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A round of cold and flu passing through the area cost the Red Cross a hefty number of donors at the bloodmobile visit to the National Guard Armory this week.
"As was anticipated, our Monday was plagued with people cancelling appointments due to illness," said organizer Laura Kohler, who added, "We'll try again in April!"
• Deferrals: 30
• Total units collected: 206
• First time donors: Austin Pendleton, Carlee Heiling (16 year old donor), Bailey Bunting (16 year old donor), Margie Altmann
• One gallon: Lisa Krinke, William Schwandt, Kayla Balcer, Tanya Busack.
• Two gallon: Mike Kaufenberg, Mike Moser, Delores Bunting, Gerald Trullinger, Karae Erie, Cheri Johnson.
• Four gallon: Lynn Kratz
• Five gallon: Sandi Reck, Beverly Jensen, Tracy Rasmussen.
• Six gallon: Ramona Warner, Roger Buboltz.
• Seven gallon: Bryan Huwe
• Eight gallon: Maynard Nolting, Betty Stancer
• Nine gallon: Steve Gorres
• 10 gallon: Dennis Rothmeier
• 11 gallon: Stan Boushek.
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MORAGA -- Danielle Mauldin has emerged as one of the nation's elite rebounders, despite being one of the smallest post players in the West Coast Conference.
She 6-foot tall -- barely -- but few in the nation are as dominant on the boards as the Saint Mary's College senior.
With her long arms and strong body, the Emeryville native and St. Mary's High graduate is just three rebounds shy of setting new conference and school career rebounding records.
"She just has such a knack for the ball," Gaels teammate Jackie Nared said of Mauldin. "She just goes and gets it no matter what. There's so much fight in her. If she wants the ball she'll get it."
After tallying 30 boards in wins over Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount last week — a pretty typical week's work for Mauldin — don't be surprised to see her surpass the mark of 1,122 set by former Saint Mary's star Louella Tomlinson early on in the Gaels' next game, Jan. 25 at Pacific.
"I'm not after my stats, but it would be a great accomplishment to get it," Mauldin said. "It's not my goal, my goal is to win."
Her impressive season -- she's also one of the conference's top scorers -- is a big reason why the Gaels are winning at a high rate. At 16-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play, Saint Mary's is second in the WCC and has a chance to make a rare NCAA appearance with a strong finish to the regular season.
They've already knocked off nationally-ranked Gonzaga in overtime earlier this year when Mauldin poured in 24 points, including the game-winning free throws, and grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds.
"She just has it under her rib cage and between her ears," Saint Mary's coach Paul Thomas said. "She just wants the ball. She's a warrior."
Thomas said he saw Mauldin turning into a dominant college player when he recruited her out of St. Mary's, where she led the Panthers reach the Division IV state championship game as a senior. She quickly proved him right.
Mauldin has been one of the conference's most productive rebounders since her freshman year at Saint Mary's, finishing in the WCCs' top 10 in her first season despite coming off the bench most of the year.
She's gotten better every year.
Last season, she led the conference with 10.8 rebounds per game.
She's doing it again this season, and it's not even close.
Her 13.9 rebounds per game rank No. 4 in the nation and with 15 double-doubles on the year, she's tied with four others for the NCAA lead.
So how is she able to post such gaudy numbers despite being undersized?
"I think it's timing and knowing where the ball is going to go," Mauldin said. "Just being able to look at those spots and see where you have to go to get around those big people."
These past two years, she's also relished getting to play with her younger sister, Shannon. The sophomore guard recently earned a starting role when Lauren Nicholson was lost with a foot injury.
"We're still working on that sisterly connection on the court, we haven't got there yet," Mauldin said. "I'm just proud of what she's been doing."
Her sister could probably say the same. Other teammates do.
"Danielle's a superstar," Nared said. "She's ridiculous on the boards. Some of the rebounds she gets, it's like 'where did that come from.' She's an amazing player, an amazing teammate."


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I've been seeing Phish since 94 and have maybe reviewed 5 shows up to now. I never saw the point as everyone always wrote what I felt.
These last few shows are different. They are a cosmic interstellar metaphysical psychic journey that explodes into the psychedelic jamfest that we all just witnessed.
This may sound weird, but I'm glad I wasn't there. That was more then I could handle sitting at my computer, and I have tasted the Chalkdust. Sorry if I sound spun out, but I'm spun out. That was the best Phish show I have ever heard. And if you check my stats, I've seen at least a couple killer shows, and have listened to bordering on tens of thousands of hours of music. I like no other band and can't be convinced by anyone that another band exists. Tonight justifies my haste for any other music then Phish. They play what I feel and push it into your soul like a freight train of energy.
You either feel it or you like Dave.
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Gaunt and sharp-featured, Benjen is Lord Eddard's only surviving sibling. He joined the Night's Watch in the aftermath of Robert's Rebellion, and has since risen to the rank of First Ranger, making him one of the chief officers on the Wall and a potential successor to the office of Lord Commander. Very skilled in ranging beyond the Wall, Benjen's name commands respect.
On the show, Benjen is around 40 whereas he is around 30 in the novels.
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This will be a Saturday that helps define the Big Ten's national image, with four big-time games vs. the Pac-12. And Purdue will be on a national stage with its clash vs. Notre Dame. Get prepped for all the action in Four Downs.


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CT Scans, Other Imaging Tests Becoming More Common
June 12, 2012 -- Another major study is pointing to significant increases in radiation exposure from the growing use of medical imaging tests such as CT scans.
For the latest study, which is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers combed through the medical records of millions of patients enrolled in six large HMOs around the U.S. They found that the percentages of patients who received high or very high doses of radiation from medical imaging tests roughly doubled over the last 15 years.
Researchers say the increases in radiation exposures seen in the new study were driven by a sharp uptick in the number of CT scans ordered for patients.
From 1996 to 2010, CT scan rates tripled at the HMOs, rising from 52 per 1,000 patients to 149 for every 1,000 patients.
The increase was especially surprising in a population of patients treated at HMOs. Similar increases in medical imaging tests have been documented among Medicare recipients and in the general population -- where doctors get paid for every scan they order. But HMOs use a different financial model. That means doctors are ordering more imaging tests even when there's no financial incentive to do so.
Experts say the new study shows the reasons for the rise may be more complex than had been previously realized and that greater education about the dangers of radiation may be needed to curb testing where it has become excessive.
"We should make ourselves aware as providers, make our patients aware, and make our referring physicians aware that there are risks to the population from radiation," says Bibb Allen, MD, vice chairman of the American College of Radiology. "We certainly think that the benefits of imaging outweigh the risks. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the risks," says Allen, who was not involved in the research.
