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BIRTHPLACE: Fraser, MI, USA
DRAFTED: undrafted
|OHL Second All-Star Team (2003) Signed as a free agent by Carolina, August 6, 2003.
Chad spends his summers in Raleigh and has dogs named Peyton and Ty… His hero growing up was Steve Yzerman, and his biggest hockey influence was his father… His first hockey team was the Fraser Novice… He also played baseball until the ninth grade… Chad's first job was as a paperboy… Chad's favorite vacation spot is the beach in North Carolina… The most-played song on his iPod is "Soul To Squeeze" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers… His favorite movie is Old School, favorite TV show is Modern Family and favorite video game is Tiger Woods Golf… Chad ended up wearing number 59 because it was given to him at training camp… His most memorable NHL goal was his first… His favorite meals are chicken and pasta… He says if he wasn't playing professional hockey, he would be a professional poker player… His favorite magazine is Men's Fitness… His favorite website is carolinahurricanes.com and favorite holiday is Christmas… Chad's favorite thing about being a professional hockey player is "playing every day"… The current celebrity he would most like to meet is Vince Vaughn… The person in history he would most like to meet is John Lennon… His most common game-day habit is napping… His charity involvement includes The Queen of All Saints… His favorite former teammate not currently with the Hurricanes is Mike Commodore… The places where he spends the most time other than home and the rink are the Triangle's golf courses… Chad's favorite arena is the Bell Centre in Montreal, which is also his favorite road city and favorite team to play against.
Completed his seventh NHL season with the Hurricanes… Was third on the team in goals, matching his career high with 19… Ranked tied for fifth on the team in scoring (32 points)… Netted a career-high five game-winning goals, ranking tied for first among Hurricanes in that category… Was second on the team in hits (131), despite missing 15 games due to injury or illness… The Hurricanes were 12-3-3 when he scored a goal… Scored his first goal of season at NJ (10/10)… Scored two goals vs. TB (11/1)… Had a goal and an assist vs. PIT (11/12)… Totaled two goals and an assist for a season-high three points in a 4-2 win at PHI (11/21)… Scored the game-winner vs. BUF (1/6)… Returned to the lineup after missing six games with an upper-body injury at NYI (1/21)… Netted the game-winning goal vs. STL (3/15)… Scored the game winner for the second time in three games, at WPG (3/18)… Had a goal and an assist at DET (3/24)… Scored a goal vs. MTL (4/5), matching his career high for goals in a season (19, 2008-09)… Games missed due to injury: 13 (Upper Body: 1/10-20, 2/17-3/1)… Games missed due to illness: 2 (2/2-2/4)… Longest goal streak: 3 games (3/6-3/10: 3g, 1a; 3/15-3/18: 3g, 0a)… Longest assist streak: 2 games (10/28-10/29: 0g, 2a)… Longest point streak: 3 games (10/28-11/1: 2g, 2a; 3/6-3/10: 3g, 1a; 3/15-3/18: 3g, 0a)… Multi-goal games: 1 (11/1 vs. TB: 2g, 0a)… Multi-assist games: 2 (last: 11/21 at PHI: 1g, 2a)… Multi-point games: 6 (last: 3/24 at DET: 1g, 1a).
Is in his eighth NHL season with the Hurricanes… Signed a two-year contract with Carolina on June 29, 2011… Represented the United States at the 2002 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic and the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia… Tallied three points (2g, 1a) in seven games for Team USA at the 2007 Worlds.
1999-00: Played 54 games for Sioux Falls of the United States Hockey League, notching 29 goals and 26 assists (55 points) and 28 penalty minutes.
2000-01: Split the season between Sioux Falls of the USHL and Plymouth of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)… Had 33 points (11g, 22a) in 24 games with Sioux Falls before joining Plymouth… Scored 18 goals and had seven assists (25 points) in 32 regular season games for Plymouth…Ranked second among Whalers skaters with 10 goals, tied for third with 20 points and fourth with 10 assists while playing in all 19 of Plymouth's 2001 postseason contests.
2001-02: Led the Whalers with 32 goals, ranked second on the team with 59 points and tied for fourth on the team with 27 assists in the regular season… Represented the OHL West team at the Canadian Hockey League All-Star Game Series… Tied for first on Plymouth with three goals and ranked second on the team with four assists and seven points in the Whalers' six 2002 playoff contests.
2002-03: Represented the United States at the 2002 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic and scored two goals and earned two assists (4 points) in Team USA's seven games… Led all Plymouth skaters with 61 goals and 56 assists (117 points) in 2002-03, ranking him tied for second in the OHL in goal scoring, third in points and ninth in assists… Represented the OHL West team at the Canadian Hockey League All-Star Game Series for the second consecutive season.
2003-04: Split his first professional season between Lowell (AHL) and Florida (ECHL)… Recorded seven goals and nine assists (16 points) in 36 AHL games… Scored 16 goals and had 19 assists (35 points) in 41 ECHL games… Played in 14 Kelly Cup Playoff games with Florida, notching three goals and four assists (7 points) while accumulating 20 penalty minutes.
2004-05: Spent the entire season in Lowell, and ranked fifth on the Lock Monsters in scoring with 42 points (20g, 22a) in 66 games… Led team with 10 power-play goals, falling one short of the franchise single-season record… Notched three hat tricks, the only Lowell player to score three goals in a game (11/21, 2/5, 4/17)… Had a Lowell season-high four points (3g, 1a) vs. Hartford (4/17)… Lock Monsters were 22-7-0-3 when he recorded at least one point… Was Lowell's fourth-leading scorer during the Calder Cup Playoffs, tallying eight points (3g, 5a) in 11 postseason contests.
2005-06: Was third among Carolina forwards in plus/minus for the season (+7)… Made his NHL debut and was (-1) in 13:32 of ice time at ANA (12/6)… Earned his first NHL point an assist on Erik Cole's goal and took his first NHL penalty at LA (12/8)… Beat Martin Brodeur for his first NHL goal at 1:59 of the third period vs. NJ (12/17)… Had a career-high 17 penalty minutes when he scrapped with Karl Stewart vs. ATL (1/4)… Led Lowell (AHL) with 14 goals and ranked second with 25 points in 23 games with the Lock Monsters prior to his 12/5 recall… Had a season-high three goals and five points in Lowell's 7-6 win at Portland (11/26)… Played in 21 of Carolina's 25 playoff games to capture his first Stanley Cup… Made his NHL playoff debut in Game 1 vs. MTL (4/22)…Earned his first NHL playoff point with the primary assist on the Justin Williams' shorthanded goal in Game 1 vs. EDM (6/5).
2006-07: Matched his then-career-high in assists (12)… Ranked fourth on the team in shorthanded points with four (2g, 2a) and tied for the team lead in shorthanded goals (2)… Scored his first NHL shorthanded goal vs. PIT (11/11)… Played in his 100th career NHL game vs. TOR (1/30)… Notched his first career multi-goal game at NJ (3/17).
