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"Parenthood" Shoot – Team Braverman
This guest post is by Peter Bell, executive vice president for programs and services at Autism Speaks. Peter and his wife, Liz, reside in New Jersey with their three children. Their eldest son, Tyler, has autism.Vodpod videos no longer available.
On April 15, when most people were scrambling to file their tax returns, I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will hopefully make a profound difference for Autism Speaks and the autism community.
As many people know, the new NBC hit series "Parenthood" has a story line that involves a family coming to grips with their son's recent diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. For any family that has gone through the experience of having a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, you quickly realize just how easy it is to relate to the Braverman family. The show has beautifully captured the range of emotions our families go through during this difficult time.
So, when the producers of "Parenthood" approached Autism Speaks recently and asked if we would be interested in helping to film a future episode that would include an Autism Speaks Walk, the answer was without reservation "yes, of course!" To add icing on the cake, they also invited us to provide a real person to play the role of the Autism Speaks representative on the stage of the walk – that's when this became a personal journey for me.
With just a few days notice, I was off to Los Angeles. Lucky for me, my body was still on East Coast time for the 7 a.m. call time. After signing all the necessary paperwork (I think I'm now a member of SAG), I was taken to the make-up trailer. There were about five chairs with make-up artists doing their magic on various actors. My second stroke of luck came when they seated me next to Monica Potter who plays Kristina Braverman, mother of Max.
I was told by some other "autism moms" at Autism Speaks to tell Monica how much they love her performance as the take-no-prisoners mom of Max. I faithfully shared this sentiment as they were removing the curlers from her hair and another make-up person was dabbing my face with something that felt cakey. It was sort of a surreal moment for me but I think she realized that this was the highest form of a compliment one can get, besides an Emmy, of course.
After a quick change into my wardrobe (special walk t-shirt, khaki pants and my own running shoes), it was time to report to the set. The walk venue was set in a community park not far from Century City. Since the series takes place in Berkeley, California, they had to be careful not to have any palm trees in the background. They transported us from the trailers to the set in a van and this is where I met Max Burkholder, the incredible child actor who plays Max Braverman, the young boy with Asperger's. Naturally he was with his real mom and we enjoyed a nice conversation about his role and how he gets into character. Although his character is only eight years old on the show, he is actually 12 years old.
Once we arrived on the set, I had a chance to meet Peter Krause who plays Adam Braverman, Max's dad. Fortunately, we connected on many levels. In addition to sharing our common name, we are both dads. Although Peter K does not have a child with autism, it was obvious that he takes great pride in having an eight-year-old son. We talked a lot about autism, what is known scientifically (and not), what's behind the large increase, how families cope, etc. He was genuinely interested in learning everything he could about the condition and what families go through. I complimented him on his ability to capture the feelings that many dads go through when their sons are first diagnosed. Peter K was remarkably kind and fun to be with for the rest of the day.
Next – rehearsal. Since they were recreating a walk, which often attracts thousands of participants, they brought in more than 200 extras to create the feeling of a Walk Now for Autism Speaks event. I was really impressed that they were able to replicate the look and feel of our walks – then again this is Hollywood. After a few run-throughs it was time to "roll film." Our scene was only about a minute long but we ended up doing it about 15-20 times. They needed to film it from several angles. Each time was a little different which allowed for some creative interpretations in how we delivered our lines. Which take they will use in the final cut is anybody's guess but the amiable director, Lawrence Trilling, seemed pleased.
Perhaps the most memorable aspect of this experience was how wonderfully kind the cast and crew were. Each person was truly amazing. They were upbeat, deeply interested in autism, compassionate and energetic. Executive Producer/Writer Jason Katims, who has a teenage son with Asperger Syndrome, was on set for much of the day and really is the creative juice behind the Braverman family's autism story line. He confers with autism experts who are always on hand to make sure everything is as authentic as possible.
The episode is expected to air in mid-May and is the 12th of 13 episodes this season. The show has not been renewed for the fall yet, so please be sure to watch and tell all your friends and family to tune in. Autism Speaks will provide more information as the air date nears.
As for this dad, I'm back on the East Coast living my own wonderful version of "Parenthood." I'm thankful that the world is learning more and more about autism spectrum disorders and the joys and challenges it can bring to an entire family via this groundbreaking series.
April 19, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I am a huge fan of the show because of the tenderness and truth that is shown through the facing and dealing with this Huge issue.
I am a business coach and see many business owners and families dealing with issues such as this day to day. What has given me so much hope through this show is that they portray the challenges of asking for HELP and how as they receive it their view of the world is changing. WOW such a powerful message in the crazy times!!!
I salute the work your organization does to support getting help to families in need!!
April 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I love this and can't wait to see the episode!
April 19, 2010 at 8:27 pm
this is awesome.. i LOVE this show; and the way they deal with their son's illness is so genuine… it is a great learning tool for so many….
April 20, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I have been following this show closely, and I am very pleased to see Autism Speaks involved as well! However, as an ABA practitioner, I wish the show portrayed the behavioral aide in a more professional light. Otherwise, I think this series is spot on in terms of their portrayal of this story line!
April 20, 2010 at 8:12 pm
My son was just diagnosed with Asperger's and I am still in shock and not sure what to do next, or what will happen next. when we heard about the show, i was so excited to watch it and to see if this family faced some of the same situations we face every day and how they would handle every day life with an Aspergers child. We also have a daughter who just turned 19 and she often gets left out, not on purpose,but she like the sister on the show is having to learn how to deal with it too. I love watching it every week just to see what new challenge lies ahead and how they will handled it. Even though this is just a T.V. show it helps me not to feel so alone and helpless. Like the Mom on the show maybe one of these days I will not feel like I have failed as a mother and I can stop worrying about if my son will be okay and be excepted in the world as we know it.
April 21, 2010 at 1:34 am
This is so great to have such a big event on National television, we need to raise awareness and teach tolerance for people with disabilities .
April 21, 2010 at 3:00 pm
We absolutely love this show and we are so excited that this episode was filmed. I can hardly wait to see it. I hope, hope,hope the show gets picked up for fall!!! Congrats Peter! I am sure you did a great job! It was a pleasure meeting you in North Carolina last year.
April 21, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I love the show!! My 7 y.o. is a lot like Max. I cry every time I watch the show. I am so thankful that autism is on TV and hope that people will learn about it. I hope the show is re-newed over and over again!!
May 14, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Great posting. Have it on Tivo already. Added a link to my blog.
Hugs you Sis,
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Japan Nabs Record for Oldest Living Person
A 115-year-old Japanese man won the title as the oldest living person on Monday, and is just days away from breaking another longevity record.
Jiroemon Kimura, who lives in Kyoto prefecture, became the oldest living person after the passing of Dina Manfredini, an Italian immigrant to the U.S., on Monday. Mr. Kimura had also previously held the record for oldest living man since April 2011. Once December is over, he'll become the oldest man ever.
Jeanne Calment, a French woman who lived to be 122, holds the record for the longest life ever verified.
Mr. Kimura was born on April 19, 1897, and was a postal worker until his retirement. Japan Real Time has more.

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Officials from Acadian Ambulance have finalized their preparations for Sunday's Super Bowl.
The company, which is the official EMS provider to the Mercedes Benz Superdome, will have 68 medics on duty for the game as well as Dr. Chuck Burnell, Acadian's medical director. Acadian usually provides 24 medics for most New Orleans Saints games.
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Hollywood does South Africa proud (even if Matt Damon looks like Juan Smith)
Look. I might be new to blogging (just 14 weeks in the game). And I might be a total stranger to the intricacies of the internet. Indeed, I'm still trying to work out what pingbacks, analytics and plug-ins are. No pork. I'm groping around in a worldwidewebbed wonderland here. And having too much of fun.
