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EDWARDS, Colorado - Mike Henritze has been named general manager of the Club at Cordillera, effective immediately, John Easterbrook, executive vice president of Troon Golf announced earlier this month.
Henritze, formerly general manager of the Ridge at Castle Pines North, one of Troon Golf's premier facilities located in Castle Pines, has been interim general manager of the Club at Cordillera since Troon Prive took over the operation on Jan. 1.
"We have been 100 percent focused on restoring The Club at Cordillera to its prominence as one of the preeminent mountain golf club communities in the country," Easterbrook said. "Mike has led that effort since we arrived at Cordillera and his mastery of operations and guest and member service is exemplary of the Troon principals. We are thrilled that he has opted to move to the mountains and restore excellence in all facets of the Club at Cordillera."
Henritze, prior to his position at the Ridge at Castle Pines, was general manager for Troon Golf's flagship property, Troon North Club in Scottsdale, AZ. This 36-hole upscale resort and private golf course designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish was ranked as the No. 1 public golf course in the state of Arizona.
In his new position, Henritze is charged with the oversight of The Club at Cordillera and all of its operations, including golf, merchandising, food and beverage, course maintenance and agronomy, general and administrative operations, housekeeping, concierge, and member services.
"We look forward to the opportunity to build The Club at Cordillera into what is, once again, a magnificent private mountain golf club," Henritze said. "I think the start of a good foundation has been laid successfully and my goal is to create a vibrancy where the members engage and visit the club again and again. It is our job to create that atmosphere and vibe."
Henritze's interests include his family, golf, reading, all sports, the outdoors and hiking. He is a graduate of the University of Wyoming.


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- We should not forget that the Vikings continued to raid north-west Wales well into the 1130s.
- So who were the Vikings raiding around the Welsh coast, the Welsh or themselves?
- In the 8th century the Vikings began one of the most remarkable periods of expansion in history.
From Old Norse víkingr, from vík 'creek' or Old English wīc 'camp, dwelling place'.
The Vikings were seafaring pirates and traders from Scandinavia who raided and settled in many parts of north-western Europe from the 8th to the 11th century. Scholars formerly assumed that the name came from Scandinavian vík 'creek, inlet', and referred to their setting out from the inlets of the sea, but it may well derive from Old English wīc 'camp', since formation of temporary encampments was a prominent feature of Viking raids. The situation is complicated by the fact that it is not an old word in English, but borrowed from Icelandic in the early 19th century, although there was an equivalent Old English word wicing.
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Ausable Valley Central 8th grader, Christopher Yeager is so good at geography, he's one of 100 top students from around New York who earned a spot in the state Geographic Bee contest to be held in Albany.
He's also the only student from the North Country who qualified.
The Geographic Bee is April 5th in Albany. The top three from state will move on to national finals in Washington D.C.
The first prize is a $25,000 college scholarship and an all-expenses paid trip to the Galapagos Islands.


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RICHMOND -- When Temple Beth Hillel opened at its current location in the Hilltop area, the surrounding terrain was barren. However, the Jewish faith has a holiday known as "Tu Bishvat" -- the New Year for the trees -- and every February, the congregation's children would plant seedlings. Now, the temple is surrounded by very large pine and cypress trees.
It's a perfect metaphor for the founding families of the only synagogue in West Contra Costa. On Nov. 10, eight longtime members of the congregation were honored at a dinner at Beth Hillel. Lee Blumenfeld, Clara-Rae Genser, Harry Kiefer, Adolph Kamil, Henry Linker, Pearl Wolffs, Sam Genirberg and Rose Genirberg were toasted for their lifelong commitments to Beth Hillel and to Richmond.
Each of the honorees was interviewed for an oral history, with excerpts shown during the dinner.
Temple Beth Hillel opened in 1964 at Park Central and Hilltop. It was preceded by a Jewish Community Center on Macdonald Avenue, where Target is currently located. At the time, the congregation included several prominent Richmond families.
"There was a thriving community of Jewish merchants," said former temple President Josh Genser, son of Clara-Rae Genser. "They owned Blumenfeld Department Store, they owned Wolff's Jewelers, Mary Landers shoes."
The community center was located on land that was slated to be redeveloped into a Montgomery Ward store.
"We knew we needed a larger building and away from that much traffic," Clara-Rae Genser said. "At the time, one of our members was Walter Wolff, who owned a jewelry store on Macdonald, and he was into real estate. By what process, I don't know, but he found out about this property which was owned then by Standard Oil and we were able to purchase it from them for a very nice price."
Said Linker, "It was exciting. And you have to start raising money. Up until then we had something that was inexpensive, relatively. Like all organizations, you go to the congregation and show the plans and get them excited about the prospects of having a building of their own."
Since the temple opened, the congregation has remained fairly stable — around 100 families. Clara-Rae Genser called it a "closely-knit" community.
"We face the fact that we're never going to be a large Jewish community," Linker said. "People who came to this large general area preferred to live in Berkeley and Walnut Creek. People in those communities grew while we remained largely static."
Richmond has changed over the years -- Blumenfeld's is long gone, for instance -- but the temple on the hill has remained, working with the community.
One of the ways Beth Hillel has worked with the community is through the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program. Created in the 1960s, GRIP brought together congregations of various faiths to work for a better city by providing a soup kitchen and shelter, farmers markets, land trusts and other initiatives.
Now, as the current temple approaches its 50th anniversary, the founding members were delighted to be honored.
"It was fabulous," Wolffs said. "It was a wonderful occasion, it was a wonderful affair. We were surprised at the elegance. They decorated the hall. The food was great. It was catered. They screened the interviews."
Said Linker, "I think when you get older, you do appreciate the people recognizing the role you played even if you aren't playing it anymore."
Clara-Rae Genser said with a laugh that she particularly enjoyed the Master of Ceremonies -- her son, Josh.
Josh Genser said the only regret is that Beth Hillel didn't honor its founders sooner.
"We should have done it 10 years ago," he said.
Just the fact that they were celebrated was enough for Wolffs.
"It's wonderful to be living and seeing all the changes that are happening," she said. "I'm very grateful to be still alive."


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The K-State Wild Kids had a potluck Christmas party on Dec. 20 at the 4-H Extension Office.
Instead of a gift exchange, money was donated to fund shipment of the Operation Christmas Child boxes that the group collected items for in November. For roll call, members answered what his or her favorite community service activity was during the holidays. The Mitten Tree and Ringing the Bell for the Salvation Army Red Kettle were the top answers.
Jaxson Mead brought two of his favorite chickens and gave a talk about his poultry project.
For more information about joining 4-H, go to www.mcpherson.ksu.edu. New members are welcome in any of the seven clubs in McPherson County.
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Area hoops roundup: Mercer edges Upstate women
Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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In Spartanburg, up eight points with less than six minutes left, USC Upstate (10-16, 6-9 A-Sun) allowed Mercer (18-7, 12-2 A-Sun) to use an 11-0 run to slip past the Spartans 55-54 on Monday night at the Hodge Center. It was the Spartans' last home game of the season.
Brittany Starling led the Spartans, recording her fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and 14 boards.
Davidson 67, Wofford 54: In Davidson, N.C., Davidson used 39 points and a 67 percent field goal percentage in the second half to hand Wofford a loss. Morgan Wrightson led the Terriers with 21 points.
Belmont Abbey 77, North Greenville 64: In Belmont, N.C., North Greenville fell to 8-14 overall, and 6-12 in Conference Carolinas play, after losing to Belmont Abbey. Timisty Nelson led the Crusaders with 21 points.
Belmont Abbey 120, North Greenville 99: In Belmont, N.C., despite having five players in double figures, North Greenville dropped a high-scoring road contest to Belmont Abbey. Chris Dean led the Crusaders with 25 points and eight rebounds.
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U.S. Gets 'Unsatisfactory' Grade on Women's Health
Dec. 9, 2010 -- More women are binge drinking and fewer women are getting Pap smears to test for cervical cancer, a new analysis reveals. On a positive note, a lower proportion of women are dying of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and breast cancer.
The nation and most states continued to receive a grade of "unsatisfactory" on key issues affecting women's health in an updated report released today by the National Women's Law Center (NWLC).
For the fifth time this decade and the first time since 2007, the group has issued a national and state-by-state report card on the status of important health goals for women set a decade ago by federal officials in their Healthy People 2010 initiative.
As the end of the decade approaches, the analysis revealed that very few of these goals have been met.
