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There's a new Housewife in Orange County – and she's a brunette!
The Real Housewives of Orange County, Bravo's original series in the franchise, returns Feb. 7, and it will feature stay-at-home mom Heather Dubrow, a former actress who is married to a prominent Newport Beach plastic surgeon. (Watch the video below.)
O.C. veterans Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney, Gretchen Rossi and Alexis Bellino will also return for the show's seventh season.
According to a press release from Bravo, Vicki is still in the process of divorcing her husband Donn, though that's not stopping her from jumping into a new relationship with her southern boyfriend Brooks.
Meanwhile, former enemies Tamra and Gretchen (who is performing as a singer and dancer with the Pussycat Dolls in Las Vegas this season) are now on friendlier terms. You can also expect to see plenty on their relationships with Tamra's boyfriend Eddie and Gretchen's beau Slade.
And Alexis has landed a new gig as a correspondent with a local morning news show. But being a working mom is going to be tough.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - From a Lasch Building balcony Thursday evening, the sunset views were spectacular. Beyond Penn State's meticulously maintained, walled-in football compound, emerald hillsides and pastel skies framed the 5,500-acre campus.
On the broad, second-floor patio of the $15 million facility that serves as both headquarters and shrine for Nittany Lions football, new coach Bill O'Brien, his assistants, and a few dozen reporters were enjoying the vistas - as well as the burgers, beer, and Creamery ice cream - at an off-the-record gathering.

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It didn't take long for the cry Hillary Trevino let out to turn to a sigh and then a laugh after the pottery bowl she was working on crumbled in her hands.
But the comforting way Patti Paiz-Jones deals with her students, the quick turnaround comes as no surprise.
And it becomes clear why when she talks about the art teacher she had in high school who turned her life around.
"It's all wabi-sabi," Paiz-Jones said to Trevino as she helped her put the pieces back together. "Just remember that. There is nothing wrong. It's all wabi-sabi."
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese worldview centered around the acceptance of imperfection, and describes beauty as something that is imperfect.
Paiz-Jones is in her sixth year as an art teacher at Greeley Central High School. She has been teaching for 31 years, 25 in the Eaton Re-1 School District. But she said being able to mentor high school students in an arts and magnet school like Central has brought her life full-circle.
"To come back to my first love," she said. "The arts connected me to school. And if I can help students find something they can be passionate about, no matter what that is, it offers so much more to the kids."
Paiz-Jones was a struggling high school student herself, she said. So one summer when she was forced to take summer classes to catch up, she met an art teacher who pushed her to do more.
"She just changed my life so much," she said. "She saw something in me I didn't know was there."
After high school, Paiz-Jones went to work for the woman teaching adult pottery classes, and during that time she convinced Paiz-Jones to go to college.
"I had never had any thoughts of college," Paiz-Jones said. "I was a first-generation college student from my family. She just really pushed me."
Paiz-Jones ended up at the University of Northern Colorado, but sadly, her mentor died during her first year at UNC.
She landed a job right out of college in Eaton.
"I had planned to stay one year, and it lasted 25 years," she said. "I loved my time in Eaton. But when this opportunity came up, I couldn't resist."
Her students say she makes sure they are on track without being mean or nasty.
"We love Mrs. Jones," senior Sonia Trujillo said. "She's the best. We get to be creative."
"She's a motherly affectionist," senior Erland Campbell added.
Campbell was one of three of Paiz-Jones' students who recently placed in the 2014 Colorado Scholastic Art Show.
Campbell won the top prize, a gold key, for a wheel-thrown lidded dish and an honorable mention for a wheel-thrown stripped teapot. Rachel Myers and Katherine Rutledge both won silver keys for a hand-built slab pitcher and a ceramic figurine titled "PatricK," respectively.
The students will be honored at an awards banquet Saturday in Denver.
Myers, also a senior, said students are fond of Paiz-Jones because she truely cares about each and every student.
"And she gives great constructive criticism," Myers said with a laugh. "She'll say, 'Can I make a suggestion?' which is really key for, 'It's not that great.' But that's why we like her."
Paiz-Jones said there is nothing special about what she does because many teachers do the same. Instead, she said, it's the students that make her special.
"It is just a really rewarding job," she said. "Especially when you see them go on to art school or be recognized outside of school. That's what makes me feel good."
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The virtuous Lucretia was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the tyrannical king of Rome, in the 6th century BC.3Afterwards, although she was the victim, Lucretia committed suicide. Fearing posthumous disgrace when Tarquin threatened to kill both her and a male slave and make it appear that she had been caught in adultery with the slave, she yielded her body to him but not her mind. Her suicide was motivated by shame,
not guilt; she felt anxious about how others might interpret her behavior if she lived and was concerned that unchaste women would claim blackmail as an excuse for their voluntary sexual encounters (epigraph). Because others could not know her conscience, she decided that suicide would testify to her innocent state of mind. Female chastity was so revered by Lucretia that she took her life rather than violate this ideal.
According to the traditions of the time, she died an honorable, heroic death.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch. Lucretia, 1664. Oil on canvas, 47¼ × 39¼ in (120 × 101 cm). Andrew W. Mellon Collection. Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
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Holidays: Making, sharing memories
Why is sharing family history at the holidays so important?
Gifts come in many forms, so think of sharing family history as a gift to your family.
Wake Forest University professor of counseling Samuel Gladding and his family have "halls of remembrance" in their home. Every year since they were married, he and his wife, Claire, have created picture collages highlighting that year with snapshots of trips, sports, plays and family outings.
He shared his views here.
Author of several family counseling books, the professor says that sharing family history
... strengthens individuals and it strengthens families. If you know the past, you are much more likely to benefit from it and be inspired or determined to make the future better or at least as good as the past.
When families gather for the holidays, Gladding says it can be the perfect opportunity to share family stories that will benefit younger and older generations.
There are benefits for both younger and older generations.
For the younger generations, Gladding says it can help as:
Knowing family stories can inspire children to ask 'Can I do as well or better? If you don't have something to aspire to, you probably won't grow.
Sharing a story from the past illustrates challenges overcome by older relatives. The stories may help children handle their own problems.
For the adults, he says that sharing stories and experiences may avoid depression and reinforce the idea that they lived their lives well.
Difficult or tragic stories also have a place, sharing life lessons, as seniors pass along their experiences to the next generation.
Here are some tips - from Gladding and from the MyHeritage team - for a family storytelling session.
- Create a new storytelling tradition. When you invite people, tell them you'd like to share family stories when they visit and encourage them to bring photos to tell their story.
- Focus on lessons learned. Ask guest storytellers to share what they learned from their experience. Sharing lessons learned from life experiences provides useful ideas for future situations faced by younger relatives.
- Record it. Make sure that a guest acts as the story recorder. Stories can be written down, or audio recorded. Even better, video record the stories and the storytellers. Make sure that other guests receive copies.
- Show-and-tell. Ask your guests to bring a family object to share and talk about.
- A family tree. Prepare a large family tree and hang it on the wall. Show the younger generations where they are on the chart and how they are related. When sharing family stories that include other relatives, show (if possible) where those family members are on the family tree.
