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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released
its 2009 State
of the Climate report,
and found that the past nine years (between 2000 and 2009) have seen
the warmest temperatures since the beginning of modern temperature
records, and concluded that global
warming is undeniable.
report included research on 48 countries conducted by more than 300
scientists using 700 weather stations. According to the report, the
year's 2000 to 2009 were warmer than the 1990's, and the 1990's were
warmer than the 1980's. In addition, each consecutive year from 2000
to 2009 was hotter than the year before.
the 1960's, there has been an average surface air temperature rise of
0.6 degrees. While this may seem small, the scientists
noticed warming
climate effects in the increased sea level and humidity,
declining glaciers, snow and sea ice and increased lower atmospheric
and land temperatures. Signs of warming has also been found as far as
two kilometers down below surface in the oceans, since, according to
the report, 90 percent of warming has been absorbed by the Earth's
be fooled by anyone telling you that global warming is caused by the
urban heat island effect or problems with thermometers - the
satellite data don't suffer from these issues," said Neville
Nicholls, president of the Australian Meteorological and
Oceanographic Society. Nicholls also noted that since the satellite
record began in 1979, the warming trend has been "identical"
for thermometer and satellite data.
in particular, was hit by three noteworthy heat waves in 2009. These
occurred in the months of January, August and November. January's
heat wave claimed
hundreds of lives due to the heat and brushfires. August's
broke heat records, and November's caused the city of Adelaide to
witness eight consecutive days above 35 degrees.
warming continues to show its presence, cold spells are still
expected to arise occasionally, but not often, according to the
mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S. was extremely cold and snowy,"
the report stated. "At the same time, other regions were
unusually warm and the globe as a whole had one of the warmest
winters on record."
this new report from the NOAA represents their firm
stand on the side of global warming,not
all scientists are pro warming. According to a report from
the Canada Free Press, 31,486 Americans with science degrees (9,029
PhD, 7,157 MS, 2,586 MD and DVM and 12,714 BS or equivalent) have
"signed on" with the Global Warming Petition Project, which
sends the message that "the human-caused global warming
hypothesis is without scientific validity."
quote: What's important is what we're doing to combat the problem, regardless of cause.
quote: If it's not caused by human activity, then there is very little chance that we have any mechanism to combat it.
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LAHAINA - The Illinois basketball team came to the Valley Isle unranked, underappreciated - and undaunted.
With a no-doubt-about-it run through the EA Sports Maui Invitational, the Illini know what they are all about. Butler does, too, after Illinois dispatched the Bulldogs 78-61 in Wednesday night's championship game at the Lahaina Civic Center.
"I need to take a deep breath," Illinois coach John Groce said as he sat down to meet the media. "Obviously, we feel extremely privileged and honored to win such a prestigious tournament. I carried the trophy with the guys up to the locker room. You see the names that are on that trophy, and it really puts it in perspective."
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Myke Henry (left) and Nnanna Egwu celebrate with the Wayne Duke Trophy after Illinois defeated Butler on Wednesday in the EA Sports Maui Invitational title game at the Lahaina Civic Center.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Illini coach John Groce watches the second half of his team's 78-61 victory.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Illinois is the first Maui Invitational champion from the Big Ten since 2002.
The Maui News/ MATTHEW THAYER photo
Illinois' D.J. Richardson shoots as Butler's Kellen Dunham defends.
The Maui News/ MATTHEW THAYER photo
The Bulldogs' Khyle Marshall throws down a dunk.
The Maui News/ MATTHEW THAYER photo
Butler's Rotnei Clarke goes to the hoop in front of Richardson.
The Maui News/ MATTHEW THAYER photo
Illinois (6-0) ran through Southern California, Chaminade and Butler (3-2) by a combined score of 256-186. The closest call was the title game, and the 23.3-point average margin of victory is the largest in the event since North Carolina romped through the field by 29.7 points in 2008 - the Tar Heels won the NCAA title that season.
Brandon Paul, the tournament's Most Valuable Player, scored 20 points in the final, and three teammates reached double figures as well - Tracy Abrams added 17 points, while D.J. Richardson and Tyler Griffey each had 14. Richardson, a 6-foot-3 guard, also had nine rebounds.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Griffey midway through the second half in the middle of a 10-0 run lifted the Illini to a 59-44 lead with 8 minutes, 5 seconds left. Griffey is a 6-foot-9, 220-pound post player, and Butler left him unguarded when he drifted away from the basket.
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Maui Invitational Champions
2008-North Carolina
2004-North Carolina
1999-North Carolina
1994-Arizona St.
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"In the second half we really stayed home and went away from our core system quite a bit," said Bulldogs coach Brad Stevens. "It got us back in the game until Griffey hit those two 3s."
A 3-pointer by Rotnei Clarke got Butler within 49-44 with 12:26 left before Griffey hit the daggers. Griffey was 4-for-5 on 3-pointers in the game, and missed his only shot inside the arc.
"Well, I missed my first one and coach (Dustin) Ford, our assistant coach, came up to me and put me back in the game," Griffey said. "He said, 'Don't hesitate. If you hesitate, you're coming out.' I said, 'OK, coach.' "
After the 10-0 run, Butler would not get closer than nine the rest of the way. Clarke finished with 27 points on 10-for-19 shooting, but the Bulldogs' second-leading scorer was Khyle Marshall with eight.
"We were just trying to do whatever we could to get going," said Clarke, who like Richardson was on the all-tournament team. "Whether that was me being aggressive or trying to get to the hole or scoring a little bit or other guys scoring. We were just trying to get into a groove and get something going."
That never developed - the rest of the Bulldogs combined to shoot 12-for-42 (28.6 percent).
Stevens said he was not concerned that Clarke, the point guard who starts every Butler possession when he is on the floor, took eight more shots than any of his teammates and finished with one assist and five turnovers.
"If he's not feeling it he's got the same green light," Stevens said. "Here's why: I think there aren't five guys that have played college basketball in the last 10 years that have put in as much time as him. So, he deserves to shoot as much as he wants."
Groce is the first coach to win a Maui title in his first year at a school since Dayton won under Brian Gregory in 2003. Groce also became the first Illinois coach to win his first six games since Harry Combes opened 7-0 in 1947.
Groce said the dominance started with defense Wednesday night.
"We got a lot of stops and we were out running," Groce said. "I thought the start of the second half Butler made a lot of adjustments in terms of trying to take advantage of stuff with ball screens and stuff like that. I thought we were taking the ball out of the net too much to start the second half. We weren't able to get out and run. But once we started getting more stops, which we were able to string them together midway through the second half, I thought we were able to get running again."
The Illini ended the fourth-longest title drought among the major conferences - the Big Ten had not produced a Maui champion since Indiana won in 2002.
Illinois did not trail at any point on Maui this year - the only tie Wednesday was at 2-2.
Groce wasn't hearing any talk of a preseason media poll that picked the Illini ninth in the Big Ten.
"I didn't know that," the coach deadpanned.
Griffey immediately chimed in, "We don't look at that. Final rankings are the ones that matter. Sorry to be blunt."
Groce said that a win in a tournament like this has been a long time coming for the team's veterans.
"Obviously, it's a great start and I'm happy for these guys," he said. "These guys have been through a lot, especially the seniors - Tyler and Brandon and D.J.; and Sam (McLaurin, a transfer from Coastal Carolina) has been a tremendous addition to our class of seniors as well. So, I'm happy for those guys, really happy for Illini Nation."
The raucous Illinois crowd didn't sit down for most of the last half of the game.
"I had no idea we sold that many (tickets)," Groce said. "It was unbelievable the turnout we had. Tremendous support from our fans, so we're blessed and thankful for that."
Stevens said Illinois has something special going on.
"It is very, very rarely when you have a new coach come in and the pieces fit to that system this well," Stevens said. "It is so perfect. The way John likes to play, the way they spread the floor with four shooters, and the way that they can shoot the ball. Anybody that thinks that is a middle-of-the-pack Big Ten team, I would argue with because they will go on a bunch of 9-0 runs this year and end games."