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The number of women in the nation receiving mammograms, the number being screened for colorectal cancer, and the number that had annual dental exams met or exceeded national goals for 2010.
But 23 other health objectives graded by NWLC will not have been met by the end of this year.
And several disturbing health trends have emerged over the last three years, including:
- The percentage of women that reported one or more episodes of binge drinking within a month of being questioned increased to 10.6% from 7.3% in 2007. Binge drinking was defined as having five or more drinks on a single occasion.
- The percentage of women that reported getting annual Pap smears declined from 86% to 78% during the same period.
- The percentage of women that tested positive for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia increased from 6.3% to 7.4%.
Compared to three years ago, a higher percentage of women in the U.S. are also obese and have high blood pressure and/or diabetes.
In 2010, 26.4% of women were obese, compared to 24% in 2007. Both figures fall far short of the goal of a 15% obesity rate by 2010 set by government health officials at the beginning of the decade.
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Thanks to member Scott Fitzgerald in a posting to firstname.lastname@example.com for this tip: a free downloadable .pdf copy of William Dollarhide's "Getting Started in Genealogy Online."
It's a 60-plus page book with the basics of starting (and re-starting and getting back on track) your genealogical search with a large number of online clickable web links. You can go buy the hardbound book or get this one for free by downloading it.
There are a few ads on the first pages (three) one for a book by Scott Drew, one for the Genealogical.com website where you can — if you wish — sign up for a free genealogy newsletter by email, and one for WorldVitalRecords.com which is offering the Dollarhide book download for NOTHING. As a courtesy I looked at the ads and as a way of thanking them, I browsed those three ad pages, but it's not required.
For me, this download was a must have. After looking at it, I saved a copy (perfectly legal by their terms of use) to my computer. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
This is the download link: http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/download-ebook.aspx
Scott Fitzgerald is the editor of "East Texas Family Records, a quarterly publication of the East Texas Genealogical Society which covers the counties of Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith." and the "Treasurer (2008-2011) of the Texas State Genealogical Society" among other things in the genealogical world of Texas. He has also presented programs at our Wood County society meetings.
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On Dec. 18, two Hannibal Fire Department probationary firefighters, Russell Schindler, and Dustin Royal, graduated from the Columbia Fire Department Basic Recruit School. This academy is an 11-week program including 440 hours of training that provides recruits with the basic knowledge and state certifications to begin their career in the fire service. The training consists of both classroom and hands-on practical skills sessions.
In addition to physical conditioning and acclamation to the routines of the fire service, recruits also receive training and certifications in Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations levels, Fire Fighter I & II, Vehicle Rescue Technician NIMS: Incident Command for the Fire Service, LP Gas Emergencies, Introduction to Technical Rescue, Trench Rescue Awareness, and Pumping Apparatus Driver Operator.
Probationary Firefighter Schindler was also voted as "Distinguished Graduate" by his peers from Columbia, Marshall, Jefferson City and Hannibal.
Both Schindler and Royal have also obtained their Missouri and National Registry EMT-B licenses, and are both now working on shift.
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I am using latest PMS on a small Ubuntu Server.
When I launch PMS first time everything is perfect, all files displayed etc..
But after watching a movie and shutting down the PS3 and starting it later to watch another movie, all folders are emtpy..
I can see the Transcode folder with the filenames as folder inside, but they also appear as emtpy.
I need to restart PMS everytime this happens, so the files get displayed again..
I set it up like described here:
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Evidence for the Implementation of the Final Solution: Electronic Edition, by Browning, Christopher R.Table of Contents
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[Introduction] Documentary Evidence for the Systematic Mass Killing of Jews by Shooting
Prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Reinhard Heydrich (Himmler's deputy and Chief of the Security Police and Security Service) assembled four mobile SS units known as Einsatzgruppen. They were designated A, B, C, and D for the Baltic, Central, Southern, and Romanian fronts respectively. The four Einsatzgruppen were in turn divided into smaller units referred to as Einsatzkommandos and Sonderkommandos. By agreement with the German army, these SS units were permitted to move forward with the advancing German military and operate up to the front lines.
In the rear areas police functions were exercised by the Order Police, which included rural police stations of the Gendarmerie, urban police stations of the Schutzpolizei, mobile Police Battalions, and growing auxiliary police units composed of native recruits working on behalf of the Germans called Schutzmannschaften. Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS and Chief of German Police, also designated three Higher SS and Police Leaders (North, Central, and South) to coordinate all joint police activities behind the front.
By far the richest collection of surviving documents relevant to the systematic mass murder of Jews through shooting are the reports from the Einsatzgruppen recorded in the so-called Ereignismeldungen or Event Reports compiled by Heydrich's staff in Berlin. One hundred and ninety-five Event Reports were compiled between June 23, 1941, and April 24, 1942.1
Eleven "Activity and Situation Reports (Tätigkeits und Lageberichte) of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD in the USSR" were also compiled by Heydrich's staff between July 31, 1941, and March 31, 1942. These Activity and Situation Reports summarized the contents of the Event Reports (bi-monthly for August and September 1941 and otherwise monthly) and were widely circulated throughout the German government2. Three other reports originating from the Einsatzgruppen (two by the commander of Einsatzgruppe A, Franz Stahlecker3 , and one by his subordinate, the commander of Einsatzkommando 3, Karl Jäger4 , as well as a series of orders from Heydrich are also significant5 .
One reason for this extensive reporting from the Einsatzgruppen and its systematic compilation in Berlin is revealed by a message from Heinrich Müller, the head of the Gestapo within Heydrich's Security Police, to the four Einsatzgruppen on August 1, 1941. "The Führer is to be kept informed continually from here about the work of the Einsatzgruppen in the East"6
These collections of Einsatzgruppen documents certainly constitute the primary though not the only documentary sources for the killing operations into the spring of 1942. Thereafter, for contemporary written records, the historian is dependent upon a mixed collection of German documents originating from a number of sources, such as the Higher SS and Police, the civil administration of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, the mobile Police Battalions, the Gendarmerie stations, and the military.
This report will not attempt a complete history of the destruction of Soviet Jewry as reflected in these German documents. Rather it will focus on four issues: 1) the scale of killing; 2) the steady escalation of the categories of Jews targeted for execution; 3) the use of open and camouflage language in the documents; and 4) the implications for our wider understanding of Nazi Jewish policy and the Final Solution.
1. The Ereignismeldungen or Event Reports are found in Bundesarchiv, R 58.
2. The Tätigkeits- und Lageberichte are found the Political Archives of the German Foreign Office, Inland II 431. They are not published in full in: Peter Klein, ed., Die Einsatzgruppen in der besetzten Sowjetunion 1941/42: Die Tätigkeits- und Lageberichte des Chefs der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Berlin, 1997). This book also contains many other relevant documents.
3. The first Stahlecker report of 15.10.41 is Nürnberg Document 180-L, printed in IMT, vol. 27. The second, undated draft report is Nürnberg Document PS-2273.
4. Karl Jäger's report of 1.12.41. entitled "Gesamptaufstellung der im Bereich des EK. 3 bis zum 1. Dez. 1941 durchgefürten Exekutionen," Special Archives Moscow (hereafter SAM), 500-1-25.
5. The most complete collection can now be found in Klein, Die Einsatzgruppen.
6. Die Einsatzgruppen in der besetzten Sowjetunion 1941/42, p. 342 (Müller to Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D, 1.8.41). (Dem Führer soll von her aus lfd. Berichte über die Arbeit der Einsatzgruppen im Osten vorgelegt werden.)
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Following President Barack Obama's second inauguration, the nation witnessed a parade. I'm not talking about the splendorous one with bands and floats marching down Pennsylvania Avenue; I'm referring to the parade of Republican demagogues who grandstanded on Capitol Hill these past weeks, badgering the woman who has been arguably our finest secretary of state and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, and attempting to calumniate the man nominated to be our next secretary of defense.
The committee hearings that featured Hillary Clinton and Chuck Hagel were less about those witnesses' competency than about GOP panelists who crave political theatre. Wasting precious hours, these characters didn't seek information. They performed.
Tea party Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he would have fired Clinton and erroneously claimed that "we had to limit (former President Franklin Roosevelt) because he served so many terms" even though the 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951 six years after FDR died. Following Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson's accusation that Clinton disseminated false information about last summer's Benghazi attack, then-Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., elicited an admission from Johnson that he hadn't even attended the tragedy's intelligence briefing.
