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on December 14, 2012 - 12:12 AM
Who?: Collin Jones, guitar/synthesizer; Mikey Pantano, guitar; Jason Gilly, bass; Matthew Blauvelt, drums.
What?: Progressive rock with elements of funk, psychedelia, jam band and jamtronica. An ambitious, searing collection of tunes, dubbed "Troncoso," is now available for streaming and purchase through Ocupanther.bandcamp.com.
Why?: A young band with talent to spare, Ocupanther creates densely textured, multimovement pieces marked by virtuosic ensemble interplay, memorable hooks and a seemingly effortless ability to make the complex sound disarmingly familiar. Fans of Dopapod, Raq and Aqueous, line up.
What's next?: Ocupanther plays at 9 tonight in Mojo's (104 East 2nd St., Jamestown).
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on December 17, 2012 - 12:30 AM
TORONTO — Pete Carroll didn't wait for someone to ask the question before accepting responsibility for the fake punt. It really was a bit much. Carroll will never be confused with the most charming men in sports, so it wasn't as if he raced across the field after the game and apologized to Chan Gailey.
Carroll figured the fake punt, which came in the fourth quarter with the Seahawks holding a 47-17 lead, wouldn't play well in public. He explained that it was an automatic audible in certain situations, and he failed to call it off. The idea was to make a first down and manage the clock, not kick sand in the Bills' faces.
"It's unfortunate that it comes across that we're doing something wrong here," Carroll said. "That's my fault totally for not stopping it from happening."
It might have been the only poor call the Seahawks had all afternoon in their 50-17 victory.
You know things are bad when the opposing coach is worried about running up the score. In truth, the Bills' latest embarrassing defeat could have been much, much worse.
Carroll might not be atop your Christmas card list, but give him credit for his work with his rookie quarterback, Russell Wilson. Wilson is up there with Andrew Luck and RG3 in an impressive crop of rookie passers. The Seahawks became the first team since 1950 to score 50 points in back-to-back games.
"It's a blessing to play [in Seattle]," Wilson said. "It's a pretty great situation for me."
You think?
Wilson marched the Seahawks down the field on the opening series, which ended when he scooted 14 yards for a touchdown. He coasted into the end zone on a 25-yard run on the next possession, found Zach Miller wide open for another score and ran for a 13-yard TD. Yeah, you might say the kid had a good game.
But there were still 5½ minutes left in the first half.
Is it me or do teams have a knack for breaking records and reaching milestones against the Bills? Wilson became the first player in NFL history to rush for three touchdowns and pass for another in one half. He was a kid playing against men Sunday, but he looked more like a man playing against boys.
Wilson finished with 92 yards rushing, 205 yards passing and four touchdowns before taking a seat in the fourth quarter. The Seahawks are 9-5 and headed toward the playoffs with two games left. The Bills were knocked out of playoff contention for the 13th consecutive season.
The Bills could have had Wilson. The Seahawks took him in the third round of the draft, after the Bills traded up to take T.J. Graham. The book on him coming out of Wisconsin was that, at 5-foot-11, he was too short. He does measure up.
"It's a credit to our GM, John Schneider, for taking him when he did," Miller said. "He easily could have passed and said he's too short. But he said, 'This guy won in college. Why can't he win in the NFL?' He just continues to impress."
That's how general managers and coaches in other NFL cities improve their teams. The Seahawks were 7-9 last season, a record that should sound vaguely familiar to Bills' fans, and needed a quarterback. They signed former Packers backup Matt Flynn as a free agent with the idea he would become the starter.
But they kept an open mind. They took Wilson and created a quarterback competition. He won the job in training camp, and now he's winning over his skeptics. He was the best player on the field Sunday and led the Seahawks to 17 points on their first three possessions. The Bills continued banging their heads against the wall with Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Basically, the Bills received what they richly deserved in their annual money-grab in Toronto. The fans might have felt sorry for them if they weren't so busy laughing at the blooper reel playing out before them. Graham was among the many who contributed to the football follies with at least four dropped passes.
Buffalo took Graham with the idea he would become a deep threat. One problem: They didn't have a quarterback who could throw deep. The Bills were so sold on Fitzpatrick that they didn't even bother drafting a quarterback. Looking back, the decision was either inexcusably foolish or incredibly arrogant.
Keep that in mind when sprinkling blame across the organization. Good luck trying to figure out what Buddy Nix was thinking. Any chance he felt the need to eliminate the possibility someone would challenge Fitz after signing him to a six-year contract extension worth $62 million?
The Bills bungled their assessment of Fitzpatrick, plain and simple, and compounded the mistake by not grabbing a quarterback who would compete with him.
Fitzpatrick is a very intelligent person, a nice guy and good teammate who has absolutely no business starting in the NFL. At best, he's a backup who could get a team through a game or two if it had a strong running game.
NFL backups must marvel when watching him play and wonder how a guy with his limited tools was granted such an opportunity. His days as a starter should be ending.
The Bills can't keep selling Fitz and Gailey. Fitz and Gailey can't keep selling the idea they're making progress. If this season equates to progress, imagine their definition of decline. It was all on display amid Fitzpatrick throwing an interception on one series, fumbling the next, while Seattle took a 40-17 lead.
Seattle scored 50 points, but could have scored more. A penalty wiped out a punt return touchdown. Another TD was called back on video replay. The Seahawks settled for two short field goals.
It wasn't enough for Gailey to summon Tyler Thigpen from the bullpen before the two-minute warning. Heaven forbid he would give Tarvaris Jackson the same opportunity he gave Fitzpatrick. Fitz hasn't looked any better lately than Trent Edwards did at his worst.
On one play, Fitzpatrick threw an interception, raced across the field in an attempt to tackle Earl Thomas, whiffed and watched the free safety run through the Bills like they were little kids. After a while, it becomes comical.
Wilson had the last laugh.
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on November 18, 2012 - 11:34 AM
A Westfield man was charged with a traffic infraction after his car rear-ended a vehicle Saturday afternoon on Route 20 in the Town of Portland.
John D. Sisson, 42, was following too closely and rear-ended a vehicle turning into a driveway, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office.
Sisson and his passenger, as well as a passenger in the first car, were taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital with injuries. The passengers' names and conditions were not released.
Sisson's citation for following too closely will be handled in Town of Portland Court at a later date, the sheriff's office said.


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I've loved green day my whole life, and I've been waiting 3 years for the new album, and after hearing this and "oh love" it kinda depresses me.
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I sincerely hope that dos or tre is better, because singles are supposed to be the better songs of the album, and the singles I've heard so far just aren't what I'd been hoping for them to be.
I don't know if it's just me but those are my thoughts, but green day has and always will be my favourite band.
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damn you Spotify, this doesn't work in South America :/
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Officials at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reportedly agree with an auditor's recommendation the agency should not be awarding large contracts on its own but should, instead, go through purchasing procedures required of most other state agencies.
Yet the DHHR plans to go ahead on its own with a contract worth an estimated $200 million.
That may sound like a contradiction, and it is. Coming on top of a controversy over another contract, it ought to prompt state legislators to place the DHHR back under the same purchasing restrictions used by other agencies as soon as possible.
Most state agencies must handle big purchases and contracts through the Division of Purchasing. But in order to give the DHHR more flexibility over contracts for Medicaid services, it has been given the authority to solicit, write and approve its own contracts. One being processed now is a 10-year deal for an estimated $20 million a year, for a company to work with Medicaid claims.
DHHR officials have had a difficult time with the contract, and now are on the third round of bidding for it after two initial attempts were suspended.
That difficulty in handling the bid alone would be enough to suggest the Division of Purchasing's specialized expertise is needed to safeguard taxpayers in DHHR contracts.
There are other causes for concern, however. One involves a contract for marketing services that was awarded to the high bidder. Three members of the DHHR staff who raised questions about that bid were placed on paid leave. DHHR head Rocco Fucillo has refused to comment on the matter.
