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Emily's Army is a teenaged punk band that first made headlines because the drummer, Joey Armstrong, is the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, but they have a lot to offer other than family connections. They play the kind of fast, loud, poppy punk rock that's been making kids go nuts ever since the '70s and they have such a positive message—their debut album is called Buy Don't Be a Dick, and they revel in raising awareness for Cystic Fibrosis research —that you can't help but smile when you hear them. They've been touring up and down the West Coast (their home base is San Francisco), and they spoke to us about the appeal of punk, having fun, and being inspired by comedy
Your guys' bio on MySpace says you've known each other since you were four years old. Is that true?
Joey Armstrong and Max Becker: Yup.
So how did you guys go from being friends to being in a band?
Cole Becker: Well, Joey had been learning drums since he was a little kid. One day, we watched School of Rock, which is a really inspirational film, and I decided to take up guitar and Max took up the bass, and we all played together. And Travis came along a little later and we formed a band.
Wow, so School of Rock literally inspired you to form the band?
Travis Newman: Yup.
As far as punk rock goes, did you guys all grow up on punk rock, basically, like with Joey's dad and everything?
Joey: I mean I did, and I've listened to punk rock since I was little, and Travis did too. But Max and Cole grew up with the complete opposite of that.
Max: A lot of James Taylor. It's just what we grew up on. It's not anywhere near what we do now.
What attracts all of you to punk?
Joey: Well, not only the sound of it, but also the people too, they're really interesting and they're not at all fake. It's more of a community. We met some punk kids yesterday, and they told us next time we go by there, they'll have a house for us to stay at, and you just meet cool people through punk like that.
You guys recorded your album in four days, what was that recording process like?
Joey: It was very simple, and it was basically just how we play. It wasn't anything new for us. That's how we've always done it. We don't try to spend too much time on detail because then it ruins the fun for us.
Cole: I mean, we're not a perfect band, we're not perfect at our instruments, so that's what we sound like. There are parts where you can tell we messed up in the recording, but we don't try to fix them, 'cause that's not who we are.
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Now available as a double-album, John McCusker's two brilliant solo albums, Yella Hoose and Goodnight Ginger, are newly remastered with extended sleeve notes by ... more
He has a strange mohican haircut, he tells appalling jokes and, trust me, you really don't want to know why he's called his new album Goodnight Ginger. But few musicians are more respected or better loved by their peers than John McCusker.
Still only 29, the brilliant Glaswegian has been one of the folk scene's favourite sons since he was in short pants almost since he first picked up a fiddle at the age of seven ("My mum's Irish and I was brought up listening to a lot of Irish music - she wouldn't let me play football - she gave me a dress and a fiddle and sent me off to do Irish dancing," he laughs.) A regular in local youth orchestras and ceilidh bands, he formed the band Parcel O'Rogues with some schoolmates at 14 and a couple of years later he gave up a place at Glasgow's Royal Academy to go on the road with the legendary Battlefield Band. "I was so lucky," he muses. "All I wanted to do was play music and it really was a dream come true to join a major band like that. I was so naïve, but I learned fast."
He ended up being a Battlefield Bandit for 11 years –toured all over the world and has the anecdotes to prove it - and by the time he left he was one of the top traditional musicians in the land, also composing a rich fund of original tunes (borrowed by the likes of Sharon Shannon, Solas, The Poozies and Natalie McMaster). John also guested on over 150 albums working with an amazing range of musicians including Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, Danny Thompson, Eddi Reader, The Silencers, Tim O'Brien, Linda Thompson to name but a few. By then he'd already hit it off with a young singer from Barnsley called Kate Rusby. He joined her band and became her producer.
John's already formidable reputation was enhanced with his highly acclaimed solo album Yella Hoose in 2000, with its strong array of guest musicians, -"Superlatives can barely do his playing – or writing - justice" - Hot Press; but feels he's gone one better with his new one Goodnight Ginger, recorded at his home studio. The cream of the folk scene queued up to help him with Ian Carr, Andy Cutting, John Doyle, Michael McGoldrick, Ewen Vernal, Simon Thoumire, James Mackintosh, Iain MacDonald and Phil Cunningham among the guests - while Kate Rusby delivers the one vocal track, a show-stopping ballad, The Bold Privateer.
"I just saw it as a chance to get all my pals round, have a bit of fun and play a few tunes," he says. "I write tunes as I go along so it all came together very spontaneously. I never have a big plan about anything. We just play around with ideas in the house and then go out in the studio and record them, it's great!"
John is mainly known for his consummate fiddle playing but is also a virtuoso on a range of instruments including whistles, piano & cittern. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Scottish Music he was presented with the Spirit of Scotland Award for Music in 2000, and he can now add the title of film score composer and arranger to his list of credits since working on the Miramax movie Heartlands – directed by Damien O'Donnell (East is East). It will be on general release in 2003 distributed by Buena Vista.
The success of John's production work is self-evident as he has been
involved in some of the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed Folk
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Sleepless, by Kate Rusby, plus releases by Eliza Carthy, Linda Thompson,
Cathy Ryan and Blazin Fiddles.
John still finds time to perform live and tours in many guises. In the near future we will see more of 'The John McCusker Band' featuring the likes of Michael McGoldrick, Andy Cutting, Ian Carr, Phil Cunningham, Ewen Vernal,Tim O'Brien, Iain McDonald, Kris Drever, John Joe Kelly and guest vocalist Kate Rusby– the line up is a testament to John's outstanding talent. The band has played Celtic Connections, Sidmouth, Cambridge and Tønder festivals. "…they stole the show" – Living Tradition.
"Highlight of the weekend" – Cambridge Festival
"It's mental," he says. "With all the other stuff I don't often get the chance to play just as John McCusker. I'm really looking forward to it…"


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Keith Urban seems like a pretty chill dude – and he had to be on Tuesday, when his fellow American Idol judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey had a heated exchange on set in Charlotte, N.C.
"I was the UN," he joked to Extra on Wednesday at the New York Film Festival premiere of Paperboy, which stars his wife, Nicole Kidman.
The country singer, 44, was "Switzerland" during the incident, Kidman added with a laugh.
Urban put a positive spin on what was clearly an intense confrontation, saying it's good to have people who care deeply about what they're working on.
"I love it, I gotta say," he said. "I love working with passionate people. I love artists. Everyone just sort of expressing themselves. It's a very alive and very invigorating work environment. A lot of passion."
He added jokingly: "Randy's the craziest – so, you know, unpredictable."
A friend of Carey's told PEOPLE that she's "not going to let this faze her." And Idol host Ryan Seacrest has said there are bound to be disagreements between the judges, who are "very different individuals ... with different perspective and different opinions."