- Help seniors tell their stories. Older relatives may need encouragement to tell their stories. They may feel that no one is interested in their lives or what they've done. Try to persuade them to tell their stories. Their stories may be the hit of your holiday gathering, particularly if they have not previously shared those experiences.
What are your own tips for sharing family history memories during the holidays?
Tell the MyHeritage team and other readers of your ideas to help share these memories. Let us know via comments below, by tweeting us @MyHeritage and on our Facebook page.
We look forward to reading your suggestions. Your special tip may be the beginning of a new tradition for another family.
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Youngstown State's first two Horizon League games have been as harsh as the plummeting temperatures northeast Ohio will endure this week.
The league's Wisconsin-based schools are known for their chilly receptions. Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena and Green Bay's Resch Center haven't been too kind to the Penguins. These past two meetings were no exception in Thursday's 82-76 loss at Milwaukee and Saturday's 85-69 setback at Green Bay.
Milwaukee's forwards Kyle Kelm and Matt Tiby were held to around their averages, but guard Jordan Aaron went ballistic as he was 9 of 15 from the floor, 4 of 6 from 3-point range for 27 points.
YSU's Kendrick Perry had one of his stellar games with 31 points. The Penguins senior point guard has had, by far, the best season of his career. He was complimented by three double-figure scorers - Bobby Hain, Ryan Weber and Kamren Belin.
Offense hasn't been a problem for the Penguins (9-8, 0-2 Horizon League). They came into their current three-game road trip, averaging more than 82 points per outing - best in the Horizon League.
Saturday, the Penguins tied their lowest point total of the season since a Nov. 17, 2013, a 85-69 loss at Massachusetts.
At UMass and Green Bay, the Penguins' defense surrendered more than 55 percent from the floor.
It is not as much of an eyesore as the abomination of a defense the Ohio State's football team has put forth the past couple of games, but you can bet it won't earn the Penguins basketball team any style points.
It's only two games and two games won't make or break a 30-plus game season, but this defensive lapse is like a slight cough. It will fester and may eventually grow into flu-like symptoms, knocking you out for quite a while.
The defense needs to improve going forward, so does the offense. The Penguins need high-percentage transition shots to be successful in a high-scoring offense.
If YSU could only harness what it had in the Dec. 29 home game against South Dakota. The Penguins distributed the ball around the perimeter quite well, seemingly finding the open man each and every time.
The defense was near perfection with a couple of blocks. Driving lanes closed quickly, more than an onslaught of rush-hour traffic.
It's easy to rush to judgment against YSU after starting the Horizon League 0-2, but the Penguins faced two of the best teams in the league and went to, historically, two places YSU hasn't performed well.
Tuesday, the Penguins wrap up their three-game trip at UIC. YSU hasn't won in Chicago for quite a while. To be exact, it was the 2008-09 season.
Slocum said after the South Dakota game Horizon League teams defend their home court quite well. As a road team, you hope to steal a few games. Tuesday, against the team with the worst overall record in the league, YSU better get a five-finger discount in Chicago.


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RESERVE Bank governor Gill Marcus gets paid a salary almost double that of her boss, President Jacob Zuma.
According to the Bank's 2012-13 annual report, issued on Friday, Ms Marcus was paid a hearty R4.99m.
The Reserve Bank also provided her accommodation at the official residence, a fringe benefit deemed to be worth R790000 for tax purposes. Mr Zuma's salary was R2.62m in the same year.
Ms Marcus's three deputies could also make the president jealous with their pay packets in the past year.
Including all benefits, Daniel Mminele pocketed R3.8m, Francois Groepe R3.56m and Lesetja Kganyago R3.81m.
This compares favourably with the R1.3m to R1.6m that Mr Kganyago would have been paid in his last full year as director-general of the Treasury.
While these amounts boggle the minds of most ordinary citizens, the Reserve Bank's executive directors at least seem to be putting their money where their mouths are by settling for below-inflation salary increases.
Ms Marcus has, over the past year, called repeatedly for wage growth restraint, and warned about the negative effect that high salary increases have on inflation, employment growth and South Africa's competitiveness.
At the monetary policy forum earlier this month, Mr Groepe said wage restraint did "not only refer to workers, but to all of us".
Ms Marcus's remuneration increased by only 4.46% from the 2012 financial year to the 2013 financial year, while the three deputy governors got average increases of 5.5%. Inflation, meanwhile, averaged 5.7% from April last year to this March.
Thandeka Mgoduso, chairwoman of the Bank's remuneration committee, said on Friday that the Bank's executive and nonexecutive directors would get no increases in the current financial year.
This follows a call by Mr Zuma last year that CEOs and executive directors in the private and public sectors should consent to a freeze on higher salaries and bonuses.
Ms Marcus said it was up to every institution to decide whether it wanted to implement a similar pay freeze or not. "We felt this was something important for us," she said.
The Bank's total staff costs rose 13.62% to R1.78bn as the central bank hired more people and gave a 7% increase to staff.
Overall, the Reserve Bank suffered a loss of R1.27bn in the year — more than three times the R409m loss of the previous year — as it cost R1.56bn to issue the new banknotes with the image of former president Nelson Mandela.
Ms Marcus said this "was not the first year" the Reserve Bank suffered losses. "We are not an institution that is driven by a profit motive. Nobody is comfortable making losses, but the objective is not to maximise profit. Our objective is to do our job. Sometimes you make profits doing that and sometimes you make losses."
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- 1 can (8 oz) whole water chestnuts, drained
- 1 can (8 oz) unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
- 1 jar (10 oz) sweet-and-sour sauce
- Cut each slice of bacon in half widthwise. Wrap a strip around each chestnut or pineapple chunk; secure with toothpicks. Place in an ungreased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 400° for 25-35 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
- Pour sweet-and-sour sauce into a microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes or until heated through. Serve with appetizers. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.


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Okay, here is my second trip report that covers Emirates Business class on the A380 between Hong Kong and Bangkok.
As I mentioned in my first trip report, while searching for airfares to Bangkok my girlfriend and I saw by accident that British Airways had a very attractive fare to Hong Kong, much better priced than most AMS-BKK tickets that I could find. That would give me some nice opportunities: Unlike my girlfriend I never visited Hong Kong before, which would be nice, and as my girlfriend could only join one week later I would have some time on my own and have the opportunity to sample Emirates A380 J-class between HKG and BKK, as I wanted to visit Bangkok anyway.
Tue 25 Oct 11
EK385 22:25 Hong Kong (HKG) to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
Airbus A380-800
Seat 9K
I arrived the airport quite early, in fact the check in wasn't even opened. Already there was a massive line of people waiting at Economy Class to be checked in for this flight. The line for Business Class was also longer than I've seen before. When the check-in counters finally opened everything went quite smooth. We were given Fast Track passes and with this all formalities were a breeze. I found our gate and made some pictures of our bird and then made my way to the lounge.
The lounge was a little bit disappointing at one point: many people needed power sockets for their laptops and there were only few places to sit with a power socket. The choices of meals and beverages were plenty, but somehow I didn't fancy dinner already so I just had some OJ's. I was lucky enough to find me a seat with a power socket
Then it was time to board and I made my way to the gate.
