on this terrible act from a family member this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, though fortunately confirms that the child was recovered alive and well.
Earlier this evening, Kristen Smith of Colorado was indicted on a number of federal charges, including the newborn kidnapping and evading the police. The official indictment does not come as a major surprise this week, considering that the FBI filed a criminal case against the woman, saying that she willfully abducted her half sister's baby boy, Kayden Powell. Smith is further accused of later leaving the helpless infant in a plastic bin, covered in blankets, out in the freezing weather near a deserted gas station.
Since her arrest, the accused suspect has been behind bars in Iowa. According to law enforcement authorities, Smith will be transported to Wisconsin before her first official court appearance this Friday afternoon at a Madison courthouse. It has not been made clear whether she has acquired an attorney or legal defense at this time.
Investigators say that earlier this 2014, the newborn kidnapping occurred when Smith abducted baby Kayden from his home in Wisconsin. Her half sister, 18-year-old Brianna Marshall, had only recently given birth to the boy this Feb. 1. The police report notes that Marshall woke up in the middle of the night after hearing strange noises, only to discover that her newborn — as well as Smith — were gone. She immediately phoned 911.
Shortly afterward in their investigation, police called Smith via her cellphone. The female suspect in the kidnapping case was already in Iowa at the time of the call; she was ordered to pull over at a nearby gas station so that she could be questioned by police officials. Although a detective from West Branch soon located her parked vehicle as well as baby clothes and a car seat, baby boy Kayden was nowhere to be found.
Smith alleged to officers that she had no idea where the baby was, but the half sister was nonetheless taken into police custody on charges of an existing crime warrant from the woman's stay in Texas. A full 29 hours later, the abducted newborn was discovered wrapped in blankets outside a gas station in the freezing weather. He was found only 500 yards or so from the site that Smith was originally arrested.
Fortunately, Kayden was said to be alive and well by medical officials. They said it was a "miracle" for the newborn to be all right after being exposed to the elements for such a prolonged amount of time, and did not know that a baby could have survived the cold weather.


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Maximizing Sysbench OLTP performance for MySQL
By realneel on Feb 25, 2008
Maximizing Sysbench OLTP performance for MySQL
Sysbench is a popular open source benchmark used to measure performance of various parts of the operating systems and (one) application (database). Since we are talking about MySQL, I will concentrate on the database part of the test.
The oltp test in the sysbench benchmark creates a single table and runs a set of queries against it. Each row in the table is around 250 bytes and by default it creates 1000 rows. For our experiment we used 10 million rows. Allan has blogged about the details regarding the experiments; I will present an alternate view to those experiments.
The trick to getting good numbers with Sysbench and MySQL is very simple
- Maximize CPU utilization
- Reduce delays due to IO
Maximize CPU UtilizationIt is very important to utilize all the resources in the system to get maximum performance. If you have a multi-core machine (many processors already have multiple cores), this means that you will have to execute several threads in parallel to to fully utilize all the cores in the system. For Sysbench, this is achieved by using the --num-threads argument. We got the best performance when the number of threads is usually close or equal to the number of cores in the system. You also need to increase the innodb threads concurrently executing inside innodb. The meaning of innodb_thread_concurrency has changed since MySQL 5.0.19, so be sure to set it to the right value. We found the best number to be 0 (unlimited threads).
Reduce delays due to IOOne way to eliminate IO delays is by not doing any IO i.e cache everything. Each row in the Sysbench test table is around 250 bytes. For a 10 million row table, it is about 2.5GB of data. Most systems come with more memory than that, and hence you should be able to cache the table in memory.
MySQL uses the innodb_buffer_size variable to determines the size of the cache it uses. If you have sufficient memory (more than 2.5GB in our case), you could cache the whole table. An alternative strategy (especially if you are using 32bit MySQL) is to choose a smaller value for the innodb_buffer_cache and let the table be cached in the filesystem buffer cache; but I suspect it is more efficient to cache the data at the innodb level. This should eliminate or considerably reduce all the reads.
To eliminate writes, you can either choose to do a read-only test, or use a cache-enabled disks for the writes. The cache can either be NVRAM, or the write cache on the disk. Note: Using cache that is not battery backed is very risky. Do it at your own risk.
