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VAIL, Colorado - Barry Davis said the evening of March 2 felt pretty easy at his place - Bol, in the Solaris building. "But it only felt easy because of Friday," Davis said.
Davis said his place would have had a busy weekend with or without the Burton U.S. Open Snowboard Championships - it is March, after all, the time when businesses in Vail expect big crowds. But the Burton event just made the weekend that much busier, Davis said.
The snowboarding events drew thousands. Vail Town Council member Margaret Rogers was at the event site Saturday and said lots of people were gathered at the halfpipe. But, Rogers said, a lot of those people ended up in the village, too. And even more people came to the Friday concert featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Macklemore is one of the hottest acts in music at the moment, thanks to the massive YouTube success of the song "Thrift Shop," which has been viewed more than 130 million times so far.
Macklemore is young and good-looking, which means he's a draw for teenage girls, many of whom came to Vail Friday just for a look at the latest heartthrob on the scene.
"I had dads calling from Denver, wondering where to park and what to do," Davis said.
The combination of an already-busy weekend, fresh snow, the snowboard event and a hot musician added up to a crowd bigger than any James Deighan had seen before in Vail Village. Deighan is one of the partners in Highline Sports and Entertainment, an event promotion company that's been working in the Vail Valley since the early 1990s.
Deighan said the Macklemore show - which was actually booked by the Burton people - was unique in that it brought in a musician at just about the peak of his current fame - the next night Macklemore was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live."
"We've had people win Grammys between the time we booked them and the time they appeared, but nothing like this," Deighan said. "We could just about have moved it to Ford Park."
The weekend brought a variety of visitors to town, too. Rogers said she saw a village sandwich shop, Big Bear Bistro, buzzing at lunchtime Saturday. Later that day, Rogers was part of a group that had dinner at Mastuhisa, which was also very busy.
"People were having a great time," Rogers said of the crowds she saw. "It was just a really great, family atmosphere."
Deighan echoed those comments. So how many people were really in Vail for the Friday concert? Deighan wouldn't venture a guess, but the short answer is "a lot."
That made for happy merchants - Yeti's Grind co-owner Tara Picklo said she saw a "huge influx of business" - and at least one happy town council member.
The town of Vail put roughly $400,000 into the Burton event. That money was well-spent, Rogers said.
"It really was a home run," she said, adding that promoters traditionally ask for smaller donations as events become more successful over time.
"Hopefully they can rely less and less on us for funding," she said.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis team gave No. 55 New Mexico all it could handle, but the Islanders fell 4-1 to the Lobos in the second round of the HEB Tournament of Champions on Friday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Islanders split the day's matches, having defeated No. 63 Middle Tennessee State 4-1 in the morning session.
"This was a great day for Islanders Tennis and the city of Corpus Christi to play the first-ever round of this legendary tournament at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "This is considered by many the most prestigious collegiate tennis tournament in the United States and it added to its history today with two rounds being played at HEB and two being played at the Henry Tennis Center. I thought our staff did an incredible job and we're very grateful to the HEB Tennis Center and their staff as well."
The HEB Tournament of Champions is the longest-running college team tournament in the United States, in its 46th consecutive year.
A&M – Corpus Christi will now face Oklahoma State in the third-place match at 11 a.m. on Saturday and the championship match will take place at 11 a.m. between UNM and Louisiana-Lafayette. Both those matches will take place at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. Please note the change of venue and time for the championship match.
The Islanders and Lobos had all six of their matches incredibly close at the outset, but the Lobos were able to gain momentum by taking five of the six opening sets to post the victory.
"Give a lot of credit to New Mexico today," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "They're just a very good, well coached team. They're always one of the teams we respect the most for the way they compete and how smart they play. We battled hard this morning and really paid the price to win that match, so I'm proud of that. But give credit to UNM, they were the better team today.
"I wish the second match had gone better, but we competed incredibly hard and these guys fought with all their hearts," he added.
All six matches were neck-and-neck early on, with the Islanders gaining the only momentum at No. 6, where Pietro Jordao garnered a 6-4 victory in the first set. The newcomer went on to a 6-4, 6-4 win over James Hignett.
But late in the first set of the remaining matches, the momentum shifted to New Mexico. At No. 1, Nagy lost a hard-fought 6-3 decision in the first set, then saw Jadon Phillips take a 6-1 decision in the second set to win the first point for the Lobos. Shortly after Jordao's victory, UNM made it 2-1, as Conor Berg posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over Gergo Weidinger at No. 3.
New Mexico then finished off the victory, as Samir Iftikar completed a 6-3, 6-3 win over Nathan Robinson at No. 4, and Carl Ho edged Fernando Llorens 7-6, 6-4 at No. 5. The No. 2 position did not finish, as Aurelien Tave was trailing Ben Dunbar, 7-6, 4-3, when the Lobos tallied their fourth team point.
Middle Tennessee State will face South Alabama in the fifth-place match at 9 a.m. The seventh-place match will feature Western Michigan and DePaul at 9 a.m. Both matches will be played at the HEB Tennis Center.
For updates on tomorrow's action at the HEB Tournament of Champions, follow @IslandersTennis on Twitter.
New Mexico vs Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
3/2/2012 at Corpus Christi, Texas
#55 New Mexico 4, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 1
Singles competition:
1. Jadon Phillips (UNM) def. Peter Nagy (AMCC) 6-3, 6-1
2. Aurelien Tave (AMCC) vs. Ben Dunbar (UNM) 6-7, 3-4, unfinished
3. Conor Berg (UNM) def. Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Samir Iftikhar (UNM) def. Nathan Robinson (AMCC) 6-3, 6-3
5. Carl Ho (UNM) def. Fernando Llorens (AMCC) 7-6, 6-4
6. Pietro Jordao (AMCC) def. James Hignett (UNM) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition:
1. Jadon Phillips/Phil Anderson (UNM) vs. Aurelien Tave/Peter Nagy (AMCC) no result
2. Conor Berg/Ben Dunbar (UNM) vs. Gergo Weidinger/Alex Pavlov (AMCC) no result
3. Carl Ho/James Hignett (UNM) vs. Andrew Maingot/Nathan Robinson (AMCC) no result
Match Notes:
New Mexico 9-4; National ranking #55
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 6-7
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (1,6,3,4,5)


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- For the first time in two years, Georgia shoppers on the hunt for back-to-school bargains can skip out on paying the state sales tax. The sales tax holiday started Friday morning.