But here's a thing. This blog's Google Analytics, whatever they are, show that the searchwords that bring the seventh highest number of visitors to South Africa's only "medically diagnosed SA-positive" website are, cough, splutter, "Genevieve Morton naked". Are you with me here? Yes. After, quite understandably, "Fred Hatman", "proudly South African", "Umdloti", "world's best blogger", "unicycle" and, er, "world's biggest liar about being the world's best blogger" comes "Genevieve Morton naked". What's that all about?
OK, so I've mentioned Gen on my blog a few times. I would. She's a close friend and confidante. And she raises even Umdloti's temperature when she takes her permanently reserved suite at Hatman Mansions and lies around my rimpool in that white bikini she likes to wear. And my staff very much like her to wear.
But have I posted any naked pictures of her on this blog? No. This is, to all intents and purposes, a family blog. Even if I do have naked photographs, and I do, I wouldn't share them with the world, would I? No. That's quite correct. I wouldn't. So stop searching for pictures of Gen naked on here, OK? It's not nice.


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Android Tablet Likes and Annoyances – Asus Transformer TF101
I have had my Asus Transformer TF101 Android tablet, with dockable keyboard for a few months now and this article is primarily my findings with regards to trying to using it as my day to day computing device. I specifically bought this machine to try and replace a much larger 17-inch laptop and an older Asus eeePC netbook.
From day one, it was pretty clear that my dream of using just this device was unlikely to happen. There are some things that Android does not do well. I have rooted the device and installed Prime 2.1.1 , an Android 2.3 Gingerbread based ROM, which has resulted in a number of performance gains. However, my crucial reason for doing this was so that I could install the 3GToggler application, which would allow me to access a Huawei 3G Internet dongle.
Android Gingerbread doesn't do office productivity. Editing word processor documents or spreadsheets is laborious and time consuming with the supplied Polaris Office. It's just really clunky. Don't even think about trying to create a presentation. I then also tried the Google Documents App from the Android Market, which is so clearly focused at mobile phone devices, again the user experience was terrible on a tablet. Lastly, I attempted to use Google Docs online to edit documents. Sadly this was also less than a compelling experience, but I believe this was down to the web browser itself, which neatly brings me to my next point.
Many of the Android Market applications are targeted squarely at the mobile phone user. That is usually someone with limited screen real estate, using their device in portrait mode. Trying to use these application on a docked tablet is a lesson in disappointment. Hootesuite for example, lacks the consolidated view across messages and requires many taps to navigate around. Other applications lack the key functionality that is usually available via the normal website. For example, if using the Google+ application, I found it impossible to access a Company Page I had created. This is simple enough from a drop down box on the Google+ website when viewed through a browser.
Just so this piece is not all doom and gloom, it is certainly worth mentioning what an Android tablet does well. Email for a start. The Gmail application is a joy, and I find it much more user friendly than the recently redesigned Gmail website. The other default mail client also does a great job of unifying a number of other accounts I have, including an Outlook Exchange Inbox. This is a much better experience than trying to use Thunderbird for this. There are also a few other email clients in the Android Market that are worth looking at, such as the Open Source K-9.
I'm sure Android tablets would be great for consuming media, if I did much of that. The only thing I have really tried is to watch a film through the LoveFilm website, but this was done via Flash in a web browser so was acceptable without being wonderful. The UK's Sky Broadcasting has a catch-up TV player, which requires Silverlight, so again not happening on an Android tablet.
I love the battery life! A battery in the keyboard dock and one in the tablet itself provides for around 15-16 hours of cable free use. This is brilliant.
I have also quite successfully used the tablet to present PDF documents in one-on-one meetings. It's quite a bit better than remembering to print out reams of paper. If I connected the device to a larger screen using the mini-HDMI connector, I'm sure this same process would work for larger group presentations.
Overall, without the docked keyboard of the Asus Transformer TF101, I would find the device practically useless. My main use of the tablet is to write emails, fortunately this is something Android does very well, and the keyboard enhances that experience. I would probably be much more productive with the Transformer if I didn't want to stick needles in my eyes every time I tried to edit a spreadsheet or create a new document.
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Things are getting better fortunately. I have a TF101 as well, but the Google Nexus 7 with Jellybean has been getting rave reviews over all other ICS tablets in terms of general usability. With faster hardware and a moderately fast OS evolution, I think Android tablets will be quite decent within the next year.
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Louisiana's unemployment rate rose to 7 percent in June, climbing for the sixth straight month as labor figures suggested a pause in economic growth.
Louisiana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in May and 6.7 percent in June 2012.
The U.S. unemployment rate held steady from May to June at 7.6 percent but was below the 8.2 percent of June 2012.
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Bank of America Rally Continues Into 2013
After a year when Bank of America stock more than doubled, Evercore Partners emphasized its bullish view on the stock for the New Year.
The investment bank says the nation's second-biggest bank by assets is its top pick for a large-cap bank in 2013, adding it to its conviction list.
Analyst Andrew Marquardt thinks the capital concerns are "behind" BofA, so investors will start to focus on its earnings power, which the analyst has high hopes for. He sees 2013 EPS at $1.69 a share, 76% above consensus estimates, as measured by Thomson Reuters.
BofA replaces Wells Fargo the analyst's top pick, one of the several banks he cut based on lower earnings expectations since banks will struggle to improve margins because of low interest rates.
Bank of America, however, has more control over its earnings power, Marquardt said, thanks to expense cuts and the ability to reprice its debt.
In upgrading the best performing Dow Jones stock of 2012, Marquardt follows in the footsteps of Meredith Whitney, who upgraded shares last month.
BofA shares so far on track to continue amid a broad financial rally thanks to the fiscal-cliff aversion. The shares are jumping 4.5% to $12.13, the stock's for the first time above $12 since May 2011.
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- BofA's Montag Paid More Than Moynihan, Again
- BAML Names New Asia Pacific Equities Strategist
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Two indoor expo rooms were packed with beautiful fibers -- hand-spun, hand-dyed yarns, hand-knit sweaters, and bags upon bags of fleece. Meanwhile, three tents full of sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and angora rabbits kept things hopping outside.
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YaWho?: A giant trying to find its place on Web 2.0
By Daniela Bernini, Tobias Bertram, Thomas Dornis, Nofil Fawad, Asif Shaw, Ron Teagarden and Dan VanDusen
"Yahoo has been here for fifteen years. We are the Internet. Unfortunately, we sit in a paradigm that values the new shiny penny," Carol Bartz CEO of Yahoo!
Yahoo, once the leader in internet services, is struggling to implement a growth strategy to keep up with competitors such as Google and Facebook. Yahoo used to be the portal for Internet users, but over the last 10 years Yahoo's market dominance has been severely dampened by new entrants. Yahoo announced a reduction in force of about 600 employees this month, or 4 percent of its workforce, the third such action since 2008.


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Saint Louis University International Studies Degree OverviewSaint Louis University's undergraduate degree in international studies examines the roles and responsibilities of the world's multinational corporations, technological innovations, and ecological and environmental concerns. You'll also explore intercontinental issues of diplomacy, human rights advocacy, faith-based movements and socioeconomic relationships.
If you choose to major in international studies at Saint Louis University, you will add a contemporary, global context to your education. As part of your international studies degree, you will demonstrate proficiency in a modern language and study abroad. (Learn about SLU's study abroad programs.)
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PHOENIX -- Jed Lowrie and Chris Young's first work for the A's will be serious departures from their previous work elsewhere.
Lowrie, a starting shortstop with the Astros last year when injury wasn't keeping him down, and Young, who has been an All-Star as a center fielder with the Diamondbacks, join the first day of Oakland full-squad workouts Sunday without a set spot.
Lowrie will get work at third base and second base in addition to short. For the moment, Young will be the backup in left, center and right and could see time as the DH, too.