Keith Urban: I'm the United Nations in Nicki Minaj & Mariah Carey's American Idol Feud
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Alzheimer's Association hosts open house
The Alzheimer's Association, Western New York Chapter, will host an open house Thursday at its chapter office in Williamsville.
The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at 2805 Wehrle Drive, Suite 6. It's designed to "provide a venue for caregivers, family members, those living with the disease, professionals, and the general public to collect information and enroll in various programs and services related to wandering prevention and general safety preparedness," said Andrew Wilton, the chapter's director of outreach initiatives.
On-site enrollment will be offered for MedicAlert, the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return program, and the Safety ID Program, organized by the Free and Accepted Masons of New York.
For more information, call 1-800-272-3900.
Annual Day of Health happens Friday
Catholic Health will host its second annual WomenCare Day of Health – Be Strong, Be Happy, Be Healthy from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Millennium Hotel on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga.
Presentations including topics of nutrition, pelvic health and body image. Breakfast, lunch, chair massages, female-focused exhibits, shopping opportunities and raffles also are part of the event.
All area women are invited to attend. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. and seating is limited. Ticket donation is $30 ($250 for a table of 10), with all proceeds benefiting the Neonatal Intensive Care units at Sisters of Charity and Mercy hospitals. Register online at chsbuffalo.org/dayofhealth or call 447-6205.
Yoga provides many benefits
Implementing yoga into a workout routine can provide unique health benefits, said a Baylor College of Medicine physician and yoga enthusiast.
"Yoga is a broad philosophy containing many different paths to achieve the goal of physical, mental and spiritual well-being," said Dr. Bobby Kapur, assistant professor of medicine at BCM and associate chief for emergency medicine at the Harris County Hospital District's Ben Taub General Hospital.
Yoga entails various positions, stretching and deep breathing. Practicing yoga can help a person improve flexibility, balance, limberness, blood circulation, and it can also relax muscle tension and fight infection, Kapur said.
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Gérôme Pouvreau Sends Silbergeier (5.14a) in the Rätikon
Gérôme Pouvreau of France has made a quick repeat of Silbergeier (5.14a) in Switzerland's Rätikon range. This formidable multi-pitch route was first climbed ground-up in 1993 by Austrian stalwart Beat Kammerlander and features long run-outs on extremely technical limestone. Silbergeier's 240 meters (787 feet) is broken into six pitches rated 5.13d, 5.13a, 5.13c, 5.12a, 5.14a and 5.12d. UKClimbing.com reports that Pouvreau repeated Silbergeier in just three days, having worked the first three pitches on day one and pitches three through five on his second day. After one rest day, Pouvreau sent Silbergeier from the ground, falling twice on the crux 5.14a pitch before redpointing and once on the last 5.12d pitch, which he had not yet attempted. Pouvreau attributes his quick success on the route to his Swiss friend Nina Caprez, who made the first female ascent of Silbergeier in 2011 and accompanied Pouvreau and his partner Florence Pinet to the Rätikon. Pouvreau and Pinet plan to return to Silbergeier soon, where Pinet will go for the lead.
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Couples Adorn Bridges With Weighty Tokens of the Heart
'Lovelocks' Excite Passions in Paris: Symbol of Romance or Graffiti?
PARIS—Among the must-dos for visitors to the French capital: ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower, pay homage at the Louvre and seal your love with a Master Lock.
Paris's picturesque bridges over the Seine are heaving with padlocks, bike locks, handcuffs and other talismans of amour. Enamored visitors write their names on a lock, attach it to a bridge and throw the key into the river. Last fall, reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian, her boyfriend and their toddler son—followed by their camera crew—affixed "lovelocks" to the Pont des Arts, a pedestrian bridge with a wooden walkway that spills out of the Louvre.
But, many Parisians are asking: What's love got to do with it?
The public displays of affection have unchained loathing among coldhearted locals. Some gripe that the locks are no better than graffiti, defacing the city's landmarks. Rust and pollution are concerns, too. Think of the keys littered on the bottom of the Seine "with cars and cadavers," says Sylvain Louradour, a baby sitter who lives near the Pont des Arts.
Others argue that the symbolism is all wrong. "The lock is a negative symbol of enclosure and imprisonment, the exact opposite of what love should be," says Esther Pawloff, a 48-year-old executive assistant here in Paris.
The locks have been turned into expensive contemporary art and melted down for the value of their brass. When thousands of locks were mysteriously removed one night in 2010, cynics suspected a spurned lover—or a padlock manufacturer looking for new business.
In recent months, the two original padlock bridges have become so overloaded that locks have spread to any bridge with a small grate. Couples have attached their love tokens to statues and monuments, causing damage that the city has had to repair.
The lovelock phenomenon came to Paris five years ago. Most observers date the phenomenon to an Italian teen novel titled "I Want You," published in 2006, featuring two Roman lovers who immortalized their bond on a bridge in the Eternal City and threw the key in the Tiber.
Readers copied the romantic gesture—until one of the bridge's lamp posts was so junked up with locks that officials worried that it would collapse. Padlocks have since sprouted from the Great Wall in China to the Brooklyn Bridge to the fence of a freeway overpass in Silicon Valley.
Paris, however, seems to have fallen for lovelocks more than any other city. They are entwined with its image as a romantic destination, fueling the tourist trade. For Valentine's Day, several hotels are advertising romantic getaways offering the possibility to partake in the padlock custom.
Some suspect tourism is the reason city hall backed down from a plan to remove and ban the locks to preserve Paris's architectural heritage. "It's very touchy to attack the phenomenon—because it draws tourists," says Joel Retailleau, a city official in the 6th arrondissement, where the Pont des Arts is located. Mr. Retailleau adds that Paris has more serious problems to deal with than padlocks on bridges.
The Paris mayor's office denies the city has bowed to tourism pressure. "The city's reputation as a capital for lovers draws on its history, its beauty and many other qualities that aren't linked to this recent trend," says Damien Steffan, a spokesman for the mayor. "We don't encourage it, but we don't outlaw it, either."
The Pont des Arts and the Pont de l'Archevêché, with the Notre Dame cathedral in the background, were the first two bridges to serve as padlock canvasses. "They must be on this bridge because it's historically for lovers, right?" asked Emma, a 22-year-old Londoner, admiring the padlocks on the Pont de l'Archevêché with her boyfriend.
The two bridges became a destination for seekers of eternal love because their chain-link grates are small enough to get a lock around. Enterprising souvenir hawkers peddle padlocks along the bridges. Personalized padlocks sell for as much as €20, or about $27.
