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Ladies in high heels showing their perfectly synchronized routine to an audience at Radio City Musical Hall may bring to mind the famous Rockettes, but it's Walnut Creek's own Aquanuts that will take to the legendary New York City stage next week.
The award-winning synchronized swim team is currently competing on the NBC reality talent show "America's Got Talent."
Clad in swimsuits and pink, black and white high heels, the team advanced through the New Orleans and Las Vegas auditions earlier this summer and now is part of the live show, which started Tuesday. The Aquanuts will make an appearance in front of the celebrity judges at Radio City Music Hall Tuesday at 9 p.m. on NBC -- though the team can't yet say where the pool the performance takes place is located.
The nine-member award-winning synchronized swimming team performed a 90-second program choreographed to music from the movie "Burlesque." That original performance was filmed in March, but the team was sworn to secrecy until the show aired.
"We decided to enter in order to promote the Aquanuts and the sport of synchronized swimming," said team coach Kim Probst. "It is incredibly popular and well respected in other countries, so we thought this would be a good way to show America how amazing the sport really is."
Celebrity judges voted the Aquanuts, along with 59 other acts, to perform in New York City. Now, the television audience will determine which groups move to the next round. The eventual winning act will receive $1 million.
The Aquanuts is a world-renowned synchronized 100-person swim club which has produced 20 Olympic athletes and garnered more than 200 national and world competition titles. The Aquanuts competing on the show are Morgan Boneberg, Sofia Bouzos, McKinzie Chelberg, Alyson Haylor, Sarah House, Jamie Kuchan, Suying Rothrock and Alexa Tchekmarev. Boneberg, Chelberg, Kuchan and Tchekmarev also competed as part of a U.S. National Team that won the silver medal at the U.S. Open in Irving, Texas earlier this month.
The girls practice six to 10 hours a day, and they never touch the bottom of the pool during their performance, said team member Haylor in a YouTube video posted by NBC.
Being on the show "is an accomplishment and a great opportunity," she said.
The Aquanuts attracts swimmers from all over the country to Walnut Creek.
"It has all been really surreal," Chelberg said in a news release. "I moved to California from Minnesota one year ago to join the Aquanuts, and now I'm performing for Heidi Klum. I actually still pinch myself every day."
But it's not just the actual swimmers who are dedicated to the team -- so too are their parents. Each parent of a team member must volunteer at bingo one to four nights per month at the Blue Devils Bingo Hall in Concord; proceeds from bingo support Aquanuts operations and expenses.
So dedicated to Walnut Creek and the program is the team that if the Aquanuts win the ultimate $1 million prize from "America's Got Talent," they would put the money toward a new pool at the city's Clarke Swim Center.
"Our pool has basically run its course and the city of Walnut Creek is unable to support aquatics in the future," Probst said. "The burden will be on the aquatic clubs to fund our new pool and keep our programs alive."
The city has estimated that rebuilding the failing pools at Clarke will cost an estimated $25 million.
To see the team up close, their next live performance for the community will be held Aug. 29 through Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. each night. To find out more about the Aquanuts go to www.aquanuts.org.
Contact Elisabeth Nardi at 925-952-2617. Follow her at Twitter.com/enardi10.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Elementary schools across the country are taking part in the election this year. They're doing an online presidential election to see who America's students will vote into office.
Many schools in the CSRA are casting their votes. Over the past few weeks students have been learning about the election and what it means to vote. Even though their votes may not count in the general election, they say it plays a big part in the future.
"We got to vote for who we wanted to be president, and I was happy we got to make a difference and vote," said Lamar Milledge fifth grader Robert Plyler. "It doesn't matter how young or old you are, it's the vote that counts."
Thousands of elementary students across the United States are deciding who they think should be in the White House
"Since we're under 18 we don't get to vote like our parents do, so we should be able to vote," said fifth grader MicQuise Williams. "Every four years, they should have something like this."
They started the voting process with a lesson about democracy.
"There are many countries who don't have a democracy for their government and they don't have the right to vote," explained teacher Darlene Gaines. "They just have somebody who's telling them what to do. They don't have a say, but today you're going to get a chance to have a say."
They say it's an important lesson for these kids to learn .
"They are the future and if they don't know about voting and the right to vote and how important voting is, then we're doing them a disservice because they have to know that voting runs everything," Gaines said.
"If you don't go out and vote for your president, you won't know anything about your president or you won't know the things or the changes that are gonna happen," Williams said.
Each student received an "I voted" sticker. It's something some of the students are already wishing was real.
"I think students should have a say," Williams said. "Just because we're kids doesn't matter, we should have the right to our opinion, too."
They are hoping that maybe sending these kids home with an "I voted" sticker can help encourage any parents who may not have voted yet to make sure they get out and cast their ballot.
The votes will be tallied across the nation and on election week they will post the winner of the elementary school election. Teachers at Lamar Milledge say they will share those results with their kids to show them the difference their vote can make.


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Woody Allen will respond to his adopted daughter's allegations of sexual abuse by penning an op-ed piece in the New York Times -- the same newspaper that ran Dylan Farrow's letter last weekend, accusing Allen of molesting her when she was seven years old.
"They asked and we said, 'Yes, send it in,'" Andrew Rosenthal, The Times's editorial page editor said Thursday, according to Vanity Fair. The paper, however, couldn't confirm they would run Allen's letter in full.
"Normally, we don't publish a direct response" as a full op-ed article, Rosenthal said, but as a smaller and less prominent letter to the editor. "In this case, it was so personal, we thought that we should."
Rosenthal said Allen's piece would appear in the paper "within the next few days."
Meanwhile, Dylan Farrow, 27, has responded to her adopted brother's claim that their father never molested her and that their mother planted the story in her head.
"This is such a betrayal to me and my whole family," she said. "My memories are the truth and they are mine and I will live with that for the rest of my life. My mother never coached me. She never planted false memories in my brain. My memories are mine. I remember them."
Moses Farrow told People magazine earlier this week, "My mother drummed it into me to hate my father for tearing apart the family and sexually molesting my sister," the 36-year-old said. "And I hated him for her for years. I see now that this was a vengeful way to pay him back for falling in love with Soon-Yi."
Mia Farrow adopted Soon-Yi Previn, who married Allen in 1997.
The magazine noted Moses is "estranged from Farrow and many of his siblings and is close to Allen and Soon-Yi."
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Animal Control thinks one dog had Parvo when it got to the shelter...and then the disease spread to the others in close quarters. Some vets say spring temperatures are perfect conditions for the germs to live...and you may not know your new puppy has Parvo until it's too late.
Timothy Lowry adopted one of the two dogs that died from Parvo.
"I have two puppies at home that also contracted a disease from that dog," he says.
Veterinarian Steven Knittel says Lowry's puppies are lucky. Dogs at that age are the most vulnerable, and the disease spreads easily through fecal matter.
"If another dog comes in contact it can become infected if not properly protected," Knittel says. He recommends giving puppies the vaccine right away.
Knittel says the disease can spread to people in rare instances...but a bigger concern is the symptoms. There aren't any for about 10 days.
Linda Fulmer with Animal Control says Lowry's dog seemed fine while he was there, and that the temperature could be to blame.
"The sudden change in weather--we went from cold to very hot--and that's what brings out this stuff," Fulmer says.
Fulmer says after the two dogs died, they cleaned the cage with bleach and kept it empty for several days before others could call it home. Animal Control also contacted the Department of Agriculture to report the disease, as the law requires.
"I thought it was an act of nature, something that just happened," says Lowry.
But vets say you can prevent Parvo from happening to your pets by taking the proper precautions.
It takes about a week for the symptoms to show, and the vaccination takes a few weeks to kick in, so it's best to get the shots as soon as you bring a new dog or puppy home.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Deputies say all lanes of River Watch Parkway have reopened following an accident involving four vehicles at River Shoals Parkway.
A silver SUV with a married couple and a 4-year-old inside was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of River Watch. Investigators say they believe 35-year-old Monique Sullivan was behind the wheel. The SUV got on River Watch at the St. Sebastian Way on-ramp.
By the time the SUV rounded the curve near River Shoals, two cars were driving side by side in the eastbound lanes. Investigators say the SUV tried to go in between the vehicles but hit both of them. The driver allegedly kept going, hit a third vehicle and flipped over.
