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1. "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," which commemorates the experiences of Jewish children during the Holocaust, will be performed at 7 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory at 2025 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville. The play, produced by Agudas Israel Synagogue and performed by the YouTheatre of Flat Rock Playhouse, shares the hopes, fears and beauty of the children of the Terezin concentration camp. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students and children. For more information, call 828-693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.
2. The Blue Ridge Ringers will perform holiday hand bell music on Saturday during the annual Van Wingerden Nurseries open house. The ringers, an auditioned community handbell group formed in 1995, will be at the Jeffress Road greenhouse from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. They are directed by Robert Currier of Brevard.
3. The Henderson County Arts Council is holding its first YART sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Skyland Hotel lobby at 538 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Area artists will be selling paintings, pottery and unneeded art supplies, and art patrons will be "recycling" works from their homes, all at yard sale prices. For information, call 828-693-8504 or visit www.acofhc.org.
4. Hendersonville Little Theatre brings Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" to the stage at 229 S. Washington St. through Nov. 18. The story focuses on the Wingfield family — Amanda, long ago abandoned by her husband, and her two children, Laura and Tom. Amanda has dreams of her early life as a Southern belle and dreams of a similar life for Laura, an ethereal creature who is disabled and spends most of her time playing with her glass animals. Tom, a would-be poet, supports the family by working in a warehouse, a job he hates. Into this group comes Jim, the nice young man whom Amanda terms Laura's "gentleman caller." Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students. Call 828-692-1082 or visit hendersonvillelittletheatre.org.
5. Brevard College is hosting an opening reception for the "Cast in Iron" exhibit from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Spiers Gallery in Sims Art Center. The group exhibition includes cast iron art by selected regional and national artists. The reception and exhibit are free. The exhibit is on display until Dec. 7, and gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays when the college is in session.
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Five Stumps
In her stump series, Brandt examines the city environment through a group of hand-hooked wool rugs made from recycled thrift store clothing and blankets. Their designs are based on rubbings taken directly from tree stumps in Baltimore City. Brandt also photographed the rugs at their point of conception and produced a body of related postcards. The two are on view together, providing an experience that joins landscape and traditional folk craft. Brandt writes, "The landscape of daily life in Baltimore is punctuated by large curvaceous tree stumps. This form is easily lifted with a piece of graphite and represented in repurposed local thrift store clothing." Brandt, who teaches fibers courses at the Maryland Institute College of Art, has researched the hooked rug tradition and explains that hooked rugs as we know them today are a uniquely North American folk tradition especially associated with the Maritime Provinces and New England. The burlap used for the ground or support of the rugs was readily available by the 1850s through trade with Calcutta, India. Thrift was a necessity in isolated fishing villages and by working with burlap, clothing and blanket scraps, and a hook derived from a marlinspike tool, the modern hooked rug was born. Brandt's exploration of the city through the metaphor of the tree stump suggests the relationship of rus in urbe (the garden within the city). Landscape is often part of city planning (Frederick Law Olmstead not only designed Central Park in New York City but also Roland Park in Baltimore and Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington). Utilizing a folk art tradition to examine the remains of nature, a kind of ruin in the city, is specific to Brandt and demonstrates her conceptual approach to the field of fibers and material arts.
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'Downton Abbey' Season 4, Episode 3: TV Recap
After last week's shocking episode of "Downton Abbey," some readers commented that they wouldn't continue watching. For those of us still here, it's time to deal with the aftermath.
It's the morning after the attack, and poor Anna has to have breakfast next to shifty-eyed Green. Upon departure, he creepily tells Carson: "I shall remember this visit for a long time to come."
It appears not even his own boss likes Green. In a conversation to Mary, Lord Gillingham says, "I can't pretend I really like him."
After Green leaves, Anna tries to go on with life, but her reticence and gloom attract notice from Lady Mary, Lord and Lady Grantham and of course, Bates. At one point, her husband reaches out to touch Anna's shoulder and she cringes away from him. Bates asks what he did wrong, but Anna unconvincingly talks about being tired, and how working/living together is "too much" sometimes.
She then asks Mrs. Hughes if she can move out of her quarters with Bates and come back to the house. "I'm not good enough for him now," says Anna. "I feel dirty; I can't let him touch me because I'm soiled." Mrs. Hughes encourages her to tell the police. "And when Mr. Bates has killed him, will you come with me to the prison when my husband is hanged?" asks Anna, who indicates she will kill herself if she's pregnant. When Mrs. Hughes says Bates is suffering from a broken heart, Anna says, "Better a broken heart than a broken neck."
After Anna returns from a trip to London, Bates asks her to kiss him. "Or tell me what's happened—one or the other," he says. "I won't press you now if it makes things worse, but in the end, I will find out."
A Persistent Suitor
Lord Gillingham presses Mary for another meeting. She politely puts him off by saying, "I'm sure you're much too busy."
Later on, Mary and Lord Grantham continue to navigate the troubled waters of managing the estate. Mary wants to go see the tax people in London, while Lord Grantham continues to talk about selling land. "I can see I'll spend the rest of my life paying in installments," he grumbles.
Mary arranges to go to London—bringing cousin Rose, Branson and Anna along—to stay with Aunt Rosamund. But meddling Lady Grantham and Rosamund arrange a surprise visit from Lord Gillingham and party boy John Bullock, who wants to take them all to the Lotus Club for some jazz. "I hope Miss Lane Fox didn't mind," quips Mary to Gillingham. Yes, that pesky fiancée of his.
As they arrive at the club, Bullock wants more Champagne. "How are we supposed to keep going if we're not properly fueled?" he asks.
Mary and Gillingham start to dance and we see the first black character of the series, singer Jack Ross. Gillingham doesn't appear too worried about any of his acquaintances seeing them dancing. Mary brings up Mabel Lane Fox again, and Gillingham clarifies that he's "almost engaged." She tells him she's not ready, and won't be for years. And, as nothing is so enticing as when it's just out of reach, Gillingham's persistence grows.
Meanwhile, Bullock is wasted on the dancefloor, slurring his words and swaying as Rose becomes increasingly embarrassed. He dips her, and rushes off to vomit somewhere. Rose is flustered when Jack Ross steps off the stage and dances with her. Bold move, Jack, and chivalrous. But this is still 1922, and old-school Aunt Rosamund doesn't like it one bit.
Rose seems like she's having a pretty good time chatting with Jack, but Rosamund sends Branson over to break it up. Rose doesn't take the hint, and introduces the two. "He rescued me from deep humiliation," she says. Jack and Rose smile at each other; they really seem to have some chemistry. "We should be going," Branson replies.
When she returns to the table, Rosamund lectures her: "You looked as if you were having quite an adventure with your gallant band leader." Progressive Rose replies, "He was terribly nice." And with that, the party leaves without saying anything. But not before Rose looks back and Jack gives her a wave. I don't think this is the last we'll be seeing of him.
Upon returning to Downton, Mary is surprised to find Gillingham is also there. He took the same train back, but in third class. "I've made a long journey to ask a short question," he says. (Uh oh.) "Will you marry me?" When Mary reminds him that he doesn't even know her, he doesn't care. "I never met Matthew, but I'm sure he was a splendid chap," he says. "But he's dead and I'm alive." A lyrical wizard, this Gillingham. Mary asks him about his fiancée again. "I like Mabel, a lot," he says. "But I'm not in love with her as I am with you."