Paris's tourism industry perpetuated the fad. The bateaux mouches barge-like boats that carry tourists up and down the Seine quickly added mention of lovelocks to their commentaries. "It's a Parisian tradition for lovers," says a guide for the Vedettes du Pont-Neuf tour boat company.
However, artists and scavengers see other value in love on the bridges. One night three years ago, soon after the city threatened to outlaw them, the locks were sawed off the Pont des Arts. The city denied any role. Conspiracy theorists suspected a jilted lover or enterprising padlock peddlers seeking new space for their goods.
Instead, the padlocks reappeared several weeks later in an art installation at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, France's leading art school. A student had chopped the locks off and turned them into a school project.
Undeterred, thousands of couples attached new ones. French contemporary artist Loris Gréaud had plenty of choice when he made his installation "Tainted Love" from Pont des Arts locks last year. Over the course of a week, he and his assistants culled 330 pounds of locks, filling their backpacks with the biggest and most lovingly engraved examples.
The first night, police arrested Mr. Gréaud. He was set free after he convinced them he was an artist. "I'm not a vandal or a thief," Mr. Gréaud says. The Paris police say it isn't illegal to cut locks as long as the bridges are unharmed.
Mr. Gréaud melted and molded the locks into 15 sculptural shards, priced at €675,000. He was exploring the paradox of transforming metal that was imbued with love into an unemotional geometric object, he said. François Pinault, a French art collector, bought all of them.
The city should leave the new custom alone, Mr. Gréaud says. "I always worry about any kind of ban so long as the bridge doesn't collapse from the weight of love."
In fact, the weight of love is becoming dangerous. Last week, it was the city's turn to clip locks. A cleanup crew removed five damaged grates from the Pont des Arts, temporarily replacing them with plywood planks to prevent people from falling into the Seine.
The city worries that the weight of the locks, as much as 330 pounds on a single grate, is making the bridge unsafe. Officials also attribute the danger to metal-resellers who cut the grates instead of the locks because the metal is thinner.
There is one possible solution that causes no pollution or damage to public property.
Master Lock, part of Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc., FBHS -1.08 % last year began offering "virtual" locks that it displays in an online gallery. In front of a shot of the Pont des Arts plastered with padlocks, the company advertises "no travel necessary."
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A funeral service for Sgt. Brett E. Gornewicz, who was killed Nov. 3 in Afghanistan, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in St. John Catholic Church, 2021 Sandridge Road, Alden.
Sgt. Gornewicz, an Army Reservist on his second deployment overseas, was killed when a roadside bomb exploded. He was 27.
He was born in Buffalo and graduated from Alden High School.
Sgt. Gornewicz enlisted with the Army Reserves in 2006 and was sent to Iraq.
After returning, he graduated from Buffalo State College with a degree in mechanical engineering.
He was working as a computer-aided designer and mechanical designer at a Tonawanda company when he was deployed again, this time to Afghanistan.
Sgt. Gornewicz was assigned to the 680th Engineer Company based in Canandaigua but was temporarily transferred to the 444th Engineer Company in Oswego for his deployment to Afghanistan. The company's primary mission was to clear roads of improvised explosive devices.
Two other soldiers from upstate New York were killed in the same blast.
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Without another election looming, I believe President Obama will continue remolding the USA in his image, probably more aggressively.
Shortly before his election in 2008, he asked that we join him in "...fundamentally transforming the United States of America." As usual, he didn't specify what that meant. Now we have some idea. It includes: Obamacare; increasing taxes and regulations on the more successful among us; spreading an entitlement mentality; waging war on the middle class and on the fossil fuels upon which they depend; inflicting Chicago-style politics on us; not being supportive of Israel, our one true friend in the most volatile and most crucial part of the Middle East; and ignoring a basic tenant of our military that they always respond to fellow Americans in distress.
This column focuses on the economic outlook (the first four points mentioned). For background, I expect the economy to continue being the worst since the 12-plus years that are generally referred to as The Great Depression, or "Depression era." By the economy, I mean the Gross Domestic Product (GDP, or overall economic activity) or our standard of living.(1)
Yes, there will be relatively brief periods of prosperity. Some times may even pass for looking like the worst is behind us and be spun as such. In inflation-adjusted terms, the economy will remain fairly flat with upturns and downturns, but certainly a declining standard of living overall. That is why the above graph has a slight downward trend to it. Those on welfare and in the lowest income classes may not feel that way (see below). The primary dampers to real (inflation-adjusted) economic growth will be the new taxes starting in 2013 and then get a big boost in 2014 when Obamacare fully kicks in.
Businesses are human. That's not surprising since businesses are owned and operated by humans. If businesses are made to feel unwelcome and the ultimate government authority is not business-friendly, the normal response is to minimize the risk to what you're building. If there's one thing investors—-and here I mean not just financial investors but those owning or wanting to start businesses-—can't stand, it's uncertainty. Most investors think if they have a reasonably certain environment, they can devise a strategy to get through it OK, or they can get out. One way of coping is through cost-reduction and that starts with layoffs. If sales and profits are down or expected to decline, costs will be reduced and that includes all resources, human and not human.
All this is against a background that has become known as the "fiscal cliff." The fiscal cliff is a government artifact-—not a law of economics.(2)
In health care, first there are all the taxes now hidden from most people, but which will be felt next year and much more so in 2014. There are also other uncertainties. One is the possibly major affect on medical supplies. Providers of health care may revert back to reusable supplies from the current disposables.(3)
Obamacare will drive virtually all domestic policy. Spending and taxes are based on this, the single largest part of Obama's program. Most of the coming tax increases will be Obamacare taxes. Each tax will be a drain on disposable income. Each drain on disposable income will mean less spending, which will reduce overall demand and hence the need for employees. Each dollar taxed will be another step towards a "letting the government take care of me" attitude. Ultimately this means consolidation among insurance companies and among practitioners of health care. That implies fewer choices for consumers.
Taxing the wealthier actually encourages them to hide their incomes and wealth. Or, they simply work less and get paid in leisure, which is not currently taxable.
The primary beneficiaries of new business regulations are lawyers. They will either find ways around the regulations or, if that becomes too expensive, businesses will just be dissolved or deliberately stay small enough to duck under the regulations. For an example, see how a small poultry business dismantled much of FDR's New Deal in the case of the sick chicken, http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schechter_Poultry_Corp._v._United_States.
Either way, ordinary people -- including Obama constituents -- will be hurt. That won't be universally true, but it will occur enough, over time, to reduce economic growth.