The drivers in the other cars have also been identified: 32-year-old Amelia Hiltz was in the first vehicle hit, 25-year-old Kevin Mollenhauser was in the second car and 53-year-old Maureen Floyd was in the third one. All three are at the hospital.
Hiltz is in critical condition, and Floyd is in serious condition. Mollenhauser was treated and released on Monday.
Sullivan and her husband, Demond, are in fair condition. The 4-year-old is said to be OK.
A nurse, who happened to drive by and see the scene, stopped to help.
Charges are pending for the driver.
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When it comes to combining real emotion with honest issues of faith and spine-tingling suspense, no current writer is better than Debra White Smith. With her novel The Chase, the Gold Medallion Award-winner whom popular author Deb Haggarty has called, "a Christian Nora Roberts," wraps up her thrilling Lone Star Intrigue series, centered around three Texas lawmen brothers. Within the first few pulse-pounding pages of this riveting story of a saved man reuniting with his estranged ex-wife to find their kidnapped son, it will become abundantly clear why inspirational romantic suspense is one of the fastest growing subgenres in contemporary Christian fiction…and why Debra White Smith is considered a true master of the form.
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Last year, Ian Poulter won the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open using his brand new, limited edition, all white ZL Driver. This year, Ian is back with another new driver - an all white ZL EncoreTM Driver featuring E9 Face TechnologyTM with dual roll and Adjustable Flight TechnologyTM, to defend his title.
At the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open, Ian shot a total of 22 under par to beat Matteo Manassero and Simon Dyson by one stroke. In the final round of play, Ian birdied 3 holes on the front 9 and then put up a massive drive with his ZL Driver on the par 5 13th hole, setting him up for a perfect eagle.
This year, Ian looks to get similar results. His new ZL Encore Driver looks sharp in an all white cosmetic and boasts technology to help increase distance on drives.
Ian has a few guests along for the ride. Earlier this year, we ran the Stick It and Rip It campaign. Fans were invited to test out the S3 Driver with E9 Face Technology to see how their drives improved with the new, elliptical face design and 30% larger Sweet ZoneTM. John won the sweepstakes and took his brother to Hong Kong earlier this week. There, they got to caddy for Ian Poulter during a practice round and get a behind the scenes look at the UBS Hong Kong Open. John and his brother will also get to watch Ian in action during the tournament.
Ian tees off at 7:30AM on Thrusday, December 1st alongside Edoardo Molinari and Rory McIlroy. Covergae starts at midnight EST on the Golf Channel.
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By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Hitler's National Socialist German Workers Party used the Bible and their perversion of Christianity to promote bigotry, discrimination and hatred of Jews, gypsies, the physically and mentally impaired and, of course, homosexuals. The Klu Klux Klan still uses the Bible and their perversion of Christianity to promote bigotry, discrimination and hatred of Blacks, Jews and, of course, homosexuals.
The American Family Association constantly uses the Bible and their perversion of Christianity to promote bigotry, discrimination and hatred, but they have a more focused target: homosexuals and any group or company that supports the social recognition or legal equality of gay and lesbian Americans, such as the dastardly "pro-homosexual" Wal-Mart chain.
Don Wildmon's American Family Association – which is dedicated to demeaning, denigrating and, if possible, destroying gay and lesbian Americans and their families – has
called on Christian consumers to spend their dollars elsewhere as a sign of their displeasure with Wal-Mart's pro-homosexual leanings, says the nation's largest retailer is not just working with the homosexual agenda of the NGLCC [National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce], it is promoting it. As proof, AFA offers up examples of books available for purchase through Wal-Mart's online bookstore – books the pro-family group contends support or defend homosexuality.
Known and very popular cialis coupon which gives all the chance to receive a discount for a preparation which has to be available and exactly cialis coupons has been found in the distant room of this big house about which wood-grouses in the houses tell.
In an "Action Alert"
to its supporters on Monday (October 23), AFA identifies several book
titles available through Walmart.com that it says relate to the promotion
of homosexual marriage – among them are: What God Has Joined Together:
The Christian Case for Gay Marriage; Legalizing Gay Marriage; Gay Marriage and Democracy: Equality for All; Defending Same-Sex
Marriage; and Gay Marriage, Real Life: Ten Stories of Love and
In addition, AFA states it
found (via a search function at Walmart.com) more than 1,100 items for
sale when the term "gay" was entered, almost 500 in response to
the term "lesbian" …
How very appropriate AFA offered up "examples
of books." Hitler's NSGWP also found books threatening, so threatening
that they had to burn them.
And then there are the words. NSGWP used
the word "Jew" the same way the KKK uses the word "nigger,"
which is the same way the AFA views the words "gay" and "lesbian."
Randy Sharp, AFA's "director of special
projects" and point-man in their Wal-Mart campaign, claimed "There's
no question that Wal-Mart is supporting homosexuality … They're
supporting the homosexual agenda, whose number-one directive is to bring
same-sex marriage to America."
Wrong, Mr. Sharp. But what can one expect
from a scared bigot trying to frighten
"the flock"?
Same-sex marriage is the hot-button issue
the AFA and kindred Christian Right groups – along with their Republican sycophants – like to use as a scare tactic. Before playing the homophobic card yet again,
perhaps Mr. Sharp should have reviewed the prioritizing in Rep. Barney
Frank's rendering of the so-called "homosexual agenda" at the
2004 Democratic National Convention:
Specifically, we want all people in the United States to enjoy the same legal rights as everyone else, unless they have forfeited them by violating the rights of others. We believe this should include some things that are, apparently, very controversial.
They include the right to serve, fight, and even die on behalf of our country in the military; the right to earn a living by working hard and being judged wholly on the quality of our work; the right for teenagers to attend high school without being shoved, punched, or otherwise attacked; and, yes, the right to express not only love for another person but a willingness to be legally as well as morally responsible for his or her well-being.
Even if he had, it probably wouldn't
have made any difference. The AFA's goal is to damn and disenfranchise
gay and lesbian Americans and their families in any way possible.
Sharp and the AFA would certainly not
agree with Anglican priest Jo Mdhlela that "Jesus supports gay rights." That would really screw-up their "faith-based"
campaign of hate and expose their perversion of Christianity for political
and economic gain. After all, they have to keep the flock obedient and their donations flowing in. That's
exactly how the Christian Right and the GOP are using the unanimous decision by the New Jersey
Supreme Court that the state
constitution requires equality for all citizens and couples:
There is no rational basis for, on the one hand, giving gays and lesbians full civil rights in their status as individuals, and, on the other, giving them an incomplete set of rights when they follow the inclination of their sexual orientation and enter into committed same-sex relationships. …
Although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this state, the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution. …
Denying committed same-sex couples the financial and social benefits and privileges given to their married heterosexual counterparts bears no substantial relationship to a legitimate governmental purpose. The Court holds that under the equal protection guarantee of Article I, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes. The name to be given to the statutory scheme that provides full rights and benefits to same-sex couples, whether marriage or some other term, is a matter left to the democratic process.
As The Philadelphia Inquirer noted
in an October 27, 2006 editorial, "Moreover, the current unequal treatment
disadvantages the children of same-sex couples. That's wrong."
Needless to say, in the days after the
court's decision the headlines on Christian Right "pro-family"
websites sought to stampede the flock to the voting booths and have
them send money before they go.
This from fanatic homophobe Lou Sheldon and his Traditional Values Coalition:
Underscores Urgency of a U.S. Constitutional Amendment
Help TVC Fight this Judicial Activism by Far Left Extremist Judges. Congress needs to enact an amendment which defines marriage and consequently bans homosexual "marriages" of every form.
Help us Stop Extremist Left Wing Judges from telling us what laws we need to create, and subverting the will of the voters.
And this from James Dobson's anti-gay,
out of Focus on the Family organization and its affiliates:
New Jersey Affirms Same-Sex Marriage by Steve Jordahl
The New Jersey High Court ruled "same sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite sex couples." …
"The rest of the country is going to have to sit up and take notice that marriage is vulnerable, and until we get both state marriage amendments and a federal marriage amendment, marriage will remain vulnerable."
That effort was defeated in congress this year. Perhaps the new ruling will serve as a clarion call for them as well.
Support this effort to promote the family in the public policy arena.
Obviously, the families they wish to
promote "in the public policy arena" do not include the children
in those American families headed by same-sex parents.