Having seen a real A380 only at Farnborough and Le Bourget before and never on an actual commercial service, it was impressive to see such a crowd of passengers and it would be interesting to see all the handling involved in the boarding process. It didn't get that far as boarding via the priority queue proceeded very smoothly and I was in my seat before I knew it. It wasn't that big but the amount of space and privacy was very nice, as was the minibar and the entertainment system. Cabin crew walked through the isle with menu's, wine lists and headsets.
View from 9K
Tonight's menu
My minibar
Cabin crew took our dinner-orders and we where pushed away to commence start up and taxi to the active runway. During the takeoff roll the aircraft was remarkably quiet and we climbed smoothly to our cruising altitude. Dinner was served shortly after takeoff
After dinner I paid the mandatory visit to the bar in the back of the aircraft and it was the nicest feature I ever saw on a commercial flight. After a while the place became really crowded and there was a very pleasant, almost festive atmosphere and I wasn't the only passenger making pictures all the time. My guess was that the cabin-crew was quite used to this and they all seemed very happy to work in the A380.
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After a few drinks and some chats with other passengers I returned to my seat and discovered that customs and immigration forms were already put at my table, as was a pass for the Fast Track in Bangkok. Upon landing all entry formalities were uneventful. In BKK I'm in the habit of immediately proceeding to the departure level to find a taxi as it is much quicker to find one.
Thu 27 Oct 11
EK384 13:45 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK) to Hong Kong (HKG)
Airbus A380-800
Seat 9K
After a day of shopping, sightseeing and the traditionally meet with an old expat-schoolfriend of mine for good food and drinks it was time to return to Hong Kong. The flooding problem, although not noticable in Bangkok's inner city, became more serious everyday so I decided that it would be a good idea to leave for the airport earlier than usual, just to make sure. Check in was already opened and I was given a Fast Track card again and proceeded through security and immigration checkpoints to the Emirates lounge. It was very quiet and somehow I liked the atmosphere of this particular lounge more then the one in Hong Kong.
And there were some of the best fish-cookies that I ever had!
Then it was time to board, this time the boarding area wasn't as crowded as two days earlier and soon I was in my seat, 9K again.
Finding one's seat can make one thirsty so drinks were offered immediately:
Some Nordwind 757's:
Air Austral 777:
After a long wait before takeoff we took off and climbed out to our cruising level.
A glass of red that I particularly liked:
Lunch was served very soon:
The in flight bar remained rather empty on this leg:
On final to HKG:
Mirror view during taxi:
A little less than 3 hours later we arrived in Hong Kong, which was a bit of a disappointment: no Fast Track cards were given so everyone had to join the same long slowly moving queues.
In a nutshell: I was very much looking forward to these two flights and was happy to find out that it lived up to my expectations. The A380 is a very remarkable aircraft and EK does have a very proud and enthusiastic cabin-crew, comfortable seats and lots of amenities.
Most noticeable on this trip: The noise-level during takeoff was so low it was almost non-existent and it was funny how any non-verbal presence of passengers can make more sound than a take off run.
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By Cpl. Kim Joon-Hyung, 403rd AFSB Public AffairsJuly 25, 2013
CAMP WALKER, Korea - Col. Jordan S. Chroman took command of the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade from Col. Michael C. Lopez, who served as commander of the brigade since June 2011. The change of command was held at the Kelly Gym, Camp Walker, Daegu, Korea, June 26.
Lopez, the outgoing commander, passed the unit colors to Army Sustainment Command Commanding General Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton, who then passed to Chroman, symbolically formalizing his assumption of command of the 403rd AFSB. Lopez will head to the Defense Distribution Center in New Cumberland, Pa., for his next assignment.
Both Lopez and Chroman spoke to the audience and the Soldiers who attended the ceremony.
"403rd work force," Lopez said, "I am grateful for the countless hours you invested to take care of the Army's business and for maintaining the warriors."
Lopez and his wife Marianne wished Chroman and his family the very best in command.
"I am privileged to stand here today -- committed to training our Soldiers and civilians, to growing our leaders, and to setting the conditions for our teammates to do great things in an atmosphere of dignity, professionalism, integrity, and respect," Chroman said. "Together we will be prepared to focus the full strength of the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade, the Army Sustainment Command, and the Army Materiel Command to bear -- in order to support the full spectrum of operations in this theater and, when called upon, be ready to execute any mission our nation's leaders ask of us -- as the region's logistics powerhouse."
Prior to the ceremony, Wharton and ASC's Command Sgt. Maj. James E. Spencer presented the Legion of Merit medal to Lopez and a certificate of appreciation to his wife.


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There's a fascinating story from LancasterOnline about copyright law and quilting among Mennonites in Pennsylvannia's Amish Country:
From now on, Light in the Valley, a quilt pattern that creates an optical illusion that lends it a three-dimensional effect, can no longer be quilted.
That particular pattern has been copyrighted, and Almost Amish, the company that bought the copyright, has sent letters from its attorney to representatives of Lancaster County quilt shops and nearly every volunteer fire company here that hosts a mud sale, telling them to cease and desist selling that quilt.
Now, as a matter of law, the quilt pattern in question seems to be protected by copyright. Quilt patterns are within copyright's ambit -- in fact, contrary to what this article suggests, all original quilt patterns are automatically copyrighted the minute they are stitched. And the certificate of registration held by Almost Amish creates a legal presumption that it is, in fact, the owner of the copyright. Anyone who uses the pattern without a license is liable for infringement, absent a successful defense.
Interesting, though, is how apart the social norms in Amish Country are from the law. Several of the folks quoted in this article say something to the effect of: copyrighting your quilt pattern is sinful, or at least not very Christian, or at least not neighborly.
For example:
Sylvia Petersheim, of Petersheim Quilts, Fabrics and Crafts in Bird-in-Hand, has heard people talking about the Light in the Valley controversy.
"It's just selfish — plain downright selfish," said Petersheim of the copyright. "I've been here for 30 years. I have had people copy off of my quilts right and left, and I never put a complaint in about that. That's very, very selfish, especially if the quilts are going to mud sales and fundraisers."
Of course, the complaining quilters aren't just unhappy because they can't stitch a pattern they like; they're mad that they can't sell quilts they've already made or can't resell quilts they bought.
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It's Family/Homecoming Weekend.
You know what this means, right? You are looking at some serious potential for meals off-campus, the prospect of home-baked treats (cookies, brownies, etc.), the opportunity to add some Colby garb from the bookstore to your wardrobe, and a better than average chance that your mini-fridge and stash of late night munchies will get replenished and you won"t have to pay for any of it.
So I thought I'd offer some unsolicited advice on how you can get the most out of Family/Homecoming Weekend.
Let's start with the obvious. It's time to do your laundry and clean your room.
Okay, so maybe you don't see any problem with recycling t-shirts you've already worn four times between washes, and you and your roommate are perfectly content kicking away old pizza boxes to find your shoes in the morning. But, come on dude, if you don't deal with the mess you are risking some seriously bad karma with your mother or Aunt Sally or whoever it is that might be coming to visit.
And don't think you're off the hook if you don't have family coming. You're in line to be the roommate who gets taken out for lunch or dinner and your prospects fall off rapidly if your half of the room looks like the dumpster behind Bob's when the roomie's family arrives.
