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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Richmond County School Superintendent Frank Roberson cleared his doctor to speak exclusively to News 12 for the first time about his life-saving surgery.
It has been about 10 months since Dr. Roberson temporarily left the job for emergency brain surgery.
He is still going through outpatient therapy, but Roberson is back on the job for several hours a week.
"I think part of it is luck," said Dr. Cargill Alleyne, chief of Neurosurgery at Georgia Health Sciences University. "Unfortunately, some patients don't make it despite our best efforts."
Roberson was born with AVM, or tangled blood vessels in the brain that began to bleed. Dr. Alleyne was able to zoom right in on the problem thanks to new technology.
"We're actually the first in the South to achieve this technology with this particular machine," Alleyne said.
It magnifies the blood vessels and rotates the image so Dr. Alleyne can move in and seal the bleed with a special glue.
"We don't even now how we managed in the old days with the old machine," Alleyne said. "It's like having a big screen TV and being able to examine every single detail."
The $4 million suite includes a privacy glass and mood lighting for patients.
"The patient can choose what type of lighting they would actually prefer," Alleyne said.
The lighting provides a small comfort for the patient. Alleyne admits the pressure is intense treating the school superintendent.
"There is a little extra pressure," Alleyne said. "But we feel pressure for any patient. Because behind that patient is always a grandmother, a father, a mother, a daughter."
"I can't explain as a parent how it makes you feel," said Cristy Coretti. "When you come so close to losing [your daughter]"
Cristy fought back tears as her 16-year-old daughter, Meighan, sat down with us after her own trip to this suite for a similar surgery back in August.
"I'm feeling good," Meighan said. "Of course, I don't feel the same that I used to, but I'm getting through it."
Cristy feels lucky to have had the life-saving technology so close to home.
"I do feel like she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the doctors and the equipment that we do have here," Cristy said.
Dr. Alleyne said it is rewarding to see both his patients doing so well.
"It is very rewarding to see patients come near death's door and we help to bring them back to a meaningful life," Alleyne said.
The superintendent will report to work for several hours each week for now. He is still undergoing some targeted treatments, but Alleyne says the superintendent could very well make a 100 percent recovery.
"The potential is certainly there," Alleyne said. "But it is probably too early to tell if it is going to make a 100 percent recovery. We never have a crystal ball. We cant predict the future, but it is very gratifying to see the rapidity with which he has recovered so far."


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Hi happy.neko,
After successfully setting up PMS/PMSEncoder/Youtube-dl on my MAC (with help from chocolateboy) I decided to make similar arrangements on an old Laptop I had which has been collecting dust. The old Sony Vaio was on Windows XP and had 1GB RAM and an Intel Pentium M processor 1.73 GHz. I have now installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it, and installed PMS server using the procedure you have explained at the start of the thread. I have also copied across the WEB.conf from the working PMS on my MAC. Do i need to install PMSEncoder and Youtube-dl on this version?
Please check my log files attached and advise what I might be missing.
P.S. This is my first time using Ubuntu. I have always been a Windows (light) user so please attempt to keep it simple for me.
Many thanks for the great work you guys have been doing.
EDIT: Installed PMSEncoder/Youtube-dl and issue partially fixed. Get Java errors due to "Could not allocate space". Quite possibly my old machine so i disabled a few things which I was not using on PMS settings and it works fine now!

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Burst is excited to announce the newest update to WarMage Battlegrounds. Highlights include a new loot system, artifacts, spells, and more!
Release Notes for Beta Version 1.11.2
- The New WarMage reward has been changed to 250 gold and 3 mystery items.
- The Tutorial Completion Achievement reward has been changed to 250 gold and 2 mystery items.
- The free gift given to new accounts is now 100 Burst Coins.
Release Notes for Beta Version 1.11.2
- Some Dwarven banners were temporarily corrupted by Evil; that has now been corrected.
- The Minotaur Charger's Charge ability has been corrected to only give a chance of an extra turn; not to guarantee an extra turn.
- Thicket spell has been changed to 150 mana.
- All early Beta teleport spells' mana costs have been raised to match the spell formula.
- The default 2-player unranked battleground is now Tattershire instead of Heronfield.
- Removed lag experienced when updating battle configurations.
- The Extreme difficulty warning is now at the top of descriptions.
- Tutorial Window can now be dragged and repositioned by players.
- Removed the WarMage Battlegrounds version from the Burst Bar.
- Battle Unit examine window now always defaults to Battle Stats.
- Removed auto-switching players to the Battle Channel.
- Fixed an issue that caused some WarMages to not display in the WarMages Online window.
Release Notes for Beta Version 1.11.1
- The Tutorial will now start properly regardless of location of units.
- The Summon Orc War Chiefs spell tooltip now correctly states that it is Summon Orc War Chiefs and not Summon Cyclops.
- When playing solo battles, the default chat channel is now the Lobby. To change your chat channel, select the down arrow next to the current channel.
- The FADE CHAT option is now set to OFF by default for new accounts. To enable, go to OPTIONS and uncheck FADE CHAT.
- The store no longer reverts to the REWARDS tab after you've redeemed one and then buy something on another tab.
- Fixed a bug that caused some players to be unable to view a region's challenge window if they completed all bounties of one game mode.
Release Notes for Beta Version 1.11
New Features & Content
- Loot: When exploring or defending, it is now possible to discover loot rewards when an entire squad of enemy units is destroyed. Loot rewards may have gold, scrolls, or artifacts. Loot rewards are available on Difficult and Extreme difficulty settings only.
- New Spells: Deep Shadow, Summon Cyclops, Summon Goblin Scramblers, Summon Orc Raiders, and Summon Orc War Chiefs spells are available for rent and for purchase.
- New Items: New artifacts and scrolls have been added. (See next post for details.)
Battleground Updates
- Battlegrounds Mode: Ranked Battle Daily Bounty rewards have increased. A cut-throat, 3-player, free-for-all battleground is now open in Southern Vale. Cut-Throat, free-for-all battles can be found in the Casual Battle Queue by selecting CREATE A BATTLE and choosing a battleground labeled Cut-Throat.
- Tutorial: New players are automatically placed in the Tutorial after creating their first WarMage. A new achievement for completing the Tutorial has been added and rewards handsomely. Terrain on the Tutorial battleground has been modified slightly. Tutorial copy has been updated and now includes basic images to assist new players.
Battle Unit Updates
- The Lycan Alpha is now 50bp (down from 60bp) and health has been increased to 190 (up from 160).
Spell Updates
- Blazing Barrier now costs 450 mana, down from 480.
- Blizzard now costs 510 mana, down from 570.
- Bonefence now costs 210 mana, down from 240.
- Bunnifrication now costs 720 mana, down from 750.
- Clear Ground now costs 210 mana, up from 180.
- Clear Skies now costs 210 mana, up from 180.
- Cover of Night now costs 240 mana, up from 150.
- Crawling Flame now costs 480 mana, down from 510.
- Earthquake now costs 420 mana, down from 480.
- Fortress now costs 180 mana, up from 150.
- Magic Shelter now costs 180 mana, up from 150.
- Meteor Storm now costs 390 mana, down from 420.
- Mists of Lycanthropy now costs 420 mana, up from 260.
- Poison Cloud now costs 450 mana, down from 480.
- Standing Wave now costs 330 mana, down from 360.
- Stonewall now costs 210 mana, up from 180.
- Summon Lycan Assassins now costs 780 mana, down from 810.
- Summon Lycan Alphas now 780 mana, down from 810.
- Thicket now costs 90 mana, down from 210.
- Thorny Vines now costs 390 mana, down from 570.
- Tornado now costs 360 mana, down from 420.
- Tremor now costs 270 mana, down from 300.
- Tsunami now costs 570 mana, up from 510.
Other Updates
- Common Mana Glyph now adds 10 mana per turn. Rare Mana Glyph now adds 12 mana per turn. Legendary Mana Glyph is unchanged.