A recommendation by the Legislative Auditor's Office that the DHHR be placed back under the umbrella of the Division of Purchasing makes so much sense that, again, agency officials agree with it. But they plan to plow ahead with the massive Medicaid services contract.
Some legislators already have questioned the contradiction. Why not have the purchasing division rebid the Medicaid contract? That may be a good idea. It certainly is one into which lawmakers should look, after warning Fucillo not to take action on the matter until they have had time to consider it.
In any event, legislators should, no later than their regular session next January, restore DHHR contracts to the purchasing division's oversight.


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INDIANA - Devin Stessney walked off the court Saturday with a smile from ear to ear and took a few sighs of relief.
The Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic senior, who came into the Lady Marauders' PIAA Class A quarterfinal game against Clarion averaging 8.6 points per game, nearly doubled that average with a game-high 17 in BG's 45-35 triumph at Ed Fry Arena in the Kovalchick Center.
"Personally, all I could think about was, 'this is not our last game,'" Stessney said. "I had to do whatever I had to do to get us into the next round."
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Devin Stessney led BG with 17 points.
BG will now take on Vincentian Academy in the semifinals Tuesday at a site and time to be determined.
The final score was hardly indicative of how close the game was throughout. Bishop Guilfoyle struggled offensively with leading scorers Halee Adams and Kayla Bates in foul trouble and trailed, 30-29, entering the fourth quarter.
"I think about what [Stessney] did against Serra Catholic and how hard she played," Bishop Guilfoyle coach Mark Moschella said. "Sometimes things like that go unnoticed, but she was able to carry that into four solid quarters in this game tonight, and we needed her."
Bates picked up her second foul and exited for the rest of the first half with 6:16 to play in the second quarter and BG up by one. Adams followed her to the bench with a pair of fouls at the 2:05 mark.
Stessney scored the final six points of the half for the Lady Marauders and helped BG take a 22-20 lead into the locker room.
"When Halee and Kayla are out there, they are the leaders," Stessney said. "They take care of the ball, but I have as much experience on the floor as them. I had to take control and take the ball while still getting everyone involved."
Bates returned and began the second half with a layup, but Clarion used a 7-0 run to take a 27-24 lead. During the run, Adams picked up her third foul and was forced to play with less defensive pressure.
"I thought [BG] wore down a little bit," Clarion coach Roger Walter said. "So we started going at them full speed, but then their athleticism kind of got to us."
Adams gave the Lady Marauders a 31-30 lead with a pair of free throws to start the fourth quarter, and it appeared Laken Ganoe put the Lady Bobcats back ahead with a pair of her own. However, after her second shot went through, Clarion was whistled for a lane violation. It was just the start of Clarion's woes at the free-throw line.
Elyssa Ehredt converted her only basket of the game to give Bishop Guilfoyle the lead with 6:12 to play, and Clarion never brought it even again.
Kyla Miles missed a pair of free throws on the Lady Bobcats next possession, and Maci Thorton missed two more with Clarion down four and 3:41 to play.
"The four straight at the end really hurt us," Walter said. "They still didn't hurt as bad as the easy buckets we were giving up on the other end."
Most of those baskets were coming on assists from Adams. The 5-foot-8 senior set up layups by Bates and Stessney after assisting on Ehredt's go-ahead shot.
"As soon as I see someone open, I throw it," Adams said. "Sometimes it gets me into trouble, but I don't like to miss people, because I wouldn't want them to miss me if I was open."
Hannah Wolf brought Clarion within two on a layup with 2:44 left, but following a BG timeout the Lady Marauders went on an 8-0 run to end the game.
"Clarion has a great basketball team, and they played a great game," Moschella said. "We kept our composure, and with a senior group, it's easier to do that. I'm really proud of the resilience we showed tonight."
Adams finished with 12 points, Bates added eight and Brittany Boslet hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lady Marauders before exiting with 3:28 to play in the third quarter with an injury. Boslet went to the hospital after the game with what she thought may be a broken nose. Moschella was unsure whether Boslet, who underwent several tests at the hospital, would be available for the semifinals on Tuesday.
Ashley Hummell was the only Clarion player to reach double figures in points and finished with 12.
"When Kayla and I are down, or have something else going on, other players need to step up," Adams said. "Devin did tonight, and that was really good for us."
CLARION (35): M. Kroh 2 0-0 4, Miles 2 1-4 5, As. Hummell 5 0-0 12, Thorton 3 2-4 8, Wolf 2 1-2 5, Ganoe 0 1-2 1, G. Kroh 0 1-1 1, Au. Hummell 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-11 35.
BISHOP GUILFOYLE (45): H. Adams 4 4-4 12, Bates 3 2-2 8, Ehredt 1 0-2 2, Boslet 2 0-0 6, Stessney 6 4-4 17, Miller 0 0-0 0, Craig 0 0-0 0, McGhee 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-12 45.
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Bishop Guilfoyle13 9 7 16 - 45
3-pointers: Clarion 2 (As. Hummell 2). Bishop Guilfoyle 3 (Boslet 2, Stessney)
Records: Clarion (25-4); Bishop Guilfoyle (27-2)
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HEDGESVILLE - A Hagerstown man lost his life Thursday night in a single-car accident on Hedgesville Road.
West Virginia State Police responded to the single vehicle accident around 10:30 p.m., according to a press release. A 2009 Kia Spectra, operated by Timothy Lee Kegarise of Hagerstown, was found in the 9000 block of Hedgesville Road. Trooper M.C. Morgan determined the car had been traveling eastbound when it crested a small hill and traveled across the center line, according to a press release from the state police. The vehicle traveled off the road, struck a fence and continued airborne before striking a residence.
Kegarise was flown to Winchester Medical Center, where he was admitted and treated for injuries sustained in the accident. A passenger, Frank Mason Jr. of Hancock, Md., was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, and his condition is unknown. Thomas Kegarise of Hagerstown, another passenger and the brother of the driver, was pronounced dead at Martinsburg City Hospital, according to the press release.
While the investigation is ongoing, law enforcement believes the driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. Speed is also believed to be a factor in the crash, according to the press release.
- Staff writer Rachel Molenda can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 215.


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Someone recently asked, "I did not sign up for Medicare Part B when I was first eligible. Do I get another opportunity to do so?"
If you're eligible, now is the time to sign up. The general enrollment period for Medicare Part B runs from Jan. 1 through March 31. Before you make a decision about general enrollment, let us fill you in on some general information.
Medicare is a medical insurance program for retired and disabled people. Some people are covered only by one type of Medicare; others opt to pay extra for more coverage. Understanding Medicare can save you money, here are the facts.
There are four parts to Medicare: Parts A, B, C and D. Part A helps pay for inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing care, hospice care and other services. Part B helps pay for doctors' fees, outpatient hospital visits and other medical services and supplies not covered by Part A. Part C allows you to choose to receive all of your health care services through a provider organization. These plans, known as Medicare Advantage Plans, may help lower your costs of receiving medical services, or you may get extra benefits for an additional monthly fee. You must have both Parts A and B to enroll in Part C. And Part D is the Medicare Prescription Drug Program.
Most people first become eligible for Medicare at age 65, and there is a monthly premium for Medicare Part B. In 2011, the standard premium is $115.40. Some high-income individuals pay more than the standard premium. Your Part B premium also can be higher if you do not enroll during your initial enrollment period, or when you first become eligible.
There are exceptions to this rule. For example, you can delay your Medicare Part B enrollment without having to pay higher premiums if you are covered under a group health plan based on your own current employment or the current employment of any family member. If this situation applies to you, you can sign up for Medicare Part B without paying higher premiums:
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For more information about Medicare Parts A, B, C and D, visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website at www.medicare.gov. Or read our publication on Medicare at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10043.html.