With his usual flare for ridiculous hyperbole and asinine
Dobson is also convinced that a specific objective is lurking behind Wednesday's decision. "Nothing less than the future of the American family hangs in the balance if we allow one-man, one-woman marriage to be redefined out of existence," he says in a press release. "And make no mistake – that is precisely the outcome the New Jersey Supreme Court is aiming for with this decision." [italics added]
"The future of the American family
hangs in the balance." Does Dobson really believe that if gay and
lesbian Americans are given equal rights heterosexuals will stop marrying
and forming families? What he clearly does believe is that the children
of gay and lesbian Americans don't count and are not part of "American
None of this vitriol was unexpected.
After all, in his book Marriage Under Fire Dobson claimed that
allowing gay and lesbian Americans to enter into the civil union called
"marriage" would bring about the end of the world: "the world
may soon become 'as it was in the days of Noah.'"
Andrea Lafferty, the executive director
of the Traditional Values Coalition and Lou Sheldon's daughter, made
complementary nonsensical claims and echoed
the theo-political call-to-action:
Of course, the worst gamble is being made by those who plan to stay home this November and leave the fate of this and other important issues to others who cast their votes. Republicans, Democrats or Vegetarians, it doesn't matter – religious conservatives should vote for people who support traditional marriage and vote against anybody who doesn't.
A lot of these courts have become liberal lobbying machines which create laws and precedents where legislatures and voters have taken the opposite position. Find out how candidates come down on this issue and vote in November.
If pro-marriage people stay home, the liberals win. [italics and link added]
For Lafferty and the Christian Right,
all things – political and otherwise – must be their way, as fellow
demagogue Randall Terry so eloquently expressed:
I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good...Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism.
"Pro-marriage people"? Bigotry and
blindness go together. Perhaps that's why Lafferty missed the fact
that the New Jersey case was initiated by pro-marriage same-sex couples
who wanted to affirm the institution of marriage by getting married.
The New Jersey decision came at an opportune
time for Rovean GOP strategists in light of the recent disclosure that
they were simply using the Christian Right
(which willingly prostituted itself) and the fact that "Experts [say] Republican Party
Losing Hold on Christian Conservative Base."
Not surprisingly, the uniter-turned-divider George W. Bush was among
the first to use the New Jersey decision to sing the same old divisive
song to the Christian Right's "values voters" the GOP has been
As an October 28, 2006 editorial in The New York Times noted, "Having
apparently lost all hope that he can use terrorism to scare voters into
electing Republicans this November, the president has now begun raising
the threat of gay marriage. The moment the New Jersey Supreme Court
issued a ruling on the subject this week, Mr. Bush began using every
possible excuse to bring up 'activist' judges and gay weddings on
the campaign trail." This Tony Auth cartoon says it all.
Bush's and the GOP's retreat into homophobia began
in Iowa:
President Bush criticized the New Jersey Supreme Court today [October 26, 2006] for ordering the state Legislature to grant homosexual couples the same rights as married couples – either by passing a law legalizing same-sex marriage or by creating civil unions.
"We believe in family values. We believe values are important," Bush said during a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. "And we believe marriage is a fundamental institution of civilization.
"Yesterday in New Jersey, we had another activist court issue a ruling that raises doubts about the institution of marriage. I believe that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and I believe it's a sacred institution that is critical to the health of our society and the well-being of families, and it must be defended."
Bush had not been asked about the court's
decision but, as The New York Times reported, "took pains to insert a reference into his
stump speech" for Republican House candidate Jeff Lamberti. Obviously,
Mr. Bush's version of "family values" do not value or include
those of gay and lesbian Americans and their children.
The venom was soon heard in a GOP candidate's ad in
An embattled Indiana congressman has launched a new campaign ad that warns a vote for his Democratic opponent could trigger a shift in House leadership and advance a "homosexual agenda."
In the one-minute radio ad paid for by Friends of Rep. John Hostettler, an announcer impersonating Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" character says a vote for challenger Brad Ellsworth would be a vote for California Democrat Nancy Pelosi as House speaker.
"Pelosi will then put in motion her radical plan to advance the homosexual agenda, led by Barney Frank, reprimanded by the House after paying for sex with a man who ran a gay brothel out of Congressman Frank's home," the narrator says.
While more rational voices made
more rational assessments of the New Jersey decision –
Nathaniel Persily, who teaches law and political science at the University of Pennsylvania and was a co-author of a recent paper titled "Gay Marriage, Public Opinion and the Courts," praised the justices for "an incredibly smart and politically astute opinion."
"The court has placed itself exactly where a majority of the American people are," Professor Persily said. "A majority of Americans are in favor of equal rights for gays tantamount to marriage, but a majority is also against calling that relationship marriage."
At the same time, he added: "This must be seen as a win for gay rights. They did not get the name they want, but they are getting more rights than could have been imaginable just a few years ago. Who would have thought 50, 20, even 10 years ago that a unanimous state supreme court would have said that gay relationships are entitled to equal rights as heterosexual relationships?"
– there's a familiar and dangerous
aspect to the New Jersey Supreme Court's "equality" decision,
as John Cloud pointed out in his October 25, 2006 Time article:
A Separate But Equal Ruling for Gay Marriage
While the New Jersey court pats itself on the back for advancing the civil rights of gays and lesbians, let's pause for a moment to note what gays and lesbians have not won: actual equality
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled in favor of gay marriage, sort of. By a vote of 4 to 3, the court says the state must afford gay couples all the "rights and benefits" that straight couples have under the law. But the majority punted on the question of what to call gay marriages. If it doesn't want to call them marriages, the legislature is free to come up with a term of its choosing for committed gay relationships.
In other words, the court is fine with a nomenclature under which some marriages would be separate – but equal. In a sentence that will seem silly – and unjust – in 20 years, the court says this explicitly: "We will not presume that a separate statutory scheme, which uses a title other than marriage, contravenes equal protection principles, so long as the rights and benefits of civil marriage are made equally available to same-sex couples." The Plessy court couldn't have said it better: separate railway cars for blacks are fine, as long as they are just as nice as the ones for whites. Don't bother about that curtain between the black and white cars. "Marriages," "civil unions," "two guys shacking up with a lot of All-Clad cookware" – does the term really matter? [link added]
It does.
It does indeed, and especially in deeds.
"Separate but equal" didn't work with racial segregation. It didn't work with previous marital segregation –Loving v. Virginia – and it's not going to work now. "Equal" must mean equal, or it means nothing at all.
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SAN JOSE -- Gilbert Melendez knows he has quite an opportunity at Saturday's UFC on Fox 7 event at HP Pavilion.
In his UFC debut after an outstanding career in Strikeforce, Melendez will face UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in the headlining bout.
"I know it's go-time, I'm prepared," Melendez said Thursday at the event's press conference.
Melendez has an overall record of 21-2, with 11 victories in Strikeforce. But he knows his public perception will be shaped with what happens in Saturday's bout.
"To the common fan, I'm 0-0. Your Octagon record is what kind of stands out the most," he said. "I know how people are going to perceive me. If I win, it will legitimize everything. If I don't, it won't. But do I know in my heart what I've done, what I've accomplished? Of course I will."
Strikeforce was bought out by UFC in 2011, and its last competition was in January. Melendez's last Strikeforce match was May 19, 2012, a split-decision win over Josh Thomson.
Henderson is 6-0 in UFC bouts and 18-2 overall. Making his third title defense, he has a unanimous decision and a split decision in his last two bouts. He will be fighting a reigning champion from another organization, but when asked if there was something kind of special about this bout, he said, "A fight's a fight. I couldn't care less about that ... I'm going to go beat him up."
At a face-off with Henderson at the press conference, Melendez clapped his hands twice and smiled before he left the staging area.
"I'm ready," he said as he walked away.
Melendez, who was born in Santa Ana, moved to the Bay Area in 2000 to attend San Francisco State and wrestled there. He continues to train out of San Francisco.
"This is my home now," he said. "I'm trying to get the Bay Area behind me here."
There are a number of fighters on the card with Bay Area connections. Daniel Cormier, who will battle Frank Mir in a heavyweight bout, has trained in San Jose since 2009.
Thomson, who was born and raised in San Jose and still trains there, will face Nate Diaz, who is based in Stockton, in a lightweight match. Darren Uyenoyama of San Francisco is also in a flyweight bout as part of the 12-bout card.
The first bout Saturday starts at 12:30 p.m., with the main card scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.


