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- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 18:
- Boston bombing suspect on video sought; Obama at memorial: 'You will run again'
- Apr 17:
- Boston bombing: Feds deny reports of suspect in custody
- Source: Authorities recover Boston bombing pressure cooker lid
BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda, U.S. officials said Tuesday, adding another piece to the body of evidence they say suggests the two brothers were motivated by an anti-American, radical version of Islam.
As he lay in his hospital bed with a gunshot wound to the throat, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged on Monday with carrying out the bombing with his older brother, who died last week in a gunbattle. Tsarnaev could get the death penalty.
Interrogators questioned him at the hospital, letting him write down his replies, and his answers led them to believe he and his brother were motivated by religious extremism but appeared to have no major terrorist group connections, said U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
However, the written communication precluded back-and-forth exchanges often crucial to establishing key facts, officials said. They warned that they were still trying to verify what Tsarnaev told them and were poring over his telephone and online communications.
On Tuesday, two officials said the older brother frequently looked at extremist sites, including Inspire magazine, an English-language online publication produced by al-Qaida's Yemen affiliate. The magazine has endorsed lone-wolf terror attacks.
Also Tuesday, family, friends and colleagues gathered to pay their final respects to Sean Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who authorities say was ambushed and killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. And a private funeral was held for 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest of the three people killed in the bombing. In a statement, the boy's family called it "the most difficult week of our lives."
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose condition was upgraded Tuesday from serious to fair, was charged with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth student was accused of joining with his brother in setting off the shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs that killed three people and wounded more than 260 on April 15.
The brothers are ethnic Chechens from Russia who had been living in the U.S. for about a decade.
The next step in the legal process against Tsarnaev is likely to be an indictment, to which federal prosecutors could add new charges. State prosecutors have said they expect to charge Tsarnaev separately in the killing of the MIT officer.
Federal public defender Miriam Conrad, whose office has been asked to represent Tsarnaev, asked that two death penalty lawyers be appointed to represent Tsarnaev, "given the magnitude of this case."
A probable cause hearing -- at which prosecutors will spell out the basics of their case -- was set for May 30. According to a clerk's notes of Monday's proceedings in the hospital, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler indicated she was satisfied that Tsarnaev was "alert and able to respond to the charges."
Tsarnaev did not speak during the proceeding, except to answer "no" when he was asked if he could afford his own lawyer. He nodded when asked if he was able to answer some questions and whether he understood his rights.
Conrad declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
The criminal complaint outlining the allegations shed no light on the motive for the attack.
In the criminal complaint, investigators said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother each placed a knapsack containing a bomb in the crowd near the finish line of the 26.2-mile race. The FBI said surveillance-camera footage showed Dzhokhar manipulating his cellphone and lifting it to his ear just moments before the two blasts.
After the first blast, a block away from Dzhokhar, "virtually every head turns to the east ... and stares in that direction in apparent bewilderment and alarm," the complaint says. But Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, unlike practically everyone else around him, appeared calm, the FBI said.
He then quickly walked away, leaving a knapsack on the ground; about 10 seconds later, a bomb blew up at the spot where he had been standing, the FBI said.
The FBI did not say whether he was using his cellphone to detonate one or both of the bombs or whether he was talking to someone.
Among the details in the affidavit:
-- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs and hands when he was captured hiding out in a boat in a backyard in the Boston suburb of Watertown, authorities said.
-- One of the brothers -- it wasn't clear which one -- told a carjacking victim during their getaway attempt: "Did you hear about the Boston explosion? I did that."
-- The FBI said it searched Tsarnaev's dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on Sunday and found BBs as well as a white hat and dark jacket that look like those worn by one of the suspected bombers in the surveillance photos the FBI released a few days after the attack.
Sullivan reported from Washington. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Steve Peoples, Allen Breed, Bridget Murphy, Jay Lindsay and Bob Salsberg in Boston and Pete Yost in Washington.


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Discover the strange origin behind the not-so-Amazing Spider-Mobile! Plus, legends involving dinosaurs, Walter Simonson and Wonder Comics!
Speaking with CBR about his career, the legendary creator explains why he likes seeing his older work recolored, and the importance of serendipity.
In Walt Simonson's "Ragnarok" #5, "the story pulls in readers and the old-school craftsmanship of the narrative means the book has much to give."
Thor continues his quest for the Well of Knowledge in this exclusive preview of Walter Simonson's "Ragnarok" #5 from IDW Publishing.
It's Steel vs. the Gen13 kids in Louise Simonson & June Brigman's "Convergence: Superman - The Man of Steel" #2 from DC Comics, on sale May 13th!
Walter Simonson continues his tale of Thor's quest in this exclusive IDW preview "Ragnarok" #4, featuring a battle of fists and wits!
IDW Publishing will release Walter Simonson's "Ragnarok" #3 on Dec. 17, which follows Thor and his journey through the haunted Dusk Lands.
X-Men creators Chris Claremont, Walt & Louise Simonson, Len Wein and more recount their time with Marvel's mutants and the birth of the crossover.
Come face to face with a forgotten myth in the wake of the Enemies' victory at Ragnarok in Walter Simonson & IDW's "Ragnarok" #2.
Walter Simonson takes the team on a suicide mission in IDW's re-mastered "Star Slammers" #7, and CBR brings you and exclusive preview!
CBR's Jonah Weiland spoke to Jason Aaron about Marvel's new female-fronted "Thor" series, and with Walt Simonson about past changes to the character.
1970s comic luminaries Walt & Louise Simonson, Len Wein, Mark Evanier and more discussed comics history and shared funny stories at Comic-Con.
Star Slammer Rojas is free from his confinement -- but not his captors -- in Walter Simonson's "Star Slammers: Remastered" #6 from IDW.
A look at the state of the digital comics market! Interviews with Walt Simonson, Jeff Lemire and Chris Ware! FutureDude CEO on his company's transmedia plans!
IDW held a lively discussion with its top creator-owned minds including Walter Simonson, Jonathan Maberry, Eric Shanower, Gabriel Rodriguez and Chuck Dixon.
IDW's Scott Dunbier announced two new titles for the line in a panel that included Dave Gibbons, Walter Simonson and a surprise appearance from Powell.
"Ragnarok" creator Walter Simonson & "Super Secret Crisis War" writer Louise Simonson talk about creative problem solving and their 40 years together.
Writer/artist Walter Simonson returns to creator-owned work with a Norse tale reminiscent of his groundbreaking work on "Thor" in IDW's "Ragnarok."
Walt Simonson explains why his take on the Norse apocalypse in the IDW-published "Ragnarök," is "some of the grimmest work I've ever done."
Walt Simonson opens up about the "Artist's Edition" of his 1981 collaboration with Stephen King, including how he never spoke to King and much more.
Attendance increases from 61,000 in 2013! Copy of Sakyo Komatsu's first manga, from 1948, discovered in U.S.! Interviews with Walter Simonson and Marv Wolfman!
IDW Publishing adds John Buscema's "Silver Surfer" and Walter Simonson's "Manhunter" to their Artist's Edition line, and CBR has the details.
After being out of print for decades, Walter Simonson's "Star Slammers" returns, and CBR has an exclusive preview!
Walt Simonson discusses "Star Slammers Remastered" #1, taking a break from mainstream comics and his hopes for Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Apocalypse."
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IDW Publishing EIC Chris Ryall hosted a lively panel chock full of announcements including new projects from Walter Simonson, Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Sam Kieth, "SNL's" Taran Killam and more.
Legendary writer/artist Walt Simonson discusses working with IDW Publishing on his new, creator-owned Thor-starring series "Ragnarök" as well as the upcoming "Star Slammers: Artist's Edition."
In its latest parody issue, "Archie" #648 takes a swing at turning the teen into Thor as written by Tom DeFalco with a special variant cover by Walt Simonson. CBR has an exclusive first look.
Walt SImonson reunited the original X-Factor team of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Archangel, Beast and Iceman on a special X-Men 50th anniversary variant cover for "Savage Wolverine" #6.
Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel's long-anticipated "X-Men" #1 debuts on May 29, and CBR has an exclusive look at the first issue, along with a preview of "Indestructible Hulk" #8 by Mark Waid and the legendary Walt Simonson!
Greg McElhatton gives "Indestructible Hulk" #7 by Mark Waid and new series artist Walter Simonson 4 stars, saying "the idea of the Hulk being a coiled spring held in reserve is a perfectly legitimate take on the character."