It's not going to be easy for either man, manager Bob Melvin said Saturday.
"I'll map it out so he'll know a few days in advance where he'll be playing," Melvin said. "He'll know one day he'll be in `X' spot and another day he'll be in `X' spot. I talked to him about it. He didn't complain. And I told him things will work themselves out this spring."
Lowrie came aboard as insurance with the A's casting their lot with Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima as their starter. But Lowrie, who will spend time at shortstop starting this week, has a chance to be the starter at second base where he's in competition with Scott Sizemore, Jemile Weeks, Adam Rosales and perhaps Eric Sogard.
Young doesn't appear to have as great a chance to become a starter, unless it's as the DH or he and Coco Crisp split time between center and DH.
That's a bit of a comedown, but so was the 2012 season for Young, who saw his power production of 14 homers and 41 RBIs fall to half of his production of 2010 (27 and 91) when he was an All-Star for Arizona. Injuries had a lot to do with the drop.
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U.K.-Focused Equity Might Have Another Good Year In It
It's a crusty old market commonplace that London's benchmark equity index isn't the place to bet on the U.K. economy's fortunes.
And, yes, the FTSE 100 is stuffed with global banks, oil giants, miners and drug makers that either outgrew their island home long since or never had much to do with it in the first place, beyond an opulent headquarters in some agreeable London postcode.
No, if you want a more U.K.-centric equity bet, you're held to be far better off in the less rarified atmosphere of the FTSE 250 instead. And the old commonplace has some merit, even if, as usual with such things, the truth is a little more complex than it suggests. Alright, so FTSE 100 companies as a group generate somewhere close to 70% of their earnings outside the U.K., but the 250 can generate a good third, too.
So it's hardly the "straight" U.K. bet it's often touted as. And a look at the charts will demonstrate that, over time, both indexes move with the global equity tide in much the same way.
They appeared to diverge back in 2003, with the 250 pushing higher, but their 12-month rolling correlation confirms that they have, in fact, remained highly correlated since. In this year's headlong surge, both passed significant milestones, with the 100 topping 6000 and the 250 13000. No one seemed to be much concerned about which index was a bet on what.
They just bought.
"A large part of the indexes is similarly exposed to what has been happening in the world, and that is the key," said independent London analyst and blogger Louise Cooper.
"This is not just a U.K. crisis, it is global and therefore the fact that a greater percentage of FTSE 100 earnings come from overseas is less relevant."
However, none of this is to say that one index can't outperform the other. Of course it can and, in 2012, it was the 250′s turn to shine. While the FTSE 100 turned in a woeful 6% gain last year, the 250 managed 20%. And, looking at the list of best performers in the latter, it seems that U.K. focus wasn't a bad thing to have had. At the top of the list were names strongly linked to the domestic market, such as Dixons Retail Enterprise Inns and homebuilder Barratt Developments. At the bottom were miners like Petropavlovsk and Lonmin, international earnings base and all.
Now, it might seem foolish to bet on similar U.K. outperformance this year. The place got a lot of economic passes in 2012 for what it wasn't, most notably "in the euro zone." This year, it might just get plenty of unwelcome attention for what it is: mired in debt and short of growth. But those FTSE 250 outperformers were focused not just on the U.K., but on the U.K. consumer.
The country's relatively healthy labor market, despite recession, has been one of the world's minor economic mysteries for years now. Whatever's behind it, and despite reams of theory no one knows for sure, it may need to endure if the 250 is going to beat its big brother hollow again in 2013.


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The Grohe 27 295 includes a swivel ball-joint for adjustment.
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The Grohe 27 295 includes a swivel ball-joint for adjustment.
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The Grohe 27 295 does not come with the shower arm included. All shower arms with 1/2" npt connection will fit this shower head.
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The Grohe 27 295 has a 2.5 gpm which is standard. 1.5gpm would be considered low flow
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The Grohe 27 295 is just the shower head by itself. You would need to purchase a compatible bar separately.
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William D. "Will" Hays, 46, of Fort Loudon died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Chambersburg Hospital. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Trinity United Church of Christ, Fort Loudon. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Lininger-Fries Funeral Home Inc., Mercersburg.
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Here at FoodFacts.com, we have been fielding several inquiries on colors extracted from Cochineal Beetles over the past few weeks.
Most recently, this topic has been the talk of the town following a news report on the subject, which revealed that the coloring created from the Cochineal Beetles was used in a Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccino drink. This has caused both vegans and non-vegans alike to criticize the coffee chain, both on the ick factor and the notion that vegans are unknowingly ingesting animal products when consuming the drink in question.
But the use of color from Cochineal Beetles is nothing new. The colors created from the beetles are cochineal extract and carmine, the latter of which was recently the focus of a controversial ingredient day on the FoodFacts Facebook page. The colors are extracted from the female Cochineal Beetles, which are raised in Peru, the Canary Islands, and elsewhere, and provides a red, pink or purple color to the products it is in.
What many people don't realize when questioning the "bug ingredients" is that such colors could illicit a severe allergic reaction in some people. Over the past several years, doctors both in the United States and outside of the country have determined that colorings could cause allergic reactions, such as sneezing, asthma and even anaphylactic shock.
Both carmine and cochineal extract can be found in food items such as candies, juices, ice creams and yogurts. It can also be found in certain medicines, including cough drops. Finally, these ingredients can be found in dyed cosmetic products, such as lipstick.
So how does one avoid it? By reading the ingredients on the packaging and knowing what colors are derived from the beetles, you should be able to avoid the products if you need to because of an allergy, or want to because of the ick factor. Knowledge is power, after all.
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Published: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 9:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 9:18 a.m.
FRANKFORT, Ky. | Kentucky may soon join a small but growing number of states enacting laws to protect juvenile victims of the sex trade.
House Bill 3 would restrict authorities' ability to charge minors with offenses related to prostitution and require that minors suspected to be involved in prostitution receive social services.
If the bill passes, the state will join 11 others with "safe harbor" protections.
Florida passed legislation last year that treats trafficked children as dependents rather than delinquents. New York was the first state to approve safe harbor protections in 2008.
Kentucky passed its first human trafficking law in 2007, making it a felony to force someone into labor or commercial sexual activity. The safe harbor proposal is part of a larger bill that would strengthen the 2007 statute and expand services.
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LONDON – A weak response to climate change could be catastrophic for international health, leading doctors said in two British medical journals Wednesday.
Experts have previously warned that global warming could mean a spike in diseases including malaria and dengue fever, and that higher temperatures would result in food shortages, sanitation problems and extreme weather events like hurricanes and floods.
In a letter jointly published in The Lancet and BMJ, presidents from 18 medical organizations worldwide called on doctors to pressure politicians meeting in Copenhagen in December to take decisive action on global warming.
"There is a real danger that politicians will be indecisive," wrote the doctors, who included the presidents of the American College of Physicians, Hong Kong's Academy of Medicine and Britain's Royal College of Physicians. "We call on doctors to demand that their politicians listen to the clear facts that have been identified in relation to climate change and act now."
In an accompanying editorial, Lord Michael Jay of the medical charity Merlin and Michael Marmot of University College London wrote that "a successful outcome at Copenhagen is vital for our future as a species and for our civilization."
In December, the United Nations will host a conference to draw up a new climate change treaty to replace the Kyoto protocol. Getting all 193 member countries to agree could be tricky, as officials reported in August that only "selective progress" has been made on getting consensus on the 200-page draft treaty.


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"The Case Against 8" (9 p.m., HBO): This documentary exhaustively chronicles last year's legal battle to overturn California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. The film provides a vivid portrait of the people who led the charge for marriage equality.