It's important for you to remember that you've been here for a month and you are fully acclimated to college living. And college living isn't like normal people living. You may think that the replica of Fenway Park that you have crafted out of empty Natty Lite cans is wicked cool but it's probably not going to impress grandma as much as you might think.
You've got to get your head back into living at home mode. Brush. Floss. Make your bed.
Keep it simple. When in doubt, tell your family you love them and miss them.
They'll probably want to meet some of the people in your life here.
Introducing your folks to your sociology professor or advising dean is a good idea. Introducing them to the guy at the MobilMart who sold you your fake ID is, well....not.
They may want you to show them around campus or the local area.
Taking the family up into the Miller Library tower to take in the view or to see the biomass plant are awesome things to do. Taking your elderly uncle on a nine mile hike in the Bigelows, not so much.
They'll enjoy learning about fun facts about Colby.
You mother will be interested to know that Samuel Francis French (who taught at Colby in the 1830's) wrote the words to "My Country 'Tis of Thee." She won't care that your roommate can belch the entire first verse of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" after drinking warm ginger ale in Dana.
Your parents and families love you and they'll say they want to know all about everything you're doing here. But maybe they only think that. Maybe they'll be happier just knowing almost everything, you know? I'm just sayin'.....
Nah. I'm just goofing around. Except the part about doing your laundry and cleaning your room. That's for real.
And telling them you love them and miss them every chance you get. That's for real too.
Anyway, have a great weekend.
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MOUNT PLEASANT - On a busy holiday weekend like Labor Day, Shem Creek might as well be a water park. The usual bustle of shrimpers, anglers and paddlers is crowded by pleasure cruiser after cruiser.
The manatee
Looks like a fat seal with a whiskery puppy dog face.
Grows to more than a half a ton and 14 feet long.
Is among any number of marine, avian and other species that migrate in and out of the Lowcountry, moving in spring or fall when the waters warm or cool. Wildlife officials urge people to be alert for them, give them room.
Is a federal endangered species - fewer than 5,000 are known to exist; boat strikes are a major threat.
Of the 50 or more sightings made in South Carolina estuaries each year, nearly half are around Charleston.
Sources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Sea to Shore Alliance
"You have a lot of them moving at high speed" once they leave the creek, said resident Randy Friedman. So what he saw in the Mount Pleasant channel this week has him worried - manatee, a pair of them, frolicking at the surface. "I'm afraid one of them is going to get killed."
That's not a misplaced concern. The channel is a recently dredged, popular smaller boat route in and out of Charleston across Crab Bank from the shipping channel. No place for manatee, you would think. But they're there, like they are in the creek and all around the Charleston estuaries, and they won't be headed out until the water cools.
Four manatee in a group were reported sighted in Charleston Harbor on Thursday, among 84 manatee reported so far this year, said Jennifer Koches, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That number might include some repeated sightings of the same manatee.
The bulbous, seal-like mammal with the puppy dog face is a summer visitor to the Lowcountry, migrating up from Florida wintering grounds. Some 50 or more sightings are reported each year, about half near Charleston. They like to loll on the surface and are slow swimmers, so boat strikes are a major threat.
So is feeding or offering water to the sea creatures. That encourages behavior that attracts them to marinas, putting them more squarely in harm's way.
So watch out, please, said Friedman, echoing wildlife biologists. The manatees are a federally endangered species; fewer than 5,000 are known to exist and the numbers are dropping.
They return to Florida each fall in a mass movement so distinctive that it's said from the air you could see a line of them swimming down the coast. But they don't usually head out until water temperatures drop below 70. The harbor temperature this week was still in the 80s.
"The (recreational) stress on the Shem Creek area is so much more than it ever was, and it's more dangerous for the animals," Friedman said. "The channel really needs a speed zone. But nothing is being done, and I'm afraid nothing will be done until one of these animals is killed."
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So Lily and your dh share the same birthday
I am making DH a boston creme pie for his birthday on Saturday. Oh it just occurred to me that Ruth's birthday is the day before my DH which explains (if you have any beliefs regarding horoscopes) why they have so many similarities. So I think I will push my dd to Monday so I can make sure that Sunday is a good ud, to make Monday easier.
So Lily and your dh share the same birthday
wow, April was a good month, or more correctly late July early August was a good month
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."
My journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread36279.html
My "Program": doing my version of a 4:3 - 3 day fast diet with real food every day, with a little twist of anti-inflammatory mixed in.
hahahah yup cuz my birthday is in a week.
OMG.. so, learned something new. When you eat bad one day then the next morning eat a high protein, high fat breakfast, your gut cleaned everything out. OH MY.. I need to keep hydrated.. I may skip part of my lunch today and just drink herb tea.
when I was dabbling with UDDD in March between trips, I found that many of my UD mornings were capped off by a clearing out of the intestinal track.
What the heck did we get started on everybody's journals today?
Its a wild day I guess. What I appreciate about the journals is that we are free to discuss anything we need to. lol
yep, that is the reason I keep one! It is also helpful to go back and see what I have tried that didn't work!
Results from yesterday:
cal: 1752
Carb: 33 I am proud of this number. Looking at my spreadsheet, this is an AWESOME number for me on an ud 7%
F: 134 68% almost
P: 112 25% a bit high but I can live with it today
Average calories for dd/up 1577 which I think is pretty spot on.
This morning:
CW: 277 -2 whoohoo
Observations: I am feeling tightening here and there. I like to think of it as fat disappearing. Also, sleep SUCKED last night. I woke every hour then went back to sleep. It was annoying but this morning I am not tired. hmmm
dd today is already entered in MFP. It consists of my coffee this morning and some bone broth today with bouillon cubes and a pat of butter. Dinner, I am planning a little to moderate salad. Not real exciting but TOMORROW, I am taking Lily to Red Robbin for dinner and well.. it will be an UD! As I was getting ready for work I was thinking how totally doable this would be forever. I mean, even when I plateau (we know it happens), it just works well. Now last night Little DEbbie and her thugs called to me, I ignored them.
congrats on the loss!
FBS is a bugger, I need to get some sticks so I can get to monitoring it every day.
I only put a 1/2 pat of butter in my broth, last time I felt like a whole one was too rich. I honestly never ever thought I would "hear" myself say that! Especially about soup for heavens sake!


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Evans Calls for Open-Ended Fed Purchases of Securities
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans urged the central bank to begin a third round of bond purchases and to persist with the buying until U.S. unemployment declines for at least six months.
"These could be open-ended purchases, meaning that they would continue at a certain rate until there was clear evidence of improvement in economic conditions," Evans said today in a speech in Hong Kong. "To me, one example of clear evidence would be a resumption of relatively steady monthly declines in unemployment for two or three quarters."
Evans, among the central bank's most vocal advocates for increasing record accommodation, joined Boston Fed leader Eric Rosengren and San Francisco's John Williams in urging an "open-ended" bond buying. Many policy makers said additional stimulus would probably be needed "fairly soon" without evidence of a "substantial and sustainable" pickup in the economy, according to minutes of their July 31-Aug. 1 meeting released last week.