If you are still seeing delays due to IO(which in turn translates to idle time on the system), you can try adding more threads to soak up the available CPU. You have to be very careful to find the right balance.
To recap, We got the best numbers using
- Use multiple sysbench threads via the --num-threads parameter
- Set innodb_thread_concurrency = 0 in my.cnf
- Set innodb_buffer_size equal to or greater than the table size
Thats it! Here is the my.cnf that gives me the best numbers.
[mysqld] datadir=/mysqldata innodb_data_home_dir = /mysqldata innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:2000M;ibdata2:10M:autoextend innodb_log_group_home_dir = /mysqldata innodb_buffer_pool_size = 4096M innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 20M innodb_log_file_size = 400M innodb_log_buffer_size = 64M innodb_thread_concurrency = 0


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Coronet Instructional Films
From the mid 40s to the mid 50s Coronet Instructional Films were always ready to provide social guidance for teenagers on subjects as diverse as dating, popularity, preparing for being drafted, and shyness, as well as to children on following the law, the value of quietness in school, and appreciating our parents. They also provided education on topics such as the connection between attitudes and health, what kind of people live in America, how to keep a job, supervising women workers, the nature of capitalism, and the plantation System in Southern life. Inside is an annotated collection of all 86 of the complete Coronet films in the Prelinger Archives as well as a few more. Its not like you had work to do or anything right? [more inside]
The News Corporation scandals
Murdoch's Scandal - Lowell Bergman (the journalist portrayed by Al Pacino in The Insider) has investigated News Corporation for PBS Frontline [transcript]. He depicts Rupert Murdoch's British operation as a criminal enterprise, routinely hacking the voicemail and computers of innocent people, and using bribery and coercion to infiltrate police and government over decades. Enemies are ruthlessly "monstered" by the tabloids. Bergman also spoke to NPR's Fresh Air [transcript]. But the hits keep coming: in recent days News Corp has been accused of hacking rival pay TV services and promoting pirated receiver cards in both the UK and Australia. With the looming possibility of prosecution under America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, how long will shareholders consider Rupert Murdoch irreplaceable? [Previous 1 2 3 4]
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Stand by for crime!
Stand By For Crime! Archive.org presents the astonishing adventures of Chuck Morgan, intrepid radio muckracker and crimefighter, as he battles The Communist Menace, investigates The Wetback Murders, and solves The Marijuana Mystery. Circa 1953; twenty-six half-hour episodes in mp3 format, each approximately 9 MB.
Radio Games
War as Crime is a radio drama by Jugen Hesse, from Virtually American [via AudioTheater.com].
Avatar is the nom de guerre of an intellectual in a breakaway republic of the former Yugoslavia. His best friend, Radek, is a career soldier. Both belong to opposing ethnic groups, formerly living in peace, now at war, civil war. Radek is involved in ethnic cleansing operations against Avatar's ethnic group. ...
"the toothy smile is usually related to cannibalism"
"the toothy smile is usually related to cannibalism" -- This 7 minute real audio NPR story on Russell Weston is a must listen. Three years ago Weston killed two capitol police officers, but he hasn't even been arraigned on the charges yet due to his paranoid schizophrenia. For a fascinating glimpse into his mind, listen to this story which includes audio excerpts from a 1997 interview with the CIA wherein he details his paranoid delusions regarding the "Ruby Satellite System" time machine and a conspiracy of cannibals.
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Shocker! Tom Cruise Says Supermarket Tabloids Defamed Him
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced in what appeared to be record time for a Hollywood power couple, but the split continues to generate ugly fallout, including a defamation lawsuit filed against two tabloid magazines by Cruise Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal court.
Cruise's $50 million claim charges that Life & Style Weekly and In Touch magazines falsely claimed he "abandoned" his six-year-old daughter.
"Through his representatives, [Mr. Cruise] has attempted to correct these fabrications by providing defendants with the true facts before the lies went to press," according to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
A spokeswoman for the magazines' publisher, Bauer Publishing Co. L.P., declined to comment.
The lawsuit primarily concerns an issue of Life & Style published while Mr. Cruise and his ex-wife, actress Katie Holmes, were undergoing their divorce. Ms. Holmes filed on June 29 for the divorce, which was completed on Aug. 20.