"Under the Dome: Inside Chester's Mill" (10 p.m., CBS): Here's your chance to catch up with last summer's biggest hit, a week before its Season 2 debut. This special recaps the major events that have gone down so far in Stephen King's supernatural saga. Also: A sneak peek at what's to come.
"CeeLo Green's The Good Life" (10:30 p.m., TBS): The singer and former coach on "The Voice" goes back to his Goodie Mob roots for this new reality series. It follows Green and his three pals -- Big Gipp, T-Mo and Khujo -- as they prepare to put out their first album in 14 years.
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You're probably bored to death with me moaning about the current crisis in Welsh rugby. "Leave it Dan! It's not worth it! Get a life!"
Unfortunately I'm a glutton for punishment, so instead of retreating to the pub to watch Cardiff City and drink a few festive pints of ale, I've been sitting at home reading about, er, Welsh rugby.
On the face of it, a book about the Ospreys and a book about Pontypool RFC might not seem to have that much in common. The Ospreys came into being in 2003, long after Pooler's final glorious flourish in the late 1980s had finished. But in fact the stories of these two famous rugby teams are intertwined, and they tell us all we need to know about the current malaise which is afflicting domestic rugby in Wales.
The Pontypool front row of the 1970s are still the stuff of legend. The reputations of Bobby Windsor and Graham Price in particular stretch all over the globe to this day. These were men who made the All Blacks' front row look like schoolboys. Not many Welshmen can claim that accolade.
The Pooler style was considered to be the antithesis of the flair exhibited by the likes of Carwyn James' Llanelli and John Dawes' London Welsh in the 1970s. It was deeply unfashionable, but it worked. The same could be said of Warren Gatland's brand of rugby. But it worked too, and it still does. Sometimes.
Ray Prosser's name may not be as well-known as Carwyn James', but Pross was the man who shaped Pontypool in his image and invented the hard-nosed and hard-booted brand of rugby which enabled the boys from the playing fields of West Monmouthshire Grammar to punch (often literally) above their weight.
What's this got to do with the Ospreys? Well, the cynics among us might say that this is the story of the death of one kind of rugby and the birth of another. The decline of a community-based, ostensibly amateur game and the rise of a corporate, professional one.
Over the past decade the Ospreys have provided Team Wales with a large proportion of their firepower, often at the expense of the region's own progress. There have been a lot of trophies: Celtic League and Anglo-Welsh. But still no Heineken Cup. The "one true region" is still a work in progress.
The conclusion we are drawn towards in reading both these books is that Welsh regional rugby has been caught between the two stools of Team Wales and club rugby. Team Wales has flourished in the past decade, whereas club rugby has withered on the vine. In the middle we have the regions, the perennial also-rans whenever they venture outside the narrow confines of the Celtic League.
So what's the answer? To find that I think we need to look at the Pooler story. When they were at their strongest, they were fearsome and teams from all over Wales and beyond were afraid to play against them. Can we say that about any of our regions or clubs?
Where did that reputation come from? It came from competitiveness. The environment where our top teams were playing against teams which challenged them and excited their supporters. Opposition that put boots on the pitch, bums on seats and feet on the terraces. The problem we have today is that a lot of our domestic rugby isn't competitive, challenging or exciting.
On a positive note, tickets for the seasonal derby fixtures between our four regions are selling like hot cakes. These fixtures draw on the traditional competitiveness of near neighbours. Games which mean something.
If you need a couple of primers in the background to the current situation in Welsh rugby, you should read both of these books. They tell you all you need to know about the past, present and future of our game.
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – the Rise and Fall of Pontypool RFC" is available now.


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November 30, 2012
A good idea, a potential market and an experienced entrepreneur — these are the main ingredients that investors are looking for when they back a new enterprise via crowdfunding.
According to new research by the crowdfunding platform CrowdCube, there is a growing desire for many investors to fund start-ups as a way of showing support for businesses that they feel passionate about. The majority (two thirds) of those interviewed specifically mentioned being "personally moved by the idea" of the business as the leading factor when evaluating a venture for potential investment.
Nearly half (45%) of investors said they liked investing in businesses that interested them personally and many also stated that the process of investment was enjoyable. Some interviewees indicated that they felt it was important for people beyond the very wealthy to have the opportunity to fund small businesses.
The survey also showed the levels of investment that people typically make.
A quarter of people (26%) invest between £1,000 and £4,999, 21% invest between £100 and £499, 17% invest less than £100, 15% invest between £500 and £999, and 14% invest between £5,000 and £9,999. Just 9% invest more than £10,000.
The survey also found that crowdfunding investors often exhibit similar entrepreneurial characteristics to those they invest in. To mitigate financial risk, investors said they limited the amount of money they were willing to invest and also performed due diligence prior to investment. More than half (51%) of the investors surveyed had no formal expectations or strategy for investing, but wait for opportunities that move them.
Luke Lang, co-founder of Crowdcube said: "It is encouraging that the findings highlighted a high level of risk awareness and sophistication among investors; debunking the view that investing should be the preserve of the wealthy or experienced angel investors. The new breed of 'armchair dragons' say that crowdfunding gives them a meaningful way to make an impact on finance-starved start-ups."


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Game Haiku – 4/16/08 – Cardinals 5, Brewers 4
Izzy makes the ninth
scary but preserves win for
Wainwright who homered.
Izzy makes the ninth
scary but preserves win for
Wainwright who homered.
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Celebrate the Good in Schools
Published: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 12:11 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 12:11 a.m.
I write this as a concerned citizen and a professional educator, although most people just call me Mr. B. I am a teacher to 24 of the most amazing fourth-graders you'll ever know. I've been keeping a pulse on the state of education through the lens of your cover stories for as long as I can remember.
I am passionate about the craft of teaching, but nothing stirs me quite like the profound impact teachers have on the actual lives of their students.
You see, there are a few things I know about the kids in my class that I don't think you ever will:
I know which of my students probably won't have enough to eat this weekend.
I know exactly whose baby sitter will be a gaming system.
I know through experience when to dry tears and when to let them fall.
I had a student tell me recently he didn't want summer to come this year because he'll miss the safe place we've built together in our classroom.
Despite what I'm seeing in print and elsewhere, lives are being transformed all throughout the classrooms of my school and countless others.
I believe there's something more important than the beloved test scores, school grades, Common Core or disgusting teacher sex scandals that accost front pages.
There are countless teachers doing work in the trenches of the hearts of children here in Polk County and beyond who need to be intentionally honored and celebrated. I'm asking you to boldly lead the way.
I say, enough with sensationalizing scandal and celebrating what's broken. Yes, there is bad news that must be shared, but must we continue to worship the wounds of a system without exposing the beauty of it as well?
Beauty begets hope, and these precious children and we "teachers today" need much more of it.
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Facebook's Results, in Five Charts
Facebook is showing few signs of slowing down.
The social-networking giant's quarterly profit more than doubled from a year ago as mobile-advertising growth continued to surge. Revenue jumped 61% from a year ago, as advertisers are drawn to the company's growing user base.
Shares jumped 2.6% to $73.10 in after-hours trading. If the gains hold through Thursday's opening bell, the stock will open at a new all-time high. Shares are up 173% over the past 12 months through Wednesday's close, the top performer in the S&P 500.
In conjunction with its quarterly results, Facebook also released a slew of charts highlighting its growth and its success in mobile advertising.
First, here's a look at daily active users, who spend the most time on the social network's platform and are therefore more valuable to Facebook from an advertising perspective. These users increased to 829 million, up 19% from a year ago.
Monthly active users hit 1.32 billion, up 14% from a year ago.
Mobile, once again, was the segment where Facebook saw big growth. Mobile daily active users rose to 654 million, up 39% from a year ago. Facebook's advertising has benefited from this growth. Mobile-advertising accounted for 62% of advertising revenue in the quarter, up from 59% in the first quarter and 41% a year ago.