Concerns Over CT Scans
A CT scan, which stands for computed tomography, combines X-ray imaging techniques with computer software to create multiple cross-sectional images of the body. CT images give a more detailed look at internal structures of the body. This can identify abnormalities and also help guide doctors with procedures. But CT scans also expose people to radiation doses that are 50 to 500 times higher than the dose delivered by a typical chest X-ray.
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4.5-6 Bribe Receiving by a Juror -- § 53a-153
Revised to December 1, 2007
The defendant is charged [in count __] with bribe receiving by a juror. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a juror is guilty of bribe receiving by a juror if (he/she) (solicits / accepts / agrees to accept) from another person any benefit as consideration for (his/her) decision or vote.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Benefit sought
The first element is that the defendant (solicited / accepted / agreed to accept) a benefit from <insert name of third party>. "Benefit" means monetary advantage, or anything regarded by the beneficiary as a monetary advantage, including any benefit to any person or entity in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested. The mere act of soliciting a benefit is sufficient. In this case the state alleges that the benefit involves <insert alleged benefit>.
Element 2 - By juror
The second element is that the defendant was a juror on the date of the offense. A "juror" is any person who has been drawn or summoned to serve or act as a juror in any court.
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The third element is that the benefit was consideration for the juror's vote or decision. The defendant and <insert name of third party> must have both understood that the juror's decision or vote would be influenced by (his/her) acceptance of the <insert alleged benefit>.
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant (solicited / accepted / agreed to accept) a benefit from <insert name of third party>, 2) the defendant was a juror, and 3) the defendant and <insert name of third party> both intended that the benefit would influence the juror's decision or vote.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of bribe
receiving by a juror, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other
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This elite force went into the mountains and never returned alive. However, they did come back dead, even more horrible than before and in the service of Cecil...I mean the Overlord. --My New Really Epic Fantasy Series
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Source: Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories, Pages: 400
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November 8, 2007
I tend to carry around a lot of heavy stuff and don't trust a knitted shoulder strap to do the trick. Yes, I could've picked up some of the prefab handles they sell at my LYS, but I haven't found any that I really like.
And then I went to the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival and discovered Homestead Heirlooms. I like their beautiful and entirely tote-worthy leather handles.
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January 26, 2006
It's been nearly five months since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, sending evacuees across the country and in some cases, into hotels. In Augusta, about 30 evacuees remain at the Ramada Hotel. FEMA has extended another deadline, but the deadline to apply is coming.
Jeanette Wright has filed three extensions to continue staying here at the Ramada Inn. Now another deadline is coming.
"At first I use to panic and get all upset, but I said you know God you are in control and that's where I have my peace at," Wright said.
Jeanette has until February 7th to find her and her three boys a place to live. That's unless FEMA approves her for a six-day extension, until February 13th. General Manager Pat Bates has been there since 500 evacuees originally came in.
"They keep getting extensions and we just try to keep working with that to try to best accommodate them," Bates said.
Everyday Jeanette is searching for a place to live. But she admits she is choosy when it comes to raising her three boys in a suitable neighborhood.
"On the phone getting transportation to go look at the house then when you get there nice neighborhood is all slum down," Wright said.
Now Jeanette is racing against the clock to find a place to call home or hope for another extension.
"In order to be extended they must contact FEMA and get approval from FEMA and that's something they have to do on their own," Bates said.
"I said God you gave me these three boys and I can't bring them in any kind of neighborhood and this is a new life start for me and I said we need more time," Wright said.
Again, Katrina evacuees must apply for an extension by Monday. If approved, FEMA will give an approval code in order to stay until the 13th.


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I am looking around now trying to educate myself with the watches out there. Timex Triathalon does not seem to feature a GPS system so I'm not sure if it measures for bikes.
Garmin has a more expensive looking gps tracker and lap monitor.
Suggestions or reviews?
I have the Polar Running Specific and I also have the Garmin Forerunner 305. For tri training I love the Garmin because it has everything you want and more! I highly recommend this watch.
hey thanks! How is it in the water? It's really the only point that I'm curious on. They say they are water resistant but are they safe to wear in the pool? Do they have a swim mode?
There is a multi-sport mode but not water specific (that I am aware of). They work just fine in the water, they are a bit bulky but if you like the data (average speed, distance, etc) its great! Just like any other watch you can't push the buttons under water but work fine in between sets. You can keep an eye out and catch it on special and usually get a good deal.
The unit is "water resistant" but the instructions clearly state that you should not use it in the pool. I read this fact AFTER I flooded the unit. Fairly expensive lesson.
We bought the Polar S625X last spring for my wife to train for her first Ironman. We got the optional cadence and speed sensors for her bike and it has a foot pod for running. Good points are the feedback that the unit gives when the files are downloaded are great. Once you get used to all the button pushing it is not too hard to get going, switch from bike to run, download to the computer etc. I don't think there is a specific swim mode but it will record heart rate and elapsed time when ever you want it to. We never put it in the pool but a few friends have them and get them wet all the time with no problems. The Chest Strap is much more comfortable than the old Polar units and the battery is user replaceable. The foot pod is light and you will never feel it. Once calibrated on a running track at the High School, it was very accurate for distance and reads out run pace real time (vs our old Garmin which was pace averaged over a long time which does not allow to see if any change made an improvement). When I called the Polar help line numerous times while I was figuring it out, there was little time spent on hold and everyone I talked to answered my questions and really seemed to know the product and how it worked (and the help desk is in America). They also have an email for Q&A. I did have problems with the speed sensor dropping out and initially got the "send it in and we will check it out and return it in 2 weeks" routine which was not acceptable 6 weeks before Ironman. Once I got to a Manager at Polar he was a big help and did back up the product and was willing to do what it took to back up the product. I turns out that I needed to move the sensor closer to the wrist unit and it has not had any more problems. I had read a lot of horror stories about Polar not supporting the product but other than the one glitch, they did pretty well.
Bad points: This is not a unit that you can use to quickly transition from swim to bike to run. If you tried to take data during an event the time spent stopping the current file, switching modes, and starting a new file would drive you nuts and take a lot of time. The speed sensor has to be closer to the watch unit than the 18" advertised which means that you probably need to strap the watch to the handlebars for the bike portion. There is a good holder with the Polar unit that tie wraps easily on the bike. Another pain is that when you are starting in bike mode and want to see MPH and Cadence, it takes about 7 button pushes to get to that mode. It will display a number of items of your choosing but it takes a lot of scrolling through menus and selecting items. It does not have the ability to remember your favorite setting so this needs to be done each ride or run. We still run a separate wired computer on the bike for races. Beware that other wireless computers such as Cateye double wireless may interfere and both units will give goofy readings.
Suggestion: I wish that I had spent a little more money and bought the top end run-specific Polar wrist unit and the top end bike-specific computer. With the two units we could record performance on the swim, bike and run. (Swim would be Heart Rate and elapsed time only.) Having a specific bike computer that has bigger digits, more real time display feedback and less button pushing would be a big plus. I may still by the separate bike computer to simplify things for next year.