On July 18, the publisher released an image of its cover for the July 30 issue of Life & Style, which showed a photograph of the couple's daughter, Suri, and the headline, "Suri in Tears, Abandoned by Her Dad," but with no accompanying story, according to the complaint.
When the complete issue, with an accompanying story titled "Suri's Emotional Struggle," was subsequently published, the story "[did] not remotely purport to provide any facts indicating or suggesting that Tom 'abandoned' Suri, as proclaimed on the cover," according to the complaint. The six-year-old's tears mentioned on the cover, the filing says, are explained in the story as resulting from the child's being unable to take home a puppy from a pet store.
According to the lawsuit, Mr. Cruise's lawyers reviewed the magazine cover and complete story on July 18, and told the publisher that the actor had spoken to Suri regularly during the previous month, while he was shooting a film. The lawsuit also concerns an Oct. 1 issue of In Touch, the cover of which displayed a photograph of Suri with the headline "Abandoned By Daddy."
"To say he has 'abandoned' her is a vicious lie," Mr. Cruise's lawyer, Bert Fields, said in a statement Wednesday. "To say it in lurid headlines with a tearful picture of Suri is reprehensible."


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For some reason I cannot help but think that Ann Romney or Laura Bush would never be invited to participate in the Oscars. Mr. Tobin reminds us of what Republicans are up against in trying to defeat the Obama/Hollywood/Media machine.
by Jonathan S. Tobin
No one who decided to go to bed or just switched the channel sometime before the end of a spectacularly boring Oscars show last night should be blamed. But if you did, you missed more than the identity of the winners of the major awards. In a night full of not particularly funny jokes or entertaining production numbers, and winners that most of the movie pundits predicted, the biggest surprise came when First Lady Michelle Obama appeared live from the White House to help Jack Nicholson present the Best Picture Award that capped the evening. Mrs. Obama is as graceful, attractive and well dressed as most of the film stars present at the ceremony. But the decision to include her at its conclusion illustrated a salient fact about the advantages her husband has been given and why the laws of political gravity do not seem to apply to him.
In the last year I have often written about how conservatives have underestimated President Obama's political appeal as well as the kid glove treatment he gets from the media. The full explanation of his ability to escape the sort of critical scrutiny his recent predecessors have received is multifaceted, but I believe the most important aspect of this phenomenon is what I call the "Camelot" factor. The Obamas are the beneficiaries of a media whose liberal bias is beyond doubt. […….]
It almost goes without saying that it is impossible to imagine any other recent First Lady being invited to present the Best Picture Oscar. Mrs. Obama's many fans will argue that she is the most stylish and perhaps attractive of recent presidential wives, and perhaps they have a case to make in that regard. [……]
While all presidents, including some of the most revered like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, have always been subjected to abuse in the political arena, popular culture had always tended to treat presidents with deference. But ever since Kennedy, that salute-the-flag way of looking at our political leaders has gone out the window. Since then all denizens of the White House have been subjected to the same cynical and sarcastic treatment accorded everybody else in contemporary American culture. Though liberals were certainly treated better than conservatives, they were not exempt. Not, that is, until Barack and Michelle Obama.
President Obama's historic status as our first African-American president grants him the sort of edge that no other contemporary politician or any of his successors can ever hope to acquire. But the strength of his position is not just a function of a lapdog liberal media that is so easily led around by the nose by White House flacks. The Obamas are not just the leading figures in our politics; they are treated by popular culture as the uncrowned king and queen of America.
Part of this is seen in the way the first lady and the Obama children are held exempt from the sort of nasty criticism that has been the normal fare of every presidential family since Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline and John-John were the darlings of the press. The children of even liberal presidents such as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were the butts of jokes–but not the Obama kids.
But the ability of the Obamas to preside over American culture like apolitical monarchs while simultaneously taking part in some of the most bitter, partisan and demagogic political warfare against their opponents gives the president an enormous advantage in everything he does, whether it is conducting a re-election campaign or bullying Congress to raise taxes.
Prior to the Oscars, it was understood that politics had torpedoed the chances of the superior "Zero Dark Thirty" from winning the top award. But Mrs. Obama's presence in the ceremony told us more about the intersection of culture and politics than even that travesty.