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Step Out on the Silk Road
How the Ancient Cities of Uzbekistan Are Reviving the Dying Art of Carpet-Making
In the courtyard of the Samarkand Bukhara Silk Carpets Workshop on the outskirts of Samarkand—the second-largest city in Uzbekistan—bundles of deep red silk, colored by madder root, lie drying in the late summer sun. The contents of black caldrons bubble over fires and the smell of simmering shurpa (or shorpa)—a chickpea, lamb and vegetable soup—fills the air.
Inside the workshop, carpets slowly grow on large, ocher-colored looms. The manager, Abdullah Badghisi, points to one: Indigo blue and asparagus green hues are woven to spell out, in Persian, lines by the Uzbek poet Ali-Shir Nava'i. This particular carpet is destined for a Middle Eastern emir. Two young women work intensely on a splendid red-and-black copy of a central Turkmen, mid-19th-century rug. It is a Salor Ensi (or Engsi), a doormat made up of geometric patterns, for a client in the U.S. A chili hangs from the loom to ward off evil spirits.
"This one," says Mr. Badghisi, pointing to a green carpet with a geometric design, "is similar to one Hillary Clinton had made here." The attention to detail is painstaking, with carpets taking up to two years to make and costing as much as $30,000 (€24,000).
Carpet making is one of this Central Asian country's most ancient industries. However, there is one that is older still: silk. And it is at the Silk Road sites of Samarkand and Bukhara that one can find items to buy, or commission, that are unique. As part of the Silk Route, the traditions of ikat (a type of silk dyeing similar to tie-dye) and suzanis (embroidered decorative textiles traditionally given to women on their wedding day) flourished and are still thriving today.
Reaching the country to enjoy all this artisanship is, however, not always straightforward. Visas can take up to two months to organize, and it is far easier, if you aren't traveling independently and with time on your hands, to go through a tour company that can help cut the visa application process to a couple of weeks, as well as manage your itinerary. Once there, one is well-rewarded with near-empty sites, open-armed hospitality and, as far as this trip was concerned, no hassle anywhere.
With Uzbekistan's proximity to the great carpet-producing countries of Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan, a trip here also provides opportunities to buy something from these harder-to-get-to countries at lower prices than in Europe.
Out of the 300 or so carpets the Samarkand workshop (12 Hujom St.; www.silkcarpet.net) produces by hand each year, around 40% are private commissions. These range from ancient Persian designs to hand-drawn images sentimental to the person commissioning the carpet. One Japanese client, intent on creating one of the finest carpets in the world, has commissioned a 90-centimeter-by-55-centimeter piece at a cost of $85,000, which will take seven years to complete. It is so fine it can only be worked on an hour a day, so as not to ruin the eyesight of the weaver.
Over glasses of tarhun—a tarragon-based drink—Mr. Badghisi tells me that the factory was started in 1992 by his father as a way of reviving the dying art of carpet making in the country.
"Handmade things are like paintings, a piece of culture, art and history," he says. "We wanted to continue the tradition, as in the Soviet time they forgot how to make carpets. It is music for the eyes."
From the workshop, it is a short drive to Registan Square—one of the great sites of Samarkand—yet it is deserted on a Friday lunchtime in summer, such is its relative position off the global tourist trail. The scale is awe-inspiring and the blue of the Sher-Dor Madrasah is still resplendent after nearly 400 years. Here, in the shops nestled inside the base of the domes, it is tempting to buy a Holbein-blue, double-sided silk rug—a snip at $400. Yet, as with many shops in Uzbekistan, you can only pay with cash.
Six hours further along the desert roads and you reach the walled city of Bukhara, where a gentle walk takes you through the renovated sandstone Lyabi Hauz complex—an area around a central pond where couples sit coyly, side by side in the shadow of the Kukeldash Madrasah. After a visit to the sprawling and richly stocked food market, and a simple picnic of warm fatir flatbread, dried apricots and cashew nuts under the shade of a mulberry tree, it is time to seek out some carpets.
At the Bukhara Silk Carpet factory on Khoja Nurobod Street, a group of French customers are being shown large silken offerings from Iran and Turkmenistan. One settles on a green-and-pink hall rug for around $600, having bargained down from $900. From here, we enter the trading domes—the Toki Sarrafon—where brightly colored ikat panels hang from the wall, for around $60 a piece. Robes are on sale for $150, and while it would need some flamboyance to pull them off sartorially, here they show their potential as the perfect wall hanging.
There are further temptations at Flying Carpets ( +99890 718 71 96), where a huge, 60-year-old Bukhara carpet, made from camel hair and a simple design of graphics and floral motifs, is a bargain at $200. A silk version is a pricier $900.
The day ends with a visit to the home of Azamat Arabov, who makes suzanis that are distributed to many of the bazaars and carpet shops around the city. A hand-embroidered jacket is enough to lift the drabbest of outfits, and an exquisite antique piece of cloth, found by Mr. Arabov, is tempting at $700. But in the end, it is the simple yet beautiful pillow cases that are the most appealing—for a princely sum of $18 apiece. Mr. Arabov turns over the antique piece delicately in his hands and muses why he left his job as an artist to start his business. "Everything you start you have to love," he says, "and each piece is a different philosophy."
Things You Need to Know
Bespoke tours can be arranged through operators such as Wild Frontiers ( wildfrontiers.co.uk ), Abercrombie & Kent ( abercrombiekent.co.uk ) andCox & Kings ( coxandkings.com ).
Malika Classic Hotel. Set around a beautiful courtyard, this Samarkand hotel has spacious rooms decked out in traditional textiles. From $40 (€32) a night. malika-samarkand.com
Lyabi House. Located off the pretty Lyabi-Hauz plaza in Bukhara, this restored 19th-century building has simple but comfortable rooms. From $45 a night. lyabi-house.com
Platan. In a bamboo yurt-style setup, this restaurant offers Thai and Egyptian food as well as national cuisine. Pushkin 2, Samarkand
Karambek. Dishes of plov and salads are washed down with vodka to a backdrop of traditional music and dancing. Gagarina 194, Samarkand
Lyabi Hauz. In Bukhara's Old Town, this is a great spot for beers and grilled meats, or catch up on postcard-writing in the shade of mulberry trees. Lyabi-Hauz plaza, Bukhara
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someone who lies strait to your face more than once about the same subject
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Chronic renal failure occurs when a kidney is damaged and cannot work effectively. Kidneys clean waste from the blood, which passes out of the body in urine.
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Chronic renal failure is often caused by diseases such as:
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Vascular diseases
- Kidney diseases
- Obstructive diseases, such as kidney stones
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Glomerular disease
- Renal tubular disorders
- Toxin/drug-induced kidney disease
- Severe infection
- Autoimmune diseases
The following factors increase your chance of developing chronic renal failure. If you have any of these risk factors, tell your doctor:
- Race: African Americans more than Caucasians
- Genetics: type 1 diabetes, polycystic kidney disease
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Smoking cigarettes
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Urinary reflux, also known as vesicoureteral
- Chronic urinary tract infections
- Exposure to high levels of lead
- Being overweight or obese
- Other family members with kidney disease
- A previous kidney transplant
Symptoms include:
- Tiredness
- Weakness
- Not sleeping well
- Less desire to eat than usual
- Nausea
- Itching
- Shortness of breath
- Altered taste
- Altered mental state
Your doctors will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids and tissues may be tested. This can be done with:
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- Biopsy
Images may be taken of your kidneys. This can be done with ultrasound.
Patients who are already at high risk for kidney disease should be tested more frequently so any damage can be diagnosed early. Patients with kidney disease will be referred to a specialist called a nephrologist, who is dedicated to managing kidney diseases.