As far as the high end Garmin unit, one triathlete friend has one and loves it. I don't know much more about it than that.
Hope this helps,
A bit off topic, but my Polar HRM I'm a little disappointed in. I don't recall the model but it has the T31 (?) encoding, bought at Sports Authority.
A couple things have disappointed me:
1. There doesn't appear to be a way to replace the battery in the heart rate transmitter.
2. The battery is monumentally hard to replace. The Radio Shack guy essentially destroyed the watch trying to get the battery out and then back in. It still works now but there are some non-working elements in the LED screen now.
3. The buttons and process flow on the watch just don't feel right/intuitive. I've used it for a while now and the buttons/functions still feel misplaced. Can't really put my finger on it.
I am majorly disappointed in this Polar watch. Any recommendations on other brands that are top of the line and just work without me needing to become a watch specialist?
The Garmin Forerunner 305 is great. It has an auto multi-sport mode. All you have to do is press the lap button to switch between sports. I don't swim in mine because I don't want to risk it. When training I just put it on the side of the pool and grab it as I climb out and to run to my bike. In races, I have my wife or a friend start it for me at the beginning of the swim and then hand it to me as I run from the swim exit to the transition area. I highly recommend the Forerunner 305.
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admiral wrote: what happened on SNL last night?
Cire wrote: "I'm just a puppet playing a bucket so fuck it it goes make money and die thats the american way it dont matter what name you gave the bucket that you play."
Jimmie Ooombar wrote: admiral wrote: what happened on SNL last night? they had a mock battle of cast memebers... chris parnell repped the west coast and tracy morgan and some girl repped the east coast.
Quote: Of course its eminem's fault, no one forced him to be a puppet.
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If you're interested, I've got a Blacks Creek Barbarian Featherlight available. Its only been used for a few days, and it includes a never used bladder and accessory pouch.
If you're interested, I've got a Blacks Creek Barbarian Featherlight available. Its only been used for a few days, and it includes a never used bladder and accessory pouch.
Yeah they claim wateproofness for the eberlestock, but i invested in the heavy, reversable cover and it works great. The Mystery Ranch packs seem pretty sweet, but speeennnddyy. Way too expensive IMO.
Ive had my eberlestock weighed down with 60 lbs and found it comfortable. The pack is missing a key feature that all of my other packs have always had. That is a strap that cinches the load down to the hip belt. Usually this strap comes off of where the bottom shoulder strap attaches, and runs to a point on the hip belt that is about half way from the back to the front. The Eberlestock packs do not have this feature. I always used to consider this feature very important. None-the-less the pack seems to work good without it. I have not had the pleasure of loading it down in the 90-100+ lb range yet since this is the first season I have owned it. I am very curious to see if the absence of this feature shows with extreme loads. If so I may have a modification project with my speedy stitcher.
Worry not, I don't think you can overload an Eberlestock pack. My pack-out total weight this year was somewhere around 110 pounds.
No problems.
thanks for all the great advice.
I also have a Just One pack. J34 to be exact. I've loaded it down pretty heavy (never weighed it), but it is a workhorse as are all of the Eberlestocks. The J107 and J34 would both be excellent multi-day packs.
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Mac OS 10.8.5 Mt. Lion,
QCAD Pro
Version: 126.96.36.199 (3.4.5)
Build Date: Dec 17 2013
Qt Version: 4.8.4
Compiler: gcc 4.2.1
Yes, I am new to QCAD, and am working my way through the new book to learn all the commands & tools properly, but after drawing a few lines and working for a few minutes, it seems I find myself unable to re-enter commands in the command line. It's like I am locked out. I just get error beeps.
Also, when this condition exists, I can't delete anything I select, using my delete keys, although if I use delete from the Edit pull down menu, delete works that way.
Even if I right click many times, or hit the escape key many times, I just get error sounds and no command line control (more error beeps).
I found that if I save my file and reload it, it seems OK again..., for a while, at least.
Is there something I can do to avoid this?
I doubt if this is normal, perhaps it's a Mac thing?
or I am doing things the wrong way ?
Any other Mac users or otherwise experience this?
Other than this, I am loving this QCAD and I will be spending hours with it.


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Drew Dormagen would like to continue to deck the town for sporting events and is asking for help. He will hold a meeting for all those interested in volunteering to decorate downtown for RvHS Athletics.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 9at 10 a.m. at Ravenswood's City Hall.
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On Thursday, November 21st the Pike County Chamber will be hosting a Breakfast Seminar at the Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing promptly at 7:30a.m. This month's topic is "How to Get The Most Out of Your Chamber Membership." Featuring guest speakers Dr. John D'Ambrosio and Cheryl Cohen of the Orange County, NY Chamber of Commerce, this informational seminar is open to current Pike Chamber members as well as non-members.
Many professionals do not really know what your Chamber membership can do for your business or organization. You will learn that it is not just about paying your dues and that's it. Joining the Pike County Chamber can provide you with long-term opportunities. You will realize that you need to participate and get involved in all that the Chamber has to offer. You should take advantage of promotional offers, social media, join a committee, attend networking and community events and so forth. With a better understanding of your Chamber of Commerce the membership will have a more cohesive community experience. With this new knowledge, you will soon find your opinions and idea are paramount and you, the members, are the most valuable tool a Chamber of Commerce could ever hope to have. When you become more involved and particpate and not just stand back and wait, you will find fulfillment and value in the Pike County Chamber.
The general public sees Chamber membership as adding credibility to businesses and shows the community that you are concerned about your business and that you are involved in making Pike County a better place to work and live. Discover that the Chamber is yours and it will be what you make of it. If you see any areas that need improvement and have suggestions of how to help or improve on them please speak up, but then be willing to help take some action. Your Chamber membership can be one of your greatest assets, but you only get out what you put in. Stay involved, do not ever give up and use your Chamber to help you.
We are convinced that you will find this breakfast to be worthwhile and you will enjoy the company of other Pike County businesspeople at the same time. The fee is $15.00 for Pike Chamber members and $20.00 for non-members which includes a great buffet breakfast. Reservations are required by calling 570-296-8700 no later than November 19th.
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This week we have women who defined the bands they were in. This isn't your 1960s girl-group best-of. These are the women whose performances got people to sit down and shut up, who led groups that changed the way that we listen to music.
Chrissie Hynde – The Pretenders
There's nobody cooler than Chrissie Hynde. I glimpse so many things I love about her in many of my favorite female musicians. Karen O, PJ Harvey, Jenny Lewis, and Annie Clark all share elements of her powerfully delicate voice, stage presence and overall demeanor. After several false starts creating bands Hynde built The Pretenders with Pete Farndon and came out with the hit "Brass in Pocket" right out of the gate. She's a dynamic performer without having to put on too much of a show. I find myself failing to make a better for her than to say just watch her.
