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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's first two reunion tours of the new millennium, in 2000 and 2002, were all about playing the hits and showing fans a good time.
The vocal quartet took a different approach with its third road show, 2006's Freedom of Speech Tour, which was built on a strong anti-war stance and not-so-subtle political messages like the song "Let's Impeach the President."
The fascinating, controversial tour, which drew both cheers and jeers from fans, is now the subject of the new documentary "CSNY: Déjà Vu." "In this show, we've broken some rules," CSNY's Neil Young says of the tour early in the film. "Our responsibility to the audience is no longer to make the audience feel fuzzy, warm feelings at the end of the show. The responsibility of this show is to make the audience feel — period."
The band, which also includes David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, certainly accomplished that during the tour's stop at Concord's Sleep Train Pavilion on July 25, 2006. In my review of that concert I wrote, "(CSNY's) mission was to carry a message, provide some food for thought and, most significantly, make fans feel something. All of those things happened at this show."
Directed by Young under his film nom de plume Bernard Shakey, "Déjà Vu" contains plenty of concert footage to illustrate the tour's political nature. We see the men singing anti-war anthems, both new and old, and witness the show's more theatrical elements, like the yellow ribbon tied around the giant microphone stand and the video screen showing the faces of American soldiers killed during the Iraq war.
Some of the band's performances are outstanding — most notably, the fretboard fireworks by Stills and San Mateo County's Young — yet the music isn't really the film's main selling point. What's most fascinating is the public's reaction to the music and the message as "Déjà Vu" follows the group during its cross-country trip.
Some people at CSNY's Concord date complained that the political content of the show detracted from their enjoyment of the music. That outcry was but a whisper compared to the ruckus greeting the band during some of its tour stops.
Footage from a gig in Atlanta shows one concert-goer chiming in "That was the worst concert I've ever been to!" while another tosses a threat in Young's direction: "I'd like to knock his (expletive) teeth out." Those are the kinds of opposing voices heard in "Deja Vu," while those of CSNY's supporters come across as articulate and well-founded.
Although that disparity detracts from the movie, making "Déjà Vu" feel too much like a one-sided argument, it's hardly surprising — Young didn't make the picture to sway people to Bush's side.
What the film does right is connecting the band's recent political activism with its storied past and making people understand why CSNY decided to take on the battle.
"The only time that songwriters should react to stuff that is going on is when they are absolutely moved to do so, when it just smacks them in the face and they've got to react," Crosby says in the film.
CSNY lived through the Vietnam era and served as the voice of a generation for many. In 2006, the four Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers looked at what was going on in Iraq and felt the sense of deja vu was too strong to ignore. Fortunately, they knew just what they could do about it — stand up, sing out and exercise their freedom of speech.
Reach Jim Harrington at jharrington@bayareanews group.com.
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Democratic Sr Senator (NY)
After reading off an anecdote about Schumer calling for multiple debates against his opponent Al D'Amato in 1998, Townsend, a marketing executive, said "if 10 debates was right for Sen. Schumer in 1998, I would think at least one is appropriate in the year 2010."
"I do believe New Yorkers are entitled to hear a vigorous exchange of our view," he said after declaring that this year's elections will determine the destiny of the country. While Schumer's refusal to engage in a debate with Townsend is a major focus of his campaign, he said that it is not defined by it. "I'll be happy to debate the imaginary Chuck if I have to," said Townsend, eyeing the cutout beside him.
ALITO: I did and I do.
SCHUMER: Now are you aware of any nominee in the history of the republic who has come before the Senate and testified he'd keep a closed mind?
ALITO: I'm not aware of that. But I can only speak for myself.
SCHUMER: This morning's newspapers were filled with headlines to the effect you would keep an open mind. My friends on the other side of the aisle have repeatedly said you've answered over 200 questions. Now it's probably 300. But a response is not an answer. And you've responded to more than 300 questions but, in all due respect, you haven't answered enough of them. And so, again, I think we ought to make clear that, at least to many of us here, we haven't gotten the answers to questions, yes or no, on some important issues.
O'GRADY: Yes.
SCHUMER: The only thing on my radar screen is to be a good senator. But I never say never.
MILLS: Yes.
"In the past month, many Senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. It is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law--it is to apply the law. And it is clear, I believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the Constitution according to its terms; interpreting statutes according to their terms and Congress's intent; and hewing faithfully to precedents established by the Supreme Court and my Circuit Court. In each case I have heard, I have applied the law to the facts at hand."
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When one reads accounts of Jews in American politics, the common theme is that Jews have achieved prominence in art, literature, academia, certain businesses, and entertainment, but not in politics or government. The Jewish politician was the exception, not the rule.
In the last third of the 20th century, however, that pattern changed. By 2000, Jews had become as prominent in the political realm as they have been in other aspects of American life. And Jewish participation is accepted for the contributions these activists make, not because of their Jewishness. Nothing could symbolize this trend more cogently than the nomination of Joseph Lieberman for vice president in 2000 and the national reaction to his candidacy. [Lieberman says]:
Although politics was not exactly a Jewish profession, individual Jews did throw themsleves into the democratic process. Some were traditional politicians; others machine politicians. Many more, such as Emma Goldman and the radicals of the early 20th century, were inspired by the ideal that they had a duty to repair the world—Tikkun Olam.[This book] provides brief biographical sketches for more than 400 Jews who have played prominent roles in American political life. The roster provides much of the basic information that we felt was previously lacking in one place.
Many reasons account for the broader representation of Jews in American civic life today. The forces of antisemitism have been relegated to the extreme margins of society, the principle of meritocracy has increasingly opened the doors of opportunity. Moreover, the idealism and purpose that were spawned by the movements for civil rights, opposition to the war in Vietnam, environmentalism, and other causes drew many Jewish Americans into the political arena. Jews are admonished tp help perfect the world by the ancient wisdom of Rabbi Tarfon, who tells us, "You are not required to complete the task, yet you are not free to withdaw from it."
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom. AU is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans.
Americans United is a national organization with members in all 50 states. We are headquartered in Washington, D.C., and led by the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director. AU has more than 75,000 members from all over the country. They include people from all walks of life and from various faith communities, as well as those who profess no particular faith. We are funded by donations from our members and others who support church-state separation. We do not seek, nor would we accept, government funding.
Scoring system for 2014: Ranges from 0% (supports separation of church & state) to 100% (opposed to separation of church & state).
About the AU (from their website, www.au.org):Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) is a religious liberty watchdog group. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom. AU is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans.
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Definition of viceroy in English:
1A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.
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- Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.
- The overriding authority, the viceroy, whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.
- The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.
governor, deputy, representative, proconsul;
regent, steward
2A migratory orange and black butterfly that closely resembles the monarch but is typically somewhat smaller. The caterpillar feeds on willow leaves, and the adult mimics the unpalatable monarch.
- Limenitis archippus, subfamily Limenitidinae, family Nymphalidae.
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- I could tell a monarch butterfly from a viceroy, without eating it.
- Take the oft-cited classic case of Batesian mimicry involving the dead-ringer resemblance between monarch and viceroy butterflies.
- We mimic them as aptly as a viceroy butterfly mimics the colouration of a monarch.
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- In Naples, these lawyers were often called togati, and the viceroyal administrations fostered them in all the Spanish territories in order to undermine the traditional nobility.
- During the viceroyal period in the New Spain, the building belonged to the Society of Jesus.
- When the Spanish Colony was established, one of the main objectives of the viceroyal administration was to obtain greater financial resources for the Crown.
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- An audit found that the entire interim government budget during his viceroyship - US $8.8 billion - could not be accounted for, as there simply were no financial controls on it whatsoever.
- Peru was the richest province of all of Spanish America and the viceroyship of the area was a hugely important role.
- As we said, there is very little disagreement with the longer reconstruction for the first 150 years, even to the 12-year viceroyship of Jeroboam II with Jehoash.
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Definition of inclination in English:
noun[mass noun]
1A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition: John was a scientist by training and inclination Fanny showed little inclination to talk about anything serious [count noun]: he was free to follow his inclinations
More example sentences
- From foxhounds to sheep dogs, none can be successful in their natural inclinations without proper training.
- Previous conflicts between their natural inclinations and their fears would be resolved firmly in favour of the left.
- All of my natural inclinations registered heavily on the Watchtower sin-o-meter.
tendency, propensity, proclivity, leaning;
predisposition, disposition, predilection, weakness, proneness;
desire, wish, readiness, impulse;
archaic list, humour
rare velleity
1.1 (inclination for/to/towards) An interest in or liking for (something): my inborn inclination for things with moving parts
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- Muslim organisations who collect zakat have their own agenda and have no interest or inclination to take up the cause of these poor Muslims.
- The various publics, having other interests or no inclination toward foreign matters short of war, tended toward apathy.
- Through her I have satisfied many inclinations to revenge.
liking, penchant, partiality, preference, appetite, fancy, fondness, affection, love;
interest, affinity;
stomach, taste
informal yen
rare appetency
2The fact or degree of sloping: changes in inclination of the line on the graph
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- Vicinal faces are typically only hundredths of one degree in inclination from the main crystal face on which they form.
- An inclination of 0 degrees would mean the orbit is perfectly aligned with Earth's orbital plane.
- Slope inclination and aspect were recorded at several locations within each stand.
2.1The angle at which a straight line or plane is inclined to another.
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- Dichroic ratios R, order parameter S, and inclination angle between membrane plans and diglucosamine ring plane.
- For example, it is likely that the angle of inclination of the pectoral fin base constrains the range of directions in which force may be applied on the fluid during swimming.
- For example, at each location on the globe, the geomagnetic field lines intersect the Earth's surface at a specific angle of inclination.
gradient, incline, slope, pitch, ramp, bank, ascent, rise, acclivity, descent, declivity;
slant, lift, tilt;
cant, camber, bevel;
2.2The dip of a magnetic needle.
Example sentences
- The third possible explanation for the shallow inclination of the high temperature component of magnetization is that the dykes were rotated about horizontal axes after magnetization.
- The higher coercivity component has a inclination that is steeper than expected and a NW declination.
- This component has both reversed and normal polarity, with an average declination of 320 and an inclination of -13 deg.
2.3 Astronomy The angle between the orbital plane of a planet, comet, etc. and the ecliptic, or between the orbital plane of a satellite and the equatorial plane of its primary: cometary orbits vary widely in inclination
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- Because of the Mercury's high orbital inclination, it can be seen crossing the disk of the sun only rarely.
- From that ellipse one can, in principle, determine the inclination of the planet's orbital plane.
- He's based this idea on a study of the angle, or inclination, of asteroid orbits.
3An act of inclining the body or head: the questioner's inclination of his head
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- That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
- A slight inclination of Roxy's head indicated to Helen that she knew about her estrangement from Tim.
- A slight inclination of Alvito's head was all the acknowledgement this pledge received.
bowing, bow, bending, nod, nodding, lowering, dip
Late Middle English: from Latin inclinatio(n-), from inclinare 'bend towards' (see incline).
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The dairy experiment has been less than conclusive, and we are all pretty much stumped at this point.
If you're just catching up, my youngest daughter (she's 7) has been having occasional stomach aches several times a month for . . . months, I guess. Maybe over a year. We ignored them for a long time but finally decided the situation warranted a trip to the doctor, who advised us to take her off of dairy for a week or two to see if it helped. I took her off both gluten AND dairy, figuring we might as well kill two birds with one stone. That was four weeks ago.
After about 12 days living 100% (as far as I know) dairy and gluten free and having no complaints, one Sunday morning we let her have a bowl of yogurt with her breakfast and then she shared my crème brûlée at lunchtime. That evening she started with a stomach ache, and she came home from school the next day still complaining of tummy troubles.
So naturally we thought, BINGO! It's dairy!
Since that time, she has had no more gluten or dairy. She was fine until the next Sunday, when we ate out at another restaurant. They accommodated her needs with a plain grilled chicken and fries and mixed fruit, and she had a "Shirley Temple". That afternoon she came home with a stomach ache again.
We were perplexed.
She was fine for another whole week. Then this past Monday, we ate at Chick-Fil-A for lunch. She had their grilled nuggets with fries and a lemonade. A while afterwards, she started complaining of a belly ache. She complained of a stomach ache all afternoon, and woke up Tuesday morning still complaining and said she had it all night.
I kept her home from school and called the doctor. She complained right up till about 2pm, when we walked into the doctor's office (naturally). It's like taking a car to the mechanic.
The doctor basically said, "didn't work, huh?" After questioning and examining her, he ordered bloodwork and a stool sample (which I get to collect. The good times keep on coming!)
Then he said he was going to write a script for Prevacid. "Can't hurt," he said with a shrug.
THIS RIGHT HERE is where I'm starting to twitch. If you have any inkling of my medical history, you know how hard I worked to get myself off of Nexium. I'm sure it has its place, but it is way overprescribed and can cause more problems than it helps. I would need to be pretty convinced of its medical necessity to give it to my child. And even then, I would try just about anything else first. I'm not about to fill that prescription based on the information we have at the moment.
I'm fine with blood tests and stool samples, so we'll start there. Since he is testing for Celiac, we started her back eating gluten last night (for the Celiac panel to be accurate, the person must be eating gluten, and she's been off it for four weeks). She hasn't had any tummy aches since eating two sandwiches on whole wheat bread and a bowl of pasta so I'm guessing gluten is not the culprit, but of course I'm anxious to see what the blood test results reveal.
I realize that I've been 100% focused on her diet as a cause, and perhaps it is. Isn't it odd that the past few stomach aches occurred after eating at a restaurant? I can't be sure that we haven't eaten out at other times, but I don't think we have. So is there something in commercial cooking that is bothering her? An oil, perhaps?
But then as I was looking back through my calendar with all my notes, I realized that her last 3 or 4 belly aches have also occurred the day before going back to school after the weekend. Which made me wonder if it could be stress related. I have had several people suggest that, but this child loves school and looks forward to going every day. It seems unlikely, but then again, she's also a perfectionist. Could the tummy aches be due to some underlying anxiety related to that?
Of course we don't know. We are baffled, quite frankly.
And so we wait . . .