Obama's policies of gutting the work/training requirements for the unemployed to receive benefits, freebies like the Obamaphones for indigent voters, general pandering to groups with gripes, and eliminating long-standing criteria for benefits, increase the fiscal strains on our economy. The notion of fewer working people paying more taxes to help support regularly non-working people brings to mind Margaret Thatcher's statement, "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." The other people here are the diminishing middle and higher income classes. See "Obama's war on the middle class," as discussed in my interview with Prof. Rich Hart, October, 25. 2012. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13265817-obamas-war-on-the-middle-class-an-interview-with-economics-professor-rich-hart
Add to all those taxes for Obamacare, the increasing fiscal burdens the middle class faces, and Obama's war on fossil fuels (at least coal and petroleum) upon which the middle class depends for energy.(4)
History shows Republicans can rebound. In 1964, the Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater and got creamed by LBJ. Yet four later, the Republicans united under Richard Nixon and pulled out a squeaker over Hubert Humphrey. So if today's Republicans and conservatives will listen to the people and embrace those with commonalities, the party could pull itself together in four years. Maybe even in two years.
In summary, when voters start to feel the effects of all the Obamacare costs (monetary and nonmonetary) piled on top of rising energy costs and other new Obama taxes, there will be an electoral revolt. It may be in the 2014 midterm elections that Republicans could garner solid majorities in both houses of Congress. The remaining Democrats will come under increasing pressure from the electorate for relief.
Forthcoming articles will look at some of these concerns in more depth.
1) Most people think the The Great Depression started with the Great Crash, in October, 1929. Actually, the economy peaked in August, 1929, and stock prices peaked around Labor Day, 1929. The decline in the economy was fairly subtle until the Great Crash on October, 29, 1929. Then each fed off the other as they both dropped until March, 1933...43 straight months of declining economic activity, 25 percent unemployed, no social saftey net, every city had soup kitchens and apple stands. There was no sustained economic recovery until after Pearl Harbor. However, after March, 1933, there was initially co-operation and government action and the country had 50 months of on again, off again economic recovery. That's what I see for us. All those New Deal programs helped a little. Did we get our money's worth? Unemployment fell from 25 percent when FDR took office to just under 15 percent (roughly twice ours today), so maybe yes. But by the time the next depression hit, in 1937, six months after FDR's overwhelming victory over Landon (who only carried Maine & Vermont), most benefits of the New Deal programs were fading. The exceptions were what we call the social safety net types of programs and some power projects such as the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). Linchpin New Deal programs, such the National Industrial Recover Act (NIRA or just NRA), were declared unconstitutional. The second downturn, while only 13 months long, was very sharp. Unemployment jumped from under 15 percent to 19 percent in one year. A meaningful recovery didn't really start for almost three more years...when we signed Lend Lease with England. (Lend Lease was FDR's response to Churchill's eloquent plea "Give us the tools and we will finish the job.") Then came Pearl Harbor and we were in the war full force. 15,000,000 Americans served in the war and unemployment fell to near zero. Normally, what we now call stay-at-home moms, personified by Rosie the Riveter, went to work.
2) Remember a year or so ago, when the so-called "supercommittee" of Congress agreed that they could only agree to disagree and therefore, without a resolution, drastic spending cuts would go into effect around the beginning of 2013. That deadline was imposed by Congress and the President—-not by any law of economics. Therefore it can be changed by Congress and the President. The strategy was supposed to be vaguely similar to D-Day, when after the invasion force was "dropped-off," the ships returned to England. The invaders (our side) had no choice but to successfully fight or be killed. The outlook here is dubious. No decision-maker's skin is at stake, though perhaps it should be.
3) Earlier in my consulting career I wrote several in-depth (e.g. 200-page) market studies on disposable medical supplies. I haven't looked at that industry much for over 10 years. However, I believe health care providers still prefer disposables to reusables because disposables are much more cost-effective. The question is will the Obamacare tax on medical supplies tip the cost-effectiveness back in favor of reusable medical supplies and against disposable medical supplies. This sounds simple. Let me show why it may not be: As a brief example, take the cost-effective of disposable versus reusable syringes:
Disposables are less labor intensive. They come in sterile wraps and stay that way until used. Practitioners simply get the syringe from a drawer, unwrap the syringe, uncap the needle, load the medicine, administer the injection, recap the needle, and drop the used syringe into a sharps holder (a device for temporarily storing sharp, bio-contaminated objects). Unlike with reusables, staff doesn't have to collect used syringes, disassemble them, (they typically have 4-5 separate parts), sterilize each part, reassemble the syringes, repackage them into sterile containers, and then restock the supply cabinets. All those steps are usually not performed by the most skilled and costly labor.
As when several people are involved in one series of tasks, a lot can happen during those steps. All the potential liability is on the provider. With disposables, any error other than that caused by the provider is shared between manufacturer and provider and the provider's labor costs are greatly reduced. Will the Obamacare tax, or maybe several taxes, and regulations change the balance?
4) Writing this brought to mind an interesting and possible historic analogy: Starting shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865, the U.S.'s westward expansion began picking-up momentum. That brought conflict with the Indians. General Philip Sheridan led the Army's efforts. He realized the Army could never defeat the Indians in direct combat, at least not without too high a cost. He devised the strategy of eliminating something vital to Indian life---the buffalo. Uncounted millions of buffalo were slaughtered for the sole purpose of a "scorched earth" policy against the Indians. Much of that was done by well-paid civilian contractors (to use today's term). The strategy worked. Tribe by tribe, the Indians retreated to reservations and learned new ways of life.
Is there a parallel here with Obama's war on fossil fuel forms of energy essential to American middle-class life? All those green energy companies are not going to have much commercial success with today's energy price structure. They could become commercially successful if the cost of fossil fuels became so high that it exceeded the cost of green energy. Then, the high demand for energy would switch to green. That would stimulate large scale production of green energy products, and green energy would prevail. Be warned, if prices rise that high, this could certainly induce a major recession, on top of any that may already be occurring, since the impact would be about the same as a new energy tax. I know fellow economists, liberal ones to be sure, who would love to see a few dollar a gallon tax on gasoline in order to help green energy. Obama's Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, said he wanted to see prices at the pump here the same as they are in Europe, now averaging around US$10 per gallon. When asked whether he owns a car, Chu said no. So it may not bother the Obama team if fossil fuels become the latter day buffalo.
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Bringing a band on stage is a blast. You get backstage, a free bottle of water, some skittles, usually a contact high, and a cool backstage sticker that proves you didn't hop the fence. Sometimes you even get to meet the band and that's exactly what happened to KROQ contest winner Peter from Ontario. He called and called and called as we ran a contest to not only bring Green Day on stage at The LA Sports Arena, but to also get an autographed guitar AND to met Tre, Mike, and Billy Joe backstage. Peter won the contest. Not bad.