2007-08: Was tied for the team lead in shorthanded points (2) and led all Hurricanes forwards in plus/minus (+6) despite playing in only 58 of Carolina's 82 games… Returned to action after missing three games with a concussion and netted his first career penalty-shot goal, a shorthanded tally on Tim Thomas, vs. BOS (12/28)… Suffered a broken leg at NSH (2/5)… Had points in four of the team's final five games (3/28-4/4: 4g, 2a) after missing 21 games with a broken leg… Earned his first career hat trick vs. TB (4/2).
2008-09: Established career-highs in games played (81), goals (19) and points (31)… Ranked tied for first on the team in shorthanded goals (2) and second in shorthanded points (4)… Was tied for third among Hurricanes in games played (81)… Was fifth on the team in goals (19) and sixth in plus/minus (+6)… Played his 200th NHL/Hurricanes game at WSH (11/6)… Established new career-high for goals in a season with a shorthanded tally at PHX (2/7)… Skated in all 18 of Carolina's playoff games… Ranked tied for second on the team in playoff scoring (11 points) and was third among Hurricanes in playoff assists (7)… Beat Martin Brodeur for his first NHL playoff goal in Game 3 vs. NJ (4/19)… Earned his first career playoff multi-point game with a pair of assists in Game 6 vs. NJ (4/26).
2009-10: Established a career, single-season high for assists (17), despite missing 26 games due to injury… Returned to action after missing 17 games with a lower-body injury and netted a goal on Chad LaRose bobblehead night vs. TB (1/18)… Skated in his 300th career NHL game vs. BOS (1/24)… Had 18 points (8g, 10a) and was (+13) in the final 21 games of the season after missing seven games with an upper-body injury… Scored a goal vs. WSH (3/18) for his 100th career NHL point… Netted the game-winner in the shootout – his first career shootout attempt – vs. WSH (3/25)… Earned a career-high four points with two goals and two assists vs. MTL (4/8).
2010-11: Ranked sixth on the team in goals (16), skating in a career-high 82 games… Ranked fourth on the team in hits (196)… Matched his career high with four points (2g, 2a) and was (+4) vs. OTT (11/17)… Surpassed 200 career penalty minutes vs. NJ (2/19)… Played his 400th career NHL game at WSH (3/29).


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It's the Super Bowl commercial no one seemed to like, but it's the one everyone is talking about. Supermodel Bar Refaeli made out with a computer nerd for Godaddy.com, and the world threw up a little in its mouth.
How poorly received was it? The commercial finished dead last among the 50-plus ad spots during the big game, according to the USA Today Ad Meter ratings released earlier this week.
Fun facts about the making of that commercial: the guy, Jesse Heiman, 34, told the Huffington Post that it took "45 to 60 takes" to get the kiss just right, and that they had to break for lunch in between. Hey, nerds are smart.
And for his audition he had to kiss a blowup doll that, he said, looked like Lindsay Lohan.
You've probably seen Heiman before: he's a veteran character actor who's appeared in episodes of HBO's "Entourage" and CBS' "NCIS," the movie "American Pie 2" and was Fernando in NBC's "Chuck."
And now he's a sex symbol. Yep.
"I've actually had guys tweet me that they wish they were me, and girls tweet me saying they wish they were Bar," Heiman said during and interview with CNET.
"I have girls run up to me and take pictures with me, tweet me for dates."
All this despite the fact that, Heiman says, he's never had a serious girlfriend.
Meanwhile, first place in the Super Bowl Ad Meter rankings went to Budweiser's "Horse and trainer united," in which a trainer and the Budweiser Clydesdale he raised are reunited during a street parade.
There was no public outcry over that kiss.
That one registered a 7.76 on the USA Today Ad Meter, narrowly beating Tide's "Miracle stain" spot, in which a salsa stain in the shape of Joe Montana appears on a guy's 49ers jersey and causes a national sensation (only to be washed out by his wife, a Ravens fan). That got a 7.75.
Both can thank the 49ers for their high ranking. Both commercials were in the second half as San Francisco mounted a comeback to make the game close - one last 49ers' comeback for Montana, as it turns out.
I talked with a man, Lew Patton, who was on the USA Today Ad Meter voting panel (there were about 1,400 voters):
"I was invited to join the USA Today Ad Meter Panel to rank the Super Bowl ads for 2013 Super Bowl. Here is the way I voted:
"My No. 1 commercial was the Dodge Ram commercial about Farmers. I thought this commercial was spot on. I thought it took courage to produce and to pay for at the Super Bowl. Everything that Paul Harvey said, was something that most all of my friends here in Texas, at least, believed. But Texas has lots of pickup trucks too. I knew while the commercial was playing that this was going to take lots of flack, but I just thought it was an awesome commercial.
"My No. 2 commercial was Jeep "Families Waiting" commercial. If you couldn't enjoy this one, there must be something wrong with your heart. Perhaps because I am a veteran this hit me close to home. I had a sudden allergy problem in front of my guests while watching this.
"What about the Bar Refaeli commercial? I ranked it dead last as well. It was sickening, and didn't arouse me at all. Just the opposite. I can't think of any way this commercial could have been worse."
Last year's USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter winner was the Doritos spot in which a grandmother fires a baby in a slingshot. Go figure. The voting was a bit different last year, as it was opened online to the general public.
The USA Today Ad Meter top 10:
1. Anheuser-Busch (Horse and trainer reunited). 60 seconds, 3rd quarter ... 7.76 rating.
2. Tide (Miracle Stain). 60 seconds, 4th quarter ... 7.75.
3. Dodge RAM (Farmers). 120 seconds, 4th quarter ... 7.43.
4. Doritos (Fashionista Dad). 30 seconds, 2nd quarter ... 7.27.
5. JEEP (Families waiting). 120 seconds, halftime ... 7.20.
6. Kia (Space Babies). 60 seconds, 4th quarter ... 6.74.
7. Doritos (Goat 4 Sale). 30 seconds, 1st quarter ... 6.71.
8. NFL (Deion Sanders returns). 60 seconds, 3rd quarter ... 6.68.
9. Hyundai (Kid assembles team). 30 seconds, 1st quarter ... 6.65.
10. Audi (Prom). 60 seconds, 1st quarter ... 6.64.
Rick's favorite among the ones not included in the top 10:
26. Oreo (Whispering in the library) 30 1 5.88.
The USA Today Bottom Five:
50. Calvin Klein (Guy in underwear) 30 2 3.88.
51. Anheuser-Busch (Black Crown party) 30 1 3.73.
52. Anheuser-Busch (Beck's Sapphire fish singing) 30 3 3.66.
53. Anheuser-Busch (Black Crown coronation) 30 1 3.64.
54. GoDaddy.com (Bar Refeali make out) 30 1 3.30.
By the way, Will Ferrell also did a Super Bowl commercial, but hardly anyone saw it. For the second straight year he did an ad for Old Milwaukee beer, but it was only seen in small markets in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Montana.
In it, he's kissing a woman on a commuter train as a Chinese song plays in the background.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Candlestick Park's final exhibition game produced a flood of reassuring moments for the 49ers in Sunday night's 34-14 rout of the Minnesota Vikings.
Defensive dominance, a special-teams touchdown and Colin Kaepernick's closing spree of completions shared the spotlight.
Then came the showstopper: coach Jim Harbaugh's endorsement of Colt McCoy as the No. 2 quarterback.