Mobile monthly active users increased to 1.07 million, up 31% from a year ago.
Bottom line: Facebook's revenue continues to grow to new heights. Revenue clocked in at $2.91 billion in the second quarter, up 61% from a year ago and ahead of analysts' expectations.


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Sheriff's office looking for two teenage girls who went missing after leaving Dorman
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:27 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:27 p.m.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is searching for two teenage girls who are missing after leaving Dorman High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Tony Ivey said Taylor Cromer and Michaela Davidson attended school on Tuesday, but left together in the afternoon and their parents have reported them missing. The sheriff's office believes the girls are runaways and were not abducted and no statewide Amber Alert has been issued.
Investigators have gone to relatives' houses in North Carolina, Pacolet and Cross Hill, S.C., where the girls were thought to have been, but they haven't been successful in locating the girls.
Anyone with information on the girls' whereabouts should call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
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D.C.'s Mayor Confronts Reid on Capitol Steps
WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray on Wednesday burst into a press conference organized by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) on the Senate steps to ask for Congress to allow the city to use its own funds to ensure that essential city services continue despite a federal government shutdown.
But his efforts were to no avail, leaving the overwhelmingly Democratic city with little hope for a quick fix from the Senate's top Democrat. During the press conference, Mr. Reid said that the Republicans were the ones preventing the city from being able to spend its own funds, even though House Republicans have passed a bill to allow D.C. to be able to spend its own funds during a partial government shutdown. After the press conference, Mr. Reid could be heard telling the mayor "I'm on your side – don't screw it up." (NBC has posted video of the remarks.)
Later Wednesday, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D., D.C.) carried the fight to the White House, where her exchange with U.S. President Barack Obama was the most dramatic moment of a closed-door meeting with Mr. Obama and House Democrats, according to lawmakers at the meeting. Ms. Norton didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Ms. Norton, who doesn't get a vote in Congress, made a passionate case for carving out Washington, D.C., from the shutdown impasse, lawmakers said. Unlike states, which are free to spend their own tax revenues during a government shutdown, the District of Columbia cannot spend its own tax revenues during the shutdown because of a law that requires Congress to first approve the city's budget. That approval usually comes during the routine appropriations process, which the shutdown upended.
Mr. Obama's response gave the city no more hope than Mr. Reid's had earlier. Mr. Obama was sympathetic, lawmakers said, but backed up Mr. Reid's strategy of insisting that government shutdown issues be dealt with simultaneously, instead of piece by piece. Ms. Holmes-Norton pressed her case, lawmakers said, creating tension in the room.
A White House spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The mayor's confrontation with the Senate's top Democrat was serendipitous, starting after Senate Democrats had scheduled an outdoor press conference not far from where the D.C. representatives had set up their own press conference. At that event, Mr. Gray said that the District was quickly exempted from the last shutdown, and a similar move should be made this time.
U.S. Capitol Police had tried to bar the mayor from leaving his own press conference, which had just concluded, and walking to the Senate Democratic press conference on the East steps of the Senate. But Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer, a onetime D.C. police officer, intervened and had to allow Mr. Gray proceed, because under the Senate rules the D.C. mayor has Senate floor privileges, according to a spokesman for the mayor's office.
Mr. Gray marched ahead, telling a reporter he was "absolutely" going to ask that the city be able to spend its own money to keep operating. As Senate Democrats tried to stay on message, Mr. Gray waited patiently next to Mr. Reid, with the crowd from his press conference chanting "Free D.C. " in the background loudly enough to almost drown out the Senate Democratic press event.
The first question for Mr. Reid at the press conference was about the D.C. budget, from a reporter. "Don't talk to us – talk to the Republicans," Mr. Reid said.
Democrats have resisted efforts by Republicans to fund parts of government piecemeal, including a bill to allow D.C. to operate normally, saying instead that the GOP should just pass a clean budget bill. But under the 1973 Home Rule Act, which created the city's elected government, Congress must approve the district's budget each year as part of the appropriations process before it can spend any of its local funds.
The city's budget has been caught up in that tangle, with the House voting to allow the city to spend its own money but Senate Democrats refusing to follow suit in order to stick to a broader principle: that all federal budget issues should be dealt with simultaneously.
Mr. Gray, who leads this overwhelmingly Democratic city, buttonholed the Senate Democratic leader as the press conference ended — which is when Mr. Reid made his "don't screw it up" comment. With Ms. Norton standing nearby, Mr. Gray reacted angrily, telling reporters "I have no idea" what Mr. Reid meant.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) tried to soothe hurt feelings, saying that "we've got to open up this government for all the people; in D.C., Virginia," but Mr. Gray's blood started to boil.
"We're not a department of the government," Mr. Gray replied.
"All we're asking for is to spend our own money. We're just asking to spend our own money. Our own money. Not the federal money. Our own money."
Pedro Ribeiro, a spokesman for the mayor, said that D.C. was already starting to feel the strains in a way that states aren't. The federal government contributes 70% of funds for Medicaid, for example, and such mandatory programs are exempt from the federal shutdown. The money gets deposited into state and local funds, but D.C. cannot access its federal matching funds because Congress has not approved the city's budget, Mr. Ribeiro said. He said the result is that clinics and doctors don't get paid.
"You've got patients who aren't going to receive treatment; you have folks in long-term care whose providers aren't going to be compensated who can't make payroll," Mr. Ribeiro said.
Sen. Reid, #Senate Dems, DC Mayor Gray, on steps to urge end to #shutdown. pic.twitter.com/uoiyTwsR5L
— M. Scott Mahaskey (@smahaskey) October 9, 2013
Mayor Gray throwing so much shade at Reid. pic.twitter.com/kkoVem2CuH
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- Nov 13:
- Twitter IPO makes San Francisco the sexy new face of Silicon Valley
- Nov 9:
- 2013: Quinn: Five reasons why Twitter isn't a one-day wonder
- Twitter's IPO could pave the way for other consumer Internet companies
- Nov 8:
- 2013: Twitter's IPO means 1,600 new millionaires -- and more good news for Silicon Valley
- Wolverton: Twitter tips for beginning and aspiring Twitterers
- Biz Break: Twitter declines as other Silicon Valley companies line up for IPOs
- Twitter stock calms down on second day of trading
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- 2013: Twitter's soaring IPO sparks praise and skepticism -- and bodes well for Silicon Valley
- 2013: My, how time flew for Twitter
- 5 things you might not know about Twitter
- Fairfax lemonade entrepreneur, 9, rings stock exchange bell at Twitter IPO
- 2013: Quinn: Twitter needs to balance users, Wall Street
- Biz Break: What's next for Twitter after IPO?
- 2013: Twitter shares soar 70 percent in Wall Street debut
- Why user burnout could threaten Twitter's prosperity
- Nov 6:
- Twitter prices IPO at $26, surpassing previous ceiling
- User burnout could threaten Twitter's prosperity
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- Twitter is powerful, but where are the profits?
- Why some experts think Twitter stock is a bargain
- Going public: How Twitter's IPO will work
- 2013: Twitter's IPO price 'more art than science'
- Twitter is not alone: 'It's a wild week in IPO land'
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- Nearly half of Americans think Twitter is a bad investment, poll finds
- Twitter increases IPO price range, following Facebook's path
SAN FRANCISCO -- While Twitter executives and founders celebrated the company's first day of public trading Thursday on Wall Street, the scene was much less jubilant on Market Street, where the social media giant has its headquarters.
As Twitter soared more than 70 percent above its initial public offering price during morning trading, a small group of protesters gathered outside the social network's doors, and others yelled obscenities from the street, a reminder that not all San Franciscans are happy with the rise of big tech in their city.
