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To reduce to a state of non-existance. To remove all trace of. Destruction in its ultimate form.
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Kill, destroy, obliterate, decimate, eradicate, smash, crush, beat the living shit out of... all good examples of annihilation, must I say more?
What I will do to you if you don't go away.
by Your Momma In A Two Piece December 13, 2004
to destroy completely
i will annihilate your family.
by amberjeffrey January 05, 2009
To Fuck the shit out of a girl
I annihilated her ass last night!
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1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
2. The action garlic (the vegetable) has on pretty much anything threatening to a living body's health.
2. The action garlic (the vegetable) has on pretty much anything threatening to a living body's health.
i was getting sick a few weeks back and i just ate and ate garlic and it annihilated (from Annihilate ) what ever it was I was getting"
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what the lord did to egypt... antibody-anni nile(river) hi-high late as dead(annile-hi-late)!?
Moses(mo says) used plagues to annihilate egypt.
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Common slang on "Jackass" for injury, usually by the Pennsylvannia boys (Ryan, Bam, Brandon, etc...)
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Strong Bad's favorite way of giving someone the bird.It involves sticking both middle fingers upward while making a "whooosh" sound.
*whoooooooosh*The double duece.
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A 22 ounce of malt liquor or alcholic beverage.
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Flipping someone the double bird, a la Strong Bad stylie. The best way to flip someone off.
All of the Bitches deserve to be given some double duece action.
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The art of pooping with another person in the same room. Typically, there will be a deep conversation about the history of poop or if Bush actually did do 9/11.
Yo did you hear about Nick's Double Duece?!?
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when two people press their ass holes together and shit into one another's ass hole
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2 logs of crap most oftenly taken on the hood of your enemy's car
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Stockton police searching for hit-and-run driver
UPDATED 5:52 PM PST Jan 19, 2013
Stockton police are looking for a hit-and-run driver after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision Friday night.
Investigators said a man in his 40's was found unconscious after he was struck by a vehicle in the 300 block of North Sierra Nevada Street in the Park District about 10 p.m. Friday.
The victim was taken with serious injuries to a nearby hospital.
A possible suspect vehicle was last seen heading east on Lindsay Street and is described as an older-model red SUV, possibly a Tahoe or Bronco, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact police.
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- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 4 plum tomatoes, sliced lengthwise
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add oil and sugar; mix well. Combine whole wheat flour and salt; stir into yeast mixture until smooth. Stir in enough all-purpose flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours.
- Punch dough down. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a 12-in. pizza pan coated with cooking spray. Prick dough several times with a fork. Bake at 425° for 6-8 minutes.
- Place broccoli in a steamer basket; place in a saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 5-6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Transfer broccoli to a colander. Rinse with cold water; drain and set aside.
- In a nonstick skillet, saute mushrooms, onion and garlic in oil until mushrooms are tender. Spread pizza sauce over crust. Top with mushroom mixture, tomatoes, broccoli, basil and cheeses. Bake at 425° for 12-14 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted. Yield: 6 slices.
Originally published as Mushroom Broccoli Pizza in Light & Tasty April/May 2001, p52
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Global Golf is a great place to do business. I purchased these clubs in mint condition. But they have not even been hit with a exception of 6 iron, so I think this was a demo set if that.I purchase Rocketbladez with graphite shaft. 4-AW. These are without a doubt the best clubs I have played with. They are true to distance even on a mishit and I truly believe they are better than RBZ with slightly more distance. More importantly with these clubs I can actually work the ball not much as the blades but well enough for a person who plays once or twice a month. I have lowered by score by 5 to 7 strokes with these clubs. They feel so great when you hit a shot and you can almost know your yardage every time.
I wish I bought these When I was in the market for " Game Improving " Irons!! They are Perfect for confidence, Distance and Forgiving. But that's not the best part of these Irons, They are Extremely True to the Individual Iron distance. Meaning If you typically hit your 7 Iron 150yrds you will Consistently hit that Yardage, Even on Off hits!!!
These clubs are a changer to any players game. I do think these clubs are longer than any iron I have ever played. The speed pocket must make all the difference.
After spontaneously deciding to purchase a set of Fair Rated clubs for a price I couldn't refuse, I second guessed myself thinking that maybe they would arrive in rough shape. To my surprise they got to me in speedy time looking almost brand new (If they had been wrapped in plastic I would have believed so). I was so impressed about the condition I received them in that I rushed to the course before sundown and played 9 holes. Performance was as promised by the website. Clubs looked great, felt great and I shot the best round I've played all summer. If you're second thinking yourself on whether to purchase or not, I would highly recommend to pull the trigger and get yourself a worthy set of clubs for the best price I was able to find on the web.
Ordered theses clubs last year and at first was surprised by they very nice condition of the clubs and grips. But after ordering standard lie angle, found that these clubs were 2 degrees up. Went to local ****'s SG and asked a friend to check the lie and he said the same. But for 10 bucks shipping back and returned to me, clubs were shipped off to Taylormade and they bent them down to 1 degree flat where they are perfect now. So when ordering from a Global, make sure you are getting what you ordered.
The TaylorMade RocketBladez irons revolutionizes the design and technology of iron sets. The new design and technology implemented into the RocketBladez irons aims to promote higher ball launch and faster ball speed. The improvements to the irons should also allow not only for higher shots, but also for straighter, longer shots that will stop quicker thanks to a steeper descent angle.
The "Speed Pocket" on these irons is responsible for these improvements in playability and shot shaping ability. TaylorMade introduced the Speed Pocket first on the RocketBallz Fairway Woods. The success they had with it there inspired them to translate it to a line of irons.
The Speed Pocket is a slot in the sole of the clubs (on the 3 through 7 irons) that is about 2mm wide. Its ability to give and flex when it impacts the ball promotes faster ball speed, higher launch angle, and a shot that lands with more "stickiness."
The RocketBladez's Speed Pocket will also help golfers on mis-hits, making them a more forgiving iron that helps to create consistency even if the golfer is prone to mis-hits low on the clubface with irons shots. (Studies by TaylorMade indicate a majority of amateur golfers will mis-hit their iron below the center of the club face.)