"I feel real good right now that Colt's the backup," Harbaugh said. "Tonight, down after down, he was consistently good, and that's what we were looking for."
McCoy sounded confident in his status despite an NFL.com report earlier in the day that he might get traded. McCoy confirmed he restructured his contract Saturday night, but he wouldn't says if, as reported, he had his base salary slashed from $1.5 million to the league minimum of $630,000.
McCoy replaced Kaepernick in the second quarter and played into the fourth, finishing out a 91-yard touchdown drive. He was 11 of 15 for 109 yards with no touchdown passes and an interception for the third straight game.
"Jim and I had a great week, talked a lot, met a lot," McCoy said. "We've figured each other out a lot better, and I've played better."
McCoy said he didn't feel his job threatened with Thursday's signing of a fifth quarterback: veteran Seneca Wallace, who played the final three snaps Sunday. Also in the bullpen were B.J. Daniels, who produced an 8-minute touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, and Scott Tolzien, who did not play, reportedly because of back spasms.
The backup QB race will be moot if Kaepernick finishes as strong and healthy as he did Sunday. Kaepernick (7 of 13, 72 yards) played only in the first quarter (three series) and exited after an 84-yard touchdown drive.
Kaepernick completed his final six passes, including a 5-yard touchdown strike to rookie Quinton Patton. That ending overshadowed a rusty start: Kaepernick's only completion among his first seven passes was a 4-yard, shovel toss to Chad Hall.
Kaepernick has played only 33 snaps in three exhibitions, and Harbaugh said he's planning to play him in Thursday's exhibition finale at San Diego, adding, "That's subject to change." Kaepernick said he is ready for the Sept. 8 season opener but willing to play Thursday.
The 49ers defense looked in regular-season form, starting with a first-series turnover on Ahmad Brooks' sack and Aldon Smith's fumble recovery. Defensive tackle Justin Smith "had a burr in his saddle or something," Harbaugh said in reference to Smith's body-slamming Toby Gerhart for a 4-yard loss on third-and-one.
Both Smiths and most of the other starters were out of the game by the time the Vikings scored, doing so on a 1-yard catch by Zach Line 3 minutes before halftime. That touchdown pass followed a Perrish Cox pass-interference penalty in the end zone, and Cox later gave up a 7-yard, third-quarter touchdown catch to Joe Webb.
"He's definitely got to do a better job of not getting emotionally hijacked after doing something great," Harbaugh said.
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said he'll likely ask the league to review the play for potential discipline on Looney, noting that his assistants were "pretty upset when they saw it."
Thursday's game
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OAKLAND -- The A's remodeled their pitching staff at the cost of more than $32 million Monday, signing free-agent left-handed starting pitcher Scott Kazmir and getting right-handed closer Jim Johnson from Baltimore in a trade that sent infielder Jemile Weeks and a player to be determined to the Orioles.
Johnson has been the most successful closer in the game the last two seasons with 101 saves for Baltimore. Those 51- and 50-save seasons are projected to be worth $10 million-plus in arbitration.
After making $6.5 million this year, Johnson is eligible for arbitration this offseason before moving into free agency after 2014. The fact that his salary will soar will be all right with the A's if he can deliver for them the way he did for the Orioles.
The 30-year-old Johnson, who didn't become the closer until 2012, blew three saves that year. He came back in 2013 with nine blown saves and an ERA that went from 2.49 to 2.94, a clear, if minimal decline.
Oakland has been without a closer since deciding not to retain 35-year Grant Balfour, a free agent who was the club's saves leader the last two seasons.
Earlier in the day, the A's put together a two-year, $22 million contract for Kazmir, a deal that is final except for the mandatory physical exam.
Kazmir was once a rising star. In his first five seasons with Tampa Bay, he was capable of throwing 98 mph. Through the 2008 season he was 47-37 with a 3.61 ERA and seemed on the verge of stardom with the Rays.
Then his fastball took a hike. He was traded to the Angels, and his numbers went south to the point where pitched just 12/3 innings in the big leagues in 2011-12. He revived his prospects in Cleveland this year, and now he's headed to Oakland, where he will be the oldest member of the starting rotation.
He's only 29. His arrival leaves no room at the table for Bartolo Colon. The 18-game winner, now 40, will pitch elsewhere in 2014.
Shortstop Jed Lowrie, who was the A's leadoff hitter on Aug. 18 when the club faced Kazmir and beat him, likes the move.
"I remember in general his velocity being back and his changeup being more effective," Lowrie said. "He's always been a great fastball command and slider guy."
The Kazmir fastball has been more fiction than fact the last few years. He'd lost about 10 mph on it during his low times with the Angels, so much so that he spent most of 2011 pitching in an independent league with a grim 3-6 record and 5.34 ERA. He rediscovered his velocity after signing a minor league deal with Cleveland in 2012 and pitching for the Indians this year, going 10-9 with a 4.04 ERA.
He is not all the way back, but with his fastball now an easy 93 mph that occasionally reaches 95 mph, his strikeouts are up and his walks are down.
He averaged just 2.7 walks and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings with the Indians. In the second half, his strikeouts jumped to 10.3 per nine innings while his walks decreased to 2.1.
When A's catcher John Jaso -- like Lowrie one of eight arbitration-eligible players who were tendered contracts for 2014 Monday -- was coming up in the Tampa Bay organization, Kazmir was at the top of his game, including 783 strikeouts in 723 innings with the Rays from 2004-2008.
"When I was with the Rays, what you'd hear is, 'Oh my God, that man is so nasty,' " Jaso said from his Southern California home. "He was something special then.—
Can he be something special again? Jaso thinks so.
"It's been good to see him bouncing back since the time when his velo (velocity) was down," Jaso said. "You see him dominating like he did when he was a really young pitcher. I think he's getting back to his usual self."
Kazmir's arrival underscores the belief that the club will look to trade another lefty, 2013 opening day starter Brett Anderson. While Anderson is four years younger, he's been injured repeatedly, and the A's seem unwilling to see if he can get healthy again.
Without Colon, the A's still have a crowded field competing for one of the five spots in the rotation. There are four right-handers who started for the A's in 2013 in Jarrod Parker, A.J. Griffin, Dan Straily and Sonny Gray, plus Kazmir, Anderson and Tommy Milone throwing from the left side. Even a potential trade of Anderson leaves six starters for five spots.
The one player who didn't get tendered a contract was Fernando Rodriguez, a right-handed pitcher who spent the season on the disabled list. He signed a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. The other eight all potentially face arbitration, but the A's generally strike deals before arbitration comes around.


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Published: Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 8:07 a.m.
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Nelly told TMZ Thursday night he had no idea heroin and marijuana were on his tour bus, which was stopped by police in Texas earlier that day.
Of course he didn't.
"It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning," he said
Police in Sierra Blanca, Texas say they found 36 baggies of heroin, more than 10 pounds of weed, and a loaded .45 caliber pistol. A passenger on the bus, Brian Keith Jones, was arrested after admitting the drugs and the weapon were his.
Nelly said "Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials did not press charges against anyone other than that individual."
Police sources told TMZ field tests of the drugs in the baggies confirmed it was heroin. Sources close to Nelly said it was ecstasy.