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Jones 3-6 1-3 7, Marshall 3-9 2-3 8, Smith 1-4 0-0 2, Clarke 10-19 1-2 27, Dunham 1-11 2-2 4, Smeathers 1-2 0-0 3, Morgan 0-1 3-4 3, Barlow 0-0 1-2 1, Fromm 3-4 0-0 6, Aldridge 0-0 0-0 0, El. Kampen 0-0 0-0 0, Em. Kampen 0-0 0-0 0, Woods 0-2 0-1 0, Stigall 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 10-17 61.
Griffey 4-6 2-2 14, Egwu 2-3 2-2 6, Richardson 5-11 2-2 14, Paul 6-13 6-6 20, Abrams 5-9 6-6 17, McLaurin 1-4 2-3 4, Bertrand 0-1 0-0 0, LaTulip 0-0 0-0 0, Shaw 0-0 0-0 0, Henry 1-3 0-0 3, Langford 0-0 0-0 0, Djimde 0-0 0-0 0, Berardini 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 20-21 78.
Halftime-Illinois 39-28. 3-Point Goals-Butler 7-28 (Clarke 6-13, Smeathers 1-2, Smith 0-1, Morgan 0-1, Stigall 0-2, Dunham 0-9), Illinois 10-25 (Griffey 4-5, Paul 2-7, Richardson 2-7, Abrams 1-2, Henry 1-3, Bertrand 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Butler 37 (Woods 8), Illinois 31 (Richardson 9). Assists-Butler 11 (Jones 3), Illinois 11 (Paul, Richardson 4). Total Fouls-Butler 17, Illinois 19. A-2,400.


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We spent most of our morning and early afternoon at the park. Ivy had her first swing ride and I also did some more experimenting with the woven wrap (woowoomama's didymos). This is my make-shift version of the front wrap cross carry... I tied it on too loose and the shoulders are probably wrong but I just kept wrapping and tucking until she felt all secure and in the right spot. And she was very fast asleep.
(Jaymi met us at the park and was kind to snap the pictures!)
I am getting really excited about a little project I put my blog friend Kim (Prairie Mama) to work on. I was simplifying my closet recently and had a few t-shirts that I know I'll never be able to wear again but I just couldn't part with. So I had the idea to make them into outfits for Ivy... I can't wait to see what Kim comes up with! (She's already sent me teaser emails!) I took a before pic and will for sure share the final pieces, with Ivy modeling, of course.
By the way, Kim just had to delete her Twitter account and start a whole new one, so please be sure you are following her now: @prairiemama .
I'm still enjoying the great response to Monday's post about my family size. Another blog friend, Kalee at Un Vie Chic just posted about wanting to start with child #1 and is looking for your tips on how to even begin to plan for that first baby. Could you stop by and encourage her with your tips?
Oh! And very important- I'll plan to do a link up this Friday so that we all can share our babywearing stash- this time around I think I'll just be featuring the carriers that I use right now, but who knows. They're all so pretty I might just photograph them all! Please play along and come back here Friday to link up. (Even if you only have one you really love, we want to see it!)
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quote: Obama is pretty much doing the exact same thing with drones as Bush - let the CIA and DoD kill bad people in lawless lands that we don't want to invade
quote: You keep forgetting that drones have been in use since Clinton. They are just getting more press coverage because the Right can't seem to find anything else to complain about.
quote: The public has the same kind of fascination with drones as they did with our nuclear umbrella in the 80s and precision munitions and night vision in the 90s. Drones and stealth are the 'cool military toys' of the age.
quote: Do those "bad people" include civilians? If so, why is the Pentagon paying grief payments for these "bad people" (or "bad civilians"?) deaths?
quote: I know there's reasonable people on both sides of the aisle, my intention was not to blast "Party Democrats", but rather to suggest that there's unreasonable people (on both sides of the aisle) who baffingly see no harm in warrantless killing of Americans and other unconstitutional actions.
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Without question, there will be tremendous discussion about the medical evaluation of former South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore this week at the NFL Combine. Is his knee stable? Can he perform at an elite level after a multi-ligament knee injury?
Opinions of NFL team doctors on those questions are likely to differ. But Walter Stewart's medical evaluation might stir even more debate than Lattimore's.
As a senior last fall, Stewart was the captain of the Cincinnati Bearcats. Coaches described him as a defensive star on the field and a leader off of it. But an injury on the fourth play of a game against Fordham changed his career, even though he played the rest of the game.
X-rays taken later revealed an abnormality in one level of the cervical spine in his neck. Stewart had been born without part of the C1 vertebra. The University of Cincinnati team doctor gave Stewart the devastating news. He would never play football again.
Until that fateful meeting with his college team doctor, scouts felt that Stewart was almost certain to be selected in the NFL draft. Now a condition he never knew he had threatened to keep him from ever playing football again.
Dr. John Glaser, an orthopaedic spine surgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina, said defects of the spine aren't that uncommon. While a bony deficiency at C1 might be very rare, there likely are players in the NFL with congenital spine abnormalities who have no symptoms from them.
Dr. Glaser says that Stewart's risk of suffering a spinal cord injury is low. Most of the stability of the upper levels of the cervical spine comes from the ligaments in the front of the vertebrae. Stewart was born without the posterior arch on the back of the C1 vertebra.
Orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons seem to disagree, however, on the risk he would be taking on the football field. Stewart sought the opinions of seven other doctors. According to Jeff Darlington of NFL.com, the opinions of those doctors differed greatly.
One of the NFL team doctors he visited reportedly told him that he would tell his team not to draft Stewart. Another NFL doctor told him that he would have no concerns if his team did select Stewart.
The medical evaluation process at the NFL Combine is an extremely complex one. Team doctors thoroughly review operative reports, X-rays, and MRIs. They perform a comprehensive history and physical exam. They make every effort to determine if a player's prior injuries will impair his performance in the future.
In Stewart's case, it is a condition he has had since birth, not an injury he suffered, that will have some of these doctors worried. No doubt many of them will advise their teams' coaches and management not to select him.
Much is at stake with every pick an NFL team makes. If a team's doctors say a player is low risk and then that player struggles with injuries, the team might spend millions on a player sitting on the sidelines.
The risk for NFL teams in drafting Stewart might be greater than money or wins. A blow to his helmet or upper body could potentially cause a catastrophic spinal cord injury. The likelihood of that happening seems to be the essential question.
"Right now, my goal is to get to the combine healthy and be ready to compete with the top guys in the nation," Stewart told NFL.com. "Hopefully, someone will give me my shot."
Ultimately, Stewart won't need to convince every NFL team doctor that he is fit to play. Only one team must believe that there is little risk of catastrophic injury.
Dr. Glaser echoes the fears that many NFL team doctors will have about Stewart's future in football. "The risk is low, but it would be terrible if it happened."
Dr. David Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. For more information about football injuries and other sports medicine topics, go to Dr. Geier's blog at drdavidgeier.com.


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And I'm already thinking, what am I going to do with it then? Am I going to stay in the classroom? Am I going to seek teacher education opportunities? What am I going to do with that? I'm late in my career but I've still got dreams and I've still got passion and I've still got opportunities in front of me that are going to keep me going for a few more years yet. And I'm grateful for that.
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The Porsche Cayenne will be getting a mid-cycle refresh for 2014, and as Motor Trend reports, this will include a new plug-in hybrid version of the popular SUV. The formula for making this new hybrid system is fairly simple, as Porsche already makes a traditional hybrid version of the Cayenne. For the plug-in, which will be known as an e-Hybrid, the batteries will be enlarged and a more powerful electric motor will be used. An e-Hybrid version of the Panamera is also expected to follow.
In electric mode, the Cayenne will make 95 to 100 horsepower. That's enough to get you around town, albeit not that quickly. When you need to get up to highway speeds, the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 will turn on and kick the horsepower up to about 420. There is no word yet on what the range will be in electric-only mode, but we're assured that it will be more than 15 miles, more than that of the Prius plug-in. Since the electric motor is located between the engine and the transmission, four-wheel-drive will still be available in electric mode.
The Cayenne e-Hybrid will also be the platform for the production debut of Porsche's e-charge system. This is a driver-selectable system which will increase the output from the gasoline engine for a short period to recharge the battery. Porsche's thinking in this is that you can use it as you're approaching your exit on the highway and have the gasoline engine on anyway. That way you can pull off the highway and into the stop-and-go traffic with a fully charged battery, and can simply switch off the gasoline power plant. There will of course also be a smartphone app which will allow you to monitor charging and turn on the climate controls remotely.