The sound of bargain hunting can be heard in stores all over Richmond and Columbia counties.
Moms and dads will hand over their hard-earned cash in exchange for, "Notebooks, pencils, erasers, all kinds of stuff," said Jack Niebling, who will start the second grade Monday.
His sister, Avery, has a list of her own.
"Crayons and markers," she said.
Their mother, Sara Niebling, tries to keep it all organized. She's on her third trip to the back-to-school aisle before all three of her children start classes Monday.
"I think I've probably spent about $200 to $250," Niebling said.
This weekend, parents like Niebling will get a 7 percent discount, thanks to Georgia's two-day sales tax holiday.
Stores like Target expect more carts to fill up and more registers to ring in the profits.
"Considering we haven't had tax-free weekend for three years, it'll be pretty crazy this weekend," said Susan Gary, the assistant store manager at Target at the Augusta Exchange.
The tax break comes with rules and restrictions parents need to pay close attention to, such as school supplies under $20 are non-taxable. New clothes need to be under $100 for you to get 7 percent off. Computers must be under $1,000.
"The biggest thing is book covers, they are the first thing that go, and we are sold out at the moment," Gary said.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Golf stories about Rory McIlroy are a lot more flattering than those a year ago. And if he reads too much into them, they can be a lot more dangerous.
McIlroy went wire to wire at Hoylake to win the British Open. Then, he overpowered Firestone on the weekend to win his first World Golf Championship tournament. Now he is the overwhelming favorite at the PGA Championship. He is looked on in some corners as a sure thing, a label once reserved only for Tiger Woods.
Boy Wonder is not so sure about that.
"Sometimes I feel that people are too quick to jump to conclusions," McIlroy said Tuesday before heading out for his first look at Valhalla. "I've had a great run of golf, and I've played well over the past few months.
"Look, I said at the start of the year that golf was looking for someone to put their hand up and sort of become one of the dominant players in the game. I felt like I had the ability to do that. And it's just nice to be able to win a few tournaments and get back to where I feel I should be."
He is No. 1 in the world again. He has three wins in his last seven starts. And with three legs of the career Grand Slam -- only Woods and Jack Nicklaus were younger than the 25-year-old McIlroy when they achieved that -- there was even talk about the start of a new era.
McIlroy wasn't buying.
"I'm just really happy with where my golf game is at the minute, and I just want to try and continue that for as long as possible," he said. "And people can say what they want to say. That's fine. But I can't read too much into it. ... Because if you read everything that was being written, I'd turn up at the first tee on Thursday thinking I'd already won the tournament."
McIlroy appears to be in full flight, just as he was in his record victory at Congressional in the 2011 U.S. Open, and just as he was when he won the PGA Championship by a record eight shots in 2012, and then added three more wins the rest of the year against strong fields.
McIlroy said his work in gym has added about 7 pounds of muscle in recent months, and he is now the heaviest he has been. He also has shortened his swing, which would make him more accurate off the tee.
"He's such a great driver of the golf ball," Phil Mickelson said as he looked back on McIlroy's win at Firestone. "Even though the golf course was fairly tight and hitting fairways is important, he kept hitting drivers and he kept putting the ball in play and he kept playing the course aggressively and making birdies. And he plays to his strength. He's just a very good talent.
"We've been waiting a year, year and a half now for it to turn. And it's really turned for him. And he's tough to beat."
McIlroy was foundering at this time a year ago, missing the cut in three out of six tournaments, not even sniffing contention as he worked through equipment changes. The final touch was an alignment issue he solved after the Masters, and he is soaring now.
Of the 13 players to win a major and a WGC event, McIlroy and Woods are the only ones to win them in consecutive starts. In the last 20 years, Woods, Padraig Harrington and Nick Price are the only players to win the final two majors of the year.
McIlroy ended Adam Scott's 11-week run at No. 1, and his intent is to stay there.
"I think the right guy is at No. 1 at the moment," Scott said. "I hope that I could go ahead and win this week and maybe go back to No. 1. But there's no doubt Rory has played the best golf over the last few months."
McIlroy considers this his best major, and the results bear that out. In five starts, he has finished out of the top 10 only one time. That was in 2011 in Atlanta, where he played the last three rounds with an arm injury after trying to hit a shot through a tree root.
"Expectations are higher. Hype is a little higher," McIlroy said. "So it's a little bit different this year."
Site: Louisville, Kentucky
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday
Course: Valhalla Golf Club (7,458 yards, par 71)
Purse: $10 million (winner's share: $1.8 million)
TV: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.)
Last year: Jason Dufner won at Oak Hill in Rochester, New York. He matched the major championship record with a second-round 63 in a two-stroke victory.
Last week: Rory McIlroy regained the top spot in the world, following his British Open victory with a comeback win in the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. ... Geoff Ogilvy won the Barracuda Championship in Reno for his victory PGA Tour victory since 2010.
Notes: Tiger Woods, the 2000 winner at Valhalla, says he'll play in his second major of the season. He withdrew from the Bridgestone in the final round because of a back injury. The tournament was his third since returning from surgery to alleviate pain from a pinched nerve. Also the 1999, 2006 and 2007 PGA winner, he won the last of his 14 major titles in the 2008 U.S. Open. ... The tournament ends the points race for the nine automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. ... McIlroy won by eight shots in 2012 at Kiawah Island (South Carolina) to break the tournament record for margin of victory. ... If tied after 72 holes, the tournament will be decided in a three-hole, stroke-play playoff. If still tied, it will go to sudden death. ... The United States won the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla. ... The PGA of America owns Jack Nicklaus-designed Valhalla. ... The 2015 tournament will be played at Whistling Straits (Wisconsin). ... The Wyndham Championship is next week at Sedgefield in Greensboro, North Carolina.


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Betty Jean Sanders, 88, formerly of Carthage, passed away Sept. 20, 2012, at her assisted living home in Phoenix, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Sanders, on Feb. 17, 1980, and her parents, Ramond E. Welker and Georgia Quigley Welker.
Betty was a homemaker and an avid golfer, and enjoyed reading and needlework. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Carthage, and Carthage Women's Golf Association.