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16 Apr 2007
All the blades which power the world's growing number of wind turbines are made of composite materials.
21 Mar 2007
The Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge is opening its doors on 30 March 2007 to showcase its research to local businesses, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
Alumnus Dr Anil Kokaram was awarded an Oscar for his visual effects software used in a string of Hollywood blockbuster films.
19 Mar 2007
Engineering students have triumphed yet again in an international competition for young entrepreneurs.
16 Mar 2007
Tributes have been paid across the University to Sir Arthur Marshall who died today aged 103.
14 Mar 2007
Cambridge University and the Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium are pleased to present a four-day event focused on the dynamics of heavy goods vehicles.
12 Mar 2007
Events include 'The Silent Aircraft Initiative', the 'Crane Construction Challenge', the 'CU Spaceflight', and the 'Rocket Launchpad Challenge'.
07 Mar 2007
Nokia and the University of Cambridge have announced an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme of joint research projects.
28 Feb 2007
Engineering students have beaten off Oxford rivals to win the "Varsity Pitch" competition.
21 Feb 2007
This year's Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) £1k Business Ideas Competition awards ceremony was recently held in Cambridge's Guildhall.


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Impact of Fuel Prices on Per-Acre Costs
December 2005
Jim Jacobs, Dallas Mount & Jim Freeburn
With the recent increase in fuel prices, operating costs for farm and ranch businesses and custom operators are on the rise. The cost of operating vehicles and tractors along with fertilizer prices are all impacted by fuel prices. When evaluating the cost of field operations, operators must consider the change in fuel prices. For example, the University of Wyoming publication, B-1142, "Custom Rates for Wyoming Farm and Ranch Operations 2000-2002" is based on data collected when the three-year average price was about $1.39 and $1.45/gallon for gasoline and diesel, respectively. The average price for gasoline in August 2005 was $2.50 per gallon which means the price of gasoline is now approximately $1.11 per gallon higher compared to the 2000-2002 period.
The impact of increased fuel prices on per-acre costs can be estimated for each individual field operation using the following information:
- Fuel use in gallons per hour (gals/hr)
- Accomplishment rate stated in hours per acre (hrs/ac)
- Increased price of fuel ($/gal)
Spreadsheets have been developed to assist these businesses in calculating the impact of the increase in fuel price on mileage and per-acre costs. Individuals will have to input the information requested. Please note operators will have to input a Load factor and the PTO-HP of the power unit to get an estimate of fuel use in gals/hr. The typical Load factors range from 0.6 to 0.7, with the lighter operations (planting, baling, etc.) having a Load factor of about 0.6 and tillage operations (plowing, disking, etc.) having a Load factor of about 0.7. To estimate the accomplishment rate (hours per acre), operators have to input speed in mph, implement width in Feet, and field efficiency for each operation (%/100). Most field efficiencies range from 65 percent to 80 percent, with tillage operations having the higher efficiencies and planting and spraying having the lower efficiencies.
Open one of these:
- Excel file for figuring - acre costs
- Excel file for Tractor fuel costs - gasoline
- Excel file for Tractor fuel costs - diesel
- Excel file for figuring - mileage costs


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on January 26, 2013 - 9:50 PM
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Orchard Park police arrested a Buffalo man on burglary and other charges after he was found passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle on Saturday morning.
Stephen T. Banko IV, 37, of Harding Road, was charged with second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, five counts of grand larceny and two counts of petit larceny by Officers Jason Schiedel and Robert Simmons, police said.
About 11 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle parked and running on Bielak Road. Banko was passed out inside, police said.
After an investigation, police accused Banko of breaking into a relative's home nearby and stealing several items. Banko also was charged with operating with a suspended license and driving while under the influence of drugs.
The investigation is continuing. Banko was arraigned and taken to the Erie County Holding Center in lieu of bail.


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Prospective students invited to Penn State Berks Open HouseProspective students and their families are invited to a Visitation Program at Penn State Berks on Saturday, Oct. 2, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Perkins Student Center, located just off Broadcasting Road in Reading.
The program offers information to local high school juniors and seniors considering admission to Penn State Berks. Sessions will present information on Penn State admissions, financial aid, academics, student activities, athletics, and alumni benefits.
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Telephone call for Mr. Lennon
Celtic manager Neil Lennon was answering questions about his side's performance when one of the reporter's phones, which was being used as a recording device, began to ring.
Tue January 22 2013
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Pilot killed in small plane crash ID'd
Happened near I-505
Authorities say one person is dead after a small plane lost a wing and crashed just feet from a Northern California freeway.
He has been identified as Jeffery Sharman of Vacaville.
California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Parker says witnesses told authorities that after the single-engine plane lost the wing, the rest of the plane went into a spiral.
Parker says the plane crashed about 30 feet off the side of Interstate 505, while the wing of the plane landed in the center divider of the freeway.
Sharman - the only person on board - was killed in the crash.
There were no injuries to anyone on the ground.
The crash took place around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday near Winters, a rural community on the Solano County-Yolo County line, about 30 miles west of Sacramento.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the plane was an experimental Avions Fairey Tipsy Nipper T-66.
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Andres Romero blew up for a 10-over-par 42-39=81 in his second round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and will miss the cut.
Justin Rose is one of Europe's finest-ever Ryder Cup performers and he heads to Hazeltine National Golf Club on a gold-leaved high.
The 2016 Ryder Cup marks Phil Mickelson's 11th straight appearance in the biennial competition and he's been on the winning side only twice, in 1999 (The Country Club, Brookline, MA) and 2008 (Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY).
Rory McIlroy makes his way to Hazeltine National Golf Club as a golfer at the height of his game and ready to impose himself on the 2016 Ryder Cup.
World No. 2 Dustin Johnson seeks his first taste of Ryder Cup team success as he preps for the 41st edition, held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Zach Johnson readies for his fifth Ryder Cup appearance as he puts on his red, white, and blue gear, preparing for battle at Hazeltine National Golf Club this week in Chaska, Minnesota.
Recent runner-up Ryan Moore will make his Ryder Cup debut next week at Hazeltine National Golf Club, receiving the last of four captain's picks to complete the 12-man roster for the American side.
15-seed and overnight co-leader Kevin Chappell carded 4-under-par 33-33=66 in the final round of the TOUR Championship to match Ryan Moore and Rory McIlroy on 12-under 268, and then was eliminated on the first hole of sudden death, the par-5 18th, with par to McIlroy and Moore's birdies. UPDATE: Chappell was the ONLY player with four sub-par rounds.
Hall-of-Famer and legend Arnold Palmer has died at the age of 87.