There is also a new 4.1-liter twin-turbo V8 diesel that has just been added to the Cayenne's engine lineup for Europe. The new engine produces 377 horsepower and 627lb-ft of torque, which is considerably more than the old 5.0-liter V10 diesel which VW used in the Cayenne's platform-mate, the Touareg, to tow a 747. So this would be the new preferred engine for towing with this platform, and it might even make it over to the US. Porsche says the engine would be fairly easy to convert for US emissions, but if we do get it, it would likely happen at the same time that we get the e-Hybrid.


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Authorities in New Smyrna Beach are looking for five people involved in an early morning robbery at TK's Right Stop.
A store clerk said five people in a dark-colored vehicle pulled up to the North Dixie Freeway store about 3 a.m. Two of them got out of the vehicle and entered the store.
A verbal argument between the clerk and two of the suspects turned physical. One of the men involved held the clerk down while a woman jumped over the counter and took a cash box. It appears as if she knew exactly where the box was.
Police said one of the men, a muscular white male between 30 and 35 years old, is known to the victim as Joe. The woman, who is white and about 30 to 35 years old, is known to him as Heather.
Three other men ranging in age from 20 to 40 were also involved, officials said.
Police said it's the third time the store has been robbed in 18 months, and this time detectives believe the motive was drugs.
"A lot of people are trying to feed that drug habit," said New Smyrna Beach police Sgt. Eugene Griffith.
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Oct. 8
Four Saint Vincent College and Archabbey employees were honored for 25 years of service at a luncheon for all employees at the Fred M. Rogers Center on October 3. Honored were Lawrence Hendrick of Ligonier, director of the facilities management office; Terry Noel of Latrobe, fire chief in the public safety office and purchasing in the business office; Patricia Shirey of Greensburg, emergency telecommunications operator in the office of public safety; and Dr. Susan Walker of Greensburg, associate professor of psychology in the school of social sciences, communication and education. The luncheon was hosted by Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president, who also made remarks.
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Author Affiliations: Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden (Drs Ruiz, Ortega, and Sjöström); Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain (Dr Labayen); Department of Physiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale Unit 744, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université Lille Nord de France, and Université Droit et Santé de Lille (Drs Legry, Dallongeville, Bokor, and Meirhaeghe) and Department of Medicine, University of Lille, and Department of Pediatrics, Jeanne de Flandre Children's University Hospital (Dr Gottrand), Lille, France; Growth, Exercise, Nutrition, and Development Research Group, University School of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain (Dr Moreno); Immunonutrition Research Group, Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío, Institute of Food Science, Technology, and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain (Mr Martínez-Gómez); Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece (Dr Manios); National Research Institute for Food and Nutrition, Roma, Italy (Dr Ciarapica); Department of Public Health, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (Dr De Henauw); and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary (Dr Molnár).
To examine whether physical activity attenuates the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on body fat estimates in adolescents.
Cross-sectional study.
Athens, Greece; Dortmund, Germany; Ghent, Belgium; Heraklion, Greece; Lille, France; Pécs, Hungary; Rome, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Vienna, Austria; and Zaragoza, Spain, from October 2006 to December 2007.
Adolescents from the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study (n = 752).
Main Exposure
Physical activity.
Main Outcome Measures
The FTO rs9939609 polymorphism was genotyped. Physical activity was assessed by accelerometry. We measured weight, height, waist circumference, and triceps and subscapular skinfolds; body mass index (BMI [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) and body fat percentage were calculated.
The A allele of the FTO polymorphism was significantly associated with higher BMI (+0.42 per risk allele), higher body fat percentage (+1.03% per risk allele), and higher waist circumference (+0.85 cm per risk allele). We detected significant or borderline gene × physical activity interactions for the studied body fat estimates (for interaction, P = .02, .06, and .10 for BMI, body fat percentage, and waist circumference, respectively). Indeed, the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on these body fat parameters was much lower in adolescents who met the daily physical activity recommendations (ie, ≥60 min/d of moderate to vigorous physical activity) compared with those who did not: +0.17 vs +0.65 per risk allele in BMI, respectively; +0.40% vs +1.70% per risk allele in body fat percentage, respectively; and +0.60 vs +1.15 cm per risk allele in waist circumference, respectively.
Adolescents meeting the daily physical activity recommendations may overcome the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on obesity-related traits.
There is compelling evidence that human obesity is a multifactorial disorder where both genes1,2 and lifestyle factors, including diet and physical activity,3,4 are important contributors. Among the obesity-related genes, polymorphisms in the fat mass– and obesity-associated gene (FTO) are strongly associated with body fat estimates in populations of different ethnic backgrounds or ages.5- 10 It was estimated that each copy of the FTO rs9939609 minor allele (ie, A allele) corresponds to approximately 1.5-kg–heavier body weight, and the prevalence of this risk allele in white individuals is around 40%.6
Several studies suggested that the deleterious effect of the FTO polymorphism could be attenuated by physical activity,11- 13 whereas others were not able to show such effect.14- 16 These studies were mainly focused on adult populations and all assessed physical activity by means of self-reported questionnaires. One study in 438 adolescents aged 15 years failed to detect an interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and self-reported physical activity.16
The US Department of Health and Human Services recently released physical activity guidelines for youth.17 They suggested that children and adolescents should participate in physical activity for 60 min/d or longer, and most of the activity should be of moderate to vigorous intensity.
The goals of our study were to investigate the interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and physical activity objectively assessed by accelerometry on body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, and waist circumference and to assess whether meeting the daily physical activity recommendations could abolish the deleterious effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on body fat estimates in a cohort of European adolescents.
Adolescents were part of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study (HELENA-CSS). The HELENA-CSS was designed to obtain reliable and comparable data on nutrition and health-related parameters of a sample of European adolescents.18,19 A total of 3865 adolescents were recruited between October 2006 and December 2007. Adolescents were randomly selected from schools using a proportional cluster sampling taking into account geographical distribution in each city, private/public school ratio, and number of classes by school. One-third of the classes were randomly selected for blood collection, resulting in a total of 1155 blood samples for the subsequent clinical biochemistry assays and genetic analyses. Among these participants, 752 adolescents (413 girls) with data on FTO rs9939609, BMI, and physical activity were included in this study (namely, the final sample). The 2 samples (the "blood" sample and the "final" sample) were similar in terms of genotype frequencies (TT: 37.9 vs 36.6, respectively; TA: 45.5 vs 47.1, respectively; and AA: 16.7 vs 16.4, respectively; P = .87) and levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (mean [SD], 45.6 [17.7] vs 40.4 [14.0] min/d, respectively; P = .41), whereas the BMIs were different (mean [SD], 22.7 [5.6] vs 21.7 [6.8], respectively; P < .001). After receiving complete information about the aims and methods of the study, all adolescents and their parents or guardians were fully informed and signed an informed written consent. All participants met the general HELENA-CSS inclusion criteria.18,19 The study was performed following the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki 1961 (revision of Edinburgh 2000), Good Clinical Practice, and legislation about clinical research in humans in each of the participating countries. The protocol was approved by the corresponding local human research review committees of the centers involved.20
Weight and height were measured following standard procedures,21 and BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Waist circumference was measured in triplicate at the midpoint between the superior iliac spine and the costal edge in the midaxillary line with an anthropometric unelastic tape (SECA 200; Seca Deutschland, Hamburg, Germany) and was used as a surrogate measure of central body fat. It was recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm. Skinfold thickness was measured to the nearest 0.2 mm in triplicate on the left side at the biceps, triceps, subscapularis, suprailium, thigh, and medial calf with a Holtain Caliper (Holtain Ltd, Crymmych, Wales).21 Body fat percentage was calculated from skinfold thicknesses (triceps and subscapularis) using the equations by Slaughter et al.22
Pubertal stage was recorded by a trained researcher of the same sex as the child, according to Tanner and Whitehouse23 and as described elsewhere.24
Physical activity was assessed during 7 consecutive days with a uniaxial accelerometer (GT1M; ActiGraph, Pensacola, Florida) attached to the lower back. Adolescents were instructed to wear the accelerometer during all time awake and to remove it only during water-based activities. At least 3 days of recording with a minimum of 8 hours registered per day was set as an inclusion criterion. The time-sampling interval (epoch) was set at 15 seconds.25 We calculated the time engaged in at least moderate physical activity (≥3 metabolic equivalents) based on a standardized cutoff of 2000 counts/min or more. Moderate to vigorous physical activity was dichotomized into less than 60 min/d and 60 min/d or longer.17,26
The FTO rs9939609 genotyping was done by an Illumina system (Illumina, Inc, San Diego, California) using the GoldenGate technology (GoldenGate Software, Inc, San Francisco, California). The genotyping success rate was 100%. The genotype distribution respected Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P = .56).