Surviving family include: her daughter, Carol Jenkins, and Bill of Fountain Hills, Ariz., her son, James (Jay) Sanders, and Nancy of Carthage, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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We specialize in the complete process of classic car restoration. Our shop is designed to receive your classic car and completely restore it to better than new condition all within our facility. We feel the best way to insure the highest quality is to have complete control of the entire restoration process. Our cars are well known for the sharpest details and award winning paint jobs.
At MetalWorks we strive to provide the highest quality classic car restoration anywhere. We pride ourselves on the quality of workmanship, details, and focus we put into every restoration project we work on no matter what size project it is. We want every car restoration project to be as close to perfection as possible when it leaves our shop. We do total restoration projects costing over $250,000 a car to minor projects costing only a few hundred dollars. For us at MetalWorks it?s not about the size of the project it?s about the finished restoration product and how the car looks and runs when it?s completed.
All of our employees are carefully hand chosen based on their love of a cars, years of focus and devotion, and undeniable true passion for automobiles. Each one of us brings added depth and dimension to our team. One guy might have a passion for painting a, another for body work, some for building engines, or another for interior work. In the end what it comes down to for us is all about our passion for this business.
MetalWorks began as a small group of car enthusiasts getting together on the evenings and weekends to work on projects. Slowly over time each car continued to garner more attention and awards at the local car shows. We started getting more and more calls from others asking if we could help them with their projects. At first we did what we could just because of the joy in seeing each car when it was finished. However, it didn?t take long to realize we couldn?t put so much time and attention into each project for free. Once we started billing for our time we realized nobody had any issues paying us for their restoration work. From that point on we?ve never looked back. Our classic car restoration business has grown every year and we are enjoying every day of it.
At MetalWorks our facility is set up to provide complete classic car restoration all within one facility. We do all the restoration work in house, everything from where the tires touch the pavement and up. We don?t send any of our work off site to have it done by someone else. This allows us 100% ability to oversee quality control and ensure each classic restoration project is done to exact specification. Each restoration project no matter who it?s made by Chevy, Ford, or Dodge all get the same focus and attention to detail. The same is true no matter what model of classic car it is: a Corvette, Thunderbird, Firebird, Camaro, Chevelle, Belair, Pickup, Panel, T-Bucket, Impala, Mustang, Nova, they all get the same high quality attention.
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We begin each classic restoration project by stripping the car down as much as needed for the work to be completed. For a total classic car restoration project (Ford, Chevy, or Dodge) this means completely breaking the car down to the bare metal. Once the car is ready we take it through our acid dipping process. The acid dipping, or metal dipping as some call it, removes all the paint and rust providing is a solid base for beginning the classic car restoration process. With owner input we decide what parts we save and reuse and what parts are best to be replaced during the restoration process. We order the parts from our classic auto parts suppliers and get to work doing any necessary work while the parts are in shipping.
Every restoration project is different so the cost of every restoration project is different. Our desire is to have every classic car we work on be an amazing work of art when completed. However, we know not everyone wants to or can spend the amount of money needed for the super high end classic show car. We work closely with each owner to provide the highest quality restoration job while working to stay within each owner?s budget. Of course everyone must understand we may run into unexpected challenges once we have each car in pieces. When we find work that is more challenging then we had anticipated we always stop immediately, contact the owner, look for the best solution, amend the work order, and move forward with the restoration. We bill each project monthly with a detailed list of the work completed, parts used, cost of parts, and shop hours work on each restoration project.
Our passion is with any classic car. We enjoy each restoration project we do no matter what the make or model of classic car you have. A classic Chevy car is what you?ll most often find in our shop. However, right next to a Chevy Impala you may find a Ford Mustang, Ford Panel, LaSalle, or a Dodge car. We put the same focus and attention to detail into every car restoration we do. Some of our past projects have been a Ford Thunderbird, Ford Mustang, Ford Panel, Chevy Camaro, Firebird, 1955 Chevy Belair, 1957 Chevy Belair, Chevy Impala, Chevelle, and many more.
MetalWorks shop is located in Eugene, Oregon. Our location offers us great ability to serve many classic auto restoration enthusiasts on the West Coast. We are just an hour and a half South of Portland, Oregon the largest city in Oregon. We have had some customers from as far away as the Bay Area, Sacramento, Fresno, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, and all over Northern California for our work. We have one of the only classic car metal dipping or acid dipping facilities on the West Coast. Our metal dipping facility brings us customers from all over the Northwest and all over the West Coast, including Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.
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Of course plenty of our work comes from right here in our local area. Eugene, Oregon has tons of classic car restoration enthusiasts. Oregon authorized dealer for: classic car parts, wheels, electrical, air conditioning, performance, sheet metal, and suspension parts.
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With 18 hours of required course work, the ethics minor at UE allows students a variety of options to study core human questions and dilemmas, culminating in a senior project that prepares students to be strong, critical thinkers about questions of ethics.
The University of Evansville ethics minor provides opportunities for disciplined engagement with core human questions and dilemmas and allows you to examine the ethical dimensions of who we are and how we ought to live as citizens of the world.
Here are two great reasons to minor in ethics at the University of Evansville:
- Enhance your program of study — an ethics minor complements any major — either in the liberal arts or a professional program.
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Responding to an investigation by this newspaper, a state lawmaker introduced legislation Tuesday to ban future part-time elected officials from receiving taxpayer-funded health insurance after they leave office.
Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, said he hoped to unburden local governments from costs that can stretch on for decades after elected leaders leave office.
"It doesn't make sense for part-time elected officials to earn lifetime health benefits," he said. "The public thinks that benefits expire when the term expires, and that's obviously not the case."
This newspaper reported last month that more than 200 former Bay Area politicians receive medical insurance from the governments where they once held office. Some, such as three former trustees of the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond, were elected in the 1960s and have been out of office for more than 30 years.
At the Santa Clara Valley Water District, former director Patrick Ferraro received health coverage for himself and two dependents in 2012 that cost nearly $50,000. He's been out of office since 1995.
In 19 cases, the dependents of dead former officials received benefits in 2012, government data showed.
Mullin's bill would ban anyone sworn in after Jan. 1, 2015, from receiving medical coverage after they leave office.
But his proposal won't take away the benefit from anyone receiving it now, he said in a telephone interview.