- Battle Unit tooltips have been updated to provide more information quickly.
- Units are now only teleported if they stop on a teleporter. Being tackled on a teleporter does not currently teleport you. This will be changed in a future update.
- Physical Vulnerability effect increased from 150% to 250%.
- Ranged units can now attack into a LOS blocking hex that they are directly next to.
- If a player has a reward to claim, opening the Store will default to the REWARDS tab.
- Extreme challenges now have a special warning in their description.
- Solo challenges no longer have a turn time for the human player.
- The in-game "How to Play" section has been updated to provide more information regarding game play.
- The game server now has a lore appropriate name.
- AI WarMages no longer know the location of traps placed by opponents.
- Zombie Shambler's Double Smash corrected to 100% chance of crushing damage and 50% chance of internal damage (instead of 50% chance of crushing damage and 100% chance of internal damage).
- WarMages' names in the Social window now properly sort alphabetically.
- Sorting by last played in the Social window now works properly.
- Co-op defend challenges now properly list their participants in the Active Battles tab of the Social window.
- The achievements for 10, 25, 50, and 100 victories in Defend and Explore Modes now properly count wins.
Known Issues
- During the placement phase of the Tutorial, it is possible to place units in locations that may cause the Tutorial to not start properly. This will be fixed in a future update. Until then, leave units in their default placement locations to complete the Tutorial and earn your achievement.
- Summon Orc War Chiefs spell mislabeled with Summon Cyclops text in the battle mouse over. This will be fixed in a future update.


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Council member's mother fends off attacker
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 2:13 p.m.
Lafourche Parish Councilman John Arnold said his sister was watching television the day after Christmas when she heard some unexpected news.
The announcer said "Woman fights off gunman with fire extinguisher" and the woman pictured was his 72-year-old mother Cheryl Arnold.
"When I heard, I thought 'What the heck,' " John Arnold said.
Arnold's mother, a Cincinnati apartment complex manager, made news last week by rebuffing a would-be robber with nothing but a fire extinguisher and her steely instinct.
"It was early in the morning, this guy came in with a mask around his face and said 'I want your money,'" Cheryl Arnold recalled.
The attacker was armed with a handgun, she said. He pointed it at her head, struck her a time or two and demanded she open the complex's safe. She told him she had no money and no key to the safe.
"He leaned over my desk and opened the drawer," Cheryl Arnold said. "I had a fire extinguisher beside me and I just grabbed it and blasted him with it. The stuff went all over him and all over the office. It was all fog, and he ran."
Police never found the would-be robber in the attack Cheryl Arnold described as "terrifying." She said she really had no access to money and was afraid he'd hurt her because of that.
"I'm 72-years-old. I raised eight children, and you sort of think things out. The whole time he had a gun to my head, I thought 'What am I going to do?' " she said.
John Arnold said he was floored by the incident, but wasn't surprised his mother tried to keep it a secret from her children.
"At first I was angry and scared it could have went bad, but in a situation like that what are you going to do?" John said.
He said he talks to his mother nearly every day and had spoken to her just before the incident.
"She is a pretty strong old fart, I tell you what," said John, also an Ohio native. "If your instincts are telling you you need to react, you have to make that call. I'm proud of her. She had to do what she had to do, and she made it out safe," he said.
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Canada's Bank Regulator Targets "Operational Risk" in 2013
By Caroline Van Hasselt
Canada's top financial watchdog intends to press the big banks next year on how well prepared they are to deal with so-called "operational risk"–one of the most difficult risks to protect against.
"We think it's becoming a much bigger risk, and it's related to the fact that banks everywhere are in a cost-cutting mode, so they're trying to do more with less, and that does increase risk," Julie Dickson, the head of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, told Canada Real Time in an interview earlier in December.
Operational risk is broadly defined as the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. It covers the risk of cyber attacks, money laundering, business continuity, and catastrophic events. But it also includes the adequacy of back office systems, data integrity and the ability of banks to aggregate their global data to determine such things as their global exposures.
"It's very much a risk that's come front and center," said Ms. Dickson. "As a bank, you have to be able to continue to operate and interface with your customers, and capital doesn't save you."
The problem is most of the world's financial institutions don't have the back-office systems to pull together and aggregate risk data, she said.
The Financial Stability Board, which Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney chairs, formally asked the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, to put operational risk on its 2013-14 agenda. The FSB wants global systemically important banks to have their systems well enough developed by 2016 to grab aggregated data quickly on large trading partners, Ms. Dickson said.
OSFI has been front-running most other regulators in implementing tough new global rules. So, banks here–ranked the world's safest for the past five straight years by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum–can pretty much expect that they'd better show they're already prepared, or are close to having systems in place, before OSFI comes calling.


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The Taste of Cincinnati won't open until Saturday, May 25, but the best dishes have already been decided.
Local restaurants battled Wednesday for "Best of Taste" honors.
Thai Taste won best appetizer for its crab Rangoon and best healthy option for its Thai fried rice, Arloi Dee's honey sweet-and-sour shrimp won best entrée and Blue Wisp won best dessert for its vanilla bourbon bread pudding.
More than a half million people are expected to sample food from 45 restaurants Memorial Day weekend, and more than 70 bands will perform during the event.
The festival is scheduled from Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27, on Fifth Street between Race Street and Broadway.


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A new space camera - designed, built and controlled by Bay Area scientists - is scheduled to be launched on Thursday night with this mission: to capture the best images ever of the sun's roiling, flaring nuclear fire.
Images of the inferno will be captured by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), sent into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was designed and built by Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto and will be controlled by NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
It will observe how solar material moves, gathers energy and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the sun's atmosphere.
"Most people think of the sun as a constant source of heat and light," said NASA Ames Director Pete Worden.
"But we see it differently. It is a place of a tremendous amount of activity where something very strange and mysterious happens."
Here's the big conundrum: How does the energy released from deep inside the sun power its blistering million-degree outer atmosphere?
Since the 1940s, scientists have wondered why the sun's energy doesn't cool down as it radiates from its core, but suddenly heats up -- reaching a million degrees -- in its upper atmosphere.
This startling process will be captured by cameras aboard IRIS, then studied using advanced computational techniques, said Bart DePontieu, science lead of IRIS at Lockheed Martin.
Its digital images will be transmitted as data for analysis by supercomputers equal in power to 30 people using laptops for 10,000 years.
The $170 million IRIS project aims to understand the sun's complicated physics that can profoundly influence our daily lives, from interfering with our cellphones to disabling our electrical grid.
"When a power system goes out, and a transformer fails, someone gets stuck in an elevator," Worden said. "We live in a very, very complex society and the sun has a very important role to play in it.
"The sun is the engine that runs this system. This project is really, ultimately, about us -- and how that object we see in the sky every day affects us."
IRIS won't risk a destructive sunburn, orbiting a safe 400 miles above us, far from the atmosphere that interferes with picture-taking.
It is the first mission designed to use an ultraviolet telescope to obtain high-resolution images every few seconds, observing solar areas as small as 150 miles across. Analysis will start later this summer.
Previous missions sent to study the sun's surface offered too little detail.
"We are trying understand several mysteries of how the sun works," DePontieu said.
One of its additional missions is to learn more about solar jets, winds and storms. Giant jets of superhot gases erupt from the sun's surface at 75 miles per second, like enormous fountains with bases the size of Los Angeles.
"How do solar winds accelerate? How do eruptions occur?" he asked. "That's what we hope to learn."
The satellite will be controlled by a team led by NASA Ames' Robert Carvalho. It will command IRIS like a space-faring drone, telling it where to point, when to turn cameras on and off and when to send data back to the earth or to store it.
"We're going to make sure it keeps doing what it needs to do," he said, "for the next several years."
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.