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grodney wrote:Okay, hode on a minnit. First, Latch is playing!? Like Jon Latch? Not his son or something?
Second, who is "Nelson" mentioned by AO in the first post?
Third, who is Thuggy?
Thanks! Trying to follow along, but I gotta know the players.
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Budhyzer 17696 wrote:Dev Nelson aced hole #8 Friday afternoon FROM THE 8B PAD!!!!
This was truly the longest ace I've viewed at 444'
It was also his 44th birthday; kinda spooky if you ask me.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team fell to North Texas and Purdue on the opening day of the CenturyLink Classic, hosted by Texas State at Bobcat Softball Stadium. The Islanders (5-12) dropped a 7-3 loss to North Texas before falling 3-0 to Purdue in the second game.
Leadoff hitter Mickayla Cochran highlighted the day for the Islanders going 4-for-6 in the two games combined.
The Islanders will continue play tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. when they take on former Southland Conference opponent Texas State before facing Purdue in the night cap at 5:30 p.m.
For the latest on Islanders Softball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Softball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersSball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
North Texas (8-9) tallied 11 hits en route to a 7-3 victory over the Islanders in the opening game of the CenturyLink Classic. Sophomore Mickayla Cochran went 2-for-3 to power the Islanders' bats.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Cochran scored on a passed ball after reaching base on a walk. The Mean Green put runners in scoring position in the bottom of the second but the Islanders hurler Constance Brandenburg pulled the Islanders' out of the jam with a punch out.
North Texas answered in the bottom of the second with three runs on three hits. The Mean Green's Jackie Miller started things off with a single to second base before scoring on a Brooke Foster RBI single down the right field line. North Texas tacked on two more runs with two outs on a Jordan Terry single to right center. However, a ground out to Hayley Galloway at second ended the inning and the Islanders escaped with runners on second and third.
The Islanders pulled within one in the top of the third with one run on two hits. Galloway and Cochran sparked the inning with one out. Galloway reached on an error before Cochran ripped a single down the left field line. After a Dani Tefft ground out advanced Galloway to third and Cochran to second, Meagan McKinney delivered a RBI single to shortstop with two outs to plate Galloway.
The Mean Green extended their lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the third when Miller hit a 2-run homer to right center. Brandenburg and the Islanders' defense escaped the inning retiring North Texas' seven through nine batters.
North Texas put up a run in the fifth frame before sophomore Lindsey Lyles cranked her first career-homer over the left field wall in the top of the sixth with one out. The Mean Green capped the scoring in the bottom of the sixth with one run on three hits.
McKinney, Lyles and Natalie Zarzabal each added one hit apiece, while McKinney and Lyles each tallied one RBI each.
Brandenburg (3-5) took the loss for the Islanders in the circle. The junior allowed five hits and three walks while recording one strikeout in three innings. Bethany Slick came in for relief and tallied one strikeout while allowing six hits and a pair of runs in three innings.
Ashley Kirk (4-3) picked up the victory for the Mean Green in seven innings. She limited the Islanders to five hits while striking out 14 and walking two batters.
The Islanders turned right around to face Purdue (7-9) in the second game of the CenturyLink Classic. The Boilermakers got on board in the first and second innings before adding a run in the fifth to seal a 3-0 victory over the Islanders.
The Islanders tallied three hits in the game, led by Cochran who went 2-for-3 and Mckinney who went 1-for-2.
Purdue started things off in the top of the first with one run on three hits. Ashley Burkhardt scored on an Andie Varsho single to second base after reaching on a leadoff walk. Islanders' hurler Ashley Elicerio pulled the Islanders out of the jam with bases loaded as Purdue's Ashley Courtney lined out to Elicerio in the circle.
Cochran led off the bottom frame with a double down the right field line. Galloway followed with a sacrifice bunt to advance Cochran to third, however Mckinney grounded out to the pitcher and Lyles struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Boilermakers added another run in the second on one hit after Tori Chiodo walked and scored on a Lindsey Rains RBI ground out.
Cochran tallied her second hit of the game in the bottom of the third with a solo rip to third base and McKinney followed in the fourth with a single down the right field line.
Purdue recorded their third run of the game in the top of the fifth after the Boilermakers' Andie Varsho stole home after a single to shortstop.
Elicerio (1-6) took the loss for the Islanders in the circle in seven innings of work. She tallied one strikeout and allowed eight hits while facing 31 batters.


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Thoughts (Unabridged) : This original tape by "T-Boz" ("T" of the Grammy winning R&B/hip hop vocal group TLC) has the potential to break through to young African-American consumers, demonstrating anew the potential for musicians to embrace spoken audio as a natural, ready-and-waiting creative outlet. Watkins produced and recorded this tape on her own and handed it in as finished product. That air of assurance and artistic autonomy comes across strong in the poems and accompanying music. The Iowa-born singer addresses issues that affect many teens: racism, health, weight, working - all components of self-image. Her message is one of self-reliance, born out in plainspoken rhyme and culminating in a musical number entitled "Tionne's Song." This makes for an appealing program that speaks directly to fans.
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Tuscaloosa City Council borrows $10M for storm recovery
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 11:30 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | A $10 million line of credit to help fund storm recovery efforts was unanimously approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
This marks the first dollars the City Council has moved to borrow for the millions of dollars in costs associated with rebuilding and cleaning up Tuscaloosa after the April 27, 2011, tornado.
While there are no immediate plans to begin drawing money from the credit line, it could be used to cover the city's share for tornado debris removal or to fulfill City Hall's agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation in improving the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street/Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Cost estimates for the city's combined share of debris removal and the McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street improvements fall between $3 and $5 million.
Part of the agreement with Regions Bank stipulates that no interest will begin until the city actually uses the money.
Interest payments will be due quarterly starting in April should a portion of the line of credit be used immediately, but none of the principal will be owed until August 2014.
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Led by its audacious music director, Joana Carneiro, the Berkeley Symphony offers the most imaginative programming of any Bay Area orchestra, hands down. Other ensembles could take a cue from Carneiro, whose forays into late 20th- century works, as well as her regular commissioning of brand-new ones, could be a template for contemporary orchestras.
In her fourth season as Berkeley's music director, the 36-year-old Portuguese conductor is charismatic, a dynamic figure on the podium. And her audience is ready to follow her.
But, you have to execute.
Thursday's program at Zellerbach Hall was a mixed bag, often sloppily played. Exciting on paper, it presented a new commissioned work, "Invisible Skyline," by 21-year-old Berkeley-bred composer Dylan Mattingly, a protégé of John Adams; the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by György Ligeti, the Hungarian master who completed this bracing piece in the late 1980s; and Robert Schumann's heroic Symphony No. 2 in C major.
Ligeti fared best, which is saying something, as this is an outrageously complex piece. Before the performance began, pianist Shai Wosner -- the unshakable soloist -- offered some perceptive comments. He spoke of Ligeti's way of creating "an illusion of multiple speeds." Wosner compared the effect to that of a bicycle wheel, which spins so fast that, at a certain point, it begins to look as if it is spinning backward.
Carneiro drew a transparent performance from the small orchestra for which the piece is scored -- only a dozen or so players, including an array of percussion and a clarinetist doubling on ocarina, the ancient egg-shaped wind instrument. Watching the musical events onstage helped this listener keep track of Ligeti's narrative: his strange timbres, which occur in unusual combinations, his unexpected gestures and piled polyrhythms -- a carnivalesque assemblage.
I was engrossed, especially in the middle movements (there are five), when the piece became a sumptuous maelstrom. The slow second movement -- it's been compared to Bartok's "night music" -- begins with a long bowed note on double bass, almost inaudible. This is joined by murmured melody from the flute, sighs from the ocarina, the shout of a slide whistle, and finally a slow succession of notes from the piano, which gather momentum and begin to cluster and drip. It sounded like an exotic choir of birds.
In the third movement, the piano's perpetual motion combined with floating winds and xylophone to mysterious effect, like radio signals arriving from outer space. When the unexpected whack of a woodblock ended the brief finale, this listener felt as if he had been snapped out of a trance.
With its exaggerated and unusual gestures, Ligeti's piece might be compared to Kabuki theater. At least to these ears, that comparison does not fit Mattingly's new piece, though he told the audience that "Invisible Skyline" strives to be just that: an "imaginary Kabuki play," a "voyage" to a state of mind where fiction merges with reality, where there is a suspension of disbelief.