Similarly, when Arizona Sen. John McCain, one of the strongest promoters of the Iraq War, was asked at a GOP presidential primary debate in 2007 whether he had read the National Intelligence Estimate about whether or not weapons of mass destruction existed there, he replied "I did not read that document."
Which brings us to this: McCain's unraveling as a respectable public official is one of these days' saddest political stories. On Jan. 23, McCain called the State Department's handling of the Benghazi attack "a cover-up from the beginning." He offered no supporting evidence. He told Clinton that she should get her facts straight, a feat with which he has had considerable difficulty for years.
Worse, last Thursday he aggressively confronted Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel - not to elicit information, but to re-debate the wisdom of going to war in Iraq. It was a loaded cross-examination about a decision that is being increasingly regarded as a historical mistake.
"Were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam? Were you correct or incorrect?" McCain demanded, pressing Hagel for a simple "yes" or "no," right or wrong answer. Cutting through several interruptions, Hagel managed to correct McCain. "The comment I made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since Vietnam was about not just the surge but the overall war of choice going into Iraq." McCain's retort to Hagel that "history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong side of it" is incorrect.
Since McCain was lecturing about others' judgments, let's look at some of his. Beyond his choice of Sarah Palin to be his 2008 running mate, his series of statements about Iraq is a pedigree of incredible faux pas:
2002: "I believe that the success [in Iraq] will be fairly easy."
2003: "The Iraqi people will greet us as liberators."
2003: "It's clear that the end is very much in sight."
2007: "We were greeted as liberators."
In 2004, McCain's calling the Iraq war of choice in which we attacked a country that was not a threat to us "necessary, achievable and noble" was itself faulty judgment.
And take his disastrous 2008 judgment that the Iraq War was "a good idea ... because we will have peace and success in the Middle East." Peace and success? The Middle East today is in turmoil with Iran dominating the Gulf region because its main antagonist, Iraq, was neutralized by the Iraq War in which 4,000 Americans were killed, thousands more injured, and the war's cost, financed on the come, helped decimate our economy. McCain has little standing to criticize others' judgments.
McCain's feisty nature is reminiscent of his own acknowledged mindset at a much younger age. "I thought I was tougher than anyone," he told the conservative Daily Manumitter. "I was pretty independent then, too. I liked to bend a few rules, and pick a few fights for the fun of it. But I did it for my own pleasure; my own pride. I didn't think there was a cause more important than me."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
By the way, a President Hillary Clinton would join this exclusive club of six who were both Secretary of State and President: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan.
- Michael Zucker is a resident of South Lake Tahoe and a stockbroker with Regal Securities. The views expressed in this column are his alone and do not represent those of Regal.


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Colorado author Dagny McKinley brings her story "The Adventures of a Girl & Her Dog" to The Bookworm of Edward's weekly toddler story time on Monday at 9:15 a.m.The book was recently published, and focuses on girls' independence and exploration in nature. "My goal was for girls to feel just as at home in nature as men and boys do," McKinley said. "For some reason, many of the women I know today are afraid to spend a night alone in nature. For me, nature often feels like the safest place to be. Spending time alone in nature builds self-confidence and allows us to explore all the sides of ourselves on our own terms."The story is a whimsical tale the author hopes will resonate with adults as much as children. Getting dirty, laughing and letting loose are all things we should make part of our daily lives, she says.McKinley has an master's of fine arts from Naropa University and is the author of three other books: "Wild Hearts: Dog Sledding the Rockies," "Lessons My Mother Taught Me: The Good, the Bad and the Questionable" and "The Wandering Rose." McKinley has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers.
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"Firework Spraying Moon" by Jonti (Stones Throw).
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Drawings by artist Ryan Travis Christian. More images below.
One of my favourite animators Dan Britt returns with another brilliant short, "I'm Dead Inside", handling the visuals and the music! He previously contributed to Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and made the brilliant animation "I Decided to Leave". I can't really tell if things like this are considered dark humour or just regular humour anymore. Maybe you can let me know one way or the other.
I highly recommend you watch "I'm Dead Inside" over on Booooooom TV.
A selection of paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Kajahl Benes. More images below.
Pattern is a fantastic little iPad app (available in the App Store as of today) created by former Facebook product designer Andy Chung, specifically for the purpose of ideation and early stage design. Its simple tools and charming interface feel equal parts whiteboard and grid paper.
I love this app! You can see in the video clip below just how beautifully considered it is. Everything feels natural and intuitive, and it makes creating with the Apple Pencil and gestures fast and fun. A web layout with notes scrawled over it, literally takes seconds.
Andy has given us 5 promo codes to download Pattern for free! We'll hook up the first 3 people who leave a comment here telling us what crazy thing you hope it will help you design.
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DEAR CAROLYN: I found out that my boyfriend deletes all his emails, including ones from me. I was so surprised when I heard this because I've never met someone who doesn't keep any personal emails.
I was a bit hurt and upset because we've had some heartfelt email exchanges, especially when we did long-distance for a year.
Admittedly I am somewhat of a sentimentalist and enjoy reading old messages, or at least knowing they are available to be read at any time.
When I asked him the reason, he said the messages themselves don't matter so much, it's the feelings they bring out. He also explained that he doesn't delete my messages immediately after reading them, but maybe a week or a month later, after the messages have exhausted their use.
I can't believe he doesn't value our correspondences enough to keep them. Since then, I'm having a hard time writing to him at all, knowing my message eventually will be deleted.
I don't want this to be an issue, and I don't care about his email management per se, but it's been on my mind for longer than expected. Advice?
DEAR C.: Please don't take this the wrong way -- man, I want to be your boyfriend.
A clean email queue -- I'm just going to close my eyes and feel it for a second. Sigh.
You do realize, I think, that what you have isn't just an email-sav(or)ing difference, but a difference in the way you live your emotional lives. That's why you haven't been able to shake this off as you expected you would -- and that's why it is an issue.
For a sentimental person to pair off happily with an emotional modernist, both need to feel gratitude for the difference, versus pain or contempt, and neither can harbor the goal of changing the other's approach.
His preference is about him and yours is about you; if you remain unconvinced of that, then the path I see for this relationship is a frustrating one for you both.
So can you, Sentimental, appreciate his uncluttered emotional shelves -- or will you keep buying him knickknacks and then feeling rejected when he doesn't display them?
And can you, Modernist, regard her nostalgia as a warm place that's available to you when you want or need it -- or will it always be, in your eyes, the unholy spawn of silliness and a hoarding compulsion?
The way people show affection isn't in itself a measure of how much affection they feel -- effusive gestures can be empty, of course, and quiet ones both powerful and profound. He could be archiving emotions just as you tuck away mail. But believing this intellectually isn't enough: The quality of his affection has to be there, as does your ability to appreciate the way he chooses to show it.
The way to judge these is to see whether each of you is getting what you want and need from the other. How you measure that is up to you, with only one ground rule: You can tell someone what you want, but you can't tell anyone what to give.
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An AMC employee who goes by "MoronUnited" on YouTube decided to teach his boss a "lesson" about giving him vague directions concerning the disposal of an expired box of Milk Duds.
Not to give away the ending, but, as has been pointed out, the expression "you had one job" has never been more apt.
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Laparoscopic Surgery (Fibroid Tumor Removal; Uterine Fibroid Removal) by Health Library Editorial Staff and Contributors
Definition: This surgery involves removing fibroids from the wall of the uterus (womb). Fibroids are noncancerous tumors in the muscle of the uterus.
Reasons for Procedure: Myomectomy is done to relieve problems caused by fibroids without doing a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus). These problems can include:
- Pelvic pain
- Back pain
- Pressure on the bladder
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Difficulty becoming pregnant
- Discomfort during sexual intercourse
The symptoms caused by fibroids are often successfully controlled with this procedure. This may include a return to a normal menstrual cycle and the ability to become pregnant.