Siouxsie Sioux- Siouxsie and the Banshees
There are many excellent lead female singers, but I'm going to go with Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie of the Banshees due to her complete package. Siouxsie had a great stage presence when the Banshees were considered a punk group back in the late 70s, which I suppose was vital for longevity given the glut of male-dominated punk bands at the time. Aside from Debbie Harry (Blondie) and perhaps Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics), there weren't too many noticeable ladies gnashing it out while running the show in the rock scene back then. As the Plasmatics and Blondie fizzled, the Banshees kept things going with a combination of pop and goth music during the eighties. In addition to the Cure, Siouxsie's songs, style, and eyeliner helped start a new genre of music. Even in the nineties, when the band had gotten a little older and a little softer, Siouxsie was still an impressive front woman not only in dramatic flair but also in ageless beauty. Along with her influence on future bands, Siouxsie Sioux has to be considered at least one of the best lead singers of a band of the modern era if not of all time.
Lauryn Hill- The Fugees
It's rare to find a female MC who can hold her own, but one woman who can compete with some of the best rappers in the game is Ms. Lauryn Hill. I will concede that she is known for her solo career, but that only came after the Fugees broke up in 1997. Without the Fugees – and without her iconic performance on their 1996 album "The Score" – Ms. Hill would not be where she is today.
And with just one look at the track list, it quickly becomes clear how important Ms. Hill was to the band's success. The first verse of the first song "How Many Mics" showcases her impeccable, smooth flow, and the verses only get better from there. The sings the hook for the next song "Ready or Not" with just as much grace. But on the album's title track "The Score," her lyrics still bite. And then take the Fugees' most acclaimed song "Killing Me Softly." That song is nothing without Ms. Hill's voice crooning that haunting, painful melody. Wyclef Jean barely appears on the track; she is the one driving the song forward, and she ultimately serves as the anchor for the entire album. Ms. Lauryn Hill is a strong woman whose musicianship and ability to shift between a mean MC and a soulful singer made the Fugees what they were. Her signature is all over the Fugees' music, and that is what makes her a leader.
Amy Linton- Henry's Dress/The Aislers Set
Amy Linton is a God to me to be quite frank. Henry's Dress was the best 90s indie/noise-pop/twee band and I am saying that as a Beat Happening and Black Tambourine fan. That said, I really almost chose Pam Berry as my choice for this week. Henry's Dress put out a few 7-inches, an EP and one phenomenal LP, 1996's Bust 'em Green which stands to this day as one of my favorite albums. Henry's Dress was Linton's vehicle for being a badass woman musician in a post-twee landscape. They weren't Riot Grrrl; they were never political or provocative or crass. Think Black Tambourine with a little more Now she's the singer for The Aislers Set, which is a great in own, less noisy, way.
Lauryn Hill is a freaking goddess. She is, in my opinion, the best rapper alive. When someone can top her Freedom Time and Mystery of Iniquity much less her solo work or Fugees work then I will name them best rapper.
I'm psyched that Lauryn Hill got a mention and I'm going to check out Henry's Dress with the good tune featured here. And though Hynde and Sioux are here, Joplin gets the obligatory post-post mention, of course. Can't forget about her.


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Greenville authorities looking for three in connection with credit card theft
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 11:56 a.m.
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The Greenville County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in identifying three potential suspects in an auto-break in.
On Jan. 23, two vehicles were broken into while parked at Pivotal Fitness at 5000 Old Spartanburg Road in Taylors. Among the items stolen from the vehicles were credit and debit cards, which deputies say were later used by three suspects at the Walmart on Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors.
The images of the potential suspects and the vehicle they used were captured on Walmart and Pivotal Fitness security cameras. The vehicle is described at a light-colored Lincoln Town Car.
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In recent years, the continuous extrusion process has been applied successfully to pharmaceutical formulations by downsizing sound, established continuous manufacturing techniques. In addition to being a proven manufacturing process, continuous extrusion meets the goal of the US Food and Drug Administration's process analytical technology (PAT) initiative for designing, analyzing, and controlling the manufacturing process through quality control measurements during processing.
Twin-screw extruders are also used to process complex mixtures for a variety of controlled-release products with pharmaceutical polymers matched to the thermal sensitivity of the drug. Hot-melt extrusion (HME), in particular, involves melting materials, mixing them with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), pumping them through a die, and sizing/cooling them into a shape.Interest in pharmaceutical HME has greatly increased since the early 1980s as demonstrated by a steady increase in related patents. But it has only been in the past 10 years or so that the pharmaceutical industry has begun to influence twin-screw extruder designs by prompting equipment modifications for regulated manufacturing environments. As the technology is understood, embraced, and applied in this new application arena, extrusion is being recognized as a better approach as compared with traditional batch methods. An HME system is tailor-made for designing, analyzing, and controlling a manufacturing operation through on-line measurement to ensure final product quality, which makes it ideally suited for PAT.
Benefits of HME include the absence of solvents, fewer processing steps, and lower manufacturing costs. Without exception, if the formulation is amenable, the continuous extrusion process is also more consistent and repeatable compared with batch processing.
HME offers advantages in techniques as well. Molten polymers are specified to function as thermal binders and act as drug depots and/or drug-release retardants upon cooling and solidification. Solvents and water are generally not necessary for processing when using HME, which results in fewer processing steps. Expensive drying equipment and time-consuming drying steps also can be eliminated with HME. In addition, a twin-screw extruder acts as an efficient devolatilization device and can be configured to remove more than 40% of volatiles during processing.
The intense mixing associated with the inter-screw mass transfer characteristics inherent with twin-screw extrusion results in highly efficient distributive and/or dispersive mixing, and therefore a more uniform product. The molecular level mixing often achieved by HME has improved the bioavailability of many drug substances, especially for those with low water solubility.
The short residence time associated with HME, as compared with a batch process, is beneficial for many heat- and shear-sensitive compounds. The HME process can be designed to limit exposure to elevated temperatures to just a few seconds to avoid the degradation associated with both time and temperature. Downstream feeding of APIs also avoids the shear effects associated with melting the polymer, which is the highest shear region in the HME process section.
Extrusion machinery and design
The major differences between pharmaceutical and plastics extrusion machinery is that the metallurgies for parts that wet the materials are specified to be nonreactive, nonadditive, or nonabsorptive with the pharmaceutical product. In addition, the equipment used for pharmaceutical extrusion is configured to meet cleaning and validation requirements associated with a good manufacturing practice (GMP) environment. Otherwise, the unit operations performed for pharmaceutical and plastics processes are identical.