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Definition of emerald in English:
1A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl: [as modifier]: an emerald necklace
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- The shining diamonds, rubies, emeralds, peridots, topaz, sapphires have now acquired a special status for the wearer.
- The blue-silver metal was cast in an ornate fashion, and white diamonds spotted with emeralds, beryls and emeralds crusted the edges of the metal.
- Synthetic ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, opal, and turquoise are commonly encountered, but synthesis of diamond for gem cutting has so far been very limited.
2 [mass noun] (also emerald green) A bright green colour: the sea glistened in shades of emerald and jade
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- The bodice was plain, starched white, while the skirt itself a deep emerald.
- The necklace she wore around her neck glowed a deep emerald as he did so.
- The beautiful emeralds of the South American rainforests became a warm blue.
5A small hummingbird with bright metallic green plumage and darker wings and tail, found mainly in the area of the Caribbean and Central America.
- Three genera, in particular Chlorostilbon and Amazilia, family Trochilidae: numerous species.
Bright green in colour: beyond the airport lay emerald hills
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- To the south, past the tiny level valley the group was in, was an ocean of rolling emerald hills, as far as anyone could see.
- She was holding her dad's hand as they all walked down the dirt road alongside pastures of emerald hills.
- The emerald hills of South America appear lived-in and intimate.
Middle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq 'flash, sparkle').
The word emerald can be traced back to Greek smaragdos, and ultimately to an ancient Hebrew verb meaning 'flash or sparkle'. In early English examples the word's meaning is vague, and does not necessarily refer to a green stone. Ireland has been called the Emerald Isle, on account of its lush greenery, since as long ago as 1795. See also diamond
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If we go over the fiscal cliff, there will – SUPPOSEDLY – be 1.2 trillion dollars in spending cuts over 10 years. Is that what would happen? 1.2 trillion dollars in cuts? I don't think so…think about it….
If we go over the fiscal cliff, it is 110 billion in year one (multiplied 10 years equals about 1.2 trillion dollars.) $110 billion dollars is not a huge amount if you think about how much waste could be stripped away from the government that no one would feel.
You and I both know that after the first year, Congress will change it. They have the authority to do so and they will. Congress will get back to doing what they do best: spending! They will rewrite the fiscal cliff – nothing sticks in Washington beyond one year.
What is going on now is simply Washington political drama to see who wins. This is not working on a problem and looking for a real solution.
Am I wrong?
PS – this is not to say they should not do anything now and prevent us going over but merely to give you a taste of Washington reality.