Twitter employees showed up between 6 and 6:30 a.m. -- many sporting T-shirts with the company's iconic blue bird logo -- although the company kept any early-morning festivities under lock and key. A lineup of San Francisco police officers kept media and any uninvited guests outside.
The bright smiles on the faces of a few young women, who said they worked in Twitter's recruiting department, as they bounded across Market Street gave a hint of the good cheer some employees felt.
Another sunny group of employees came outside shortly after trading began just before 8 a.m. Pacific Time: "It was fun," one man said of the celebration inside.
It was certainly a good day to be a Twitter employee, many of whom will soon be able to exercise stock grants and options -- although they can't sell that stock right away.
"That will boost the economy, because they (will) buy stuff," said James Soncuya, a Daly City resident who said he works for the city of San Francisco.
Soncuya doesn't tweet -- he "never got into it" -- but he applauded the company's decision to go public and said the payday was good for the region.
But many in San Francisco, particularly the youth and activist communities, have blamed Twitter for contributing to the city's escalating rent prices, which they say have forced working-class people from their homes.
"While billionaires are getting tax subsidies, people are getting kicked out of their homes," said Steve Zeltzer, an activist with state labor group United Public Workers for Action who protested outside Twitter headquarters. "People are fed up."
A disparate group of activist and labor organizations organized the protests, calling the day of action #ThrownOutByTwitter. The first protest, at 6:30 a.m., rounded up only about a dozen protesters.
Ironically, many of the activists Thursday said they had Twitter accounts; some used the site to get their message out.
Community activist group San Francisco Rising has said it's angry over the tax break Twitter received from the city in 2011 as part of an incentive to bring companies to the Central Market district, which many city officials and residents consider an eyesore in need of revitalization. But activists argue that the city should have collected that revenue to fund much-needed social services.
"Neighborhoods are being transformed and not for the benefit of the majority of San Franciscans. Average rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the city have eclipsed $3,000 and long-term residents -- many of whom are seniors and people with disabilities -- are very vulnerable to eviction," according to a Facebook page set up to organize Thursday's protests.
One woman, biking past the Twitter offices, yelled profanity at the building, saying Twitter's greed had ruined the neighborhood.
The need for social services, and the city's wealth gap, is perhaps nowhere more glaring than along the Market Street corridor. A half-block west from Twitter, a new high-rise luxury apartment building is under construction. A half-block in the other direction, a man dressed in rags dragged a trash can full of blankets and used furniture down the street. A man begged for change from people a few feet from Twitter's front doors.
Dave Williamson, a carpenter from Santa Rosa who was in the city Thursday looking for work, said the IPO was underwhelming.
When asked if he planned to buy any shares, Williamson pretended to look on the sidewalk for spare change.
Finding none, he turned and asked: "With what?"
Contact Heather Somerville at 510-208-6413. Follow her at Twitter.com/heathersomervil.


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VIENNA - Drive along Jackson Memorial Park road in Vienna, near the ballfields, on a Sunday afternoon and you might notice people wielding "swords."
The combatants, dressed in Medieval garb, also are throwing objects as they run around the grassy field behind the Vienna Recreation Sports Center off 34th Street.
The action has caught the attention of Vienna police officers, who have stopped to watch.
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From left, Dale King II, Wayne Jenkins, Ted Cwikiel, Tyler Sylvester and Christian Krinock do battle, as Ryan Full looks on, in an Amtgard game in Vienna. (Photo by Paul LaPann)
Tyler Sylvester, a senior at Parkersburg High School, is chancellor, an elected official, for "Valley of Smoke." (Photo by Paul LaPann)
Ted Cwikiel holds a "spell ball" used in class combat. (Photo by Paul LaPann)
Wayne Jenkins holds a padded polearm used in Amtgard games in Vienna. (Photo by Paul LaPann)
"Valley of Smoke" members pose for a photograph after a game Sunday in Vienna. Front from left, Gretchen Richards, Eddie Krinock, Jacob VanMeter, Christian Krinock and Madison Ruppenthal. Back row, Tyler Sylvester, Wayne Jenkins, Ryan Full, Dale King II and Ted Cwikiel. (Photo by Paul LaPann)
The scene is all in good fun as participants in the international organization Amtgard act out Medieval and fantasy combat sports and recreation.
"Valley of Smoke," the Amtgard group based in Parkersburg, meets 1 p.m. every Sunday to do battle - and have some fun. The local group was formed in June 2012.
Participants use foam-padded "boffer weapons" - made of PVC pipe, bamboo or fiberglass - during the class combat. Swords made of wood or metal are not allowed. Boffer weapons are checked each week.
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The objects being thrown at combatants are soft "spell balls" - loose rubber bands wrapped in cloth.
It is safe combat, said Gretchen Richards, 31, of Lubeck, who has participated in Amtgard for seven years, in a Charleston group and for two months in Parkersburg.
"We have a lot of fun," Richards said. "It's a good time. There's a lot of laughter."
Hitting a person's head is not allowed. Just the limbs and torso.
Wayne Jenkins, 35, who teaches world history at Parkersburg High School, said Amtgard gets children and adults out in the sunshine, moving around and away from the television.
They play rain or shine, and in the snow.
"It is fun. You don't have to be good at it," Jenkins said.
The organization has been around for 30 years, Richards said.
Eight members of "Valley of Smoke" participated on a warm, humid Sunday. Water breaks were welcome.
Up to 32 people - 14 years old and above - have joined in the fun at times. The average number of participants in the summer is 17.
The live action role-playing games last from about five minutes to 30 minutes.
Each team in Sunday's class battle had 25 "lives." The battle ended when a team ran out of "lives."
Richards mentioned "Capture the Flag", "Ring the Bell" and "Kill the King" as some of the dozes of games available to Amtgard participants.
Participants make their own weapons and outfits and are called by character names when playing.
For those who do not like combat or want other activities, arts and crafts of all types are part of Amtgard, including cooking, painting, sewing, rug making and woodworking.
Christian Krinock, 14, who attends VanDevender Middle School, said he enjoys the entire aspect of Amtgard. He saw his brother Eddie, 17, a senior at Parkersburg High School, playing the game and wanted to join.
Eddie said the organization has helped him and Christian "bond as brothers."
Sept. 1 was the first day for Madison Ruppenthal, 14, a freshman at PHS, playing with the group. She lives near the Krinocks.
"I think it is fun," Ruppenthal said.
Members of "Valley of Smoke" are attending Amtgard's "Feast of the Dead" camp in Hagerstown, Md., from Sept. 13-15.
"I have made friends all over (by participating in Amtgard)," Jenkins said.
Richards said she has friends in Florida, Wisconsin and other states through the program.
Ryan Full, a Spanish teacher at PHS, was playing the part of the healer on Sunday, because of a knee injury. He and Jenkins are the advisers for the Amtgard club at PHS, which is open to any student and meets after school on Wednesdays.
Amtgard is an activity where parents can participate with their children - by either helping or playing, Full said.
Ted Cwikiel, 38, of Parkersburg said he enjoys Amtgard because it allows him to run around and "blow off steam."
The group appreciates the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department keeping the field mowed and offering other assistance.
New members are welcome to stop by on Sundays to participate in the games, which are free, Richards said.


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dead end
1An end of a road or passage from which no exit is possible; a cul-de-sac: the path came to a dead end
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- The road, having become steadily narrower, came to a dead-end right by the visitor's centre at the Gibraltar Point nature reserve.
- The road came to a dead end, and I stopped inches from the trunk of a tree, tires on the edge of the curb.
- We went back to our bikes and rode on down the road to investigate further, but came to a dead end at a factory.
1.1A road or passage having a dead end.
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- I drove down the road to an empty dead-end street with brush and overgrowth all over the place, not a building in sight.