Online extra
Thursday's launch of the rocket carrying the IRIS solar research vehicle into space will be webcast live at 7:27 p.m. at www.nasa.gov/ntv.
Watch NASA videos explaining the IRIS space mission to investigate the Sun's mysteries at www.mercurynews.com/science.


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Gun issue needs rational debate
January 20, 2013
The public clamor and letters to the editor pertaining to gun control nearly have gotten out of han....
Mr Ward--- I pretty much agree with you on this. Our jack*** president likes to go around the constitution anytime he can and he doesn't hesitate to do it. He even made the statement that the constitution gets in his way of governing a few years ago. Now isn't that just peachy! Without the 2ND Amd no other rights are worth anything. They will all just disappear over time. Everyone needs to look around the world at all the dictators who have taken their country arms away. That enables them to do as they please and rule and conquer their people. It seems far fetched, but it can happen anywhere. The reason I'm such a strong gun rights person is just for that reason. If we let them take a few here and a few there it will lead to total confiscation and that is the bottom line!
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Doesn't anyone other than 1 person agree that this is a Constitutional issue? If Congress had to write an amendment to institute prohibition; shouldn't they have to do so to restrict gun rights? The right to drink alcohol isn't even a specified Constitutional right, until the repeal of prohibition! If it is, I am unable to find the specific wording that it is so, in the Constitution.
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Enforce existing gun laws and if necessary tweak it before passing another 2,000 page bill that no one uderstands. Of course the bad guys are not committed to obey any laws!
Senator Feinstien's is proposing "Assault Weapons" bill S.150 will include automatic weapons, semi-automatic, rifles, shotguns and handguns. The Thomas (Library of Congress) has not received the final wording of S.150.
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our rights, as provided by the constitution and the governments push of these points of view through the Supreme Court has been allowed to transpire by the public in general. Our government has joined the UN in an attempt to sequester our rights in general. I am now beginning to believe what many 25-30 yrs older than me had to say. The UN wants to control the world as a whole and the US government wants to be in charge of the UN. Many of you have heard the same from older people you have known. If we allow these laws to be instituted and restrict our rights, without following the correct process to accomplish it, we are definitely teaching our children that the rules really don't matter. If we don't like something, we'll just change the rules at will to meet our needs.
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This has been done completely against the Constitution, as written. It doesn't say that our rights may be taken because of anyone's bad behavior, including our own. To me, these laws mean nothing until the Constitution is amended further to address this issue. I say this based strictly on the writing and not allowing any of my personal prejudices, pro or con, to cloud the issue. The Constitutional rights we are provided can't just have a law written to restrict them. That doesn't make sense. It must be done by a Constitutional amendment. What right will be next to be infringed by un-constitutional laws; our right to freedom of speech, our right to religious freedom? Ignorance of the methods required to change (Cont'd)
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At the time the Constitution was written, people had weapons equal to what was available to be used against them by the government. The 2nd Amendment states;" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". Every law, ever written restricting anyone's rights that are protected by the 2nd Amendment is an infringement, period. I disagree with the Supreme Court in their last writing on this. The Supreme Court basically said there is need for common sense restrictions on this right, as given by the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment doesn't provide any remedy for taking your rights from you. (Cont'd)
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Denver, what is so difficult to understand? Biden says we need new gun laws, but we can't take the time to enforce current laws! So, we pass MORE laws the cops don't have time to enforce?
I've made the same statement to many anti-gun people, and present the same challenge here. Offer me even a shread of evidence that any of the proposed laws the left want will actually stop gun violence. Then, we'll talk. We don't need your insults, we don't need your hysterical hissy fits (either side of the issue).
Proposing legislation based on emotions rather than logic and reason are pointless gestures. They don't magically fix a problem.
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For one thing I dont care about Michael Moore. He's on one side of the spectrum when it comes to gun control.
I dont agree with his side. But I also dont agree with unmitigated gun ownership.
Certain firearms need a wall of protection around them to make sure only responsible people get to own them.
I agree with your points though.
But when it comes to this is and really any of them we need at least one party to be rational in its argument.
With this one and almost all of them no one really is.
Just a bunch of knee jerk reactions.
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However, one thing that cannot be denied, is all of these people that go off the deep end and do these mass shootings, they all have mental issues, that if the signs were recognized and there was infrastructure in place for them to get treatment early, then ALL of these may have been avoided and these people would have actually had a good shot at being productive members of society, so why don't we take all of the $ and talking points in that direction? Is any of this not meaningful or rational points?
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1) all the recent mass shootings like 12 laws were broken, so 13 laws would have prevented it? (really?) 2) correlation between # of guns related to deaths, well..that doesn't hold any water either..the UK and Canada are similar to the U.S. as any other country in the world and the UK has tough gun laws and low murder by gun rate and Canada has tons of guns per capita and low murder 3) It's the violent games and movies…well..Japan..again..and industrialized country like the US, has way more violent games and movies than the US and yet there are like 20 murders a year in that country. So, the way I see it, there are already a lot of good gun laws on the books that are not being enforced, let's start enforcing those, then, if it appears we need more laws, let's put it on the table and consider it. (cont)
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(cont from below)...now..back to your point you made about "get what they want but at what cost to this nation?"...if a political leader wanted to force unwilling people..they would have to consider the "cost"...if 300 million guns are on the streets it would be a nightmare to try to control people by force..however...if police and military are the only ones with weapons..the path would be a lot easier and therefore maybe an easier decision to go down that route...now..that being said..that is just a farfetched hypothetical that is probably not close to reality...just a thought..now...back to rational argument...(cont. above)
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cont from below.....(this has happened around the world throughout history and even in the last 75 years..so it is really that far fetched of a concept?)
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@mythravere "The true gun enthusiasts should make it so that people like that dont steer the conversation for them! (such as Ted Nugent)"...well, the same can be said about the gun control people, dont let extremists like Michael Moore be your voice...let's just look at this for a moment...what "if" we could 100% remove every single firearm in the United States, except for law enforcement and military..that would make some of the gun control people very happy...no more gun deaths..right? That may be fine right now, I do not see it any politician right now as downright evil, but something we may need to consider, is the things we cannot think about right now..let's consider for example some point in the future some politician totally dupes us all into thinking they are a great person and we elect them and once in office they completely do a 180 and start doing bad things we all do not agree with (this has happened around the world throughout history and even in the
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" Using extreme language towards any and all who disagree with their specific point of view."
Now you know what its like to be on the receiving end of that kind of BS.
Liberals have been dealt that hand time and time again since the rise of the Tea Party.
It makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside to have yourself looked at as an enemy of this nation.
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"stickhauler" What Comments are you looking at?
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If, as this column states, the "gun issue" needs a rational debate, why not have one? All I'm seeing the anti-gun side, the side who claims to be all progressive and stuff, is exactly what the column says the pro-gun side is doing. Using extreme language towards any and all who disagree with their specific point of view.
The fact is this: There are currently laws on the books that, if enforced, would have prevented the murderers in these mass killing from laying their hands on a firearm. We have laws that prohibit mentally ill individuals from having access to firearms.
I saw a quote from VP Biden, in response to a question of why we need more laws passed, when we don't even enforce laws about lying on BATFE Form 4473. His answer was "We don't have time to enforce those laws." Huh?
I'm a trucker, our daily hours of service logs are Federal forms, and any funny business on those forms is, in essence, lying on a Federal form. I can assure you, lies on those forms
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People of this great nation are in fear of what has happened to UK and Australia. They had their firearms confiscated due to the liberal agenda and now those countries are ruled instead of governed. We don't want that in the US. I lived in the UK for three years and it is really a different world over there. The violent crime is about 3x higher than here per capita of course. Gun violence is lower but overall violent crime is very high. I don't think anyone wants that to happen here.