14-seed Ryan Moore painted a bogey-free, week-and-season-low 6-under-par 31-33=64 in the final round of the TOUR Championship to match overnight co-leader Kevin Chappell and Rory McIlroy on 12-under 268, and then lost to McIlroy on the fourth hole of sudden death.
Overnight co-leader and 1-seed Dustin Johnson coughed up a 3-over-par 36-37=73 in today's final round of the TOUR Championship to drop five places on the leaderboard into a two-way T6 on 5-under 275, relinquishing the tournament and FedExCup title to champion Rory McIlroy, who won in sudden death over Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell. UPDATE: Johnson easily won the money title with $9,365,185, $1.3M better than Jason Day and $3.8M better than his previous best last year.
With a dramatic birdie on the fourth hole of sudden death, 6-seed Rory McIlroy eliminated 14-seed Ryan Moore and won the TOUR Championship as well as the FedExCup, snaring his 13th TOUR title in his 117th career start and pocketing the $10M dollar FedExCup bonus.


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Christian Science Monitor
A ravenous consumer of electricity, Google knows it must find a way to become more efficient and cleaner. Hundreds of thousands of its servers are partially dependent on fossil-fueled power. So just as it gained experience constructing and designing large-scale data centers over the years, the global leader in Internet technologies is now applying the same lessons to expand its use of renewable energy.


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on March 27, 2013 - 1:58 AM
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The saga of international developer Bashar Issa started as a fairy tale, transitioned into courtroom melodrama and now borders on theater of the absurd.
It also has the makings of a pretty good movie.
Issa is the Kuwati-born Iraqi who came to Buffalo from Great Britain in 2006 and was once the professed savior of Buffalo's landmark Statler Hotel – before his project flamed out in bankruptcy in 2008.
Life hasn't gotten any better for him back in England, where the 35-year-old was jailed Monday for masterminding a scheme to defraud the British government of millions in tax relief offered to filmmakers.
Issa and four others, working under the name Evolved Pictures, claimed to be making a movie for £19 million (nearly $29 million), which would have allowed them to receive £2.8 million (nearly $4.25 million) in tax paybacks, according to British tax authorities.
Investigators, though, found that the £19 million was never spent.
Although the scheme has been compared by some to the plot of the Academy Award-winning film "Argo," which tells of how fake moviemakers helped rescue Americans in Iran, Issa's story is more like that of Mel Brooks' "The Producers," in which two hapless con men try to fleece investors in a designed-to-fail Broadway show.
Issa, who now goes by Bashar Al-Issa, was accused of being the gang's leader and was sentenced Monday in London's Southwark Crown Court to six years in prison, news reports said.
Four others were sentenced to about four years each.
HM Revenue & Customs, the British tax authorities, reported on its website that this was the country's first prosecution for film tax fraud.
"Evolved Pictures told HMRC that millions of pounds had been spent on the film, including paying actors and film set managers. ... However, during checks HMRC found that the work had not been done and most of the so-called suppliers and film studios had never heard of the gang," HMRC said in a news release.
The title of the phony film, "A Landscape of Lies" (at first called "A Landscape of Lives") adds further irony to the case, which started a couple of years ago.
"After they were arrested [in 2011], the gang came up with an elaborate plan to cover their tracks and hide the fraud by shooting a film on a shoestring, called 'A Landscape of Lies,' featuring two television personalities," HMRC also reported.
Somehow word was spread and widely reported that the makeshift movie won an award at the 2012 Las Vegas Film Festival, adding to its backstory – but also untrue.
Contacted on Tuesday, a representative of the Las Vegas festival said "Landscape of Lies" absolutely did not receive an award, or even a screening.
"They submitted the film but it was not accepted," the spokeswoman told The Buffalo News.
Issa's jailing signals a dramatic fall from the days in 2006 when the dashing young developer came to Buffalo, bought the derelict old hotel on Niagara Square and promised not only to revitalize the landmark but also to add another building to the skyline. The new 40-story structure – the tallest in the city – would be built a block north of City Hall on South Elmwood Avenue and West Mohawk Street, at a cost of $361 million, he said at the time.
Within three years, the Statler was in bankruptcy, the skyscraper never left the drawing table and Bashar Issa was long gone, leaving behind nothing more than a few ties and jackets in a cluttered room he had occupied at the once grand hotel.
Buffalo developer Mark Croce, who now owns the Statler Towers and is continuing with an ambitious renovation plan of his own, is not surprised at Issa's ongoing troubles.
"There was something fraudulent about his persona from the time he first came here," Croce said Tuesday. "I wasn't interested in the Statler at the time, but still it was clear his numbers didn't add up. He had no idea what he was doing, but he had an awful lot of people drinking the Kool-Aid, coming in like a white knight that had the silver bullet for all our problems, which I never understood."
Issa did do some construction work in the hotel while it was under his ownership, and some of it was for the good, Croce said, citing improvements to the electrical system and elevators.
"But a lot of the stuff he did on the lower floors was bad for the building, and it took us a lot of work to undo it," Croce said.
Meanwhile, in London, John Pointing, assistant director of criminal investigation at HMRC, had this take on Issa and Company:
"This gang thought they could exploit rules for genuine British filmmakers and thieve from the public purse for their own gain. They were wrong. ... We are pleased that instead of this film flop going straight to DVD, these small-screen Z-listers are going straight to jail."
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Cutters slump gives Connell a chance to teach
July 30, 2013 - Mitch Rupert
Lino Connell said it's a good thing the Williamsport offense is in a slump.
That's right, the Crosscutters' hitting coach said it's a good thing the team's offense is slumping. There's solid logic behind the thought though.
"That makes it easy for me to teach and they can really learn about hitting," Connell said Tuesday following batting practice at Bowman Field.
Williamsport is in a genuine slump which has swept through the entire offense, not just a player or two. It's been budding since the Cutters' July 16 off day, their first off day of the season.
In the 12 subsequent games since the off day, Williamsport is just 5-7. The four-game losing streak the team carried into Tuesday's series opener against Brooklyn brought the Cutters back to .500 for the first time since June 24.
But it hasn't been a pitching problem. Williamsport's team ERA has consistently fallen since a rough first couple weeks of the season.
"Right now we're not hitting like we can," Justin Parr said following a two-game sweep at the hands of Jamestown on Saturday. "We've shown in the past we're a good hitting ballclub. Right now the baseball just is not going our way and that's how it is."
Manager Nelson Prada sensed the struggle following the two losses to Pinckney Division-leading Jamestown last week and forced the team to take the day off Sunday. The Cutters didn't hit until the game at Mahoning Valley started at 5 p.m.