Although chronic kidney disease cannot be cured, it is possible to slow the damage to the kidney in most patients. Your doctor may recommend any of the following:
- Controlling protein in the urine by restricting the amount of protein in the diet or medication
- Taking ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists to slow the progression to chronic renal failure
- Reducing the use of and the dosages of drugs that may be toxic to the kidneys
- Managing the complications of chronic renal disease such as fluid overload, high blood phosphate or potassium levels, low blood level of calcium, and anemia
- Lowering high blood pressure
- Controlling blood sugar and lipid levels
- Staying hydrated
- Controlling salt in the diet
- Quitting smoking
- Undergoing dialysis, a medical process that cleans the blood
- Having a kidney transplant
- Counseling for you and your family about dialysis and/or transplant options
To help reduce your chance of chronic kidney failure, take the following steps:
- Get a physical exam every year that includes a urine test to monitor your kidney's health.
- Do not smoke. Stop smoking if you are a smoker.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Drink water and other fluids to stay hydrated.
- People who have diabetes, previously known kidney disease, high blood pressure, or are over the age of 60 should be screened regularly for kidney disease.
- People with a family history of kidney disease should also be screened regularly.
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Lego's Birthday: 80 years and an inspiring family history
Whenever a celebrity - with an interesting family history - celebrates a birthday, we try and share it with you.
Today's post isn't about a person, but a product - one we all know and love - Lego.
This past weekend marked the 80th birthday of the famous family toy enjoyed for generations.
Very much a family business, Lego was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. He built the company, with his bare hands, along with his son Godtfred, who became the company's second owner, and the designer of the important inter-locking brick system. The company is today run by Kjeld, Godtfred's son.
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acronym for "keeping my fingers crossed"
I hope you do well on the test Tuesday. KMFC
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Dude, that jammer just got KMFC'ed up!
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A swine bag. A person so vile that her stench makes your eyes water. Someone who's very existence makes you want to vomit everywhere. Her personality is so attrocious that plunging a knife into your throat would be more fun than holding a conversation with her...
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TAHOE, Calif. - The environmental nonprofit Tahoe Fund announced the launch of the Lake Tahoe License Plate 'Plate Spotter' program to reward holders with free lift tickets during the 2013 winter season. Official "spotters" and the general public make entries to win free lift tickets every week until March 20, 2013. The program is designed to raise awareness of Lake Tahoe license plates and to reward and encourage renewals and new Tahoe license plate purchases.
More than 96 percent of the funds raised through the Lake Tahoe license plate sales go directly to the California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada Division of State Lands to fund hiking and biking trails and watershed restoration projects.
The Tahoe Fund, a bi-state nonprofit dedicated to raising money for environmental improvement projects that support lake clarity, recreation and stewardship in the Tahoe Basin, is organizing the program on behalf of the public agencies.
"This is a fun and effective way to showcase Lake Tahoe license plates," said Amy Berry, CEO of the Tahoe Fund. "By raising awareness and rewarding plate holders we hope to generate more plate purchases and ultimately more funds for the California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada Division of State Lands for their important Tahoe area recreation and environmental projects."
"A Lake Tahoe license plate is a great way to give back to the place you love," said Eric Brandt, president of Destination Media Solutions, which operates Tahoe TV, who proposed the "Plate Spotter" campaign. "The funds provided from license plate sales go directly to projects at the lake that enhance the Lake Tahoe experience."
Tahoe plates "spotted" by the Plate Spotting team will be photographed and eligible for the weekly drawing of two lift tickets at a participating Lake Tahoe area resort. The public is invited to spot plates and upload their photos to the Tahoe Fund Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/tahoefund) as well. Each week's winning plate will be posted on www.TahoePlateSpotting.com and the Facebook page and promoted via social and other media outlets, including Tahoe TV's Lake Tahoe App, website, TV programs, and the Lake Tahoe Snow Report.
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When a co-worker gives you a name that you absolutely hate. Then other co-workers join in on the fun until it gets posted on Urban Dictionary.
Hey J-Nasty, can I borrow the key to go get nuggets?
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Is a disgusting thing that doesn't know the meaning of cleanliness and upkeep; believes that field day, is the only day that week he has to keep the room clean.
Cpl.= Damn it Jnasty (Johnson) there is a pancake stuck to the glass plate in the microwave.
Jnasty= wasn't me!
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Friday, December 27, 2013
The live flight tracker on the fourth floor of the Boeing final assembly building shows the view of a cockpit. A computerized airplane projects 3-D flight routes over a map.
These real-time flight trackers show about 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners flying around the world on Dec. 19.
On this day local news media was invited to the North Charleston facility for a recap of the aerospace giants accomplishments throughout 2013.
Of the three years and nine months Boeing has been in South Carolina, 2013 was the busiest. Thats according to Boeing S.C. VP and General Manager Jack Jones.
By the end of 2013 Boeing S.C. was making 10 airplane mid- and aft-bodies per month. The mid- and aft-body sections of all 787s are built at Boeings North Charleston plant.
Boeing South Carolina is the first to achieve those rates, Jones said, adding that it is the highest production rate for a wide-body airplane. Rate transitions are significantly challenging. Were going from seven to 10 airplanes a month, about a 33 percent increase.
Between Seattle and North Charleston, Boeing was on track to manufacture 60 Dreamliners by the end of the year, according to Jones.
The company is adding on to the mid-body, aft-body and other buildings, which means employee parking spaces have been sacrificed, but an area has been cleared to add parking, Jones said.
In January, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) grounded 787s due to battery problems. Jones said he gives kudos to the Seattle engineering team that fixed the issue in four months. The delivery of the jumbo jets to airlines resumed in June.
Boeing S.C. announced in March that new IT Centers of Excellence would be established here. This is a whole new recruiting ground for design engineers, Jones said.
Boeing announced in May that the 737 MAX engine inlet design and assembly is coming to the area and will be known as Propulsion South Carolina.
The company also said it invested another $1 billion in the state and will create 2,000 new jobs over the next eight years.
May was also the month Boeing S.C. delivered the first 787-9 mid- and aft-fuselage sections to Seattle for final assembly.
The 787-9 is 20 feet longer, has more range and can carry 40 more passengers, Jones said. The 787-9 is undergoing test flights.
In September, the S.C. Chamber of Commerce and S.C. Diversity Council named Boeing the 2013 Workplace in Diversity award winner.
In November, ground was broken on the propulsion facility.
In December, the company announced it will start building a 230,000 square-foot paint facility in the second half of 2014. It is expected to be in operation by mid-2016.
The paint area optimizes production, Jones said. After testing, we fly it to Ft. Worth, Texas for paint. Its not optimum. It disrupts flow. Paint is the one thing we see on all the airplanes.
As more aircraft are brought to the flight line, (on this day there are five), fire protection must be centrally-located, Jones said. Boeing has its own fire station and fire trucks.
Jones said Boeing S.C. needs an additional autoclave, essentially a big oven that melts carbon fiber together and gives it strength. There are currently about 6,600 Boeing employees in South Carolina.
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Mostly done when a flag is too damaged or touches the ground. Can also be done when protesting. The supreme court has ruled that flag burning is protected by freedom of speech. Does not make sense why people think it is bad to do it when it is done so often after a flag is too damaged or touches the ground.
Flag burning is frowned upon in America.
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Michael Strahan will join Kelly Ripa as co-host of Live!, the show announced Tuesday morning.
"It's time for a new era of our show to begin," Ripa said at the top of the hour. "It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the newest member of our Live! family, Michael Strahan!"
"I adore you and I am so happy to be here and be a part of this," Strahan, 40, said. "You know how they say it's a dream come true? I truly can't say that because I didn't even know I could dream this."
After more cheerful banter, Strahan said, "Let's have a seat," and pulled Ripa's chair out before sitting down alongside her in front of a new screen that read, Live! with Kelly and Michael.
The former New York Giants defensive end was the rumored choice for the spot left open last fall by Regis Philbin, who departed the morning talk show after 28 years on the air.