Lawyers for the legislature were quick to nix that idea, defining the perk as a vested right for hundreds of former city council members, school trustees and water district directors.
"We're trying to do this without causing a ton of lawsuits," Mullin said. "There may be some legacy costs" for those currently receiving coverage, "but it will eventually end."
A 1995 law already bans the benefit for anyone elected after 1996 to a special district -- such as a water or park agency.
Mullin said he was still exploring whether the legislature could force former officials who receive the benefit through the state Public Employees Retirement System, CalPERS, to pay a larger share of the benefits of the cost.
In some cases, governments are contributing less than $1,500 a year for that health coverage with the former officials paying the bulk of the cost. But others, such as Palo Alto, are paying 100 percent of the expense. That city spent more than $115,000 in 2012 to cover 13 former politicians.
A CalPERS spokesman, Brad Pacheco, said in an email on Tuesday that local governments could require people to pay more of the cost. The legislature could also force such a change, he said.
Ferraro, whose benefits are not through CalPERS, said Tuesday that he can't support Mullin's proposed statewide ban.
"I don't think the bill is a good idea," he said. Providing the benefit "has to be a local philosophy. All politics is local."
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This work is extremely important as well as successful. In recognition of its value, PhRMA was excited to contribute $50,000 to Rotary International's latest campaign - "The World's Biggest Commercial" - "enough to provided oral vaccine to protect 83,000 children against this paralyzing disease."
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PITTSBURG -- Body armor may have saved a police officer's life Tuesday night after he was shot while chasing a man wanted on drug and weapons charges.
The officer and his partner returned fire, wounding the suspect, according to Pittsburg police Lt. Ron Raman. The officer, a five-year veteran who was hit in the body armor covering his back, was treated at a hospital and released.
"The armor stopped the injuries from being more severe," Raman said.
The other officer was not injured.
The suspect, Troy Aben Makanski, a 30-year-old Oakley man with warrants for drug and weapons charges, was in stable condition Wednesday, Raman said.
The incident happened about 11:30 p.m. on Maple Street between 11th and 12th streets. Two officers tried to contact Makanski as he stood near a car in front of a house on Maple Street.
As the officers approached -- and before they had a chance to speak with him -- Makanski ran off. As he was running, he turned and fired a shot that struck the officer, Raman said. Both officers returned fire, hitting the man.
Raman would not say how many shots were fired, citing the ongoing investigation, but residents said they heard about a dozen shots.
The shooting is being investigated by the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office with the help of Pittsburg police, Raman said.
Both officers will be placed on administrative leave, a standard procedure after an officer-involved shooting, Raman said. The wounded officer's partner is a seven-year veteran of the force, he added.
City leaders say the officer-involved shooting, along with the fatal shootings last month of two Pittsburg residents, a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy in separate incidents, need to be put into perspective given that the city's crime rate is at a historic low.
"Due to the hard work of the women and men of the Pittsburg Police Department our city has in fact enjoyed the lowest crime rate" since police first began collecting statistics 55 years ago on a regular basis, Vice Mayor Sal Evola said. "It has taken a decade of hard work of our police department to get where we are today and (these) incidents in my opinion should not change that opinion, as long as there is a continuing commitment from city elected leaders to continue to fund public safety first in the budget."
City Councilman Ben Johnson noted that Makanski is an Oakley resident.
"The bottom line is he was visiting, he was here from somewhere else, and he didn't want to get caught and go back to jail," said Johnson, who added that police typically arrest at least five people a day in Pittsburg on various outstanding warrants. "Five times a day, 365 times a year, that's a lot of people we are getting off the street. We are proactive."
Residents of the neighborhood described a chaotic scene, with the gunshots ringing out, followed by dozens of police cars from Bay Area agencies flooding the streets.
"What really surprised me was the repeating gun sound," said Lori Larman, 60, who sat on her front porch Wednesday morning, wrapped in a blanket as she watched police at the scene a few houses down. "It's (usually) so quiet around here, the police don't have to patrol very often."
Larman and her husband, Jack, said they heard about seven shots, followed by a pause of about 30 seconds, then four to five more shots. Within a half-hour, they said, the street in front of their home was filled with police from Martinez, Danville, San Ramon, Richmond and other agencies.
Cesario Reyes, 45, said he heard as many as 20 gunshots. He also described the neighborhood as generally peaceful, saying the biggest problem may be that "sometimes people drive too fast when there's kids crossing (the street)."
Kim McAllister, 56, said she was in her bedroom watching TV when she heard the sirens. Soon, she said, a helicopter was overhead, with its spotlight fixed on her backyard.
"I said, 'Oh my god, they're chasing somebody, and they're in my backyard!'" she said, though the police soon focused their attention away from her home. "I've never seen anything like it. It was bumper-to-bumper police in front of the house."
Investigators were still probing the area Wednesday morning, focusing on the intersection of Maple and East 11th streets, taking measurements and searching the front yard of a home on the southeast corner of the intersection. Two cars were also towed from a location about half a block away, but police did not immediately say if they were evidence in the investigation.
Another person near the shooting scene was later found to have a warrant, and was arrested shortly after the incident, but that person was not involved in the chase or the shooting, Raman said.
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Definition of pseudomorph in English:
A crystal consisting of one mineral but having the form of another.
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- In one isolated occurrence, aggregates of small cerussite crystals form pseudomorphs, less than 2 mm across, after an unknown mineral.
- The idea that tiger's-eye is a pseudomorph - a mineral in which crystals of one material take on the form of another, which it replaces atom by atom - held sway for more than 125 years.
- Amazing and fantastic forms of representatives of the mineral world are displayed in the exhibitions dedicated to crystals, mineral aggregates, and pseudomorphs.
verb[with object]
Replace (another substance) to form a pseudomorph: actinolite and hornblende typically pseudomorph pyroxene
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- Andalusite porphyroblasts that overgrow the S 1 fabric were pseudomorphed by colourless mica.
- Foord reported that bastnasite has been found pseudomorphing allanite.
- Relict coarse, lath-shaped omphacites are variably preserved, but all are either partially retrogressed to pargasite or have been pseudomorphed by diopside-plagioclase symplectites.