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Agents Seize Arsenal of Rifles and Bomb-Making Material in ArizonaMilitia Inquiry
By JAMES BROOKE
Published: July 3, 1996
PHOENIX, July 2— With residential streets cordoned off for fear of an accidental explosion, Federal agents today seized about 90 high-powered rifles and hundreds of pounds of a bomb-making compound from the shabby bungalow of a man whom officials identified as the ordnance specialist of a local paramilitary group.
The seizures followed the arrest on Monday of that suspect, Gary C. Bauer, and 11 other people on charges of conspiring to blow up Government buildings in Phoenix.
Janet A. Napolitano, the United States Attorney for Arizona, said today that the dozen people under arrest were the entire membership of the paramilitary cell, the Viper Militia.
Proceeding gingerly, even stopping work once so that the local bomb squad could be consulted, the Federal agents removed from Mr. Bauer's house, in the city's northern reaches, almost a ton of ammonium nitrate, about half the amount used to build the bomb that destroyed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City last year and took 168 lives. Law-enforcement officials exploded much of the confiscated compound at an abandoned Air Force base in the desert west of here.
"Had it gone off in the city, the destruction would have been phenomenal," said Joseph Roy Jr., director of the Militia Task Force, an organization that tracks paramilitary activities around the country from its base in Alabama. "This is one of the largest hits ever on an underground organized cell."
But the ammonium nitrate and dozens of rifles were not all that was seized. From Mr. Bauer's house the agents also took away a truckload of ammunition, and from the homes of half a dozen other suspects they seized blasting cord, blasting caps, gas masks, bulletproof vests and camouflage uniforms with the insignia of a viper.
An indictment of the suspects, returned by a Federal grand jury here last Thursday but not disclosed until all were in custody on Monday, alleges four counts of unlawful possession of automatic weapons and three of conspiracy. In one, six of the defendants are charged with conspiracy to furnish instructions in the use of explosive devices as a way of promoting civil disorder.
Ms. Napolitano, the United States Attorney, said the Viper Militia had no known connection to two recent terrorist attacks in the region: the Oklahoma City bombing 15 months ago and the derailment by sabotage of an Amtrak train outside Phoenix last October.
Nonetheless the discovery of the large cache of explosives and weapons unsettled this city.
"We're scared to go to work," Barbara Washington, manager of an office supply shop, said as she looked across the street at the marble-adorned Federal Building, one of seven Federal, state and local government buildings that prosecutors say were identified on a Viper Militia videotape as potential targets. "You don't know who your neighbor is."
In the suburban community of Peoria, where two of the suspects live, Becky Nelson gazed across West Shangri-La Road at a white bungalow where, Federal prosecutors say, Dean C. Pleasant, one of those now jailed, was the host at weekly meetings of the Viper Militia.
"I've never left my children with a baby sitter who wasn't a member of our family," Mrs. Nelson said as her two small sons played at her feet. "I don't even send them to school -- I teach them at home. But now I have to be afraid of the neighbor next door, that he might blow us off the face of the earth."
Reflections on what might have been were evident too in Washington, where President Clinton saluted "the law-enforcement officers who made the arrests in Arizona yesterday to avert a terrible terrorist attack."
"Their dedication and hard work over the last six months," the President said, "may have saved many lives."
Although the Viper Militia had apparently been training with explosives and firearms for two years, it came to the attention of Federal agents only last November, when a deer hunter complained that a heavily armed band of men dressed in camouflage had threatened him and a group of Boy Scouts in a remote section of Tonto National Park, about 100 miles northeast of Phoenix.
The 12 suspects are to appear next in public at a detention hearing in Federal District Court here on Friday. Other than Mr. Bauer, 50, and Mr. Pleasant, 27, they are Randy L. Nelson, 32; Finis H. Walker, 41; David W. Belliveau and his wife, Ellen, both 27; Charles F. Knight, 47; Scott J. Shero, 30; Walter E. Sanville, 37; Henry A. Overturf, 37; Donna S. Williams, 44, and Christopher A. Floyd, 21. All are residents of Phoenix or the suburban towns of Peoria, Glendale and Scottsdale.
In an affidavit filed with the court, Jose T. Wall, an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, painted a picture of the Viper Militia as a tightknit group obsessed with bombs and guns. Mr. Wall said one member, Mr. Nelson, lovingly referred to his Browning automatic weapon as Shirley.
Members swore an oath to "enter into mortal combat against enemies of the U.S. Constitution" and to kill anyone trying to infiltrate the group, said Mr. Wall, whose affidavit was based largely on the account of an undercover Arizona law-enforcement officer, still unidentified, who did succeed in penetrating the group last December.


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No, the baby ws little really, just over 6lbs. Its quite a story really. I was taken into hospital Xmas day with pre-eclampsia, baby wasn't due till 15 January. A couple of days after being in hosital i had taken a shower, was on my way back to the bed and i slipped on the wet floor, landed smack on my bottom and broke my pelvis in two places! Couldn't move after that. the pain when i tried was excruciating...... 2 January i was induced and had a healthy baby boy I Walked for the first time that day. Full recovery took some time and treatment but it was all worth it as my boy was just a dream! One thing everyone says is..... ' was the labour more painfull' My reply is... Well he was my first and i had nothing to compare it to but i think, with a prlvis broken there was nothing stopping him when he was coming. Every cloud has a silver lining and i had a wonderful gift in my son... who is now a young man
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i suffer from spd, when i was 13years old i got run over and my pelvis didnt mend properly so it was weak, i started with spd when i was about 24wks pregnant with my 1st child and ended up being induced at 36weeks because of the pain, my son was born at 36wks weighing 7lbs 13oz, with my 2nd child the spd started at 10wks and i was in excrutiating pain all the way through my pregnancy and i had to wear a fembrace and have physio, again i was induced but at this time i was induced at 34 weeks, but my daughter at 34 weeks weighed 6lbs 6oz.(so really im grateful they where born early lol) both labours i had to have an epidural and now im pregnant with child number 3 so im going to try and take a higher calcium supplement and go to physio early. hope my story helps.
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i know how you feel! i had spd with 1st from 15 weeks and am 37 weeks with 2nd and the pain is unbelievable it started at just 7 weeks.
im soooooooo fed up with it, none of the physio etc seems to work and my hubby is constantly having to help me sit up, lay down, turn over in bed etc its a very debilitating condition.
only few weeks to go now though!! iv also had arthritis since age of 9 so perhaps thats why im more suseptible to it like you were with your accident?