BOOK CLAIMS ELIZABETH TAYLOR SLEPT WITH REAGAN AND J.F.K.: Elizabeth Taylor slept with Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, according to an explosive tell-all book.
Authors Danforth Prince and Darwin Potter claim in their book, "Elizabeth Taylor: There is Nothing Like a Dame," that the actress had an affair with Ronald Reagan when she was a teenager and had a threesome with President John F. Kennedy and actor Robert Stack.
Taylor died in 2011. According to the Huffington Post, the authors say they spent years researching the screen legend's life, and allege then 36-year-old Reagan invited a teenage Taylor to dinner at his home, and she seduced him.
Apparently he couldn't just say no.
The London Daily Express reported that a close friend of Taylor's revealed what the actress told her of her encounter with Reagan.
"Reagan was treating me like a grown woman, and that thrilled me," Taylor allegedly said. "We sat on his sofa and I could tell he wanted to get it on but he seemed reluctant to make the first move. I became the aggressor.... After a heavy make-out session on the sofa, we went into the bedroom."
The authors also allege a nude swim in J.F.K.'s pool turned into a steamy threesome with the president and Stack, both of whom were married.
It's really too bad there wasn't the Internet back then.
The book is full of details about the sexual encounters Taylor allegedly had with stars such as Peter Lawford, Errol Flynn, Tony Curtis and Paul Newman.
The Huffington Post reported Friday that the book isn't a flattering portrayal of Taylor. It claims that when her romance with Frank Sinatra died, she tried trapping him by saying she was pregnant in an attempt to get him to marry her. It was previously reported in Kitty Kelley's 1987 tell-all, "His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra," that Sinatra scoffed at marrying her and arranged for an abortion instead.
The actress, who died at the age of 79, was married eight times (twice to actor Richard Burton), and will be portrayed by Lindsay Lohan in the upcoming Lifetime biopic "Liz & Dick."
LINDSAY LOHAN LIKES MITT ROMNEY: Somewhere, a giddy President Obama is on the phone, making travel arrangements to spend the next two months in the Bahamas. Because he knows he just won the election and won't be showing up for any more debates.
Yes, Lindsay Lohan has made her eagerly-anticipated presidential election endorsement. And Mitt Romney is sequestered in an unknown location, sobbing hysterically and wondering where he went wrong.
Lohan announced Thursday night that she's throwing her weighty support behind the Romney-Ryan ticket.
According to E! News, the actress was at something called the Mr. Pink's Ginseng Drink event at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, where she told reporters Romney's her man.
"I just think employment is really important right now," Lohan explained when asked if she was keeping up with the election. "So, as of now, Mitt Romney. As of now."
Oh ... employment is important. Well, there you have it.
Then she broke out the pie charts a Power Point presentation right there on the red carpet, offering sound and educated evidence as to why Romney is the man.
OCTOMOM DENIES ABUSE ALLEGATIONS: Nadya Suleman, also known as "Octomom," said sexual abuse allegations from two former nannies are bogus and that the nannies are obsessed with her children and wanted to take them.
I have a feeling this is going to get really weird in a second.
"All of this is blatant lies," Suleman told TMZ Thursday night, adding the nannies are trying to "sell lies" to the media because they're upset Suleman and her family moved far away from their former home.
The nannies accuse Suleman of allowing one of her children to sexually abuse another child inside the home.
According to CBS2 in Los Angeles, the nannies contacted told Child Protective Services they witnessed the abuse. "(One of the boys) would take (his sibling) away and take her to another area. And he would be touching her."
"(Suleman) never did (anything). 'It's OK, don't worry about it.' That was her attitude." the woman said.
According to the report, the nannies also say they saw Suleman tie her eight newborns to their bed with cheese cloth around their waists to keep them from getting out of their cribs and blocked the door to the kids' bedroom with a chair from the outside so she could nap peacefully.
Cheese cloth? It's now officially weird.
Suleman countered, telling TMZ she had a bad feeling about the nannies, one in particular who developed a troubling obsession with her kids.
So she kept the woman she had a bad feeling about around her kids. Good parents always ignore such feelings.
"(The nanny) wanted to do her best to keep my eight (for herself)," Suleman said. "(The nannies) are hating because they can't have what I have."
Of course they do. Who wouldn't want to be responsible for 14 screaming children?
Suleman said she hasn't been contacted by police, but has spoken with Child Protective Services. She said CPS "saw the kids were well taken care of."
Suleman denied the accusations concerning the chair blocking the door. She said the children did it as a joke. "The kids moved the chairs. They just like to do that."
Suleman says her kids are happy and healthy and have great lives. "I have nothing to hide."
FEUD BETWEEN DIVAS APPARENTLY OVER: Elton John's husband David Furnish said Thursday night that the couple's feud with Madonna is over.
Furnish said some nasty things about Madonna back in January, after she beat out John for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes, calling the singer desperate and narcissistic.
But on his way out of the Abbey in West Hollywood Thursday, Furnish told TMZ there's no more bad blood between the them, saying "I think she's a great artist. She's an inspiration to all of us."
When pressed about the sincerity of his comments, Furnish said, "Seriously ... I love her."
Of course he does.
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Saturday is Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2012. There are 79 days left in the year.
A.D. 54: Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.
1307: King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy.
1775: The United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
1792: The cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
1845: Texas voters ratified a state constitution.
1932: President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
1944: American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
1960: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the third televised debate of their presidential campaign (Nixon was in Los Angeles, Kennedy in New York).
1962: Edward Albee's searing four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway with Arthur Hill as George, Uta Hagen as Martha, George Grizzard as Nick and Melinda Dillon (whose 23rd birthday it was) as Honey.
1972: A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; 16 survivors who resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive were rescued more than two months later.
1981: Voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
2002: Serbia's first presidential elections since the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic failed because of a low voter turnout. The Anaheim Angels routed the Minnesota Twins 13-5 to win the American League Championship Series in five games. Best-selling historian Stephen E. Ambrose died in Bay St. Louis, Miss., at age 66.
2007: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin had amassed so much central authority that the power-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy.
2010: Rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
2011: Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of the biggest insider-trading case in U.S. history, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 11 years behind bars. American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network in northwestern Pakistan. American Jordyn Wieber won another gold medal, beating Russia's Viktoria Komova for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (87), gospel singer Shirley Caesar (74), actress Melinda Dillon (73), singer-musician Paul Simon (71), country singer Lacy J. Dalton (66), singer-musician Sammy Hagar (65), model Beverly Johnson (60), producer-writer Chris Carter (56), singer Marie Osmond (53), rock singer Joey Belladonna (52), former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer (52), NBA coach Doc Rivers (51), college and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (50), actress Kelly Preston (50), actress Kate Walsh (45), actress Tisha Campbell-Martin (44), classical singer Carlos Marin (Il Divo) (44), Olympic silver-medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (43), actor Sacha Baron Cohen (41), NBA All-Star Paul Pierce (35), singer Ashanti (32). Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe (30).
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Advanced technology vehicles, such as the Chevy Volt, will flourish with continued developments in batteries, like the lithium-ion replica shown.