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who last month said a third asset-purchase program was an option, has an opportunity to update his policy outlook on Aug. 31 in a speech to the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Evans doesn't vote this year on the Federal Open Market Committee.
"It is time to take even stronger steps, such as the purchase of more mortgage-backed securities, to increase the degree of monetary support for the recovery," Evans said at an event hosted by Market News International. Once "momentum was confidently established, the Fed could stop adding to our balance sheet but keep the funds rate at zero," he said.
Two Rounds
The Fed has expanded its balance sheet with two rounds of bond purchases, known as quantitative easing. In the first, starting in 2008, the Fed bought $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities, $175 billion of federal agency debt and $300 billion of Treasuries. In the second round, announced in November 2010, the Fed bought $600 billion of Treasuries.
Evans said the asset purchases have been effective in keeping long-term U.S. interest rates low. He'd like to see the Fed start another round of purchases as soon as possible, he said in response to audience questions.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was little changed at 1,410.76 at 10:23 a.m. New York time, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.66 percent.
'Tepid' Recovery
The Chicago Fed leader described the U.S. recovery since 2009 as "tepid" and said 2013 growth may be "only moderately higher" than this year, with "significant risks" because of the European debt crisis and turmoil over fiscal policy in the U.S. The political debate over the "fiscal cliff" could cause households and businesses to put spending on hold, he said.
Those concerns "raise the specter of an even more worrisome outcome," Evans said. "At the moment economic growth is not much above stall speed. Another negative shock could send the economy into recession. And if a recessionary dynamic takes hold, it would be especially difficult to regain momentum."
Evans also repeated his view that the Fed shouldn't raise rates until the unemployment rate falls below 7 percent or inflation rises above 3 percent.
Other Fed presidents voiced skepticism last week about the desirability of additional monetary stimulus. Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said there are risks to moving "too aggressively" on problems that can only be fixed by fiscal policy, while St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said he opposed new action with the economy showing signs of picking up.
U.S. economic data has been mostly better than expected since the Aug. 1 FOMC meeting with government data showing 163,000 jobs added by employers in July, the most in five months, and retail sales rising after three months of decline.
Evans, 54, was the only member of the FOMC last year to cast a dissenting vote in favor of more accommodation. He became the president of the Chicago Fed in 2007.


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Tammy Sebock was 19 and seven months pregnant.
Her boyfriend, John Philburn, two years older, was moving with his family from western Pennsylvania to Arizona, to make a better life.
They wanted to be together.
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John Philburn and his fiancee, Tammy Sebock, are together after decades apart.
She had been dating the mischievous, outgoing, spontaneous - and protective - guy for a year, riding bikes and hiking in the Butler area.
But Sebock's father didn't like Philburn.
Her family threatened to cut ties with her, if she joined him.
And Philburn's family situation out west was unstable.
So she made "a hard choice."
She was a kid having a baby, and she needed support.
She stayed in Butler.
A couple years later, Philburn went into the Army and made it a career.
It didn't turn out to be easy.
He broke his elbow in Korea in the mid-1990s.
He developed chronic back pain from the wear and tear of lugging equipment.
He grew anxious in the aftermath of 9/11, when he didn't get called to help in the New York City disaster area, despite being stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y.
He developed post traumatic stress syndrome from service in Iraq - where he was in the vicinity when an improvised explosive device went off, when small arms fire broke out at a gate, when mortar rounds were fired at forward bases and when vehicles transported bodies of enemy soldiers.
He had surgery to fuse two neck vertebrae in 2007 and later to fuse the vertebrae above and below.
A machine gun blew up, damaging his knee, in California in 2008.
Sebock married in 1994, continued living in the Butler area, worked on and off at a grocery store and Walmart and bore a son, Dakota, who's now 16.
There were good times and bad with that first husband, but financial problems, trust issues, his long shifts at work and resultant tiredness at home helped break up that marriage four years ago.
Philburn married three times.
During those years, he fathered a daughter, Sandy, now 25; a son Tylar, 21; and a daughter, Katilian, 13.
Sebock remained in his thoughts, just as Philburn remained in hers.
It helped that he was paying child support, beginning in 1994, after a domestic relations tracked him down.
That financial connection continued until their daughter, Christina, got pregnant at 17 and wanted to marry.
At that point, Sebock got in touch to tell Philburn that he no longer needed to pay.
The breaking of the financial connection led, eventually, to restoration of the romantic one.
It didn't happen right away.
It wasn't until 2010 that Philburn got a medical discharge from the Army, which, despite the hardships, he'd loved.
"I wouldn't trade anything," he said.
He loved the soldiers he was responsible for as a non-commissioned officer, loved the respect that went both ways, loved when, after the machine gun incident, soldiers cared enough to say they wished it had been them - and he could tell them no, if it had to happen, it was better it happened the way it did.
But the first stop he made after discharge was to visit Christina.
Not long afterward, on Labor Day weekend, he linked up with Sebock, at Christina's house in Saxonburg, for a barbecue.
By then, both he and Sebock were single again.
"We owed it to ourselves to see where it would go," Sebock said.
Philburn had thought that wouldn't be possible. "All that pain and mental problems, I didn't think anybody would take me," he said.
"I'm damaged goods," he told her.
Getting back together hasn't been easy, either.
Philburn is quiet now.
They can't do much together.
He uses a walker, has nightmares and is hypervigilant.
When they go out to eat, they sit in a corner, so no one can come up from behind. She wakes him slowly, little by little, or he may come awake violently. He's fanatical about keeping doors and windows locked. He can't watch some kinds of movies, even former favorites like "Black Hawk Down."
Some kinds of news bothers him, like the attack on the consulate in Benghazi. He can't stand fireworks. When they're driving, he looks constantly at the roadside, like he did in Iraq, for IEDs. He doesn't like vehicles traveling too close behind or in front. He reacts badly to high beams of oncoming cars. He can't work, because he can't sit or stand for long.
He's on Social Security disability and half-disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
He does what he can at home, loading and unloading the dishwasher, taking out the trash, scooping up the cat litter.
But there are days when pain kicks in, and he sits on the couch all day. She's his caregiver. She takes him to his appointments, lines up his eight daily medications and protects him, in a reversal of their earlier role.
"I don't want to be like this," he tells her.
But she doesn't feel sorry for him, because if she did, he'd feel sorry for himself - and that would be worse.
He forgets things, doesn't like to be hugged and does not show much emotion. Intimacy is infrequent.
But they had true love then, and they have true love now, Philburn said.
They live in Hollidaysburg, having moved here to be near his daughter Sandy, who lives in Roaring Spring.
She volunteers for FamilyOfaVet.com.
As a vet's "next of kin," Sebock will be among those honored today at the Blair County War Veterans' Council parade.
"You're a survivor," said parade organizer Frank Benfatta, a World War II veteran, after hearing Sebock's story recently. "Hat's off to you, kid."
"If not for her, I'd probably be homeless," Philburn said
"We knew we had to give it a second chance," Sebock said. "To see where it went."
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Game of Thrones TV Discussion: Spoilers! TV ONLY!