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October 31, 1984. The day Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh guards and the anti-Sikh riots that followed are etched in India's collective memory. Shivaji Lotan Patil has fashioned a compassionate thriller about one Sikh family, trapped in their Delhi home, and the lengths they and their Hindu friends go to in order to help the parents and two children survive. Bollywood stars Vir Das and Soha Ali Khan as husband and wife play brilliantly against type.
Two towering performances by screen icons Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay make Andrew Haigh's slow-burn drama a must-see. A week before their 45th wedding anniversary, the Mercers' genteel life in the English countryside is threatened when Geoff receives a letter saying that the body of his long-dead first love has been recovered—perfectly preserved—in the Swiss Alps… "Composed with rigour and exactitude and performed with a repressed, heartfelt passion."—Guardian
Gripping and gritty, Gabriel Ripstein's assured debut is a nimble, intense thriller that delves into cross-border crime. Arnulfo has a tidy little racket going—legally purchasing Arizona firearms and flipping them to Mexican cartels—until he's targeted by an ATF agent (Tim Roth). Bad luck and even worse decisions conspire to set these two men on a treacherous journey that neither expected and both are wholly unprepared for. "A lean, careful, clever tale…"—Indiewire
Confusion is often synonymous with adolescence, but Serginho (Matheus Fagundes) bears more of it than any person should have to. Chico Teixeira (Alice's House) returns with a drama about the search for meaning and connection that enthralls with its haunting intimacy. Skin, sweat, water and heat become symbols. The performances are superb, with Fagundes the very image of vulnerability in the lead role. Sad but hopeful, quiet but intense, this is a film you can really feel.
When a baby died on her watch and investigators uncovered some circumstantially damning details, nurse Lucia de Berk (a cool, distanced Ariane Schluter) was labelled a serial killer and put on trial for murder—despite being innocent. Paula van der Oest's terrific combination of investigative mystery and courtroom drama is intelligent and entertaining by turns. "[This] Oscar-shortlisted Dutch thriller retells a chilling true story with David Fincher-like intrigue."—Variety
In Simon Rouby's evocative animated feature, a 12-year-old West African boy tracks his older brother's journey from village to port, to troop carrier and on to the war-torn fields of France, 1914. Despite the chaos, he clings to the hope that his brother can be returned home safely. Reminiscent of War Horse in its knack for conjuring fresh perspectives on well-trodden ground, this gorgeous fable will appeal to teens and pre-teens, as well as their parents and grandparents.
The title translates as "Bravo!" and director Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family) means it in the most darkly ironic way possible here. In early 19th-century Wallachia, a burly constable and his son track an escaped Roma slave; in the process Jude draws on the tropes of the Western to fashion a gorgeously shot drama rife with meanings for today. "An exceptional, deeply intelligent gaze into a key historical period, done with wit as well as anger."—Variety
In Johannesburg, 21-year-old Afro-hipster Ayanda (the captivating Fulu Moguvhani) fights to keep alive her late father's legacy—his car-repair garage. How? Add some style! Sara Blecher's (Otelo Burning) multicultural, colourful and vibrant drama captures the "Afropolitan" nature of the new South Africa. "Absolutely worth seeing for its representation of a modern African story, which is uniquely, distinctively African, but also urban, fresh, and contemporary…"—Indiewire
Conceived as an homage to the classic Bicycle Thieves, Donald Mugisha and James Tayler's unsparing look at life on the streets of Kampala—neorealism "with a youthful edge" in their words—is anchored in the story of Abel, 15, who takes over his father's motorcycle taxi (the "boda boda" of the title) and is immediately confronted by a corrupt world where a wrong turn, vehicular or otherwise, can have drastic consequences. "Poignant as well as entertaining."—Indiewire
Shifting between a prosecutor for whom death has become mundane, his anorexic daughter who's fading away and the girl's therapist who's also a spiritual medium, Malgorzata Szumowska's deadpan dramedy is impeccably acted and unexpectedly humorous, offering wry insights into how we see ourselves and what might await us after this life. "Bold, wise, and incredibly funny… A poignant tale about the confrontation of faith with skepticism, hope with despair, and love with hate."—culture.pl
Ten years ago, Mark Dornford-May and the Isango Ensemble burst upon the scene with Berlin Golden Bear-winner U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, their stirring adaptation of Bizet's Carmen. Drawing once again from an operatic source—Puccini's La bohème—Dornford-May and team bring the Xhosa language, exceptional singing voices and traditional instrumentation to a Cape Town-set tragedy focusing on the doomed love of university student Lungelo (Mhlekazi Mosiea) for the tuberculosis-stricken Mimi (Busisiwe Ngejane).
The long-awaited follow-up to 2010's Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari's new comedic drama has her skewed sensibility and mordant wit pointed at the male psyche and its absurd penchant for competition. Six male acquaintances—they certainly aren't friends—find themselves on a luxury yacht, where they engage in an escalating series of challenges that threatens to turn nasty… "A committedly deadpan comedy of manners, morals and men behaving weirdly…"—Variety
Tim Roth delivers an understated performance as a hospice nurse whose selfless devotion to the terminally ill sometimes distorts into more inscrutable behaviour in Michel Franco's deft character study. Recalling Michael Haneke's Amour in its unsentimental depiction of life's closing chapters, this mesmerizing psychological drama also examines the heavy toll exacted on this caregiver who's at ease with impending death but at a loss with life. "A captivating work."—Screen
The titular "club" in Pablo Larraín's incendiary follow up to No is a group of disgraced priests who've been banished to a purgatorial halfway home on the Chilean coast. When the church investigates a tragic incident involving these men, the findings lay to waste any notions of a good/evil binary. Likewise, Larraín proves that comedy and condemnation needn't be mutually exclusive. "The film's compassion is strongly felt, its mordant humour glinting like a blade."—Guardian
The first film from acclaimed theatre director Simon Stone brings together some of Australia's finest actors in a contemporary reworking of Ibsen's The Wild Duck. The mill is closing, but for its owner, Henry (Geoffrey Rush), this is also a time of hope: his estranged son Christian (Paul Schneider) has returned to serve as his best man. Those hopes turn to ashes when Christian reconnects with his old friend Oliver (Ewen Leslie) and stumbles across long-buried family secrets…
An immersive experience that casts a hypnotic spell, Mauro Herce's sui generis drama can be read as an allegory for late capitalism or taken at face value as a haunting look at the freighter Fair Lady and its Filipino crew on a mission that only comes to light when a natural disaster occurs. Awash in reds and greens, the film gives off an otherworldly glow—we could just as easily be ensconced in a spaceship on a science-fiction journey… Transfixing.
A leader of the Egyptian independent film scene, Ahmad Abdalla (Microphone) gets a much bigger budget than usual to fashion this lustrous black-and-white homage to classical Egyptian cinema. Female production designer Maha (Horeya Farghaly) finds reality shifting when, instead of working on her current melodrama, she begins to live it… "Shades of Sirk, Cassavetes, Bergman and even Woody Allen can all be detected on the film's glistening monochrome surface."—Variety
When grainy surveillance video appears to capture a heinous crime committed by their teenage kids, two couples hold a summit at an upscale restaurant and debate what to do next. Based on Herman Koch's international bestseller—hailed as "chilling, nasty, smart, shocking and unputdownable" by Gone Girl's Gillian Flynn—Ivano De Matteo's exquisitely crafted, ravishingly cinematic psychological thriller makes exceptional use of an exemplary cast and upends our expectations at every turn.
In Ciro Guerra's vibrant and wildly original feature, two explorers embark on parallel journeys—albeit 40 years apart—down the Colombian Amazon. Both are in search of a sacred flower with mythical healing powers. Both encounter a native shaman and his tales of colonialism's devastating toll. As unlikely friendships take root, Guerra's drama enwraps viewers in seductive visuals and alluring ethnographic details. "A soulful, strange and stunning discovery."—Indiewire
In Rick Alverson's latest surreal, post-Dadaist comedy, a glum stand-up (Gregg Turkington) wanders the Mojave Desert, bound for his estranged daughter but seemingly condemned to repeat the same hellish performance. Melding pungent melancholy and intoxicating psychedelia, this marks a brave and frequently brilliant offering from one of American cinema's most independent thinkers. "It's what new films ought to strive for: to strike back against the familiar."—Village Voice


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I was listening to the White Stripes the other day and thought this song, particularly the picking part, would work really well on the uke and so I went away and tabbed it out. And you know what? It does indeed work really well on the uke!
It's a simple little melody, but very effective in it's construction – note how the root note of the chord played at the end of each bar is always played just before that chord and immediately after the progression will continue with a note from the chord. When the progression builds up to the D, the second position D is used. Also worth noting that it is in swing time.
After the picking part when the song is in to the chords they just follow the same pattern as the picking part; one bar each of G, F, G, D, G, C, F, G
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Microsoft Surface multi-touch interface table unveiled
Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a high-tech, touch-sensitive, table that allows users to interact with computers without keyboards and mice.
30 May, 2007
On May 30, Microsoft unveiled a
high-tech table called Microsoft
Surface. In the past few years, there
has been sporadic interest in surface
and gestural interface computing
systems and some prototypes did
surface. There have also been wow
demonstrations that never took off,
for lack of the kind of resources
needed to push the technology.
Microsoft Surface, started as Project Milan, some five years ago. Starting with a small team, that grew to nearly 100, the project has been very hush-hush.
The Surface runs on a Vista PC, DLP
projectors, and cameras placed in its
underbelly. Does not sound very
different from touchscreens in ATMs
and stores? Actually, it may be, if
Surface does manage to deliver all
that it promises, at affordable
prices. If we go by Microsoft's
claims, the uses of the Surface are
pretty interesting. Firstly, the
Surface allows 52 touches at one time,
which means large groups can
manipulate the Surface at the same
time. So, if you want to fiddle with
pictures in a group, you can transfer
pictures from your digital camera by
just placing the camera on the
Surface. You can then rotate, crop or
resize the pictures.
Then, there will be community games, that many people will be able to play at one shot.
Another interesting feature. The
Surface will completely steer clear of
the usual Windows interface. So, there
will be no Start menu, none of the
files, folders, and icons that you
would normally see on a desktop.
Then, Microsoft plans to roll out the
Surface in November 2007, only in
hotels, restaurants, stores, and
casinos starting with launch partners
T-Mobile stores, Starwood hotels, and
Harrah's Entertainment.
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Alex Salmond yesterday surprised Holyrood by recalling to the Scottish Cabinet a minister he was forced to demote only 18 months ago.
Fiona Hyslop was given the post of Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, with the brief of promoting the concept of Scottish independence in Europe and throughout the rest of the world over the next few years. Although Mr Salmond will take the lead role on the constitution in the run-up to an independence referendum, Ms Hyslop will also have the job of promoting the SNP's core policy domestically.
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Anadarko Minerals, Inc.
Anadarko Minerals, Inc. is a privately-held oil and natural gas exploration and production company formed in Oklahoma City in 1990. The Company is owned by William Dutcher, members of his family and senior management of Dutcher & Company, Inc.
Anadarko Minerals has grown primarily through acquisitions of royalty and non-operated working interests in producing oil & natural gas properties in the Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The company's 27 employees operate 384 wells and manage interests in over 860 additional wells/leases. The Company has made more than 75 acquisitions of producing properties and has either participated in or, caused the drilling of, 168 wells since 2005 developing more than 205 BCF of gas and 3.6 million barrels of oil.
We are seeking additional acquisition opportunities. Our preference for all types of producing well interests (royalty, non-operated and operated working interests) is in long life natural gas reserves within the Anadarko Basin, primarily in Beckham, Roger Mills, Custer, Washita, Dewey, and Caddo counties of Oklahoma and the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle.
Anadarko Minerals is also looking for additional drilling opportunities that can be financed by its existing cash flow. The company has participated in approximately 100 exploration and development wells drilled since 2005 as both conventional and horizontal completions. We have over eight thousand acres of leases to be developed and are positioned to further expand our active drilling program again this year.