The ability of the Speed Pocket to give and flex at impact makes the clubface capable of higher speeds, which translates to more ball speed after impact and a higher launch angle. While the Speed Pocket is a 2mm wide cavity behind the club face, unlike the Speed Pocket on the RocketBallz fairways, the Speed Pockets in the RocketBladez irons are filled with a polyurethane material that was specially forumated by 3M. This polyurethane filler dampens vibration without significantly inhibiting the movement of the pocket, and it also serves the purpose of keeping debris out.
The clubface on the RocketBladez is made of strong, maraging stainless steel. TaylorMade boasts it's their most sophisticated clubface design yet, which they achieved through exhaustive testing and analysis. The RocketBladez clubface is the thinnest iron face TaylorMade has manufactured to date, with the top section 11% thinner--down from 1.8mm to 1.6mm.
The RocketBladez irons also incorporate the latest iteration of TaylorMade's Inverted Cone Technology. The improved design delivers increases the area of the clubface which creates higher ball speeds. It also influences how the clubface gives and rebounds at impact, which better controls the launch angle of the ball from the face, which leads to straighter shots and increased precision. This makes the RocketBladez more accurate than previous high-COR irons.
To achieve maximum ball speed on any shot, it is critical that the clubface strike the ball in front of where the club head's center of gravity (CG) is located. TaylorMade engineers fine-tuned the CG in the RocketBladez irons to a low and perfectly centered location on the clubface. They were able to achieve this by shortening the hosel in order to save weight. They also took additional weight from the top of the club and redistributed it in strategic areas within the head. The RocketBladez club head design redistributes overall 17.5 grams of weight, which effectively lowers the CG by 2.5mm compared to the Burner 2.0 irons. By pushing the CG lower in the center of the face, players will find it easier to consistently find the sweetspot and achieve maximum energy transfer from club to ball, promoting a higher launch angle and maximum distance.
RocketBladez irons (both models) feature a distinct external notch on the outer, rear side of the hosel and an internal notch inside that together make it easy to bend the head to change the lie angle. That's a distinct advantage to bendability when employing high-strength stainless steel in the head construction.


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quote: Tell me, if you decided to start a nascar team TODAY would you be able to IMMEDIATELY compete with say... the #2 or the #48??? NO?? Why not? Oh yeah! THEY HAVE HAD A HEAD START AND HAVE AN ADVANTAGE!!
quote: My Congressman would be offended by your statement. He is black, grew up in a single parent home, in a poor part of town, in a public school, and he now is a private business owner and a US Congressman. Why? Because he was taught self responsibility and to work hard.
quote: Tell that to Toyota. Nearly all the cars are the same to begin with. It comes down to the driver. If you could hire away a good driver from another team, you'd absolutely be competitive soon.
quote: So future generations have to pay for the sins of their forefathers into eternity?
quote: I would only wish that the sons of the fathers who committed these terrible acts would seek forgiveness for their father's actions and do everything they can to make a wrong right - NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - State Sen. Ted Gaines is burning on the State Responsibility Area fire fee, and he is not about to be quelled.The Republican lawmaker who resides in Roseville and represents Nevada County and Truckee and much of Placer County has been fighting the SRA fee since Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Assembly bill in July 2011.Last week, Gaines introduced three separate pieces of legislation intended to overturn the fire fee or exempt property owners who reside within the boundaries of a fire protection district or are low income."This $150 fire tax is illegal and unfair - plain and simple," said Gaines. "My goal with these bills is to offer some hope and support to Californians who are still facing a 10 percent unemployment rate and struggling just to make ends meet."Gaines and other California Republicans representing rural areas have long maintained the fee is actually an illegal tax that should have required a two-thirds vote of the California Legislature rather than a simple majority vote it received in 2011.The fee is anticipated to generate $90 million in the coming fiscal year, which is to be used toward fire prevention services - such as forest thinning and fuels removal - in the specific areas where the fee is being assessed.It would impact some 800,000 property owners and 31 million acres across the state. While the fee per habitable structure is $150, areas served by local agencies such as the North Tahoe Fire Protection District will receive a $35 discount. Property owners within the town of Truckee will not be accessed fire fees, as residents are not inside a designated SRA, unlike various other locations throughout Nevada, Placer and El Dorado counties.According to previous reports, Tahoe/Truckee leaders have argued the fee is not only applied unfairly to rural residents - pointing out it is just as difficult to fight a wildfire barreling toward a small town like Tahoe City as it is to battle a blaze heading toward San Diego - but it unjustly impacts the ability of local fire districts to raise money.In a June 2012 letter to the Sierra Sun, then-NTFPD chief Peter Poe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection District Chief John Pang called the fee "bad public policy" that "will not contribute to increased public safety.""The state is abdicating its responsibility while at the same time extracting revenues from the same property owners we serve," the chiefs wrote. "This action jeopardizes our ability to ask local voters to support new revenues for increased levels of service."The measure was deemed to be a fee because the feepayer will receive specific and direct benefits within the State Responsibility Area, said Lia Moore, a fiscal analyst with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.In the recent 2013-14 budget proposal unveiled by Brown, a proposal to hire 10 personnel for Cal Fire's Civil Cost-Recovery Program using money derived from the SRA Fee was deemed unconstitutional."We asked the Office of Legislative Counsel to issue a verbal opinion, and they said (the proposal) did not meet the legal definition of what the fee could be used for," Moore said.The attempt to fund the cost recovery program - which attempts to recoup funds from individuals who started fires purposely or through gross negligence - drew the ire of 24 California Republican lawmakers who sent a terse letter to Gov. Brown on Feb. 1."This will take away $1.7 million from fire prevention purposes, " the letter states. "While we still believe this tax is illegal, at a minimum the money should be used for its stated purpose - preventing wildfires."Gaines and other Republicans have also expressed outrage over reports that Cal Fire stashed away about $3.6 million in taxpayer dollars rather than depositing the money into the state general fund, as required."My legislation comes at a time when Cal Fire has been accused of stashing away millions in a secret fund," Gaines said. "I hope my legislative colleagues realize that charging rural Californians a $150 illegal fire fee specifically to support Cal Fire operations at the same time they are hiding millions provides enough justification to support these bills."Last Tuesday, Brown downplayed the report, dismissing it as "a boring story."A recent letter crafted by Nevada County Supervisor Hank Weston chastised the state for its lack of accountability and a suspicion the money would not be used for its professed purposes but "merely to prop up Cal Fire's budget."The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in conjunction with numerous plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court in early October, claiming the fee is an illegal tax. Later, El Dorado County joined the class-action lawsuit.Supervisor Nate Beason said if Cal Fire is successful in the lawsuit, it's a possibility that the state would "increase the fee and broaden the application."- The Sierra Sun contribted to this report.