DOE released on July 12 three 2010 market reports that illustrate growth and deployment in wind power, advanced vehicles, and fuel cell technologies. Taken together, the reports highlight improving U.S. global competitiveness in the clean energy economy while creating cleantech jobs.
The 2010 Wind Technologies Market Report, produced by DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), analyzes trends in wind power capacity, manufacturing, performance, and costs. Wind energy installations comprised 25% of new U.S. electricity capacity additions in 2010, representing $11 billion in new investments, LBNL's report said. The newest wind installations created enough new capacity to power roughly 1.3 million homes. The report also notes that U.S. manufacturing of wind turbine components continues to increase, with domestically produced goods used in U.S. wind power projects reaching approximately 68% in 2009-2010, up from 52% in 2005-2006.
The 2010 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report, produced by the Breakthrough Technologies Institute, provides an overview of trends in the fuel cell industry, including product shipments, market development, and corporate performance. The report indicates continued growth in commercial deployments, especially material handling equipment, combined heat and power, and back‐up and auxiliary power unit applications. Commercial sales continue to grow as the number of fuel cell units shipped from North America quadrupled between 2008 and 2010.
Earlier this year, DOE and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) released the 2010 Vehicle Technologies Market Report, which documents trends in fuel efficiency, component suppliers, and the overall market for alternative fuel vehicles. The report finds that in the past five years, car manufacturers have produced cars that are more energy efficient, incorporated innovative lightweight materials, built cleaner-burning engines, and deployed new hybrid electric systems that reduce fossil fuels use. The report also predicts that the number of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in HEVs will rise significantly with increases in production, particularly in battery manufacturing. See the DOE Progress Alert, the LBNL wind report, the fuel cell report, and the ORNL vehicle report.


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Green Day brought Reading Festival to a standstill today (August 25) as they played a surprise set on the NME/Radio 1 Stage.
The band had been rumoured to perform at 12pm and were thought to be playing their 1994 album 'Dookie' from start to finish. However, their set actually began at 11am and was only confirmed when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took to Twitter to say so, writing: "Green day - READING FESTIVAL CONFIRMED!! On stage in 45 minutes! In the NME / RADIO 1 tent. 11am!! Be there!"
Such was the demand to get in that the organisers were forced to seal off access to the stage, leaving most of the crowd to watch the band on the Main Stage, where the set was being shown on a big screen.
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Lack of rainfall during recent growing seasons has resulted in food deficits for 3.5 million people in Mali. World Vision has responded to the food crisis here by distributing food to the most vulnerable.
Food stocks are running low and prices are high in the Sahel, the narrow band of African countries south of the Sahara that includes Mali, Niger, Mauritania, and Chad.
Rainfall there is erratic, and droughts are frequent. Garden and livestock production improved in 2012 after several seasons of severe drought, but many people have used up the food they stored from earlier harvests — and one good season cannot make up for all the deficits of years past.
Here are five important facts to keep in mind about this crisis and its required response.
The poorest families are selling off their few assets — including their animals and farm tools — and going into debt to buy food. Cereal prices are 50 percent higher than the five-year average in some places. Farming and the flow of goods have been disrupted In Mali, where a million people have been displaced by conflict and insecurity.
Alarming levels of malnutrition have been reported this year in Niger, Mali, Chad, and Nigeria. Severe malnutrition hinders children's mental and physical development and threatens the lives of mothers. About 45 percent of all deaths of children under 5 have hunger as an underlying cause.
Adult locusts are expected to move into Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad in the coming weeks to breed during the oncoming summer rains. The summer of 2012 saw the region's worst locust infestation since 2005, affecting the crops that feed 50 million people. Swarms of locusts can decimate a field so there is little left for farmers to harvest.
Communities that conserve and rehabilitate water sources and agricultural soils are better able to sustain agriculture. Farmers and livestock producers can learn to manage crops and animals to support their families year-round using drought-resistant crops and good herd management. With training and supplemental food, mothers can see that their children get the nutrition they need. World Vision assists communities to implement many of these strategies.
Many more children need to be screened for malnutrition and supplied with nutritious foods. Families need help to purchase food and build up their livelihoods. Displaced people, in particular, need access to drinking water and sanitation so they can avoid cholera and other waterborne diseases. World Vision is working to aid refugee and displaced children and families in camps and host communities.
Read more about the crisis in Mali, a Sahel country that is also suffering from the effects of a disastrous conflict that began in March 2012.
Please pray for those affected most by the recent droughts and poor crop performance in this troubled area of the world. Pray for steady rains and healthy harvests to return, and pray for a renewed state of food security in places like Mali, Niger, Chad, and Mauritania, where the need is great.
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Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 1:37 p.m.
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For the second consecutive season, the Nicholls State University baseball team had two players named to the Southland Conference's All-Academic teams, as Tyler Duplantis and Jordan McCoy were named to the All-Academic second team the league announced Wednesday.
Wrapping up his final season as a Colonel, McCoy finished with a 3.57 grade point average as a senior in general studies, while Duplantis, who is pursuing a degree in marketing, had a 3.01 GPA.
On the field, Duplantis finished eighth in the Southland in batting with a .330 average while seeing time at both first and third base. Along with leading the team in average, he led the team in hits (62) and produced a .995 fielding percentage with just two errors on the year.
McCoy was the closer for Nicholls finishing with 15 career saves after a career-high of eight in 2013. McCoy also posted a 2-2 overall record and 3.93 earned run average.
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The 1819 Hannibal Stream Team is sponsoring a Bear Creek cleanup April 27. Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. to noon and will meet at the parking lot next to the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center.
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The 1819 Hannibal Stream Team was formed last year to help protect Hannibal's many waterways.
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An amendment proposed by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to require background checks for commercial gun sales (but not for sales between "friends and neighbors") was shot down Wednesday afternoon in a 54-46 vote, failing to capture the 60 votes it needed to advance. The bill would have been a modest victory for gun control advocates, while ceding numerous concessions to the gun lobby (the NRA initially called it a "positive development.") Nevertheless, only four Republicans voted for the proposal, with 41 voting against it. Five Democrats rejected the proposal as
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November 09, 2005
EIA: Hurricane Recovery to Extend into Mid-2006
A prolonged recovery of oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico will continue to impact U.S. energy prices through mid-2006, according to DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA's "Short Term Energy Outlook," released on November 8th, states, "it now appears unlikely that anything close to complete recovery will occur before the end of the second quarter of 2006." The report projects a gradual increase of Gulf oil and natural gas production, reaching 87.4 percent and 79.4 percent of their pre-hurricane levels, respectively, by March 2006. As a result, the EIA expects supplies of gasoline and natural gas to remain tight at least through the winter.
Despite the grim production outlook, the EIA report revised slightly downward the cost of heating this winter, citing in part lower petroleum costs. The EIA now projects a 41 percent increase in winter heating costs for homes heated with natural gas, a 27 percent increase for homes using heating oil, and a 21 percent increase for homes using propane. Those numbers range from 5 to 9 percent lower than last month's projection. See the EIA "Short Term Energy Outlook."
According to the November 8th "Hurricane Situation Report" from DOE, nearly 50 percent of oil production in the Gulf remains out of service, plus about 41 percent of natural gas production. Meanwhile, in Florida, more than 100,000 customers remain without power, two weeks after Hurricane Wilma battered the state. See the latest "Hurricane Situation Report."