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- Most Thorndon side roads are dead ends, narrower than varicose veins and have a topography that even a goat would baulk at.
1.2A situation offering no prospects of progress or development: [as modifier]: a dead-end job
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SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Gloucester, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: CBJ: 2004-271 overall
|ECAC First All-Star Team (2008) NCAA East Second All-American Team (2008) Claimed on waivers by Winnipeg from Columbus, February 27, 2012. Missed majority of 2013-14 and 2014-15 due to recurring back injury.
|2011-12: Started the season with the Columbus Blue Jackets where he played in 51 games
for 14 points (4G, 10A)... Recorded his first three-point night (3A) on Oct. 25 vs. DET... Earned
his first multi-goal game (2G) on Nov. 10 vs. CHI... Claimed off waivers by the Winnipeg Jets
on Feb. 27/12... Played his first game as a Winnipeg Jet on Mar. 5 vs. BUF (3-1W)… Earned his
first point as a Jet on Mar. 9 at CGY (3-5L)… Extended his assist streak to two games on Mar.
14 vs. DAL (5-2W)... Recorded three assists with the Jets.
2010-11: Ranked second on the club in average time on ice (21:16) and was fourth among
club defensemen in goals (4), assists (15) and points (19)… Played 19-or-more minutes in
27-of-31 games… Had goals in back-to-back games Jan. 14-15… Logged a career-high 26:26
of ice time Jan. 19 at Florida… Had assists in five-straight games Feb. 16-27… Had a seasonhigh
(tied) five shots on goal Mar. 17 vs. Detroit… Missed eight games Mar. 20-Apr. 3 due to
injury… Fired a season high (tied) five shots on goal Apr. 9 vs. Buffalo… Spent the first half
of the season with Springfield (AHL)… Set a career high (tied) and ranked third (tied) among
club defensemen in goals (5)… Tallied 4-2-6 during a season-best four-game point streak
Dec. 3-11… Scored two goals Dec. 11 vs. Providence…
2009-10: Made his NHL debut and collected the first points of his NHL career with two assists
(Andrew Murray and Antoine Vermette goals) Mar. 2 vs. Vancouver to become the first
Blue Jackets player to record a multi-assist game in his NHL debut… Also became second
Blue Jackets player to record a multi-point game in his NHL debut (Jakub Voracek, 1-1-2 on
Oct. 10, 2008 at Dallas)… Scored the first goal of his NHL career Mar. 27 vs. NY Islanders
(Dwayne Roloson)… Spent majority of the season with Syracuse (AHL)… Ranked fourth (tied)
among Crunch defensemen in goals (5) and points (20) and ranked fifth (tied) in assists
(15)… Collected three assists Dec. 28 at Houston.
2008-09: Played his first professional season with Syracuse… Tallied his first professional
point with an assist Oct. 25 vs. Rochester… Scored his first professional goal Dec. 26 at
Binghamton… Tallied the game-winning goal Jan. 23 vs. Toronto.
AMATEUR: Spent four seasons at Clarkson (ECAC)… 2007-08: Played 39 games during his
senior season at Clarkson… Led club defensemen in goals (5), assists (17) and points (22)…
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regular season championship… Was named Second-Team RBK All-American, First-Team ECAC
All-Star defenseman and was a NCAA East Regional Team selection… Boasted the best plus/
minus rating among all ECAC players (+19)… Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team…
Appeared in one playoff game for Syracuse… 2006-07: Led Clarkson defensemen in goals
(7), assists (tied) and points (19)… Helped the Golden Knights win the ECAC tournament
championship… 2005-06: Finished second among Clarkson defensemen in assists (17) and
points (19)… Named to the ECAC weekly honor roll Oct. 17… 2004-05: Led Golden Knights
defensemen in points (13) during his freshman season… His first collegiate goal was the
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People can float on the Current and Jacks Fork rivers that flow through the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in southwest Missouri but they can't set foot in the closed parks until the partial government shutdown is over, a Riverways official said.
When the parks were closed Oct. 1, officials indicated rivers in the area would be closed to floating. On Thursday, Riverways Superintendent Bill Black said the U.S. Solicitor General's office had clarified that people can float on rivers through federal parks but they must stay off federal park land, including gravel bars in the rivers.
Black said all park facilities are closed and boats can't be launched from park property. But there are some places at Eminence and Van Buren, and some county roads, where boats can be put in, The Springfield News-Leader reported.
People who go on the rivers during the shutdown should be aware that it might be difficult to obtain emergency services from the few park rangers who are still on duty, Black said.
"We are operating with limited resources and if you do decide to go on the river, take extra precautions and safety equipment with you," Black advised.
The closure has already hurt businesses that cater to tourists along the rivers. Joe Devall, owner of Silver Arrow Canoe Rentals, said the shutdown has had a "dramatic impact" on his business, which is a National Park Service concessionaire south of Salem.
"We don't have any business," Devall said, adding it would violate his contract to even shuttle anyone to access points on the Current River. He said he normally has a brisk business this time of year but he's had to turn people away.
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Toe injury could sideline Alabama's Deion Belue for game with Tennessee
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It can be argued that outside of C.J. Mosley, senior cornerback Deion Belue is perhaps one of the University of Alabama's most needed defensive players.
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When healthy, the Tuscumbia native has held down the Crimson Tide's top cornerback spot, while the No. 2 spot has been a revolving door through seven games, as John Fulton, Bradley Sylve, Cyrus Jones, Eddie Jackson, and Maurice Smith have taken turns opposite Belue.
But Belue hasn't stayed healthy this season, and his nagging toe injury that was sustained in the Texas A&M game and kept him out against Colorado State, along with a hamstring injury, may again keep him out of Saturday's rivalry game against Tennessee, after he aggravated it against Arkansas.
"Deion's a good player. He's the most experienced corner that we have," UA head coach Nick Saban said. "He struggles to stay healthy or he has struggled to stay healthy this year. We're hopeful he can stay healthy and be out there and play well on Saturdays.
"He's a great competitor. He does a really good job everyday. It's important to him, he works hard and he knows how to prepare for a game. His experience is invaluable to where we are right now in terms of the secondary. We've lost a couple of safeties and we have some young corners. It's really important that he can get out there and finish."
Belue's production is down from a season ago, but his role on the team has only magnified.
In 2012, he recorded 40 tackles, including 6.5 for loss, with two interceptions, seven pass break-ups and nine passes defended. This season he has four tackles, two pass break-ups and two passes defended. Against Arkansas he blocked a field goal.
It's possible, though, that he's been more valuable this season as the veteran corner on a unit full of talented but green athletes.
Sylve sprained his ankle against Arkansas and is at best questionable to play Saturday and Belue was held out of some drills during practice this week.
If both can't go against Tennessee, it's likely Jones and Fulton or Jackson will be called upon.
With the bye week coming next week followed by a key Southeastern Conference Western division game with LSU, getting Belue healthy is a concern.
"As far experienced goes, he's very important," Mosley said. "Even when he's not practicing or not playing, he's helping young guys out. He showing what to do or telling them what to call or make this adjustment. As far as leadership goes and experience goes, he's still there."
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What's the only thing Irish World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Sheamus wants for Christmas?
The coveted WWE championship belt, of course — but he's not relying on Santa to bring it down the chimney.
Dublin-born Sheamus is hell-bent on winning his gift on Sunday on the WWE pay-per-view event "Tables, Ladders and Chairs" (TLC), where he'll take on reigning title holder and fan favorite John Cena in a table match in which the winner will be declared after slamming his opponent through a rock-hard table.
Cena, says an ultra-confident Sheamus, doesn't stand a chance.
"There's no doubt in my mind that I'm going to walk out of TLC as WWE champion," Sheamus boasted during an interview with the Irish Voice on Monday.