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November 28, 2012 - John Mehno
Looks like Ben Roethlisberger won't be able to play this Sunday's game in Baltimore.
The word is that Roethlisberger still has some soreness from the shoulder and rib injuries he sustained against Kansas City on Nov. 12. Official disclaimer: This is only Wednesday, and things can change before Sunday's 4:25 p.m. kickoff. But it's hard to imagine the Steelers will let Roethlisberger play if there's a chance he's going to risk further injury and an even longer absence. Losing this Sunday's game eliminates them from any chance at the division title, but the wild card is still a good possibility.
Best advice at this point is to prepare for another week of Charlie Batch.


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UPS driver Micky Stanton may not wear a red suit.
"I don't have a beard that's for sure," Stanton said Tuesday.
There's no miniature sleigh with eight tiny reindeer. But just like Santa, Stanton delivers presents to homes during the holidays.
"We get called the brown Santa Claus a whole lot," Stanton said.
For 21 peak seasons, Stanton has been Santa in a brown suit.
"The kids come out, they know they're getting Christmas presents." Stanton said. "It's fun to see the kids get all excited when the UPS guy shows up."
On an average day, Stanton says he delivers about 150 packages -- but during the holiday season, that number is about double.
Like St. Nick, even when the weather is frightful, Stanton is making the holidays delightful.
"Rain, sunshine, snow, deep snow -- we're always out in it, every day, or Monday through Friday," Stanton said.
Including the day before Christmas.
"You know, the last minute-packages are coming in, and we try and get every one of them out before Christmas Day," Stanton said.
It's a long and tiring month, spreading holiday cheer. But Stanton's hard work is recognized, putting him on the nice list with many of his customers.
"A lot of people are quite generous," Stanton said. "It just kind of goes to show, you know, there's a lot of really nice people in Central Oregon."
And you might hear Stanton say as he drives out of sight, that he hope his deliveries make your holidays bright.
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Rotarian Rich Clemens talked about Create Buckhannon in a program he presented last week to the Buckhannon Rotary. Club.
Create Buckhannon is an organization that meets every Thursday at noon on the second floor dining area of the Buckhannon CJ Maggies. Everyone is invited to attend the meetings and provide ideas, reactions, feedback and support to the group. The club has no membership dues or member hierarchy.
"It's a conversation about Buckhannon. It's a conversation about the kinds of things that could be done," Clemens said, adding that those who come are asked to donate $7 to help pay for the buffet luncheon. "It's truly a grassroots organization."
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Rich Clemens tells fellow Buckhannon Rotarians this week about the history, goals and accomplishments of Create Buckhannon.
Clemens said Create Buckhannon began about five or six years ago, but was not generally well known to the community at first. The organization was a team of about 40 individuals who worked behind the scenes to discuss all the good and bad issues about Buckhannon.
"We're not trying to do this just for a particular set of activities within the city. This is for the community. This is for the region," Clemens said, adding that the organization would also like to help the extended region of Weston and Elkins. "We're all in this together. When people come to visit this part of the state, they're in the region. We need to support that, and we need to encourage that as best we can."
He said the idea of Create Buckhannon is to work together to enhance the entire community.
"It kind of grew to become, with the realization that some of the major initiatives that happened in this community, particularly in economic development, were not brought by the city or the county or any government agency," Clemens said, "but was brought by a team of about 40 individuals who were responsible for just having conversations about the direction of the community."
Clemens said that in the last two or three weeks, 43 people have attended the meetings to discuss ideas that are not necessarily the responsibility of the governing agencies of Buckhannon.
Create Buckhannon has been involved with a number of projects over the years, including Festival Fridays at Jawbone Park and the planned design for the town square.
The organization also worked with the local farmer's market on the design of Jawbone Park and helped coordinate the United States Department of Agriculture grant for the park by bringing the groups together who would work on the project.
"Maybe we're bringing groups together that don't normally talk, or we include groups that are interested in seeing something done, but they don't know the other group is trying to do that," Clemens said.
Create Buckhannon has assisted in acquiring the ownership of the Latham House, an historical Civil War-era home within the city limits. Clemens said it would take a while to restore the home again to usability, but the foundation has been put in place and the home is now stable. He said the organization is looking into grant funding as a financial aid in restoring the property.
Clemens said the organization worked with the state highway department on lighting and the four-way stops. He said the idea was to encourage traffic to move through town, but slow traffic down to make the downtown area safer for pedestrians.
Create Buckhannon also has helped with the 2015 plan for Buckhannon, various city organizations in public planning meetings, street signs, historical signs downtown, the LED lighting that highlights the buildings along Main Street and much more.
"Create Buckhannon is trying to do all we can to help support their growth," Clemens said, adding that the organization is working with the local Chamber of Commerce to create a map of the city.
The map will save revenue by preventing the city from having to pay for a non-local mapping agency.


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Last weekend I watched The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio and was truly touched by this movie! It's the true story of how a mother raised ten kids on twenty-five words or less... winning contests and prizes to make ends meet...you'll just have to see it.
I can't imagine any housewife and stay-at-home mom coming away from that movie uninspired and unmoved. There were a couple words toward the beginning that I wished they would have left out, but the rest of the movie is clean as can be- still meant for a mature audience as some parts can be intense. I have just been thinking about it still all this week!
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Harvard Medical School, in an effort to centralize its existing HPC infrastructure and better manage researcher's access to computational resources, has pieced together and tested its own private cloud. Via this internal cloud, researchers across the HMS system and within its network of external instiutions have been proving cloud not only as a valid research tool but as a sound business model.
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on May 14, 2013 - 7:14 AM
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LOS ANGELES – Angelina Jolie was "heroic" for undergoing a preventive double mastectomy, her fiance, Brad Pitt, said Tuesday after she wrote an op-ed piece revealing her decision and describing the mastectomy process, which began in February.
"Having witnessed this decision firsthand, I find Angie's choice, as well as so many others like her, absolutely heroic," he told the Weekly Standard in a statement, also thanking their medical team.
"All I want for is for her to have a long and healthy life, with myself and our children," he said. "This is a happy day for our family."