The genotypes were coded as an ordinal variable (ie, 0 = TT, 1 = TA, 2 = AA). We analyzed the differences in body fat estimates (BMI, body fat percentage, and waist circumference) between the 3 FTO rs9939609 genotypes with an additive model using a mixed-effects linear regression model with random intercept allowing the center effects to be random and with age and sex as potential confounders (fixed effects). To test for the existence of an interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and moderate to vigorous physical activity (<60 min/d and ≥60 min/d) on body fat estimates (BMI, body fat percentage, and waist circumference), we used the same model but added the cross-product term FTO × physical activity. Finally, we repeated the analyses stratified by moderate to vigorous physical activity categories (<60 min/d and ≥60 min/d of moderate to vigorous physical activity).
Analyses were performed using SPSS version 16.0 statistical software for Windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois). The level of significance was set to .05 for all but the interaction effect, which was considered to .10.
Characteristics of the study sample are shown in the Table. Genotype frequencies were 275 (0.37%), 354 (0.47%), and 123 (0.16%) for the TT, TA, and AA genotypes, respectively.
We observed that the minor A allele of the FTO polymorphism was significantly associated with higher BMI (+0.42 per risk allele; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.10 to 0.75; P = .01), higher body fat percentage (+1.03% per risk allele; 95% CI, 0.19 to 1.88; P = .02), and higher waist circumference (+0.85 cm per risk allele; 95% CI, 0.04 to 1.66; P = .04) after adjusting for age, sex, and center (Figure 1).
Association between the FTO polymorphism rs9939609 and mean body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), body fat percentage, and waist circumference. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Values are adjusted for center, sex, and age.
We did not observe significant differences among the FTO genotypes in time spent participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity (mean [SD], 61.2 [24.1], 57.1 [23.2], and 60.1 [24.3] min/d for the TT, TA, and AA genotypes, respectively; P = .54). We observed significant interactions between the FTO polymorphism and physical activity (<60 and ≥60 min/d of moderate to vigorous physical activity) when considering BMI (for interaction, P = .02), body fat percentage (for interaction, P = .06), or waist circumference (for interaction, P = .10). Indeed, in those adolescents who spent less than 60 min/d participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity (n = 441 [59%]), the A allele of the FTO polymorphism was significantly associated with higher BMI (+0.65 per risk allele; 95% CI, 0.21 to 1.10; P = .005), higher body fat percentage (+1.70% per risk allele; 95% CI, 0.58 to 2.81; P = .003), and higher waist circumference (+1.15 cm per risk allele; 95% CI, 0.04 to 2.26; P = .04) after adjusting for center, sex, and age (Figure 2). In contrast, in those adolescents who spent at least 60 min/d participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity (n = 311), the A allele of the FTO polymorphism was not associated with higher BMI (+0.17 per risk allele; 95% CI, −0.31 to 0.66; P = .48), body fat percentage (+0.40% per risk allele; 95% CI, −0.92 to 1.73; P = .56), or waist circumference (+0.60 cm per risk allele; 95% CI, −0.63 to 1.82; P = .34) after adjusting for center, sex, and age (Figure 2).
Interaction effect between the FTO polymorphism rs9939609 and levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (<60 min/d vs ≥60 min/d) on mean body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), body fat percentage, and waist circumference. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Values are adjusted for center, sex, and age.
The results were similar in boys and girls and were similar when we adjusted for pubertal status instead of age (data not shown). Likewise, the results did not change after further adjusting for height squared in those models where waist circumference was involved (data not shown).
As expected, the minor A allele of rs9939609 was associated with higher levels of BMI, body fat percentage, and waist circumference in our adolescent population. We observed a gene × physical activity interaction for all of the study's body fat estimates, and the stratified analyses (<60 and ≥60 min/d of moderate to vigorous physical activity) revealed that the minor A allele was not associated with BMI, body fat percentage, or waist circumference in those adolescents who spent at least 60 min/d participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity. These findings have important public health implications and indicate that meeting the physical activity recommendations may offset the genetic predisposition to obesity associated with the FTO polymorphism in adolescents.
The results of this study are consistent with the findings of previous studies showing an association between FTO polymorphisms and obesity-related traits in different ethnic populations in adults, adolescents, or children.5- 10 Further, we confirm that the association between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and adiposity estimates was attenuated once we took into account the levels of physical activity assessed by accelerometry.
To our knowledge, our study is the first to report an interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and physical activity level on adiposity indices using objectively assessed physical activity in adolescents. Indeed, this study replicates previous findings of gene × physical activity interaction in adults.11- 13 Vimaleswaran et al11 reported an interaction between the FTO rs1121980 polymorphism and self-reported physical activity on BMI (P = .004) and waist circumference (P = .02) in 20 374 adults from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition–Norfolk Study. They showed a reduced but still significant (P < .001) effect of the FTO rs1121980 polymorphism on both BMI (+0.25 per risk allele) and waist circumference (+0.64 cm per risk allele) in physically active individuals compared with the inactive group (BMI, +0.44 per risk allele; waist circumference, +1.04 cm per risk allele). A similar effect size was observed in the Inter99 study composed of 5554 middle-aged Danish individuals.12 Andreasen et al12 also found an interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and self-reported physical activity (for interaction, P = .007). Rampersaud et al13 observed an interaction between the FTO rs1861868 polymorphism and objectively assessed physical activity (for interaction, P = .01) in 704 Old Order Amish individuals. They reported that the increase per risk allele in BMI was attenuated in individuals in the upper half of the physical activity distribution (+0.30 per risk allele) compared with individuals within the lower half of the physical activity distribution (+1.12 per risk allele). Despite participants' differences in age and ethnicity, the effect sizes observed in our study are similar to those reported previously.
Our findings do not concur, however, with other studies that failed to observe an interaction between the FTO polymorphism and physical activity.14- 16 For example, Hakanen et al16 found no interaction between the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism and leisure-time physical activity in 438 Finnish adolescents aged 15 years. It is worth noting that most of the earlier-mentioned studies11- 16 assessed physical activity by a self-reported questionnaire, whereas we assessed physical activity by an objective method (ie, accelerometry). It is known that the assessment of physical activity by questionnaire may have lower accuracy, especially in young people.27,28 In epidemiologic research, self-reported questionnaires are common tools to assess physical activity level because they are easy to use and inexpensive. However, the sporadic nature of youths' physical activity makes these activities difficult to recall, quantify, and categorize. Also, youths have a lesser ability to accurately recall intensity, frequency, and especially duration of the activities.27
Findings from our study should be taken with caution owing to its cross-sectional nature. Lifestyle intervention studies in adolescents are needed to determine to what extent the effect of FTO on obesity-related traits can be modified, especially in genetically predisposed individuals. Findings from lifestyle intervention studies in adults are promising. Franks et al29 reported that the genetic (FTO rs9939609 polymorphism) effect on subcutaneous adipose tissue gain tended to be attenuated (P = .05) after a 1-year program of intensive lifestyle intervention.
In conclusion, our results suggest that physical activity can ameliorate the deleterious effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on body fat estimates in adolescents. Indeed, adolescents meeting the daily physical activity recommendations may overcome the effect of this gene on obesity-related traits.
Correspondence: Jonatan R. Ruiz, PhD, Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Hälsovägen 7-9, SE-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: November 17, 2009.