Ripa, 41, teased the big reveal on Good Morning America, dodging questions from Sam Champion while holding masks of other frontrunners for the job – Seth Meyers, Josh Groban and Neil Patrick Harris.
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Harold (Hal) B. Kosanke, 93, passed away Sunday morning, May 27, 2012, at his home in Shannon Terrace, Easton, Minn.Born Oct. 19, 1918, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Jack and Birdie Kosanke, the family moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he was raised. Hal attended Mechanics Arts High School and the University of Minnesota, and was a very competitive All City and All State basketball star. He served in the Navy during WWII in radar on the USS Omar Bundy troop transport in the Pacific. He married his high school sweetheart, Grace Jean (GJ) Stubbs, with whom he raised three children and was married for 72 years.Hal was an executive with 3M Company for 36 years, founding companies in South Africa and Italy, managing sales for Europe and as managing director of England and Australia. He ultimately transferred back to the 3M St. Paul headquarters as a corporate executive from which he eventually retired.Hal and GJ divided their next years enjoying their homes in Palm Desert, Calif., and Incline Village in Lake Tahoe, Nev., where Hal could help GJ entertain and concentrate on his competitive passions of golf, duplicate bridge, and cribbage. He then became an active part of the Easton community of William Hill Manor in May of 2008, where he spent his last years.A devoted husband and father, he is survived by his beloved wife, Grace Jean; his daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Dan Frantz of Easton; his first son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Suzanne Kosanke of Portland, Ore.; and his second son, Gregg Kosanke of Guam. He is additionally survived by five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.A celebration of life service was already held in the Auditorium of William Hill Manor, Dutchman's Lane, Easton, Minn.In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the charity of your choice in his name.Arrangements are being handled by Fellows, Helfenbein andamp; Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton. For online tributes, please visit www.fhnfuneralhome.com.
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one sexy MOFO !! Someone I know called Blu, inspired my thoughts
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An extremely dope rapper best known for his debut album, "Below the Heavens," which produced by DJ Exile. Based out of L.A., he has also collaborated with Mainframe to produce "Johnson&Johnson" and with Ta'Raach to produce "The Piece Talk (C.R.A.C. Knuckles)."
Go download "Below the Heavens" by Blu & Exile right now...
από ElBarto45 10 Ιανουάριος 2009
A team in the pwnage game Team-Fortress 2 that stands for Builders League United
Person 1: Hey What team should we join?
Person 2: Lets go blu!
Person 2: Lets go blu!
από Cory The Taco 13 Μάρτιος 2008
A word that originates in South East London used to describe a £5 note.
Oi blud, beg u spot me a blu 'til 2moro.
από datseboi 15 Ιούλιος 2006
1. Cartoon Character
2. Short for blu ray
2. Short for blu ray
1. Blu is a bird from the movie Rio and voiced by Jesse Eisenberg
2. ''Dude do you have The Simpsons Movie on blu?''
2. ''Dude do you have The Simpsons Movie on blu?''
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when your Girlfriend accidentally says blush much? too fast
Girl: Your such a hottie Derik.
Boy: Stopppp itttt.
Girl: (Say it fast) blush much - blus uch - blus......
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The biggest asshole you will ever meet. Hes a fucking cock sucker who just wants sex. BEWARE
Do you know Blu?
Yeah! He's pathetic!
Yeah! He's pathetic!
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A Rolfist is a person who attends John Rolfe Middle School in Richmond, Virginia. They are often found online at Geosense and can be easily identified by their obnoxious use of capital letters and use of the word "D3LL". They are hated by everyone who is not a Rolfist. It is scientifically impossible for one to hold an intelligent conversation with a Rolfist.
Rolfist: D3LL UP
Damn Rolfists are running rampant again!
Damn Rolfists are running rampant again!
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quote: 'm not intending this to in any way defend or justify what the software does; however, it is using mining publicly available data. In other words, there is nothing preventing any other person, government, corporation or other organization from analyzing the exact same data and drawing the same trending conclusions. So, if you're uncomfortable with the information being analyzed and the conclusions that can be drawn from it, it would be best to limit the information you make publicly available in the first place.I'm not aware of any way in which U.S. law could be reasonably expected to prevent a foreign entity from doing this, so in my mind the issue isn't limited to the U.S. government and the perception of it becoming a "police state." The implications of what can be done with all of the data we throw out there goes far beyond just that.
quote: Agreed. As I said, I'm not defending this in any way. I'm not comfortable with it myself. The point I was trying to make is that so long as the data is out there, anyone with sufficient time, resources, and motivation could do the same thing; e.g. foreign entities over which we (the U.S.) have no control.
quote: I think you're missing his point Jason. He's not even talking about foreign governments specifically. You or I could gather this information also which he mentions. It's freely available. Raytheon and any other US entity could collect and use this info and sell it to whoever. You could collect and sell it. I do wonder how the NSA can purchase this info (if they really are) legally as it violates the spirit of a certain law that prohibits them from doing so without a warrant. Although there is a time delay before they have to stop collecting. Loophole perhaps?
quote: I wasn't sure quite what his central focus was, but he did talk quite a bit about foreign governments, so I figured that was the main point.
quote: Because foreign governments are NOT going to be terribly interested in tracking low-level U.S. citizens.
quote: By mining exif data publicly available posts (or alternatively creating Facebook softbots to friend users and lure them into RIOT's circle of friendship),...now again, if you're extremely cautious you can avoid that, but there is substantial risk
quote: using FB is wrong
quote: I'm 100% Facebook free and I love it! You can't be tracked if there is no account to begin with .
quote: Should the common person HAVE to be highly aware that anything they do is being logged, processed, and analyzed? I think that's the bigger picture regarding privacy. We used to have a right to it; now more and more we seemingly don't.
quote: You don't, however, have a right to use someone's product for free and demand that they handle data you give them in any certain way.


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Maui chef Sheldon Simeon keeps rising like cream to the top of the Bravo Channel's top-rated food show, "Top Chef."
Wednesday night, the executive chef of Star Noodle in Lahaina and Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop in Olowalu experienced an adventure of a lifetime in the glacial Quickfire Challenge on "Top Chef."
In the elimination challenge segment that followed, New Orleans superstar chef Emeril Lagasse and award-winning Los Angeles chef Roy Choi cooked an emotional meal to set the tone for the "cheftestants."
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Head judge and James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio chats with Lahaina "cheftestant" Sheldon Simeon on the set of "Top Chef," Bravo Channel's No. 1-rated cable food show. Simeon, the executive chef of Star Noodle in Lahaina and Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop in Olowalu, survived another elimination challenge Wednesday night and moved on to the show's final rounds in Los Angeles.
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A panic attack threatened one chef's ability to compete. In the end, only two were victorious and will move on to the final rounds in Los Angeles, and Simeon is one of them, bringing pride to the Maui restaurant world.
"Everyone's been so supportive," Simeon said in a phone interview between tapings. "I've received tons of kind words, and I want to thank everyone for their support."
No stranger to getting kudos, Simeon was nominated as a Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2011 in the prestigious James Beard Awards, the Oscars of the food industry. Star Noodle was nominated as Best New Restaurant in America by the James Beard Foundation also in 2011. And, Simeon was named Best Chef on Maui that same year by readers of The Maui News.
A Hilo native, Simeon studied culinary arts at Leeward Community College on Oahu. He then interned at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., where he met his wife, a Maui girl. The couple then moved here, and Simeon finished his studies at the Maui Culinary Academy on the University of Hawaii Maui College campus.
Coming up next week, the married father of three is primed and ready to step up to the plate in the two-part "Top Chef" finale, the first part of which will air Wednesday evening on Bravo cable Channels 40 and 560. (The show times were not immediately available.)
The chefs will return to Los Angeles to cook at Craft, Tom Colicchio's acclaimed restaurant. This is where the "Last Chance Kitchen" winner will re-enter the show to be crowned and join Simeon and the other remaining chef.