The next day, Gillingham presses Mary for an answer. He says he must marry, give the system they're both trapped in. "I won't make a fool of Mabel, it wouldn't be fair," he says. (Courting another woman is apparently fair game, though.) "I'm not free of him," she says. "Yesterday you said I fill your brain. Well, Matthew fills mine, still, and I don't want to be without him—not yet." Right after this emotional outpouring, Gillingham proceeds to ask Mary for an odd favor: He asks her to kiss him. "I'll never love again as I love you in this moment," he says. They kiss, and he leaves.
Mary later confides in Branson, "I've just done something which I have a sneaking fear I may regret for a long time to come."
We last saw Edna sneaking into Branson's room after giving him a huge glass of whiskey. Now it's confirmed that Branson succumbed to the gambit. "I blush to admit it, but I was very drunk," he says when she confronts him in the hall about their night together. "We'll just have to put it down to my low spirits and self indulgence."
Thomas, always in the right place at the right time, witnesses the exchange in the hallway, which he'll undoubtedly use as a bargaining chip later.
As Branson is packing for London, Edna sneaks into his room (doesn't she have any real work to do?). "You can't treat a poor girl like this," she says. "To use her one minute and cast her aside the next." Oh here we go: "Suppose I'm pregnant," says Edna. "I must be sure that you'll marry me if I'm carrying your child." The pregnancy blackmail plotline. Did I hear a collective groan across the Eastern seaboard? "If you were good enough for Lady Sybil Crawley, then I'm good enough for you," she continues. "Don't speak her name," Branson replies sternly. "I am already full of regrets—there is nothing but regret in me."
Later on, as she is helping Lady Grantham dress, Edna reveals her intentions in an offhand remark: "I think anyone would be lucky to be part of this family, my lady."
Thomas sees Edna humming cheerfully to herself and decides to ruffle some feathers, saying he overheard her conversation with Branson earlier. "There'll come a day when you'll be glad you kept in with me." A dangerous move on her part, for she's just goaded on the Original Troublemaker of Downton.
Acting on advice from Mary, Branson decides to confide in Mrs. Hughes, Downton's resident counselor and problem-solver. She arranges a meeting for all of them. Edna thinks they're going to try and pay her off, but she's in for a surprise. "There is no child," asserts Mrs. Hughes. She then pulls out Edna's copy of Marie Stopes's "Married Love" (a watershed book from 1918 that opened up a conversation about a woman's role and sexuality), as an indication that Edna knew how to prevent pregnancy. When Edna threatens to tell Lady Grantham, Mrs. Hughes says she'll never get a reference and a job if she does.
Edna storms off, and runs into Thomas on the way up the stairs. "Do you ever wonder why people dislike you so much?" she asks him, when he goads her on. "It's because you are sly and oily and smug." Thomas looks absolutely delighted to hear this verdict. "Well if we're playing the truth game, then you're a manipulative little witch, and if your schemes have come to nothing, then I'm delighted," he replies. It's nice to have to old Thomas back.
And so it's finally time to say goodbye to Edna, this time, hopefully for good. But Thomas isn't done yet. He has a candidate to suggest for Edna's replacement. "She's a little older than Miss Braithwaite," he says. "Well that won't hurt," interrupts Branson.
Countdown to Germany
The Edith/Michael story went on the backburner this episode, but we learn that Michael's leaving for Munich in a week. He asks her to sign something that will give her "some authority" over his affairs. He says he might write a novel while there. "How long is it going to take?" asks Edith—a question that probably should've been asked sooner. "I'm not sure," he replies.
They kiss, and we learn that Edith spends the night as his place, for we see her sneaking back into Aunt Rosamund's house in the morning as a maid looks on. Rosamund, who is certainly establishing a dogmatic personality in this episode, scolds Edith later on. "You do realize you are taking a great risk," she says. "You're trusting this man with your name and your reputation. "He wants to marry me; of course I trust him," replies Edith. "As you trusted Sir Anthony Strallan," says Rosamund, reminding Edith of being left at the altar. "You may find yourself feeling very sorry later," warns Rosamund. Is this foreshadowing of something terrible to come? We're all holding our breaths for poor Edith.
Cooking School
Downstairs in the kitchen, our love quadrangle continues. Ivy is learning how to cook because she wants to develop a skill. Meanwhile, playboy Jimmy just wants to "see the world, meet beautiful women, spend money and drink Champagne." They almost kiss, when Alfred comes in threatening to tell Mrs. Patmore (because ladies love that).
Later on, Daisy sees Jimmy and Ivy sneak into a room for some one-on-one time. Alfred walks into the kitchen with a newspaper notice announcing the opening of a cooking school at the Ritz in London in honor of the great French chef Auguste Escoffier. Individuals who pass a test will get free training, a basic wage and a chance at a job (I'm guessing this offer is only open to men). When Alfred wants to tell Ivy, Daisy makes the conscious decision to send Alfred to the boot room, where Ivy and Jimmy are canoodling, so he can see—without a doubt—that the object of his affection likes someone else.
Daisy's move backfires, because Alfred is now set on studying for the cooking exam. Jimmy continues to belittle Alfred's aspirations, equating it to "peeling potatoes." Mrs. Patmore encourages Daisy to help Alfred. "One moment of nastiness, and I'll be paying for it for the rest of my days," says Daisy.
Carson's Lost Love
Carson is still reminiscing about Alice, a former love interest that chose to be with Charles Grigg instead. Mrs. Hughes decides to give Carson a framed photo of Alice. "It's good for you to be reminded you once had a heart," she says, "and it'll reassure the staff to know that you belong to the human race." (On a side note, it's hard to imagine that the man who plays this curmudgeonly, didactic character can also look like this.)
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3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese (room temperature)
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp hot sauce (I used Sriracha)
1-2 tsp milk or half &half (may or may not need)
In food processor, pulse pecans until finely chopped. Remove to a bowl and add flour. Whisk to combine.
Place cheese and butter into food processor and pulse until smooth. Add thyme and hot sauce and pulse to combine.
Add flour/pecan mixture and pulse until mixture comes together. It'll still be crumbly but you should be able to get it to stick together if you take a piece of it press it together with your fingers. If it's too crumbly, add a teaspoon or two of milk until you reach the desired consistency. Remove dough from food processor and form into a ball, then gently roll the dough back and forth until you've formed it into an 8 inch log. Cover the log with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least four hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray or line with Silpats. Using a very sharp knife, slice the dough into 1/8" slices and place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove crackers from baking sheet to a cooling rack to cool.
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- Feb 9:
- Hunt for ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner resumes in San Bernadino mountains
- Feb 8:
- Christopher Dorner Live Blog: Ex-LAPD cop thought to be dead after cabin burns
- Feb 7:
- Christopher Dorner: A look at the man behind the mayhem
- Dorner manhunt unfolds online: 'supporters' set up Facebook fan page
- VIDEO: Coverage of manhunt for fired LAPD officer Christopher Dorner
- Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Social media coverage
- Key events in hunt for ex-LAPD cop, suspected killer
- LA police shoot innocent people in ex-cop manhunt
- Christopher Dorner manhunt: Search for ex-LAPD killer cop leads to San Bernardino Mountains
- Fired LAPD officer Christopher Dorner identified as suspect in couple's death
- Massive manhunt for fired LAPD officer Christopher Dorner leads to San Bernardino Mountains
- LAPD: Ex-officer suspect in Riverside cop killing
- Feb 6:
- Ex-LAPD cop suspected in killing of Cal State Fullerton coach, fiancé
BIG BEAR LAKE -- The search for accused killer Christopher Dorner turned cold Friday as hundreds of lawmen waded through a mountain blizzard hoping to nab the ex-cop accusing a waging a deadly war against police.