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Posted By: Sandra RalstonApril 9, 2013
The nation's water infrastructure is woefully in need of
repair and upgrading to protect public health and create jobs. And in fact, the
American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation's drinking and wastewater infrastructure
a D grade in its recently released 2013 Report Card for America's
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experts on water and economics. This
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31,000 water quality professionals. The Summit
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to spread the word as widely as possible. Following the Summit is the popular Fly-In on April 17 and
18, when water professionals will meet with legislative leaders and decision-makers
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I DID IT!!!! I ran the whole race, no walk breaks, and I feel great. My time was 37:32, a 12:05 pace. I couldn't have asked for anything better than that. It was raining (a little) and cold, about 40%. But I kept thinking of all the encouragement I received at this thread, and I listened to the advice. I ran my own race, stayed with my pace, and just kept going. I am so happy - cant wait for the next one!!
If I can do it, anyone can.
Great job, Robin! We all can identify with your feelings of accomplishment after the very 1st race. Like you said now you will be looking forward
to that next one. That's what keeps you focused and consistent with training. Next thing you know you will think 10k. Keep up the good work. Now
you know you can do anything if you really want to.
Good job Walking Bear! There is nothing like the accomplishment of that 1st 5k. Just like with Robin's post - do it at your pace -
and do it for you, that's the important thing. I just did a 5k yesterday for the American Lung Assoc. and I was reminded how blessed we are.
There are many people, adults and children alike that can not walk, must less run 3 miles. Just keep it up and let us know how
you are doing.
That is an AWESOME time, first time or not..that is AWESOME!!! Congratulations Robin!! D.
You ROCK!!! I'm thrilled for you.
Just found this thread and are planning on running my first 5k on the 21st. I have soaked up the many tips and encouragement given to Robin. Great job Robin - That was a great time. I am very nervous b/c my training has slacked in the past few weeks due to taking care of my sick children. With only a week to go - any suggestions? I've wondered how people warm up on race day - I've trained using the c25k plan with the 5 minutes of walking before running. Is this possible on race day?
I know the feeling.
Way to go Robin. I was looking forward to reading your post today. Sounds like you did awesome. Keep up the good work and sign up for another one somewhere down the line so you have that goal to continue to go for!
Told 'ya!!! Way to go Robin.
Fantastic!! You did it!! Good for you! It is addicting isn't it!
Rally On!
Thanks everyone, for all of your kind words. I owe it all to you guys, because a few weeks ago I was ready to give up. And Yes, it is addicting. I keep thinking about the next run, the next race, etc. etc. Isn't it awesome??!!
I got there early and parked about 10 blocks away, so I could have a warm-up walk. Also, I did my "loosening" exercises right there where the race started, while I was waiting.
Also, during the week leading up to the race, I ran on Sun, Tues, and Thurs. I rested Fri & Sat. I didn't push it on my runs, just some easy 2 or 2.5 milers.
Good luck!! Let us know how you do.
Walking Bear: I'm so proud of you for not giving up! Congratulations, you achieved your goal. Keep up the good work, and sign up for another one in two months. That's my plan. I know I need to have something on the calendar to keep me motivated. Best of luck to you, and thanks for your comments.
I just signed up for my first 5k too. Its not until May and I am currently running about 2 miles. Just keep working toward the goal and you will do great! I understand the nerves - but you still have a few weeks. Good luck - and let us know how you do!
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- They come from all over Aiken County, Edgefield County and some from even farther.
"Few more mountains but very close-knit," said Cpt. Mitchell "Skee" Barley of Beckley, W. Va., where he drove from.
Barley is chaplain at the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia. Think of the training as emotional first aid lessons for officers, firefighters and their families to help out in their times of need.
Just like this area, Mitchell's home has seen recent tragedy, too. In August, two troopers with the West Virginia State Police were shot and killed by a suspect pulled over for driving recklessly.
"[Another trooper is] down here with me, a chaplain from the state police, and we had help from South Carolina during that time," he said.
Now, Support 1, the organization offering this training, is getting more local officers, firefighters and EMTs certified to help their co-workers, if and when they have to. However, there's a wider effect that touches the whole community.
"If you were to call on the assistance of a police officer or firefighter or an EMT, you want them to have a clear mind when they come to work, and a lot of times, especially the guys, they take a lot of this home," said Sgt. Chris Chavous with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, who founded Support 1 more than a year ago.
Chavous says he was personally hurt by this area's recent losses. He was a personal friend of Officer Scott Richardson and Cpl. Sandy Rogers of the Aiken Department of Public Safety. Both were shot and killed about a year ago. Richmond County Deputy J.D. Paugh also lost his life to a gunman.
However, Support 1, which pays for this expensive teaching with donations, covers a wider spectrum.
"It can be anything from a police officer or firefighter or an EMT that's just witnessed a child die, to an officer killed in the line of duty, to a firefighter injured in an auto accident," Chavous said.
They're all things that can emotionally drain a first responder, but Support 1 wants to combat that through training one officer, one firefighter, one agency at a time.
There was a scheduling conflict for this session, but eventually, Georgia counties will also be involved.
Chavous says they'll hold that class possibly early next year. Of course, they still accept donations to front the bill for this important training that would usually cost thousands of dollars.
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Corporate Directors Say Fiscal Cliff Is Hampering Investment
Businesses are already planning to spend less in 2013 due to the impending fiscal cliff, attendees of the National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship 100 conference in New York said Tuesday. Company directors are worried that uncertain consumer demand and tax policies next year could make it irresponsible for them to make long-term investments.
"We've pulled back on our capital planning for 2013," Ellen Kullman, chairman and CEO of chemical maker DuPont, said in comments to the conference in New York on Tuesday. "We can't in good conscience put that money into the ground and create new plant sites or make improvements to our existing plants if we don't think the return is going to be there soon enough, so we're taking a wait and see attitude," she added.
The uncertainty over what kind of deal lawmakers will strike and when they will make it is creating an environment where "people don't have confidence that it's time to invest," said James D. Robinson III, presiding director at The Coca-Colapany, at the conference. He said the lack of certainty about the direction of the economy leads to questions about whether consumer demand will be enough to support investments.
Corporate executives have had ongoing discussions with politicians over the impending fiscal cliff, with a number of CEOs scheduled to hold separate meetings with President Obama and House Republicans on Wednesday.
At DuPont, Kullman said uncertainty about the continuation of the research and development tax credit has plagued the company for the past three years. The tax credit expired at the end of last year, but was in effect during all of 2011, so DuPont could take advantage of it each quarter. The credit was reinstated retroactively in 2010, which led the company to take its credit all in one quarter.
The retroactive implementation "didn't do us any good," Kullman said. "How do we plan if we get the tax credit in December retroactively, and then we are shown as being a poor corporate citizen because our tax rate is so low because we got 100% of the tax credit in one quarter?"
A number of tax and spending packages are currently being debated by legislators, but businesses are worried the R&D tax credit won't be addressed until a deal is cut. They say that uncertainty makes it difficult to make short-term plans.
Kullman also said the agriculture industry, where DuPont gets much of its supplies, is faced with even less clarity because of the unknown fate of the farm bill.