TV SHOW SPOILERS IF YOU"RE NOT UP TO DATE. OK so if you're a dork who reads the books DO NOT post spoilers in this thread. if you do i will push to make sure you get banned from here, and your douchebaggery WILL be referred to 4chan.
this thread is for discussion of the TV show and its current events.
like this one:
wooo hooo! pissed there were no dragons in last nights ep but dead joffery makes up for it. the power vacuum we have now is great. stanis and khaleesi should step up their expediency when news gets to them.... and who will seize power in King's Landing???
tywin? hand it down to tommen (joffery's lil bro - not sadistic), circe make a move? the tyrell's (as she is now queen)??
whodunnit?? the fool and sansa? oberyn? tyrion (no way bro!)?, circe or tywin???
goddamnit why is the video embedding button for vimeo now??? fuck vimeo.
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Hodor! did it. He's got Giant's blood in him after all.
seriously? fucking no one?
this forum is shit.
I havent caught up to the show yet but I read all the books so I have a vauge idea of where everything is going. My cousin was complaining about joffery not dying the other night before the show ended and I told him to just wait, looks like it did happen after all ha. End of last season I called it happening within the first 2 eps of this season. They couldn't go much longer then that just on the fact that people would start making #fuckingkilljofferyalready hash tags all over the socal web.
One of your guesses is on point in both of those questions you presented (if they follow the same story line anyway, which isn't always the case) but I won't say which to save myself from the ban hammer. I can knock off one of the wrong answers if you reallly want though.
Since my injury I've been catching up on a shiiiiiiit ton of tv I missed this fall/winter since I find snowboarding more enjoyable but it's been kinda fun binge watching everything. Just started shameless and walking dead is next up on the list. Just finished raising hope, hilarious tv show if you've never heard of it.
i was pissed towards the end when it was looking like we wouldn't get ANY dragons at all last night (which of course we didn't) but the first little cough Joffrey gave me a little boner, and by the second cough i knew he was done for.. i'd have liked to see him scared for a longer period of time before he died, knowing he was going to die and shit himself... but alas. it was glorious tho.
if you haven't watched True Detective yet DO IT.
what'd you hurt?
i do hope the tyrells take power tho.. shouldn't be too hard right? they have the armies... just need some swingin dicks in King's Landing to start killing more Lanisters.
That show is addictive as hell! No night ops that weekend, Lifts were shut down by 4:30 and I couldn't stop watching that show from 4:45 till crashing for the night. :dunno: :laugh:
I haven't commented cuz I'm proly gonna have to buy the series DVD's to see the entire thing without gaps and I took your spoiler alert to heart.
(...can't imagine you're going to be happy having "this" in common with a Spaz like me, but there it is!) ;)
That show is freaking awesome! Brutal as fuck too! Last massacre I saw before marathon was over took me totally by surprise! Literally standing with my mouth gaping open gawking in shock at the tv! :blink:
I was so happy when that little shit died last night. Can't wait for the rest of the season.
I gotta say, everyone is always talking about how Tyrion or Daenerys is their favorite character. I think Bron is fucking great and you don't hear many people talking about him. Definitely my favorite character.
BTW,... I don't suppose anyone knows if there's a "pirate" or streaming link to the entire series?
I know, I know! Google is my friend. I just figured if someone here knew of a site that isn't rife with virus's n trojans & whatnot! :dunno:
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Core Hepatology Training
All gastroenterology trainees must complete training in hepatology. To achieve core competencies, all trainees must train in hepatology for a minimum of 12 months, of which at least 6 months should be in a level 2 or 3 centre. Evidence of competency should be demonstrated using work-place based assessments (WPBA) recorded in the trainee eportfolio.
The syllabus for core hepatology training is available within the JRCPTB Gastroenterology 2010 curriculum (pages 77-90). http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/trainingandcert/ST3-SpR/Documents/2010%20(AUC)%20Gastroenterology%20curriculum(amendments%202013).pdf
Advanced Hepatology Training
In order to receive a sub-specialty certificate in hepatology, the trainee must spend a total of two years of the programme in training in liver disease. All of the training must be completed within the time constraints of the training programme (4 or 5 years depending on whether or not the trainee will also be seeking certification in general internal medicine).
One year of the programme should be spent in a recognised advanced training post, which includes at least 3 months in a level 3 specialist centre. These posts are nationally competitive and ideally should be completed during ST6 (See below...). Ideally all of the training should occur within level 2 or level 3 centres but if this is not possible, a maximum of six months may be spent in a level 1 centre.
The competencies for advanced hepatology are available in the JRCPTB Gastroenterology 2010 curriculum (pages 97-104) http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/trainingandcert/ST3-SpR/Documents/2010%20(AUC)%20Gastroenterology%20curriculum(amendments%202013).pdf
Advanced Hepatology Programme
The hepatology advanced training post is designed to provide additional training in hepatology, including experience in a transplant centre. The 15 posts in England are recognised by JRCPTB and therefore count towards subspecialty accreditation in the field. The posts are aimed primarily at trainees who will be ST6, although entry at ST5 or ST7 is also permissible. Trainees should not apply if their CCT date will not allow post completion.
Applications are submitted through a single national system, with successful applicants matched to an appropriate post based on ranking following the interview process and personal preference. Further information from the 2014 recruitment round, including the person specification and job descriptions, can be found here.
Trainees need to complete the 12 months in order for the post to count towards accreditation. If a trainee exits a post early due to unforeseen circumstances (eg pregnancy, but not research) every attempt will be made to re-accommodate the trainee at a later date without the need for re-application. Regarding LTFT, at 60% a trainee will have to do the post twice (and will be re-accommodated automatically). At 80% a trainee will be deemed to have completed the post after 12 months but accreditation will still require at least 18 months full time equivalent of level 2 or above Hepatology training prior to CCT.
Recruitment for posts commencing 5th Sept 2016 is now underway. Applications can be submitted until 3rd Dec 2015. Interviews will be held in London on Monday 18th January 2016. Further information including the link to the online application system can be found here.
Statistics from 2014 recruitment round
Statistics from 2014 recruitment round
37 candidates applied and 30 were shortlisted for interview. 5 candidates did not get offered a post as they had given limited geographical preferences or declined the posts they were offered. 10 candidates were not offered any post as they did not rank highly enough after interview. All 15 posts were therefore filled during the 2014 recruitment round.
The table below shows that 8/15 candidates were offered their first choice post with 10/15 staying in their training deanery for at least part of the ATP.
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|1st choice
|3rd choice
|4th choice
|5th choice
|1st choice
|7 (Joint)
|1st choice
|7 (Joint)
|1st choice
|9th choice
|1st choice
|1st choice
|1st choice
|13th choice
|11th choice
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When you injure tissue, it sends a signal to the body to begin the healing process.
During this process, your body removes damaged tissue and replaces it with new, healthy tissue, creating an inflammatory state that can be painful.
Anti-inflammatories or steroids treat the pain of inflammation, but can suppress the healing process.
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Prolotherapy works by injecting a highly concentrated glucose solution at the tendon and ligament attachment site. The resulting inflammation will naturally stimulate the body to begin the healing process.
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To grow the tissue graft, we draw your blood — similar to a routine blood test — and place it in a special centrifuge machine. This machine creates a tissue graft of platelets, rich in growth factors and inflammatory mediators essential for healing wounds.