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- Any or all of these carbonate minerals may have acted as the now-replaced parent to the well-known pseudomorphic, rhombohedral replacements by hematite and goethite.
- As the dimensions of materials are reduced to the nanometer scale, the stabilization of pseudomorphic crystal structures that differ from their bulk equilibrium phases can occur. The pseudomorphic growth could provide a substantially larger bulk modulus and greater hardness than the average of the constituent materials in nanolayered and nanocomposite thin films.
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- Although this is not a particularly quantitative test, it does show that complete pseudomorphism (quartz sand after calcite) had not occurred for these two specimens.
- The absence of euhedral crystals of phillipsite, even by SEM examination, suggests that the alteration may be a form of pseudomorphism.
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- Whenever this layer is found, collectors know to look carefully below it for highly silicified wood and nodules (either as agate fortifications or pseudomorphous replacement of barite concretions).
- The outer zone of the alteration halo is most extensively developed in the semi-pelitic schists, and is manifested by the pseudomorphous replacement of biotite by chlorite, rutile and quartz, and feldspar by sericite.
Mid 19th century: from pseudo- 'false' + Greek morphē 'form'.
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Mystery man who rushed into fire is identified
Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
LONGBOAT KEY - Justin Schmidt would have been proud.
His brother put his own life aside on an otherwise routine Thursday morning when he rushed to enter a blazing Longboat Key home after hearing voices from inside. He took no credit for the heroics; gave no one his name.
On Friday, the Herald-Tribune tracked down the key's "mystery man."
The 34-year-old public works employee followed in the footsteps of his deceased brother when he realized someone may have been trapped inside the small burning bungalow.
Like Justin — among eight soldiers killed in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004 when a vehicle approached their unit and the driver detonated a bomb — Jason Schmidt did not hesitate.
"I didn't even really think about it at the time," Jason said. "But it was definitely a scary moment. It runs in the family, I guess."
The brothers, born at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base, grew up in Bradenton. Jason graduated from Bayshore High School. His brother finished school as a Hurricane at Manatee High.
Jason was checking water meters in the area Thursday morning when he saw the thick cloud of smoke. He pointed his golf cart toward the Longboat Key scene, where flames had already engulfed the wooden structure.
With sirens screaming in the background as rescue crews neared, Jason knew he could not wait.
He ran up to the building, broke the door down and yelled to see if anybody was inside. The only reply was crackling flames.
He took one step in.
A rush of heat hit his face, pushing him back out.
He could hear voices again, so he thought about giving it another try. That is when the fire department arrived.
Turns out, just as Jason was fighting to enter the home from the front, the three people who had been inside when the fire broke out were simultaneously escaping from the back. One of them was a 6-year-old boy. Another was the sister of area real estate maven Michael Saunders.
Nobody was hurt. Justin just would not have allowed it.
"He didn't think it was a big deal, but he put his life in danger," said Stacie Shinkle, Jason's girlfriend. "He just said if it was him, he would want someone else to do the same."
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Head Coach Matt McGreevy begins his ninth season at the helm of the Sacred Heart women's golf program in 2013-14. McGreevy has built the Pioneer women into a Northeast Conference title contender in his short time with the program and takes over the reins of a men's program that is annually one of the most competitive teams throughout the Northeast.
The 2008-09 season saw McGreevy lead the Pioneers to a third place finish at the Northeast Conference Championship, earning the rookie head coach the 2009 NEC Coach of the Year award. McGreevy had the Pioneers in contention again at the 2010 Championship, finishing 17 strokes off the lead for a fourth place finish.
The 2007-08 season saw McGreevy lead the Pioneers to a program-best second place finish at the Northeast Conference Championship. Since taking over the SHU women's program, the Pioneers have seen five golfers earn All-Northeast Conference honors along with Carly Bergin being tabbed the 2009 NEC Rookie of the Year, a program first.
McGreevy, a graduate of Sacred Heart University, was a two-sport athlete for the Pioneers. A quarterback on the football team, he held the school record for touchdown passes in a game (4 vs. Curry 10/19/95). He was also a standout in between the pipes in lacrosse.
After graduation, McGreevy picked up the game of golf and became a teaching professional at Great River Golf Club, which is the home of Pioneer Golf. McGreevy who has been teaching for eight years, heads the instruction of the junior programs at Great River.


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The Thibodaux Senior Center will host its holiday dinner for senior adults on Dec. 13.
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the meal served at noon. It will be at the Thibodaux Civic Center, 310 N. Canal Blvd.
Entertainment and bingo are also part of the program.
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We all know that hardware prices always comes down – but have you noticed any such trend in cloud computing? So, what happens when hardware prices keep coming down and cloud service pricing remains steady? The cloud value proposition of lowering IT costs slowly disappears … right?
There is no doubt that the range of services available has significantly increased but on the price front there has been very little movement. Yes, if you want to try cloud for free then you have more alternatives today – for example, Amazon has introduced a micro instance.
Google App Engine prices have remained more or less the same since the launch. Same is true for Microsoft Azure. Amazon is not much better. Since the launch of AWS there has hardly been any price reduction. Between mid and end 2009 Amazon announced around 15% price reduction on a range of its services, which is probably the only instance.
Compare this with the drop in price of available processing power and storage where the prices have been halving every two years. Have a look at the statistics below. The footprint has also been reducing with the price, thereby also reducing the management overhead.
If you superimpose this steady pricing of the cloud service what can you conclude?
- What was very cost effective (50% less) 2-3 years back may only be marginally cost-effective.
- If the cloud cost does not come down, cloud services will cease to be cost-effective.
Moore's Law and other related statistics
Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware. The number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years. The trend has continued for more than half a century and is not expected to stop until 2015 or later. The price of processing power has shown a similar decline. Here is the statistics from Wikipedia.
Matthew Komorowski has collected hard drive capacity/price data and created the graph below. The cost reduction is in the order of about 40-45% per year – which means it becomes half in 2 years. This trend is visible for last 30 years and likely to continue for some more time to come.
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What is the value of combination therapies in autism?
This Top 10 Research Achievements of 2009 post comes from guest blogger Evdokia Anagnostou, M.D., a Clinician Scientist at Bloorview Research Institute and an Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Anagnostou leads a program of experimental therapeutics and neuroimaging in autism and is leading a series of clinical trials to study the efficacy of oxytocin, memantine, and other compounds for symptoms associated with autism.