Possible Complications: Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have a myomectomy, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Bleeding
- Surgical wound infection
- Recurrence of fibroids
- Damage to other organs
- Wall of the uterus may be weakened if a large fibroid is removed
- Reactions to anesthesia
- Need for special precautions in pregnancy (eg, need to deliver by cesarean section)
- Pelvic adhesions that can cause pain and/or bowel blockage
- Problems found during surgery that make removal of the uterus necessary
- Severe scarring, resulting in infertility
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Obesity
- Chronic or recent illness
- Recent drug, tobacco, or alcohol use
- Use of certain prescription medicines
- Diabetes
- Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the procedure.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure: Your doctor may do the following:
- Physical exam
- Blood tests
- Review your medicines
- Dilation and curettage (D&C): a procedure to remove tissue from the lining of the uterus (endometrium)
- Ultrasound shows images of pelvic organs
- Intravenous pyelogram: x-rays taken of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder after a contrast medium is injected into a peripheral vein (done if the fibroids are affecting the ureters)
You should discuss with your doctor:
- Whether you should have hormone treatment for 2-4 months before the procedure. This treatment shrinks fibroids. It makes them easier to remove and reduces the risk of excess blood loss during the procedure.
- If cancer is found in the uterus, one option is to remove the uterus during the myomectomy.
- Whether you should donate your own blood for the procedure
Leading up to your procedure:
- Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure, like:
- Aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs
- Blood thinners, such as clopidogrel (Plavix) or warfarin (Coumadin)
- Arrange for a ride home from the hospital. Also, arrange for help at home.
- Do not eat or drink for at least eight hours before the procedure.
Anesthesia: General anesthesia is used most often. It will block any pain and keep you asleep through the surgery. It is given through an IV in your hand or arm.
Description of the Procedure: The doctor will make a small cut in the navel. The doctor will insert a laparoscope into the abdomen through the cut. A laparoscope is a tube with a tiny camera on the end. The doctor will use this to examine the abdomen. Two or three additional small cuts will be made in the abdomen. Other tools will be inserted through these cuts. The doctor will find each fibroid and remove it. In some cases, you may be given the drug Pitressin to reduce blood loss. After the fibroids are removed, the doctor will use stitches to close the incision area.
Be aware that in some cases, the doctor may need to switch to an open surgery. During an open surgery, she will make a larger cut in the abdomen to do the surgery.
Immediately After Procedure: After the procedure, you will be:
- Taken to the postoperative area
- Watched for complications
- Given IV fluids and medicines
How Long Will It Take? 1-2 hours
Will It Hurt? Your doctor will give you pain medicine to help control the pain.
Average Hospital Stay: You will either stay overnight or leave the hospital the same day as your surgery.
Post-procedure Care: Full recovery will take about 2-4 weeks. When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
- Be sure to follow your doctor''s instructions.
- Wear sanitary pads or napkins to absorb blood. The first menstruation after the procedure may be heavier than normal.
- Try to walk often. This will decrease the risk of blood clots.
- Take medicines as prescribed by your doctor. If you had to stop medicines before the procedure, ask your doctor when you can start again.
- Bathe or shower as normal. Gently wash the incision area with mild soap.
Ask your doctor when you will be able to:
- Return to work and drive
- Resume sexual activity
- Resume strenuous activity (You may need to wait 2-6 weeks.)
Call Your Doctor: After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Excessive vaginal bleeding (soaking more than one pad per hour) after the procedure
- Excessive vaginal discharge that continues beyond one month after the procedure
- Vaginal discharge has a foul odor
- Severe abdominal pain
- Headaches, muscle aches, dizziness, or general ill feeling
- Nausea, vomiting, constipation, or abdominal swelling
- Pain and/or swelling in one or both legs
- Fibroid symptoms return after the procedure
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Pain, burning, urgency or frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine
- New, unexplained symptoms
In case of an emergency, CALL 911.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
National Uterine Fibroids Foundation
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"The Bachelorette" (8 p.m., ABC):
The made-for-TV fairy tale continues in Brussels as Andi sizes up the final six bachelors vying for her heart. Included: A group date among some castle ruins. Let's hope it's not a metaphor for where this whole thing is headed.
"24: Live Another Day" (9 p.m., Fox):
Poor Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). All that running around and fighting bad guys in London, and no time to take in the sights. Meanwhile, the terror threat intensifies. On this show, it always does.
"Under the Dome" (10 p.m., CBS): Last summer's big spooky-kooky hit, returns with an episode penned by none other than Stephen King, whose 2009 novel started the whole thing. He's promising "some scary, mind-blowing stuff."
Also on Monday:
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HAYWARD -- Family and friends say 16-year-old Kristofer Prasinos spent his life standing up for others.
Last month, at a Hayward park, he stepped in to defend a teenage girl being threatened at both gun and knife point.
That act of chivalry cost him his life.
Kristofer was found fatally shot near the Centennial Park baseball diamond at 24000 Amador St. about 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. The teen, who lived in Hayward, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
"He was just being protective. That's what he did," Kristofer's mother, Jessica Wright, said of her son's actions that day. "It's been a difficult road."
Friends and family described Kristofer as a friendly, charismatic and hardworking boy who loved skateboarding, the Oakland Raiders and the Oakland A's. He had recently fathered a son, who will turn six months old on Dec. 14.
Since age 14 -- except for a short stint at Mount Eden High School -- he participated in an area independent studies program at Quest Academy in San Leandro.
"His goal was to graduate early and his teacher told him if he kept up the way he was with his studies he could graduate this summer instead of next year," his mother said.
"Kris was very popular, very well liked," said his teacher, Susan Jensen. "Everybody was touched by him. As a student he didn't take it all that seriously, but it was the birth of his baby that really put the fire under him. He was getting his work done."
In addition to Quest, he worked part time at an area restaurant and attended classes with the Eden Area Regional Occupational Program with hopes of becoming a paramedic.
The week before his death, his mother said, he got his CPR certification.
"He was naturally athletic, strong, compassionate," Wright said. "He always knew how to help with people in a situation and keep them calm. He made people around him feel good. When he was younger he stood up for a kid that was disabled. He loved everybody."
But his path wasn't always smooth, his parents said.
He made some wrong choices in middle school hanging around the wrong kids — some who family confirmed were associated with northern California street gangs.
"But between the 9th and 10th grade he really got his act together and knew that wasn't right," his mother said.
Jacob Wright, his stepfather and a teacher and former football coach for San Lorenzo High School, said his stepson was focusing on being a good father, brother and worker.
In addition to his parents and his son, Kristofer leaves behind his brothers, Jacob, 6, and Joseph, 17.
On the day of his death, Kristofer attended a birthday party at the park for a 16-year-old Hayward girl, according to court documents. Before he got to the party, however, an confrontation began between a group of teenage girls and two alleged teenage gang members now charged in Kristofer's death.
Police say Josue Lupian, 16, and Daniel Nunez, 17, approached the group of girls who they knew from middle school and began yelling and proclaiming alliance with a Hayward criminal street gang. A majority of the girls they approached had at one time associated with members of rival gangs, according to court documents.
The teens left the park but returned a short time later, reigniting the confrontation. Lupian then pulled out a .40 caliber handgun which had been concealed in his waistband, police said. His accomplice pulled out a knife and began waving it at the girl as both suspects began shouting their allegiance to their gang.
Kristofer saw the knife and stepped in to protect the girl, and an argument started. As Nunez waived the knife, Lupian fired a single shot into the ground and Kristofer began to run away.
Lupian allegedly then fired four shots at Kristofer, striking him three times, court documents show. Police say that after Kristofer fell to the ground, one of the suspects laughed and the other "said something to the effect of, 'Now you know who you are messing with'" before the pair fled the park
Prasinos was found unconscious on a concrete walkway and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Investigators determined that the two suspects had fled to a home in Modesto, where they were arrested after police conducted surveillance there. During a search of the home, officers found a .40 caliber handgun and court papers show Lupian admitted to being the shooter and a member of the Hayward gang.
Prosecutors have charged both teen suspects as adults in Kristofer's slaying and filed murder and gang enhancement charges against both of them who due in court Dec. 13 to enter a plea in their respective cases.
At the time of his death, police say, Kristofer was not a gang member nor actively participating in any gang-related activity. Police also confirmed he'd never been arrested.
On the day of his death, Kristofer attended his ROP program from 8-11 a.m. then went to school at noon. At 1 p.m., his mother said she dropped him at friend house in Hayward.
"It wasn't like he was in a dark alleyway hanging out at night, "Jessica Wright said. " This was in broad daylight after school. My son was a good kid doing normal kid stuff and it was really just a senseless act."
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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PLEASANT HILL -- Despite a campaign to save the domed movie theater in Pleasant Hill, the screens soon could go dark after nearly half a century of blockbusters and foreign flicks.
The Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a development plan permit and conditional use permit for SyWest Development's proposal to raze the landmark movie theater and replace it with a two-story Dick's Sporting Goods store. The company also plans to renovate the adjacent building that once housed the Bally Total Fitness Gym. Construction could begin this summer.