In not focusing on his wife alone, Pitt echoed Jolie's intent to support other women who find themselves in the position of making the same decision.
"I choose not to keep my story private," she wrote, "because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer. It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options." In Jolie's case, her "faulty" BRCA1 gene and history of a mother who died at age 56 of ovarian cancer made for quite a dark shadow.
Jolie praised Pitt in her Tuesday New York Times op-ed, which went public late Monday night.
"I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive. So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition. Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center, where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has."
Her three months of medical procedures wrapped up April 27. Also on Tuesday, the American Cancer Society released a statement of its own urging awareness and caution regarding testing and prophylactic surgery.
"This does not mean every woman needs a blood test to determine their genetic risk for breast and / or ovarian cancer. What it does mean is women should know their cancer family history and discuss it with their regular provider. If appropriate, they should be referred to and have the opportunity to discuss their risk and their options with a genetic specialist," said Dr. Otis W. Brawley, the organization's chief medical officer.
Brawley noted that insurance plans created since the Affordable Care Act must cover testing and counseling, but not necessarily surgery.
"A woman with a mutation of known significance must consider her quantifiable risk in making the very personal decision to have her breasts and ovaries removed or pursuing other options, such as more extensive screening for breast and ovarian cancer. Experts recommend women proceed cautiously, and receive a second opinion before deciding to have this surgery.
"The American Cancer Society Board of Directors has stated that 'only very strong clinical and/or pathologic indications warrant doing this type of preventive operation.' Nonetheless, after careful consideration, this might be the right choice for some women."
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Q: What kind of surgery did Jolie have?
A: Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy, meaning she chose to have both her breasts removed even though she had not been diagnosed with cancer.
Q: Why did she have the operation?
A: Jolie says that she inherited a faulty version of the BRCA1 gene. Doctors told her she had an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer. She said the surgery reduced her risk of breast cancer to below 5 percent.
Q: What did the procedure involve?
A: In double mastectomies, surgeons typically remove as much breast tissue as possible. In Jolie's case, the doctors preserved the skin covering her breasts, inserting "fillers" for the breast tissue to keep the skin elastic for reconstruction. According to Jolie, she had implants put in nine weeks later.
Q: How many women have this faulty gene?
A: Only a small percentage of women inherit this same faulty gene, or a similar mutated version of a related gene, BRCA2. (The name stands for breast cancer susceptibility gene). These mutations are most commonly found in women of Eastern European Jewish descent; one study found 2.3 percent of women in that group had the mutations — about five times higher than in the general population. Other groups, including the Norwegian, Dutch and Icelandic, also have slightly higher rates of these mutations.
Q: How do these genes increase a woman's risk of breast or ovarian cancer?
A: The average woman has a 12 percent risk of developing breast cancer sometime during her life. In comparison, women who have inherited a faulty BRCA gene are about five times more likely to get breast cancer. In the U.S., about 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers are thought to be linked to harmful BRCA genes. Women with these faulty genes may also have a 15 to 40 percent risk of developing ovarian cancer, compared to about a 1.4 lifetime risk for women without such mutations.
Q: How can women find out if they have these gene mutations?
A: A genetic test using a blood test can detect these genes. Those at higher risk are those with close family members diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer at an early age. Jolie says that her mother fought cancer for nearly a decade before dying at age 56. Genetic counseling is usually recommended to discuss the test and the results. "This does not mean every woman needs a blood test," Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said in a statement. "What it does mean is women should know their cancer family history" and discuss it with their doctor.
Q. What does the test cost?
A. The test can cost several thousand dollars. According to Myriad Genetics, the sole provider of such tests in the U.S., 95 percent of patients have insurance that covers the test and the average out-of-pocket cost is $100. Myriad has a patient assistance program for those who aren't covered by insurance.
Q: What other options might Jolie have had?
A: Doctors would likely have suggested earlier screening tests, including mammograms or MRIs, but those would only help them spot breast cancer earlier, not prevent it. They might also consider using breast cancer drugs preventively, though tests of long-term use are still ongoing. Not everyone opts for surgery. "This is not a decision that people take lightly," said Dr. Emma Pennery, clinical director at the British charity, Breast Cancer Care. "You cannot decide to have a double mastectomy next week."
Q: How relevant is Jolie's decision to other women?
A: For most women, genetics will not play a big part in whether or not they get breast cancer. "The majority of women considering their breast cancer risk should focus on things like a healthy lifestyle, eating a balanced diet, keeping a healthy weight and not drinking too much alcohol," said Dr. Peter Johnson, chief clinician at Cancer Research U.K. About one-third of breast cancer cases in Britain are largely tied to modifiable lifestyle risk factors.
But for women with a similar genetic risk to Jolie, it's possible her decision will prompt more procedures. "It's a very empowering message that women are not helpless when faced with a genetic cancer risk," Johnson said.
The Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press contributed to this report.


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You can go on record as objecting to this bill, but please, prepare for it happening. I don't see that being done. Even without this bill "the city's anticipated revenue from the state Local Government Fund for 2014 will be $88,305, which is nearly $30,000 less" than 2013, and you've received $95,000 so far from 2012 estate tax which won't be there next year. I see new expenditure proposals but I am not seeing preparation for working with less money.
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"I see new expenditure proposals but I am not seeing preparation for working with less money."
That's because the City of Salem has never been about preparation (long term projected income/expenditure budgeting) they are only a tax and spend spur of the moment operation.
Want proof? It has been in front of everyone for the past week. A 23 year old Fire Truck. That list of proof is endless. The money that has been lost and wasted because of it is ridiculous. Thus, why Salem has been in a stagnant growth for years. Points of fact. Salem's population is back at levels of 1950. The median income levels are shrinking. We are not building a middle class community. The business opportunities in this city have shriveled up. The City is NOT business friendly.
In reality, HB 5 is fantastic legislation. The problem? Salem is about to get caught with their pants down.
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What is the first thing our so-called representative voices of council are doing? Spur of the moment reactions with no thought process to LONG TERM. All they see is a spur of the moment loss. You have to have a BALANCED SYSTEM and Salem does not have one. Every time I hear a City council member say…"we are doing what we can with what we got" I want to scream. That is not the problem. The problem is what you are doing with what you got. Salem needs to restructure.
When businesses and individuals are shored up, job growth occurs, prosperity begins and in long term reality city government reaps the benefits of it. You have to have a prospering TAX BASE. You can't keep weakening that tax base.