The last decade has been fairly productive when it comes to research in psychopharmacology. Large scale multicenter studies have been conducted and more than one medication has shown benefit for the treatment of symptoms associated with autism. Still, our approach to pharmacology research has been relatively limited. We have examined the similarities between symptoms associated with autism and symptoms in other disorders, assumed that similar symptoms across disorders have similar neurobiology, and "borrowed" medications from other disorders with "overlapping " symptoms to test in autism. The approach has been somewhat successful. We now have evidence from large multisite studies to support the efficacy of some atypical antipsychotics for irritability and aggression (risperidone (1) and aripiprazole (2)), and stimulants for the treatment of ADHD-like symptoms (3). This approach also has its limitations. An example may be the failure of large multisite studies to show effectiveness for the treatment of repetitive behaviors for serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Although much remains to be explored and many questions still remain, one cannot help but wonder whether it is time for a paradigm shift in the way we approach pharmacology research. There are plenty of approaches that still remain to be tested in this population. Firstly, we have not yet done truly translational work. In other words we have not yet used the findings from genetics/ animal models/ pathology to develop treatments based on the neurobiology of autism itself, as it is revealing itself to us over the past few years. Secondly, we have not addressed what we really do in real life which is combine medications with psychosocial interventions. In fact, we have no data to date that any of the medications we use actually treat autism. Medications do not teach skills. It is the psychosocial interventions that treat autism. What we attempt to do with medications for the most part, is to enhance learning from such interventions either indirectly by reducing behaviors that interfere with learning ( e.g. irritability, aggression, hyperactivity, repetitive behaviors) or by directly facilitating learning processes (potential examples in trials: memantine, oxytocin). The question remains whether the combination of medications with psychoeducational treatment is favorable compared to medications alone or the psychoeducational treatment alone. Previous studies in other neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD, (4) have taught us that when the effect of medication is large, it may be hard to show additional benefit from psychosocial interventions. As such both comparisons: combination treatment vs. medication, and combination treatment vs. psychosocial intervention are worth exploring.
Recently, the RUPP group published the first randomized controlled trial that tested the combination of a medication with a parent training curriculum based on ABA principles for the treatment of irritability/aggression (link to Top 10 story on combination therapy) (5). This was a 24 week randomized trial of combination treatment vs. medication only (risperidone/aripiprazole alone). 124 children ages 4-13 with frequent aggression, self injury and tantrums were recruited. The primary outcome measure was a modified for autism version of the Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ), a 20 item questionnaire aimed to measure non compliance in every day circumstances. Secondary measures included the Aberrant Behavior checklist, the Clinical Global Impressions measure and the Children Yale Brown Obsessive – Compulsive Scale-PDD version. The parent intervention consisted of 11 sessions with a certified therapist, three additional optional sessions and up to 3 booster session for a total of up to 17 sessions, lasting 60-90 min and delivered individually to the families. The curriculum included teaching on visual schedules, positive reinforcement, compliance, functional communication and adaptive skills. The sessions were fairly individualized to the child's level and needs. The medication was risperidone dosed by weight and was switched to aripiprazole by week 8 if the risperidone was ineffective. The study reported that combination treatment was more effective than medication alone as measured by the HSQ, irritability hyperactivity and stereotyped speech as measured by the ABC. They also reported that the mean dose of medication required in the combination group was less than that required in the medication alone group (1.98 mg/d vs. 2.26 mg / day respectively).
In summary, combination treatment was more effective at improving everyday outcomes than medication treatment alone. This Top 10 paper provides initial evidence that such trials are feasible and worth exploring. The authors argued that this study aimed at a different outcome (real life situation improvement) than the original risperidone studies, and as such, suggests that integrated trials can be successful when the outcome measure for the medication is somewhat different than that for the psychosocial intervention / combination treatment. In fact, as previously discussed, it makes sense that generalizability of the medication effect is accomplished by parent training given that the medication itself is not likely to teach the child or the family any skills. The question still remains in the blogger's mind whether the effects of combination treatment should be tested against intensive parent training alone. Although I agree with the authors that the effect size of the risperidone is large, these medications are associated with a relatively unfavorable side effect profile and it would be of great interest to learn how much of the effect size observed with the combination treatment can be achieved by using parent training alone, given that decisions on the using a medication are not solely based on the efficacy profile of medications. Such studies may have implications for systems delivery and the generalization of results may be more difficult given the differential insurance coverage for medications vs. psychosocial interventions, but may have significant impact in the way we treat children with autism
The study is very important as it is the first such trial in autism and highlights the need for integrated medication/psychosocial intervention trials. Future studies will likely focus on integrated treatments targeting both decrease of maladaptive behaviors as well as skills acquisition.
1. Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network. Risperidone in children with autism and serious behavior problems. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:314Y321.
2. Owen R, Sikich L, Marcus RN, Corey-Lisle P, Manos G, McQuade RD, Carson WH, Findling RL. Aripiprazole in the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autistic disorder. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1533-40.
3. Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network. Randomized, controlled, crossover trial of methylphenidate in pervasive developmental disorders with hyperactivity. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005 Nov;62(11):1266-74.
4. MTA Cooperative Group. National Institute of Mental Health Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD follow-up: 24-month outcomes of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics. 2004 Apr;113(4):754-61.
5. Aman MG, McDougle CJ, Scahill L, Handen B, Arnold LE, Johnson C, Stigler KA, Bearss K, Butter E, Swiezy NB, Sukhodolsky DD, Ramadan Y, Pozdol SL, Nikolov R, Lecavalier L, Kohn AE, Koenig K, Hollway JA, Korzekwa P, Gavaletz A, Mulick JA, Hall KL, Dziura J, Ritz L, Trollinger S, Yu S, Vitiello B, Wagner A; the Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network. Medication and Parent Training in Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Serious Behavior Problems: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print]
April 26, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Yes, parents RARELY have success utilizing one intervention alone. As the author said ASD children and their symptoms are so heterogenous, much trial and error goes on in homes. It is a difficult, exhausting and pain staking process- with your child's entire future in the balance.
I must disagree w/ the author regarding "great progress" w/in mainstream autism science over the past 10 yrs. Since 2000 autism has exponetially increased- by any measure the problem is worse than ever and more children are suffering. The failure to produce solid causation science or innovative treatment interventions is terrible.