Author Contributions: Dr Ruiz had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Ruiz, Dallongeville, Gottrand, De Henauw, and Sjöström. Acquisition of data: Ruiz, Ciarapica, Gottrand, Molnár, and Sjöström. Analysis and interpretation of data: Ruiz, Labayen, Ortega, Legry, Moreno, Dallongeville, Martínez-Gómez, Bokor, Manios, Sjöström, and Meirhaeghe. Drafting of the manuscript: Ruiz, Ciarapica, Sjöström, and Meirhaeghe. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Ruiz, Labayen, Ortega, Legry, Moreno, Dallongeville, Martínez-Gómez, Bokor, Manios, Gottrand, De Henauw, Molnár, and Sjöström. Statistical analysis: Ruiz, Legry, Dallongeville, and Meirhaeghe. Obtained funding: Ruiz, Moreno, Dallongeville, De Henauw, and Sjöström. Administrative, technical, and material support: Labayen, Ortega, Moreno, Gottrand, De Henauw, and Sjöström. Study supervision: Ruiz, Dallongeville, Molnár, Sjöström, and Meirhaeghe.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: The HELENA Study is supported by contract FOOD-CT-2005-007034 from the European Community Sixth RTD Framework Programme. This study is also supported by grants EX-2007-1124, EX-2008-0641, and AP2006-02464 from the Spanish Ministry of Education, grant RD08/0072 from the Maternal, Child Health, and Development Network of the Spanish Ministry of Health, the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, and the ALPHA study (a European Union–funded study in the framework of the Public Health Programme [reference number 2006120]).
Disclaimer: The content of this article reflects only the authors' views. The additional HELENA Study Group members are not responsible for the content, and the European Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.
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The older of my two sons came home last month on the night that the United States national soccer team was playing an important game.
However, it wasn't so important that it was going to be on a major cable sports network.
A former All-Western New York soccer player who still plays the sport recreationally in his late 20s, my son said the game was on an obscure cable channel. He added that he was sure that I didn't get it, which meant he had to go to a bar to watch it with a buddy.
If that seems just like an excuse to go to a bar, then you might not remember that 20-somethings don't need any excuses. Certainly not my son, anyway.
So I drove him to the bar like any responsible parent, returned home and went through my cable guide only to discover that I actually could get the channel – something called beIN – for a monthly fee that was less than two beers at a local pub. It is on channel 179, as any soccer fan probably knows.
It turned out my son and his friend couldn't get in the bar because it was overcrowded with soccer fans. Then his buddy told him that he got beIN at home anyway and they walked a few blocks there to watch the game.
In the few hours before I picked up my son, I got to thinking about the number of cable channels that even a television critic doesn't realize are on the local system, why they are there, and why we have to pay for them even if the U.S. has a better chance of winning the World Cup than I would have of watching many of those channels.
I know the answer to why we have to pay for the channels we don't watch, rather than pay a la carte for those that we do watch. The cable industry's long-held position is that if subscribers get to pick the channels they pay for, the great majority of cable channels will disappear because the little guys won't get enough subscriber fees to survive.
The argument makes sense even if it costs subscribers a significant amount of dollars monthly. Many of the channels I want to see probably differ from the channels my neighbors want to see.
The subscribers I really feel badly for are the ones paying a hefty monthly price for all the ESPN channels even if they have zero interest in sports. ESPN uses all that dough to buy the rights to more sports events, such as Wimbledon, NFL games, major league baseball games, NBA games and the most popular college sports games that we used to be able to see for free on the broadcast networks.
It does take some time to get used to having the big sports events on cable. Even I initially looked for "Breakfast at Wimbledon" last weekend on NBC before realizing that ship had sailed over to ESPN. After Sunday's finale in which Scotland's Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year-old Wimbledon drought in men's singles, I had a little time on my hands and got bored.
So I decided to do something I never do – search the entire channel guide for channels I rarely look at or knew even existed.
I've heard from cable experts over the years that the average American watches only about 20 or 30 cable channels. I'm average with an asterisk. As a critic, I get a lot of DVDs from channels I couldn't find on cable.
To be honest, I couldn't have found G4 before South Buffalo native Patrick Hall appeared on "America's Ninja Warrior" last Sunday. I thought G4 had something to do with bingo. G4 is on channel 129 on Time Warner, 767 in HD.
I couldn't have found the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on 105 and on 899 in HD before Lance Armstrong decided to confess to her a while back. And I couldn't have found the Discovery Channel HD on Channel 738 before Nik Wallenda's walk over a gorge near the Grand Canyon a few weeks ago.
I hadn't realized that TWC carries two Spanish channels, Univision on Channel 38 and Telemundo on Channel 60.
Raise your hand if you knew that something called Russian Television is on Channel 194. I'm of Russian descent and I didn't know. I turned it on for a minute and discovered the people on the channel talk in English.
There also is Jewish Life on Channel 178, which shouldn't be confused with Jewelry Television on Channel 193.
We also get a New York City channel, NY1, on channel 100 and in HD on Channel 700. I'm familiar with TWC's downstate version of YNN because I frequently visit New York, but I never expected to see it at home. I hope all the University at Buffalo students from downstate are aware of it so they can follow what is going on back home.
I wasn't aware of such channels as Hub on 101 and 763 in HD; Up on 135 and 882 in HD; Reelz on 146 and 885 in HD; Chiller on 173 or Cloo on 174. The website for Cloo says it is a division of NBC Universal. It was showing a "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode Sunday, which made me wonder why there isn't a channel entirely devoted to "Law & Order."
I felt a little guilty about not watching Reelz since I am a big movie fan. I was aware that BBCAmerica is on channel 109 and on 860 in HD because Buffalo native Tom Fontana's latest series "Copper" is on the network. But I hadn't realized that BBCA carries so many James Bond movies, as it did last Sunday.
I also haven't spent much time watching the Fox Movie Channel on channel 108, which on Sunday was showing a film called "Definitely Maybe." Definitely, maybe I will try FMC again when I get bored on another Sunday afternoon.
You should consider channel surfing on a lazy Sunday afternoon, too. After all, it isn't any more boring than watching soccer for two hours. (Sorry, son.)
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One of the girls in the condo likes to suck cocks and likes the taste of cum. Since her husband is working overseas for two years she has had sex with all the men in the condo. Some of us have even spent the week end with her. Since most of us belong to a national swinger club our wives don't care if we are having sex with this girl because they can travel to another town and become one of their swingers.
my wife loves the taste of my come I tasted my own its v good It taste the best when I drink apple cider. she tolf meother men are salty not me. sweet. l askef my bfrienf if I could suck his cock so i could aste his come he was surprised but he pulled his cock out he came in my mouthvery fast he was much salty then me I still likef it but he is on apple cider diet anf his come is so good now. we suck each other when evet alone.
would love to have her suck on my cockmmmmmmmmmmm
she sure enjoyed herself as i would too he was such a nice size
if she likes the taste of cum, leave it the heck in her mouth, dumb@ss.
pas je vais te rappeler si jai besoin de toi et elle dit super hhahahahahah
she sounds like a rat
Her name Natasha blue or Blake
I love the taste of cum too.
Ooh... this is this virgin's biggest fantasy *points to herself*. To suck a guy's dick. I can't wait until I actually have the oportunity to have sex.
Videos great girl has much potential guy is just way to lucky though Overall great vid anyone wanna fuck Im so up for it
fantastico lo stile ed il sonoro.
the only thing I would like better than having her suck my 8 inch cock would be finding out if she sucks harder when I make her cum eating her sweet little pussy
I would love to lick her armpit while fucking her The scene she raises her arms is epic I love armpits!
Nice wouldve liked to see her ass though
Love this chick I would lick her pussy in return for such a good sucking
I would marry her right now
come talk to me u want a bigger dick to suck
I want to cum down your throat slut
Why can't I find a chic that likes to swallow! I can blow big loads but can never find a chic that will let me cum on their face or tongue or down their throat.
i love the color streaks in her hair, and her voice is really cute (especially at the end)...im pretty much infinitely jealous of this guy xD
I want a shot at that cock.
This chick sure knows how to suck cock
French Canadians are the best N'importe quand a Montreal...
as a guy, what does it say to your partner when...after she sucks you so nicely for so long...that you have to take your man meat in your hands and get off like that?