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he can hope for 1 GP but 2 GPs is very unlikely.
Pogorilaya after lost season 2009/2010 (when she did not compete at all on medical reasons) qualified to JrNats (15 place).
Gosviani did not qualify to any Nationals.
Pogorilaya qualiied to JrNats (13 place), and Nats Elder Age (3 place), qualified to National Team.
Gosviani did non qualify to any Nationals and did non qualify to National Team.
They competed twice - OpenMoscow and SrNats (they newer took place both in same competition before this season).
Both times Pogorilaya won (both in SP and FS), including SrNats, where Gosviani had best skating of season.
At Internationals Pogorilaya 3 times of 4 had better score, than Gosviani at Euro or Triglav Trophy (Gosviani's best International score).
Worst Pogorilaya's International score (JGP Croatia) is better than worst Gosviani's International score (Nestle Nesquik Cup 2013).
You see what judges think (both in Russia and International).
Pogorilaya is one and half year younger than Gosviani.
She (and her coach and choreographer) work hard on skating skills and presentation. May be, we will see result in future.
Result - she added 3Lz+3T combo (first landed in competition at JGP Final, SP).
At the moment you are comparing incomparable. Pogorilaya skated at the junior level and therefore the skill to present the program wasn't expected as much of her. She outjumped the majority of her competitors and it was enough to win. But that won't work at seniors. I don't think she is going to get the same marks when skating as seniors.
And what you called juniorish skating - I think it is worse than that. When I hear that someone skate juniorish, I imagine that they don't have the coverage or speed. I don't think that's her problem. She is just extremely untidy with her body - like if she doesn't know what to do with her legs and arms. Considering how harshly Adelina and Liza were marked on the second mark during their first senior GP season (and Adelina has pretty good skating skills), I am really curious how low they will give Anna her second mark.
Shelepen scored badly in senior competition because she made loads of mistakes and her jumps were messy and usually under-rotated. Had she skated like she had been last season I bet she would have scored well.
Pogorilaya is not that bad in terms of PCS. Her speed is actually quite good, she's one of the fastest across the ice compared to other junior ladies, using her long legs to good use. Her basics and edges are also strong. Sloppy? Okay I can agree there but that is just because she is in the middle of her growthspurt, her body is very much legs and arms so the presentation is always going to look ungainly until she grows into her body more. Her actual presentation is not sloppy, and I thought the choreo in her SP was quite good and that she is very expressive and confident in that program, as well as her gala programs. Nikol has already gone through her growth spurt and is a year and a half older than Anna - of course she will seem more mature, and her movements will look less awkward, but that really doesn't have much to do with the skating. Nikol is talented too and I like her presentation but I see why some say that in Russia, it might be hard for her to break through with her current content.
As for Anna, typically, junior skaters who are in the top echelon (which Pogorilaya is) score higher in PCS at senior competitions compared to junior competitions. At Russian Nationals, Anna scored 176 and that was not even skating her best, 5 points more than Nikol who did skate her best. At JGPF and JW Anna got component marks mostly in the 6s, usually, in juniors, you have to be quite a good skater to get component marks in the 6s and she did more than once, and that was even when she had a lot of messy landings at JW so obviously there is quality to her skating even if some people don't appreciate it. Plus Anna also grew considerably during the season, it's pretty obvious to see, and she skated better regardless of that, and started doing 3lz-3t in both programs, most of the time with success (she did it cleanly in SP+FS at JGPF, SP at Russian Nats, FS at Russian Junior Nats, and SP at JW).
It sort of boggles me how some people do not think she is talented, I mean, she is 14, had no international experience, only 13th at Russian Junior Nationals, then gets sent to a JGP, medals, gets sent to another one, wins in a formidable fashion, makes the JGPF where she upgrades her content, wins bronze at that event where everyone except Keiser skated phenomenally, and is less than a point from silver, competes at Russian senior Nationals and is 5th, just a couple points from 4th, qualifies for JW at Junior Nats where she had arguably the worst skates of her season but is still the 3rd highest placing age eligible lady, then wins bronze at JW with a comfortable 6 point margin over the 4th place finisher - who is 5 years older, and that was with a FS that was far from her best. And in the middle of all this she is going through puberty and has no past experience to rely on. So how does that qualify as bad and having no chance for the future? That is very impressive in my book. She medaled at every international she went to this season, and landed 7 triples in her FS in 3 out of 4 of them, and a clean 3-3 in the SP at all of them (3lz-3t in the last 2).
So, I know Radionova and Sotnikova were even more impressive in their first JGP seasons, and Tuktamysheva during her first GP season, but they were all prodigious talents since a young age, which is not the case with Anna, and none of them had grown yet when having such success and were just tiny little girls while Anna is very obviously in the middle of a major growthspurt and has already reached an adult height, and is still pulling out the 3lz-3t combos. We saw how things became harder for Adelina, Liza, and Julia once they started growing - no longer were they dominating everything in sight. So even though most of the medals were bronze not gold, I think this season overall was good for Anna. She may continue to fight through this transitional age and body changes for another season or two, but this season she already showed determination and ability to fight through it so I think there is hope for the future. Plus her jumps actually seem to be quite high and rotation has not been an issue thus far so that is also promising. The jumps may not be huge like Hicks or Sotnikova but guess what, those two rarely get credit for rotating their 3-3s anyways so it's not like the huge jumps are really helping that much anyways.


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Ever had to move all of a file server's files to a new server? Perhaps consolidating several file servers into one, or perhaps moving the files into a virtualized file server? It's a pretty awful process, isn't it?
First, Explorer just doesn't cut it. You're not going to drag-and-drop files from one server to another, because it'll take nine hundred million years for everything to copy. Most administrators probably rely on the good old tape backup approach: Back up the files from the old server, and restore them to the new server.
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To score one point by footing in Observed Moto Trials.
The rider did a Dab in that section.
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To administer a drug in powder form orally by getting some on the index finger and rubbing it all over the gums.
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A term used in bouldering (rock-climbing on boulders) to denote hitting the floor or a friend with a body part while climbing. A dab can allow a climber to continue instead of falling off, so is regarded as invalidating an ascent (or "send")
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to stay off the nose candy for awhile, but then every now and then you "dab"
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BOWLING GREEN - Hopewell-Loudon sophomore Damion Vitt was the lone area wrestler advancing to the Division III district semifinals, and after a tough morning for the local contingent, Vitt the last one standing with a chance at a trip to state. But after dropping a tough semifinal in the 145-pound weight class to Fremont St. Joe's Sean Vasquez, Vitt had the unenviable task of taking out a returning state runner-up in order to have a local D-III representative in Columbus.