A student at the Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., Mattingly has built an impressive record of commissions. I've enjoyed his jaunty and shimmering compositions on "Stream of Stars," a recent CD from the ensemble Contemporaneous. "Invisible Skyline" again explores oscillating textures and colors as it floats and evokes a mood of tenderness. But it strikes me as cautious and something of a retread -- across three movements (he titles them "acts") and nearly 30 minutes.
We've heard this before: pointillist, pulsing textures, with ostinatos a bit too reminiscent of Steve Reich; long-lined declamatory melodies that sound an awful lot like Adams. It might be time for Mattingly to push away from home port and begin his voyage toward a more personal voice. (Another of his new works will be premiered Saturday in San Francisco by the Del Sol Quartet.)
If the composition was cautious, so was the performance. I imagine the 80 or 90 players onstage were stressed out counting rhythms. There are points in the score where the string section is divided up left and right; independent time signatures abound. Still, this is a professional orchestra, and it wasn't taking care of business. Carneiro didn't draw massed power or nuanced texture from her forces. At a crucial moment in the finale, the horns were a mess.
As for Schumann's Symphony No. 2, on one level, it's always a treat to hear this work, which is so redolent with melody, yearning, drama. Carneiro clearly loves the piece, and her players seemed to put their souls into it. But the performance, again, was imprecise. In the scherzo, the flying string theme was poorly articulated, at times a smear. Perhaps aiming for extra nobility, Carneiro slowed the adagio to the point where all the rough edges were audible.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him at Twitter.com/richardscheinin.
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When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Z Space, 450 Florida St., San Francisco
Tickets: $30 general, $25 seniors, $15 students; www.delsolquartet.com or at the door


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Set 1 starts in standard fashion until we get to Gin (kudos to @westbrook for getting this added to the chart), which quickly begins grinding down in tempo and enters a wild music-on-helium loop space, then (at Trey's prodding) moves into a funky jam that shows the group showing off its budding minimalist chops (Fish's beat is a bit more plodding than I'd like). This might not be as strong as what would come in the fall, but it's damn exciting all the same, and the band seems clearly chuffed with this jamming style (Trey's excited "oh!"s at the end of every bar is great).
And then, just as Page starts going to the synthesizer, Trey starts playing the main Gin theme again, and we get a crazy funk version of the usual Gin jam. The band then leads themselves into the usual Gin jam, which slows down and morphs into a brief ambient interlude, a preview not so much of the fall tour as of the '98 and '99 sound, then segues into Llama, which also gets its own funky and weird jam (Page leans on the synth even harder here), before smoothing out and leading into Velvet Sea. The jam afterwards is fun, if not particularly essential, and Olivia's Pool is cool by dint of how rare it is. So that's the first set, right there.
Set 2 opens up with 2001, always a damn good start in the late 90s, and this version, if not as tight a dance-floor machine as it would become by the hiatus, still packs a nice wallop, with Page in particular doing fine work both on the synth and the organ (and Trey tossing in James Brown teases to show he means business). Julius comes next, and it's Julius, but it segues nicely into Magilla. Next comes Ya Mar, with its "vampire child" references, and it's a really frisky version that allows everybody to get at least one chance to shine (thrilling the small, intimate crowd), before very neatly segueing into Ghost. This Ghost has some extra stank on it by dint of the tempo of the previous jam, and its jam picks up steam before a *tremendous* segue into Take Me To The River, which turns into a stop-and-start grimy jam that bumps and grinds and crawls across the floor (Trey's guitar tone here is particularly nasty), then enters loop-land as the jam goes molasses-slow, before Trey starts shouting "Take me to the river!" and the jam comes to a glorious close. Funky Bitch, with the amusing trumpet teases, is a fun encore.
This has always been a hidden jewel in a year with no shortage of treasures, mainly due to the AUD of the show being so rough, but the new @KernelForbin remaster makes the show totally worth seeking out. This is Phish at their funkiest, raunchiest, and most fun; in other words, this is a damn party, and we all love Phish parties, so what's stopping you?


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Area briefs: Wofford pitcher Yarusi named Preseason All-SoCon
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 12:13 a.m.
Wofford baseball player Brandon Yarusi was named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference team as selected by the coaches. Yarusi earned second-team honors as a starting pitcher. The Terriers were picked to finish 10th in both the coaches and media preseason polls.
CLEMSON: The women's soccer head coach Eddie Radwanski announced the signing of 11 players to national letters of intent for the 2013 season.
The 11 players are: Tori Andreski (Wilkesboro, N.C.), Catrina Atanda (Belle Mead, N.J.), Emily Byorth (Dublin, Ohio), Gabby Byorth (Dublin, Ohio), Anna Davis (Walterboro), Abby Jones (Auburn, Ala.), Paige Reckert (Cary, N.C.), Kailen Sheridan (Whitby, Ontario), Katie Sprouse (Bixby, Okla.), Claire Wagner (Cary, NC) and Jenna Weston (Mooresville, N.C.).
... Senior Brianna Rollins was one of 10 student-athletes named to the first regular season watch list for The Bowerman, announced Thursday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
HIGH SCHOOL: Spartanburg High School will host the first of five Shrine Bowl combines at 9:30 a.m. on March 23. All rising senior football players are eligible to attend. The cost is $20 on a cash-only basis. Other locations for the combines will be Summerville (May 18), Marlboro County (June 1), Irmo (June 15) and a site to be determined afterwards. Shrine Bowl coaches are expected to be named next week. For more information, contact combine coordinator Kelly Adams at 919-998-8526 or via e-mail at email@example.com.
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text: Well, I'm at the end of day 4 on Attack Phase, have lost a total of 2.2kgs. I weigh myself in the morning after going toilet, so will have to wait until tomorrow am for todays weightloss. Today I ate: B: 3 egg white and 1 egg yolk omlette with herby, spicy chicken from last night L: remainder of herby, spicy chicken D: 2 Tuna steaks S: Yogurt and oatbran porridge W: I'm not really measuring but I guess at least 2 ltrs I didn't do any exercise today


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Welcome to Lucas Public Library and Palco Public Library, who are joing Pathfinder Central this year with the help of the LSTA grant!
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The River Valley Wildcats took a 0-7 loss against St. James in the Section 3A quarterfinal on Oct. 3.
Both Kalyn Haas and Sara Haugo had first set leads at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, but the talent among the top ranked Saints was too much for the Wildcats. St. James had straight set victories in every match except for Carissa Evers and Ashley Johnson, who were able to win the first set at No. 2 doubles.
River Valley ends its season with a 5-17 record. Although the season is over for the team, six athletes will continue to compete in the Section 3A Individual Tournament on Oct. 10 in Redwood Valley. Haas will compete at No. 1 singles, while Lauren Laffen will compete at No. 2. For doubles, Erika Ries and Natalie Stevens will represent the Wildcats at No. 1 doubles, while Evers and Johnson will battle at No. 2.
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Reminiscing: My parents, from the farm to heaven
July 16, 2012
For many years I have said that I was going to write a book about two very special people. Well, this is not a book, but I need to tell the story....
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Once again, Chillicothe High School's Mr. CHS will be held Monday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Enjoy a night full of fun as the contestants compete in swim wear, talent and formal wear. This year's contestants include: Anthony Wolf, Ulises Rojas, Quinten Lewis, Chris Noble, Kameron Allen, Derek Gray, Jordan Huddleston, Andrew Jensen, Matt Sturm and Zach Holland. Admission prices are $4 for adults, $5 for high schoolers, and $3 for pre-K through 8th grade.
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joewmorrissey wrote:you have to setup the external harddrives... meaning you have to add them... they are under volumes once you click the add button
thanks, jm!
I could have looked for another hundred years and never thought about this...
Looks like I'm all set now. What dazzles me a bit is the cpu power required for the mencoder engine. I own a 2,16 Core Duo imac, and if I transcode 1080p without size limits, this transcoding buffer is just melting away! If I set the limit to 17 mbps, I am alright.
Another question though (maybe not the right thread, but I'll give it a shot):
I read that DTS audio is transcoded to 5.1 lpm on the fly, so far so good (will test this later on). Anyway, if you have a VC-1 video codec in an m2ts file, it looks right now as this is a no go for streaming to ps3. Furthermore, I know that a lot of people reencode to h264, which requires top of the line computers and still very much time.