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The people defending the right to bear arms rave is James Madison, George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and a host of other founding fathers. You really should research the topic and read those words instead of watching CNN and MSMBC and listening to idiots like Bill Maher, who recently stated that "most of the Constitution is BS."
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Well here is the problem. When you have idiots defending your rights you effectively diminish the impact of your argument.
The NRA and Ted Nugent plus all the other vociferous gun supporters have a shameful knack for making the case FOR more gun control!
Like when Ted made the super intelligent comment the he would either be dead or in jail if Obama was reelected.
I wonder what he meant by that? LOL what a dimwit! Add people like Alex Jones invoking thoughts of revolution and armed intervention. Maybe they would get what they want but at what cost to this nation?
They dont think about that. And people see that and think WOW that guy is a perfect example why guns shouldn't be in anyone's hands.
The true gun enthusiasts should make it so that people like that dont steer the conversation for them!
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slingblade...you are absolutely right about law abiding citizens being the only ones who obey laws. I just can't understand why people think criminals and mental nuts are going to pay attention to a new law. It is absolutely ludicrous to think any differently. Why are people so dumb to think any different.? Common sense in this country is very rare these days and darn near extinct in DC.
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pay "no" attention to party affiliation...nobody sticks to party ideals anyway once in office...they do what they want...or I should say..they do whatever the special interest that line their pockets want them to do.
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Does anybody in DC have any critical thinking skills at all...can anybody in DC look at actual real data and make an informed decision? Will you all vote for me if I run for office? I will self limit myself to 1 term. (pay to attention to what party I am registered, does it really matter anyway?)
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EVERYBODY is focusing on the WRONG thing, these mass shootings have very very little to do with making more gun laws...imagine if we spent the $ training our school counselors and teachers each year on how to recognize signs of mental health issues and then have a system in place where these individuals can talk to an actual medical doctor BEFORE they go off the deep end...laws only change behaviour in rational, moral, law abiding citizens..not criminals or people with mental health issues...how can the "smart" elected officials not see this?? That is why I am so frustrated.
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The revolution is near!!!! Hopefully all these losers in DC can see what they are doing (the liberals) to this country and the working Americans and correct our nations course before it is too late. Jim Smith---the article was well written. However, how far do you think us working people can be pushed to pay for all the bums in this country before we finally crack?
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I'm curious denver, are there any other amendments besides the 1st and 2nd that you wish to change outside the Constitutional method?
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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team capped off the 2011 spring signing period with the addition of four new junior college players to the roster.
Guards Verne'qua Taylor, Alisa Roberts and Marquesha Anderson-Sparks will go along with the inside presence of Damequia Montgomery as the Islanders look to rebound from the 2010-11 season.
Taylor is a 5'5" guard from Wharton who will run the point for the Islanders in the upcoming season. One of the biggest needs for the team will be filled by her as she will run the offense next year. She is a Blinn College transfer that helped her team to an 18-12 record last year and was an NJCAA Women's All-Region XIV team member as well as the winner of the Don Wilhelm MVP Award as the top player on her team. Taylor averaged 9.5 points and 2.4 steals a game while dishing out 6.1 assists a night, good for sixth in the NJCAA national rankings.
"Verne'qua is the definition of a true point guard," said head coach Robert Robinson. "She does a great job of pushing the ball up the floor, controlling tempo and getting people in the offense.
"Some of those things we really missed last year, she will be able to do good job for us this year. She is a definite true point guard with a lot of experience coming in from the JUCO level."
Roberts is a 5'7" player from Philadelphia, Pa. who will play both guard positions for Texas A&M - Corpus Christi while mostly seeing action at the two guard spot. She played at Harcum College and averaged 12.6 points per game and 5.7 rebounds every time out. She also added 3.3 assists and 3.6 steals a game last season. Robert helped her team to a 29-3 record overall and a 17-1 record to win the Region 19 Championship.
"Alisa Roberts is more of a combo guard that probably excels more at the two," said Robinson. "She is a great three-point shooter that has a really nice jump shot and a scorer's mentality.
"She is a great defender as well, very athletic. Just fits our system really well."
Anderson-Sparks is also a 5'7" player from San Antonio who will play both guard and small forward for the Islanders. She is also a Blinn transfer who will have three years with the team after coming to the Island after her freshman year. She helped the Buccaneers to an 18-13 mark while scoring 8.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while adding 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals a night.
"Marquesha is a strong guard that is a more of a two/three type player who is very athletic as well," said Robinson. "We kind of have an advantage with her being a freshman coming out of junior college so she'll have three years left with us.
"She is also another great spot-up three point shooter. That is probably one of her biggest strengths, the ability to shoot the open three. We didn't have a lot of kids that could hit three-point shots. She has the ability to spread the floor, which was another thing we really didn't have last year."
Montgomery is a 5'10" player out of Baytown that will help fill the spot voided by departing seniors Anitra Jeffery and Adrienne Scott. At Grayson County College, she helped her team to a 34-4 record while winning conference and region championships. She averaged 3.1 points and 4.3 rebounds a game last season. She was a first team all-conference pick following the 2009-10 season.
"She is an athletic four player that kind of reminds me of a lot of Anitra," said Robinson. "She can run the floor very well, can rebound and has the ability to score.
"Damequia will make hustle plays out on the floor and is very athletic. She is another one of those type of kids that fits our system well with her having the ability to shoot the 15-foot jump shot as well as take people off the dribble."
In addition to the four JUCO signees, the Islanders signed two players out of high school in the early signing period this past fall. Trisha Amboree and Mariah Jordan will also join the roster this fall as new members of the team.
Jordan is a 6'1" post player from Bowman Academy in Gary, Ind. that was a force on the inside for her team. During her junior year she averaged 11.6 points, 5.2 assists and 22 rebounds per game.
"We're excited about the two freshmen we signed in the early period," said Robinson. "Mariah is another strong, physical kid and a great rebounder.
"She could possibly be a really good defender just from watching her in high school. She does a lot of good things well and is very smart, heady player at the post position."
Amboree comes from Brazoswood High School and is from Lake Jackson. The 5'8" combo guard averaged 8.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game as a senior. For her efforts, she was named First Team All-District 24-5A following the season.
"The guard we got out of Houston is another combo-type guard that can play the one or the two equally as well and is another really good three-point shooter," said Robinson. "We really addressed some issues with these kids that we were missing last year.
"The number one priority is having kids shoot the three and nail the three. That allows us to be able to spread the floor and let our post players isolate one-on-one. The thing we really got better at is having a true point guard that can get us into an offense, run it and handle the ball to help limit turnovers."


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After using Privoxy for 4.5 years on Panther, Tiger and Leopard, I have switched to GlimmerBlocker as there is no installer for Privoxy for Snow Leopard, and I wasn't ready to tackle debugging after an attempt to install Privoxy through MacPorts was unsuccessful. GlimmerBlocker uses the same model (system-wide ad-blocking through a proxy server rather than app-by-app blocking) and installs effortlessly
Just found a quirk -- iTunes apparently routes downloads through http or https so it will use Privoxy if it's active. This means that songs with ad in the path anywhere won't download. Fortunately toggling Privoxy off and downloading will allow iTunes to get the files.
I love this program. Works great.
3.0.10 was released August 17, 2008.
@bb - if an app. does what it does effectively and bug-free, it won't need to be updated often. Install it, add the toggle script to your bookmarks for the rare case when it blocks something you want to see, then leave it alone. It just works.
The only ad blocker I've found that will block the video ads on Comedy Central.
It's unfortunately not updated too often. Also, for those that don't want to install something that requires administrative access, take a look at http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/camino/resources/application/ad_blocking.css
the only ad blocking program you need, for every browser on your computer.
Anything like this should be built into OS X by default ;)


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Chopper is an Action packed side-scrolling helicopter game. Complete your mission, and return to base, while avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka wielding mad men, and jets. It was an entry in the uDevGame 2003 game development competition.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: game , fun , chopper , helicopter , choplifter , rescue
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not freeware.