As a result of this failure many parents have undertaken massive research endeavors in order to understand their child's disorder and also treat it. Studies by Jepson, Ashwood, Hewitt, Bradstreet, Usman, McGinnis, MacFabe, just to name a few, have made great progress outside the mainstream because they are willing to follow any leads. These are courageous scientists willing to risk their careers in pursuit of real causation factors and treatment breakthroughs. Many of them are parents of ASD children.
The Defeat Autism Now community is where the best translational research cane be found. Yes, it needs much more intensive study- but that will not be possible until a larger org has the courage to fund such work.
April 26, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Thank you for speaking the TRUTH. As a patient, I've had to do the same thing. Foruntately, scientists at the Cold Spring Harbor Labs in New York have made a number general discoveries on the brain lately. We will eventually see results. It's disheartening when I can only find a few institutions in this country that are going beyond the current borders of autism. USC Davis & UPenn are two others I can think of. Austrailia has the best knowledge. It's time the world get on one page.
I was so sick, I had no choice but to tear the internet apart. With a little help from a neurologist who specializes in Multiple Sclerosis and some research, I managed to reverse most of the symptoms. I'm pretty dismayed that I did this in 3 years, when scientists have yet to produce any pharmacological results. Sadly, not everyone can even afford ABA, so many children go left untreated. I've worked countless hours to find alternative treatments that parents can utilize at an affordable rate. Keep in mind, I've only had 1 month of therapy yet my functioning level less than a year ago was at elementary school level. Today, my therapist observes me as having graduate level vocabulary.
There will be a day that comes where I will be calling Autism Speaks to inform them of my treatment.
April 27, 2010 at 2:11 am
My son is now 18. After reading this; I really don't know quite what to say. My son became autistic following his 1 year immunizations. At that time; there were 1 in 3,000 children diagnosed with autism. Now it is 1 in 150. I agree with the 1st post following this blog in that we (meaning the USA) need to gather data from Australia and any other country that has done clinical trials in both traditional and non-traditional treatments. This problem is too large for one country to address. It's senseless to me that we don't collectively join efforts. If we really care about these children and not just about money or making a name for ourselves, then we will do what is best for all of them.
My son is currently on one of the anti-psychotic meds mentioned and it horrifies me. While it definitely suppressed the temper tantrums that he was having in school; it has also increased his OCD symptoms 10 fold. He has also gained 25 to 30 pounds within a one year to 15 month time frame that he has been on the medicine. His blood sugar has to be monitored. The other side effect that is incredibly prevalent is RESTLESSNESS. It is very different than hyperactivity. He simply cannot enjoy being still, for a moment. So, a sedative was added to counteract this side effect. By the way, this side effect has not and will not go away. The sedatives make him appear so foggy and not present that I discontinued using them. Another thing that has occurred is that his breath smells like urine. Based on my understanding; this could be symptomatic of poor kidney or liver function. Is this being caused by the medication?
While there will always be a need for pharmaceuticals; I still feel that in the treatment of autism, that they are only band-aids. They aren't repairing or fixing anything. They only help the symptoms.
We have spent a fortune on both traditional and non-traditional therapies, pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, etc., over the years. The anti-psychotic med is the only pharmaceutical he is taking now. I sincerely believe that everything that we have done without pharmaceuticals has been so much more effective long-term. He has made astounding progress since his diagnosis. I do not contribute these gains to any medicine that he was given. I attribute it more to the following:
1) dietary changes – for several years, eliminating all wheat/gluten, dairy and dyes.
2) healing the gut with probiotics, proteolytic enzymes and by eliminating the foods that were assaulting his gut.
3) Giving him pharmaceutical grade supplements under an MD's care, such as DMAE, EFA's, DHA, anti-oxidants, etc., etc., etc.
4) Acupuncture and Accupressure, NAET Treatments to help with eliminating food allergies/sensitivities.
5) Spect Brain Studies
6) Occupational Therapy
7) Speech Therapy
There are no magic bullets. I have searched for a very long time for one, but through a multi-disciplinary approach; these children can reach their highest potential.


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By Margie Brill of My Springfield Mommy
A party at a Build-A-Bear Workshop can be for so much more than just a birthday. No matter what brings your family together, whether your children are part of a sports team, club, or church group, there is always room to celebrate. For example, just this month I invited a few children and their families from the local Ronald McDonald House to come to the Springfield, Ill. store for an unforgettable afternoon.
Since this was my first party at Build-A-Bear Workshop I arrived early to be able to help the store with any last minute prep and to greet the guests as they arrived. Instantly, I was told it was okay to relax and to just have fun, they would do all the work. So I just stood back and visited with a few of the parents and children.
As the guests arrived they were each given a name tag and gathered in the circle at the front of the store to get the party started. Once a few quick rules had been discussed it was off to select a friend. The funniest part was when they showed which friends the kids were allowed to select from. When the first child picked the blue star bear all the children seemed to fall in love with him and had to have the same one. Once a furry friend was selected it was time for the heart ceremony, where each child worked hard to make sure they would have a smart, happy, energized friend who would always be there for them.
After the hearts had been placed inside it was time to give a name to the friends and then split up into two groups, one went to play games, a combo of both hot potato and hide and seek, and the other went to the stuffing machine where the real magic happened. After all eleven kids had made their new furry friends it was off get a bath and dressed. I really enjoyed watching the kids dress their bears, it was fun watching them pick just the right outfit. Many of the kids had to look at the selections a few times before choosing the perfect one.
After all the friends were finished the kids returned to the front of the store where they proudly played and showed off their newest friend and posed for a couple of group photos before heading off to the food court for pizza and cupcakes.
If you are like most of us, you have a have a budget to stay within and may think the cost of a party here is too high, but the truth is no matter what you have to work with the team at the store will do everything possible to keep your price range. They will consult with you before the party and work with you to ensure that you stay in a price range that is comfortable for you. They will also select friends along with outfits that keep the child within a price range that is comfortable for you and exciting for the kids.
One thing to keep in mind is that no food or drink is allowed in the store, but in many cases the food court will allow you to bring in a cake and open presents (be sure to check with your local mall first.) In our case we visited the food court for cupcakes after the party and got a little extra treat when Larry from Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen sent a pizza over for the kids to snack on. This was, without a doubt, the best way to end a great day!