Artist Geof Darrow's fan favorite series brings a new installment to Dark Horse this October, and CBR News has the exclusive debut of his and Walt Simonson's covers for "Shaolin Cowboy" #1!
Ryan K. Lindsay gives "Indestructible Hulk" #6 by Mark Waid and new series artist Walter Simonson 4 stars, calling the issue "fantastically written, perfectly illustrated and a definite clear jumping on point."
Marvel has provided CBR with an exclusive look at Walt Simonson's interior art from his and Mark Waid's "Indestructible Hulk" #6! It's an Avengers team-up when Hulk and Thor battle frost giants on April 3!
Upcoming issues of Marvel's "Indestructible Hulk" see the green goliath clash with characters across the Marvel U, from Atlantean villain Attuma to the Mighty Thor, as Mark Waid welcomes Walt Simonson to the title.
Burglars leave cash register, steal $10,000 worth of comics! Kiichi Toyoda, first editor-in-chief of "Shonen Sunday," passes away. Interviews with Mark Waid & Walt Simonson, Rich Johnson and Noelle Stevenson! Plus more!
"All-Star Western" writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti spoke with CBR about their Jekyll & Hyde Black Diamond arc and the necessity of tackling the unsavory parts of American history.
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PARKERSBURG - There is always something new available for people looking to do home improvements, according to the organizer of the Great American Home Show which was held in Parkersburg over the weekend.
The home show, which was held at the former Big Bear building in the Park Shopping Center, saw good crowds Friday through Sunday as people were getting out to see the latest trends in home improvement, getting ideas for things they can do and making contact with local companies who can do the work.
"The show has been going good," said John Farnsworth, executive officer of the Home Builders Association of the Mid-Ohio Valley, which organizes the annual show. "Attendance is down a little bit from last year, but we have had decent attendance.
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Bobby Strong, left, of Mountaineer Mechanical Co., discusses equipment options with Charles and Donna Owens, of Mineral Wells, during the Great American Home Show's final afternoon on Sunday in Parkersburg.
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David Eaton, left, of Coolville, looks at tools at the Milwaukee Electric Tools booth during the Great American Home Show on Sunday while Aaron Formanek, territory representative for the company, shows him the different types available.
"Every vendor I have talked with, they are happy with what they have received. That makes me happy. The vendors are the backbone of this show."
The Great American Home Show has been an annual event in the area for many years and remains popular with local residents.
The show had around 70 vendors and 20 crafters featuring builders, remodelers, landscapers, heating-and-cooling experts, kitchen-and-bath specialists, flooring specialists, carpet services, energy-efficient windows and doors, foundation repair, home security, home design, insulation products, satellite television, lawn and garden equipment and more.
"People are looking at everything," Farnsworth said. ''There are a lot of new products out there.
"I have been doing this show for a number of years. I go around and look at what everyone has and it is changing every year."
Charles Owens, of Mineral Wells, came to the show, with his wife Donna, on Sunday to see what was out there.
"We come every year to get ideas and see what is new in the home industry," Owens said. "We are just seeing what is available in case we want to do some projects at the house."
David Sayger, of Marietta, was at the show Sunday, with his wife Theresa, looking at what was available to do some remodeling to his home as well as make some possible contacts for the work.
"We are looking to remodel our kitchen and dining room," he said. "We are here to see what is available, what products, the price range, who can do it and who can't.
"We want to talk to some people who are smarter about this stuff than I am."
Eddie Place, owner of Mountaineer Mechanical Co. of Athens, Ohio, said he had seen a lot of people throughout the weekend.
"The crowds have been great," he said.
Many people had been asking about generators, as well as plumbing and heating/cooling needs, Place said. With recent weather concerns and power outages over the last year or so, more people are looking at generators for their homes.
"Last year, we had 10-15 people looking at generators during the weekend (show)," Place said. "This year, we have had over 200 people looking at generators and we have already set up appointments for some of them.
"That is pretty serious."
Over 100 booths have been occupied with a number of vendors taking up multiple spots. Mountaineer Mechanical Co. took up two spots. Place said the company was pleased with the amount of contacts it made at the show and the business it helped generate.
"This is a great show," he said. "This has been the best home show we have ever been at."


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- Aug 11:
- Outside Lands: 5 best moments from Day Two
- Outside Lands: Nine Inch Nails setlist played in San Francisco
- Outside Lands: Yeah Yeah Yeahs setlist from Day 2 of festival
- Aug 10:
- Outside Lands: Paul McCartney setlist from festival
- Review: Outside Lands kicks off in fab fashion
- Outside Lands: Chic, Nile Rodgers ignite the party
- Outside Lands: Paul McCartney is in legendary form
- Aug 9:
- Outside Lands: Insider's guide to the 10 tastiest foods this weekend
- Aug 7:
- Outside Lands update: D'Angelo cancels due to medical emergency
- Aug 6:
- Outside Lands: Here's a survival guide
- Aug 5:
- Outside Lands: 15 must-see acts at the festival
- Outside Lands: The complete lineup
- Jul 29:
- Outside Lands' gourmet extravaganza
Red Hot Chili Peppers fans will find plenty to savor between sets at San Francisco's Outside Lands music festival, which runs Aug. 9 to 11 at Golden Gate Park. Paul McCartney, Nine Inch Nails and scores of other bands will shine on stage. Here's who's headlining at the food booths -- and what they'll likely be serving.
1300 On Fillmore -- This Southern-style restaurant from San Francisco is new to the lineup this year with a menu offering barbecued shrimp and creamy grits.
4505 Meats -- 4505 cheeseburgers and chimichurri fries
Alicia's Tamales Los Mayas -- Also new this year and offering tamales, pozole (a Mexican soup) and flan
American Grilled Cheese Kitchen -- classic grilled cheese sandwiches
Andalu -- Crispy mac and cheese, and corn with smoked pimenton
Azalina's -- Malaysian nachos
Bacon Bacon -- Bacon burgers, spicy pork fries and ice cream sandwiches
Best In Show -- Evergood hotlinks and hot dogs
Big Chef Tom's Belly Burgers -- Pork belly burgers and slaw
Blue Bottle Coffee -- This marks Blue Bottle's Outside Lands debut. They plan to serve New Orleans iced coffee as well as hot java.
Brass Knuckle -- Bacon-wrapped hot dogs and agua fresca
Charles Chocolates -- S'mores, hot chocolate and frozen hot chocolate
Del Popolo -- Margherita, white and pepperoni pizzas
Earthly Delights -- Philly cheesesteaks, parmesan fries
El Huarache Loco -- Quesadillas, huaraches (the food, not the sandals) and gorditas
Endless Summer Sweets -- Gourmet funnel cakes
Escape from New York -- This newcomer will be serving New York-style pizza.
Event Specialists -- Soft pretzels, churros
Farmerbrown's Little Skillet -- Fried chicken and waffles
Farmstead -- Find this new food booth, which is serving Fatted Calf charcuterie and Farmstead pork rillettes, near the Wine Lands tent.
Freshroll Vietnamese Rolls & Bowls -- Also new, Freshroll will be serving banh mi.
Full Belly Farm — Organic fruit and veggies, and apple juice
Hapa SF -- Lumpia
Homeroom -- Gilroy Garlic Mac and Cheese
il Cane Rosso -- They'll make their Outside Lands debut with breakfasty fare: griddled French toast, fried egg sandwiches and crispy hashbrowns.
Kung Fu Tacos -- This food truck is making its debut with Asian asada steak burritos and tacos
Leslie's Dessert Werks -- Ice cream, milkshakes
Let's Be Frank -- Hot dogs
Little Village Produce -- Smoothies, coconut chair and gluten-free coconut waffles
Living Greens Juice -- Fresh pressed juices, hot tea
Loving Cup -- Rice pudding, coffee
Lucca Foods -- This new booth will be doing deli sandwiches.
Luella -- Ricotta and artichoke sandwiches and pork-bacon chili
Namu Street Food -- Short rib and chicken tacos
Nojo -- Spicy fries with katsu sauce and Sapporo chili mayo
Nopalito -- Another new booth, serving Totopos Con Chile
Nombe -- Karaage (Japanese fried chicken nuggets) and Odango (fried rice balls)
Outside Lambs -- Cochon Volant BBQ's lamb ribs and tacos; Gerard's lamb paella with chorizo and calamari; One Market's lamb sliders; and The Whole Beast's lamb schawarma with berbere, lamb poutine and lamb curry stew
Pacific Catch — Hawaiian poke and fish and chips
Pica Pica -- Arepas, yuca fries and plantain chips
Precita Park Cafe -- Also new to Outside Lands, this cafe booth will be doing hot and iced coffee and gluten-free mac and cheese.