For the first time this season, the slump has hit just about everyone in the lineup. Only two players are hitting .300 or better over the last 10 games, Parr and right fielder Dylan Cozens, and Parr has played in just five of the last 10 games as he splits time with Jiandido Tromp and Samuel Hiciano in the outfield.
"We know it's going to happen," Connell said. "We know it's a couple guys' first year in professional baseball, and that's the way baseball is. It's the way hitting is. You're going to have downs and ups all the time and now is one of those downs."
The goal for Connell through a time like this is to simplify the process. He wants to give players on clear focus to take with them when they go to the plate. The message isn't much different than what he's been preaching all season as the team's hitting coach.
He wants them focused on looking for fastballs and putting it in play when they get it.
"We don't ask for a lot of stuff," Connell said. "Just look for their pitches and be ready to hit."
What Connell can go back to is the team has had plenty of success this season before this rough stretch has hit. Before averaging just 3.08 runs per game during the last 12 games, Williamsport was averaging 4.8 runs over its previous 29 games.
It was a big part of the reason the offense kept telling the pitching staff as it struggled through the first couple weeks the team could still win if the pitching would hold opponents to 4 runs or so per game.
The offense always had a strong foundation of hitting to rely on. First it was Zach Green was got off to a torrid pace in June, hitting .292 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. Then it was Gustavo Martinez who was the spark-plug at the top of the lineup with a batting average north of .300. Then it was Gabriel Lino who was in the top 10 in the league in hitting at above .320.
But the Cutters don't have that one person who has sparked the offense in recent weeks. Connell said as much as offense is contagious in a good way, it can also work with the team going into a slump.
"When the team hitting wise is going down, four out of six guys are struggling, I guarantee you," Connell said. "It always happens. It only takes two or three guys to start hitting to get everyone to start hitting again."
"That would help right now for that one person to catch fire just to get us going a bit," Parr said last week. "But at the same time, we have a bunch of guys who can contribute every game."
Despite all the struggles, the Cutters remain one of three teams in the New York-Penn League with a team batting average at .250 or better. Jamestown leads the league with a .290 batting average, State College is second at .276 and the Crosscutters are third at .250.
It's what Connell is pointing to as a positive, that even as the team struggles, it's still one of the better hitting teams in the league.
"I think we've had a bad couple of series that we didn't get it together," Connell said. "But it's good to know we're still third in hitting. Me, as a hitting coach, I can tell the guys that to give them more confidence. They already have done things right, so they can do it again."
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Lake Tahoe will be off limits moving forward for the Nevada black bear hunt, which will enter its second season later this year.
In a 6-3 vote Saturday, the Nevada Wildlife Commission voted to prohibit black-bear hunting on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to an Associated Press article by Martin Griffith.
Ever since the idea of a black bear hunt in Nevada was first offered in 2010, it has been challenged heavily by pro-wildlife groups, with NoBearHuntNV.org leading the way, arguing that hunting bear in the Tahoe Basin poses dangers to the avid recreation community here and a detriment to an economy that relies on tourism dollars.
Bear hunting still will be allowed in other areas of western Nevada.
According to the AP, Nevada Department of Wildlife spokeswoman Teresa Moiola said there were no reports of conflicts with other users during the state's inaugural bear hunt in 2011 when 14 bruins were killed.
Quotas won't be decided until May, said NDOW spokesman Chris Healy in an interview before Saturday's hearing.
In related news, California has already launched quotas and boundaries for its 2012 hunt.
This year's quota in California is 1,700 bears. The boundaries of the hunt range from the Oregon border all the way to Southern California.
Last year in California, 1,264 bears were killed by hunters.


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Christina Applegate
- 1971
Little Star
Born to record-label executive Robert Applegate and actress Nancy Priddy, Christina Applegate begins acting before she can even walk, appearing in her mom's arms in an episode of Days of Our Lives when she's 3 months old. By age 3, Applegate begins doing radio commercials. "That's when I started to really enjoy this," she tells the AP in 2005. Roles on Charles in Charge, Silver Spoons, Family Ties and 21 Jump Street follow.
- 1987
Meet The Bundys
Applegate lands her first starring role at 15 when she's cast as teen vixen Kelly Bundy on the FOX sitcom Married … with Children. Though there aren't high hopes for its success, the raunchy comedy about the less-than-wholesome Bundy family (from left, costars David Faustino, Katey Sagal, Buck the dog and Ed O'Neill) becomes the network's No. 1 show. And Applegate, wearing tight tube tops and tiny miniskirts, becomes a teen boy fantasy. Yet, she tells Los Angeles Magazine in 2004, "The whole sexy image was just a character. It wasn't who I was."
- 1991
Babysitter's Club
In Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Applegate plays Sue Ellen "Swell" Crandell, who has to take charge of her three younger siblings after their elderly babysitter dies. "My character happened to be the straight man, which is probably the hardest because you want to be able to make people laugh," Applegate tells the Los Angeles Daily News.
- 1998
TV and the Single Mom
After Married … with Children ends its 10-year run in 1997, Applegate takes on a more adult role – as a single mother in the NBC comedy Jesse. Applegate's mom – who split with her father soon after Christina was born – inspires her portrayal of the feisty aspiring nurse Jesse Warner. "I respect what she did for me totally on her own," she tells the Philadelphia Inquirer. "She went through a lot of trials and tribulations when money was tight."
- 2001
Saying 'I Do'
"When we shook hands, my heart skipped a beat," Applegate recalls to Hollywood Life magazine about first meeting actor Johnathon Schaech in 1997. After dating for four years – and costarring in several projects together, including the 2000 thriller The Giving Tree – Applegate, 29, and Schaech, 32, marry in an intimate outdoor wedding in Palm Springs, Calif. They share red roses – and tears – at the ceremony attended by 130 guests, including Cameron Diaz and Applegate's former Married castmates Katey Sagal and David Faustino.
- 2002
'Sweetest' Things
Applegate appears on the cover of Rolling Stone with Diaz and Selma Blair, her costars in the romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing. During their girl-talk interview, Blair points out that "Cameron has the best breath, but Christina has the best breasts." In November, Applegate also guest stars on Friends as Jennifer Aniston's spoiled sister Amy and wins an Emmy for her hilarious portrayal.
- 2004
Staying Classy
Applegate plays 1970s TV reporter Veronica Corningstone, who goes toe-to-toe with a group of sexist newsmen (from left, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell and Will Ferrell) in the comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. "It was a more difficult role to cast than we thought it would be," Ferrell told USA Weekend. "She is the reactor to all of our buffoonery. She had to know her way around a joke. Not everyone had the right feel for it. Christina fit in."