Commissioner Jim Bonato, who cast the only no vote, said he is disappointed with the quality of the project, which he feels falls short of truly updating the southern half of the Crossroads Shopping Center.
"I think we deserve better," Bonato said.
Opponents have 10 calendar days to appeal the Planning Commission's decision to the City Council. The Architectural Review Commission is scheduled to review on April 4 the project's landscaping, colors, signage and other aesthetic features.
Last week, the commissioners asked SyWest to consider including in their project a small theater that could show independent films.
"When we put the numbers together we came up with the conclusion that it's not financially feasible to do this," SyWest President Bill Vierra said.
The planning commissioners restricted the height of the letters in "Dick's" to a maximum of 6 feet on the sign facing Interstate 680 and 4 feet on the sign overlooking Buskirk Avenue and the Fair Oaks residential neighborhood. SyWest also must install a mural of the dome theater.
Commissioner Diana Vavrek raised concerns about safety in the 30-foot-wide pedestrian breezeway between the planned Dick's and the existing Marshalls that leads to the Dollar Tree store.
"There's only one way in and one way out, which is fine when the Dollar Tree is open," Vavrek said. "What happens when it's closed?"
Although Vierra said the breezeway will be brightly lighted at all times, the commissioners also will require the police chief and the zoning administrator to approve a security plan for the area before tenants move in.
Before the meeting, about four dozen fans staged a "Save the Dome" rally outside City Hall. They would rather see the theater surrounded by upscale boutiques, restaurants and outdoor seating. Protesters also want the City Council to come to the rescue.
"I really would like them to not agree to the redevelopment plan by SyWest, or at least take it off the table and check into the option of making it a historic resource," said Pleasant Hill resident Deborah Burman, who organized the protest.
Although the dome theater is four years shy of qualifying for possible listing on the California Register of Historical Resources, supporters hope the council will designate the theater a local cultural resource. That label wouldn't automatically save the dome, but SyWest would need a demolition permit from the city's cultural resource management commission.
Lisa P. White covers Martinez and Pleasant Hill. Contact her at 925-943-8011. Follow her at Twitter.com/lisa_p_white.


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The Gridley Museum commissioned Lou Radley of Lou's Signs and Graphics for eleven bronze plaques to be placed on Gridley historical businesses and homes including Hall's General Store - Circa 1885, which is now AgData at the corner of Hazel and Kentucky Streets. Plans are in the works for the next group of plaques to be done soon. Other plaques installed by Radley were at the Carnegie Library, the Stone Building, the Veatch Building, the Rideout Bank, the Almon Smith Home, the Veatch home, Holy Trinity Association Hall (Portuguese Hall), the Central Pacific Railroad Depot, Butte Theatre and the Thayer home.
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XXI Releases Third Song "All I Want" from Their Upcoming Album "Inside Out"
XXI has released the third song and lyric video "All I Want" from their upcoming album "Inside Out," which releases on September 18th! You can get this song plus "Say It Again" and "Wasn't Enough" as instant downloads when you Pre-Order the album on iTunes! You can also Pre-Order the album on the Tooth... Read on...
Posted Thursday, August 13, 2015 by XXI
XXI Release New Song "Say It Again" & Album Pre-Order
Central Kentucky rock band XXI today premiered their lyric video for the first single "Say It Again" off their forthcoming debut album, Inside Out. Fans can check out the track and video, as well as physical pre-order bundles for the album, at the Tooth & Nail Online Store. Inside Out is set to... Read on...
Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by Various Artists
Tooth & Nail Summer Vinyl Giveaway
In celebration of the Summer not being over yet (aka, it's still warm here in Seattle), we're giving away a turntable, 4 vinyl LPs, and a T-Shirt to one lucky winner!
(1) Crosley Cruiser Portable 3-Speed Turntable (Black)
(1) Copeland "Ixora" Vinyl LP
(1) Anberlin "Lowborn" Vinyl LP
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Posted Monday, August 3, 2015 by XXI
XXI Announce Album "Inside Out" & Tease New Song
Central Kentucky rock band XXI have announced their Tooth & Nail Records debut album Inside Out, set for release on September 18th. The band is also streaming a preview of the first single from the album entitled "Say it Again," which fans can check out HERE. Additionally, physical pre-orders will... Read on...
Posted Friday, July 24, 2015 by Anberlin
Anberlin's "Cities - Live In New York City" Is Out Today
Anberlin has released a live version of their third album Cities - Live In New York City today! Recorded live at The Gramercy Theatre, the album helps celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the original release of Cities. Mixed by original producer Aaron Sprinkle, the live album brings Anberlin's vibrant... Read on...
Posted Monday, June 29, 2015 by Kings Kaleidoscope
Kings Kaleidoscope releases "Live In Focus" EP
Kings Kaleidoscope released their label debut "Becoming Who We Are" last year to critical acclaim. The songs "I Know," "Dreams," and "139" have gained attention for the band, expanding their reach far beyond the Pacific Northwest worship community. "Live In Focus" has been released today, featuring... Read on...
Posted Wednesday, June 3, 2015 by We Are The City
We Are The City "Friends Hurt" Video Premiere
Vancouver, Canada based trio We Are The City have released the music video for their song "Friends Hurt" today! You can watch the video on YouTube or Vevo, or watch it below.
Earlier this year we re-released We Are The City's album "Violent" in the US. "Violent" features the songs "Friends Hurt,"... Read on...
Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2015 by XXI
Announcing Newest Signing XXI
Alternative Press has premiered a new video from Central Kentuckys XXI, our brand new signing, this morning. Formerly known as A Feast For Kings the video/song "Memories" is an open tribute to their fallen vocalist, Eric Gentry. This Sunday marked the one year anniversary of his death.
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The book industry has long had an uneasy relationship with Amazon. Now the online retailer's latest tussle, with publisher Hachette, is raising fresh concerns about its power over the booming e-book business.
Amazon, which reportedly is in tough negotiations over the terms by which it sells Hachette's e-books, has blocked its customers from pre-ordering many titles from the Paris-based publisher, which experts say could severely hurt those books' chances of becoming bestsellers when they officially go on sale.
Neither company responded to this newspaper's requests for comment. But Amazon, whose market share in e-books reportedly has surged since federal prosecutors accused Apple and several publishers in 2012 of conspiring to fix e-book prices, appears to be flexing its muscle. And that irks others in the business, including some of Amazon's brick-and-mortar competitors, even though they could stand to gain sales from the Hachette dispute.
"What this really does for us is highlight what we've been complaining about for a long time about Amazon," said Amy Seaton, manager of Hicklebee's bookstore in San Jose. "It's these kinds of tactics that rankle all of us. They're not a team player and we're in a community that's used to helping each other out."
At the core of the dispute is how Amazon will offer Hachette e-books, a Hachette spokeswoman told The Wall Street Journal. Publishers set the price of e-books they sell to retailers, but the retailers can discount that price. Retailers usually get an approximately 30 percent cut of the publishers' price, so any discount reduces how much money the retailer gets.
Amazon is seeking a bigger cut in its negotiations with Hachette, an industry executive told the Journal.
Amazon's action -- which industry insiders regard as a ploy to pressure Hachette into accepting contract terms favorable to Amazon -- also has riled some famous writers.
Noting that his Hachette-published book "Those Who Wish Me Dead" is among those affected, best-selling author Michael Koryta blogged Friday, "as you can imagine, that is a devastating impact on a new release."
Another book caught up in the squabble is "The Skin Collector" by Jeffery Deaver, who complained in an online post that "Amazon has chosen to attempt to intimidate publisher, authors and readers alike."
And Anna Holmes, who edited the "Book of Jezebel," issued a tweet blasting the e-commerce colossus for what she termed "shameful behavior" and urging people to buy it at Barnes & Noble.
Amazon, long the nation's biggest seller of e-books as well as printed books sold online, has faced increasing competition from e-book seller Apple and some other retailers. But its business got a boost when the U.S. Justice Department leveled its price-fixing allegations.
Although Cupertino-based Apple pleaded not guilty and is fighting the charges, the publishers settled out of court and the case has greatly strengthened Amazon's retail position, according to book industry consultant Mike Shatzkin, CEO of Idea Logical.
"What it did was it put the hammer back in Amazon's hands," he said. That's partly because "they are bigger than anybody else" and can undercut others' prices. In addition, Shatzkin said, Amazon uses books to lure customers to its site, where it offers them numerous other products.