Is this the end of the psm road for VC-1 codecs? Or will the ps3 have to learn to read VC-1 streams via a Sony update? Or is there another elegant way around this problem?
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SAN JOSE -- About 15 hours after it was announced that he would be getting the keys to the San Jose Police Department while the city continues its search for the next chief, Larry Esquivel gave his first press conference and said he would keep his focus on the people.
The deputy chief and soon-to-be interim chief said Tuesday he wants to continue a community policing push that became a hallmark of outgoing Chief Chris Moore's two-year tenure at the top.
"We really want to maintain that partnership with the community," Esquivel said.
Esquivel announce no sweeping changes. To be fair, he'll only be in the position for a few months at best as the city gave itself an extension in its quest to replace Moore, whose last day on the job is Saturday.
The department also announced that Deputy Chief Edgardo Garcia, commander of the administrative bureau and former commander of investigations, will step in acting assistant chief, a post recently held by Rikki Goede, who left the department earlier this month to become the police chief in the East Bay city of Piedmont.
Esquivel, a 27-year SJPD veteran whose most recent charge was overseeing the city's patrol force, promised to be a voice for a rank-and-file beleaguered by budget cuts, an officer exodus and a bitter political fight with City Hall over pension and benefits reform.
"I want to represent them and be visible for them," Esquivel said. "I have a pretty good working knowledge of the men and women who work here."
In that respect Esquivel seems well-positioned. As a career officer who started as a reserve officer in 1984, his experience in a multitude of units in the department has earned him the respect of his colleagues.
He praised the quality of the department even as he acknowledged the public's dissatisfaction with how a shrunken force has resulted in significantly slower responses to nonviolent crimes like burglary. The police force numbers just over 1,000, down from more than 1,400 in 2008.
"That perception is real to our citizens," Esquivel said. "It's important to them."
Esquivel stressed retention as a department priority in this interim period, as officers either retiring or leaving for police departments with more attractive pay and perks are outpacing the number of new recruits expected to join the ranks this summer.
Neither Esquivel nor his four fellow deputy chiefs applied for the soon-to-be-vacant post held by Moore. Esquivel chalked up his choice as a "personal decision" that "at the time wasn't right for me." But he says he is looking forward to the challenge of leading the department in the short term.
"I'm here to lead until however long it takes to select the new chief," he said.
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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Can your peanut-allergic child be treated by simply wearing a patch? That's what researchers at National Jewish Health are investigating. National Jewish Health, along with four other institutions in the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), are currently testing the safety of a peanut patch.
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The Money Matters – Developing Sustainable Stewardship program is designed to assist PTS students in their fiscal preparation for the ministry. Seminar attendees will earn key elements of financial education which will serve them as they prepare to serve others.
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Definition of light-sensitive in English:
1(Of a surface or substance) changing physically or chemically when exposed to light.
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- Microchips are made by shining light through a 'mask' to project a circuit pattern onto light-sensitive chemicals on the surface of a wafer of silicon.
- These are all processes that involve exposing light-sensitive paper, then processing the paper in chemicals.
- Images are exposed directly onto light-sensitive paper through a tiny lens the size of a pinprick.
1.1 Biology (Of a cell, organ, or tissue) able to detect the presence or intensity of light.
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- However, prolonged gazing at bright sources of light such as the sun can result in a loss of visual acuity through photochemical damage to the light-sensitive receptor cells in the retina.
- Doctors in India have transplanted light-sensitive cells from the eyes of 14-19 week-old healthy aborted foetuses into the eyes of blind adults suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa.
- Both these morphological changes reduce the angle through which the individual light-sensitive cells receive light.
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Whoops! Brazilian "Model" Puts Bieber On Blast For Giving Her Tons Of Cash For … You Know
- By Bossip Staff Categories: For Your Viewing Pleasure, Freaks, Multi
Brazilian Model Tweets Pictures Of Money Justin Bieber Spent On Her
Justin Bieber has had one hell of a run in Brazil. He's been living it up with strippers and models and prostitutes. And he's been getting put on blast the whole time. For instance, this morning a Brazilian "model" *cough* named Gaby Del Campo tweeted the above picture of a handful of cash courtesy of the one and only Biebz. What did he buy? It damn sure wasn't dance lessons.
In case you don't have a few hundred and aren't in Brazil, maybe you can sample some of what Bieber copped by checking out some of her pics. Money well spent?


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BRENTWOOD -- Step into the home of Maria de los Angeles Guzman, and it becomes clear why she doesn't spend much time making long-term plans.
Poverty has a way of anchoring a person's thoughts to the here and now, which for the 52-year-old Brentwood woman consists of struggling to make ends meet while caring for her disabled son.
Guzman's belongings are neatly shelved, hung and mounted around her studio apartment, a curtain separating the bathroom from rest of the living quarters.
Two beds dominate the space -- one for her, the other for 26-year-old Miguel Angel, whose bout with meningitis as an infant left him unable to speak and in a wheelchair entirely dependent on others to feed, dress and bathe him.
Next to the front door is a 5-gallon plastic water jug that's one-third full of coins and a few bills, which represent both Guzman's emergency fund and life savings.
She has done what she can to acknowledge the advent of Christmas: A poinsettia sits atop a red-and-green-checked tablecloth, and outside the front door she has assembled a nativity scene decorated with artificial flowers and a clutter of trinkets.
But the celebratory meals and gift giving that many take for granted during the holidays are out of reach on Guzman's budget.
One Brentwood nonprofit is providing a turkey and the fixings; another, Village Community Resource Center, will give her a blanket and a $15 gift certificate.
"I'll buy warm clothing for my son and supplies to cook food," the soft-spoken Guzman said through an interpreter, adding that she uses a small space heater she bought at a yard sale to save on her utilities bill.
The center began in 1997 as a place where youths in the Village Drive neighborhood could congregate safely, established by a homeowners' association after a 15-year-old who had grown up there was killed in a drive-by shooting.
Two years later, Brentwood's parks and recreation department began organizing outings for Village Drive youths, and in 2004 the city awarded the center a seven-year grant.
Grant funding also comes from this newspaper's Share the Spirit campaign, which for the past five years has enabled the center to distribute blankets and clothing store gift cards to needy families.
Last year, Village Community Resource Center bought 184 blankets and 120 gift cards for more than 200 households with Share the Spirit donations, according to Executive Director Kirsten Rigsby.
But the organization does much more than help families stay warm.
Sixty youngsters in kindergarten through eighth grade stop by the center three days a week for an hour of homework help and tutoring.
During school breaks, these same students can sign up for enrichment classes in science. And in the summer, youngsters take swim lessons and junior lifeguard training at Antioch's Contra Loma Regional Park for a nominal fee.
Village Community Resource Center also holds weekly diabetes education classes in Spanish, and John Muir Mobile Health Clinic sends a van every Saturday for those who need free preventive care.
In addition, the center hosts a support group for Spanish-speaking parents, works with a food bank to distribute bags of free groceries to nearly 90 families each week, offers translation services and helps clients apply for public assistance.
These days, the organization's reach extends far beyond the street whose name it bears to clients from Antioch to Discovery Bay.
"There is a very large need," Rigsby said, adding that whereas four years ago the center's clients were nearly all Latino, the numbers of whites asking for free groceries and East Indian children attending its after-school activities have increased.
Donations haven't kept up with the demand for services, Rigsby said, the most important of which are those that help youngsters of non-English-speaking parents succeed in school.
"The families realize that education is the future for their kids," she said.
Modest though they are, the gifts that Village Community Resource Center provides Guzman otherwise might be out of reach for this grandmother of three.
She doesn't speak English, can't read or write and, separated from her husband, is the sole breadwinner.
This time of year, Guzman cleans houses four to five hours a day, earning about $225 per week. During the summer, she works in a Brentwood packing shed sorting prunes, pears and peaches for about $600 per month.
The math isn't in her favor: Guzman's rent is $700, and she shares the cost of busing her son to an adult day care center five days a week, which means when she comes up short she must turn to her daughter for help, ask friends for a loan or unload garage sale items she has bought.
Without help from Medi-Cal or food stamps, there's "basically nothing" left over, said translator Juan Francisco Prieto, a case manager with one of the social services groups that, along with Village Community Resource Center, helps her with donations of food and clothing.
Despite the stress of her trying circumstances, Guzman said Miguel keeps her going.