Republicans have spent much of the last few months since their defeat at the hands of President Obama engaged in an orgy of introspection and recrimination. A good deal of that is justified. But as much as they need to rethink their approach to some issues, as well as their messaging, they would be foolish to think that their losses in 2008 and 2012 are unconnected to their bad fortune in being matched up against a Camelot presidency.
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Sony design engineers need to wear shirts occasionally
By christophersaul on Oct 08, 2007
I have two Sony products with earphones - one a set of noice cancelling headphones and the other a Bluetooth handsfree kit.
The headphones have the left ear piece attached to the main cable, with the right earpiece on a longer cord eminating from the left ear piece cable. The right ear piece cable is designed to be strung around the back of the neck. The handsfree has string that's placed over the head like a necklace, with the ear pieces hanging off the sides, ready to be inserted earwards when a call comes through.
Each of them works nicely if I'm wearing a t-shirt, but both are a pain if I'm wearing something with a collar. The left cable tends to get caught on the collar, which means grating sounds coming through on the headphones or catching the earpiece on the handsfree kit when I try to put it in my ear. Even if it gets in, the mic is usally buried under the collar anyway and noone can hear what I'm saying.
My Apple iPod headphones use a normal headphone 'y' design, with the cables neatly sitting between my collar, never getting caught or causing any issues.
I can just imagine the groovy t-shirt wearing Sony design engineers getting excited at how they'd come up with something cooler and apparently more innovative than Apple for a change, without ever testing whether their design was actually practical for anyone who doesn't work at a design consultancy and can't wear groovy t-shirts to work.


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Tiki Hartman's life of hula as told through the photographs from her archives.
Tiki was one of the first to perform hula in Japan after World War II, teaching the Japanese musicians how to play Hawaiian music,
one of the first women to perform the fire sword dance, walked on fire, and even twirled fire lighted poi balls.
A Hula Dancer
Flowers in her hair,
Moonlight on her face,
Dancing here and there,
Moving hands with hula grace.
Stories young and old,
Embracing all as they are told,
A hula Dancer is Hawai'i.
Everything that is Hawai'i
can be told by a hula dancer.
Everything that is Hawai'i
was Aunty Tiki to me.
-Keoni Atkinson
Compiled by Randy Magnus, captions by her daughter, Lani Lee.
Randy Magnus grew up in the Central Valley farmlands of California, and saw the cultural diversity that came into the area as the population grew. He learned to celebrate what the different cultures had to offer in the arts, food, and lifestyles. With his cameras Randy would document the cultural celebrations, showing the pride in what sets each culture apart, perserving a part of their unique heritage to share with others. Randy Magnus has work in several museums, including MOMA in New York City, the Oakland Museum, and the Achenbach Print Collection at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. He has had one-man shows in San Francisco, New York, and Amsterdam. .
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"Food Network Star" 2014 resumed July 27 on the Food Network as the five remaining contestants continued their quest for the season 10 title in New York City. By evening's end, the roster dropped to just four as another hopeful was sent packing just weeks before the finale.
The episode opened as the finalists made their way to the Food Network headquarters at Chelsea Market. Once inside the kitchen, they faced judges Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Giada DeLaurentiis. Giada explained that they'd be responsible for choosing a summer-staple food item from a Chelsea Market vendor, and Alton shared that they would then each be responsible for presenting a live field report from the market explaining what makes their item so great.
The finalists chose envelopes from a basket to determine their vendor destinations. Sarah Penrod drew the Manhattan Fruit Exchange; Luca Della Casa selected the Lobster Place; Lenny McNab drew Sohha Savory Yogurt; Nicole Gaffney picked Ronnybrook Milk Bar; and Loreal Gavin chose Dickson's Farmstand Meats. The self-proclaimed Butcher Babe was delighted with her randomly selected envelope, but others, including cowboy Lenny, weren't quite as enthused. Before sending them off to interview their shopkeepers and prepare their presentations, Bobby wished them luck and reminded them that they'd be presenting live so edits wouldn't be an option.