He has a lot of thick white come ... nice. And the bj is super. Why isn't real sex more like this?
i so want a go at that guy, swap me for that girl. anytime
courtney, susan, and alice let me fuck you in the mouth
You don't know the right Black women. Or, you aren't handling your business. I don't have any problem with Black women pleasing me any way I want.
all u women can swallow my cum 24/7 365
Bruno B. This is not amateur gf stuff. Sorry to burst your bubble.
"Suck Me" her or Heather Brooke ?its close
Cold "Freak"! This is what I have always loved about "White Women"; they know how to please their men! As a matter of fact, all female nationalities, are in to pleasing their men, except "Black Women"! Why is that? All comments are welcome! As this "video" It's an A+!
Ronnie ......I love sucking guy's cocks, The feeling of sattisfaction when a throbbing cock cums in my mouth, The taste of a guys spunk is fantastic. Wish I could be there with you and show your wife what pleasure she is missing. I,m always up for it, Let me know if it,s just you or both
My wife hates giving bj's anyone want to let me cum for them let me know
There is only one thing better than a mouthfull of man cum and it's not two mouthfulls, it's making another girl cum in your mouth. Every girl should try it. Girls sharing a 69 is soo sexy. I still love to have guys cum in my pussy and mouth as well.
Sweet girl. Relentless, earnest cock sucking. She sucks cock with a smile like a good girl. Classic blow job eyes! What more can a guy ask for from his honey? Hope he pays her back a hundred fold. The two faces a guy always remembers when she is away are, his girl swallowing his cum and his girl gratefully cumming her pussy.
why doesn,t my gf like the taste of cum
I also love the taste of cum. She is fit I would love to lick her cum filled pussy
Becky, don't get me wrong, I love the taste of my bf's cum, I just like to watch him cum. Luckily, he can pull out of my mouth far enough to let me watch AND STILL cum in my mouth. That's the best of both worlds!
i love women you love cum
I totally agree Tina, but i really love to swallow my boy...sometimes he tells me to stop so he can cum all over my breasts or ass...he loves to impress me with a big load but i can't help it sometimes and i just want it inside me.
Superbe ma belle
Susan and Courtney I'm more than willing to feed you my cum until you suck me dry
Nice cock and a great cumshot. I love when my guy cums all over me, that's when I know he really enjoyed me sucking on his cock. I hate dribbling cumshot...shouldn't even be called a cumshot if it dribbles, should be a cum dribble..lol. But this was a good one, nice to hear all the moans and sounds.
Susan and Courtney, where are you when I need you? Great clip.
This is what I like. Let me HEAR what's going on - don't add music and especially don't remove the original sound and only have the music and doubly especially if it's death metal or really bed euro house.
Dr. London Jones HAHAHAHA
You would have thought he would take his socks off, for such an accomplished cock sucker
Her moans kind of sounded like puppy whimpers.
yes, she looks like she enjoyed it more then he did!
-Ouain, tu fait benh ca, si jai besoin de toi jte rappelle oké?! -Ok! cé clair cé québécois
if you ever want a loving boy friend who will look after you ,please reply . you are truly stunning babes xxxx
god id love her to be my girl friend the hoest bj on here xxx
excelenet clip pretty girl and she really does look like she enjoyed the bj
I love sucking many cocks at one time and drink all the cum love the taste as the taste of the cocks


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The Buffalo area's major ambulance service provider expects no changes locally following the announcement Sunday that its parent company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
"There should be no impact to local operations," a source at Rural/Metro Medical Services said Sunday. A spokesman for the parent company, Rural/Metro Corp., could not be immediately reached.
Planning had begun to provide fill-in ambulance coverage in anticipation of the bankruptcy filing in case Rural/Metro's services were cut back.
Daniel J. Neaverth Jr., Erie County commissioner of emergency services, said Friday, "We would help coordinate with the communities to make sure the calls were covered."
The county geared up for a loss of ambulance service last month when local Rural/Metro emergency medical technicians and paramedics went on strike for eight hours.
At that time, Neaverth noted, the county activated its emergency operations center and notified volunteer fire companies and other ambulance services when coverage was needed.
Rural/Metro, which answers 120,000 calls per year locally, provides ambulance service in Buffalo, Alden, Arcade, Cheektowaga, Concord, East Aurora, Evans, Hamburg, Lackawanna, Lewiston, Lockport, Niagara Falls, Town of Niagara, Springville, West Seneca and Wyoming County, according to its website.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that Rural/Metro Corp. filed for bankruptcy reorganization after reaching a deal with its lenders to cut its debt by about half.
The company, which provides services in 21 states, expects to continue its operations throughout the reorganization process. Lenders have agreed to provide the company $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing to meet its operational needs.
Rural/Metro said it will also receive a cash infusion of $135 million as part of its agreement with lenders and bondholders, which will be filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
The company noted that its capital structure was created "under different economic circumstances, and making interest payments on the debt while at the same time investing in operations was more than the company's earnings could support."
Rural/Metro, which is based in Scottsdale, Ariz., expects to complete its restructuring by the fourth quarter of this year.
It plans to renegotiate unprofitable contracts and to free up capital to invest in its business.
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus bought Rural/Metro in 2011 for about $438 million.
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George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and the U.S. Supreme Court, and all members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and all 50 wicked sister state governments and their actors, and the very law of the United Sheibstaats of America.
"The Devil came here today, right here. ... It still smells of sulfur. ..." Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
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An imaginary externalisation of human evil used as an excuse for immorality.
<Evil person> The devil made me do it :(
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The nastiest peice of shit to ever walk upon the WWW a feared and hated name in the dizzler chat and a pyschologicaly disturbed freak with no morals empathy or human compassion....
Nah (THE) Devils is a teddy-bear with claws this rare creature will defend it's friend to the death and lives of violence and pain
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The devil is real. Read the bible and stop believing he doesn't exist. This is what gets people. Christians who claim they don't believe he exists is what destorys your faith from the inside. When he does this, you do all this crap and fall deeper into sin and stop believing in Jesus. All the devil wants to do is drag you deeper into sin and destroy your faith so that you can suffer forever with him in Hell when his time is up. The devil won't stop trying to destroy your faith, he is persistent. He is also a liar and amurder and a thief. He is the father of all lies. You can't fight him alone but Jesus can and he will help you if you choose his gift of faith. Can I get another AMEN?
The greatest lie the devil has decieved us with and still tries to is to make us believe he doesn't exist.
by Dave_1983 September 23, 2005
1. The person who lives in hell and tortures everybody.
2. A fucking awesome guy.
3. A sexy beast
2. A fucking awesome guy.
God makes everyone believe that he's good and the devil's bad..that's why he's so pissed off at everyone for worshiping god..
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Shawn Burr has passed away per Bill Roose
Posted 05 August 2013 - 07:55 PM
Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:07 PM
Former Detroit Red Wings winger Shawn Burr has died. He was 47.
Burr died Monday at a Detroit-area hospital after falling at his home this weekend.
The former professional hockey player had been battling cancer.
Burr was drafted 7th overall by the Red Wings in 1984. He played 878 games with Detroit, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the San Jose Sharks.
During the course of his career he scored 181 goals and tallied 259 assists. His most notable season with the Red Wings was 1989-90 when he scored 56 points in 76 games.
Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:21 PM
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:28 PM
Just look at how he hangs his sunglasses from his banana hammock in that last pic. This guyf****** rules. --kipwinger
RIP MidMichSteve. Save us all a dram.
Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:52 PM
As a kid I watched the Wings practice in Oak Park a handful of times. One practice a friend and I were near the corner, watching players through the glass. A puck shoots off the glass right by our head scaring the crap out of both of us. We look over and Shawn Burr is there smiling at us as he scoops up another puck and skates away.
Good player, and he always seemed like a great lockerroom guy and a goofball like Ozzy or Drapes were.
Posted 05 August 2013 - 08:53 PM
Way too young. RIP
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 09:02 PM
Sad news Rest in peace Mr Burr.
Posted 05 August 2013 - 09:20 PM
Very sad. RIP Shawn Burr
Posted 05 August 2013 - 09:23 PM
I think of something Groucho Marx said once..."He loved life and lived it joyously and deeply, and that's as good an epitaph as anyone can have."