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10K reward for "Loan Ranger Bandit"
A reward of $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of a man dubbed the "Loan Ranger Bandit."
The suspect has robbed at least a dozen financial institutions over the past four years in Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Arkansas. The most recent robbery was last month, when he returned to the Santa Fe Community Credit Union in Temple.
Authorities say that the robber is becoming increasingly reckless.
"We have a lot of good surveillance photos where he is looking directly at the camera," Special Agent Russell Di Lisi said in a statement. "Somebody out there has to know him or recognize him, and that's why we need the public's help."
Di Lisi, who works in the FBI's Dallas office, said that the robbery targets financial institutions in stand-alone buildings that are close to major roadways and often targets the same institutions more than once.
"He's very confident in what he's doing," Di Lisi said. "I believe he's going to keep hitting banks until we catch him."
The suspect is described as a white male in his early 30s. He appears to be between five feet seven inches and six feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has a medium build, short, light brown hair and a small mole or mark above his right eye. He wears glasses. And he may be driving a maroon Chevrolet S-10 pickuptruck with a white pinstripe around the truck bed.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit it online at http://tips.fbi.gov.
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My previous dog lived to be 19 years old. In June of 2011, he became ill and had to be put down. Losing a long time companion like that was hard, and I didn't even really look for a new dog for a long time.
When I was ready, I went looking for a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. I had a mixed breed Corgi many years ago, and knew I'd enjoy having another. They are lively and vocal without a hint of aggression, though they are usually territorial and protective – mostly expressing this in vigorous barking. Oh, and they LIVE to herd things… anything and everything!
Laddie was 14 months old, and unsold from a previous litter because he was shy and even a bit timid, according to the breeder. He had been well cared for and never abused, but kept mostly in a kennel and never trained. On Sept. 10, 2012, I went to get him and he wore a collar and leash for the fist time in his life!
Making a long story short, he's been with me for a month now and is almost fully trained already. He's housebroken, something I feared would be a major problem since my experience of kennel dogs indicates they are hard to break. Not so with Laddie. I'll be careful to let him outside frequently and watch him for a while yet, but he already has the run of the house.
His response to the collar and leash is an indication of his intelligence. I use a common chain collar for training any dog, so that's what we've started with. Most young dogs will choke themselves repeatedly before they learn not to pull when on the leash, so I was astonished when Laddie had a SINGLE episode of that and never pulled again. A corrective tug should never actually choke them, but when they dash away and hit the end of the leash, it can happen. Of course, the trainer must make sure that the collar is not going to choke the pup for more than a second, and release the pressure as fast as possible.
We went out into the yard the first morning he was here and a rabbit darted out from under my car. Laddie leaped to chase it, hitting the end of the leash fairly hard. He STOPPED instantly, and I stepped forward to release the pressure. He didn't move again until I called him back, and we went on with our training session.
A few mornings later we went out to the yard again and another rabbit ran from under the car. Laddie alerted instantly and was very eager to give chase, but he did not move at all… put no pressure on his collar, just stood there watching the rabbit eagerly. To say I was astonished is a serious understatement. I've had many a well trained, intelligent dog pull hard under such circumstances, no matter how old they are.
The thing that concerned me the most in the beginning was the fact that Laddie did not bark… at anything! He hardly made a sound of any kind and I wondered if I would need to find another dog in order to have a watch dog of any sort. I'm partially deaf, and really need the added security of a dog barking at a stranger or at someone pulling into my driveway. I don't always hear someone knocking on the door either, so a dog that doesn't bark isn't much help that way.
Corgies are actually known as vigorous barkers, often much too enthusiastic, so this was quite a setback at first. But, fortunately, as Laddie has become more comfortable here, and bonded with me, his natural protective nature is coming out and he has begun to bark some the last few days. Interestingly, as soon as he gets my attention, he stops barking right away. So far so good.
His first encounter with the deer was funny, and I'm very glad there was a fence between them. He would have given anything to be able to run out and start herding them, which I doubt they would have appreciated.
Laddie is a joy to train, and already a very loving and precious companion. Now I need to figure out some way to safely allow him to chase a rabbit… it's only fair.


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A Grand Junction man accused of robbing a bowling alley at gunpoint has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.
37–year–old Charles Rutz faced a judge in handcuffs this morning after signing a deal with prosecutors. In August Rutz walked GJ Scores, held a cashier at gunpoint demanded money and fled.
Rutz is facing prison time, his sentencing is scheduled for January.


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The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams had quite the long day, starting the day at 9 AM on Thursday in Shreveport, La. and finishing up in Lafayette, La. at 12:30 AM on Friday morning.
The end result, a pair of wins for the men and a 1-1 day for the women as both teams beat Centenary and the men defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 4-3 in a seven and a half hour thriller while the women lost a tough 4-2 contest to the Ragin' Cajuns. The men beat Centenary 5-1 while the women won by a 6-0 final.
The Islander men improve to 3-4 while the women move to 5-3 on the year. The highlight of the night was the grueling men's match against ULL that lasted until the next day.
"It was one of the longest and most thrilling matches I have ever been a part of," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "The way these guys kept fighting over seven and a half hours is pretty amazing."
The men started the day by picking up wins in 5-of-6 singles matches against the Gents at Centenary. Robert Raguz won at the No. 1 position, Alex Pavlov won at No. 2 singles, Nathan Robinson won at No. 3, Andrew Maingot won at the No. 4 spot and James Langford won the No. 5 match. Duje' Janjic lost his match by defaulting to give the Gents their only point of the day.
In women's action, the Islanders completed the six-match sweep. Mirna Cicak won at No. 1 singles, Adrienne Kovacs won at No. 2 singles match, and LeAnne Mascall won at the No. 3 spot. Nadia Filmalter at No. 4, Bianca Discordia at No. 5 and Megan Harless at No. 6 all won their matches by default.
After the pair of wins, the Islander teams packed up and headed south for the three hour trip to Lafayette where they would take on ULL. Due to a lighting issue on some of the courts, there were only six courts total available. This caused the matches to be played three positions at a time, with the No. 1-3 matches from both sides playing, then moving on to the No. 4-6 positions in the second wave of singles matches.
In the women's first set of matches, Cicak took a 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 win over Audrey Wooland. Doris Kuselj lost her first match of the season when she fell at No. 2 singles by a 6-4, 6-3 final to Julie Mazinova while Discordia gave the Islanders an early 2-1 advantage with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Briggitt Marcovich at No. 3 singles.
The men were not as fortunate, falling behind 2-1 after the initial set of matches. Dmitry Novikov won at No. 1 singles 7-6, 6-7, 6-0 over Javier Pulgar. Langford lost at No. 2 singles 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 to Tomasz Krzyszkowski and Raguz lost 6-0, 6-4 to Carlin Murray at the No. 3 spot.
In the second set of women's matches, which started at 8:30 PM, ULL stormed back, taking all three to win 4-2 in the dual match. Mascall lost 6-2, 6-0 to Milou Israel at No. 4 singles, Kovacs dropped a 6-2, 7-5 final to Mia Gordon at the No. 5 spot and Harless lost a heart-breaking three setter to Shelby Dufrene 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to clinch it for the Cajuns.
"I thought the women played extremely hard," said Moore. "Megan is playing the best tennis of her life, she just ran into a very tough opponent and lost a tough three set match."
"Mirna played one of the best matches I've ever seen her play."
In the men's final three singles matches, the Islanders were able to come from behind to even the match at 3-3 to send it to the doubles round. Pavlov played the part of the hero, playing through obvious pain while cramping to square the match at three points apiece.
Robinson won at No. 6 singles to even the match at 2-2 by taking a 6-1, 6-4 win over Robert Voss. The Cajuns struck back, taking a 3-2 advantage when Janjic lost in three sets to Yanick Mandl by a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 final.
That left the fate of the Islanders up to Pavlov, who trailed 3-1 in the third set and was battling serious leg cramps. After taking a medical timeout for cramping, he began the comeback, winning 5-of-6 points to win 6-4 in the third.
"That was incredible courage from Alex, he showed a lot of guts and toughness and continued to play when a lot of players would not have," said Moore. "We decided he needed to attack on the first ball and pressure the other guy instead of making him run side to side.
"He needed to totally change his style and strategy to win the match and he did it."
Pavlov's thrilling comeback locked the match at 3-3 at 11:45 PM.
The Islanders got down early in all three doubles matches with the ULL team of Voss and Krzyszkowski taking an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles. The Islanders evened up the match at No. 2 doubles with Janjic and Raguz won a 9-7 nail-biter.
That left the entire dual match up to No. 1 doubles where the team of Novikov and Langford awaited Murray and Mandl. ULL was up 7-6 serving for the match but team captains Novikov and Langford broke the Cajuns when it counted. The Islander duo made it 7-7 and then won the next two games to win 9-7 to clinch the doubles point and the dual match at 12:30 AM.
It was the third year in-a-row that the Islanders have won a 4-3 thriller against ULL where it came down to the last doubles match on the court with the score tied.
"Unbelievable guts and courage from our team, there were five or six opportunities were it looked for certain we were going to lose this match," said Moore. "These young guys kept fighting and didn't give up.
"It was one of the longest and most thrilling matches I have ever been a part of, the way these guys kept fighting over seven and a half hours is pretty amazing."
The Islander players not involved were ferociously supporting their teammates throughout the final match, helping will their team to victory.
"The biggest factor in this match that I'm most proud of is the way these guys and girls just kept screaming and cheering for each other for seven and a half hours," said Moore. "That's what it's all about.
"There's no better feeling than to win a match through sheer grit and perseverance and that is what happened here."
The Islander men have little time to rest as they travel to Austin for a match against No. 4 Texas on Saturday at 1 PM.