As night fell in Big Bear Lake, searchers were left wondering if the former Los Angeles Police Department officer had slipped their dragnet and fled the icy mountain peak.
The manhunt resumes Saturday for the 33-year-old fugitive suspected of killing three people, including a cop, and wounding others on a revenge-filled rampage across Southern California.
"The danger is, there is the possibility that he's still here," said Cindy Bachman, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. "And the possibility exists that he did leave."
As snow fell throughout the day, SWAT officers swarmed the woods and homes around the 7,000-foot-high Bear Mountain ski resort, where Dorner's pickup was found torched Thursday morning.
The San Bernardino Sheriff's department said the snowy footprints leading from the burned-out truck were Dorner's.
Searchers followed the tracks for several miles until they disappeared on icy ground.
Riding in armored personnel carriers and snowcat tractors, more than 100 officers canvassed some 200 vacant or empty cabins for the man suspected of a waging a one-man war against targets who he felt had quashed his police career.
Bloodhounds barked. Police in flak jackets and snow goggles went door to door, from tree to tree.
Throughout the night, a dozen two-man teams were expected to be on the lookout, with a full search to resume Saturday morning.
"It is a extremely dangerous situation, but sheriff's deputies are trained," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said.
And while authorities endured freezing temperatures in Big Bear, heavily armed police remained on the hunt throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico.
Meanwhile, bogus sightings popped up from the high Mojave Desert to an Indian reservation in San Diego, from Downey to a county jail in Los Angeles.
As the burly ex-cop eluded capture in the San Bernardino Mountains, local and federal police searched his mother's Orange County home, carrying out boxes of evidence, including computers.
His mother and sister, who live at Dorner's last known address in La Palma, were cooperating with officers, police said.
La Palma residents who have been following the news coverage are on edge with the knowledge that someone suspected of killing at least three people this week had been living in their neighborhood. They stayed inside their homes on Friday as heavily armed officers searched the property.
"They're scared," said local resident Kent Castle, who has lived in the area for 30 years. "It's a ghost town."
Local resident David Pighin recalled seeing Dorner around the neighborhood.
"He'd park his truck outside. He'd be wearing a military jumpsuit and duffel bag and go inside and not say a thing," Pighin recalled. "And to find this out, it was quite a shock, to say the least."
Dorner is wanted in connection with killing an engaged couple in Irvine on Sunday - Monica Quan and her fiance Keith Lawrence. Quan is the daughter of the former LAPD captain who represented Dorner in his efforts to contest his firing from the LAPD in 2008-09.
After that, police say, he went on a vendetta against law enforcement, ambushing two officers in Riverside, killing one and wounding the other, and exchanging gunfire with another pair of officers in Corona. He also issued a rambling 11,000 word manifesto in which he named some 40 targets of his wrath, as well as his admiration for celebrities like Anderson Cooper and Charlie Sheen.
Dorner is described as a 6-foot, 270-pound highly trained marksman and Navy veteran.
In Los Angeles, a report of a possible Dorner sighting led to the lockdown of a county jail.
A civilian employee of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility about 8:45 a.m. reported seeing "somebody outside who resembled suspect Dorner," according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Officials cordoned off the area and conducted a search, but there were no additional signs of Dorner.


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The seventh annual Ice Bowl will be Saturday, Feb. 16, at Huckleberry Park's disc golf course, sponsored by the Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department.
Tee-off begins at 10 a.m. Participants will play two rounds.
The proceeds to the event will go to the Douglass Community Services food pantry.
Last year there were nearly 50 participants from all over Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. Don Crane, tournament organizer, said the tournament always draws a competitive field.
Registration begins at 9 a.m.
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David Mamet's "American Buffalo" and "Glengarry, Glen Ross" are modern American stage classics, and Mamet deservedly has a place in the pantheon of great contemporary playwrights.
But there is a growing body of the writer's work that has all the trappings of his classic plays -- the acidic bite, the sordid grandeur -- but lacks their sharp focus and cohesive vision. Call it lesser Mamet.
Case in point: "Race," a 2009 work that opened the San Jose Stage's 30th season over the weekend. Set in the offices of a second-tier law firm where two lawyers (one black, one white) are struggling over whether to take a case of alleged rape, it tries to drill down into the dark side of race and sex in America from a cynical perspective -- that it is impossible for human beings to exist without mistrust and suspicion.
On the surface, it is smart and sharp. It throws a lot of the crisp verbal punches Mamet is known for, but it lacks the depth of emotion (and human desperation) the writer brings to his better pieces.
At 90 minutes, the play feels very much like an episode of "The Practice," David E. Kelley's legal drama that ran from 1997 to 2004, but with a harsher view of life, an even more cynical perspective on the judicial system and far more profanity.
Still, in the right hands, "Race" can make for a thought-provoking, engaging evening of theater, and the Stage's production is definitely in the right hands.
At the heart of the story are two savvy, if less than wealthy, attorneys: longtime partners Jack Lawson, who is white, and Henry Brown, who is black. One day, the rich and powerful Charles Strickland walks into their offices unannounced. He has been accused of raping a black woman in a case that has made the front pages of local papers. The lawyers' young black associate, Susan, is appalled that they would even think of taking the case, although she tries to hide it.
The first act is filled with lines that are prime Mamet, as Lawson schools Susan on the realities of law and justice: "There are no facts of the case," he says. "There are only two fictions."
When Susan protests, "I thought lawyers were in the world to seek justice," Lawson sharply replies: "Well, you were wrong."
Brown is equally sharp with his tongue, particularly when it comes to Strickland. "The legal process is about three things: hatred, fear or envy," he tells his would-be client. "And you just hit the trifecta."
As usual, Mamet tosses in enough twists, turns and sleight-of-hand tricks to keep the audience off-balance through much of the play. What he fails to do is develop the characters, with the exception of the shrewd Lawson. Brown's lines, though sharp and often amusing, are too often rants, not dialogue. The enigmatic Strickland and Susan are more plot devices than real characters, with the one female character particularly underwritten (not an uncommon problem with Mamet).
But under the sharp direction of Tony Kelly, the cast manages to make much out of what they are given to work with. Randall King, the Stage's artistic director, and Cal Shakes veteran L. Peter Callender bring real balance to the relationship of Lawson and Brown. They may still be getting comfortable with the rhythms of Mamet's words, but they put some real heat and humanity into their characters.
David Arrow, another Bay Area stage veteran, makes Strickland a conflicted soul who may not be certain what he did. And ZZ Moor, a newcomer to local theater, brings more passion and deviousness to the role of Susan than can be found in Mamet's script.
Add in a nicely detailed set by Michael Palumbo and a particularly good sound design by John Koss (the use of a 2007 remix of Frank Sinatra's "This Town" is a terrific touch), and you've got a strong production.
What you get with "Race" is a legal drama that is all slick surface. The Stage's production makes it work, even if it is lesser Mamet.
Follow Charlie McCollum at Twitter.com/charlie_mccollu.