Rest in peace, Shawn, and when you get to where you're going, would you say hi to Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei and Stefan Liv for us?
Posted 05 August 2013 - 09:27 PM
Sad...very sad.
Shawn was one of three Red Wings who I wished were still around for the 1997 Cup win...Him, Bob Probert and Dino Ciccarelli. Two of those guys have left this world now. Both FAR too soon!
RIP Shawn Burr.
Shawn had Leukemia, Acute Leukemia more specifically. He had a bone marrow donor match ready and was awaiting the procedure. Acute Leukemia is no joke, back in 1994, my Aunt was diagnosed with it and was admitted to the hospital on April 1st, she was dead on April 30th. She was 30 years old. Below is a video talking about his battle with the disease and the efforts he made to our community to bring awareness to us and to ask us to become donors. It's as easy as getting a swab at the dentist.
again, RIP Shawn, you were a helluva guy!
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 09:38 PM
It's always too soon when someone passes but this is far far too early. Best wishes to his family and those in the Red Wings player/fan orbit who knew him. I'll always try and remember him for scoring a goal with his head, almost soccer-like vs mighty Edmonton in 1988.
Here's one of Shawn crushing Jeremy Roenick if anyone asks why he should get cuts in line to get into Heaven.
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 10:37 PM
What the...
"All done? Five bucks." - Pavel Datsyuk after an interview
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 10:40 PM
Awful, horrible news!! I used to have a game worn Burr jersey and always had a soft spot for him as a player. Lots of memories. RIP Burrsie.
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"Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings." - Steve Yzerman
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Posted 05 August 2013 - 11:17 PM
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Posted 06 August 2013 - 12:14 AM
Wow, 47 is no kind of age
Rest in peace, Shawn, and when you get to where you're going, would you say hi to Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei and Stefan Liv for us?
And now my screen has gone all blurry
Posted 06 August 2013 - 12:23 AM
Here's Burr with San Jose getting a nice hit on The Professor. Interestingly, both players swapped between SJ and DET within 2 months in '95, so they never were teammates.
Posted 06 August 2013 - 05:37 AM
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Posted 06 August 2013 - 06:31 AM
He was exactly two weeks younger than I am. As far as I know, the closest Wing to my age.
There's no good time or way to die, but having seen too many friends and family die from cancer lately, it's almost a blessing to avoid the suffering that goes with it. I'm not saying that it was good that he died, just that this spared him a lot of pain.
I hope that came out right. It would have been better had he not been sick at all, and was alive and well with us right now.
Condolences to his family and friends, and to the fans who had a special place for him in their hearts.
RIP Shawn, and thanks for the memories.
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First I had to clear the entire tub area of all reminders of children. You know, to set my mood. Then as I was looking for some bubbles (preferably not of the kid-kind) or bath salts, I picked up my frou-frou box of Kate Spade soaps. They were a gift from when I was in my friend Jen's wedding, almost 3 years ago. But they were wrapped so perfect and snug in a pretty green and white box. I even still have the matching pretty green and white gift bag that looks like a real Kate Spade handbag, only it's a gift bag. But it's a Kate Spade gift bag.
After the night I had, these lily-flowered-couture-smelling soaps longed to be used and not left just for show, tucked away in their pretty box forever. If any an occasion, twas now. I surely would not smell of little children after using my fancy soaps.
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After dating for nearly two years, Harry, 29, recently confided in friends that things were not going well with the 24-year-old beauty.
"He found her too needy and it just wasn't working out," says a source close to the prince.
But another source, who is close to the couple, says the breakup was "amicable."
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The source adds that Cressida wants to concentrate on her career and they are hoping that they will not be "hounded" now that the news has emerged.
The couple were introduced by Princess Eugenie, a close friend of Bonas, who recently completed a postgraduate program in dance studies at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. But they had always tried to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.
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Here's the ad Samsung is running against the iPhone 5 launch nationwide
0. phoneArena 15 Sep 2012, 16:40 posted on
The ad shows the Apple iPhone 5, turned off, and with the main features listed underneath, and then the Samsung Galaxy S III in all its glory against it, with a list of its own features listed below. As you can easily guess, the Galaxy S III list is much longer for a purpose, and there is a big fat title at the top saying "It doesn't take a genius"...
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1. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
"A totally different plug"
One for the records... I love it!
25. Santi_Santi (unregistered)
nothing far from the truth...
54. blackcatsvalentine (Posts: 3; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
i will buy iphone 5 because it has "a totally different plug"
enough said..LOL
123. Apple_Royally_ (banned) (Posts: 42; Member since: 15 Sep 2012)
it feels proud at $100Billion, We are all behind you Apple, also will be hearing decision with the choices,
205. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
and you will stay behind and stay dumb ever and get dumber year after year buying same iphone for full price over and over again
246. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
apple dont give a damn about you lol you that deluded you think your part of them
they will be laughing at all you as you buy the same phone just stretched. think if they can get away with selling you the same phone over and over next year they might just write an 's' on it simple say yeah its the same phone buy look how cool the 's' looks...and millions will buy it thinking there in an exclusive club
311. epdm2be (Posts: 487; Member since: 20 Apr 2012)
@ chaoticrazor
It's NOT the same it has 'a totally different plug'. ;-)
163. Fuego84 (Posts: 344; Member since: 13 May 2012)
I love it too. It let's you know what you'll be missing out if you get the iphoney 5
218. ahmed_ali_yossef2010 (Posts: 164; Member since: 26 Jul 2012)
why is samsung always makes comparisons against apple only that means that it's afraid of apple i won't say this isn't a smart idea because it's
245. adelta90 (Posts: 63; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
that could be it, but its much more likely that samsung is flabbergasted why so many people pay so much more for a phone with obviously less features
247. Scorpion (Posts: 103; Member since: 28 Apr 2012)
I guess they hired some former Apple marketing exec, tha's the best ad I've seen from them so far. Takes a direct hit at the Iphone.
2. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
Apple just got owned!
76. GalaxyOptimus (Posts: 23; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
no, they got samsunged
288. Hemlocke (unregistered)
They lost in court? They have lost so many times, lately, that I suspected that the term "Samsung" would make it into the OED and M-W as a synonym for "loser."
289. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
It might....because I suspect "Apple" might make it as a synonym for "hypocrite"
133. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
What do you expect for an incremental upgrade. And one that can't even support concurrent voice and data use if you are on VZW or Sprint. The iP5 is such a yawn. Apple is starting to repeat the RIM experience - release a phone that is behind the power curve. They are presently at around 12 months worth of obsolescence. When they get to 18 months, start to see their market share slip.
165. Fuego84 (Posts: 344; Member since: 13 May 2012)
I bet there next iPhone, the iPhone 5s, will address that issue with the data /call over LTE and it will be announced as new and revolutionary feature haha.
177. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
And it will have a longer 4.3" screen even though today's superphones have at least a 4.7" screen. Oh and don't forget, it will have a 720p display when HTC is about to release a 1080p Phone.
202. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
I doubt the iPhone will ever get a 720p display. Apple is the last hold-out for one-handed operation of the phone. I bet you didn't know that you really needed to be able to operate your phone one-handed, did you? ;-)
Personally, I have done extensive testing over the years that I have owned cellular phones (going all the way back to the original Motorola brick), and I can confirm that the ONLY time I needed to be able to use the phone one-handed is when I am talking on it. In fact, it might even be impossible to use both hands to talk on the phone other than when in speaker-phone mode.
217. levvy (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Next iPhone featuring "Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and This Changes Everything".LMFAO
312. epdm2be (Posts: 487; Member since: 20 Apr 2012)
"What do you expect for an incremental upgrade."
Why complain now? They have been doing incremental upgrades since the first iPhone.
"...a phone that is behind the power curve...."
They have ALWAYS been behind the 'power curve'. The first iPhone couldn't even do MMS which normal phones already did 10 years before.
It didn't stop the fools from buying it, did it?
Who cares? It's just a phone. If you can afford to spend a allmost a full month of wages on a bloody phone then great. I can't.