Preet Palace -- Samosas and other Indian tidbits
Q Restaurant and Wine Bar -- Tater tots with chile-lime aioli
Rich Table -- This will be the eclectic San Francisco restaurant's first appearance at the festival. They are planning to serve sardine chips and porcini doughnuts.
Rosamunde Sausage Grill -- Beer sausage and Nuernberger bratwurst
Sabores Del Sur -- Empanadas and alfajores
Sataysfied -- Chicken satays, fried noodles and chicken wings
Seoul on Wheels -- Korritos, pot stickers and kimchee
Senor Sisig -- Sisig tacos, lumpia and nachos
Southpaw BBQ & Southern Cooking -- Smoked brisket and collard greens
Spicy Pie -- Pizza and cookie pie
Split Pea Seduction -- Soups, salads, sandwiches
Straw -- Falafel and shawarma snowcones and sweet potato tots
Tacolicious -- Carnitas, chicken and veggie tacos
The Butcher's Daughter -- Making their Outside Lands debut with German sausages and potato pancakes.
The Chairman Truck -- Also new to the festival, this popular food truck will be serving pork belly and tofu bao.
The Little Chihuahua -- Fried plantains and burritos
The Pizza Place -- Pizzas and grinders
The Rib Whip -- Another food truck debut, this one serves Kansas City-style spareribs and chicken.
Those Fabulous Frickle Brothers -- Fried pickles and green tomatoes
Three Twins Ice Cream -- Ice cream sandwiches and scoops
Up & Under Pub and Grill -- Steak sandwiches and fried artichoke hearts
Wise Sons Deli -- Also new to the festival, the deli stall will be offering pastrami sandwiches and pastrami-cheese fries
Woodhouse Fish Co. -- Oysters and chowder
Choco Lands: Hosted by Guittard Chocolate, this dessert area features the Candybar Dessert Lounge, Delessio Market & Bakery, Epic Cookies, Kara's Cupcakes and Sharona's Chocolate Shop
Beer Lands:
21st Amendment Brewery
Ale Industries (new this year)
Almanac Brewing Co. (new)
Anchor Brewing Company
Bear Republic Brewing
Bulmers Cider Company (new)
Drakes Brewing
Linden Street Brewery
Lost Coast Brewery
Mad River Brewing
Magnolia Brewery
North Coast Brewing
Pacific Brewing Laboratory
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Social Kitchen & Brewery (new)
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Wine Lands:
AP Vin
August West
Bedrock Wine Co.
Broc Cellars
Caymus / Wagner Family
Charles Neal Selections (new)
Envolve Winery (new)
Field Recordings (new)
Forlorn Hope (new)
Ghost Pines (new)
Hartley-Ostini Hitching Post Wines (new)
Hess Collection
Hobo Wine Company
Idell Family Vineyards
In Pursuit of Balance (new) (Peay, Red Car, Sandhi)
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Long Meadow Ranch Winery
Menage A Trois (new)
Momokawa Sake (new)
Preston of Dry Creek
Renwood Winery (new)
Robert Sinskey Vineyards
Scharffenberger Cellars (new)
Scholium Project
Summer of Riesling with Paul Grieco
Tres Sabores
Turley Wine Cellars
Wind Gap
Wines of Portugal


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You know I'm grinning from ear to ear right now.
Thank you so much for going to see GOOD DEEDS this weekend.
I knew you would love this movie, so if I may say I told you so, I TOLD YOU SO…LOL. I have been reading all the messages on the message board. Many of you said it's my best film, most of you thought it was excellent and all of you seemed to have really enjoyed it. This is movie number 13 for me, can you believe that? And you're still coming :)
I must say I was a little nervous. This movie is way different for me, and for it to be a dramatic film I was a little unsure if you would come out to see it. I never ever take for granted that you are going to show up... but you did. And again, I'm thankful. The #2 movie is worth so much celebration, especially if you knew the behind-the-scenes drama I've been dealing with. But that's another story and I refuse to dwell on the negative.
So, on behalf of me and all of us at Tyler Perry Studios, we just want to say thank you for going out to the movies and keeping our voice strong.
Thank you so much!
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Augusta, Ga--All year long Glenn Hills has been a team ready for big things. The type of team nobody wants to play because of the weapons they have. One of those weapons is senior Kahlige Fleglar, who had him self a record setting night and it's why he's our Academy Sports and Outdoors player of the week.
The numbers are almost mind boggling. 14 carries, 402 yards and five touchdowns.That's an average of over 28 yards every time Fleglar touched the ball. All his scores 50 plus yards as we believe is a school record. What adds to this being a special night, for the first time since middle school, his mom saw him play.
"Well, it's pretty emotional because my mom came down for homecoming, she doesn't live in Augusta, she lives in Atlanta, so I really had to do my best, you know what I'm saying. I caught it in school that I was going to have a big game, I just felt it" said Kahlige Fleglar
"He had something just on his shoulder that he was ready to go out and put up his best performance yet and he definitely went out and played at a high level all night long" said coach Tim McClain
Fleglar has been on the brink of games like this and actually plays both sides of the ball. Coach Tim McClain says he was a beast on defense as well this week.


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- Aug 18:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 12:
- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Mar 12:
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
- Jan 27:
- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
- Jan 25:
- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jahi McMath: Could her case change how California determines death?
- Jan 9:
- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
- Jan 8:
- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
- Jan 7:
- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
- Jan 6:
- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
- Jan 5:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jan 3:
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
- Dec 31:
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Dec 26:
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Herhold: At bottom, the Jahi McMath story is a tale of a mother's guilt
- Dec 24:
- Jahi McMath: A mother's undeniable love is lost in divisive battle
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 21:
- Jahi, her mom and 13 days at Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
- Judge grants restraining order keeping brain dead Oakland girl on ventilator through Monday
- Dec 20:
- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
- Dec 18:
- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: 'God knows we want a miracle'
- Dec 16:
- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
Nailah Winkfield, the mother of Jahi McMath, publicly released a letter Wednesday afternoon thanking supporters and saying the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead on Dec. 12 was doing "much better physically" since she was transported from Children's Hospital Oakland to an undisclosed facility. The complete, unedited text of the letter follows:
A letter from Nailah:
It has been over a month since I have spoken about my life with Jahi to anyone outside a very small circle of family and friends. So many people have asked how we are doing and if Jahi is alive. This has and continues to be an unbelievably difficult time for me as a mother and for us as a family. I have withdrawn for reasons of safety and privacy and to focus on my daughter and my role as her mother. However, I have not been alone. I have been surrounded by the love, support and prayers of so many kind people. Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically since she has left Children's Hospital and I see changes that give me hope.
As I prayed today, I felt called to express to people that I am truly grateful for the amount of love and support my daughter Jahi McMath and I have received from people all over the world. We feel your prayer and support. Because of your unselfish generosity I was able to do what I was afraid I would never be able to do, move my daughter from Children's Hospital Oakland before they removed her from her ventilator and stopped her heart. This was itself a miracle. Please know that all of the support we received has been used towards helping Jahi. If I had it my way, I would say thank you to each and every person in their native language so they could understand how much I appreciate them for all their support and, most importantly, prayers. It is my belief that faith in God, your prayers, and the incredible kindness of good hearted medical professionals, are the main reasons my daughter is alive today. I know people are concerned and I want to make sure you know that Jahi is nor suffering, she is surrounded by love. I will never let her suffer.
On the long hard days when I'm feeling down I think about all the people who are praying for me and Jahi and I feel so much better. I want you to know that I'm praying for you as well.
Thank you to all of the people who view my daughter as the sweet, innocent, 13 year old girl that she is and not a dead body or a corpse, I deeply appreciate that. Thank you to everyone who hasn't forgot how my daughter got into this situation in the first place. No one should have to go through this.
I would like to thank all of the people who have reached out to me and shared their stories of their family members. Some have been heartbreaking, some have given me hope. All have helped me feel that I am not the only person who has had this struggle. Some of you have shared you fought for your loved ones and they got better, some of you have shared your regret with not fighting more and some shared with me the incredibly difficult decisions you made to let go. I have prayed for you as you have for me. Sadly I can say I know how you feel.
I also want to thank those who felt the need to go public with their opinions about me and my daughter, positive and even negative. It is because of you that my daughter's experience is so relevant and that people all over the world know who Jahi McMath is. What you may not know is that her name, Jahi, means one who is known by many. Hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways brain death is viewed in today's society. Honestly, I think she already has.