By David Mamet
Through: Oct. 28
Where: San Jose Stage,
490 S. First St.
Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes (no intermission)
Tickets: $20-$45, www.thestage.org, 408-283-7142


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With obstructive sleep apnea, your breathing pauses while you are asleep because your airway has become narrowed or partly blocked.
Sleep apnea - obstructive; Apnea - obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Sleep-disordered breathing; OSA
When you sleep, all of the muscles in your body become more relaxed. This includes the muscles that help keep your throat open so air can flow into your lungs.
Normally, your throat remains open enough during sleep to let air pass by. However, some people have a narrow throat. When the muscles in their upper throat relax during sleep, the tissues close in and block the airway. This stop in breathing is called apnea.
Loud snoring is a telltale symptom of sleep apnea. Snoring is caused by air squeezing through the narrowed or blocked airway. However, not everyone who snores has sleep apnea.
Other factors also may increase your risk:
Sleeping on your back can also cause your airway to become blocked or narrowed.
Central sleep apnea is another sleep disorder during which breathing can stop. It occurs when the brain temporarily stops sending signals to the muscles that control breathing.
If you have obstructive sleep apnea, you usually begin snoring heavily soon after falling asleep.
Most people with obstructive sleep apnea don't know their breathing starts and stops during the night. Usually, a sleep partner or other family members hear the loud snoring, gasping, and snorting. Snoring can be loud enough to hear through walls.
People with sleep apnea may:
Other problems that may occur include:
The health care provider will take your medical history and do a physical exam.
You may be give a sleep study to confirm obstructive sleep apnea.
Other tests that may be performed include:
Treatment helps keep your airway open while you sleep so your breathing doesn't stop.
Lifestyle changes may help relieve symptoms in people with mild sleep apnea:
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices work best to treat obstructive sleep apnea in most people.
It can take some time to get used to sleeping with CPAP therapy. Good follow-up and support from a sleep center can help you overcome any problems using CPAP.
Dental devices may help some people. You insert them into your mouth while you sleep to keep your jaw forward and the airway open.
Other therapies may be available, but there's little evidence that they work. It's best to talk with a doctor who specializes in sleep problems before trying them.
Surgery may be an option for some people. Often it's a last resort if other treatments didn't work and you have severe symptoms. Surgery may be used to:
Surgery may not completely cure obstructive sleep apnea and may have long-term side effects.
If not treated, sleep apnea can cause:
Daytime sleepiness because of sleep apnea can increase the risk of:
In most cases, treatment completely relieves symptoms and problems from sleep apnea.
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea may lead to or worsen heart disease, including:
Call your health care provider if:
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SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar), have postponed their live debut at Planet Music in Vienna, Austria to April 21, 2006 from the previously announced February 10, 2006.As previously reported, SAVAGE CIRCUS have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Dong Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany (close to the Dutch border). SAVAGE CIRCUS released their debut album, "Dreamland Manor", in September via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR).
SAVAGE CIRCUS: Live Debut Postponed
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A family of three pigs was in a Sumter County courtroom Monday, seeking damages from The Big Bad Wolf for destroying two houses, one made of straw and another made of sticks.
The mock fairy tale trial is a teaching tool to explain to children how the justice system works.
"You're going down, Wolf," said Little Red Riding Hood.
"I would just like to say that Little Red Riding Hood is lying," said the Big Bad Wolf.
Tensions were high as the Big Bad Wolf prepared to defend himself against a lawsuit that he bullied and harmed Three Little Pigs. The wolf said he doesn't look at what happened as bullying, but a seasonal ailment.
"Apparently these three pigs right here have said that I was bullying them, but I just have really bad allergies," said the Wolf, portrayed by Arthur Grothe. "And I just happened to sneeze, and that happened to disrupt their houses a little bit. Now they're all upset. I didn't do it."
The wolf said he sustained injuries of his own, which the pigs described as simply a kitchen mishap.
"Well, he tried to come to my house, but then he tried to come down the chimney," said the Little Pig with a Brick House, portrayed by Jewel Townsend. "He tried to attack my sister and brother, but he came down the chimney and he claimed I tried to hurt him. But I didn't. I was just cooking soup! And he fell into the pot of water."
This trial shows third grade students in Sumter County the effects of bullying. Its goal is to show students that bullying can have serious side effects for the bully and the victim.
"There are frightening statistics about bullying and its effects," said Sumter County District Judge Tammy Montgomery, who portrayed Miss Justice. "That it normally starts in fourth grade and leads up to eighth grade. That a bully is twice as likely to take his own life. That one out of ten children drop out of school due to bullying. And we want to start a grade earlier so that we can try and erode the effects of bullying here in Sumter County."
Montgomery's office initiates these teaching opportunities as a way to show children how the court system works and the potential consequences of bad behavior and choices.


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Knitting in the Old Way
by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson
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Imagine freeing yourself from the tyranny of line-by-line patterns written for somebody else's taste and body shape. I call it "off-road knitting," and that's exactly what Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson teach in this recently expanded classic.
Hardly Hip
In this era of trendy, glossy books boasting knit-in-an-hour patterns for bikinis and cell phone covers, this book stands out.
Its wide shape and hardcover format make it more reminiscent of a textbook than anything else. And the only illustrations are black-and-white drawings and charts by Gibson-Roberts herself.
Under the Covers
The book aims to teach you a fundamental skill of offroad knitting: How to read and follow your stitches, rather than a specific pattern.
The notion of patterns is replaced by general schematics called "plans." You're shown how to apply your own desired gauge and body measurements to the garment shape, style, and innate proportions.
Reapplying Ancient Techniques
Gibson-Roberts has made a life of studying and preserving traditional ethnic design techniques, and in this book she dissects them all. You're walked through the evolution of sweater shapes, from the early basic blouse and gansey to steeked jerseys, gussets, raglan sleeves, and yokes.
Although the traditional proportions of each garment are diagrammed, they have also been translated into a much easier-to-follow percentage system. All you need is a calculator, your body measurements, and your desired gauge to adapt the garment style for your own use.
Understanding that not all knitters are created alike, the authors show you how to make calculation changes depending on your body type and desired fit.
Styles from Around the Globe
Once the essential sweater composition and the basic styles have been unveiled, the authors travel around the globe to show specific ethnic styles and traditions. The color technique section covers ancient techniques from Norway and Sweden, Great Britain, Iceland, Færoe Islands, Samiland, Canada, and America.
The discussion of ethnic texture techniques spans from Denmark to Great Britain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Austria, and Germany.
You'll also learn about geometric patterning and crochet-enhanced knits.
Beyond the Byline
While the original 1985 version was written solely by Gibson-Roberts, Deborah Robson—technical editor, print designer, and "asker-of-questions"—joined her for this major revision.
Gibson-Roberts—or PGR as she is often called by her fans—has been instrumental in the preservation of textile traditions. She is the author of Simple Socks, Ethnic Socks and Stockings, High Whorling, and Salish Indian Sweaters.
Meanwhile Robson was editor-in-chief of Spin-Off for 12 years and edited Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot for the Handweavers Guild of America.
Be Willing to Work
This book is not for the faint of heart. If you're used to having start-to-finish instructions handed to you, this book might be too heavy.
It takes a little extra time, thought, and effort to take your measurements, knit your gauge swatches, apply the calculations, and create a pattern for yourself. However, you end up with a truly one-of-a-kind garment that will fit you perfectly. Period.