"They need some certainty there before they are gong to make those next investments," Kullman said. "The government does have a large part to play in creating the environment with which jobs can grow."


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Perhaps the sense of community pride is at its greatest during the Christmas season.
The fond, tender memories of all the Christmases past wash over us. There were the rituals of how and where we took the kids to see Santa. These are traditions Moms and Dads and the kids remember decades later.
We remember driving around seeing the community displays of lights and which homes had the best lights.
The community pride comes from what our Churches did to make the season special. It's recalling the annual events they held every year. It's about the special events other community organizations held each year. All of these moments weave together in our minds a strong sense of community pride and a fondness for the people of our community.
It's about the events and concerts the schools hold each December. The students who play in them, the parents who beam with pride, and as a generation turns who were once the students become the parents.
All of these events, happenings, family rituals and remembrances are a large part of the pride of a town like St. James.
These are many of the ties that bind us to our community. The type of pride we feel is the pride felt by all Americans.
No better example of this unique sense of pride and fondness for our home towns happened around the release of Bing Crosby's White Christmas in 1942. Can you imagine being a Marine in the South Pacific in 1942 and hearing that song over the armed forces radio? Prehaps more than any other song it is a song that connects each listener to his or her home town.
To paraphrase from 'The Field of Dreams', this special season reminds us of all that once was good.
It is a season that despite tragedies intruding on us from the outside or setbacks we may experience remains good for us now. The Christmas season holds the promise of remaining good for us in the future.
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The dog, Melody, who ARF took to the Jackson County Airport to Pilot and Paws who picked up the dog and her puppies made it to their new residence. Meldofy had been shot and had a compound fracture may get an operation to hopefully alleviate the pain she is feeling from the injuries.
Ann Jordan stated that Even with the pain, she is a very loving and kissy-kissy kind of dog.
Said Jordan, "All the puppies were adopted except the little female runt, I renamed Pippy. The only reason the runt wasn't adopted yet is because she is being treated for an injury to one of her back toes that is black around it and raised."
Pilots n Paws is a website that was founded by two pilots who were passionate about rescuing shelter animals in need. Pilots and plane owners volunteer their time, planes, and gas to transport animals from point A to point B. Shelters/Rescues/Fosters who want to save animals that would otherwise be euthanized and that do not do well on a ground transport, and/or would otherwise have to travel long distances, will post a transport request on the website. Pilots who are available or near the locations in need will respond.
Said Jordan, "These very generous pilots are my own personal heros. They go that extra mile and some have even traveled in between thunderstorms, and on holidays risking their lives in order to save even one dog from being euthanized. Some of them have even overnited dogs that were stuck en route to us. It has and will continue to be my pleasure to work with them all."
Animal Rescue Foundation in Beacon, NY Is 100% volunteer and no-kill.
Explained Jordan, "Nobody here gets paid a dime and we're here every day of the year including all holidays, blizzards, etc. We are a small shelter with a small crew of dedicated volunteers and rely solely on donations for day-to-day expenses. We have been rescuing dogs by plane from mostly the south since 2009 and by car transports a few years before 2009."
Car transports are still a mode of transportation.
Said, Jordan, "We only request Pilots n Paws flights for very young pups and mamas, pregnant dogs, and emergencies. We have had 36 rescues by Pilots n Paws. Amount of animals rescued by Pilots n Paws flights: 6 kittens, 1 cat, 157 dogs on flight (and 20 born at our shelter within a week or two of arrival). TOTAL: 184 animals saved.
For any other info on Pilots n Paws, their website is www.pilotsnpaws.org Our rescue website is www.arfbeacon.org
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This year, the vast majority of CMOs, 86.2%, pointed to finding "significant" or "some" improvements as a result of single-use devices adoption, far outstripping their next most popular factor, "improved upstream production operations," at 69%. By contrast, 62.8% of product manufacturers reported "significant" or "some" improvements from single-use devices usage—a healthy percentage, but lagging behind factors such as "overall better control of process" (73.5% for biomanufacturers), "improved downstream production operations" (68.9%) and "better process development" (68.4%), among others. The data, released in BioPlan Associates' 8th Annual Report and Survey of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Capacity and Production, shows that implementation of single-use devices was one of the few areas where CMOs reported implementing more performance improvements than product manufacturers.
Taken together, 65.5% of biomanufacturing and CMO respondents pointed to benefits from usage of single-use devices this year, a slight decrease from the 67.2% in 2010 (2). Indeed, this year, reported improvements from single-use devices dropped to fourth on our list of factors, from second last year. This year, as in 2010, "overall better control of process" was the leading factor creating performance improvements, with 72.6% of respondents (compared with 74.2% in 2010).


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Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent.
Darn it! Another case of Celebrities Behaving Badly, and this time with one I kind of liked.
Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth were arrested and very briefly held in Atlanta, he for alleged DUI and she for allegedly disobeying the police officer's instruction to remain in her vehicle during the traffic stop.
Instead she allegedly got out and said, "Do you know my name?"
When he officer answered, "No, I don't need to know your name."
Witherspoon replied, "You're about to find out who I am … You are going to be on national news."
The lady has since publicly apologized, saying, "Clearly I had one to many to drink," and that she was "deeply embarrassed."
Well, she should be. The apology was well made, but that "Don't you know who I am?" attitude rankles.
You're a person Reese, a citizen of the United States just like the rest of us. Entitled to all of the same constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, arbitrary arrest, right to remain silent (which I bet you're wishing you'd exercised now) etc.
But no more!
This is America, we're not suppose to have privileged classes here.
Yes I know, there are people who act like they are, and too durned often they get away with it. But that's not the way it's supposed to work and where do you get off copping an attitude like it should work that way for you?
That order to stay in the car was for your benefit! Routine traffic stops are one of the two situations cops most often get killed in. The other is domestic disturbance calls. If hubby was being belligerent as alleged, that cop was likely getting nervous.
And how'd you get that notion you're entitled to special treatment from the law anyway? Your dad was a military doctor just like mine, not Hollywood royalty. You grew up in the South, not Beverly Hills.
Sure you've been a model since you were seven years old, and now a movie star and producer.
But didn't somebody named Reese Witherspoon once say, "I just don't see any of it as that remarkable. Maybe that's the attitude I choose to have to keep me sane and keep my feet on the ground."
You ought to listen to that gal.


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- Mar 19:
- SXSW 2013: Hot festival bands headed to the Bay Area
- SXSW Film 2013: Stevie Nicks documentary should delight fans
- SXSW Film 2013: `Muscle Shoals' hits the right note
- Mar 18:
- SXSW Film 2013: Green Day `Cuatro!' is worthy documentary
- SXSW Film 2013: `Plus One' isn't worth adding to your viewing list
- SXSW 2013: Joy Formidable comes to Fillmore
- Best shows at SXSW 2013: Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Nick Cave and more
- SXSW 2013 Friday review: Green Day, Alt-J, Patty Griffin, Laura Mvula and more
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- Green Day at SXSW 2013: Billie Joe Armstrong back; band delivers glorious night of music
- Mar 15:
- SXSW 2013: 'Broadway Idiot' gets world premiere in Austin
- Billie Joe's ode to recovery
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- SXSW Film 2013: `Good Vibrations' is a gem
- SXSW Film 2013: `Finding the Funk' is insightful look into genre
- SXSW 2013: Green Day looks to rebound at big Austin concert
- SXSW 2013: Nick Cave review
- SXSW 2013: Nick Cave setlist
- SXSW 2013: Green Day looks to rebound at big Austin concert
- SXSW 2013: The Specials
- SXSW 2013: The Specials
- SXSW 2013: Natalie Maines setlist
- SXSW 2013: Natalie Maines
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- SXSW 2013: Macklemore & Lewis and Motown
- SXSW 2013: Japandroids
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- SXSW 2013 music lineup: The best big acts with Prince, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more
You have to like a movie that delivers exactly what's promised.