"You buy that book at Amazon and the next thing they do is sell you toilet paper, a computer, a winter coat," he said. "Apple can't do that. Nobody else can do that."
While people can still buy Hachette books at stores, among other places, Amazon's action is likely to make it harder for avid readers to obtain some of the latest, most sought-after titles. Those include Megan Abbott's "The Fever," Elin Hilderbrand's "The Matchmaker," Tom Rob Smith's "The Farm," Anne Rivers Siddons' "The Girls of August" and J.K. Rowlings "Silkworm," penned under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, according to Publishers Lunch, an online news site that tracks the industry.
But it all depends on how long Hachette's dispute with Amazon lingers. In an email to authors, which Publishers Lunch obtained, Hachette's CEO said, "we are doing everything in our power to find a solution to this difficult situation, one that best serves our authors and their work, and that preserves our ability to survive and thrive as a strong and author-centric publishing company."
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043. Follow him at Twitter.com/steveatmercnews.


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i'm nuts, but not that nuts. I was NOT meant to run that far!!!!!
i'm nuts, but not that nuts. I was NOT meant to run that far!!!!!
Still out of shape. Thankfully there's still plenty of time to rebuild. Oy.
too late to join?
Of course it's not too late to join! The race is still over 8 years away.
unenlightened, thanks for bumping this thing!!
I'm out of shape too, took two hits of the sick over summer... have been building the upper body for about six weeks and just started on the runs again. Thankfully I still have the pace I gained up to January, just not the endurance.
I also had to get orthotics so while in the long run it can only mean good things (not that I had any problems to report), it's something to get used to, plus I still need new running shoes.
Keep it up folks! =D
I just got orthotics as well... the blisters are pretty awesome.
can't wait for the race... hopefully 8 years will be long enough for my stupid shins to heal...
race is currently underway......Hal Koerner picked up an early lead and has extended it to 40 minutes at michigan bluff. Barring any major blowups (which, of course, never happen in the second half of 100 mile races) he looks to be in good shape.
Alas, it's nowhere near as much fun as when scotty would show up and pwn everybody.
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I was waiting for someone to bring that up. Should have known it would be kenyan. I almost forgot it was today. 8 more years!!
btw -- Where is Jurek??
'05 was his last year......he only does REAL races now. (spartathalon, badwater, etc.)
i do miss the days of him showing up and casually destroying everybody. I guess it's more interesting now that we dont actually know who's gonna win the damn thing before the race starts.
Koerner has now reached Peachstone CAL-2 at mile 70 with a 32 minute lead, and there's a pack of guys within 10 minutes of each other behind him. Last year's "winner" Graham Cooper has been steadily moving up all day and is now in 5th place and still very much in it.
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and Koerner takes it down in 16:12 (thats right, 16 hours and 12 minutes). The race was reported to be unusually mild this year with a steady breeze and temps 'only' in the 80s for much of the course, leading to some speedy times.
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Tuesday's letters: 'We all lie every day'
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:51 p.m.
I am deeply offended by the statement "We all lie every day" by professor Robert Feldman in a front-page Associated Press article in Saturday's paper in connection with Lance Armstrong.
I do not lie. My family does not lie. My friends do not lie, and my associates do not lie. I suppose professor Feldman is lying about his academic credentials to be capable of making such an outrageous statement.
Roger Habisreutinger
Great asset to Spartanburg
Congratulations to the Spartanburg Little Theatre for yet another great performance with "Chicago." We had a wonderful time and were glad we had tickets to the last performance of the show.
The stage looked so different, the performers and the band were wonderful — all a perfect ensemble! We had our favorite seats — wish they could just be a few inches wider.
Keep it up, Spartanburg Little Theatre. You are a great asset to Spartanburg.
Marlies Welsch
Beginning of a solution
With due respect to any political watchdogs, it is still somewhat of a mystery to me why Trey Gowdy would propose a legislative review of the president's decisions to enact control measures on military assault weapons (Jan. 17 edition). In his remarks, he stated, "I hope, in this situation where we have children killed in a mass murder, that we would be more interested in a solution than a political response." Isn't the fact that he calls to task the president's actions to be self-serving, exactly what he is doing himself? So much for politics!
There is nothing political in trying to save the lives of innocent victims of criminal shootings, whether they are adults or children. And from my vantage point, Barack Obama has provided at least a beginning of a "solution," responding to the overwhelming cry for elimination of assault weapons from our society. Also, the allusion to Lindsey Graham as having an AR-15, I sincerely pray, is hypothetical, because Graham is a moderate and sensible man, one in whom we all, Democrats and Republicans alike, can take a great deal of pride as a spokesman for our state.
I have been a public school teacher for my entire life and have witnessed the devastation of weapon use among our young people, both in urban and rural settings. Most of the deaths have occurred as a result of accessible guns, albeit not assault weapons, but nonetheless available to young people largely through family gun possession.
Society is speaking very loudly in support of legislation to limit the prevalence and convenience of guns, and our administration is attempting to represent the needs of the people. To question these very sensible efforts is ridiculous.
Carol Augthun
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7 Healthy Ingredients Your Diet Needs
You don't need to radically change your lifestyle or pop a small army of supplements to get healthy. Just add these 7 ingredients to your diet
"Protein takes the most digestive work, as the foods have to be broken down into amino acids from complex chains," says Kimberly Snyder, celebrity nutritionist and author of "The Beauty Detox." Instead of cancelling your cookout, Brown suggests adding some pineapple slices to your meat.
"Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain, which helps to break down proteins," says Brown. "It's like a meat tenderizer in your stomach. If you are going to eat a high protein meal like steak or chicken kabobs, make sure to add a few pineapple slices to each skewer."
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I want to try the coconut oil
by EricaF123 Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 02:48PM Report as inappropriate
gonna have to try them!
by Mommy_of_Ethan Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 06:27PM Report as inappropriate
yum kimchi, best place to get it is asian markets you can get it in a BIG jar (and i mean big!) I also want to try that vinegar thing, i already knew about it but havent gotten around to it
by Sohee Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 12:21PM Report as inappropriate
Really interesting story. Definitely going to be doing many or all of these tricks!
by Lamexicana1 Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 09:03PM Report as inappropriate
I have an additiction to coffee so im definitely going to try to splash my coffee with the cinnamon. I dont know about the taste of apple cider vinegar but i have some at home and am willing to try it with now, knowing the benefits; i have a sweet tooth really bad sometimes! All of this is very helpful info and i will try to incorporate it all into my lifestyle! thanks a lot!
by danny54f Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:33PM Report as inappropriate
Some great tips! Soup it is this winter!
by Chris213 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 06:09PM Report as inappropriate
Love this story! I am shouting out the benefits to my mother in law and she heard of most of the suggestions! Where have I been? Thank you for posting!
by rachel_entzmingerlloyd Friday, August 17, 2012 at 07:03PM Report as inappropriate
Some of these tips are great and some my taste buds would rebel against me (straight vinegar...gack).
by HeathRene Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 11:48AM Report as inappropriate
Mmm I love kimchi!
by LipglossandSpandex Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 03:39PM Report as inappropriate
Coconut is awesome! I drink the water almost daily, do oil pulling with it (awesome), and take 2-3 tablespoons a day. When I cook I use it too.
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On the front page of the Devils Lake Journal for Friday, Mar. 22 you will find what's "Coming in print," what's only found on our website today and a whole lot more.
Coming in print: Monday will bring the results of the Class B Girls state basketball tournament.
Only on the web: A photo gallery of flooding to go with this week's Centerpiece story about the nation's drought.
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Work to be done on Green River bridge
Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 9:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 9:24 a.m.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane of Interstate 26 east at exit 54 in Henderson County for approximately two weeks beginning Sunday, weather permitting, to perform work on the bridge over the Green River.
During the work, all trucks must use a posted detour onto U.S. Highway 25 south to S.C. Highway 11 and back to I-26. Cars will be allowed to cross the Peter Guice Bridge over the Green River, but the lane will be narrowed because of the work being conducted.
The closures are necessary in order for crews to replace the joints of the Green River Bridge, which have deteriorated over time. The $1.2 million project contract was awarded to Buckeye Construction of Canton.