Colicchio will open his restaurant and give the final three cheftestants free range of his kitchen to create their own menus for dinner service as he dons his apron to play expeditor in the kitchen. John Besh and Martin Yan will join judges Lagasse and Hugh Acheson along with head judge Colicchio and host Padma Lakshmi.
Will Simeon move on to the final "Top Chef" episode on Feb. 27? Stay tuned.
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A sixth grader in Kearns, Utah, brought a .22 caliber handgun to West Kearns Elementary School, saying he feared a school shooting like the one in Newtown, Conn. The boy was taken to a juvenile detention site.
Per Utah's KSL News, the youth has since been charged with one count of possession of a deadly weapon on school property and three counts of aggravated assault. Ashlee Gordon, a parent, took her 7-year-old son home saying, "He's my only kid . . . I don't want to have to be at work and worry about my child not coming home before Christmas."
Parents were fearful and concerned as some said the school did not handle the situation properly. West Kearns authorities didn't put the school on lockdown, and many parents heard about the incident from their children--prior to being notified by school administration.
Allegedly, the student not only brought the gun to school in his backpack but also had ammunition. Officials have not reported whether the bullets were the right size for the gun or if the gun was loaded.
One of the boy's classmates, Isabelle Rios, told her teacher who confiscated the gun from the student. Isabelle also said, "He pulled out a gun and he put it to my head, me and my friend . . . he was going to kill us." She reported the incident to her teacher near the end of the school day but said it occurred during recess. The teacher immediately took the student to the office, and police arrived on the scene within 10 minutes.
Reportedly Ben Horsley, spokesman for the Granite School District, said, "I don't feel this child is an evil person; he just made a bad decision."
Fox News reported the boy said his parents gave him the gun to bring to school for protection against a Connecticut-style shooting.
Initially, the Salt Lake Tribune reported the handgun did not belong to the boy's parents or anyone in his immediate family. A relative, who had recently stayed in the home, left the handgun behind. It's not clear how a gun could be in a home without the parents knowing about it, yet a middle-school child accessed it.
The boy's fear, after the school-shooting in Newtown, Conn., is understandable. But the account of Isabelle, who says the boy held the gun to her head at recess, is disturbing. It doesn't appear that the boy brought the gun to school for protection for himself and classmates at all but that he was trying to "copycat" what the Connecticut shooter did.
It's obvious this child has major issues, and hopefully, he can be helped with the proper intervention. If the boy's parents gave him a gun to carry to school, certainly Child Protective Service will investigate and may remove the child from the home.


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on January 4, 2013 - 10:06 PM
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Buffalo's hunger for hockey was on display again Friday night.
A week after the city sold out the First Niagara Center for a Rochester Americans game in what became one of the largest crowds in American Hockey League history, hockey fans jammed the Buffalo Museum of Science for a 64-team doubles Bubble Hockey Tournament that featured some of the game's top national players.
"We weren't aware of the underground bubble hockey subculture," said Amy Biber, the museum's marketing director, who said spots in the tournament quickly filled up after it was announced early last month. "We have out-of-state players, and we actually have some of the top five players in the U.S. here tonight."
One of them, Mark Wojtkiewicz of East Aurora, moved through the crowded first-floor concourse, where contests were under way on four bubble hockey tables, awaiting his second-round contest.
Ranked fourth nationally in an online system, Wojtkiewicz blended into the crowd with a simple dark blue Buffalo Sabres T-shirt. By outward appearance, there was no way to know he and his partner, Tony Eichhorn, both employees at Fisher-Price in East Aurora, had once shut out the real Wayne Gretzky and Barry Melrose in a 2003 bubble hockey match.
The chance to play Gretzky was among the prizes, along with tickets to the Stanley Cup Final, the two men took home for winning that year's National Bubble Boys Hockey Tournament, sponsored by Bud Light and the National Hockey League.
"We play tournaments all over the East Coast," Wojtkiewicz said. "We started by playing at work. We played and played and we got really good."
Wojtkiewicz said Friday's event might have been "the biggest doubles tournament" he'd ever seen.
"You have some top players here," he added.
Brothers Rick and Nick Izzo of Hamburg might have been last year's winners of the 40-and-over category Labatt Blue Pond turned Street Hockey Tournament in the parking lots at the Erie Basin Marina, but they wouldn't be mistaken for top national bubble hockey talent.
"I played in bars for years," said Rick Izzo, 51. "We'd play for hours at a time."
Still in all, their personal story about the arcade game would rival any in the house Friday.
"We bought a Russia vs. U.S. table. It's a rare table because all of them got worn out in the 1980s," said Rick Izzo, who, with his brother, wore the royal blue Labatt Blue hockey sweaters from last year's pond hockey event.
Although the Izzos have moved out of their father's home, the bubble hockey table, which was manufactured by I.C.E., a firm located on Main Street in Clarence, has remained there in a massive game room that also includes a bowling machine, foosball and pool tables and a dartboard.
"Every one of our friends comes over, and we charge them a buck to play – it's paid for itself," he quipped.
Friday's tournament was designed to coincide with the culmination of the museum's overwhelmingly successful "Science of Sports" exhibit that opened in late September and officially wraps up Sunday, Biber said.
"This tournament is a celebration of the exhibit's run," she said.
The tournament, sponsored by New Era and Labatt, got started when officials from New Era approached the museum offering up three of its tables for use at the exhibit.
"As our brains started turning, we thought, 'why don't we have a Bubble Hockey Tournament?' " said Biber. "Once word got out, it spread quickly."
Labatt officials tossed in another bubble hockey table and the "four-rink" tournament was a go. The tables were set up in the shadow of an oversized bulletin board containing tournament brackets and the names of the 64 competing teams.
The teams competed in a best-of-three game round. Each game consists of three 90-second periods. The winning team was to receive two tickets to a game at Yankee Stadium – travel expenses not included.
Lee Hales, formerly of Hamilton, Ont., and now of Clarence, said he was lured out for the fun and was surprised to learn there were so many skilled players who turned out Friday night.
Donning a Team Canada jersey, Hales and Steve deBoer, his hockey partner and colleague at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, had little more than their shared Canadian heritage behind them as they readied for their second-round match.
"I'm sure if you're the top-ranked guys it's different," said Hales. "For us, it's just luck."
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COLUMBIA — When he watched Missouri kicker Andrew Baggett clang a 24-yard field goal attempt high off the left upright in double overtime Saturday, South Carolina's winning kicker was excited like the rest of his teammates.
Freshman Elliott Fry knew instantly he had the first game-winning field goal of his college career, a 40-yard kick after he'd missed one from that same distance earlier in the game. On the other end of the field, Fry also knew his counterpart felt pain and anguish.
In the aftermath of Baggett's shank, the worst part of sports came to life. Baggett was the target of bitter and hateful messages from fans. He couldn't check his Twitter without seeing the vitriol.
As a kicker — a member of a select fraternity — Fry can empathize with what Baggett endured.
"I feel terrible with what's happened with the media and him and his fans, just being a kicker," Fry said. "Especially when it's not completely his fault. There's not a kicker that goes through his career that hasn't missed one. I feel terrible about how he's getting treated for that.
"Obviously, it was just exciting to see the ball come off (the upright) and get the win, but at the same time I feel bad for him."
It was a shocking miss for Baggett, who set a school record with six field goals against Florida the previous week. Fry, who missed an extra point at Georgia earlier this season, understood how Baggett missed the short field goal when he watched the replay.
"He got a lot of laces on that hold," Fry said. "That's the same thing that happened to me in the extra point versus Georgia, is you just fumble the hold a little. It's really hard to (kick with laces). So, I guess the fault lies with both, not just him, but there's a lot that goes into it too."