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NJ, April 1, 2014–Princeton Theological
Seminary received a $1.1M grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to fund a study of
confirmation practices in five North American Protestant denominations—the
United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, the Episcopal Church, and the African Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The Confirmation Project, Christian Youth: Learning and Living the Faith, will
explore the effectiveness of confirmation and equivalent practices for
strengthening discipleship in youth. It will also provide churches with
examples of strategies and practices to help young Christians grow as disciples
of Jesus Christ.
"We want to understand how young people make decisions, how they integrate
faith into their lives, and how they are initiated to the church," says Richard
Osmer, professor in the Practical Theology Department at Princeton Seminary and
one of two codirectors of the project. "We'll ask questions to explore diverse
practices, who participates, and how long confirmation programs are."
The study comes at a time when
demographics in both church and society are changing. Technology will be a key
part of the project, according to Katherine Douglass, codirector and
post-doctoral fellow at Princeton Seminary. "We want to take advantage of
innovations in technology that young people use, like new media and social
networks. We are using some of the money from the grant to design an
interactive web site for gathering and sharing data and models, and for creating online communities."
The project's codirectors, steering
committee members, and graduate assistants for each denomination are currently
identifying individual congregations to participate in the study. Qualitative
research will begin in the fall of 2014, with site visits and a focus on
storytelling about confirmation practices. The project will conclude in
December 2016.Osmer says that Princeton Seminary
is the logical place to lodge this study because it has historically combined a
commitment to excellent scholarship and a strong Ph.D.-level Practical Theology
Department, with a deep commitment to the church. "We value research, but the
goal is always to help people do better ministry."The Confirmation Project is ecumenical
and committed to diversity. "We want churches to learn from each other," says
Osmer. "We are thrilled to include the largest African American denomination
(AME), and to include research with English-, Spanish-, and Korean-speaking
In the end, the goal is to benefit
churches and young people. Research outcomes include helping churches gain an
understanding of confirmation and equivalent practices across denominations,
and helping them assess the expectations and levels of satisfaction of young
people, their parents, and ministry leaders. "There are huge gaps between what
parents, ministers, and young people think about confirmation," Osmer says. "We
want congregations to close that gap. We hope this research will serve as a
basis for a fresh discussion about confirmation and other practices that
support discipleship formation of youth."For more information, email [email protected]
or visit http://theconfirmationproject.com/.
About Lilly Endowment Inc.Lilly Endowment Inc. is an
Indianapolis-based private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by three
members of the Lilly family—J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons J.K. Jr. and Eli—through
gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly & Company. The
Endowment exists to support the causes of religion, education and community
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enrich the religious lives of American Christians. It does this largely through
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Afghan and NATO military officials say they have killed more than 20 insurgents in a joint operation in eastern Afghanistan.
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The NATO military coalition says in a statement that the troops killed 24 insurgents as part of the operation that rescued two captured Afghan soldiers. Afghan officials gave varying numbers of 23 to 26 militants killed.
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I always bake everything from scratch at Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast, never using box mixes. But once in awhile when I have run out of time, I bake this very tasty and easy cake. I would like to share the recipe with you because everyone is tight on time and if you have the ingredients in the house you can prepare this in about 10 minutes, plus bake time.
1 package pineapple cake mix (not the pudding)
1 package (3.4 oz) instant lemon pudding
1 c. sour cream
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 c. butter, melted
1 tsp. lemon juice
Mix all the ingredients together.
1 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Combine all the ingredients
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a bundt pan
Spread half of batter, then half of the topping. Top with the rest of the batter, then topping.
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ANN ARBOR -- Republican Gov.-elect Rick Snyder announced Monday he has picked Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon to be Michigan's next state treasurer and former Republican Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus as a senior legislative adviser.
Dillon is the first Democrat whom Snyder has appointed since winning the governor's race last week. A lawmaker for six years, Dillon has been House speaker for the past four and ran for governor this year, losing the primary election to Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.
It was not clear Monday whether Dillon would have to step down as House speaker for the final weeks of the 2009-10 legislative session.
Posthumus has retired from his position as CEO of Compatico Inc., an office furniture system manufacturing company in Grand Rapids.
Snyder said he isn't worried about political labels as he picks his administration.
"This is just a fabulous group coming together and we're going to continue on that path," Snyder said at a press conference announcing the appointments.
Dillon played an instrumental role in drafting the Michigan Business Tax, which Snyder now wants to replace with a 6 percent corporate income tax. Dillon said Monday that he looks forward to simplifying the state's business tax structure.
An attorney from Wayne County's Redford Township, Dillon was managing director of Wynnchurch Capital before winning a special House election in 2004.
Posthumus is a partner at Compatico Inc., an office furniture system manufacturing company in Grand Rapids. He has extensive legislative experience, having served in the state Senate from 1983-1998, including eight years as Senate majority leader, representing the Kent County community of Alto. A longtime farmer, he was Republican Gov. John Engler's lieutenant governor from 1999-2002 before losing to Democrat Jennifer Granholm in the 2002 governor's race.
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fullflushlock, on 12 January 2013 - 08:58 PM, said:
What they could control is putting in neutral commentators and not a pair of idiots blowing up US players, apparently soda is one of the greatest ever players, along with a few other average US glads and to stop sucking reckfuls dick. But then what do you expect when you see how many US teams got directly into the main finals compared to other nations.
Missed a huge opportunity here imo, I'm done with it until something changes.
half EU players don't even play on the same battle group let alone realm.
can't expect invites if half the people aren't even competing on the same level. if messi was playing with some random part time team filled with postmen 1 or 2 decent players in romania no1 would give a fuck


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The C.A.S.T community theater group will host a cake decorating class with Annabelle Weber, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.
This class will be held on December 10, 2011 from 10 am – 1 pm at the Carrollton YMCA.
Each participant will take home an 8-inch cake – either a chocolate cake with chocolate peppermint ganache filling and chocolate frosting or a gingerbread cake with white-chocolate ganache filling and vanilla frosting.
A portion of the proceeds will help to fund the theater group.
If you stay 2 nights at our bed and breakfast, Friday 12/9 & Saturday 12/10, we will include the $40 cost of the class. It should be fun, but space is limited so make your reservations by December 7th.
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On Friday, Winter Haven Area Transit, Citrus Connection and Polk County Transit Services will offer its annual Free Ride Friday.
Free Ride Friday gives riders an opportunity to use the bus system free of charge on Black Friday to Christmas shop, visit family or just to get to where they need to go. It also provides an opportunity for people who have never tried the public transportation system to try it for free.
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Quote: what about a horrable public educatioin system
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"Drug dependence"
means a psychoactive substance dependence on drugs as that condition is
defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association.
General Statutes § 21a-240 (18) (applies to Chapter 420b: Dependency
Producing Drugs, §§ 21a-240 -- 21a-283a).