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Bob De Moor was one of the masters of the Belgian Clear Line style. He is best known for creating series like 'Meester Mus' ('Monsieur Tric'), 'Cori de Scheepsjongen' ('Cori le Moussaillon') and 'Barelli' for Tintin, but he was also a loyal assistant to Hergé and Jacques Martin and a versatile contributor to Flemish comic magazines. Born Robert De Moor, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in his native city Antwerp. He began his career with the AFIM animation studios during the Second World War, where he worked alongside artists like Ray Goossens and where was mainly involved drawing backgrounds for productions like 'Smidje Smee' and 'Pimmeke'.
He was injured from a piece of shrapnel during the liberation, and lost the middle and ring finger of his left hand. Shortly after the war, he began a steady production of comic strips for the Belgian press. To keep up with the workload, he eventually founded the Artec Studio with his brother-in-law John van Looveren, who did the business part and some scriptwork. Other artists involved were Armand van Meulebroeck and Jef and François Cassiers.
De Moor had a keen interest in shipping, which he showcased in 'Bart, de Scheepsjongen', his first comic for Kleine Zondagsvriend that started in 1945. He continued his collaboration with this magazine with the adventures of 'Inspecteur Marks', 'De Lotgevallen van Hannes Boegspriet', 'Hobbel en Sobbel' and 'Dat Wondere Pimpeltje', among many other stories.
During the same period, De Moor made illustrations and cartoons for ABC and Zondagsvriend, while creating new comic strips for Week-End ('Professor Quick', 'De Lotgevallen van Babbel & Co') and 't Kapoentje, the children's supplement of Het Volk edited by Marc Sleen. De Moor developed the first incarnation of 'De Lustige Kapoentjes', a comic that served as a follow-up to Willy Vandersteen's 'De Vrolijke Bengels'. Many artists have drawn the comic since then, often with a changing cast, such as Marc Sleen, Hurey, Jean-Pol, Jef Nys, Karel Boumans, Jo and Tom Bouden. De Moor also drew 'Willem de Vrijbuiter' and several independent stories for the magazine.
De Moor's first publication in the French language was 'Le Mystère du Vieux Château Fort', a comic album scripted by John van Looveren and published by Campéador in 1947. De Moor remained a regular in the Flemish press throughout the 1950s, with strips like 'Monneke en Johnekke', 'Janneke en Stanneke', 'Bloske en Zwik', 'De Koene Edelman', 'Vodje de zwerver' and 'Het Leven van J.B. de La Salle'.
De Vergeten Stad (1949)
Artec's incredible production further included illustrations for Het Handelsblad and De Nieuwe Gazet, for which De Moor also made the stopcomic 'Petrus en zijn rakkers', and drawings for De Volksmacht, Overal, Pum-Pum and Het Wekelijkse Nieuws. He drew the strips 'De lotgevallen van de familie Kibbel' for De Nieuwe Gids (1947) and 'Vodje de zwerver' for De Zweep (1947-49), before joining Ons Volkske in 1949 with 'Het wonderschip', 'Oorlog in het heelal' and 'Mieleke en Dolf'.
De avonturen van Nonkel Zigomar, Snoe en Snolleke (French edition)
De Moor started a collaboration with the newspapers Het Nieuws van de Dag in 1950, for which he created 'Nieuwe Avonturen van Tijl Uilenspiegel' and 'De avonturen van Nonkel Zigomar, Snoe en Snolleke'. Of the latter, fifteen stories were created of which four were published in book format by Periodica in Brussels in 1956. More stories were reprinted in the Magnum series by publisher De Dageraad in the 1970s and 1980s, by Casterman in the 1980s and by Brabant Strip in the 2000s.
De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
In 1949, he began his association with Kuifje, the Flemish equivalent of Tintin magazine by Éditions Lombard. His first work for the magazine was a comics version of Hendrik Conscience's historical novel 'De Leeuw van Vlaanderen'. It was published in a book by Standaard in 1952, the same year that De Moor submitted another Conscience adaptation, 'De Kerels van Vlaanderen'.
Monsieur Tric (Meester Mus)
De Moor additionally appeared in the Walloon version Tintin, with the gag strips 'Fee en Fonske' ('Bouboule et Noireaud') and 'Professeur Tric' (later renamed to 'Monsieur Tric'). He established a Clear Line style in the tradition of Hergé and Jacobs, and created his first continuing series starring the actor/detective 'Monsieur Barelli' in 1950. At first presumably aided by Jacques van Melkebeke for the script, 'Barelli' appeared in new adventures in 1951 and 1952, and then in 1964, 1972, 1974 and 1976.
De Moor produced 'Sterke Jan' ('Conrad le Hardi') in 1951, before creating his best known series in the following year, 'Cori le Moussaillon' ('Cori de Scheepsjongen'). Cori was another showcase for De Moor's passion for boats and nautical adventures. It wasn't until 1977 that the series was continued. In Tintin, he also drew the humorous comic 'Pirates d'Eau Douce' in 1959, as well as the gag strip 'Balthazar' from 1965 to 1967.
Bob de Moor was largely responsible for the modernization of the Tintin episode The Black Island
©Hergé/Moulinsart 2012
The reason for the irregular appearances of De Moor's series in Tintin can be found in his employment by Hergé studios in 1950. Very quickly he became the first assistant to the Master. He worked on the re-styling and modernization of older Tintin comics and did backgrounds for new ones, starting with 'Objectif Lune' ('Destination Moon'). He was involved in the studio's promotional art and animation projects until after Hergé's death in 1983.
Les Trois Formules du Professeur Sato
De Moor also assisted his close friend Willy Vandersteen on his 'Tijl Uilenspiegel' stories for Tintin in 1952-53, and took care of the drawings of 'Le repaire du loup', the 1970 episode of Jacques Martin's 'Lefranc'. Following the death of Edgar P. Jacobs in 1987, he completed the second installment in the 'Blake & Mortimer' episode 'Les Trois Formules du Professeur Sato' in 1989.
Later-day drawing of De Lustige Kapoentjes
The death of Hergé in 1983 gave De Moor time to create new stories with 'Cori' and 'Barelli', by the he was aided by his own assistant, Geert de Sutter. In 1989, he was appointed artistic director of the publishing house Le Lombard, and chaired the board of directors for the Belgian Center of the Comic Strip in Brussels until his death in August, 1992. In 1990 he was on the editorial board of JET, the first European magazine for young talent published monthly by Le Lombard. Bob de Moor's final 'Cori' album was completed in January, 1993 by his artist son, Johan de Moor.
Lambiek will always be grateful to De Moor for illustrating the letter "M" in our encylopedia book, 'Wordt Vervolgd - Stripleksikon der Lage Landen', published in 1979.
Bob de Moor and his characters
Kuifje in de Nederlandse Stripgeschiedenis
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The political tensions wrought by last November's mid-term elections will affect pharmaceutical manufacturers in many ways in the coming year. Congressional Republicans will seek to cut the federal deficit by squeezing resources to government agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration. New House leaders may also seek opportunities to criticize lax regulatory oversight and drug quality failures that compromise product safety. Pressure on federal agencies to appear as tough regulators and to obtain additional revenues will intensify government efforts to fine violative companies and to ratchet up industry user fees.
Fees firstThe Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) has to be reauthorized by Oct. 1, 2012, in order for FDA to continue collecting nearly $700 million in fees to support the review process for drugs and biologics. Although that legislative deadline may seem far away, FDA wants to have a PDUFA V plan ready for public review by fall in order to transmit it to Congress early 2012. Failure to reauthorize user fees by next summer theoretically would force FDA to lay off hundreds of staffers and shut down its drug review process.
In April 2010, FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) launched a two-year process for revising PDUFA. CDER Director Janet Woodcock noted that 65% of human drug review funding comes from user fees, a situation that some critics claim makes the agency overly dependent on industry. Yet, despite some qualms about the current program, no one suggests that FDA curtail any activities or cancel the fees.
Bio/pharmaceutical companies offered general support for user fees, while pointing out that multiple postmarketing requirements are slowing down the drug-review process and undermining approval timeframes. Patient advocates, pharmacists, and doctors agreed that the proliferation of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) made drug development more costly and complicated prescribing and dispensing. Consumer groups focused more on direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising, seeking user-fee support for mandatory pre-review of DTC advertisements, clearer prescribing information, better protection of patients in clinical trials, and more comparative studies to ensure that new drugs are superior to those already on the market.