"Big Ass Spider!" -- certainly one of the most talked about offerings of the 2013 South by Southwest film festival -- doesn't work on multiple levels. It doesn't have a deeper meaning, or tell an important message. It just has one heck of a "Big Ass Spider!"
And, truly, that's enough.
It's the story of one overachieving exterminator -- who mainly overachieves to try and impress the ladies -- and an old-school monster that is determined to destroy Los Angeles.
All the essential elements are covered here. There are moments that will make you jump. There are scenes that will gross you out. And there are women playing volleyball in bikinis that definitely weren't sanctioned by the USA Volleyball federation.
It's a guilty pleasure of a movie, which delivers plenty of laughs and scares. Mostly, however, it delivers one "Big Ass Spider!"
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"My students and I are a little worried about you," Yellow Medicine East sixth grade teacher Stacy Hinz told an auditorium of 7th - 12 graders. "We are worried that you are going to die in an accident or you're going to kill us, to be perfectly honest."
If you're a smart phone owner, chances are you've done it. And if you've done it, you know how dangerous it is because it is so obvious to what degree one's attention is diverted when driving and operating their phone.
On the Thursday before Christmas break, Hinz and her students took a light hearted approach to relay a serious message to students and parents: when it comes to texting and driving "It can wait."
Hinz was motivated to put together the presentation of skits and to produce a music video with their own words set to the tune of "It's Time" by the group Imagine Dragons after asking students about their daily drives to school. According to the instructor, all of her 27 sixth graders, save four, either ride to school with their parents or other students who have a propensity to text and drive.
"They were telling me, and I'm not going to single anybody out, they were telling me that you're bringing them to school and you're texting and you're tweeting, and you're chatting and you're posting and you're 'whatevering' while you're bringing them to school... How dare you," Hinz said, before adding: "Now don't get me wrong. I love my iPhone, I am hooked to it, I am addicted to technology... I get it. But I would rather have you all here."
Adding further justification to the event was the response received when Hinz asked the audience if they themselves text and drive and or ride with folk who do. All but about 10 students appeared to raise their hand skyward.
The ensuing production, including multiple skits, the music video, lighting and sound effects, were all put together by the sixth grade students themselves. Simple but effective, it was hard imagining that any of the students wouldn't recall the spectacle next time they themselves are driving or are riding as a passenger.
And that's the point.
"We want you take a stand and we want you take that phone out of your hand. That's our goal," said Hinz. "But we need some help from you."
As a last point, students and parents were invited to go onto the school's website and sign a pledge that they would not text and drive. One can still sign the pledge today.
Funding facilitating the production was provided by Granite Falls Kiwanis and Granite Falls Bank. Later this month the students will present to Youth Area Resources (YAR), of Marshall, in hopes that the organization will allot the student a $1,000 grant that they plan to use to continue getting our their message.
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The Memorial Health System is celebrating after one physician and his family donated $1 million to the Memorial Health Foundation last week and another physician and his family pledged to donate another $1 million in the future.
Dr. Srini Vasan, who works as a radiation oncologist for the Memorial Health System, presented $1 million to the foundation to dedicate the Radiation Medicine and Radiosurgery Institute in memory of Peggy Ann Cawley, mother of Vasan's colleague and friend Dr. Kelli Cawley, and to dedicate the Vasan Family Robotic Surgery Center.
At the announcement of Vasan's gift on Saturday, Dr. Rajendra Bhati, a surgeon within the Memorial Health System, pledged an additional $1 million to be used for future equipment and advancement.
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The gift will be split between the Radiosurgery Institute and the Robotic Surgery Center, with funds going toward new equipment and the dedicated area the system has made space for.
"There are only a couple robotic surgery centers in our area, and it is impressive and very amazing to have in such a small community," said Jennifer Offenberger, director of marketing for the Memorial Health System. "The surgical system has been around for several years, but it's really becoming the standard for surgical care because it has enormous benefits to patients."
Vasan, who has been with the Memorial Health System for almost 30 years, said he is excited to contribute to the expansion of the health system.
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Dr. Srini Vasan, a radiation oncologist, and his family donated $1 million to go toward the dedication of the Peggy Ann Cawley Radiation Medicine and Radiosurgery Institute and the Vasan Family Robotic Surgery Center.
Donation will go toward equipment and dedication of the space.
Dr. Rajendra Bhati pledged an additional $1 million to go toward services in the future.
Bhati will be the new director of the Vasan Family Robotic Surgery Center.
"Our system continues to grow and my family is proud to help strengthen its capacity to provide exceptional health care here at home," he said in a press release.
Having the robotics surgery, which started within the Memorial Health System about a month ago, benefits both patients and surgeons, according to hospital officials.
"The incisions made with this equipment are much smaller and there's less blood loss and fewer complications, which results in a faster recovery and less pain," Offenberger said. "People are able to have surgery and get back to 'normal life' a lot quicker."
The robotics have also set the practice of surgery forward in terms of technology.
"They can now perform surgeries in minute, precise areas that have not been easy to get to with the human hand," Offenberger said.
Bhati, who has already performed 40 robotics-based surgeries so far, has been named the director of the robotic surgery center, and decided to make the additional $1 million pledge with his wife Susan.
"Our pledge is truly embedded in the fact that we want the health system capabilities to continue to grow and provide outstanding services to our community, neighbors, friends and family," Bhati said in the release.
Both Vasan and his family, along with the Cawley and Bhati families, met at a Memorial Moment ceremony and dinner at the Lafayette Hotel on March 22.
There, the families unveiled two commissioned portraits of the late Peggy Ann Cawley that will hang outside the newly dedicated Peggy Ann Cawley Radiation Medicine and Radiosurgery Institute.
Mid-Ohio Valley resident Peggy Ann Cawley died after an 18-year battle with brain cancer, and her daughter Kelli now works as an oncologist at Marietta Memorial Hospital.
"Vasan made the gift in honor of Peggy Ann Cawley, as Kelli is a dear friend of hers and respects her so much," said Daneka Hedges, executive director of the foundation.
Hedges said donations and pledges of this amount are fairly rare, as the foundation has only seen five in its history.
"It could not have come at a better time, because it was perfect to be able to announce the donation and then have Dr. Bhati announce his pledge all in one evening," Hedges said. "Dr. Vasan's $1 million donation and Dr. Bhati's $1 million pledge will leave a lasting philanthropic legacy and set a new bar for future giving to the foundation."


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