If you're ready for the off-road journey, consider this the most useful knitting textbook you'll ever need. No matter how new or advanced a knitter you are, you're sure to gleam inspiration from these pages.
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Catching up with Don Cheadle
By Gayle Jo Carter for USA WEEKEND
Known for roles in movie franchises — Iron Man 2 and 3 and Ocean's Eleven and Twelve — and quieter Oscar-noticed films such as Hotel Rwanda and Crash, Don Cheadle, 48, now stars in his own TV series. House of Lies returns Sunday, January 13 at 10 ET/PT on Showtime. Here, Cheadle chats with USA WEEKEND on the show's set.
You play a liar on TV. In real life, are you a good liar? "I'm a terrible liar. I think you want the truth. I would hate to ask a question like 'Do I look good?' and have somebody say yes and then walk out of the house and everyone's like, 'Wow, really?'. I want the straight skinny all the time. So I try to give it."
Can you tell if someone is lying to you? "I don't really have that good of a barometer on that either. I tend to take people at face value until I have some reason to believe otherwise."
Is parenting teenagers more difficult than when they were younger? "The bigger challenge is that next year my daughter [Ayana, 18] is going to college and a couple years behind her, her sister [Imani, 16]. It's more that you're on the launch pad to trying to make sure that they can do what they need to do once they're out of there."
Any other parts or projects you'd like to be part of or make happen? "I really want to be part of a modern horror story. Not like slasher/gore, [something] really scary because I haven't been scared in a movie in a long time. Paranormal Activity isn't what I'm talking about — something that's really Exorcist scary. I want to do a kung fu movie too. There's a lot of martial arts movies that I like, but I love what Kung Fu Hustle did for both the genre and the lure of it all."
Do you have a favorite movie? "I'm kind of all over the map. I'd be hard pressed to come up with one. I think Catch-22 is pretty good although that's a very sort of arcane reference; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sounder."
Was there one movie you saw that made you want to be an actor? "No, it's probably more about being a latch-key kid and watching a bunch of bad TV."
Is there a secret to the career longevity you've had? "If there is, I don't know what it is. It helps to be lucky."
Page 2 of 2 - For more with Don Cheadle, look inside the January 11-13 issue of USA WEEKEND Magazine in our Weekend (Friday) print edition.
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EAGLE COUNTYBy the numbers* - There's improving news for those buying and selling real estate in the valley's resort areas. The story isn't as good elsewhere.
For the past few quarters, Fuller BCV Sotheby's International Realty has released "micro market" reports for the valley from Vail to Gypsum. Those reports break down the valley's market into sometimes-tiny bites. Vail Village Arrowhead and other neighborhoods get their own reports, while Eagle and Gypsum are viewed as one area.
That small-view picture gives a close, if not comprehensive, look at the local market. But it sometimes takes a bit of perspective.
For instance, average prices in Vail Village dropped more than 27 percent of the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2011.
But Kraig Forbes, the founder of what's become the Vail Valley branch of Fuller BCV, said it's important to understand that when you're looking at a relative handful of sales - 16 in Vail Village from Jan. 1-March 31 - there can be some big swings in averages, depending on what's been sold.
With that in mind, Forbes said he's been seeing some improvements this year in the average price per square foot in many of the valley's resort markets. And according to the report, that number is up in parts of Vail, as well as Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch and Arrowhead.
Those numbers come from some small pools of sales, though. For instance, there were just seven first-quarter sales in Lionshead and Arrowhead, and just five in Bachelor Gulch.
Still, Forbes said he's seeing improvements over the last couple of years, and that after some wild high-to-low pendulum swings between 2007 and 2009, the resort market seems to be finding a kind of level these days.
"You're lucky if you can pick either the top or bottom of the market," Fuller BCV broker Heidi Bintz said. "If you can come close, you're doing well."
Bintz said that desire to find value is driving her buying clients. But, she said, her selling clients seem to believe they're able to hold out for prices close to what they're asking.
The numbers seem to bear out that impression, at least in the resort areas, were properties are selling for between 85 percent to 94 percent of their asking prices.
And buyers and sellers seem to be more active. Again, the market seems to have found a level between the highs and lows of the market of the last few years.
For instance, Forbes said that in the first part of 2008 - the tail end of the valley's real estate boom - his office was closing a deal nearly every day in the Beaver Creek/Bachelor Gulch/Arrowhead area.
"In the fourth quarter of 2008, after Bear Stearns went under, we closed one deal," Forbes said.
While the market seems to be on a steady if slow climb in the resort areas, downvalley real estate continues to struggle. According to the micro market report, per-square-foot prices are down in Eagle and Gypsum, and, while that average seems to have bottomed and started a comeback in the resort areas, it's still dropping in the western valley.
There's no way to tell when downvalley prices will start to rebound. But, Forbes said, the numbers in the resort areas "bodes well" for the market as a whole.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
October 20, 2010
2010 ACEEE Energy Efficiency Scorecard Cites State Leaders
States across the country made strides in energy efficiency, according to the 2010 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released on October 13 by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Among the highlights in the fourth edition of the scorecard are: a near doubling of state energy efficiency budgets from 2007 spending levels from $2.5 billion to $4.3 billion; the adoption or active consideration by more than half the states of energy efficiency resource standards that establish long-term, fixed efficiency savings targets; and a one-year doubling of the number of states that have either adopted or have made significant progress toward the adoption of the latest energy-saving building codes for homes and commercial properties.
California retained its first place ranking for the fourth year in a row, outperforming all other states in its level of investment in energy efficiency across all sectors of its economy. Massachusetts again placed second. The four most-improved states were Utah (up 11 spots from 2009 to number 12), Arizona (up 11 spots to 18), New Mexico (up 8 spots to 22), and Alaska (up 8 spots to 37). California, Massachusetts, and Washington have implemented transportation-specific greenhouse gas reduction targets while several other states have adopted policies to encourage the creation of compact and transit-oriented communities.
The fourth edition of ACEEE's State Energy Efficiency Scorecard examines six energy efficiency policy areas: utility and public benefits programs and policies; transportation policies; building energy codes; combined heat and power; state government initiatives; and appliance efficiency standards. See the ACEEE press release, the complete report online, and the Energy Scorecard Web site.


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Award-winning photographer John Kirchoff spoke with a small crowd at the Little Dixie Regional Library on Thursday evening (June 20), setting his focus upon helping residents learn the finer points of taking better vacation photographs. Kirchoff used a powerpoint slideshow depicting real-life examples of different ways to liven up ones photography, and to make it seem more professional-grade, including proper cropping, lighting, and frame work techniques, amongst other.
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Ending the Tobacco Epidemic for World No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day
05.30.13 | By Christian Clymer
As more U.S. cities become smoke free, we're seeing first hand what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is saying – U.S. tobacco use has declined significantly. As a result, I was surprised to learn that worldwide tobacco consumption is actually growing. In response to this trend, the World Health Organization has declared today World No Tobacco Day to educate people on the health hazards associated with tobacco use and advancing the tobacco free initiative.
This issue is particularly personal for me because I used to be a smoker. I know first-hand how it affects an individual's quality of life. Simple activities I now take for granted like walking up stairs or carrying a load of groceries any distance became increasingly challenging, and I'm thankful I was able to kick the habit, although it wasn't easy.