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as manifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time
in the same 12-month period:
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(5) a great deal
of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain the substance (e.g.,
visiting multiple doctors or driving long distances), use the substance
(e.g., chain-smoking), or recover from its effects;
(6) important
social, occupational, or recreational activities are given up or reduced
because of substance use;
(7) the substance
use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent
physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or
exacerbated by the substance (e.g., current cocaine use despite
recognition of cocaine-induced depression, or continued drinking despite
recognition that an ulcer was made worse by alcohol consumption).
"Under the factors
established by the American Psychiatric Association in the mental
disorders manual, an individual must exhibit three or more of the seven
designated criteria to be classified as 'drug dependent.'" State v.
Stewart, 77 Conn. App. 393, 401, cert. denied, 265 Conn. 906 (2003)
(rejecting defendant's claim that a person who depends on drugs to treat
a medical condition is "drug dependent").
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- U.S. Congress ~ Documents ~ 1774-1875
Beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774, America's national legislative bodies have kept records of their proceedings. The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress comprise a rich documentary history of the construction of the nation, the development of the federal government, and its role in national life. In its final form the collection will consist of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the Forty-third Congress.
- Upper Midwest ~ Books ~ ca. 1820-1910
The collection portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic, antiquarian, and colonial archival documents, and other texts drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division. The collection's 138 volumes depict the land and its resources; the conflicts between settlers and Native peoples; the experience of pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and immigrants and reformers; the growth of local communities and local cultural traditions; and the development of regional and national leadership in agriculture, business, medicine, politics, religion, law, journalism, education, and the role of women.


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IONE – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is searching for two inmates who escaped from Mule Creek State Prison's minimum security facility this morning, authorities said.
Patrick Raines, 21, and Johnny Maciel, 37, were confirmed missing following a security check at 10:50 a.m., prison officials said.
Raines is a white man standing 6 feet 1 inches tall and weighing 213 pounds with short blond hair and blue eyes, authorities said. He was received from San Diego County and is serving a six-year sentence for carjacking, officials said.
Maciel is a white man standing 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds with short brown hair and brown eyes, authorities said. He was received from Placer County and is serving a 15-year sentence for second-degree burglary, officials said.
Anyone with information regarding Raines or Maciel is asked to call 911, the Amador County Sheriff's Office at (209) 223-6500 or Mule Creek State Prison at (209) 274-5955.
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Change in the default digest algorithm in FileRealms (GF 3.1)
By nitkal on Jan 27, 2011
In GlassFish 3,1, the digest algorithm for storing file users in the keyfiles for the FileRealm based realms has been changed to SHA-256 from the previous SHA-1. This includes the default realm - file and the admin-realm. The change can be observed in respective keyfiles - keyfile and admin-keyfile - The SSHA256 tag and a longer digest than the earlier SSHA tag (representing SHA-1 algorithm).
Keyfile and admin-keyfile in GlassFish 3.1
Keyfile and admin-keyfile prior to GlassFish 3.1
Support is provided for users created in versions of GlassFish prior to GlassFish 3.1 and upgraded to the latest 3.1. The decoding mechanism interprets the algorithm to be used for decoding the digest. However while creating new users in the latest version (3.1), only SHA-256 is employed. This change has been effected since SHA-256 is known to provide better security than SHA-1. To the end-user, there is no difference in the usage of file user passwords.


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Rice Blend
Rice is the seed of the monocot plant Oryza sativa, of the grass family (Poaceae). As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, the West Indies, South Louisiana, East, South and Southeast Asia. It is the grain with the second highest worldwide production, after maize ("corn").[1]. Since a large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is probably the most important grain with regards to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by the human species.[2] A traditional food plant in Africa, rice has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[3] In early 2008, some governments and retailers began rationing supplies of the grain due to fears of a global rice shortage.[4][5] The name wild rice is usually used for species of the grass genus Zizania, both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of Oryza. Rice is normally grown as an annual plant, although in tropical areas it can survive as a perennial and can produce a ratoon crop for up to 20 years.[6] The rice plant can grow to 1–1.8 m tall, occasionally more depending on the variety and soil fertility. The grass has long, slender leaves 50–100 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad. The small wind-pollinated flowers are produced in a branched arching to pendulous inflorescence 30–50 cm long. The edible seed is a grain (caryopsis) 5–12 mm long and 2–3 mm thick. Rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with low labor costs and high rainfall, as it is very labor-intensive to cultivate and requires plenty of water for cultivation. Rice can be grown practically anywhere, even on a steep hill or mountain. Although its parent species are native to South Asia and certain parts of Africa, centuries of trade and exportation have made it commonplace in many cultures worldwide. The traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields while, or after, setting the young seedlings. This simple method requires sound planning and servicing of the water damming and channeling, but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged growth state, and deters vermin. While with rice growing and cultivation the flooding is not mandatory, all other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods and a different approach for fertilizing the soil.


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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"
Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together to serve their neighbors and communities.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, three members of the USDA Farm Service Agency office located in Clarkfield, volunteered to go to Nikki Linscheid's classroom at the Clarkfield Area Charter School to teach second and third grade students about food and agricultural production.
Lois Fenske, Bradley Flatin, and Larry Thielen shared information about sheep production, lamb products, and products made from wool. The team brought in a week old lamb from the Jason and Sara Jorgens' farm for the students to see and touch.
Students had the opportunity to visit with the FSA staff members about sheep, farming, and food. They saw and touched real wool – both dirty and cleaned. Then they were able to see what can be made from wool – coats, socks, dusters, etc. They also learned terms such as shear, lanolin, and pelt. Students discovered some products which are not normally associated with sheep…chapstick and lipgloss!
"Volunteering to spread the word about agriculture is important to FSA. As more generations are removed from the farm, it becomes of the duty of those of us involved in agriculture to help the next generation understand where their food, fiber, and fuel come from," said Liz Ludwig, FSA County Executive Director. "I'm excited that our FSA employees are willing to work with young people to get the word out."
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Welcome - again - to a few recent days in the life of Hey, Spike! and the many social-biz contacts it offers:
"Greetings Miles,
"Thank you for taking the picture of us yesterday - we will forever treasure the memory of our climb up Peak 1 in the Tenmile Range. My name is Jeff Epps (blue shirt), and my brother-in-law is Anthony Addison. Both of us are from Milwaukee, Wisc.
"Regards, Jeff"
The guys were on vacation with family (Louis, Debbie, Jenny, Sanaiah and Kingston) for a week and loved it. They are now headed home with a stop in Lincoln for the Nebraska vs. Wisconsin football game.
They started trekking up to Peak 1 from the Second Avenue parking lot at the base of Mount Royal at 6 a.m. While out running Monday afternoon, Spike caught up to the duo at 3 p.m., and offered directions back to their vehicle.