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Body, culture and social tensions (Panel: 029)
The centrality of the body within the individual-society relationship is particularly evident in situations of social interaction. Very often, the social presentation of the body in these situations is a sign, cause or consequence of social tensions. These tensions are observed, for example, in situations in which a man or a woman does not fit in with the body image according to social expectations of gender; in the black body that sticks out in a white environment, or vice versa; in bodies that understand the modern look as a form of empowerment in social fields which are still attached to tradition; in those sick or "deviant" bodies which are hidden because of the inherent tensions that are associated with their mere display in a public space, etc.
If we understand by "tension" the dynamic play that occurs between elements that are in conflict due to the discrepancy of norms and values in a given situation, it is not difficult to put "tension" in relation with the social presentation of the body. In situations of social interaction, when the body as taken as a focal point, there are many and very diverse moments of tension generated by social narratives related to ethnicity, gender, social class, the tradition/modernity dichotomy, etc. This panel is thus intended for those papers that, clearly centered on the body, address aspects of social tensions in the framework of African societies in a descriptive or theoretical manner.
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Two men are facing murder charges in connection with the slaying of a Georgetown man at a Pawleys Island nightclub early Saturday.
Georgetown County sheriff's deputies arrested Ronnie Gene Ackley Jr., 41, of Kings River Road, Pawleys Island, Saturday and charged him with murder in connection with the slaying of 37-year-old Thomas Edward Unrue Jr. of Georgetown.
A second suspect, Christopher Brian Campbell, 37, of Lexington, was arrested late in the day by Lexington police, according to a news release from the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office.
Shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, deputies responded to a fight at Lumpy's Bar & Grill at 9259 Ocean Highway on Pawleys Island, the release said. When they arrived, they found the victim unresponsive in the parking lot, and CPR was administered until EMS arrived. EMS took Unrue to Georgetown Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
After interviewing multiple witnesses, it was determined that Unrue was asked to leave the bar on more than one occasion, which led to a verbal dispute just outside the front door. The verbal altercation led to a fight in the parking lot where Campbell and Ackley attacked Unrue until he was unconscious, the news release said. Authorities did not say how Unrue died.
Ackley was arrested at the scene and taken to the Georgetown County Detention Center. Campbell left before deputies arrived. Lexington officials are keeping Campbell in custody until he is moved to the Georgetown County Detention Center.
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Emergency crews go the extra mile
On Aug. 29, 1996, the emergency number was called from our home. The emergency crews worked diligently on my husband. The earnest efforts of this crew proved to be of no avail, sadly.
We want to offer our sincere thanks to this group of valiant men who go the extra mile. Also, special thanks to Chaplain Richard, whose comforting presence helped in a very great way.
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October 24, 2011 ROGERS — Melanie Kaye Felton became the bride of Bradley Thomas Green on Oct. 8 at the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Rogers. The bride is the daughter of Mary and Gene S. more »»
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October 2, 2011 COLUMBIANA — Meghan Elizabeth Witmer became the bride of John Daniel Houck, July 23, at St. Jude Church in Columbiana. The bride is the daughter of Rich and Margie Witmer, Columbiana. more »»
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September 16, 2011 COLUMBIANA — Laurie Jean Hoover became the bride of John Alex Heintzelman on May 28 at Grace Church, Columbiana. The bride is the daughter of William and Cathy Hoover, Columbiana. more »»
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A TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION INTO UNLICENSED TATTOO PARLORS GETS RESULTS, IN THE FORM OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE STATE. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ SHOWS US HOW OFFICIALS ARE TAKING THEIR MESSAGE TO THE AIRWAVES. A WARNING, SOME OF THE IMAGES CAN BE DISTURBING. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE GRAPHIC, BUT THAT'S THE POINT. hey bro you have any ointment for this? THEY'RE PROVIDED BY THE NEW MEXICO REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT. are you even licensed to do this? I'm licensed to give you two a free deal. SUPERINTENDENT MIKE UNTHANK CREDITS A 2012 TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION, THAT EXPOSED DOZENS OF UNLICENSED TATTOO PARLORS AND ARTISTS STATEWIDE. sounds of tattooing for example, one of the things that we discovered and I think it's a result of the follow up work that we were able to do after your story, it's very easy for people to just sneak into the system DURING ONE WEEK OF A BODY MODIFICATION BLITZ CONDUCTED IN 2012, OFFICIALS FOUND 48 NEW MEXICO TATTOO PARLORS OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSES... AND 46 PRACTICING TATTOO ARTISTS, UNLICENSED AS WELL. without oversight, unlicensed tattooing can cause serious infection and permament disfiguration OFFICIALS HOPE THESE T-V AND RADIO SPOTS WILL HIT HOME, ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS. if you get the hint that your child is interested in piercing or tattoo, its important to go and be directly involved and work with your child ANNA VELASQUEZ KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. OFFICIALS SAY LOOK FOR THE LICENSING CERTIFICATE DISPLAYED IN THE BUSINESS. ALL LEGITIMATE ARTISTS SHOULD HAVE THEM - THAT'S THE LAW. A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO INMATES AND A
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WHEN WE BEGAN PREPARING PEOPLE'S 15th annual Best & Worst Dressed issue back in June, executive editor Susan Toepfer and her staff didn't stop at compiling a list of this year's winners and losers. They also tracked the fashion phenomena that round out our 126-page special section beginning on page 58. "When searching for fresh stories," says Elizabeth Sporkin, editor for this issue, "we always look to the headlines."
And this was a banner year for fashion news. There was Oprah's tag sale in Chicago (see page 173), the Billy Joel/Elton John tour that pitted Giorgio Armani against Gianni Versace (page 140) and the D Day ceremony in London to which Princess Di, Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mum all wore lavender (page 135). An offbeat event even spawned the most revealing story in the issue—PEOPLE'S celebrity briefs or boxers poll (page 180). "Since the President had no problem disclosing on MTV last spring that he wears briefs, we couldn't resist posing the question to other celebrities," says Sporkin.
Thus, reporter Averie LaRussa was dispatched on her first official PEOPLE assignment: to record the stars' underwear preferences. Although she initially thought it was a hazing ritual for new reporters, LaRussa, 25, doggedly pursued her subjects, cornering David Brenner on a New York City sidewalk and ringing Geraldo Rivera on his cellular phone. Why was she successful? "Averie seems so guileless," says Kim Hubbard, senior editor for this issue. "You might overlook the fact that she was getting awfully personal." LaRussa has her own theory. "By the time I went through my whole spiel about how embarrassed I was to ask," she says, "they were so sick of me, they answered just so I'd go away."
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It was a Saturday wedding for former Friday Night Lights actor Scott Porter and girlfriend Kelsey Mayfield.
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The groom's father, Butch, was best man, and the bride's sister, Lindsey, was maid of honor – while the couple's dog, Truffle, served as flower girl. The bride and groom wrote their own vows.