Ultimately, it was the prospect of becoming a father that made me realize I needed to make a change. It is estimated that tobacco kills up to half its users, and long-term damage is not often noticeable for several years or even decades. As a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of death in the world including cancer, heart disease, and asthma, I didn't want to be a statistic. I want to be there for my daughter's first day of middle school, prom and to see her off to college.
Although we at PhRMA are working hard to develop treatments for diseases that result from smoking, the best thing to do is to quit. More than 121 medicines for lung cancer are currently in clinical testing or under FDA approval, an there are almost 300 medicines being develop for heart disease and stroke. But to avoid the disease altogether is ideal.
As I reflect on the drastic change in my energy level and overall fitness since quitting smoking, I encourage all smokers to use World No Tobacco Day as the perfect reason to stop now. Join the discussion on Twitter using #NoTobacco, and encourage the people in your life to stop smoking.


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Sergey Prokofiev(27 April 1891 — 5 March 1953)
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STOCKTON - An award-winning journalist who spent a year and a half documenting the impact of methamphetamine on America's rural communities will be in Stockton on Thursday to speak on meth-driven crime here.
Scott Thomas Anderson will be the keynote speaker for the Stockton Meth and Crime Town Hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursdayin the San Joaquin County Behavioral Heath Services building, 1212 N. California St.
Anderson will also discuss Stockton's connection to the meth pipeline from Mexico.
Anderson is familiar with the meth underworld in Northern California.
He spent 18 months documenting meth-related crime in cooperation with law enforcement agencies across the United States, including in Amador and Calaveras counties, where he formerly worked as a newspaper reporter.
Anderson's nonfiction book, "Shadow People: how Meth-driven Crime is Eating at the Heart of Rural America," was published in 2012.
Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva will also be a speaker at the event.
San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services is hosting the presentation. Admission is free. The public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
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Stew Ellington was researching cocktails for a party when he ran across green chartreuse, a liqueur that has been made since the 1700s by Carthusian monks sworn never to reveal the recipe.
Ellington was, in a word, enchanted. Those monks may have taken an oath, but Ellington learned that the secret recipe contains 130 alpine herbs -- and the color chartreuse is actually named for the liqueur. There must be more cocktail lore to be discovered, he thought.
So Ellington hatched a plan to mix 1,000 cocktails, star-rating and documenting each drink with photos, a process that took three years. Now, with a little help from a Kickstarter campaign, those cocktail recipes, lore and trivia can be found in a self-published book, "901 Very Good Cocktails: A Practical Guide" (Felix Press, $25, 240 pages).
"I have cocktails in the book that go back 200 years, to very current, cutting-edge cocktails that are being crafted right now in some of the best bars and restaurants in the country -- and everything in between," says Ellington, an Oakland freelance writer and stay-at-home dad.
The book includes manly cocktails, smoky brews, Prohibition-era concoctions and drinks that are urban, potent or just plain cheap. You also can find "Mad Men" libations, colorful cocktails and even alcoholic beverages to accompany breakfast.
The book is meant as a tool rather than a coffee-table book, with laminated pages that can withstand a spill, says Nicole Bettinger, Ellington's friend and informal marketing adviser on the project. "It's something useful not just as a (professional) bar tool, but for the at-home cocktail enthusiast in a lot of us."
The project began as a lark, a quest to learn more and document the process along the way. Call it a case of unleashing one's inner documentarian -- or turning cocktails into a paying proposition.
"I figured if I mixed 1,000 drinks, by the end of the process, I'm going to be pretty knowledgeable about cocktails," Ellington says.
He surpassed his 1,000-drink goal in May, gaining a couple of pounds along the way. But his liver made it through intact, despite a period where he drank as many as three cocktails a day. However, he says, "I started not to feel quite as healthy as I normally do."
As for the donors who helped fund his publishing project, Ellington offered the perfect incentive: He created signature drinks for 75 people who donated to the Kickstarter campaign in September that raised $24,000 to publish the book.
The book boasts 901 recipes, ranging from classics to Ellington's original recipes, including one that pays tribute to Bettinger's birthday -- and her German, English and Scottish roots -- with gin, vermouth, Kirschwasser and Drambuie. An easy drink to mix, it can be made to order quickly at a dinner party or enjoyed before or after dinner.
In the end, Ellington was right: He learned a lot about mixing drinks. It's important that juices are fresh, for example, and ice cubes are large and well frozen. When throwing a cocktail party, create a short and diverse menu of drinks representing each base spirit, in addition to beer and wine.
And if you can swing it, hire a bartender, such as one from a local bartending school, to do the actual mixing.
"It frees you up to have fun," Ellington said, "and makes the party feel more special."
901 Cocktails
Stew Ellington's new book, "901 Very Good Cocktails," is available at www.901cocktails.com and Amazon.com.


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UWA tennis coach wins Quick Start award
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:33 p.m.
LIVINGSTON | The Intercollegiate Tennis Association and United States Tennis Association have made University of West Alabama tennis coach Glen Fanelli the campus Quick Start provider of the year for the Southern region.
"I appreciate the USTA and the ITA for recognizing me with the award, but I really owe it to our players who contributed to our efforts to raise awareness for childhood obesity, polio and cystic-fibrosis," Fanelli said. "It's a great opportunity to get our players more involved in the community and generate interest in our sport. I am really looking forward to continuing our efforts next year."
The award recognizes a college coach who has promoted the 10-and-under tennis format to elementary school children by hosting Quick Start programs on campus.
Fanelli has over 30 years of experience coaching tennis, but this is the first year he has worked with the Quick Start program. Working with USTA program, Fanelli and his UWA tennis teams held classes once a week to teach young kids the sport of tennis, as well as battling childhood obesity. Fanelli also worked along with the Rotary Club to raise awareness about polio and cystic-fibrosis.
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As the weather cools down and people start thinking about the perfect stuffing recipe, holiday decorations begin to trickle out. And we want to hear about them.
Each year, The Record spotlights holiday displays that are especially creative, unique or just plain blinding. This year we want to count down the "12 Days of Decor" so we need all the reader recommendations we can get.
Send details on the display, including address and short description, to LENS Editor Robin Nichols at email@example.com.
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SAN JOSE -- All San Jose State football players have Friday's game against Utah State circled on the calendar, but the offensive linemen have it bolded, highlighted and underlined twice.
The Spartans' pass protection was nearly non-existent in last year's meeting. The Aggies sacked quarterback David Fales 13 times -- a school record for both teams.
"Last year, the offensive line, the running backs, the protection wasn't what we wanted it to be," left guard Ryan Jones said. "This year we're studying harder, we're working harder, and we've got to eliminate the minus rushing yards."
The sacks cost SJSU more than 100 yards, and the Spartans finished with just 4 yards on the ground. The constant pressure stifled any momentum SJSU tried to gain after falling behind early. The Spartans scored three straight times late in the first half to make it close, but were run over in the second half and lost 49-27.
Jones indicated that SJSU didn't do a good job of disguising its pass protection schemes.
"They had our tendencies down," Jones said. "This year, we've worked on not showing what we're doing. We're more concealed with how we're changing protection."
Stopping Utah State's blitz-happy pass rush won't be enough to win, though. The Aggies have one of the country's best dual-threat quarterbacks in Chuckie Keeton. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior reminds some of a smaller version of the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick.