FDA has been discussing these and other issues at meetings with manufacturers, patient and consumer groups, healthcare professionals and academic experts, as part of a broad, transparent consultative process required by the FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) of 2007. A key FDA goal for PDUFA V is to gain more flexibility in meeting review timeframes and responding to sponsor meeting requests. The agency has proposed extending the review clock for more complex applications such as those with REMS, those that require advisory committee meetings, or those that involve inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities. But manufacturers fear that most new drug application (NDAs) would qualify for extensions under these criteria.
The overarching issue is to what extent industry fees should fund FDA initiatives to improve drug development and regulatory science. FDA proposes to tap fees to increase staff consultations on quality-by-design and other complex manufacturing issues, on innovative clinical trial designs, on using biomarkers in drug development and for standardizing electronic submissions. Additional resources also could support the Sentinel active surveillance system, standards for meta-analysis, biomarker qualification, development of treatments for rare diseases, and improved dose selection and drug-safety assessments. But this year's fee to process an NDA with clinical data already exceeds $1.5 million, up from $1.17 million in 2008, and manufacturers are wary that expanding the pool of activities supported by PDUFA would boost industry outlays disproportionately.
Many of these issues will be addressed by Congress as it crafts a broader FDA reform bill that includes PDUFA reauthorization. As with FDAAA, this "must-pass" legislation will be a prime candidate to carry measures establishing a host of new FDA policies and programs: curbs on drug advertising, expanded drug reimportation, ban on pay-for-delay deals between innovator and generic-drug makers, refinements to the REMS program, new requirements that drugs demonstrate comparative superiority, and enhanced FDA authority to pull drugs off the market and to issue subpoenas are some of the possibilities.


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Vail official report: 0" new snow
Weather: Cold but sunny
Liftline status: Eagle Bahn gondola not as bad as yesterday at 9 a.m.; no wait whatsoever at Chair 8
Run of the day: Bolshoi?
Breakdown: On the final Sunday of 2012, there's plenty of sunshine and groomed terrain to enjoy. But with 21 inches of snow in the last seven days and cold temps to go with it, there's also plenty of powder and soft snow out there to enjoy. The anticipation among the hardcore schooshers surrounding the expected opening of the final two lifts -- Earl's 38 and the Mongolia Poma 22 -- was palatable this morning at the first-chair stammtisch. Truly, it is a great day to get out and enjoy some turns.
Snowcast: Looks like a little more for tonight and Monday.
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FREMONT -- When Dan Bernal made plans to open his vintage music store, only one location would do. It had to be in Niles -- where nostalgia swirls around the neighborhood's quaint, Capra-esque lanes like steam from a Brooklyn manhole.
"Everything's antique in Niles," Bernal said, while an employee cleaned a Johnny Cash record. "It's just an old town. It fits in perfectly."
That same charming nostalgic vibe also might explain why the vinyl records he sells at his shop, Needle to the Grove, have such enduring appeal. After all, he said, when music buffs embark on a quest to recoup their record collections, they really are revisiting their faded youth.
"One woman was almost crying in here when she found a record by Taj Mahal," said Bernal, 40. "She had the album when she was younger and she was so happy to find it again."
Bernal knows the feeling. Music has been his lifelong obsession, starting when he was a Newark 12-year-old deejaying house parties, and continuing through his 20s when he was a devoted "superdigger," his term for professional collectors constantly on the hunt for old records.
"I'll go anywhere for good records in good condition," the Fremont resident said. "I still get butterflies when people drive up with boxes of records and I can work out a deal to buy them. I get a 'record high' and it's all natural."
From the beginning, the sunny, boxed-shape store -- run by Bernal and his wife Margie near the corner of I Street and Niles Boulevard -- has been a leap of faith. They opened its doors in 2006, even though Bernal was armed with just eight crates of records and a fledgling business savvy gleaned from three Ohlone College classes.
The day before the grand opening, a collector offered him 6,000 records at a reasonable price. Thanks to that beginner's luck, his small shop suddenly was not so small. Within two years, strong sales allowed Bernal to quit his job as a machinist. While commuting to work on a skateboard, he employed his vast network of music buffs, deejays and "superdiggers" to meet a constant flow of demand.
"I'll look at about 10,000 records a month and I'll buy more than half that," he said.
The store has had increasingly brisk sales of vinyl records, tapes, turntables and other graying musical technology long thought to have gone the way of the disco ball, he said.
"It's about the love of the records; I love vinyl because it's pure," he said. "CDs and MP3s sound fake to me; they don't have that bass kick when you put the needle to the record."
The store's bread and butter is classic rock, such as albums by Led Zeppelin and The Doors, and 1980s metal bands, including Metallica and Iron Maiden. Those records often sell for $30 each, while old .45s might go for as low as 50 cents. The store's highest single sale was a rare jazz record by John Heartsman and Circles. It sold for $5,200, Bernal said.
Bernal bristled at suggestions that the growing vinyl craze is a product of hipsters embracing all things ironic and obscure. "We get everyone from high school kids to Grandma looking for Doris Day to hard-core collectors who want the oddball stuff," he said, standing near a huge "The Clash -- London Calling" poster.
Rob Gensel, a store regular who works as a deejay, said he likes picking Bernal's brain about recordings of all genres. "He pretty much knows everything about music, so I know he can point me in the right direction," said Gensel, a Union City resident. "And it's a smallish shop and a cool environment where, even if you're not going to buy anything, you can just hang out and talk."
Even Bernal's son Talen, 6, has begun collecting albums -- including one each by Scooby Doo and Popeye -- to play on his Fisher-Price turntable, circa 1983.
Bernal's shop is stocked with a record cleaner, a listening booth so buyers can hear exactly what they're buying, and a "de-warping" device that removes warps and flattens once-damaged albums.
Nothing comes easy to the vinyl collector and, in an era ruled by instant gratification, maybe that is the point. "It's the art of digging," Bernal said. "Even in the age of eBay, they can come in and feel the record in their own hands. People love that."
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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There were 62 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,456 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Shooting: An 18-year-old man was at a park in the 600 block of East Alpine Avenue about 3 p.m. Monday when he heard five gunshots. The man then realized he had been struck in the thigh. He was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. There was no description of the shooter.
Auto theft arrest: Police spotted an occupied stolen vehicle in the 2000 block of Sacramento Street at 4:53 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle had been stolen a few hours earlier. Police arrested Jason Villa, 34, and Stacy Cano, 36, on suspicion of auto theft.
Weapons arrest: Police arrested a 14-year-old on weapons charges after going to American and Oak streets about 1 p.m. Tuesday on a report of two suspicious persons. The teen had tried to discard a handgun and ammunition when police arrived.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report Tuesday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 115 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, including seven vehicle accidents, 87 medical calls and three structure fires.
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Definition of escrow in English:
1A bond, deed, or other document kept in the custody of a third party and taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled.
Example sentences
- In the late 1980's and early 90's, homebuyers routinely cancelled escrows at the mere mention of asbestos or radon gas.
- A key part of the arrangement is ensuring that what goes into the escrow is what the licensee expects.
- The death of the grantor whose deed is held in escrow does not invalidate the escrow.
1.1 [usually as modifier] A deposit or fund held in trust or as a security: an escrow account
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- Instead, deposit it in an escrow account at a reputable bank and have all checks written from that account to the agent and the county.
- In August, Sanderson claims, the funds somehow vanished as they moved from the escrow account to the payoff department.
- Should you decide to borrow in Florida your lender may include property taxes in your monthly mortgage payments and put them in an escrow account on your behalf.
1.2 [mass noun] The state of being kept in custody or trust until a specified condition has been fulfilled: the board holds funds in escrow
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- If a vendor on the point of selling found an enforcement notice, he could either postpone exchange of contracts or put contracts in escrow until the appeal was brought.
- The lender collects the payments and holds them in escrow until the taxes are due to be paid.
- To ease similar concerns in the past, transacting parties required sellers to put money in escrow, indemnifying buyers against future environmental liabilities.
verb[with object] chiefly North American
Place in custody or trust until a specified condition has been fulfilled: those funds are escrowed for the purpose of improving municipal services
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- The computer storing these escrowed keys would become a primary target for both physical and cyberterrorism.
- So, if you escrow your tax payment, request that duplicate copies of the bill be sent to you by the tax collector and check to make sure the bill is paid.
- Not only was the insurance rarely considered a deal-saving alternative to escrowed funds, it was barely considered at all.
Late 16th century: from Old French escroe 'scrap, scroll', from medieval Latin scroda, of Germanic origin; related to shred.
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