Finally, thank you for all the love, support and prayers you give Jahi every day. I am certain that she knows you are praying for her. I feel the support from your prayer all the time. I don't think I or Jahi would be here today without you. May God bless all who have shown love and compassion as well as those who have expressed their contempt. All are deserving of God's grace and love. For those who believe, please, keep praying for Jahi. God can overcome all things and I believe that his will has yet to be fully revealed. I love Jahi and where there is love, there is hope.
Nailah Winkfield, Jahi's mom


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A great deal of the web is GNU/Linux based: most of it runs on LAMP servers, and some content is created with great tools such as the GIMP, Inkscape and a fancy notepad (or Vi, or Emacs—don't start). Pen tablets are recognised and used, you have access to effects plug-ins, you can work on bitmaps or vectors (thanks Mr Pierre Bézier! Your name will remain in history). On the other hand, as soon as you want to have your work printed, it's another matter.
Creating graphics
The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
It doesn't need to be introduced. The GIMP is the ultimate software for graphics creation in the free software world. It's so good all over that its toolkit has been adopted to create the Gnome desktop, it has been ported to most platforms able to support a colour screen, it is very often compared with the proprietary champion Adobe Photoshop... Now in version 2.2 (stable) or 2.3 (development), it makes use of top-notch input hardware (it really likes my Wacom Intuos3 tablet at least), provides clever functionalities and tools, and is getting much easier to use due to an increasingly better layout (version 1.x was often a mess to find the right tool, versions 2.x keep getting better).
Basically bitmap based, it is still able to import and generate paths and vector graphics for better resolution on some pieces of work: its layers manager is basically the same as the one used in Photoshop, apart from some nuances (and even then, that may just depend on the version it's being compared to).
Version 2.3.12 handles ICC colour profiles, in both RGB and CMYK colour space—but there isn't much you can do with it yet. More on that later.
Still not in its final version (0.44.1 at the time of writing), it is much better at managing vectors than the GIMP is; converting a bitmap into a path is a few clicks away, managing the curves and points is easy, creating contents, curve thickness, filling etc. is pretty well done... And it works on a slightly modified Software Vector Graphics (SVG) file format—meaning that you can actually see the result in the GIMP or in recent Mozilla browsers.
While you can define colours based on CMYK values, it doesn't yet include the profile in the file, and is still RGB based. Yes, more on that later too.
In the proprietary world, most publishers use Quark Xpress to define page layouts—or, sometimes, MS Publisher—but it doesn't run on POSIX systems (yet). Which left the space open for Scribus, a Postscript-based desktop publishing application. Frankly, it works—pretty well (I must admit not having used it too much yet, I prefer OOo Writer for my simple work).
It can also work with RGB and CMYK colour spaces, and it can manage ICC profiles—but it won't turn one into the other.
Of colour spaces and continuous headaches
It stands for Red-Green-Blue (it can sometimes be used to refer to ARGB, which is actually not the same), a way to code colour values on the three primary colours used by our eyes to reconstruct the light spectrum. Mixing red and green for example creates yellow, blue and red give magenta, blue and green give cyan... Because light frequencies cumulate (mixing high red, green and blue values of equal values give gray, none means black, all maxed out means pure white).
Given enough resolution (levels per colour channel), you can recreate most of the colour values. If you add a transparency value to this, you have basically recreated the whole range of perceived colours: it's usually called an Alpha channel, and all four channels together are called an ARGB colour space. More often than not, each channel is coded on 8 bits (meaning 256 levels) which amounts to 4 billion possible values.
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK are the four basic ink colours used in the printing industry to recreate most photographic content. Mixed on white paper, it allows one to recreate a lot of colours with little hassle—yet it has limitations.
Basically, if you define a printed photo as a series of dots, each would get more or less yellow, blue, magenta, or black ink; a little black and nothing else will appear gray, some yellow and blue, light green, magenta and cyan would make blue or purple (depending on how much magenta you use) and no ink would give... white.
There can be quite a lot of variations with this system, however. And that's where it gets hard—it is intended to be used on a non luminous media (paper) which makes matching RGB and CMYK quite a hassle.
The price of this system is a lightly moired result on paper (due to all the dots used); when a document has a dominant colour, it may sometimes be much better to add an already mixed ink to the basic colours, so as to get better uniformity. It however adds one more printing pass to the media, thus usually resulting in a 20% printing price increase.
To give you an idea, the Pantone colour range (which covers over a thousand ink colours) when printed on a sampler makes each of those samplers over two thousand bucks apiece! If you get your hands on one (it's supposed to fit in a big pocket), keep it—even worn down, it's worth a lot.
Trouble in Paradise
Web pages are displayed on a screen; as such, web graphics are usually RGB based. So are cameras (snapshot or video) and scanners (they project harsh light on paper, making it "luminous"). Since screens are RGB based too, most graphics editing is done in the RGB space, since it requires little to no translation (at worst, a change in channel resolution).
But as soon as you need to print what you've painstakingly edited on paper, you're in for a rough ride.
Basically, since both colour spaces are so different (one rates grayness on equivalent values of red, green and blue, the other rates grayness on the amount of black it puts in, one has an alpha channel, the other doesn't...), you need translators; in fact, tables that match some values from one colour space to another. No absolute translation can be used (different inks, different papers, different screens), so you usually "glue" a value table to the source and a value table to the output, and ask the software to mix'n'match. Those tables are the ICC profiles I've mentioned previously.
RGB covers many colours that CMYK can't do (bright white etc.), while CMYK does some stuff RGB can only hint at (hued blacks for example).
Desktop printers usually apply filters to whatever is sent their ways; they result in more vivid images, however they usually strip contrast off the result and don't make use of the full CMYK capabilities—something a serious printing business can't afford.
What to do then? Well, basically, values that overlap are kept pretty much as is, but non overlapping values are usually in the extremes, and those are over stretched upon translation.
As such, when converting a RGB image for printing, you need to take into account the discrepancies. And, in fact, you usually create your RGB image so as to make use of the translation process to make use of the broadest results range possible. But, if you don't know about that, your bright green will look flat, the great yellows will turn greenish and the blues will turn purple. Interestingly, the reds are usually the ones that get the least change (probably because your eyes can't get them very precisely, thus any corruption will go hardly noticed).
A brighter future
Now, the last thing that is missing to turn your GNU/Linux desktop into a free desktop publishing station is a tool to convert RGB to CMYK easily without need for too much juggling. And right now, the fine people of the GIMP are implementing just that; until version 2.2, you could use a plugin (called Separate) to artificially convert your RGB flat file into a 4 layers file where you could work on the colour calibration depending on profiles, but it was awkward and required a lot of finger crossing.
In version 2.3.12, you can now specify your RGB ICC profile, a CMYK ICC profile (download Adobe's, they are freely available) and do some basic work on CMYK separated layers.
Too bad though, I still don't know how to save or proof the result before I send it to printing... My colour printer has a crappy driver which doesn't accept alternate colour profiles.
Now, if anyone has any knowledge on the Pantone colour range values, it would be terrific for the next phase: multi coloured printed media (much more precise than CMYK).
Don't forget Krita, which recently replaced GIMP on my desktop. And it also support CMYK among other nice features.
About Krita...
I must admit to not having tried Krita; I'm not using KDE, and installing Krita alone is a bit of a hassle; moreover, it is not available on platforms other than POSIX ones - while the GIMP is.
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RE: About Krita...
I'm not using KDE, and installing Krita alone is a bit of a hassle
Just install KOffice from your package manager, it should pull everything in, shouldn't it?
it is not available on platforms other than POSIX ones
That is a weird reason for not mentioning a tool in an article called "Graphics creation on GNU/Linux".
weird reason, true...
...but you may want to transfer your in-progress image to another platform (say, a Mac) without going through a translation; thus, having the Gimp allows you to move your image from one platform to another without hassle, while it isn't so with Krita (which may very well handle Gimp images, but it isn't its native format - and we're talking precision work here).
Moreover, Krita is still young in its present incarnation. It may surpass the Gimp one day, sooner than later even, but personally I don't feel comfortable using 'young' software for professional work. When it reaches version 2, I'll very much reconsider it.
Now the tied-with-KDE thing: a distribution will almost always decide to freeze the version of KDE it ships, and Koffice gets the freeze too. Now if I want to update Krita, I have to update Koffice, and probably pieces of KDE along with it - which is far from practical, and leads to recompiles and tarball hell.