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Recent research on the topic of firearm injury prevention1- 3
has evaluated the effect of policies intended to limit access to firearms
by individuals who are at increased risk of assaulting someone else. One assumption
underlying this approach is that the severity of assault injuries may be decreased
if available weapons are less lethal. Another assumption is that preventive
strategies targeting persons at high risk may be feasible and effective.4
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We have a new name and look for our council newsletter, "The Scouter's Backpack". This publication will be mailed 4 times a year. Editions are as follows: Winter/Spring, Summer, Fall & Holiday editions. We look to soon be sending e-mail updates between issues. Please feel free to send feedback to Lisa Murphy.
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BlackRock Sees D.C. Dysfunction Keeping Long-Term Rates Low
The Federal Reserve will likely keep its easy money policies in place for longer than most people expect in light of the debt ceiling crisis and the federal government shutdown, said BlackRock's CEO Laurence Fink on Wednesday morning.
"I think we're in a lower rate environment than a lot of people suggest today," Mr. Fink said in a conference call with analysts. The Fed is "going to probably pause and wait to see if indeed the economy is impacted by Washington's behavior."
Long-term interest rates had been rising in late summer, as markets anticipated an end to the Fed's monthly bond-buying program. However, Chairman Ben Bernanke surprised markets in September when he said that the central bank isn't satisfied by U.S. growth and expressed worry about the effect of a shutdown.
Mr. Fink said the debt ceiling debate is reducing confidence of investors and business executives, causing them to avoid long-term plans and making them risk averse.
"Rather than investing in new equipment or job creation, CEOs are focusing on increasing stock buybacks and dividends which does little to drive long-term economic growth," he said.
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, reported third-quarter profit rose 14% to $730 million, compared to year-ago results. Revenue increased 6.6% to $2.47 billion.


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At drupa 2016, leading Mexican paper and packaging manufacturer, Grupo Gondi, signed a very large deal with BOBST and BHS Corrugated for the supply of eleven new production lines. The order will see equipment installed at existing Grupo Gondi facilities in Mexico, as well as at green field sites, over the next two years.
BOBST introduces the world's most highly automated and productive die-cutter.
At drupa 2016 the all-new BOBST MASTERCUT 106 PER die-cutter makes its world premiere. This brand new, completely redesigned press features a wide range of new and improved systems that allow it to set new standards in die-cutting productivity and ease of operation.
We are one of the world's leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries.