"Keeton is just an outstanding football player," Spartans coach Ron Caragher said. "Not just throwing the ball but he makes plays with his legs. You get him outside the pocket, he can hurt you. And he's got some weapons around him."
Keeton frustrated the Spartans last season with his escapability. It was the only game last year that SJSU, which ranked sixth in the country in sacks, did not bring down the opposing quarterback.
"We know he's a scrambler. We know he's going to run," cornerback Bené Benwikere said. "We just have to contain him, which is easier said than done. It's going to take a whole group effort."
The Spartans should expect a very confident Aggies team that has beaten SJSU four consecutive times.
"It's good to have some success against them as well as we did last year," Keeton said. "That's great motivation to keep that streak going."
The Spartans aren't hiding that this game has a little extra meaning. In addition to it being their debut in the Mountain West Conference, they remember how last year's loss cost them the Western Athletic Conference title.
"Every week's a big game," Fales said. "But definitely from last year -- a lot of the guys played in that game know what they did -- we definitely look forward to playing them again."
Overall, there seems to be mutual respect between the programs. Once left behind in the WAC by the teams that jumped ship to the Mountain West earlier, there's a kinship that's developed between the conference's newcomers.
"It's just great what they're doing, as well as what we're doing, because we're from the same conference," Keeton said. "We're trying to carry over the statement that the WAC wasn't a pushover conference."
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Definition of cycle in English:
- Any civilisation requires regular repeating cycles in order to be able to function properly.
- The reality, as we have seen, is that eclipses are not random at all; they repeat on regular cycles.
- Each discrete section of animation is brief and each repeats in a regular cycle.
- Dr Perrett said that hepatitis A has a natural periodic cycle of about seven years, which would explain two outbreaks in such quick succession.
- At the sub-femtosecond level, a laser pulse contains only a few cycles of the carrier electromagnetic wave.
- The quantum and classical Carnot engines therefore operate in the same way - a closed cycle of two isothermal and two adiabatic processes.
- Hydrogen must replace fossil fuels through efficient production using solar radiation, thermochemical cycles, or bioinspired catalysts to split water.
- Two things I've been interested in recently are the brain's visual processing, and the metabolic cycle.
- As a consequence, most biological processes, from sleep-wake cycles in people to leaf movements in plants, follow a daily, circadian rhythm.
- These metabolic cycles allow large and rapid changes in the net rate of sucrose breakdown in response to the demand in the cell, even though the steady-state concentrations of metabolites hardly change.
- PCR was carried out in limited cycles in which PCR products exponentially increased and reflected the initial quantity of RNA.
- Looking at the needs of diverse forests and soils, and the cycles of water and air, the evidence suggests that North America, the planet also, is already overpopulated by humans.
- Deforestation also can have regional climatic effects because trees are a key link in the evapotranspiration cycle between soil and the atmosphere.
- Once cooled to body temperature, the water then completes its cycle by being returned to the ground where it slowly irrigates a grove of mesquite trees that form a new desert park.
- Grid software makes collections of computers more efficient by allowing them to share CPU cycles, memory and other resources so closely that they act almost like a single computer.
- The resources that are important from an active networking point of view include CPU cycles, main memory, and outgoing network bandwidth.
- These are typically scientific or technical and require a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data.
- Different frequencies, measured in hertz, or cycles per second, indicate different levels and types of activities.
- The rate at which an object vibrates is measured in Hertz or cycles per second.
- Optical clocks, with frequencies measured near 10 cycles per second, promise greater accuracy.
- The planned cycle of seven books is underpinned by the conceit that there should be one book for each day of the week.
- The play is part of Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle examining African-American life in the 20th century.
- About a dozen stories will be performed from the full cycle of 50 plays, retelling the Bible's account of mankind from God's Creation to Judgment Day.
- Few established contemporary poets have shown the commitment or innovation displayed by Wearne in writing the long cycles of thematic poems.
- Reading the text as a short story cycle and not just a collection reveals Lahiri's careful balancing of a range of representations and her intricate use of pattern and motif.
- Akhmatova wrote a poem cycle called Cinque which was based on their evenings together.
- Race officials today announced they will be awarding two mountain cycles to volunteers aiding the effort in this year's race.
- The sheer number of people in attendance has reduced the road to barely the width of two cycles.
- Sidharth rides a cycle selling tea and coffee in bus and railway stations to make a living.
- Today it is a blazing day in the capital, Maputo, and I have stayed on alone here for a few days, while the team continues the cycle northwards.
- Michael and Bernard provided one of the attractions on the day when they completed the cycle on a tandem bike.
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- Jimmy Bergin from Abbeyleix took out his bicycle and cycled 28 miles to raise funds.
- You could cycle, ride or kayak, but, personally, I prefer to trust my own two legs.
- I opted to cycle for an hour out of London and then turn round, whatever the distance covered.
- The frame includes a predefined number of time slots that are cycled through in sequence.
- Do one or two speed workouts a week, cycling through three different programs.
- Ideally, each lesson would cycle repeatedly through the romance, precision and generalization stages.
Late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos 'circle'.
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The wheel was probably invented some time around 4000 bc in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Its name, probably based on a word meaning 'to turn', moved east to India, where it produced Sanskrit cakra 'wheel, circle', source of the chakra (late 19th century) of yoga, and west, where it gave rise to Greek kuklos 'circle', the source of cycle (Late Middle English) and cyclone (mid 19th century). It is recorded in Anglo-Saxon English from about ad 900. To reinvent the wheel is a 20th-century expression. Wheels within wheels is an allusion to a biblical quotation from the Old Testament book of Ezekiel. The prophet Ezekiel sees a vision in which four cherubs appear: 'And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel'.
Words that rhyme with cycleCarmichael, cervical, Michael
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Published: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 9:52 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 9:52 a.m.
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Oct. 19, 2012
Thibodaux Police
Jerome Scott, 28, 130 Shady Oak Court, Houma, stop lamps and turn signals required on new motor vehicles, tail lamps required, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession or distribution of drug paraphernalia.
Latoya Brown, 29, 125 Park Ave., Thibodaux, contempt of court, tail lamps required, failure to display license plate, two counts child passenger restraint system.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Darrel Ledet, 48, 124 W. 142nd St., Cut Off, resisting an officer, domestic-abuse battery, domestic-abuse aggravated assault.
Oct. 20, 2012
Thibodaux Police
Monique Jones, 28, 275 Sanders St., Thibodaux, domestic-abuse battery with child endangerment.
Jesus Guiterrez, 19, 929 St. Charles St., Thibodaux, possession of marijuana.
Donald Lefleur, 59, 804 Manchester Manor Road, Thibodaux, operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses, third-offense DWI, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Rontrelle Square, 27, 900 Forty Appent Road, Thibodaux, contempt of court.
Humberto Ortiz, 32, 518 Sycamore St., Thibodaux, second-offense DWI, driving on roadway laned for traffic, no driver's license.
Brent Gervais, 46, 401 Louise Drive, Raceland, domestic-abuse battery with child endangerment, cruelty to juveniles with force.
Louisiana State Police
Rod Blanchard, 59, 206 E. 85th St., Apt. 102, Cut Off, second-offense DWI, stop/yield signs.
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The following was featured in our 2012 Annual Report.