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We often describe school bus drivers as the backbone of the pupil transportation industry. Certainly, in sheer numbers, they are the dominant force. And, because of their daily contact with the public, they no doubt have the greatest influence on the industry's image. But they are not the only critical link in a successful transportation program. Behind every great corps of bus drivers is a great maintenance program. Even the best drivers can't get from point A to point B safely and punctually unless their buses are kept in top working order. That's no simple task, either. School bus maintenance programs rely on well-trained mechanics, skilled supervisors, properly outfitted garages and increasingly complex electronic diagnostic tools to get the job done with a minimum of drama and maximum of cost efficiency. Top shops merit recognition
That's why we've chosen to recognize 10 exemplary school bus maintenance programs in North America. We selected the school districts and contractors based on several criteria, including training, preventive maintenance, efficiency, safety, innovation, inspection records and morale. Size was not a factor in our screening process. The largest operation, San Diego Unified School District, maintains more than 500 buses, while the smallest, Fort Dodge (Iowa) Community School District, takes care of fewer than 50 buses. As you might expect, each maintenance program profiled in this issue boasts a highly capable staff — with many technicians certified by ASE — and a clean, well-organized garage. One of the common threads among this year's selections is an accent on training and education. In fact, at the best operations, mechanics are hungry for training. Without a constant emphasis on improvement of skill sets and knowledge, a maintenance program will grow stagnant very quickly. Training offered by vendors and local colleges can help to keep the staff up to speed on the latest chassis, engine and body enhancements. Attendance of state association meetings, especially those that emphasize garage strategies, should be routine, but budget shortfalls are causing some mechanics to miss these important gatherings. School districts and contractors that don't send as many people as they can to these meetings are realizing a false economy. The knowledge gained at these meetings more then compensates for their cost. Another common thread among our 10 selections is a solid working relationship between the maintenance staff and the bus drivers. Mutual respect is what binds these groups. If that is missing, then communication will be compromised, as will the effective resolution of steering, brake and other on-the-road problems that drivers need to accurately and immediately convey to the maintenance staff. Finally, exemplary maintenance programs have exemplary leadership, whether it's provided by the transportation supervisor, a shop foreman or a lead mechanic. The best leaders understand that commitment is key at all levels. Having technical knowledge is essential, but learning how to make people commit to their responsibilities on a day-to-day basis is just as important. Just to avoid confusion
This article should not be confused with our "Great Fleets Across America" competition, which recognizes entire transportation operations, one from each state. By the way, if you would like to submit a nomination for our "Great Fleets" competition, you can fill out our online form, which is linked to the front page of our Website, www.schoolbusfleet.com. Judging from the enthusiasm generated by last year's competition, the 2002 "Great Fleets" event is sure to draw an impressive array of entries. I hope to see yours among them.
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Dithering Downer damaging state's Liberal Party: Penberthy
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- January 31, 2013
IT's time Alexander Downer made clear his intentions about leading South Australia's Liberal Party, writes David Penberthy.
IT is now crystal clear what Alexander Downer's vision is for South Australia. Total uncertainty.
The former foreign affairs minister must end his hair-twirling antics and declare categorically whether he intends to lead the South Australian Liberal Party.
As things stand, the continuing game of footsies he is playing with the public and his party is starting to look like an exercise in vanity and self-indulgence.
The irony with all this is that Alexander Downer is the consummate party man and a deeply passionate South Australian.
Yet his actions are damaging his party and not helping the state.
There is a parallel to all this. It is one with which Mr Downer would probably not be too comfortable.
As a senior member of the Howard government and a highly trusted confidante of John Howard, Mr Downer helped the former PM build a fortress around his leadership to resist all attempts by treasurer Peter Costello to position himself for the job.
Mr Downer only reluctantly suspended his support for Mr Howard on the eve of the 2007 election, by which time it was too late for him to go anyway and too late for Mr Costello to have countered the then-surging Kevin Rudd.
Mr Downer shared the widely held assessment of Mr Costello that he lacked the ticker to mount a proper challenge; worse, that it was illogical for Mr Costello to claim that he would not challenge for fear of damaging the party, when the leadership speculation he was himself feeding was muddying Mr Howard's message and harming the Liberal brand.
This is also now the case with Mr Downer.
It is a strange set of circumstances as on paper he is the best candidate that the Liberals have, by a country mile.
This party - this "sad tale", as he apparently rightly called them - has become paralysed by juvenile factional squabbling, petty feuds and rivalries and has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by failing to present a united front against governments that are there for the taking.
Mr Downer would be a particularly lethal option for the Liberals because he would not only draw a line under two decades of childish squabbling, but he could energise a whole bunch of voters who would see him as a Kennett-like figure who would act like a turbo-charged advocate for our city and state.
Mr Downer loves living here, he has great ideas about the city, about our challenges in terms of tourism, he is crazy about the arts, he thinks we under-promote the wine industry.
He is also affable and entertaining.
As a premier he would be a bit like Boris Johnson, the former editor of The Spectator who became the London Mayor.
A lot of swinging voters and small-l liberal voters who have a natural tendency towards voting Labor would be prepared to come across to the Liberal side under Mr Downer's leadership.
Instead, we have had a string of answers along the lines of: Not at this time, perhaps, not really, well, not really right now.
Yesterday should have been the moment where he stated once and for all what is really going on, and he tip-toed around it again.
It's for this reason that Steven Marshall has been forced to suspend declaring his hand for another day, as the phone calls continue to see whether Mr Downer is an option, or off the agenda. The sad part about all this is that governments are at their best when they have really strong oppositions.
This is a Government which deserves to be put under maximum pressure.
The Opposition has been too busy staring at its own navel to place the Government under any pressure at all.
The state is basically bankrupt. Revenue is up the spout. Jay Weatherill has succeeded in convincing the voters that he is a terrific bloke, which he is, but we are yet to see his plan to get us out of the economic abyss, or see how his new Cabinet will work in practice.
The Opposition should be taking the fight up to him and in its current shambolic state is unable to do so, and Mr Downer's "will he or won't he" theatrics aren't helping at all.
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Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persistsby Danny Dorling is a sweeping critique of British politics that bluntly dismisses a plethora of supposedly progressive policies as ineffective, distractions from what he says are the real trends undermining the wellbeing of individuals, communities and the country. "I'd done 20 years' worth of saying, 'This is what I think is going on', sort of describing it, and I'd get these little criticisms saying, 'But he doesn't say why it's happening.' The big question is why is it going on?"
He identifies five sets of beliefs – elitism, exclusion, prejudice, greed and despair – that he claims are replacing Beveridge's five social evils at the dawn of the welfare state (ignorance, want, idleness, squalor and disease), and have become so entrenched in Britain and some other affluent countries that they uphold an unjust system that perpetuates extreme inequality.
He makes a case for why each set of beliefs is propagated, how each contributes to a growing gap between rich and poor, and why they endure. He says: "The beliefs are supported by the media where stories often imply that some people are less deserving, where great City businessmen (and a few businesswomen) are lauded as superheroes, and where immigrants looking to work for a crumb of the City's bonuses are seen as scroungers."
Dorling feels that politicians of all hues should be called to account for overseeing such unprecedented rises in inequality that put us on a par with Victorian society. "In countries like Britain, people last lived lives as unequal as today, as measured by wage inequality, in 1854, when Charles Dickens was writing Hard Times," he states. Mary O'Hara, The Guardian.
Looks like the next book on my reading list and for anybody else with an interest in the upcoming election – I suspect the Tories are going to love this but for all the wrong reasons.