On the other hand, I can install an updated Gimp binary on pretty much any system (Linux, BSD, Mac, Win32...) that has a recent gtk+2 toolkit available, without need to touch the rest of the system.
As a side note, since I use Gnome, installing Krita results in over 250 Mb of packages to download just to get it to run. I get Konqueror and all the rest of kdebase with it, of that I could care less.
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Inkscape adds a namespace to the the SVG format, but it is all compliant and whatnot. Most of the things you write about are being addressed in Inkscape's upcoming release.
Well then, as soon as it's
Well then, as soon as it's out I'll proof-test it; you do realise though that GIMP 2.2 was already supposed to support CMYK (but didn't), so I'll wait for the actual release to say more about this.
Please note that Inkscape got kudos for actually supporting CMYK, but the trick in pre-publishing is to be able to actually calibrate the result - something that is unfortunately quite difficult to do, and pretty much in alpha stage in the Free software world.
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How about Xara?!
You ommited an important program: Xara!
It is now open-source and it's near release 1.0, which means it's about to match the commercial version in terms of free functionality.
I read that Pantone will be available to Xara Linux in a commercial version. Why only in the commercial version? Well, you could say that Pantone is a proprietary colour technology.
Anyway, just try Xara and you'll be impressed, especially by its speed and rendering quality compared to Inkskape. It also has a far much more appealing user interface then Inkscape. The Inkscape team really needs to put more work in the interface.
I've heard about Xara
It is indeed very interesting and is a professional-grade tool. Last time I looked at it though (it was a few months ago, still), it was far from complete and had some severe stability problems. It probably got better, and I'm eager to test the release 1.0 version.
The Pantone colour range needs licencing and certification, sadly any serious prepress business requires it. Now if a project called, say, Phantome, managed to get VERY close to the Pantone colour range...
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Graphics rendition
Graphics rendition would better fit what you convey, huh ?
Let's go party.
xara extreme
xara extreme is now open source for linux as well. It a svg tool like Inkscape. I like Inkscape MUCH more though. I think it may just be because I'm used to it.
I agree.
BUT, I'm searching for a Linux programwith the ease of use SMARTDRAW. QCAD is to complicated to use now and then. That's one of the two reasons for me for needing a dual boot system with Win XP.
I need to draw navigational figures, mainly vectors and some figures like a circle, a trangle and a figure resembling a boat (with and without sails).
The second reason is an online bridgeprogram STEPBRIDGE that does not WANT to function with WINE.
Any suggestions.
Thanks from Belgium
Qcad, SmartDraw... huh?
I'm not sure I see your point: SmartDraw is a flow chart creation software (which could be replaced with, say, Kchart and Kformula) which may have more powerful CAD drawing capabilities, which Qcad could supplement.
You need to learn how to separate WHAT you want to do from what a piece of software can do. Remember that most free softwares are modular in design (they come from the desire to scratch someone's particular itch), not monolithic like SmartDraw is, so you may install one piece of software for one particular use:
- Kchart for fast or evolved charts,
- Kformula for math formulas,
- Qcad for CAD drawing,
- The Gimp or Krita for pixel and layer based drawings,
- Xara or Inkscape for vector based drawings...
- OOo or Koffice for office productivity work,
- Scribus for pre-print pagination.
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The GIMP does support CMYK
You just need to insall the module, for whatever reason (perhaps stability) it is not included by default, but it is available...
What module?
On versions 2.2 and earlier, I installed the 'separate' plugin. It indeed works, at a very basic level though (I haven't found any other CMYK plugin for the GIMP after quite an extensive search on the Web). Version 2.3 uses a different approach though. Maybe by the time 2.4 is out, we'll have a 'real' CMYK manager in the GIMP...?
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Does any seriouse print professionals using linux out there?
Hi, Meyran thanks!! for sharing your knowledge with us. I am freelance designer. I too want to shift to linux as my primary os for print desginging. I need apps for ad designing and layout designing. In short to replace my Indesign and illustrator.
For layout scribus seems to be best choice. But don't know about its output capabilties. Does it outputs in cmyk format. How is the quality of the output. Does it mactch with of Quark and Indesign.
For ad desiging and creative work i think inkscape is best. But it exports to png only which too is rgb. How will i use for print publishing.
And the most important question i have is : Is any serious print professional using linux. Or i will be the only fool doing so. Is linux cmyk capabilities still not mature enough for cmyk printing.
What apps should i use if i need to work for Print publishing.
Please suggest. Thanking you in anticipation.
short answer
Right now, if print publishing is your bread n butter, stick with your current platform (probably MacOS). If your use of it is more incidental (one ad design every now and then, or graphically light composing) then I don't think you'd find yourself alone; at least, a lot of Web graphics designers do use Linux.
Check out this guy: Ayo of 73lab (www.73lab.com), for successful ad/print/Web design under Linux.
Under Linux, I know that earlier versions of Photoshop actually work quite well under Crossover Office. Dunno about more recent versions though.
Color (including CMYK) profiles are supported by Linux and X. I know that personally I managed to use Adobe's ICC profiles under several apps. X can be calibrated for R, G and B channels and is provided with a basic calibration tool (but it is always better to calibrate your screen first).
Scribus outputs PostScript format; in short, same as AdobeAcrobat, and it does support CMYK (what it doesn't support is converting RGB to CMYK). Its quality is quoted as being on par with Acrobat's.
Inkscape stores colors as RGB, but gives equivalence in CMYK colors. Presumably, version 0.5 should support embedded color profiles (and CMYK too). It outputs SVG, but exports PNG.
Presumably, you're better off creating your artwork under Inkscape, import the SVG under the Gimp - which will then do a vector rendering to bitmap - and calibrate it using the same source and destination profiles, for better consistency.
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This photo was personally signed by Cristiano Ronaldo in an exclusive signing in Madrid on February 8th, 2012.
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Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid for in 2009, but will forever be remembered and loved by United fans for all he achieved at Old Trafford.
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"Argo": This film is not fiction but based on a true story, one that in the skilled hands of director Ben Affleck makes a better movie than a pulpy novel could ever be. While the riveting thriller takes the standard Hollywood liberties, it appears to mostly stick to the shocking, red-white-and-blue facts. The result is a booster shot of pure adrenaline -- and one of 2012's best and most exciting films.
* * * * -- (Randy Myers, Staff.) R (language, violent images). 2 hours.
"Cloud Atlas": The film version of David Mitchell's complex, mind-twisting 2004 best-seller conjures up all manner of adjectives and descriptive phrases, many of them contradictory. In other words, "Cloud Atlas" is completely different from anything else you will see this year -- a roiling mess of a movie that is, by turns, richly glorious and emotionally vacant.
* * � -- (Charlie McCollum, Staff.) R (violence, language, sexuality). 2 hours, 52 minutes.
"Flight": It's unlikely that any pilots association will put its seal of approval on "Flight," a high-wire drama about a commercial airline captain -- Denzel Washington, in an extraordinary, Oscar-worthy performance -- who crash-lands a jet carrying "102 souls." Washington's pilot looks like a hero. And then they look at his blood tests. Not only were his alcohol levels off the charts, the tests show he had been using cocaine.
* * * � -- (Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer.) R (language, sexuality, adult themes). 2 hours, 18 minutes.
"Anna Karenina": If you thought the director's five-and-a-half-minute tracking shot in "Atonement" was show-offy, you ain't seen nothing yet. Joe Wright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love") have taken Leo Tolstoy's literary behemoth about love, betrayal and death among the elite in imperial Russia and boldly set it almost entirely within a decaying theater. But wondrous as all this artifice is, it's also a huge distraction.
* * � -- (Christy Lemire, Associated Press.) R (sexuality, violence). 2 hours, 10 minutes.
"Life of Pi": Oh, the 3-D wonders you'll behold in Ang Lee's staggeringly gorgeous "Life of Pi." Virtually every scene of Lee's mostly successful adaptation of Yann Martel's award-winning 2001 novel about a 16-year-old boy nicknamed Pi adrift at sea with a surly tiger is awe-inspiringly beautiful. "Pi" might not be perfect, but you have to see it to believe it.
* * * � -- (Randy Myers, Staff.) PG (thematic content). 2 hours, 7 minutes.
"Lincoln": The moment he first appears on the screen as the title character in "Lincoln," Daniel Day-Lewis reaches out, grabs your attention and refuses to let go for the next two and a half hours. It is a mesmerizing performance, and "Lincoln" would be worth seeing just for Day-Lewis. But there is more to Steven Spielberg's movie.
* * * * -- (Charlie McCollum, Staff.) PG-13 (language, violence). 2 hours, 29 minutes.