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Shunned as NSA Advisers, Academics Question Their Ties to the Agency
For decades, the National Security Agency's main internal advisory board was rich with scientists from major research universities, helping the agency's leaders keep American spies technologically a step ahead of their Cold War rivals.
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The former Valencia striker headed his side in front after just seven minutes, glancing Andoni Iraola's cross past Roberto.
He doubled his tally 11 minutes later, smashing an unstoppable drive in off the post after a speedy counter attack. Roberto had no chance.
The Basques were rampant, threatening to score with every attack, although Granada were unfortunate when Youssef El-Arabi was called offside late in the first half.
The second period was initially more even, with both sides going close. But any hopes of a comeback were put to bed when defender Diego Mainz was dismissed for a foul on Aduriz, with the resultant penalty duly converted to complete the hat-trick.
Carlos Gurpegi added a late fourth after some poor goalkeeping from Roberto, and they could have had more but for a bad miss by Oscar de Marcos.
Athletic Club move on to 50 points, seven clear of fifth placed Villarreal but 10 behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in joint second.
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Play Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare for Free!
Your next Game Time game is ready to download: Every Origin member can now play Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare absolutely free! Your first 72 hours with the genre-busting shooter won't cost you a thing.
If you haven't jumped into the war yet, this is a fantastic opportunity. You have until August 25th to add the game to your Game Library, and once it's there you can download and play whenever you want. Start playing when you're ready, because your Game Time clock doesn't begin ticking down until you launch the fully-installed Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare for the very first time. Remember, Origin Game Time is a real-time clock: your Game Time will continue to run whether you're in the game or taking a break.
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare isn't your typical multiplayer shoot-out. Trade those pistols for petals and your skin-tight armor for rotting flesh. Teams of plants go up against squads of zombies to see who can dominate the suburban arenas in 24-player fights. The better you do, the more you unlock. The more you unlock, the crazier it gets.
The timing couldn't be better. Suburbination, Garden Warfare's newest free DLC, has just landed on Origin. Your experience will include tons of great new content: a brand new map (Crash Course), a brand new game mode (Suburbination, a zany take on the Domination-like "capture the waypoints" challenge), a brand new character (a community-choice custom take on the Pea Shooter) and much more.
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MORAGA -- A move to enhance school policy and clarify that all "mandated reporters" who suspect or know of child abuse must by law alert authorities is on hold, because of concerns over some of the proposed wording.
Superintendent Bruce Burns told trustees at a board meeting Sept. 12 that language the school hoped to add to existing administrative regulations on child abuse prevention and reporting is not being added to the policy -- at least not yet.
"It's possible that this language would change the penal code," he said.
Existing law says that when two or more mandated reporters know of abuse or neglect, one member of the team may make the report. Any member of the team who knows that the selected reporter has failed to contact authorities "shall thereafter make the report."
However, during a first reading in August of revisions to the administrative regulations, school board President Dexter Louie expressed concerns with a section of the penal code that specifies when two or more mandated reporters know of suspected or actual child abuse, they can choose one person to report the abuse. Louie said there was no way of knowing whether a designated reporter actually filed the report.
The new section crafted by the district, with input from the student safety committee, specifies that "when two or more mandated reporters jointly have knowledge of a known or suspected instance of child abuse or neglect, all shall report."
Burns told officials that the district's legal counsel advised administrators not to approve the addition at this time. He clarified later that the main issue with the new rules is "whether the district can implement language that goes beyond the requirements of the penal code."
Carol Carrillo, who serves on the student safety committee and is also the executive director of the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County, agreed that the language goes above and beyond what the law requires. She said the penal code is designed to protect every child and the school district is trying to make sure child abuse gets reported. That can happen through prevention and training, Carrillo said.
"I think if they continue to talk to each other about the issues, it's not going to fall through the cracks," she said.
The district has been working on revamping school policy following an investigation by the Times that uncovered failures by school staff to report suspected sexual abuse of students by a teacher in the 1990s. Former Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School principal Bill Walters failed to report allegations of abuse, and teacher Julie Correa -- now serving jail time for sexually abusing a student there -- and other administrators who knew of the accusations did not follow up nor did they contact police.
A 23-member student safety committee comprised of teachers, administrators, parents and others has been meeting since June and reviewing existing regulations on abuse.
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Peter Krištúfek talks family secrets, political regimes and writing naked...
The story has to resemble something that we are familiar with: it must have clear outlines, dynamics, coherent language and a little bit of obscurity, so that the readers want to know more about it. But the best thing for the author to do is to forget all about these rules – and write naturally and intuitively. That is the hardest part of the job.
Did you learn anything surprising while researching the book?
When I was writing House of the Deaf Man, I was going through my family history and I found a lot of family secrets – even the kind of secrets I really couldn't write about! But the majority of them are in the book and are mostly connected with the difficulties of surviving the 20th century in middle Europe – at first, people were coping with fascism, than facing communism and in these days, wild democracy.
Because of living through different regimes, peoples' lives changed in unpredictable ways. One story, in particular, was my grandfather, the glorious colonel of the new Soviet Army, who also had a Nazi Iron Cross from his time on the Eastern Front, fell into disfavour in the 50s because the regime disagreed with him baptising his son, or so they say. He then spent the rest of his life as an ordinary stock-keeper. It's an unbelievable story, isn't it?
If your main characters existed in real life would you be friends with them?
Each and every one of the important characters in my books is partly me, but my side characters probably reflect me more. I can hide myself quite well in the story; an ordinary reader cannot find me there. And because of the fact, that my characters are so similar to me, I would not be friends with them for sure.
Do you have any rituals before you write/ Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I used to like writing at night, but recently, I prefer mornings. Before starting work, I need my dose of caffeine and sugar – and a little bit of adrenalin, but that comes naturally. Writing is a very fulfilling activity and I am addicted to it. It is a drug. I always start to write spontaneously and very passionately. Sometimes, I can't believe our luck of having computers! Writing the whole novel by hand or on a typewriter would probably kill me. I only use paper in the final phases, when I want to edit my work, or at the very beginning, when I write down something interesting that I hear or what comes to my mind. This usually happens while I am walking, because that's when my brain works best. Then I copy these notes on to the computer and organise them.
Before I started to write House of the Deaf Man, I had 660 pages filled with notes and every time I opened it, I felt sick. I told myself that I would never put the book together, but fortunately, I managed to do it. Maybe I had some kind of advantage, because I work as a film director and in this job you have to work with a bunch of varied materials and create some sort of system. House of the Deaf Man's contours were sketched wildly and associatively, so I transformed into the "man with scalpel" to carve the story's details. This final phase is very rational, but it takes quite a lot of time. At this point, I focus on the language and its flow.
And I write partly or wholly naked – maybe because I do not like being tied down or limited by something. (I just made up this justification, it came very spontaneously.) But seldom somebody sees me like that, so I can disclose it. :-)
Peter's novel The House of the Deaf Man will be published by Parthian in summer 2014.
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|World Trials Championship Round 3 UK
Lampkin Edges One Race, Runs Away with the Other
Isle Of Man, famous for its TT Race, is the only region of Britain where trial racing is
allowed after last year's foot and mouth disease epidemic. Reigning champion Dougie
Lampkin (Montesa-HRC) was victorious on both days on this island, now known as the
trials island, where he lives. The two races were quite different, but whatever
happened the results were the same and it was Lampkin who stood out both times.
Team-mate Takahisa Fujinami finished 5th on day one but the next day improved to
2nd, and will now be looking for any chance to put pressure on Lampkin.
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The media and the public have been going crazy about Jay Leno's interview with Oprah yesterday. You can find people tweeting about it even today, and the "I'm with Coco" Facebook page has received almost thousands of comments regarding the Oprah show. (Beware: Some of the comments say nasty things about both Jay and Oprah. These people are hardcore.)
As someone who considers herself on Team Conan, I made a point to watch the show yesterday morning. The interview itself was obviously supposed to redeem whatever's left of Leno's "everyday nice guy" image, and many writers have been referring to the episode as a means of "damage control" for Jay. For the general public and the media, it didn't work. People are still siding with Conan. But for Oprah and her stage audience? Well, that's a different story.
Since Leno came off as aloof, unemotional, and an NBC puppet, the interview was not as enlightening as I had expected it to be. The most dramatic part was probably when Oprah told Jay she thought the jokes at Letterman about his infidelity were "beneath" him, and Leno lied saying he only told one Letterman joke all week. (False. He told more than one.) And the only tough question Oprah really asked was why Leno didn't just pack up and leave after NBC "fired" (more like pandered to) him twice. Jay responded that he's just a guy who got fired from his job, and when offered his old job back, he took it.
"And really, who can blame him?" is what we are supposed to think after watching this. But as far as I can tell, the only people who fell into this trap were the people in Oprah's audience for the after-show debate about the late night controversy. You can watch the whole video on Oprah's official website. For Conan fans, it will be truly infuriating to watch.
In a nutshell: The audience has watched the already-taped interview with Leno, and Oprah opens up a floor of discussion that's supposed to include both arguments in favor of either Conan or Leno. For the next half hour or so, Oprah shoves the Leno bias down her audience's throats, saying constantly after explaining something, "Do you all understand that? Do you realize that's what happened here?"
She won't let up, and then the audience turns out to be almost completely on Leno's side. In fact, the only people who get applause after their arguments are the ones defending Leno. Oprah repeats her arguments in favor or Leno, and basically ends up regurgitating what Jay already said in the interview.
Highlights of points from both Oprah and her audience are listed below. (The parentheses include my commentary):
- Jay Leno is just a guy who lost his job.
- Jay Leno is just a guy who took back his job when it was offered to him.
- Jay Leno does not consider himself a talk show host; he considers himself a stand-up comedian. (Except he's not funny, so how do you figure that?)
- Jay Leno "wasn't done yet" when NBC told him to pass the torch to Conan.
- Jay Leno deserves 30 years just like Johnny Carson. (Dear God, help us all.)
- Jay Leno was No. 1 on the Tonight Show for many years after 17 years.
- After 7 whole months, Conan was NOT No. 1! What a failure!
- Conan just couldn't get the ratings. TV is about the ratings.
- Leno doesn't own himself – NBC does.
- Unlike Leno, Oprah owns herself.
- "Team Coco" should have watched the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien while it was on the air, instead of just supporting him after he was about to leave. (Okay Oprah, I'll give you that.)
- Jay Leno is a nice, funny guy.
- David Letterman is a bully.
- No one should feel sorry for Conan – he got 40-something million dollars. (And, as proof that he's a better person than Leno, shared it with his whole staff.)
- Many people in the audience really had no clue what happened in the Late Show War except for what they saw in the Oprah interview. (Great. And now you're getting air time to debate the issue.)
- Asked multiple times by Oprah: "Raise your hands if you changed your mind after watching this interview."
- As far as O is concerned, you damn well should have changed your mind after this interview.
- NBC handled this whole thing poorly and was unfair to both O'Brien and Leno.
And, my favorite repeated point from Ms. Winfrey:
- That's just how TV works. Tough.
What a crock of…Ahem. Sorry, Team Conan coming out. I don't want to start hating on O, but basically, the degree to how one-sided this whole group discussion was really disgusted me. I wish I had been in that audience, so I could've pointed out all the things in defense of Conan that were conveniently left out of the conversation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Deadpool Dons the Venom Symbiote in "Back In Black" #1 First Look
Comic Books
Welcome once again to Shelf Porn, where we help fans show off their stuff. Today's shelves belong to artist Tom Krohne, who shows off his collection of action figures and comics.
If you'd like to have your collection featured here, email me a write-up and some pictures at email@example.com.
Now let's hear from Tom …
Just a sampling of my collection, most is in storage for space purposes. Photos include my Godzilla collection with some of my Gorgo comic collection in the background, the comics act as a border all the way around the room.
A photo of my JLU figure collection including my prized Solomon Grundy and Lobo figures along with a Darkseid from the Superman Animated Series line and Man Bat from the Batman line as I feel these two figures are better representations of the characters. They may look random on the shelves but there is a method to the madness – the Dom Patrol is all together, The Bwa Ha Ha version of the League is together, the Super Friends characters are together, the JLU version of the Defenders (Dr Fate, Grundy, Aquaman and Amazo) are together and the team formed in the Blue Devil annual (Blue Devil, Etrigan, Man Bat, Zatanna, the Creeper and the Question as a stand in for the Phantom Stranger) are together.
The next wall consist of three sections, the first has my 12″ Sideshow Universal Monsters, Movie Maniacs and Monster Super Heroes. The Middle section is the biggest and most crowded. Top shelf are McFarlane Monster playsets, The CVS Universal Monster Beanies, The Universal Monster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mezco's Wolf Man figure, Repro Mego Monsters (my originals needs new rubber bands), Mezco's Mez Its Monsters in the limited Chiller Theatre colors, the new retro Wolf Man Mego style figure, The Creature from the Diamond Toys R' Us line, the Monster Squad Monsters, Burger King Universal Monsters toys, Remco Mini Monsters figures and Set 2 of SD Toys Monster Theatre PVC figures. The Last Section is Mezco's Silent Screamers, Horror Props and Sideshow's 12″ Nosferatu and London After Midnight figures.
love all that Godzilla stuff. and also how you have the jlu separated in incarnations. plus the universal monsters add a nice touch .
Nice collection. I really like the Universal Monsters on display – makes me regret not picking up that Frankenstein when I had the chance! Love the Man-Thing (got one myself!) and other Marvel figures – which makes me think you need at least one or two "Adventures into Fear," and "Creatures on the Loose," comics up on the shelf like the other excellent ones!
Very nice.
You have a Blue Devil figure. That automatically means you have a fantastic collection.
JK, please delete those jpegs I just sent you – I accidentally forwarded the pictures of my porn shelf instead of my shelf porn.
Where are the Ghost Rider and Morbius figures from?
You combine two of my passions-Godzilla and the Universal Monsters. I still have yet to get the Wolf Man from the Burger King series, and was there a 5th monster?
Also, since when did Gorgo have a comic book? I've only seen the movie.
very nice setup, the universal monsters look awesome!!
Jamie – No Adventures into Fear issues but the Creatures on the Loose issues are on another wall, the fourth wall of the room is all Where Monsters Dwell.
Chad – The Ghost Rider is from the Marvel Legends line, I be;ieve he was called Ghost Rider 2 in their line up, but he is supposed to be the Johnny Blaze version. Morbius is from one of the last Spider Man lines prior to the Marvel Legends start, I think the line also had Swarm, the Tarantula, the Demo Goblin and Venom in it
Acer – Only four in the Burger King line, the Jack in the Box toys had six toys. Gorgo's book ran in the 60's from Charlton Comics with the first several issues drawn by Steve Ditko
I had a decent JLU collection but sold it to make way for other stuff. I found they were a bugger to keep standing, so I resorted to using sticky tac on the bottom of their feet. I think all of the JLU figures should come with the little base that the female characters come with…Actually, I wish all action figures came with a base to help them stand up on thier own…
ANYWAY, nice clean and organized collection and not too overdone. Good to have a 'comic border' around your room too! We see a lot of toys, graphic novels in SP, but not a lot of actual comics!
And Tom, who would win in a brawl? Godzila or Fing Fang Foom?
Has it been collected?
And what were the monsters and their gimmicks for the Jack in the Box Promotion?