"I do it for my son even though I get tired," she said. "I have to attend to my son."
Contact Rowena Coetsee at 925-779-7141. Follow her at Twitter.com/RowenaCoetsee.
The Share the Spirit campaign, sponsored by this newspaper, benefits nonprofit agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Readers who wish to help can clip the coupon accompanying this story and send it to the address printed on it. The Volunteer Center of the East Bay administers the fund. Readers with questions and corporations interested in making large contributions may contact the Volunteer Center of Contra Costa at 925-472-5760.
To make a donation to Brentwood's Village Community Resource Center, call 925-626-7892 or go to www.vcrcbrentwoodca.org.


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via Personal Recipe 1716945:
Somebody knows who is in the middle?
your faces are funny ;)
invisible penis? LOL
come here with me *-* here it's hot :D italy,italy,italyy :D
I love this photo! Your faces XD
come to Brazil and you'll understand the meaning of HOT! It's killing me!
Finally somebody says it, IT'S FUCKING FREEZING
good t-shirt of ramones!!!
ahaha your faces are priceless :P it looks like your singing a chrous lol
Maybe consider hats that cover your ears, you nutty California boys!!
here´s is summer DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:
Here in Brazil is summer and it is very hot now. I wish it was cold here now!
It's like a "LOL" face! :D And I like your Ramones tee, BJ.
drink some hot chocolate and build a snowman, best thing to do on a cold day / night


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George Earl "Buck" Peahuff
Published: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 8:05 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 8:05 a.m.
SPARTANBURG, SC-- George Earl "Buck" Peahuff, 84, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at SRMC.
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- Mar 9:
- Safeway's new owner not afraid to make changes
- Mar 7:
- Cerberus: Why the heck did Safeway's new owner pick that name?
- Mar 6:
- Pleasanton braces for fallout of Safeway-Albertson's merger
- Safeway sold for $9.4 billion, merges with Albertsons
- Safeway sale would transform supermarket industry
- Mar 5:
- Safeway's three major renovation projects in Oakland still on amid talks of sale
- Mar 4:
- Kroger said to contact Safeway about buying some assets
- Feb 26:
- Group trying to take over Safeway has a bad history (Guest commentary)
- Feb 19:
- Pleasanton-based Safeway in discussions to sell company
Safeway has agreed to pay $2,250,000 and litigation costs to settle a lawsuit by Marin County prosecutors alleging false advertising and unfair competition, the district attorney announced Thursday.
The litigation also alleged that Safeway violated a 2008 injunction over alleged pricing discrepancies, said Marin County District Attorney Edward Berberian.
"The Marin County District Attorney's Office remains committed to prosecuting pricing accuracy violations and ensuring consumers pay no more for items then advertised," Berberian said in a statement released by his office.
The Marin office filed the civil enforcement action jointly with the district attorney's offices of Alameda, Fresno, Napa, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma and Ventura counties. The offices will share the settlement money, which will fund their consumer protection units.
Safeway, in a statement, said the grocery chain "has one of the best price accuracy rates in the nation, something we are very proud of."
"This settlement came about because of our inconsistency in communicating and applying our scan guarantee to our customers," the Pleasanton-based company said. "It is not about excessive overcharges or price accuracy issues."
The lawsuit alleged that Safeway charged consumers more than the lowest advertised prices, misrepresented the weights of Safeway brand products and implied that some produce was "locally grown" when it had come from out of the country.
The complaint also alleged that Safeway failed to abide by a 2008 injunction requiring it to minimize price discrepancies by offering customers free items or $5 gift cards when pricing flaws occurred.
In its statement, Safeway said it would "take additional steps to make our scan guarantee policy more visible to our customers and well-understood by our employees."
"Safeway has long had a strict set of policies and procedures in place to minimize errors," the corporation said. "The company will continue to audit its stores, with help from a third party. Employees will be asked to verify that they are following our programs and standards."
Safeway, based in Pleasanton, has eight Marin stores in Corte Madera, Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo and San Rafael.
Marin prosecutors announced the settlement the same day as reports that Safeway would be acquired by Cerberus Capital Management, the investment group that owns Albertsons and other supermarket chains, in a $9 billion deal.
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Jared Paul wrote: I'm def not going to start up another science argument up in hurrrr, but the idea of sending more EMR through the air worries me. When every cell phone is streaming internet, and there are wireless power stations powering all our gear wirelessly every where... how many radio waves and EMR will be passing through everything all day long? People are gonna wanna know what the long term effects are or might be. I just wish they'd address that shit during the introduction of technology moving forward.
Never the less, pretty amazing stuff.
jakethesnake wrote: iPhone already has a wireless charger no?
I think we're starting to see the effects of putting up an electrical field around the planet already (studies show maybe cell towers potentially leading to bee depopulation, etc.). Nevertheless, you can't stop the tides. Just like you can't stop Chinese and Indians and other east Asian countries (1/2 the world population almost) from gobbling up smartphones as they become affordable.
The Economist wrote: ALTHOUGH the myth that mobile phones cause cancer has been laid to rest, an implacable minority remains convinced of the connection. Their fears have been aggravated of late by bureaucratic bickering at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Let it be said, once and for all, that no matter how powerful a radio transmitterwhether an over-the-horizon radar station or a microwave towerradio waves simply cannot produce ionising radiation. The only possible effect they can have on human tissue is to raise its temperature slightly.
In the real world, the only sources of ionising radiation are gamma rays, X-rays and extreme ultra-violet waves, at the far (ie, high-frequency) end of the electromagnetic spectrumalong with fission fragments and other particles from within an atom, plus cosmic rays from outer space. These are the sole sources energetic enough to knock electrons out of atomsbreaking chemical bonds and producing dangerous free radicals in the process. It is highly reactive free radicals that can damage a persons DNA and cause mutation, radiation sickness, cancer and even death.
By contrast, at their much lower frequencies, radio waves do not pack anywhere near enough energy to produce free radicals. The quanta of energy (ie, photons) carried by radio waves in, say, the UHF band used by television, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cordless phones, mobile phones, microwave ovens, garage remotes and many other household devices have energy levels of a few millionths of an electron-volt. That is less than a millionth of the energy needed to cause ionisation.
jakethesnake wrote: Tesla was born literally centuries before his time.


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Scores in the men's freeski superpipe final Friday were all across the board, with skiers throwing big air in one run and wiping out in another.
Before the event began, Montana's Tanner Hall said himself that he was going to be playing it safe in this competition, which kicks off the season for these athletes. Though he hucked himself high into the air and landed graceful runs, he placed sixth overall.
Canada's Justin Dorey topped all competition in his first run (eighth in the 10-athlete rotation), which scored a 93.50 and put him in the lead over New Zealand's Byron Wells, who was the first to crack the 90s with a 90.50 in his first run. Wells was pushed into second place with that first-run score.
"I couldn't have started the season off any better," said Dorey, who didn't complete his second run because of an unknown injury that had him sliding into the corral appearing to be in significant pain. On the podium, it seemed the pain had passed.
"The snow held off long enough to get through the pipe without messing up the speed," he added about the snow that began to fall toward the end of the event.
Dorey's run consisted of a right double 1260 safety, left 900 tail, air-to-fakie, switch 720 Japan, alley-oop left flat 540 critical, left double 1260 Japan.
"I could not be in a better place in the world. I feel like a million bucks. The fact that there is only one stop at Dew Tour this year definitely puts a lot more pressure on us. It's like X Games now. It is the same significance, maybe even more significant since there is only one Dew Tour and two X Games now," Dorey said.
Meanwhile, Mike Riddle, who topped the charts in semi-finals, landed an 88.50 in his first run. When he tried to top Dorey's run, he threw himself high into the air on the first huck but lost a ski on the landing, forcing him to go with a first-run score that was enough to land him third place.
Two-time defending Dew Cup champion Kevin Rolland (France) looked like he would be a contender again this year - it seemed even he was convinced - but an 88.50 and an 81.25 weren't enough to get him above fourth place.
Avon's Taylor Seaton made it to finals, but a 76.75 and a 74.25 weren't enough to bump him up among the higher-caliber athletes.
California's Brita Sigourney emerged the champion in Friday's women's freeski superpipe finals, turning her first run into her victory run with massive amplitude and big spins.