"Red Dawn": Remaking an old film is rarely a good idea, but sometimes the idea is so spectacularly bad that the reasoning behind it defies all comprehension. Case in point: "Red Dawn," which limps into theaters almost three years after it was shot.
* -- (Charlie McCollum, Staff.) PG-13 (violence, language). 1 hour, 33 minutes.
"Rise of the Guardians": DreamWorks Animation president Jeffrey Katzenberg recently lamented the dearth of holiday-themed movies this year. But in foisting "Rise of the Guardians" upon unsuspecting audiences for the holidays, it's clear he just wanted some cover. Other holiday films would take some of the pressure off this joyless, soul-dead piffle: the worst animated movie to ever wear the DreamWorks logo.
* � -- (Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service.) PG (thematic elements). 1 hour, 33 minutes.
"The Sessions": You may never forget the time you spend with "The Sessions." This is a breathtakingly understated film, so tender and genuine in its exploration of disability, mortality and intimacy that you scarcely notice how deftly it breaks your heart.
* * * � -- (Karen D'Souza, Staff.) R (sexuality, language). 1 hour, 36 minutes.
"Silver Linings Playbook": Cynics, proceed with caution. "Silver Linings Playbook," the emerging Oscar hopeful starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as psychologically troubled souls sorting out their lives, is guaranteed to annoy people like you to its chipper end. But for eternal optimists -- those who see silver linings even in the craziest of situations -- this heartwarming drama about messy families and messy underdogs belongs on your "must-see" holiday movie list.
* * * � -- (Randy Myers, Staff.) R (sexual content, language). 2 hours, 2 minutes.
"Skyfall": With "Skyfall," it turns out that there is still a lot of life in the world of 007. Once again starring Daniel Craig as James Bond and directed by Sam Mendes, this is a brilliant reboot of the canon, mixing a sense of melancholy, the shock of changing times and the darkness of loss with thrillingly staged chase and fight scenes and clever references to all that has come before.
* * * � -- (Charlie McCollum, Staff.) PG-13 (violence, language). 2 hours, 13 minutes.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2": The sex scenes between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart sizzle. The acting is a touch better. And, for once, a "Twilight" delivers slam-bang action and legitimate special effects. But what makes "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" superior to the four-pack of "Twilight" films that preceded it is its brand of campy humor and a satisfying twist near the end.
* * * -- (Randy Myers, Staff.) PG-13 (violence, some sensuality). 1 hour, 55 minutes.
"Wreck-It Ralph": This is a delightful romp of a film, a new Disney 'toon that busts the studio's normal formula and embraces the edge and smarts of a Pixar film. It's adult-friendly for those who avoid the sugar rush of modern-day Disney flicks, and a great visual treat for the kids with just enough low comedy to keep them laughing.
* * * -- (Charlie McCollum, Staff.) PG (some rude humor). 1 hour, 38 minutes.


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POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL, USA
DRAFTED: NYR: 2004-6 overall
|CCHA All-Rookie Team (2003) NCAA West Second All-American Team (2004) Traded to Phoenix by NY Rangers with Marcel Hossa for Josh Gratton, David LeNeveu, Fredrik Sjostrom and Phoenix's 5th round choice (Roman Horak) in 2009 Entry Draft, February 26, 2008. Traded to NY Islanders by Phoenix for NY Islanders' 6th round choice (Andrew Fritsch) in 2011 Entry Draft, February 9, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Winnipeg, July 4, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Florida, July 1, 2014.
Traded from the Phoenix Coyotes to the Islanders in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2011 Draft on February 9, 2011. Signed a
one-year contract extension on March 29.
Selected by the New York Rangers in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2004 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Traded to Phoenix,
with Marcel Hossa, in exchange for Josh Gratton, David LeNeveu, Fredrik Sjostrom and Phoenix's fifth-round choice (Roman Horak) in
the 2009 Draft on February 26, 2008.
Led Islanders goalies in wins (9) and goals against average (2.39) in 20 appearances as a rookie after being acquired from Phoenix on Feb. 9…Began his sixth professional season with the San Antonio Rampage (American Hockey League), where he posted an 11-8-0 record with a 3.19 GAA and .891 save percentage...Assigned to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) upon being acquired by the Islanders on Feb. 9…Recalled from Bridgeport on Feb. 11…Made his Islanders debut in relief on Feb. 13 at Buffalo, earning the win…Posted a 35-save shutout in his first start on Feb. 19 vs. Los Angeles…Allowed one goal on 21 shots in his second start to earn the win on Feb. 21 vs. Florida…Appeared in 20 of the Islanders' final 27 games.
2009-10: Went 4-7-1 with a 3.19 GAA and a .904 sv% in 14 games for San Antonio…Earned his first victory of the season on Oct. 2 vs. Texas, making 20 saves on 22 shots…Began the season 3-0-1, helping San Antonio to its best start in franchise history through eight games (6-1-1)…Made his 4,000th AHL save on Nov. 24 vs. Milwaukee. 2008-09: Made his NHL debut with Phoenix, going 3-1-0 with a 2.08 GAA and a .925 sv% in the final five games of the season…Posted a 7-17-2 record with San Antonio, showing a 3.23 GAA and a .890 sv%...Stopped a season-high 35 shots on Oct. 21 at Chicago…Stopped 21-of-22 shots vs. Iowa to record his first win of season…Tallied an assist in a 6-2 win vs. Los Angeles on Jan. 1 to end his eight-game losing streak…Won three-of-four starts from Mar. 14–22, stopping 110-116 shots for a 0.948 save percentage with a 1.50 GAA…Was recalled by Phoenix on Mar. 23…Became the first goalie in Phoenix franchise history to record a shutout in his NHL debut, stopping all 23 shots faced at Colorado on Apr. 1…Made 40 saves for Phoenix in a 4-1 win at San Jose on Apr. 9. 2007-08: Split his third professional season between the Hartford Wolf Pack and San Antonio, posting a combined 24-14-3 record…Went 16-8-3 with a 2.54 GAA and a .908 sv% in 31 appearances with Hartford before being traded from the NY Rangers to Phoenix on Feb. 26... Went on to play in 14 games with San Antonio, going 8-6-0 with a 2.59 GAA and a .912 sv%...Made 31 stops in his first shutout of season on Mar. 29 vs. Peoria…Stretched a personal win streak to five straight decisions with 20 saves in 6-3 victory vs. Portland on Feb. 16. 2006-07: Recorded a 27-17-0 record with a 2.30 GAA and a .914 sv% in his second professional season with Hartford…Finished tied for third in AHL in shutouts with six (one off the league lead), fifth in GAA and tied for fifth in wins…Earned Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month honors for the month of February (5-2-0, 1.37 GAA, .946 sv%, 1 shutout). 2005-06: Had an All-Star rookie AHL season with Hartford, posting a 23-9-1 record with a 2.61 GAA and a .907 SV%... Earned the win in his pro debut on Oct. 8 vs. Manchester (22 saves)…Won seven straight starts from Oct. 28-Dec. 23…Set a Hartford single-game record with 51 saves on Oct. 29 vs. Bridgeport (3-2 win)…Registered his first shutout on Jan. 13 vs. Hershey, making 31 saves and contributing two assists…Played for the Planet USA All-Stars in the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic in Winnipeg, MB on Feb. 1.
2004-05: Led the nation in minutes played (2358:51) during his third and final National Collegiate Athletics Association season at the University of Michigan…Was an Academic All-Big-Ten selection…Finished his college career tied for all-time best career sv% (.908) in Michigan history, third in GAA (2.36), third in shutouts (13), fourth in wins (86) and fifth in minutes played (7,246:51). 2003-04: Named to NCAA West Second All-American Team, was a Second Team All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association selection and earned CCHA All-Academic honorable mention. Led the CCHA in wins (26), games played (40) and minutes played (2,340), and was named Michigan's team MVP… Set Michigan single-season record for shutouts with six. 2002-03: Led all NCAA Division I goalies in games played (43) and minutes played (2,457:33) during his freshman season, as Michigan advanced to NCAA Frozen Four…Topped CCHA goaltenders in wins with 30.
2011: Played in four games and posted a 2.60 GAA at the World Championships for Team USA. 2005: Made his second consecutive appearance for Team USA at the World Junior Championships, going 3-4-0 with a 3.36 GAA and .904 sv%. 2004: Backstopped Team USA to its first-ever WJC gold medal, going 6-0 with a 1.33 GAA and .944 sv% with 2 shutouts to earn the Directorate Award as the tournament's top goaltender.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Cheer and Dance Teams went above and beyond expectations this weekend at the Universal Cheer Association (UCA) and Universal Dance Association (UDA) camp, July 12-15, at Texas State University.