- 2005
'Charity' Case
Despite a foot injury that nearly derailed her, Applegate makes her Broadway debut as dancehall vamp Charity Hope Valentine in the musical Sweet Charity – and earns a Tony Award nod for her plucky performance. "She has all of the qualities we wanted for our Charity – innocence, vulnerability and yet she's seductive," producer Barry Weissler tells the AP. During the show's run, Applegate and Schaech separate and file for divorce in December 2005.
- 2007
TV Comeback
Applegate returns to the small screen in the ABC comedy hit Samantha Who?. She plays mean-girl lawyer Samantha Newly, who suffers from amnesia after a car accident and tries to make amends for her past. "It's a blast. I've never gotten to play a character with no self-editing system whatsoever," Applegate (pictured with costar Jennifer Esposito) tells the Contra Costa Times. She earns both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
- 2008
Christina's a Survivor
Applegate, whose mother battled cancer twice, is diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoes a double mastectomy. "I didn't wanna go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing," she says. The actress, who will have reconstructive surgery, appears at the EIF "Stand Up to Cancer" fundraising special (pictured with fellow cancer survivors Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge).
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Sanford police are investigating a freak accident that seriously injured a young girl.
Police said the middle school-aged victim was sitting on a curb, possibly waiting for a ride to school, when someone drove into the Placid Lake Townhome community.
The community is gated and when the gate opened, the victim apparently didn't notice it.
Investigators said it seems the gate pushed her over and she became wedged underneath it.
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Climate change is a global problem, and will take global collaboration between nations and innovative "green" technologies. But what can we do about it as individuals in our own homes, schools, and communities? This summer, Digital WAVE students have been figuring that out. The goal was to create a 3D virtual house that would be the "greenest house in Miami," powered by renewable energy sources like water, wind and the Sun. First, students had to learn more about energy, and where better to do that then with the Energy Tracker exhibits at the Museum? After interacting with Museum exhibits about wind turbines, hydroelectricity, and solar power, students investigated these energy sources more, by building their own Snap Circucits with batteries, voltmeters, and mini windmills, water wheels, and solar panels. How much power can you get from these energy sources? How can using these technologies make our lives better and our future cleaner? Based on their experience with Museum exhibits, the circuits they built, and their own research, groups of students decided what they wanted to build in their 3D virtual house to make the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient in Miami (even if it's virtual Miami).


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Sure, we were disappointed when host Neil Patrick Harris chose tap over twerk, but there was plenty of action (and lots of dance) packed into the three-hour show.
We're breaking down the five things you missed:
1. The dance that brought us all out of our seats
2. The tributes that warmed our heartsA night dedicated to celebrating the best in television wouldn't be complete without honoring the late stars whose legacies now live on through their greatest works. Tears were shed when peers took the stage to pay tribute to James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith, comedian Jonathan Winters, All in the Family's Jean Stapleton and Family Ties creator Gary David Goldberg.
3. The shortest and sweetest acceptance speech of the night
4. Er, Modern Family's awkward acceptance speechWhen the cast of the ABC sitcom claimed the best comedy series award for the fourth consecutive year, creator Steven Levitan made a comment that would have left the show's endearingly quirky Phil Dunphy shifting in his seat. "Well, this may be the saddest Emmys of all time, but we could not be happier," he told the audience. Um, maybe he should have pulled a Wever.
5. ... Aaand that other acceptance speech we're still talking about
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Although she met the true death in season 4, the deliciously austere Nan Flanagan appears in a 1980s flashback that had the seemingly ever-nude Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) forced by a group of hit men to choose between saving the life of his beloved progeny, Pam, over his current human paramour.
In the present day, Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) uses the fact that the villainous Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp) survived the season 6 finale to motivate Eric out of his Hep-V-infected funk and on a vindictive mission of revenge that ends with the former pastor's wife hiding in a wine cellar as her yogi (and bed partner) is murdered by the same hit men Eric met back in 1986.
And there is murder in Bon Temps as well.
While fairy-blooded Sookie (Anna Paquin) successfully recruits Bill (Stephen Moyer) to help her serve as bait to attract the pack of infected vampires who have been terrorizing their town, the mob of human townspeople prove they can be even more frightening – and just as deadly.
Mayor Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) is the first to run across the newly armed mob. After they kill his vampire companion, Sam is forced to shift into an owl to escape their oncoming bullets. Later, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) is shot in the shoulder by Hoyt Fortenberry's mother Maxine (Dale Raoul) and in return, Violet (Karolina Wydra) pulls out Maxine's intestines, effectively ending the life of the opinionated blonde.
Having a decidedly more relaxing night, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and James (Nathan Parsons) spend the evening getting high. James admits he is attracted to Lafayette but the vampire's deteriorating relationship with Jessica stops him from acting on his feelings.
Back in the wilderness, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) is confused as to why Jessica is not healing as vampires should, but they continue along with Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) to find Sookie, who is sitting in the middle of a clearing and reminiscing with Bill about their early days together while they wait for the infected vampires to find her.
Sookie is eventually found by Holly (Lauren Bowles), who is being used by the pack of infected vampires as a snack while they hunt for more humans. But along with Holly comes the infected pack. Bill attempts to intervene but is held back by silver chains and is about to be staked when the four-legged cavalry arrives in the form of Sam and Alcide (Joe Manganiello).
With the infected vampires dealt with, the group turn their attention to caring for Sookie, who is covered in infected blood. While Violet helps her wash off in a nearby brook, gunshots are heard from the clearing and Sookie returns to find Alcide shot by two members of the human mob.
Jessica offers to turn Alcide into a vampire but Sookie declines and simply holds her werewolf boyfriend as the rest look on.
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A group of clergy members returned to Milwaukee on Thursday after urging action on the fiscal cliff in Washington.
The pastors took part in a prayer vigil and called on Congress and President Barack Obama to come to an agreement so the nation can move forward.
"We just wanted to let people know our opinion that the elections are over. People of the U.S. want to focus on immigration, jobs, transportation, things that get this country moving again," the Rev. Willie Brisco said.
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Towards the end of last week, there were rumors going around that Rupert attended Play.com Live at Wembley Stadium in London.
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LOCKPORT – Patrick J. Murtha, who served four years in federal prison in the wake of a 1999 cocaine arrest, faces a maximum of eight years in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday to illegally selling prescription painkillers.
Murtha, 37, of Ridge Road, Lackawanna, admitted to attempted third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and was scheduled for sentencing May 24 by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.
Murtha was charged with selling oxymorphone in Cambria June 10 and 11. Murtha said he is 85 percent disabled because of a back injury that he said occurred while moving a 55-gallon drum at work in 2009.