USC's 'Superman'
It's another game week for South Carolina, which means there's another chance to speculate whether quarterback Connor Shaw can play Saturday.
Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said Shaw is still battling "a virus … I don't know what the trainers are calling it, but he's sick."
Spurrier said backup Dylan Thompson would be available to start Saturday against Mississippi State if Shaw is too sick to play. After Shaw's remarkable effort on a sprained knee last week, teammates believe nothing can keep USC's starting quarterback out of a game.
"No, that's superman right there," linebacker T.J. Hollomon said. "Connor, you can say he's hurt, but if he really wants to go out there and help the team, he's going to be out there. I don't think anything can hold him back, as everyone in America saw. He wasn't even supposed to play, wasn't even supposed to be out there, but just the fighter and the dog in him wouldn't allow him to sit on the sideline."
Wilds expected back
Backup running back Brandon Wilds is expected to return this week after missing more than a month with a dislocated left elbow.
Wilds hasn't played since dislocating his elbow Sept. 28 at Central Florida. The previous week, USC's sophomore tailback had a breakout game with 36 yards on 10 carries and 65 receiving yards on five catches, including a 33-yard touchdown catch on a screen pass from Shaw.
"Brandon did practice (Monday) night," Spurrier said. "He was running around, and I believe he is scheduled to suit up and be ready to go this week. There's a chance he could be out there running."
Pulling for Gators
Florida and Georgia play Saturday in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, a game that could affect USC's chances of winning the SEC East.
The Gamecocks need Georgia to lose once more this season, since it doesn't own the head-to-head tiebreaker and wouldn't win a three-team tie between the Bulldogs and Missouri. Not that Spurrier needed another reason to root for his former team against his fiercest rival.
"Well, I generally root for Florida about all the time anyway, unless we need them to lose something," Spurrier said Sunday. "I think I root for Florida about every time they play Georgia, that's for sure."


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Premature Ovarian Failure Premature Menopause
Premature menopause, also known as premature ovarian failure (POF), occurs when ovarian function ceases in women under the age of 40 years.
Women may
- Have infrequent periods or stop having periods altogether
- Experience symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes
- Irritability and vaginal dryness due to low estrogen levels.
- Be unable to conceive
Blood tests may reveal elevated levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), a hormone released from the brain to stimulate the ovaries, and low estrogen levels. In some cases, POF may be intermittent, however, it is not possible to predict when and in which women intermittent recovery will occur.
Premature Ovarian Failure Infertility Treatments
For women who desire conception, the likelihood of becoming pregnant and delivering a baby using in vitro fertilization with donor eggs is approximately 50 percent. Egg freezing techniques are experimental at the present time, but may be an option in the future for those undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments, or for those with a family history of POF.
In the majority of women with POF, the cause remains unknown. Some causes for POF or early menopause include autoimmune disorders and genetic abnormalities. Radiation and chemotherapy for treatment of cancer often causes premature menopause that is not always reversible. About 4 percent of women with early menopause have a family history of POF. Women experiencing early menopause have a very slim chance of conceiving with their own eggs. Due to low estrogen levels, women with POF also are at risk for bone loss and osteoporosis.
Women with POF due to an autoimmune cause also are at risk of developing other endocrine problems such as hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid), diabetes and adrenal failure. They also may be at an increased risk for lupus and arthritis. It may be necessary to exclude a chromosomal abnormality as a cause for POF in some women, particularly those with symptoms of menopause under 30 years of age.
Hormonal treatments can be used to treat the symptoms associated with premature menopause and for long-term benefits such as prevention of osteoporosis, heart disease, sleep disorders, depression, sexual dysfunction and dementia. In younger women who do not smoke and who are not at increased risk for blood clots, the birth control pill is often the treatment of choice to affect hormone replacement therapy. There are several other hormone formulations available for those who cannot take the birth control pill.
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The "Benefits" of Big House Living
Kendra Pierre-Louis is a writer, researcher, environmental strategist, and author of the 2012 book Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet. Kendra wishes more people would hop on the small house bandwagon if not for the planet, than at least to cut down on housekeeping time. She can be found online and on Twittter.
Despite my strong sustainability credentials, I sometimes feel unqualified to speak out on the evils of big houses. There is no priest nearby, so it is to you that I make this confession: although I eviscerate the big house trend in my book Green Washed I have never lived in a big house.
My current home, a studio apartment in the New York City borough of Queens spans a spacious 220 square feet, somewhere in between the Popomo and the Bodega. My childhood home – which quite comfortably housed my mother, father and older sister – clocks in at a mere 1,120 square feet. This was totally normal square footage for 1955 when the house was built (though still some 246 square feet larger than the largest of the Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, but positively Lilliputian by modern standards. In 2010 median house size spanned some 2,169 square feet (and that's after three years of house size deflation).
A view from Kendra's favorite small house ever – a century old, single story house in rural Vermont
Did I mention these bigger houses also house fewer people?
I confess this fact of my limited exposure to larger homes because it's easy for us of the small house clan to rest on the intellectual superiority of our position. The science shows that smaller houses require fewer materials to build, require less energy to heat and to cool, and better coexist with the population densities that have been linked to environmentally and socially sustainable lifestyles. And though, a well-designed small house may cost more per square foot to build, they're cheaper to build and cheaper to maintain.
Check and mate, right?
And yet, lots of people love big houses. As a relatively eco-aware friend once told me, "I grew up in a 4,000 square foot home and it was gorgeous – one day I'll have a similarly sized home."
Why yes, we're still talking.
Maybe, just maybe there's something we denizens of small abodes are missing.
Like the experience of being able to talk to our family via intercom like one acquaintance I know who was raised in a large sprawling home in suburban, New Jersey.
In contrast, when my mother wanted me for something she was more old school – she hollered; imagine how much her vocal cords could have been saved by a comprehensive intercom system necessitated by big house living?
Here's another benefit to big houses– you can host a lot of people.
When a friend needed to host a wide number of friends and family because of a family emergency, a family friend was able to roll out the red carpet courtesy of not one, not two, but of four guest bedrooms.
You never know when you'll have to host an entire basketball team on a moment's notice.
Finally, let's not forget the absolute best thing that large homes afford us: the opportunity to ignore our family members by never, ever, existing within the same space.
In grad school I lived in a ramshackle cottage with questionable heat and plenty of personality with two other roommates, and it was the first time I noticed this curious trend. Namely, the less house per occupant – uniformly inhabited by strangers who had agreed to live with each other sight unseen courtesy of my grad school's e-mail list serve – the closer the roommates became over time, even when on the surface they shared nothing in common (i.e. bacon loving, pot smoking, alcohol drinking atheists sharing a place with extremely devout, hijab wearing Muslims). Small spaces are intimate spaces and force us to get along or go our separate ways.
I'm not saying it's not possible to have these things in a big house.
It's just harder.
And that, I think is the most compelling argument for tiny houses isn't an environmental one – but a social one.


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Friday, February 15, 2013
George Herbert Taylor, 77, of Summerville, husband of Mary Michki Taylor, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at his residence. Friends and family may call at James A. Dyal Funeral Home on Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 2 o'clock PM until Hour of Service. Funeral Service will begin at 4 o'clock PM. Burial will be private. Flowers will be accepted. George was born on October 16, 1935 in Rockingham, NC son of the late George W. Taylor and Myra Vickory Taylor. He enjoyed fishing, watching NASCAR and especially watching Carolina Gamecocks. He was a mason and loved his dog, Stony. George served 20 years in the United States Navy and then retired. He also retired from Civil Service at Charleston Naval Shipyard. He has worked for 20 plus years with Dorchester County Sheriff's Office as a Deputy Sheriff. He was a member of St. John the Beloved Catholic Church. Surviving in addition to his wife Mary are: One Son and One Daughter: George S. Taylor (Mary) of Summerville, SC and Cassandra Waddell (James) of Round O, SC; Mother In Law: Hermina Michki of Summerville, SC; Six Grandchildren: RJ Williams, Christopher Williams (Jessica), Tracy Waddell, Rosemary Davis, John Daly, Anthony Daly; Four Great Grandchildren: Cassie Williams, Taralynn Goodson, Teilghlor Goodson and Tamar Goodson; Two Sisters: Phyllis Ryals (Duckie) and Shirley Nicholson both of Greensboro, NC; Stepmother: Anne Taylor of Pleasant Garden, NC; Half Sister: Becky Taylor of Houston, TX; Half Brother: James Taylor of Greensboro, NC; Brother In Law: Joseph Michki of Wichita Falls, TX; Niece: Judy Ryals Ritter (Warren) of Greensboro, NC; Great Nieces and Nephews: Tony Michki, Keith Michki, Jenny Michki, Steve Michki, Lisa Michki. He will be greatly missed by many friends and co-workers. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesadyal.com. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 S. Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 873-4040.