The dance team earned 47 blue superior ribbons in Division I while the cheer team garnered three first-place awards in Small Co-ed Division I. Izzy the Islander also represented the Island University with an exceptional weekend. Izzy garnered three superior blue ribbons and earned the Division I up and coming award.
"I'm very proud of all of them," Head Coach Melanie Lowry said. "This is the most talented team we've had in the history of spirit teams across the board, cheer, dance and Izzy."
For the second straight year, the Islanders Dance team earned the Most Collegiate Award along with a gold superior ribbon for fight song and the program fight song. The squad also earned a superior award for their individual performances and placed second in the home routine. Along with their 47 blue ribbons, the team garnered three excellent ribbons.
Last season, Islanders Dance Captain, Taryn Lovato, was hand selected by the judges for the second time in her career to try out for the UDA staff. She was the only Division I dancer to be selected, all the others were Division IA. This season, Lovato went beyond that and was offered a job with the UDA on the spot without having to apply or tryout.
Islanders Cheer also put together an outstanding four days of camp under the direction of head tumbling and stunt coach Kate Calderone and student assistant Josh Perez.
The squad earned three first-place ribbons for fight song, game-day camp champions and cheer in the Small Co-ed Division I. The squad also garnered a fourth-place finish in the sideline routine that they learned during the four days of camp.
Izzy the Islander earned superior first-place ribbons for crowd interaction and for the home skit along with clinching the Division I up and coming award.
"Kate and Josh did an amazing job helping the team to prepare the team for the camp," Lowry added.
For the latest on Islanders Dance and Islanders Cheer, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Dance and Islanders Cheer), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersDance, @islander_cheer) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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Ford Announces Dec. 5 is Mustang Day
Ford Motor is going to reveal its redesigned 2015 Mustang on Dec. 5, more than a month before the Detroit auto show, where the company has traditionally debuted new products.
The Mustang comes 50 years after the launch of Ford's iconic affordable sports car.
Ford is using Facebook and Instagram to "showcase what Mustang has meant to its millions of fans the last 50 years," the company said in a statement.
The Instagram hype has been going for a while now — here's the most recent post:
The company is also sending fans to MustangInspires.com, another slickly producted social media site for the brand.
Ford's new Mustang, the swan song for outgoing design chief J Mays, is expected to take on more of the Ford family look, including a grille that is closer to that on a Ford Fusion sedan. People who have seen the car say the proportions are lower and wider than the current version.
The car will go on sale next year sometime and likely will be built in Flat Rock, Mich., where the current model is made. The new Mustang will be sold in Europe for the first time.
See also:
She Still Owns the First Mustang Sold – WSJ
Ford's New Low-Cost "Ka": Don't Call it Cheap – Corporate Intelligence


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MARIETTA - Operations at GreenHunter Water's New Matamoras brine storage facility will not be slowed or halted, the company president said despite recent reports that parent company GreenHunter Resources has been financially struggling in the wake of a pair of bad acquisitions in Texas.
The Texas-based wastewater management company cited operating losses of $2.1 million for the second quarter of 2013 in its recent quarterly report, prompting British water industry analysis magazine "Global Water Intelligence" to decree that "GreenHunter Resources is teetering on the verge of insolvency."
However, the company's financial woes aren't as dire as have been reported, said Jonathan Hoopes, GreenHunter Resources president.
"On Dec. 31, 2012, we made the acquisition of two South Texas entities. We're on record saying that was a bad acquisition," he said.
The companies, White Top Oilfield Construction LLC, and Black Water Services LLC, seemed to provide additive services for GreenHunter's customers, made up of large and independent oil companies. However, the new companies, which washed oil rigs and readied well locations, soon proved to have large overheads for services that were better outsourced, said Hoopes.
"We worked to correct those problems during second quarter...and the rig washing and well pad completion services have been discontinued," he said.
Shutting down the services cost approximately 35 jobs, he said.
Now that those operational costs have been cut, the company is looking forward to rebounding in the second half of the year, in large part thanks to its operations in Appalachia, where the company owns and operates nine commercial Underground Injection Control Program wells, Hoopes said.
"If you go back to 2012, GreenHunter's first year as a water services company, we had $17 million in revenue...Over $16 million of that came from Appalachian operations," he said.
In fact, the location on Ohio 7 has been the site of a recent upgrade and still more is planned, said Hoopes.
Recently a "Frac-Cycle" system has been installed at the location. The system takes high solid-content fluid waste left over from the fracking process, removes the solid components, and produces brine that companies can reuse, he said.
An injection well near the New Matamoras facility will also be the location of the company's first fully operational Modular Above Ground fluids storage tank, a "next generation massive storage device" that Hoopes helped invent.
And after recently receiving written confirmation from the U.S. Coast Guard, the company plans to begin moving brine at the facility by barge.
"As long as we adhere to the oilfield waste handling protocols as published by the Coast Guard, then we are allowed to haul by barge. Early 2014 is when we expect to be moving product by barge," said Hoopes.
The prospect of brine being transported on the Ohio River has long been a concern for local groups who have taken an interest in the environmental effects of fracking.
"The concern is of course the content of the chemicals used in this disposal is unknown," said Jann Adams, a member of the local Southeast Ohio Fracking Interest Group. "No one plans on an accident, but if this stuff gets in the water, it is creating a huge area of contamination-all the way from the accident to the Gulf of Mexico."
The Ohio River is a source of drinking water for five million people, pointed out fellow SEOFIG member Betsy Cook.
"I think people all along the Ohio River are concerned," she said.
Several area fracking interest groups are coming together to sponsor the Great Ohio River Relay, which will promote events along the river to raise awareness about the environmental concerns associated with fracking, said Cook.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
April 14, 2010
U.S. Wind Industry Manufacturing Expanded in 2009, Says AWEA
Wind turbine rotor parts await assembly at Clipper Windpower's manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Clipper Windpower
U.S. wind energy industry manufacturing continued to grow in 2009 although at a slower rate than in 2008, according to an April 8 report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Overall, 10 new manufacturing facilities came online in the United States in 2009, 20 more were announced, and nine facilities were expanded. The largest expansion was in the manufacture of wind turbine sub-components, such as bearings, electrical components, and hydraulic systems. In addition, seven manufacturing facilities for small wind turbines were opened, announced, or expanded in 2009. From 2007 to 2009, the U.S. wind energy industry opened, announced, or expanded more than 100 manufacturing facilities, bringing the total number of U.S. manufacturing facilities for wind turbine components to more than 200. All 50 states now employ people in the wind industry, according to AWEA.
The number of people employed in the U.S. wind power industry is currently about 85,000 workers. The jobs include turbine component manufacturing, construction and installation of wind turbines, wind turbine operations and maintenance, legal and marketing services, transportation and logistical services, and more. According to the AWEA report, GE Energy remains tops in U.S. wind turbine sales, NextEra Energy Resources continues to lead in wind farm ownership, and Xcel Energy continues to lead utilities in wind power usage. AWEA also updated its tally of new wind generating capacity installed in the United States in 2009, raising the total to 10,010 megawatts, up from the 9,922 megawatts reported by AWEA in January. That made 2009 a record year for the U.S. wind energy industry, installing enough wind energy to power about 2.4 million average U.S. homes. See the AWEA press release and an excerpt from the full report (PDF 371 KB). Download Adobe Reader.


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Man allegedly urinates on car
Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
A man accused of urinating on another person's vehicle and later firing a gun was arrested Tuesday, according to a Thibodaux Police Department news release.
Adam Fullilove, 32, of Gainesville, Mo., was booked on illegal use of a weapon, criminal mischief and disturbing the peace.
About 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Fullilove and two other men were at a bar in downtown Thibodaux, police said. Witnesses told police Fullilove was "highly intoxicated" and "rude," according to the release.
He was warned and ultimately asked to leave by management, police said. Fullilove returned to the bar minutes after leaving and claimed to have urinated on the manager's vehicle, a claim backed up by witnesses, according to the release.
He then got into his truck with the other men, fired a pistol into the air and began to drive away, police said. Police stopped his vehicle, recovered the firearm and transported Fullilove to the Lafourche Parish jail.
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STOCKTON - A 33-year-old man was stabbed during an altercation with another man in north Stockton early Saturday, authorities said.