Jeff's take on the experience:
"The highlight of the trip for Anthony and I has been climbing the peak. The funny thing is if not for some confusion and lack of common sense we would not have done it. I heard about the trail from another tourist and asked how long it took to get to the top. They told me an hour to an hour and a half. I didn't know they were talking about the path to Rainbow Lake.
"Armed with misinformation and missing the understanding that you can't climb 14,000 feet in an hour, Anthony and I set off with two bananas, four bottles of water, and street clothes.
"Two hours into our climb, the lure of the summit trumped hunger, and adventure trumped brain power. Long story short - we left our family stranded in the condo for eight hours as we climbed the mountain.
"It was honestly one of the best experiences of my life, and was well worth the dinner I bought my parents to apologize for 'stealing' the van for so long."
Over at (Kelly, Bob Jr. and Becky) Foote's Rest Sweet Shoppe on Old Frisco Main Street after the town's July 4 fireworks - postponed due to the dry summer - were Cindy and Danny Eilts, Dawn Marie, Butch Elich, Amy and Scott Krause, fire chief Steve and KK Skulski, Gini Bradley, Rob and Brenda Hughey, Linda Gehringer, and Ryan Owen and his New Mexico family members Cynthia Bennett and Carissa Ann Owen and boyfriend Pablo, all enjoying the firepit.
Also there was the Copeland Clan: Ken, Sylvia, Marcea and Mark.
Here's their story:
"We purchased our new home in Dillon (Snowberry Subdivision) in late May, moving from Northern Virginia, where I worked for Uncle Sam for over 35 years. Sylvia, my spouse, still works, which makes me a 'kept man' - my main goal in life. Sylvia is originally from Colorado; most of her family lives here. Our daughter, Marcea, and her husband, Mark, both live in Colorado (another big reason for my wife wanting to come back). Marcea has a wedding planning business, Something Blue Colorado. She is a former college ski racer from the East Coast and has been offered a ski instructor position at Keystone for this season."
Before Saturday's sky explosions, we attended the fun "Not tying the Knot" party for Dr. Jim "JB" Bachman and his partner of a decade, archaeologist Amy Nelson, held at Bobby and Stephanie Kato's Tuscato.
Just a few among those marking the non-event were Mark and Colleen Richmond, Kathleen Kennedy, Paul Connolly, Amico2, Phil and Janelle Kopp, Linda Axlerod and Gray Pearson, Paul and Diane Chodkowski, Rob Philippe and Val Weber, Tom and Christy Eble, Peter Dunn, Bob Kluge, and Mary Margaret Motsinger.
A longtime local physician, JB was the first chief of staff at the new Centura Health St. Anthony Summit Medical Center before taking a position with Kaiser Permanente in Denver. A "Burning Man" vet, he still has a home here.
Taking a "Colorful Colorado" spin down through Leadville, Granite, Buena Vista and into Salida, we visited with Mary's sister Judy Hoch and husband Randy.
Our mission: Relieve them of a portion of their burdensome crop of greenhouse tomatoes.
While running errands with Randy, we spotted a Jeep bearing ZL plates at Walmart.
It was Mary and Dave Drawbert, down for the weekend from Breckenridge, and enjoying the 80-degree temps at their second home.
Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed "Spike," a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a local since 1982. An award-winning investigative reporter, he and wife Mary E. Staby owned newspapers here for 20 years.
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Source: Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet, Pages: 234
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Kid Cudi
He used to make funny faces in the mirror and rap to himself growing up. Weird? Maybe, but consider it practice for the place Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi finds himself now. The rapper from Cleveland quit a restaurant job in his hometown of Shaker Heights after his boss encouraged him to leave Ohio and carve his lane in the entertainment industry. By then, Cudi was already rapping on the local circuit, and when he decided to drop out of college after his freshman year, he moved to New York City on October 7, 2004. In his pocket? A demo tape and $500 cash. NYC was a new beginning for Cudi. A loner in a city where he didn't know anyone, Cudi would walk aimlessly through Times Square and go to the movies by himself. His uncle, the last sibling of Cudi's father who died of cancer when he was 11, allowed him to stay in his South Bronx apartment.
Cudi slept on a couch while juggling retail jobs at stores like American Apparel and A Bathing Ape and clocking long hours at the recording studio every night with his managers Plain Pat and Emile. (In 2008, Cudi and his partners started the indie label Dream On.) Cudi fell into the typical MC grind until tragedy struck in 2006: His uncle suffered the same fate as Cudi's father and passed away. Cudi went back to Cleveland for the funeral in a emotional funk which inspired "Day N Nite"— the song that would change his life forever. Recorded in a pitch-black room, Cudi put his heart into the gloomy pop-hit.
After posting it on his MySpace, the song started racking up hits and eventually caught the attention of A-Trak, Kanye West's former tour DJ. A-Trak fell in love with the song, and Cudi ended up signing a single deal on the DJ's "Fool's Gold" label. A critically-acclaimed mixtape, presented by Pat and Emile and co-branded with NYC streetwear label 10 Deep called "A KiD Named CuDi" was the MC's first full body of work, and released on July 17, 2008 . Things were looking up, but the game truly changed when A-Trak played "Day N Nite" at Kanye West's "Stronger" premiere party. West loved the song,and saw enough potential in Cudi that he flew him out to Hawaii to do reference hooks for Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3. Soon, 'Ye and Cudi started work on Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak album. Cudi's singsongy, eclectic style was the perfect match for 808s, and the up-andcomer ended up writing four songs ("Heartless," "Paranoid," "Welcome To Heartbreak," and "Robocop"). Before long, the kid from Cleveland was beginning to creep into the mainstream.
With hype (and Kanye) behind him and a Billboard hit with "Day N Nite," Cudi inked a deal with Kanye's G.O.O.D music label. Soon after, he parlayed that into a major deal with Universal Motown. On September 15, 2009, Kid Cudi released his debut album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, a genre-bending concept album that took people through Scott Mescudi's dreams, nightmares, and unique views of the world. The album—which featured production from Emile, Plain Pat, RATATAT, MGMT and Kanye West—sold 104,419 copies its first week, good enough for #4 on the Billboard chart. The album's reception, both critical and commercial, proved Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone's assertion that Cudi was a "game-changer in hip-hop". And a game-changer he has been. As the stats go for Cudder, to date he's sold over 4.6 million digital singles, 1.3 million mobiletones, and according to The Hype Machine, he is among the top ten most blogged about artists of all-time.