Am too poor to spend money on a product made in a crappy China factory by a bunch wealthy hypocrite US bastards.
Build it in US and THEN you get my sympathy. Otherwise f**k off.
As for crapsung. I don't buy ANY of their crappy products, NEVER again. They're as hypocrite as Apple, enforcing their bloody Korean mentality abroad while in the end they're just as greedy as Apple. Yes, a personal friend of mine worked there so I know!
3. knights4life03 (Posts: 131; Member since: 09 Jun 2011)
Apple deserves it like literally! I love gs3
248. savezo007 (Posts: 41; Member since: 12 Aug 2012)
hav u got android 4.1 (JELLY BEAN) yet on your SGS3?
254. Kolcha (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
Yes on my Galaxy S3 there is running original Samsung Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for a while and it works like a charm!
4. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Thanks PhoneArena, iWas looking for a new AvAtAr.
Truer words were never published.
225. abdane (Posts: 494; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
hahahahaha me 2 ! :P
5. ilkinandr92 (Posts: 47; Member since: 07 Aug 2012)
i love the ad but one thing is wrong "The next big thing is already here" is wrong it will be out soon Galaxy S-IV
56. Owlet (Posts: 450; Member since: 21 Feb 2011)
It is not "already here" though.
81. ilkinandr92 (Posts: 47; Member since: 07 Aug 2012)
thats wat i said.... xD
126. BREvenson (Posts: 240; Member since: 17 May 2012)
"The next big thing is already here" is not wrong, because it is referring to the Galaxy S III, which has been out for a few months now. The next Galaxy phone, while it could very well be "the next big thing", is not "already here". It's not even close to here.
186. CellularNinja (Posts: 306; Member since: 27 Sep 2011)
Yes but he's saying the next big thing isn't here. The next big thing is the Galaxy s4 and that's not here so he's saying the statement is wrong.. It's okay it was just a lighthearted comment
139. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Wrong! "The next BIG thing" is the Galaxy Note 2.
250. Abbath (Posts: 99; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
P.S: and not just literally speaking;)
6. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
I'm not a fan of apple at all. I'd never be looking at the iPhone as device I'd want to own, but if I did, this ad would not change my mind. iPhone users don't care about specs, this ad doesn't really target iPhone users. This ad is more likely going to be ammunition for S3 fans to use as reasons why it is better than iPhone. But iPhone fans simply wont care. All it does is simply reinforce the belief that Android fans already have, which is that people who choose iPhone are stupid - which is not the case. Everyone has their own tastes and needs. I wish everyone could just respect each others choices when it comes to what device we each want. There are more important things in life than this.
13. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
good point - iphone people care about marketing and coolness factor....
33. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Man ... Samsung's iPhone is soooooooo powerful and feature rich ... :D :D :D
62. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
most of these "features" are just android specific ways of doing things…
similar to how ios has had "shake to undo," and while this could be seen as a "feature" over android, I am sure there is an equivalent
259. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
actually many are Samsung stuff
201. TarunV (Posts: 28; Member since: 21 Jul 2012)
Man, your comment is the best I've seen on this fandroid-loaded site. Obviously, people have free will, and only buncha whackjobs fight over phones. I, for example, prefer iPhone, and also own a GS3... Both are good in their own ways, but at the end of the day, I find my i4S being more used than the S3. No offence or anything to anyone. This is my personal opinion and personal only. And yeah, I also wish, that people should just respect over each other's choices, and not start stupid flame wars.
209. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
we would totally respect them if not for the fact that someone at apple called fandroids poor and disgusting.
219. levvy (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
An excellent hit to the exact point. iAppy fans mainly consider their status , not specs that much. That's why iPhone is so much popular to girls and ladies. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Oh, and another thing, Android's hundreds of features are quite difficult to usual Apple users and not that much needed by Apple Users.
9. MrWilli5 (Posts: 77; Member since: 13 Feb 2011)
go samsung!
12. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
will not matter as the iZombies will buy the iphone 5 or any iphone no matter how putrid....
17. SmartGadgetS (Posts: 20; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
People buy with they want... We all know that SGS III has better specs... But some people may want iTunes and that stuff... or any other reason... Its good to have options of choice...
20. SmartGadgetS (Posts: 20; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
*what (not with)...
141. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Exactly does it matter what someone else prefers... In my opinion the s3 is better and I knew even before the 5 was announced that spec wise the 5 at most will probably match and beat it here and there... Some want small screen some want large there is no perfect phone for everyone... Don't get me how people are so offended when someone says something about apple or Samsung etc as if it's there parent that we are insulting lol... What I do find annoying is when people are clearly lying like saying things like the s3 lags etc or saying the battery is rubbish when multiple reviews and my own s3 has never lagged or had poor battery... Of course I get force closes with 1 or 2 apps but so does Iphones, the difference is Google tells you when an app is being fc where as Apple does not... Anyways people some people like android some people like ios etc its not a shock that someone else prefers something different to you... Is your friend wearing the same trainers or jacket as you? Am guessing no because everyone has different tastes.
203. firelightx (Posts: 71; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
Correction. People buy what they are told they want.
Any time someone comes into my store asking for a specific phone, I ask them "What made you decide on that one?" Out of honest curiosity.
I will swear on whatever grave you want me to, I have never had someone choosing the iPhone answer with anything other than something akin to "I don't know, cause it's an iPhone?" Or "Cause everyone else has it?"
Conversely, I have never heard anyone ask for an Android phone by name without answering with a specific feature they wanted or the reviews they read that spoke highly of it.
207. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"I have never had someone choosing the iPhone answer with anything other than something akin to "I don't know, cause it's an iPhone?" Or "Cause everyone else has it?""
And that is what being 'cool' is all about - surrendering independent thought for the inclination of the mob.
213. illiad (Posts: 128; Member since: 07 Feb 2012)
choice?? If apple produced many different models, that would be better... I am rather astonished at the half hearted 'screen expansion' though...
the wide-screen standard is 720, not 640, apple... expect your videos to look a bit odd....
If your car dealer offered you a 'new upgrade model' would you just get it, and then realize almost everything is identical, it's just a bit longer/wider, so a bit more space.... :\
226. chemhaz (Posts: 161; Member since: 04 May 2012)
I just hate seeing people getting ripped off when they buy old/mediocre tech for a premium price, best example the iPhone (all models)
270. DOGIEFRESH (Posts: 302; Member since: 15 Jul 2009)
That's not hate is just simple envy.......!!!!!
251. Abbath (Posts: 99; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
Whats ironic is that you being an iFan say that having choices is good but the company you so dearly love want to ban all the competion and dont want consumers to buy any phone except the iPhone!
19. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Helpless as jailed :)
14. SmartGadgetS (Posts: 20; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
If Samsung is not "afraid" of Apple i think this is not the way to make ad's... They should concentrate on their Smartphone.... Not making this adverts saying to buyers like: "Our Product is better than that one"... Both are good phones by the way..
39. tedkord (Posts: 11637; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
You do realize that this is classic advertising - claiming your product is better, and showing why.
What do you think Apple's Mac vs. PC commercials were all about?
191. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
True that. Only this time around, Apple is in the PC position. Sammy should do a series of iPhone vs GS III ads. It would be a great follow-on.
71. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Reminds me of Coke Vs Pepsi ads ... Apple may as usual go to Courts asking for another billion in damages as a result of this ad ... :D
214. illiad (Posts: 128; Member since: 07 Feb 2012)
well if apple spent its money on good technicians/ manufacturing equipment(instead of making the lawyers very rich!!), it should be able to make a good hi-spec phone to beat samsung..
I have said before, if apple makes a phone with similar or better specs than all others, I WILL BUY IT!!!
84. willard12 (Posts: 1677; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
The reality is, Appple can't make a response add to it. Samsung names features, apple mentions platitudes such as "look and feel.". Admittedly' I never understood what the "feel" is. Regardless, people will rush out to buy the iPhone because the logo is the only feature it really needs. The desire for people to say "I've got the newest iPhone" is the only selling point apple needs.
164. Alistaire (Posts: 132; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
It is only in the USA that company can blatantly attack another brand. That is the problem with the advertising standard in USA. In most other countries, Samsung would not be able to do that, they would have to at least mention Apple as "brand X".