Luca was first to present to the judging panel and seemed to charm them with his big smile. All three were impressed with his attention to the camera and his presentation. Sarah followed and badly screwed up her intro, struggling with her earpiece, but made up for the gaffe with humor as she took a big bite from a melon after the judges asked her what it tasted like.
Nicole drew Bobby's praise and Giada appreciated her ice cream tip, but Lenny's lack of knowledge about yogurt hurt his presentation, leaving a disappointed Bobby declaring "he didn't give us anything." Loreal brought up the rear and despite her experience with meat, she struggled to give any kind of insight and her presentation fell flat.
Later, the top five joined the trio back in the kitchen for a quick review. Luca and Nicole took praise for their efforts, while Loreal and Lenny took heat for theirs. Sarah earned a split decision. Nicole was declared the winner of an advantage in the week's Star Challenge.
The trio immediately introduced said challenge. A video featuring Rachael Ray played. She explained that they'd be tackling a "real life dinner dilemma" for a family that would be assigned to them, and then they'd present their solutions live during three and a half minute segments on "The Rachael Ray Show." As the advantage winner, Nicole was given the right to choose the family with whom she'd like to work and then assign the remaining families to her competitors.
She assigned the "big family, small budget" group to Lenny. The "delicious leftover/frozen foods" family went to Sarah, while Luca was given the veggie-hating picky eaters. Nicole opted to keep the health-seekers for herself, leaving the "on the go" family for Loreal. With 30 minutes on the clock, the hopefuls got to work creating their dishes. Sarah offered up plenty of snarky commentary criticizing her opponents' dishes, deeming Loreal's stuffed chicken too complicated for an on the go family and Nicole's food too spicy for kids.
Later, the top five arrived at Rachael Ray's studio and the star herself greeted them in the Green Room, encouraging them to tell their stories and make connections. The sometimes-nervous Luca took to the stage first as the selection committee looked on. Although the little boys refused to taste his cauliflower risotto with bolognese sauce, the judges were still impressed with the food. Nicole followed with her shrimp and vegetable wraps and Alton noted that she looked comfortable, but disaster struck as the little boy ejected the sriracha-doused dish after tasting it.
Sarah followed with her taco soup presentation. As the mentors looked on, Giada noted that she didn't look like she was having any fun as she cooked, but fortunately, the mom called the dish "delicious." Loreal was up next with her complicated chicken dish and immediately irritated Giada by not telling anyone what she was cooking. As the process went on and on, the judges noted that the dish wasn't the cheap, fast, and easy one the family had requested, but also noted that she was, at least, having fun.
Finally, Lenny finished up the presentations. Although he too failed to tell the family what he was making, he offered up several good tips that impressed Giada and made the audience applaud. Afterward, Rachael joined the judges in the Green Room to give her impressions. She wasn't pleased with Sarah's presentation or Nicole's dish, but loved both Lenny's personality and his food.
The next day, the top five joined the panelists for judgment. Luca and Lenny were declared safe to cook again, leaving Sarah, Loreal, and Nicole in danger of elimination. After privately deliberating, Giada, Bobby, and Alton called the trio back into the room for the week's elimination. Nicole was saved to cook again and dismissed. Moments later, Loreal, who was criticized for an inability to teach, was dismissed from the competition.
"Food Network Star" 2014 continues Aug. 3. Tune in to see which three hopefuls are given the chance to film their own pilot shows.
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- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 8: Bizarre team challenge effort boots one
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 7: Someone returns, someone goes home
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 6: Who got the boot?
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The ZR-350 is a two-door sports car featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The ZR-350 is based on the 1993–1995 Mazda RX-7 but it is scaled much longer. It is the only car in GTA San Andreas with hidden headlights. It also features "ZR-350" on the rear lights. The name could be a reference to the 1990–1995 Corvette ZR-1 which had a 350 cu in engine (It should also be noted that the elongated front can be mistaken for a C5 Corvette).
There are two versions of this car; one with a rear-spoiler and one without.
The ZR-350 has a good top speed and acceleration, however, it has poor handling when driving at high speeds. It is also damage-resistant, and slow collisions do not affect the vehicle that much.