"I'm ready. I want to make history. I want to be the first Irishman to become WWE champion — and I will."
What makes this 31-year-old former actor, bodyguard and information technology expert from Dublin City so sure he'll dethrone the popular Cena, a seven-time WWE champ who has proven his toughness in the ring time and time again?
Sheamus easily manhandled Cena a couple of weeks ago during WWE's flagship "Monday Night Raw," scooping up the former college football star and flinging him through a table, with a stunned WWE legend and governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, looking on.
Cena was also humiliated by the Irish newcomer on last Monday's "Raw" when Sheamus delivered a couple of swift kicks that knocked Cena out cold during a joint ring appearance moderated by guest host Mark Cuban, the outspoken, petite owner of the Dallas Mavericks (and former "Dancing With the Stars" contestant), who took it upon himself to sucker-punch Sheamus to the ground — only to be tossed through a nearby table as punishment once the Celtic Warrior recovered.
Sheamus is mad, and he has no problem admitting that he's also quite bad.
"I'm going to put Cena through a table. I've already done it once and I'm gonna do it again," he says.
"All the time I've been with WWE, I've been making statements, you know what I mean? I retired Jamie Noble. The fella can't even walk properly. I'm not a nice guy!"
Poor Noble! A WWE veteran, he was on the wrong end of Sheamus' potent "Irish Curse" kick during the Nov. 2 "Raw" show, and a subsequent pummeling from the Celtic Warrior put Noble's career to rest for good.
That's all in a day's work for Sheamus, who's had a meteoric rise in the WWE since he was promoted from the company's ECW brand to the top-rated "Raw" broadcast in October. Although he's been part of "Raw" for less than two months, being WWE champion is a role that Sheamus has been preparing for most of his life.
Born Stephen Farrelly in Dublin, he was raised in a Georgian apartment by his parents (he also has two sisters) and grew up watching British wrestling broadcasts on Saturday afternoons with his grandmother. He also remembers watching WWF shows (WWE used to be known as WWF) — and quickly becoming hooked.
"I wanted to do this my whole life," Sheamus says.
Sheamus first pursued a wrestling career in Ireland and throughout Europe in independent leagues. "I did whatever it took to get noticed and get experience," he recalls.
"I traveled in shows throughout Ireland, the U.K., Italy and Portugal. I honed my craft and proved my experience."
Sheamus also had other skills he was working on simultaneously. A fluent Irish-speaker who attended Irish-speaking schools for both grammar and high school, Sheamus has been employed as an information technology professional, an actor and a security official at Lillie's Bordello, Dublin's trendiest nightclub, where he used to personally ensure that regular customer Bono was unbothered by other club-goers.
But wrestling was always No. 1. "People said I was crazy, I was working all the jobs back home," Sheamus says. "But anything is possible if you put your mind to it."
The WWE eventually took notice of the flame-haired, ambitious Irishman. The world's most-famous and profitable pro-wrestling business stages tryout shows in the U.K. a couple of times a year, Sheamus says, and in April 2007 he earned a contract.


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And trust me...there are many different ways that Obamacare will squelch innovation. This is just one example.
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Lifetime member of the "specific element" and proud of it.
Everyone knows ya can't just zim zam the flim flam without the zip zop zoopity bop!
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It's too bad, I'm too good....
That's what they believed in the USSR. How did that work for them. They were in the dark ages until the wall came down.
This (as I said) is economics 101.
And the problem is that with so many other countries going to government sponsored health systems, they rely on the US for innovation.
Another one of the "unintended consequences" with the desire to care for everyone.
The road to despair is littered with the remnants of "good intentions".
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SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Winnipeg, MB, CAN
DRAFTED: undrafted
|Traded to Kamloops (WHL) by Swift Current (WHL) for Paul Diniset and Kamloops' 3rd round pick (Kyle Moir) in 2001 WHL Bantam Draft, November 24, 2000. Signed as a free agent by Boston, September 19, 2001. Missed majority of 2001-02 due to wrist injury vs. Red Deer (WHL), October 20, 2001. Claimed on waivers by NY Rangers from Boston, November 29, 2005. Signed as a free agent by Toronto, July 1, 2009. Missed majority of 2011-12 and 2014-15 as a healthy reserve.
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BECAME A LEAF: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, July 1, 2009.
TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed as a free agent by Boston, September 19, 2001. Claimed on waivers by NY Rangers from Boston, November 29, 2005.
2011-12 SEASON: Played 5 games for the Maple Leafs scoring 1 goal with 5 penalty minutes. Played 26 games for the Toronto Marlies (AHL) scoring 1 goal with 46 penalty minutes. Scored a goal Oct. 8 vs. Ottawa. Assigned to the Marlies Jan. 5. Played 8 playoff games for the Marlies collecting 9 penalty minutes.
CAREER: 2010-11: Played 46 games for the Maple Leafs scoring 2 goals with 128 penalty minutes. Ranked 1st on Maple Leafs penalty minutes. Scored 1st goal of the season Oct. 13 at Pittsburgh. Registered 800th career NHL penalty minute Oct. 15 at NY Rangers. Scored game-winning goal Oct. 26 vs. Florida. Registered a season-high 24 penalty minutes Jan. 1 at Ottawa. Registered 19 penalty minutes, including 900th career NHL penalty minute, Jan. 19 at NY Rangers. Left game Jan. 20 vs. Anaheim due to undisclosed injury. Missed 36 games due to injury.
2009-10: Played 82 games for Toronto collecting 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists) with 239 penalty minutes. Ranked 1st on Leafs and 2nd in NHL in penalty minutes. Ranked 5th in NHL fighting major penalties (23). Registered a careerhigh in games played (tie), goals, points and penalty minutes in a season. Became 1st Leafs player since 2003-04 (Tie Domi – 208) to register over 200 penalty minutes in a season. Made Maple Leafs debut Oct. 1 vs. Montreal. Scored 1st Maple Leafs goal Dec. 1 at Montreal (Carey Price). Played 300th career NHL game and scored a goal Jan. 29 at New Jersey. Registered a season-high 32 penalty minutes Feb. 12 at St. Louis. Scored 3rd goal of season (career-high) Mar. 28 vs. Pittsburgh.
2008-09: Played 82 games for the NY Rangers collecting 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists) with 193 penalty minutes. Set career highs for games played (tie), and assists in a season. Ranked 1st on team in penalty minutes. Ranked 3rd in NHL penalty minutes. Played 5 playoff games for the NY Rangers registering 16 penalty minutes
2007-08: Ranked 1st on team with 159 penalty minutes. Along with Jason Strudwick named co-recipient of the Players' Player Award, as voted by the NY Rangers players. Scored 1st goal of season, a GWG, Nov. 21 at Tampa Bay. Missed last 5 games of season with broken foot.
2006-07: Played 53 games for the NY Rangers collecting 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist) with 126 penalty minutes. Ranked 3rd on the team and 18th in the NHL in penalty minutes. Scored 1st career NHL goal, GWG, Feb. 9 vs. Tampa Bay (Johan Holmqvist).
2005-06: Played 20 games for Boston registering 27 penalty minutes. Played 15 games for the NY Rangers collecting 1 assist and 44 penalty minutes. Collected 1st NHL point (assist) Mar. 29 at NY Islanders.
2004-05: Played 61 games for Providence (AHL) collecting 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) with 279 penalty minutes.
2003-04: Played 1st career NHL game Jan. 8 vs. Pittsburgh. Played 64 games for Providence collecting 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists) with 257 penalty minutes. 2002-03: Played 1 game for Providence collecting 7 penalty minutes.
1998-2003: Played 4 seasons in the Western Hockey League with Swift Current, Kamloops and Regina. Played 162 career WHL games collecting 28 points (19 goals, 9 assists) with 570 penalty minutes.