It wasn't meant to be as Vitt fell to Archbold's Logan Day by technical fall, and the local area was shut out in terms of D-III state qualifiers.
"Damion's only a sophomore," said Hopewell-Loudon coach Travis Traxler. "He ends up with a senior in the semis, gets beat 5-0 in a tough match. Next match is a returning state runner up in the go-to match. That's just the draw, luck of the draw."
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Hopewell-Loudon's Damion Vitt tries to escape the grasp of Fremont St. Joe's Sean Vasquez during a championship semifinal match at the Division III?district tournament Saturday at the?Stroh Center in Bowling Green.
Vitt though was the lone local wrestler to earn a place, finishing sixth. He lost to Tony Rozzi of Woodmore, 14-1 in his last match.
Vitt gave Vasquez a battle in the championship semifinal. Vasquez held a 3-0 lead with two points coming off technical violations. Vasquez scored a late takedown for a 5-0 victory.
Traxler, though, said the earlier penalty points played a role in how the match played out.
"Some of the officiating in that match, I wouldn't say it was poor officiating, but a lot of it is interpretation," he said. "For a stalling call to go one way or another, or a fleeing call to one way or another, those things set up how you're going to approach the match from that point forward. It changed the pace, it put us into an attack position. Not that we're not always trying to score points, but it allowed the other kid to solely focus on defending our offense. That changes things.
"Those are things that chance the pace of a match. Not to take anything away from the St. Joe kid. But it absolutely changes the way he has to wrestle us. If that's a wide-open match and that kid has to wrestle with us, I think Damion's able to put some points up on the board. If he only has to defend us, that narrows his approach."
Twenty-five local wrestlers qualified for the district tournament at Bowling Green's Stroh's Center, 18 of which survived into Saturday. But one-by-one each fell by the wayside.
But even with no trips to Columbus, that didn't mean there wasn't a lot of success.
Carey coach Ryan Pratt was proud of the way his team wrestled over the weekend, including three seniors who he was having a hard time saying good-bye to.
"All in all, 10 kids qualified. Eight kids at least won one match. Had a couple of them win two, went 2-2," Pratt said. "Senior Zach Sauber, one of the hardest working kids on the team, never gives up, just wrestled his last match. It's tough as a coach, especially when you put in so much time and effort. You care about these kids like they're your own. I get emotional just thinking about it. Deryk Sammet went 1-2, another senior. DiIlon Pratt lost last night. Those three, they've been here since I've been here. Zach moved in his sophomore year from another school. Hats off. They all wrestled hard, never gave up the entire time."
Carey got consolation round wins from Sauber (220) and Zach Brodman (145). Brodman dropped Josh Summers of Western Reserve 4-1 and Sauber pinned Van Buren's Santos Miranda.
Brodman though ran into the same buzz-saw that ended Vitt's run in Day. Sauber had his run ended by Tinora's Derek Smith.
"Logan Day, he lost first round last night. We had to beat him to go through," Pratt said. "We lost our quarterfinal match 1-0 to Rozzi from Woodmore. We win that one and it's a completely different ballgame. John Racheter, a freshman, went 1-2, wrestled real good. Lost in overtime. I got him for three more years, got Brodman for one more year. Out of the 10 qualifiers I had, three were seniors, seven of them are returning. Eight kids got at least one win out of 10. At this level, that's an accomplishment on anybody's team."
Mohawk's Chet Margraf (126) and Kevin Lonsway (152) dropped their first consolation matches Saturday, while Cole Draper (182) scored an 11-3 win over Ricky Pratt of Cardinal Stritch. Draper then bowed out the next round.
"We did some nice things," Mohawk coach Bud Cook said. "It's important for at least three of them, they got a first round win. Things just didn't work out in the second round or even the (consolation) for that matter. It's good anytime you can get to this level and get a win.
"Chet lost a heartbreaker. It was tied with nine seconds left in the end of regulation. Those are just tough. Kevin again, he lost one that going in we knew it was going to be tough. Cole gets two wins at this level, then had to run into a really good kid. Once you start getting in, the later rounds you go the better the quality of kids."
Also making it to Saturday but falling in consolation matches were Calvert's John Brodman (120), who was pinned by Ayersville's Kyle Behringer, St. Wendelin's Cole Williams (132), who dropped a 3-0 decision to Genoa's Brandon Bates, and Lakota's Madison Jaso (160) who wrestled a back-and-forth match with Paul Frey of Riverdale, that ended with Jaso getting caught for a pin.
Also for Hopewell-Loudon, Dylan Hammond (120) and Tristan Myers (170) fell in their first matches Saturday. Myers, in what turned out to be the final match of his career, battled back from down 6-3 in the third round to tie Archbold's David Bell. But he gave up an escape point and couldn't get a takedown to get the win.
Alex Brock (138) opened Saturday with a 4-2 win over Brik Dauterman of Elmwood before falling 10-1 to Otsego's Austin Glosser.
"We had four guys into Day 2," Traxler said. "One was a freshman, Dylan Hammond. He goes out scores five points against a returning state qualifier that's a senior. We're really proud of his performance for a freshman. Alex Brock battled back, beat a tough kid from Elmwood.
"Tristan, that's a tough kid to lose We're predominately an underclassmen team. Tristan was a great leader. It's hard to see him go but the future's looking real bright. We've come a long way in two seasons. Our kids are already ready to hit the mats again. It's a culture change. Our kids are ready to wrestle now."
Cook echoed the sentiment that his team is poised for a bright future, with four district qualifiers who will bring back that experience next year.
"Especially with Mason (Hammond) and Chet and Cole, I can't express enough how valuable it is to have them, along with Lonsway," Cook said. "Because now they bring that, into our room. Things are looking up for us I think."


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LOCKPORT – A judge ruled today that the SPCA of Niagara was within its rights to raise the fee for a voting membership from $25 to $1,000, and also upheld the results of last year's election for the board of directors.
"It's a corporation. They can do what they want. I'm not going to sit in and run the Niagara County SPCA," State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said.