As of August 2010, Cudi's videos on VEVO clock in at over 32 million views. In addition to being sought-after for his music, top-tier companies like Converse and Heineken have tapped Kid Cudi to appear in campaigns like "3 Artists, 1 Song" and "Plug into Summer," respectively, while Askmen.com has labeled him a "Style Icon." After his debut album dropped, Cudi set off on a sold-out city-to-city tour with Asher Roth ("The Great Hangover Tour") and appeared as the main attraction at festivals like Audiotistic and Bonnaroo, all while prepping his sophomore album, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager. The highly-anticipated album, set to release November 9, will feature Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and GLC, with production from Emile, Plain Pat, Jim Jonsin, Diplo, Dot Da Genius and others. Its first single, "Erase Me," debuted at #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 when it released on iTunes this past August. Cudi promises that the album will be darker than its first, and will build on the cinematic theme that he prides his music on. There's no question that the album will be well-received by critics and fans alike, so the only question that remains is: where will you be for the revolution?


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Kids will go Guppy over this yummy frozen drink. It looks like Gil's tail!
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Place the green candies in a plastic bag (Ziploc). Microwave, massaging the bag every 5 seconds until the candies are melted and smooth, about 20 seconds.
Snip a small corner from the bag. Pipe random spots of green candy on the inside of 3 clear glasses. Place glasses in the refrigerator to set for about 5 minutes.
Combine the banana, kiwi, and milk in a blender. Pulse until smooth. Add the food coloring, if desired. Add 1 cup of the yogurt and pulse to blend. Dot some of the remaining yogurt on the inside of the glasses as you did with the green candy. Pour in the smoothie to fill the glasses. Add a few drops of remaining yogurt.
Kids will have fun in the kitchen making these bubble bites just right!
A swimsational spread that will keep kids dipping back into the kitchen for more of this fish cracker snack!
Something is fishy about these snacks� but kids won't suspect that a tasty treat could also be healthy!
Fishin' for a quick and easy treat for your Bubble Guppies fan?
Go fishing for fruit--and make a game out of good eating!
Bubble Guppies fans will dive right into this tasty dip!
What's hiding under that sheet? One fin-tastic treat!
Make them smile with a sweet Guppies treat!
Little guppies will flip for this funny take on dessert!
These swim-sational cookies will pop right out of your cookie jar!
Make no bones about it, these cookies are delicious & easy to make!
Make a fin-tastic sandwich that looks like your kid's favorite preschool teacher
Bake the cake and top it off with Molly and Gil!
These fetchin' cupcakes will stand out at your little guppy's next party!
Here's a peanut butter and jelly fish-shaped sandwich for your little guppy!
Turn plain pound cake into bite-sized cake pops that look like Little Fish!
Make a splash at snack time with a swimsational veggie treat!
What time is it? It's time for a new twist on classic macaroni and cheese!
Make this tasty treat any day of the week--it's simple!
Kids will want s'more of this chocolate and marshmallow-filled treat!
All aboard! Kids won't even notice the veggies on this healthy pizza
Turn a hot dog into a...hot "DOG!"
Frowns turn friendly fast with this easy 5-step pizza!
Get a taste of the tropics with this healthy, fruity drink!
Make them smile with a sweet Guppies treat!
Make this tasty treat any day of the week--it's simple!
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - Chris Del Bosco says he's going through something akin to the five stages of grief regarding the devastating blow to his sport this week - the announcement that ESPN's Skier X event will not be a part of the 2013 Winter X Games.
The Eagle-Vail local and ski cross phenom received the news on Friday that ESPN has decided to nix the event for this season, along with their snowboard cross and mono ski cross events, thereby skipping the building of a X course for the first time in the event's history.
"It's like the full five stages," Del Bosco said from Government Camp, Ore., Sunday, where he is currently training. "Not believing it, getting mad, and finally I still haven't quite accepted it yet."
Del Bosco, a two-time X Games Skier X gold medalist, said he gained his interest in the sport - where four to six people race simultaneously while clearing gates and hitting jumps - from watching it at the X Games.
"Definitely that was a huge reason why I got started in ski cross," he said. "It's frustrating because that's the best course, they do the best job with the camera work and putting the sport out there for people to see. It's received well, it's good for sponsors, it's an integral part of our sport and now we don't have it."
At the Timberline Lodge glacier on Mt. Hood, where Del Bosco - who calls both Eagle-Vail and Montreal home - has been training for the last several days, the mood was one of disappointment among Del Bosco's teammates on the Canadian national ski cross team, head coach Eric Archer said on Sunday.
"Every one of my athletes looks forward to that event, we sit down and come up with three events they want to peak for and X Games, for every single one of them, is always on that list," said Archer. "For the North American athletes, that was their event to showcase their skills in front of a home audience. ... Now pretty much our sport is completely European dominated as far as exposure goes."
Of the 16 ski cross events on the World Cup calendar this year, only two take place in North America - one at Nakiska and one at Telluride - while France has three and Switzerland and Germany each have two. Despite the low exposure in that arena, the International Ski Federation (FIS) actually amended its calendar a few years ago to give athletes a break from World Cup action during the X Games, lest racers like Del Bosco be forced to choose between one or the other. (He always chose X Games.)
"It's unfortunate that FIS actually made an adjustment in their organization to not schedule events during X Games anymore out of respect for that being the beginning of ski cross on a big-time venue," he said. "Now we've all got the week off that week.
"I haven't been to the SIA show since they held it in Vegas, it was always a good time," said Archer, referring to the SnowSports Industries America trade show, which is now held in Denver on the same weekend as X Games. "Who knows, maybe this year I'll check it out."
Archer has been a part of the Winter X, as both an athlete and a coach, for 13 of the 15 years it has been at X Games, and has been on the X Games Skier X athlete selection committee for the last four years. He said he received an email Thursday morning informing him of the decision, but has no idea why ESPN is nixing the X course for the first time in Winter X history.
"I don't know what they were thinking," he said. "It was like a sucker punch to the gut ... I'm numb."
ESPN quoted Tim Reed, a senior director of content strategy for the X Games, as saying they made the decision in order to focus on pipe, slope, big air, snowmobiles and snowboard street.
"We come up with what we believe are the best events to showcase to our fans on-site and obviously the networks, too."
Within a few days of the story going live on ESPN's website, it had garnered more than 100 fan comments expressing disappointment in the move.
"The most horrible thing ESPN has done," wrote David, a 36-year-old commenter from Steamboat Springs. "It shows how they are not respecting the heart of Action Sports."
Chris Del Bosco's father, Eagle-Vail resident Del Del Bosco, said comments like those, along with any feedback fans can give the Aspen Skiing Co., hopefully will encourage a change of heart for 2014 within the powers that be.
"I think that could have a lot of bearing," said Del Del Bosco, pointing out that snowmobile SnoCross was dropped from the Winter X Games 2012 schedule and picked back up again for 2013. "The fans need to let them know how they feel."
ESPN reported that Reed hasn't dismissed the possibility of the disciplines being added to future X Games events.
"There's nothing to say we won't do X course next year," he said. "We believe in the sport, we love it, we've been doing it for a lot of years."