The ZR-350 can be modified at Transfender. Modifications include:
- Color
- Nitro
- Wheels
- Hydraulics
Prominent appearances
The ZR-350 is the vehicle that Carl Johnson uses for the mission Farewell, My Love.... This version has off-road tires, fitting to the terrain of the race track.
Also, there is a special blue ZR-350 that appears in 555 We Tip. This one has a blue interior, which is strange as you can not modify interiors on this car.
GTA San Andreas
- Commonly spawns in Las Venturas and San Fierro.
- Parked in the Las Venturas Airport parking lot.
- Found at the parking lot of The Clown's Pocket in The Strip, Las Venturas (only when wanted for export).
- Available for import at Easter Basin, San Fierro every Friday after completing export lists (Costs $36,000).
- Commonly spawns near commercial districts in all three cities.
- A model car of the ZR-350 can be found in Zero RC shop in Garcia, San Fierro.
- The default radio station in the ZR-350 is SF-UR.


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The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion show was epic and saw the best ratings in the history of "RHOA" reunion shows. This is mostly due to the fight between Porsha Williams and Kenya Moore. What viewers might have missed during all the drama according to a Wednesday report by Wetpaint was Cynthia Bailey flashing her entire breast to the audience.
It's understandable that viewers had all their attention on the shocking site of Porsha dragging Kenya across the stage by her hair. What they didn't notice in all the commotion is that Cynthia Bailey truly did have the worst seat on the stage.
Maybe a security guard should have sat between Porsha and Kenya, rather than having Cynthia sit there. We can only assume that she was placed next to Kenya because she is the least likely to put hands on the fight-provoking reality TV star. The problem is, she ended up getting caught up in the fight.
When Porsha Williams finally lost it and reached to snatch that bullhorn from Kenya, her hand caught on Cynthia's dress and uncovered her entire right breast for all to see. Cynthia Bailey looked absolutely horrified as she scrambled to cover herself back up.
The "RHOA" reunion show nip slip was initially missed because the drama was so high. It was hard to see all that was going on in the chaos of Kenya and Porsha brawling along with the crew trying to break them up. Blurred versions of the Cynthia Bailey nip slip can be viewed on YouTube for all those who may have missed it. So far, it looks like Cynthia can remain modest as no non-blurred versions of the wardrobe malfunction have surfaced yet.
It looks like being the diplomatic one did not pay off for Cynthia this time. Being seated between the two with the biggest feud caused her to show her goods to the world. That was only after having Kenya waive that scepter all in her face and blast her with a bullhorn that was pointed across her at Porsha.
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I have a Freecom 500GB Toughdrive and I have a suspicion that something is wrong with it, because my PC sometimes does not find it and it sometimes makes clicking sounds. The drive itself is not that old, however I want to be sure that it's ok, as it contains vital data.
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I have tried ActiveSmart for USB drives but it does not find my disk.
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Duquesne's Summer Company Announces 2011 Season
The Summer Company at Duquesne University, which focuses on quality productions of classical and soon-to- be-classic plays in the company of friends, will stage three noted plays during its 2011 season.
All performances begin at 8 p.m. in the Peter Mills Theater of Rockwell Hall, 600 Forbes Ave.
June 2-4 and June 9-11
The season begins with Look Homeward Angel by Ketti Frings, based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe. Set in 1916, the story focuses on the Gant Family and their trials and tribulations while running "Dixieland," the family's run-down North Carolina boarding house. The director is Leah Cassella.
July 14-16 and July 21-23
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco offers a fresh take on the classic absurdist play in which the inhabitants of a small, French town slowly turn into rhinoceroses. It directly reflects society's need to conform rather than to stand alone. Jill Jeffery is the director.
Aug. 25-27 and Sept. 1-3
The company's season closes with Edward Albee's acclaimed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which follows two couples through one tumultuous evening of angry words and painful revelations. T.J. Fernino will direct this seminal play of the 1960s.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 for students and seniors.
For more information or for ticket reservations, contact the Gemini Theater at 412.243.5201.


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I import vCard with multiple contacts to Google and some pics aren't set as the contact pics. I guess they violate some format restrictions. What are the rules for contact pictures in Google?
All my contact photos are in png, jpeg, or jpg format and are reasonably small. I find Google eats all the above formats. Maybe there's a restriction of size?