Her run consisted of an alley-oop 180, left side 900, alley-oop 540, left 540, right 540 and a left 720. It landed her a 90.25 from the judges.
"Winning this feels unreal," said Sigourney, "especially coming off of a knee injury. The one-stop Dew Tour format added the pressure. I just didn't expect any of this and am so happy."
South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman took second with a score of 87.25 and Roz Groenewoud (Canada) took third with an 84.00.


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Thanks for the offer, but the City will be taking care of all the labor out there.anubis080 wrote:Is there anything that we can still help with out there? I mean, even if you guys need some donations I'm in.
If you really want to help out/donate, take a couple hundred mosquito dunks and throw them in the water along 14 and 15s fairways.
The City will (and already has in some spots) be installing pipe into the sleeves to make them more easy to locate.Crager wrote:What if you get the GPS positions for each pin? Would that be easier to find after high water? Or were they buried too much to find.
And +1 to you, too, Greg. Thanks!


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Start Date: Sep 01, 2010
End Date: Aug 31, 2015
Cooperation under this Annex may include, but is not limited to, the following topic areas: 1. Irrigation Efficiency: including research into the efficiency of conveyance and measurement technology, irrigation management practices, field-level water application practices, and drainage infrastructure. 2. Water Productivity in Agriculture: including the implications of irrigation timing on crop water requirement and crop production, conjunctive application of water and fertilizers, and other factors that affect the productivity of water in agriculture. 3. Irrigation Technology Adoption: including research into the determinants of adopting water-saving irrigation technology and practices and the effects adoption has on water use, crop production, and water quality. 4. Irrigation and Climate Change: including research into the approaches in adapting to climate change in irrigation water management and also mitigating atmospheric greenhouse gas buildup. 5. Waste Water Reuse: including research into the effectiveness of using treated wastewater in agriculture and the implications of using wastewater in agriculture. 6. Drainage and salinity control: including research into approaches and technologies for drainage and salinity control, reuse of brackish water. 7. Institutional Reform and Water Pricing: including irrigation district management reforms (such as water user associations and canal contracting), the effects of water pricing policies on water use, crop production and farm incomes, and the effectiveness of alternative polices to control groundwater withdrawals. 8. New technology application: including research into application of new technologies in irrigation water management, such as remote sensing, canal automation, decision-making support system. 9. Information Services and Technology Transfer: assemble, manage and publish data and information resources for research, education and public service. To generate broad interest and increased activities, the Parties will, upon mutual consent, involve other interested government agencies and the scientific and business communities of both countries in cooperative programs, trade capacity-building activities, and scientific cooperation and exchanges in implementation of this Annex.


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I'm in a giveaway mood, aren't you?
I'm giving away two sets of my mini bows to two lucky winners, your color choice, HOORAY!!!
What you need to do to enter..
1. Go to little Rozies bow shop and pick your favorite item
2. Come back to MyShtub and leave a comment here on this post about your favorite item, and why its your favorite.
3. Please leave an email with your comment
4. I will be choosing winners in one week on January 13th with a random number generator. Good luck!!!!


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NEW: For a prettier blog interface, see the Wordpress version!
Priorities - A: high, B: medium, C: low; Status - _: unfinished, X: finished, C: cancelled, P: pending, o: in progress, >: delegated. Covey quadrants - Q1 & Q3: urgent, Q1 & Q2: important
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1. dear_raed blog: stories from within Iraq : 11:34
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ is an interesting blog that gives you a feel of what it's like in Iraq.
2. trend summer outing : 14:42
Probably won't accept invitation. Feel completely lazy and am thinking of staying home and playing Scrabble. Besides, shouldn't make other people feel awkward, as do not work for Trend and have no intentions of ever doing so.
3. emacs-wiki and automatic publishing : 16:32
I use this nifty LISP snippet to automatically publish my pages whenever I save.
(add-hook 'emacs-wiki-mode-hook (lambda () (add-hook 'after-save-hook (lambda () (unless emacs-wiki-publishing-p (emacs-wiki-publish-this-page))) nil t)))
This used to be a fairly big hassle back when emacs-wiki tried to do multiline parsing for =,
but now it's acceptably fast.
Next up: I wonder if http://lufs.sourceforge.net can help me publish to http://richip.dhs.org/~sachac/ automatically...
4. scrabble game : 22:17
Just finished two games of Scrabble. The first I played with Mom and my sister Kathy. Mom nearly outscored me despite having come in halfway through the game. She couldn't join us for the second game, though, so it was just Kathy and me. I managed to get a 7-letter word on the board - "RAISINS" - which helped me get a total score of 343 to Kathy's 246. I love Scrabble.
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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Heh. Well played. The Daily News went with a lame acronym, while the Washington Post, which I don't think even wants to win the tabloid war anymore, chooses the stuffy "Citing affair, Petraeus steps down from CIA."
We can do better. Leave your best Petraeus/Broadwell headlines and puns below, though of course nothing will ever top All In.
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Alabama crushes Notre Dame to win BCS National Championship Game
Published: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 11:15 p.m.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. | Picture Alabama's greatest moment in its previous history with Notre Dame, Cornelius Bennett's crushing hit on Steve Beurlein in 1986. Now imagine that hit lasting, not for a split-second but for 60 minutes.
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That provides some idea of what happened on Monday night.
Alabama hit Notre Dame with Ferrari speed and Mack Truck force in the BCS Championship Game, rolling to a 42-14 victory and securing a third Bowl Championship Series title in four years. The win was also the seventh straight national championship victory for a Southeastern Conference team and perhaps the most impressive as the No. 1 ranked Irish were thoroughly outmanned, clearly the slower and less talented team.
The 28-point margin of victory was the largest in BCS Championship history with the exception of USC's 55-19 win over Okalahoma in 2005, a result that was later vacated.
Alabama rolled through the Notre Dame defense on each of its first three possessions, accumulating more than 200 yards in the first quarter alone. Eddie Lacy scored the first Alabama touchdown on a 20-yard run, capping an 82-yard touchdown march that began when Notre Dame, after winning the opening toss, deferred and chose to give UA the ball to start the game.
After a three-and-out, Alabama went on a 61-yard march with Michael Williams of Reform capping the drive on a three-yard touchdown pass from A.J. McCarron and giving UA a 14-0 lead. Notre Dame (12-1) managed one first down in its next possession, punted again and gave up an 80 yard touchdown drive, capped when the Crimson Tide's T.J. Yeldon scored on a 1-yard run on the first play of the second quarter. The remainder of the final three periods consisted, more or less, of UA imposing its will and head coach Nick Saban deciding what he wanted the final margin to be. Notre Dame, to its credit, did score a pair of second-half touchdowns -- one on a run by quarterback Everett Golson, the other on a Golson pass -- but neither threatened to alter the outcome.
There was also the Amari Cooper Show. The Crimson Tide freshman receiver highlighted the second half with two touchdowns, a 34-yard scoring catch in the third quarter and a 19-yard reception early in the fourth quarter. That gave Cooper a school record with 11 touchdown receptions on the season and put him over the 1,000-yard mark on receiving.
Lacy also had an 11-yard touchdown catch from McCarron, who completed 20 of 28 passes for 264 yards and four touchdowns.
Alabama outgained the Irish 523 yards to 302. More impressively, the Crimson Tide limited Notre Dame -- who came in advertised as a "physical" team -- to just 32 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, both Lacy (140 yards) and freshman Yeldon (108) went over the 100-yard mark for the Crimson Tide.
Lacy was named the game's Most Outstanding Offensive Player, while Crimson Tide linebacker C.J. Mosley won Most Outstanding Defensive Player.
The victory lifted Saban to a perfect 4-0 in BCS Championship games, including three titles at Alabama and one at LSU. Alabama's three national titles in four years equals the mark set by Nebraska in the mid-90's, prior to the advent of the BCS.
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Katie Rose Closser and Joshua Brent Hammock, both of Hannibal, with their families, have announced their engagement.
The prospective bride's parents are James and Colleen Closser of Hannibal.
The prospective bridegroom's parents are James and Wilma Hammock of Hannibal.
Katie is a 2005 Hannibal High School graduate. She is a paraprofessional at Monroe City Middle School.
Joshua is a 2002 graduate of Hannibal High School. He is employed by Peters Heating & Air Conditioning in Hannibal.
The wedding is planned for September 28, 2013, at Holy Family Church in Hannibal Mo.
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