Brings back memories when they updated it for OS X a few years back. Love this game will def buy it soon. :)
This is a 60 minutes demo for a shareware. It costs 15 bucks. Anyway, nice game.
Seems to be an homage to (if not outright remake of) the classic B&W Mac game, "Banzai!". I'm sure I have that on an old 400K floppy somewhere...


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Maria Brito Marries Fashion and Art in New Clutch Collection
One could argue that all fashion is art, but nothing makes the statement more clear than lifestyle consultant Maria Brito's new collection of wearable art clutches. In collaboration with three contemporary artists Kenny Scharf, Erik Parker and Carlos Rolón/Dzine, these one-of-a-kind bags are perfect to tote around a lipstick on a night out or display on a pedestal as a work of art.
Brito, founder of interior design company Lifestyling who's worked with a range of celebrity clients, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Sean Combs, found a spectrum of "cool" art-fashion collaborations like Damien Hirst and Prada's "Entomology" bags, but none she or her friends and clients can actually wear. "So I thought, 'Why not create a work of art that can complement an outfit but you can also treasure?'," she said.
For Brito's debut fashion collection, available next month, her goal was to form a connection between the artist and the collector. "Women who will get these bags may not know the artists, but might love the designs and feel compelled to learn about them," said Brito, who calls her three collaborators "friends," The bags, made out of acrylic, feature three original designs with the artists' signatures etched on the back. And unlike most fashion items, these clutches, like most works of art, are meant to be "timeless." she adds. "A diptych by Erik Parker [Chatta Island (2012)] hangs in my client's living room all year, she doesn't change it the next season."
20 pieces will be sold per each model for $895 and will be available at Kirna Zabete in SoHo and online on May 8. Brito plans for more collaborations in the future, but is not looking to change her career. "I'm not trying to become an accessories designer," she said. "I want to work with artists whom I love and who have optimistic look life and can connect with me and the collectors."
Follow Seunghee Suh at @SeungheeSuh


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- Jan 20:
- San Francisco 49ers take high road on judgement of officials
- 49ers Donte Whitner: 'I wanted to send those fans home crying'
- 49ers' players discuss Richard Sherman's postgame antics
- Ahmad Brooks likely 49ers' only Pro Bowl participant
- Grading the 49ers' loss to Seahawks
- What they're saying: The reason Seahawks' Richard Sherman was so angry at 49ers' Michael Crabtree
- Taunts between Niners and Seahawks fans lead to shooting at Fresno party
- Richard Sherman: What makes him tick?
- Jan 19:
- San Francisco 49ers not blaming calls for loss to Seattle Seahawks
- 49ers notebook: Linebacker NaVorro Bowman (knee) and guard Mike Iupati (ankle) suffer serious injuries
- By the numbers: San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks
- Purdy: Brutal heavyweight fight went way of Seahawks
- Kawakami: 49ers' Colin Kaepernick shoulders blame for loss to Seahawks
- Richard Sherman blasts Michael Crabtree
- Thompson: 49ers defense shows fight even after Bowman injury
- 49ers lose Super Bowl trip as late rally falls short
- 49ers-Broncos Super Bowl rematch ahead?
- 49ers get Carlos Rogers back in action
- SF Muni pulls cable cars and streetcars today fearing damage during or after 49ers game
SEATTLE -- After all that time bracing for the noise, the 49ers were hardly prepared for this silence.
In their solemn locker room, about the only noise was the clatter of equipment being packed away for the offseason. The 49ers' hopes of winning a Super Bowl ended just as they did a year ago, with their last, best hope vanishing in the right corner of the end zone.
The Seattle Seahawks held on 23-17 at CenturyLink Field, giving their famously loud fans -- and their notoriously brash-talking players -- one more thing to shout about.
Inside, most of the 49ers stared silently into their lockers. Eventually, Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis found his voice.
"I could sit up here and tell you what you want to hear. Tell you that I'm angry, that I'm mad. But I'm not going to do that," Willis said. "I'm going to look at you and say: 'You know what? It was a heck of a run.' "
And it was a heck of a finish. As in the Super Bowl a year ago, the 49ers had one last chance at a Montana-esque comeback -- only to have things go tantalizingly awry.
Last year, they took three cracks at receiver Michael Crabtree from near the goal line, only to come away empty-handed.
This time, it was Crabtree again -- but they had only one shot.
With 30 seconds left and the ball at the 18-yard line, and a record crowd at its full-throated best, Colin Kaepernick looked to his right and saw what he wanted: His favorite receiver lined up against a lone defensive back.
Never mind that the defender was Richard Sherman, the Seahawks' All-Pro cornerback and all-world trash-talker.
"Had a one-on-one match up with Crab," the quarterback shrugged. "I'll take that every time."
So Kaepernick let it fly, throwing the 49ers' season up for grabs. Crabtree had a shot at it, but Sherman got there first. With his outstretched hand, the former Stanford player tipped the ball to a grateful Malcolm Smith, who wrapped up the game-clinching interception as carefully as catching a baby.
"I thought it was a pretty darn, well-thrown ball," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. "The way I was looking, an inch the other way, it was a touchdown pass. Give credit to the Seahawks. Richard Sherman made the play."
In the end, of course, there was more noise. In this stadium where decibels are a specialty, Sherman cranked up the volume by shouting into the TV cameras that Crabtree was a "sorry receiver." Sherman derided him several more times in his postgame news conference, clearly relishing his chance to rub it in.
Crabtree, informed of Sherman's critique, was unmoved: "I am not a TV guy. He is. I play ball."
After all, the 49ers had plenty of other things to worry about. Their star linebacker NaVorro Bowman, one of the game's most promising young talents, sustained what Harbaugh fears is a severe ACL injury.
Bowman's horrifically twisted knee came on a play in which he appeared to secure a Seahawks goal-line fumble with about 10 minutes to play. Instead, the 49ers lost Bowman -- and Seattle kept the ball.
Kaepernick, meanwhile, led three drives in the fourth quarter -- and turned the ball over each time: fumble, interception, interception. For a franchise spoiled by the last-second magic of Joe Montana, two consecutive seasons of last-minute heartbreak in the playoffs are hard to swallow.
Anquan Boldin stood up for his quarterback.
"I thought he played great all night," he said. "Obviously, we had the turnovers. I wish we could take those back. But other than that, he played a great game. He made plays outside the pocket with his legs. He made some great throws. He played a heck of a game."
Kaepernick's early sizzle included a 58-yard run, the longest of his career. He finished with 130 rushing yards, making him the first quarterback in NFL history to have a pair of 100-yard rushing games in his playoff career.
Those exploits helped the 49ers build a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter, temporarily dampening a CenturyLink-record crowd of 68,454.
But as the Seahawks came roaring back, so did the vocal cords. Seattle took its first lead of the game with 13:44 to play in the fourth quarter when Jermaine Kearse hauled in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson.
From there, the 49ers kept waiting for a comeback that never would arrive. They continue something of a curse for Super Bowl losers: No runner-up has bounced back to win it all since the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
The 49ers vow to aim high again next season. This time, they want to make some noise.