Thanks to Build-A-Bear, all the families who made the trip out, the Ronald McDonald House and Villa Fresh Italian Kitchens, for a fun day. I hope all the kids are enjoying their new friends!
Use the Party Calculator on the Build-A-Bear Workshop website to find out how you can stay within budget.


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Lacawac Sanctuary's "Arts Alive" performances series concludes on Saturday, August 11 with a 5 p.m. concert and dinner featuring the classical guitar of Jay Steveskey accompanied by Jason Smeltzer playing the Theremin. The "Arts Alive" programs are geared to bring fine and rare classical music to the region while raising money to support Lacawac's environmental protection mission.
The concert will feature a progression from Renaissance to Romanticism in addition to several modern Brazilian compositions. Jay Steveskey has been a popular performer at Lacawac on the classical guitar, and is well known in the music field. This evening, his performance will be very different as his accompaniment features the Theremin, an instrument that is very unusual and is very rarely seen.
The Theremin is an early electronic instrument controlled without discernible contact from the player. It is named for its Russian inventor, Professor Leon Theremin. It is considered by some to be the early, historic forerunner of the synthesizer. Movement of the player's hands through the air above it result in changes of the magnetic field and this modulates into sound. Jason Smeltzer is one of the few American masters of the Theremin and has just returned from a tour in Europe performing and demonstrating it.
To make the evening complete, Lacawac invites guests to join other audience members for a catered dinner with Mr. Steveskey and Mr. Smeltzer, in the antique laden dining room of Lacawac's historic Watres Lodge. The dinner is optional and follows the 5 p.m. parlor performance at 6:30 p.m.
For information and reservations call (570)689-9494, afternoons, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.Lacawac.org Directions are available on the website. Dinner reservations must be made no later than August 8.
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Robin Thicke's antics with Miley Cyrus at last year's MTV VMAs did irreparable damage to his marriage to Paula Patton, according to TMZ.
And here I thought it was that outfit.
No, apparently Patton wasn't pleased when her husband simulated sex with a crazed 21-year-old in front of millions of people.
Sources connected to the couple told TMZ that Patton felt "utterly disrespected" by Thicke's routine with Cyrus. Reportedly, after the performance, Patton got into a huge argument with Thicke, telling him he insulted her before a huge national TV audience.
The website reported Patton was especially angry because she had no idea the performance was coming. Cyrus apparently improvised the raunchy part without warning, but Thicke played along, which his wife didn't like much.
Sources reportedly said Patton then went nuts when she saw the infamous picture of her husband backstage with his hand on a woman's rear end.
That was supposedly the beginning of the end for the couple. They began arguing constantly, and Patton was angry that Thicke continued to party at various clubs with various women.
Yeah, that might do it.
Patton supposedly informed Thicke she wants a divorce last Friday, prompting him to cancel concerts and fly to Canada -- where Patton was filming a movie -- to try changing her mind. It didn't work.
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Why Virtualized Platform is the best deployment option for Oracle Database Appliance
By Ravi.Sharma-Oracle on Jan 24, 2014
Recently a user asked, what are the considerations for using the Virtualized Platform configuration or the Bare Metals configuration on Oracle Database Appliance? Certainly, the Virtualized Platform configuration seems to provide everything that the Bare Metals configuration does plus more.
Listed below are some of the considerations for why you may want to prefer to use the Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform option.
1. A single hardware environment for deploying both database and applications
2. Database runs in a Virtual Machine (ODA_BASE) with direct access to storage (for native performance)
3. Control licensed CPUs by configuring ODA_BASE domain with the required number of CPU cores (and memory)
4. CPU cores (and memory) not assigned to the ODA_BASE domain are not wasted and are available for use by other, non-database Virtual Machiness
5. Oracle provided pre-configured VM application templates enable rapid deployment for both the database and applications
7. Use VLAN to provide separate networks to different Virtual Machines
8. Use shared repository to grow storage for VM repository
9. No VM expertise needed; Oracle Appliance Manager (oakcli) makes it easy to setup and manage the virtualized environment


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My vote for the worst Apple application. The filing and searching features are a nightmare. I only use it to retrieve photos from my digital camera, and then switch to Photoshop (which fortunately can be used internally for editing) or upload to Flickr (using the Flickr Uploader, not the lousy Flickr plugin).
Can't wait for something better (Flickr style but as a standalone application with digital camera and Photoshop integration, rather than a web-based one) to come along.
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The photo books are awesome. My standard xmas present to my parents these days is a photo book recapping the year's best photos of my son (their grandson)
I agree with stecchino. It does everything I as an amateur photographer need it to do. My biggest complaint with iphoto is how large the iphoto library folder can get once it saves modified images, original images, and thumbnails. Overall though, it gets an A.
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Birmingham, AL -- Valdosta State earned its second and third weekly honors of 2012. Alanna Hadley takes home her second Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week award while freshman Courtney Albritton earns her first GSC Player of the Week award.
The duo used a 6-0 week with wins over Miles, as well as conference foes West Alabama and West Florida to earn the conference awards.
Albritton leads Valdosta State in home runs so far this season and was second on the team in batting average for the week. She hit .609 with a .654 on-base percentage. Albritton led the team in runs scored with 11, and she also knocked in eight runs.
In six games played, Albritton tallied five multi-hit games. For the season, she is carrying a nine-game hitting streak. She was an impressive four of five with two RBI, two stolen bases and three runs scored in a win over Miles. She reached base four times, scored twice and drove in two more runs in a win over West Alabama.
For the season, Albritton is hitting .494 with eight homers and 27 RBI. She leads the GSC in hits (38) and runs scored (32).
Hadley tallied three wins on the week to push her record to an impressive team leading 9-1. She threw a one-hitter with nine strikeouts in a 9-0, six-inning victory over Miles and was just as solid in her two GSC starts. She tossed her eighth and ninth complete games of the season, only giving up five hits and one run while striking out 12 against West Alabama and West Florida.
For the season, Hadley is putting up a mere 0.78 earned run average while holding opponents to just .180. Those numbers along with her nine victories all top the GSC.
Albritton and Hadley look to lead the Blazers against West Georgia at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the VSU Softball Complex.


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