Ruling in a lawsuit brought by three members who favor a "no-kill" shelter, Kloch also said the 2012 election, which produced a completely new 15-member board, was perfectly legal.
"In every respect, the election of the board of directors in 2012 comported with the law and the by-laws that were then in effect," Kloch told the attorneys.
Attorney Peter A. Reese, the husband of one of the plaintiffs, vowed that Kloch's ruling will be appealed.
"I think these people think we don't have the resources to pursue an appeal. They are very much mistaken," Reese said in an interview.
SPCA Board President Bryan Barish said outside the courtroom, "We're very pleased that the judge saw the claims were baseless, and we're free to continue doing the good work for the animals."
His attorney, William J. Hardy, told Kloch that 11 of the $1,000 memberships have been sold, along with 209 nonvoting memberships at lesser prices. Only the $1,000 members have the right to vote, under by-law amendments adopted recently by the SPCA board.
Previously, any member could vote, and the minimum price was $25. The only exception is the current members of the board, the executive director and the shelter director. They don't have to pay anything.
"Members who exercise the voting franchise should have a stake in the organization," said Michael DeFreitas, the attorney who crafted the amendment.
Reese argued that the SPCA's action violated state law governing not-for-profit corporations, but Kloch disagreed.
"I'm not going to step into a not-for-profit corporation and tell them what they can charge for a membership," Kloch said.
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Goldern Guernsey plant can't donate milk
State order caused dairy items to go unrefrigerated
Tens of thousands of gallons of milk at the closed-down Goldern Guernsey Dairy plant will not be allowed to be donated to charity.
WISN 12 News has learned that the plan to donate the milk to the Hunger Task Force got nixed.
Organizers from the charity had asked the company's investment owner to donate the unused milk, and they even got the OK from the Department of Agriculture.
The task force's executive director, Sherrie Tussler, said the company's attorney told them Saturday that the state had the dairy drain the ammonia from the refrigerators so the dairy items have not been on ice.
The attorney refused to comment to WISN 12 news and the Chapter 7 trustee has not returned calls for comment.
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PITTSBURGH - Steelers rookie wide receiver Justin Brown just completed his first NFL game and roamed around midfield at Heinz Field on Saturday night looking for someone he might know from the New York Giants.
When approached by a reporter and asked to assess his performance during the Steelers' 18-13 loss in their 2013 preseason opener, Brown politely obliged but remained expressionless when discussing his debut effort.
His demeanor didn't change - until he was asked about playing with fellow receiver Derek Moye. He then suddenly flashed an enormous smile and talked as if he didn't have to rush off the field and into the locker room.
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Pittsburgh Steelers' Derek Moye (14) attempts to break a tackle against the New York Giants during a preseason game Saturday in Pittsburgh.
"That was kind of cool,'' said Brown, who played three seasons with Moye at Penn State and is now a teammate of his again with the Steelers. "I looked over at one point, and it was me and him. It reminded me of when we were at Penn State, being in the huddle at the same time. That was nice.''
Brown and Moye are both trying to secure a roster spot with the Steelers this summer. Both are currently on the bubble as far as making the team and will have three more preseason games to try and impress the coaching staff.
Brown might have an edge because he was a sixth-round draft pick in April and entered Saturday's game in the second quarter. He ended up being targeted six times and led the Steelers with four receptions for 32 yards.
"I could have done a lot better,'' said Brown, a Wilmington, Del., native. "I've got to go back to the film and see what corrections I need to make and try to do better next time.''
Moye is technically in his second NFL season after being signed by the Miami Dolphins last May, then getting released and spending last training camp with the New Orleans Saints. After getting cut before the 2012 season by the Saints, Moye hooked on with the Steelers last November on their practice squad and then was re-signed to a futures contract in January.
He came into Saturday's game at receiver in the third quarter and caught his first two NFL passes on consecutive plays early in the fourth quarter. He finished with two receptions for 22 yards.
"It felt good getting out there away from the camp setting and being in a game setting,'' said Moye, who grew up a Steelers fan in Rochester. "It was a great experience for my first preseason game. It's up to me to make plays. I feel I made some, but I have to keep trying and keep my focus on what's ahead.''
The two could very well be battling it out for the Steelers' fifth receiver spot. Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders are clearly the starters with veterans Plaxico Burress and Jerricho Cotchery and rookie third-round pick Markus Wheaton the next in line.
David Gilreath, a second-year player who spent most of last season with the Steelers, appearing in three games, played ahead of Moye on Saturday but didn't have any passes thrown his way and muffed a punt. Three other receivers - Reggie Dunn, Kashif Moore and J.D. Woods - are also trying to gain a roster spot.
Where Brown and Moye stand out above the others is their size - Brown is 6-foot-3, and Moye is 6-5. With the Steelers losing tall tight ends Heath Miller and Matt Spaeth to injury, and with 6-5 36-year-old Burress suffering a possible career-ending shoulder injury last Thursday, the Steelers don't possess many tall targets for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
In a twisted way, the Burress injury could be just what Brown or Moye needed. But neither is approaching the rest of camp thinking he has the inside track.
"It doesn't hurt (my chances), but I can't worry about that,'' Moye said. "I have to worry about what I do on the field, try to impress the coaches and make plays.''
"It's bad that Plaxico went down, and I hope he has a speedy recovery,'' Brown said. "I've just got to keep getting better.''
For his part, Burress has tried to show the young receivers the ropes of being a tall receiver in the NFL. He knows Moye a little better because they both were with the Steelers late last season.
"I can help them with body lean, learning to position yourself,'' Burress said. "There are definitely pros and cons to being a tall receiver. The more that (Moye) plays, he'll understand the different things that smaller receivers can't do because of their size. I show him how to put himself in position to shield the defender away from the football, on how to reach and get the football and things like that.''
Moye and Brown are also working hard on special teams because that's most likely where they'll see game action if they end up making the team for the regular-season opener on Sept. 8.
"There aren't many fourth or fifth receivers in the NFL who are just receivers,'' Moye said. "You have to bring more to the table than running routes and catching balls. I do whatever (special teams) coach (Danny Smith) tells me to do.''
Moye and Brown both enjoyed productive careers at Penn State. Moye played as a redshirt freshman in 2008 and then started every game from 2009-2011, finishing his Nittany Lion career with 144 receptions for nearly 2,400 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Brown played as a freshman in 2009 and then started nearly every game opposite Moye in 2010 and 2011. He had 73 receptions for 1,047 yards and three touchdowns at Penn State.