"We just stay optimistic," Willis said. "We fight. ... I have no reason not to think that next year will be our year. For as long as I've played the game, I always think, 'This will be our year.' "
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VOLUME 7 NUMBER 19 NEW MOON OF BANDS SPREAD ALL OVER FEBRUARY 1, 1978 Young Adult Conservation Corps Construction Resumes on Community Centers Larry Hall; Tribal Project Coordinator for Local Public Works (LPW), has informed the Char-Koosta that construction of Community Centers will be resumed. Construction on the four Centers located in Hot Springs, Elmo, Turtle Lake and Arlee, has remained at a standstill for several months. Undelivered roofing and the severe winter weather were the primary reasons. Roofing ordered from Tacoma, Wash, last May, could not be delivered due to a factory fire in Los Angeles last summer. Completion for the roofing had originally been scheduled for Aug. 1977. Work has already resumed at the Hot Spring's Center and it is expected that it will be the first of the four to be finished. Larry added that the completion of all the Community Centers has been estimated to be by the end of July or possibly sooner, depending on the weather. Construction began April 5, 1977 and the project was to have been completed Oct. 31, 1977. Bighorn Sheep -No Hunting The hunting of BigHom Sheep on the Flathead Indian Reservation is closed by order of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes'. The Tribal Council voted to accept a contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the operation of a Young Adult Conservation Corps on the reservation, at the January 20 Council meeting. March 1st has been set as the tentative date for the implementation of the one hundred (100) person Corps. Purpose of the Young Adult Conservation Corps program, is to provide year around employment for young adults between the ages of 16 to 23 and who are unemployed. Young en-rollees work on conservation projects, such as campground rehabilitation and construction, trail and road maintenance, besides other projects. The intent of the program is to provide skillfull work experience along with employment. Selectivity of applicants will be through the Job Service in Poison. They will interview and screen applicants and these applications will be set apart for the purpose of establishing a pool of young adults interested in employment with the Corps. Garold Jette from the Job Service in Poison, wanted to make it clear that his office will have no authority to hire or fire. Whenever a Camp Director places a job order with Job Service, they will refer an applicant directly to the Camp Director. However, that does not necessarily mean an applicant may be hired. He also added that unemployment is higher for young adults than other age groups and he was pleased about the program. Some requirements for enrollee eligibility are listed for interested members. (1). Unemployed (2). Male or female (3). Between ages 16 to 23, inclusive (4). Citizen, permanent residents of the United States, or lawfully admitted refugees and parolees. (5.) Physical examination (under certain conditions, CETA will pay for if applicant can not afford to.) (6.) Should have Social Security number. (7). All social, economic and racial classifications. Length of employment per individual is one full year, and rate of pay will be $2.65 per hour. Interested and eligible tribal members are urged to put their applications in at the Job Service Office in Poison. Special Meeting A special meeting of the Daniel Lawrence Pablo Post 68 of the American Legion is scheduled for 4 February 1978 at 2:00 PM. Place: Council Chambers Purpose: Election of Officer and Selection of Monthly Meeting night and hour. All members and prospective members are urged to attend ! ! !
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Events: Global Asia. New Asia? Urbanization and Other Tectonic Shifts
The spring 2014 workshop was held at Duke University on
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Urbanization, the economic dynamism of China, India, South Korea, and Southeast Asia and a transportation revolution are fundamentally challenging our inherited knowledge-models about Asia. The Trans-Asian Railway Network (TARN) sponsored by UN ESCAP and supported by China, are in the process of linking Europe and Asia, East Asia with South Asia and Southeast Asia, and through to Turkey and other Mediterranean countries. Asia is shifting from rural to urban, the Himalayan barrier between China and India is rapidly becoming part of the past with accelerating bilateral trade, while Japan, which was the first to become a largely urban society, is rapidly strenghthening its ties with South Asia.
By 2015, 16 of the world's 24 megacities (cities with more than 10 million people) will be located in Asia. By 2030, more than 55% of the population of Asia will be urban. With approximately 4.3 billion people, Asia makes up 60% of the world's current human population. The demands of agriculture and food security in China and India, the environmental impact of multi-directional trans-boundary megaprojects of dams for hydroelectricity for agriculture and industrial growth are integral dimensions of this transformation.
This is an exciting moment for us to be engaging in the study of post-Cold War Asia and the post-Area studies world, to generate cross regional conversations and research, while opening up new avenues for exploring the study of Asia in interdisciplinary trans-regional and global perspectives.
Duke and UNC faculty in Asian history, in collaboration with UNC Global History group, propose to organize two joint workshops in 2013-2014 and further conversations across regions and disciplines.
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Affiliated Community Medical Center recently announced the upcoming addition of a physician to its medical staff.
David Danielson, M.D., a family medicine physician, is going to begin practicing at ACMC in Redwood Falls in August 2013.
Dr. Danielson is going to provide comprehensive medical care for families as a whole and as individual members, caring for patients from birth to advanced age.
After receiving his degree from Hamline University, Dr. Daniel-son earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School.
He is currently completing his family medicine residency with the University of Wisconsin - Baraboo Rural Train-ing Track, and is scheduled to join ACMC in Redwood Falls in August.
Dr. Danielson, his wife and their young twins are excited to relocate to, and be-come part of, the Red-wood Falls community.
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Though no new tornado damage has been discovered, some gaps in the tornado path have been noted in Allegan County. Therefore, 6 tornadoes have been confirmed in West Michigan from Saturday, August 20, including 2 in the Grand Rapids metro area. Read More >
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MORGAN HILL -- The holiday season was difficult, Steve LaMar said quietly as he looked out at the assembled television cameras. And how could it not be? His 15-year-old daughter Sierra vanished March 16 on her way to catch a bus to school in Morgan Hill, and is presumed dead.
"It's been over nine-and-a-half months now, but we're still searching," Steve LaMar said.
On Thursday, missing-children advocate Marc Klaas helped refocus attention back to Sierra and the ongoing efforts to bring her home -- including the Saturday searches, which continue to draw 40 to 50 people each weekend.
When Klaas decided to hold a news conference to raise awareness of new technology and philanthropic initiatives to protect children and help families of missing kids, he knew the best place to stage it. That's why Klaas stood next to Steve LaMar at Burnett Elementary School in Morgan Hill, which now serves as the Find Sierra Search Center.
"This is always about the kids like Sierra," Klaas said. "It would be a dishonor to Sierra not to be here. We're still looking for her and we're not going to stop until she's been located."
Also attending were family members of other Bay Area abduction victims, as well as Midsi Sanchez, 20, who was kidnapped in Vallejo in 2000 at age 8. She was missing for three days before escaping her abductor.
"The more that Sierra's name and face is out there, the better," Sanchez said. "There's always a chance that somebody will see a story about her and that will trigger a light bulb that maybe they saw something that could help. Anything that shines more light on Sierra is a good thing."
Antolin Garcia Torres, who was arrested May 21 and charged with killing Sierra, is behind bars at the Santa Clara County Jail. Garcia Torres, who has not yet entered a plea, is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 6.
"Lately Sierra has been out of the news unless there's court appearances and things like that," Steve LaMar said. "But we're trying to keep this about Sierra and not about that part of it. We want to make sure that people are thinking about her."
Thursday also would have marked the 32nd birthday of Polly Klaas, who was abducted and murdered in Petaluma in 1993. That tragedy led to the creation of the KlaasKids Foundation, and Marc Klaas commemorated his daughter's birthday by announcing partnerships with several technology-based child-safety ventures.
"None of these technologies can help a child like Sierra, who is already missing," Klaas said. "But these are about prevention."
Some of the technologies include:
"The idea is to make sure that our children can safely use the Internet by blocking the child's identity, IP address and location," said Vernon Irvin, CEO and president of Virtual World Computing. "And the only sites your kids can go to are the ones that parents allow. This product basically gives control back to parents."
It's already available on the iPhone for $4.99 and an Android version should be released later this month.
"I think more than parents will want this," Klaas said. "When kids go missing, people want to help. That's demonstrated in the fact that more than 11,000 people have searched for Sierra."
"It's a game changer because it's also a programmable cellphone," Klaas said. "This provides parents 24-7 connectivity to their kids. This is Dick Tracy come to fruition."
The watch, a product of Marina del Rey-based Guardian Lion Wireless, will be available in the spring.
Klaas also announced the Klaas Family Housing Fund, which will assist families of missing children with housing costs.
"When something like this happens to your family, you don't even think about trying to pay bills," Klaas said.