The victim was stabbed after arguing with his assailant about 1:15 a.m. in the 6700 block of Plymouth Road near West Benjamin Holt Drive and Interstate 5, police said. He was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, officers said.
The assailant fled the scene in a silver Toyota Sedan, police said. He was described as a Latino man 20 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds with black hair, a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants.
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Let's cut to the chase: George Shirakawa Jr. never should have been elected a county supervisor. He's made a shambles of his tenure, lurching from one embarrassment to another -- an office budget out of whack, a personal bodyguard job to an old friend, campaign payments to relatives, and now a repeated failure to file election statements.
Yet the tragedy, or the comedy, of George Shirakawa Jr. is not his alone. It owes much to a political system that gives incumbents too much credit, a toothless performance by the ordinary watchdogs, and a loose rule that allows politicians to collect campaign contributions that essentially go into their own pockets.
We're talking about this now because of a well-researched piece by the weekly Metro that harshly criticized the use of campaign funds by Shirakawa, the president of the board and one of the most powerful officials in Santa Clara County government.
If we want to really understand the roots of Shirakawa's arrogance, however, you have to begin 18 years ago with the death of his father.
George Shirakawa Sr. was a beloved community figure -- half-Latino and half-Japanese -- who was elected to the San Jose Council in 1990, representing a poor district in the city's near-southeast side. When he died unexpectedly four years later, his son, a member of the Franklin-McKinley school board, was appointed to take his place. George Jr. later won re-election in his own name and served as vice mayor.
Not his father
While he is a hail-fellow well-met kind of guy, George Jr., 50, is not his father. He has a disturbing tendency to ignore official paperwork. The city once slapped a lien against him for an unpaid garbage bill. If you ask Shirakawa or his top aide, Eddie Garcia, about these kind of things, they have a tendency to play the race card: Are you asking white folks the same questions?
When the supervisorial seat of Blanca Alvarado came open in 2008, George Jr., by then a lobbyist who raised more than a quarter-million dollars, ran against Richard Hobbs, a flawed candidate who tried gamely but was unable to counter the magic of the Shirakawa name (A better candidate would have been Teresa Alvarado, Blanca's daughter, who lived just outside the district lines).
After a first term distinguished by overspending his own office budget in 2010 -- he was the only supervisor to do so -- Shirakawa ran unopposed for re-election this past June. Easily the most inept of the five supervisors went unchallenged by anyone, even a gadfly.
Reasons for safety
Why? In the first place, a redistricting last year made his seat safer: The new district had fewer precincts from Willow Glen, where a potential opponent could arise. And incumbents enjoy huge advantages: Unless they trip up -- think ex-DA Dolores Carr -- they are virtually guaranteed re-election. Shirakawa has faced little in the way of regulatory penalties, even though the registrar of voters' office kept sending Shirakawa letters saying that his failure to file statements from his 2008 campaign would be referred to the district attorney and the Fair Political Practices Commission.
Both the FPPC and the DA's office say they did not receive those warnings. So no case was ever opened against the supervisor. And the registrar concedes it did not alert the two agencies.
Media attention
Nor was that the only ailing watchdog. Until the Metro article, the media pretty much ignored Shirakawa's missing statements. We have a tendency to focus on contested races, and in 2012, no one ran against him. As someone who knows Shirakawa's failings well, did I check out his campaign filings? I fear not.
Had I been checking carefully, I might have spotted that Shirakawa's campaign spent $3,583 in early 2009 for a "staff retreat'' in Reno. That included $2,946 for lodging and food at Harrah's and $448 for dinner at the Ichiban restaurant. Reno? Why does he need to go there?
Finally, in the background, is a piece of county elections law that badly needs reform. Unlike the city of San Jose, which says no money can be raised for debt retirement after the election, the county gives a candidate an indefinite period to repay a loan to himself or herself. In effect, they can raise money in office that goes into their own pockets.
Loan to himself
In Shirakawa's case, he loaned his 2008 campaign $78,100, which he told Metro has been repaid. There's no evidence that he traded votes for cash. Then again, the whole point of filing reports is to allay voters' concerns on exactly that point: The lack of transparency makes it hard to know for sure.
If he is fined for his failure to file, Shirakawa can pay by raising more campaign funds from the usual suspects. It's counterintuitive, but you hope that the fine is smaller rather than larger. A large fine will mean that Shirakawa will be more beholden.
It points to a complacent political system that demands shaking up. George Shirakawa has thrived in the shadows of that system, offering his excuses, laughing at his failures, hoping that personal charm will overcome his allergy to paperwork. The limit to that game has now been reached. It's up to the rest of us to call his bluff.
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'The Butler' Serves Up Another Box Office Win
Our "aha moment" at the box office today: Never underestimate the power of Oprah Winfrey.
The media mogul's big-screen turn in Weinstein Co.'s "The Butler" helped keep the historical drama in the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row, with ticket sales slipping only 31% for an estimated gross of $17 million. The movie, about an African-American butler serving several presidential administrations at the White House, has grossed $52.3 million so far.
"We're the Millers," from the New Line Cinema label at Time Warner's Warner Bros., held strong in second place in its third week of release. The sleeper hit grossed an estimated $13.5 million to bring its cumulative total to $91.7 million.
The top two films managed to keep their slots despite fresh competition from three releases.
"The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" had targeted the teen fantasy crowd that turned the "Twilight" movies into record-breakers, but audiences didn't take to the new franchise offering. The $60 million movie, financed by Germany's Constantin Films and distributed by the Screen Gems unit of Sony's Sony Pictures Entertainment, debuted in third place with $9.3 million. It opened on Wednesday and had a five-day total of $14 million.
The weekend's other new releases, "The World's End" and "You're Next," saw their lower debuts softened by lower budgets than "The Mortal Instruments."
"The World's End," from the Focus Features unit of Comcast's Universal Pictures, debuted in fourth place with $8.9 million. The movie, about a group of mates who must fend off the apocalypse during a pub crawl, is the best opening in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy from director Edgar Wright and writer Simon Pegg that also includes "Shaun of the Dead" from 2004 and "Hot Fuzz" from 2007.
"You're Next" from Lions Gate Entertainment failed to repeat the success of other low-budget horror hits this summer, grossing $7.1 million in seventh place. The micro-budget horror hit has become a genre of its own, but "You're Next" didn't come close to scaring up the returns seen by the Warner Bros.'s "The Conjuring," which has grossed $131.8 million so far.
Meanwhile, Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" expanded into wide release and grossed an additional $4.3 million to bring its five-week total to $14.8 million. The movie, starring Cate Blanchett as the wife of a disgraced financier, is now the widest release of Mr. Allen's career. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and should easily outperform the $16.7 million grossed by Mr. Allen's 2012 movie, "To Rome With Love."
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Islanders Basketball Weekly will make its 2011-12 debut tonight, Monday, Nov. 7, live from the University Center commons on the campus of Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. The show, which airs from 6-7 p.m., will be hosted by the Voice of the Islanders, Steven King, and airs live on NewsRadio 1360 KKTX.
Along with head coaches Willis Wilson and Rob Robinson, Chris Hawkins-Mast from the men's team and Trish Amboree from the women's team will be interviewed on the show.
The Islanders men's team opens its regular season on Friday night, Nov. 11, at Oklahoma State with a 7 p.m. tipoff in Stillwater. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi then will take on Denver in its home opener on Monday, Nov. 14, at the American Bank Center at 7 p.m.
The women's squad will begin the 2011-12 season with a home matchup against Big 12 foe Missouri on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center. The Islanders will then take on Pac-12 opponent Colorado on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the American Bank Center at 7 p.m.


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A reticulocyte count is a blood test that measures the percentage of reticulocytes in the blood. Reticulocytes are slightly immature red blood cells.
A blood sample is needed.
No special preparation is necessary.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or a slight bruise. This soon goes away.
The test is done to determine if red blood cells are being created in the bone marrow at an appropriate rate. The number of reticulocytes in the blood is a sign of how quickly they are being produced and released by the bone marrow.
A normal result for healthy adults who are not anemic is around 0.5%-1.5%.
The normal range depends on the level of hemoglobin. The range is higher if there is low hemoglobin due to bleeding or red cell destruction. Hemoglobin is a protein in red cells that carries oxygen.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A higher than normal reticulocytes count may indicate:
A lower than normal reticulocyte count may indicate:
Reticulocyte count may be increased during pregnancy.
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
Bunn HF. Approach to the anemias. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 161.
Mathur SC, Schexneider KI, Hutchison RE. Hematopoiesis. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 31.
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