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thats when your having doggie style sex with a girl in front of a window and during intercourse you let your friend take over, the girl not knowing, thats when you run across to the outside of the window and wave at her while your buddy is doing it ;)
i pulled a david blaine at a girl last night, she said woow your good
dari the blaine-anator Jumat, 24 Oktober 2008
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the act of having sex doggie-style & pulling out (seemingly accidentally) @ which point you allow another male to take over, unknown to the recipient. At this point the first male sneaks out & reappears to the recipient, preferably by waving through a window from the outside.
Me & Nate pulled a David Blaine on Jennifer the other night. She totally freaked when she saw me waving through the window! It was awesome!
dari azul_77_00 Kamis, 15 Januari 2009
A time traveling demon.
david blaine: Wanna see some magic?
Person: No, Kriss Angel does it better you bitch...
David Blaine: Watch...
Person: I'm levitating, your making me levitate!
Person: What the F?!
(David Blaine stares at camera aimlessly)
Person: No, Kriss Angel does it better you bitch...
David Blaine: Watch...
Person: I'm levitating, your making me levitate!
Person: What the F?!
(David Blaine stares at camera aimlessly)
dari Broken_Wire Selasa, 12 Juni 2007
A peculiar magician who repeatedly performs abnormal stunts. Relying on the attention of the public, this creature is ironically, largely ignored. As the public grows increasingly apathetic his stunts become increasingly odd; as though he is some sort of modern "Houdini," but he isn't, he's just David Blaine
ex: David Blaine is standing on a volcano for a week -- who cares?
dari George Padis Minggu, 07 Mei 2006
The David Blaine is a sexual position where you are having sex with a woman from behind and with out her knowing you let your friend slip in. Then you go outside and wave at her through the window.
Ricks and I love to pull the David Blaine on many girls but they usually don't laugh.
dari flave171717 Selasa, 08 Juni 2010
Have sex with your girl in the "doggy style" position in front of a window. On the "out stroke" pull completely out and have a friend (or if your from the south, a relative) fill in for you. Hopefully she will never realize the switch. At this point, run outside to the window, stand in front of it and wave at your girl while she is still getting nailed by who she thinks is you.
i david blained that chick and she never knew what happened
dari crisp Jumat, 01 Februari 2008
David Blaine is a 33 year old man born in Brooklyn who makes a living doing a whole lot of nothing. This man will do anything for publicity. Recent stunts have been standing in a block of ice for 61 hours, standing on top of a 27 meter post for 35 hours, being buried alive, and spending a week inside a water-filled glass sphere at Lincoln Center in New York where he attempted to hold his breath for 9 minutes. He goes around NY and other major cities showing people his impressive card tricks. There is a rumor that New York City is writing a law stating Blaine will not be able to annoy people with his tricks there anymore. Rumor has it that he has dated Madonna, Fiona Apple, and Josie Moran. Magician or not, he's just another guy.
That David Blaine treats himself like an organ grinder monkey. He will do anything!
dari aishtamid Selasa, 05 September 2006


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by Elizabeth Cozart
Duke rookie longstick CJ Costabile describes himself as a bit of an "oddball." He says he's "happy," "spontaneous," and "loyal." What he doesn't say is that he's also friendly, polite and personable.
But put him on the field and CJ becomes somewhat less concerned about the feelings of others. As a player, he describes himself as "persistent, "versatile," "smart," and "hungry," adding that what he likes most is separating an opponent from the ball.
"I like defense the most," says the 19-year old from New Fairfield, CT, "especially taking the ball away. I'm almost starting to feel like it's a lost art. It's awesome to check someone and knock the ball away. It sort of demoralizes the other guy."
CJ stops, recognizing that his last statement might be misunderstood.
"I mean that sometimes playing defense means making the most of my athleticism," he continues. "And the way we play defense at Duke is a team defense. Everybody's gotta be on the same page and that was instilled early on."
From the beginning of the school year, CJ says, the Duke defense spent time together, doing things together outside of practice that will bring them closer on the field. Bowling and skeet shooting were particular favorites, he says. Video games, too. Current Duke lacrosse team choices include Halo, NHL 2009, and the UFC demo.
Teamwork and unity are clearly things that are important to CJ's life and his game. He says that while winning the MVP trophy at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in May was a real thrill, the highlight of his rookie season was a moment in practice.
"One day I made a suggestion in practice to Coach Gabs (Duke assistant coach Chris Gabrielli) and he said 'that works.' That was really cool. It felt like I was learning and he was trusting me."
CJ says that his teammates never frowned on him for being a freshman and he was sure that the squad had faith that he could get the job done.
"At the UNC game in the tournament," he says of the final game which Duke won 15-13, largely on the strength of CJ's explosive three-goal hat trick, "when Ned (Crotty) fed me the ball, he trusted that I could get the job done. It's a progression. You build the trust in the other guys and they'll believe in you, too."
Summer camps were a big factor in his development, CJ says. He calls them "hugely important."
"Without them I probably wouldn't be here," he said, referring to his spot on the Duke team. He points out that his hometown is hardly the center of the lacrosse universe.
"Coming from New Fairfield, which isn't a hotbed of lacrosse," he says, "no D1 coaches come and recruit. The camps are where you get seen."
He advises young players who are interested in exposure to choose a camp that will both teach and give them plenty of opportunity to play.
"And go to the ones where you know the coaches will be," he says. "Another great thing to do is go to camps that schools run. For example, if you want to play at Duke, go to a Duke camp so that the coaches can see you."
CJ also got a lot of exposure at last year's U-19 world championships, where the US won the gold medal at the games held in Coquitlan, in British Columbia. The US team has never lost a U-19 game.
"It was awesome to be able to represent the country," he says. Again stressing the concept of teamwork, CJ tells of a story in which a player from West Point who had been injured and unable to play came to speak to the American squad.
"He talked to us about about missing the game and representing his country, the camaraderie, how he wishes he could fight side by side with his comrades, almost in service to his country. That was cool."
Of his freshman year at Duke, CJ says that classroom demands have been one of his biggest adjustments.
"The hardest thing to deal with has been the academics at such a high level, maintaining that while still playing lacrosse," he said.
Of the biggest influences in his life, CJ says it's his parents. One or both of them have come to every Duke game this season and he says that "without them I wouldn't I have been able to develop into the person I have become. They have been supportive from the start and continue to be my biggest fans"
"CJ is an extremely well balanced and even keeled young man and athlete," said Duke head coach John Danowski. " He loves to play and is loved by his teammates. His development has been impressive and he will continue to improve as he gains more DI experience."
Costabile says he'd advise a young player trying to decide on a school to look past lacrosse.
"You just gotta find the right fit for you," he said. "Look at a school, say 'would I like to come here if I didn't play?' You want to put yourself where you're going to succeed. What if you get hurt? It's good to dream high but not everyone is going to play at Hopkins or Duke. Find the school that's the best fit for you."


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