Brown then transferred to Oklahoma for his senior year and caught 73 passes for 879 yards and five touchdowns. His quarterback at Oklahoma, Landry Jones, was the Steelers' fourth-round draft pick and completed three passes to Brown against the Giants.
"It was nice playing with Landry because I'm used to playing with him,'' Brown said. "But at the same time, I've got to be ready with whatever quarterback is out there.''
Brown and Moye made big first steps on Saturday. They still have a long road ahead of them, but at least they'll be able to go through the experience together.
"Justin and I are good friends from our days at Penn State,'' Moye said. "It's been a really good experience to play with someone who was a friend of mine before I came to the NFL.''


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The slow-paced completion of Interstate 526 has hit two more stumbling blocks.
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JUNE 2007: The state Department of Transportation agrees to manage the Mark Clark Expressway project on James and Johns islands.
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2010: At five public hearings held by the DOT, speakers are overwhelmingly opposed to Interstate 526 extension on the islands. At the hearings, the DOT presents its preferred route for the road and summarizes results of its environmental study.
APRIL 2011: Charleston County Council stands firm against completing I-526, despite a warning that the move would cost the cash-strapped county nearly $12 million. The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank warns council members that the county would have to pay back what has been spent on the project so far for right-of-way issues and engineering and environmental studies.
JANUARY 2012: County Council reverses its vote and asks the state DOT to take over the project.
JUNE 2012: The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Government's transportation committee votes to increase the estimate to complete I-526 from $489 million to $558 million.
SEPTEMBER 2012: DOT commissioners vote unanimously against taking over I-526 from Charleston County.
DECEMBER 2012: County Council votes 5-4 in favor of completing I-526. The resolution contains an amendment that the county will make a good faith effort to compensate people who live within 1,000 feet of the road for the drop in the value of their property. County staffers then begin work on drafting a revised three-party contract.
S.C. Department of Transportation commissioners are balking on signing off on the proposal to move forward with the $558 million project, amid concerns about who would be responsible for managing it and about compensating property owners who live within 1,000 feet of the road's path.
The next step for the controversial extension of the Mark Clark Expressway across Johns and James islands involves updating the project's three-party contract, known as an Intergovernmental Agreement.
In the project's initial $420 million contract, Charleston County was the project's sponsor, the DOT was responsible for building the road, and the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank was responsible for paying for it. But Charleston County now wants more control of building the road, and the price has climbed substantially in recent years.
Commissioner Mike Wooten said he's worried about the financial implications of an amendment in the county's resolution to build the road.
The amendment, proposed by Councilwoman Anna Johnson, states that the county must make a good-faith effort to compensate property owners who live within 1,000 feet of the road for any drop in the value of their property. The hotly debated project passed with a 5-4 vote in December, with Johnson casting one of the deciding votes.
Wooten said he thinks the amendment could put the state on the hook for paying off Charleston County property owners. And he said the county's amendment sets a dangerous precedent.
"Others will look to it and say, 'You did it in Charleston, why not do it here?' " Wooten said. "If that's the case, nobody could afford to build a new road again."
He wants DOT lawyers to weigh in on the financial risks the amendment brings.
Members of the grassroots opposition group Nix 526 are pleased that the DOT is scrutinizing the project contract. The group recently has started holding information sessions in homes of those who live within 1,000 feet of the proposed road on how to complete claims for financial compensation, even though the county hasn't invited anyone to file claims or set up a process to handle them.
Johns Island resident Rich Thomas, a member of Nix 526, said he attended a DOT workshop Thursday where commissioners received an update on the status of the project contract. He said the concerns that commissioners raised sounded a hopeful note for project opponents.
"We are on the cusp of killing this thing and burying it under its own weight of corruption and idiocy," Thomas said. "We just need to keep hammering on it until it cannot be ignored any longer."
Charleston County Council Chairman Teddie Pryor said he feels blind-sided by commissioners' objections. County officials and the DOT project manager addressed all their concerns, he said, and he thought they were on board with the county's plan.
Nix 526 members are out of line for demanding money, he said. "They're not making claims," he said. "They want a Christmas gift. Well, there aren't going to be any Christmas gifts."
Pryor said he was frustrated and ready to get going on the road. The county has the skill to build it, he said. The DOT allowed the county to take the lead on a major road project on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, and the project turned out well.
He's going to take the $420 million set aside for the project and get going on it, he said. "I'm going to start building. If I run out of money, I'll just stop where I'm at."
DOT Commissioner Jim Rozier said he supports the completion of I-526. But, he said, several commissioners are strongly opposed to the county's proposed contract changes.
They are especially afraid of the financial compensation issue, he said. The issue shouldn't be a problem for the DOT, he said, because any financial fallout would land on the county's doorstep. But during Thursday's meeting, he said, "I got nowhere saying it wasn't a problem."
The issue is going to pose a big problem for the county, he said. "It got brought up and it got traction," he said. "I don't know how Charleston is going to handle that."
Rozier also said commissioners raised concerns about the county taking a larger role in building the road. He's not worried about that either, he said, as long as the DOT has veto power over any county road-building decisions that aren't up to DOT standards.
But he hopes the county understands the complexity of the task it is trying to take on, he said.
The DOT is responsible for all interstate and state highways in South Carolina, but not for city and county roads.
Rozier, a former Berkeley County supervisor, said in his former position, he wouldn't have taken on such a large road project. "The scope of it is not for any county all on its own."
Commission Chairman John Edwards said he can't support the county having a role in managing the project. "Since we have to take it over when it's done," he said, "I think the DOT should manage the whole project."
Edwards said the commission likely will vote on the contract in the next few months, possibly at a meeting in early December.
Reach Diane Knich at 937-5491 or on Twitter @dianeknich.
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The new Windows Runtime is adopting a heavily asynchronous programming model to ensure the responsiveness of Windows 8 client apps. This makes it more critical than ever to have great support for asynchronous programming in C++. Learn about the PPL async library innovations and how these features come together with new Windows Runtime APIs to simplify asynchronous programming.
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Yes, I see that monads are at work (now that C++ has functional capabilities).
Anyone interested in a good monad tutorial can check this out http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Why-is-a-Monad-Like-a-Writing-Desk.
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