Steve LaMar said he sees value in the technology tools to help find missing kids.
"Hopefully these will prevent other families from going through what we've gone through," he said.
For more information, go to www.klaaskids.org or www.findsierralamar.com. Contact Mark Emmons at 408-920-5745.


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Contemporary wildlife paintings by Sarah Soward are presented in "Colorful Creatures" at the City Arts of San Mateo Gallery at Peninsula Ballet Theatre. The show is on view through Aug. 15.
Soward describes herself as "an artist and designer with a rather profound love of rhinos." She has been painting the creatures off and on since 1999. The show also includes a selection of her other contemporary wildlife paintings.
She is an instructor at the Bay Area Video Coalition and Academy X. Her bachelor's of fine arts is from the California College of the Arts.
A reception for the exhibit will be held at 6:30 p.m. July 30, followed at 7 p.m. by a poetry reading and music event featuring San Mateo poet Maurine Killough and her husband, Daniel Swetlik, a songwriter, artist, and musician, and Thomas J. Burks, a singer/songwriter and actor from Carmel Valley. An open mic period will follow.
The gallery is at 1880 S. Grant St., San Mateo. Hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Call City Arts at 650-522-7522, extension 2787, or visit www.cityartsofsan mateo.org.
'Onions Observed'
Photographs by Alan McGee are featured in "Onions Observed -- An Animistic Perspective" at the Portola Art Gallery. A reception for the show will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
McGee's photo project began, not unexpectedly, in his kitchen when he was making a pasta sauce, which called for half an onion. Later, he purchased a 10-pound bag of onions, which he sliced and photographed.
He saw in the onion halves photographed against a black background "a primitive world view that nonhuman entities possess a spiritual or supernatural essence." Over time, the onions "took on qualities that catalyzed my imagination," he notes.
The show will continue through July 31. The Portola Art Gallery is at the Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaart gallery.com.
Student curatorial projects
A reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on the fourth floor of College of San Mateo's College Center (Building 10) celebrates the curatorial projects of three Peninsula Museum of Art interns, former CSM students Eryn Espiritu, Diana McNutt and Justine Wuebold.
The public is invited to the reception and viewing of the exhibit. For directions and a map of the college, visit http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/map/.
The paintings are on a 10-year loan from the museum. College of San Mateo is at 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo. Call Ruth Waters at the Peninsula Museum of Art at 650-692-2133 or email email@example.com.
Imagining invited
An opportunity for "IMAGINING" will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Brisbane Community Center, 250 Visitacion Ave., Brisbane. The free event will be hosted by Beth Grossman.
"IMAGINING" is what Grossman calls a "national movement for equity, empathy and social change through creative cultural action." She invites people to attend who "want our neighborhoods, institutions and landscapes to become more vibrant and welcoming through the power of art."
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Plein air
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shot 1
1The firing of a gun or cannon: he brought down a caribou with a single shot to the neck figurative the opening shots have been fired in a legal battle over repairs
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- Carter recommended firing two aimed shots to establish where the rifle is hitting.
- Cursing himself for being so stupid, Bryce took aim and fired a single shot at the man's left leg.
- When he didn't hear a single shot fired, Ben chanced a look behind him and saw Jen running after him.
bang, crack, blast;
(shots) gunfire
1.1An attempt to hit a target by shooting: he asked me if I would like to have a shot at a pheasant
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- They all had fifty shots at the targets and the twelve contestants with the highest score on the day qualified to represent the county on Saturday next.
1.2 [with modifier] The range of a gun or cannon: six more desperadoes came galloping up and halted just out of rifle shot
1.3A critical or aggressive remark: Paul tried one last shot—"You realize what you want will cost more money?"
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- A lot of people criticize you, take shots at you, but that is our job.
- I believe that was a shot at those of us who criticize bilingual education, but it was hard to tell.
1.4 [with adjective] A person with a specified level of ability in shooting: he was an excellent shot at short and long distances
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- The problem with shooting is that to kill a Fox without it suffering you would need an excellent shot.
- Worse yet, your opponents are unbelievably excellent shots who almost never miss.
- The second, while not a competitor, is an excellent shot and a genuine professional.
marksman, markswoman, shooter
2A hit, stroke, or kick of the ball in sports such as basketball, tennis, or golf: his partner pulled off a winning backhand shot
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- His refusal to go down often results in defenders getting extra shots at the ball.
- During afternoons in the school year, when the weather was good, I hit hundreds of nine-iron shots on a football field near our home.
- Rallies last far longer than in tennis - about 10 shots more on average - and the shuttle is in play for roughly double the time.
stroke, hit, strike;
kick, throw, pitch, lob
2.1An attempt to drive a ball into a goal; an attempt to score: he took a shot that the goalie stopped
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- McCartney took a shot on goal but it rebounded back to him off a defender.
- Zane Keenan took a shot at goal but thanks to a brilliant save by our goalie Justin Brophy this did not go in.
- While they were tossing the coin Andrew was taken to the goal where he took four penalty shots at David James scoring twice.
2.2 informal An attempt to do something: several of the competitors will have a shot at the title
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- You don't even have a shot at making something good if you don't sit down and give it a try.
- Whatever people say about their team, all we know is we have a shot at making history.
- In a perfect world, nearly every track on this album would have a shot at the top of the charts.
3 (plural same) A ball of stone or metal used as a missile fired from a large gun or cannon.
Example sentences
- They were made of wrought iron strips bound together with hoops and fired stone shot.
bullets, cannonballs, pellets, ammunition
3.1 (also lead shot) Tiny lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun.
Example sentences
- Plated with either copper or nickel, lead shot flies truer because it resists deformation.
- The same-size shot as lead shot can be used with the same degree of choke.
- Efforts are being made in some states to outlaw the use of lead shot.
3.2A heavy ball thrown by a shot-putter.
Example sentences
- Right before you get ready to throw the shot, take a deep breath in and let it out.
- These are things that are not going to allow you to repeat and throw a good shot.
- I practised throwing the shot in the orchard and I ran the 800m to national standard.
4A photograph: she took a shot of me holding a lamp near my face
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- Even the most amateur of photographers can snap perfect shots in this idyllic place.
- In the same frame as Akayesu's photograph is a shot of Prosper taken earlier in the trial.
- At a team practice, a local photographer snaps some shots of her which he hopes to sell on the open market.
photograph, photo, snap, snapshot, picture, print, slide, still
4.1A film sequence photographed continuously by one camera: the movie's opening shot is of a character walking across a featureless landscape
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- Is there really a need for slow motion shots of him running with an American flag?
- Indeed elegance is the last thing you might have expected from the opening shots of the film.
- It is really the exterior shots and fight sequences which give the film its scope and grandeur.
4.2The range of a camera's view: a prop man was standing just out of shot
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- I think she was pleased to have her tree photographed there, though, but tried her best to be out of shot.
- Have the assistant who will fire the trigger, out of camera shot on the ground.
- Perhaps there is an unsightly electricity pylon just out of camera shot?
5A small drink, especially of distilled liquor: he took a shot of whiskey
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- This happens when alcohol is added to a non-alcoholic drink, or when an alcoholic drink has shots of spirits added without the person requesting it.
- One winter they ran out of beer, so people were drinking shots of whiskey with red-wine chasers.
- Then we ordered shots of whiskey to drink with our beer.
5.1A single serving of espresso: steamed milk with a shot of espresso
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- Now it's time to be generous to yourself: an extra shot of espresso in your coffee; an extra 10 minutes in bed on Monday morning; a few extra hours away from the computer.
- Before entering the library premises, I ordered an extra shot of espresso coffee, decided to soak in the ambience and took a seat on the library's plaza.
- Pudding is an impossibly rich chocolate cake, followed by a shot of treacly espresso.
5.2An injection of a drug or vaccine: Jerry gave the monkey a shot of a sedative
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- Immunization shots and antiviral drugs are apparently not plentiful enough to withstand a pandemic.