Our effectiveness as a medical home has grown this year with the expansion of health care teams and our collaboration with the Vermont Blueprint for Health. But at the heart of these teams are Gifford's long-established primary care practices. In each of our health team locations, we have providers and support staff whose relationships with the community run deep.
Take Starr Strong, for example. For 19 years, Starr has committed herself to the people of Chelsea – first under the mentorship of Dr. Brewster Martin and now as a mentor in her own right.
With humility and compassion, family physician Dr. Ken Borie has cared for the people of Randolph for 32 years. The humanity he brings to medicine is an example for all, including the many medical students who he guides through the family medicine portion of their clinical studies.
And Dr. Lou DiNicola, a local pediatrician for 36 years, has been among the foremost leaders in this state when it comes to children, advocating at every turn for their health, safety, and welfare.
Those of us enjoying long-standing relationships with Gifford and with our central Vermont community consider ourselves fortunate to know and work with these practitioners and their support teams. Such stability, and depth, builds our medical homes into more effective tools for helping our patients.
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text: Limbs wrote: I can't remember what network or person it was that brought it up but someone said how this is the first time the league has had to deal with a player using a racial slur. Ummmmmm... I think there's a much more likely reason for that. Enough of this "but sports is beyond race". Sports culture is racist as fuck.


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Joining the list of ski areas open in Colorado, Loveland Ski Area will kickoff its season opening today with chairlifts starting at 9 a.m.
"We know there are a lot of really anxious skiers and riders ready to get this season started," said John Sellers, spokesman for the ski area. "Our snow quality is great and our team has been working really hard to open with these conditions."
The ski area will open one top-to-bottom run, including the Catwalk, Mambo and Homerun trails, a combined total of approximately 1,000 vertical feet with an 18-inch base.
Loveland's park crew set up five features to ride today, including a mini wall ride, lift tower rail, single barrel shotgun and two flat boxes.
The first chairlift departs at 9 and will run until 4 p.m. Chairlifts start operating at 8:30 a.m. on weekends.
"It's an honor to get on the first chair at Loveland for the season, I'm sure we'll start seeing people get to the ski area very early and we're expecting to have a good turnout," Sellers said.
Last season the resort opened Oct. 14, after the help of a snowstorm that brought six inches of snow adding to the ski area's man-made base. The 2010-2011 season kicked off Oct. 24.
Nearby Arapahoe Basin opened Oct. 17 with an 18-inch base, one intermediate trail and one lift operating. The ski area was the first in Colorado to open this winter.
Other Colorado ski areas have set opening days for November or December.
"We're right on track with our opening, we would have liked to been first in the state or in North America, but our team only opens with good conditions for our guests," Sellers said.
Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures soaring up into the high 50s - it's going to feel like spring skiing.
Lift ticket rates for the early season will be $49 for an adult full day and only $25 for a child full day. Half day and flex tickets are not available during the early season.
Loveland snowmaking crews will continue to make snow and will announce additional trail openings throughout the season on the ski area's website.
For additional information visit: www.skiloveland.com.


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Positive step for management
Last week, by a margin of more than 1,000 votes, Torrington voters approved a change to the city charter that grants the police and fire chiefs authority to discipline and dismiss members of their departments. Previously, police officers and firefighters suspected of misconduct were referred to the Board of Public Safety for disciplinary hearings. The change was backed by Police Chief Michael Maniago, labor attorney Victor Muschell and personnel director Thomas Griff.
This move, which was proposed by the Charter Revision Commission, couldn't be more welcome; it will go a long way toward establishing a culture of accountability in city departments, especially in the wake of the negative publicity that has plagued the Police Department in recent months.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- The mayor of Columbus wants to revoke the alcoholic beverage license of a nightclub where one person was killed and six others injured by gunfire on New Year's Day.
Reports say that Mayor Teresa Tomlinson has notified the owner of Club Majestic, James Weaver Jr., about her plans to recommend the Columbus Council revoke the license.
The city earlier started a process to shut down the club as a public license, but revoking the alcoholic beverage license could occur quicker. The council will consider the license revocation March 12.
A 24-year-old college student, Charles Foster, was fatally shot at the club and six other men and women were injured inside and outside the club. Police charged 21-year-old Dequandrea Truitt and 20-year-old Shaquille Porter with murder and assault.


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With America's transformation into a modern industrial society in the late 19th century came many social and economic problems. These in turn inspired the Progressive Era.
Marking the 100th anniversary of the 1912 presidential election in which Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive Party ticket, the exhibit features letters, cartoons, pictures, and broadsides illustrating America's shift from rural/agrarian to urban/industrial society.
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April 11, 2011 -- A new study has confirmed what parents of young children know from experience: It's difficult to maintain healthy habits and juggle the demands of raising a family.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, finds that new moms and dads get less exercise than adults the same age who don't have children. And mothers appear to have higher BMIs and take in more calories, particularly from saturated fat and sugary drinks, than women who don't have children.
"Moms are trying to eat well, at least as well as non-moms," says study researcher Erica M. Berge, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis-St. Paul. "But at the same time, they're also eating more of these high-fat foods with their kiddos."
Berge says she thinks that many women in the study prepared healthier food for themselves, but also nibbled when serving foods like macaroni and cheese or chicken nuggets to their kids.
"They're doing the good things, but they're also doing too much of the negative things, so it increases their risk of weight gain," Berge says.
Experts who were not involved in the study think Berge's assessment fits.
"I think parents make sacrifices to their own detriment for their kids," says Lori Francis, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of Biobehavioral Health at The Pennsylvania State University.
As a nutrition researcher and the mother of a 2-year-old, Francis says she felt her own life echoed in the study's results.
"I have a very picky eater, so I go through all kinds of acrobatics just to get him to eat, and what he doesn't eat, I'm eating, or my husband's eating," she says.
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MONTREAL — Former Boise State and Colorado coach Dan Hawkins has been hired to coach the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.
He succeeds Marc Trestman, who was hired as the Chicago Bears' coach last month. Trestman led the Alouettes to Grey Cup titles in 2009 and 2010 and was the CFL's coach of the year in 2009.
Hawkins has never coached in the CFL. He was 19-39 at Colorado and 53-11 at Boise State and has an overall coaching record of 112-61-1.
Mike Miller, the Arizona Cardinals' offensive coordinator last season, will be on the Alouettes' coaching staff.
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STOCKTON -- A police officer shot and wounded a man in the parking lot between two apartment buildings in the 400 block of Glendora shortly before 6 this evening after being called there to break up a disturbance, police said.
The officer, who arrived at the scene alone, saw one man shooting at another in the parking lot, confronted the shooter and fired his own service weapon when the shooter did not drop his gun, according to a preliminary investigation, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the police department.
The shooter then put his gun between some parked cars and started walking away from the officer, who chased him down and took him into custody.
Medics arrived and began administering first aid, before transporting the man to an area hospital for further treatment, Silva said.
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Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) -- State officials have announced Jere Morehead, University of Georgia provost, has been named as the sole finalist for university president.
University System of Georgia officials made the announcement Monday, and say the state Board of Regents will make a final decision on selecting a president for UGA at a future meeting.
Michael Adams, the university's current president, is set to retire from his post at the end of June.
In a release, officials say Morehead previously served UGA as vice president for instruction, vice provost for academic affairs, director of the honors program and acting director of legal affairs.
Morehead, a 1980 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, has held a faculty appointment in the Terry College of Business, and serves on numerous state educational boards.
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