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NEW MADRID -- Al Finnell, former electrical maintenance superintendent at New Madrid Power Plant near New Madrid, has retired after 23 years with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), which operates the plant.
Finnell said his job was maintaining anything that "has a wire leading to it." In a plant the size of New Madrid, he supervised 10 electricians who kept all the wire-connected engines, computers and devices running. He joined AECI in 1984 after 13 years working at a diesel motor repair shop for the railroad in his home town of Paducah, Ky.
"Associated has been awfully good to me, and I appreciate that," said Finnell. "They helped me put three kids through college. But the thing every new employee should realize is that you can go as far as you want to there. If you want the stars, they'll help you reach them."
During his career at New Madrid, Finnell experienced the conversion to low-
sulfur coal from Wyoming and the addition of millions of dollars of new environmental controls to protect air quality.
Also retiring was Terry Lee, former journeyman instrumentation technician specialist at New Madrid Power Plant. He served nearly 34 years with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), which operates the plant.
He started at New Madrid as a temporary storeroom clerk in the early 1970s and worked his way through warehouse positions to the instrument shop, which maintains the plant's control systems. What started as a mechanical job changed to a largely electronics one that today relies on computers a lot, Lee said.
Other changes Lee has experienced are the building of the plant's two generating units, the plant's conversion to low-sulfur Wyoming coal and millions of dollars invested in environmental controls to protect air quality. As with so many retirees, he said he will miss the people he's worked with through the years.


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Kicking the Leaves
Out the dining room window the trees are winking yellow to orange to red. It's my son's first fall and he's bright-eyed in his blue-eared hat. Time for pops to show him a thing or two about kicking the leaves.
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Safeguard Against Chainsaw Accidents
- 01-28-2014
- By George Cook
All of us use a chainsaw in the woods from time to time. With the ice storms this winter, many people have spent more time than they wanted clearing debris from lines, roads and equipment.
Remember, chainsaws are designed to cut…period. Saws have no conscience.
Kickback can be deadly. The reaction speed and force can change your life in a split second. Chainsaw chains move at a speed of 45 to 60 miles per hour, so you don't get a second chance. When sawing, keep the RPMs (revolutions per minute) up as there is less chance of a kickback. And never let the upper corner of the bar come in contact with wood.
Also, a sharp saw is a safe saw. While holding the saw, always keep your thumb wrapped around the handle grip. This locks your hand to the saw, so a kickback is less likely to tear it from your grip.
Safety equipment such as the chain brake must be properly maintained and used. Don't "save it" for when you think you need it. Use it every time you pick up the saw. Think of it like the brakes on your vehicle. You use them all the time. If you must take more than three steps, set the brake. Wear safety gear--chaps, helmet, steel-toed boots and snug-fitting, yet not restrictive clothes.
Look up, look around. Are there snags, broken limbs, "widow-makers" or electric lines overhead? Always be aware of your surroundings and others who may be in the woods with you.
Is it windy? Probably not the safest time to be doing woods work. Are there other jobs that you can do now instead and return to the woods when it is calmer?
Spring poles, saplings bent over by a downed limb, are especially numerous after an ice storm and are a huge source of pent-up energy.
Be very careful around them, releasing tension gradually from the underside. If you cut one of these from above, or it snapped and hit you, the force could be lethal.
If you are not sure of the best approach or are dealing with a dangerous situation, don't attempt to do the job yourself. It's not worth the risk. Hire a trained chainsaw operator instead.
Training is for everyone, even the most experienced. The Game of Logging is a training program for anyone who handles a saw in the woods--novice, experienced and professionals. If you have the opportunity, take advantage of this course. It is taught through Northeast Woodland Training in Chester and is open to individuals as well as groups who want to host a course. Call (800) 681-8249 or visit www.woodlandtraining.com for information.


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2004 Qupé Syrah Central Coast
(USA, California, Central Coast)
Ordered this Qupe Syrah in a tasting flight at a restaurant. The color was a typical Syrah. Dark in color with a touch of bright red around the edges. The nose was a little earthy with a mix of some fruit and veggies and a touch of mint. Some tobacco lingers on the nose as well. The first sips were solid and this wine has some good body and was a little silky. I got some jam on this wine with a little blueberries. However there was some earthy touch to this wine but it did not integrate with the fruits the way it should. The tannins were medium and mixed well. This Qupe Syrah had a French Bordeaux feel to it. Overall good for the 15 bucks a bottle and I would try it. Although, the wine went stale pretty fast in the glass. After about 45 minutes it felt old. Qupe Website


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The last chapter of the Mince Pie of Doom : The Sprout of Destiny. This time it is not Christmas that is threatened but Holly Noel holds his own destiny in his hands – and he hates sprouts!
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"It is the result of a test carried out by the IOC before the Games. She has admitted to taking a banned substance and was sent home two or three days ago," UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani said.
Baranova was due to take part in the keirin at the Olympics.
"We have been working closely with the IOC and we are very happy with this collaboration, which strengthens our fight against doping," Carpani added.
Baranova, 22, is ranked two in the world in keirin.
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Published: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.
A memorial service for John Victor Chiasson, 93, who died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Thibodaux.
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