- The current vaccine involves six shots with yearly boosters.
- The biggest problem people have is usually some tenderness at the site of the vaccination, but flu shots absolutely don't cause the flu.
injection, inoculation, immunization, vaccination, booster
informal jab, needle
give it one's best shot
- informal Do the best that one can.Example sentences
- That's not to say we won't be giving it our best shot.
- He said: 'I am giving it my best shot and hoping that we raise as much money as possible so we can help find a cure for Lily quickly.'
- It will be difficult as there is only a team of three, but I will be giving it my best shot.
like a shot
- informal Without hesitation; willingly: "Would you go back?" "Like a shot."More example sentences
without hesitation, unhesitatingly, eagerly, enthusiastically;immediately, at once, right away/now, straightaway, instantly, instantaneously, without delayinformal in/like a flash
- 'They came down on him like a shot,' said Mr Harvey.
- Replied Chapin, 'I would have put it on like a shot, if I'd had the opportunity.'
- I don't have the money to be coming back every Saturday and Sunday but if they made it to Europe, I'd be back like a shot.
a shot across the bows
- see bow3.
a shot in the arm
- informal An encouraging stimulus: the movie was a real shot in the arm for our crewMore example sentences
- Maria's win at Wimbledon was a shot in the arm for women's tennis and generated real excitement.
- A shot in the arm for North Bay will be a shot in the arm for Scarborough.
- 'This award is a shot in the arm but we have a long way to go,' she says.
a shot in the dark
- see dark.
Words that rhyme with shotallot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht
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past and past participle of shoot.
1(Of colored cloth) woven with a warp and weft of different colors, giving a contrasting iridescent effect when looked at from different angles: a dress of shot silk
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- Do orange and purple shot silk cushions actually enhance my decor?
1.1Interspersed with a different color: dark hair shot with silver
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- Sometimes they were shot with streaks of ultramarine, or they lit up the sea like jade.
- We came to the small medieval town of Orchha as the sun was sinking from a pink and grey sky shot with golden threads.
- The back is greenish and the sides silvery, shot with blue and pink.
get (or be) shot of
- British informal Get (or be) rid of.Example sentences
- Car boot fairs are wonderful places to get shot of your junk - and make some money while you're at it.
- If they have ever worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, get shot of them.
- Some might even be happy to be shot of the badge - wearing radicals with loopy ideas who used to give politics a bad name.
shot through with
- Suffused with (a particular feature or quality): the mist was shot through with orange spokes of lightMore example sentences
- Some of the songs are shot through with what seems like a deliberately ambiguous approach.
- The novels are shot through with a Burkean fear of enlightenment rationalism.
- Pipes's book is shot through with essentialism and questionable generalizations.
shot to pieces (or to hell)
- informal Ruined.Example sentences
- It has led us to ruin; it is morally corrupt and its credibility is shot to pieces.
- I guess what remains of the transatlantic tourism business is shot to pieces now.
- If his credibility is shot to pieces on immigration, it hurts his credibility across the front.
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shot 3
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In Oakland, a bomb squad removed 5 pounds of long-stored TNT from a residential neighborhood on Wednesday. Better TNT than dynamite, experts say. Both are high explosives, and the terms are often used interchangeably, but they shouldn't be.
Here's a handy tip from Mentalfloss.com on how to tell the difference: "If it's a white powder found in sticks, it's dynamite. If it's a yellow crystal, it's TNT. Use this little mnemonic to remember dynamite's inventor: 'Winning a Nobel Prize would be dynamite!' The alternative, that winning would be TNT, just doesn't make any sense."
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Lawyers in Sandy's Path Offer Free Help to Storm Victims
By Jennifer Smith
As the lights come back on and building repairs commence, life is gradually returning to normal at many of the big law firms whose offices got slammed by Superstorm Sandy.
Bar associations across the tri-state area are setting up free legal clinics to help citizens affected by the storm. In New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, state bar groups are setting up hotlines to match lawyers with storm victims. On Friday, the New York City Bar Association hosted a training session to get volunteer attorneys up to speed on FEMA, insurance, food stamps and other issues storm victims are likely to encounter.
This weekend Theresa Mohan, an in-house lawyer with IBM IBM -0.24% who grew up in the Rockaways section of Queens, is running a disaster counseling clinic to help residents of that hard-hit area apply for FEMA grants and other help. The clinic is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at St. Francis De Sales Church on Rockaway Boulevard in Belle Harbor.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The latest episode of Islanders Insider – Episode 12 – is now online and available for viewing. This week, Steven King talks with Coach Wilson and Coach Chadwick in addition to presenting a feature on former Islanders All-American Hickel Woolery, who is back with the program as an assistant coach.
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Access 97 for Windows For Dummies
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Being a normal human being, you probably have work to do. In fact, you may have lots of work piled precariously around your office or even stretching onto the Internet. Relief is in sight because Access 97 can help you get more done in less time, eliminate the piles, and generally make the safety inspector happy. The good news is that you don't have to know (or even care) about table design, field types, relational databases, or any of that other database stuff to make Access 97 work for you.
Get the help you need with this friendly reference to all the features of Access 97. If you're confused instead of organized, befuddled instead of productive, or just completely lost on the whole database thing, Access 97 For Windows For Dummies is the book for you. This guide is for those who need to
- Save time and effort by adapting existing reports and forms for new databases
- Unearth the mysteries of solving problems with Access queries
- Glean enough about macro programming to make people think you're a certified Access guru
- Find hundreds of tips on making Access easier, more understandable, and generally less annoying
Start with an overview of both database concepts in general and Access 97 in particular, and start taking control of your data. Access 97 For Windows For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:
- Dealing with data in need of repair
- Making your table think with formats, masks, and validations
- Finding stuff in your tables
- Comparing AND to OR
- Creating an AutoReport
- Formatting a beautiful report
- Creating forms that look cool and work great
Even after you've mastered the nuts and bolts of database building with Access 97, you'll find plenty of valuable resource material in this guide to keep you coming back for more. Timesaving keyboard shortcuts, warnings for how to avoid common crises, and an introduction to the wider world of advanced Access features are all included for you in this easy-to-use book.


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Duel on Geonosis™
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Duel Master Yoda™ and Count Dooku™ in the secret lair with falling lamps, crashing pillar function, hidden compartment and Dooku's speeder!
Defeat Count Dooku™ and recover the plans for the Death Star!
Stop Count Dooku™ from leaving Geonosis™ with the plans for the Death Star! Use the Force to help Jedi Master Yoda™ jump into the air, dodge the Sith Lord's Force Lightning attack and bring Dooku to justice. Don't let him destroy the lair and escape on his speeder. Includes 4 minifigures with weapons: Count Dooku, Yoda, Poggle the Lesser and Dooku's Pilot Droid™.
• Includes 4 minifigures with weapons: Count Dooku™, Yoda™, Poggle the Lesser and Dooku's Pilot Droid™
• Lair features falling lamps, tower handle and hidden compartment
• Also features Dooku's speeder
• Weapons include 2 Lightsabers
• Accessories include Death Star plans decorated tile, walking stick and a Force Lightning element
• Unleash Dooku's Sith Force Lightning attack!
• Pull the lever and topple the pillar
• Hop on the speeder and outrun the Jedi!
• Hide the Death Star plans in the hidden compartment
• Collect the redesigned Yoda and Poggle the Lesser minifigures
• Lair measures over 5" (15cm) high, 15" (40cm) wide and 6" (17cm) deep
• Dooku's speeder measures over 1" (4cm) high, 4" (12cm) long and 1" (4cm) wide
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- Super-strong, freestanding plant hanger for deck or patio
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Constructed of sturdy, powder-coated steel, this freestanding 7' tall hanger holds up to 200 pounds and has a sturdy base to keep it upright and on a deck or patio.
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